The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

IT'S A PERKS CONNECTED READ-A-THON

As a group let's see what we can read in the month of September and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!

How this works...

* Each book needs to "connect" to the last one posted

* "Connects" can be based on by genre, author, title, character names, colour of cover, same award won or number of pages

* As soon as you have a book that you have read in September 2014 that can connect to the last one, post it with the reasons it "connects" and the running tally for you, and for the group for the month, and let's see how many books we can read and connect in the month!

EXAMPLE

Post 1:
Kristie posts:
Mr. Mercedes
Kristie's tally - 1 book
Perks Group tally - 1 book

Post 2:
Karen Posts
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Connected by: "King" (author and then title)
Karen's tally: 1 book
Perks group tally: 2 books

Post 3:
Kristie posts:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Connected by: Cover colour is yellow
Kirstie's tally: 2 books
Perks group tally: 3 books

.... hopefully you get the idea....

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 September 1 and September 30, 2014. (It doesn't matter when you started)

I wonder how many books we can read in a month? Can we beat last month

Final count: 182 books

Thread is now open! Let's try for 240 books this month :)

Hopefully I did this right ...

Betty Smith

Jannelle's tally: 1 book

Sure did Jannelle - thanks for kicking us off!

Heir of Fire

Connection : Both authors are female and they were both born in New York.
Mary-Ellen's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 2

Marriage by Design by Elley Arden

Both novels are part of a series, yet neither are the first book in the series.

Jonel's tally: 1
Perks' Tally: 3

Both authors are female & from the USA, and enjoy writing sweet & sassy romances.

In Bed with a Rogue by Samantha Grace

Jonel's Tally: 2
Perks' Tally: 4

Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld
Connection: Both authors have first names that start with "S."

Beth's tally: 1
Perks tally: 5

The Giver
Connection: Jonas receives memories through touching

Donna's tally: 1
Perk's tally: 6

One Lavender Ribbon
Connection: A stack of letters brings back memories for a veteran.

Jessie's tally: 1
Perk's tally: 7

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Connection: Both authors are female.

Ashley's tally: 1
Perks tally: 8

Connection: Childhood in the title previously and this is about the childhood of Harry Potter

Brandy: 1
Perks: 9

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Connection: Both are Scholastic books.

Mary-Ellen: 2
Perk's Tally: 10

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Connection: "Brian" and "Briggs" - as well as a teeny bit of red on this cover, and a lot of red on the previous one. (Unless that is orange and I just can't see properly.)

Eldarwen's Tally: 1
Perks' Tally: 11

Sierra Rose
Connection: Awesome stomachs/abs! and female authors
Brandy: 2
Perks: 12

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Connection: both have female authors

Kristie's Tally: 1
Perks Tally: 13

The Kept Woman by Susan Donovan

Connection: In The Giver Jonas' sister's name is Lily and in The Kept woman the heroine's daughter is named Lily.

AniSsina's Tally: 1
Perks Tally: 14

Connection: both covers show a woman's legs.

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland with Charisse Jones

Tiffany: 1

Perks':15

Brokenness: The Heart God Revives by Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Connection: They are both non-fiction books.

Alycia's tally: 1
Perks tally: 16

by Tara Sivec
Connection: female authors

Brandy 3
Perks 17

Both authors nominated for 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards

Obsidian by Jessica Armentrout

June: 1
Perk: 18

If the book above is this one: Obsidian, then my book is:



Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
Connection: Both have dark covers with good-looking males looking straight forward out of them.

Beth's Tally: 2
Perks Tally: 19

The Yard by Alex Grecian

Connection: Justice is a theme of both books!

Karen's Tally: 1

Perk's Tally: 20

Nice connections everyone!

Flawless by Sara Shepard
Connection: A murdered character was buried in her yard.

Beth's Tally: 3
Perks Tally: 21

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Connection: This book also contained a murder

Karen's Tally: 2
Perk's Tally: 22

How the Birds got their Colours

Connection: The previous book contained a murder, this book featured a crow, referred to as a murder when in a group!

Mary-Ellen: 3
Perk's Tally: 23

Clever Mary-ellen ;)

I was struggling ... Had to get a little creative ;-)

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Connections: Birds! This book features lots of restaurants and has lots of birds being cooked, the last book is a story about how birds got their colour.

Mary-Ellen: 4
Perk's Tally: 24

I just saw the movie of that Mary-ellen. I actually preferred it to the book ;)

I can imagine the movie being better Karen. It doesn't happen that often that the movie is better, but this one feels so visual with all the food and the cooking. I'll put it on my list of movies to see! :-)

Yes I agree it is pretty unusual, but I felt the movie just connected everything better and it concentrated just one the one part of the book which was the most interesting :)

The book did meander a bit at times. I thought they could have started it in France ... that was where the story really got going for me. Sounds like they did a good adaptation for the movie, I can't wait to see it now! :-)

The Laird by Grace Burrowes

Both books have something to do with a Journey.

Jonel's Tally: 3
Perks' Tally: 25

The Gatekeeper's Promise by Eva Pohler

Both novels take place in a world other than the one we're living in today.

Jonel's Tally: 4
Perks' Tally: 26

by Jill Shalvis

Connected by: Female Authors and part of a series
Poongothai's tally: 1 book

Perks group tally: 27 books

Texas! Lucky by Sandra Brown

Both are written by New York Times best selling authors.

Jonel's Tally: 5
Perks' Tally: 28

Tease Me, Cowboy by Rachael Johns

Both novels are contemporary western romances.

Jonel's Tally: 6
Perks' Tally: 29

Saltwater Cowboys by Dayle Furlong

Connection: Both have cowboys in the title!

Karen's Tally: 3

Perk's Tally: 30

Baby, I'm Yours by Susan Andersen

Connected by: Both titles have a comma (,) in them
Poongothai's tally: 2 books
Perks group tally: 30 books

Corrected Perk's group tally = 31 books

Vision in White by Nora Roberts

Connected by: both are the first book in a series
Donna's Tally 2
Perk's Tallyl: 32

Love is... by various authors.

both works are written by females.

Jonel's Tally: 7
Perks' Tally: 33

The Chief by Monica McCarty

Connected by: Both have a male chest in the cover
Poongothai's tally: 3 books
Perks group tally: 34 books

Matched by Ally Condie
Connection: Both books involve romance as well as trepidation about romance.

Beth's Tally: 4
Perks Tally: 35

Free Falling by S.E. Jakes

Both books have rather monochromatic covers.

Jonel's Tally: 8
Perks' Tally: 36

Mercy by B.J. Daniels

Both books include characters who pretend to be someone they're not, and both authors go by their initials rather than first names.

Jonel's Tally: 9
Perks' Tally: 37

Bluffton by Matt Phelan

Both books have a male character on the cover.

Alycia's tally: 2
Perks' tally: 38