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Book Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
Author Darynda Jones
Date Read Oct 27
Page Count 310
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits 20 Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Private Eye"
Charlie is a PI
SS updated yes

Book And Then There Were None
Author Agatha Christie
Date Read Oct 27
Page Count 264
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Locked Room / Puzzle"
Takes place on an isolated island where there is no escape
SS updated yes

Book 11/22/63
Author Stephen King
Date Read Oct 29
Page Count 849
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Read a book where there is a car accident
p 728 "There were moans and cries of pain from the pile up in front of the bus."
SS updated yes

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Book: The Hit
Author: David Baldacci
Date Read: 10/29/19
Page Count: 401
Sin: Wrath
Sin Bingo: no
Task: Read a book with a killer/assassin as the main character
How it fits: MC is an assassin
SS updated: no

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Book: Harry Potter e a Câmara dos Segredos
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date Read: 10/29/19
Page Count: 280
Sin: Wrath
Sin Bingo: no
Task: Read a book with a haunted place as part of the setting
How it fits: Hogwarts is haunted
SS updated: Yes

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Book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date Read: 10/30/2019
Page Count: 332
Sin: Wrath - mini challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: Read a book where one of the (side) characters is a ghost
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

Book: The Seventh Sister
Author: Z.L. Arkadie
Date Read: 29 Oct 2019
Page Count: 131 pp
Sin: Envy
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
Justification: YA
SS updated? (Yes or No): Yes

And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder
finished: 10/29/19
pgs: 352
Sin: Wrath mini challenge
Sin Bingo: No
Justification: all letters of WRATH in title (could also be used for poison)
SS updated: yes

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Book: Blue Moon
Author: Lee Child
Date Read: 10/30/2019
Page Count: 359
Sin: Wrath Mini-Challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: Task 143 Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Thriller" — MPG Thriller & Fast-paced, action-packed read where Reacher takes on two warring mobs
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

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Book: UnWholly
Author: Neal Shusterman
Date Read: 31 Oct 2019
Page Count: 416
Sin: Wrath
Sin Bingo (Yes/No): No
How it fits: Mini challenge - Dystopia MPG
SS updated (Yes/No): Yes

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Book: Doctor Who: Winner Takes All
Author: Jacqueline Rayner
Date Read: 31 Oct 2019
Page Count: 256
Sin: Sloth
Sin Bingo (Yes/No): No
How it fits: Color Cover Blue
SS updated (Yes/No): Yes

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Book Off Campus
Author Elle Kennedy
Date Read Oct 29
Page Count 317
Sin Pride
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Contemporary
SS updated yes

Book Die For Me
Author Cynthia Eden
Date Read Oct 29
Page Count 358
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits takes place in a US southern state, Louisiana
SS updated yes or no

Book Loving Jay
Author Renae Kaye
Date Read 30 Oct
Page Count 202
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits hate crime
SS updated yes

Book Shattered Bonds
Author Faith Hunter
Date Read Oct 31
Page Count 384
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits up close fight
SS updated yes

Book The Rose & the Dagger
Author Renée Ahdieh
Date Read Oct 31
Page Count 416
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits dagger in title
SS updated yes

To Bedevil A Beauty by Jane Cousins
finished: 10/31/19
pgs: 244
sin: Wrath - mini challenge
sin bingo: N
how it fits: loc 4207 "I found you to be a hot-tempered, in my face minx..."
SS updated: yes

Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
finished: 11/01/19
pgs: 343
sin: Wrath
sin bingo: N
how it fits: Read a book with a character who is always angry - Snape
SS updated: yes

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Book: Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece
Author: Stephen Fry
Date Read: 11/1/2019
Page Count: 442
Sin: Wrath - mini challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: 116 - Read a book with a person who likes to trick others / with a trickster: Hermes is a trickster
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

Sandi
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Book: Concrete Underground
Author: Moxie Mezcal
Date Read: 10/31
Page Count: 372
Sin: N/A -- Wrath Mini Challenge
Sin Bingo: No
How fits: #148 -- Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that is 300 - 399 pages

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Book:
Author: Agatha Christie
Date Read: 1st November
Page Count: 259
Sin: Wrath Mini Challenge - Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Classic Whodunit"
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits: MPG Mystery and First page of Classic Mysteries Listopia
SS updated yes or no: Yes

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Book The Killing Dance
Author Laurell K. Hamilton
Date Read Nov 1
Page Count 368
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Anita is a vampire hunter
SS updated yes

Book The Girl With All the Gifts
Author M.R. Carey
Date Read Nov 1
Page Count 461
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits zombies
SS updated yes

Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz
finished: 11/2/19
pgs: 416
sin: Wrath mini-challenge
Sin Bingo: No
How it fits: red hair on cover (can also be suspense between 400-499 pgs)
SS updated: yes

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Book: Fall of Giants
Author: Ken Follett
Date Read: 11/2/2019
Page Count: 944
Sin: Wrath - mini challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: 61 - depicts the Battle of the Somme (and other WWI battles)
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

Book: The Woman in the Window
Author: A.J. Finn
Date Read: 2 Nov 2019
Page Count: 464 pp
Sin: Wrath (Mini Challenge)
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
Justification: Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that is 400 - 499 pages
SS updated? (Yes or No): Yes

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Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date Read: 11/2/2019
Page Count: 360
Sin: Wrath - mini challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: 118 - title contains all letters of MAYHEM
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

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Book: The Distant Echo
Author: Val McDermid
Date Read: 11/2/19
Page Count: 496
Sin: Wrth - mini challenge
Sin Bingo: no
Task: Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Cold Case"
How it fits: MPG Mystery/Thriller. 25 year old cold case is investigated.
SS updated: no

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Book: The Judas Strain
Author: James Rollins
Date Read: 11/2/2019
Page Count: 668
Sin: Wrath Mini-Challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: Task 85 Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Action & Adventure" — MPG Thriller & Male-centered action thriller with characters running from assassins and dealing with a terrorist event
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

Sandi
Completed Book


Book: The Reasons For Marriage
Author: Stephanie Laurens
Date Read: 11/2
Page Count: 304 (default edition)
Sin: Vanity
Sin Bingo: No
How fits: Purple cover
SS Updated: No

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Book Spider Game
Author Christine Feehan
Date Read Nov 2
Page Count 464
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo no
How it fits sniper attack pg 209-212 sniper attack. The bullet slammed six feet behind her. The marksman was firing blind, trying to save his spotter.....The sniper was guessing where she was....This time the sniper was bait.
SS updated yes or no

Book Once Upon a Christmas Wedding
Author Scarlett Scott
Date Read Nov 3
Page Count 3031
Sin Gluttony
Sin Bingo No
How it fits historical romance
SS updated no

The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
finished: 11/3/19
pgs: 276
Sin: Wrath mini-challenge
Sin Bingo: No
How it fits: paranormal mystery
SS updated: Yes

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Book:
Author: Matt Haig
Date Read: 11/3/19
Page Count: 341
Sin: Wrath - mini challenge
Sin Bingo: No
Task: Read a book with blood on the cover
How it fits: Blood on the cover
SS updated: no

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Book: King's Cage
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Date Read: 13 Nov 2019
Page Count: 528
Sin: Wrath
Sin Bingo (Yes/No): No
How it fits: Mini challenge - Top Shelf "Supernatural "
SS updated (Yes/No): Yes

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Book: Love Is Mortal
Author: Caroline Hanson
Date Read: 03/11/2019
Page Count: 264
Sin: Wrath Mini Challenge - Read a book with a maximum of 6 characters
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits: there is Valerie, Lucas, Jack, Cer, Verginia, as characters
SS updated yes or no: No

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Book Murder at the Vicarage
Author Agatha Christie
Date Read Nov 3
Page Count 288
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits professional sleuth and female detective
SS updated yes

Book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Author Agatha Christie
Date Read Nov 3
Page Count 288
Sin Wrath
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Murder in title
SS updated yes

Book O Monte dos Vendavais
Author Emily Brontë
Date Read Nov 3
Page Count 364
Sin sloth
Sin Bingo No
How it fits blue cover
SS updated no

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Book Power Game
Author Christine Feehan
Date Read Nov 4
Page Count 464
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

Book Royally Matched
Author Emma Chase
Date Read Nov 4
Page Count 276
Sin Pride
Sin Bingo No
How it fits contemporary
SS updated yes

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Book:
Author: Craig Davidson
Date Read: 4th November
Page Count: 272
Sin: Lust Mini Challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits: Title The Saturday Night Ghost Club can fit several places in the story
SS updated yes or no: Yes

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Book Royally Endowed
Author Emma Chase
Date Read Nov 4
Page Count 275
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated no

Book It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Author Kylie Scott
Date Read Nov 4
Page Count 316
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

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Book: The Chestnut Man
Author: Søren Sveistrup
Date Read: 11/4/19
Page Count: 528
Sin: Lust
Sin Bingo: no
How it fits: Red cover
SS updated: no

BOM: November
DQ 1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DQ 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DQ 3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Book Brisingr
Author Christopher Paolini
Date Read Nov 5
Page Count 745
Sin Envy
Sin Bingo No
How it fits MPG Young Adult
SS updated yes

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Book Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Author Christina Lauren
Date Read Nov 5
Page Count 320
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

Book Breathless
Author Helen Hardt
Date Read Nov 5
Page Count 330
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

Book Married by Monday
Author Catherine Bybee
Date Read Nov 5
Page Count 306
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

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Book: Down and Dirty
Author: Various
Date Read: 11/6/2019
Page Count: 1,756
Sin: Lust Mini-Challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: What they went there for
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

Book Frankenstein
Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Date Read Nov 6
Page Count 256
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Bad Book list
SS updated yes

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Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date Read: 11/6/2019
Page Count: 462
Sin: Lust - story mini challenge // OR: Envy
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: name (Harry Potter, Prisoner of Azkaban), location (Azkaban) // OR: YA genre
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

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Book: في ساعة نحس
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Date Read: 06/11/2019
Page Count: 280
Sin: vanity
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits: Contemporary
SS updated yes or no: No

Werewolf in Seattle by Vicki Lewis Thompson
finished: 11/6/19
pgs: 338
Sin: Lust mini-challenge
Sin Bingo: No
How it fits: name for story
SS updated: yes

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Book Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody
Author William Codpiece Thwackery
Date Read Nov 6
Page Count 200
Sin lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

BR link to come
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Book Wrangler's Challenge
Author Lindsay McKenna
Date Read Nov 6
Page Count 320
Sin Lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

Book Leather and Lace
Author Jessie Evans
Date Read Nov 6
Page Count 251
Sin lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

Book Perfection
Author R.L. Mathewson
Date Read Nov 6
Page Count 247
Sin lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits mini challenge
SS updated yes

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Book The Phantom of the Opera
Author Gaston Leroux
Date Read Nov 7
Page Count 360
Sin lust
Sin Bingo No
How it fits Bad Book
SS updated yes

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Book: Roomies
Author: Christina Lauren
Date Read: 11/7/19
Page Count: 368
Sin: Pride
Sin Bingo: no
How it fits: MPG Contemporary
SS updated: no

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Book: Why Not Me?
Author: Mindy Kaling
Date Read: 11/8/2019
Page Count: 240
Sin: Lust - Mini challenge
Sin Bingo (Yes or No): No
How it fits?: what someone said
SS Updated (Yes or No): Yes

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Book: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
Date Read: 08/11/2019
Page Count: 182
Sin: Mini Challenge lust
Sin Bingo: No
How it fits: Bad Book Recommendation
SS updated: No