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Part 1: I wish the goblins would come and take you away. Right now.
(+5 bonus points if the phrase 'can't remember' appears in the blurb of your chosen book.)
Courtney, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'late' in the title.)
Jacquelyn, Too Late, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book features a step-mother - this must be verifiable in the blurb or at least 2 other people's reviews to count.)
Shae, The Wicked King, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Beatrice, The Kiss Thief, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'wish' in the title.)
Alexia, And I Darken, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Courtney, Our Dark Duet, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Beatrice, Hate Notes, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Alexia, The Final Empire, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'baby' in the title.)
Beatrice, Crybaby, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points - You need to be super-quick for this one; read your chosen book and have the review posted on your team's review thread by 13:00 on March 1st (Goodreads time), you must have started and finished the book in March for it to count.)
Beatrice, The Perfect Date, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

Part 2: It just goes on and on forever!
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'bite' in the title.)
Shae, Rhapsodic, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Alexia, Red Queen, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the main character and an author whose name (first or last) begins with the letter 'H'.)
Beatrice, Too Late, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Courtney, Fallen Too Far, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'ello' in the title.)
Shae, Messenger, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Jacquelyn, An Anonymous Girl, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'that' and the word 'way' in the title.)
Courtney, I Want It That Way, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'castle' in either the title or author's name.)
Alexia, Warrior of the Wild, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book is tagged both 'dance' and 'magic'.)
Shae, Magic Steps, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if instead, you read a book in less than 9 hours and 23 minutes, (please remember to update on Goodreads when you start and when you finish, for your book to count).)
Courtney, Take Me Fast, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

Part 3: The Oubliette
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fair' in the title.)
Shae, Fair Weather, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book is both tagged 'death' and has the word 'death' in the title.)
Jacquelyn, Thunderhead, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Jacquelyn, Wallbanger, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book starts with a 'U', or 'D', AND has the words 'up' or 'down' in the title.)
Alexia, Dance of Thieves, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Shae, The Lying Game, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jacquelyn, The Kiss Thief, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'beware' in the title.)
Courtney, Beware the Young Stranger, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the letters 'G' and 'K' in the title (for Goblin King.))
Jacquelyn, The Wicked King, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your book has the word 'cake' in the title and a picture of cake on the cover.)
Shae, The Secret to Hummingbird Cake, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Beatrice, Love Thy Neighbour, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part 4: Further into the Labyrinth
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'Help' in the title.)
Shae, Help, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Courtney, The Pants Project, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Shae, Gathering Blue, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Courtney, In an Absent Dream, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Beatrice, Sparks of Phoenix, The Dark Between Stars, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Courtney, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if instead, your chosen book has the word 'knock' in the title.)
Courtney, The Knocked up Plan, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'missing' in the blurb.)
Jacquelyn, Two Can Keep a Secret, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'poison' in the title.)
Jacquelyn, Poison Study, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Sibil, Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and The Battle of Brooklyn, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jacquelyn, Firefight, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'disaster' in the title.)
Jacquelyn, Beautiful Disaster, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part 5: The Bog of Eternal Stench
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'Eternal' in the title.)
Jacquelyn, The Rattled Bones, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Jacquelyn, Six's Legacy, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'bridge' in the title or a picture of a bridge on the cover.)
Courtney, Bridge to Terabithia, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'tree' as part of the title.)
Jacquelyn, And the Trees Crept In, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the title 'Roar'.)
Alexia, These Rebel Waves, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'strange' in the title.)
Shae, Beware the Young Stranger, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a big white ballgown on the cover.)
Jacquelyn, Matched, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fall' in the title.)
Shae, Falling Kingdoms, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Courtney, Hold Me Close, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a chair on the cover.)
Courtney, I Am Slappy's Evil Twin, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

Part 6: Entering the Goblin City
(+5 bonus points if instead of having the letter 'J', your chosen book is tagged 'Junk')
Shae, Fallen Too Far, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Alexia, The Diviners, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jacquelyn, The Girls in the Garden, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'get' and the word 'out' in the title or author's name.)
Courtney, Out of the Ashes, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'axe' in the title.)
Shae, Saving Axe, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has a ship of some kind on the cover.)
Courtney, The Ship of the Dead, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Courtney, Forbidden Virgin, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'hide' in the title.)
Alexia, Ace of Shades, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'rock' and the word 'roll' in the title/author's name.)
Courtney, Big Rock, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Beatrice, Huge Deal, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part 7: The Final Showdown
Shae, Emergency Contact, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Courtney, Pod Racer, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has all the letters 'N', 'E', 'A', 'R', 'F', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name.)
Courtney, Queen of Air and Darkness, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
Alexia, These Broken Stars, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your book is tagged 'romance' above any other genre on its Goodreads page.)
Sibil, Managed, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'stop' in the title.)
Courtney, Trickiest Job, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'power' in the title.)
Shae, Pod Racer, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Courtney, Wrath of the Dragon King, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'need' in the title.)
Alexia, Four Dead Queens, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
Shae, Son, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part 1: I wish the goblins would come and take you away. Right now.
1. Read a book in which someone suffers from amnesia, or has forgotten a period of time.
(+5 bonus points if the phrase 'can't remember' appears in the blurb of your chosen book.)
2. Read a book which has the letters 'L', 'A', 'T', and 'E' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'late' in the title.)
3. Read a book in which the main character's mother is dead.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book features a step-mother - this must be verifiable in the blurb or at least 2 other people's reviews to count.)
4. Read a book with the letters 'S', 'H', 'H', in the title or author's name.
5. Read a book with the letters 'W', 'I', 'S', and 'H' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'wish' in the title.)
6. Read a book which has the word 'dark' in its title or author's name.
7. Read a book which has a man on the cover.
8. Read a book with a building on the cover, or a book which has the word 'city' as part of its title.
9. Read a book which has the letters 'B', 'A', 'B', and 'Y' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'baby' in the title.)
10. Read a book which has at least 13 letters in the title.
(+5 bonus points - You need to be super-quick for this one; read your chosen book and have the review posted on your team's review thread by 13:00 on March 1st (Goodreads time), you must have started and finished the book in March for it to count.)

Part 2: It just goes on and on forever!
11. Read a book featuring one or more fae.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'bite' in the title.)
12. Read a book which has a title beginning with the letter 'L' to go left, or a book which has a title beginning with the letter 'R' to go right. ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped.)
13. Read a book in which the main character has a name (first or last) beginning with 'H', OR the author has a first or last name starting with the letter 'H'.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the main character and an author whose name (first or last) begins with the letter 'H'.)
14. Read a book from a series with at least 8 books.
15. Read a book which has the letters 'E', 'L', 'L', and 'O' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'ello' in the title.)
16. Read a book which has at least 2 eyes on the cover (they must be open and visible on the cover).
17. Read a book which has the word 'that' or 'way' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'that' and the word 'way' in the title.)
18. Read a book which has the letter 'C' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'castle' in either the title or author's name.)
19. Read a book tagged either 'Dance', or 'Magic'.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book is tagged both 'dance' and 'magic'.)
20. Read 923 pages (can be made up from more than 1 book).
(+5 bonus points if instead, you read a book in less than 9 hours and 23 minutes, (please remember to update on Goodreads when you start and when you finish, for your book to count).)

Part 3: The Oubliette
21. Read a book with the letters 'F', 'A', 'I', and 'R' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fair' in the title.)
22. Read a book tagged 'Death' (must be tagged at least twice)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book is both tagged 'death' and has the word 'death' in the title.)
23. Read a book with at least 2 hands on the cover (must be visible.).
24. Read a book with a title which starts with either 'U' for up, or 'D' for down, ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped) or which has the words 'up' or 'down' in the title
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book starts with a 'U', or 'D', AND has the words 'up' or 'down' in the title.)
25. Read a book that a teammate has given up. (Solo players can ask another solo player for ideas, or read something tagged 'Given-up'.)
26. Read a book with an item of jewellery on the cover.
27. Read a book with the word 'be' in the title (for beware).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'beware' in the title.)
28. Read a book tagged 'fantasy'.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the letters 'G' and 'K' in the title (for Goblin King.))
29. Read a book with an item of food on the cover, or in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your book has the word 'cake' in the title and a picture of cake on the cover.)
30. Read a book which has the letters 'R', 'U', and 'N' in the title/author's name.

Part 4: Further into the Labyrinth
31. Read a book with the letters 'H', 'E', 'L', and 'P' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'Help' in the title.)
Alexia, White Cat, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
33. Read 3 books with 200 - 300 pages. (These don't have to all be read by the same person.)
34. Read a book with the letters 'F', 'R', 'E', and 'E' in the title or author's name.
35. Read a book with a title beginning with the letter 'R' to choose the right door ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped).
(+5 bonus points if instead, your chosen book has the word 'knock' in the title.)
36. Read a book in which someone goes missing.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'missing' in the blurb.)
37. Read a book which has a title starting with the letter 'P' (for poison) ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'poison' in the title.)
38. Read a book which is not tagged 'romance' (at all).
39. Read a book with the word 'fire' in the title.
40.Read a book which has a letter 'D' in the title (for disaster).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'disaster' in the title.)

Part 5: The Bog of Eternal Stench
41. Read a book with the letters 'B', 'O', 'E', and 'S' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'Eternal' in the title.)
42. Read a book with the letters 'P', 'A', 'S', and 'S' in the title/author's name.
43.Read a quicky! (A book with 100-200 pages.)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'bridge' in the title or a picture of a bridge on the cover.)
44. Read a book with one or more trees on the cover.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'tree' as part of the title.)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the title 'Roar'.)
Shae, Eleanor & Park, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖
46. Read a book which has the letter 'S' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'strange' in the title.)
47. Read a book which has a dress on the cover.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a big white ballgown on the cover.)
48. Read a book with the letters 'F', 'A', 'L', and 'L' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fall' in the title.)
49. Read a book with a couple/2 people on the cover.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a chair on the cover.)
Shae, By Your Side, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

Part 6: Entering the Goblin City
51. Read a book which has the letter 'J' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if instead of having the letter 'J', your chosen book is tagged 'Junk')
Shae, UnSlut: A Diary and a Memoir, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
53. Read a book in which the main character has one or more children.
54. Read a book which has the word 'out' in either the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'get' and the word 'out' in the title or author's name.)
55. Read a book with the letters 'A', 'X', and 'E' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'axe' in the title.)
56. Read a book which has water on the cover, or in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has a ship of some kind on the cover.)
57. Read a book which has the letters 'B', 'F', 'F', in the title/author's name.
58. Read a book which has a 'H' in the title or author's name (for 'Hide').
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'hide' in the title.)
59. Read a book with either the word 'rock' or 'roll' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'rock' and the word 'roll' in the title/author's name.)
60. Read a book which has a door on the cover or the word 'door' in the title.

Part 7: The Final Showdown
61. Read a book which is a standalone.
62. Read a book by a male author.
63. Read a book which has the letters 'N', 'E', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name, or the letters 'F', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has all the letters 'N', 'E', 'A', 'R', 'F', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name.)
64. Read a book which features a couple face-to-face on the cover. (Please check with us if you are not sure if your book counts.)
65. Read a romance novel (the tag 'romance' must appear in the top 10 tags for your book on Goodreads).
(+5 bonus points if your book is tagged 'romance' above any other genre on its Goodreads page.)
66. Read a book which has the letters 'S', 'T', 'O', and 'P' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'stop' in the title.)
67. Read a book which has a word starting with the letter 'P' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'power' in the title.)
68. Read a book with something that flies on the cover, or in the title.
69. Read a book with the letters 'N', 'E', 'E', and 'D' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'need' in the title.)
70. Read a book which is the final full-length novel in a series.
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Round 1:
Part 1 = Complete
Part 2 = Complete
Part 3 = Complete
Part 4 = Complete
Part 5 = Complete
Part 6 = Complete
Part 7 = Complete
Round 2:
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Part 2 = 0/10
Part 3 = 0/10
Part 4 = 1/10
Part 5 = 2/10
Part 6 = 1/10
Part 7 = 0/10