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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Finished 10/20/16
Pages: 396 pages
Task: Card 1 - Read a book set in imaginary country. (Set in Fantastica)
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. HamiltonPages 468
Finished 10/21/16
Does this work for cat?
Page 365 ... They watched each movement the way that cats watch birds in …
Page 81 ... " Roane glanced at his own body and hissed like a startled cat. …
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Title: Somewhere Out There
Author: Amy Hatvany
Pages: 344
Finished: 10/21
Rating: 4.5 stars
Task: Card #4
How it fits: Book published on March 1st, 2016
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Title: The Boy Who Could See Demons
Author: Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Pages: 263
Finished: 10/22
Rating: 3.5 stars
Task: Card #4
How it fits: Letter T
Completed
The Prophet by Amanda Stevens
Series: #3 in Graveyard Queen
Finished: 10/22/16
Pages: 347
Task: Would work for card 4 "S" or "A"
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Title: Fairest
Author: Chanda Hahn
Pages: 247
Finished: 10/22
Rating: 2 stars
Task: weapon leveling
How it fits: 2nd in series
The Trespasser by Tana French
Series: Dublin Murder Squad #6
Pages: 449
Date Finished: 10/22
Rating: 3.25 stars
Task: 6th in series, R in Star spell-out (character: Rory Fallon), cat in text ("Steve shrugs, narrowing his eyes at a china cat with a pink gingham bow..." (pg. 23))
Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #5
Pages: 352
Date Finished: 10/22
Rating: 3 stars
Tasks: 5th in series, R in Star spell-out (Character: Raphael), cat in text ("He felt like stretching in pleasure, as if he were a great cat that had been stroked..." (couldn't get page number, but at the start of chapter 3))
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Finished 10/23/16
375 pages
Task: Card 2 - Goodreads Choice Awards - 2014 nominee - Best YA Fiction
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Title: Plum Lovin'
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 164
Finished: 10/22
Rating: 3 stars
Task: Card #5
How it fits: "A big orange cat sat hunkered down and..."
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The Art of WarAuthor: Sun Tzu
Read: 10-20-2016
Rating: 2*
Task: ???
Book:
The Catcher in the RyeAuthor: J.D. Salinger
Read: 10-21-2016
Rating: 2*
Task: ???
Book:
Dying for ChocolateAuthor: Diane Mott Davidson
Read: 10-21-2016
Rating: 3*
Task: #2 in Series
Book:
Killer PancakeAuthor: Diane Mott Davidson
Read: 10-22-2016
Rating: 3*
Task: #5 in Series
Crystal wrote: "Completion Post:Title: Plum Lovin'
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 164
Finished: 10/22
Rating: 3 stars
Task: Card #5
How it fits: "A big ora..."
This isn't showing up on your shelf.
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. RobbPages: 364
Finished: 10/24/16
Series: #8 in In Death
Characters: Eve Dallas, Roarke, Peabody, Feeney, McNab, Whitney, Nadine, Louise, Summerset
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The Bridges of Madison CountyAuthor: Robert James Waller
Read: 10-23-2016
Rating: 4*
Task: ???
The Witch and the Vampire King by Anna Santos
Date read:10/25/16
Pages:275
*book 2 (not labeled book 2 on Goodreads but my copy shows it is - book 1 is here Soul Mate)
Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter Novellas
Pages: 368
Date finished: 10/25
Rating: 3.25 stars
Task: Clothing task on card 5, or I don't know how much of the cover has to be "lead colored" to count for card 4. She's also on a cliff, don't know if we could stretch that to count for a valley for card 1.
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The Mill on the Floss by:George Eliot
Completed: 10/24
Pages: 691
Task: Card 1: has a river towards the bottom of the cover. If that is not available anymore then it could be banked for later use.
After Days by Scott Medbury
Date Read: 10/27/16
Pages:354
*book 1
* there are trees alongside the road - could be a forest...
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Title: The Darkest Part of the Forest
Author: Holly Black
Pages: 331
Finished: 10/27
Rating: 4 stars
Task: unsure, maybe card 5
How it fits: suffix EST - darkest
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Title: The Inn at Ocean's Edge
Author: Colleen Coble
Pages: 334
Finished: 10/27
Rating: 2.5 stars
Task: Card 1 or weapon leveling
How it fits: sea on the cover or series #1
Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #6
Pages: 374
Date finished: 10/28
Rating: 3 stars
Task: 6th in series or words in text: love ("Her fingers rose to the screen in a familiar gesture of love." (pg. 21)), heart ("...then felt her heart stop as he dropped, a sleek arrow of white-gold that shot past her,.. (5)), dinner ("“My father wants to have dinner with us?”" (4)), chocolate ("“Hot chocolate and cakes for your guest, Guild Hunter..."" (31))
Configured by Jenetta Penner
Date read: 10/28/16
Pages: 298
*book 1
*love at location 641: "He loved her so much."
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Title: Prized
Author: Caragh M. O'Brien
Pages: 366
Finished: 10/28
Rating: 3 stars
Task: weapon leveling, card 5 - love in text, or save for later
How it fits: series book #2, pg. 46 "You must know I love my sons," the mlady said."
Heaven's Key by Electa Graham
Date read: 10/29/16
Pages: 143
* book 1
*Does Cain offering to let someone rule in hell with him in exchange for opening Heaven to his father, Lucifer count as dangling a reward?
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DuplicityAuthor: Newt Gingrich
Read: 10-25-2016
Rating: 3*
Book:
Brace For ImpactAuthor: Allie K. Adams
Read: 1-0-26-2016
Rating: 2*
All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder
Finished: 10.29.16
Pages: 272
Task: Card 1 - Read a book with valley on the cover.
The Swan Riders by Erin Bow
Series: Prisoners of Peace #2
Pages: 384
Date Finished: 10/31
Rating: 3 stars
Task: Heart Spell Out- R (character: Rachel)
Or if we keep new cards:
Heart Spell Out- E (author), A (character: Azriel), T (character: Talis)
Horses are a main part of the story (the characters travel several hundred miles on horseback)
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