Jackie’s Comments (group member since Jul 10, 2011)

Jackie’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

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Book: Murder Under the Catwalk by Nancy C. Davis
Pages: 176
Date: 11/20/19
Rating: 2 stars
Fits: Lust - Red cover

BOM: No

Envy Mini-challenge:
M - Title
N - Author first name
D - Author last name
V - Series Vanessa Abbot Mystery
P - Character Pete Wheeler
W - Character Pete Wheeler
L - Character Lauren Cooper
A - Character Alice Hall
C - Character Lauren Cooper
H - Character Alice Hall

Where is the list of words that were picked?

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Book: Brackett Hollister: The Werewolf Pack by Quentin Wallace
Pages: 198
Date: 11/19/19
Rating: 3 stars
Fits: Sloth - tagged Dark Fantasy

BOM: No

Envy Mini-challenge:
B - Title, character Brackett Hollister
Q - Author
W - Author, Character William
H - Character Brackett Hollister
C - Character Chula
M - Character Mary

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Book: The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Pages: 336
Date: 11/18/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Lust - Red cover
Envy - tagged Young Adult

BOM: No

Envy Mini-challenge:
S - Title
J - Author, Character Jaron
N - Author
A - Series The Ascendance Trilogy
I - Character Imogen
C - Character Connor
V - Character Vargan

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Book: The Square of Revenge by Pieter Aspe
Pages: 336
Date: 11/18/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Gluttony - 40 books in Van In Mysteries series
Greed - Yellow cover?

BOM: No

Envy Mini-challenge:
S - Title
P - Author
A - Author
V - Van In series, character Pieter Van In
H - Character Hannelore Martens
M - Character Hannelore Martens
L - Character Ludovic

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Book: Evil Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Pages: 336
Date: 11/17/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Lust - red cover
Envy - tagged Young Adult
Pride - tagged Contemporary

BOM: No

Envy Mini-challenge:
E - Title, Character Erica Hale
S - Author, Series
G - Author
B - Character Ben Ripley
R - Character Ben Ripley
H - Character Erica Hale

7-letter words
(view spoiler)[
nestled
allowed
steward
lowered
veteran
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8-letter
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stallion
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So far I see 4 7-letter words and 1 8-letter. If I’m doing it right. :)

They do drink a lot of tea in the book so I think it could work for glutton. Plus there are a lot of doughnuts, cake, etc. consumed with the tea.

Definitely could work for success - MCs solve a major mystery and some minor ones as well.

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Book: Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
Pages: 281
Date: 11/16/19
Rating: 5 stars
Fits: Envy - tagged Young Adult
Pride - won awards - one was Nebula Award for Best Novel (1990)

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
Hoard, treasure - Page 119 - ...who built fortresses for their treasure, for their hoard, to be safe, to sleep on their treasure, to be their treasure.

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Book: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
Pages: 212
Date: 11/16/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Pride - tagged Contemporary
Gluttony - 20 books in series

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
None

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Book: The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
Pages: 301
Date: 11/15/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Lust - tagged Guilty Pleasures
Pride - tagged Contemporary
Sloth - tagged Dark Fantasy
Gluttony - 26 books in series

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
Rich - Character Harold Gaynor was described as a very rich man.
Silver - MC carries a silver knife.

Book is #2 in the Anita Blake series on the Bad Books list - #72 on listopia

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Book: Minerva by Marion Chesney
Pages: 192
Date: 11/14/19
Rating: 3 stars
Fits: Gluttony - tagged Historical Romance

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
Aristocracy - Several characters are members of English aristocracy
Rich - several characters are rich including MC Lord Sylvester Comfrey

I can take aristocracy and hoard.

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Book: The Tavern on Maple Street by Sharon Owens
Pages: 320
Date: 11/14/19
Rating: 3 stars
Fits: Pride - tagged contemporary

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
art, treasure - murals by a famous artist are discovered on the walls of a tavern after years of being covered up; results in a lot of money for the owners of the tavern

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Book: To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn
Pages: 256
Date: 11/12/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Sloth - Blue cover
Gluttony - 23 books in series

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
Rich - Several characters are rich
aristocracy - MC Daisy is member of aristocracy in England
woman - MC is a woman; woman on cover
champagne - Characters drink champagne on cruise ship

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Book: Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb
Pages: 354
Date: 11/11/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Lust - steamy
Pride - several awards
Gluttony - 50 books in series

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
Rich, wealthy - MCs are extremely rich
Success, successful - MCs are very successful - husband as businessman, wife as police detective
Mansion - MCs live in a mansion
Caviar, champagne - some of the characters eat caviar and drink champagne
Might - MC Roarke is a very powerful businessman.

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Book: The Case at Barton Manor by Emily Queen
Pages: 159
Date: 11/11/19
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: Greed - anything goes

BOM: No

Avarice Mini-challenge:
Rich, wealthy - most of the characters are rich
Bling - Jewelry on cover
Woman - woman MC and on cover

Paula wrote: "Here's the story everyone:

The Dazzling Alchemist and the Hidden Rinkitink met in the Homeland for their Marriage. The Alchemist wore a beautiful Wedding Dress, while Rinkitink wore a Cloth on his..."

Good job on the story!

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Book: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
Pages: 368
Date: 11/9/19
Rating: 3.5 stars
Fits: Lust - Sin Bingo: Red cover, Guilty Pleasures tag, too steamy for hot weather

BOM: No