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BOOKS READ: Gilderoy Lockhart
Completed:
Darkfever
Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 382
Date: 7/31/18
Characters: Mac Lane, Jericho Barrons, V'lane, Patrick O'Duffy, Maluce, Fiona
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Book: Will & Patrick Wake Up Married
Author: Leta Blake
Date Read: 31/07/18
Pages: 107
Characters: Will Patterson, Patrick McCloud, Jenny, Eleanora
Book: The Wicked Will RiseDate Read: 7/31/18
Author: Danielle Paige
Pages: 320
MC names: Ozma, Dorothy, Glinda, Nox, Pete, Mombi, Lulu, Maude, Ollie, Amy Gum, Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man, Bright
Task: Tri-Wizard SS, Task 1 - Defeat the Troll - Read a book with a double L in the title
JulyCompletion Post
Book Read: The Mistake I Made | Paula Daly
Date Completed: 31-Jul-2018
Pages: 368
Buddy Read: Discussion Post (Initial)
Points: 40+30 = 70
Challenge Shelf updated
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Characters:
C: Celia
D: Dennis
E: Elias, Scott
G: George
H: Henry
N: Nadine
P: Petra
R: Roz Toovey
S: Scott Elias
T: Toovey, Roz
V: Vincent
W: Wayne
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Tri Wizard Tasks
33 - Read a book where the characters attend a party - Elias' have a 25th wedding anniversary
86 - Read a book MPG Crime - MPG: Crime - 5 users
89 - Read a book with a predominately pink cover - My Pink (Pink) - 46.5%
93 - Read a book MPG Mystery - MPG: Mystery - 20 users
94 - Read a book where someone dies - (view spoiler)
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Date read: July 31
Pages: 394
BR: started - finished
Characters:
A - ch Amma Crellin
C - ch Camille Preaker
F - author Gillian Flynn
G - author Gillian Flynn
J - ch John Keene
K - ch John Keene
P - ch Camille Preaker
R - ch Richard Willis
S - title Sharp Objects
W - ch Richard Willis
Triwizard Tournament:
15 - title starts with S
19 - tagged 104x 'wish-list'
? 28 - deadly weapon? x) LOL
32 - P + J in title
33 - characters attend party
86 - MPG Mystery > Crime
93 - MPG Mystery
96 - pretty sure you could say Camille gets rescued by the police
129 - Natalie's funeral
133 - Camille is going back home (where she grew up) to write about two murders/child abductions
Completion post (Pre- TriWizard)Book: The Diviners
Author: Libba Bray
Date Read: 7.27.18
Pages: 578
Characters:Jericho Jones, Evie O'Neill, Will "Unc" Fitzgerald, Theta Knight, Memphis Campbell, Sam Lloyd, Mabel Rose
Book: Scythe
Author:Neal Shusterman
Date Read: 7.27.18
Pages: 435
Characters: Citra Terranova, Scythe Faraday, Tyger Salazar, Rowan Damisch
Book: Buffalo Soldier
Author: Maurice Broaddus
Date Read: 7.27.18
Pages: 144
Characters: Desmond Coke, Lij, Cayt Siringo
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Completion post Book: Notes on a Nervous Planet
Author: Matt Haig
Date Read: 1st Aug 18
Pages: 310
Characters: Non fic so none
Tri Wizard: Sorcerers Stone Task 1 - 5 words in title or Troll in text
Completion
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
Date read: August 1
Pages: audio, but 358 by default
Characters
A - Author Adriane Mather
E - Character Elijah
H - title
J - Character Jaxon
M - Author Mather
S - Character Sam
V - Character Vivian
TWT
-Read a book with Witch in the title
-Characters Attend to a Party: Chapter 30
-MPG Paranormal
- Water in cover (?)
-Someone dies (chapter 34)
-There's a "rescue", Sam rescues(view spoiler)
La barraca
Author: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Date read: 2.8.18
Pages: 124
TWT
87 - Read a book where someone goes on trial
94 - Read a book where someone dies
129 - Read a book with a funeral
Dora, I'm thinking we use this for on trial. Can you give some more details of how it fits? Who goes on trial?
Holiday Games by Jaci Burton
Pages 147
Read: August 2 2018
TWT
2 Read a book with a baseball bat on the cover
Book: [Book:Sky In The Deep]Date Read: 8/2/18
Author: Adrienne Young
Pages: 340 pages
MC names: Eelyn, Fiske, Iri, Mira, Halvard, Aghi, Runa
Completion Post
Read: First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low
Author: Ginger Wadsworth
Date: 8/2/2018
Pages: 224 Pages
Characters: Juliette Gordon Low, Robert Baden-Powell, William Mackay Low, Sarah Alice Gordon, William Washington Gordon III, Mabel McLane Gordon, George Arthur Gordon, Margaret "Daisy Doots" Gordon, Nellie Kinzie Gordon,
Setting: Savannah, Georgia; London, England; New York City, New York; Glen Lyon, Scotland;
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Book: Playing to Win
Author: Avery Cockburn
Date Read: 02/08/18
Pages: 361
Characters: Colin MacDuff, Andrew Sunderland, Liam, Robert, Fergus, John, Katie
TWT: 33 - Read a book where the characters attend a party
Alison wrote: "Dora, I'm thinking we use this for on trial. Can you give some more details of how it fits? Who goes on trial?"Hello Alison, no problem:
87 - Read a book where someone goes on trial - MC goes on trial because of stealing
Dora wrote: "Alison wrote: "Dora, I'm thinking we use this for on trial. Can you give some more details of how it fits? Who goes on trial?"Hello Alison, no problem:
87 - Read a book where someone goes on tri..."
Thank you, that'll work :)
Completion PostBook: The Mermaid
Author: Christina Henry
Date Read: 02/08/18
Pages: 321
Characters: Amelia, Levy, PT Barnum, Jack, Charity
TWT: 85 - MC is a lawyer (Levy is a lawyer), 73 - Mermaid, 94, 96, 112
Book: Yellow Brick WarDate Read: 8/2/18
Author: Danielle Paige
Pages: 304
MC names: Ozma, Dorothy, Glinda, Nox, Mombi, Amy Gum, Madison Pendleton, Nome King
Book: White Hot
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 416
Date Read: 1. Aug. 2018.
Characters: Nevada Baylor, Connor Rogan, Augustine Montgomery, Penelope, Frida, Catalina, Arabella, Bern, Leon, Cornelius Harrison, Matilda Harrison
TWT Tasks:
- Read a book MPG Paranormal
- Read a book with your favorite romantic couple
- Read a book with "White" in the title
- Read a book with lots of people staying in one home (Baylor family is huge and they all live together(mom, granma, 3 daughters, 2 cousins))
- Read a book multiple people die (a couple of fight scenes where bad guys are killed)
Book: Wildfire
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 400
Date Read: 2. Aug. 2018.
Characters: Nevada Baylor, Connor Rogan, Augustine Montgomery, Penelope, Frida, Catalina, Arabella, Bern, Leon, Cornelius Harrison, Matilda Harrison
TWT Tasks:
- Read a book with a predominately purple cover
- Read a book MPG Paranormal
- Read a book with your favorite romantic couple
- Read a book with a large battle (Nevada & Connor with friends, family, small army attack enemies house. Huge battle.)
Book: That Guy
Author: Kim Jones
Pages: 304
Date Read: 4. Aug. 2018.
Characters: Penelope Hurt, Jack Swagger
TWT Tasks:
- Read 2 books with similar covers - Book 1 (i think we could find similar)
- Read a book MPG Humour
Book BlackoutDate Read 2nd August
Author Ragnar Jonasson
Pages 247
MC and Secondary characters FN and LN and Nickname Ari Thor Arason, Tomas, Kristin, Elias Freysson, Isrun, Hlynur
Completion
Because Yopu Love to Hate Me by Ameriie
Date read: August 3
Pages: 368
Characters
A - Author Ameriie
B - Title
TWT
19 -Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish”: Tagged 51 times as Wishlist
43 -Read a book with a predominately purple cover: more than 50% violet according to tineye
68 - Read a book with a Dragon in the book: 77% "You have to be in charge of telling your own story. And sometimes the princess needs to get off her ass, pick up a sword, and slay the dragon herself."
94 -Read a book where someone dies: Jack dies (first story)
140 -Read a book multiple people die: story "You, You it's all about You", the protagonist kills multiple people
AugustCompletion Post
Book Read: Ten Thousand Skies Above You | Claudia Gray
Date Completed: 02-Aug-2018
Pages: 448
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated
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Characters:
A: Alexander
B: Beck, Theo
C: Connley, Wyatt
H: Henry Caine
J: Josephine Caine
K: Katya
M: Marguerite Caine
P: Paul Markov
R: Ramola
S: Sophia Kovalenka
T: Theo Beck
V: Vladimir
W: Wyatt Connley
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Tri Wizard Tasks
53 - Read a book with time travel - The MCs travel between dimensions, across different times
96 - Read a book where there is a "rescue" - (view spoiler)
124 - Read a book with a number in the title - Ten and Thousand in the title.
Completion Post
Book: In Other Words...Murder
Author: Josh Lanyon
Date Read: 03/08/18
Pages: 215
Characters: Christopher Holmes, J.X. Moriarity
TWT: 36 - Read a book where they celebrate Halloween - MCs go to a Halloween Hootenanny (like a fair). It was a little before the 31st though, so not sure it works?
Completion PostBook: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Author: Cary Elwes
Read: 4th August
Pages: 276
Characters: Not really
Tri Wizard: Sword on cover, deadly weapon on cover, attend a party
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Date read: Aug 4
Pages: 356
BOM: own DQs - DQs answered
Characters:
A - ch Jules Abbott
E - ch Erin Morgan
H - author Paula Hawkins
I - title
J - ch Jules Abbott
L - ch Lena Abbott
M - ch Erin Morgan
N - ch Nickie
P - author Paula Hawkins
S - ch Sean Townsend
T - ch Sean Townsend
W - Louise Whittaker
Triwizard Tournament:
19 - tagged wish-list 87 times
? 58 - woods on cover
? 60 - eerie/scary cover
76 - water on cover
87 - (view spoiler) went on trial
91 - Helen is head teacher
92 - MPG Mystery
? 97 - Nickie is a psychic
112 - (view spoiler)
128 - stories about the Drowning Pool
129 - Nel's funeral
trees are mirrored in the water on the cover, but I doubt that works as 'mirror' lol
Completion
Las Aventuras de Pinocho by Carlo Collodi
Date read: August 5
Pages: 256
Characters
A - Title : Aventuras
C - Author Carlo Collodi
G - Character Gepetto
L - Title Las
M - Character Mechita
P - Character Pinocho
TWT
48 - Read a book with a hat on the cover: Pinocho's hat
83 - Read a book a bird on the cover
Completion
Pájaro de Medianoche by Alice Hoffman
Date read: August 3
Pages: 200
Characters
A - Author
C - Character Collie Montgomery
F - Character Twig Fowler
H - Author
I - Character Ian
L - Character Larch
M - Character Collie Montgomery
P - Title
R - Character Ian Rose
S - Character Shelton
T - Character Twig
TWT
32 - Read a book with a P and a J in the title
49 - Read a book with a moon on the cover
Completion PostBook: Parable of the Sower
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Date Read: 1st August 2018
Pages: 345
BOM/BR: No
Letters:
B (author)
D (character, Travis Douglas)
H (character, Harry Balter)
L (character, Lauren Olamina)
M (character, Zahra Moss)
N (character, Natividad)
O (author)
P (title)
T (character, Travis Douglas)
Z (character, Zahra Moss)
Completion postBook: Sea Witch
Author: Sarah Henning
Read: 5th Aug
Pages: 368
Characters: Anna, Nik, Evelyn, Iker
TWT:
25 - Witch in title
73 - Mermaids
112 - Evie tries to protect everyone
120 - Main character dies
140 - Multiple people die
Book: Every Heart a Doorway
Author: Seanan McGuire
Read: 5th August
Pages: 169
Characters: Umm I was listening on audio so not sure of spelling but Kade/Cade, Nancy, Jack & Jill, Sumi, Lorelei, Angela
TWT:
58 - woods on cover
78 - riddle in the text - Sumi tends to speak in riddles
103 - teacher main character
112 - headmistress tries to protect the students
120 - main character dies (kinda spoilery so not putting it here)
131 - Lots of people staying within one home (it's a boarding school)
133 - Character goes home (spoilery)
140 - Multiple people die
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LOL! Why, isn't it June that's currently running? :P
Naah, that was me having a Monday moment. Updated it to July."
I thought so but didn't want to mess it up
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