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2025 Book Carnival Circuit: Central Check-In Thread
🎪 Team Name: Lazy River Readers🎟️ Task Completed: 🍿Food Vendors: Midway Munchies
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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🎪 Team Name: Lion Tamer Librarians🎟️ Task Completed: 🎭 Genre Attraction: The Cosmic Carnival
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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🎪 Team name: Magics and Mystics🎟️ Task Completed: 🎭 Genre Attractions: The Nightmare Alley
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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🎟️ Task Completed: 🍿 Food Vendor: Carousel of Flavors
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Complete it May 12th (12:01am CST) May 18th (11:59pm CST) to CASH IN!
🕰️ Countdown to Start: https://countingdownto.com/?c=6222007
🕰️ Countdown to Finish: https://countingdownto.com/?c=6222009
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Complete it May 12th (12:01am CST) May 18th (11:59pm CST) to CASH IN!
🕰️ Countdown to Start: https://countingdownto.com/?c=6222007
🕰️ Countdown to Finish:..."
I can't wait LOL! I'll be asleep when it starts, so thank you for giving us 5 days to start and finish! Sadly can't get my book on audio so I'll be sneaking in pages when I need a break from work and then of course after work.
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Complete it May 12th (12:01am CST) May 18th (11:59pm CST) to CASH IN!
🕰️ Countdown to Start: https://countingdownto.com/?c=6222007
🕰️ Count..."
I'm always asleep when these things start, lol! I will be starting my book once I awaken!
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🎟️ Task Completed: 🎡Reading Rides: Treasure Turn
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🔗 Proof of Completion: Series: Out and Kickin
WILD CARD ROULETTE individual completion!📚 Book title: Watermelon
📝 Justification: Striped awnings on cover
🔢 Page count: 520
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Sammy - Lazy River readers
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WILD CARD ROULETTE individual completion!📚 Book title: A Disguise to Die For
📝 Justification: The MC wears costumes as her everyday clothes. There is also a detective costume party in the story.
🔢 Page count: 304
👤 Your Name and Team Name: RachelG., Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
Wild Card Roulette : Lion Tamer Librarians: CBook: Mask of Deception and Sacrifice
How it fits: the FMC's family loses their throne after a war, and she wins it back in a bloodless coup
Date Completed: 05/12/2025
Page Count: 255
Wild Card Roulette : Lion Tamer Librarians: RichardBook: Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky
How it fits: MC lost his life to drugs & alcohol
Date Completed: 05/12/2025
Page Count: 465
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Wild Card Roulette : Lion Tamer Librarians: AnnaBook: Stolen Dreams by Natasha Madison
How it fits: MC lost her mother to a brain aneurysm, another MC lost his parents at 8 and became an orphan
Date Completed: 5-12-25
Page Count: 456
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WILD CARD ROULETTE individual completion📚 Book title
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle📝 Justification (how it fits your prompt) Sherlock Holmes often wears disguises
🔢 Page count 1874 pages
👤 Your Name and Team Name Anastasia Ruff Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
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🎟️ Task Completed: 🎡Reading Rides: Verse Velocity
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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📚 Book title: Menagerie
📝 Justification: One-word title that evokes the exact kind of mysterious, animal-filled spectacle you’d find at a carnival, and could easily be imagined as a themed game booth.
🔢 Page count: 441pgs
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Ashley, Cotton Candy Crew
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📚 Book: A Disguise to Die For by Diane Vallere
📝 Justification: The MC wears costumes as her everyday clothes. There is also a detective costume party in the story.
🔢 Page Count: 304 pages
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Michelle ~ Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
🎪 Team Name: Lion Tamer Librarians 🎟️ Task Completed: 🎡Reading Rides: Magic Loop
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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📚 Book title: Hanging The Stars
Date Completed: 05/12/2025
🔢 Page count: 220
📝 Justification: The Spectacular Star-Hanging of Madame Lunaria
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Lisa - Curiosity Carnival
Wild Card Roulette: Individual Competition Book Title: Lurking on the Tightrope: Mystery at Diamond Head
Date Completed: 5/12/2025
Page count - 178
Justification: Tightrope Act
Your Name and Team Name - Carrie - Curiousity Carnival
Wild Card Roulette: Individual CompetitionBook Title: Fun House
Date Completed: 05/12
Page count - 247
Justification: There is a fun house at the circus
Your Name and Team Name - Shan~A~ - Curiosity Carnival
Wild Card Roulette: Read a book with a title that could be a circus act or sideshow.The Aerialist
Date Completed: 05/12/2025
🔢 Page count: 226
📝 Justification: The Spiralling Aerialist
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Janine - Curiosity Carnival
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VICTORY!!!!
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📣 BREAKING CARNIVAL NEWS!
The FIRST TEAM has conquered the Wild Card Roulette Bonus!
🔥 VICTORIOUS TEAM: Team Curiosity Carnival
🎟️ REWARD: +10 BONUS TICKETS
📚 WINNING SQUAD:
Lisa
Carrie
Shan ~A~
Janine
🏅 THE CARNIVAL MASTER'S VERDICT:
"The wheel has spoken! These speed-readers have seized the early lead—let this be a warning to all other teams!"
🔄 Two more team bonuses remain—will your squad be next?
WILD CARD ROULETTE individual completion!📚 Book title: Flame in the Mist
📝 Justification: Mariko disguises herself as a boy to find out who tried to murder her
🔢 Page count: 392
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Cindy, Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
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VICTORY!
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🎪 CARNIVAL MASTER DECREES: SILVER HAS BEEN CLAIMED! 🎪
📣 BREAKING CARNIVAL NEWS!
The SECOND TEAM has stormed the Wild Card Roulette Bonus!
🔥 VICTORIOUS TEAM: Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
🎟️ REWARD: +10 BONUS TICKETS
📚 WINNING SQUAD:
Michelle
Rachel
Anastasia
Cindy
🏅 THE CARNIVAL MASTER'S VERDICT:
"The carnival rewards the bold—and these readers were bold enough to snatch second place! One bonus spot remains… who will take it?"
⏳ FINAL CHANCE: Third place is still up for grabs!
The Cotton Candy Crew Individual CompletionWILD CARD ROULETTE individual completion!
Book: Firefight
Date 5/13/2025
Page Count 418
Task Read a book with a title that could be a circus act or sideshow.
How it fits: Great laser gun show or 3D Effect, or even Fire trapeze artist or performer with FIREFIGHT
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📚 Book title: Rift
📝 Justification: One-word title that is kind of mysterious and could easily be imagined as a Carnival ride that suddenly shifts courses!
🔢 Page count: 371 pages
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Angie ~ Cotton Candy Crew
Wild Card Roulette Individual Completion PostBook title: The Bourne Legacy
Task: bright lights on the cover
Justification: Bright lights on the cover
Page count: 597 p
Read 5.14.25
👤 Your Name and Team Name: Teddie - Lazy River Readers
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🎪 Team Name: Magics and Mystics🎟️ Task Completed: 🍿 Food Vendors: The Juggler's Juice Bar
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Wild Card Roulette Individual Completion Post:Book/Author: Tragic by Devney Perry
Date Read: 05/14/25
Pages: 346
Justification: One word title where players spin a wheel divided into sections representing various tragic events.
Your Name and Team Name: Alyana of Cotton Candy Crew
Team Name: Cotton Candy CrewVICTORY!!!
Ashley: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Erin: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Angie: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Alyana: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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🎪 CARNIVAL MASTER DECREES: THE FINAL BONUS IS CLAIMED! 🎪
📣 BREAKING CARNIVAL NEWS!
The THIRD AND FINAL TEAM has triumphed in the Wild Card Roulette Bonus!
🔥 VICTORIOUS TEAM: The Cotton Candy Crew
🎟️ REWARD: +10 BONUS TICKETS
📚 WINNING SQUAD:
Erin
Ashley
Angie
Alyana
🏅 THE CARNIVAL MASTER'S VERDICT:
"The wheel STOPS here! These last-minute legends have secured the final bonus—give them a round of applause! 🎉 For everyone else: fear not, the carnival has more games ahead!"
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Team Name: the book balancing beauties Name: Claire
Book: Parel van China
Anchee MinPages: 454 p.
Read: 14 may
How it fits: chapter 1 ‘ Absalom droeg het hele jaar een grijs Chinees gewaad’ ‘Absalom was wearing a Chinese grey dress all through the year’
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Task Completed: Food Whimsical Whisk
Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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