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Jen wrote: "When does TTVI end? When does TTVI end?"July 31st! So you have a little time if you want to tackle them again.
Vicky wrote: "Jen wrote: "When does TTVI end? When does TTVI end?"July 31st! So you have a little time if you want to tackle them again."
Okay! That'll be some more buddy read points for us then. :-)
For now, though, I am planning to participate in the rest of the Harry Potter buddy reads. Next up, book two!
Completion PostBook: The New Year's Bride
Author: Kit Morgan
Series: Holiday Mail Order Brides
Pages: 224
Date Read: 6/8
Rating: 3 stars
Characters: Spencer Riley, Elle Barstow, Clayton Riley, Abby Davis
Letters: T, N, K, M, H, S, R, E, B, C, A, D
Completion PostBook: Avow
Author: Chelsea Fine
Series: The Archers of Avalon
Pages: 407
Date Read: 6/8
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Tristan, Scarlet Jacobs, Heather, Nate, Raven, Gabriel
Letters: A, C, F, T, S, J, H, N, R, G
Additional: Dark Arts - Zombies, Crossbow on cover
Care of Magical Creatures, Uses - Tristan & Gabriel's blood kills the zombies. Tristan & Gabriel are human, but can we just use the blood for CMC?
Laura wrote: "Care of Magical Creatures, Uses - Tristan & Gabriel's blood kills the zombies. Tristan & Gabriel are human, but can we just use the blood for CMC?"I think we can use it as "the blood of our creature kills zombies" - I like it! And that will complete our creature! :)
Completion Post
Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
Kelly Williams Brown
6-9-2018
272 pages
3*
Letters: A, K, B
I finished Leah on the Offbeat today - it's the BOM and I did DQs, so that's a nice chunk of points! :)
Completion Post
A Light in the Wilderness
Jane Kirkpatrick
6-9-2018
314 pages
3*
Characters: Letitia, Nancy, Betsy, Davey
Letters: A, L, J, K, N, B, D
~Michelle~ wrote: "Completion PostAdulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
[author:Kelly Williams Br..."
Lol! That title. :)
Completion PostBook: Seduction in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Series: In Death
Pages: 354
Date Read: 6/9
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Eve Dallas, Roarke, Peabody, McNab, Jack Whitney, Feeney, Charles Monroe, Summerset
Letters: S, J, R, I, E, D, P, M, W, F, C
Additional: Transfiguration - there's a lion statue
Completion Post for today:
Child of a Mad God by R.A. SalvatoreDate Finished: June 9, 2018
Pages: 496
Characters: The demon fossa, Fionlagh, Aydrian Wyndon, Talmadge, Aoleyn, Tay Aillig, Huana'kal/Kal, Innevah, Bahdlahn, Khotei, Seonagh, Raibert, Egard, Mairen, Gavina
Letters: CRSDFAWTHKIBEMG
Task: I don't know. Maybe a Spell?
Completion Post
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Laurie R. King
6-10-2018
341 pages
4*
Characters: Mary, Sherlock
Letters: T, B, L, K, M, S
Completion PostBook: A Treacherous Curse
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Pages: 308
Date Read: 6/10
Rating: 5 stars
Characters: Veronica Speedwell, Revelstoke Templeton-Vane
Letters: A, T, D, R, V, S
Additional: I've got a partial moon on the cover; could we "mend" it to a whole moon?
Transfiguration - butterfly net
Buddy Read
Completion Post:Book: The King's Rose
Author: Alisa M. Libby
Pages: 297
Characters: Catherine Howard, Henry Tudor, Anne, Jane, Thomas Culpepper, Francis Derehem
Letters: A, C, H, T, J, C, F, D
Additional: Could be paired with the book for the banishing spell, no jewelry
Book:
Author: Karen MacInerney
Series: Gray Whale Inn Mysteries
Pages: 312
Characters: Natalie Barnes, John, Benjamin, Francis Mclaughlin, O'Leary, Gwen, Emmeline, Candy, Russell Lidell
Letters: D, K, M, G, N, B, J, F, O, E, C, R, L
Additional - Cozy Mystery with berries on the cover. Those are cranberries on the cover :)
Added the buddy read link to my post for A Treacherous Curse. There were 2 other people who said they were going to read it, but neither has read/commented yet. Not sure how that works with points. I get notifications for the thread, so if/when they do comment I'll be interacting with them.
Completion PostBook: A Berry Deadly Welcome
Author: A.R. Winters
Series: Kylie Berry
Pages: 244
Date Read: 6/10
Rating: 3 stars
Characters: Kylie Berry, Brad, Zoey, Jack, Joel, Agatha
Letters: A, B, W, K, Z, J,
Additional: Cozy mystery with berry on cover - I needed food on cover and this was short, so I read it even though Lulu was reading the other one with a berry.
I've just discovered this gem on Kindle Unlimited: Garlic Artichoke Murder. So we can Defend ourselves against the Vampires with that one. Should have it done by tomorrow. :)
Laura wrote: "I've just discovered this gem on Kindle Unlimited: Garlic Artichoke Murder. So we can Defend ourselves against the Vampires with that one. Should have it done by tomorrow. :)"Oh my gosh, I am dying. XD It looks like it has decent reviews, you'll have to let us know how it is!
It is #11 in a series I haven’t read, so we’ll see.I just randomly typed Garlic in my Goodreads search and cross referenced KU. :)
haha, awesome!I'm working on a reread of the Ember Quartet - the second book is A Torch Against the Night and I'm going to use it with one of Wolf's Lord of the Ring books. Torch > Nazgul. :D
Perfect!Isn’t there a new book due out soon for that one?
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Please welcome new team members Erica and Britta!"Welcome!
Completion PostBook: Garlic Artichoke Murder
Date Read: 6/10
Rating: 2.5 stars
Pages: Goodreads says 106, Amazon (and my Kindle) say 137. I've asked in the AMMP Librarian request thread to get it fixed.
Class: Defense Against the Dark Arts - Garlic against Vampires.
As to how it was, the author has an active imagination. I appreciated the story. But the writing needs help. Grammatically correct. But she told me everything. Ellie did this. Then Ellie did that. Then Russell said this. Then Ellie said that. I wanted a story that flowed and pulled me in. The series has 26 books, so clear evidence of her imagination, but I won't be continuing.
However, it's a quick read, and not awful, so if we get more vampires (can we do the same monster more than once?) someone else can read it. :)
Hi Erica and Britta! I'm currently posting from bed so I will get you set up with some housekeeping stuff tomorrow when I'm at my computer. We are happy to have you! :D@Laura - Yes! Book 3 comes out Tuesday! I actually already have it, there was an Amazon glitch and a lot of preorders got sent out for last Tuesday. I haven't opened it yet though. There's a fourth POV and Sabaa has talked about how different it was to write this character but has given us no indication of who it is. I know myself and I know as soon as I open that book I'm going to flip through to find out who it is. So I'm staying strong and keeping it sealed until I finish my reread! XD
And yes we can use the same Dark Art multiple times.
Hey Erica and Britta! Glad to have you with us!!
I'll be on holiday until the 29th, so won't really be checking in. But I'm taking books for all the train/bus rides :)
Completion Post
I is for Innocent
Sue Grafton
Series: Kinsey Millhone
6-10-2018
352 pages
3*
Letters: I, S, G, K
Completion postThe Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.
Date: 6-11-18
Pages: 1000+
Phew! That took longer than I thought it would.
Laura wrote: "Additional: I've got a partial moon on the cover; could we "mend" it to a whole moon?"Interesting thought! I'm double checking with the captains. :)
Brandy wrote: "Completion postThe Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.
Date: 6-11-18
Pages: 1000+
Phew! That took longer than I thought it would."
Woohoo! That finished Arithamancy! :D
So, I'm sorry for kind of disappearing for a bit there! I did finish two books around the end of May though!
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Finished: 31/05/18
3 stars
Pages: 336
Characters: Axl, Beatrice, Winstan, Gawain, and Edwin
Letters: B, K, I, A, W, G, E
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Finished: 31/05/18
5 stars
Pages: 522
Characters: Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha
Letters: C, R, S, B, P, A
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Finished: 31/05/18
3 stars
Pages: 336
Characters: Axl, Beatrice, Winstan, Gawain, and Edwin
Letters: B, K, I, A, W, G, E
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Finished: 31/05/18
5 stars
Pages: 522
Characters: Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha
Letters: C, R, S, B, P, A
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Hex Hall
Rachel Hawkins
6-11-2018
323 pages
3*
Characters: Sophie, Jenna, Elodie, Archer
Letters: H, R, S, J, E, A
MC is a witch. There are also shape-shifters, faeries, and a vampire.
Also, water-making spell? Summoning with a lake with a boat on it versus this one being empty? One of my previous books had a lake with a boat.
Vicky, do we have any books with spaceships on them? I'm reading
, and we could use it for a fire-making spell.
Completion Post:Book: Undone
Author: Rachel Caine
Series: Outcast
Pages: 305
Characters: Cassiel, Manny Rocha, Luis, Isabella, David, Ashan, Joann, Gollum
Letters: A, C, D, I, J, G, M, O , R, U, L
There is weather magic in this, but not sure if that would fit for anything.
Book: Poison Study
Author: Maria V. Snyder
Series: Study # 1
Characters: Yelena, Valek, Ari, Janco, Reyad, Star, Mogkan, Irys, Rand, Brazell
Letters: B, M, S, Y, V, A, J, R, M, P
Poison is heavily involved in this book :)
Next up, I am trying to find a matchstick and a needle book and going to read a yellow book and a book about a psychic. Hopefully they will be useful!
Completion postInescapable
Amy A. Bartol
Read :6-12-18
Pages; 368
Characters: Reed Wellington, Evil Claremont, Buns, Brownie, Freddie, Russell
The feather on this book is white. The feather on the next book is red.
Laura wrote: "Vicky, do we have any books with spaceships on them? I'm reading , and we could use it for a fire-making spell."I don't recall any space ships, but that doesn't mean we can't find one! :)
Completion PostBook: Reunion in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Series: In Death
Pages: 371
Date Read: 6/12
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Eve Dallas, Roarke, Peabody, McNab, Feeney
Letters: R, J, I, E, D, P, M, F
So I'm going back through what everyone has read and looking at covers, I think we might be able to pull this off for fire-making. I asking the captains for their opinions.
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Also - they vetoed the moon. Everyone said it was clever but since a partial moon isn't really "broken" it can't be fixed. :(
Vicky wrote: "So I'm going back through what everyone has read and looking at covers, I think we might be able to pull this off for fire-making. I asking the captains for their opinions.[bookcover:Deathstalker..."
I love that it's the same author!
Too bad about the moon. :)
So, mending charm. I've been through all our books again and did some searching.Michelle read
which is right now being used for a P in a spell, easy enough to find another one of those. We could:1 - Pair it with Rachel's read of
. But it's currently our book in the 800-900 page category in Arithmancy and that seems like a crap book to replace. 2 - Read another book with an apple on the cover. I found some lists: Books with Apples on the Cover, The Apples of My Eye (lots of YA/Middle Grade on this list so we need to check word counts), Apples, Apples on the Cover
Or we can try to find something else broken. and I found a few lists for that:
Broken Hearts, Shattered Glass (though it might be hard to find something that shows unbroken glass? maybe a window or something). Broken Dishes
A broken mirror might be easier to find than broken glass.
Vicky, are we going by Tineye for the Potions color covers? And is it 50%? I ask because I'm getting a bit frustrated. Perusing some Yellow Cover lists I found these, but they don't make it to 50% (gotta love Tineye!):
Vicky wrote: "So, mending charm. I've been through all our books again and did some searching.Michelle read
which is right now being used for a P in a spell, easy enough to find anot..."I highly recommend
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I'm wondering if I'll be able to reread the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire. I last finished the first three books January 21 and 22. So I can reread book one on July 21 (or 22?) and books two and three the next day.
Will TTVI still be going on then?