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Finished 11/24/15
288 pages
First Published 2/17/93
Black cover with blue text, house and trees
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Characters: Duncan Kincaid, Gemma James, Hannah, Patrick, Cassie, Marta, Miles, Graham, Sebastian, Penny, Angela, Emma
Setting: Yorkshire, England
Series #1
Avg GR Rating: 3.84
Misc: Police presence, murder takes place, house on the cover
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Goal: Read a book shelved as misc (15 times shelved as misc)
*mini challenge: 1.5 - 3.1 - 8.4 (UK)
[p.465], DQs and participation
Setting: Kerch, Fjerda, Ravka, Shu Han
Characters: Kaz Brekker, Inej, Matthias Helvar, Nina Zenik, Jesper, Wylan Van Eck, Bo Yul-Bayur, Geels, Anya, Oomen, Pekka Rollins
misc: heist, mc with injured leg, thieves, gangs, cold place, superpowers (Grisha), teenager/young adult mcs
*mini challenge: 1.2 - 2.1 - 6.1 - 6.3 (Kaz) - 8.2 - 8.5
Finished 
400 pages
Added to goalless tab on spreadsheet
Finished 11/25/15
295 pages
Published 6/9/15
Black cover with shirtless man holding a hockey stick
Genres: Sports, Romance, Contemporary
Characters: Zack, Kate, Alex, Sutton, Olivia, Garrett, Ryker
Setting: Raleigh, North Carolina
Series #3
Avg Rating: 4.26
Misc: 31 chapters, characters eat salad, name in title, title starts with Z
The Gentleman's Keeper
Finished 25/11/15
Goal: Read a book with a Quidditch position in the title or series name (Keeper, Seeker, Beater, Chaser)
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Goal: Read a book that has a predominately scarlet and gold cover.
*mini challenge: 2.3 (Scotland) - 2.4 (in between 2 man/ 2 time periods) - 5.3 - 5.4 - 7.1 - 8.4 - 8.5 - 9.1 (sex, more sex, and then some more sex)
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Goal: Read a book with a picture frame on the cover
*mini challenge: 2.3 (Japan) - 4.5 (Yuki) - 5.5 (Yuki)
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Goal: Read a book with a wheel on the cover
*mini challenge: 1.2 - 2.3 (Australia) - 4.4 (snake in sleeping bag) - 5.3 - 6.2 (all mc's cause trouble to the invaders) - 8.5 - 9.2 (Australia) - 9.3
326 pages
YA, Apocalyptic, survival, horror
Adding to spreadsheet
Emerald Fire by A. Catherine Noon and Rachel Wilder
262 pages
26 chapters
Characters: Quill, Teeka, Ezek, Ming, Feyl, Tybin
Other: Set in a hot, desert-like planet, character dies, reread
This is already on the goalless books tab. I only have a few things from the goals spreadsheet to add to Misc - character is a lawyer, novel with a poem in it, and book that has sections or parts (groups of chapters).
by Violet DukeFinished 11/27/15
209 pages
Published 2/3/15
Man and woman kissing on cover
Genres: Romance, Chick Lit, Contemporary
Characters: Quinn, Rylan, Dani, Luke, Xoey, Cooper, Penny
Setting: Cactus Creek, Arizona
Series #2
Avg Rating: 4.33
Misc: 18 chapters, novel with a song in it, character is a tradesperson (landscaper), twins, character gambles, yellow text on cover, playing cards suit in the title, character owns a bar, character owns a chocolate shop, character is a musician
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Goal: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as Asia (China)
*mini challenge: 1.2 - 2.3 (China) - 8.4 (China) - 8.5
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Setting: England, Ireland
Characters: Mr Berger, Anna Karenina, Mr Gedeon, Mr Lacey, father Delaney, father Manus, father Oscuro, father Faraldo, Angela, Carolyn, David Reese, Knight, Mrs Lyall, Felder, Couvret, Porcher, Van Agteren, Schuyler, Eliene, Maggs, Eliza Dunwidge, sir William, Quayle, Sebastian Forbes, Lionel Maulding, Mr Willox, Mr Richards, Dan Carroll, Tendell Tucker, Motke Blum, Frans Mier, Nicolaes Deyman, Lazarus, Martha, Caiaphas, Rachel
misc: library, librarian, police officer, failed author, priest, miracles, cemetery, school, rape, barrister, monster, king/queen, thieves, scientist, occultists, bookshop owner, cat owner, soldier, war, inn, eating breakfast (ham/eggs), drinking tea, gangsters, guns, painter, surgeons, the hangman, resurrection
*mini challenge: 1.2 - 4.5 (Hollow King) - 5.5 (king) - 6.1 - 8.4
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Setting: UK
Characters: Melanie, Helen Justineau, Eddie Parks, Caroline Caldwell, Mr Whitaker, Kenny, Jean Selkirk, Kieran Gallagher
misc: zombies, army, school, test subjects, scientists, soldiers, ward, death
*mini challenge: 2.3 (UK) - 4.5 (Melanie) - 5.1 (Girl) - 6.3 (Melanie) - 8.4
Finished 11/28/15
Goal: Lipstick kiss marking on cover
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Goal:
Read a book with a mask on the cover
or
Read a book that is in the "Best Paranormal Romance Series" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...) (80 on the list)
The Buried Giant
date: 11/29/15
pg:345
Setting: Britain, right after King Arthur's era.
characters: Axl, Beatrice, Wistan, Edwin, Gawain
Misc: Dragon, knight, mystical mist, a long journey, memories lost, ogres, horse named Horace. First sentence starts with "you".
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Goal: Read a book with a book cover depicting rain
Finished 11/29/15
481 pages
Published 10/5/10
Green cover with girl with goggles, airship and lightning
Genres: Steampunk, Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction
Characters: Deryn Sharp, Prince Aleksander
Setting: Turkey
Series #2
Avg Rating: 4.19
Misc: Character wears goggles, characters get on an airship (plane?), girl dresses up as a boy, alternate history, one word title, nominated in 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards, 43 chapters
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Setting: Venice (Italy)
Characters: Thene, Jacamo de Orcelo, Silver, Angelo Seluda, Marco Belligno, Orio Faliere, Andrea Contarini, Paolo Tiapolo, Alvise Muna, Pisana, Zanzano
misc: 44 chapters, many tarot names (Sun, Death, Knave of Swords, Queen of Cups, Priestess, Tower, the Fool, King of Coins, Seven of Staves etc.)
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Goal: Read a book with the word Ms, Mr, Mrs or Miss (plurals are acceptable) in the title
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Goal: Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 14th of a month (April 14th, 2005)
Finished 11/30/15
336 pages
Published 7/3/07
Purple cover with woman and car
Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery
Characters: Georgie, Darcy O'Mara, Tristram Hautbois, Belinda
Setting: London, England
Series #1
Avg Rating: 3.75
Misc: murder takes place, hat on the cover, 30 chapters
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
Author: A.J. Jacobs
Finished: 11/30/15
Pages: 332 (didn't include index, ect at end)
Goal: Read a book that is in the "Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography" Listopia List - #245 on list
The Sherlockian
Author: Graham Moore
Finished 11/30/15
Format read: Audiobook
Default edition pages: 350
Average rating: 3.61
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime
Takes place in two time periods: late 1890's/early 1900's and modern day
Setting: London
Characters: Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harold White, Sarah .. minor characters: Alex Cale, Sebastian Conan Doyle
Misc: Serial murderer, lost diary, suicide
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Setting: Thailand
Characters: Remy Burke, Abhik Lee, Silver, Looknam, Fon, Thene, Godert van Zuylen
misc: 43 chapters, gambler, hide and seek, eating fruit (banana), police, monks/monastery, widow, farm/forest, Hindu Gods are mentioned
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Goal:
Read a banned book
or
Read a book with a prime number of pages
Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
544 pages
47 chapters + epilogue
Characters: Seregil, Alec, Micum, Thero, Korathan, Phoria, Klia, Yhakobin, Ilar, Sebrahn
Other: kidnapped, slaves, alchemist, magic, character dies and comes back to life
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Goal: Read a book where the page numbers add to 20
Finished 12/1/15
384 pages
Published 10/27/15
Cover: man, woman, stream, mountain in background
Genres: Historical Romance
Characters: Riona, Hugh, Dermot, Owen, Maggie, Brendan, Alasdair
Setting: Scotland
Series #1
Avg Rating: 3.70
Misc: 22 chapters, character lives in a castle, main character is blond, white dress on the cover
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Characters: Silver, Thene, Remy Burke, Georgi Daskalov, Godert van Zuylen, Bird
misc: 39 chapters
*no real setting, the book happens all around the globe.
there are so many things happening for so little page space I couldn't pin point what this book counts for, hundreds of nameless characters come and go. So I will try to check each goal and evaluate it on the go.
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Goal: Read a book with the phrase "Whole nine yards" in a book
"...A year later, he’s out of college, a full-fledged schizophrenic, raving on street corners, seeing things, the whole nine yards.”
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Goal: Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 31st of a month
(July 31st 2007)
A Forbidden Rumspringa by Keira Andrews
231 pages
18 chapters, 2 parts
Characters: Isaac Byler, David Lantz, Mary, Anna, Ephraim, Mervin, June
Other: Set in Minnesota, Amish, carpenter
Finished 12/2/15
354 pages
Goal: Book from a genre that you love
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Goal: red cover
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Setting: England
Characters: Susan Scott, Juliet Ashton, Dawsey Adams, Gilly Gilbert, Markham V. Reynolds, Elizabeth McKenna, Kit (Catherine) McKenna, John Booker, Amelia Maugery, Bella Taunton, Isola Pribby, Eben Ramsey, Adelaide Addison, Clovis Fossey, Christian Hellman, Will Thisbee, Clara Sausseym , Sally Ann Frobisher, Micah Daniels, Billee Bee Jones, Remy Giraud, Ursula Pent
misc: war, writer, book club, poems, Shakespear quote, more than 5 deaths, occupation by Germans in WWII, drinking wine, drinking tea, doctor, farmer, ward, character lives/owns a farm, fisherman, no chapters, epistolary form, publisher, Seneca quotes, boat trip, airplane trip to Australia, broken leg, character has 2 children, character with a grandchild, secretary, character lives on an island, character in concentration camp, goat/pigs/cows/rabbit/parrot owner
*I didn't keep notes for this one so I might call a goal fitting if I forgot something :)
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Goal: Read a book with a temperature word in the title (cold)
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Goal: Read a book with a perfect cube number of pages
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Goal: Read a book with a Holiday in the title
Scarlet
Pg 452
Date: 12/4/15
Setting: Future version of earth
Characters: Cinder, Scarlet, Wolf, Thorne, Kai, Levana, Michelle, Iko, Adri, Pearl, Jael, Ran
Misc: People from the moon, genetically modified people, royalty, spaceships, androids, fugitives from the law, person thought to be lost but now found (princess selene)
finished 
203 pages
haven't added to SS yet
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Goal: Read a book with the phrase "Cut corners" in a book.
"...If his willingness to cut corners, his bad temper, his secretiveness did not make him a hero, they definitely made him a noz."
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260 pages
added to goalless tab on spreadsheet