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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - May Theme BOM - Mexico (starts 16 May 2023)
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Apr 25, 2023 08:40PM



Start Date: January 31, 2022
End Date:
Double Major: 4/30+
Sociology📙
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Theatre
T: To Have and to Hoax - Martha Waters 📓📓📓 11/30
H: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 📓📓 1/2/23
E: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 📓📓📓📓📓 4/16/23
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T: Thirteen Storeys - Jonathan Sims 📓📓📓📓 12/10/22
R: Red Kenny (MC) Five Survive - Holly Jackson 📓📓📓📓 5/3/23
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Wildlife
W: We Need to Talk About Kevin 📒📒📒📒
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L: Ledger, Joe (char) Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - Jonathan Maberry 📒📒📒 3/9/23
D: Dark, Witch & Creamy 📒📒
L: Liver Let Die 📒📒📒
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F: Finding Rebecca 📒📒📒📒
E: Exit Strategy - Martha Wells 📒📒📒📒
Sexuality Studies
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L: Lore Olympus: Volume Three - Rachel Smythe 📔📔📔📔 3/10/23
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T: The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough 📔📔📔📔 12/10/22
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T: They Wish They Were Us - Jessica Goodman 📔📔📔📔 12/20/22
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Psychology My actual degree
P: Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases 📚📚📚📚
S: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life 📚📚
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H: How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 📚📚📚📚 4/6/23
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L: The Last Kids on Earth 📚📚📚
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Zoology
Z: Zombie - Iain Rob Wright 📕📕
O: Ondine (char) The Deep - Alma Katsu 📕📕📕📕 1/21/23
O: Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 📕📕📕📕 4/23/23
L: Lally's Game: An AFK Book - Scott Cawthon 📕📕 12/7
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G: The Getaway - Lamar Giles 📕📕📕📕 2/4/23
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Start date: 1/31/22
End:
Chef
Dairy :
Ice cream
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E: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨 4/16/23
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R: Red Kenny (MC) Five Survive - Holly Jackson 🍨🍨🍨🍨 5/3/23
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M: Maniscalco, Kerri - Kingdom of the Wicked 🍨🍨🍨🍨
Gelato
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O: Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 🍨🍨🍨🍨 4/23/23
Custard
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D: Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny 🍨🍨🍨
Pudding
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D: Dead City - Joe McKinney 🍨🍨🍨🍨
D: Devoted - Dean Koontz 🍨🍨🍨
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G: Genevieve Gornichec - The Witch's Heart 🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨
Whipping cream
W: The Wolf Who Loved Me 🍨🍨
H: Horror Hotel 🍨🍨🍨
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M: The Merciless 🍨🍨🍨🍨
Chocolate/Candy :
Eye candy
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Y: You'll Be the Death of Me - Karen M. McManus 🍫🍫🍫 12/28/22
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Godiva Chocolates
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V: Vox 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
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H: The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas 🍫🍫🍫🍫
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T: The Book of Cold Cases 🍫🍫🍫
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Fanny May Chocolates
F: The Fear - Charlie Higson 🍫🍫🍫🍫 2/21/23
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H: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 🍫🍫 1/2/23
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Lindt Chocolate
L: Louise Joyner (MC) How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 🍫🍫🍫🍫 4/6/23
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H: The House Across the Lake - Riley Sager 🍫🍫🍫🍫
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Turtles
T: Toni Morrison - Beloved 🍫🍫🍫🍫 4/30/23
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Truffles
T: Tim Meyer - Kill Hill Carnage 🍫🍫🍫 3/8/23
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Start: 2/1/22
End:
Goliath Beetle 5/26 letters
Nightcrawlers
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H: How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 🐞🐞🐞🐞 4/6/23
T: The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough 🐞🐞🐞🐞 12/10/22
C: Catherine Ryan Howard - 56 Days 🐞🐞
R: Rhodes, Natasha Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning 🐞🐞🐞 4/13/23
A
W: The Witch's Heart 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
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E: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞 4/16/23
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Oriental cockroaches
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T: They Wish They Were Us - Jessica Goodman 🐞🐞🐞🐞 12/20/22
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C: Certain Dark Things - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 🐞🐞🐞
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C: The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay 🐞🐞🐞 4/7/23
K: Kingdom of the Wicked 🐞🐞🐞🐞
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C: Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick 🐞🐞🐞 12/2
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Pharoah ants
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T: Tim Meyer - Kill Hill Carnage 🐞🐞🐞 3/8/23
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C: Changeless - Gail Carriger 🐞🐞 2/16/23
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B: The Batman Who Laughs - Scott Snyder 🐞🐞🐞🐞 2/14/23
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Silk moth caterpillars, giant
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K: Koontz, Dean - Devoted 🐞🐞🐞
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C: Contagion - Erin Bowman 🐞🐞🐞 3/5/23
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G: The Getaway - Lamar Giles 🐞🐞🐞🐞 2/4/23
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Thief ants
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F: The Fear - Charlie Higson 🐞🐞🐞🐞 2/21/23
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Unguis
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Velvet mites
V: Valentine, Danielle - How to Survive Your Murder 🐞🐞🐞🐞 3/19/23
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Wasps
W: The Whispering Dead - Darcy Coates 🐞🐞🐞 2/20/23
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S: The Sandman: Overture - Neil Gaiman 🐞🐞🐞🐞 3/4/23
Xylophagy
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Y: Yoshiie, Azami (MC) Samurai Game - Christine Feehan 🐞🐞🐞🐞 3/18/23
Yellow ants
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Zoophagy
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O: A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine 🐞🐞🐞🐞 1/4/23
O: Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 🐞🐞🐞🐞 4/23/23
P: Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 🐞 3/1/23
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Y: You'll Be the Death of Me - Karen M. McManus 🐞🐞🐞 12/28/22


Start: 23 Feb 2023
End: 23 Feb 2024
Level L9
Read: 15/55
2014
1. V-Wars - Jonathan Maberry 💖💖💖💖 5/10/23
2. Jurassic Dead - David Sakmyster 💖💖 6/8/23
3. Party Games - R.L. Stine 💖💖💖 6/27/23
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2015
1. The Sandman: Overture - Neil Gaiman 💚💚💚💚 3/4/23
2. Sour Candy - Kealan Patrick Burke 💚💚💚💚 4/3/23
3. The Deep - Nick Cutter 💚💚 6/17/23
4. Viper Game - Christine Feehan 💚💚💚💚 7/27/23
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2016
1. Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - Jonathan Maberry 💛💛💛 3/9/23
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2017
1. Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology - Jonathan Maberry 💓💓💓💓 6/1/23
2. The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty 💓💓💓 6/8/23
3. Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman 💓💓💓 9/20/23
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5.
6.
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2018
1. Contagion - Erin Bowman 💜💜💜 3/5/23
2. Kill Hill Carnage - Tim Meyer 💜💜💜 3/8/23
3. The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay 💜💜💜 4/7/23
4. The Library Book - Susan Orlean 💜💜💜 7/15/23
5. Tyler Johnson Was Here - Jay Coles 💜💜💜 8/26/23
6.
7.
8.
2019
1. The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel - Renée Nault 💙💙💙 3/13/23
2. Room Service - Maren Stoffels 💙💙 5/23/23
3. Spin - Lamar Giles 💙💙💙💙 7/30/23
4. The Trouble With Vampires - Lynsay Sands 💙💙💙💙 9/10/23
5. 14 Ways to Die - Vincent Ralph 💙💙💙💙 9/22/23
6. #Murderfunding - Gretchen McNeil 💙💙💙💙 10/15/23
7.
8.
9.
2020
1. Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare 💔💔💔 3/15/23
2. Sole Survivor - Zachary Ashford 💔💔💔 5/27/23
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✔2021
1. Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing ❤❤❤❤ 2/25/23

✔2022
1. Lore Olympus: Volume Two - Rachel Smythe 💝💝💝💝 2/23/23
2. The Island - Adrian McKinty 💝💝💝💝💝 2/25/23


✔2023
1. Ghost 19 - Simone St. James 💗💗💗💗 3/24/23
2. How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 💗💗💗💗 4/6/23
3. Lying in the Deep - Diana Urban 💗💗💗💗 6/23/23



Monster: Charybdis
Task: MC is forced to make a hard choice (your interpretation)
Book: I, Robot
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 2/3/23
Pages: 225
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: Mike Donovan risks death to bring in a robot that is malfunctioning based on a guess that the robot will get him to safety in time

Monster: Charybdis
Task: Author's name (first or last) starts with one of the letters in POOL
Book: The Getaway
Author: Lamar Giles
Date: 2/4/23
Pages: 400
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: Lamar

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Monster: Python
Task: Features twins
Book: The Night Shift
Author: Alex Finlay
Date: 2/12/23
Pages: 368
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: MC is pregnant with twins

Monster:Python
Task: character is pregnant
Book: Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison
Date: 4/30/23
Pages: 324
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: Sethe is pregnant in the flashbacks.

Monster: Python
Task: 100 to 175 pgs
Book: Album of Dr. Moreau
Author: Daryl Gregory
Date: 5/21/23
Pages: 168
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: 168 pgs.

Monster: Python
Task: Author name (first or last) starts with a letter in SWORD
Book: Sounder
Author: William H. Armstrong
Date: 6/6/23
Pages: 116
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: William

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Task:
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Monster: Empusa
Task: MC owns a cow or dog
Book: Sleeping Dogs Lie
Author: Samantha Downing
Date: 2/25/23
Pages: 81
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: MC steals a dog.

Monster: Empusa
Task: takes place in the suburbs
Book: Pretty Little Liars
Author: Sara Shepard
Date: 3/1/23
Pages: 286
Rating: 🛡
How it Fits: takes place in Rosewood, PA.

Monster: Empusa
Task: 100 to 125 pgs
Book: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
Date: 5/18/23
Pages: 121
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: 121 pgs.

Monster: Empusa
Task: character is a bully (your interpretation)
Book: Live Your Best Lie
Author: Jessie Weaver
Date: 8/2/23
Pages: 368
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: Summer bullies her friends.

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Task:
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Monster: Griffin
Task: set in United States
Book: Two Truths and a Lie
Author: April Henry
Date: 1/27/23
Pages: 275
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: takes place in the midwestern states of the US

Monster: Griffin
Task: "brave" or "courageous" in text
Book: The Eyre Affair
Author: Jasper Fforde
Date: 2/7/23
Pages: 374
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: It was a brave politician who dared to voice disquiet. pg. 79

Monster: Griffin
Task: 300 to 349 pgs
Book: Lore Olympus: Volume Three
Author: Rachel Smythe
Date: 3/10/23
Pages: 314
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: 314 pgs.

Monster: Griffin
Task: red cover
Book: Clown in a Cornfield
Author: Adam Cesare
Date: 3/15/23
Pages: 346
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits:


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Monster: Manticore
Task: 3 in the publication date
Book: Noah's Ark
Author: Andrew J. Morgan
Date: 1/25/23
Pages: 310
Rating: 🛡🛡
How it Fits: January 1, 2013

Monster: Manticore
Task: letters MAN EATER in title
Book: The Sandman: Overture
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date: 3/4/23
Pages: 224
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: The sAndMAN: ovERturE

Monster: Manticore
Task: set in Persia (Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Book: The City of Brass
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
Date: 6/8/23
Pages: 560
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: Set around Cairo, Egypt

Monster: Manticore
Task: 500 to 650 pgs.
Book: Fourth Wing
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Date: 8/2/23
Pages: 528 pgs.
Rating: 🛡🛡🛡🛡
How it Fits: 528 pgs.

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1. Manticore [Very Hard]
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2. Griffin [Mod/Hard]
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🔹cross on cover
3. Empusa [Easy]
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🔸sandals on cover (flip-flops/thongs accepted)
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4. Python [Easy]
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🔹mentions some type of championship games (World Cup, Olympics, World Series, etc)
5. Charybdis [How are you alive]
🔸800+ pgs.
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🔸fig in title or text
🔸characters take a boat trip (of any type)


Back by popular demand, the Wheel O'Monsters mini challenge from Tower Team 9: The Muses is now up for a self directed challenge. You can do this as an individual or as a small group of fellow Goodread adventurers (aka your friends).
To start there is a wheel of Greek Monsters. Each individual/team will start off with 5 monsters selected at random by spinning the wheel. Monsters can be repeated as many times as you'd like, but if you already have a given monster as one of your 5, you can respin for a different one.
Periodically wheels for other monster types will be added to allow for some variety. Any wheel can be spun to replace a vanquished monster.
To start, make a thread for you/your team, copy the spreadsheet template (if you want to use it), and spin the wheel to get your first 5 monsters. Then start the battle!

1.) Each monster has a set of required tasks that must be completed in order to vanquish the monster.
2.) Books can be used to complete more than one task, but only for the same monster. If you can find a single book that meets all five tasks, congratulations, you defeated the monster with just one book! Expect other teams to notice this and copy your choice ;)
3.) Teams/individuals can have up to 5 monsters to vanquish at any time.
4.) Monsters are assigned at random and may be repeated by the same team/individual.
5.) We like players to be creative, that's what makes this fun. However, please do not hurt yourself over thinking the tasks. If there still is some indecision, post in the Q&A thread or just find a different book.
6.) Once you vanquish a monster and get a replacement it should be considered locked and you cannot swap out books.

The ancient Greeks are known for their tragedies and no tragedy is complete without a good monster. For good to triumph and a Hero to be born, there first must be an evil to vanquish and a wrong to right.
Below is the randomizing wheel for Greek Monsters. To start, spin 5 times to get your first 5 monsters. If you get a repeated monster remember you can respin for a replacement.
https://wheeldecide.com/?c1=Typhon&am...

Monsters aren't just spun from tales recorded by Homer, but from all corners of the world. Look to the East to find new nightmares to haunt your sleep.
Remember, you can spin for monsters from any wheel, just no more than 5 monsters at a time. The tasks are in the Master List of Tasks spreadsheet on the tab labeled Asian Monsters.
https://wheeldecide.com/?c1=Ropen&...

Below is a link to a spreadsheet of potential monsters, assigned difficulty level/hit points, and additional tasks required to vanquish each monster.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


Start: 12/28/22
End:
Acronyms Finished 0/26
✔No Big Deal
N: Noah's Ark - Andrew J. Morgan 💬💬 1/25/23
B: Braineater Jones - Stephen Kozeniewski 💬💬💬 10/11/23
D: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 💬💬💬💬 5/20/23
Of Course
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F: Feehan, Christine - Viper Game 💬💬💬💬 7/27/23
C: The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty 💬💬💬 6/8/23
Pretty Dang Quick
P: Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 💬 3/1/23
D: Don't Tell a Soul - Kirsten Miller 💬💬💬💬 7/8/23
Q
Quote of the Day
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T: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan 💬💬💬💬 10/16/23
D: Dial A for Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 💬💬💬💬 8/24/23
RT (Retweet)
Safe for Work
S: Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing 💬💬💬💬 2/25/23
F
W: William H. Armstrong - Sounder 💬💬💬 6/6/23
TBD (To Be Determined)
Your
U: Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 💬💬💬 5/8/23
R
✔Voice Chat
V: V-Wars - Jonathan Maberry 💬💬💬💬 5/10/23
C: Contagion - Erin Bowman 💬💬💬 3/5/23
What the Flip
W: The Woods Are Always Watching - Stephanie Perkins 💬💬💬 8/19/23
T
F
cross post
X: Xaden Riorson (MC) Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros 💬💬💬💬 8/2/23
P
O
S: The Sacrifice - Rin Chupeco 💬💬💬💬💬 10/13/23
T
You Know What
Y: You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn Bayron 💬💬💬💬 10/10/23
K
W
ZUP (What's Up)


Start: 12/28/22
End:
Option 2
Master Herbalist: 25+
Herbs Foraged: 0/36
Heal-All
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Kava Kava
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V: V-Wars - Jonathan Maberry 🌿🌿🌿🌿 5/10/23
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Skullcap
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P Please Don't Eat the Daisies - Jean Kerr 💙💙💙 9/18/23
St. John’s Wort
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J: James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories - James Herriot 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 1/12/23
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W: What January Remembers - Faith Gardner ✧✧✧✧✧ 1/7/24


Start: 12/28/22
End:
Option 2
Master Herbalist: 25+
Herbs Foraged: 0/36
Chamomile
C
H: How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills - Seth Grahame-Smith 🌿🌿🌿🌿 1/14/23
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Chaste Tree
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H: Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family - Susan Jonusas 🌿🌿🌿 8/15/23
A
S The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan 💙💙💙💙 9/9/23
T: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/16/23
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E
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Chicory
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H How To Lose a Demon in 10 Days - Saranna DeWylde 💙💙 9/12/23
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Cleavers
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L
E
A
V Vincent Ralph - 14 Ways to Die 💙💙💙💙 9/22/23
E
R The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion 💙💙💙💙💙 9/24/23
S: The Sacrifice - Rin Chupeco 🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡 10/13/23
Comfrey
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F
R
E
Y
Dandelion
D: Dial A for Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 🌿🌿🌿🌿 8/24/23
A
N
D Dragon Shift - Clarissa Gosling 💙💙💙💙 9/20/23
E
L
I
O
N
Echinacea
E
C
H: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 🧡🖤 10/13/23
I
N
A
C
E
A
Elderberry
E
L
D
E
R
B
E
R
R
Y
Feverfew
F
E
V
E
R
F
E
W: The Woods Are Always Watching - Stephanie Perkins 🌿🌿🌿 8/19/23
Ginkgo Biloba
G
I
N
K
G
O
B
I
L
O
B
A
Ginseng
G
I
N
S
E
N
G
Goldenseal
G
O
L
D
E
N
S
E
A
L


Start: 12/28/22
End:
Option 1
Feed The World
Complete: 0
Raised Bed
Rooftop
Urban
Vegetable
Other Necessities:
Compost
Crop Rotation
Fencing
Fertilizer
Honeybee
Manure
Mulch
Pollination
Seeds


Start: 12/28/22
End:
Option 1
Feed The World
Complete: 0
Neem
Nematodes
Netting
Parasitic Wasp
Pesticide
Praying Mantis
Repellent
Types of Gardens:
Community Garden
French Intensive
Hugelkultur
Hydroponic
Orchard
Organic