You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

1st Book
Red/R Task

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School by Alexandra Robbins

- Red Cover
R Task Requirement: Last name of author starts with R

20 Points for first book in task completed
0 Points for cover and title Requirement
4 Points for every R in title and author's name
3 Points for 396 pages
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27 points total for task
27 points total to date

should i count the R's in the whole long title, or just the main title? HMMMMMM

AmyK wrote: "should i count the R's in the whole long title, or just the main title? HMMMMMM"

Welcome to You'll Love This One, Amy! I thrilled that you are joining us in this challenge.

Subtitles are not considered in any of our challenges. It's the main title only.

Judy wrote: "AmyK wrote: "should i count the R's in the whole long title, or just the main title? HMMMMMM"

Amy, did you like The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive..."

I did like it. There were some parts that dragged on a bit for me. I have a son starting High School in a year, who already had had his challenges with social cliques in 7th grade and some of the things about how our school system operates in the US mirrored exactly what i think of it too. It's so hard to support and encourage a child to be who they are in a system that pushes for and rewards conformity. I would have liked to know more about the kids that were the focus AFTER high school, but all in all it was a pretty decent read.

Janice wrote: "AmyK wrote: "should i count the R's in the whole long title, or just the main title? HMMMMMM"

Welcome to You'll Love This One, Amy! I thrilled that you are joining us in this challenge.

Subtitle..."

I kind of figured that, so i didn't count them anyway :)

I'm glad i joined too, and although i only committed myself to 7 books i keep running across books to read extra as well. I love looking at books and trying to figure out what to read from a different perspective.

I've committed to reading the 7 books as well. If I can fit any others in, that will just be a bonus. :)

I think these will be my august A task books
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Both have been on my to read shelf for a while now.

I can't wait to hear what you think about Henrietta Lacks. That book keeps crossing my field of vision.

Oh Kat and Kimberley, we have another Zombie lover. Where IS Kimberley anyway? Did the Zombies bite her?

Henrietta Lacks has been hanging out in in my books "I swear I'm going to read soon because i really DO want to" but with my book ADD I start to read something and then it's just a matter of how long it takes for "ooooh look a squirrel" to hit and I'm off on another genre or pretty cover.

And Zombies.....i love my Zombies. Funny, scary, ridiculously overdone....it doesn't matter to me.

I loved Henrietta Lacks. It's a great blending of the scientific and the personal. The science is explained so it's understandable, the uses of the HeLa cells are amazing, and you've got to see the pictures. The family's story is heartbreaking in so many ways, Henrietta's life and death, and her family's situation. Definitely worth reading!

1st Book
Orange/A Task


The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Orange Cover
A task requirement: Read in August

20 points for 1st book completed in task
3 points for 370 pages
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23 points for task
50 points total to date

I really found this book interesting, like jaxnsmom said above, its a pretty good blend of scientific and personal, and the science is in layman's terms and easy to understand and put into perspective. Amazing how much came to be from a few tiny cells taken from one woman.

On to Zombies and Newberys for me!!!(and hopefully something for the toppler)

2nd Book
Orange/A Task

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Orange Cover
A task requirement: Read in August

30 points for 2nd book completed in task
3 points for 342 pages
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33 points for task
83 points total to date

Yay Zombies! I really enjoyed that one Amy.

Yay Zombies is RIGHT!!

Excellent, I always love finding new zombie lovers :-D

Are we in danger of being overrun by zombies? Juding from the lack of my typing skills, and how many times I had to retype this, I may becoming one.

earlier today I was wishing i could find somewhere to fit this in on my rainbow I'll just have to fit it in somewhere else

Janice wrote: "Are we in danger of being overrun by zombies? Juding from the lack of my typing skills, and how many times I had to retype this, I may becoming one."

I think you are safe Janice, otherwise your sentence would have ended with .........braaaiiiiins

Have you read, or sang, ? Hysterical. And a great way to freak your friends out at Christmas when you sneak up behind them and start singing “I Saw Mommy Chewing Santa Claus” or “Deck the Halls with Parts of Wally", and plenty of other favorites.

Valentines Day, a romantic getaway? No problem. Just the thing to set the mood :)

Jaxnsmom.....i think i love you! going to hunt those down!

AmyK wrote: "I think you are safe Janice, otherwise your sentence would have ended with .........braaaiiiiins"

Oh thank goodness!! I'm safe. :)

1st Book
Blue/B Task

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Blue Cover
B task requirement: Must be a real book

20 points for 1st book completed in task
5 points for 585 pages
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25 points for task
108 points total to date

Was that how long it was - 585 pages? I listened to it on audiobook.

Are you going to start Shadow of Night for your next blue book?

Yes it was 585 pages. The first 200 felt VERY long. I was planning on Shadow of Night and have it on hold at the library. Hopefully it wont take to long to get.

2nd Book
Blue/B Task

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Blue Cover
O task requirement: Real book

30 points for 2nd book completed in task
2 points for 295 pages
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32 points for task
140 points total to date

AmyK wrote: "2nd Book
Blue/B Task

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Blue Cover
O task requirement: Real book

30 points for 2nd book completed in task
2 points for 295 page..."
Oh Amy, my daughter brought this book home from school. It sounded so good! How did you like it?

April wrote: "AmyK wrote: "2nd Book
Blue/B Task

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Blue Cover
O task requirement: Real book

30 points for 2nd book completed in task
2 points..."

i thought it was GREAT!

1st Book
Indigo/O Task

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Indigo Cover
O task requirement: Old

20 points for 1st book completed in task
10 points for published before 1960 (1941)
2 points for 90 pages
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32 points for task
172 points total to date

1st Book
Green/N Task

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Green Cover
N task requirement: Non-fiction

20 points for 1st book completed in task
3 points for 341 pages
10 points for being about the environment
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33 points for task
205 points total to date

Man, you are zooming right along! Awesome! ; )

2nd Book
Green/N Task

Sleeping Naked is Green: How an Eco-Cynic Unplugged Her Fridge, Sold Her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days by Vanessa Farquharson


N task requirement: Non-Fiction

30 points for 1st book completed in task
5 points for both cover and title requirement
10 points for being about the environment
5 points for being a memoir
2 points for 265 pages
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52 points for task
257 points total to date

1st Book
Violet/W Task

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

W task requirement: Wishlist or TBR

20 points for 1st book completed in task
2 points for 84 pages
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22 points for task
279 points total to date

I read Sleeping Naked, too. It is a good green book, isn't it?
: ) Great Reading!

It was pretty good.....i can't imagine making some of the changes that she did.

Ok, time to get serious here. I am 1 yellow book short of my first rainbow, and for the second I still need a red, yellow, indigo, and a violet. Hmmm, with 2 months of group reads, at least 1 more challenge and my 2 buddy reads I may have to start perusing the kids bookshelf again to fill in a couple gaps.

When this page loaded, the first word I saw was "naked". Hmmmm!

I thought it was great. My son and I also watched it in cartoon form and George Clooney was the voice of Mr Fox. It was great too.

I love Fantastic Mr. Fox! Roald Dahl is the best!!! : )

@ Judy, I bet this is a great one for audio.

3rd Book
Blue/B task

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz


B task requirement: Real Book

30 points for 3rd book completed in task
5 points for title and cover requirement
2 points for 240 pages
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37 points for task
316 points total to date

So good you said it twice?

What?.......I think you are seeing things Janice!!


actually i hit the back button then couldn't tell if it actually posted

1st book
Yellow/I task

The Witches by Roald Dahl


I task requirement: I setting

20 points for 3rd book completed in task
1 Point for I in the title
2 points for 208 pages
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23 points for task
339 points total to date

First Rainbow Complete!!!
50 points
389 points total to date

3 books away from my next one

YAY Amy!!!

Woohoo!

I have discovered in this process that I really love Roald Dahl books. I think I'm going to read Matilda for my other yellow.

WOO HOO! You are on fire!!! ; ) Burning up those books! Roald Dahl is fantastic! Have you read the BFG? It stands for Big Friendly Giant! Super book!!

I have that one on my bookshelf.....keep trying to read it to my 8 year old, or get him to read it but he is resistant. I'm just going to read it myself one of these days. I REALLY thought he would like The Witches, but lately if it isn't about Starwars or Ninjago he is pretty much uninterested. My baby however is going to be my reader.......he LOVES books.