The Lost Challenges discussion

Week #10
by Stephanie Meyers
Finished:3/17/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:1~7/10
Photograph:At home, I said a brief hi to Charlie, grabbed a granola bar from the kitchen, and hurried to my room with the envelope of photographs tucked under my arm. Page 65

Week 10



Another Faust by Daniel Nayeri
Finished:3/11
Rating:♥♥♥

7. Lily:
...at the door with a bouquet of lilies...page 281
8. Pocket Watch:
...playing with that old pocket watch...page 284


Phantoms by Dean Koontz
Finished:3/17
Rating:♥♥♥♥♥

1. Stained Glass Window:
...streamed through the stained-glass window...page 266
2. Bandanna:
...He wore a bandanna around his head...page 117
3. Photograph:
...pointed to a silver-framed photograph...page 88
4. Bracelet:
...earrings, charm bracelets, loose pearls...page 281
5. Lion:
...a tiger, a lion, a raging bear...page 99
6. Bridge:
...nose with a spatter of freckles across the bridge...page 49

Total Items Found: 8/10

Week 9:
Items found: 6/10

1. Stained Glass Windows: “Mu current location…with its elegant stained glass Windows and gingerbread trim.” (Pg. 62 in Nightwalker)

3. Photograph: “The last photograph I’d been handed had sent me on this fool’s errand.” (Pg. 192 in Nightwalker)

4. Bracelet: “It was similar to a rosary, only smaller bracelet-size (pg. 117 in Frostbite)

5. Lion: “ He was as gentle as a tamed lion in her bed” (Pg. 51 in Kiss of the Night)

6. Bridge : “ He looked at me, his dark eyebrows briefly meeting over the bridge of his nose.” (Pg. 7 in Nightwalker)

7. Lily: “ Lily “A neon sign flickered over the entrance of a corpse clutching a lily to this chest.” (Pg. 219 in Nightwalker)


by Richelle Mead (Done 3/14, 4.5-stars)
by Jocelyn Drake (Done 3/17, 3-stars)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Done 3/18, 3.5-stars)

Week 10:

Read by Anne Marsh
Finished: 3/14/13
Rating: ★★★★☆

Items Found: 2

almost there leather thongs and bracelets KL# 105
Burning her bridges, literally KL 3861


by Stacia Kane
Finished: 3/18/13
Rating: ★★★★★

Items Found: 2
plain and dull except for the enormous stained-glass window KL 634
sheets of paper and two faded photographs KL4786

Week 10

by Katie McGarry

Finished: 3/18/13
Rating: 5♥'s

Items Claimed 3 ~ 8/10

Bandana Location 1608/P 129 "The red bandana he wore held back the hair that typically covered his eyes."

Lion Location 2926/Pg 231 "Noah released my hand and advanced on me like a lion."

Stained Glass Location 3279/pg 258 "... had fallen and shattered one of the stained glass windows..."

Week 11

Items Claimed 3 (?) ~ 3/10

Explosive Location 4070/pg 325 "Like an idiot, here I was setting off explosives."

Cookie Location 4172/pg 333 "He wanted a cookie-cutter wife and divorced me..."

Butterfly Location 2878/Pg 228 "My Pterodactyl butterflies somersaulted in my stomach."

Week 10
Items Claimed: 8/10


Finished 3/18
4★

Stained Glass Windows: "...churches were so incredibly beautiful, with their stained-glass windows and stone altars..." ~ Page 372
Photograph: "He reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a small photograph, its edges scalloped." ~ Page 48
Bracelet: "...I was mesmerized by the gold bangle bracelet on my grandmother's wrist." ~ Page 32
Lion: "...you heard a mouse and imagined a lion." ~ Page 135
Bridge: "No matter how many people are telling you to jump off a bridge..." ~ Page 123
Lily the Flower: "...holding a bouquet of lilies." ~ Page 412


Finished 3/18
4★

Bandana: "...who had a stained red bandana on his head..." ~ Page 25
Pocket Watch: "The Clockmaker reached into the other side of his vest and drew forth a pocket watch..." ~ Page 209

Week 11
Items Claimed: 3/10


Finished 3/18
4★

Butterfly: "I wanted to make it a picture of a flower or butterfly..." ~ Page 301
Explosive: "Puck let out an explosive breath." ~ Page 123
Shimmer: "...I saw a shimmer of glamour around him..." ~ Page 242

WEEK 10


Moonlight Masquerade by Ruth Axtell
Read on March 15, 2013
2 stars ~ REVIEW


At Every Turn by Anne Mateer
Read on March 15, 2013
4 stars ~ REVIEW


Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Read from March 16 to 17, 2013
4 stars ~ REVIEW


Picture Perfect by Janice Thompson
Read from February 24 to March 18, 2013
4 stars ~ REVIEW

Stained Glass Windows: "The peekaboo stained glass window above the front door." (Picture Perfect, page 34)
Bandana: "'And, from the looks of your sculpture,' she continues, adjusting the lace bandana in her pixie-cut dark hair..." (Deadly Little Games, page 4)
Photograph: "Mr. McConnell slipped several photographs from the pages of his Bible." (At Every Turn, page 13)
Bracelet: "My eyes caught on a simple gold bracelet circling my wrist." (At Every Turn, page 73)
Lion: "He ended up at the Golden Lion." (Moonlight Masquerade, page 277)
Bridge: "A series of turns and over a bridge later..." (Deadly Little Games, page 207)
Lily the Flower: "I'm no gilded lily, you know." (At Every Turn, page 171)
Pocket Watch: "Father looked at his pocket watch." (At Every Turn, page 106)

Week 10 - 9/10



The White Woman on the Green Bicycle: A Novel by Monique Roffey
Completed: Mar 14, 2013
Rating: ★★★★

1. Lily
"...siphoning nectar from the cut ginger lilies..."
p. 21

2. Bridge
"Four herons perched on the bridge..."
p. 182

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Completed: Mar 16, 2013
Rating: ★★★★★

3. Lion
"...who wants to go into the lion's den."
p. 176

Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Completed: Mar 17, 2013
Rating: ★★★★★

4. Bracelet
"...those black rubber bracelets..."
KL. 2492

5. Stained Glass Window
"...one of the stained glass windows in Chartres Cathedral..."
KL. 3780

This Magnificent Desolation: A Novel by Thomas O'Malley
Completed: Mar 18, 2013
Rating: ★★

6. Photograph
"...for amongst the photographs there are..."
p. 118

7. Orion's Belt
"...just by Cassiopeia, in Orion's belt."
p. 215

8. Bandanna
"...Duncan slowly ties Joshua's bandanna about his head."
p. 228

by Lily Tuck
Completed: Mar 18, 2013
Rating: ★★★

9. Pocket Watch
"...did she glance down at the gold pocket watch..."
p. 128

Week #11
by Kristen Britain
Finished:3/19/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:1~1/10
Explosive:She touched the tender bruising around her eye and winced, his explosive behavior all too fresh in her memory. Page 114

Week #11
by Kate Gordon
Finished:3/19/13
Rating:4 Stars

*Items Claimed after 17%
Items Claimed:3~4/10
Cookie:Oh, sweet cookies… Despite my initial reaction to Michael as a kidnapper, I had already taken a liking to him, an attraction actually. Kindle App for PC Location 645

Shimmer:As I watched, the air around her shimmered and her facial features grew paler, as if she were experiencing a sudden loss of blood. Kindle App for PC Location 924

Butterfly:I got butterflies thinking of the way that conversation would go. Kindle App for PC Location 1371

Week - 10

4/10




2 Stars 13.03

Items:
Stained Glass Windows - page 365 - Murphy noted as what was left of a stained-glass window shattered under one of Leigh's bullets.
Photograph - page 115 -...clear as if it where a color photograph...




3 Stars 16.03

Lion - page 280 - She left as though she were a lion uncurling from a long nap...




5 Stars 14.02

Lily - page 34 - No Death or Peace Lilys grew near our path, either.

Week #11
by Charlaine Harris
Finished:3/20/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:1~5/10
Werewolf:It was someone I knew, a pretty werewolf Maria-Star Cooper. Page 10

Week 11

by Stephanie Laurens
Read:19 March
Rating:3.5 stars

1-Explosive
...possible there’s something quite explosive buried somewhere in his papers.” (p. 480)

2-Shimmer
That message was echoed in the shimmery silver of her eyes as he looked into them,...(p. 356)

by Maya Banks

Read:21 March
Rating: 3 stars

3-Butterfly
Little butterfly kisses, each one bringing such pleasure that he was dizzy with it. (page 246)

4-Easter
He looked like an Easter egg. (Page 241)

Week #11
by Charlaine Harris
Finished:3/21/13
Rating:5 Stars
by Keri Arthur
Finished:3/21/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:2~7/10
Nail Polish(Dangerous Games):Even from where I stood, I could see the pink nail polish on some of her toes. Page 98

Bloodhound(Dead and Gone):What about that bloodhound that was with you. Page 122

Week #11
by Keri Arthur
Finished:3/23/13
Rating:5 Stars

Items Claimed:1~8/10
Greenery:A wide road swung away down the hill, lined on either side by thick greenery. Page 297

Week 11



On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Finished:3/18
Rating:♥♥♥♥♥

3. Butterfly:
...feeble as butterfly wings...~pg. 11
6. Explosive:
...the explosive boom of a...~pg. 54


Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Finished:3/20
Rating:♥♥♥♥♥

2. Cookie:
...drop off the cookies for the staff...~pg. 139
8. Nail Polish:
...shiny red as nail polish...~pg. 94
9. Shimmer:...had become merely a shimmer...~pg. 37


The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Finished:3/23
Rating:♥♥♥

1. Werewolf:
...Really? A real werewolf...~pg. 8

Total this Week:6/10

Week 11:

- Dan Simmons
Finished: March 22nd, 2013
Rating: 5/5
On pg. 245 when items called.

Items to claim:

Butterfly: "...above them, a great butterfly with wings of solar cells and glistening skin..." (pg. 463)
Explosive: "'But they did attack. Tactical lances, plasma devices, nuclear explosives, I think...'" (pg. 393)
Shimmer: "...its opaque surface seemed to shimmer with expectancy." (pg. 327)

- John Green
Finished: March 23rd, 2013
Rating: 4.5/5

Items to claim:

Antibiotic: "...shortly thereafter the antibiotics they'd given me for the pneumonia kicked in." (pg. 25)
Cookie: "I grabbed a cookie and poured some lemonade into a Dixie cup..." (pg. 8)

Post total: 5/10
Week total: 5/10

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Finished: 3/24
Rating: 2 star

Easter:"...and it was not until Easter Day, almost a week after the gentleman's arrival..." page 153

Week Total: 1/10

Week #11
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Finished:3/24/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:2~10/10
Easter:I kept thinking of the cups you use to dye Easter eggs. Page 482

Antibiotic:He gives me a prescription for birth control pills then prescribes antibiotic, the pill won't work. Page 184

Week 11

Read by Larissa Ione
Finished: 3/25/13
Rating: ★★★★★

Items Found: 6

Her other Primori, a werewolf was long lived KL#408
did he suddenly crave cookies in bed? KL# 537
She found a tube of antibiotic ointment KL# 1380
glanced at the portal which began to shimmer KL# 3139


Read
by Shiloh Walker
Finished: 3/23/13
Rating: ★★

A butterfly kiss so light KL# 1118


Not sure about this next one?

Read: by Nancy Haddock
Finished:3/20/13
Rating: ★★★★

And with the nor'easter coming isn't it more likely the body would either wash back KL# 3167

Week 12
Read by Larissa Ione
Finished: 3/25/13
Rating: ★★★★★

Items Found: 1
It was like marshmallow clouds KL# 5013

Week 11:
Items found: 5/10

1. Werewolf: “ He’d skinned a werewolf halfway through the transformation.” (Pg. 153 in Claimed By Shadow)

3. Butterfly: “Her delicate lashes ticked his skin like a butterfly kiss.” (Pg. 227 in It's in His Kiss)

4. Easter: “ Using her large, brown stuffed bunny Will had given to her last Easter as a pillow” (Pg. 91 in The Darkest Edge of Dawn)

7. Antibiotic: “ He will need antibiotics .” (KL 2088 in Wounded)

9. Shimmer: “I see his eyes shine and shimmer ” (KL 3399 in Wounded )

by Julia Quinn (Done 3/14, 3-stars)
by Karen Chance (Done 3/19, 2.5-stars)
by Jasinda Wilder (Done 3/21, 2.5-stars)
by Kelly Gay (Done 3/22, 3-stars)

Week 11

by Molly Harper

Finished: 3/23/13
Rating: 3½♥'s

Items Claimed 2 ~ 5/10

Greenery Location 85/pg 6 "The delicious greenery-and-home-cooking smell invaded my head as two feet stepped precariously close to my hiding spot."

werewolf Location 465/pg 31 "Oh, I told him that Cooper showed up on my doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his leg, told me he was a werewolf, and we decided to go steady."

Week #12
by Jessa Callaver
Finished:3/25/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:1~1/10
Valet:Troy guided Constantina through the celebrants and toward the valet station. Page 14

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Finished 3/25/13 - 5 stars


Words Spoken True by Ann H. Gabhart
Finished 3/22/13 - 4 stars


Picture Perfect by Janice Thompson
Finished 3/18/13 - 4 stars

Werewolf: "Ever since my former best friend (and werewolf), Jacob Black, had informed on me about the motorcycle I'd been riding on the sly..." (Eclipse, 7)
Cookie: "From what I've heard Bella's one tough cookie." (Picture Perfect, 13)
Butterfly: "Though his name set butterflies fluttering in my stomach, I looked up and grinned at her." (Eclipse, 137)
Greenery: "Her smiled returned as she nodded toward an iron bench surrounded by an arbor of greenery." (Words Spoken True, 137)
Explosive: "Then as if to back up his words, in the distance they heard a resounding boom." (Words Spoken True, 212)
Nail polish: "I have been tortured Alice painted my toenails." (, 149)
Shimmer: "The room started to shimmer a little around the edges." (Eclipse, 219)

Week 11
Items Claimed this post: 6
Total Items Claimed: 9/10


Finished 3/22
4★
Easter: "And I'm the Easter bunny." ~ KL 2589
Nail Polish: "...screwing the top back on the nail polish bottle." ~ KL 619


Finished 3/23
4★
Cookie: "...I helped her load up the cookie trays..." ~ KL 1856
Bloodhound: "...sharp nose made him look a little like a bloodhound." ~ KL 3986


Finished 3/25
3★
Werewolf: "You're a werewolf." ~ KL 586
Antibiotic: "He got a box of bandages and antibiotic cream..." ~ KL 718

Week 12


Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Finished: 3/25
Rating: 2/5
**Only pages 200+ count**

5. Valet: "...and hand my keys to the valet for parking..." page 214
6. Note pad: "I ripped a piece of paper from my notebook, hastily scribbled a note for him, and leave it on the box..." page 510
7. Refrence to a time period of History: "Please note the date of origin: 1580-90. I would respectfully remind Sir that the year is 2011." page 290
8. Air Conditioning: "Leaving the cool air-conditioned confines of the arrival terminal..." page 396
10.Scissors: "I have scissors here." page 327

Total: 5/10

Week 11 - 10/10



Unless by Carol Shields
Completed: Mar 19, 2013
Rating: ★★★★

1. Antibiotics
"...it was more a matter of antibiotics..."
KL. 2694

Antonia Lively Breaks The Silence by David Samuel Levinson
Completed: Mar 21, 2013
Rating: ★★★

2. Explosive
"The air sounded of an enormous, explosive echo..."
p. 245

Heart of Palm by Laura Lee Smith
Completed: Mar 24, 2013
Rating: ★★★

3. Easter
"...the spring of 1984, the night before Easter..."
p. 40

4. Nail Polish
"...they rummaged through old bottles of nail polish..."
p. 129

5. Butterfly
"...was coloring a picture of a butterfly..."
p. 134

6. Werewolf
"...skin masks and the tomb of the werewolf..."
p. 150

7. Shimmer
"...began to undulate, and shimmer."
p. 341

8. Bloodhound
"...looked like an old, chastened bloodhound."
p. 389


'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Completed: Mar 25, 2013
Rating: ★★★★★

9. Greenery
"Through the choked summer greenery..."
p. 59

10. Cookie
"Ann Norton was baking cookies..."
p. 306

Week #11

Grimm End by S T Cameron

Finished: 3/24/13
Rating: 4 Stars

Items Claimed: 1/10

Greenery: Eventually the greenery turned brown...(Location 378)


Week #11

Night of the Assassin by Russell Blake

Finished: 3/25/13
Rating: 2 Stars

Items Claimed: 5/10

Butterfly: The backrest of his throne is embellished with butterflies...(Location 2320)

Shimmer: ...and black hair that shimmered like silk against her...(Location 2664)

Antibiotic: Shaking out an iron pill and antibiotic, he washed.....(Location 2290)

Explosive: ...to be trained in explosives, parachuting, military diving, and ...(Location 774)

Easter: One Friday before Easter, the boy had come home with....(Location 627)


Week #11

Bluegrass State of Mind by Kathleen Brooks

Finished: 3/20/13
Rating: 4 Stars

Items Claimed: 1/10

Cookie: Martha went still, as if caught with her hand in the cookie jar.(Location 3456)



Week #11

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

Finished: 3/22/13
Rating: 5 Stars

Items Claimed: 2/10

Bloodhound: Of course she was a damned bloodhound, if she said so herself.(Page 365)

Nail Polish: ..had been filled with cosmetics, gels, hair spray, hair clips, nail polish, you name it.(Page 73)

Items Claimed 9/10

Week #12
by M. Leighton
Finished:3/26/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:1~2/10
Note Pad:With a curl of my upper lip, I reached out and snatched a sheet of paper from one of Aidan’s notebooks.  Kindle App for PC Location 1273

Week 12

by Tara Sivec
Finished: 3/26/13
Rating: 5♥'s

Items Claimed 4 ~ 4/10

Marshmallow Location 2229 "Marshmallows is a funny word. 'Mmmmmmaaaaaarrrrrssssshhhhhhmmmmaaaalllloooowwwwssss.' Who invented that word? It's a great word."

scissors Location 3745 "...months later because there's a pair of scissors stuck to my kidney or I'm..."

Allergy Location 2414 "'Is Claire allergic to nuts? She might be going into anal flaccid shock,' Drew says nervously.
Oh my God. It's like he shares a brain with Jenny.
'It's Anaphylaxis Shock,[edited]... and no, she's not allergic to nuts,"

Reference to a time period in history Location 235 "Dad, it's two-thousand-and-twelve, not the nineteen-fifties."

Week #12
by Gillian Flynn
Finished:3/27/13
Rating:5 Stars

Items Claimed:1~3/10
Allergy:He's so angry, so unstable, I've been wondering if his moods are linked to something physical-one of those wheat allergies that turn people mad, or a colony of mold sporesthat has clogged his brain. Page 195

Week 12:

- Russell Banks
Rating: 3/5
Finished: March 27th 2013
On pg. 89 when items called

Items to claim:

Air conditioning: "...it was hot, North Carolina hot, and the house wasn't air conditioned..." (pg. 121)

Post total: 1/10
Week total: 1/10

Week #12
by Kevin Hearne
Finished:3/29/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:3~6/10
Marshmallow:His voice was smoothed and fluffy, like marshmallow creme-if the creme also had shards of glass in it. Page 6

Reference to a Time Period of History:I spent World War II helping Jewish families escape Vichy France by sneaking them into Spain and thence to Portugal. Page 186

Scissors:But we were looking for simple materials like wire and wire cutters or, failing that, string and scissors with which to make some snares for squirrels, rabbits, and the like. Page 92

Week 12:

- Jennifer Egan
Rating: 2/5
Finished: March 29th 2013
On pg. 29 when items called

Items to claim:

Time period: "...like in those nineteenth-century novels he'd read in secret because only girls were supposed to like them." (pg. 30)
Scissors: "...having his longtime barber, Stu, put down his scissors and pull Bennie aside." (pg. 31)
Note pad: "...when I asked a blond gal with a notepad what was going on..." (pg. 97)

Post total: 3/10
Week total: 4/10

unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin Finished: 3/30
Rating: 3/5

Allergy: "That is what alcoholism and drug addictions are, obsessions of the mind and an allergy of the body." page 222

Week Total: 6/10

Week #12
by Thea Harrison
Finished:3/30/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:2~8/10
Lantern:The evening still showed hints of days' golden sunlight, but shadows were deepening across the clearing and glowing lanterns had begun to appear in strategic places as she and Rune approached the Nightkind encampment. Page 258

Air Conditioning:Then the hotel air-conditioning came on. Page 92

Week #12
by Patricia Briggs
Finished:3/31/13
Rating:4 Stars

Items Claimed:1~9/10
Ice Pack:Gabriel gave me an ice pack and watched Jesse duck behind the washcloth to hide her blush. Page 105

Week 12

by Jeaniene Frost
Finished: 3/30/13
Rating: 5♥'s

Items Claimed 3 ~ 7/10

Lantern Location 1781 "... liked how the streetlights resembled iron lanterns on tall poles."

air-conditioning Location 4553 "... shivering under the air-conditioing and reaching for the silver knife."

ice packs Location 2492 "...kept my hands from feeling like ice packs."

Week 12

by Jeaniene Frost
Finished: 3/31/13
Rating: 5♥'s

Items Claimed 1 ~ 8/10

Notepad Location 706/Page 60 "... with his shoulder as he grabbed a notepad. 'No, that's not what we agreed on,' he said as he scribbed away."

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
Finished: 3/31
Rating: 5/5

Lantern: "The folds of the tent flapped in a light breeze, and the glow of lanterns painted its ripples crimson..." page 251

Week Total: 7

Week 12



Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Finished:3/27
Rating:♥♥♥♥♥

1. Marshmallow:
...the sweet potatoes with the little marshmallows...~pg. 293
6. Notepad:
...picking up a battered spiral notebook...~pg. 35
7. Reference to a period in History:
...side of the Santee River during the Civil War~pg. 1
10. Scissors:
...who cut her own hair with garden scissors...

Week 12:
by Jennifer Estep
Rating: ★★★★
Finished: 3/28/13

Items Found: 5

fat still puffed out his face like a warm, oozing marshmallow KL# 124
Lights next to the mine entrance burned like skinny yellow lanterns KL# 2875
Donovan dug a pen and notepad out of his hip pocket KL# 473
A holdover from the Civil War Days that had just never faded away KL#619
counters crammed full of hairspray, nail polish, makeup, scissors KL# 1487

Zero Visibility by Sharon Dunn
Finished March 29, 2013 - 1 star

Lantern: "The view through the third window was covered in shadows as it fell outside the circle of illumination created by the lanterns." (Zero Visibility, 82)
Kangaroo: "He packed snow around the meat and placed it in the kangaroo pocket of his ski jacket." (Zero Visibility, 115)

Week 12:

- Jim Butcher
Finished: March 31st, 2013
Rating: 4/5

Items to claim:

Lantern: "The sixth hit the thing square between its lightning-lantern eyes..." (pg. 187)

Post total: 1/10
Week total: 5/10

Week 12:
Items found: 5/10

1. Marshmallow: “ And here I thought we were going to toast marshmallows (KL 665 in Lover At Last)

2. Ice Pack: “ Qhuinn muttered as he resumed truding through the Ice Pack ” (KL 1812 in Lover At Last)

3. Lantern: “It was out of the glow from the lantern over the front door” (KL 9328 in Lover At Last)

5. Valet: “ Hank left his car in the care of a valet with specific instructions ” (Pg. 293 in The Darkest Edge of Dawn )

7. Reference to a time period of History: “By the nineteenth century, Vampyrism was, in large part, no longer viewed as a mystical curse .” (KL 1074 in Serpent's Kiss)

by Kelly Gay (Done 3/26, 2.5 stars)
by J.R. Ward (Done 3/28, 4-stars)
by Thea Harrison ( Done 3/29, 2.5-stars)

Week 12
Items Claimed: 9/10


Finished 3/30
4★
Marshmallow: "I asked it to roast some marshmallows earlier..." ~ KL 2766
Lantern: "It was holding up a small lantern..." ~ KL 474
Allergy: "Unless you had really bad allergies..." ~ KL 1139


Finished 4/1
4★
Valet: "...she handed her keys to the valet." ~ KL 1127
Note pad: "...a small package of notebooks..." ~ KL 3359
Reference to a time period of History: "Even in the nineteenth century..." ~ KL 2360
Air Conditioning: "The air-conditioning wasn't working..." ~ KL 98
Kangaroo: "A kangaroo court..." ~ KL 394
Scissors: "Bermuda grass was cut by hand, with scissors..." ~ KL 1119

Week 12 - 9/10



Sabriel by Garth Nix
Completed: Mar 28, 2013
Rating: ★

1. Lantern
"Lanterns lit the study..."
KL. 1159

2. Valet
"I don't need a valet,..."
KL. 2062

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Completed: Apr 01, 2013
Rating: ★★★★★

3. Ice Pack
"Crack grins and holds up his ice pack."
p. 251

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Completed: Apr 01, 2013
Rating: ★★★★★

4. Reference to a Time Period in History (Year)
"...who'd lost her family the same year - 1985."
KL. 99

5. Scissors
"...so I cut things with scissors"
KL. 375

6. Note Pad
"...scribbling notes on a legal pad..."
KL. 608

7. Allergy
"...someone would say they have a wheat allergy..."
KL. 3479

8. Marshmallow
"...microwave cocoa, the kind with fake marshmallows..."
KL. 3722

9. Air Conditioning
"...the air conditioner was blasting..."
KL. 4753

Week #13
by Elle Jasper
Finished:4/2/13
Rating:5 Stars

Items Claimed:1~1/10
Trench Coat:I go from sandals, French manicures, and flowery sundresses to black fatigues, boots, and a trench coat. Page 129