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20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!

"Oooooh no" it's my BIG 5-0! I need lots of friends to help me celebrate my fiftieth birthday and turn it into an "Oooooh yes" moment! You can do this by reading any book whose title, subtitle, series name and/or author contains 5 - "o's". You can use any combination of the above to reach 5-letter "o's". It's okay if there are more than 5-"o's"; it makes me feel better to know there are decades more birhdays' to come.

Please include in your post the necessary info and links to show how you reached the 5 - "oh's".


Examples of books that work:

The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate
There are 6 - "o's" in the title.

Lady Killer (Rosato & Associates, #10) by Lisa Scottoline
Any book in Lisa Scottoline's (Rosato & Associates) series works because there are 5 - "o's" in the author and series name.

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
There are 6 - "o's" in the title and author's name combined.

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
There are a combination of 8 - "o's" in the title and subtitle.

Required: State the number of "o's" and where they are located (title, subtitle, series, author combination)

Books approved or suggested for this task:

Books approved through Post #25, plus my suggestions to help get you started.


The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate
Lady Killer (Rosato & Associates #10) by Lisa Scottoline - All 11 books in this series work for this task.
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
Scorpio: The Heart To Help (Boys Of The Zodiac, #8) (Boys of the Zodiac #8) by Jamie Craig
Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off (Country Music Collection #1) by Cara North
Promises (Coda Books #1) by Marie Sexton
Samson's Lovely Mortal by Tina FolsomUnholy Promises (Chronicles of Surrender, 3) by Roxy Harte
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by Alison Gernsheim
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen ButlerPossession (Possession #1) by Elana Johnson
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle T Lemmon
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
A Pearl In the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean by Tori Murden Mcclure
The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery #1) by Cleo Coyle - There are 10 books in this series and all but #5 work for this task.
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries #3) by Charlaine Harris
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood #10) by J.R. Ward
Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5) by J.R. Ward
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
No One You Know by Michelle Richmond
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich
Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff

Books approved or suggested for this task:

This help thread is open!

nice task lisa!! I found a series that had 3 O's in it...and then went down the list of books until I found a title that had 2 more - so 'm going to do Scorpio: The Heart To Help

I found Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies! 6 O's in the title!

I am going to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. -5 o's

Just checking on these-

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off by Cara North
Promises by Marie Sexton
Samson's Lovely Mortal by Tina Folsom

In the first two, I used the series name in counting the O's.

Christina, Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies is a great, laugh out loud book. I may re-read it.... :)

Dee, Christina and Jayme - All good choices.

Fran - All those books work, however if you choose one of the first two options you should include the series name in your post.

Thanks Lisa, fun task :)

Fran wrote: "Just checking on these-

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off by Cara North"

OMG, that is just the best title of any book, EVER! I may to read it just for the title alone!!!!!

Oh, sorry, I got side tracked. I wanted to make sure, I'm reading correctly.

We can use the book title name, series name, AND the author's name in this task?

So, Unholy Promises (Chronicles of Surrender, 3) by Roxy Harte would count?

Sassafrass wrote: "Oh, sorry, I got side tracked. I wanted to make sure, I'm reading correctly.

We can use the book title name, series name, AND the author's name in this task?

So, Unholy Promises (..."

That works!

Thanks, Lisa and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Just to double check: Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by Alison Gernsheim - 2 in title, 2 in subtitle, and 1 in author's name, unless I'm miscounting.

Riona wrote: "Just to double check: Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by Alison Gernsheim - 2 in title, 2 in subtitle, and 1 in author's name, unless I'm miscounting."

A+ in addition - That works!

I think this one works with title and author:

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler.


I count 6 "Os".

Bea wrote: "I think this one works with title and author:

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler.


I count 6 "Os"."

Definitely!

Great task Lisa MD! Happy Birthday too!

Happy birthday! :) Love the task. Now to decide between Possession (with series title "Possession" as well + author Elana Johnson = 6 o's) and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (with 5 o's counting author Tom Franklin). Decisions, decisions.... ;)

@Randi

I've read and loved it.

Lisa wrote: "@Randi

I've read and loved it."

Ooo, thanks for the recommendation! I always feel better about reading a book when someone tells me they liked it. :) It's going on the spreadsheet!

Just to make sure I can count correctly...Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff

★Meghan★ wrote: "Just to make sure I can count correctly...Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff"

Right on the money!