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Title:The Darkest Secret
Author: Gena Showalter
Series: Lords of the Underworld
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Max Bellmore
Date Read: 11/30/18
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 410
Spell-Out Letters:
T: Torin (character)
L: series
S: Showalter (author)

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Cover:
Title: When You Knew
Author: Jamie Beck
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Siiri Scott
Date Read: Nov 30
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 373
Spell-Out Letters:
I Character Ian Crawford
S Character Sara, narrator Siiri Scott
L Character Leslie Cabot

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Cover:
Title: Crazy Rich Asians
Author: Kevin Kwan
Date: Nov 30th
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 403
Spell-Out
T - Michael Teo
E - Eleanor Young (character)
N - Nicholas Young (character)
L - Astrid Leong (character)

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DQ 1
DQ 2
DQ 3

Title: Queen of Shadows
Author: Sarah J Maas
Date: 12/1/18
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 672
T: setting Terrasen
N: character Nesryn
S: character Celaena Sardothien
E: character Elide
L: character Lysander

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Cover:
Title:A Caribbean Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Series: Miss Marple
Date Read: 11/30/18
Rating: 4
Page Total: 224
Spell-Out Letters:
T: Tim Kendal
E: Evelyn Hillingdon
L: Lucky Dyson

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Cover:
Title: Midnight Marked
Author: Chloe Neill
Date Read: Dec 1
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 361
Spell-Out Letters:
N Author Chloe Neill
S Character Sorcha, Ethan Sullivan
E Character Ethan Sullivan
L Character Luke

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Cover:
Title: Neanderthal Marries Human
Author: Penny Reid
Series: Knitting in the City
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Sebastian York & Jennifer Grace
Date Read: 12/01/18
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 410
Spell-Out Letters:
N ~ Neanderthal (Title)
S ~ Quinn Sullivan (character)
E ~ Elizabeth

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Cover:
Title: Blade Bound
Author: Chloe Neill
Date Read: Dec 1
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 384
Spell-Out Letters:
N Author Chloe Neill
E Character Ethan Sullivan
L Character Luke

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Cover:
Title:Burning Bright: Four Chanukah Love Stories
Author: Meghan Hart, KK Hendin, Stacey Agdern, Jennifer Gracin
Series: none
Date Read: 12/1/18
Rating: 4
Page Total: 400
Spell-Out Letters:

R: Rose Sonntag
E: Evan Sonntag
D: Damien

Bonus Options:
4 stories about people falling in love during Hannukah

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Cover:
Title:Ready to Were
Author: Robyn Peterman
Series: Shift Happens
Date Read: 12/1/18
Rating: 2 stars
Page Total:168
Spell-Out Letters:

R: Robyn Peterman (author)
E: Essie (character)
D: Dwayne (character

Bonus Options:
belt on cover or less than 200 pages

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Cover:
Title: Ravens
Author: George Dawes Green
Date Read: 12.01- 12.01.18
Rating: 3 Stars
Page Total: 325

Spell-Out Letters:
R - Ravens - Title

Bonus Options:
30. For bad ones, coal or rod is ready. Read a book with black text on the cover (20 points)

21.Read a book that has the number 25 in the page count. ( numbers may not be reversed) (10 points)

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Cover:
Title: Holiday Sparks: A Christmas Romantic Comedy
Author: Taryn Quinn
Series: n/a
Date Read: 12/01/18
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 204
Spell-Out Letters:
D ~ Darcy (character)

Bonus Options:
35.Read a book with a Christmas lights on the cover ( 40 points)

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Cover:
Title: The Grace of Kings
Author: Ken Liu
Series: The Dandelion Dynasty
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 623
Spell-Out Letters:
R: Risana (character)
E: Erishi (character)
D: series name
Mini challenge
6. Eat some latkes and sufganiyot by finding a book with the word "flour" in the text (20 points)

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Cover:
Title: The Vanishing
Author: Christopher Holt
Date Read: Dec 1
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 384
Spell-Out Letters:
R Character Rocky
D Character Dolph, Dandyclaw
Mini Challenge
20.It's a dogs life! Read a book where a dog is a main character (50 points)

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Cover:
Title: #Rev
Author: Cambria Hebert
Date Read: Dec 1
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 564
Spell-Out Letters:
R Character Romeo
D Character Drew
mini challenge
4. Lastly we need a roof. Read a book of 501 pages or more with green writing or a green item on the cover (50 points)

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Cover:
Title: Chasing Red
Author: Isabelle Ronin
Series: Red
Date Read: Dec 1
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 352
Spell-Out Letters:
R Series name, author
D Character Dylan
Bonus Options:
Genre Shelved 3 times, 1st page of shelves, third row

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Cover:
Title: I Am Number Four
Author: Pittacus Lore
Date Read: Dec 2
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 440
Spell-Out Letters:
E Character Ella
mini challenge
7. Play Dreidel by reading a book with "four" in the title (40 points)

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Cover:
Title: Truth or Beard
Author: Penny Reid
Series: Winston Brothers
Date: Dec 1st
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 338
Spell-Out Letters
R - Author
D - Duane Winston (character)

Bonus options:
Red in text. p.15 "Then the identical twins--Beau and Duane--with their red beards and blue eyes."

15. Four clothing items. I've included 5 in case shoes and hats don't count. 1. p.2 "grabbed my grey cape and wizard hat."2. p.2 "The rest of my costume was negligible--a one-piece mini-skirt sheath dress with a low cut front" 3. p.3 "I twisted to one side then the other to show off new new garment and my high-heeled strappy sandals." 4. p.19 "I reached for his white shirt, drawing him closer, and tried to roughly pull it off. He acquiesced, helping me remove the material, as my fingertips fumbled for the hem of his boxers..."
29. Read something sweet. I would consider this a sweet book, but it wasn't fluffy.
30. Read a book with black text on the cover. The title is black.
40. Carrot in text. I thought I saw it yesterday when I was reading but I can't find it now.

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Cover:
Title: The Memory of You
Author: Jamie Beck
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Dara Rosenburg
Date Read: Dec 2
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 362
Spell-Out Letters:
R character Ryan Quin
E character Emmy Quinn
D Narrator Dara Roasenburg
Bonus Options:
text in book
pg 15 But then her slumped shoulders and red checks reversed his high..
mini challenge
40.Read a book with “carrot” in the text (50 points)
p 168 ...the picnic basket of fried chicken, carrot sticks and hummus...

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Cover:
Title: The Christmas Star: A Love Story
Author: Robert Tate Miller
Date Read: Dec 2
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 204
Spell-Out Letters:
R Character Rebecca, author Robert Tate Miller
e character Elizabeth
mini challenge
24.Read a book that has one or more of these words - Noël, Nativity, Xmas, or Yule found in the text. ( no variations excepted; word(s) must be exact) (50 points)
pg 100..Spread across the lawn was a nativity scene...

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Cover:
Title:Rattle His Bones
Author: Carola Dunn
Series: Daisy Dalrymple
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Lucy Rather
Date Read: 12/2/18
Rating: 4
Page Total: 261
Spell-Out Letters:
R: title
D: Daisy Dalrimple (character)

Bonus Options:
Daisy is on the list of popular Australian dog names.

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Cover:
Title: Room
Author: Emma Donoghue
Pages: 321
Date read: 12/2/2018

Spell-Out Letters:
R - title
E / D - author

Bonus:
16. The countdown is on to get on that flight! Read a book where the page numbers countdown by one.

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Cover: Winter's Bone
Title: Winter's Bone
Author: Daniel Woodrell
Date Read: 12.01 - 12.02.18
Rating: 3 Stars
Page Total: 224

Spell-Out Letters:
D - Daniel Woodrell - Author

Bonus Options:
37.Read a book with snow on the cover ( 10 points)

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Cover:
Title: Dreidels on the Brain
Author: Joel Ben Izzy
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 5 stars
Page Total: 320
Spell-Out Letters:
R: Ricky Romero (character)
E: Joel Edwin (character)
D: title

Bonus options:
38. Read a book with a top hat on the cover ( 20 points)

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Cover:
Title: The Forbidden Billionaire
Author: J.S. Scott
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Elizabeth Powers
Date Read: Dec 2
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 242
Spell-Out Letters:
R Character Mara Ross
E Character Evan, Narrator Elizabeth Powers
D Character Dante
12. Read a book with a green or gold item or writing on the cover which is set in summer (50 points)
Gold watch on cover
...even though the summer ...day wasn't particularly warm yet.

msg 328

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Cover:
Title: Seduce Me at Sunrise
Author: Lisa Kleypas
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Rosalyn Landor
Date Read: Dec 3
Rating: 5 stars
Page Total: 360
Spell-Out Letters:
R Character Cam Rohan, Narrator Rosalyn Landor
Bonus Options:
Word on cover Red cover

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Cover:
Title: Burning Dawn
Author: Gena Showalter
Date Read: Dec 3
Rating: 5 stars
Page Total: 445
Spell-Out Letters:
E Elin Vale
mini challenge
31.St. Nick's helpers are here to fill... Read a book with angels or devils (or both) (40 points)
MC is an angel , several other characters are angels also

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Cover:
Title: The Golem and the Jinni
Author: Helene Wecker
Narrator: George Guidall
Date Read: 3 Dec
Rating: 5 stars
Page Total: 486
Spell-Out Letters:
R: Thea Radzin (character)

Mini challenge:
5. Light the candles of a Hanukkah menorah by reading a book with a "8" in the number of pages (10 points)

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Cover:
Title: Look Alive Twenty-Five
Author: Janet Evanovich
Series: Stephanie Plum #25
Date Read: 11.19-12.02.18
Rating: 3 Stars
Page Total: 352
Spell-Out Letters:
R - Ranger - Character
E - Evanovich, Janet - Author
D - Dahlia - Character
Bonus Options:
14. Read a book with a form of transport on the cover (20 points)

Cover:
Title: The Quality Street Girls
Author: Penny Thorpe
Date Read: 12/3/18
Rating: ***
Page Total: 401
Spell-Out Letters:
R - character Reenie
E - character Ethel
D - character Diana
Bonus Options:
36. Read a book with a star on the cover (50 points)

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Cover:
Title: Drunk Dial
Author: Penelope Ward
Date Read: 12/03/18
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 283
Spell-Out Letters:
R ~ Rana (character)
E ~ Eddie (character)
D ~ Drunk (Title)

Bonus Options:
2. Create some windows by reading a book of between 202 and 301 pages (20 points)

Cover :
Title: That Churchill Woman: A Novel
Author: Stephanie Barron
Date Read: 12/4/18
Rating: ***
Page Total: 352
Spell-Out Letters:
R - character Randolph
E - character Edgcombe
D - character Daisy
Bonus Options:
28. Read a book with gloves on the cover ( 50 points)

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Cover:
Title: The Red Pyramid
Author: Rick Riordan
Date Read: Dec 3
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 516
Spell-Out Letters:
R Title and author
Bonus
Word in Title/Series
mini challenge
25.Read a book with "red" in the title. (10 points)

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Cover:
Title: Be Still My Heart
Author: Charlie Cochet
Series: Four Kings Security #2
Pages: 306
Date Read: 12/3/18

Spell-Out Letters:
R - Russell "Red" McKinley - character
E - Eduardo Morales - character

Bonus:
word in text (Red found everywhere as that is main character's nickname)

Mini-challenge:
#11 - body of water on cover (40 points)

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Cover:
Title: Ghost
Author: Jason Reynolds
Narrator: Guy Lockard
Series: Track #1
Pages: 192
Date Read: 12/4/18

Spell-Out Letters:
R - author

Mini challenge:
#30 - read a book with black text on cover (20 points)

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Cover:
Title: Undead and Unwary
Author: MaryJanice Davidson
Series: Undead #13
Date Read: 12.03 - 12.04.18
Rating: 3 Stars
Page Total: 338
Spell-Out Letters:
E - Eric Sinclair - Character
D - Davidson, MaryJanice - Author

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Cover:
Title: Relay
Author: Layla Reyne
Series: Changing Lanes #1
Pages: 278
Date read: 12/4/18

Spell-Out Letters:
R - title
E / D - character Dane Ellis

bonus:
word in text - red appears multiple times as Dane's nickname is Big Red

mini-challenge:
#13 - characters get on a plane (10 points)

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Cover:
Title: Sunset Embrace
Author: Sandra Brown
Date Read: Dec 2
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 360
Spell-Out Letters:
R Character Ross Coleman
Mini Challenge
3. Time to put up the walls! Read a book with a brown cover that is between 301 and 500 pages (40 points)
82.7% Brown, 360 pages

Cover:
Title: Animal Attraction
Author: Jill Shalvis
Date Read: Dec 4
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 293
Spell-Out Letters:
D Character Dell Connolly

Cover:
Title: The Wrong Man
Author: Natasha Anders
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Ingeborg Reidmaier
Date Read: Dec 4
Rating: 3 stars
Page Total: 336
Spell-Out Letters:
R narrator Ingeborg Reidmaier
D Character Dahlia Mac Gregor

Cover:
Title: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Author: C.S. Lewis
Date Read: Dec 4
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 220
Spell-Out Letters:
E Character Edmund
Mini Challenge
22.Read a book that is tagged religious (must be tagged by more than 25 users)
Shelved Religous 193 times

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Cover:
Title:Away with the Fairies
Author: Kerry Greenwood
Series: Phryne Fisher
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Stephen Daniel
Date Read:
Rating:
Page Total: 247
Spell-Out Letters:

D: Dot (character)
R: Jack Robinson (character)
Bonus Options:
Author Kerry Greenwood is from Melbourne, Australia

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Cover:
Title:About a Dog
Author: Jen McKinlay
Series: Bluff Point
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Alyson Ryan
Date Read:
Rating:
Page Total:305
Spell-Out Letters:
R: Alyson Ryan (narrator)
E: Emma Tolliver (character)
D: Carly DeCusati (character)

Bonus Options:
One of the MCs adopts a stray puppy named Tulip.
Dog on cover

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Cover:
Title: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Author: Dai Sijie
Translator: Ina Rilke
Narrator: B.D. Wong
Date Read: 5 Dec
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total: 184
Spell-Out Letters:
R: translator
D: author
Bonus Options:
32....those nice polished boots are on the windowsill. Read a book with only shoes or boots on cover (50 points)

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Cover:
Title: Last Dance of The Sugar Plum
Authors: Claire Davis and Al Stewart
Pages: 170
Date read: 12/5/18

Spell-Out Letters:
D - author

mini-challenge
1. Make a door by reading a book of 201 pages or less (10 points)

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Cover:
Title: The Red Tent
Author: Anita Diamant
Date Read: 5 Dec
Rating: 5 stars
Page Total: 321
Spell-Out Letters:
R: title
E: Esau (character)
D: author
Bonus option: word in title

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Cover:
Title: Virgin River
Author: Robyn Carr
Series: Virgin River
Narrator (if you listen to audio): Therese Plummer
Date Read: 12/05/18
Rating: 4 stars
Page Total:
Spell-Out Letters: 386
R ~ Robyn (author)

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Cover:
Title: A Dog's Journey
Author: Bruce Cameron
Series: A Dog's Purpose #2
Date Read: 12.04 - 12.05.18
Rating: 5 Stars
Page Total: 336
Spell-Out Letters:
R - Rocky - Character
E - Ethan - Character
D - Duke - Character
Bonus Options:
17. Read a book with a dog on the cover (10 points)