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07-04-2011 at 9:40 AM
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25 Point Task

I think I get to pick a task since I'm in 6th and Mrs.GinTN was kind enough to let whoever was in 6th place pick!  If that's the case, here's my task:

Ask your DH/SO to pick out a book for you that they think you would enjoy.  Post about why you think they picked it for you, and whether you actually enjoyed it or not.   (If you are not in a relationship currently, have a close friend or family member pick a book for you.)

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07-04-2011 at 10:15 AM
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Gonna have to ask a friend...H doesn't read, unfortunately :(

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07-04-2011 at 10:25 AM
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Uhh ohh!  I cannot imagine the technical book DH would choose for me.  I'll ask and see!  I am a little scared!
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07-04-2011 at 10:30 AM
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MH isn't a reader at all, so this should be interesting.
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07-04-2011 at 11:39 AM
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I'm scared about this one, too!  MH reads, but not the type of stuff I like to read (he's much more into SciFi than I am).  I'll have to tell him to "sleep on it" before he gives me his suggestion, lol!

I'll tell you what I'm not reading!  (one of his recent books - totally NMS - I don't think you could pay me to read this...)
 
07-04-2011 at 11:51 AM
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Great task!

I think my hubby is either going to talk his way out of it (he can't predict movies I'll like to save his life) or recommend Eragon or another sci-fi ya book. =)

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07-04-2011 at 1:44 PM
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I really like (and am sort of afraid) of this task.  This should be interesting.

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07-04-2011 at 3:02 PM
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I like this too....and am also a little scared.

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07-04-2011 at 4:02 PM
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Yeah...this one worries me.  DH is only just starting to read more...though he likes Stephen King horror books.  I don't do horror.  I'd rather sleep at night.  We'll see what he says.  :-/
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07-04-2011 at 4:35 PM
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I loved,  loved this task when we had something similar to it in one of our very first challenges!  It was so fun to see what all the dh's picked.  During that one my dh couldn't decide between two: a race car driver's memoir and the Jenna Jameson memoir.  I ordered both and he ended up pick the race car one.  I never ended up reading the other one so I'm betting he's going to go with that one!

And yeah, he doesn't read at all. So but he had tons of fun picking these out for me.  He was really funny about it!

 
07-04-2011 at 5:38 PM
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DH isn't a reader but he can certainly read the back of a few books and pick one out for me.  I think this is going to be a really fun task!
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07-04-2011 at 7:30 PM
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cclilac12:

Great task!

I think my hubby is either going to talk his way out of it (he can't predict movies I'll like to save his life) or recommend Eragon or another sci-fi ya book. =)

Well to be fair, Eragon is a great book....

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07-04-2011 at 10:32 PM
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H suggested Full Dark No Stars for me.  I can live with that, gladly.  He wanted me to read War and Peace but I told him he couldn't fairly recommend a book he hadn't read himself :)

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07-05-2011 at 12:32 AM
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I thought this would ruin the challenge for me and I wouldn't be able to complete it because DH doesn't read at all anymore but he just shocked the heck out of me and had 2 books off the top of his head. He said either We Were Soldiers Once and Young or Prodigal Soldier. I'm totally impressed he was so quick.
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