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Book: Assistant to the VillainAuthor: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Date Read: 9/13/2025
Task: 3. where the MC is attacked (your definition)
How it Fits: both MCs are attacked: (view spoiler)
Next Episode Choice: S2: 4. Inca Mummy Girl
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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
Book: The Entanglement of Rival WizardsAuthor: Sara Raasch
Date Read: 9/15/2025
Task: 3. written by a female author
How it Fits: female author
Next Episode Choice: S2: 5. Reptile Boy
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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
Book: Two Wrongs Make a RightAuthor: Chloe Liese
Date Read: 9/18/2025
Task: 2. with a title that begins with a letter in FRAT
How it Fits: title begins with the letter T
Next Episode Choice: S2: 6. Halloween
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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
Book: Great Big Beautiful LifeAuthor: Emily Henry
Date Read: 9/25/2025
Task: 2. that one of your GR friends has read, too
How it Fits: my GR friend, Alyana, has read this book, too
Next Episode Choice: S2: 7. Lie to Me
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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
Book: Problematic Summer RomanceAuthor: Ali Hazelwood
Date Read: 9/26/2025
Task: 4. written by an author with a first or last initial found in SLAYER
How it Fits: author's first initial starts with the letter A
Next Episode Choice: S2: 8. The Dark Age
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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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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