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BOOKS READ - Team Jealousy
Book: The Book Supremacy
Author: Kate Carlisle
Pages: 288
Read: 10/27/19
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Mini-Game
Easy Animal:
Cat - pg 28 - generous enough to take care of our darling cat, Charlie
Duck - pg 121 - It was a cute photgraph of a duck with its head in the water.
read 10/26/19
pages: 672
Sloth challenge:
Tricky Vampire Bat location 9101 "Dracula flies to the traumatized girl and as a vampire bat, sero-converts her into eternal undeath"
Manta Ray, location 2473 "to describe the homed manta ray's "develish" appearance"
310 pages
Read: 10/27/19
Sloth mini challenge:
Tricky: Komodo Dragon page 1: "tigers, bears, Komodo dragons and other predators may show aggression"
Liger page 30: "she made room for a pride of ligers (lion-tiger crosses)"
or
73.4% brown cover
560 pages
read: 10/27/19 (14.5 hour audio book)
Sin: Wrath cover 92.5% brown
has easy animals:
Rats pg 452: "bites on her toes and fingers where rats had nibbled"
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane by Laird Koenig
Date: 10/28
Pages: 254
Sin: Envy
Criteria: young adult is on first page of tags [used 4 times]
Mini Challenge:
* Read a book with a character who is always angry [main character is always angry when people won't let her do things or take her seriously because she is only 13]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Young Adult" [main character is 13 and young adult is on first page of tags, used 4 times]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that is 200 - 299 pages [book is 254 pages]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense set in 1960s - 1990s [no actual date is given in the book but it was published in 1974 and seems very contemporary for the time so maybe only use this one if you have to]
* Read a book where poison is used [main character poisons her mother with arsenic]
Book: Death of a Dustman
Author: M.C. Beaton
Pages: 226
Mini challenge:48. Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Blackmailed"
Read: 10/28/19
Book: The Cove
Author: Catherine Coulter
Pages: 327
Read: 10/27/19
Rating: 4 stars
Mini-challenge: Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "FBI/CIA/ATF"
Criteria: MPG - Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, the series title is FBI Thriller, MC James Quinlan is an FBI agent
Also:
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: Books that enrage you (view spoiler)
Jenny Undead by J.L. Murray
Date: 10/29
Pages: 281
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: cover is 76.5% when all browns are added together
Mini Challenge:
* Read a book where a catastrophe (of any kind) takes place [i feel like the zombie apocalypse is a pretty big catastrophe]
* Read a book with a character who is always angry {Jenny is angry because people won't tell her the truth about the experiments her mother and grandfather performed on her]
*Read a book with a serial killer [there is a man in the book who is killing regular women [aka not zombies] and they refer to him as serial killer several times
*Read a book with "Post-Apocalyptic" as MPG [third tag listed on MPG, used 5 times]
* Read a book with zombies [tons of zombies lol, MC included]
* Read a book with a brown cover [76.5% via tineye, see above]
*Read a book containing the phrase "see red"
I am not entirely sure if this works because i don't know how close the phrase has to be for it to count but there are several times where her vision goes red etc.
- "For the longest time all Jenny could see was red"
- "Her vision flashed red and threatened to encompass her again."
- "The red tinged the edges of her vision."
- "Jenny's vision went red and she felt one eyelid flicker."
so if you think one of those works then you can use it for this one.
The Invited
by Jennifer McMahon
Date Read: 10/29
Pages: 353
Sin: Wrath
Mini Challenge Task: 7. Read a book with a haunted place as part of the setting
Criteria: The MC's are building a home that is on haunted land, and their home becomes haunted.
Book: Early Autumn
Author: Robert B. Parker
Pages: 224
Finished: 10/29/19
Sin: Wrath - Mini Challenge
Criteria: 20. Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Private Eye" [Book has a MPG genre of Mystery and main character Spenser is a private eye]
By Ilona Andrews
Pages: 448
Read: 10/29/19
Sin: Wrath cover 94.6% brown
Mini Challenge (probably more but definitely this one)
(Read a book with "Supernatural" on the first page of the book's Top Shelves)
Rebecca wrote: "Book: Death of a Dustman
Author: M.C. Beaton
Pages: 226
Mini challenge:48. Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Susp..."
Rebecca I need you to oost a criteria of how it fits blackmail
Read: 10/29/19
Pages: 214
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: tagged contemporary 18 times
Read: 10/29/19
325 pgs
Sin: Wrath
Criteria : tagged mystery and chick lit
Mini: #105
Read : 10/29/19
Pages: 353
Sin: Wrath
Criteria : tagged mystery and thriller and is scifi
Mini: #138
Read: 10/30/19
Pages: 260
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: tagged contemporary 4 times
The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P. Jones
Date: 10/30
Pages: 288
Length verification: audio is 4 hr 43 min via audible
Mini Challenge:
* Read a book where a catastrophe (of any kind) takes place [their house burns down at the end of the book]
* Read a book where the title contains all the letters of "wrath"
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Young Adult" [young adult is on first page of tags, used 4 times. MCs are 13]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Setting - Quaint English Village" [the MCs live in an old manor house and visit the 'local village' several times. I don't remember the name of the town but since the book was published in britain i assume it is a local setting]
* Read a book with a tool on the cover (screwdriver / hammer / wrench) [boy on cover is holding a saw]
*Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Setting - Isolated Locale" [they live in a mansion far out into the country and do not really ever leave except to go to the small town many miles away]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that is 200 - 299 pages [288 pages]
* Read a book where poison is used [MC's father is poisoned]
Sin: Envy
Criteria: young adult is on first page of tags [used 4 times]
What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre by John Joseph Adams
Date: 10/30
Pages: 368
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Dark Fantasy is on top page of tags [used one time]
Mini Challenge:
* Read a book where there is a car accident [in one story a woman and her girlfriend are in a car accident and she ends up going back in time to try to fix it]
* Read a book with a haunted place as part of the setting [Seanan McGuire's story takes place in a haunted house]
*Read a book with "Supernatural" on the first page of the book's Top Shelves [if 'genre - supernatural' counts then this works, tagged by one person]
* Read a book with a serial killer [one of the stories features a serial killer who murders couples]
* Read a book where a religious crime takes place [one story has a religious cult where the leader poisons all the followers]
Book: Fixed on You
Author: Laurelin Paige
Read: 10/31/19
Pages: 228
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Tagged contemporary 216 times
The Editor by Steven Rowley
Read: 10/30/19
Pages: 308
Sin: Sloth, Vanity
Criteria:
Sloth - Blue Cover (55.6 % Curious Blue)
Vanity - Contemporary genre (25 users)
Book: We Were Killers Once
Author: Becky Masterman
Pages: 320
Mini challenge: 10. Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Ecclesiatic Mystery"---So one of the main characters is a retired priest and this plays a big role in the plot
Read: 10-31-19
by Jennifer Crusie
pgs 416
Finished 10/31/19
Sin Bingo for Lust:
Cover 72.8% red
Guilty Pleasure in top 100 shelves
Criteria: Romance is my favorite genre. Red is my favorite color.
Book: What You Did
Pages: 284
Read: 10/31/19
Rating: 4 stars
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: 76.9% Blue Cover
Per TinEye -
#171529 49.5 % Valhalla (Blue)
#32354d 23.9 % Valhalla (Blue)
#8a8a96 3.5 % Grey Suit (Blue)
Mini-challenge: 88. Read a book with something broken or shattered on the cover (bottle, glass, mirror, etc)
Criteria: There is a broken plate on the cover
Eat the Ones You Love by J.L. Murray
Date: 10/31
Pages: 278
Doesn't work for any sins so you will have to place it in the mini challenge somewhere
Mini Challenge:
* Read a book where a catastrophe (of any kind) takes place [i feel like the zombie apocalypse is a pretty big catastrophe]
* Read a book with a character who is always angry {Jenny is angry because people won't tell her the truth about the experiments her mother and grandfather performed on her]
*Read a book with "Post-Apocalyptic" as MPG [2nd tag listed on MPG, used once]
* Read a book with zombies [tons of zombies lol, MC included]
*Read a book containing the phrase "see red"
again not sure how exact this has to be but in this book we got closer with “Do you ever see the red?” said Faron. “Since you came back?”
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Date Read: 11/1
Pages : 352
Sin: Avarice - Yellow cover
Criteria : Tineye: 48.2% Fuel Yellow; 2.1% Gamborge (yellow).
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Date Read: 11/1
Pages: 224
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Books you lust after - published in 2019, ARC
Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Date: 11/1
Pages: 336
Sin: Avarice
Criteria: cover is 51.3% Gold (Yellow)
Mini Challenge:
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Scotland Yard" [I assume this just means that Scotland Yard features at some point and Sherlock talks to them at one of the crime scenes]
* Read a book with a serial killer [the person who is the killer in this book has murdered 11 people, making him a serial killer]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense set in 1800AD - 1900AD [takes place in 1873]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria for "Historical Mystery" [again if this just means that it is a mystery and takes place in a historical setting then we're good to go, if it means something else then maybe not?]
* Read a book where poison is used [the killer uses venom from a poisonous frog to kill people]
* Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that is 300 - 399 pages [336 pages]
Read: 10/31/19
Pages: 403
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: #72. Read a book containing the phrase "into a rage"
Fits - pg. 228- she saw Tinsley leaving it, and flew into a rage.
Read: 10/31/19
Pages: 300
Sin: Vanity
Crieria: tagged contemporary 9 times
Read: 11/2/19
Pages: 426
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Tagged contemporary 834 times
Read: 11/2/19
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: mystery and thriller criteria (#143)
Book: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, There's a Body in the Car
Author: Fran Rizer
Pages: 240
Read: 10/31/19
Sin: Gluttony
Criteria: Pink Cover
Book: An Eclair To Remember
Author: Rich Amooi
Pages: 240
Read: 10/31/19
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Shelf: Tagged contemporary
Book: The Vine Witch
Author: Luanne G. Smith
Pages: 263
Read: 10/31/19
Sin: Envy
Criteria: Shelf: tagged young adult
By: Jenny Hale
305 Pages
Read: 11/3/19
Criteria: (mini) title contains all of the letters in 'wrath'
or(main) it fits the Contemporary genre.
by Katie MacAlister
Read date 11/2/19
334 pages
Sin Bingo for Lust
Cover: 92.4% red
Shelved: Guilty Pleasures in top 100
Criteria: My favorite genre is romance, book also has sexy woman on cover and sex scenes.
By Linda Howard
Finished: 11/3/19
384 pages
Sin Bingo for Pride
Cover: 85.5% purple/violet
Shelves: Contemporary in 1st 100
Awards: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Best Romantic Suspense & Strongest Heroine & Best Villain (2005), Audie Award for Romance (2005)
by Julia Quinn
Read 11/3/19
373 pages in default (I got audio discs from library)
Sin Bingo for Lust
58.15% red cover
Shelved Guilty Pleasure in top 100 shelves
Criteria: my favorite genre
Book: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Pages: 292
Read: 10/29/19
Sin: Pride
Criteria: Tagged contemporary by 205 people
Book: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
Pages: 294
Finished: October 31
Sin: Envy
Criteria: Green cover 66.4%
Per TinEye:
37.3 % Cardin Green (Green)
13.8 % Light Sea Green (Green)
12.5 % Genoa (Green)
2.8 %Granny Smith (Green)
Book: Jam Butties and a Pan of Scouse by Maggie Clarke
Pages: 256
Finished: November 1
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: This book is a true story and it enraged me (and always does) when a mother is a drunk and "has a rotten soul" and, in this case, the mother took off with a man and left Maggie at the age of 10 to care for her siblings, Tommy (8), Nellie (3) and her father. There's more to the story, such as abuse, but the above is sufficient for me!
Book: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina
Pages: 448
Finished: November 2
Sin: Pride
Criteria: Winner of Big Book Prize
Original Title: Зулейха открывает глаза. "Big Book Prize (Russian: премия «Большая книга»), annual Russian literary prize, established in 2006 by the Russian government and disbursed by a group of prominent Russian business leaders."
Большая книга Winners List, Book #2 on the list
Book: Coached to Death
Author: Victoria Laurie
Pages: 352
Sin:Wrath - brown
Read: 11/4/19
27.4 %Soya Bean (Brown)
20.5 %Muddy Waters (Brown)
13.7 %Red Oxide (Brown)
12.1 %Burnt Umber (Brown)
11.6 %Raffia (Brown)
8.3 %Bronze (Brown)
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
Date: 11/4
Pages: 310
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: cover is 77.4% Midnight (Blue)
could also be used for name/role for the mini challenge but probably only if we need it to finish up a set since it will be worth 1 less point in that role.
Book: Karina
Read: 11/04
Pages: 197
Sin: Envy
Criteria: Tagged Young-Adult on 1st page of tags by y people.
Can also be used for the mini-challenge for #One's name / role
Book: Love Unscripted
Read: 11/05
Pages: 668
Sin: Pride
Criteria: Tagged Contemporary on 1st page of tags by 305 people
Can also be used for mini challenge for "What they went there for" as possibly they went there to film a move titled Love Unscripted?
Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
Date: 11/5
Pages: 376
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: bafflingly enough to the naked eye, tineye clocks this in at 59.3% brown when all browns are added together
could maybe also work for the consequence of the mini-challenge?
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Oh good. I'll add it, thanks