Dumbledore Check-in

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Check-in your completed books here

Completed Book requirements:
Theme week: (example: Family Dinners)
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Rating:
Justification:
Book Points:
Team Total points:


Challenge rules:
*No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
*Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the theme dates in your time zone, it counts.
*You must be able to justify how your book fits the theme. Example: If the theme is cats, then your book can have a cat on the cover, a cat in the book, can be all about cats, etc. If you can justify it, then it will work. Let's keep this easy and you may be creative with your links to the themes.
Standard Rules Apply

Themes
Jan 1-7 Gryffindor
Jan 8-14 Slytherin
Jan 15-21 Ravenclaw
Jan 22-31 Hufflepuff

*Theme Start & End times at midnight in the time zone that you live in.*


Book Points



Poll
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...



Formal Buddy Reads bonus
✨If you can make it fit a theme and read it during the theme week & participate in the discussion, you get 4 bonus points plus page points. (book must be completed during theme week to get the 4 points)
✨If you can't make it fit a theme but still read & participate you get 2 bonus points plus page points. Just mark the theme as "Bonus" and add the bonus points to your completion post. (book may be completed during any week of the challenge to get the 2 points)

You can find the buddy read here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

[Bobbi]

Theme week: Gryffindor
Book: How You Ruined My Life
Author: Jeff Strand
Pages: 322
Date Read: 1/2/23
Rating: 🦁🦁
Justification: MC is stubborn and prideful, both negative qualities of Gryffindor
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 3

[Carrie]

Theme week: Gryffindor
Book: Things You Save in a Fire
Author: Katherine Center
Pages: 320
Date Read: 1/3/23
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MC is loyal, courageous, brave and a leader - all positive qualities of Gryffindor
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 6

[Bobbi]

Theme week: Gryffindor
Book: A Midsummer Night's Scream
Author: R.L. Stine
Pages: 250
Date Read: 1/4/23
Rating: 🦁🦁🦁🦁
Justification: MC is brave, a positive quality of Gryffindor
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 7

[Gareth]

Theme Week: Gryffindor
Book: The Paris Apartment
Author: Lucy Foley
Pages: 360
Date Read: 3rd January
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Justification: Harry faces a French competitor in Goblet of Fire, this book is set in France.
Book Points: 3

Team Total Points: 10

[Carrie]

Theme week: Gryffindor
Book: The Lost Apothecary
Author: Sarah Penner
Pages: 301
Date Read: 1/5/23
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MC is selfless and goes out of her way to put others first (to a fault) - all positive qualities of Gryffindor
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 13

[Gareth]

Theme Week: Gryffindor

Book: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Author: Suzanne Collins
Pages: 517
Date Read: January 6th
Rating: 3
Justification: Several displays of bravery from numerous characters in the story
Book Points: 5

Team Total Points: 18

Theme Week: Gryffindor

Book: Several People Are Typing
Author: Calvin Kasulke
Pages: 247
Date Read: January 7th
Rating: 3.5
Justification: Requires some of the characters to think outside the box to solve a problem, just as the Gryffindor MC's in HP have to.
Book Points: 1

Team Total Points: 19

[Nora]

Theme Week: Gryffindor
Book: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba
Author: Chanel Cleeton
Pages: 367
Date Read: January 7th
Rating: 5
Justification: Marina Perez and Evangelina Cisneros must be brave to survive in prison in Cuba just like the Gryffindor MC's in HP are.
Book Points: 3
Total Team Points: 22

[Gareth]

Theme Week: Slytherin

Book: Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
Author: Alan Rickman
Pages: 480
Date Read: January 8th
Rating: 4
Justification: Alan Rickman played Snape who was head of Slytherin house
Book Points: 3

Total Team Points: 25

[Carrie]

Theme Week: Slytherin

Book: The Villa
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Pages: 288
Date Read: January 9th
Rating: 3
Justification: Pierre is a manipulative, self-absorbed, sneaky, rule breaking individual, very similar to the negative traits found in Slytherin.
Book Points: 1

Total Team Points: 26

[Bobbi]

Theme week: Slytherin
Book: Magic Bleeds
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 386
Date Read: 1/9/23
Rating: 🐍🐍🐍🐍
Justification: MC is determined and loyal, both positive qualities of Slytherin
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 29

[Bobbi]

Theme week: Slytherin
Book: James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories
Author: James Herriot
Pages: 169
Date Read: 1/12/23
Rating: 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
Justification: Allof the text on the cover is green.
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 30

[Carrie]

Theme Week: Slytherin

Book: Daisy Darker
Author: Alice Feeney
Pages: 352
Date Read: 1/14/23
Rating: 4
Justification: Lily is a self-absorbed, rule breaking, manipulative individual (negative characteristics of slytherin)
Book Points: 3

Total Team Points: 33

[Gareth]

Theme Week: Slytherin

Book: The Kaiju Preservation Society
Author: John Scalzi
Pages: 272
Date Read: January 10th
Rating: 3.5
Justification: The main antagonist here is a pretty horrible guy, and so are Slytherins
Book Points: 1

Team Total Points: 34

Theme Week: Slytherin

Book: Spare
Author: Prince Harry
Pages: 410
Date Read: January 11th
Rating: 4
Justification: Media tormented and harrassed Harry resulting in the loss of people he cared about. Slytherins did the same to HP
Book Points: 3

Team Total Points: 37

[Carrie]

Theme Week: Ravenclaw

Book: The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
Author: Sophia Dembling
Pages: 198
Date Read: 1/17/23
Rating: 4
Justification: Ravenclaws are typically thought of as introverts.
Book Points: 1

Total Team Points: 38

[Nora]

Theme Week: Ravenclaw
Book: Legends & Lattes
Author: Travis Baldree
Pages: 296
Date Read: 1/27/23
Rating: 5
Justification: All of the characters in this book are creative just like Ravenclaws.
Book Points: 1
Total Team Points: 39

[Carrie]

Theme Week: Ravenclaw
Book: The Island
Author: Adrian McKinty
Pages: 375
Date Read: 1/19/23
Rating: 4
Justification: Tom is a doctor - highly intelligent like a Ravenclaw. He is also arrogant, snobby and judgmental (just like a Ravenclaw)
Book Points: 3

Total Team Points: 42

[Bobbi]

Theme week: Ravenclaw
Book: The Deep
Author: Alma Katsu
Pages: 431
Date Read: 1/21/23
Rating: 🦅🦅🦅🦅
Justification: Cover is blue.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 45

[Carrie]

Theme Week: Hufflepuff
Book: Above Suspicion
Author: Lynda La Plante
Pages: 400
Date Read: 1/25/23
Rating: 5
Justification: The main character Anna has many of the positive personality traits found in Hufflepuff. She is selfless, kind and humble.
Book Points: 3

Total Team Points: 48

[Bobbi]

Theme week: Hufflepuff
Book: Noah's Ark
Author: Andrew J. Morgan
Pages: 310
Date Read: 1/25/23
Rating: 🦡🦡
Justification: yellow on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 51

[Nora]

Theme Week Hufflepuff
Book:The Personal Librarian
Author: Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Pages: 341
Date Read: 1/26/23
Rating: 5
Justification: As a personal librarian, Belle is loyal to J. P. Morgan and Jack Morgan which is a good attribute of Hufflepuffs
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 54

[Gareth]

Got a few to add to catch up:

Theme Week: Ravenclaw
Book: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pages: 180
Date Finished: 18th Jan
Rating: 3.5
Justification: Cover is blue
Book Points: 1

Team Total Points: 55

Theme Week: Hufflepuff
Book: Misery
Author: Stephen King
Pages: 370
Date Finished: 23rd Jan
Rating: 3.75
Justification: MC had to show a lot of patience in order to escape their entrapment.
Book Points: 3

Team Total Points: 58

Theme Week: Hufflepuff
Book: Amari and the Great Game
Author: B.B. Alston
Pages: 392
Date Finished: 28th Jan
Rating: 4.25
Justification: Amari has a strong sense of loyalty and justice which are Hufflepuff traits.
Book Points: 3

Team Total Points: 61

[Carrie]

Theme Week: Hufflepuff
Book: The Nightmare Man
Author: J.H. Markert
Pages: 336
Date Read: 1/31/23
Rating: 4
Justification: The main character Blue has many of the positive personality traits found in Hufflepuff. She is selfless, kind and humble.
Book Points: 3

Total Team Points: 64