Theme Wars: Duchess: Check-in

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Check-in your completed books here

Completed Book requirements:
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 challenge 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

Suggested Theme ideas (remember these are suggestions)
Cats
Romance
Travel
France

Examples:
*Sarah decides she wants to read romance books all month
*Becky wants to read books set in France all month
*Jenny wants to read a variety of books to fit the theme
*Kat wants to read all books with white covers because Duchess is white.
*Beth wants to read books with characters that travel



Book Points


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



Buddy Read Bonus (New rules)

✨Tier one: Buddy read with one friend
Minimum 300 pages
1 point = doesn't fit the theme
2 points - does fit the theme

✨Tier Two: Buddy read with 2 or more friends
Minimum 300 pages
3 points = doesn't fit the theme
5 points = does fit the theme

✨Tier Three: Read the Formal Buddy Read led by a HOB Mod.
6 points = doesn't fit the theme
10 points = fits the theme


Read the Formal Buddy Read here
OR
Request an Informal one here




I am going to give bonuses for several challenges.
✨ 2 bonus points if your book is used in this challenge and any of the challenges in the list below

The Name Game
Christmas Trivia Game
December HOB Partner Pick
Dark Christmas
Listopia Madness
Snowball Fight

[christene_littlelibrary]

Book: Bright Young Women
Author: Jessica Knoll
Pages: 384 (+3)
Date Read: 12/1
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: cat in text ; 9% "that she would startle the cats."
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight and Listopia Madness (+2)

Book: When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Author: Eloisa James
Pages: 372 (+3)
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: cat in text ; 7% "“Pussycat?” To her disappointment."
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight (+2)

Team Total points: 10

[Aoife]

Completion Posts

Book: Black Sheep
Author: Rachel Harrison
Pages: 336
Date Read: 01/12
Rating: 4/5
Justification: Madame was a renowned opera singer & Constance was a renowned horror movie actress
Other places used: Snowball fight & Dark Christmas
Book Points: 3+2

Book: Middlesex
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Pages: 544
Date Read: 01/12
Rating: 3.5/5
Justification: MPG historical - The Aristocats is set in 1910 & released in 1970
Other places used: Snowball fight & Dark Christmas
Book Points: 5+2

Book: Bronagh
Author: L.A. Casey
Pages: 138
Date Read: 01/12
Rating: 3.5/5
Justification: tagged family x7 [about a family of brother's with twins] - ties in with the sibling cats
Other places used: Snowball fight
Book Points: 1 +2

Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad
Author: Jennifer Egan
Pages: 274
Date Read: 02/12
Rating: 3/5
Justification: MPG music & MC is a former rocker - Madame is a retired opera singer
Other places used: Snowball fight
Book Points: 1 +2

Points: 18

Team Total points: 23

[Catsalive]

Book: The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly
Date: 3/12 2.5★
Pages: 281
Justification: MPG Mystery & tagged family/dynamics/relationships
Other challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Judgement in Death by J.D. Robb
Date: 3/12 3★
Pages: 466
Justification: MPGs Mystery/Crime/Romance & tagged family
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight & Dark Christmas
Points: 5

Book: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Date: 3/12 3★
Pages: 360
Justification: Animal theme & tagged family
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight & Dark Christmas
Points: 5

Team Total: 36

[Kat]

Book: Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Pages: 269
Date read: 3/12
Rating: 3*
Task: Romance books
How it fits: Tagged Romance
Points: 1
Total: 37

[Aoife]

Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Pages: 288
Date: 04/12
Justification: MPG Romance
Used: snowball fight
Points: 3

Team Total: 40

[Aoife]

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Pages: 431
Date: 04/12
Justification: MPG romance
Points: 3+2

A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier
Pages: 298
Date: 05/12
Justification: MPG romance
Points: 1+2

Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon
Pages: 239
Date: 05/12
Justification: MPG romance
Points: 1+2

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Pages: 184
Date: 05/12
Justification: MC is rich
Points: 1+2+10

all used in snowball fight

Team total: 64

[Catsalive]

Book: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Date: 5/12 5★
Pages: 432
Justification: murder & betrayal themes - author initials in ARISTOCATS
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Date: 5/12 3★
Pages: 304
Justification: family, murder & betrayal themes
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Team total: 74

[christene_littlelibrary]

Book: The Awakening
Author:Nora Roberts
Pages: 438
Date Read: 12/5
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: MPG Romance
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight and Frosty Snowman +2

Team Total points: 79

[Kat]

Book: The Perfect Affair
Author: Angela Henry
Pages: 337
Date read: 6.12.23
Rating: 4*
Justification: I know that’s no excuse but I love paige and the kids so much
Book points: 3 points
Total points: 82

[Catsalive]

Book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Date: 6/12 5★
Pages: 184
Justification: family, rich & poor
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight + Formal Buddy Read
Points: 13

Team total: 95

[Aoife]

Full Tilt by Emma Scott
Pages: 292
Date: 06/12
Justification: MPG romance
Points: 1+2
Where used: snowball

Timberdark by Darren Charlton
Pages: 384
Date: 07/12
Justification: MPG romance
Where else: snowball
Points:3+2

Total Team Points: 103

[Catsalive]

Book: Ain't She Sweet by Marie Force
Date: 7/12 1★
Pages: 320
Justification: MPG romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Team total: 108

[Lemonitsa]

Book: On a Night Like This
Author: Liz Maverick
Pages: 128
Date Read: Dec. 2, 2023
Rating: 3
Justification: Holiday romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Book Points: 1+2

Team Total points: 111

[Catsalive]

Book:Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb
Date: 8/12 3★
Pages: 361
Justification: Galahad the cat inside
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Team total: 116

[Aoife]

Murder at the Snowed Inn by Imogen Plimp
Pages: 179
Date: 07/12
Justification: Cat on cover
Other: Snowball
Points: 1+2

Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
Pages: 311
Date: 08/12
Justification: MPG romance
Other: Snowball
Points:3+2

Team Total: 124

[Catsalive]

Book: Devil's Lady by Dawn Lindsey
Date: 9/12 1★
Pages: 224
Justification: MPG romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Team total: 127

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

Completed Book by PrinzessBookDragon:
Theme Suggestions/ Ideas: Cats, Romance, Travel, France

Title, Author: Yours by Shon
Pages: 106
Date Read: 12.8.23 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
How It Fits: MPG Romance
Book Points: 1
Snowball Fight Points: 2
Total Personal points: 3

Team Total points: 130

[Catsalive]

Book: Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber
Date: 9/12 1★
Pages: 256
Justification: MPG romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Date: 10/12 3★
Pages: 352
Justification: a murder/thriller & way out of my comfort zone
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
Date: 11/12 5★
Pages: 349
Justification: mpg animals & historical & a cat named Pauly
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Date: 12/12 3.5★
Pages: 264
Justification: cat in title
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Team total: 146

[Kat]

Book: M is for Mummy by Katy Cox
Date read: 11.12.23
Pages: 384
Justification: Love in text: ‘God, I love you, Charls,’ I gushed and threw my arms around her.
Points: 3 points
Team total points: 149

[Catsalive]

Book: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Date: 12/12 5★
Pages: 152
Justification: travel & adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Team total: 152

[christene_littlelibrary]

Book: The Future
Author:Naomi Alderman
Pages: 432
Date Read: 12/11
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: travel in text - - 10% she didn’t travel with gold or diamonds
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight and Dark Christmas +2


Book: The Woman in Me
Author:Britney Spears
Pages: 288
Date Read: 12/12
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: travel in text - - 96% I’ve made music, travel all over the world
Book Points: 1
Used in Snowball Fight +2

Team Total points: 160

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

Completed Book by PrinzessBookDragon:
Theme Suggestions/ Ideas: Cats, Romance, Travel, France

Title, Author: Gifting Me To His Best Friend by Katee Robert
Pages: 150
Date Read: 12.11.23 --/5🌟
How It Fits: MPG Romance
Book Points: 1
Snowball Fight Points: 2
Total points for this book: 3
Total Personal points: 6

Team Total points: 163

[Lemonitsa]

Book: Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint
Author: Michael Bond
Pages: 258
Date Read: Dec. 12, 2023
Rating: 2
Justification: Set in France, multiple cities
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Book Points: 1+2

Team Total points: 166

[Catsalive]

Book: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Date: 13/12 1★
Pages: 460
Justification: romance & adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Team total: 171

[Aoife]

Under the Table
Pages: 336
Date: 10/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: snowball fight
Points: 3+2

My Summer in Seoul
Pages: 482
Date: 11/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: snowball fight
Points: 3+2

'Twas the Knife Before Christmas
Pages: 309
Date: 11/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: snowball fight
Points: 3+2

Old Haunts
Pages: 290
Date: 12/12
Justification: mpg mystery/thriller
Other: snowball
Points: 1+2

Under Her Care
Pages: 279
Date: 12/12
Justification: mpg mystery/thriller
Other: snowball
Points: 1+2

Team Points: 192

[Catsalive]

Book: It's That Time of Year by Roisin Meaney
Date: 13/12 4★
Pages: 335
Justification: mpg romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
Date: 14/12 5★
Pages: 335
Justification: mpg romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Date: 15/12 5★
Pages: 277
Justification: mpg romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn
Date: 16/12 1.5★
Pages: 377
Justification: historical romance with aristocrats
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
Date: 16/12 2.5★
Pages: 240
Justification: missing people, betrayal & murder
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke
Date: 17/12 2★
Pages: 344
Justification: murder & Moishe the cat
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: The House We Called Home by Jenny Oliver
Date: 18/12 3.5★
Pages: 384
Justification: family & mpg romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: The Twins at St Clare's by Enid Blyton
Date: 19/12 4.5★
Pages: 217
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Team total: 226

[christene_littlelibrary]

Book: Silver Nitrate
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pages: 432
Date Read: 12/13
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: travel in title - - siLVER niTrAte
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight +2


Book: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Author: Elle Cosimano
Pages: 368
Date Read: 12/14
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: travel in text - - 85% dogs aren’t easy to travel with
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight +2

Book: The Hawthorne Legacy
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pages: 380
Date Read: 12/15
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: travel in text - - 6% I let my eyes travel toward his
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight +2

Book: This Poison Heart
Author: Kalynn Bayron
Pages: 384
Date Read: 12/16
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: travel in text - - 59% but I love to travel
Book Points: 3
Used in Snowball Fight +2

Team Total points: 246

[Catsalive]

Book: The O'Sullivan Twins by Enid Blyton
Date: 19/12 3.5★
Pages: 185
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Team total: 249

[Aoife]

Book: Under the Greenwood Tree
Pages: 218
Date: 14/12
Justification: Historical fiction
Other: Snowball
Points: 3

Book: A Lighthouse Café Christmas
Pages: 182
Date: 13/12
Justification: MPG romance
Other: snowball
Points: 3

Book: The Thursday Murder Club
Pages: 382
Date: 13/12
Justification: mpg mystery
Other: Snowball
Points: 5

Book: The Leopard
Pages: 626
Date: 14/12
Justification: mpg mystery
Other: snowball
Points: 7

Book: The Party House
Pages: 360
Date: 18/12
Justification: mpg mystery
Other: snowball
Points: 5

Book: Fractured Beat
Pages: 341
Date: 15/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: snowball
Points: 5

Book: Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Pages: 387
Date: 16/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: snowball
Points: 5

Book: Key Lime Pie Murder
Pages: 381
Date: 16/12
Justification: mpg mystery
Other: snowball
Points: 5

Book: Undead and Unemployed
Pages: 272
Date: 16/12
Justification: mpg mystery
Other: snowball
Points: 3

Team Points: 290

[Catsalive]

Book: Summer Term at St Clare's by Enid Blyton
Date: 19/12 4★
Pages: 154
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Second Form at St Clare's by Enid Blyton
Date: 20/12 4★
Pages: 156
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Twins at St Clare's by Enid Blyton
Date: 19/12 4.5★
Pages: 192
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Team total: 299

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

Completed Book by PrinzessBookDragon:
Theme Suggestions/ Ideas: Cats, Romance, Travel, France

Title, Author: The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight
Pages: 170
Date Read: 12.18.23 --/5🌟
How It Fits: tagged Romance
Book Points: 1
Snowball Fight Points: 2
Total points for this book: 3
Total Personal points: 9


Title, Author: Daddy's Girls by Danielle Steel
Pages: 288
Date Read: 12.18.23 --/5🌟
How It Fits: they traveled some in this book
Book Points: 1
Snowball Fight Points: 2
Total points for this book: 3
Total Personal points: 12

Team Total points: 305

[Catsalive]

Book: Fifth Formers of St Clare's by Enid Blyton
Date: 21/12 3.5★
Pages: 153
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Date: 21/12 4★
Pages: 153
Justification: about family & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: A Shepherd's Watch: Through the Seasons with One Man and His Dogs by David Kennard
Date: 22/12 3.5★
Pages: 192
Justification: about animals & family
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Second Form at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Date: 22/12 4★
Pages: 151
Justification: about family & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Third Year at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Date: 22/12 4★
Pages: 194
Justification: about kids & mpg adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: If I Should Lose You by Natasha Lester
Date: 24/12 4★
Pages: 272
Justification: about family
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kerry Greenwood
Date: 25/12 3.5★
Pages: 272
Justification: cats, thriller & family
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Date: 25/12 4.5★
Pages: 312
Justification: thriller & family
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Date: 26/12 4★
Pages: 328
Justification: adventure & children + "the eill looked like an orange cat" p.189
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 5

Book: The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett
Date: 26/12 5★
Pages: 157
Justification: all about cats
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
Date: 27/12 2.5★
Pages: 245
Justification: betrayal & murder
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Upper Fourth at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Date: 28/12 4★
Pages: 169
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: In the Fifth at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Date: 28/12 4★
Pages: 176
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Last Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Date: 29/12 3.5★
Pages: 176
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: Goodbye Malory Towers by Pamela Cox
Date: 29/12 2★
Pages: 240
Justification: about siblings & MPG adventure
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: System Collapse by Martha Wells
Date: 30/12 3.5★
Pages: 256
Justification: themes of adventure, betrayal & travel
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh
Date: 30/12 2.5★
Pages: 192
Justification: themes of murder, mayhem & betrayal
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 3

Book: The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Date: 31/12 3.5★
Pages: 550
Justification: thriller, single parent, romance
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Points: 7

Team total: 367

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

Completed Book by PrinzessBookDragon:
Theme Suggestions/ Ideas: Cats, Romance, Travel, France

Title, Author: The AntiBoyfriend by Penelope Ward
Pages: 329
Date Read: 12.28.23 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
How It Fits: romance
Book Points: 3
Snowball Fight Points: 2
Total points for this book: 5
Total Personal points: 17


Title, Author: Escorting the Billionaire by Leigh James
Pages: 289
Date Read: 12.30.23 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
How It Fits: Main Characters travel in the book
Book Points: 1
Snowball Fight Points: 2
Total points for this book: 3
Total Personal points: 20

Team Total points: 387

[Lemonitsa]

Book: Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
Author: Jacqueline Frost
Pages: 288
Date Read: Dec. 16, 2023
Rating: 3
Justification: MC has a pet cat named Cindy Lou Who
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Book Points: 1+2

Book: YaYa's Big Black Purse: Drama of a Greek Mama
Author: Tassie Kalas
Pages: 285
Date Read: Dec. 16, 2023
Rating: 4
Justification: dreaming of traveling
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Book Points: 1+2

Book: How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas
Author: A.J. Pine
Pages: 100
Date Read: Dec. 21, 2023
Rating: 3
Justification: Travelling for Christmas holidays
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Book Points: 1+2

Book: Twisted Threads
Author: Lea Wait
Pages: 305
Date Read: Dec. 25, 2023
Rating: 3
Justification: Cat on the cover
Other Challenges: Snowball Fight
Book Points: 2+2

Team Total points: 400

[Aoife]

Book: Out in the Open
Pages: 281
Date: 19/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: SB
Points: 3

Book: How to Hack a Heartbreak
Pages: 352
Date: 19/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: SB
Points: 5

Book: Artificial Condition
Pages: 158
Date: 19/12
Justification: travelling around space
Other: SB, LM
Points: 3

Book: Wolf
Pages: 259
Date: 20/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: sb
Points: 3

Book: The Wishing Game
Pages: 320
Date: 20/12
Justification: mpg romance
Other: sb
Points: 5

Book: What Lies in the Woods
Pages: 336
Date: 21/12
Justification: thriller
Other: sb
Points: 5

Book: Under the Same Stars
Pages: 352
Date: 22/12
Justification: family
Other: sb
Points: 5

Book: Our Mutual Friend
Pages: 801
Date: 25/12
Justification: historical
Other: sb
Points: 9

Book: Little Women
Pages: 544
Date: 31/12
Justification: romance
Other: sb
Points: 7

Book: Life, the Universe and Everything
Pages: 224
Date: 31/12
Justification: travel
Other: sb
Points: 3

Book: The Christmas Murder Game
Pages: 279
Date: 26/12
Justification: family
Other: sb
Points: 3

Book: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Pages: 256
Date: 26/12
Justification: historical
Other: sb
Points: 3

Team total: 454

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Adjusted total 492