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2.3Book: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
Author: Margalit Fox
Date Read: Aug 26th
Task: MC - mother
How it Fits: MC had 4 children
Book: Daughter of the Razor: An Australian True Crime Story
Author: Maria Tinschert
Date Read: Aug 29th
Task: Set - starts with S
How it Fits: Sydney
Next Episode Choice: 2.4
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4. Inca Mummy GirlAn Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with "princess" in the text of the book
2. that you think would make a good animated movie
3. written by a female author
4. where the MC struggles to stay alive
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
2.4Book: Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity
Author: Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Date Read: Aug 30th
Task: Text - 'princess'
How it Fits: "China’s Princess Yi Di" p.57
Book:An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk
Author: Allison Schrager
Date Read: Aug 30th
Task: Author - female
How it Fits: She is
Next Episode Choice: 2.5
Mod
5. Reptile BoyBuffy and Cordelia attend a frat party where they are offered as human sacrifices to a reptilian creature.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with two people on the cover
2. with a title that begins with a letter in FRAT
3. with "sacrifice(s)" in the text of the book
4. where a type of reptile is mentioned
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
2.5Book: A Different Kind of Power
Author: Jacinda Ardern
Date Read: Sep 2nd
Task: Title - starts with letter in FRAT
How it Fits: A
Book: After the Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye
Author: Jan Gaye
Date Read: Sep 2nd
Task: Cover - 2 people
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice: 2.6
Mod
6. HalloweenOn Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. published in October of any year
2. that one of your GR friends has read, too
3. purchased from a store that you usually patronize
4. where the MC wears a costume
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
2.6Book: Word Wise: Say What You Mean, Deepen Your Connections, and Get to the Point
Author: Will Jelbert
Date Read: Sep 6th
Task: Published - Oct
How it Fits: October 20, 2020
Next Episode Choice: 2.7
Mod
7. Lie to MeBuffy is lured into a trap by a group of undead wannabes who hope that Spike will make them vampires in exchange for giving him the Slayer.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. where someone goes fishing
2. with the word "undead" in the text of the book
3. where the MC tries to be someone or something they are not
4. written by an author with a first or last initial found in SLAYER
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
2.7Book: Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements
Author: Tom Rath
Date Read: Sep 28th
Task: Author - an initial in SLAYER
How it Fits: ALN initial is R
Next Episode Choice: 2.8
Mod
8. The Dark AgeGiles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. that is historical
2. that is on the Ghost Stories list
3. with a rainstorm in the story
4. with a double consonants in the title (the letters must be the same: summoned, Sunnydale)
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
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Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements (other topics)Word Wise: Say What You Mean, Deepen Your Connections, and Get to the Point (other topics)
A Different Kind of Power (other topics)
After the Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye (other topics)
An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Tom Rath (other topics)Will Jelbert (other topics)
Jacinda Ardern (other topics)
Jan Gaye (other topics)
Allison Schrager (other topics)
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Buffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with an MC who is a mother
2. set in a location that begins with the letter 'S'
3. where the MC is attacked (your definition)
4. from the Book Titles with Hyphens list
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page