Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Welcome Gabi!

Hi! I have just joined this group as I've been slacking in my reading recently and feel these challenges might inspire me to knuckle down and read more!

OPTION 4:Mix and match two or all of the above options.

START: August 26th 2018

A - Agatha Blackmore in Magical Probi FINISHED December 20th
B - Bunyip, Lizzy is one in Shrill Dusk FINISHED December 29th
C - Car racing, Samita Madin in Summer Court FINISHED October 8th
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E - Elemental Powers of Stone and Ice, Gin Blanco in Haints and Hobwebs FINISHED December 11th
F - Fire conjuring, Mira in Burn the Night FINISHED October 22nd
G - Grim Reaper, Charley Davidson in Seventh Grave and No Body FINISHED September 10th
H - Heart removal with bare hands, Jade Crow in River of No Return FINISHED October 9th
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L - Leah Todd from Forbidden Witches is a Tarot Witch FINISHED September 17th
M - Magical Tattoos, Erin Banks in Bad Soul: An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy FINISHED December 12th
N - Necromancy, Anita Blake in The Lunatic Cafe FINISHED August 31st
O - Ophelia Hawke from Caged Wolf is a Tarot Witch FINISHED September 14th
P - Pythia, Cassie Palmer in Reap the Wind FINISHED December 10th
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S - Sword fighting, Arianna in Court of Darkness FINISHED August 28th
T - Thievery, Shatter Cage in Race of Thieves FINISHED October 2nd
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V - Violet Fairdale fae in The Faerie War FINISHED October 28th
W - Witch, Jacyee Frost in Winter Court FINISHED September 23rd
X - Nix in Fugitive of Magic FINISHED December 19th
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Z - Z.V. Hunter, author of Path of Shadows FINISHED October 30th

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Talents, Special Powers & Abilities
1/1/2020-???
OPTION 3
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A: Anger Empowerment
B: Blood Manipulation
C: Camouflage
D: Death Embodiment
E: Emotion Empowerment
F: Fire Manipulation
G: Ghoul Physiology
H: Heresy Embodiment
I: Illusion Manipulation
J: Jack O'Lantern Physiology
K: Killing Empowerment
L: Lunar Embodiment
M: Magic Adaptation
N: Necromancy
O: Other Soul
P: Possession
Q: Quintessence Force
R: Resurrection
S: Soul Absorption
T: Telekinesis
U: Undead Symbiosis
V: Vampiric Toxicity
W: Weapon Calling
X: Xylokinetic Regeneration
Y: Yeti Physiology
Z: Zodiac Power Link

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NBRC: TALENTS, SPECIAL POWERS AND ABILITIES
Option 3: A-Z Spell Out
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ANTI GRAVITY

BUBBLE GENERATION

CAMOUFLAGE

DEFLECTION

ENERGY BLASTS

FLIGHT

GRAPHIC VISION

HEALING ABILITY

INVISIBILITY

JET PROPULSION

KINETIC VISION

LIGHT MANIPULATION

MAGIC

NIGHT VISION

OMNIPOTENCE

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TELEKINESIS

UNDERWATER BREATHING

VAPOR MANIPULATION

WEB SLINGING

X-RAY VISION

YIN & YANG SHIFT

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NBRC 26 Alphabet 19: Talents, Special Powers & Abilities: A to Z (Mixed)

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A - Aaronovitch, Ben; Midnight Riot (Author) 1/25/22
S - Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (Title) 2/2/22
T - Tenth of December by George Saunders (Title) 1/29/22
R - Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin 6/30/22 (Title)
A - All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Title) 2/6/22
L - Lost Souls by Tim Rangnow (Title) 1/30/22

P - Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice 5/20/22 (Title)
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J - Jenny Lawson; Broken 3/6/22 (Author)
E - Elly Griffiths; The Crossing Places 4/2/22 (Author)
C - Circuit Theory by Kirby Crow & Reya Starck 4/8/22 (Title)
T - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 3/11/22 (Title)
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O - On Animals by Susan Orlean 3/6/22 (Title)
N - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Title) 1/3/22
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B - BUBBLE GENERATION
B - Brandon Sanderson; Mistborn: The Final Empire (Author) 1/10/22
U - Umberto Eco; The Name of the Rose 2/15/22 (Author)
B - Burning Chrome by William Gibson 2/21/22 (Title)
B - Before You Sleep: Three Horrors by Adam Nevill 3/24/22 (Title)
L - Lanyon, Josh; The Mermaid Murders 4/16/22 (Author)
E - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 4/7/22 (Title)

G - Genevieve Gornichec; The Witch's Heart 6/25/22 (Author)
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U - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 5/24/22 (Title)
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IN! I can think of a few I'd like myself, lol. I've not added "enhanced" or "manipulation" to each of the spell-out options, or this one would go on for ever! Also, couldn't find anything starting with Y, so did another ending in Y instead 😉

A A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
G How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
I The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
L The Swarm (C: Leon Anawak)
I The Lost Daughter of Liverpool (C: Ivy)
T The Day of the Triffids
Y Dark Queen (C: Jane Yellowrock)

B Bonjour tristesse
L Lies, Damned Lies, and History
O Our Man in Havana
O The October Country
D Death of a Bookseller

C Cytonic
L Little Fuzzy
A A Column of Fire
I Awakening (S: Infinity Blade)
R Soul Music (C: Ridcully)
V The Stranger Times (C: Vincent Banecroft)
O Old Man's War
Y Shattered Bonds (C: Jane Yellowrock)
A The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
N Something Wicked This Way Comes (C: Jim Nightshade)
C Child of God
E The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (C: Eunice Gardner)

D The Double
U Falling for Heaven (C: Uriel)
R Babel (C: Robin)
A Agnes Grey
B Beswitched
I Anything You Can Imagine by Ian Nathan
L How About No by Lani Lynn Vale
I From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
T The Story Of Motown
Y Under the Volcano (C: Yvonne)

E Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told (C: Elsie)
L The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
E Their Eyes Were Watching God (C: Eleanor)
M Make Room! Make Room!
E Phoenix (C: Ethan)
N No Strings Attached
T The Turn of the Screw
A The Burning Girls (N: Richard Armitage)
L A Dance with Dragons (C: Tyrion Lannister)

F Flaubert's Parrot
L The Lost Bookshop
I Bookish and the Beast (C: Imogen)
G The Girl on the 88 Bus
H Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris
T The Beast of Devil’s Rock

G The Great Gatsby
R The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
A A Trail Through Time
V The Violin Conspiracy
I The Inverted World
T The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Y Mr. Vertigo (C: Master Yehudi)

H A Monstrous Regiment of Women (C: Sherlock Holmes)
E The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
A And the Rest Is History
L Hercule Poirot's Christmas (C: David Lee)
I The Forsyte Saga (C: Irene)
N No Time Like the Past
G Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert

I Earth Abides (C: Isherwood Williams)
N The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
V Devils (C: Varvara Stavrogina)
I Shards of Honour (C: Ivan)
S Starter Villain
I I'm Not Scared
B 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
I Dangerous Secrets (C: Ian)
L Love, Theoretically
I If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
T The Titan's Curse
Y Demon Sword (S: The Years of Longdirk)

J Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought by Jonathan Rauch
I Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage (C: Ian)
A Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Café
N Starsight (C: Spensa Nightshade)

K The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
A A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting
R La Reine Margot
A Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun
T The Severed Streets
E The Evening and the Morning

L London Falling
E London by Edward Rutherfurd
V Gilded Cage by Vic James
I The Beekeeper of Aleppo (C: Nuri Ibrahim)
T Top Rankin': A Punk/Ska Noir Novel
A Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
T Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
I Interesting Times
O The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
N Naked Lunch

M More Than Human
A Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky
G We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
I Call of the Raven (C: Isabel)
C The Commodore

N Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
A Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (C: Alice)
T The Unquiet Bones
U Undead and Unwed
R Robinson Crusoe
E Vaudeville Runaway by Emma Dean

O The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
C Bleak House by Charles Dickens
C Cash
U Under Locke
L My Bad by Lani Lynn Vale
T The Way of All Flesh
I Revelation Space (C: Illia)
S The Secret History of Christmas
M Me Before You

P The Poppy War
R Elantris (C: Raoden)
E The Five People You Meet in Heaven (C: Eddie)
C A Change of Circumstance
O Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
G The Glass Bead Game
N Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
I The Good, the Bad and the History (C: Ian Guthrie)
T The Last Colony
I Virgins (C: Ian Murray)
O The Original
N The Music of Chance (C: Jim Nashe)

Q Quo Vadis
U The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands
A The Adventures of Augie March
N The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (C: Nekayah)
T The Windsor Knot
U Undead and Unemployed
M Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead by Martin Popoff

R The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
E Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
G Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
E The Expert System's Brother
N Part of Your World (C: Neil)
E Unlocked (C: Ella)
R Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (C: Inspector Ravn)
A Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky
T The Stolen Heir
I Ashes of the Sun (N: Imogen Church)
O Sharpe's Tiger (C: Obediah Hakeswill)
N The Bat by Jo Nesbø

S Suttree
T Walden by Henry David Thoreau
R The Sicilian (C: Rocco Lampone)
E Herland (C: Ellador)
N Network Effect
G Demon Rider (C: Father Guillem)
T The City and the Stars
H H is for Hawk

T Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen (C: Trals)
E The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
L The Marriage Plot (C: Leonard)
E Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
P The Passion
O The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
R Ragnarok
T The Bluest Eye
A Anna Karenina
T Holy Island (C: Anna Taylor)
I Santa Olivia (C: Inez)
O A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
N A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

U The Unadulterated Cat
N Barnaby Rudge (C: Ned Dennis)
I Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (S: Inspector Wexford)
T The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Y The Evidence (N: Yasmin Mwanza)

V Humboldt's Gift (C: Demmie Vonghel)
I Hunted (N: Isabelle Ruther)
S The Sword of Shannara
I Sharpe's Rifles (C: Isiaah Tongue)
O The Ghost Brigades (S: Old man's war)
N Sharpe's Trafalgar (C: Horatio Nelson)

W What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
I One Chance, Fancy (C: Issy)
T The Sheep Look Up
C Columbus Day
H Herzog
C Chocolat
R Queen High (C: Rose Ransom)
A The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
F Foe
T Three Wishes

X 14 (C: Xilla)
R Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
A A Gate at the Stairs
Y Nine Perfect Strangers (C: Yao)
V The Vegetarian
I The Will of the Many (A: James Islington)
S Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
I The Sunday Lunch Club (C: Isabel)
O Old God's Time
N A Court of Mist and Fury (C: Nesta)

M Money
I Miss Austen (C: Isabella)
M book:How to Kill Your Family|58857034] by Bella Mackie
I Sparkling Cyanide (C: Iris)
C Cider with Rosie
R Divergent by Veronica Roth
Y City of Last Chances (C: Yasnic)

Z Kulti by Mariana Zapata
O Sirius by Olaf Stapledon
O The Malevolent Seven (C: Cade Ombra)
L Playing with Monsters (CL Lucien)
I The Beautiful Ones (N: Imani Jade Powers)
G Perversion (C: Grim)
U Undermajordomo Minor
A Murder in Tuscany C: Dan Armstrong)
L A Court of Wings and Ruin (C: Lucien)
I November 9 (C: Ian)
S Ship of Magic
M Wake (C: Mina)

OPTION 3:
Started:10/22/2023
Completed:
Books Read:134/?
Words Completed: 5/38

Animal Imitation;

✅Astral projection;
A:Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience-10/22/23
S:Sabin (MC)-The Darkest Whisper-12/9/23
T:Temperance Brennan (MC)-Déjà Dead-12/22/23
R:Red Queen-10/24/23
A:Abby Jimenez-The Friend Zone-1/2/24
L:Local Woman Missing-3/5/24

P:Poston, Ashley (Author)-The Dead Romantics-2/18/24
R;Rin Chupeco-The Bone Witch-12/30/23
O:Olive Smith (MC)-The Love Hypothesis-4/5/24
J:Josephine Doyle (MC)-Fangirl Down-12/31/24
E:Educated-1/21/24
C:Crown of Midnight-6/2/24
T:A Touch of Malice-5/17/24
I:It-12/15/23
O:Olivia (MC)-The Guest List-4/6/24
N:Nettle & Bone-1/4/24



Alchemy; Balance; Clairvoyance;

✅Dark Arts;
D:Deadly Harvest-8/1/24
A:Aiden Bishop (MC)-The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle-2/10/24
R:Ruth (MC)-Bright Young Women-1/1/24
K:The Kidnapper's Accomplice-6/9/24

A:The Assassin and the Desert-2/19/24
R:Reflected in You-2/11/24
T:Teach Me-5/9/24
S:A Study in Scarlet Women-12/31/23



✅Divination;
D:Decaffeinated Corpse-12/9/23
I:It Ends with Us-2/23/24
V:The Villa-1/10/24
I:Incubus Dreams-2/24/24
N:Natalie Farrell (MC)-The Coworker-5/20/24
A:The Alchemist-5/14/24
T:TimeReaping in Deadwood-2/26/24
I:It's in His Kiss-12/20/23
O:One Italian Summer-4/25/24
N:The Night Island-7/1/24



✅Elemental Powers;
E:Elin Warner (MC)-The Sanatorium-2/15/24
L:Laced In Lies-3/23/24
E:Easton, BB (Author)-Group Therapy-6/16/24
M:Murder of Crows-5/19/24
E:The Elite-9/7/24
N:Natalie D. Richards-Five Total Strangers-8/19/24
T:Tempt Me-5/6/24
A:Abby Mitchell (MC)-Break Me-5/7/24
L:Lynette Tarkington (MC)-The Final Girl Support Group-5/25/24

P:Pennhallow, Bowen (MC)-The Wedding Witch-11/3/24
O:Olive (MC)-The Invited-5/28/24
W:The Woman in the Library-1/14/24
E:Elsie Hannaway (MC)-Love, Theoretically9/30/24
R:Rachel Hawkins-The Wife Upstairs-4/9/24
S:A Soul of Ash and Blood-3/30/24



Endurance;
E:Elle Cosimano-Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice-11/11/24
N:Nina Riva (MC)-Malibu Rising-8/30/24
D:Dead Until Dark-10/11/24
U:Unfortunately Yours-1/6/24
R:Rokesbys, George (MC)-Because of Miss Bridgerton-5/22/24
A:Anne Bishop-Written in Red-4/29/24
N:Nichols, Shelby (MC)-Deadly Escape-12/20/24
C:Club Dead-11/4/24
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Elasticity; Echo Location;

Flexibility:
F:French Pressed-3/27/24
L:Larsen, Rhys (MC)-Twisted Games-10/3/24
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I:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?-4/28/24
B:
I: Iris (MC)-Terms and Conditions-5/2/24
L:Louise (MC)-How to Sell a Haunted House-3/18/25
I:Isabella Swan (MC)-Twilight-10/13/24
T:Twisted Love-8/17/24
Y:Young, Tessa (MC)-After-6/27/24



✅Flight;
F:The Fine Print-3/12/24
L:Lucy Hutton (MC)-The Hating Game-2/24/25
I:It Starts with Us-3/17/24
G:A Good Girl's Guide to Murder-4/21/24
H:Happy Place-4/2/24
T:Travis Maddox (MC)-Beautiful Disaster-3/1/25



Geomancy;
G:Glass Sword-12/1/23
E:Elliot Page-Pageboy-2/1/24
O:On the Way to the Wedding-1/27/24
M:Murder at the Mayfair Hotel-11/22/23
A:Allie (MC)-Good Girls Don’t Die-1/28/24
N:
C:Cerulean Sins-2/3/24
Y:Yrene Towers (MC)-The Assassin and the Healer-2/17/24



Healing;

Hypercognition;
H:Holiday in Death-9/29/24
Y:You Won't Believe Me-8/22/24
P:Pip Fitz-Amobie (MC)-As Good As Dead-2/17/25
E:Eva Campbell (MC)-Fake Flame-10/17/24
R:Rachel Chavez (MC)-The Mary Shelley Club-8/23/24
C:Caer Cavenaugh (MC)-Deadly Gift-9/5/24
O:The One-9/14/24
G:Greer Burns (MC)-Disturbing His Peace-1/4/25
N:
I:
T:This Delicious Death-10/13/24
I:
O:
N:Night Owl-3/11/25



Invulnerability;
I:
N:Nick (MC)-Thank You for Listening-1/11/25
V:Veiled in Moonlight-10/24/24
U:Under One Roof-1/1/25
L:Love on the Brain-11/1/24
N:Nike (MC)-The Darkest Prison-1/7/25
E:Elizabeth Zott (MC)-Lessons in Chemistry-10/25/24
R;Ridge Lawson (MC)-Maybe Now-11/15/24
A:The Au Pair Affair-1/5/25
B:Body of Evidence-2/23/25
I:
L:Living Dead in Dallas-10/28/24
T:A Touch of Chaos-1/8/25
Y:



Invisibility; Immortality; Illusion;

Luck;
L:Life’s Too Short-11/16/24
U:The Unexpected Card-3/17/24
C:Cold Snap-3/7/25
K:



Magic;
M:Marked in Flesh-8/11/24
A:Ali Wong-Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life-3/14/25
G:
I:
C:



Mutation;
M:Maybe Not-7/10/24
U:The Unhoneymooners-6/5/24
T:Trina Sorenson (MC)-Withholding Evidence-3/9/25
A:The Assassin and the Empire-8/16/24
T:
I:
O:The Other Mrs.-7/25/24
N:Northman, Eric (MC)-Dead to the World-11/17/24



Metamorphosis;

And done! Blimey, that was a lot of letter 'I's

Talents, Special Powers and Abilities A-Z Challenge 2025

Start Date: 01/01/2025
Completed: 18/26

Option 1: Abilities and character names.
1. All book formats allowed (ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, paperbacks, etc.).
2. Rereads are fine as long as you read the whole book.
3.For "Q", "U," "X," and "Y", is just required that the talent, power & ability contain the letter.

A. Alchemy - Quicksilver by Callie Hart
B. Baseball - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
C. Computer Skills - One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
D. Dream Walker - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
E. Earth Element - The Awakening by Caroline Peckham
F. Faerie Magic - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
G. Grim - Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
H.
I. Intinnsic - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
J. Jury Selection - Never Say Die by James Patterson
K. Killing - Nemesis by Gregg Hurwitz
L. Lightning Wielder - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
M. Military - In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
N. Nightfire - The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
O.
P. Positivity - Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Q.
R. Research - Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
S. Spell Casting - Uprooted by Naomi Novik
T.
U.
V. Vocal Manipulation - The Last Days of Lorien by Pittacus Lore
W. Writing - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
X.
Y.
Z.

Heather wrote: "OPTION 3:
Started:10/22/2023
Completed:
Books Read:136/?
Words Completed: 6/38

Necromancy;
N:Not in Love-12/4/24
E:Erik Novak (MC)-Stuck with You-1/20/25
C:Conspiracy in Death-11/25/24
R:
O:One of Us Is Dead-12/27/24
M:Maybe Someday-6/21/24
A:Amelia (MC)-Mafia Boss-4/18/25
N:Never Lie-4/17/24
C:
Y:Yes Please-3/14/24



Night Vision;
N:
I:Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men-11/26/24
G:Good Girl, Bad Blood-1/24/25
H:The Happy Ever After Playlist-6/11/24
T: Tory Vega (MC)-The Awakening-7/13/24

V:Vision in Silver-5/29/24
I:Icebreaker-12/29/24
S:Sizzling Sixteen-6/14/24
I:Ian Floyd (MC)-Below Zero-1/31/25
O:Octavia Blake (MC)-The 100-6/16/24
N:



Precognition;

✅Speed;
S:Surrender to Me-8/12/24
P:Prime, Gabriella (MC)-Catalyst-3/25/25
E:Erika Kresling (MC)-Concrete Evidence-1/27/25
E:Ellery (MC)-Two Can Keep a Secret-2/8/25
D:Definitely Dead-12/19/24



Shapeshifting;
S:
H:
A:
P:
S:
H:
I:
F:From Dead to Worse-2/9/25
T:
I:
N:
G:



Strength;

Spider Sense;
S:She's Not Sorry-1/18/25
P:
I:
D:
E:
R:

S:Soul Taken-1/14/25
E;
N:
S:Smokin' Seventeen-2/1/25
E:



Telekinesis;
T:Twisted Hate-1/17/25
E:
L:The Last Second Chance-2/5/25
E:
K:King's Cage-2/3/25
I:
N:
E:
S:The Selection-9/1/24
I:
S:Sig Guthrie (MC)-Dream Girl Drama-4/5/25



Telepathy;
T:
E:
L:
E:
P:
A:Aiden Flynn (MC)-Deadly Night-4/13/24
T:
H:The Honeymoon Crashers-7/16/24
Y:You Shouldn't Have Come Here-11/9/23



Teleportation;
Time Manipulation;
T:
I:
M:Marked for Murder-3/29/25
E:

M:
A;
N:
I:
P:
U:
L:
A:
T:
I;
O:
N:



Underwater Breathing;
U:The Unquiet Past-9/15/24
N:
D:Dead as a Doornail-11/21/24
E:
R:
W:
A:All Together Dead-1/18/25
T:
E:
R:

B:
R:
E:
A:
T:
H:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone-11/11/24
I:Incriminating Evidence-3/23/25
N:
G:Glass Houses-11/9/24



Witchcraft;
W:Wrong Place Wrong Time-3/1/24
I:The Inmate-3/15/24
T:
C:
H:
C:
R:
A:The Assassin and the Underworld-4/16/24
F:Funny Story-9/15/24
T:



Weather Control
W:Without Merit-10/25/23
E:
A:The Assassin and the Pirate Lord-2/16/24
T:
H:Hooked-4/12/24
E:Ellie Slater (MC)-Jurassic Park-4/20/25
R:The Recovery Agent-1/7/24

C: Caitlin Grimes (MC)-10 Rules for the Perfect Murder-1/2/25
O:
N:Narcissus in Chains-1/24/24
T:Tinderbox-5/31/24
R:Rourke, Bronwyn (MC)-Code Name: Virgo-3/19/25
O:One of Us Knows-4/16/25
L:Lowe Moreland (MC)-Bride-4/20/25