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The Martian by Andy Weir Completed 12/5/2015
369 pages, published February 11th 2014

Main characters: Mark Watney, Captain Lewis (female)
Themes: Space travel, optimism, communication, physics, mechanical engineering, survival, Mars
Setting: Dust storms, craters, Hab, space vehicles, canvas tents, Houston, China

[Stacie]

[Nicole B]

Him
Him
Edition read published: July 28th 2015
Characters: Ryan 'Wes' Wesley, Jamie Canning
Setting: Lake Placid in America
Chapters: 41 chapters and epilouge
First word in text: They
Other: Two hockey players who were teenage friends hook up again and spent a summer together before making some serious decisions about their future. They coach at a summer camp. At the end of the book they both more to Toronto. Wesley has tattoos.

(There are two verison of the kindle book, I pressed the wrong verison on GR because i didn't realise this. According to Amazon I read the one with 360 pages)

[Eni]

Nicole wrote: "Him
Him
Edition read published: July 28th 2015
Characters: Ryan 'Wes' Wesley, Jamie Canning
Setting: Lake Placid in America
Chapters: 41 chapters and epilouge
First word in text..."

points are the same so no worries xD

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: July 28th 2015 #1 Gray Back Bears
Characters: Matt Barns, Willamena Maddan, Jason, Clinton, Creed, Easton
Setting: Saratoga, Wyoming
Chapters: 13 chapters
First word in text: Another
Other: Willamena has just graduated college and is on a camping trip with old friends who she doesn't actually like any more. Matt and his crew works as a lumberjack and are bear shapeshifters. Willamena gets turned into one.

[Stacie]

Rock Redemption

[Sophie, The other one]

Characters: Marcus Didius Falco, Helena, Silva, Petro, Larius
Setting: Ancient Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum

Other: contains words 'asparagus', 'peridot' and 'aquamarine'

[Venecia]

Gay Talese
Published January 1st 1980
Characters:Harold, John, Hugh, Diane, George, Anthony, Janet, Samuel, Barney, Maurice, Ed, Richard, Charles, William.
Non fiction.


Sera Trevor
Published November 2nd 2015
Characters:Oscar, Noah, Maria, Crystal, Aneisha, Jeremy, Alex, Nikki, Bob, Sophia.
a character has mulpiple siblings
a character is an alcoholic

[April]

Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

RED books for Christmas challenge

pgs: 397

[Stacie]

April wrote: "Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

RED books for Christmas challenge

pgs: 397"

Added

[Venecia]

Day 6:Read a book with a turkey or pig on the cover for 10 points!
Amy Lane
12/7/15

[Sophie, The other one]

Characters: Holly Sykes, Hugo Lamb, Ed Brubeck, Crispin Hershey, Marius, Esther Little
Multiple narrators of audio book
Various awards
Settings: all over the world in the past and future; world ends during book

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: March 18th 2013
Characters: Isabel, Cole, Joshua, Zara, Tom, Laura
Deaths: yes, minor character dyes of leukaemia
Setting: London, England
Chapters: 33
First word in text: Once
Other: Isabel's mum has a pet dog called Monty. Isabel had an abortion when she was 16. Isabel is a PR senior account executive. Cole is a professional gardener.

[Stacie]

Devon Ravenel, Weston, Kathleen, Cassandra, Pandora, Helen, Mr. Tothill, Mr. Fogg, Mr. Bloom, Carlow, George Strickland, Sutton, Rhys Winterborne, Nate, Dr. Janzer, Dr. Weeks, Quincy, Freddie

Cassandra and Pandora are twins. Kathleen is a widow and a virgin. Mr. Fogg and Mr. Tothill are lawyers. Rhys Winterborne owns a department store. There's a horse named Asad and a pig named Hamlet. Train accident.

[Tina]

FIRE by Kyra Keeve
151 pages, 3,78 rating, Published October 15th 2014

- Leon, Stephen, Des, Connie
- California
- 9 chapters
- First word in text: The
- Magic, witches, Leon finds out he's adopted

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: September 6th 2015
Characters: Eliot 'Ellie' Campbell, Knox Masters, Jack Campbell, Kintyre 'ty' Masters, Matty, Hammer, Riley Hall, Ace, Daryl Nunn
Setting: I
Chapters: 38 + Epilogue
First word in text:
Other: Ellie and Knox get married. Knox and his brother Ty are twins. Knox is the star of the college american football team. Ellie is a English lit major who has cheated to help her brother get though school since 8th grade because of the pressure put on her by her mother and the how their father treats them. Jack has a unnamed, undiagnosed for most of the book learning disability which I would put money on being dyslexia.

[Rebecca]

The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
437 pages
Pub: Dec 31 2002
2nd in series
First word: The

Characters: Gabriel Allon, Carlos, Anna Rolfe, Ari Shamron, Don Orsati, Christopher Keller, Werner Muller, Uzi Navot, Gerhardt Peterson, Otto Gessler
Takes place: Switzerland, Italy, France

Many people died, spies, stolen artwork, suicide, kidnapping
Jobs: artist, musician, banker, police officer, art gallery owner, art restorer, spy, assassin

[Sophie, The other one]

Green cover

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: July 5th 2014
Characters: Tyler Price, Ella Shaw
Deaths: Minor character dies in car crash
Setting: New York City
Chapters: 44 + Epilogue
First word in text: It
Other: Gargoyles are taking over New York City. Tyler's parents are divorced. Author has released under two different names; Orion Wells and Rick Mofina

[Anita Reads]

Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle
Finished: 12/07/15
Published: 10/03/09 pages: 212
Characters: Xoe, Allison, Lucy, Jason, Max, Dan, Brian
They ate pizza and pancake.
It contains: Werewolves, Vampires and demons
Setting: Shelby, Oregon
Important character die

[Venecia]

- Read a book with a cemetery on the cover
K. Vale Kimber Vale

[Venecia]

Funny thing my book also had an undertaker, but I think I can find another one so I will go with cemetery.

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: July 5th 2014
Characters: Jason, Georgia
Setting: Saratoga
Chapters: 15
First word in text: Good
Other: Jason is a lumberjack bear shifter who is haunted by his dead cheating mate (you do see the ghost several times). Georgia is from Georgia and is a park ranger.


Edition read published: March 26th 2015
Characters: Gabriel DuVal, Jared Sheldon
Setting: England
Chapters: 22 + Prologue and Epilogue
First word in text: Counting
Other: Jared's a physiotherapist and Gabriel's a football (soccer) player.
- Goal: Book begins with J?

[Nicole B]

Christmas Goal: Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points!

[Stacie]

Nicole wrote: "
Christmas Goal: Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points!"

Did you participate in the BOM discussion at all with this one?

[Tina]

Soulless by Gail Carriger
373 pages, 3,90 rating, Published October 1st 2009

- Alexia, Conall, Ivy, Felicity, Evilyn
- London
- 14 chapters + epilogue
- First word in text: Miss
- Vampires, werewolves

[Eni]

Stacie is a machine for reading wrote: "Nicole wrote: "
Christmas Goal: Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points!"

Did you participate in the BOM discussion at all with thi..."

i just looked at the thread and i don't think she did, sadly.

[Nicole B]

Nope sorry. I sent it home by accident so I've only just been able to read

[Stacie]

Nicole wrote: "Nope sorry. I sent it home by accident so I've only just been able to read"

It's okay!

[April]

A History of the Future by James Howard Kunstler

pgs: 336
Characters: Robert Earl, Daniel Earl, Brother Job
Takes place 20-30 years in the future in upstate New York

[Rebecca]

The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths
Pub: March 11 2014
371 pages
6th in a series

Characters: Ruth, Frank, Corrina, Dani, Martin, Phil, Shona, Dave Clough, Nelson, Cathbad, Judy, Tanya, Tim
Pets: Flint (cat), Thing (dog)

Plot: possible murder, missing children, spirits, a body, someone dies, someone framed for a crime
Setting: England
Epilogue
First word:And

[Venecia]

Jane Feather

Published May 2nd 1996
Character Names: Juliana, Elizabeth, Richard, Tarquin, Lucien, Quentin, George, Brian, Amelia, Mary, Deborah
Words: Diamonds, emerald, strawberries
Read a book with a mask on the cover

[Venecia]

A.K.M. Miles

first published December 10th 2010
Character Names: Derek, Michael, Max, Tawna
Words: mint

[Venecia]

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

Roberta Leigh 12/11

[Venecia]

Read a book that has characters going shopping, or shopping in the title for 10 points!

Tere Michaels 12/11

[Venecia]

- Read a book with a fireplace on the cover for 10 points!
Carly Phillips 12/12

[Stacie]

Completed:

912 pages


Russia, lots of deaths, WWII, about sisters, family, marriage proposal, birth, huge list of characters

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: July 25th 2013 (#4 in Rivers of London)
Characters: Peter Grant, Lesley May; Zachary 'Zack' Palmer, Thomas Nightingale, Dr Abdul Walid, Sky, Nicky, Molly
Deaths: yes, minor character is murdered, she's a tree spirit and her tree gets cut down by a chainsaw
Setting: London, England
Chapters: 20
First word in text: At
Other: Peter and Lesley are Police Constable/wizard apprentices. Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale is last officially sanctioned English Wizard and their teacher. Peter is betrayed by Lesley. Zack a goblin, (part fae), The goddess and god of the Thames hold court and several of the rivers are involved in the book. Mostly just mentioned in passing though.

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: June 10th 2014 ( 197 pages)
Characters:Alexis 'Lexie' McCain, Sam Corner, Constance (Connie) McCain
Deaths: flashbacks to Grace dying of cancer. Husband dyes in a car crash in flashback as well (though you don't see it, the cops come to tell her and we see his state beforehand as well)
Setting: Small town, Pennsylvania, America
Chapters: 22 and epilogue
First word in text: it
Other: Sam's a bartender, Lexies' an Artist. Lexie has a pet dog, Irish wolfhound, called Angus. Lexie has three children. Connie, Conner and Gracie. You met them all though flashbacks. Gracie dies of cancer when she is 16. Lexie divorces from her husband Lee but gets back together. Only to lose him in a car crash. Sam was in the military, got hit by a bomb and had to learn how to walk again. Lexie makes a tapestry of her life.

[❀Tea❀]

American Gods
- used for goal


Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan
- chapters: 21
- characters: Arthur, Marcus, Frankie, Paul, Corina, Gabriel, Thomas

- librarian
- character has 3 kids (mc's sister)
- characters eat: stake, pizza, salads
- character likes to fix things
- Santa comes to town
- mc is redhead
- bee in bonnet, diamonds, heat of the moment, piece of cake, peppermint
- living in small town

[Stacie]

by A.R. Torre

TAkes place in OK

Jeremy, Lily, Olivia, Chelsea, Deanna, Detective Boles, Detective Reuber, Derek, Mike, Paul, Simon, Jamie, Judge Thomas Mort


92 chapters

Takes place in past and present

First word: You

Drug use, attempted murder, computer hacking, fighting, arrests, assuming a new identity, Derek is a doctor, Mike is a hacker, Deanna is a cam girl.

[Stacie]

by Judd Apatow

First word: How

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: September 25th 2015
Characters: Tristan Cole, Elizabeth 'liz' Bailey, Emma, Faye, Tanner, Sam
Setting: Meadows Creek, Wisconsin
Chapters: 45 and Prologue/epilogue
First word in text: It
Poems/Quotes: no
Other: They have a pet dog names Zeus. Attempted murder. Tristan gardens a lot for Elizabeth.

[Tina]

Dirty English by Ilsa Madden-Mills
272 pages, 3,96 rating, Published October 10th 2015

- Elizabeth (blond hair), Shelley (red hair), Declan, Dex, Blake
- North Carolina
- 38 chapters + prologue + epilogue
- First word in text: A
- Quote from Pride & Prejudice in the beginning
- Fights for money, absent parents

[Sophie, The other one]

Jude (psychologist/writer), Aidan (owns a pub), Shawn (chef), Brenna (handy-woman) and Darcy
Ireland
Mythology involved - ghost and a god

[❀Tea❀]

*adding details later*

[Nicole B]

Edition read published:
Characters: Lucien, Anya, Paris, Cronus, William, Reyes, Danika, Aeron
Deaths: unnamed characters
Setting: Various, greece, budapest, the artic
Chapters: 23 + prologue
First word in text: He
Other: Lucien harbours the demon of death, Paris has promiscuity, Aeron has wrath, Reyes has pain. Cronus is the king of the titans, Anya is the minor goddess of anarchy. They are looking for pandora's box and fight the beast hydra at one point. Murder, kidnapping and blackmail all occur within plot. And Curses. All of the characters are cursed to some degree.

[Rebecca]

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

597 pages
Pub: Aug 1 2012
First word: Rural
Characters: Laurel, Billy, Dorothy, Iris, Rose, Vivian, Jimmy, Katie, Steven, Henry

Moves from present to past (1941), multiple narrators
Takes place: England

[Stacie]

For chains on the cover goal

[Nicole B]

Edition read published: October 9th 2015
Characters: Megan, Skin, Ricky
Deaths: bad guys die
Chapters: 11
First word in text: I
Other: Kidnap, forced whoring, saving from being pimped, stealing money.



Edition read published: September 3rd 2015
Characters: Easton Novak, Aviana King
Setting: Saratoga
Chapters: 17
First word in text: The
Other: Easton is a bear shifter/lumberjack, Ava is a raven shifter