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- book glue is a quest item - not-consumable, so don't eat it ;-)"
Soooo I work in a lab and to me "consumable" means supplies hahahahaha so edible did not even enter my brain WHOOPS.

"Halloween 2017 - "And so it begins...""
Alsooooo is book glue a "consumable?" (I'm thinking re: the magic pumpkin drops). I need to make some 1000 page books hahaha

Secrets Below the Ground
Little Jimmy has hidden his parent's prized rutabaga somewhere. His parents are frantic with worry. The kingdom faire is only 2 days away! They were counting on the prize money to invest heavily in the wheat germ market. They ask you to please help find their ginormous root vegetable.
Little Jimmy speaks only in riddles. Decode the secret message to find the rutabaga.
09 14 - 20 08 05 - 02 01 18 14
To decode each letter, read a book where the page numbers add together to that letter's cipher equivalent.
09 - The Dilemma - 342 - 6/10/2020
14 - Till Death Do Us Tart - 284 - 2/2/2023
20 - Murder in Old Bombay - 389 - 4/5/2021
05 - The Bride Wore White - 320 - 5/4/2023
02 - Destroy Me - 110 - duplicated 12/16/24
01 - The Case of the Missing Lady - 100 - duplicated 12/16/24
18 - Happiness Falls - 387 9/22/2023
IN THE BARN
Example: 342 pages = 3 + 4 + 2 = 9 = Decodes to I.
Reward: 12 experience, 1 Shield potion
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Relay Race
The annual Novel Kingdom Olympics are just around the corner and you are one of the brave, the proud, the lowly messenger runner. Nevertheless, it is your job to ensure that all the surrounding kingdoms are formally invited to come and participate in the festivities. Your job is to run to each town delivering the invitation.
The complete route is as follows:
Stop #1 - Paperville - 120 Furlongs
From a Far and Lovely Country Alexander McCall Smith 1/24/2024 = 44
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop Emmeline Duncan 7/29/2024 = 41
Fresh Brewed Murder Emmeline Duncan 4/9/2021 = 31
Gold
Stop #2 - Novelette - 80 Furlongs
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes Hisashi Kashiwai 10/9/2024 = 41
Down Among the Sticks and Bones Seanan McGuire 1/27/2020 = 39
Stop #3 - Kindletopia - 200 Furlongs
Boston Scream Murder Ginger Bolton 5/30/2020 = 30
I'll Be Home for Mischief Jacqueline Frost 11/13/2024 = 35
Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight Janet Evanovich 10/5/2023 = 39
Chocolate Dipped Death Sammi Carter 9/5/2020 = 31
[BOOK:The Body in the Bookstore] Ellie Alexander 9/23/2024 = 35
Spirits and Sourdough Bailey Cates3/3/2022 = 30
Stop #4 - Nookestern - 100 Furlongs
The Diva Haunts the House Krista Davis 10/7/2024 = 32
Murder at the Mena House Erica
Cool for the Summer Dahlia Adler 8/19/2021 = 27
The Villa 1/16/2023 = 8
Stop #5 - Booksylvania - 250 Furlongs
Blackmail and Bibingka Mia P Manansala 2/9/2023 = 33
A Good Dog's Guide to Murder Krista Davis 9/3/2022 = 33
Mr. Dickens and His Carol Samantha Silva 12/6/2022 = 33
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree Jacqueline Frost 12/19/2023 = 45
Murder Takes the Stage Colleen Cambridge 10/27/2024 = 35
Pumpkin Spice Peril Jenn McKinlay 10/27/2020 = 29
[bookThe Chalice of the Gods] Rick Riordan 9/30/2024 = 30
The Travelers 6/12/2019 = 12
Stop #6 - Omnibuskee - 60 Furlongs
Four Charming Spells Lynn Cahoon 3/20/2023 = 28
Murder Uncorked Maddie Day 12/7/2023 = 23
Dear Santa 12/10/2023 = 9
Stop #7 - Scrollern - 150 Furlongs
The Skeleton Haunts a House Leigh Perry 11/10/2022 = 33
Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance Catherine Lloyd 8/30/2024 = 47
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder Valerie
Death of a Celebrity M.C. Beaton 7/22/2022 = 25
Little Weirds 11/19/2019 = 12
Stop #8 - Blogia - 175 Furlongs
A Murder Most French Colleen Cambridge 5/14/2024 = 33
Seven Deadly Sequins Julie Anne Lindsey 1/1/2022 = 34
The Clue in the Diary Carolyn Keene 8/18/2020 = 29
Come Tumbling Down Seanan McGuire 2/14/2020 = 29
The Space Invader Karen Musser Nortman 9/27/2022 = 33
Skipping Christmas 11/22/2024 = 17
Stop #9 - Novel Kingdom - 40 Furlongs
Death of a Scriptwriter M.C. Beaton 11/28/2019 = 28
Winter Street 12/4/2020 = 12
Every letter in a books title, authors first name and/or authors last name may count as a Furlong. You may choose to include any or all of the segments. In the case of books with 2 or more authors any one of the authors may be chosen to be used. Books with subtitles include the subtitle in the count. Punctuation and spaces do not count towards a letter count. The exact Furlong count must be reached at each stop to complete that leg of the journey. (http://www.wordcounter.net/ is a useful tool for counting letters, use the characters (no spaces) after deleting any punctuation)
Example: 120 Furlongs
Me Before You Jojo Moyes = 11 + 4 + 5 = 20
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling = 31 + 2 + 7 = 40
Slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations Nancy Duarte = 54 + 6 = 60
20 + 40 + 60 = 120
Stops must be completed in order.
Complete the first 3 stops to earn 10 Experience and 1 Heal Potion.
Complete the next 3 stops to earn 13 Experience and 1 Find Items Potion.
Complete the last 3 stops to earn 15 Experience and 1 Damage Potion.

To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow - Repeatable
It's a Saturday, a lazy Saturday. You stroll through the local Novel Gardens on your way to get Novel Coffee and Novel Crumpets.
All of a sudden a small white rabbit darts across the field and disappears down the next row. You think that this is rather odd and it gives you a vague sense of déjà vu. You hurry quickly after it (what else are you to do really).
You round the corner and stop, eyes going wide. The rabbit is there sitting on a small chair. A table sits in front of him with a large orange carrot. He delicately slices the carrot into fine pieces and pops them into his mouth, chewing furiously.
You inquire as to where he found such a lovely carrot. He responds that Old Friar Tuck grows them in his garden.
You leave pondering such gardening feats. You head back to your house, though sometimes you feel it's just an empty plot of land. A patch of land on your property seems to glow with the light of future veggies.
Start your veggie garden.
• Read 1 book with a princess to get a Snap pea seed.
Princess Mia 4/22/2019 Rogue Princess 12/29/2019 The Nightmare Before Kissmas 11/27/2024
• Read 1 book with a rabbit or horse in it to get a carrot seed. (Can be a mention but must be the alive animal, not rabbit stew, or a plush horse.)
A Night to Surrender 1/19/2022 How the Dukes Stole Christmas 12/6/2021 Murder in Highbury 10/28/2024
• Read 1 book set at sea or with water on the cover to water your garden.



Note: Your garden can be grown year round.
Your garden will sprout one week after watering.
Reward: 3 Carrot, 3 Snap Pea and 9 XP. - will get 12/20/24

2 new monsters, 3 new quests and 1 new mercenary
Have fun!"
Yay!!!!
Also did I miss something, I can't find the Silkie? Is that the same as a kelpie?

**AHEM**
Queen Skye was the deadliest Queen in the entire world. She dividedeveryone in Novel Kingdom. But the sunshine she cared for the most was Moreau. Ser Rebecca wanted to be her night. It went never!
Hahaha that didn't quite work out as well as I had hoped.

Pain Giant - 9 and 10 defeated.
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It's Called a Lance... Hello!
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 1
A jousting tournament is coming to town! Perfect! You've been looking for a chance to impress long reigning champion, Count Adhemar. You decide to review the rules and sign up.
+1 point for a hit that does not break the tip of the lance.
+2 points for a hit that breaks the tip of the lance.
+3 points for a hit that shatters the tip of the lance into several or multiple fragments.
1. Read a book with an average rating of 4.5 or higher and with 100-10,000 ratings. +1 XP
Fourth Wing 5/25/2023
2. Read a book with an average rating of 4.5 or higher and with 10,000- 100,000 ratings. +2 XP
Club 22 2/23/2022
3. Read a book with an average rating of 4.5 or higher and with over 100,000 ratings. +3 XP
The Women 4/4/2019
Points are additive, but you must read the previous # before collecting a higher #. For example, if you read #1 and #2 you will have +3 XP. But if you only read #1 and #3, you can not collect points for #3 until #2 is completed.
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 2
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 1 must be complete
You have reviewed the rules and are ready to begin training. You ask Count Adhemar (when he is done with his media interview, of course) if he has any advice for an up and coming jouster. He simply tells you to take a short walk off a long pier. You are not sure how this will improve your jousting skills, but he is the champ, so you give it a try.
Read flash fiction or short stories (less than 50 pages) until you reach a cumulative total of 100
pages or more. A collection can be used if it is 100+ pages. +1 XP per 100 pages (max +3 XP)
My Dear Friend Janet 11/9/2021 - 25 pages
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 12/6/2021 - 46 pages
Murder for Christmas - 3 stories 12/2021 - 32 pages
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 3
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 2 must be complete
YOU WIN! You are the new jousting champion! You are beat up and tired, but you humbly approach to collect your prize as Count Adhemar scowls and retreats.
1. Read a book where the underdog wins. +1 XP
A Magic Steeped in Poison 3/28/2022
2. Read a book written or set during medieval times+1 XP
The Birth of Venus 1/11/2023
3. Read a book involving a medieval sport or game (jousting, sword fighting,
horseshoes, etc). +1 XP
The Taming of the Queen 5/23/2020
+1 Heal Potion for completing all 3 books.
**Bonus** Receive +3 XP for reading or listening to The Knight's Tale (included in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Available for free at Project Gutenberg (text, read online or download) or Librivox (audio). Another + 1 XP for watching A Knight's Tale (2001).
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Tell No Tales
Roacher the Bard is not a very good bard. He cannot sing. He cannot tell tales. He cannot even dance the jig. Roacher is desperate for someone to help him learn his craft and is willing to provide you ample compensation for your efforts if you will help.
Do not open this spoiler tag until quest is complete!
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Collect the following types of words from titles of books. Only 1 word per book title (it does not have to be the whole title). Once complete, fill them into the story in order and post in the tavern!
• Adjective - A Deadly Inside Scoop 6/9/2020
• Verb Past Tense - Divided in Death 7/9/2020
• Noun - Sunshine and Spice 9/18/2024
• Proper Noun - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 5/17/2023
• Noun - Survive the Night 7/6/2021
• Adverb - You Will Never Be Me 8/10/2024
Reward for posting completed story in the tavern is 6 experience and 1 Potion Token.
Queen Skye was the deadliest Queen in the entire world. She dividedeveryone in Novel Kingdom. But the sunshine she cared for the most was Moreau. Ser Rebecca wanted to be her night. It went never!
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The Addict in Me
You feel your fingers start to twitch and your eyes go wide and bloodshot. You haven't had a fix in weeks! Oh, it's nothing a 12 step program would solve, nothing that would get you thrown in jail or shunned from most societies... but you just can't help yourself. You just need a fix of a very specific things.
AHHHHHH you can't stand it anymore!
Give into your urges and get a fix of a particular author or series. Read 5 books by the same author or in the same series to start feeling normal again and promise yourself that you'll get the help you clearly need.
Kate Carlisle
Buried In Books 9/13/2021
Shot Through the Hearth 11/3/2021
Premeditated Morta 4/4/2022
A Wrench in the Works 5/7/2020
Dressed to Dril 4/29/2024
Receive 1 potion token and 3 experience for fulfilling your urges.
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Barbie's Ken
The local farmers wife Barbie is a treasure trove of knowledge. Her ken reaches far and wide on various topics. She challenges you to a knowledgeathon. You accept despite your better judgement.
Barbie challenges you to best her in the following ways:
1) Read a scientific book.
3) Read a book with a book on the cover.
The Book of Candlelight 2/12/2020
4) Read a book where a main character is in college.
The Maidens 6/2/2021
5) Read a book set at least 50 years in the future.
Service Model 5/30/2024
Complete 3/5 to beat Barbie at her own game. Receive 5 XP for beating Barbie.
If you can complete all 5 you are named Ken Champion. Receive 5 more XP and 1 Potion Token for achieving ultimate ken.

Stick to your New Year's Reading resolutions (For a change) - Repeatable.
You can participate once every year.
1. Start fresh.
Read 2 books from a new to you author and 1 book published this year.
Reward: 5 XP.
The Jazz Club Spy 1/3/2024
Recipe for a Charmed Life 1/4/2024
Murder at the Breakers 1/29/2024
2. Read every day.
Read several pages every day for a month (minimum of 10 pages or 15 minutes of audio). You can break up the task into 4 week-long segments if you prefer (doesn't have to be 4 consecutive weeks).
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
DONE
3. Read More Diverse Books/Books You Don’t Normally Read.
Read three books from genres you usually avoid (e.g. classics, memoir, sci-fi, YA, history, science, comic book, book set in another country or different culture).
Reward: 3 XP and 6 Gold.
The September House 10/15/2024 - horror
The Hacienda - 5/15/2023 duplicated 12/13/24
Don't Let the Forest In 11/1/2024 - horror
4. Don't be intimidated by longer books.
Read either one 1000+ page book or two 500+ page books.
Reward: 3 XP and 1 Duplication Potion.
Goldfinch 10/3/2024
Legendborn 2/1/2024
5. Enjoy yourself.
Re-read one of your favorite books.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles 11/18/24
Reward: 2 XP.
6. Declutter Your Books.
Go through all the books you own (physical or electronical), organize them and if you come across some physical books you know you won't read (ever again), donate at least one of them to your local library or school or to a friend. (You don't have to read the book if you don't want to.)
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
DONE
7. Organize Your Bookshelves & Manage your ‘to be read’ pile.
Either read a book that you added to your TBR in the year you joined Goodreads or read a physical book that has been sitting on your bookshelf longer than that.
Reward: 1 Time Walking Potion.
The Secret of Chimneys 1/6/2024
Buddy-read a book with one of your fellow adventurers. Use our local theatre for your buddy-read sessions.
Reward: 1 Major Heal Potion.
9. Stop Buying Books for a month.
Don't buy any books for at least a month and instead read a book that you got for free (might be from your library or borrowed from a friend).
January - done!
Reward: 2 XP.
10. Pick up a number and stick with it.
Set yourself a reading goal that feels achievable yet still pushes you to find the time to read (minimum of 12 books per year) and stick to it. You can collect your reward for finishing this task no sooner than 1st December.
Reward: 1 Santa Coupon
Done
Tasks 2, 6 and 10 are participation tasks (you can use the books you read for other quests).
Once you finish a task, report it in the Theatre thread and you can collect your reward.
If you finish all 10 tasks, you can collect your BONUS REWARD: additional 5 XP.
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5,000 Leagues Under the Sea
You've never been one to try to outdo everyone else. No one really needs to go a whole 20,000 leagues under the sea when 5,000 is plenty. You're quite sure after traveling 5,000 leagues that there's really nothing more that would surprise you down there. You've seen all the fish, sunken ships, sharks and mermaids that you could ever care to see in the sea. Just make sure to take some pictures so you can have a few rounds bought for you at the Tavern after you've returned.
Travel 5,000 leagues and take pictures! Reserve a wonderful spot at the tavern for all your stories.
Leagues may be travelled by reading books. To determine the amount of leagues travelled by a single book, round down to the nearest 100 pages, then calculate 2 to the power of the number of hundreds of pages. (Hint: use the xy button on the calculator)
Examples:
512 page book -> 5 hundred pages -> 2^5 = 32 leagues
1072 page book -> 10 hundred pages -> 2^10 = 1024 leagues
Leagues
Got from breathe of air quest A Breath of Snow and Ashes 1488 -> 14 hundred pages -> 2^14 = 16384 leagues
Reward: The tavern owner was so impressed with the number of additional customers your stories brought in he has provided you 2 Greater Heal potions for your effort. You also gain 5 XP for your travels.
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Alchemy That!
(Tasks must be completed in order)
The local Alchemist is a student of Dr. Cottage. He ushers you into his laboratory promising great and mighty potions if you can just help him out with some of the ingredients. You agree a bit warily remembering your last run-in with Dr. Cottage's protegees.
"Ahh the potion that I want to try first is a delicate blend of boar liver, scat of mongoose and tree sap."
Cringing a bit you agree to look for the items.
Boar Liver may be found in books containing a boar or pig (dead or alive).
Peanut Butter Panic 8/25/2022
Scat of Mongoose may be found in any book taking place in Africa.
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine 9/16/2021
Tree Sap may be found in a book with a tree on the cover.

You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Weakening Potion.
Weakening Potion - Reduces your attack power to half of normal for both sword and staff (rounded up).
"Oh my.... that's not what I wanted it to do."
You feel a bit woozy and have to sit down for awhile.
"Don't worry dear Chap. This one is foolproof! I just need a vial of duck feathers and 3 eyeball of newts."
A vial of duck feathers may be found in books where there is a swamp or wetlands.
Servant of Earth 11/30/2024
Each eye of newt may be found in a book with an O anywhere in the title.
Destroy Me 4/7/2020
You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Transmogrification Potion
Transmogrification Potion - Transforms 1 dropped item from a common monster into any other dropped item from a common monster.
You glance at The Alchemist. "Well...", you say. "It's certainly interesting. Though I'm not sure I need my goblin bones to be bat wings...."
The Alchemist sighs. "Don't worry. This last one will work for sure! All we need is all the vowels."
Find books that start with A, E, I, O, and U to provide all the vowels to The Alchemist.
A - A Pizza My Heart 6/26/2019
E - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 6/7/2023
I - I'm Not Done with You Yet 5/21/2024
O - One-Timer 10/29/2022
U - Upright Women Wanted 1/13/2020
For giving the Alchemist all the vowels, receive 1 Pet Plus Potion.
Pet Plus Potion - Doubles the effects of any pets of the hero for one week.

New Gang in Town
There's a new gang in town and they're moving in on your territory! Never mind that you aren't actually in a gang for them to move in on but it's the principle of the matter! Do whatever you need to so you can win back your town.
Check the last 9 books you read before May 1st, 2015. If there have been more male authors then your target is the new female gang. If there has been more female authors then your target is the new male gang.
Defeat male gang
Read new to you authors of the appropriate gender to chip away at the rival gang. Gender should be the real life gender of the author and not their pen name (unless unable to find).
1 - A Pose Before Dying by Alex Erickson 5/12/2024
2- Shanghai by Joseph Kanon 6/21/2024
3- The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella 7/15/2024
4- The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris 5/7/2019
5- The Whisper Man by Alex North10/13/2019
6- Scythe by Neal Shusterman 11/12/2019
7- The Paris Hours by Alex George 2/28/2020
8- The Magician by Colm Tóibín 9/13/2021
Reduce the rival gang by 3 to gain 4 XP.
Reduce the rival gang by 2 more to gain 4 additional XP.
Eliminate the rival gang by reducing 3 more to gain 4 additional XP and 1 Heal Potion.
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Collect them All
They're everywhere! Bugs here! Bugs there! Bugs everywhere! Capture them all before the whole kingdom is overrun with the creepy crawlies.
Collect 100 bugs. Each instance of a bug found in a book may count, multiple instances may be found in each book however books with insects found may not be used for other tasks. (Find Items Potion may be stacked for this quest). Bugs include Ants, Beetles, Flies, Mosquitoes, Spiders, and anything else you would denote as a creepy crawly.
The Music of Bees 7/29/2021 - 85 bees
Death Bee Comes Her 12/19/2019 - 48 bees
For capturing all the bugs earn +10 Experience and 1 Time Walking Potion.
Bees - music of bees, bee books
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Ubiety in Perpetuity
The local librarian (a powerful political position in Novel Kingdom) is walking around looking frazzled in the tavern. You gently take the book out of his hands and notice it's a dictionary. You ask him what the problem is. "I just can't find the word I'm looking for! Property of something or other!" You calm him down and assure him that you'll help find the word he's looking for.
Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large aspect of the book reflects the words definition.
• Ubiety - the quality or state of being in a place
All Good People Here 9/5/2022
• Perpetuity - the state or quality of lasting forever
The Girl Before 4/1/2019
• Palatability - the property of being acceptable to the mouth
Meet Your Baker 3/4/2022
• Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
Dear Mrs. Bird 8/26/2019
• Isotropic - having a physical property that has the same value when measured in different directions
The Stone Circle 8/7/2022
• Uniformity - always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying
Real Actors, Not People 10/7/2022
• Adaptability - capable of being adapted
The Runaway Jury 4/15/2019
Read 3 books for 4 XP.
Read 5 books for 7 XP.
Read all 7 books for 10 XP and 1 Heal Potion.
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Crazy Cat Lady
On the edge of town there is a strange house. Sometimes you wander past and ponder if some wizard drank too much mead and accidentally cast a growing spell on an old boot. The lady who lives inside is frantic because her cats have gone missing. She would like you to find all 7 of her missing cats.
To find a cat, find a mention of a cat in a book and quote the sentence where the cat is mentioned. Cats are individual creatures and there can only be one found per book. (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) Receive 5 XP and 1 Heal Potion for finding all 7 cats.
Whiskers and Lies 9/8/2022 “The cats were in Roma’s porch along with a note that said ‘Thank You’” pg 183
The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer 9/7/2022 “ The cats hissed at us” pg 5
Hiss Me Deadly 6/27/2023 “Cat always know when they meet a cat lover.” pg 29
Paws to Remember 10/10/2023 “a couple of klepto cats with magical powers” pg 268
Claws for Concern 5/16/2019 “No use complaining to me, Mr. Cat.” pg 19
The Pawful Truth 6/5/2019 “ DO you always talk to your cats?” pg 154
A Night's Tail 8/20/2019 “cat’s green-eyed gaze never left me.” pg 95
Careless Whiskers 1/29/2020 “cat hair clinging to her dark skirt and black tights.” pg 160
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Learn the basics
Miss Read, the school teacher needs some help with her new pupils. They have forgotten how to count, read and write. Without these basics, they won't be able to help Queen Skye and the kingdom.
1. Read 3 books with consecutive series numbers (doesn't have to be the same series) to teach the children to count.
All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1) 1/25/2020
What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) 12/5/2019
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) 1/29/2020
2. Read a book where someone is taught to do something new so the children remember how to learn.
This Coven Won't Break 5/31/2020
3. Read a book where someone writes i.e. a letter, a book or a diary, to teach the children how to write.
Dear Mrs. Bird 8/26/2019
4. Read any book over 400 pages to remind the children of the joy of reading.
The Latecomers 12/13/2019
In return Miss Read giving 10XP and 1 minor poison potion to anyone who helps.

Essentially Oils
Merlin, a local alchemist/wizard/general-jack-of-all-trades has asked you to find him some essential oils. He finds that they cure an amazing number of random ailments and he can take credit for their amazingness all by himself.
Find 6 essential oils.
Find 2 by spelling their name via Spell-it-Out
S - Salvation in Death 4/25/2022
A - A Campy Christmas 9/26/2022
N - None of This Is True 8/31/2023
D - Double Grudge Donuts 2/8/2024
A - A Case for the Winemaker 1/31/2020
L - Last Seen Alive 1/11/2022
W - Word to the Wise 6/30/2021
O - Origin in Death 10/21/2021
O - Only If You're Lucky 1/19/2024
D - Down in Flames 8/28/2019
G - Ghost Island 2/14/2024
R - Ripped From the Pages 3/31/2021
A - A Castle in the Clouds 12/9/2019
P - Paper Cuts 9/13/2024
E - Evil Under the Sun 10/25/2023
F - Fall for Him 9/9/2024
R - Recursion 7/15/2019
U - Upgrade 7/31/2022
I - If Something Happens to Me 5/7/2024
T - The Beast's Heart 5/24/2019
Find 2 by finding the word in the text of a book
Garlic - Wonton Terror 4/16/2023
Cinnamon - A Crime of Passion Fruit 9/1/2022
Find 2 by finding them on the cover of one or more books (Example: Rosemary = 1 book with rose on cover, 1 book with lady named Mary on cover, or Tea Tree = 1 book with tea on the cover and 1 with tree on cover)
1 - Peppermint -

2 - Lavender -

For providing Merlin with 6 essential oils receive 2 Greater Heal Potions plus 1 XP per book used (24 xp)
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A Nap is Always a Good Idea
You've been questing for months, in fact it might be almost a whole year now. You're tired. The rats are cutting into your Sunday rest day. The goblins are gobbling up your weeknights. The bats are battering your psyche. Even the rocks are causing your day to get a bit rocky. You need a nap. But first, the perfect nap spot!
First you find 2 trees near each other with a book with at least 2 trees on the cover.


Then construct a rope ladder with 5 goblin bones and 12 rat tails to bind them together.
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Plague Prevention
Queen Skye has been very happy to see an increase in the number of heroes in her realm who are helping manage the monsters who were starting to get out of control. She’s realised that the increased movement through the country has resulted in more people catching the plague and becoming unwell. She’d like your help to stop the spread.
Her team of advisors have developed a simple plan to follow to do this. There are 4 steps:
Mask Up - cover your mouth and nose
Keep your distance - 6 ft ideally (length of a lance if in doubt).
Wash your hands - in any water source you can find in the realm.
Help develop and give the vaccine
Mask Up
To make your own basic mask:
Spell out MASK using the usual spell-it-out rules
M Murder at the Majestic Hotel 1/25/2024
A A Stranger on the Beach 8/12/2020
S Saint X 11/11/2019
K Kindred in Death 9/3/2022
Read a book with character who wears a mask - (any sort of mask from a masquerade or fancy dress mask to full-on surgical mask will work)
Glove Save 3/11/2023
Reward: 5XP and 1 Mask. Your Mask will delay the effects of disease from disease-bearing monsters by one turn (zombies and the plague bringer).
Example:
Round 1
Hero (wearing mask) hits monster
Monster hits hero, hero receives no disease from monster
Round 2
Hero hits monster
Monster hits hero, disease takes effect
To upgrade your mask:
Spell out SPARKLE
S Still Life 3/28/2022
P Party Princess 3/30/2019
A An Anonymous Girl 7/11/2023
R Ritual in Death 7/8/2022
K Killer Chardonnay 4/10/2023
L Lock Every Door 11/1/2019
E Eyelet Witness 7/8/2022
Read a book with a gemstone on the cover
Thieves' Gambit 11/13/2024
Reward: 8XP and a shield potion
Keep your distance
Read a book with 6 in the page count
Hide and Seek - 368 4/2/2020
Read a book with 1 person on the cover

Reward: 6 gold
Wash your hands regularly
Read a book with water on the cover

Spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY (each book can be used for 2 letters).
H Happiness Falls 9/22/2023
A A Tempest at Sea 3/3/2023
P Princess Mia 4/22/2019
P Princess Mia 4/22/2019
Y You're Invited 9/29/2022
B The Bitter Truth 6/17/2024
I I Must Betray You 3/2/2022
R Ruta -I Must Betray You 3/2/2022
T The Bitter Truth 6/17/2024
H Happiness Falls 9/22/2023
D The Darkness 11/23/2021
A A Tempest at Sea 3/3/2023
Y You're Invited 9/29/2022
Reward: Minor Heal potion and 2 books can be reused towards your kitchen.
Get a vaccination
Spell out VACCINE using books read since you started this quest.
V The Villa 1/16/2023
A The Age of Light 4/8/2019
C The Connellys of County Down 7/26/2023
C The Consequences of Fear 8/29/2023
I The Island 11/23/2021
N The New Couple in 5B 3/20/2024
E The Ex Hex 10/4/2021
Read a book that’s been on your TBR for less than 6 months.
Deadbeat 12/12/24
Reward: Enhanced weapon potion
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Taste the Rainbow
Queen Skye has been moping around the castle. It's gloomy outside and dark and drab and grey. She'd like a bit of color in her life. It's always good to be on the Queen's good side.
Read a book that is either primarily (75%+) the color or has an object that is commonly that color in the book's title.
+1 XP for each color, 2 additional XP for all colors.
Red -

Orange -

Yellow - Pineapple

Green -

Blue -

Purple -

Pink -

Reward: 9 xp
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Schoolmarm
You've been sitting in remedial hero class for a week now. You knew that goofing off at your yearly exam was a bad idea but you had no idea it was this bad of an idea. The lectures are actually starting to melt your brain, you feel it oozing out your ear.
*SNAP*
The Schoolmarm's ruler comes down on your desk. She demands that you run off and find 3 chalks of exactly the right length or you'll be sitting through another whole week of this.
Read a book with a title of exactly 5 characters.
Maame 4/8/2023
Read a book with a title of exactly 8 characters.
The Chain 7/10/2019
Read a book with a title of exactly 13 characters.
(Spaces and punctuation do not count, letters and numbers count.)
Reckless Girls 12/22/2021
Reward: Not having to sit through another week of classes.... and 5 XP.
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Baby Baby Toil and Trouble
Lady Karen has just stumbled into town carrying a small baby she found in the woods. She looks a bit haggard and you wonder why.
"Please help me! I found this baby in the woods!"
You agree to help and start to run around gathering baby supplies.
Read a book with a cow to get some milk.

Read a book with the word rattle in it to get a baby rattle.
The Hollywood Assistant 7/22/2024
Read a book with a towel or sheet on the cover to get a baby wrap.

Read a book with a bed or house on the cover to get a crib.

For helping to take care of the baby, you get Lady Karen's eternal gratitude and 6 XP.
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A fly, a kitten and a cow walk into a bar....
You blink your eyes as you hear Mr. Stevens repeat his joke for the seventh time.
"The kitten says that her milk is buzzing and the cow replies yes, but that's better than moooooving?" You finish off the joke.
Mr. Stevens blinks at you. "Well... err... yes... I suppose I have told that one a few times. Can you ask around to find a new one I can entertain people with?"
Read a book that has a good joke in it. Then spell one of the words (over 3 letters) in the punchline using Spell-it-out rules.
The Guncle 7/27/2021
"You know, I have a swimming pool with no natural heirs. You should be nice to me."
N - The Night Hawks 8/17/2022
A - The Art of Theft 3/4/2024
T - The Family Upstairs 8/15/2022
U - The Unkept Woman 7/29/2022
R - The Resting Place 4/6/2022
A - The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder 2/12/2024
L - The Love Connection 4/9/2023
Once you have finished your joke receive 1 Heal Potion plus 1 XP per letter spelled and 2 additional XP if the word is 5 or more letters.
Reward: 9 xp and 1 heal potion
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Art Extravaganza
The Queen is setting up her annual Novel Kingdom Show of the Arts. She'd like you to help organize the paintings into pairings pleasing to the eye.
Your job is to help organize the paintings. Start with a book, choose an alternative cover then choose another book with a similar cover to the alternative one. You may link up to 5 books together. (2 XP for 2 books, 1 more XP for 3 books, 2 more XP for 4 books, 3 more XP for 5 books)





Note: You may use one of the covers from the edition you've read but you don't have to. Books with only one cover are not eligible for the quest however you may use covers from another language of the book.
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Tournament of Alka
The Queen is sending a contingent of riders to the The Alka Tournament of Sinj. You bravely step forward when the Queen asks for volunteers and proclaim in a loud voice that you are the best horse rider and alka stabber in all of Novel Kingdom. The Queen quickly agrees with you and sends you off to represent the Kingdom.
To compete in the tournament you need to have a horse. If you do not have one you may read a book with a horse on the cover to borrow one.
You also need a 3m long spear (read a book that's 300-399 pages or a book that has something spear-like on the cover)
If Walls Could Talk 9/18/2022
and alka (read a book where the author's initials (all listed) can be found in ALKA)
Dead Tired by Kat Ailes 6/6/2024
To spear alka roll a dice and read a book that is that number in a series.
4 - The Lady of the Lake (Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries #4) - 7/31/2020
For competing in the tournament receive 5 XP and 1 Heal Potion.
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Spring Cleaning
The old armor smith found a stockpile of gold in a nearby mountain and up and left! The Queen has asked you to clean out all his old junk and get the smithy ready for the next master smith to live in.
Read a book on your to-read shelf that has been there for more than a year. 1 XP per book (Max 5 XP).
Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings 12/3/2022
Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide 10/17/2023
A Skeleton in the Family 10/24/2022
A Holiday by Gaslight 12/15/2023
City of Ghosts 10/20/2020

Queen Skye's Winter Festival
Queen Skye can't wait for the winter celebrations to start, but she's more of an ideas person than a completer-finisher, so she needs help getting everything ready!
Decorate the palace
More than anything the Queen wants a fabulously decorated main hall, with banners and lights and - of course - a beautiful tree!
Tree
First, find a tree, by spelling out SPRUCE (must use NEW books, read after you start the quest, to avoid premature needle-drops)
S - Sloane - Make The Season Bright 12/11/24
P - Portrait in Death duplicated 12/12/24
R - Recipe for a Charmed Life duplicated 12/12/24
U - Upgrade duplicated 12/12/24
C - A Cup of Flour, A Punch of Death 12/10/24
E - Ellis (LN) - The Christmas Tree Farm 12/11/24
Next, wrestle it into a pot by spelling out POT
P Panning For Murder 6/16/22
O Once Upon a River 5/14/20
T To Coach a Killer 7/28/20
Finally, make sure it's nice and straight by reading a book with a tree on the cover

On completion of all three parts, you get 10xp
Now the tree is positioned, it's time to decorate it and the hall! Go crazy here, finding books with things to hang from the tree or on the suits of armour and weapons around the hall.
Colour scheme:
you can use: up to 6 books with colour covers to set the colour theme. You get 1xp for each book you use (to a maximum of 6xp), You can choose to have as many different colours in your scheme as you like but for each different colour you use you LOSE a point. So, if you have 6 books with 6 different colours you will get a total of 7xp; if you have 6 books all in the same colour you will get a total of 12xp
- 1 colour = +6xp
- 2 colours = +5xp
- 3 colours = +4 xp
- 4 colours = +3 xp
- 5 colours = +2 xp
- 6 colours = +1 xp





For the purposes of this, use TinEye, and the colour cover must be 60%. No debate over what TinEye says, however wrong you feel it to be!
Decorations:
In addition to books for the colour scheme, you can hang up to 10 items on your tree / around the hall, using items on the cover, 1xp for each item hung (i.e. maximum 10xp). Feel free to be creative, and to brag about your tasteful / gaudy decorations in the Tavern!
Record -

Coffee mug -

Clock -

Cookie -

Mask -

Surf board -

Pen -

Horse -

Angel wings -

Elephant -

Festive Entertainments
The Queen is planning a big party, and needs you to set up some entertainments for her guests.
'Twas the Knight Before Christmas
An interactive, immersive performance of the famous poem.
Set up the interactive elements!
"not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" - guests make sure no mice are stirring by poking rat bodies! You'll need to catch (kill) 4 sewer rats
(view spoiler)
"stockings were hung by the chimney with care" - let the guests hang up the stockings: read a book with a stocking (or sock) on the cover
The Knife Before Christmas 12/9/24
"Mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap" - provide guests with hats to wear: read a book with a person wearing a hat/head covering on the cover
The Skeleton Paints a Picture 10/9/2024
"eight tiny reindeer [... he called them by name" - guests must match the antlers to the reindeer: provide name tags by spelling out one of the reindeer names (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen)
D - Down to the Woods 10/5/2022
A - A Twisted Love Story 7/28/2023
S - Second Bite 12/7/2022
H - Hooked on a Feline 9/1/2021
E - Every Heart a Doorway 1/24/2020
R - Real Men Knit 7/20/2020
"a little round belly /That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly" - just in case they can't imagine it, guest can feel the quivvering of the jelly - read a book tagged Humor (at least 1 tag)
Turbo Twenty-Three 6/7/2022
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" - the cheerful ending will have guests waving to "Santa" as the curtains close. In the absence of Santa you will have to press into service a Yeti (kill either Big Heart or Snowflake Heart)
On completion: 10xp and 1 Major Heal Potion and 1 Minor Poison Potion
Uncommon Monster: Snowflake Heart
A large silvery Yeti that only shows up during snowy holidays. It has 6 limbs and icy armour. In order to start fighting it you will need to throw a Phoenix Feather at it (uses a turn - it will attack you first). You can throw a Phoenix Feather as your attack, for 20 damage. (Population: 6)
6 Attack 66 Health - Reward: 6 Experience, 1 Snowflake Arm
Note: you get Phoenix Feathers after you acquire Falala in the From Ashes Comes My Bird quest
(view spoiler)
used: 1 Phoenix feathers
Skye's Solstice Present Surprises
Skye has set up a lucky dip for her guests. Read one of the 2020 NBRC Books of the Month (can use from your tote if you already read one) for 1 Minor Heal Potion - CLAIMED 12/9/24
The Sun Down Motel 2021/10/14
Festive feasting
The palace chefs have refused to make everything for the feast, so each guest must bring along at least one meal of their own (you can bring more if you want). Make a festive meal!
Your meal must have 16 ingredients, found by scavenging food words from within books. You can find:
- 8 ingredients in books of 201 - 499 pages
A Batter of Life and Death - 3/22/2022 - 277 pages
Coffee, muffin, sandwich, milk, chocolate, pumpkin, wine, cookie
Another One Bites the Crust - 9/14/2022 - 313 pages
Lemon, juice, salt, pepper, frosting, ginger, walnut, pecan
2xp and 1 gold for each meal made
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Tavern Games
The local tavern is looking to drum up some new business and has started a game night. The game is called Shipzee and was invented by local sailors to play while on long voyages. Try your hand at it. There is a prize for the winning knight!
Roll 5 Dice. Then choose series numbers or words in a title. If you choose series numbers read books whose series number matches each of the die. If you choose words in a title read books that have each of the numbers of the die in the title. (7 XP if series number is chosen, 9 XP is words in title is chosen.)
5 - Five Furry Familiars 2/22/2024
6 - Six Cats a Slayin' 11/16/2022
6 - Six Feet Deep Dish 8/21/2022
3 - One Two Three 8/3/2021
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• Read a non-fiction book about history
*∙Read two books that share the same cover art
Willing to donate a duplication potion for you to use to produce a book.
Reward: 10 gold or a potion token per book.

• Read a book of poetry (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
• Read a play (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
I have Zombie Haiku, https://www.go..."
Nice doing business with you! Here are you 2 duplication potions!

A Labyrinthine Mission
The Goblin King has stolen Queen Skye's godson and she is desperate for him to be returned. You have 13 hours (or in this case books) to rescue him from the Goblin King's labyrinth.
Read a book about siblings.
Delilah Green Doesn't Care 2/21/2022
Spell out GOBLIN.
G Girls Like Us 7/1/2019
O Once Upon a Spine 6/23/2021
B Born in Death 12/30/2021
L Love, Lies and Liquor 4/15/2020
I Indulgence in Death 11/18/2022
NNever Have I Ever 10/23/2019
S Somewhere Only We Know 8/1/2020
Read a book with a piece of fruit on the cover.

Read a book with a trap in it.
Haunt Sweet Home 9/12/2024
Read a book containing a ball (the type where people dance).
All's Fair in Love and Treachery 11/11/2024
Read a book where someone is forgiven.
Haunted Ever After 8/13/2024
Read a book where the author initials can be found in Jareth.
A Spindle Splintered 10/6/2021
Read a book with a character called Sarah or Toby.
Sarah - Furever After 8/25/2024
Queen Skye is very grateful when you return with her godson and gives you a reward of 15XP and 2 duplication potions.
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From the Pieces Comes Greatness
Read 3 or more books. The first word of each of the books (main body of the text, including any prologue) should be put together to form a grammatically correct sentence. The sentence may be in any language, and the word may be translated directly from one language to another.
For helping young Arrow, his parents bestow unto you a magical arrow endowed with the power that you have restored to their son. This arrow can be used one time (ever) and will hit with damage equal to twice the amount of words (books, up to a maximum of 10 books) that you have provided to Arrow.
I welcome Sherry.
Welcome - The Plus One 10/1/2024
I - A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer 9/26/2024
Sherry - The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society 9/25/2024
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The Academy II - Literature
Things Fall Apart again in the Academy's Literature department. Most of their Beloved books vanished from their library shelves. They suspect A Darker Shade of Magic is at play. They Trust you're the right person to find out what happened, confront The Book Thief and return their books.
Are you ready to provide The Help they so desperately need?
• Read a novel with an unusual form (e.g. an epistolary novel or a diary)
Red River Road - podcast 8/26/2024
• Read a book of poetry (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
Zombie Haiku - bought from Ray 12/11/24
• Read a play (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
Rossum’s Universal Robots - bought from Ray 12/11/24
• Read a non-fiction book about books (e.g. literary criticism, a memoir/biography of an author or a publisher, a history of a literary movement)
Duplicated 84, Charing Cross Road 12/11/24
• Read a book written by two or more authors
The Paradise Problem 5/31/2024
• Read a book with "literature" in the text
Gone with the Witch 4/13/2024
• Read a book with an author as a main character
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret 10/30/2024
Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Duplication Potions after helping the literature department.
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The Academy II - Geography
People are getting lost in the Novel Kingdom. New bookshelves are being built, stacks of books are being moved and the first comprehensive map you helped create several years ago is no longer enough. Queen Skye orders you to help the Academy's Geography department revise the map of her realm.
Are you up to the task?
• Read a book set within 100 miles (160 km) of where you live
Memory in Death 12/13/2021
• Read a book set further than 1000 miles (1,609 km) from where you live
The Witch Is Back 11/23/2024
• Read a book set on another planet or in space
Project Hail Mary 4/7/2022
• Read a book with one of these words in the title: Map, Globe, World, Country, City
The Summer Country 6/27/2023
• Read a non-fiction book about Geography (e.g. focused on a city, country or a region, a travelogue)
Duplicate A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 12/11/24
• Read a book with a flag on the cover

• Read a book with a main character that travels from country to country
The Paris Widow 6/16/2024
Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Shield Potions after helping the Geography department.
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The Academy - part III
The Principal Mage at The Novel Academy just announced that he's looking for The Magical Teacher of the Year. You desperately want to be nominated.
• Complete two of these quests: Academy - History, Academy - Geography, Academy - Literature
DONE 12/10/24
• Complete two of these quests: Academy II - History, Academy II - Geography, Academy II - Literature
Done 12/11/24
• Complete both of these quests: The Academy, The Academy - part II
DONE 12/10/24
• Read a book with a teacher as one of the main characters.
Charlotte Illes Is Not a Teacher 7/30/2024
Reward: Receive the nomination and 1 Health Gem for your efforts.
Note: Health Gem grants +1 Max HP (permanently) and refills HP (one-time only)
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Questanomics
Novel Kingdom is dangerously close to entering a time of deflation. Queen Skye has been advised that she wants a nice healthy rate of inflation around 2% to maintain price stability and maximum knight employment. She is worried that if the kingdom falls into deflation everyone will hold onto their gold since it will be worth more tomorrow than it is today. She's even heard that there is novel hoarding going on! Help Queen Skye inflate the kingdom!
Read 3 inflationary books. Inflationary books have a "number" in the title. The number should be inflated to the next higher number as the series number. See link for examples of inflationary language.
Example:
For a Few Demons More - The Hollows #5 (four -> five)
Something Wonderful - Sequels #2 (one -> two)
A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2 - 7/9/2021
My Vampire Plus-One (My Vampires, #2) - 9/12/2024
Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, #2) - 10/21/2020
Receive +8 Exp for saving the economy.
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Hot or Not
Lady Adelaide is one of the most eligible bachelorettes in the region. She sits down at the tavern mumbling "I'm all hot and bothered about Sir Quinn." You inquire as to if that's a good thing and she likes the knight. She glares at you. "No! I'm hot because it's the middle of summer and I'm bothered because Sir Quinn is a ninny. He bought me chrysanthemum instead of roses!" You venture over to Sir Quinn and inquire if you can help though you're unsure as to if you should also offer your sympathies.
- Read 3 books with flowers on their cover to make a bouquet (Extra +1 exp if they are all roses)



- Read a book that takes place in summer
Wahala 1/21/2022
- Read a book with a beach picture on the cover. Or book with beach related object on cover.

- Read something hot (steamy book topic, set in a hot climate or even a bestseller)
Blind Pass 10/19/2022
- Read a book that has been made into a summer movie. Or it would be great summer movie
28 Summers 6/9/2022
+7 Exp and 1 Damage potion for helping Sir Quinn.
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The Sandwich is always Greener on the Other Side
The tavern has heard rumours of a food critic in the area. The owners want to create a new specialty. They've heard of something called a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich being served over in Wintershaven. They ask you to check it out and bring back the parts to start making them.
Read a book where the author or a character has the initials PB.
Morning Star by Pierce Brown -duplicated 12/11/24
Read a book that starts with the letter J (indefinite article may be ignored).
Jealousy Filled Donuts 8/16/2019
Then spell out the word BREAD using spell-it-out rules.
B Big Jack 1/7/2020
R Rook 8/22/2023
E Everything We Didn't Say 11/11/2021
A Autumn Alibi 12/2/2019
D Death Overdue 10/31/2023
Finally assemble it using a knife by reading a book from a series that starts with I.
New York to Dallas (In Death, #33) 5/2/2023
Earn 12 XP when the sandwich is complete.


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