(Fourth Thursday of November | November 22, 2018)
Updates
12/13/2018: I was updating this post for the completed Book Task, when I realized that I still had one task I hadn't completed yet. So I'm finishing off this door! I finished reading Midnight Sacrifice by Melinda Leigh for the Book Task, and filling in Task 3!
11/25/2018: Completed Tasks 1, 2, and 4. I might end up skipping Task 3. And looks like, coincidentally, I'm currently already reading a book that takes place in Maine, so getting the Book Task worked on!
Task 1
List the 3 books you’ve read this year you’re most “thankful” for (your favs) or the one book you’ve ever read that changed your life for the better.
-- COMPLETED 11/25/2018 --
I actually don't have a whole lot of favorites to choose from this year. I had a really long reading slump, for one, and I read a lot of not-so-great books, for another.
On that note, the books that I'm most thankful for this year:
These are, by far, my favorite books read this year, and I'm including both InCryptid novels, just because I loved both. Deanna Raybourn's A Treacherous Curse was just a wonderful read! And then, I wanted to include The Name of the Star because reading a great YA novel that I ended up loving made me feel good that there are still other YA novels out there that can entice me.
Task 2
Describe your perfect meal. What would you cook for the perfect celebration, or, what would you have your imaginary personal chef cook for you?
-- COMPLETED 11/25/2018 --
Geez... This answer could last forever if I wanted to list EVERYTHING I'd ever want a personal chef to cook. Food is my life, and I'm still discovering more and more favorite foods every day. So in order for this post to not go on for eternity, here are just a few things I've managed to narrow down to, and one of the biggest, mainly, is one of our Chinese feasts for big celebrations, such as weddings, New Years, and sometimes birthdays.
And because I'm a big lover of seafood, most of these pictures will include things such as the infamous Ginger Scallion Lobster, Seafood Soup, Stuffed Crab Claws, Abalone simmered in Oyster Sauce... like I said, the list could go on. Let's just look at pictures, shall we?
Aside from Chinese feasts, I'm also a lover of sashimi, so I'd also love an endless chef-made supply of sashimi combo.
And finally, to top it all off, my most favorite dessert in the world, Creme Brulee.
I'm not asking for much, right?
Task 3
Name a book you’ve read this year that you thought was full of “stuffing”.
-- COMPLETED 12/13/2018 --
The first book that came into mind for this task was Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright, as it certainly had much more tidbit info, not quite about the "world's worst plagues," but just some random anecdotes that may or may not have to do with the particular plague each chapter was covering.
Unfortunately, it pains me to admit this, because I DO like Nora Roberts and what few books I've read of hers so far, but Dance of Gods, the second book in her Circle trilogy was probably even more full of "stuffing." This is your typical "filler" book masquerading as a second book in a series. The whole time I felt like it the series could have gone without it--aside from giving a full novel for one of our main couples to have a romance story, and filling the quota for a second book in a trilogy, this book doesn't really do much to forward the story progression.
Task 4
Show us your 2018 book “harvest” – the books you newly acquired this year, regardless whether bought, received as gift or in whichever other way.
-- COMPLETED 11/25/2018 --
In an attempt to keep this post from going on forever (aside from the almost forever foodie task above), I decided to just show a handful of the 40+ newly acquired books in 2018. Specifically, I'm just going to present the ones I haven't read yet, more or less as a way to make sure I'm aware of all the new books I've added to my TBR.
In no particular order:
Book Task
Autumnal covers, set in New England, or a turkey shows up in the story.
-- COMPLETED 12/09/2018 --
This was a crap book. I tried to give it and the series, a chance after not quite liking the first book, but I couldn't do it. Here's my review. The book at least fits into a door, taking place in Maine to fulfill the, "set in New England" part of the task.
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