BFTP: Pick Your Poison

[Suzanne]

The Lost Challenges
BFTP: Pick Your Poison
Duration: 4/1/2023 - 3/31/2024 (One Year From Start Date)

Progress: 9 out of 12

How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

The author name chain cannot be broken. You must link all of the authors.

Example:
Ellery Adams
Annette Blair
Bailey Cates
Cleo Coyle
Charlaine Harris
Holly Black etc.

1. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
2. Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - **** - 4/12/2023 - 271 Pages
3. The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - **** - 7/15/2023 - 216 Pages
4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - ***** - 7/19/2023 - 400 Pages
5. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - **** - 10/7/2023 - 336 Pages
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - ***** - 10/18/2023 - 323 Pages
7. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - ***** - 11/15/2023 - 461 Pages
8. When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal - **** - 1/13/2024 - 348 Pages
9. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade - *** - 5/30/2024 - 409 Pages
10. Authors First Name Starts with D
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12.


Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over. (hide spoiler)]

[JoAnne]

Welcome Suzanne!

[Mary-Megan]

Pick Your Poison
Duration: 8/15/22 - 8/14/23
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

√ 1. The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis (8/30)
√ 2. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman (9/9)
√ 3. Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez (11/19)
√ 4. Sweet Home Alaska by Jennifer Snow (12/27)
√5. Heartbreaker by Sarah Maclean (2/24)
√ 6. Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue (9/23)
√ 7. Wedding Season by Michelle Major (11/8)
√ 8. The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin (2/13)
√ 9. Burn You Twice by Mary Burton (4/11)
√ 10. The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis (8/8)
√ 11. House of Shadows by Darcy Coates (2/28)
√ 12. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand (12/9)

[JoAnne]

Welcome Mary-Megan!

[Frankie]

Pick Your Poison (Third Round)
Duration: February 22, 2022-February 21, 2023

12/12 Completed. Finished

01.Sawyer Bennett-Code Name: Rook 2/24/22
02.Beth Flynn-Tarnished Soul 3/04/22
03.Fiona Roarke-You've Got Aliens 5/22/22
04.Rebecca Yarros-Reason to Believe 6/29/22
05.Yasmin Angoe-Her Name Is Knight 6/29/22
06.Amber Kelly-Crazy Hearts 7/02/22
07.Kelly Elliott-Love at First Sight 7/10/22
08.Elle Gray-A Perfect Wife 8/05/22
09.Giana Darling-When Heroes Fall 9/15/22
10.Daya Daniels-Blue: A Love Story on the Bermuda Shores 9/19/22
11.Debra Webb-Impulse 10/08/22
12.Willow Rose-Black Jack 10/15/22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie!

[Joyce]

FINISHED

Pick Your Poison
Duration: One Year From Start Date
5/19/2022 -5/18/2023

1. KC -No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole 8/28/22
2. CM -One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 8/19/22
3.MJ -The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
4. JS - The Kaiju Preservati5on Society by John Scalzi 8/8/22
5. SS- The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James 6/27/22
6. SM-Venom & Vanilla by Shannon Mayer 6/26/22
7.MB-I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley 7/2/22
8.BA -Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch 9/7/22
9. AJ-Grave Secrets by Alice James 9/23/22
10. JR -Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb 11/5/22
11. RA -Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin 10/23/22
12. AN-Evermore by Alyson Noel 10/14/22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Joyce!

[Karen]

Pick Your Poison
Duration: One Year From Start Date
Feb 15, 2023 - Feb 15, 2024

How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

The author name chain cannot be broken. You must link all of the authors.


Example:
Ellery Adams
Annette Blair
Bailey Cates
Cleo Coyle
Charlaine Harris
Holly Black etc.

Progress 2/12


1. Lynette Eason - Critical Threat (2/18/23)
2. Elizabeth Goddard - Wilderness Reunion (3/17/23)
3. Gayla K. Hiss - Avalanche
4. Hallee Bridgeman -
5. Beth K. Vogt -
6. Virginia Vaughan -
7. Valerie Hansen -
8. Hazel Smith - Twisted Wedding
9. Shirlee McCoy -
10. Mary Alford -
11. Amelia Cobb - The Giggly Giraffe
12. Colleen Coble -

[JoAnne]

Welcome Karen!

[Genevieve]

Can I restart this one please
Pick Your Poison
Duration: One Year From Start Date
5/19/2023 -5/18/2024
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

1. Tart and Sweet by Amy Lane 5/31/2023
2. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett 7/12/2023
3. Secrets & Lies by Brooke Blaine 9/15/2023
4. All I Want for Christmas... Is My Sister's Boyfriend by Brooke Blaine 9/26/2023
5. Danger Zone by Brooke Blaine 9/27/2023
6. Need for Speed by Brooke Blaine 9/28/2023
7. Classified by Brooke Blaine 10/16/2023
8. Viper by Brooke Blaine 12/6/2023
9. An Affair In Paris by Brooke Blaine 1/5/2024
10. A Little Bit like Desire by Brooke Blaine 3/27/2024
11. A New Beginning by Brenda Kennedy 4/22/2024
12. Peach Clobber by Karen MacInerney 5/17/2024

[JoAnne]

Welcome Genevieve!

[Frankie]

Pick Your Poison (Fourth Round)
Duration: June 17, 2022-June 16, 2024

12/12 Completed. Finished

01.Roxie Rivera-Danila 6/17/23
02.Ryan Michele-Bound by Passion (Ravage MC #20): A Motorcycle Club Romance 6/18/23
03.Mary Stone-Storm's Justice 6/23/23
04.Sarina Bowen-A Little Too Late 7/03/23
05.Becki Willis-Stipulations and Complications 7/22/23
06.Willow Rose-Too Pretty to Die 8/18/23
07.Rylie Dark-Behind You 9/13/23
08.Debra Webb-The Dying Room 10/21/23
09.Willow Aster-Unforgettable 12/08/23
10.Alexandria House-Let Me Hold You 12/10/23
11.Helena Newbury-Guarded 1/20/24
12.Nick Russell-Big Lake Lynching 1/26/24

[JoAnne]

Welcome Frankie!

[Mary-Megan]

Finished in the under the wire...

Pick Your Poison
Duration: 8/15/22 - 8/14/23
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

√ 1. The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis (8/30)
√ 2. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman (9/9)
√ 3. Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez (11/19)
√ 4. Sweet Home Alaska by Jennifer Snow (12/27)
√5. Heartbreaker by Sarah Maclean (2/24)
√ 6. Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue (9/23)
√ 7. Wedding Season by Michelle Major (11/8)
√ 8. The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin (2/13)
√ 9. Burn You Twice by Mary Burton (4/11)
√ 10. The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis (8/8)
√ 11. House of Shadows by Darcy Coates (2/28)
√ 12. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand (12/9)

[JoAnne]

Amazing Mary-Megan!

[Mary-Megan]

I thought I had already started a post to go a second round...ah well, here we go again...

Pick Your Poison
Duration: 8/14/23 - 8/13/24
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

√ 1. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (8/17)
√ 2. Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands (8/17)
√ 3. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (10/19)
√ 4. Cress by Marissa Meyer (7/29)
√ 5. The Sweetheart Fix by Miranda Liasson (8/24)
√ 6. Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry (8/1)
√ 7. Talulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak (9/29)
√ 8. A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña (12/17)
√ 9. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (11/17)
√ 10. Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman (11/10)
√ 11. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan (3/22)
√ 12. I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole (7/5)

[JoAnne]

Welcome again Mary-Megan!! :)

[Frankie]

Pick Your Poison (Fourth Round)
Duration: June 17, 2022-June 16, 2024

12/12 Completed. Finished

01.Roxie Rivera-Danila 6/17/23
02.Ryan Michele-Bound by Passion (Ravage MC #20): A Motorcycle Club Romance 6/18/23
03.Mary Stone-Storm's Justice 6/23/23
04.Sarina Bowen-A Little Too Late 7/03/23
05.Becki Willis-Stipulations and Complications 7/22/23
06.Willow Rose-Too Pretty to Die 8/18/23
07.Rylie Dark-Behind You 9/13/23
08.Debra Webb-The Dying Room 10/21/23
09.Willow Aster-Unforgettable 12/08/23
10.Alexandria House-Let Me Hold You 12/10/23
11.Helena Newbury-Guarded 1/20/24
12.Nick Russell-Big Lake Lynching 1/26/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie!

[Sheila]

FINISHED
Pick Your Poison
Duration: 2/1/24 - 1/31/25
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

1) Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson 2/2/24
2) At Your Door by J.P. Carter 2/6/24
3) Plain Murder by C.S. Forester 2/8/24
4) Hillary's Back! by Faith Martin 2/10/24
5) The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham 3/15/24
6) The Prisoner by B.A. Paris 3/23/24
7) A Mind to Murder by P.D. James 4/3/24
8) The Passengers by John Marrs 4/24/24
9) The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark 6/8/24
10) The Islanders by Caroline Mitchell 6/15/24
11) Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett 6/26/24
12) The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter 8/26/24

[JoAnne]

Welcome Sheila!

[Vanessa]

I'd like to come back for Round 3!

Pick Your Poison (Round 3)
Duration: 2/1/24 - 1/31/25
Build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

1. Brian Evenson- No Matter Which Way We Turned 2/13/24
2. Emily Carroll - Through the Woods3/25/24
3. Calvin Kasulke - Several People Are Typing 6/2/24
4. Kousuke Oono - The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 6/2/24
5. Ottessa Moshfegh - McGlue 6/14/24
6. Megan Abbott - Give Me Your Hand 7/16/24
7. Agatha Christie - 4:50 from Paddington by 8/29/24
8. Charlaine Harris - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse 9/16/24
9. Henry James - The Ghostly Rental 1/30/25
10. Jeffery Deaver - The Debriefing 1/31/25
11. Dean Koontz - The Praying Mantis Bride 1/31/25
12. Kellye Garrett - One Lucky Subscriber 1/31/25

[JoAnne]

Welcome again Vanessa!

[Sheila]

Quick question - can you use the same author more than once within the 12?

[JoAnne]

Sheila wrote: "Quick question - can you use the same author more than once within the 12?"

Sure! Nothing in the rules about it. :)

[Sheila]

Me again with another question. If I read a Mary Higgins Clark should the next author start H or C?

[JoAnne]

Sheila wrote: "Me again with another question. If I read a Mary Higgins Clark should the next author start H or C?"

I looked on her page and they use Clark as the last - like saying Clark's.... so C. :)

[Genevieve]

FINISHED

Can I restart this one please
Pick Your Poison
Duration: One Year From Start Date
5/19/2023 -5/18/2024
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

1. Tart and Sweet by Amy Lane 5/31/2023
2. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett 7/12/2023
3. Secrets & Lies by Brooke Blaine 9/15/2023
4. All I Want for Christmas... Is My Sister's Boyfriend by Brooke Blaine 9/26/2023
5. Danger Zone by Brooke Blaine 9/27/2023
6. Need for Speed by Brooke Blaine 9/28/2023
7. Classified by Brooke Blaine 10/16/2023
8. Viper by Brooke Blaine 12/6/2023
9. An Affair In Paris by Brooke Blaine 1/5/2024
10. A Little Bit like Desire by Brooke Blaine 3/27/2024
11. A New Beginning by Brenda Kennedy 4/22/2024
12. Peach Clobber by Karen MacInerney 5/17/2024

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Genevieve!

[Mary-Megan]

Finished Round Two!

Pick Your Poison
Duration: 8/14/23 - 8/13/24
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

√ 1. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (8/17)
√ 2. Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands (8/17)
√ 3. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (10/19)
√ 4. Cress by Marissa Meyer (7/29)
√ 5. The Sweetheart Fix by Miranda Liasson (8/24)
√ 6. Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry (8/1)
√ 7. Talulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak (9/29)
√ 8. A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña (12/17)
√ 9. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (11/17)
√ 10. Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman (11/10)
√ 11. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan (3/22)
√ 12. I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole (7/5)

[Mary-Megan]

Onto Round 3!

Pick Your Poison
Duration: 8/7/24 - 8/6/25
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

1. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (8/21)
2. Winter by Marissa Meyer (8/16)
3. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin (10/15)
4. The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan (11/8)
5. The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan (12/17)
6. Highlander's Curse by Melissa Mayhue (1/16)
7. The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne by Madeline Hunter (2/19)
8. The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport (3/24)
9. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (5/14)
10. What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age by Renée Rosen (7/5)
11. Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn /Solomon (7/31)
12. Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler (8/12)

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO and Welcome Mary-Megan!

[Sheila]

FINISHED
Pick Your Poison
Duration: 2/1/24 - 1/31/25
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

1) Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson 2/2/24
2) At Your Door by J.P. Carter 2/6/24
3) Plain Murder by C.S. Forester 2/8/24
4) Hillary's Back! by Faith Martin 2/10/24
5) The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham 3/15/24
6) The Prisoner by B.A. Paris 3/23/24
7) A Mind to Murder by P.D. James 4/3/24
8) The Passengers by John Marrs 4/24/24
9) The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark 6/8/24
10) The Islanders by Caroline Mitchell 6/15/24
11) Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett 6/26/24
12) The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter 8/26/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Sheila!

[Vanessa]

FINISHED ROUND 3

Pick Your Poison (Round 3)
Duration: 2/1/24 - 1/31/25

12/12

1. Brian Evenson- No Matter Which Way We Turned 2/13/24
2. Emily Carroll - Through the Woods3/25/24
3. Calvin Kasulke - Several People Are Typing 6/2/24
4. Kousuke Oono - The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 6/2/24
5. Ottessa Moshfegh - McGlue 6/14/24
6. Megan Abbott - Give Me Your Hand 7/16/24
7. Agatha Christie - 4:50 from Paddington by 8/29/24
8. Charlaine Harris - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse 9/16/24
9. Henry James - The Ghostly Rental 1/30/25
10. Jeffery Deaver - The Debriefing 1/31/25
11. Dean Koontz - The Praying Mantis Bride 1/31/25
12. Kellye Garrett - One Lucky Subscriber 1/31/25

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Vanessa!

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

Pick Your Poison
Duration: April 9, 2025 - April 9, 2026

Chain 12/12
The author name chain cannot be broken. You must link all of the authors.

1. L.G. Davis
The New Marriage | 04.14.25
2. Diane Chamberlain
The Silent Sister | 04.16.2025
3. Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark | 04.17.2025
4. Heather M. Orgeron
Boomerangers | 04.20.2025
5. Olivia Worley
So Happy Together | 04.21.2025
6. Willow Aster
Mad Love | 04.27.2025
7. Allie Everhart
The Jerk in Apartment 1B | 04.29
8. Emma Straub
This Time Tomorrow | 05.02
9. Sloan Harlow
All We Lost Was Everything | 05.06
10. H.C. Dolores
Limerence | 05.24
11. Danielle Keil
Protect Me Not| 05.28
12. K.D. Aldyn
Sister, Butcher, Sister | 06.05

[JoAnne]

Welcome Angel!

Please add the book's title with the author link. :)

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

Completed 06.05.2025
Pick Your Poison
Duration: April 9, 2025 - April 9, 2026

Chain 12/12
The author name chain cannot be broken. You must link all of the authors.

1. L.G. Davis
The New Marriage | 04.14.25
2. Diane Chamberlain
The Silent Sister | 04.16.2025
3. Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark | 04.17.2025
4. Heather M. Orgeron
Boomerangers | 04.20.2025
5. Olivia Worley
So Happy Together | 04.21.2025
6. Willow Aster
Mad Love | 04.27.2025
7. Allie Everhart
The Jerk in Apartment 1B | 04.29
8. Emma Straub
This Time Tomorrow | 05.02
9. Sloan Harlow
All We Lost Was Everything | 05.06
10. H.C. Dolores
Limerence | 05.24
11. Danielle Keil
Protect Me Not| 05.28
12. K.D. Aldyn
Sister, Butcher, Sister | 06.05

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Angel!

[Laura Z]

Pick Your Poison: 11/12
Duration: One Year From Start Date: July 28, 2025

Build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

💀 1. Sayaka Murata | Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | 08.02.25
💀 2. Michelle Rene | Hour Glass | Michelle Rene | 08.08.25
💀 3. Riley Sager | The Only One Left | Riley Sager | 08.12.25
💀 4. Sabrina Jeffries | Who Wants to Marry a Duke | Sabrina Jeffries | 08.14.25
💀 5. Joshua Sharpe | The Man No One Believed | Joshua Sharpe | 08.17.25
💀 6. Susan Mallery | California Girls | Susan Mallery | 08.18.25
💀 7. Mark Schultz | Foxcatcher | Mark Schultz | 08.20.25
💀 8. Samantha Downing | Too Old for This | Samantha Downing | 08.23.25
💀 9. Danica Nava | Love Is a War Song | Danica Nava | 08.29.25
💀10. Naomi Novik | Buried Deep and Other Stories | Naomi Novik | 09.07.25
💀11. Nicholas Carr | Superbloom | Nicholas Carr | 09.27.25
12. C

[JoAnne]

Welcome Laura!

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

I'm going to do another round...5 years later.
These are 'next in series' reads.


Lost: Pick Poison
1 August 2025 - 31 July 2026

Nalini Singh - Archangel's Lineage
Seanan McGuire - Tricks for Free
Mackenzi Lee - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Leigh Perry - The Skeleton Paints a Picture
Priscilla Oliveras - Kiss Me, Catalina
Olivia Dade - Ship Wrecked
Darynda Jones - Sixth Grave on the Edge
Jenn McKinlay - Book, Line and Sinker
Marjorie M. Liu - Eye of Heaven
Laura Kaye - Hard to Come By
Kelly Gay - The Darkest Edge of Dawn
Genevieve Cogman - The Burning Page

[JoAnne]

Welcome Christina! :)

[Mary-Megan]

Finished Round 3. Was just a few days past my deadline (and then a month past in posting)

Pick Your Poison
Duration: 8/7/24 - 8/6/25
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.

12/12

1. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (8/21)
2. Winter by Marissa Meyer (8/16)
3. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin (10/15)
4. The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan (11/8)
5. The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan (12/17)
6. Highlander's Curse by Melissa Mayhue (1/16)
7. The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne by Madeline Hunter (2/19)
8. The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport (3/24)
9. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (5/14)
10. What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age by Renée Rosen (7/5)
11. Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn /Solomon (7/31)
12. Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler (8/12)

[JoAnne]

It's ok!

WOOHOO Mary-Megan!