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Team Sarah Progress Thread - it is fine to post on here after the mod posts (which will 6 comments, just in case you get to a third run through) ☺

Descriptions completed = 63/70

Part 1 = Complete
Part 2 = 9/10
Part 3 = 8/10
Part 4 = Complete
Part 5 = Complete
Part 6 = Complete
Part 7 = 6/10

Part 1: I wish the goblins would come and take you away. Right now.


1. Read a book in which someone suffers from amnesia, or has forgotten a period of time.
(+5 bonus points if the phrase 'can't remember' appears in the blurb of your chosen book.)
Claire, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

2. Read a book which has the letters 'L', 'A', 'T', and 'E' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'late' in the title.)
Claire, Heartless, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

3. Read a book in which the main character's mother is dead.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book features a step-mother - this must be verifiable in the blurb or at least 2 other people's reviews to count.)
Claire, Cress, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

4. Read a book with the letters 'S', 'H', 'H', in the title or author's name.
Hannah, Believing It, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Read a book with the letters 'W', 'I', 'S', and 'H' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'wish' in the title.)
Claire, Crown of Midnight, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

6. Read a book which has the word 'dark' in its title or author's name.
Kelly, Chase the Dark, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7. Read a book which has a man on the cover.
Hannah, The Real Deal, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. Read a book with a building on the cover, or a book which has the word 'city' as part of its title.
Haris, The City and the Stars, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9. Read a book which has the letters 'B', 'A', 'B', and 'Y' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'baby' in the title.)
Hannah, Wanting Secret Baby, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

10. Read a book which has at least 13 letters in the title.
(+5 bonus points - You need to be super-quick for this one; read your chosen book and have the review posted on your team's review thread by 13:00 on March 1st (Goodreads time), you must have started and finished the book in March for it to count.)
Skye, Love Thy Neighbour, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔




Part 2: It just goes on and on forever!

11. Read a book featuring one or more fae.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'bite' in the title.)
Kelly, For the Reign, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

12. Read a book which has a title beginning with the letter 'L' to go left, or a book which has a title beginning with the letter 'R' to go right. ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped.)
Kelly, Radio Silence, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

13. Read a book in which the main character has a name (first or last) beginning with 'H', OR the author has a first or last name starting with the letter 'H'.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the main character and an author whose name (first or last) begins with the letter 'H'.)
Claire, The Word Is Murder, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

14. Read a book from a series with at least 8 books.
Haris, Roses are Red, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

15. Read a book which has the letters 'E', 'L', 'L', and 'O' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'ello' in the title.)
Claire, Soulless, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

16. Read a book which has at least 2 eyes on the cover (they must be open and visible on the cover).
Kelly, The Healer's Apprentice, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

17. Read a book which has the word 'that' or 'way' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'that' and the word 'way' in the title.)

18. Read a book which has the letter 'C' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'castle' in either the title or author's name.)
Haris, Howl's Moving Castle, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

19. Read a book tagged either 'Dance', or 'Magic'.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book is tagged both 'dance' and 'magic'.)
Kelly, White Stag, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

20. Read 923 pages (can be made up from more than 1 book).
(+5 bonus points if instead, you read a book in less than 9 hours and 23 minutes, (please remember to update on Goodreads when you start and when you finish, for your book to count).)
Claire, The Elite, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔




Part 3: The Oubliette


21. Read a book with the letters 'F', 'A', 'I', and 'R' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fair' in the title.)
Claire, Fairest, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

22. Read a book tagged 'Death' (must be tagged at least twice)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book is both tagged 'death' and has the word 'death' in the title.)

23. Read a book with at least 2 hands on the cover (must be visible.).
Kelly, Spin the Dawn, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

24. Read a book with a title which starts with either 'U' for up, or 'D' for down, ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped) or which has the words 'up' or 'down' in the title
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book starts with a 'U', or 'D', AND has the words 'up' or 'down' in the title.)
Tati, Undying, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

25. Read a book that a teammate has given up. (Solo players can ask another solo player for ideas, or read something tagged 'Given-up'.)
Haris, Armada, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

26. Read a book with an item of jewellery on the cover.
Claire, The Assassin's Blade, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

27. Read a book with the word 'be' in the title (for beware).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'beware' in the title.)

28. Read a book tagged 'fantasy'.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the letters 'G' and 'K' in the title (for Goblin King.))
Skye, Soulless, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

29. Read a book with an item of food on the cover, or in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your book has the word 'cake' in the title and a picture of cake on the cover.)
Hannah, A Cherry Sinister Murder, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

30. Read a book which has the letters 'R', 'U', and 'N' in the title/author's name.
Kelly, We Are the Ants, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...





Part 4: Further into the Labyrinth

31. Read a book with the letters 'H', 'E', 'L', and 'P' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'Help' in the title.)
Kelly, Only a Breath Apart, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

32. Read a book with the word 'cat' in either the title or author's name.
Claire, White Cat, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

33. Read 3 books with 200 - 300 pages. (These don't have to all be read by the same person.) (3/3)
Skye, My Sister, the Serial Killer, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Skye, Her Body and Other Parties, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Skye, Maresi, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

34. Read a book with the letters 'F', 'R', 'E', and 'E' in the title or author's name.
Claire, Nevernight, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

35. Read a book with a title beginning with the letter 'R' to choose the right door ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped).
(+5 bonus points if instead, your chosen book has the word 'knock' in the title.)
Hannah, Royally Screwed, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

36. Read a book in which someone goes missing.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'missing' in the blurb.)
Hannah, Double Fudge & Danger, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

37. Read a book which has a title starting with the letter 'P' (for poison) ('A' and 'The' cannot be skipped).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'poison' in the title.)
Haris, Poison, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

38. Read a book which is not tagged 'romance' (at all).
Tati, Critical: Science and stories from the brink of human life, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

39. Read a book with the word 'fire' in the title.
Hannah, Fire in You, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

40.Read a book which has a letter 'D' in the title (for disaster).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'disaster' in the title.)
Hannah, Vow of Devotion, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖





Part 5: The Bog of Eternal Stench


41. Read a book with the letters 'B', 'O', 'E', and 'S' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'Eternal' in the title.)]
Tati, Wild Country, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

42. Read a book with the letters 'P', 'A', 'S', and 'S' in the title/author's name.
Hannah, Forward Pass, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

43.Read a quicky! (A book with 100-200 pages.)
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'bridge' in the title or a picture of a bridge on the cover.)
Kelly, The Dread King, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

44. Read a book with one or more trees on the cover.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has the word 'tree' as part of the title.)
Skye, The Twisted Tree, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

45. Read a book which has two letter 'R's' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the title 'Roar'.)
Skye, Red, White & Royal Blue, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

46. Read a book which has the letter 'S' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'strange' in the title.)
Claire, Strange the Dreamer, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

47. Read a book which has a dress on the cover.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a big white ballgown on the cover.)
Claire, The One, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

48. Read a book with the letters 'F', 'A', 'L', and 'L' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'fall' in the title.)
Kelly, Girls Made of Snow and Glass, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

49. Read a book with a couple/2 people on the cover.
Skye, An Anonymous Girl, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

50. Read a book with something that you could throw on the cover (tell us what it is when you post your review).
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has a chair on the cover.)
Kelly, Dividing Eden, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔





Part 6: Entering the Goblin City

51. Read a book which has the letter 'J' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if instead of having the letter 'J', your chosen book is tagged 'Junk')
Kelly, Aurora Rising, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

52. Read a book with a female main character.
Skye, The Burning, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

53. Read a book in which the main character has one or more children.
Kelly, For the Love of Cupidity: A Valentine's Day Novella, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

54. Read a book which has the word 'out' in either the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'get' and the word 'out' in the title or author's name.)
Kelly, Storm and Fury, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

55. Read a book with the letters 'A', 'X', and 'E' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'axe' in the title.)
Skye, Daisy Jones & The Six, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

56. Read a book which has water on the cover, or in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book also has a ship of some kind on the cover.)
Kelly, Unhooked, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

57. Read a book which has the letters 'B', 'F', 'F', in the title/author's name.
Hannah, Cuffed by You, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

58. Read a book which has a 'H' in the title or author's name (for 'Hide').
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'hide' in the title.)
Skye, White Stag, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

59. Read a book with either the word 'rock' or 'roll' in the title or author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has both the word 'rock' and the word 'roll' in the title/author's name.)
Hannah, Rock My World, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

60. Read a book which has a door on the cover or the word 'door' in the title.
Claire, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...





Part 7: The Final Showdown

61. Read a book which is a standalone.
Hannah, Sweet Revenge, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

62. Read a book by a male author.
Tati, Ship of Smoke and Steel, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

63. Read a book which has the letters 'N', 'E', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name, or the letters 'F', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has all the letters 'N', 'E', 'A', 'R', 'F', 'A', and 'R' in the title/author's name.)
Hannah, If Ever I Fall, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

64. Read a book which features a couple face-to-face on the cover. (Please check with us if you are not sure if your book counts.)

65. Read a romance novel (the tag 'romance' must appear in the top 10 tags for your book on Goodreads).
(+5 bonus points if your book is tagged 'romance' above any other genre on its Goodreads page.)
Hannah, Come to Me Recklessly, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✔

66. Read a book which has the letters 'S', 'T', 'O', and 'P' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'stop' in the title.)
Skye, Rhapsodic, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bonus ✖

67. Read a book which has a word starting with the letter 'P' in the title.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book has the word 'power' in the title.)

68. Read a book with something that flies on the cover, or in the title.
Skye, Aurora Rising, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

69. Read a book with the letters 'N', 'E', 'E', and 'D' in the title/author's name.
(+5 bonus points if your chosen book actually has the word 'need' in the title.)

70. Read a book which is the final full-length novel in a series.

2nd run

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3rd run

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