Loki BOOKS READ

[❀Tea❀]

Goal: tarot card one

[Nicole B]

by Audrey Niffenegger

Edition read published: May 29th 2004
Characters: Claire, Henry, Alba, Ingrid, Gomez, Charisse and really too many to write all the names.
Setting: Chicago, Illinois / South Haven, Michigan
Chapters: 44 (assuming I counted right), and a prologue. Book spilt into 3 parts. Also has a preview of the first few chapters of 'her fearful symmetry'.
First word in text: Claire:It's
Poems/Quotes: several. (do you want me to write them all out?)
Book starts with a Quote and a poem.
Quote: 'Clock time is our bank manager, tax collector, police inspector; this inner time is our wife.' - J.B Priestley, Man and Time
Poem: Love After Love by Derek Walcott
Other: Henry is a time traveller genetically and regularly visits different parts of his time line or occasionally of the people closest to him. He works as a Librarian and Claire is an artist.

[Tina]

by Loretta Lost: the MC is blind (lost one of their senses)
162 pages

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Books for week:
11/9
11/10
11/11
11/13
11/13
11/15

Currently do not fit any open goals

[Nicole B]

by Lois Lowry

Edition read published: March 27th 2014
Characters: Giver, Jonas, Lily
Deaths: Several mentioned deaths of unimportant characters. Also the main characters fate is left uncertain.
Setting: A community with no name, dedicated to sameness.
Chapters: 23 with a foreword written by Margaret Mahy
First word in text: It
Poems/Quotes: None
Other: Dystopia type world where this is no war but there is also no colour or true emotion. Jonas is chosen to see memories and learns his world is not perfect.

[April]

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Published: Sept 18, 2012
Pgs: 414
Non-fiction
Setting: France, Italy, Naples, Egypt
Story: General Alexendre Dumas, son of French white planter and black slave, father of writer Alexendre Dumas, is a General who fought for the French Revolution, fought for Napoleon in Egypt, and died at home penniless 4 years after being left in captivity for two years.
First Word in Text: It
All quotes are from letter written to or from the General or by his son
The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology: Niflheim: Read book written by author from northern hemisphere

[❀Tea❀]

Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling

- characters: Alec, Seregil, Micum, Rhal, Klia, Nysander, Thero, Ylinestra, Valerius, Beka, Illia

- wizard, magician, thief, spy, fae-like thing, orphan, necromancer, apprentice

- leeks, chamomile,

- character is cursed at one point
- traveling, by boat and horse
- imaginary world
- songs in text (The Lady of Araman)
- map

- 41 chapters + prologue

[❀Tea❀]

spreadsheet updated to here

(oh and I changed TC to TC in spreadsheet - needs lees typing :P)

[Sophie, The other one]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
First published: 07/08/00 636 pages
Characters: Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Petunia Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Lord Voldemort, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley, Cho Chang, Cornelius Fudge, Sybil Trelawney, Ludo Bagman, Bartemius Crouch, Bartemius Crouch, Jr., Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, Alastor Moody, Rita Skeeter, Charlie Weasley, Bill Weasley
Setting: Hogwarts, Castle
Pets: Owl (Hedwig, Pigwidgeon), Cat (Crookshanks), Phoenix (Fawkes), a dog (Fang)
Important character dies in this book.
Book #4 in a series
34 chapters, no prologue/epilogue.
contains a riddle
It also contains a song/poem (if the sorting ceremony counts for this)
First word in the text is: The
Character is a shape shifter (animagus - Sirius), elves (Dobby, Winky), dragons in the story
One character wears a disguise (won't mention who, in case there's someone who hasn't read the book yet)
One character has a gambling addiction
There are games being played in this book (Quidditch, Triwizard tournament)

Already read by another team member

[Stacie]

Completed:





Adding to spreadsheet now

[Nicole B]

by Chiah Wilder

Edition read published: October 26th 2015
Characters: Hawk (mechanic), Cara (Lawyer), Eric (Judge)
Deaths: Several deaths of unimportant characters. Cara investigates them.
Setting: Small town in America
Chapters: 34 chapters plus prologue and epilogue
First word in text: He
Poems/Quotes: None

[Nicole B]

by Abbie Rushton

Edition read published: February 5th 2015
Characters: Megan, Jasmine, Luke, Owen, Stacy (In year 11 at school - final year before A-levels)
Deaths: Hana dies before the death starts and her death haunts Megan.
Setting: Brooksby, England (small town)
Chapters: 33 chapters no prologue/epilogue
First word in text: The
Poems/Quotes: None
Other: Megan is mute due to a traumatic experience (she saw her best friend Hana die) but near the end of the books starts to talk again to people she cares about. Though out the book it is hinted she won't talk because of what happened because she blames herself. Megan enjoys taking photos of the wilderness. Jasmine's family is from Cyrus.

[April]

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Characters: Edmund, Lucy, Caspian, Eustace, Reepicheep
Pgs: 216
#3 in series (publishing), #5 Chrono (disapprove of but may help)
Setting: At sea and cities of Lone Islands of Narnia
Reepicheep is a Mouse, but not a pet
Mermaids
First word in book: There
The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology: Vanaheim- Read book tagged as magic

[Stacie]

[Nicole B]

by Graeme Simsion
Edition read published: January 2nd 2014
1st in series / 327 pages
Characters: Don Tillman (geneticist), Rosie (bar maid), Gene, Claudia
Deaths: January 2nd 2014
Setting: Melbourne, Australia / New York, America
Chapters: 36
First word in text: I
Poems/Quotes: Pendant has latin inscription 'sum omnia quae fuerunt suntque eruntque ego' 'I am all that has been, is and will be' (p69)
Other: Rosie has a pendant with Isis on. (p69) They go to a baseball game at one point. Don can't dance and is socially awkward. He also uses fancy language sometimes. He eats lobster every Tuesday, Rosie is vegetarian but eats sustainable seafood. They go to Disneyland at one point. Two types of flowers given to people in the book: roses and Daphne.

[Stacie]

[[deleted user]]

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Completed 11/17/2015

305 pages
Published August 27 1993 (my edition), First published September 1 1992

Main Characters: Hana (Canadian), Caravaggio (Italian, from Canada), Kip (Punjabi), English patient
Setting: Italian villa, Middle East (desert), Canada, England, India...WWII era
Characteristics of MCs: One completely burned, one diffuses bombs, drunks, morphine addict, nurse, introverts, outsiders, pilot, suicide
First Word of Book: She
Plot: Many deaths, wartimes, romantic entanglements, extramarital affairs, military intelligence and intrigue, beautiful settings, dog follows them around, birds play a large symbolic role, heroic myths and legends, quotes of other classical books, archaeology/anthropology large themes, pointless death/nuclear bombs are a turning point in the plot

[Stacie]

I tried updating but I'm having major spreadsheet issues today.

[Anita Reads]

If You Dare by Kresley Cole
Finished: 11/17/15 ★★★
Published: April 26th 2005 Pages: 349
Characters: Courtland MacCarrick, Annalia Llorente, Alaix Llorente, Pascal.
Setting: Andorra, France, England 1856
Historical fiction
Tagged Scotland
Lots of unimportant characters die
Enemies to lovers plot

[Nicole B]

Almost forgot, read a few days ago but got distracted xD
by Helena Newbury

Edition read published: June 26th 2015
Characters: Luka (Russian arms dealer), Arianna (American Cia tech nerd)
Deaths: January 2nd 2014
Setting: America / Moscow, Russia
Chapters: 59 + epilogue
First word in text: His
Poems/Quotes: no
Other: Arianna's parents died in a car crash and Arianna occasionally get scared in cars. Lots of betrayal going on due to the nature of the plot. Arianna is trying to seduce Luka to get information from him. They go ice-skating and also go on a yacht. Luka uses Russian pet names for her like 'Myshka'

[Rebecca]

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Goal: - Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as next-up - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

Pages: override and use paperback 544 pages

Characters: Claire, Lydia, Paul, Ginny, Dee, Mindy, Penelope, Rick, Helen, Fred, Jacob, Sam, Ben, Adam

Just incase here are some more things:
So many dark things and I don't want to spoil...so I'll hide them(view spoiler)[ kidnapping, rape, old cases, dirty cops and politicians, sisters reunited, suicide, letters, fake death, someone dies, videos, computer hacking (kind of),
Character's jobs: architect, politician, dog spa owner, police, FBI
No pets (hide spoiler)]

[Anita Reads]

The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
Finished: 11/18/15 ★★★.5
Published: April 28th 2015 Pages: 357 pages
Characters: Caius, Echo, Ivy, Jasper, The Ala, Altair, Rowan, Ruby, Dorian, Tanith
Features dragons

[❀Tea❀]

Finished

Goal: Read a book set in the time period "Middle Ages"

[❀Tea❀]

see post #71

- single mother
- beets, peas, sapphire,
- devil's advocate; water under the bridge
- characters take road trips

[Nicole B]

by Mariana Zapata
Edition read published: January 19th 2014
Characters: Dexter 'Dex' Locke, Iris, Blake, Slim, Sonny
Deaths: None in book
Setting: Austin, America
Chapters: 36 + epilogue
First word in text: Pins
Poems/Quotes: no
Other: Dex runs a tattoo parlor, Slim and Blake plus one other minor character (Blue) are tattooists and also do piercings. Iris helps out around the shop doing books etc. Sonny is Iris's half brother and is a mechanic. Iris recovered from having cancer as a kid and has been in remission for 5 years. Dex has a red octopus tattoo called Uriel.

[Anita Reads]

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Finished: 11/18/15
Characters: Ella, Charming, Jed, Mary
Published: 08/28/99 Pages: 240
It's a fairytale retelling I'd say. At least it reminds a lot of Cinderella, just without the Fairy Godmother, but the whole country believes a story about a fairy godmother having helped her.
Story features a royal family.
MC is thrown in jail/the dungeon.
Setting: Castle, it doesn't say where though.
An unimportant character dies

[Sophie, The other one]

Finished - details as above

Finished

Characters: Tiro, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Gordianus the Finder, Catilina, Eco, Bethsheba, Meto, Diana

Set in Ancient Rome
Political/historical mystery
Unimportant characters die

Contains 'aggregate' - 'What it was made of was hard to tell at first - the aggregate of booing, hissing...'

[April]

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Pgs: 416
Characters: Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Setting: All over, time spent in America (Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut), Germany, Mexico

Anne learned to fly, wrote books, raised 5 kids.
Charles crossed the Atlantic Ocean and had 6 children with Anne and 7 kids with other German girlfriends

[Rebecca]

Villette by Charlotte Brontë
573 pages
Published: 1853

Characters: Polly, Harriet, Lucy, Graham, Ruth, Ginevre, Desire, John, Paul, Rosine, Madame Beck
Someone dies, character moves to another country, takes a boat, is a teacher, kind of love triangle, character is doctor, friends re-united,
Takes place in country and city
Pet: dog, Sylvie

3 volumes
first word: My
Genre: Classics, Fiction, Romance
Author is dead
French words / phrases included

Words: 'Pink or scarlet, yellow or crimson, pea-green or sky-blue..." page 419

[Stacie]

New goal:

Read a book where a character is a succubus/incubus

[Nicole B]

by Shawn Inmon
Edition read published: September 5th 2012
Characters: Dawn, Shawn, Coleen, Jerry
Deaths: Minor deaths (25 year time jump so parents die)
Setting: Mossyrock, America (small town)
Chapters: 30 parts + Prologue
First word in text: Dawn
Poems/Quotes: no
Other: Dawn and Shawn are in love in the 70s and Dawn is under-age. They are finally separated and forbidden to see each other after Dawn falls pregnant. The second half of of the book takes place about 20 years later. When he was 19 Shawn was in a Kiss re-enactment band. Part of their relationship includes exchanging letters (before the age of mobile phones)

[❀Tea❀]

Nicole wrote: "Minor deaths (25 year time jump so parents die)"

do they die in book or it's just mentioned they are dead?
For things to count they need to happen during story.

[❀Tea❀]

***spreadsheet updated***

[Rebecca]

Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
256 pages
Published: Feb 22 2007

Characters: Elspeth, Luke, Hamish, Jimmy, Peter, Blair (1st name never mentioned), Shona, Angie, Terry, Mary, Tom, Heather, Willie, Pat, Crystal, Gloria, Freddy
Someone dies, blackmail, suspicious death, investigation, character an alcoholic, attempted murder, prostitution,
Takes place in country (Scottland)
Pet: dog "Lugs" and wildcat "Sonsie"
Careers: Police inspector, local cop, cleaning woman, bakeshop owner, news reporter, professor, lawyer, bank employee, fisherman
11 chapters and epilogue

first word: The
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Cultural-> Scottlant
22nd in a series
Quotes at the start of chapters
Sheep, Hens mentioned
Idiom: "bits and pieces"
Eats/Drinks: club soda, whiskey, tea, haggis and chips, mutton pie and chips, biscuits, coffee

Gem: Crystal

[Nicole B]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Minor deaths (25 year time jump so parents die)"

do they die in book or it's just mentioned they are dead?
For things to count they need to happen during story."

it mentioned. We don't actually see them die, its just explained when they are talking about what's occurred since the two last met.

[❀Tea❀]

Thanks :)

[Nicole B]

by Lily Markova
Edition read published: July 23rd 2015
Characters: Freya (Actress), Kai (Artist), Remy, India, Chase, Kristle
Deaths: Yes, main character
Setting: Immortown, coastal town
Chapters: 7 parts (189 pages)
First word in text: A
Poems/Quotes: Begins with poem 'Art is the very god that promise us etermal life in exchange for our sufferings. Art is the very devil that enslaves our souls, dooming them to burn down endlessly. - Kai Skysgard
Other: Immortown town is a ghost town, where souls who aren't ready to cross over live. Somehow Freya and Chase have entered without dying.

[Tina]

COMPLETION POST


Bound by Lorelei James
400 pages, 4,14 star rating, published Februaru 4th 2014
NBRC Back Room BOM of November

- Amery, Ronin, Emmylou, Chaz, Knox, Deacon, Shiori

- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues)
28 chapters

- topaz, diamond

- first word in text
"So"

- Denver

- They eat a lot of salmon.

[❀Tea❀]

Tina wrote: "COMPLETION POST

Bound by Lorelei James
"

don't forget to put it on your shelf :)

[Tina]

Done:)

[Sophie, The other one]

As above

[Nicole B]

- thank you for adding though i hadn't but the information here. I'll just put the stuff not yet spreadsheet :)


Deaths: Yes. Two minor. Killed by Ian (Main character)
Other: Ian a bear shifter, we also see werewolves. Ian hunts for his food and teaches Elyse to hunt properly. This is a very rural setting. Ian can also fly a plane and has to sleep for six months of the year due to his condition.

Also! They live on a farm and have a pet dog Miki.

[❀Tea❀]

Nicole wrote: "thank you for adding though i hadn't but the information here. I'll just put the stuff not yet spreadsheet :)"

We have new sheet (shamelessly stolen from Coyote and Poseidon) that shows what books are on shelves but not in goalless tab. It's easier to see then checking all sheets.
I've added info I can pick up from book page, and then waited for post :)

[Rebecca]

Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allen

My edition: 304 pages
Characters: Vivian, Brandy, Peggy Sue, Jim Bob, Scott, Mia, Brian, Leonard , Waldo, Travis, Henry, Junior,
Pets: Dog Sushi, Dog Rocky
Published: April 24th 2012
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Cozy Mystery
Setting: Serenity, Mississippi in a town
Food mentioned: catsup, pickles, mustard, relish, hot dog, sandwich, beer, wine, bourdon, cake, pea, popcorn, salad, steak, cheese, crackers, champagne,

coming out of the closet: "he and I will be together, and we'll all be able to come out of the closet"....referring to revealing their secrets. And then it happens.

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: May 3rd 2015
Characters: Rory, Cody, Aaron
Deaths: nameless bad guys by dragonfire
Setting: Colorado
Chapters: 16
First word in text: A
Poems/Quotes: none
Other:Cody and his brothers mainly work fire fighters. Occasionally as hit-men went government blackmails them. Rory is a single mother up to the point she finally gives in to get help with her sons condition from Cody. Aaron and Cody have matching birth marks.



Edition read published: November 8th 2015 #2 in Bears For Hire series
Characters: Coleen 'Lena' Rhodes, Jenner Silver
Deaths: none
Setting: Alaska
Chapters: 16 + Epilogue
First word in text: Lena
Poems/Quotes: none
Other:Lena's a wildlife photographer, Jenner works as a Guide. Jenner is a a bear shifter and has scars from when he was 16 and he and his brothers first shifted together. Lena's first marriage was to a childhood sweetheart who died soon after because of leukaemia.

[Nicole B]

A week late but meh:


Edition read published: December 4th 2014 #1 Straight boy series
Characters: Derek Rutledge (Professor), Shawn Wyatt (Student)
Deaths: none
Chapters: 23
First word in text: Mrs
Poems/Quotes: none
Other: Shawn looks after this younger twin sisters who are 4, Emily and Melissa 'Bee'. Shawn is a scholarship student.


Edition read published: December 5th 2014 #2 Straight boy series
Characters: Mila, Alexander Sheldon, Christin Ashford
Deaths: none
Chapters: 21
First word in text: The
Poems/Quotes: none
Other: Starts as a M/F/M but turns into M/M. Alexander likes thing to be tidy but claims he's not OCD. He owns a translation company.

[Eni]

Nicole wrote: "A week late but meh:


Edition read published: December 4th 2014 #1 Straight boy series
Characters: Derek Rutledge (Professor), Shawn Wyatt (Student)
Deaths:..."

lol it's ok hun. Thank you =)

[❀Tea❀]

The Art of Deception by Nora Roberts

Goal: Read a book with the word artist, painter, museum, art or paint (plurals are acceptable) in the title

[[deleted user]]

The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg Completed 11/20/2015

222 pages, published November 14 2015
Main Characters: Emery Thane, Ceony, Delilah, Grath, Lira
Good magicians, bad magicians
I hate this series so much, but it's so easy to read, that I figured I'd just struggle through the last two real quick.
Deaths: 2, 1 person gets imprisoned

[Eni]

Taryn wrote: "

The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg Completed 11/20/2015

222 pages, published November 14 2015
Main Characters: Emer..."

could you put it on your tower teams shelf please? =)