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Chase the Dark (Steel & Stone, #1) by Annette Marie
Pages: 289 (26 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/13/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book where someone is assumed to be dead but turns out not to be.
Reason: (view spoiler) (Chapter 19)
4.50 From Paddington/They Do It With MirrorsbyAgatha ChristieFinished 11/14/16
Pages 224
Goals. None
I only read the 4.50 From Paddington. I couldn't find t by itself on the add/book author link.
Finished
, heather blake01.14.2016
4*s
320 pages, kindle
Once Bitten (Alexa O'Brien, Huntress, #1) by Trina M. Lee
Pages: 254 (21 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/15/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book with the phrase "bright side" in a book.
Reason: "'On the bright side,' Lena added thoughtfully." (page 158)
Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins
Date Read: 1/15/2016
Pages: 144
Goals: Read a book where someone fulfills their dream (Nesta fulfills her dream of being discovered by model scouts)
Isle of Winds by James Fahy
Date Read: 1/15/16
Pages: 265
Goal: O character - Oberon, if still need an O character for the crossword...if not then no goals yet.
Characters: Robin, Karya, Woad, Henry, Mr. Drover, Aunt Irene, Mr. Moros, Strife, Siaw, Eris, Oberon, Titania, Dannae
has fairies and another race called the Panthea, magic, a separate realm(Netherworlde)
will add a longer list of possible goals later, have to leave for work at the moment!!
, christy fifield01.17.2016
★★★★s
304 pages
talking parrot which is the host of Uncle Louis
by Gail Tsukiyama1/17/16
4 *
288 pgs
Characters: Tao, Kai Ying, Song, Wei, Suyin, Sheng
Location: China
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Read: Jan 18
Pages: 438
Goal: None.
Illustrated cover, fortune teller, ghosts, pixies, werewolf, time travel, a character presumed dead
, carolyn haines01.18.2016
4*s
354 pages
southern, cozy mystery, thriller, pnr (ghost), romance
Monday, Sunday by Fenton Grace
Read: 1/18
Pages: 287
Goal: none
Possible Goal: two characters with same name (Chris)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
Pages: 387 (38 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/18/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book where the title starts with the letter C.
Reason: The title is Cinder, which begins with a C.
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer
Pages: 452 (47 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/20/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book that contains the word artichokes.
Reason: "...then twisted open the jar of artichokes." (page 442)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer
Pages: 550 (61 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/21/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as re-reads - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable.
Reason: "re-read" is a top shelf.
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Finished: Jan. 21
Pages: 446 pages (audiobook: 10 hours)
Goals: none
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Finished: Jan. 21
Pages: 181 pages
Goals: mention of opal in text or title
My sister liked him for this, and treasured her opal stone. (page 18 of kindle version)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Read: Jan 21
Pages: 256
Goal: Book with a facial feature in the title.
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5) by Marissa Meyer
Pages: 220 (no labeled chapters; one long narrative)
Date Completed: 01/21/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter W.
Reason: Winter Hayle (Princess Winter) is introduced in this book.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Read: 1/22
Pages: 398
Goal: none
Way of the Junglepreneur by David Oludotun Fasanya
Read: 1/22
Pages: 196
Goals: none
Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina by Ronnie Greene
Read: 1/22
Pages: 256
Goal: none
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) by Marissa Meyer
Pages: 824 (97 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/23/2016.
BoM/DQs: Yes/Answered.
Open Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as action - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable.
Reason: "action" is a top shelf.
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
Date read: 1/23/16
Pages: 346
Rating: 5 stars
Goals: none
Characters: Vlad, Leila Dalton, Marty, Shrapnel, Maximus, Rend, Szilagyi, Mencheres, Keira, Cat, Bones
Published June 26th 2012
Set in Florida, USA and Romania, Europe
42 chapters
Leila is a human with psychic abilities and the ability to electrocute people
Vlad is a centuries old vampire(Vlad Tepesh) and has the ability to read minds and control fire
unimportant characters die in this - 3 vampires in a motel at the beginning of the story
-Read a book where characters get on a plane: Leila and Vlad fly in his private plane from Florida to Romania
-Read a book where a character lives in a castle or palace - Vlad lives in a castle
-Read a book where a character lives in a castle or palace - Leila visits Vlad's castle
-Read a book where a character is a vampire - Vlad
-Read a book where a character has visions (diviner, clairvoyant, prophet) - Leila can get visions of the past, present, and future by touching item that have peoples "impresions" on them
-Read a book where a characters name is also a word - shrapnel (Vlad's guard and most trusted interrogator/torturer)
- Read a book where a character has a military background or family - Leila's father was military as she grew up...always moving from place to place based on where he was stationed
- Read a book where a character has a surprising and unexpected talent - can cut off vampire's heads with her burst of electricity from her right hand...can read people's pasts, presents, and futures by touching them or an item they've touched
- Read a book were a romance isn’t approved by a family member. Leila's dad and sister do not approve of her relationship with Vlad
***Read a book that contains the word tomato - page 125 - "...Carrots, celery, tomato juice..."
***Read a book with the phrase "Last straw" in a book - page 251 - "Maybe this was the last straw for my sanity."
***Read a book with the phrase "bright side" in a book - Page 224 - "...trying to look on the bright side of this situation."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Fool" in the text or title - Page 261 - "Doesn't the fool remember that I'm..."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Justice" in the text or title - Page 69 - "The word house didn't begin to do justice to the..."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Strength" in the text or title - Page 28 - "I found the strength to..."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Death" in the text or title - Page 17 "Isn't death the only way out?"
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Devil" in the text or title - Page 29 - "They say the devil you know is better than the one you don't."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Tower" in the text or title - Page 316 "Castle Peonari, tunneled into the rock under the tower."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Sun" in the text or title-Page 227 "The sun had slipped halfway behind the mountains..."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The World" in the text or title - Page 337 "pressed a button on it and the world exploded..."
***Read a book that has the birthstone Emerald in the text or title - Page 23 "His hazel eyes glowed emerald..."
A Night in Amber by Erik Mercer
Date read: 1/23/16
Pages: 129
Rating: 5 stars
goals: no
Characters: Caleb, Moron, Sorak, Estin
The chapters are not marked with numbers or Roman numerals...sections are only marked with words such as "The Guest" or "Everybody has a Story" ... not sure if it might work for the goal where chapters aren't marked if that goal comes up again but thought it might
***Read a book with a song: at 4% in there is a well-known Drace-hymn by F. Mysthral(230-314)- has the lyrics listed as well but they are not words we know...the first line is Ya te makua, oh tu bolcha mon.
***Read a book with a military background or family - Caleb is descended from a line of warriors...since it is so far back in time I think this would count as military.
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The World" in the text or title - 51% - How in the world did you get this?
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Lovers" in the text or title- 48% "The lovers part and go their separate ways."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Emperor" in the text or title - 71% "The Emperor giveth and the Emperor taketh away."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Fool" in the text or title- 93% "Even if it means I have to carry the fool all the way to the Emperor on my bloody shoulders."
***Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Moon" in the text or title- 17% "...turned gray by the light of the moon."
***Read a book with the phrase "cold feet" in a book -11% "...grass that washes around simple leather, harboring cold feet."
Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, #1/3) by MaryJanice Davidson
Pages: 268 (36 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/23/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as paperback - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable.
Reason: "paperback" is a top shelf.
Swimming Without a Net (Fred the Mermaid, #2/3) by MaryJanice Davidson
Pages: 271 (48 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/24/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book which is set under the sea.
Reason: 136 of 271 pages (or 50.18%) of this book were set under the sea.
by James Patterson (Alex Cross #1)Pages: 502
Date completed 1/24/16
BOM/DQ: No
Goal: None at this time
Characters: Alex Cross, Sampson, Gary Murphy/Soneji, Jezzie, Charles, Michael Goldberg, Maggie Rose Dunne
Location: Washington DC
Misc: Kidnapping
Book is broken into parts: A total of 6 parts, 89 chapters + an Epilogue
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
Read: 1/24
Pages: 368
Goal: none
, krista davis01.24.2016
308 pages
4*s
, stephanie bond01.24.2016
352 pages
4*s
Fish Out of Water (Fred the Mermaid, #3/3) by MaryJanice Davidson
Pages: 270 (47 chapters)
Date Completed: 01/24/2016.
BoM/DQs: No/No.
Open Goal: Read a book where characters go to the beach.
Reason: Fred rented a beach mansion on an island in Florida and, though technically there isn't a beach (just "a sharp drop-off and a long dock" -- page 13), we do have this scene:
"She had fled the bakery and, since Jonas had driven, ran to the first beach she could find--and on Sanibel, they were plentiful." (page 34)
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
Read: 1/25
Pages: 275
Goal: none
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Finished: Jan. 26
Pages: 398
Goals: none
*BOM questions
Ebony's Discussion Questions
Grandma was a Hooker by Ken Casper
Date read: 1/26
Pages: 189
Goal: Read a book with a hospital setting ??? (waiting to find out if this works or not for hospital setting) Evvie works in hospital taking care of wounded soldiers coming home from overseas during WW II for the last 40% of the book, and during the first half of the book Evvie and her mom go and visit her dad at the TB hospital several times, and Evvie, her mom, and Evvie's brother Henry go and visit him one time before her dad ultimately dies...I'd say this takes up another 10-15% of the book. So altogether 50%-55% happens in a hospital or at a hospital.
XODUS by K.J. McPike
Read: 1/27
Pages: 389
Goal: none
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Read: 1/27
Pages: 272
Goal: none
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Read: 1/13
Pages: 258
Goal: none