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message 1: by Saige (last edited Dec 29, 2025 12:15PM) (new)
Dec 29, 2025 12:13PM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod
Please post like the following:

Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire
Review: Add link
BR: Add link (if applicable)
Pages: Most rated (e.g. this book would be 710)
Musical: Task
How it Fits: How it fits the task for that musical


Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Amanda____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Michelle__|__________|__________|__________|__________
Becky_____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Lys_______|__________|__________|__________|__________
Esther____|__________|__________|__________|__________
ADD_______|__________|__________|__________|__________

Total_______|__________|__________|__________|__________



message 2: by C (new)
Jan 01, 2026 06:03PM

C Lin | 11 comments Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: ~280
Hadestown: Features soulmates
Fit: MCs are fated soulmates


message 3: by Michelle (new)
Jan 01, 2026 10:29PM

Michelle | 441 comments The Numbing (Whiteout #3) by Flint Maxwell

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 256
Musical - Be More Chill
Task - Features best friends
How it fits - Grady and Stone have been friends since high school


message 4: by Saige (last edited Jan 02, 2026 02:05AM) (new)
Jan 02, 2026 01:48AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

C_________|____1_____|__________|____3_____|____3_____
Michelle__|____1_____|__________|____3_____|____3_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Amanda____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Becky_____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Lys_______|__________|__________|__________|__________
Esther____|__________|__________|__________|__________

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____2_____|__________|____6_____|____6_____



message 5: by Lys (last edited Jan 02, 2026 02:44PM) (new)
Jan 02, 2026 02:43PM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments The World's Wimpiest Vampire Supernatural Suckers, Book 2 by Silvana Falcon
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 406
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - disaster gays <3


message 6: by Lys (new)
Jan 02, 2026 02:48PM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Hell's Most Incompetent Demon (Supernatural Suckers, #1) by Silvana Falcon
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 268
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - disaster gays <3


message 7: by Amanda (new)
Jan 03, 2026 03:57PM

Amanda Edgar (amandaedgar) | 780 comments The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 288
Musical - Les Miserables
Task: Character commits suicide
How it fits: Character kills herself at end of book


message 8: by C (new)
Jan 03, 2026 04:35PM

C Lin | 11 comments The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 311
Musical: Hamilton
Task: Book has 10,000+ reviews on Goodreads
How it fits: book has 120,515 reviews


message 9: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 04, 2026 04:17AM

Becky Q. | 95 comments Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Musical: Rent
Task: MC is LGBTQIA+
How It Fits: The MC of this book is LGBTQIA+


message 10: by Michelle (new)
Jan 04, 2026 11:59AM

Michelle | 441 comments The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 273
Musical - Be More Chill
Task - 2+ POVs
How it fits - Told through the POV's of Nicolette and Wren.


message 11: by Saige (new)
Jan 04, 2026 02:59PM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Lys_______|____2_____|__________|____7_____|____7_____
C_________|____2_____|__________|____6_____|____6_____
Michelle__|____2_____|__________|____6_____|____6_____
Becky_____|____1_____|__________|____4_____|____4_____
Amanda____|____1_____|__________|____3_____|____3_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Esther____|__________|__________|__________|__________

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____8_____|__________|____26____|____26____



message 12: by Michelle (last edited Jan 05, 2026 12:26PM) (new)
Jan 05, 2026 12:17PM

Michelle | 441 comments Leap of Faith by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 192
Musical - The Sound of Music
Task - MC is a child
How it fits - MC is in 6th grade


message 13: by Saige (new)
Jan 06, 2026 01:43PM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Michelle__|____3_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Lys_______|____2_____|__________|____7_____|____7_____
C_________|____2_____|__________|____6_____|____6_____
Becky_____|____1_____|__________|____4_____|____4_____
Amanda____|____1_____|__________|____3_____|____3_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Esther____|__________|__________|__________|__________

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____9_____|__________|____28____|____28____



message 14: by Amanda (last edited Jan 06, 2026 06:23PM) (new)
Jan 06, 2026 06:22PM

Amanda Edgar (amandaedgar) | 780 comments A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) by Holly Jackson
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 433

Musical: Little Shop of Horrors
Task: MPG Mystery


message 15: by esther ⭐ (in school) (new)
Jan 06, 2026 11:22PM

esther ⭐ (in school) | 225 comments The Favourites by Layne Fargo
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 437

musical: Hairspray
HIF: author & MC are female


message 16: by esther ⭐ (in school) (new)
Jan 06, 2026 11:23PM

esther ⭐ (in school) | 225 comments Before She Disappeared (Frankie Elkin, #1) by Lisa Gardner
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 400

musical: wicked
HIF: cover is mostly green


message 17: by Saige (new)
Jan 07, 2026 05:08AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Amanda____|____2_____|____4_____|____7_____|____11____
Michelle__|____3_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Lys_______|____2_____|__________|____7_____|____7_____
C_________|____2_____|__________|____6_____|____6_____
Becky_____|____1_____|__________|____4_____|____4_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________


Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____12____|____4_____|____40____|____44____



message 18: by C (new)
Jan 07, 2026 05:22PM

C Lin | 11 comments Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1) by Dani Francis
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 516
Musical: SIX
Task: Published on the 6th (any month)
How it Fits: Published on May 6th, 2025


message 19: by Saige (new)
Jan 08, 2026 08:12AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

C_________|____3_____|__________|____11____|____11____
Amanda____|____2_____|____4_____|____7_____|____11____
Michelle__|____3_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Lys_______|____2_____|__________|____7_____|____7_____
Becky_____|____1_____|__________|____4_____|____4_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________


Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____13____|____4_____|____45____|____49____



message 20: by Michelle (new)
Jan 08, 2026 08:08PM

Michelle | 441 comments A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8) by Deanna Raybourn

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 320
Bonus Challenge: R
How it fits - ALN Raybourn


message 21: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 08, 2026 11:28PM

Becky Q. | 95 comments My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
Mamma Mia: Takes place along the sea.
How It Fits: The group of main characters live in a coastal town.


message 22: by Saige (new)
Jan 09, 2026 02:41AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

C_________|____3_____|__________|____11____|____11____
Amanda____|____2_____|____4_____|____7_____|____11____
Michelle__|____4_____|__________|____11____|____11____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Becky_____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Lys_______|____2_____|__________|____7_____|____7_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________

Bonus Challenge:
STA R RING

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____15____|____4_____|____52____|____56____



message 23: by Lys (new)
Jan 10, 2026 03:32AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Roman (Vampire's Mate, #1) by Grae Bryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 273
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - MC 1 is pan and MC 2 is gay. They end up together in a queer relationship.


message 24: by Lys (new)
Jan 10, 2026 03:34AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Soren (Vampire's Mate, #2) by Grae Bryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 229
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - MC 1 is gay and MC 2 is bi. They end up together in a queer relationship.


message 25: by Lys (new)
Jan 10, 2026 03:37AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 336
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - MC is in a queer relationship.


message 26: by Lys (new)
Jan 10, 2026 03:41AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Lucien (Vampire's Mate, #3) by Grae Bryan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 267
Musical - RENT
Task - MC 1 is bi/pan and MC 2 is gay. They are in a queer relationship together.


message 27: by Amanda (new)
Jan 10, 2026 04:47PM

Amanda Edgar (amandaedgar) | 780 comments Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 384

Musical: Wicked
Task: Features a talking animal
How it fits: Octupus talks

Bonus: S in author first name (Shelby)


message 28: by C (new)
Jan 10, 2026 05:36PM

C Lin | 11 comments Red City (The New Alchemists, #1) by Marie Lu
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 420
Musical: West Side Story
Task: Read a Shakespeare retelling
How it fits: MCs are part of rival syndicates - Romeo & Juliet


message 29: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 10, 2026 08:08PM

Becky Q. | 95 comments Red Flag Warning (Cupid Meets Crime Scene, #1) by Allison Bettes
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 342

Musical: Mamma Mia
Task: Features a wedding.
How It Fits: There is a wedding that takes place.

Bonus: A - Author's first name starts with A.


message 30: by Saige (last edited Jan 11, 2026 12:43PM) (new)
Jan 11, 2026 12:43PM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Amanda____|____3_____|____8_____|____11____|____19____
Lys_______|____6_____|__________|____18____|____18____
C_________|____4_____|__________|____15____|____15____
Michelle__|____4_____|__________|____11____|____11____
Becky_____|____3_____|__________|____11____|____11____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________

Bonus Challenge:
S T AR RING

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____22____|____8_____|____74____|____82____



message 31: by Michelle (new)
Jan 11, 2026 02:43PM

Michelle | 441 comments Ash (Wheels and Zombies #1) by M. Van

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 120
Musical - The Sound of Music
Task - MC is a child
How it fits - Ash is 13


message 32: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 11, 2026 11:46PM

Becky Q. | 95 comments The Marriage Method (The Crinoline Academy, #2) by Mimi Matthews
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 416
Musical: Mamma Mia
Task: Character doesn't know who their father is.
How It Fits: The main character was surrendered to a special school as a child and grew up not knowing who either of her parents were.


message 33: by Saige (new)
Jan 12, 2026 02:03AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Amanda____|____3_____|____8_____|____11____|____19____
Lys_______|____6_____|__________|____18____|____18____
C_________|____4_____|__________|____15____|____15____
Becky_____|____4_____|__________|____15____|____15____
Michelle__|____5_____|__________|____12____|____12____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________

Bonus Challenge:
S T AR RING

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____24____|____8_____|____79____|____87____



message 34: by Michelle (new)
Jan 12, 2026 07:37PM

Michelle | 441 comments Sasquatch 38 Snow Monster (Sasquatch Adventures) by Jeffrey B. Miley

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 165
Musical - The Sound of Music
Task - "Favorite" and "things" in text (pg/% and quote(s
How it fits:
Favorite - Pg. 11 - It was the favorite local watering hole"
Things - pg 8 - "Like you said, this things head was pulled off."


message 35: by Saige (new)
Jan 14, 2026 01:28AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Amanda____|____3_____|____8_____|____11____|____19____
Lys_______|____6_____|__________|____18____|____18____
C_________|____4_____|__________|____15____|____15____
Becky_____|____4_____|__________|____15____|____15____
Michelle__|____6_____|__________|____14____|____14____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________

Bonus Challenge:
S T AR RING

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____25____|____8_____|____81____|____89____



message 36: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 14, 2026 07:18AM

Becky Q. | 95 comments Never Not Yours by K.V. Thorn
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 284
Musical: Mamma Mia
Task: MC is a mother.
How It Fits: The main character is a mother of two little boys.


message 37: by C (new)
Jan 14, 2026 11:58AM

C Lin | 11 comments Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1) by Chloe Gong
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 372
Bonus Challenge: Star(s) on cover


message 38: by Amanda (new)
Jan 14, 2026 01:51PM

Amanda Edgar (amandaedgar) | 780 comments Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448

Bonus: Cover is mostly blue


message 39: by Lys (new)
Jan 14, 2026 04:40PM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 344

Bonus: Cover has a castle


message 40: by Michelle (new)
Jan 15, 2026 10:03PM

Michelle | 441 comments You Light Up My Midlife Crisis (Good to the Last Death, #5) by Robyn Peterman

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 268
Musical - Into the Woods
Task - Author has written 15 or more other books
How it fits - Author has written 88 books


message 41: by Michelle (new)
Jan 16, 2026 10:18PM

Michelle | 441 comments Keep Out of the Woods! Scary True Stories of the Unexplained Beware of the Woods by Tony Urban

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 242 Pages
Little Shop of Horrors: "Blood" in text (pg/% and quote)
How it fits - Pg. 104 - "No blood left inside."


message 42: by Saige (new)
Jan 17, 2026 02:26AM

Saige (lannister807) | 4310 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
____________|___Read___|___Reads___|___Read____|__Points___

Amanda____|____4_____|____8_____|____15____|____23____
Lys_______|____7_____|__________|____21____|____21____
C_________|____5_____|__________|____19____|____19____
Michelle__|____8_____|__________|____19____|____19____
Becky_____|____5_____|__________|____18____|____18____
Esther____|____2_____|__________|____8_____|____8_____
Cindee____|__________|__________|__________|__________
Jessica___|__________|__________|__________|__________
Felicia___|__________|__________|__________|__________

Bonus Challenge:
1. Castle on cover
2. Stars on cover
3. Crown on cover
4. Animal on cover
5. Cover is mostly blue

Musical Votes (your team only):
(view spoiler)




Total_______|____31____|____8_____|____100___|____108___



message 43: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 17, 2026 07:08PM

Becky Q. | 95 comments Royally Rugged (A Modern Fairy Tale Book 1) by J.P. Sterling
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 194

Bonus: Crown on cover.


message 44: by Lys (last edited Jan 18, 2026 05:28AM) (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:27AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 358
Musical: RENT : Includes a major character death
How it Fits: Byron Lennox Hall (and others...shh, spoilers)


message 45: by Lys (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:30AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Johann (Vampire's Mate, #4) by Grae Bryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 263
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - The two MC are in a queer relationship together.


message 46: by Lys (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:32AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Wolfgang (Vampire's Mate, #5) by Grae Bryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 240
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - The two MC are in a queer relationship together


message 47: by Lys (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:33AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Colin (Vampire's Mate, #6) by Grae Bryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 231
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - The three MC are in a queer relationship together


message 48: by Lys (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:40AM

Lys (lysrowan) | 86 comments Welcome to Hyde Park A Vampire's Mate Story Collection by Grae Bryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
Musical - RENT
Task - MC is LGBTQIA
How it fits - All of the characters in this anthology are queer.


message 49: by Becky Q. (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:46AM

Becky Q. | 95 comments Sitting with Dogs Stories of Rescue Dogs Going from Lost to Loved by Rocky Kanaka
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 224

Musical: The Sound of Music
Task: "Favorite" and "things" in text.
How It Fits:

Favorite: Page 132 - "They kept the jerky sticks coming too - now confirmed to be her favorite treat."

Things: Page 21 - "It's one of the things I love about dogs: They live in the moment."


message 50: by Gwenn (new)
Jan 18, 2026 05:47AM

Gwenn (idlecuriosity) | 14 comments Kitty Cat Kill Sat A Feline Space Adventure by Argus .
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 475
Bonus: Animal on the cover


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