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1. Danes: ~ ( ) ; ~
2. Nursie : ~ ( ) ; ~
3. Casey: ~ ( ) ; ~
4. SciFissters : ~ ( ) ; ~
5. lovemylife: ~ ( ) ; ~
6. appaloosatb: ~ ( ) ; ~
7. Turtle: ~ ( ) ; ~

Danes, please start us off by choosing the first person to REVEAL!!



We can add you to the end if you want to play!

Ooh, I got here just in time! :whistle:

Can I join in? :pirate:

I need to go find a book! BRB

No problem. I'll get you added.

Yipppeee! Hi Appa!

I gotta get my book info ready. :P

I see Turtle! Are you playing too?

be glad to add you too Matt! And AM!!

Turtle went to get my laptop so he can play

Thanks Casey, but I really owe too many TBRs to play.. :(

Where did Danes go... I dont have her on my messenger

I understand AM.

I'm here and I would like casey to reveal! Thanks for PM'ing me guys.

Oh good.. HI Danes!! :thumbsup:

Dead Hollywood Moms Society by Lindsay Maracotta




From the Publisher
In a town once described as the Sodom of the New World, the family craze is in full swing - movie stars posing pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair, powerhouse agents breast-feeding at Spago - giving rise to the latest show-biz phenomenon - the Hollywood mom. Lucy Freers, an animation filmmaker, is one of this new breed. Her marriage to the well-known Hollywood producer Kit Freers is developing widening rifts and her daughter, Chloe, seems to be learning her values from MTV. And when glamorous neighbor Julia Prentice is found naked and dead in Lucy's pool, the facade of her perfect life is irrevocably shattered. Desperate to restore some normalcy to her life and to unlock the puzzle behind wild Julia's demise, Lucy submerges herself beneath the veneer of family values in Hollywood. In the course of her investigation, she has a brush with an affair with a sexy young screenwriter and an even closer brush with death as she delves into a world where there lurk as many unexpected plot twists as in any movie.

want me to go before you update?

Normal ALS rules, 10 minutes to make your move! 3 steals max



Book currently held
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1. Danes: Dead Hollywood Moms Society ( ) ; ~
2. Nursie : ~ ( ) ; ~
3. Casey: ~ ( ) ; Dead Hollywood Moms Society
4. SciFissters : ~ ( ) ; ~
5. lovemylife: ~ ( ) ; ~
6. appaloosatb: ~ ( ) ; ~
7. Turtle: ~ ( ) ; ~

Nursie, you want a steal or reveal?!!



We can add you to the end if you want to play!

I would like appa to reveal please!

Is it to late to join?

darkpunkangel.. you want to play?

gee were we thinking alike or what? LOL

We'll add you to the end next posting, darkangel.

Eek! Hold on, I was still trying to decide between two books. :lol: :rolleyes: :whistle:

I know :lol:

no worries Appa.. eenie meenie miney mo..

I think that's the best way :lol:

my feet are freezing!!

This is TBR quickly.

Donna Jo Napoli, the acclaimed author of Zel, Sirena, and Stones in Water, now delivers a version of Beauty and the Beast destined to be a classic. Beast is the story of Orasmyn, a young Persian prince who makes a single wrong decision that sets an ancient curse into motion and forever changes his fate. Transformed into a lion on the exact day his father is to embark on a lion hunt, Orasmyn escapes his beloved Persia and travels across Europe in search of redemption and forgiveness.
Although Beauty and the Beast has been retold many times -- in the form of a story, a movie, a television show, and even a Broadway musical -- it is usually told from Beauty's perspective, leaving readers to wonder what the prince did that was so terrible he was transformed into a beast. Napoli's Beast chronicles who the Beast was before Beauty found him.

Prince Orasmyn, born into a wealthy Muslim family during ancient times, helps a personal servant out of a difficult situation but in doing so violates the Qur'an and is transformed into a lion. Napoli, head of the linguistics department at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, weaves history, biology, foreign languages, and religion into the story of how he deals with this transformation.

Beast is filled with entrancing passages about what it is like for Orasmyn to survive among the lions, deer, snakes, and other animals he encounters in the wild. The book steps into the life of this princely lion convincingly and includes beautifully written episodes about the nature of the hunt. Adapting to the life of a beast is not easy for Orasmyn: "A cub runs between my legs. I trip and roll toward a lioness at one side. Astonishingly, she backs up with a growl. I get to my feet and run straight past her. The ruling male...runs after me.... He chases at a slow pace. Just to let me know that I don't belong, I'm not welcome. This is not my home. I am a lion, and I am not a lion."

A lion in body but not in mind, Orasmyn comes to realize that to break the curse, he must trek through Europe to find someone who will love him. He stumbles upon a castle in the deep woods of France, and the rest of the story is a familiar tale.

Napoli excels in telling Beast for many reasons, including the way she entwines many topics taught in American high schools into the story line. While in the castle's library, for instance, the Beast begins reading the Aeneid, which is studied by many advanced Latin students. The author includes familiar Latin passages and their translations. Farsi (the native language of Persia) and Arabic words are also integrated into the story, and a glossary at the end of the book allows for a better understanding of their meanings.

Middle Eastern religions, often given little attention in classrooms, are also incorporated into Beast, for Orasmyn was raised as a Muslim with Persian customs. The book shows how Islamic culture borrows many of its traditions from the Zoroastrians and how halal meat is prepared according to a sacred ritual, something also seen among Jews. The borrowing of traditions from the region's different religions, although not emphasized in the book, is particularly interesting to consider during a troublesome time in the Middle East today.

At a glance, Beast is a typical fairy tale retold, but the depth and scope of this book are far-reaching. Napoli has written a story best suited for advanced teen readers and even adults. Bring it to your book group. Bring it to your teachers. Bring it to your friends. They will thank you for bringing Beast to their attention.

Normal ALS rules, 10 minutes to make your move! 3 steals max



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1. Danes: Dead Hollywood Moms Society ( ) ; ~
2. Nursie : Beast ( ) ; ~
3. Casey: ~ ( ) ; Dead Hollywood Moms Society
4. SciFissters : ~ ( ) ; ~
5. lovemylife: ~ ( ) ; ~
6. appaloosatb: ~ ( ) ; Beast
7. Turtle: ~ ( ) ; ~
8. Darkangel: color=#6600CC]~[/color] ( ) ; ~


Casey, you want a steal or reveal?!!



We can add you to the end if you want to play!



SciFissters - what have you got?

ok give me a min

No problem. I think we were all sort of scrambling. :D

Sullivan's Law






FROM THE PUBLISHER
Monday mornings are hell.

That's what Carolyn Sullivan is thinking as she arrives at her office at the Ventura County Probation Department. One of her probationers has just been arrested for rape.

Just when Carolyn should be lying low, instead she's assigned a sensitive case that's sure to have everyone breathing down her neck - supervising convicted killer and paranoid schizophrenic Daniel Metroix.

Twenty-three years ago, the son of the police chief was pushed into the path of an oncoming car, and Metroix went to prison for the boy's murder. Everything in Metroix's file indicates that he's unpredictable and dangerous. But what's more unsettling is his claim that he's innocent - a claim that crawls under Carolyn's skin and stays there, especially when a routine meeting erupts into an inferno that nearly kills them both. Protecting him is Carolyn's only chance to defend herself and her family - and to right a wrong that may have sent an innocent man to prison, while letting a killer go free.

Turtle is that you when you were little in your moms avatar?

Good book!!!!

LOL! No... that was Sci. :P

My hair is up in curlers

Normal ALS rules, 10 minutes to make your move! 3 steals max



Book currently held
Book revealed
Number of steals (Max 3)

1. Danes: Dead Hollywood Moms Society ( ) ; ~
2. Nursie : Beast ( ) ; ~
3. Casey: Sullivan's Law ( ) ; Dead Hollywood Moms Society
4. SciFissters : ~ ( ) ; Sullivan's Law
5. lovemylife: ~ ( ) ; ~
6. appaloosatb: ~ ( ) ; Beast
7. Turtle: ~ ( ) ; ~
8. Darkangel: ~ ( ) ; ~


SciFissters, you want a steal or reveal?!!

Yeah I'm going to steal Dead Hollywood Moms Society :lol:

Didn't notice the curlers! Oops! You do look like your mom though.

Besides Turtle's footie pjs would have been green, not animal print. :lol: