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Theme week: TreesBook:
Author: Jane Austen
Pages: 576
Date Read: 1 Dec
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Chapter 22 "... by a knoll of old trees, or luxuriant plantations, and the steep woody hills ..."
Chapter 26 "What a sweet little cottage there is among the trees - apple trees, too!"
Book Points:5
Team Total points: 5
Theme week: TreesBook:
His Holiday CrushAuthor: Cari Z.
Pages: 200
Date Read: 12/2/21
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Christmas tree on the cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 6
Theme week: TreesBook:
Montana Secret Santa by Debra SalonenPages: 258
Date Read: 12/2/21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Christmas tree on the cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 7
Theme week: TreesBook: A Throne of Feathers and Bone
Author: Shannon Mayer
Pages: 351
Date Read: 12/1
Rating: 4
Justification: Letters T,R,E,E,S in title & Pg. 4, "...the trees had thick trunks and dense green foliage..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 10
Theme week: TreesBook: Broken Howl
Author: Katie May
Pages: 405 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Date Read: 12/1
Rating: 4
Justification: Trees on cover & 5%, "Dully, I stare out at the wild pine trees of the national park."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 13
Theme week: TreesBook: The Shadow Wand
Author: Laurie Forest
Pages: 554
Date Read: 12/1
Rating: 4
Justification: 23%, "I'm surrounded by a decadent variety of trees..."
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 18
Theme week: Trees Book: Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
Author: Garth Nix
Pages: 432
Date Read: 12/1
Rating: 3
Justification: 73% - spell requires an hawthorn tree - "Fix its place between the branches of the hawthorn tree."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 21
Theme week: TreesBook: An Unexpected Kiss
Author: Cindy Roland Anderson
Pages: 168
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 3
Justification: Pg. 88, "I saw a few Christmas tree lots in town advertising fresh trees."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 22
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Book: The Sittaford Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 248
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Pg. 209 ..."through the plantation of trees..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 23
Mod
Book:Hunted
Author:Meagan Spooner
Pages:376
Date Read:12/2/21
Rating:5
Justification: trees on cover
Book Points:3
Team Total points:26
Theme week: TreesBook: Baggage Claim
Author: Amanda Tru
Pages: 199
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 3
Justification: Trees on cover (in background)
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 27
Theme week: TreesBook: Wrapped Up In Christmas
Author: Janice Lynn
Pages: 293
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 3
Justification: Trees on cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 28
Theme week: TreesBook: Vs. Reality
Author: Blake Northcott
Pages: 176
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 3
Justification: 47%, "A few random trees, cracked and lifeless, dot the..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 29
Completion Post:Theme Week: Trees
Author: John Kellerman
Pages: 408
Date Read: 12/2/21
Rating: 3
Justification: Leaves on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 32
Theme week: TreesBook:
Author: Jane Austen
Pages: 780
Date Read: 3 Dec
Rating: 5 stars
Justification:
Lots of woods around Pemberley and Rosings (Lady Chatherine's seat) where Elizabeth takes walks and admires the trees.
Book Points: 7
Team Total points: 39
Theme week: TreesBook: Destiny Came Knocking
Author: Cindy Roland Anderson
Pages: 175
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 3
Justification: Pg. 124, "A branch from the tree outsider her window..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 40
Theme week: TreesBook: The Truth About Gretchen
Author: Alretha Thomas
Pages: 292
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 4
Justification: Pg. 12, "...campus buildings surrounded by trees..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 41
Theme week: TreesBook:
The Lights on Knockbridge LaneAuthor: Roan Parrish
Pages: 288
Date Read: 12/3/21
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Trees on the cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 42
Theme week: Trees Book:The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Pages: 401
Date Read: 12/3/21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: "a fully lit Christmas tree" (14%)
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 45
THEME WEEK: TreesBOOK::We Wish You a Murderous Christmas
AUTHOR: Vicki Delany
PAGES: 304
DATE READ: 12/4/21
RATING: 3.5 ☆☆☆
JUSTIFICATION: There is a Christmas tree on the bookcover
BOOK POINTS: 3
TEAM TOTAL POINTS: 48
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Book:Killer Cruise
Author:A.R. Winters
Pages:210
Date Read:12/3/21
Rating:3
Justification: trees on cover
Book Points:1
Team Total points:49
Completion Post:Theme week: Trees
Author: Melanie Karsak
Pages: 583
Date Read: 12/5/21
Rating: 4
Justification: Type of tree in title
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 54
Theme week: treesBook: Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Author: Robert Macfarlane
Pages: audio (default hardcover 496 pages)
Date Read: 5. Dec 2021
Rating: 2*
Justification: trees on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 57
Theme week: TreesBook:
Author: Carole Matthews
Pages: 464
Date Read: 4 Dec
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: christmas tree on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 60
Theme week: TreesBook:
Author: Terry Pratchett
Pages: 432
Date Read: 4 Dec
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: for Hogswatch (Discworld's answer to Christmas) people decorate Hogswatch trees + there are plenty of trees around DW, real and drawn
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 63
Theme week: TreesBook: Nothing More
Author: Anna Todd
Pages: 272
Date Read: Dec 4, 2021
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: "We always had so many leaves to deal with because of the two massive birch trees in the front yard." - pg34
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 64
Theme week: TreesBook: This Is Halloween: A Christmas Tale
Author: Melody Rose
Pages: 261
Date Read: 12/3
Rating: 4
Justification: Pg. 4, "...intent on nabbing a tree this time."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 65
Theme week: TreesBook: The Queen of Junk Island
Author: Alexandra Mae Jones
Pages: 400
Date Read: 12/3
Rating: 3
Justification: Trees on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 68
Theme week: TreesBook: The Freshman
Author: Monica Murphy
Pages: 364
Date Read: 12/3
Rating: 4
Justification: Letters T, R, E, E in title and Pg. 35, "The apple never falls far from the tree."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 71
Theme week: TreesBook: Bad Luck Bridesmaid
Author: Alison Rose Greenberg
Pages: 320
Date Read: 12/3
Rating: 3
Justification: 7%, "That seed grew into a tree..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 74
Theme week: TreesBook: Castles in Their Bones
Author: Laura Sebastian
Pages: 528
Date Read: 12/3
Rating: 4
Justification: Letters T, R, E, E in title and Ch. 4, "...the trees around her begin to grow wild and skeletal..."
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 79
Theme week: TreesBook: Heart of the Assassins
Author: Stacey Brutger
Pages: 296
Date Read: 12/4
Rating: 4
Justification: Letters T, R, E, E in title and Pg. 1, "Morgan raced through the trees..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 80
Theme week: TreesBook: The Dark Days Pact
Author: Alison Goodman
Pages: 496
Date Read: 12/4
Rating: 4
Justification: Pg. 438, "...bends in the road and dense copses of trees."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 83
Theme week: TreesBook: Vengeful Union
Author: Brooke Summers
Pages: 260 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Date Read: 12/4
Rating: 4
Justification: 2%, "...the derelict warehouse surrounded by trees and overgrown weeds."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 84
Theme week: TreesBook: Claimed by the Assassins
Author: Stacey Brutger
Pages: 296
Date Read: 12/5
Rating: 4
Justification: Pg. 116, "...was wedged tight against the tree."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 85
Theme week: TreesBook: Pretty When She Dies
Author: Rhiannon Frater
Pages: 218
Date Read: 12/5
Rating: 3
Justification: Letters T, R, E, E in title and Pg. 2, "An owl hooted in a tree nearby."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 86
Theme week: TreesBook: The Whisky Affair
Author: Michael J. Gill
Pages: 208
Date Read: 12/5
Rating: 3
Justification: Pg. 47, "...he sat on a bench under an ancient oak tree..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 87
Theme week: TreesBook: Agent with a History
Author: Guy S. Stanton III
Pages: 196
Date Read: 12/5
Rating: 3
Justification: Pg. 127, "There are no palm trees."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 88
Theme week: TreesBook: The Fairest of Them All
Author: Carolyn Turgeon
Pages: 288
Date Read: 12/5
Rating: 3
Justification: Letters T, R, E, E in title and Pg. 11, "The birds in the trees."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 89
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Book: The Pale Horse
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 288
Date Read: 12/2
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: All the letters of T.R.E.E in the Title
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 90
Theme week: TreesBook: The Matzah Ball
Author: Jean Meltzer
Pages: 416
Date Read: 12/6
Rating: 4
Justification: Ch. 1, "A silver tinsel tree, flickering with light, nearly overtook a desktop computer."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 93
Theme week: TreesBook: Freaks
Author: Brett Riley
Pages: 290 https://www.amazon.com/Freaks-Novel-B...
Date Read: 12/6
Rating: 3
Justification: 2%, "...and pinned him to the ground behind a tree."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 94
Theme week: TreesBook: Desperately Seeking Landlord
Author: Micalea Smeltzer
Pages: 320
Date Read: 12/7
Rating: 5
Justification: “Lights are strung around the trees…” Loc 208
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 97
Completion Post:Theme Week: Trees
Author: Eowyn Ivey
Pages: 423
Date Read: 12/6/21
Rating: 3
Justification: Takes place in the forest
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 100
Theme week: TreesBook: Lock the Doors
Author: Vincent Ralph
Pages: 384
Date Read: 12/6
Rating: 4
Justification: Ch 42, "The trees are closer together here..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 103
Theme week: TreesBook: What the Cat Dragged In
Author: Kate McMurray
Pages: 320
Date Read: 12/7
Rating: 4
Justification: 23%, "...killed this many trees."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 106
Theme week: TreesBook: Jingle Bell Jam
Author: Pamela Kelley
Pages: 170
Date Read: 12/7
Rating: 3
Justification: Trees on cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 107
Theme week: TreesBook: Pride and Prejudice: A Retelling
Author: Laura Wood
Pages: 136
Date Read: 12/7
Rating: 4
Justification: 70%, "...silvery trees shining..."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 108
Theme week: TreesBook:
Author: Emmuska Orczy
Pages: 321
Date Read: 7 Dec
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Chapter 16 "Long shadows from overhanging trees ..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 111
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