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Book: BreakableAuthor: Tammara Webber
Pages: 361
Date started: 9/4
Date completed: 9/11
◈ Search the Shire - Read a book where someone throws a party
◈ Survive Weathertop - Read a book where someone survives an attack - someone tries to rape on of MC, she survies?
◈ Inquire with Charles Bingley - Read a book with a handsome man on the cover
◈ Look in the Mirrors - Read a book where someone is murdered - not 100% sure but the flashbacks seem like they are leading there
◈ Pack your Backpack - Read a book that is 300 - 400 pages.
◈ Find a Place to Shower - Read a book where someone showers.
Book: Nightingale WayAuthor: Emily March
Pages: 338
Date started: 9/10
Date ended: 9/11
Task: Labor 2 - read a book with a headstrong character (both MCs fit this)
Also fits labor 12 #3 Find a Place to Shower - Read a book where someone showers.
Book: The Lost HeroAuthor: Rick Riordan
Pages: 577
Date started: 9/7
Date finished: 9/12
Task - read a book where someone survives an attack - lots of attacks - first one in chapter 2 - storm spirits tried to kill MCs and all three survived
- Read a book where something catches on fire. - one of the MCs Leo, can create fire at will and sets a number of things on fire
- Read a book where someone is mentally unbalanced. - one of the villains was Medea who was definitely unbalanced
- read a book that's 500 - 600 pages - there was 577 pages in book
- Read a book where someone is injured severely. - MC Piper was several injured during an attack and was cured with ambrosia
Book: The TemptationAuthor: L.J. Smith
Pages: 277
Started: 12/9
Finished: 12/9
Tasks: Labour 5 Task 2 (house catches fire)
Labour 5 Task 5 (main characters are thieves for stealing another MC's jar of possessions)
Labour 6 Task 3 (mentally unbalanced because a lot of the characters get possessed)
Labour 7 Task 5 (title starts with T)
Labour 8 Task 5 (main characters at school)
Finished my book. It fits for mc is a musician, set in a school, instrument on cover. I'm just on a train into London so will do an update when I get home tonight.
Book : L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green GablesAuthor : L.M. Montgomery
Pages : 320
Started : 08/31
Ended : 09/13
Labour 4, task 1 : Read a book with a house on the cover.
Book: Queen of ShadowsAuthor: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 648
Started: 6/9
Finished: 14/9
Tasks: Labour 1 Task 1? (word in title starts with S)
Labour 3 Task 2 (like all of them are headstrong characters)
Labour 4 Task 3 (title is pink in the middle with a white stroke around it (2 different colours)
Labour 5 Task 5 (main character thief)
Labour 6 Task 3 (characters possessed so mentally unbalanced)
Labour 8 Task 3 (treasure hunter because looking for Wyrdkeys)
Labour 9 Task 4 (murder happens)
Labour 11 Task 4 (MC musician plays piano)
Labour 11 Task 5 (strong female lead) Already put down for this one but there are a few more specific ones so thought I'd list them all
Labour 12 Task 4 (many people severely injured)
Book: The CrownAuthor: Kiera Cass
Pages: 279
Started: 15/9
Finished: 16/9
Tasks: Labour 7 Task 5 (title starts with T)
Labour 11 Task 4 (MC plays piano)
Book: The Sacred Lies of Minnow BlyAuthor: Stephanie Oakes
Pages: 400
Started: 9/13
Finished: 9/16
Tasks:
5.1- Book on the cover
Book: Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916Author: Michael Capuzzo
Pages: 144
Started: 9/16
Finished: 9/16
1.2- set on the water
Book: The Mists of AvalonAuthor: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Pages: 912
Started: 9/12/16
Date ended: 9/17/16
Task: labor 2 - read a book over 800 pages
Book: Prelude Author Shira Anthony
Pages: 250
Started and ended 9/17
Tasks: Labor 3 - Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover - violin on cover
Labor 7 - Read a book where the main character is a writer. - David is a composer (not sure if writer had to be prose but i think writer of music counts)
Labor 11 - Read a book where the main character is a musician MC Alex is a violinist
Labor 12 - Read a book where someone showers. - several people took showers in the book - in chapter 15 example - after a quick shower that felt like heaven, Alex wandered into the living room,
Book: First TruthAuthor: Dawn Cook
Pages: 336
Date started: 9/12/16
Date ended: 9/17/16
Task: Labor 1 - Read a book with a bird on the cover
- labor 6 - Read a book that takes place in winter with snow. The book starts in the fall and goes into the winter for the main part. lots and lots of snow
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Book: UnexploredAuthor: Anna Hackett
Pages: 131
Date started 9/17
Date ended 9/18
Task: labor 8 - Read a book about a treasure hunter - this is part of the Treasure Hunter Security series. The team is searching for a kidnapped treasure hunter named Drew
- labor 5 - read a book under 150 pages
- Labor 9 - Read a book with a murder that happens during the book timeline. - the murder is not detailed. One of the killers killed a guide and took his place.
All Lined UpCora Carmack
Date Started: 9/7/16
Date Finished: 9/18/16
Pages: 273
Labor 3, Task 1 .... Handsome man on cover
WonderR.J. Palacio
Date Started: 9/1/16
Date Finished: 9/19/16
Pages: 404
It will only fit Labor 6, Task 3...mentally unbalanced. He is this way because of his facial deformities.
Devil and the BluebirdJennifer Mason-Black
336 pages
Started: 9/17
Finished: 9//21
Task- 3.3: Musical instrument on the cover
The Lost CipherMichael Oechsle
272 pages
Started: 9/21
Finished: 9/22
Task- 8.3: MC is hunting buried treasure
Book: A Solid Core of AlphaAuthor: Amy Lane
Pages: 320
Date started: 9/17
Date finished: 9/21
Task - 7.3 book set in outer space
Book: Black DiamondAuthor: Ali Dean
Pages: 189
Date started: 17/9
Date finished: 22/9
Task: colour in title
Book: The Son of NeptuneAuthor: Rick Riordan
Pages: 513
Date started: 9/18
Date ended: 9/22
Task: Book between 500 - 600 pages
Bonus task - read a book that's been on tbr over a year
read a book with a prophecy - prophecy started the adventure
read a book with a body of water on the cover
read a book with a young girl as a major character (Hazel)
Red-Headed StepchildAuthor: Jaye Wells
Date started: 9/22
Date ended: 9/23
Task - bonus 2.2 Apollo : Read a book with a prophecy - there are a number of prophecies mentioned in the book. They are guarded by the Caste of Nod and in book 1, some of them are coming true
Book: Yellow Brick WarAuthor: Danielle Paige
Pages: 270
Started: 18/9
Finished: 22/9
Tasks: Bonus 3 Task 3 (main character is a fighter)
That's it. Everything else's already done.
The Outstretched ShadowAuthor: Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Pages: 620
Date started 9/18
Date ended 9/25
Task - on tbr since 2008 or horse on cover
Magic BindsAuthor: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 336
Date started: 9/23
date ended: 9/27
Task - Bonus 4 - both MCs are mercenaries
Bonus 5 - book has a main page genre of mythology
Book: Home is Where You AreAuthor: Tessa Marie
Pages: 287
Date started: 25/9
Date finished: 29/9
Task: Nothing :(
Book: Empire of StormsAuthor: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 704
Started: 15/9
Ended: 30/9
Tasks: Bonus 4 Task 1 & 2
If we can't do those yet then it doesn't fit anywhere.
Book: A Court of Mist and FuryAuthor: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 624
Date started: 29/9
Date finished: 30/9
Task: Been on TBR over a year (technically since 23 Sep 2015) - would it still work since the book was on my TBR but was only released this year?
And also Bonus 4 Task 1 & 2 (Feyre is a fighter, several characters act as bodyguard characters), like Maddie said I'm not sure we can do these yet?
Book: Look What the Wind Blew InAuthor: Ann Charles
Pages: 402
Date started: 9/27
Date finished: 9/30
Task - 8.1 Skeleton on cover
Book: To Steal His HeartAuthor: Alec Nortan
Pages: 123
Date started 9/28
Date ended: 9/29
TasK Bonus 6.1 handsome man on cover
A Child Called "It"Dave Pelzer
Pages: 184
Started: 9/26
Finished: 10/1
Task: Bonus 1, Task 4. On my physical shelf for longer than a year
Theft of SwordsAuthor: Michael J. Sullivan
Pages: 681
Date started 9/23
Date ended 10/1
How it fits: bonus 3.3 Sword in the title
ImagerL.E. Modesitt Jr.
Pages 433
Date started: 9/25
Date ended: 10/2
Tasks - doesn't fit anything currently open
Book : The Winter KingAuthor : Bernard Cornwell
Pages : 448
Started : 18/08
Ended : 30/09
Fits : Labor 11 task 1 (Read a book set in England)
Book : Our Own Country
Author : Jodi Daynard
Pages : 432
Started : 15/09
Ended : 22/09
Fits : Nothing yet.. Will update when it fits !!
Book: The Last VampireAuthor: Christopher Pike
Pages: 193
Start: 30/9
Finished: 3/10
Task: Bonus 10 Task 5 (musician) she plays the piano
Book: Some Girls AreAuthor: Courtney Summers
Pages: 246
Start: 10/3
Finished: 10/3
Task: Bonus 10, begins with S
The Girl with All the GiftsAuthor: M.R. Carey
pages: 435
Date started: 10/2
Date ended: 10/3
Task: Bonus 7 - has "sitting duck" on page 389 - he's a sitting duck for the slingshots
Book: Negotiating LoveAuthor: Morticia Knight
Pages: 155
Date started: 10/3
Date ended 10/4
Task - bonus 7 - has Karoake in text, chapter 4 - with the addition of Karaoke night
Book: Shell GameAuthor: Chris Keniston
Pages: 173
Date started: 10/3
Date ended: 10/5
Task: 7.1 Read a book that's main setting is on the water - the majority of the book takes place on a cruise ship
Book : The 100Author : Kass Morgan
Pages : 378
Date started : 02/10
Date ended : 04/10
Task : #1 of serie
Interlude-BrandonTerry Schott
pages 285
started 06/10/2016
finished 07/10/20167
*book where a character gets self defense/weapons training- kids are sent into virtual reality to gain training to be powerful soldiers
*book with a kidnapping- General is kidnapped into virtual reality and tortured.
* number three in series
* emerge the victor
Obsidian ButterflyLaurell K. Hamilton
Date started: 10/5
Date ended 10/7
Pages 596
How it fits: #9 in a series
If this book hasn't been used, I corrected the date published and number of pages below#44
Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser #44)by Ace Atkins
3.84 · Rating Details · 1,464 Ratings · 213 Reviews
#44
Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser #44) by Ace Atkins 3.84 · 1,464 Ratings · 213 Reviews320 pages Read: 6/10/2016 (May 3rd 2016) Characters: Susan (psychiatrist) & Spenser (PI), Hawk, Kevin (Firebug/Arsonist), Johnny, Big Ray, Al Cimoli (Gym Owner), Jack McGee (Firefighter), Quirk ( Deputy Superintendent (Police)), Janet Vera (dog trainer), Belsen, Mattie Sullivan, Z (Boxing Trainor), John Grady, Rob Featherstone, Father Conroy (priest), Herbie Wu (Developer), Fast Eddie Lee (Criminal), Jackie De Marco (Mobster), Vinnie Morris, Gino Fish, Tommy Torcelli, Teddy Cahill MYSTERY/SUSPENSE, THRILLER FOOD: Donuts, Cinnamon, buns, beer, Maple, bacon, coconut, Pizza, peppers, onions, olives, Orange juice, blueberry, pancakes, huevos rancheros, bread, beef, sugar, Espresso, Coffee,
First Line: "Kevin always loved fires"
PETS: Galaway, Pearl, the Dogs; McGruff, the Crime dog;
Notable: Arson, Boxing; On Cover: Burning match; doll, ORANGE COVER; Travelled by: auto, jet, Set in: Boston; Prologue, Chapters: 60
Characters: Susan (psychiatrist) & Spenser (PI), Hawk, Kevin (Firebug/Arsonist), Johnny, Big Ray, Al Cimoli (Gym Owner), Jack McGee (Firefighter), Quirk ( Deputy Superintendent (Police)), Janet Vera (dog trainer), Belsen, Mattie Sullivan, Z (Boxing Trainor), John Grady, Rob Featherstone, Father Conroy (priest), Herbie Wu (Developer), Fast Eddie Lee (Criminal), Jackie De Marco (Mobster), Vinnie Morris, Gino Fish, Tommy Torcelli, Teddy Cahill,
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE, THRILLER
FOOD: Donuts, Cinnamon, buns, beer, Maple, bacon, coconut, Pizza, peppers, onions, olives, Orange juice, blueberry, pancakes, huevos rancheros, bread, beef, sugar, Espresso, Coffee,
First Line: "Kevin always loved fires"
Idioms: "
Odd Words:
PETS: Galaway, Pearl, the Dogs; McGruff, the Crime dog;
Deities: -
Notable: Arson, Boxing,
On Cover: Burning match; doll, ORANGE COVER;
Oils/Gemstones: -
Travelled by: auto, jet,
Set in: Boston;
Prologue, Chapters: 60
How it fits: self defense, the letter S, Orange cover
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Author: Shannon Greenland
Pages: 238
Date started: 10/9
Date completed: 11/9
Task: Read a book that's title starts with S or Read a book where a main character is a musician (love interest and MC play the guitar) or Read a book where someone throws a party (character throws two or three parties) or Read a book where the title is in two different colours ('Shadow' and 'of a girl' are two different colours)