The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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Group Read-A-Thon August 2014
Final for August = 236 book completed!
Can I start this? A: Last name of author
Jennifer Armentrout
Brandy's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 1
Thanks for kicking us off Brandy!
C. Cal in Kicking Eternity by Lee Ann MillerJune tally: 1
Perks tally: 3
E - Evening Stars (title)by Susan Mallery
Laura's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 5
The Iron Knight
F: Fantasy genre and series is called The Iron Fey and it's the fourth book in the series
Mary-Ellen's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 6
GMagic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
(Char: Ghastek)
Karen tally: 1
Perk's tally: 7
H. Hayes- The last name of the children.
Amulet, Vol. 1: The Stonekeeper
Alycia's tally: 2
Perks tally: 8
I.Published by Graphix an Imprint of Scholastic Books.
Amulet, Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse
Alycia's tally: 3
Perks tally: 9
J Author James Patterson
Colleen's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 10
L- Lush S.L Baum Rated 4*. Loved it.
June tally: 2
Perk's tally: 11
MM is for Mia, main character in
If I Stay by Gayle FormanLoved this book. It will be in movie theaters in August.
Tiffany's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 13
N New York Times best selling
Collen's Tally: 2
Perk's Tally: 14
OContains one hundred and ninety nine pages.
Amulet, Vol. 3: The Cloud Searchers
Alycia's tally: 4
Perks tally: 15
PP [book title] :) Currently reading
Pure by Julianna Baggott
Kathleen's tally: 1
Perks tally: 16
QThe quintessential graphic novel: beautiful illustrations, gripping storyline and nice pacing....
Ok, this might be stretching it for the letter Q, but I've been scratching my head trying to come up with something else! lol
Amulet, Vol. 4: The Last Council
Alycia's tally: 5
Perks tally: 17
R.Heroine's name is Regan. Author's last name is Robert
Seducing the Bridesmaid by Katee Robert
AniSsina's tally: 2
Perks tally: 18
S 
It is a collection of Short stories
Colleen's Tally: 3
Perk's Tally: 19
V
Charlie Glass's Slippers: A Very Modern Fairy Tale
It's a Very modern fairytale
Kathleen's Tally: 2
Perks Tally: 22
W
White hot Kiss
Brandy Tally: 2
Perks Tally: 23
X
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
A book about an autistic boy with "X"traordinary math skills! (haha...at least it's something...)
Y
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Both the protagonist's name (Harry) and the genre (fantasy) end in "y."
Ashley's tally: 1
Perks tally: 25
Z
Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss
Z is for Zizzer-Zasser-Zuzz, as you can plainly see.
Book read by me (KayLynn Zollinger) to my daughter, Zoey Zollinger.
I believe the idea is to see how many times we get through the alphabet.Brandy wrote: "Do we now just start over with A?"
A
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The author's last name (Asher) starts with "a."
Ashley's tally: 2
Perks tally: 27
Love the posts for Q and X!
E is for Evanovich, Janet
Brandy Tally 3
Perks Tally 31
Karen wrote: "Love the posts for Q and X!"Lol! We had to be a bit creative... ;)
GOne of the characters is called The Gray Man.
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Eldarwen's Tally: 1
Perks' Tally: 33
The letter I has me stumped on all my challenges this month, so of course, I show up now. :S
I
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana
Kayla's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 35
J.Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti
Characters Jack, Julia & Jordan Published by Viking Juvenile
AniSsina's tally: 3
Perks tally: 36
Jonel wrote: "The letter I has me stumped on all my challenges this month, so of course, I show up now. :S"teehee
K
Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow
I listened to this on audiobook, which was produced by Karen Dziekonski
Also, my name is KayLynn, so that should count for something.
edit: I forgot the tally's
KayLynn's tally: 2
Perks tally: 37
L is for Lindzi (a person talked about a lot in the book)
Brandy's Tally 4
Perks Tally: 38
KayLynn wrote: "I listened to this on audiobook, which was produced by Karen DziekonskiAlso, my name is KayLynn, so that should count for something...."
haha. works for me
Love how creative everyone is being! Lol
~ M ~
A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov, # 3 in Memory for Scorpions
Jonel's Tally: 1
Perks Tally: 39
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As a group let's see what we can read in the month of August and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!
EXAMPLE
Post 1:
Kristie posts:
A
Artemis Fowl (Title)
Kristie's tally - 1 book
Perks Group tally - 1 book
Post 2:
Karen Posts
B
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris (character Bobo Winthrop)
Karen's tally: 1 book
Perks group tally: 2 books
Post 3:
Kristie posts:
C
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (title and author)
Kirstie's tally: 2 books
Perks group tally: 3 books
NOTE: You can read any book of any length, children's books and graphic novels also count. Please just remember to check the tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post
Books need to be marked as "read" between August 1 and August 31, 2014. (It doesn't matter when you started)
For an extra bit of fun, I wonder how many books we can read in a month? Any guesses?