Penny's BINGO 2015

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Penny's BINGO 2015

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1pmarshall
Editat: jul. 6, 2015, 1:51 am



More information on the titles is posted below.

1. ...About Language The Language Of Flowers: Introduction to Flowers and Their Meaning by Lana Gilmore
2. ... Where the Animal is of Importance:Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.
3. ....That is Completely Outside Your Comfort Zone: Fire Whisperer & Circle of Souls: Two Novellas of the Supernatural by Lynn L. Clark
4. ...You've Owned For More Than One Year: Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Francis
5. ...With A Mythical Creature: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.
6. ...That is a genre bender: Hellbender by Laurie R. King.
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9. ...With a protagonist of a the opposite gender: Want You Dead by Peter James
10. ...Published in 1915: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
11. ...On a Subject You Are Unfamiliar With: Bomber Girls by M J Foreman
12. ...Where Prophecies or Portents are Part of the Plot: Kindling Point by Marcia Muller
13. ...READ A CAT: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
14. ...Set in a Country Other Than Your Own: The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant - U. S.
15. ...By an LT Author: Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
16. ...Based on a Fairy Tale or Myth: Fables Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham.
17. ...With Correspondence or Letters: With Every Letter by Sarah Sundin
18. ...Whose Author Shares an Ancestor's First Name: A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd. My great-grandfather was Charles McMenamon.
19. ...Inspired by another piece of fiction: Mila's Tale by Laurie R. King.
20. ...Centred around a Major Historic Event: Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by David Boyle
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22. ...With Scientists Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family by Shelley Emling
23. ... With An LGBTQ Main Character: The Iron Girl by Ellen Hart.
24. ...That reminds you of your childhood: The Bobbsey Twins' Mystery At School by Laura Lee Hope
25. ...about Autism: The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan

2pmarshall
Editat: març 15, 2015, 4:29 am

I have read these since January 1 so, although I just joined today I hope they will count.



# 20. ...Centred around a Major Historic Event: Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by David Boyle.

The first time I heard about the 1914 World War I Christmas Truce I was struck with wonder and disbelief. Could it really have happened? "Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914" describes in some detail how it came about, the details of the various truces up and down the line, how it originated with the Germans, the exchange of souvenirs in the midst of No Man's Land and, of course the football games and singing.

It also views the truce from the different levels of command and why it was acceptable to some and not to others. From the point of view of officers on the ground it gave them an opportunity to bury their dead, clean up their trenches and take as much of a look as possible at the other sides’ trenches. Just a little spying!

For those in the higher levels of command they were horrified and wanted it stopped. As the English Infantry talked to Germans, who had been waiters in London or taxi drivers in Birmingham just months ago, it brought the war down to a level too close to home. You don’t shoot your neighbours. Two people opposed for similar reasons were Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler, a German infantryman, familiarity does not always breed contempt.

The sources in many cases are letters written home to family and friends describing this unusual and unexpected Christmas of 1914.



# 24. ...That reminds you of your childhood: The Bobbsey Twins' Mystery At School by Laura Lee Hope.

I read “The Bobbsey Twins' Mystery At School” this afternoon and was pleasantly surprised. The last time I read a Bobbsey Twins book was about fifty-five years ago. I received this one as a stocking gift from my sister after she found the 1962 edition at a flea market.
I say surprised because it was fairly well written, the pace was fast, lots of character involvement, adult and child, besides the twins, and lots of actions to keep the plot moving. Having said that the plot was not very believable and there was too much action happening, a train trip through a hurricane, followed by a circus train crash, a trick dog who adopts the twins, a museum opening at the school, the stealing of a valuable Greek statute lent to the museum, a class bully and more. All of which provides mysteries for the twins to solve and of course everything works out in the end.
Much has been written about the value of the Bobbsey Twins’ books since they entertained me many years ago. They certainly kept me reading and lead me to other series and books as I grew older and that is what I think their important contribution to children’s reading has been. They drew children in, provided entertainment and some suspense and went a long way to instilling the reading habit in young children. I am still reading and not always mysteries!

3LittleTaiko
gen. 14, 2015, 5:02 pm

Welcome! Hope you have fun with the BingoDOG. Loved the Bobbsey Twins - didn't read many, but the ones I did were such fun. Made me wish I were a twin.

4rabbitprincess
gen. 14, 2015, 5:34 pm

Welcome aboard! Looks like you're off to a good start :)

5DeltaQueen50
gen. 15, 2015, 12:10 am

Oh, the Bobbsey Twins, that brings back memories!! Welcome and enjoy the Bingo challenge.

6pmarshall
Editat: abr. 6, 2015, 10:36 pm



# 14. ...Set in a Country Other Than Your Own: The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. - United States
1. The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. - United States
2. Bonecrack by Dick Francis. - England
3. The Bobbsey Twins' Mystery At School by Laura Lee Hope. - United States
4. Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by David Boyle. - France
5. Becoming Queen by Kate Williams - England
6. Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Francis - England
7. The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan - France
8. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. - England
9. Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King - Morocco
10. With Every Letter by Sarah Sundin - Algeria

7pmarshall
Editat: gen. 21, 2015, 4:35 pm

Can you use one title in more than one category, e.g. Centred around a Major Historic Event and Selected by Someone Else?

But entering books in more than one category would put every book in category 14...
What about just using that category once, indicate in brackets the number of books for that country?

Advice?

8pmarshall
Editat: abr. 6, 2015, 10:03 pm

Aquest missatge ha estat suprimit pel seu autor.

9LittleTaiko
gen. 22, 2015, 12:53 pm

The general idea is to use one book per square. If you happen to read more than one book and want to track it for your own use, then your bracket idea sounds like a good one.

10DeltaQueen50
gen. 22, 2015, 2:17 pm

Becoming Queen sounds really interesting and I am adding it to my wishlist. Thanks for your review.

11pmarshall
Editat: gen. 23, 2015, 11:35 pm

Aquest missatge ha estat suprimit pel seu autor.

12pmarshall
Editat: gen. 28, 2015, 11:43 pm

If a character has autism, a high ranking police detective in a police procedural, does this qualify for the 'about autism' category?

13christina_reads
gen. 29, 2015, 10:48 am

>12 pmarshall: I would think so. The book I chose for that square had a main character/narrator with autism, but it wasn't really "about" autism.

14pmarshall
gen. 31, 2015, 7:33 am

What is a "CAT?"

15rabbitprincess
gen. 31, 2015, 8:54 am

A "CAT" is a challenge run by and for members of this group. This year there are three: the HistoryCAT (every month we read books about a given historical topic and/or time period), the SFFFCAT (every month we read books from a different type of science fiction or fantasy) and the RandomCAT (every month we read books to fit a random theme chosen by the host -- February's is "read a book that has been adapted into a movie or TV show").

So for example, if you wanted to fill that square this month, you could read a book that's been adapted into a movie or TV show for the RandomCAT.

Hope that helps :)

16pmarshall
gen. 31, 2015, 2:45 pm

> 15 Thank you. Where do I find this information?

17rabbitprincess
gen. 31, 2015, 2:50 pm

18pmarshall
Editat: març 15, 2015, 4:22 am



# 4. ...You've Owned For More Than One Year: Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

Restaurant owner, Max Moreton, gets into hot water when guests at a gala race course dinner become very ill with food poisoning. This is closely followed by a bombing at the next event he caters. Who arranged the bombing and why do they want to kill Max?

19pmarshall
Editat: feb. 1, 2015, 10:25 am

2015 Meme - Answers Based On Books I Read in 2014

Describe yourself: The Secrets Of Seldom Seen

Describe how you feel: Wrecked

Describe where you currently live: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Somewhere in France

Your favorite form of transportation: All Roads Lead Home

Your best friend is: The Swedish Girl

You and your friends are: Hope Springs

What’s the weather like: Snow Alligators

You fear: Fruits of the Poisonous Tree

What is the best advice you have to give: Never Too Late

Thought for the day: Unintended Consequences

How I would like to die: Sleep Like the Dead

My soul’s present condition: Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well

20pmarshall
Editat: març 15, 2015, 4:21 am



# 25. ...about Autism: The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan

Paul Gauguin’s paintings and those of many other artists are being forged, auctioned off and the money used to buy arms for Russia. Unfortunately, once a painting was sold the young artist/forger was killed.

Insurance investigator and world renowned expert in nonverbal communication Dr. Genevieve Lenard becomes involved in a single murder investigation at the request of her boss who is assisting an old friend in the European government. The case quickly expands as Lenard is joined by others and as their knowledge base expands.

An extra challenge for Lenard, who normally works solely with computers, is having to interact with the mainly male members of the growing investigative team. Her life is extremely structured and she has developed her own coping methods which allows her to function with her high level autism spectrum disorder. The main one being to write the musical score for Mozart’s symphonies, either on paper or in her head. She can do this for hours completely unaware of what is happening around her.

Lenard dislikes having people invade her personal space and touch her, she is open with people she can read and trust but shuts down around others. An inability to understand idioms and other deviations from “English,” her need for everything to be in its place, her compulsion with cleanliness all speak to her high level of spectrum autism.

Ryan captures this through the varied pace of her writing, the repetition of behaviour, the noise levels and repetition of conversations. I learned about autism from this book, an aim I have with each book I read, fiction and non-fiction.
Recommended 4 Stars
Posted review.

21pmarshall
Editat: març 21, 2015, 7:11 pm



# 4. ... Where the Animal is of Importance: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

Black Beauty is a horse of good breeding and training and in this autobiographical novel he tells of the different stages he went through in his life. In his early years he enjoyed playing in the meadow and spending time with his mother. He was trained to be a carriage horse and he took great pride in doing his job well. However as he was sold to different owners, a duke, a livery stable owner, a cab driver, a baker, another cab driver in London his life changed as he moved down in the world.

Mr. Thoroughgood and his grandson, Willie, see Black Beauty at his lowest but still see the good bones and the style he has. They purchase him and retire him to a meadow where he regains his health and spirit. Black Beauty’s last owners are three ladies and he becomes a carriage horse once more.

The publication of “Black Beauty” in England in 1877 had a major focus on animal welfare as well as treating other people with kindness and respect. “… the “Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare", have referred to "Black Beauty" as being “the most influential anti-cruelty novel of all time”. (Wikipedia - Black Beauty.) Anna Sewell wrote it for those who worked with horses, she said “a special aim was to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.” (Wikipedia - Anna Sewell.)
Posted Review Five Stars

22VivienneR
feb. 5, 2015, 2:02 pm

>19 pmarshall: Snow Alligators don't sound like enviable weather conditions!

23pmarshall
Editat: feb. 8, 2015, 10:23 pm

> 19 VivienneR It is a children's rhyming book I got for my one of my great-nephews. The children build snowmen to protect themselves from the alligators.
Right now in New Brunswick we seem to be having a storm every two days, so I was thinking of the clear, sunny days as alligator days. In Fredericton we have, as of Feb. 4, 68 c.m. on the ground and the norm is 21 c.m. and it has been snowing all day.

24VivienneR
feb. 5, 2015, 5:42 pm

And around here we usually get tons of snow. Not this year. We had one major snowfall and a few dustings. It's also been milder than usual. I had a mental image of "snow alligators" flying around like snowflakes, but biting and snapping :)

25LauraBrook
feb. 5, 2015, 8:55 pm

Penny, I have a (what I hope is a relatively) easy question for you - on your bingo card, what HTML do you use to get the dots to appear? I have one, but I can't figure out how to get more than one "dotted'. And, I can't find the original thread where all of the cards were posted, and it's not on an HTML how-to thread that I can find either. Sorry!

26pmarshall
Editat: feb. 16, 2015, 6:39 pm

> 25 LauraBrook
It took me a few tries to get all the dots to show. What you need to do is show all the numbers and just add on to the string.

When I want to add the next dot I will add -23 or whatever number it is after -2 and keep the quotation marks.

I thought I had the post from the person who programmed this but I can't find it. If I do I will pass it on. But the information above might be enough, it is for the pirate card and red dots.

Hope this helps Laura.

27LauraBrook
Editat: feb. 13, 2015, 1:14 pm

Thanks Penny, I'll give it a shot and see what happens! :)

eta: It worked! It was a dash I needed, and not a space, or a comma, or anything else. Thank you so much!

28pmarshall
Editat: març 15, 2015, 4:19 am



# 18. ..Whose Author Shares an Ancestor's First Name: A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd. My great-grandfather was Charles McMenamon.
Bess Crawford, a nursing sister in World War I, is in England on sick leave and fulfills a promise to a former patient by delivering a verbal message to his brother. This involves Crawford with a strange, disturbed family, in murder, past and present, and a strong sense of duty to set things right.

29pmarshall
Editat: març 15, 2015, 4:32 am



# 12. ..Where Prophecies or Portents are Part of the Plot: Kindling Point by Marcia Muller
An old San Francisco victorian house under renovations, the wife with uneasy feeling about her husband, tales of past ghosts, two young girls with a ouija board and the past starts to repeat its self.

30pmarshall
Editat: abr. 6, 2015, 10:31 pm



# 15. ..By an LT Author: Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
It is 1926 and Russell and Holmes are in Morocco, she is doing a movie shoot in the desert and Holmes is in Fez visiting his cousin, the head of the French government in Morocco. Muhammed and Ali (O Jerusalem, Justice Hall) are involved in the war for the independence of Morocco and draw Russell and Holmes into the conflict.
I reread this so I will be ready to read the latest in the Mary Russell series Dreaming Spies which is up next, once I finish The Dante Connection by LT author Estelle Ryan.

31pmarshall
Editat: març 21, 2015, 7:12 pm



# 10. ...Published in 1915: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.
Espionage and murder lead to life on the run in an attempt by Richard Hannay find a trustworthy British government minister who will believe and act on his information in an attempt to stop Germany from starting World War I.

32pmarshall
Editat: abr. 6, 2015, 10:34 pm



# 17 ...With Correspondence or Letters: With Every Letter by Sarah Sundin

In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) took the unheard-of step of forming and employing two women's aviation units (The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS--with a capital S) and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).) That same year, a unit of flight nurses who had not yet quite finished their training, were sent into North Africa on Christmas Day following the Allied invasion in November,1942. On Feb. 18, 1943, the U.S. Army Nurse Corps' first class of flight nurses formally graduated.*

With Every Letter is the story of Flight Nurse Lt. Philomela (Mellie) Blake stationed in Liberia in North Africa in 1942-43. She and her colleagues fly into combat areas in cargo planes that empty their cargo and then load the wounded to fly them back to the base hospital The flight nurses care for the wounded in the air.

Blake and Lt. Thomas MacGilliver meet though an anonymous letter exchange set up to support soldiers at the front. Sarah Sundin develops the relationship through the letters as well as Blake’s day to day life. The information about all of the characters is incomplete, repetitive and leaves me wanting what is just hinted at. This repetitiveness is also found in the action of the characters.

I chose this book because I like World War II fiction that is based on real events and it also filled a spot on my Bingo card, part of the book is written in letters between Blake and MacGilliver . At the time I didn’t realize it was also a Christian romance. However the latter does open another aspect of the war by providing information on the work of Army Engineer Lt. Thomas MacGilliver in North Africa and Italy.

I gave the book three stars which means it is okay and if someone is looking for a light novel it will suffice.

The book is based on research and interviews.

The websites listed below provide more information on flight nurses.

National Museum of the United States Air Force:

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15457

http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/109638/women-play-huge-r....

Posted review, March 31, 2015

33pmarshall
Editat: març 31, 2015, 7:04 pm



# 11. ...On a Subject You Are Unfamiliar With: Bomber Girls by M J Foreman

Bomber Girls is an account of the 166 Air Transport Auxiliary women pilots from Britain and around the globe, based on research and extensive interviews with veterans. It is not a recitation of facts, it presents the lives of the young women and what doing this job meant to them, the perils they faced in the air and the hardships on the ground, the loss of friends and loved ones.

The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organization formed in 1939. The initial plan was that the ATA would carry personnel, mail and medical supplies, but the pilots were immediately needed to work with the Royal Air Force (RAF) ferry pools transporting aircraft within Great Britain. Initially all the pilots recruited were men, considered to be unfit for either the RAF or the Fleet Air Arm by reason of age or fitness. They became known as “Ancient and Tattered Airmen.” Due to the heavy loss of pilots in the Battle of Britain the ATA was opened to women in 1940.

By 1945 166 brave, daring young women were transporting planes of all types across Great Britain. Planes that required a crew of five men to fly overseas was delivered by one female pilot. The 1,152 male ATA pilots had firepower to protect themselves, they also flew by instruments. The women pilots had no protection and were told to not to fly above 800 feet in bad weather. They also had to battle the male attitudes toward women and their right and abilities to do the job. One thing they did receive was equal pay for equal rank, a first for the British government.

The first Bomber Girl was Turkish Sabiha Gokcen, who in 1937 graduated from the Turkey Air Force Academy becoming the world’s first female military pilot. In Russia Stalin allowed the organization of the all female 588th Russian night bomber squadron. This expanded to three regiments of women combat pilots by 1942. The British government banned women from aerial, ground and sea combat.

An interesting telling of, I believe, a relatively unknown piece of World War II history. I liked the personnel touches the women’s life stories added to the factual history recounting. The book could have been better organized and edited to avoid repetition. I give it four and one-half stars.
Posted review
March 9, 2015

34pmarshall
Editat: abr. 1, 2015, 7:04 pm



# 13. ...READ A CAT: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch.

Prince Ronald, the financée of Princess Elizabeth, is stolen away by a dragon who also burns all of Princess Elizabeth's beautiful and elegant clothes. But this does not deter her, she slips into a paperback and dashes after the dragon and her love. But does he remain her love when she rescues him by tricking the dragon? SPOILER ALERT: Ronald sees her and says "You smell like ashes, your hair is all tangled and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag. Come back when you are dressed like a real princess." Does he deserve a princess as brave and beautiful as Elizabeth?

Robert Munsch reverses a traditional fairy tale and honours feisty females to the detriment of whiney males who focus on appearance not character. The Paper Bag Princess has become a modern classic fairy tale that enchantes its readers.

The SFF April CAT is books that are based on fairy tales, myths, legends, and folklore and should also fall within the umbrella of speculative fiction, sci-fi, and/or fantasy.
Posted Review
April 1, 2015

35pmarshall
abr. 1, 2015, 7:23 pm

Hey, I got a Bingo!!!

36pmarshall
abr. 2, 2015, 5:55 pm

# 19. ...Inspired by another piece of fiction: Mila's Tale by Laurie R. King.
Mila's Tale is one of many retellings of "Jephtha's Vow" from Judges 11:1-40 from the Hebrew or Old Testament Bible. Laurie R. King has written a midrash and then provided a commentary which is the Jewish tradition of studying a reading from the Bible. The commentary provides a history of the biblical story and other viewpoints people have used when writing their own midrash. King has a background in theology and religious studies.

I am perhaps stretching the category, my reasoning for placing it here is that there have been so many retellings that the original story has become fiction. My other choice was # 16 "... Based on a Fairy Tale or Myth," the multiple retellings gives the Biblical story a myth-like character. But I didn't think people would have appreciated me calling part of the Bible myth, they may not appreciate the fiction tag either.

37pmarshall
Editat: abr. 6, 2015, 10:20 pm

Aquest missatge ha estat suprimit pel seu autor.

38pmarshall
Editat: abr. 14, 2015, 4:19 am



# 6. ...That is a genre bender: Hellbender by Laurie R. King.
A private investigator is approached with the request he find seven missing people. He considers this too many to look for at one time so they settle on the last name added to the list, Harry Savoy. The search leads to stalking, a mob presence, a science research lab, the missing people, a gun fight and murder. The Salaman ends up in the hospital. This genre bender for Bingo 2015 combines mystery and science fiction.

39pmarshall
Editat: abr. 6, 2015, 10:18 pm



9. ...With a protagonist of a the opposite gender: Want You Dead by Peter James
A woman is being stalked by a former boyfriend who will go to any lengths, including murder, to keep her from friends, especially male, and families. It is a difficult case. Roy Grace is getting married, and his first wife Sandy, whom he had declared dead ten years after her disappearance, is back in Brighton.

40pmarshall
abr. 6, 2015, 10:21 pm

This gives me two Bingos! Wow!

41LittleTaiko
abr. 7, 2015, 9:51 pm

Congrats on your two bingos!

42pmarshall
abr. 7, 2015, 10:18 pm

>41 LittleTaiko:
Thanks. It was a surprise to me!

43pmarshall
Editat: abr. 20, 2015, 4:47 am



# 23. ... With An LGBTQ Main Character: The Iron Girl by Ellen Hart.
Jane Lawless, Minneapolis Minnesota restaurateur and sleuth is drawn into this case because she meets a young woman who looks so much like her lost lover. Just hours before Christine's death a savage triple murder took place. Now, years later Jane is convinced the wrong man was convicted because of items she finds in boxes of Christine's belongings she had packed away without looking at them.

44DeltaQueen50
abr. 9, 2015, 1:00 am

Sorry I didn't see your query about the RandomCats until this evening as I have been away for a couple of weeks, but I see you found a book that fit the Read A Cat Bingo Square. Congrats on you two Bingos!

45pmarshall
Editat: abr. 20, 2015, 5:26 am



# 22. ...With Scientists: Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family by Shelley Emling
The Curie's were an amazing family; Marie and her husband Pierre shared a Nobel Prize in Physic (1903), Marie is the only person to receive a second Nobel Prize in another discipline, Chemistry (1911), daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie shared the Physic Prize in 1935, and daughter Eve's husband, Henri Labouisse received the Peace Prize in 1965 on behalf of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Irene's son Pierre and her daughter, Helene and her husband Michel Langevine, were award winning scientists.
Most biographies of Marie Curie end in 1906 when her husband was killed in an accident or in 1911 when she received her second Nobel Prize. Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family starts in 1910 and based on letters, interviews with Eve (daughter) and Helene (grand daughter) and other research carries the lives through to Eve's death in 2007.
It is a very readable book with interesting information on their involvement in the women's rights movement, humanitarian issues, World War II, and politics, Irene and her husband turned to the communists for the solution to world peace. Eve became a musician, war correspondent and journalist.
Highly Recommended
*****

46pmarshall
Editat: abr. 26, 2015, 7:13 pm



#5. ...With A Mythical Creature: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.

Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up was first staged as a play in 1904 and in 1911 published as a book with the title Peter and Wendy. I am placing it in the "With A Mythical Creature" Bingo Square because Peter Pan has become a mythical creature for over a century of children.

47pmarshall
Editat: juny 6, 2015, 8:45 pm



# 16...Based on a Fairy Tale or Myth: Fables; Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham.
The characters of our childhood fairy tales have lost their land and now live in New York side by side, but unknown, with other New Yorkers. Rose Red has disappeared and the evidence of her apartment indicates she has been murdered. The Bad Wolf and Snow White are leading the investigation and the number one suspect is Jack in the Beanstalk.
This is the first Fables I have read, in fact the first comic book since I was a kid. I found it dragged in places as they tried to include everyones story but it kept my attention and I enjoyed it. Would I read another, I don't know.

48pmarshall
Editat: juny 13, 2015, 6:17 pm



# 1...About Language: The Language Of Flowers: Introduction to Flowers and Their Meaning by Lana Gilmore
An introduction to the symbolism of popular flowers. I read a Kindle version and the pictures of the flowers were clear and easy to recognise.

49pmarshall
Editat: jul. 6, 2015, 1:52 am



# 3....That is Completely Outside Your Comfort Zone: Fire Whisperer & Circle of Souls: Two Novellas of the Supernatural by Lynn L. Clark

50pmarshall
març 8, 2017, 8:55 am

I got sick and went into the hospital September 15, 2015 - February 29, 2016, so was unable to finish this challenge.

51rabbitprincess
març 8, 2017, 8:14 pm

>50 pmarshall: Oh no! I'm sorry to hear you were in hospital. I hope you're feeling better.

And don't worry about not having finished the challenge. If you'd like to join us for a new Bingo, there's one over in the 2017 group: http://www.librarything.com/topic/233008#5839134