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message 202: by Patty (last edited Oct 02, 2025 06:41PM) (new)

Patty Smith (pinkpurlandprose) | 212 comments Excited for this one - I just might have to rewatch the movies over the xmas break!

Start Date: 01/01/2025
Goal: Tribute - 2 in each category
Completed: 25/26

✓District 1: Precious Gems
Read books with precious gem on the cover or in the title. Or spell-it-out with your favorite gemstone or birthstone. (examples: diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, etc).
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson


✓District 2: Masonry and Weapons
Read books where a main character uses a weapon. Or spell-it-out with masonry terms (ex: masonry, stonework, stone, bricks, arch, etc.)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

✓District 3: Technology
Read books where a main character works with technology. Or spell-it-out with technological terms. (ex: computer, screen, disc, television, etc.)
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Dissolution by Nicholas Binge


✓District 4: Fishing
Read books that take place near/ on a body of water. Or spell-it-out with fishing terms. (ex:Fish, trident, net, traps, bait, etc.)
Command and Control by Marc Cameron
Down World by Rebecca Phelps


✓District 5: Power/Electricity
Read books where a main characters have an "electric" connection (ie a romance genre). Or spell-it-out with electric term (ex: Dams, cable, electricity, outlet, etc.)
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Love at First by Kate Clayborn

⁠⁠⁠⁠✓District 6: Transportation
Read books where the character takes some type of public transportation or there is a form of transportation on the cover. Or spell-it-out with transportation terms (ex: cars, train, mechanic, boat, etc.)
In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
Yesterworld by Rebecca Phelps


✓District 7: Lumber
Read books where the majority of the plot takes place outside or the cover is an outside setting. Or spell-it-out with lumber terms (trees, axes, carpenter etc).
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett


✓District 8: Textiles/Clothing
Read books with clothing on the cover. Or spell-it-out with clothing terms (shirt, fabric, dress, designer, paper, etc.)
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab


✓District 9: Grain/Harvest
Read books with food on the cover or take place during Autumn. Or spell-it-out with harvest terms (grain, bread, farmer, etc.)
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl


✓District 10: Livestock
Read books with an animal on the cover or an animal as an important part of the story. Or spell-it-out with livestock terms (cows, beef, butcher, milk, etc.)
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

✓District 11: Agriculture
Read books that take place on the farm/country or take place during Summer. Or spell-it-out with agriculture terms (wheat, cotton, gardener, etc.)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson


✓District 12: Mining
Read books have a dark cover or a strong female character or include a rebellion. Or spell-it-out with mining terms (coal, mine, flashlight, mountains, etc.)
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett



Bonus!
Join the rebellion by proving your skills to the District 13 leadership.
District 13: Nuclear Weaponry
Read books with a war or coup in them.Or spell-it-out with weapon terms (gun, bomb, defense, etc.)
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar


message 203: by Angel **Book Junkie** (last edited Oct 08, 2025 12:19PM) (new)

Angel **Book Junkie**  | 187 comments Duration _ 07/29/2025 - 07/29/2026

➛ Victor Plus - Read 6+ books in each district in order starting with District 1

District 1: Precious Gems 8/9
Spell it Out - Sapphires
S: Sully | The Hanged Man | 07.31
A: Adena | Powerful | 08.02
P: Pretend | 07.29
P: Powerless | 08.01
H: Daniel Hurst | The Couple Before Us | 07.30
I: Isabelle | The Summer I Turned Pretty | 08.17
R Rebecca Yarros | Onyx Storm | 08.07
E: The Echo of Old Books | 07.31
S: The Sister Switch | 08.01
The Hanged Man (The Braddock & Gray Case Files #6) by H.P. Bayne Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5) by Lauren Roberts Pretend (Neighbor from Hell, #0) by R.L. Mathewson Powerless (Powerless, #1) by Lauren Roberts The Couple Before Us by Daniel Hurst The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1) by Jenny Han Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) by Rebecca Yarros The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis The Sister Switch by Charlotte Butterfield

District 2: Masonry and Weapons
Read books where a main character uses a weapon
1. Gun | Layla | Colleen Hoover | 09.03
2. Poison | Fearful | Lauren Roberts | 09.07
3. Gun | Easy Prey | A.B. Whelan | 09.07
4. Glass Bottle | Redamancy | H.C. Dolores | 09.10
5. Gun | Those Empty Eyes | Charlie Donlea | 09.13
6. Knife This Stays Between Us | Sara Ochs | 09.21

District 3: Technology
C: Cade Davies | Bluegrass Undercover | Kathleen Brooks | 09.21
E: Elna | Needle Lake | Justine Champine | 09.27
L: Nicole Lesperance | A Spell to Wake the Dead | 09.23
L: Julie Lancaster | Remember Where You’ve Buried the Bodies | 09.28
P: Julie Powell | Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen | 09.30
H: Hannah | For Better, For Worse | Lauren North | 09.29
O: One More Tomorrow | Sam Vickery | 09.22
N: Newt | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay | J.K. Rowling | 09.24
E: Ellie | The One | John Marrs | 10.02

District 4: Fishing
Spell*It*Out
A: Walid Anmar | Behind You Is the Sea | Susan Muaddi Darraj | 10.07
N: Norman Partridge | Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season | 10.02
G: Joe Gerhard | Intercepts | T.J. Payne | 10.07
L: Stephanie Land | Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | 10.05
E
R: The Right Move | Liz Tomforde | 10.04


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