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BOOKS READ: Severus Snape
Book: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Read: 26.05.18
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 674
Letters
W - title
E G - author
M - Molly Gibson
P B - Phoebe Browning
O H - Osborne Hamley
R H - Roger Hamley
C K - Cynthia Kirkpatrick
S B - Sally Browning
Book: Winter by Marissa Meyer
Read: 29.05.18
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 833
Letters:
W - title
M - author
L - series (The Lunar Chronicles)
C L - Cinder Linh
K - Kai
S B - Scarlet Benoit
Z W - Ze'ev "Wolf" Kelsey
T - Thorne
I - Iko
A P - Aimery Park
J - Jacin Clay
C D - Cress Darnel
W H - Winter Hayle-Blackburn
Classes:
CoMC - localization - Moon
DADA - genetically engineered man-wolf (again :P)
Iron Gold Pierce Brown
Date: 5/29
Rating: 3.5 stars
624 pages
V -- Volga
S -- Sevro
D -- Darrow
P -- author first name
B -- author last name
I -- title
R -- series
A -- Apollonius
K -- Kavax
L -- Lyria
E -- Ephriam
Arithmancy -- 501 -- 650
Care of Magic Creatures: takes place in space
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Iron kills fae
The word worm is also used several times.
Damaged Like Us by Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie
Date Read: 26 May
Page Total: 378 pg
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Letters:
B - Becca Ritchie - Author
C - Connor Cobalt - Character
D - Damaged like us - Title
F - Farrow Keene - MC
H - Maximus Hale - MC
K - Krista Ritchie - Author
L - Lily& Loren Hale - Characters
M - Maximoff Hale - MC
R - Krista & Becca Ritchie - Authors
S - Sully Meadows - Characters
X - Xander Hale - character
Classes:
Arithmancy - 351 - 500pgs
History of Magic - Part of story?
Come As You Are Lauren Blakely
5/29
3.5 stars
334 pages
C -- title
L -- author first name
B -- author last name
S -- Sabrina
F -- Flynn
Arithmancy -- 161 to 350
Herbology -- Fluffy chick lit
(freaking edition was on page 13)Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Date read: 05/23
364 pages
Spell Out:
EB- author
W- title
H- character, Heathcliff
C: character- Catherine
L: character- Linton, Edward
I: character- Isabella
Arithmancy: 351-500
BR:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
um... does our monster need to do something special (those uses)? I forgot to mention that people in those Lunar Chronicles books (Cinder, Cress, Scarlet & Winter) have power to manipulate others 'weaker' - they could make them see, do, say, feel whatever they want as long as they have a hold on weaker person. Brainwashing was used to describe it couple of times.so if that could be used....
by Ilona AndrewsDate read: 05/24
342 pages
Spell Out:
IA- author
MB- title
KD- series name
C: cahracter- Curran
R: character-Roland
D: character- Derek
Classes:
DAD- shapeshifters, vampires, fae, Greek god
Transfiguration- lion
Cover:
burning candle (maybe for summoning, banishing or fire making spell? or
BR:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Seanan McGuire
Read: 05/26
174 pages
Spell Out:
SM- author
E- title
WC- series name
N: character- Nancy
J: character- Jack/Jill
K: character- Kade
BR:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Classes:
Banishing or Summoning Charm?? --- there's a door in the cover
Book: The Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon
Read: 30.05.18
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 272
Letters_
*I was listening to audio so I might missed some letters
G - title
D L - author
C - series (Commissario Brunetti)
B - Guido Brunetti
P - Paola Brunetti
E - Elettra
A S - Antonin Scallon
V - Vianello
Classes
CoMC - localization - Venice, Italy
Potions - salamander blood
Madeline Miller
Read: 05/27
352 pages
Classes:
Divination, Character uses fortuneteller/divination tools: Circe looks into the future usually using body of water with flowers sprinkled
BR:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bec McMaster
Read: 05/28
148 pages
Spell Out:
BM- author
N: character- Neva
C: character- Casimir
Cover:
Firebird! (can be used for magical creature? transfiguration?)
Blue cover
Mod
Yes!
Properties for the Creature. :-)
Sarah J. Maas
Read: 05/28
656 pages
Classes:
DAD-Kill the fae ;)
BR:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Eldarwen wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "um... does our monster need to do something special (those uses)? I forgot to mention that people in those Lunar Chronicles books (Cinder, Cress, Scarlet & Winter) have power to manip..."Classes
CoMC - uses - brain manipulation
Scarlet - post #6
"Although it still seemed like magic to her, it was really a genetic trait Lunars were born with that allowed them to control and manipulate the bioelectricity of other living creatures. They could trick people into seeing things that weren’t real or experiencing made-up emotions. They could brainwash people into doing things they wouldn’t otherwise do. Without argument. Without resistance." - pg 41
Cress - post #101
"Her expression was blank, her mind under the thaumaturge’s control." - pg 80
" But the queen wants her guards to be easily controlled. We’re like puppets for her to shuffle around." - pg 168
" She could try to control Wolf and use him as a weapon, but even he couldn’t take on that many soldiers at once, and they wouldn’t hesitate to kill him. She could try to brainwash the soldiers so they would let them pass, but she’d have to abandon Wolf if he didn’t come willingly" - pg 268
Winter - post #103
"...a little more than a year after she’d made the decision to never again use her glamour, to never again manipulate someone’s thoughts or emotions, to never again fool herself into believing such an unnatural use of power could be harmless." - pg 60
"...propaganda that Levana and her ancestors had sought to brainwash the Lunar people into a belief that their rule was righteous and fated." - pg 212
Title and Author: William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return by Ian Doescher
Date Read: 5/29/18
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 168 pages
Spell-Out Letters:
C - C3PO - Character
D - Ian Doescher - Author
I - Ian Doescher - Author
H - Han Solo - Character
L - Luke Skywalker - Character
O - Leia Organa - Character
R - R2D2 - Character
S - Luke Skywalker - Character
V - Darth Vader - Character
W - William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return - Title
Classes:
Arithmancy: 151 - 350 pages
Title and Author: Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life by Brenda Maddox
Date Read: 5/29/18
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 272 pages
Spell-Out Letters:
B - Brenda Maddox - Author
M - Brenda Maddox - Author
R - Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life - Title
Classes:
Arithmancy: 151 - 350 pages
History of Magic: Reading the rocks might be a good phrase to use in the essay
Transfiguration: Turn something in or from a seashell
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human BodyPage Count: 448
Rating: 5 stars
Date Read: 5/30
Spell out letters: A, L (Author)
Arithmancy: 351 - 500 pages
Mod
Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Date Read: May 30th
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 370
Letters:
C - Cassandra Ravenel
D - Devon Ravenel
E - Evie, Duchess of Kensington
G - Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent
H - Helen Winterborne
I - Ida
K - Kathleen Ravenel
L - Lisa Kleypas (author)
P - Pandora Ravenel
R - Ransom
S - Sebastian, Duke of Kensington
W - Rhys Winterborne
Tasks:
Arithmancy: 351-500
History of Magic: title
Charms: flowers on trees?
Transfiguration: girl in evening gown, trees
Buddy Read:
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Book: Strangers in Death - J.D. Robb
Date Read: 05.30
Page Total: 380
Rating: ★★★★
Spell-Out Letters:
S - title
JR - author
ED - Eve Dallas MC
P - Delia Peabody
A - Ava Anders
B - Baxter
F - Feeney
IM - Ian McNab
N - Nadine Furst
T - Trueheart
Other Tasks:
Potions - Brew The Potion - Turquoise
Book: Children of Blood and Bone
Author: Tomi Adeyemi
Date Read: 05.30.18
Rating: ★★★★
Page Total: 537
Spell-Out Letters:
A - Amari
I - Inan
K - Kaea
R - Roen
S - Saran
T - Tzain
Z - Zelie
Classes:
Arithmancy: 501-650 pgs
BOM:
DQ Day 1
DQ Day 2
DQ Day 3
DQ Day 4
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Book: Playing for Time - Barbara Bretton
Date Read: 05.30
Page Total: 260
Rating: ★★★
Spell-Out Letters:
P - title
B - author
JS - Joanna Sutton MC
RO - Ryder O'Neal MC
AC - Alistair Chambers
HM - Holland Masters
R - Rosie Callahan
S - Stanley
Other Tasks:
History of Magic?
Nocturne: Night in AmericanRating:90-1917Page Count: 256
Date Read: 5/31
Rating : 4 stars
Spell out letters: H V, J M T (Author, Translator)
Other: ARC
Book: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Read: 31.05.18
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 530
Letters:
S - title
R - author
H - series (The Heroes of Olympus)
P J - Percy Jackson
F Z - Frank Zhang
L - Hazel Levesque
N D - Nico di Angelo
V - Vitellius
O - Octavian
E - Ella
T - Tyson
M - Mars
Classes:
Astronomy - Neptune in title
CoMC - location - California, Alaska
DADA - lots of monsters in the book - giants, harpy, ogres, gorgons, earthborns, centaurs, cyclopes, basilisk, gryphons
Divination - there are prophecies in it, and guy is using stuffed animals to read prophecy since killing animals for it is frowned upon
Run Little Wolf G. Bailey5/30
176 pages
The Dragon Orb Mike Shelton
5/31
324 pages
Both used for Quidditch
The Last Wolf / HermanPage Count: 128
Date Read: 5/31
Rating: 4.5 stars
Spell out letters: L K (author), J B G S (Translators)
H -Herman (mc)
Other: Claw marks on cover
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Book: Dare to Resist - Laura Kaye
Date Read: 05.31
Page Total: 134
Rating: ★★★
Spell-Out Letters:
D - title
LK - author
W - series
CB - Colton Brooks MC
A - Albert Beckstein
Other Tasks: Not much...
Book: Waiting For Nick by Nora Roberts
Read: 31.05.18
Rating: ★★
Pages: 170
Letters
W - title
N R - author
S - series (The Stanislaskis...)
F K - Frederica Kimball
L - Nicholas LeBeck
Z M - Zac Muldoon
A - Alex Stanislaski
Y - Yuri Stanislaski
O - Maddy O'Hurley
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Book: The Marvelous Land of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Date Read: 05.31
Page Total: 175
Rating: ★★★
Spell-Out Letters:
M - title
LB - author
O - series
T - Tip MC
JP - Jack Pumpkinhead MC
W - Wooden Sawhorse
S - Scarecrow
Other Tasks: ??
Completion Post
Throb Vi Keeland
6/1
3 stars
269 pages
F, R -- Flynn Rider
T - title
V, K -- author
C -- Cooper
M -- Miles
S -- Sadie
Book: God-Shaped Hole: A Novel
Author: Tiffanie DeBartolo
Date Read: 05.31.18
Rating: ★★★★★
Page Total: 338
Spell-Out Letters:
B - Beatrice
C - Cole
D - Tiffanie DeBartolo
G - God-Shaped Hole
J - Jacob
K - Kat
P - Pete
S - Sara
T - Tiffanie DeBartolo
Other Tasks:
~ Arithmancy: 161-350 pgs
~ Care of Magical Creatures: Localization Setting Los Angeles
BR:
Post 1
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Post 3
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Book: Magic Bites
Author: Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 05.31.18
Rating: ★★★★
Page Total: 276
Spell-Out Letters:
A - Ilona Andrews
B - Bono
C - Curran
D - Derek
G - Ghastek
I - Ilona Andrews
J - Jim
K - Kate Daniels
M - Magic Bites
N - Nick
Other Tasks:
~ Arithmancy: 161-350 pgs
~ Care of Magical Creatures: Localization Setting Atlanta
~ Defense Against the Dark Arts: Shifters, vampires, necromancers, upir <-- if we use this for Upir, can use Children of Blood and Bone for defense since Upirs can only be killed by the bones of prey
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Date: 6/1/18
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 515
Spells:
A - Asia
E - Author
I- Title
J - Jonathan
K - Kelsea
M - The Mace
P - Pen
T - Father Tyler
Other Tasks:
Arithnacy: 500-650
I'm really not sure what else it would fit.
Buddy Read:
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Both read for QuidditchEnthroned K.M. Shea
107 pages
6/2
2.5 stars
Hopeless Realm A.K. Koonce
146 pages
6/2
2.5 stars
Book: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Author: Seanan McGuire
Date Read: 06.02.18
Rating: ★★★★
Page Total: 176
Spell-Out Letters:
A - Alexis
B - Michael Bleaker
C - Chester
D - Down Among the Sticks and Bones
J - Jack & Jill
L - Louise
M - Mary
S - Seanan McGuire
W - Wayward Children series
Other Tasks:
~ Arithmancy: 161-350 pgs
~ Defense Against the Dark Arts:
Vampire in book
Sticks or Bones in title
BR:
Link 1
Link 2
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Book: Cut & Run
Author: Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban
Date Read: 06.02.18
Rating: ★★★★
Page Total: 376
Spell-Out Letters:
A - Abigail Roux
B - Richard Burns
C - Cut & Run
G - Ty Grady
H - Tim Henninger
M - Madeleine Urban
R - Abigail Roux
S - Marian Sears
T - Ty Grady
U - Madeleine Urban
Z - Zane Garrett
Other Tasks:
~ Arithmancy: 351-500 pgs
~ Care of Magical Creatures: Localization Setting NY
~ Potions: Knife on cover
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Book: Big Bad Wolf - Gennita Low
Date Read: 06.02
Page Total: 254
Rating: ★★★
Spell-Out Letters:
B - title
GL - author
C - series
J - Jaymee Barrows MC
KN - Killian Nick Langley MC
G - Grace Langley
D - Dicker
R - Richie
M - Mindy
Other Tasks:
Completion Post
Book: Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole
Date Read: 06.03
Page Total: 384
Rating: ★★★★
Spell-Out Letters:
D - title
KC - author
I - series
CG - Carrow Graie MC
MS - Malkom Slaine MC
R - Ruby
L - Lanthe
N - Nix
Other Tasks:
Title and Author: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
Date Read: 6/3/18
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 400 pages
Spell-Out Letters:
E - Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery - Title
K - Scott Kelly - Author
S - Scott Kelly - Author
Classes:
Arithmancy: 351 - 500 pages
Iron and Magic Ilona Andrews
322 pages
Iron Covenant Series
It's an ARC, not out until June 26, 2018
Also works for:
I: author first name, series title, book title
A: author last name
H: Hugh
D: D'Ambray
E: Elara
J: Johanna
Book: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Read: 03.06.18
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 352
Letters
F - title
J B - author
D - series (Dresden Files)
H - Harry Dresden
K M - Karrin Murphy
S R - Susan Rodriguez
G - Georgia
W - George Wilson
P - Parker
T - Tera West
Classes
Astronomy - Moon in title
CoMC - uses - blood - I carried all of these back to the front of the car with me and got out the shard of glass with smeared blood pg 35
DADA - several types of werewolves (hexenwolves, werewolves, lycanthropes, loup-garou) and only one needs silver to be killed. Rest of them can be killed with anything you'd kill human or animal with
HoM
*book on GR doesn't have cover, but these is cover my ebook has
Book: About Face by Donna Leon
Read: 03.06.18
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 336
Letters
*it was listened so I might have missed some names*
A - title
D L - author
C - series (Commissario Brunetti)
G B - Guido Brunetti
P - Paola Brunnetti
F M - Franca Marinello
E - Elettra
V - Vianello
O - Orazio Falier
Classes
HoM
The Tidal ZoneRead Date: 6/4
Pages:331
Letter spell out: S, M (Author)
A-Adam -SC
M-Mirium-MC
R-Rose-SC
E-Emma-SC
Title and Author: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Date Read: 6/4/18
Rating: 2 stars
Page Total: 179 pages
Spell-Out Letters:
A - Douglas Adams - Author
B - Zaphod Beeblebrox - Character
D - Douglas Adams - Author
F - Ford Prefect - Character
H - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Title
M - Marvin - Character
P - Ford Prefect - Character
T - Trillian - Character
Z - Zaphod Beeblebrox - Character
Classes:
Arithmancy: 161 - 350 pages
Astronomy: Title contains galaxy
Star by B.B. Easton
Date Read: 30 May
Page Total: 392 pages (as per amazon)
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Letters:
B - BB Easton - Author
E - BB Easton - Author
H - Hans OppenHeimer - MC
K - Ronald Knight - character
O - Hans Oppenheimer - MC
R - Ronald Knight - character
T - Trip - character
Classes
Astronomy - Star - title
History of magic - used in story
Transfiguration - turned into a guitar?
Chaser by Kylie Scott
Date Read: 3 June
Page Total: 270
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Letters:
E - Eric Collins- MC
J - Jean - MC
K - Kylie Scott - author
M - Mal - character
N - Nell - character
S - Kylie Scott - author
V - Vaughn - character
Classes
History of magic - part of story
Herbology - Chick-Lit
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Book: Cress by Marissa Meyer
Read: 25.05.18
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 560
Letters
C - title
M - author
L - series (The Lunar Chronicles)
K - Kai
S B - Scarlet Benoit
Z W - Ze'ev "Wolf" Kelsey
T - Thorne
I - Iko
D E - Dmitri Erland
A P - Aimery Park
J - Jacin Clay
Classes
DADA - genetically engineered man-wolf (again :P)
Transfiguration - hair on cover could be transformed (snake for example ☺)