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Completion Post:Theme week: Vampires
Book:
Author: Charlaine Harris
Pages: 292
Date Read: 10/15/21
Rating:3
Justification: All about vampires
Book Points: 2
Team Total points:144
Theme week: VampiresBook: Carmilla
Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Pages: 108
Date Read: 10/14
Rating: 4
Justification: First known vampire book (predates Dracula) and female vampire MC
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 146
Theme week: VampiresBook: The Historian
Author: Elizabeth Kostova
Pages: 642
Date Read: 10/15/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MC is hunting Dracula
Book Points: 4
Team Total points: 150
Theme week: VampiresBook: Soulless
Author: Gail Carriger
Pages: 357
Date Read: Oct 15
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MC is attacked by a vampire. Several vampire characters in the story.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 153
Theme week: VampiresBook: Magic Strikes
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 322
Date Read: Oct 15
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: vampires in story
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 156
Theme week: VampiresBook: Certain Dark Things
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pages: 272
Date Read: Oct 16
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: vampires in story
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 158
Theme week: (Vampires)Book:The Dead Girls' Dance
Author: Rachel Caine
Pages: 224
Date Read: 10/16/2021
Rating: 3
Justification: Morganville Vampire series
Book Points:2
Team Total points: 160
Theme week: (Vampires)Book: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Author: Grady Hendrix
Pages: 410
Date Read: 10/16/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Title
Book Points:3
Team Total points: 163
Theme week: VampiresBook: Vamps
Author: Nancy A. Collins
Pages: 222
Date Read: 10/16/21
Rating: 2.5 stars
Justification: MPG Vampires
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 165
Completion Post:Theme week: Vampires
Book:
Author: Christopher Moore
Pages: 247
Date Read: 10/16/21
Rating: 3
Justification: Vampires in text page 214
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 167
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Author: Angela Carter
Pages: 126
Date Read: 10/17
Rating: 3.5 stars
Justification: One of the stories is about a werewolf
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 169
Completion Post:Theme week: Werewolves
Book:
Author: Melanie Karsak
Pages: 197
Date Read: 10/18/21
Rating:3
Justification: One of the main characters is a werewolf
Book Points: 2 points
Team Total points:171
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Wintersmith
Author:Terry Pratchett
Pages: 464
Date Read: 17 Oct
Rating: 5*
Justification: "we had a bunch of werewolves in here last week" p230
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 174
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Winter Dragon
Author: Minerva Howe
Pages: 224
Date Read: 18 Oct
Rating: 3
Justification: Werewolves antagonists
Book Points: 2
Team Total Points: 176
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Those Across the River
Author: Christopher Buehlman
Pages: 357
Date Read: 10/18
Rating: 3
Justification: Werewolves as characters
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 179
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Moon Called
Author: Patricia Briggs
Pages: 289
Date Read: 10/18
Rating: 3
Justification: Werewolf series
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 181
Completion Post: Theme week: Werewolves
Book:
Author: Max Brooks
Pages: 286
Date Read: 10/19/21
Rating: 4
Justification: Tagged werewolves
Book Points: 2
Team Total points:183
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Magic Bleeds
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 349
Date Read: 10/18
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: werewolves are a part of the story
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 189
Theme week: werewolvesBook The Werewolf Pack
Author Quentin Wallace
Pages 198
Date read 18 Oct
Rating 1*
Justification in the title
Book points 2
Team total points 191
Theme week: werewolvesBook The Werewolf Meets His Match
Author Kristen Painter
Pages 365
Date read 18 Oct
Rating 3*
Justification in title
Book points 3
Team total points 194
Theme week: werewolvesBook Cry Wolf
Author Patricia Briggs
Pages 310
Date read 10/18
Rating 3*
Justification: Main characters are werewolves
Book points 3
Team total points 197
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Changeless
Author: Gail Carriger
Pages: 389
Date Read: Oct 21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MC's husband is a werewolf
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 200
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: The Talisman
Author: Stephen King
Pages: 768
Date Read: Oct 21
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Wolf is a werewolf
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 205
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Soulless
Author: Gail Carriger
Pages: 357
Date Read: 10/21
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MC is a werewolf (Lord Maccon)
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 208
Theme week: WerewolvesBook:The Wolf's Hour
Author: Robert R. McCammon
Pages: 604
Date Read: 10/21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MC is a werewolf
Book Points:4
Team Total points: 212
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Murder of Crows (The Others #2)
Author: Anne Bishop
Pages: 370
Date Read: 22 Okt
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: There are werewolves.
Book Points:3
Team Total points: 215
Completion Post: Theme week: Werewolves
Author: Kelly Armstrong
Pages: 539
Date Read: 10/22/21
Rating: 3
Justification: Almost all characters are werewolves
Book Points: 4
Team Total points: 219
Completion Post:Theme week: Werewolves
Book: Magic Slays
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 320
Date Read: 10/21/21
Rating: 5
Justification: some characters are werewolves
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 222
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Blameless
Author: Gail Carriger
Pages: 355
Date Read: Oct 22
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MC's husband is a werewolf
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 225
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Need
Author: Carrie Jones
Pages: 306
Date Read: 10/22/21
Rating: 4.5
Justification: MPG Werewolves
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 228
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Author: J.K. Rowling
Pages: 435
Date Read: 10/23/21
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Oneof the characters is a werewolf
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 231
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Hunting Ground
Author: Patricia Briggs
Pages: 294
Date Read: 10/23/21
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: Many characters are werewolves
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 233
Theme week: WerewolvesBook: Forbidden Hunger
Author: Teresa Gabelman
Pages: 103
Date Read: 10/23/21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG werewolves
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 235
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Making Money
Author: Terry Pratchett
Pages: 485
Rating: 5*
Justification: Mr Slant the zombie features
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 238
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Zombie Fallout
Author: Mark Tufo
Pages: 404
Date Read: 24/10
Rating: 2 stars (very generous)
Justification: zombies in title and story and cover. Alllll the zombies.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 241
Theme week ZombiesBook Ex-Heroes
Author Peter Clines
Pages 338
Date read 24 Oct
Rating 3*
Justification zombie mpg. The Ex bit in the title is because they call the Zombies "exes"
Book points 3
Team total points 244
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Halloween Party
Author: R.L. Stine
Pages: 147
Date Read: 10/24/2021
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: one of the characters dresses as a zombie for Halloween
Book Points: 2
Team Total points: 246
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Fudge Bites
Author: Nancy Coco
Pages: 320
Date Read: 10/25/2021
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Major events happen at a Zombie Walk Festival/characters dressed as zombies
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 249
Theme week: ZombiesBook: A Shadow in the Ember
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 647
Date Read: Oct 25
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Book contains zombie-like creatures called Gyrms (undead creatures reanimated by gods to serve them).
Book Points: 4
Team Total points: 253
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Hollow Kingdom
Author: Kira Jane Buxton
Pages: 308
Date Read: 25 Oct
Rating: 4*
Justification: Zombies MPG
Book points: 3
Team Total Points: 256
its 259 (my correct 256 + 3). I had a typo that I'll fix now. sorry & thanks for the headsup!
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Boneshaker
Author: Cherie Priest
Pages: 416
Date Read: 26 Oct
Rating: 3*
Justification: It has Zombies
Book points: 3
Team Total Points: 262
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Ex-Patriots
Author: Peter Clines
pages: 405
Date Read: 26 Oct
Rating 3*
Justification: Zombies in it
Book points: 3
Team total points: 265
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Deadline
Author: Mira Grant
Pages: 584
Date Read: 10/26
Rating: 4.5
Justification: Post zombie apocalypse with additional outbreaks
Book Points: 4
Team Total points: 269
Completion Post:Theme Week: Zombies
Author: R.D. Ronald
Pages: 241
Date Read: 10/27/21
Rating: 2
Justification: Zombie in title
Book Points: 2
Total Team Points: 271
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Good job checking your points and self correcting ; )
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Patient Zero
Author:Jonathan Maberry
Pages: 421
Date Read: 10/27/2021
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: The Bioweapon is a zombie
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 274 points
Theme week: ZombiesBook: Midnight in the Graveyard
Author: Robert R. McCammon et al.
Pages: 445
Date Read: 27/10/21
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: The story "The cemetery man" features a corpse coming back to life
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 277 points
Completion Post:Theme Week: Zombies
Author: Steve Hockensmith
Pages: 320
Date Read: 10/28/21
Rating: 4
Justification: Zombie attacks abound
Book Points: 3
Total Team Points: 280
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Book: Fledgling
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Pages: 321
Date Read: Oct 14
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG Vampires, lots of vampire characters
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 142 points