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Completion PostBook: Flame in the Mist
Author: Renee Ahdieh
Series: Flame in the Mist
Pages: 416
Date Read: 08.10.18
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Kenshin, Hattori Mariko, Minamoto Raiden, Yoshi, Yumi, Asano Tsuneoki, Takeda Ranmaru
Letters: F R A K H M Y T
Tasks:
Book 1, Task 5 - Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” ("wishlist" 250 times)
Book 2, Task 2 - Read a book with a deadly weapon on the cover (throwing star)
Task 5 - Read a book with the word “Phoenix” in title or text ("Eight silver phoenixes were mounted at every post.")
Book 5, Task 1 - Read a book a bird on the cover
Book 6, Task 3 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone ( Mariko tries to protect her brother from the Black Clan)
Book 7, Task 4? - Read a book where the characters are under siege (Kenshin and his men storm the Black Clans camp - I don't know if that counts as a siege)
So I am wondering what is the best way to figure out which books still need to be read. I am having a little trouble figuring out which books are needed the most. Any thoughts?
Lori, unfortunately Vicky’s job and real life keep her from updating as quickly as would be convenient. You could scroll through posts since she updated to see if a task has had a book posted. But even if a book you read isn’t used for where you thought it would be used for, it can always be used for letters for the character spell out.
It is kind of hard. I have been posting for tasks that I am reading for. And like Laura said, books can always be used for spell out.
Thanks! I just want to be as helpful as possible!
Completion PostBook The Lotterys Plus One
Author Emma Donoghue
Page Count 303 (MPG children 54,600 word count)
Date Read Aug 10
Characters Suemac, Popcorn, Cardamon, Brian, Aspen, Ian Miller, Maximum, PapaDom, Oaks
Letters A B C D E I L M O P S T
Tasks
The Sorcerer's Stone
Task 5 - Mirror of Erised
Read a book which the authors initials are E.D.
Completion PostBook: Norse Mythology
Author: Neil Gaiman
Pages: 304
Date Read: 08.10.18
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Odin, Loki, Freya, Frey, Thor, Hymir, Fenrir, Heimdall
Letters: N G O L F T H
Tasks:
Book 1, Task 1 - Read a book with “troll” in the title or text("Thick enough that not even the strongest troll could batter its way through")
Task 4? - Read a book with a predominately green cover ( Tineye: 66.6 %Juniper (Green), 17.2 %Racing Green (Green), 8.8 %Corduroy (Green). The book has a greenish-blue cover, so I don't know whether or not to count it as green )
Task 5 - Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” ("wishlist" 290 times)
Book 2, Task 2 - Read a book with a deadly weapon on the cover (Thor's hammer-Mjölnir- on the cover)
Task 5? - Read a book with a blind character ( Hod-very minor character)
Book 3, Task 2 - Read a book with a shapeshifter character (Loki turns himself into a mare, a maidservant, salmon and a fly)
Task 4 - Read a book a form of transportation on the cover (Bifrost, the rainbow bridge on the cover. Gods travel between the worlds with it)
Book 5, Task 4 - Read a book where someone dies (Balder)
Read a book with a large battle (has a story about Ragnarok, a battle between gods)
Task 5 - Read a book with a seer/fortune teller character (Heimdall)
Laura wrote: "Will Dragonfire work for dragon in series name? If not, there’s a dragon on the cover.ETA book:
, The Dragonfire Novels (series), Dragon shown against the moon."I'm going to say yes because it's definitely related to a dragon.
Ora wrote: "I am currently listening to a book for the maze while I wait to see what I will read for quidditch. Is there any tasks that needs to be completed today?"I'm doing an update now, but I think at this point it's just going through the tasks and letters - nothing really needs to be done with any prioirty.
Okay, everything should be up to date! (Side Note: We're one of only two teams who are currently getting points for tasks, go us!)In good news, my schedule has lightened up SIGNIFICANTLY. So I should at least be on to do an update once a day.
We should probably come up with a plan for Wizard's Chess - as we need four different people to read the books. It's a title relay chain, meaning that the last and first words of the books in the chain have to match:Example:
Enslaved by Blood
Blood Trail
Trail of the Spanish Bit
We can not ignore The, A, or An for this and the words have to match exactly.
I'm currently listening to Before the Storm and a few of my on-deck books are The Hating Game, Kill The Farm Boy, Arcana Rising and The Dark Calling. So if anyone has anything that matches either before or after we can start there. Or if others have some things on deck that might now work for tasks we can look for those too.
I can pick up anything from Audible's RP or KU - so I'm pretty flexible if need be.
I like Never Never or Never Say Never since books and audios can be found on KU
If we start with The Hating Game, I have Game for Marriage, Game for Trouble, and Game for Tonight.
For Before the Storm, I have Storm Cursed and can get Storm Front from the library
I forgot you mentioned the Never idea! I do like that. We just need to make sure 4 of us are on board.I could get
from Audible, it's only 4 hours long. And if you and I cover the two middle books that both start and end with never, that would open up some options for the other two readers as the first book could start with anything and the last book just has to start with never.
Vicky wrote: "I forgot you mentioned the Never idea! I do like that. We just need to make sure 4 of us are on board.I could get
from Audible, it's only 4 hours long. And ..."
I have been planning on reading Never Let Me Go, so that could fit into the chain:)
Awesome! So we have:
1 -
2 - Never Say Never (Ora)
3 - Never Say Never (Vicky)
4 - Never Let Me Go (Kristel)
We just need one other person to read a book that ends in never. Any takers?
Completion Post:Book: How to Be Popular
Author: Meg Cabot
Pages: 288
Characters: Becca Taylor, Stephanie Landry, Lauren Moffat, Mark Finley, Jason Hollenbach, Kitty, Tod Rubin, John Stuckey, Darlene Staggs, Alyssa Krueger, Bebe Johnson, Margaret Landry, Pete Landry
Letters: B, T, S, L, M, F, J, H, K, R, D, A, P, C,
Tasks:
Order of the Pheonix - Task3 - task 1 read a book with a predominantly pink cover 67% pink
Laura wrote: "Or one that starts with Go. :)"True!
Completion PostBook Going Gypsy: One Couple's Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All
Author Veronica James
Page Count 232
Date Read Aug 10
Characters Veronica James, David James
Letters D G J V
Book Billionaire Wife Auction
Author Amie Heights
Page Count 141
Date Read Aug 10
Characters Brandy Anthony, Dorian Quinn
Letters A B D H Q
Completion PostBook: Circe
Author: Madeline Miller
Pages: 394
Date Read: 08.11.18
Rating: 5 stars
Characters: Circe, Helios, Pasiphaë, Athena, Hermes, Medea, Daedalus, Odysseus, Telemachus, Telegonus, Scylla
Letters: C M H P A D O T S
Tasks:
Book 1, Task 5 - Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” ("wishlist" 222 times)
Book 5, Task 4 - Read a book where someone dies (Odysseus)
Task 5 - Read a book with a prophecy as an integral part of the story (There are prophecies of Circe's and her sons faith that shape Circes actions)
Book 6, Task 3 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone (Circe tries to protect her son from Athena)
Book 7, Task 3 - Read a book where someone has a baby (Circe has a son)
Completion PostBook Fierce Obsessions
Author Suzanne Wright
Series The Phoenix Pack
Page Count 306
Date Read Aug 11
Characters Riley Porter, Tao Lukas, Taryn, Cynthia, Ethan, Max Porter, Makenna, Sawyer, Greta
Letters C E F G L M P R S T W
Quidditch book
Twisted Up
314 pages
I can read Go Set aWatchman. Does it need to be read immediately or is the end of the week okay? I will update my books for this week tomorrow.
Brandy, that's perfect! No rush on it. End of the week is fine. :D
Vicky, I'm not sure if you got my post, but here is the post.Vicky. I'm going to have to drop out. I apologize for all the chaos I've caused, and the work you all have had to do. My dad has cancer, and with all the doctor appointments, and treatments, I'm in the hospital too much and don;t have time to read and update here as well. I wish you all luck in the challenge.
I finished the first book same covers and will post in the morning. @Vicky I think I will start Never Say Never tomorrow and hopefully have it done tomorrow or Monday depending how much I read for quidditch.
Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Vicky, I'm not sure if you got my post, but here is the post."Hey, sorry. I did see it. No worries - real life comes first. Best wishes for your family.
Completion PostQuidditch Book
Grave Secrets
315 pages
Aug 12
Book Leopard Moon
Author Jeanette Battista
Series Moon
Page Count 206
Date Read Aug 11
Characters Kess, Sek, Bomani, Cormac, Alaric, Griffin, Finn, Emmeline
Letters A B C E F G J K L M S
Book Fallen
Author Lauren Kate
Series Fallen
Page Count 452
Date Read Aug 12
Character Lucinda "Luce" Price, Daniel Grigori, Cameron Briel, Arriane, Penn, Roland, Tony
Tasks
The Chambers of Secrets
Wizards Duel
Similar Covers
Completion PostBook: To Kill a Kingdom
Author: Alexandra Christo
Pages: 400
Date Read: 08.12.18
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Lira, Elian, Yukiko, Madrid, Torik, Kye
Letters: T A C L E Y M K
Tasks:
Book 1, Task 1 - Read a book with a double L in the title
Book 2, Task 2 - Read a book with a deadly weapon on the cover (dagger)
Task 3 - Read a book something to drink on the cover (water)
Book 4, Task 4 - Read a book with mermaids
Read a book with water on the cover
Book 5, Task 4 - Read a book where someone dies
Read a book where someone dies (view spoiler)
Completion PostBook: First Lord's Fury
Pages: 705
Date Read: 8/10
Rating: 5 stars
Used for Quidditch
Book: Thankless in Death
Pages: 402
Date Read: 8/12
Rating: 4 stars
Being used for: Goblet - Task 3 - Feast/dinner item on cover (Turkey on cover)
Completion PostBook Never Say Never
Author Winter Renshaw
Series Never
Rating 4 stars
Date Read Aug 12
Characters Skylar, Theo, Mila, Nina, Charlie
Letters C M N R S T
Task
The Sorcerer’s Stone
Wizard’s Chess
Quidditch
Book Souls of Fire
Author Vanessa Black
Page Count 500 pages
Rating 0.5 stars
Date Read Aug 12
I am on a roll with short books today! I just finished a book for the Treasure task and I'm starting one with a person swimming on the cover.
Completion PostBook: Dark Matter
Author: Blake Crouch
Pages: 354
Date Read: 08.13.18
Rating: 5 stars
Characters: Jason Dessen, Daniela Dessen, Charlie Dessen, Ryan Holder, Amanda Lucas
Letters: D B C J C R H A L
Tasks:
Book 1, Task 5 - Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” ("wishlist 278 times)
Book 5, Task 3 - Read a book with a teacher character Read a book with a teacher character (Jason is a physics teacher)
Task 4 - Read a book MPG Mystery
Read a book where someone dies (view spoiler)
Read a book where there is a "rescue" (Amanda rescues Jason)
Book 6, Task 1 - Read a book with a teacher main character (Jason is a physics teacher)
Book 7, Task 4 - Read a book where the main character "goes home again" (view spoiler)
Task 5 - Read a book multiple people die
Awesome! I will hopefully have my crime book done today.
I think I have a book with a large battle. It looks like it will be a sea battle when I looked at the book in amazon. I only have the audio for it. If I am lucky I can listen to it later today.
It may be after quidditch, however I will be finishing up the Seven series I have been working on this weekThree Hours
Two Minutes
One Second #7 in series
Completion Post:Book: Arrow's Flight
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Pages: 318 pages
Characters: Talia Sensedaughter, Queen Selenay, Skif, Keren, Sherrill, Teren, Kris, Dirk, Alberich, Gwena, Princess Elspeth, Rolan
Letters: A, M, L, T, S, K, D, G, E, R
No Tasks as far as I can tell
Completion Post:
Book:
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Pages: 464
Task: Prisoner of Azkaban
Task 1 - Ride the Knight Bus - Task 2 - Read a book with "Night in the Title"
Book:
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Pages: 275
Task: Deathly Hallows
Task 5 - The Battle of Hogwarts
Task 1 - Read a book MPG War
I have gone on a bit of spree and rented a bunch of books from the library. Here are the books I plan to read in the coming week or so and the tasks that they work for.Prisoner of Azkaban
Task 2 - Learn to fight Boggarts
Read a book with a balloon on the cover -
- I don't have this one yet - on hold.Goblet of Fire
Task 5 - The Maze
Read a book with "Spider" in the title - Spider's Trap
Order of the Phenoix
Task 5 - The Lost Prophecy
Read a book with "Lost" in the title- Let's Get Lost
Read a book with 'Prophecy' in the title or series name: Prophecy of the Sisters
Half-Blood Prince
Task 1 - The Slug Club -
Read a book with "Club" in the Title: The Hellfire Club
Task 4 - Love Potion
Read a book with "Love" in the Title: Love, Rosie
Completion PostBook: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Author: Max Brooks
Pages: 342
Date Read: 08.13.18
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Todd Wainio, Paul Redeker, Travis D'Ambrosia, Christina Eliopolis, Kwang Jingshu, Tomonaga Ijiro, Kondo Tatsumi, Sergei Ryzhkov, Maria Zhuganova,
Letters: W M B T P R D C E K J I S Z
Tasks:
Book 2, Task 5 - Read a book with a blind character (Tomonaga Ijiro)
Book 7, Task 5 - Read a book MPG War
Read a book multiple people die
Completion PostQuidditch Book for Aug 13
The Ice Princess
100 pages
Dangerous Ground
108 pages
Chiseled
108 pages
Paint It Dead
111 pages
Starlet's Web
310 pages
The Naked Prince
116 pages
Completion Postmore quidditch books for Aug 13
Sweeter than Ever
page count 100
From This Day Forward
page count 100
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Characters: Susan Vernon, Frederica, Charles, Reginald, James Martin, Alicia Johnson
Letters: S, V, F, C, R, J, M, A,
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Read a book where the main character "goes home again" - Julia goes home
Task 2 - Tale of three brothers
Read a book that has a story/tale within the novel - multiple stories
Order of the Phoenix
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Read a book MPG Mystery
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Read a book with water on the cover