Theme Throwdown: Dobby Vs Smaug (April 2025)

[Anastasia]

Smaug

Title: Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
Author: Stephen Fry
Pages: 468
Date read: 22/04/2025
Justification: Features dragons
Theme chosen:

[Jess]

Smaug

Title: Fundamentally
Author: Nussaibah Younis
Pages: 352
Date read: 22/04/25
Justification: The UN is gatekeeping funding (treasure)
Theme chosen: Smaug

[Laila Jane]

Dobby

Title: Beyond the Thistles
Author: Samantha Young
Pages: 384 pgs
Date read: 04/09/25
Justification: Sloane's ex spies and stalks her
Theme chosen: Dobby

[Laila Jane]

Dobby

Title: Paris: The Memoir
Author: Paris Hilton
Pages: 365 pgs
Date read: 04/10/25
Justification: Paris is loyal to her family, despite what they have put her through
Theme chosen: Dobby

[Laila Jane]

Smaug

Title: Tahira in Bloom
Author: Farah Heron
Pages: 318 pgs
Date read: 04/16/25
Justification: Tahira's boyfriend is a greedy character
Theme chosen: Smaug

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Updated to here

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Current Scores

Dobby: 35
Smaug: 45

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Is anyone interested in knowing what the themes are for May?

[Jess]

Dobby


Title: The Wedding People
Author: Alison Espach
Pages: 369
Date read: 27/04
Justification: MC lacks confidence
Theme chosen: Dobby

[Lexi]

Title: A Drop of Corruption
Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
Pages: 432
Date read: 04/23/2025
Justification: greed is motivation for murder
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title: Once There Were Wolves
Author: Charlotte McConaghy
Pages: 265
Date read: 04/25/2025
Justification: angry, violent and abusive characters
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title: The Parker Inheritance
Author: Varian Johnson
Pages: 371
Date read: 04/28/2025
Justification: MC is very loyal to her grandmother's memory
Theme chosen: Dobby

[Deanna]

Title:
Author: Eric Ugland
Pages: 849
Date read: 4/7
Justification: MC is a very loyal character
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: D.B. King
Pages: 570
Date read: 4/26
Justification: MC spies on other reading the flow of mana when they cast to create his own spells
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: M. Sinclair
Pages: 798
Date read: 4/18
Justification: Vegas and her men are very loyal
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 557
Date read: 4/18
Justification: Greed is part of the murderer's motivation
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title:
Author: Heather G. Harris
Pages: 395
Date read: 4/9
Justification: Violent characters
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title:
Author: Han Yang
Pages: 538
Date read: 4/27
Justification: MC is betrayed by others greedy for power
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title:
Author: Actus
Pages: 777
Date read: 4/2
Justification: MC is a loyal character
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: Seth Ring
Pages: 422
Date read: 4/5
Justification: Thomas is loyal to John
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: Seth Ring
Pages: 459
Date read: 4/1
Justification: Thomas is loyal to John
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: M. Sinclair
Pages: 496
Date read: 4/26
Justification: violent characters
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title:
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 496
Date read: 4/22
Justification: Eve is loyal
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: Jakob H. Greif
Pages: 680
Date read: 4/27
Justification: John spies on the cult
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title:
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 396
Date read: 4/14
Justification: Percy is loyal to his friends
Theme chosen: Dobby

[Teddie]

SMAUG

book: For We Are Many
author: Dennis E. Taylor
pages: 384
read: 4.20.25
why: greedy civilization killing all of a planet's inhabitants and sucking the planet dry of resources

[Jessica]

DOBBY

All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown
Pages: 345
Date read: 4/17
Justification: Jamie defends Andrew from people trying to kill them

The Women by Kristin Hannah
Pages: 538
Date read: 4/19
Justification: The three nurse friends show loyalty to each other through the book.

Crier's War by Nina Varela
Pages: 448
Date read: 4/29
Justification: Crier feeds intel to the Mad Queen

Gloombringer by Sam Burns
Pages: 334
Date read: 4/14
Justification: Adair has remained loyal to Gloombringer despite poor treatment and receiving other job offers

In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Pages: 432
Date read: 4/18
Justification: Giovanni sacrifices himself to save Victor

[bamaace83]

Title: Undeniably Convenient
Author: J. Saman
Pages: 348
Date read: 4-1-25
Justification: Bennett is loyal to his mom and moves home to help her.
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title: One Way Back to Me
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Pages: 334
Date read: 4-3-25
Justification: Eli is loyal to his family and wants the business to succeed even if it means going against his own judgement.
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title: The Accidental Marriage
Author: Nadia Lee
Pages: 389
Date read: 4-5-25
Justification: There are some major violent, greedy, evil characters in this book.
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title: Promised in Blood
Author: Sadie Kincaid
Pages: 384
Date read: 4-5-25
Justification: Axl, Xavier, and Malachai are loyal to Alex and Ophelia.
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title: Story of My Life
Author: Lucy Score
Pages: 530
Date read: 4-6-25
Justification: Cam is powerful.
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title: Broken Laces
Author: Elise Faber
Pages: 360
Date read: 4-8-25
Justification: Christina is loyal to her dad and team.
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Author: Natasha Pulley
Pages: 336
Date read: 4-10-25
Justification: Thaniel is loyal but is too loyal.
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title: The Honey Witch
Author: Sydney J. Shields
Pages: 359
Date read: 4-15-25
Justification: Marigold is loyal to family.
Theme chosen: Dobby

Title: Wild Side
Author: Elsie Silver
Pages: 401
Date read: 4-19-25
Justification: Ryhs is a fighter.
Theme chosen: Smaug

Title: A Sinner's Promise
Author: Kylie Kent
Pages: 508
Date read: 4-13-25
Justification: Gio is a bad bad boy with a crime past.
Theme chosen: Smaug

[Teddie]

theme: SMAUG
book: First Contact by Kim Harrison
read: 4.28.25
pages: 168
why: Hancock is ruthless about achieving his mission



theme: Dobby
book: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
read: 4.30.25
pages: 400
why: Chona's kindness was steadfast throughout any hardships, and she was loved by all her friends

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Finish updating your books. If my electricity isn’t on by the time my husband’s nurse is done today, I will head to the library and update after lunch.

[Deanna]

Title:
Author: Kristen Painter
Pages: 196
Date read: 4/29
Justification: Jayne is undercover spying on Santa's Workshop to find out what happened to the missing elves
Theme chosen: Dobby

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), Bibliotherapist]

Updated my post
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Updated to here. I have some other threads to update to prepare for the newsletter. I will be working on the newsletter so it can be posted tomorrow. I will be back tomorrow to check for stragglers.

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Did my last update just now.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

LOL! I just looked at the scores. I think you guys did that on purpose.

Dobby: 57
Smaug: 57