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Book: Mislaid in Parts Half-KnownAuthor: Seanan McGuire
Date Read: 15/8
Task: 1. from a series of 10+ books
How it Fits: Book 9 of 11 main books and 3 short stories.
Next Episode Choice: Episode 11 please
Completion Post:Book: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Author: John Le Carré
Date Read: 8/15/25
Task: 2. that one of your GR friends has read, too
How it Fits: My GR friend, Brina, has read the book
Next Episode Choice: 7. Lie to Me
Book: Adrift in Currents Clean and ClearAuthor: Seanan McGuire
Date Read: 16/8
Task: 1. with an invisible person on the cover (in other words, no humans)
2. where the MC gets attacked
How it Fits:
gets attacked by a giant frog that eats anything that it is able to get into its mouth.
Next Episode Choice: Episode 12 please
Book: Spooky MagicAuthor: Elena Paige
Date Read: 16/8
Task: 1. written by an author with an initial found in GILES
How it Fits: E in Giles and Elena
Next Episode Choice: S2 E1
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Book: My Vampire Plus One
Author: Jenna Levine
Date Read: 8/12
Task: 5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
How it Fits: 4th MPG is Paranormal
Next Episode Choice: 11. Out of Mind, Out of Sight
COMPLETION POST:Book: The Correspondent
Author:Virginia Evans
Date read: 12 Aug
Task: 2
How it fits: MC is going blind and IS blind by the end
Next episode: 4
Completion Post: Book: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Date Read: 8/17/25
Task: 1. that is the first in a trilogy or series
How it Fits: It is the first in a trilogy.
Next Episode Choice: 6. The Pack
7. Book: Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human BehaviorAuthor: Robert I. Simon
Date Read: Aug 18th
Task: Cover - dark
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice: 8
8. Book: No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty StomachAuthor: Anthony Bourdain
Date Read: Aug 18th
Task: New to you
How it Fits: It was
Next Episode Choice: 9
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Book: Do Not Disturb
Author: Freida McFadden
Date Read: 8/15
Task: 2. where the MC gets attacked
How it Fits: multiple of the MCs are attacked at various points
Next Episode Choice: 5. Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Season 1 - Episode 6: The PackBook: The Meet Cute Café
Author: Nicole Pyland
Date Read: 8/18/25
Task: 3. with double vowels in a word in the title
How it Fits: Double vowels in title
Next Episode Choice: Angel
Book:Apple Polisher Author:- Heidi Belleau
Date Read: 8/17
Task:Task #1 that is the first in a trilogy or series
How it Fits: first in a trilogy or series
Next Episode Choice:The Pack
Completion post:Book: My Ántonia
Author: Willa Cather
Date read: 14 Aug
Task: 2
How it fits: there were 4 deaths: 2 suicides and 1 murder-suicide
Next: episode 5
9. Book: Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial IntelligenceAuthor: Toby Walsh
Date Read: Aug 19th
Task: Text - an organ
How it Fits: "an intellect that is much smarter than the best human brains" p.89
Next Episode Choice: 10
Book: Good Girl, Bad BloodAuthor: Holly Jackson
Date Read: 8/19/25
Task: 1. where the MC is a student
How it Fits: Pip (MC) is a student
Next Episode Choice: 7. Angel
Completion Post:Book: Flirting Lessons
Author: Jasmine Guillory
Date Read: 8/20/25
Task: 3. where the MC tries to be someone or something they are not
How it Fits: Avery tries to be more of an extrovert when she is really an introvert.
Next Episode Choice: 8. The Dark Age
10. Book: The Men's Health Big Book: Getting Abs: Get a Flat, Ripped Stomach and Your Strongest Body Ever--in Four WeeksAuthor: Adam Bornstein
Date Read: Aug 21st
Task: Title - starts with letter in STRANGE
How it Fits: T
Next Episode Choice: 11
Completion Post:Book: Because of Miss Bridgerton
Author: Julia Quinn
Date Read: 8/21/25
Task: 4. with a double consonants in the title (the letters must be the same: summoned, Sunnydale)
How it Fits: There are double consonants in the title word "Miss"
Next Episode Choice: 9. What's My Line?: Part 1
Completion Post:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Bad Law
Author: Elie Mystal
Date Read: 8/16/25
Task: 2. with 2, 0, or 5 in the publication date
How it Fits: Published on March 25th, 2025
Next Episode Choice: 9. The Puppet Show
Book: Old SchoolAuthor: Steve Higgs
Date Read: 8/21/2025
Task: 3. with double vowels in a word in the title
How it Fits: double vowels in School
Next Episode Choice: 7. Angel
11. Book: Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the WorldAuthor: Tomás Prower
Date Read: Aug 22nd
Task: Text - 'traces'
How it Fits: "the third monotheistic religion that traces its roots" p.51
Next Episode Choice: 12
Completion Post:Book: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Author: V.E. Schwab
Date Read: 8/22/25
Task: 2. where the MC is hunted (your definition)
How it Fits: Charlotte is hunted by Sabine after Charlotte leaves her.
Next Episode Choice: 10. What's My Line?: Part 2
12. Book: The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous LifeAuthor: Kate Swoboda
Date Read: Aug 22nd
Task: Author - an initial in GILES
How it Fits: S
Next Episode Choice: 2.1
Completion Post:Book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
Date Read: 8/22/25
Task: 1. written by an author with an initial found in SLAYER
How it Fits: The author's last initial is "A"
Next Episode Choice: 11. Ted
Completion Post:Book: Ali Cross
Author: James Patterson
Date Read: 8/23/25
Task: 1. that is new to you
How it Fits: The book is new to me
Next Episode Choice: 12. Bad Eggs
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Author: Seanan McGuire
Date Read: 15/8
Task: 3. where an organ is mentioned in the book (heart, lungs, livers, brains)
How it Fits: Heart mentioned
Next Episode Choice: Episode 10 please