1. I like so many, but I‘ll go with one called Ex Libris where you build a library collection! It‘s actually fun, there is some fantasy and humor mixed in!
2. Tagged book is a MG story of a girl in Malaysia who is trying to solve the mystery of her friends death at a large Scrabble competition!
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pickTweens Charlotte Lockard and Ben Boxer play Scrabble with each other online. They are both word wizards and both are navigating the jungle of middle school in different cities, 1000+ miles apart. Slowly they begin to realize how much more they have in common, mostly that each needs a solid friend 🩵
#20in4Readathon Day 4
#Rushathon Day 2
A year after her BFF, Trina Low, died during a championship Scrabble game, Najwa Bakri is ready to enter a tournament again. But there is a rumour that Trina was murdered.
This was an intriguing mystery though I wondered how true to life the 15 and 16 year olds' conversations were. Also, by the story's timeline Trina died in Nov. 2021 but the characters were already familiar with each other from the annual tournaments, which seems unlikely.
Hmm... I like the concept, but the narrator sounds more like a grandmother than a teenager to me. It's really disrupting my ability to get lost in the story 😕
Had no idea what genre I was in the mood for, but knew I wanted something with a mystery element. Set my Libby filters to Audiobooks, Available Now, Mystery, and stumbled across the YA Thriller set in the world of competitive Scrabble! Murder and word games. I'm in.
You tell me about an unabashedly Malaysian YA mystery set in the world of competitive Scrabble; I jump on it. QUEEN OF THE TILES is wonderful so far. Love the energy; love the characters; love the writing. Ms Hanna is one of those rare and glorious present tense writers who doesn‘t skew purple and who understands the past perfect is 99% unnecessary in her chosen style. My mental ear is happy.
https://apnews.com/article/scrabble-dictionary-new-words-2effc5627acb3974388b092...
Mr BookHippie and I fell in love over a scrabble board… 😂😂♥️♥️
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4th Week of October
#ScarathlonDailyPrompt total= 48 points
#Movies 3 Total= 18 points
#Games: #Scrabble 196 points + #titlex 1940 points Halloween accessories 531 points
Total= 2,667
#Books 4 books total= 4,508
4th Week total= 7, 241 points
1st week 2,574
2nd week 2,395
3rd week 9,451
4th week 7, 241 +5 bingos
October Total= 20, 761
@Staycurious and thank you for coordinate all these activities. Amazing👏👏👏👏
@ShyBookOwl thanks for the tag!
1. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon
2. Tagged! I love Seven Games. It was a fascinating history of popular games and AI.
3. Shennandoah Calley, VA; Daytona Beach, FL; Sanibel/Captiva, FL.
@aroc tag!
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pickI was excited to learn that this YA mystery by Malaysian writer Alkaf is set during a Scrabble tournament that takes place in Johor, a state in the south of the Malay peninsula. We don't get a lot in terms of place because of the closed-room setting of the tournament, but Alkaf spins an entertaining story that kept me hooked & turning the pages & made me bring out our Scrabble set for a few shouty family games. A solid 3-star read.
