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Convincing Alex by Nora Roberts
- Bess, Alex, Rosalie, Judd, Lori, Holly, Michail, Zack
- detective, screenplay writer
- character dies (murder), character has baby, couple more murders mentioned, soap opera
- big and close family
- eating: spaghetti, salad
- sapphire, amethyst, peridot, topaz, citrine
- character is readhead
- pet mentioned but no name
- minor characters (mc's siblings) have 1 & 3 children; mc has 3 siblings
- mc is rich
Edition read published: January 28th 2015
Characters: Farrah Fennel, Aanon Falk
Deaths: nameless bad guys by dragonfire
Setting: Cooper Landing (small town), Alaska
Chapters: 21 + Epilogue
First word in text: New
Poems/Quotes: none
Other: They live on a ranch. Aanon has a child from a previous relationship, Dodge. Farrah is pregnant from her previous relationship and comes to town pregnant. Farrah works in a bar. Dodge works as a construction worker. They have two pet dogs, Luna and Bruno.
I Am Fallen by Scarlet Blackwell- characters: Jacob, Lucifer, Raphael, Charlotte, Emily, Micheal
- mc dies (cancer)
- angels
- Raphael has red hair, Lucifer has black
- sapphire
- few paragraph from Wuthering Heights (character is reading out loud)
- other note: I cried my eyes out :)
400 pages
GOAL: Read a book where the world ends
Tina wrote: "
GOAL: Read a book where the world ends"
Can you give explanation please? We need it for spreadsheet (how it fits)
*never mind. I checked blurb :)*
Rocky Ride by Vivian Arend
Finished: 11/22/2015
Published: 05/25/14 Pages: 174
Characters: Anna, Mitch, Nick, Katy, Ashley, Cassidy
12 chapters, + an epilogue (no Prologue)
MC police officer.
There's a thanksgiving dinner.
Eni wrote: "Taryn wrote: "
The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg Completed 11/20/2015
222 pages, published November 14 2015
Main Ch..."
Whoops, sorry! Should be up there now.
The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg Completed 11/20/2015
222 pages, published November 14 2015
Main Ch..."
Whoops, sorry! Should be up there now.
Taryn wrote: "Whoops, sorry! Should be up there now. "Thanks :)
Finally finished
11/22Fits goal of first word in text is 'They'
I have a couple of other books read this week but they don't fit a current goal. And I am still not feeling so good, so I just wanted to get this one posted and now I am going to take another nap.
Thank you!Go have a nap.
And get better soon!
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Shooting Scars by Karina Halle
265 pages, 4,21 star rating, published August 20th 2013
- Ellie, Camden, Javier, Raul, Gus, Travis, Sophia, Ben
- 27 chapters
- diamond
- first word in text
"You"
- Mexico
- Car chase, shooting, they sail on a boat.
Meg CabotDate Read: 11/23
Read a novel with a song in it y
Read a book in which a suicide or murder takes place. y
Read a book by an author using a pseudonym y
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter A Alan
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter B brian
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter C Cooper
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter D Doug
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter F Frank
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter G Gavin
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter H Heather
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter J Jordan
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter K Kimberly
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter L Lindsay
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter M Magda
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter P Pete
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter R Reggie
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter S Sarah
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter T Tom
Read a book where a character is an investigator y
Read a book where a character lives in a city y
Read a book where an important character dies y
Read a book where the characters eat steak y
Read a book where the characters eat salad y
Read a book with more than one cover image on Goodreads (i.e. there is more than one edition, and at least one has different cover art) y
Read a book that is book 2 in a series y
Read a book with 21-30 chapters y
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the USA y
Read a book with 3 E's in the title y
Read a book with the phrase "chow down" in a book y
Read a book with a Number between 1-50 in the title (can be spelled out) y
Read a book with a Title of at least 4 words y
Venecia wrote: " Meg CabotDate Read: 11/23
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Can you please put it on your challenge shelf? It won't count until you do :)
A Christmas Carol
by Charles DickensCharacters: Scrooge, Ghost Marley, Ghost of Past, Ghost of Present, Ghost of Future
Pgs: 112
Legend has it after seeing the play form in London, a prominent US business owner decided then and there to always give Christmas Day off with full pay.
Setting: London and other parts of England
Edition read published: 1986
Characters: Kerewin Holmes, Simon Clare, Joseph Sedley
Deaths: No
Setting: New Zealand
Chapters: 12 + Epilogue
First word in text: He
Poems/Quotes: No
Awards Man Booker Prize (1985)
Other:Kerewin plays the guitar and is an artist. Simon's a mute roughly 6 years old who lives with his foster dad Joe. Joseph is Maori and a drinker. He also beats Simon a lot despite loving him. There is a lot of drinking and smoking throughout the books.
Edition read published: May 30th 2006
Characters: Pepper Martin, Augustino 'Gus' Scarpetti
Deaths: Henchman dies trying to kill mC
Setting: Ohio America
Chapters: 19
First word in text: I
Poems/Quotes: No
Other: Pepper is a graveyard tour guide who hits her head and can see ghosts. She is bullied into investigating a Mobsters death for him. She has a brain scan to check her head at one point and participates in a study. Tulips are left at a grave. Gus was shot dead in front of an Italian restaurant.
Mod
Characters: Rand al'Thor, Nynaeve al'Meara, Egwene al'Vere, Perrin Aybara, Al'Lan Mandragoran, Matrim Cauthon, Moiraine Damodred, Min Farshaw, Elayne Trakand, Verin
Deaths - various, no one key
Setting - fantasy
35 + prologue + maps at start
First word - three
Words:
Empress- Seekers were the secret hand of the Empress
Lovers - so much for thoughts of secret lovers
Strength - they will go where they see strength
Justice - Justice will be the same for lord or farmer
Death - yet people froze to death
Tower - Tower law seldom allowed for necessity
Stars - when I cast the stars
Moon - daughter of the nine moons is a character
Judgement - use your own judgement
World - the world seemed to fly by]
Fool - Masema was very likely a fool
Garnet - fingering the garnet in his left ear
Emerald - his eyes were a startling green, like emeralds
Probably some more...
Mod
Is on the 2012 Goodreads list
Release (Davlova #1) by A.M. SextonGoals
Read a book in which a suicide or murder takes place.
Read a book by an author using a pseudonym
Read a book with a man on the cover
Read a book with more than one cover image on Goodreads (i.e. there is more than one edition, and at least one has different cover art)
Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Read a book where the title can be found verbatum in the book text
Read a book with water on the cover
Read a book where the author uses initials instead of a first name
Read a book where the book title is also a song title - By Pearl Jam
Read a book with a One word title
Read a book where there is a rebellion or resistance to a regime
When Beauty Tamed the Beast (Fairy Tales #2) by Eloisa JamesGoals
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter L
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter P
Read a book where a character is a doctor
Read a book where a character has more than one child - two children
Read a book where a character lives in a castle or palace
Read a book where a character visits a castle or palace
Read a book with a flower on the cover
Read a book with a woman on the cover
Read a book with an animal on the cover
Read a book with more than one cover image on Goodreads (i.e. there is more than one edition, and at least one has different cover art)
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the UK
Read a book with 3 A's in the title
Read a book where the same vowel appears in the title at least 5 times
Read a book that contains the word strawberry
Read a book with a redhead on the cover
Read a book with a Title of at least 4 words
Why Is There A Menorah On The Altar? Jewish Roots Of Christian Worship
by Meredith GouldPgs: 162
Non-fiction
Religious
Some personal journey
Christmas Kitsch by Amy LaneRead a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female names in The Netherlands according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Ne...)
Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female names in Germany according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Ge...)
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter A Arturo
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter J Joey
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter N Nicole
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter O Oliver
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter R Rusty
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter S Sal
Read a book where a character is a tradesperson - Mc's father is a contractor
Read a book were a romance isn’t approved by a family member. - parents
Read a book with a man on the cover
Read a book with red text on the cover
Read a book with only one cover image on Goodreads (i.e. there is only one edition, or if there is more than one edition, all editions have the same cover art)
Read a book that was originally published between 2011 and 2015
Read a book first published in December
Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 9th of a month
Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Romance
Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Young Adult
Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as New Adult
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2013 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as angsty - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as coming-of-age - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as ebook - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as recommendations - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as school - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book with more than 100, but less than 500 goodreads reviews
Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 4 and 4.3
Read a book that is not part of a series
Read a book with 1-10 chapters
Read a book where the page numbers add to 13 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the USA
Read a book where the title starts with the letter C
Read a book with a title between 7 and 16 characters
Read a book with a noun in the title
Read a book that contains the word tomato
Read a book with a holiday theme (e.g. summer holidays, Christmas...)
Read a book where MCs are best friends
Read a book where MC has one or more sisters/brothers - both MCs have siblings
Read a book Where MC is going to high school/college
Read a book where characters exchange letters/emails/sms
Read a book with a brunette on the cover
Read a book where the author has a 4 letter name (first or last)
Delicious and Suspicious
Riley Adams
Published: July 6th 2010
288 pages
Characters: Ben, Lulu, Sara, Seb, Rebecca, Tony, Flo, Derrick, Coco, Lyndon, Mildred, Cherry, Jed, Lurleen
First word: Memphis
19 chapters
Plot: filming for a tv show, murder, someone in hiding, culinary, recipes included
Setting: Memphis TN
Pets: BB and Elvis (dogs)
Marked
Edition read published: January 1st 2015
Characters: Cacia 'Cacy' Ferry, Aislin Ferry, Rylan Ferry, Declan 'Dec' Ferry, Eli Margolis, Trevor, Lord Moros
Deaths: Multiple nameless characters (MC is a charon/grim reaper type)
Setting: a fictional version of Boston, America after a natural disaster
Chapters: 43 + prologue and Epilogue
First word in text: the
Poems/Quotes: No
Other: Cacy is like a grim reaper. She escorts the dead to their final destination, while the Kere are the ones who bring death. She is the youngest of her four siblings and works her . If a soul doesn't pass over they turn into a Slade aka a monster. The leader of the reapers title is the Charon. She and Eli work as paramedics and Dec is the station deputy
Joe HillRead: 11/24
Read a book that is in the "Best Books Ever" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...) y
Read a book that is in the "Best Young Adult Books" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...) y
Read a book that is in the "Books That Should Be Made Into Movies" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...) y
Read a book that is in the "Best Horror Novels" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...) y
Read a novel with a poem in it Y
Read a book in which a suicide or murder takes place. y
Read a book by an author using a pseudonym y
Character Names: bing, charlie, lou, maggie, victoria, wayne, linda
Read a book where at least 5 people are killed y
Read a book where someone is assumed to be dead but turns out not to be y
Read a book where an uninportant character dies y
Read a book where an important character dies: MC dies
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the USA y
Read a book with the word tumble in the text: but a tumble of white Scrabble tiles,
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Strength" in the text or title: all the angry, wiry strength she could muster,
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Moon" in the text or title: The moon had a hooked nose,
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The World" in the text or title: The world vibrated around her
Read a book that has the birthstone Diamond in the text or title: beads of silver and opal and diamond.
Read a book where the main character rides a motorcycle y
Read a book where the Author has the same first name as an Academy Award winning actor/actress: Joe Pesci
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Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker
380 pages, 3,93 star rating, published August 7th 2012
- Ali, Nate, Frank, Rebecca, Dan, Ozzie/Ethan
- prologue + 20 chapters
- first word in text
"Those"
- Chicago, Jacksonville
- Motorcycles, CIA, FBI, shooting.
Mia KerickPublished March 15th 2013
Goals
Character Names: Megan, Ally, Jon, Dennis, Ralph, Ben, Maura, Brett, Cory, Steven, Roderick, Ian
Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female names in Spain according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Spain)
Read a book where the characters eat pizza
Read a book where the characters eat salad
Read a book where a character has a first experience
Read a book where the main character is blond or has an "easy life
Read a book where a character carries a switch blade (or any kind of knife)
Read a book that has a hero or heroine that does something “dumb”: MC did not tell his friends and family about threats he was receiving.
Read a book with only one cover image on Goodreads (i.e. there is only one edition, or if there is more than one edition, all editions have the same cover art)
Read a book that is book 2 in a series
Read a book where the page numbers add to 8 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the USA
Read a book with a title between 16 and 25 characters
Read a book with 3 I's in the title
Read a book where the title can be found verbatum in the book text
Read a book that contains the word peas: a starin’ contest with his peas.
Read a book that contains the word strawberry: it was most prob’ly strawberry.
Read a book with the phrase "bright side" in a book: But on the bright side,
Read a book with the phrase "chow down" in a book: he was gonna chow down today,
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Justice" in the text or title: bring Steven Percy to justice.
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Strength" in the text or title: I found the strength to follow
Read a book that has the birthstone Diamond in the text or title: a diamond like Cory
Read a book that has the birthstone Emerald in the text or title: four tiny chips of sapphire and emerald
Read a book that has the birthstone Sapphire in the text or title: four tiny chips of sapphire and emerald
Read a book written from more than one character's point of view
Read a book where MCs are best friends
Read a book Where MC is going to high school/college
Read a book where MC is a virgin (at the beginning)
Read a book where a character works in a restaurant/bar
Read a book with a title starting with "Un"
The Pearl Savage Edition read published: June 14th 2011
Characters: Princess Clara Williamson, Queen Ada Williamson, Prince fredrick, Charles, Bracus, Matthew
Deaths: Main Character
Setting: Fictional Place
Chapters: 36 Chapters + Prolouge
First word in text: Samuel
Poems/Quotes: No
Other: Clara's people live in an orb designed to protect the humans who survived an natural disaster. However some of the people outside survived the toxic fumes. The same people who made the orbs, mutated the survivors to also have gills to survive the outside world. Mermaids exist though we don't see one in the book. Queen Ada is an alcoholic and not really Clara's mother. Clara gets kidnapped several times. There orb farms pearls from oysters. Clara is a virgin, though Fredrick attempts to rape her. She like working on the farms with her people.
Borrowing TroubleGoal: edition reading published on 16th
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
- 137 chapters + prologue
- characters: Robert, Vittoria, Carlo, Gunther, Elias, Maximilian, Sylvie
- map
- mc is over 40yrs
- mentioning gods: Janus (Roman), Poseidon (Greek)
- religious character
- for all intents and purposes, aggregate, Devil's Advocate
- whole book is inside 24h
- minor (but still important) characters are murdered
- character 'comes back to life' - for couple of minutes all though he was dead (view spoiler)
- serial killer
- mc is blond
- made into movie - filmed in Italy
Shine Forever by Megan Derr- characters: Jet, Cooper, Dai, Misha, Henry (Henrietta), Ricky, Kim
- characters are musicians (rock star and country singer); lawyers
- character addicted to coffee (but not cranky without it :()
- character keeps changing hair color (pink, orange, teal, purple with red,...)
- character comes out of closet
- tomato
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
512 pages (kindle edition)
Pub: Oct 20th 2015
3rd in series
first word: He
62 chapters
epigraph in beginning
Lyrics before chapters
author - pseudoname
Characters: Robin, Cormoran, Matthew, Sarah, Jeff, Ilsa, Nick, Lena, Donald, Holly, Noel, Hazel, Ray
Jobs: secretary, detective, Doctor, lawyer, firefighter
animals mentioned: cat,
plot info: (view spoiler)
Edition read published: October 1st 2013
Characters: Evan Carter, Kelly, Tom, Baker, Jesse, Jim Sweet, Conley, Lana
Deaths: none
Setting: Minnesota, America, small lakeside town
Chapters: 19
First word in text: You
Poems/Quotes: Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
The Lake - Micheal Hettich
Other: Evan get beaten up at school in the showers for having sex with the wrong girl. His father takes him to a family house for the summer to help him recover. He is scared to shower for most of the book and bathes in the lake instead. He first had sex at 15. This is the 7th school he has attended and he is waiting to go to court about the boys who beat him up. He lost his spleen.
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Finished: 11/26/15
Published: 04/28/15 pages: 446
Characters: Laia, Elias, Helene, Izzy, Cook, Masen, Keenan
MC works as a spy
A few characters die.
Book is written by a debut author.
Book is set in an alternate universe.
The audio is presented by dual narrators.
MC is an orphan
MC is betrayed.
K.C. WellsPublished September 29th 2014
Read a book with a sad good-bye scene or angsty fight.: MCs fight about one of them not wanting to come out to friends and family
Characters: Marc, Hannah, Tammy, Tony, Dunc, Lucy, Ryan, Barry.
Read a book where a character has more than one child: 2 and 3 children
Read a book where a character lives in a city
Read a book that is not part of a series
Read a book with 10-20 chapters
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the UK
Read a book with a title between 16 and 25 characters
Read a book with 3 E's in the title
Read a book with 3 O's in the title
Read a book with a noun in the title
Read a book where the title is at least 3 words and is a tautogram
Read a book that contains the word chamomile: aroma of lavender and chamomile
Read a book that contains the word peas: like dried peas hitting the glass.
Read a book where MC has one or more sisters/brothers: 4 siblings
Read a book Where MC is going to high school/college
Read a book where characters exchange letters/emails/sms
Read a book where MC is a virgin (at the beginning)
Read a book where the title includes an ampersand
Read a book with a silver or white dress on the cover
Read a book with a brunette on the cover
Read a book about interconnecting families
Driving Hard by G.A. HauserGOAL: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle -they are in truck
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Driving Hard by G.A. HauserGOAL: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle -they are in truck"
What happened to the Serena Yates?
Venecia wrote: "What happened to the Serena Yates? "This one was half way done when Serena possibility came into the game. But I enjoyed this one sooo much I should have switched
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Venecia wrote: "What happened to the Serena Yates? "This one was half way done when Serena possibility came into the game. But I enjoyed this one sooo much I should have switched"
Heh heh, hauser is not for serious reading she is for when you want soap opera antics and cheesy dialogue.
You really should have warned me. If there were shifters involved, I'd think I'm reading 'brothers' :PBut to be honest Serena isn't much better. Only reason I'm keeping her is that Y :P
❀Tea❀ wrote: "You really should have warned me. If there were shifters involved, I'd think I'm reading 'brothers' :PBut to be honest Serena isn't much better. Only reason I'm keeping her is that Y :P"
Yep, like marshmellows not much substance to them at all. I read Serena for the Y's as well :-)
Reunited -- they are in a camper/vanGOAL: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle
NEW GOAL:Used The Raven Prince -- author Elizabeth
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