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

West of the Moon by Margi Preus
Pages: 213
Date Read: 7/2/16
Task: Event 1/Heat 2/Leg 2/Position 4
Location: Norway
Rating 4 stars

Option 5!

Hmm, some of these seem a bit tough, but I will try to find them all!

Words found: 45/127
Books used: 14

anemone
apple blossom
aster
azalea
baby's breath
bachelor button
begonia A Demon Bound p. 107
...well-maintained begonias hung invitingly in baskets...
bellflower Madame Bovary p. 18
...amusing themselves plucking the bell-flowers from oat-ears...
bells of Ireland
bitterroot
black-eyed Susan
bluebells West of the Moon p. 76
...wreaths of primroses and bluebells.
bluebonnet
bougainvillea The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants p. 32
A wig of dense magenta bougainvillea drooped from the roof...
bouquet I'd Rather Wear Pajamas 56%
...a bouquet of fresh New Zealand flowers...
buttercup The Glass Arrow p. 41
"And their bed," whispers Buttercup.
butterfly bush
calendula
California poppy
calla lily I'd Rather Wear Pajamas 51%
And I wanted massively tall vases holding calla lilies for my table centerpieces.
camellia
candytuft
canna
carnation Royal Flush
...with a dapper little mustache and a carnation in his buttonhole.
carrion flower
chicory
chrysanthemum The Number 7 p. 57
...my coffee can of blooming chrysanthemums...
clover The Number 7 p. 45
...and once I discovered a pressed clover.
columbine
cornflower The Number 7 p. 32
...daisies, mostly, and some blue cornflowers.
corpse flower
cosmo
crocus Each Step is the Journey 81.3%
daffodil The Number 7 p. 31
...sprouted from the earth as routinely as a daffodil or spring tulip.
dahlia Madame Bovary p. 150
...Felicite was strewing dahlia flowers on the floor...
daisy West of the Moon
...a patch of daisies...
dandelion
delphinium
dianthus
dogwood
edelweiss
floret
florist Perfected
'But the florist didn't look like they'd miss them.'
flower The Number 7 p. 22
His strange knowledge of flowers?
forget-me-not Madame Bovary p. 165
...with forget-me-not flowers in her flowing hair.
foxglove Madame Bovary p. 30
She found again in the same places the foxgloves and wallflowers...
freesia
gardenia
gerbera daisy
gillyflower
gladiolus
goldenrod Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Tall houses glowed goldenrod and carmine...
hawthorn Madame Bovary p. 22
...to a hawthorn hedge...
heather West of the Moon p. 76
...we plop ourselves down on the heather.
hibiscus
hollyhock
honeysuckle Madame Bovary p. 67
...or a spray of overhanging honeysuckle and clematis...
hydrangea
Indian blanket
iris
jasmine Heir of Fire p. 500
Jasmine wove around the massive columns...
jessamine
Johnny-jump-up
jonquil
kangaroo paw
lady's slipper
lantana
larkspur The Glass Arrow p. 24
I cringe at the name. Larkspur.
laurel
lavender The Number 7 p. 37
The latter I had titled "Louisa in Lavender."
lilac The Number 7 p. 65
We grew nostalgic when we smelled lilacs...
lily Heir of Fire p. 500
...in pools freckled with night-blooming lilies.
lily-of-the-valley
magnolia The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants p. 131
The flower arrangements involve tuberose (huh?) and magnolia blossoms (her favourite!)
mallow
marigold
mayflower The Glass Arrow p. 58
...I convinced him to eat some mayflower leaves...
mimosa
mistletoe
mock orange
morning glory
mountain laurel
myrtle
narcissus
nasturtium
oleander
orange blossom Madame Bovary p. 22
...a bouquet of orange blossoms tied with white satin ribbons...
orchid
pansy The Number 7p. 268
...fell to the ground into the pansy bed.
pasque flower
passionflower
peach blossom
peony
petal The Number 7 p. 268
Purple and yellow petals fluttered in the light spring breeze.
phlox
plumeria
poinsettia The Number 7 p. 85
...very large, and very red, poinsettia plant.
poppy Madame Bovary p. 30
...or nibbling the poppies on the edge of a cornfield.
primrose West of the Moon p. 76
...wreaths of primroses and bluebells.
pussy willow
Queen Anne's lace
ranunculus
rhododendron Artemis Fowl p. 192
She loved rhododendrons.
rose Perfected
...long, thin necks, and rose petal lips.
safflower
sego lily
sepal
snapdragon
stock Perfected
'If it wasn't politically unethical I'd be buying stock in Greenwich Kennels myself.
sunflower
sweet pea Madame Bovary p. 65
...and sweet peas strung on sticks.
thistle The Glass Arrow p. 24
I cringed at the name. Larkspur. Thistle.
tickseed
tiger lily
trillium
tulip The Number 7 p. 31
...sprouted from the earth as routinely as a daffodil or spring tulip.
Venus flytrap
veronica Royal Flush
'We thought it only right to tell Veronica she was adopted...'
vetch
violet West of the Moon p. 61
...grass all dotted over with violets...
wallflower Madame Bovary p. 30
She found again in the same places the foxgloves and wallflowers...
wild prairie rose
wildflowers West of the Moon p.34
...braid wildflowers into wreaths...
wisteria Green Grass, Running Water 3%
wolfsbane
yucca flower
zinnia

July Activity Log
(view spoiler)[
2016/07/01
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[ Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 74
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 7/1/16, Available Next: 7/8/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 75

2016/07/03
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 75
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 77

Purchase 2 x minor heal potions - 6 gold
Drink 1 minor heal potion
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 9 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 77

Fight a Brown Bat
(view spoiler)[Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP, 15 HP - Reward: 1 XP, 1 bat wing
[Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 9 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 3 (AP: 5) || XP: 51
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 15-5 = 10 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero:9-3= 6 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 10-5 = 5
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 6-3= 3 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 5-5 = Dead
Brown Bat: Killed: 7/3/16, Available Next: 7/10/16
•Hero: - 3 HP, + 1 XP, + bat wing (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 3 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 78

Drink 1 minor heal potion
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 8 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 78

Fight Goblin
(view spoiler)[Attack Goblin - 6 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 goblin bone
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack),

•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 10-5 = 5 Health Remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Megs (6 Attack) => Lady Megs: 8-6 = 2 Health Remaining
•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 5-5 = Dead
•Lady Meg: Gain 1 Experience + 1 Goblin Bone

Common Monster Type: Last Killed: 07/03/2016, Available Next: 07/10/2016 (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 2 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 79

2016/07/08
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[ Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 2 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 79
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 7/8/16, Available Next: 7/15/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 2 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 80

2016/07/10

Drink 1 greater heal potion
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 17 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 80

Fight a Brown Bat
(view spoiler)[Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP, 15 HP - Reward: 1 XP, 1 bat wing
[Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 17 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 3 (AP: 5) || XP: 80
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 15-5 = 10 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero:17-3= 14 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 10-5 = 5
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 14-3= 11 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 5-5 = Dead
Brown Bat: Killed: 7/10/16, Available Next: 7/17/16
•Hero: - 6 HP, + 1 XP, + bat wing (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 11 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 81

Fight Goblin
(view spoiler)[Attack Goblin - 6 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 goblin bone
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack),

•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 10-5 = 5 Health Remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Megs (6 Attack) => Lady Megs: 11-6 = 5 Health Remaining
•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 5-5 = Dead
•Lady Meg: Gain 1 Experience + 1 Goblin Bone

Common Monster Type: Last Killed: 07/10/2016, Available Next: 07/17/2016 (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 5 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 82

2016/07/11
Received 1 mouse meatball from Morgan. Ate it right away (+3 HP).
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 8 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 82

2016/07/18
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[ Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 8 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 82
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 7/18/16, Available Next: 7/25/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 8 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 83

Fight a Brown Bat
(view spoiler)[Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP, 15 HP - Reward: 1 XP, 1 bat wing
[Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 8 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 3 (AP: 5) || XP: 83
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 15-5 = 10 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero:8-3= 5 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 10-5 = 5
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 5-3= 2 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 5-5 = Dead
Brown Bat: Killed: 7/18/16, Available Next: 7/25/16
•Hero: - 6 HP, + 1 XP, + bat wing (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 2 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 84

2016/07/30
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[ Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 2 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 84
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 7/30/16, Available Next: 8/6/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 2 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 85 (hide spoiler)]

Activity Log
(view spoiler)[
2016/06/03
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 60
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 60
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 6/03/16, Available Next: 6/10/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 61

2016/06/05
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 61
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 63

2016/06/07
Completed Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
(view spoiler)[Mineral in title/series: The Secret Diamond Sisters
Reward: 1 Mercenary Token (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 63

2016/06/10
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 63
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 6/10/16, Available Next: 6/07/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 64

2016/06/12
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 64
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 66

The Hard Place
(view spoiler)[Read a book where someone does something hard and there is a rock/stone/building or other extremely hard thing on the cover. -

Rock on the cover and one of the characters escapes from the dragon, which was pretty difficult.

Receive 1 Merely Kat pelt (to combat the hardness), 1 experience and 1 Hard Place. (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 67

2016/06/17
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 67
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 6/17/16, Available Next: 6/24/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 68

2016/06/19
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 68
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 70

2016/06/24
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 70
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 6/24/16, Available Next: 7/1/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 71

2016/06/26
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 71
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 73

Completed Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
(view spoiler)[ Read a book with a mineral in its title or series. - A Curse Dark as Gold
Reward: 1 Mercenary Token
Quest can be repeated 2016/07/17, (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 73

2016/06/30
Completed: The System is a Bit Buggy
(view spoiler)[Read a book where someone is good with computers: The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss (multiple MMORPG players)
Receive 1 xp, 1 gold and 1 Fire Bug (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 74 (hide spoiler)]

Ok, for the cover challenge, I would like to read .

It works for either Task: Read ONE book with a person (full body head to foot) on cover or Read TWO books for Team Colors
(may be same color - 60% of cover Either Blue, Black, Red, Yellow, or Green), (http://labs.tineye.com/color/948a8fb3... - when I added up all the shades of green, it came out to 74.9%).

Which ever spot you like to place me in is fine.

Can I take heat 2, leg 2, position 6 please?

Hi Sherri.

I believe you are looking for a title that starts with Liar, Wolf, Moon or Spell (the last 2 words work if I read one of my wolf books).

I can read Wolf Moon if we have any more Moon titles to use. And if Sherri doesn't want the spot.

Plus this one is nice and short, not like the 700 pages books I was finding before.

I also have Wolf Spell, which is a bit longer, but if Spell works better than Moon for someone.

EDIT: Not needed, Sherri will take Wolf

Activity Log - May 2016
(view spoiler)[
2016/05/13
Joined game!

Completed quest: Hello my name is... +3 exp

Leveled up magic to level 2.

Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
[Hero: LVL 1 || HP: 10 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 2 (AP: 4) || XP: 3
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (4 AP) => Monster: 5-4= 1 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 10-3= 7 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (4 AP) => Monster: 1-4= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 5/13/16, Available Next: 5/20/16
•Hero: - 3 HP, + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 1 || HP: 7 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 2 || XP: 4

2016/05/14
Provided reinforcements to help against great white dragon.
(view spoiler)[Read a book starting with the letter R. - [book:Rage|7670661]
Reward: +1 gold, +1 bonus exp (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 1 || HP: 7 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 2 || XP: 5
Level up!!
Hero: LVL 2 || HP: 12 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 2 || XP: 5

Fight a Brown Bat
(view spoiler)[Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP, 15 HP - Reward: 1 XP, 1 bat wing
[Hero: LVL 2 || HP: 12 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 3 (AP: 5) || XP: 5
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 15-5 = 10 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 12-3= 9 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 10-5 = 5
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 9-3= 6 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 5-5 = Dead
Brown Bat: Killed: 5/14/16, Available Next: 5/21/16
•Hero: - 6 HP, + 1 XP, + bat wing (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 2 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 6

2013/05/15
I just realized I think I can claim experience for Taste the Rainbow without completing it fully (correct me if I'm wrong).
Taste the Rainbow - +3 experience
(view spoiler)[Taste the Rainbow - Red - [bookcover:A Court of Thorns and Roses|16096824] +1 exp
Taste the Rainbow - Yellow - +1 exp
Taste the Rainbow - Purple - +1 exp
Taste the Rainbow - Pink - +1 exp (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 2 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 10

2016/05/17
Consume 1 minor healing potion
Level 2 Hero - Level 0 Sword, Level 3 Magic, 11 HP, 10 Exp

Fight 1 Goblin
(view spoiler)[Attack Goblin - 6 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 goblin bone
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack), 11 Health

•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 10-5 = 5 Health Remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Megs (6 Attack) => Lady Megs: 11-6 = 5 Health Remaining
•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 5-5 = Dead
•Lady Meg: Gain 1 Experience + 1 Goblin Bone

Common Monster Type: Last Killed: 05/17/2016, Available Next: 05/24/2016 + 1 week (hide spoiler)]

Hero: LVL 2 || HP: 5 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 11

Fight Rock
(view spoiler)[Attack Rock - 1 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 10 Experience, 3 gold, 1 pebble
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack), 5 Health

•Lady Megs Attacks Rock with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Rock: 5-5 = Dead

Lady Meg: Gain 10 Experience + 3 gold + 1 pebble
Rocks remaining 9/10
(hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 2 || HP: 5 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 21

Level Up!

Hero: LVL 3 || HP: 14 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 21

Fight Rock #2
(view spoiler)[Attack Rock - 3 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 10 Experience, 3 gold, 1 pebble
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack), 21 Health

•Lady Megs Attacks Rock with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Rock: 10-5 = 5
•Rock Attacks Lady Megs (3 Attack) => Lady Megs: 14-3 = 11 HP
•Lady Megs Attacks Rock with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Rock: 5-5 = Dead

Lady Meg: Gain 10 Experience + 3 gold + 1 pebble
Rocks remaining 8/10
(hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 3 || HP: 11 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 31

Level Up!

Hero: LVL 4 || HP: 16 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 31

Fight Rock #3
(view spoiler)[Attack Rock - 5 Attack 15 Health - Reward: 10 Experience, 3 gold, 1 pebble
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack), 16 Health

•Lady Megs Attacks Rock with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Rock: 15-5 = 10
•Rock Attacks Lady Megs (5 Attack) => Lady Megs: 16-1 = 11 HP
•Lady Megs Attacks Rock with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Rock: 10-5 = 5
•Rock Attacks Lady Megs (5 Attack) => Lady Megs: 11-5 = 6 HP
•Lady Megs Attacks Rock with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Rock: 5-5 = Dead

Lady Meg: Gain 10 Experience + 3 gold + 1 pebble
Rocks remaining 7/10
(hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 4 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 41

2016/05/20
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 4 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 41
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 5/20/16, Available Next: 5/27/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 4 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 42

Completed phase 1 of A New Gang in Town - 4 exp
Hero: LVL 4 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 46
Level Up!
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 18 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 46

2016/05/21
Fight a Brown Bat
(view spoiler)[Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP, 15 HP - Reward: 1 XP, 1 bat wing
[Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 18 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 3 (AP: 5) || XP: 46
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 15-5 = 10 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 18-3= 15 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 10-5 = 5
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 15-3= 12 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 5-5 = Dead
Brown Bat: Killed: 5/21/16, Available Next: 5/28/16
•Hero: - 6 HP, + 1 XP, + bat wing (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 14 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 47

2016/05/24
Fight 1 Goblin
(view spoiler)[Attack Goblin - 6 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 goblin bone
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack), 12 Health

•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 10-5 = 5 Health Remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Megs (6 Attack) => Lady Megs: 12-6 = 86Health Remaining
•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 5-5 = Dead
•Lady Meg: Gain 1 Experience + 1 Goblin Bone

Common Monster Type: Last Killed: 05/24/2016, Available Next: 05/31/2016 + 1 week (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 48

2016/05/25
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 48
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
Fire Elemental: Killed: 5/25/16, Available Next: 5/29/16
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 50

2016/05/27
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 50
Fought sewer rat
(view spoiler)[Attack Sewer Rat - 3 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 1 XP
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 50
•Lady Megs Attacks Sewer Rate with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Sewer Rat: 5-5= Dead
Sewer Rat: Killed: 5/20/16, Available Next: 5/27/16
•Hero: + 1 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 6 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 51

2016/05/28
Drink minor healing potion.
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 11 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 51

Fight a Brown Bat
(view spoiler)[Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP, 15 HP - Reward: 1 XP, 1 bat wing
[Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 11 || Sword: Level 0 (AP: 2) || Magic: Level 3 (AP: 5) || XP: 51
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 15-5 = 10 HP
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero:11-3= 8 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 10-5 = 5
•Monster Attacks Hero (3 AP) => Hero: 8-3= 5 HP
•Hero Attacks Monster with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Monster: 5-5 = Dead
Brown Bat: Killed: 5/28/16, Available Next: 6/4/16
•Hero: - 6 HP, + 1 XP, + bat wing (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 5 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 52

2016/05/29
Fought Fire Elemental
(view spoiler)[Attack Fire Elemental - 5 AP, 5 HP - Reward: 2 XP, 1 Fire Essense
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 5 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 52
•Lady Megs Attacks Fire Elemental with Magic Staff (5 AP) => Fire Elemental: 5-5= Dead
Fire Elemental: Killed: 5/29/16, Available Next: 06/05/16
•Hero: + 2 XP (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 5 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 54

Completed Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
(view spoiler)[ Read a book with a mineral in its title or series. - [book:The Iron Trial|20578940]
Reward: 1 Mercenary Token and 1 Goblet of Spring Water (for White Dragon event) (hide spoiler)]

2016/05/31
Use minor healing potion
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 10 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 54

Fight Goblin
(view spoiler)[Attack Goblin - 6 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 goblin bone
Lady Megs: Level 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) Level 0 Sword (0 Attack), 10 Health

•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 10-5 = 5 Health Remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Megs (6 Attack) => Lady Megs: 10-6 = 4 Health Remaining
•Lady Megs Attacks Goblin with Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Goblin: 5-5 = Dead
•Lady Meg: Gain 1 Experience + 1 Goblin Bone

Common Monster Type: Last Killed: 05/31/2016, Available Next: 06/07/2016 + 1 week (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 55

Completed: And From Words Bring Forth Life
(view spoiler)[Read a book that has been made into a movie: Silas Marner
Receive: A book from the same genre (classics): Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady + 1 Manifestation of Life (White Dragon Event). (hide spoiler)]

Completed Quest: 5,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(view spoiler)[Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady - 1534 pages = 32,768 leagues

Receive: 2 x Greater Healing Potions + 5 exp. (hide spoiler)]
Hero: LVL 5 || HP: 4 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 3 || XP: 60 (hide spoiler)]

Quest Completed "The System is a Bit Buggy"
Help debug Mr. Papyrus's system by reading a book where someone is good at computers. -
The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss (multiple characters are hardcore computer gamers.

Receive 1 xp, 1 gold and 1 Fire Bug
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✔ 50/50 Fire Essences
• 18/20 Captured Flames
✔ 20/20 Fire Bugs
✔ 50/50 Earth Essences
✔ 20/20 Rocks
✔ 20/20 Hard Places
✔ 50/50 Water Essences
✔ 20/20 Water of Life
✔ 20/20 Goblets of Spring Water
✔ 50/50 Wind Essence
✔ 20/20 Kites
✔ 20/20 Balloons
✔ 50/50 Life Essences
✔ 20/20 Comforts of Home
✔ 20/20 Manifestations of Life

The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone
Date completed: 2016/06/30
Pages: 313
Task:D-1 - read a book shelved as humor by at least 10 people (or mystery or YA)
Location: Saint Louis
Rating: 4 stars

Oh, unless we want to switch our lists for leg 1 and leg 2 and then we could end with Life of Pi and continue on from Light.

But I'm not the fastest reader, so I'm cool sticking with heat 2.

EDIT: Actually, Life of pi is longer than I thought, so maybe not

Hey, I was just reading the rules again and they say titles of books must have 2 words minimum. I think one of our starting books (heat 2 - leg 2) is a one word title.

I could be missing something, but I just want to make sure we are meeting the requirements.

I have a couple books that would work for Life but neither is ideal.

Life of Pi - Absolutely terrible word to end on!
Life Mask - This one is almost 700 pages, so time consuming and not ideal for the points.

So basically, I have these two if we are really really desperate.

Ok, Midnight City is going to be too difficult to get in time for the challenge.

So, based on what is actually available at my library, I could either do:

Midnight Crossroad
West of the Moon

Any preference on which I should read? I'm thinking Moon would be easier than Crossroad, but would love a second opinion.

I need to go to the library tonight though because tomorrow is a stat holiday here in Canada.

OK I definitely won't do Midnight Rides. Let me check if I can get Midnight City from the library in time. I'll update once I check when I get home.

I can do Midnight Rides for heat 2 leg 3, but I don't know if that's the easiest word to follow.

That's the only thing I've got on my TBR that matches anything right now. Or we can wait and see what other team members have and see if I can find something else.

I have a Firebug coming out tonight or tomorrow morning.

Ok, I am hoping to catch up on a few series . Which of course makes things tricky because they need to be read in order. So I'll just list the ones I can read right away:

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
Changeless by Gail Carriger

Then there are some other books that are later in the series.
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Blameless by Gail Carriger
Timeless by Gail Carriger
Heartless by Gail Carriger

I don't know if it will be too confusing to include those ones in this challenge because they need to be read in order, so I'm totally fine with saving them for a later challenge.

EDIT:
So I remembered I just got Neuromancer by William Gibson from the library, so I'll definitely want to read that in the next 3 weeks.

Other than that, a few other books that I have on the top of my TBR are:
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Martian by Andy Weir
Scary Mary by S.A. Hunter
Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher
Lirael by Garth Nix
Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino

I don't HAVE to read any of these except for Neuromancer, so if they don't work for this challenge, I can save them for later. And if there are certain challenges we need to find books for, I enjoy sorting my books, so I can dig through my TBR and see if I have anything that works.

Ok, next up I'm reading

I don't know if you want to use it as a bonus or wait and see what we get on our next set of shots.

It would fit under Mystery (61), Humour (26), Contemporary (20) or YA (11)