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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.)
(+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.)
Leah - Oolong Dead
Bonus - N
Melissa - This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'wish' in the title.)
Lizzy - What If It's Us
Bonus - N
Sierra - Dark Places
7. Read a book which has a man on the cover.
Giulia - City of Glass
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'baby' in the title.)
Sierra - Baby Teeth
Bonus - Y
(+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.)
Lizzy - In a Dark, Dark Wood
Bonus - Y

Part 2: It just goes on and on forever!
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'bite' in the title.)
Bookworm - Crown of Midnight
Bonus - N
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'.)
Leah - Agony of the Leaves
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.)
Lizzy - Carry On
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'that' and the word 'way' in the title.)
Johanna - The Way I Used to Be
Bonus - N
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'.)
(+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).)
Lizzy - Make You Mine
Bonus - Y

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.)
Becky - I Let Him Go: From the mother of James Bulger
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book starts with a 'U', or 'D', AND has the words 'up' or 'down' in the title.)
Giulia - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Bonus - Y
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'.)
Leah - The Liberty Bride
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.))
(+5 bonus points if your book has the word 'cake' in the title and a picture of cake on the cover.)
Leah - A Cherry Sinister Murder
Bonus - N
Lizzy - Thunderhead

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.)
32. Read a book with the word 'cat' in either the title or author's name.
33. Read 3 books with 200 - 300 pages. (These don't have to all be read by the same person.)
Becky - Kismet and Karma
Bookworm - The Audition
Bookworm - Little Fires Everywhere
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.)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'missing' in the blurb.)
Leah - Dawn and the Impossible Three
Bonus - N
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.)
Lizzy - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
39. Read a book with the word 'fire' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'disaster' in the title.)
Gabi - One-Eyed Royals
Bonus - N


Part 5: The Bog of Eternal Stench
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'Eternal' in the title.)
Bookworm - Harbor Me
Bonus - N
Giulia - Guards! Guards!
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'bridge' in the title or a picture of a bridge on the cover.)
Bookworm - Flying Solo
Bonus - N
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'.)
Bookworm - Landline
Bonus - N
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'strange' in the title.)
Bookworm - TBH, This Is So Awkward
Bonus - N
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a big white ballgown on the cover.)
Aly - Stalking Jack the Ripper
Bonus - N
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.)
Gabi - Carry On
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a chair on the cover.)
Gabi - A Chip and a Chair
Bonus - Y

Part 6: Entering the Goblin City
(+5 bonus points if instead of having the letter 'J', your chosen book is tagged 'Junk')
Giulia - Brisingr
Bonus - Y
52. Read a book with a female main character.
Giulia - Murder in Chelsea
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'get' and the word 'out' in the title or author's name.)
Leah - Slightly South of Simple
Bonus - N
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.)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has a ship of some kind on the cover.)
Leah - Flush
Bonus - Y
Leah - Batter Off Dead
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'hide' in the title.)
Bookworm - Feathers
Bonus - N
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.)
Giulia - Uno, nessuno e centomila - L'esclusa

Part 7: The Final Showdown
Gabi - Fangirl
Bookworm - The Burning Maze
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.)
Leah - Yours for Christmas
(+5 bonus points if your book is tagged 'romance' above any other genre on its Goodreads page.)
Leah - California Girls
Bonus - Y
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.)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'power' in the title.)
Bookworm - Pardon My French
68. Read a book with something that flies on the cover, or in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'need' in the title.)
Leah - The Silver Needle Murder
Bonus - Y
Giulia - Inheritance
Lizzy - You
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the letters 'G' and 'K' in the title (for Goblin King.))
Bookworm - Willa of the Wood
Bonus - N
(+5 bonus points if instead, your chosen book has the word 'knock' in the title.)
Giulia - Revelation
Bonus - N
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fall' in the title.)
Lizzy - Flowers for Algernon
Bonus - N
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