Portfolio Tag: Group Reads
24 Festive Tasks 2021
Books: Christmas Tree & Ribbon Tasks: Holiday Socks Door 1: Southern Hemisphere Book: Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere, or that has a beachy scene on the cover. => Peter Temple: The Broken Shore Task 1: In Australia, it’s common to brag about having the “biggest ‘X’ in the Southern […]
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24 Festive Tasks 2020
Books: Festive Branch Tasks: Ornaments Door 1: Winter Solstice Book: Read a book that takes place in December, with ice or snow on the cover, where all events take place in a single day or night, that revolves around the solstice, set in Persia / Iran, China or the American Southwest or […]
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24 Festive Tasks 2019
The Markers: Books: Candles Tasks: Stars The Squares DOOR 1: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Book: Ngaio Marsh: Death and the Dancing Footman (audio version, read by James Saxon) Task 1: Miss Marple limerick. Task 2: Chili con carne. Task 3: Epitaph for The Disappearing Spoon. Task 4: Gaby in Mexico (& Guatemala). Points: 5 […]
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The Flat Book Society
The Flat Book Society on BookLikes The Flat Book Society was a science and popular science book club, active on BookLikes from July 2017 to December 2019. BookLikes Book Club Page BookLikes Discussion Group The Reading Lists Suggested Books Nominated Books Books Read 2017-07-07 – 2017-08-31 – Andrea Wulf: The […]
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Halloween Book Bingo 2019
THE BOOKS: OFFICIAL CARD International Woman of Mystery: Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments – finished September 29, 2019. Locked Room Mystery: Clayton Rawson: Death from a Top Hat – finished September 23, 2019. Murder Most Foul: Michael Gilbert: Smallbone Deceased – finished September 13, 2019. Psych: Sofi Oksanen: Fegefeuer (The Purge) – finished September […]
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24 Festive Tasks 2018
The Markers Books: Meteor Tasks: Bows The Squares DOOR 1: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Book: Agatha Christie: Miss Marple – The Complete Short Stories (audio version, narrated by Joan Hickson, Isla Blair and Anna Massey) Task 1: Task 2: Favorite Epitaph (William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon) Task 3: Sherlock Holmes Altar Task 4: Mexican Food Points: 4 DOOR 2: GUY FAWKES NIGHT Book: Georgette […]
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Halloween Book Bingo 2018
The Books: Country House Mystery: Georgette Heyer: Penhallow (Ulli Birvé audio) Cryptozoologist: Patricia A. McKillip: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Dina Pearlman audio) Romantic Suspense: Susanna Kearsley: A Desperate Fortune (Katherine Kellgren audio) Terrifying Women: Mary Roberts Rinehart: Locked Doors (Anne Hancock audio) Terror in a Small Town: Joy Ellis: Their Lost Daughters (Richard Armitage audio) A Grimm Tale: Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber (Emilia Fox / Richard Armitage audio) Genre: Horror: Michael McDowell: Gilded […]
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16 Festive Tasks
The Markers: Stack of Books: Books read Red Bows and Ribbons: Other Tasks completed Joker cards used: The Squares, Books and Other Tasks: Square 1: November 1st: All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos & Calan Gaeaf Book themes for Día de Muertos and All Saint’s Day: A book that […]
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Halloween Book Bingo 2017
The Books Cozy Mystery: Donna Andrews: Lord of the Wings Gothic: Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Romantic Suspense: C.S. Forester: The African Queen Amateur Sleuth: Simon Brett: An Amateur Corpse Diverse Voices: James D. Doss: Grandmother Spider Vampires: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Locked Room Mystery: Martin Edwards’s (ed.) & Various Authors: Miraculous Mysteries: Locked-Room Murders and Impossible Crimes Terror in a Small Town: Agatha Christie: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead Murder Most Foul: Various […]
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12 Festive Tasks
Snow Globes: Reads Bells: Activities Task the First: The Winter Wonderland: – Read a book that is set in a snowy place. => Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales – If you are lucky enough to live in a snowy place, or even if you aren’t, take a walk outside and post a […]
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Halloween Book Bingo 2016
The Books: Read by Candlelight or Flashlight – E.T.A. Hoffmann: Das Fräulein von Scuderi (Mademoiselle de Scuderi) => Bingos No. 1, No. 5, No. 6 & No. 12 Magical Realism – Isabel Allende: La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits) => Bingos No. 6 & No. 11 Witches – Terry Pratchett / […]
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