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Banked Books:-Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (<100 pages)
-The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin (<100 pages)
-The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo
-Tarot Fantastic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg
-Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer
-Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
-The Meat Goat Handbook: Raising Goats for Food, Profit, and Fun
-Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
-No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness by Michelle Segar
-The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
-The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
-It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
-Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
-Corn Snakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide by Cathy Love
-The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
-Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
-A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
-We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
-Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Reserved Books:
Beginner Combat Certificate
• Spell out the word ATTACK using spell it out rules.
• Read 2 books with teeth on the cover.
• Read 2 books with battles in them.
• Read a book with a red cover.
Receive 1 Beginner Combat Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog now has +1 attack.
-The Martian by Andy Weir reserved for task where someone runs out of batteries.
Staff:
-You by Caroline Kepnes (#1)
-Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (#2)
-Mind Over Ship by David Marusek (#2)
-The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett (#2)
-Cured by Bethany Wiggins (#2 Stung)
-The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (#2)
-Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (#2)
-Saga Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
-Saga Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
-Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (#3)
-Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (#3)
-Saga Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
-Feedback by Mira Grant (#4)
-Saga Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan
-White Trash Zombie Gone Wild by Diana Rowland (#5)
-Saga Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan
-Biting Cold by Chloe Neill (#6)
-Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (#7 Dresden Files)
-A Rose-Red Chain by Seanan McGuire (#9)
-Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire (#10)
Two Halves of Empty Coconuts:
1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency. -Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
1- A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
2- The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
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3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages. -Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan
5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title. -Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher. -Fire by Kristin Cashore
8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something. -The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief. -Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
The Easter Bilby:
1) Read a book where someone has a pet rabbit. -Bunnicula
2) Read a book with a rabbit on the cover. -The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishu
3) Spell out the word RABBIT using spell-it-out rules.
-I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan
4) Read a book with the word rabbit in the title or series.
5) Read a book featuring chocolate or where the main character is a pastry chef.
6) Read a book set during Spring.
7) Read a book with an invasion in it.
8) Read a book where the main character is a doctor or vet.
9) Read a book where there is an Easter celebration.
10) Read a book with grass on the cover. -The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood
Used Books:
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Acquired from Welcome Basket:• 5 Potion Tokens
• 10 Gold
• 3 Minor Heal Potions
• 1 Time Walking Potion
• 1 Shield Potion
• 1 Mercenary Coupon - Hire one mercenary free for a week
• Up to 15 books read in the 12 months prior to starting
QUESTS
Finished Hello, my name is... quest.
for 3 xp.
Finished Quick! Lies! Quest for 6 xp.
The Warded Man decided to conduct an Interview with the Vampire one night. In an act of seemingly Highly Illogical Behavior, the vampire hugged the warded man. We All Looked Up, seeing the two figures, but they suddenly disappeared, And Then There Were None.
Used Books:
The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
We all Looked up by Tommy Wallach
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Level Up!
Total XP: 9
Level: 2
Max HP: 12
10/2
Finished Part 1 of New Gang in Town
-Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
-Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
-If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Earned Exp: 4
Total Exp: 35
10/9
Finished Part 2 of New Gang in Town
-The Heist by Janet Evanovich
-Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
-Earned Exp: 4
Total Exp: 42
Finished Part 3 of New Gang in Town
-Zodiac by Romina Russell
-The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
-Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
-Earned Item: 1 Heal Potion
-Earned Exp:4
Total Exp: 46
Level Up!
Total Exp: 46
Level: 5
Max HP:18
10/16
Completed 4 steps of Sticks and Stones may Build a House
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation. - The Magicians - done
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods. - The Island of Doctor Moreau - done
5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime. - Robert B. Parker's Lullaby -done
6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically. - The Girl with All the Gifts -done
Earned 2 Exp
Total Exp: 48
10/20
Complete 7 Total (3 additional) steps of Sticks and Stones may Build a House
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses. - Friday Night Bites - done
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.-Fangirl -done
10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front. -Uprooted - done
Earned 2 Exp
Total Exp: 63
10/22
Complete 10 total (3 additional) steps of Sticks and Stones may Build a House
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)- Caleb's Story
4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.) - Nimona
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.- Throne of Glass
Earned House!
Earned 3 Exp.
Total Exp: 66
10/23
Rocky the Rock
Acquire 5 pebbles to receive your very own Rocky the Rock pet. Rocky will subtract 1 attack point of any creature.
*spends 5 pebbles*
11/4
Robbing Robin Hood
Use 4 bat wings and 1 book with 6 or fewer characters in the title
*spends 4 bat wings*
Using Stung by Bethany Wiggins for book.
Earned 5 Exp.
11/30
Clinomaniac:
-Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Trilogy #1)
-Seige and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Trilogy #2)
-Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Trilogy #3)
-Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Over 500 Pages)
-Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire (Over 500 Pages)
-The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (Over 500 Pages)
-Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Over 500 Pages)
-The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer (Tree)
-The Messenger by Lois Lowry (Tree)
-Son by Lois Lowry (Tree)
-Stand Down by J.A. Jance (Tree)
-Animal Farm by George Orwell (Chicken or Duck in story)
Earned 10 Exp and a bed.
12/5
Lady Rachel's Debut:
-Spend 3 Goblin Bones
-Use Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Earned 10 Gold.
Lady Dani Lost and Found:
-Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett (odd number pages)
-The Shelf by Phyllis Rose (odd number pages)
-Mini-Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs (even number pages)
Earned 10 Gold
The First Puppy of Novel Kingdom:
Search far and wide for the perfect name!
- read a author with same first name as you
*Dark Star by Bethany Frenette
- read a book that starts with your first initial
*Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
- read a book that starts with your last initial
*Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial
*The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial
*The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- read a book where the author uses two names
*Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names
*Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list
*Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
- read a book where the main character has unusual name
*Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (Celaena)
Earned Puppy
12/6/2016
Fed 1 Fish to Koschka for training - Flush by Carl Hiassen
12/12/2016
Finished A Fairy Odd Path
-The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (#2.5 Kingkiller)
-Secret History by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #3.5)
-First Meetings in Ender's Universe by Orson Scott Card (#.5 Ender's Saga)
Earned 2 Exp and 1 Heal potion
12/13/2016
-Fed 1 fish to Koschka - Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
12/23/2016
-Fed 1 fish to Koschka - Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
12/24/2016
Beginner Obedience:
• Teach Sit - Read a book with a chair on the cover. -Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
• Teach Stay - Read a book where someone stays in the same town the whole time. -Room by Emma Donoghue
• Teach Down - Read a book where someone goes underwater. -White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland
• Teach Come - Read a book where someone follows someone else. - Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
• Teach Heel - Read a book where two people travel together. - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor and Park briefly travel together near the end of the book)
Got beginner obedience certificate
12/30/2016
Fed a fish to Koschka - Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
WEAPON LEVEL UP
9/24
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Obtained Level 1 Magic
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
#2 Series Book: A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
Obtained Level 2 Magic
10/2
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
#2 Series Book: Never Never Part 2 by Colleen Hoover
#3 Series Book: Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
Obtained Level 3 Magic
10/11
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: Unwind by Neal Schusterman
#2 Series Book: The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
#3 Series Book: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
#4 Series Book: Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce
Obtained Level 4 Magic
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
#2 Series Book: Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
#3 Series Book: An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
#4 Series Book: Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
#5 Series Book: Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Obtained Level 5 Magic
10/14
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
#2 Series Book: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
#3 Series Book: Chimera by Mira Grant
#4 Series Book: Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
#5 Series Book: One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
#6 Series Book: Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
Obtained Level 6 Magic
11/16
Level Up Magic
#1 Series Book: Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
#2 Series Book: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
#3 Series Book: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
#4 Series Book: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill
#5 Series Book: Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire
#6 Series Book: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
#7 Series Book: Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire
Obtained Level 7 Magic
12/30
Level Up Magic
-Saga Volume 1
-Swarm by Scott Westerfeld (#2 Zeroes)
-Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill (#3)
-How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back by Diana Rowland (#4)
-Drink Deep by Chloe Neill (#5)
-River Marked by Patricia Briggs (#6)
-Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (#7)
-The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire (#8)
Obtained Level 8 Magic
FIGHTS
9/24
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9/29
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10/2
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10/9
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10/16
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10/23
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Continued on message 8
Purchases:-Hired Lady Ysmay 10/23 to 10/29 in exchange for 1 mercenary coupon
-Bought Kitten on 12/16/2016 for 40 Gold
Character: Level 7, Max HP 22, Current HP 19, Total Exp 170.
Magic Staff: Level 8, Attack 10
Sword: Level 0, Attack 2
This is Joan. She is a rock, and she prevents 1 attack point of any creature.
This is my bed, which heals me by 1 hp every Sunday.
This is my kitty Koschka, who has been trained.
My puppy Spatz. She has the beginner obedience certificate.
Inventory:
6 Potion Tokens
8 Gold
2 Minor Heal Potions
2 Minor Poison Potions
2 Heal Potions
1 Time Walking Potion
1 Shield Potion
1 Pebble
1 Drop Bear Meat
1 Nook Squirrel Carcass
1 Rat Tail