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Bookcover:

Title: Deadly Magic
Author:Elisabeth Crabtree
Date Read:8/25/16
Square: ?
Book details for possible tasks: magic shows/rabbit on cover & pet rabbit in story/published 2014/330 pgs/mystery/crime: murder/centered around toy company (big seller is dolls)


Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
Completed 8/25/16
Pages: 328 pages [Hardcover]
Square: ?
Fits: YA, Fantasy, 2016 release, wings on the cover, child in the title, play, 8th in series

Bookcover:

Title: 21 Dares
Author:J.C. Gatlin
Square: I1?
How it fits task: I was already reading this when the new card came out but I think it might work in an out of the box way. Oranges are the official fruit for Florida and this book takes place in Florida.


Pages 115
Task - Polar Bear Pic
How it fits - Bear on cover. MC is a bear shifter.


Pages 102
Task - Pumpkin Pic
How It Fits - Pumpkin in title


Title: Saint Anything
Author: Sarah Dessen
Pages: 432
Finished: 8/26
Rating: 3.5 stars
Task: not read for a specific task but the story centers around the MC and her brother being "locked up" in prison - might work for key square, also there was a birthday celebrated - may work for balloon square
How it fits: N/A

Book:

Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Read: 8-26-2016
Pages: 457


Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead
Pages: 378
Finished: 8/26
Rating: 2.5 rounded down
Square: B1 (minion)
How it fits: The MC has a minion called Volusian- a spirit that is bound to her and does her bidding. She calls him her minion 9 times in the book.

Bookcover:

Title: Party Girl
Author:Rachel Hollis
Date read: 8/27/16
pages:364
Square: G4
How it fits task: the MC is an event planner plus there are balloons on the cover as well so it fits the task in 2 ways.

Book:

Author: Morgan Rice
Read: 8-27-2016
Pages: 232
Square: G2
Task: Title contains King


Title: Gathering Blue
Author: Lois Lowry
Pages: 225
Finished: 8/27
Rating: 3 stars
Task: N1
How it fits: published in September 2000


Life Support by Tess Gerritsen
Completed: 8/27/16
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: ?
How it could fit: 406 pages, published in 1997, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Medical genre, MC doctors, set in Boston, +10,000 reviews...


Title: Dark Web
Author: T.J. Brearton
Finished: 8/27/16
Pages: 372
Characters: Lenny Duso, Braxton Simpkins, Mike Simpkins, Callie Simpkins, Jack Simpkins, John Swift, Brittany Silas, Captain Tuggey, Hideo Miko, Hannah Simpkins, Robert Darring, Janine Poehler, Sean Mathis, Reno Simpkins


Imprudence by Gail Carriger
Finished: 8/28
Pages: 368
Rating: 3.5
Square: I3
How it fits: This series, The Custard Protocol series, is a spin-off of The Parasol Protectorate series.

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Finished: 8/28
Pages: 322
Rating: 4.25
Square: None currently
10th in series
Genres: Mystery, Classics, Thriller, Crime
141,000 ratings
Works for: train, gavel, knife, clock, crime scene tape, made into movie... probably police badge, snow mittens, cradle, baby, handcuffs

Bookcover:

Title: Even Witches Get the Blues
Author:J.D. Winters
Square: ?
How it fits task:
genres-fantasy/paranormal/mystery
witches/raven/dog/demons/hunters
cover items- moon, creepy house, tree, ravens, dog
1st in series

Bookcover:

Title: The Dream Keeper
Author:Mikey Brooks
Square: I5
How it fits task: key on cover & keys are how people are brought to & taken home from Dreams (our dreamworld)


Title: Hex Hall
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Pages: 337
Finished: 8/28
Rating: 3.5 stars
Task: O4 - Cat on the Cover
How it fits: black cat on the cover

Author: Random Riggs
Pages: 352
Characters: Emma, Jacob, Franklin, Abe, Ricky, Millard Nullings, Olive, Fiona waters, Miss avocet, Portman, Hugh.
Put it in the bank or as it fits. :)

Bookcover:

Title: Storm Front
Author:D.L. Robinson
Date read: 8/28/16
Pages:269
Square: I3
How it fits task: storms and lightning go together so the title alone should fit this task.

Book:

Author: Gail Carriger
Read: 8-29-2016
Rating: 2*
Pages: 307
Task: Spin-off series

1996

Date: 8/29/16
Pages: 176
Square:?
Publication: 2005
Some things about it: memoir, autobiography, government conspiracy, American, fear/paranoia

Bookcover:

Title: Entangled
Author:Jessica Sorensen
Square: ?
How it fits task:
genres-fantasy/paranormal/YA
vampires/guardians/keepers/fey
285 ratings/20 reviews
book 2 in Guardian series - Guardian series is a spin-off of Fallen Star series
pub- may 2016


Title: The Raven King
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Series: The Raven Cycle #4
Pages: 439
Finished: 8/26/16

Bookcover:

Title: Out of Sight, Out of Time
Author:Ally Carter
Date Read: 8/30/16
Pages:304
Square: N1
How it fits task: Author Ally Carter - first name starts with 'A'


The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Finished: 8/30
Pages: 288
Rating: 4.5 stars
Square: G2- lychees?
How it fits: pink cover plus juicy gossip

Bookcover:

Title: Cheerleading Can Be Murder
Author:Carissa Ann Lynch
Date Read: 8/30/16
Square: G4
How it fits task: 'Be' in title


That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Date read: 8/30/16
Pages: 174
Ratings: 3 stars
Square: B4
How it fits task: 'That' in title

Bookcover:

Title: Cutting Up the Competition
Author:Carissa Ann Lynch
Date Read:8/30/16
Pages:215
Square: ?
How it fits task:
genre-horror
27 ratings/16 reviews
Pub may 2016
psychopath/cheerleaders


Pages 122
Square ??
Possible Categories - Baby, Planet, Wolf, Published 2016, Genre - Science Fiction (this is listed on first page but does not have very many listed yet because it is fairly new release)??

Bookcover:

Title: Wake Me When the Sun Goes Down
Author:Lisa Olsen
Square: ?
How it fits task:
1,104 Ratings · 71 Reviews
genres- paranormal/romance/urban fantasy
vampires
cover items- photos/piano


Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock
Date finished: 8/31/16
Pages:151
square: O5
How it fits: 81% green


Title: Blood Kiss
Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 439
Finished: 8/31
Rating: 3.5 stars
Task: N/A
How it fits: spin off of black dagger brotherhood series, vampires, romance, erotica

Bookcover:

Title: Ready to Fall
Author:Daisy Prescott
Date read:9/1/16
Pages:274
Square: ?
How it fits task:
genre-contemporary romance
2,533 Ratings · 335 Reviews
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