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Team Sherlock Holmes! - Review
For the new character...
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Pages: 290
Guess: Are they female?
How it fits: Author is female
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Pages: 325
Guess: Are they male?
How it fits: Author is male
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Pages: 290
Guess: Are they female?
How it fits: Author is female
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Pages: 325
Guess: Are they male?
How it fits: Author is male
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Pages: 304 https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
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Guess: Are they from a science fiction book?
How it fits: MPG Science Fiction
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Pages: 416 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Guess: Do they use a weapon
how it fits: weapon on cover
Combining these two for - Guess: Are they religious?
how it fits: both MCs are religious
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Pages: 43 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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Pages: 64 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Combining these two for - Guess: Are they LGBTQ+?
how it fits: both authors are lgbtq+
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Pages: 64 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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Pages: 64 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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Pages: 130 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Guess: Are they involved in a mystery?
How it fits: MPG mystery
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Pages: 166 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Guess: Are they a sea creature?
How it fits: sea creature on cover
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Pages: 294 https://www.amazon.com/Queen-All-Jena...
Guess: are they royalty
how it fits: queen in title
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BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 517 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
guess: do they have magic?
how it fits: witches in title
Combing all 3 of these: Guess: Are they POC? how it fits: all books feature POC authors
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Pages: 32 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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Pages: 64 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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Pages: 96 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
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Pages: 432 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Guess: do they live in the US
how it fits: MC lives in NYC
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Pages: 288 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Guess: Do they have a medical condition?
how it fits: both MCs have cystic fibrosis
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Pages: 272 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Guess: Do they have depression?
How it fits: MC has depression
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BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 368 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Guess: Are they in high school
how it fits: MC is high school senior
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Pages: 350
Guess: Are they in space?
How it fits: MPG Space
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Pages: 368
Guess: Do they have grey eyes?
How it fits: 8%, "..pale grey eyes.."
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Pages: 320
Guess: Do they travel?
How it fits: MPG Travel
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 288
Guess: Do they live outside the US?
How it fits: Set in Paris.
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Pages: 416
Guess: Is she in a relationship?
How it fits: Pg. 63, "..given the tenuous relationship between our two kingdoms."
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BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 368 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Guess: Are they part angel? (AKA Nephilim)
How it fits: Angel in text 64% "because she is an angel"
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 679 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Guess: Does someone close to them die?
How it fits: MC's father and brother died.
For Character 17...
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Pages: 320
Guess: Are they Male?
How it fits: Author is Male.
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 320
Guess: Are they Male?
How it fits: Author is Male.
by Cinda Williams ChimaReview: The Exiled Queen review
Pages: 586 The Exiled Queen
Guess: are they from a fantasy novel?
How it fits: MPG fantasy and epic fantasy
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 263
Guess: Are they female?
How it fits: Girl on cover
Page points for being a Reedsy judge like Alaina and I spoke about in DMs. Total word count at the bottom. Double spaced.Read on 5/15/21
2185 words : https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
1465 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
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Read on 5/18/21
2195 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
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Read on 5/24/21
1319 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
1085 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
2959 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
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Read on 5/31/21
1636 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
2976 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
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1274 words: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
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Total for May 2021: 77,650 words read as a Reedsy judge
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Pages: 400 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Guess: Do they have magic?
How it fits: MC has blood magic
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Pages: 448 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Guess: Do they have a sister?
How it fits: MCs are sisters
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Pages: 384 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Guess: Do they have a brother?
How it fits: MCs are all related: half-brother, brother, sister, half-sister
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Pages: 288
Guess: Are they in school?
How it fits: MC is in high school
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Pages: 200
Guess: Do they live in an apocalyptic world?
How it fits: book takes place in and MC lives in an apocalyptic world
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Pages: 347
Guess: Are they running from something? (their past, someone dangerous, etc)
How it fits: MC is running from something
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 306 (amazon proof: https://www.amazon.com/C-H-N-INVADER-...)
Guess: MPG Sci Fi
How it fits: MPG Sci Fi
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336
Guess: Are they lgbtq?
How it fits: MC is lgbtq
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 679 (Alaina posted amazon link on her review)
Guess: are they royalty?
How it fits: mc is royalty
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320
Guess: Are they poor?
How it fits: MC is poor
REview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 259
Guess: Are they imprisoned during all or some of the book?
How it fits: MC is imprisoned during part of the book
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 528
Guess: Do they have a pet?
How it fits: Bird on cover
- page points only (graphic novel)Review: God Talk review
BR: Good Talk BR
Pages: 349 Good Talk / 4 for graphic novel = 87.25 pages
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BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Guess: are they involved in greek mythology?
How it fits: tagged mythology
Review: The Cat Rescue Diaries review
Pages: 112 The Cat Rescue Diaries
Guess: are they from nonfiction?
How it fits: nonfiction book of short anecdotes
Review: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe review
BR: The Hitchhiker's Guide series BR message 14
Pages: 250 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Guess: are they from a book set in space/off Earth?
How it fits: most of the book does not take place on Earth
___Name_____|___Books__|___Buddy__|___Pages__|___Total__
____________|___Read___|___Reads__|___Read___|__Points__
Alaina______|___257____|___461.5__|___874.25_|__1335.75_
Denny_______|_____1____|__________|_____2____|_____2____
Ruthie______|____52____|____82____|___204.25_|___286.25_
Andy________|____88____|____99____|___322____|___421____
Jude________|____30____|__________|___119____|___119____
Caroline____|_____8____|____16____|____30____|____46____
Isabel______|_____6____|____15____|____22.5__|____37.5__
Celia_______|____19____|____24.5__|____50.5__|____75____
Vicki_______|____44____|____23____|___137____|___160____
Kim_________|____10____|____13____|____34____|____47____
Ashley______|_____1____|__________|_____3____|_____3____
Sumona______|__________|__________|__________|__________
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________
BONUS: + 160
Total_______|____517____|___734____|__1798.75_|__2692.75_
Characters:
(view spoiler)
Character Seventeen:
Correct guesses:
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Incorrect guesses:
(view spoiler)
On hold: pet
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 398
Guess: Are they an orphan?
How it fits: MC is an orphan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 516
Guess: Do they have brown hair?
How it fits: 2%, "Her long graying brown hair.."
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 286
Guess: Do they use a weapon?
How it fits: Sword on cover
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 324
Guess: Do they have black hair?
How it fits: 6%, "His black hair.."
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320
Guess: Do they live in the USA?
How it fits: Set in USA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 288
Guess: Do they go to battle?
How it fits: 2%, "..conquering evil or simply an exciting battle.."
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 308
Guess: Do they have green eyes?
How it fits: Green cover
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 341
Guess: Do they have blonde hair?
How it fits: Pg. 108, "One of them was a blonde.."
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 352
Guess: Do they have blue eyes?
How it fits: 59%, "The professor has blue eyes!"
___Name_____|___Books__|___Buddy__|___Pages__|___Total__
____________|___Read___|___Reads__|___Read___|__Points__
Alaina______|___266____|___475.5__|___905.25_|__1380.75_
Denny_______|_____1____|__________|_____2____|_____2____
Ruthie______|____52____|____82____|___204.25_|___286.25_
Andy________|____88____|____99____|___322____|___421____
Jude________|____30____|__________|___119____|___119____
Caroline____|_____8____|____16____|____30____|____46____
Isabel______|_____6____|____15____|____22.5__|____37.5__
Celia_______|____19____|____24.5__|____50.5__|____75____
Vicki_______|____44____|____23____|___137____|___160____
Kim_________|____10____|____13____|____34____|____47____
Ashley______|_____1____|__________|_____3____|_____3____
Sumona______|__________|__________|__________|__________
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________
BONUS: + 160
Total_______|____525____|___748____|__1829.75_|__2737.75_
Characters:
(view spoiler)
Character Seventeen:
Correct guesses:
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Incorrect guesses:
(view spoiler)
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Pages: 350
Guess: Is she a mother?
How it fits: "like their mother's" 2%
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 283
Guess: Is she a witch?
How it fits: "witches haven't" 41%
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 386
Guess: Are they are a teenager?
How it fits: 24%, "I'd been fourteen, it had been.."
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 440
Guess: Are they in a relationship?
How it fits: MC is in a relationship
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Pages: 324 https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Guess: Do they have a nickname?
How it fits: MC has a nickname (Scout)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Guess: is there forbidden romance?
How it fits: secret romance between 2 MC
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 591 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Guess: is their unrequited love?
How it fits: MC is in love with someone who is in love with someone else
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 480
Guess: Are they in a YA book?
How it fits: MPG YA
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 224
Guess: Do they have a disability?
How it fits: MC has Tourette's.
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird Review
BOTM: To Kill a Mockingbird BOTM message 8, 11, 12, 14
Pages: 324 To Kill a Mockingbird
Guess: Are they from historical fiction?
How it fits: MPG historical fiction
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 230
Guess: Do they kill someone?
How it fits: MC kills someone
___Name_____|___Books__|___Buddy__|___Pages__|___Total__
____________|___Read___|___Reads__|___Read___|__Points__
Alaina______|___271____|___492.5__|___922.25_|__1414.75_
Denny_______|_____1____|__________|_____2____|_____2____
Ruthie______|____54____|____82____|___211.25_|___293.25_
Andy________|____88____|____99____|___322____|___421____
Jude________|____30____|__________|___119____|___119____
Caroline____|_____9____|____22____|____33____|____55____
Isabel______|_____6____|____15____|____22.5__|____37.5__
Celia_______|____20____|____30.5__|____53.5__|____84____
Vicki_______|____44____|____23____|___137____|___160____
Kim_________|____12____|____16____|____43____|____59____
Ashley______|_____1____|__________|_____3____|_____3____
Sumona______|__________|__________|__________|__________
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________
BONUS: + 160
Total_______|____536____|___780____|__1868.75_|__2808.75_
Characters:
(view spoiler)
Character Seventeen:
Correct guesses:
(view spoiler)
Incorrect guesses:
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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 485
Guess: Do they have a kid?
How it fits: MC has a kid
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 165
Guess: Do they save someone?
How it fits: 8%, "I'm very thankful that you saved her."
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384
Guess: Do they weave spells?
How it fits: 33%, "..weaving through the dusty.."
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 610
Guess: Do they lose a parent or both parents?
How it fits: MC lost both parents
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 342
Guess: Do they live on the East Coast?
How it fits: Set in NY.
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Pages: 228
Guess: Do they live in a midwestern state?
How it fits: Set in Madison, WI.