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BOOKS READ: Gilderoy Lockhart
AugustCompletion Post
Book Read: Room | Emma Donoghue
Date Completed: 06-Aug-2018
Pages: 401
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated
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Characters:
B: Bronwyn
C: Dr. Clay
D: Deanna
H: Hugo
J: Jack
K: Dr. Kendrick
L: Dr. Lopez
N: Nick
O: Officer O
P: Paul
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Tri Wizard Tasks
17 - Read a book which the authors initials are E.D. - Emma Donoghue
112 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone - Ma tries to protect Jack from Old Nick
Read August 6 2018
Pages:176
TWT
56 Read a book a form of transportation on the cover
Completion PostBook: Point of Origin
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Date Read: 7th August 2018
Pages: 440
BOM/BR: No
Letters:
B (character, Benton Wesley)
C (author)
F (character, Lucy Farinelli)
G (character, Carrie Grethen)
K (character, Kay Scarpetta)
L (character, Lucy Farinelli)
M (character, Pete Marino)
P (author)
S (character, Kay Scarpetta)
T (character, TN McGovern)
W (character, Benton Wesley)
TWT:
24 Read a book where a character escapes prison
93 Read a book MPG Mystery (723 users, top genre)
120 Read a book where one of the main characters dies (Benton Wesley dies)
129 Read a book with a funeral (sort of, they all gather to scatter Benton's ashes)
140 Read a book multiple people die (5 named murder victims, 22 unnamed murder victims, 2 murderers killed)
Book: Scoring the Player's Baby
Author: Naima Simone
Pages: 219
Date Read: August 4, 2018
Characters: Ronin Palmino, Kim Matlock
TW Tasks:
- Read a book that is #3 in a series
Book: Scoring With the Wrong Twin
Author: Naima Simone
Pages: 175
Date Read: August 5, 2018
Characters: Zephirin Black, Sophia Cruz
Book: Scoring off the Field
Author: Naima Simone
Pages: 186
Date Read: August 6, 2018
Characters: Tennyson Clark, Dominic Anderson
Book: Loyalty in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 480
Date Read: August 7, 2018
Characters: Eve Dallas, Roarke, Delia Peabody, Ryan Feeney, Charlotte Mira, Ian McNab, Mavis Freestone, Zeke
TW Tasks:
- Read a book with Death in the title
- Read a book with your favorite romantic couple (Eve & Roarke)
- Read a book where someone tries to protect someone (Eve & Peabody tries to protect Peabody's brother Zeke from murder charges)
- Read a book multiple people die (bombings that Eve is investigating take hundreds of victims in this book)
Read August 6 2018
Pages 262
TWT
49 Read a book with a moon on the cover
Book: The Ghost FieldsAuthor: Elly Griffiths
Read: 7th August 2018
Pages: 400
TWT
34 - ghost in title
36 - characters celebrate Halloween
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Date read: Aug 7
Pages: 366
BOM: DQs 1 - DQs 2 (both answered before Aug 1)
Characters:
B - author Barry Lyga
C - ch Connie
D - ch Jasper Dent
E - ch Detective Erickson
G - ch Howie Gersten
H - ch Howie Gersten
I - title
J - ch Jasper Dent
L - author Barry Lyga
M - ch Melissa Hoover
T - ch G. William Tanner
Triwizard Tournament:
1 - double L in title
? 60 - eerie/scary cover
86 - MPG Crime
91 - Ginny is their drama teacher
93 - MPG Mystery
94 - someone dies
112 - G. William tries to protect Jazz
140 - multiple people die
Book: Murderous MuffinsAuthor: Lois Lavrisa
Pages: 168
Read: 6th August 2018
Characters: Bezu, Cat, Mr Phong, Lily, Frank, Luiz, Joseph, Jose
TWT: 114 - bottle on cover
Book: Frankie B - The Ghost Ship - A paranormal witch cozy mystery
Author: Andrene Low
Pages: 160
Read: 7th August 2018
TWT
34 - ghost in title
Completion PostBook: Cruel & Unusual
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Date Read: 8th August 2018
Pages: 407
BOM/BR: No
Letters:
B (character, Benton Wesley)
C (author)
F (character, Lucy Farinelli)
G (character, Nicholas Grueman)
K (character, Kay Scarpetta)
L (character, Lucy Farinelli)
M (character, Pete Marino)
N (character, Nicholas Grueman)
P (author)
R (character, Ronnie Joe Waddell)
S (character, Kay Scarpetta)
T (character, TN McGovern)
W (character, Benton Wesley)
TWT:
140 Read a book multiple people die (6 named murder victims, 1 prisoner subjected to death penalty)
Book: Girls Burn Brighter
Author: Shobha Rao
Date Read: 8th August 2018
Pages: 304
BOM/BR: No
Letters:
G (title)
M (character, Mohan)
P (character, Poornima)
R (author)
S (author)
TWT:
Nothing fits that well
AugustCompletion Post
Book Read: Metro Girl | Janet Evanovich
Date Completed: 07-Aug-2018
Pages: 374
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated
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Characters:
A: Alex Barnaby
B: Barnaby, Alex
C: Crocker, Jude
E: Author E
F: Flores, Rosa
G: Gimpy
H: Hugo
I: Ibarra, Felicia
J: Author J
L: Luis Salazar
M: Title M
R: Rosa Flores
S: Sam Hooker
T: Todd
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Tri Wizard Tasks
46 - Read a book MPG Humour - Humour - 134 users
93 - Read a book MPG Mystery - Mystery - 519 users
94 - Read a book where someone dies - (view spoiler)
112 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone - Alex tries to protect her brother Bill
135 - Read a book where the characters are under siege - Alex was under seige by Luis' men throughout the novel
Completion Post
Read: Double Whammy
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Date: 8/3/2018
Pages: 404 Pages
Characters: R.J. Decker, Clinton Tyree (aka Skink)
Setting: Coon Bog, Florida (United States); New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
Completion Post
Read: A Piece of the World
Author: Christina Baker Kline
Date: 8/6/2018
Pages: 309 Pages
Characters: Christina Olson, Andrew Wyeth, Al Olson, Betsy Wyeth
Setting: Cushing, Maine
Completion Post
Read: Young Jane Young
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Date: 8/6/2018
Pages: 304 Pages
Characters: Aviva Grossman, Ruby Young, Aaron Levin
Setting: Florida, Maine
(Works for E)Book: Throne of Glass
Date Read: 8/8/18
Author: Sarah J Maas
Pages: 404
MC names: Elena, Celeana Sardothian, Chaol Westfell, Nehemia Ytger, Cain, Dorian Havilliard, Kaltain
(Can work for the characters or can try and fit into the TWT later)
Completion Post
Book: Song of the Navigator
Author: Astrid Amara
Date Read: 06/08/18
Pages: 224
Characters: Tover Duke, Cruz Arcadio
TWT: Read a book with “Song” in the title
Book: Body and Soul
Author: Jordan Castillo Price
Date Read: 06/08/18
Pages: 125
Characters: Victor Bayne, Jacob Marks, Lisa Gutierrez, Crash, Bob Zigler
TWT: 125 Read a book that is #3 in a series
Book: Secrets
Author: Jordan Castillo Price
Date Read: 07/08/18
Pages: 125
Characters: Victor Bayne, Jacob Marks, Lisa Gutierrez, Crash, Bob Zigler
Book: Blackbird in the Reeds
Author: Sam Burns
Date Read: 07/08/18
Pages: 188
Characters: Devon Murphy, Wade Hunter, Maria, Jesse
TWT: 83 Read a book a bird on the cover
Completion PostBook: Black Notice
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Date Read: 9th August 2018
Pages: 441
BOM/BR: No
Letters:
A (character, Rene Anderson)
B (title)
C (author)
F (character, Lucy Farinelli)
J (character, Jo Sanders)
K (character, Kay Scarpetta)
L (character, Lucy Farinelli)
M (character, Pete Marino)
P (author)
R (character, Rene Anderson)
S (character, Kay Scarpetta)
T (character, Jay Talley)
TWT:
51 Read a book with a wolf on the cover
140 Read a book multiple people die (3 named murder victims, 7 unnamed murder victims)
Completion Post
Read: When Darkness Comes
Author: Alexandra Ivy
Date: 8/9/2018
Pages: 359 Pages
Characters: Abby Barlow, Dante Alighieri
Setting: United States of America
Lemonade and Lies (Peridale #2) by Agatha Frost
Date read: Aug 9
Pages: 222
Characters:
A - author
B - ch Barker Brown
F - author
J - ch Julia South
K - ch Katie Wellington-South
L - title
P - series name
S - ch Julia South
W - ch Katie Wellington-South
TWT:
30 - lemonade on cover
33 - half the town attends a garden party
93 - MPG Mystery
94 - (view spoiler) dies
96 - (view spoiler) gets rescued
Completion:
Book: Bloodfever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Page: 337
Date: 8/9/18
MC: Mac Lane, Jericho Barrons, Dani O'Malley, Malucce, V'lane
TWT: MPG Paranormal
Book: Witness in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 372
Date Read: August 8, 2018
Characters: Eve Dallas, Roarke, Delia Peabody, Ryan Feeney, Charlotte Mira, Ian McNab, Nadine Furst
TW Tasks:
- Read a book with "Death" in the title
- Read a book with your favorite romantic couple (Eve & Roarke)
- Read a book with a funeral (Eve goes to a funeral of an actor whose murder she is investigating)
- Read a book multiple people die (two murders happen during novel)
Book: Space Opera
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Pages: 304
Date Read: August 9, 2018
Characters: Decibel Jones, Oort, Nessuno Uuf
TW Tasks:
- Read a book where the main character is a musician (Decibel is singer in a band)
- Read a book where the title starts with S
- Read a book MPG Humour
- Read a book "opal" in the text ("...a fluffy black opal pangolin..." pg.167)
- Read a book where someone has a baby (view spoiler)
Book: All Your Perfects
Author: Colleen Hoover
Pages: 320
Date Read: August 10, 2018
Characters: Quinn, Graham, Ava
TW Tasks:
- Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” (51 as wishlist, can it work?)
- Read a book where the title is pink (not sure about the color, it looks pinkish to me)
- Read a book where someone has a baby (Quinn's sister Ava has a baby)
Book: The Miseducation of Cameron PostAuthor: Emily M. Danforth
Pages: 470
Date Read: 9th August
Characters: Cameron Post :) Ruth, Jamie, Lindsay, Adam, Mark
TW Tasks:
Woods on cover
Could also be good for the YA square given it starts and ends with T
Completion:
Faefever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 352
Date: 8/10/18
MC: Mac Lane, Jericho Barrons, V'lane, Dani O'Malley, Rowena
TWT: Multiple people live together
Read August 10 2018
Pages 190
TWT
13 Read a book with a predominately green cover
Completion:
Book: Dreamfever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 400
Date: 8/10/18
MC: Mac Lane, Jericho Barrons, Rowena, Dani O'Malley, Kat, Ryodan, Darrok, V'lane
TWT: Read a book where the characters are under siege
AugustCompletion Post
Book Read: Into the Water | Paula Hawkins
Date Completed: 10-Aug-2018
Pages: 400
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated
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Characters:
A: Abbott, Jules
C: Cannon, Robbie
D: Danielle Abbott
E: Erin Morgan
G: Genie
H: Author H
I: Title I
J: Jules Abbott
K: Katie Whittaker
L: Louise Whittaker
M: Morgan, Erin
N: Nickie Sage
P: Author P
R: Robbie Cannon
S: Sean Townsend
T: Townsend, Sean
W: Whittaker, Louise
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Tri Wizard Tasks
19 - Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” - MPG: 'Wish-list' - 87 users
30 - Read a book something to drink on the cover - Water on the cover
76 - Read a book with water on the cover - Water on the cover
91 - Read a book with a teacher character - Helen Townsend is a headmistress.
112 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone - (view spoiler)
120 - Read a book where one of the main characters dies - (view spoiler) dies which propels the story forward.
128 - Read a book that has a story/tale within the novel - Story of the 'Drowning Pool'
129 - Read a book with a funeral - (view spoiler) funeral
140 - Read a book multiple people die - The book is filled with people dying.
Completion PostBook: The Word Is Murder
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Date Read: 10th August 2018
Pages: 390
BOM/BR: No
Letters:
A (author)
C (character, Diana Cowper)
D (character, Diana Cowper)
H (author)
T (title)
W (title)
TWT:
140 Read a book multiple people die (3 named murder victims)
Completion Post
Book: Wolf and the Holly
Author: Sam Burns
Date Read: 10/08/18
Pages: 199
Characters: Jesse Hunter, Sean Anderson, Devon, Wade, Isla
TWT: Read a book with a person on the cover with their hand in their pocket
Read a book with 'Wolf" in the title
Completion Post
Book:Witches of Bourbon Street
Pages: 272
Read Aug 11 2018
TWT
31 Read a book with a cauldron on the cover
Book Pies & PerilAuthor: Janel Gradowski
Date read: 9th August 2018
Pages: 196
TWT - pink title, predominately pink cover
Book: The Travelling Cat ChroniclesAuthor: Hiro Arikawa
Read: 11/8/18
Pages: 238
Characters: Nana, Satoru, Yoshima, Kakuro
TWT: Cat on cover,
Completion
El Bestiario de Axlin by Laura Gallego García
Date read: August 12
Pages: 512
Characters
A - Character Axlin
B - Character Bexari
D - Character Draxan
E - Title
G - Author Laura Gallego
K - Character Kinaxi
L - Author Laura Gallego
O - Character Oxis
P - Character Prixia
R - Character Rox
U - Character Ulrix
X - Character Xein
Y - Character Yarlax
TWT
28 - Read a book with a deadly weapon on the cover: Crossbow on cover
94 - Read a book where someone dies: Pax dies
112 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone: Xein tries to protect Axlin
127 - Read a book with brothers: Lexis and Loxan are brothers
A Sweet PossibilityAuthor: Natalie Charles
Pages: 267
Read: 12th August 2018
Characters: Jessie, Nate
TWT - 89, 90, 114
Book: The End of OzDate Read: 8/12/18
Author: Danielle Paige
Pages: 304
MC names: Ozma, Dorothy, Glinda, Nox, Mombi, Amy Gum, Madison Pendleton, Nome King
AugustCompletion Post
Book Read: They do it with Mirrors | Agatha Christie
Date Completed: 12-Aug-2018
Pages: 218
Points: 20
Challenge Shelf updated
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Characters:
A: Author A
B: Bellever, Juliet
C: Author C
E: Edgar Lawson
G: Gina
H: Hudd, Walter
J: Jane Marple
L: Lewis Serrocold
M: Marple, Jane
P: Pippa
R: Ruth van Rydock
S: Serracold, Lewis
T: Title T
W: Walter Hudd
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Tri Wizard Tasks
18 - Read a book with a mirror on the cover - Mirror on the Cover
30 - Read a book something to drink on the cover - Liquid medicine bottle
109 - Read a book with something broken on the cover - Broken mirror
120 - Read a book where one of the main characters dies - (view spoiler) dies which propels the story forward.
127 - Read a book with brothers - Stephen and Alex Restarick
131 - Read a book with lots of people staying in one home - Carrie Louise, Lewis, Mildred, Gina, Walter, Stephen, Alex, Edgar all live in one house.
140 - Read a book multiple people die - The book is filled with people dying.
Book: Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox
Author: Forthright
Pages: 347
Date Read: 13. Aug. 2018.
Characters: Sansa, Argent, Tsumiko Hajime, Gingko,
TW Tasks:
- phoenix in text “Hope your brother doesn’t mind having a phoenix for life“” pg 84
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The Selection
Author: Kierra Cass
Pages: 339
Date: 8/6/18
Works for: Maze