Play Book Tag discussion

Unofficial Trim List

1. Dune by Frank Herbert - 5 Stars
2. Without You, There is No Us by Suki Kim - 5 Stars
3. Priest by Matthew Colville - 3 Stars
4. War on Peace by Ronan Farrow
5. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - 5 Stars
6. A Promised Land by Barack Obama - 4 Stars
7. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - 5 Stars
8. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson - 3 Stars
9. The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran by Hooman Majd - 3 stars
10. The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg - 1 Star
11. The Hired Man by Animatta Forna - 3.5 Stars
12. Becoming by Michelle Obama

Fly the PBT Skies

1. Las Cruces, New Mexico to Pyongyang, North Korea - 6467.44 miles
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
2. Pyongyang, North Korea to Los Angeles, California - 5939.75 miles
The Vanishing Half
3. Los Angeles, CA to Cameroon - 8296.05 miles + 500 miles for "Africa" tag
Behold the Dreamers
4. Cameroon to China - 6139.94 miles The Joy Luck Club
5. China to Brazil - 10248.86 miles The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
6. Brazil to Morocco - 4176.13 miles Who Is Maud Dixon? + 500 for "Beach Reads"
7. Morocco to Russia - 4706.35 miles A Romanov Fantasy: Life at the Court of Anna Anderson
8. Russia to Croatia - 3183.68 miles The Hired Man Pym
9. Croatia to Australia - 8741.87 miles + 500 for "made me cry" The Book Thief
10. Australia to Sweden - 8729.22 miles The Lost Village
11. Sweden to Antarctica - 9626.79 miles Pym
12. Antarctica to New Mexico - 8767.15 miles The Five Wounds

TOTAL: 86,523.23

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Mini-challenge - 7 Continents:
North America - The Vanishing Half
South America - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Africa - Behold the Dreamers
Europe - The Hired Man
Asia - Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Australia/Oceana - The Book Thief
Antarctica - Pym

Mini-challenge - Ancestry/Birthplace:
Italy
Ireland
Armenia
Germany
Connecticut...?

Pursue it!

January - mental health
a. Prozac (exact word)
b. group therapy (exact words or situation)
c. suicidal ideation (exact words or situation)
d. coping skills (exact words)

February - Family Drama
a. Divorce (exact)
b. Bigamy (exact or situation)
c. Sibling rivalry (exact or situation) - The Vanishing Half - pg 36 "Desiree and Stella, Mallard's girls. As they grew, they no longer seemed like one body split in two, but two bodies poured into one, each pulling it her own way."
d. Come/coming/came out (exact, but with any form of the verb “come”) and must discussed in the context of coming out to parents

March - Africa
a. Safari (Exact and character must GO ON a safari, not just talk about it)
b. Equator (Exact)
c. Ebola (Exact)
d. Habitat destruction (Exact or Situation)

April - Gothic
a. Pointed arch (exact or description of one in architecture)
b. Graveyard/cemetery (person must visit this place. Either went in the past and describes it in the book or goes in the “present” book time) The Virgin Suicides - pg 36: "Only one cemetery existed in our suburb, a drowsy field owned by various denominations over the years from Lutheran through Episcopalisn to Catholic. It contained three French Canadian fur trappers, a line of bakers named Kropp, and J.B. Milbank, who invented a local soft drink resembling root beer. With its leaning headstones, its red gravel drive in the shape of a horsehsoe, and its many trees nourished by well-fed carcasses, the cemetery had filled up long ago in the time of the last deaths. Because of this, the funeral director, Mr. Alton, was forced to take Mr. Lisbon on a tour of possible alternatives."
c. Lights turning off unexpectedly (situation) The Virgin Suicides - pg 190: "The viewing lasted only thirty seconds before Lux and Therese's room went dark. Then Bonnie and Mary's room lit up twice as though in response. No figures passed before the windows, nor did the length of the illuminations correspond to any habitual activity. The girls' lights went off and on for no reason we could see."
d. Raven (exact)

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Books Read: February Update
1. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin - 5 Stars
2. Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim - 5 Stars
3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson - 3 Stars
4. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - 5 Stars

Books Read: March Update
5. The Last Wish by Andrej Sapkowski - 5 Stars
6. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue - 4 Stars

Books Read: April Update
7. Do Muslim Women Need Saving? by Lila Abu-Lughod - 5 Stars
8. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - 5 Stars
9. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - 3 Stars

Books Read: May Update
10. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann - 5 Stars
11. A Promised Land by Barack Obama - 4 stars
12. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin - 5 Stars

Books Read: June Update
13. Priest by Matthew Colville - 3 stars
14 . Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews - 4 Stars

Books Read: September Update
15. A Romanov Fantasy: Life at the Court of Anna Anderson by Frances Welch - 3 stars
16. After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made by Ben Rhodes - 4 stars
17. The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna - 3.5 stars
18. Han Solo at Stars' End by Brian Daley - 5 stars
19. The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran by Hooman Majd - 3 stars

Books Read: October Update
20. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 5 Stars
21. Ariadne by Jennifer Saint - 2 Stars
22. The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg - 1 Star
23. The Lost Village by Camilla Sten - 5 Stars