Rebecca is book-hooked’s Comments (group member since Jun 23, 2022)

Rebecca is book-hooked’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

Message #16 updated

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Points updated on Message 16.

Hello Everyone,

If you’re looking for short stories, there are a lot available on YouTube. I discovered some gems 💎 last year. I highly recommend the Edgar Allen Poe stories narrated by Vincent Price and Christopher Lee!

Also going to be reading a lot of Agatha Christie for short stories.

I’ve got some end of year goals to wrap up that I’ll knock out during this challenge. A lot of these are also here because I’m focusing on shrinking my physical TBR.

Series to complete:
1) Beartown
2) Crazy Rich Asians
3) Percy Jackson

Series to continue:
1) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
2) Wizard of Oz
3) A Wrinkle in Time

Series to start:
1) Naked in Death (JD Robb)
2) Nancy Drew
3) Winterhouse (Guterson)

Standalones:
1) Oliver Twist
2) Bird Box
3) Hatchet (Paulsen)

Tuck Everlasting

Happy to be here! This is my 3rd year participating. 💚 Green is also my favorite color! Excited to be on Team Emerald and have fun with the mini games as well.

December Books
December Points: 51.5
Easy Reads: 10/10

1) Sleep Tight, 336 pg, Dec 2nd, 2 pts
2) Lights Out, 454 pg, Dec 7th, 2 pts
3) The Princess Diaries, 283 pg, Dec 9th, 2 pts
4) The Christmas Jigsaw Murders, 351 pg, Dec 10th, 2 pts
5) Paper Girls, Volume 2, 128 pg, Dec 11th, 0.5 pt (GN)
6) Oliver Twist, 608 pg, Dec 12th, 3 pts
7) The Tailor of Gloucester, 57 pg, Dec 12th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
8) Paper Girls, Volume 3, 128 pg, Dec 12th, 0.5 pt (GN)
9) The Sittaford Mystery, 248 pg, Dec 12th, 1 pt
10) The Case of the Missing Lady, 100 pg, Dec 13th, 1 pt
11) This Girl's a Killer, 432 pg, Dec 13th, 2 pts
12) Paper Girls, Volume 4, 128 pg, Dec 15th, 0.5 pt (GN)
13) Emily of New Moon, 339 pg, Dec 16th, 2 pts
14) Paper Girls, Volume 5, 128 pg, Dec 16th, 0.5 pt (GN)
15) Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs, 134 pg, Dec 17th, 1 pt
16) Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book, 198 pg, Dec 20th, 1 pt
17) The Piano Teacher, 328 pg, Dec 20th, 2 pts
18) You Can Kill, 408 pg, Dec 22nd, 2pts
19) The Diamond Eye, 435 pg, Dec 24th, 2 pts
20) Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, 211 pg, Dec 24th, 1 pt
21) Iggie's House, 161 pg, Dec 24th, 1 pt
22) Paper Girls, Volume 6, 144 pg, Dec 26th, 0.5 pt (GN)
23) Winterhouse, 384 pg, Dec 26th, 2 pts
24) The Twits, 96 pg, Dec 27th, 1 pt
25) The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale, 105 pg, Dec 27th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
26) Now We Are Six, 101 pg, Dec 27th, 0.5 pt (poetry)
27) How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, 64 pg, Dec 27th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
28) Frog and Toad Are Friends, 64 pg, Dec 27th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
29) The Lost Prince, 336 pg, Dec 29th, 2 pts
30) Warrior of the Light, 142 pg, Dec 29th, 1 pt
31) Odder, 288 pg, Dec 30th, 1 pt (verse)
32) Missing May, 89 pg, Dec 30th, 1 pt
33) The Bandit Queens, 342 pg, Dec 30th, 2 pts
34) Frog and Toad Together, 64 pg, Dec 31st, 0.5 pt (illustrated)



Easy Reads:
1) The President's Brain is Missing, 29 pg, Dec 11th, 1 pt
2) Christmas at Red Butte, 15 pg, Dec 12th, 1 pt
3) Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, 32 pg, Dec 12th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
4) The Second Gong: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 40 pg, Dec 13th, 1 pt
5) Triangle at Rhodes: A Short Story, 40 pg, Dec 14th, 1 pt
6) The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road, 7 pg, Dec 19th, 1 pt
7) The Pain and the Great One, 32 pg, Dec 20th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
8) The Affair of the Pink Pearl: A Short Story, 30 pg, Dec 20th, 1 pt
9) The Dream: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 41 pg, Dec 20th, 1 pt
10) A Christmas Inspiration, 10 pg, Dec 22nd, 1 pt

Mini Game:
Color Match: 12/12
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1) Gingerbread - Missing May
2) Christmas Bow - Christmas Jigsaw Murders
3) Ice - Princess Diaries
4) Christmas Pudding - Winterhouse
5) Christmas Tree - The Piano Teacher
6) Star on the Tree - Now We Are Six
7) Five Golden Rings - Paper Girls #3
8) Marshmallow - Emily of New Moon
9) Winter Snow - You Can Kill
10) Purple Tinsel - Bandit Queens
11) Rudolph's Nose - Sleep Tight
12) Hot Chocolate - Oliver Twist
(hide spoiler)]

November Books
November Points: 82
Easy Reads: 10/10

1) Then She Was Gone, 359 pg, Nov 2nd, 2 pts
2) Daughter of Mine, 368 pg, Nov 3rd, 2 pts
3) The Knight at Dawn, 66 pg, Nov 3rd, 1 pt
4) The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: A Short Story, 100 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
5) Yellow Iris: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 100 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
6) The Giving Tree, 64 pg, Nov 4th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
7) Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs, 272 pg, Nov 4th, 2 pts
8) In a Glass Darkly - an Agatha Christie Standalone Short Story, 100 pg, Nov 5th, 1 pt
9) The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries, 181 pg, Nov 5th, 1 pt
10) The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 78 pg, Nov 6th, 1 pt
11) The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 100 pg, Nov 6th, 1 pt
12) The Adventure of the ‘Western Star': A Short Story, 51 pg, Nov 6th, 1 pt
13) Mummies in the Morning, 65 pg, Nov 6th, 1 pt
14) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, 250 pg, Nov 11th, 2 pts
15) Christmas in Camelot, 116 pg, Nov 12th, 1 pt
16) Last Breath, 176 pg, Nov 12th, 1 pt
17) A New Lease on Death, 336 pg, Nov 12th, 2 pts
18) The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story, 72 pg, Nov 12th, 1 pt
19) Saint, 336 pg, Nov 13th, 2 pts
20) My Father's Dragon, 96 pg, Nov 13th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
21) The Canterville Ghost, 126 pg, Nov 14th, 1 pt
22) In the Penal Colony, 52 pg, Nov 14th, 1 pt
23) My Sister, the Serial Killer, 226 pg, Nov 14th, 1 pt
24) The Devil Wears Scrubs, 308 pg, Nov 14th, 2 pts
25) White Nights, 82 pg, Nov 14th, 1 pt
26) Pirates Past Noon, 80 pg, Nov 14th, 1 pt
27) Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop, 332 pg, Nov 15th, 2 pts
28) When We Were Very Young, 100 pg, Nov 16th, 0.5 pt (poetry)
29) The Two Princesses of Bamarre, 304 pg, Nov 16th, 2 pts
30) The Guncle, 326 pg, Nov 17th, 2 pts
31) The Chimes, 116 pg, Nov 17th, 1 pt
32) Night of the Ninjas, 69 pg, Nov 17th, 1 pt
33) The Boyfriend, 368 pg, Nov 18th, 2 pts
34) Christmas at Thompson Hall: A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale, 82 pg, Nov 18th, 1 pt
35) No Such Thing as a Witch, 130 pg, Nov 18th, 1 pt
36) Afternoon on the Amazon, 67 pg, Nov 18th, 1 pt
37) Bird Box, 272 pg, Nov 19th, 2 pts
38) What Men Live By, 74 pg, Nov 19th, 1 pt
39) Sunset of the Sabertooth, 68 pg, Nov 19th, 1 pt
40) Midnight on the Moon, 80 pg, Nov 19th, 1 pt
41) The Secret of Grandfather's Diary, 180 pg, Nov 21st, 1 pt
42) Simon Sort of Says, 320 pg, Nov 21st, 2 pts
43) The Heiress, 294 pg, Nov 22nd, 2 pts
44) An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, 343 pg, Nov 22nd, 2 pts
45) A Dark and Secret Magic, 304 pg, Nov 24th, 2 pts
46) Ophie's Ghosts, 336 pg, Nov 24th, 2 pts
47) What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, 304 pg, Nov 25th, 2 pts
48) UNSUB, 367 pg, Nov 26th, 2 pts
49) Elatsoe, 362 pg, Nov 26th, 2 pts
50) Ozma of Oz, 126 pg, Nov 27th, 1 pt
51) Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 438 pg, Nov 27th, 2 pts
52) Rich People Problems, 398 pg, Nov 30th, 2 pts



Easy Reads:
1) The Rajah's Emerald, 32 pg, Nov 3rd, 1 pt
2) The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife - a Parker Pyne Short Story, 28 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
3) The Red Signal, 40 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
4) Swan Song: A Short Story, 33 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
5) Magnolia Blossom: A Short Story, 35 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
6) The Case of the Discontented Soldier - a Parker Pyne Short Story, 31 pg, Nov 4th, 1 pt
7) Billy Mouse's Christmas Stocking, 30 pg, Nov 12th, 0.5 pt (illustrated)
8) Young Goodman Brown, 48 pg, Nov 12th, 1 pt
9) The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, 26 pg, Nov 18th, 1 pt
10) Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story, 28 pg, Nov 18th, 1 pt

Mini Games:
Spellout: 8/8
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C - Christmas in Camelot
A - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
B - Bird Box
O - Ophie's Ghosts
C - Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop
H - Heiress
O - Ozma of Oz
N - New on Lease on Death
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Bingo: 8/8
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Green title - A New Lease on Death
Green cover - Rich People Problems
Starts with "E" - Elatsoe
Green leaves on cover - My Father's Dragon
Author last name "G" - Meg Gardiner, Unsub
Author last name "Green" - Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Trees on cover - Then She Was Gone
"Emerald" in title - The Rajah's Emerald
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Color Match: 12/12
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Emerald - The Heiress
Forest Green - Simon Sort of Says
Mystery Machine - My Sister, the Serial Killer
Leaves - My Father's Dragon
Olive Green - Secret of Grandfather's Diary
Army Green - Afternoon on the Amazon
Sage - What You Are Looking For Is In the Library
Mint - Solimar
Bright Teal - Daughter of Mine
Jade - The Devil Wears Scrubs
Fern - Dark & Secret Magic
Matcha Tea - Two Princesses of Bamarre
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October Books
October Points: 54.5
Easy Reads: 6/10

1) Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice, 320 pg, Oct 1st, 2 pts
2) Only If You're Lucky, 371 pg, Oct 2nd, 2 pts
3) The Yellow Wall-Paper, 64 pg, Oct 3rd, 1 pt
4) Razorblade Tears, 322 pg, Oct 3rd, 2 pts
5) The Witness for the Prosecution, 35 pg, Oct 5th, 1 pt, 1/10 Easy
6) The Secret of the Old Clock, 210 pg, Oct 5th, 1 pt
7) The Lost World, 448 pg, Oct 5th, 2 pts
8) The Unwedding, 339 pg, Oct 6th, 2 pts
9) A Wind in the Door, 236 pg, Oct 7th, 1 pt
10) Hatchet, 208 pg, Oct 9th, 1 pt
11) China Rich Girlfriend, 378 pg, Oct 12th, 2 pts
12) The Grace Year, 416 pg, Oct 13th, 2 pts
13) A Good Marriage, 270 pg, Oct 13th, 2 pts
14) The Last Olympian, 381 pg, Oct 14th, 2 pts
15) Artificial Condition, 160 pg, Oct 16th, 1 pt
16) Us Against You, 448 pg, Oct 20th, 2 pts
17) Dinosaurs Before Dark, 68 pg, Oct 20th, 1 pt
18) Paper Girls, Volume 1, 144 pg, Oct 20th, 0.5 pt (GN)
19) The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl: A Short Story, 34 pg, Oct 20th, 1 pt, 2/10 Easy
20) Straight On Till Morning, 488 pg, Oct 22nd, 2 pts
21) Naked in Death, 306 pg, Oct 23rd, 2 pts
22) The Teacher, 400 pg, Oct 23rd, 2 pts
23) Ice Planet Barbarians, 188 pg, Oct 24th, 1 pt
24) Emily Goes to Exeter, 160 pg, Oct 26th, 1 pt
25) The Lost Apothecary, 301 pg, Oct 27th, 2 pts
26) Dead Until Dark, 292 pg, Oct 27th, 2 pts
27) The Seven Year Slip, 352 pg, Oct 28th, 2 pts
28) The Gate of Baghdad, 40 pg, Oct 29th, 1 pt, 3/10 Easy
29) My Roommate Is a Vampire, 341 pg, Oct 30th, 2 pts
30) The Mystery of the Spanish Chest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 53 pg, Oct 30th, 1 pt
31) The Reptile Room, 192 pg, Oct 30th, 1 pt
32) The Under Dog: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 72 pg, Oct 30th, 1 pt
33) Finessing the King: A Short Story, 100 pg, Oct 30th, 1 pt
34) Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, 100 pg, Oct 30th, 1 pt
35) The Most Dangerous Game, 48 pg, Oct 31st, 1 pt, 4/10 Easy
36) The Love Detectives: A Short Story, 40 pg, Oct 31st, 1 pt, 5/10 Easy
37) The Dead Harlequin - a Harley Quin Short Story, 40 pg, Oct 31st, 1 pt, 6/10 Easy
38) The Coming of Mr. Quin - a Harley Quin Short Story, 100 pg, Oct 31st, 1 pt



Mini Games:
Spellout: 6/6
(view spoiler)[
C - China Rich Girlfriend
A - Artificial Condition (Murderbot #2)
R - Razorblade Tears
R - Reptile Room
I - Ice Planet Barbarians
E - Emily Goes to Exeter
(hide spoiler)]

Color Match: 12/12
(view spoiler)[
Pumpkin Spice - Aritificial Condition (Murderbot #2)
Coffee - Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew)
BeetleJuice - Hatchet
Pumpkin - Only If You're Lucky
Pine Cone - The Teacher
Witch's Door - The Lost Apothecary
Vampire Coffin Red - The Grace Year
Skeleton - A Wind in the Door
Witch's Hat - The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson #5)
Blood Red - A Good Marriage
Twilight Blue - Us Against You (Beartown #2)
Werewolf Gray - Straight On Till Morning
(hide spoiler)]

What’s our Quarter 4 theme?

So excited for the House Cup Challenge!!!! I’ll join Emerald 💚

Best:
Dracula
The Crucible

Worst:
Girl with a Pearl Earring

Thank you Tori! This was a lot of fun! I would love to participate in future challenges like this that are short-term.

I second City of Bones, Legends & Lattes, My Brilliant Frirnd

I second Brideshead Revisited, Cat’s Cradle, and Woman in White.

Tori wrote: "Rebecca, I'll join you in competing for India!"

Yay! :)