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The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Date completed: 8/21/16
Pages: 361
Squares:
O-4: genre is young adult
N-1: monster
O-5: 4th in series
Wool by Hugh Howey
507 page
Read for Published in 2011 (the good reads publication information says 2013 but also notes it was first publish (self published in 2011)
Could also work for Earth.
Vandal by Carian Cole
Completed: 8/22/16
Pages: 312
B-4 - Title starts with V
N-3 - Genre is Music
updated
Separate and Dominate: Feminism and Racism after the War on Terror
Finished: 8/22/16
Pages: 192
- The author is French and this book was originally written in French so this might work for "French fries" picture square
Wool (posted above) could work for earth because the silo inhabitants discover that earth (the world) consists of much more than their silo.
The Cornet of Horse by G.A. Henty
Date: 8/23
Pages: 312
Pub: 1881
Bingo possibility: Horse reference in title (O-3)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
finished: 8/23/16
pages: 320
I-4: Teeth in title
O-4: YA
I-1: the storm square (there's a big storm towards the end)
B-3: world square (virus has swept through the world)
N-5: Go square (they have to run away from their town)
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Finished: 8/21/16
Pages: 329
- Can work for horse on the cover
- Other info: first in a series; set in England; has fae, dragons, vampires as characters; characters steal a book
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
Finished: 8/22/16
Pages: 352
Info for possible future squares:
- has dragons on the cover
- second in a series
- set in Venice
- has fae, dragons and werewolves as characters
- characters break out of a prison
Spirit Legacy by E.E. Holmes
Finished: 8/21/16
Pages: 278
Additional info: has sisters/twins as characters, set in a college, has ghosts, MCs mother dies early in the book, first in a series
Strange Appetites - An Anthology of Truly Bizarre Erotic Stories
Date Read: Aug 21
Pages: 209
G-5 Title contains Strange
He Will Be My Ruin by K.A. Tucker
Date Read: August 23
Pages: 352
Possible Info:
Setting- New York City
Genre- Suspense, Romance, Mystery
Rich characters
Political characters
Handyman runs the building
Vegas Vacation by Crystal Jordan
Date: 8/23
Pages: 140
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover: Couple kissing
Bingo - Title starts with V
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Nothing Is Strange by Mike Russell
146 pages
This book is proof that strange does not always mean good...
Works for the "strange in the title" square
Phantom Universe by Laura Kreitzer
Date completed : Aug 23
Pages: 265
Published in Feb 2011.
Genre : ya, science fiction with time travel
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh
Finished: August 23rd
# of pgs: 496
Bingo:
I-3: Book Published in 2016
O-2: (picture square) Wolf
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Date: 8/24
Pages: 387
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Published: 2011 (B-1)
Cover: Black/White with circus tents
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The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Date read: 8/24/16
Pages: 336
- Works for the "Humour as genre" task
When You're Ready by JL Berg
Completed: 8/24/16
Pages: 444
Romance, pub 2013
Love at First Date by Susan Hatler
completed: 8/24/16
Pages: 140
N-2 - Title starts with L
updated
Finished I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yongon audiobook 8/24/16
368 pages
nonfiction, published 2016,
Finished All Is Not Forgotten byWendy Walker on audiobook 8/25/16
310pages
works for badge because it's about a rape investigation and there's a lot of talking to police, investigations, ect.
Carrie by Stephen Kingfinished: 8/25/16
pages: 322
works for:
O-5: Book to movie
B-5: police badge- Carrie kills a lot of cops, and cops are called in after she attacks everyone
I-1: Q- there's a character named Quillan (he's not a main character, don't know if that matters)
N-4: Cactus- *this might be a stretch*- in the picture it shows the figure getting hurt by the cactus, and in the book Carrie hurts a lot of people
G-4: Basketball- the dance takes place on the basketball court, when Carrie starts destroying things, a teacher says it'll "ruin the basketball court"
Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
333 pages
Completed 8/25
Read for b2: published in 2008
Could also work for b3 since the character goes on several shopping trips.
Or maybe O1 since the main character kills a god with a thorn from the "tree of life"
Extremis by Barry Eisler
Pages: 384
Completed: 8/24
N4 - The main character thinks his partner is "a pain in his ass"
O1 - The story is set in Japan (picture of a cherry blossom)
Wildest Dreams Kristen Ashley
Series: Fantasyland
# of pgs: 536
Finished: August 25th
Sorry couldn't really figure out where it would fit, but here is an idea
O1 ~ there was a lot of importance in the story of the adela tree
Neighbor Dearest by Penelope Ward
Date Read: August 24
Pages: 299
Maybe G1 - they "camp out" in an old tree house from his childhood.
Info about book:
MC has a heart defect
Neighbors to friends to lovers
MC works with kids
MC is an artist
Two dogs that are VERY important to story
Wedding takes place
Main Page genres: romance, new adult, contemporary
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Date Read: 8/25/2016
Not sure where it will fit now, if I see something I'll point it out.
published 1975
pages 631
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (The Taliban Shuffle MTI): Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker
Date Read: 8/26
First published 2011, this edition 2016
Non-fiction
Memoir
Book made into movie
Wicked: Legacy by Nancy Holder
Date Read: 8/26/16
Not sure where it will fit now, if I see something I'll point it out.
published 2003
pages 315
All I Need Is You by Julia London
Date: 8/26
Pages: 384
Published: 2013
Works for "Title contains Is"
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This is Where It Ends by Marieke NijkampFinished 8/26/16
Pages: 288
Works for: published 2016
*Will update when we get new squares/when I'm back home on computer*
This is Where It Ends by Marieke NijkampFinished 8/26/16
Pages: 288
Works for: published 2016
*Will update when we get new squares/when I'm back home on computer*
A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia Grant
Date read: 8/26/16
Pages: 188
- fits the Christmas shopping square
Erin wrote: "This is Where It Ends by Marieke NijkampFinished 8/26/16
Pages: 288
Works for: published 2016
*Will update when we get new squares/when I'm back home on computer*"
No need Erin, it's already been used for the published in 2016 square!
They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer
Date: 8/27
Pages: 252
Published: 1937
Works for "Title contains They"
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I Felt Their Teeth In My Bones by Magen Cubed
completed: 8/21/16
pages: 148
squares:
I-3 published in 2016
I-4 Title contains Teeth
N-1 Monster: monsters in stories