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Dresden / Fugitive Telemetry / energy cell
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DresdenGhostsmith / Anita Blake / Necromancer / 2 of 2
Undead on the cover and someone attempts to bring back someone who died
Dresden(LIGHT FROM HEAVEN ) BY Karon, Jan (Author) Paperback Published on / Saint Mary of the Angels / Church / 1 of 3.
Religion is very important to the MC, who is an Episcopal minister.
The Round House / Saint Mary of the Angels / Sacred Ground / 2 of 3.
The round house is sacred ground to the Indian tribe who live there.
The Tower by Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew (2001) Mass Market Paperback / Saint Mary of the Angels / Bell Tower / 3 of 3.
"Tower" is in the name.
Saint Mary of the Angels visited
Dresden / Where the Lost Wander / The Carpenter Home / Big Family / 3 of 3*someone comes from a large family
** The Carpenter Home Completed **
DresdenHarry's Apartment/Basement/At the Bottom of the Garden/1 of 3
The basement is important to the story.
WCEnergy Cell/Fugitive Telemetry
Aces High/Fatman/Hemlock & Silver/1 of 3
(MC is know for being large)
Bowery Wild Card Museum/Museum/The Shrunken Head/2 of 3
(a museum is a major setting)
Kevin Frost/Joker/Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine/1 of 3
(features a number of people with deformities)
Kevin Frost/Life Support/The Martian/2 of 3
(MC needs special equipment to survive environment)
WEEKLY UPDATEThis was another uneven week.
Team Dresden got 14 points, with Pamela visiting St. Mary's of the Angels and Shawnie stopping by the Carpenter Home. The team also got 1 Energy Cell.
The Wild Cards got 6 points and 2 Energy Cells.
Shadowman got the week off from being beaten.
Go forth and read my friends.
Wild CardsMurder Before Evensong/Bowery Wild Card Museum/Historical scenes/2 of 3
History is important to the plot.
Dresden /The Villa / Shadowman / Dealer / 3 of 3*a drug dealer is important to the story
** Shadowman Defeated **
Greetings fellow SF&Fantasy Fans!I just joined this fantastic group and am interested in finishing off the year by participating in this reading challenge, if it's not too late.
A long time devotee of Harry Dreasden, I'd feel privileged to join TEAM DRESDEN, having just read Storm Front.
If you like, you may read my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not sure how many "points" I can claim with this book, any help with the rules would be most welcome. So I'll start with:
Storm Front/Victor Sells/Drug Dealer/One challenge completed for this villian character
Thank you 🧚♀️🙋🏼!
Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "Greetings fellow SF&Fantasy Fans!I just joined this fantastic group and am interested in finishing off the year by participating in this reading challenge, if it's not too late.
A long time devote..."
Hi Valerie! You can claim any of the points from the main Dresden roster. Those are available all year long, so any book you read this year can count. Anything you read this month can be used for the November villain of the month. We will be getting a new villain soon for December.
My recommendation is to go to the discussion thread. That is where a lot of keep track of our rosters and the books we have read, and you can see what the portal heroes are for the Dresden group. For the books to count for the portal hero, they have to have been read after the group recruited that hero. That might take some work, as you might have to peruse the thread to see when those became available, although someone might have the dates they became available listed.
Hope that helps!
VERY helpful! Thank you Christina 🧚♀️🙋🏼!
Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "VERY helpful! Thank you Christina 🧚♀️🙋🏼!"Welcome and adding you to the roster.
Wayland wrote: "Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "VERY helpful! Thank you Christina 🧚♀️🙋🏼!"Welcome and adding you to the roster."
Thanks Wayland. Will this fun & fabulous challenge continue into 2026?
DresdenBob/Smart Ass/What the Dead Know/2 of 3
Many of the death investigators in the book are big smart asses and use humor to cope with the things they deal with daily.
Wild CardsShadowman/Echoes of the Dead/Dealer/1of3
Drug dealer/gang important to the story
Shadowman/Stone and Sky/Secret Lair/2of3
Secret underwater lair
Shadowman/Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery/Demon Summoner/3of3
Demons are important to the story
Shadowman defeated
Kevin Frost/The Haunting of Abney Heights: A Gothic mystery/Artist/1of3
Major character is an artist
Kevin Frost/Secrets of the First School/Joker/3of3
Someone has severe physical limitations (is wheelchair bound)
Kevin Frost/Sixpence and Selkies/Life Support/3of3
Main character needs a special monthly magical ritual to stay alive after being cursed
Kevin Frost completed
Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "Greetings fellow SF&Fantasy Fans!I just joined this fantastic group and am interested in finishing off the year by participating in this reading challenge, if it's not too late.
A long time devote..."
Welcome to the team!
Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "Wayland wrote: "Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "VERY helpful! Thank you Christina 🧚♀️🙋🏼!"Welcome and adding you to the roster."
Thanks Wayland. Will this fun & fabulous challenge continue into 2026?"
Nope. ;) A new one begins on New Year's Day. The details of that will start getting posted around Dec 1. You are welcome to join us for that.
WEEKLY UPDATEHome from my final con of the year. It's going to be a bit odd to be here for something like six weeks straight.
Team Dresden got 7 points this week, with Shawnie defeating Shadowman. The team also got 2 Energy Cells.
The Wild Cards got 13 points, as Milou defeated Shadowman and then went to Kevin Frost's studio. The team got no Energy Cells.
Go forth and read, my friends.
Next year's challenge will start getting posted. Dec 1st or so.
