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Pages: 358 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Publication Date Categories: Published in a winter month - Published February, 2013.
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Pages: 384 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Cover Categories: Dessert on cover. There's a shake on the cover.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 272 https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Author categories: One name author
How it fits: Author’s full name is just “Plato”
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Pages: 408 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
In-text Categories: Oceans in-text - "molten lava gushed out of the ocean floor" pg. 23
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Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Writing/Storyline Categories: Book has a scene where the MC mentions rain (put page where this occurs)
How it fits: location 2263 "There was a bone chilling rain falling when Jazz took Luther for his morning walk..."
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Pages 338 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Member Categories: MC is from a different country than you
How it fits: Einstein is from Germany
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Pages: 359 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
In Text Categories: ‘Party’ in text
How it fits: pg 18 "The houseparty was not a large one."
______Name__|__Buddy___|__Pages___|___Total__
____________|__Reads___|__Read____|__________
JamminJenny_|______9___|_____94___|____103___
Vicki_______|_____12___|_____82___|_____94___
Claire______|__________|_____51___|_____51___
Sharon______|__________|______2___|______2___
Maya________|__________|______7___|______7___
Bookworm____|__________|_____13___|_____13___
Caroline____|__________|______3___|______3___
Damselflies_|__________|__________|__________
Anna________|______6___|_____23___|_____29___Circe_______|__________|__________|__________
Total_______|_____27___|____275___|____302___
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Pages: 177 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
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Goodreads Inspired Categories: Book is #12 on any list on Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Pages: 224 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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Title Categories: Letters M, A, Y, in title (any order)
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Pages: 250 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Writing/Storyline Categories: Features love at first sight
How it Fits: the prince falls in love with Snow at first sight
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Pages: 303 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Genre & Tags/Shelves Categories: First page tag of ‘LGBTQ’
How it fits: MPG LGBTQ
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Pages: 544 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Character Categories: MC is a officer of the law (police, military, firefighter etc.)
MC is a policewoman
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Pages: 411 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
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Character Categories: MC likes to read. Anne likes reading.
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Pages: 174 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Writing/Storyline Categories: Book has a map
How it fits: there's a map in the beginning of the book
576 pages this month
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 847 https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
No category since I started before April.
Pages: 337 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Writing Storyline Categories: Celebrates a birthday.
______Name__|__Buddy___|__Pages___|___Total__
____________|__Reads___|__Read____|__________
JamminJenny_|______9___|____105___|____114___
Vicki_______|_____16___|_____86___|____102___
Claire______|__________|_____51___|_____51___
Sharon______|__________|______2___|______2___
Maya________|__________|______7___|______7___
Bookworm____|__________|_____13___|_____13___
Caroline____|__________|______9___|______9___
Damselflies_|__________|__________|__________
Anna________|______6___|_____30___|_____36___Circe_______|__________|__________|__________
Total_______|_____31___|____303___|____334___
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Pages: 330 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
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In-text Categories: Magazine in text - "...as white as magazine pages" (2).
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Pages: 252 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Writing/Storyline Categories: Features a wedding - Shelly and Boyd get married.
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Pages: 159 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Genre & Tags/Shelves Categories: Tagged "family" in first page tags - Tagged family on first page of tags
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Pages: 192 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Genre & Tags/Shelves Categories: MPG Adventure - MPG is Adventure
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Pages: 119 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Writing/Storyline Categories: Book set in summer - It begins on a summer's evening.
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Pages: 283 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
In-text Categories: April in text - "When well-apparrel'd April..." (29).
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Pages: 304
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Genre & Tags/Shelves Categories: Second Chance Romance - Ed and Clem had a second chance romance
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Pages: 115 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Character Categories: MC is poor/wealthy - Isabella is wealthy
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Pages: 253 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Genre & Tags/Shelves Categories: Enemies to lovers book
How it fits: Cordelia and Vorkosigan start off as enemies but end up as lovers
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Pages: 242 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Writing/Storyline Categories: First person POV
How it fits: told from the POV of Cadence Sinclair
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Pages: 321 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Cover categories: Cover with 5+ colors
How it fits: cover has more than 5 colors
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Pages: 330 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Cover Categories: Blue, red, and green on cover
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Pages: 384 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Writing/Storyline Categories: Mentions a lifeguard
pg 111 "She gestured to the lifeguard stand a few feet away, where Theo sat in red swim trunks, the whistle roped around his neck nestled in his chest hair."
Page count categoriesPage count has the number 6 in it
Het pantserhartThe Leopard 643 p.
review
How it fits: 6 in page count
Publication date category Published in May (any year)
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 311 p.
review
How it fits: published May 24th 2015
Character Categories:MC makes a new friend
Gestrand
135 p.
review
Mc makes a new friend when on holiday in Turkey
Character categoriesMC starts a new job
Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen van de Nederlandse handelsmaatschappij
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company 352 p.
review
The MC Max Havelaar gets a new job in the colonies
Writing/Storyline Categories3. Book is set in spring
Moederhart 263 p.
review
At the start, first singns of spring visible and after two chapters until theend spring
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Pages: 448, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
BR: N/A
Character Categories: 10. MC is a spy
How it Fits: MC is a spy for the keepers against the igniters.
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Pages: 376, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
BR: N/A
Author Categories: 10. Author's first name starts with a Z
How it Fits: Author's first name is Zoe
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Pages: 347 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Title Categories: Title that rhymes: Amour Amour rhymes
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Pages: 248 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Character Categories: MC has blonde hair. Jameson Ryne has blonde hair.
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Pages: 280 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
In-text Categories: June in text - "It was June." loc. 565
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Pages: 452 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Cover Categories: Black and white cover...it is
Vicki wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 192 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Genre & Tags..."
This isn't MPG Adventure. The MPG tags are fantasy, childrens, fiction and YA.
Please pick another category for this one. (:
Vicki wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 248 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Character Categories: ..."
This was a BR this month. If you want to add comments, and then reply to this with the thread I can give you BR points.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Felicia, can we moveNight of the Killer Roos to MPG Adventure
and then put
The Indian in the Cupboard to book with 5+ word title
Vicki wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 452 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Cover Categories: Black and white ..."
The cover isn't supposed to have any color. I will count this one. But for your second hunt it has to be entirely black and white. (:
Jammin Jenny wrote: "Felicia, can we moveNight of the Killer Roos to MPG Adventure
and then put
The Indian in the Cupboard to book with 5+ word title"
Where was the Night of Killer Roos one first?
Title Categories: Book with a long title (5+ words)
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Scavenger Hunt Category List:
Cover Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Red cover (50%)2. 2+ people on cover
3. Text on cover is in white lettering
4. Cover has a person with red hair
5. Blue Cover (50%)
6. Black and white only cover (no color)
7. Person wearing sunglasses on cover
8. Cover with 5+ colors
9. Cover has a winter scene
10. Yellow Cover (50%)
(hide spoiler)]11. Cover has a boat on it
12. Green cover (50%)
13. Single person on cover14. Dessert on the cover
15. Flip Flops on cover
16. Cover has a moon/stars17. Cover has an item of art on it (painting, statue, sculpture, etc.)
18. Cover has a summer scene19. Cover has the colors blue, red, and green
20. Cover has one girl and one boyMod-ly Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Read a book that a mod rated 5 stars2. Read a book that a mod rated 1 or 2 star(s)
3. MC’s name starts with the letter F
4. MC’s name starts with the letter A
5. Message Felicia and ask for a book to read (ask for a certain genre and if you want YA/NA/ADULT)
6. Message Alaina and ask for a book to read (ask for a certain genre and if you want YA/NA/ADULT )
7. Message Andrea and ask for a book to read (ask for a certain genre and if you want YA/NA/ADULT)
8. Read a book off of Felicia’s favorites shelf9. Read a book off of Andrea’s changed my life shelf
10. Read a book off of Alaina’s favorites shelf (hide spoiler)]
Author Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Book with two authors2. UK author
3. Author’s first name starts with an M
4. One name author (no surname/family name)
5. Author’s last name starts with B6. Author has first, middle (full name, no initial), and last name
7. Author’s initials (or name) are in alphabetical order (ex. L.S. or Amy)8. Author’s last name is common (Smith, Williams, Jones, etc.)
9. American author
10. Author’s first name starts with a Z
11. Australian Author(hide spoiler)]12. Author’s initial have A, M, or J (must be two out of three)
Title Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Letters A, P, R, I, L in title (any order)2. Letters M, A, Y in title (any order)
3. Letters J, U, N, E in title (any order)4. Type of food in the title
5. Title that rhymes (ex. Amanda/Miranda by Richard Peck, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie, etc.)
6. Title features: X, Y, or Z.7. Title letters are gold
8. One word title(hide spoiler)]9. Book with a long title (5+ words)
In Text Categories(view spoiler)[
1. ‘Radio’ in text2. ‘Photograph’ in text (photo, picture, pic, etc. acceptable)
3. ‘Flower’ in text
4. ‘Butterfly’ in text
5. ‘Summer’ in text
6. ‘Party’ in text
7. ‘Ocean’ in text
8. ‘Vacation’ in text9. ‘Computer’ in text
10. ‘Pressure’ in text
11. ‘Magazine’ in text
12. ‘April’ in text
13. ‘May’ in text
14. ‘June’ in text (hide spoiler)]
Series Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Book is from a trilogy
2. Standalone(hide spoiler)]3. Book is position #5 in a series
Publication Date Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Book published in 2014
2. New release book (published in 2019)3. Book was published in a winter month
4. Published in April (any year)5. Published in May (any year)
6. Published in June (any year)7. Publication date has the numbers 4,5,& 6 in it (i.e. April 5th, 2016) [in any order]
8. Book is at least 10 years old(hide spoiler)]9. Published in an odd numbered month (January (1), March (3), May (5)… etc.)
Member Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Author has the same first name as you
2. Author’s first name is the same as your middle name
3. MC is from a different country than you
4. Book that you got for free5. Published from the year you were born
6. Read a book one of your teammates has already read
7. Reread a favorite book(hide spoiler)]Page Count Categories (must use the most rated edition for these categories)(view spoiler)[
1. Book has between 300-400 pages2. Page count has the number 4 in it
3. Page count has the number 5 in it
4. Page count has the number 6 in it
5. Book with 400+ pages(hide spoiler)]6. Book with less than 300 pages
Goodreads Inspired Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Book is off the Best Books of the 21st Century list2. Book is #12 on any list on Goodreads (link the list)
3. Book is off the first page of the Best Book Boyfriends list
4. Book with less than 100 reviews on Goodreads5. Book is 1st on any list on Goodreads (link the list)
6. Book is within the first 25 books on the YA Weapons on Cover list
7. Has a rating of 4+ stars on Goodreads(hide spoiler)]8. Book that won a Goodreads award
9. Book has more than 1,000 reviews on Goodreads
Genre & Tags/Shelf Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Fantasy book2. Enemies to lovers book
3. ‘Family’ in first page tags
4. Tagged ‘sports’ on first page of tags
5. MPG Romance
6. Tagged ‘humor’ on first page of tags7. MPG Sci-Fi
8. MPG Fiction
9. MPG Historical Fiction
10. First page tag of ‘LGBTQ’
11. MPG Mystery12. Second chance romance
13. MPG Adventure
14. First page tag of ‘war/military’(hide spoiler)]Character Categories(view spoiler)[
1. MC name starts with the letter L2. MC has black hair
3. MC is a officer of the law (police, military, firefighter etc.)
4. MC has an unusual pet
5. MC is a female
6. MC is a teacher7. MC is estranged from family
8. MC goes on a vacation
9. MC is poor/unwealthy
10. MC is a spy
11. MC goes on a bike ride12. MC has blonde hair
13. MC is/gets pregnant14. MC has an unusual occupation (by your standards)
15. Animal as the MC (can be a shifter of some sort)
16. MC is a male17. Features a character with a seasonal name
18. MC likes to read
19. MC makes a new friend
20. MC starts a new job
21. Features a character with an accent (put page where accent is explained) (hide spoiler)]
Writing/Storyline Categories(view spoiler)[
1. Book was made into a movie2. Dual POV
3. Book is set in spring
4. Book features a holiday
5. First person POV
6. Book set in summer
7. Book has a scene where the MC mentions rain (put page where this occurs)
8. Book has a map
9. Robot in book
10. Set in a tropical location11. Mentions a lifeguard
12. Features love at first sight
13. Has a cookout14. Features a wedding
15. Celebrates a birthday (hide spoiler)]