I’m sorry to report my lovely snake charmer let me down this roll. :( Tossing two dice gave me a six which meant I landed on square #65 and a snake. Boo! I slid back down to square #52 where the prompt says to read a book with a tree or flower on the cover. I chose "Open Season" by C.J. Box which has some dreary looking tree trunks on the cover, and I wasn't all that impressed with the story, either. Granted it’s the first in a series, but I had some issues with the main characters, and a number of scenes felt like they were written for shock value which didn't work for me. I suspect Box was trying to up the suspense factor or possibly appeal more to male readers. Anyway, I would have preferred to have seen the climatic scene with the culprits play out differently, and I kinda felt Box's portrayal of Joe Pickett's wife veered into sainthood territory by the end. The second book in the series is buried in my TBR pile, but I'm not in any hurry to read it.
Roll #9
65. Snake - go back to 52: (Zap!)
52. Has a tree or flower on the cover: Open Season by C.J. Box
Progress to Date:
1. Author is a woman / start: Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis
Roll #1 - Two Dice Roll: 3 + 3 = 6
Timestamp: 2019-02-24 21:59:09 UTC
7. Author's last name begins with the letters A, B, C, or D: The Mysterious Affair
At Styles by Agatha Christie
Roll #2 - Two Dice Roll: 5 + 5 = 10
Timestamp: 2019-02-26 07:26:51 UTC
17. Genre - horror: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters (skipping horror)
Roll #3 - One Die Roll: 4
Timestamp: 2019-03-04 02:36:31 UTC
21. Set in Europe: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Roll #4 - Two Dice Roll: 6 + 5 = 11
Timestamp: 2019-03-09 23:41:41 UTC
32. Genre: thriller: The Dry by Jane Harper
Roll #5 - Two Dice Roll: 4 + 4 = 8
Timestamp: 2019-03-14 20:42:23 UTC
40. Characters involved in the entertainment industry: Queen of Hearts by Rhys
Bowen.
Roll #6 - Two Dice Roll: 5 + 1 = 6
Timestamp: 2019-03-19 20:34:27 UTC
46. A book that has been on your tbr for more than two years: The Devil's Novice
by Ellis Peters
Roll #7 - Two Dice Roll: 4 + 5 = 9
Timestamp: 2019-03-26 22:06:20 UTC
55. Is more than 500 pages long: A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire (skipping
500 pg. book)
Roll #8 - One Die Roll: 4
Timestamp: 2019-04-03 05:53:32 UTC
59. Was published more than 10 years ago: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry
Kemelman
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