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✅ 10,375/10,000 (Motorist 🚗)
February: 668 pages
– Six of Crows - 465 pages
– Demon in the Wood - 203 pages
March: 667 pages
– Crooked Kingdom - 546 pages
– The Lives of Saints - 121 pages
April: 559 pages
– The Secret History - 559 pages
May: 1,176 pages
– Under the Whispering Door - 384 pages
– The Complete Phantom of the Opera - 167 pages
– The Tea Dragon Society - 73 pages
– Hawkeye by Fraction & Aja: The Saga of Barton and Bishop - 552 pages
June: 497 pages
– The Metamorphosis - 51 pages
– The Tea Dragon Festival - 135 pages
– The Tea Dragon Tapestry - 135 pages
– Life of the Party - 176 pages
July: 752 pages
– Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - 384 pages
– The Phantom of the Opera - 368 pages
August: 1,623 pages
– A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - 390 pages
– Good Girl, Bad Blood - 401 pages
– As Good As Dead - 552 pages
– Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave - 280 pages
September: 772 pages
– Kill Joy - 119 pages
– Brokeback Mountain - 36 pages
– The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 100 pages
– The Way of the World - 92 pages
– Red, White & Royal Blue - 425 pages
October: 617 pages
– The Professor's House - 258 pages
– The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper - 359 pages
November: 1,361
–The Tale of Genji - 352 pages
– The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - 541 pages
– Marvel's Avengers Infinity War: The Official Movie Special Book - 96 pages
– The Nine Cloud Dream - 288 pages
– She Stoops to Conquer - 84 pages
December: 1,679
– Blankets - 592 pages
– Long Way Down- 332 pages
– Opposite of Always - 451 pages
– The Midnight Library - 304 pages

✅ 9/9
A Book Genre (Classics):
✅ The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka / 6.2.23
✅ The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux / 7.29.23
✅ The Professor's House by Willa Cather / 10.18.23
Diversity (Black Authors):
✅ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass / 8.31.23
✅ Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds / 12.16.23
✅ Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds / 12.28.23
Film & Theater (Have Adaptations):
✅ Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo / 2.12.23
✅ Hawkeye by Fraction & Aja: The Saga of Barton and Bishop by Matt Fraction / 5.31.23
✅ Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman / 7.15.23

– Found here: https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8
– 120/200 points earned for books completed on time
January:
✅ Turn Left (start a series): Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo / 2.12.23
February:
✅ Go To The Forest (trees on the cover): Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo / 2.28.23
March:
✅ Fight A Giant (over 500 pages): The Secret History by Donna Tartt / 4.30.23
April:
✅ Spring Equinox
May:
✅ Travel To Kerador (ends on odd page number): – The Tea Dragon Festival by Kay O'Neill 6.10.23
June:
✅ Stop By The Crossroad Tavern (has author's note): Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood / 6.30.23
July:
✅ Pocket A Scroll Of Light Summons (read when it's light): The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux / 7.29.23
August:
✅ Autumn Equinox
September:
✅ Go On A Date (romance): Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston / 9.29.23
October:
✅ Adventure Together (has map): The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold / 10.31.23
November:
✅ A Rescue Quest (at risk of an unhaul): Marvel's Avengers Infinity War: The Official Movie Special Book by Titan Comics / 11.21.23
December:
✅ You Find An Owlcat Cub (cat or owl on cover): The Midnight Library by Matt Haig / 12.31.23

– Found here: https://youtu.be/ROcPDsqmurs
✅ 0/50 points earned for completing books on time
Calling: Beast Master
✅ Alchemy (metal in the name): Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune / 5.14.23
✅ Animal Studies (flip a coin for fiction/non-fiction): The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George C. Perry / 5.21.23
✅ Elemental Studies (flowers on cover): The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill / 5.30.23
✅ Lore (contains map): Hawkeye by Fraction & Aja: The Saga of Barton and Bishop by Matt Fraction / 5.31.23
✅ Restoration (choose at random): The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka / 6.2.23

– Found here: https://youtu.be/Hxe_ZP6kflk
✅ 50/50 points earned for completing books on time (with 3 day extension moved from the 3 days before August to the 3 days after)
Calling: Beast Master
Alchemy:
✅ Stone to Copper (first in a series): A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson / 8.10.23
Animal Studies:
✅ Introduction to Domestic Creatures (pet pick): Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx / 9.3.23
✅ Drago Chicken Hatching (debut book): Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass / 8.31.23
✅ Bicorn Wolf Care (read within two days): Kill Joy by Holly Jackson / 9.3.23
Elemental Studies:
✅ Element of Earth (word "Earth" in title): REPLACED with Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson / 8.17.23
Restoration:
✅ Induce Sleep (start before bed): As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson / 8.31.23
✅ Relocating Pain (read in different spots each time you pick it up): The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson / 9.3.23

✅ 10/10 points earned
✅ Library Cats (letters S and P in title): The Professor's House by Willa Cather / 10.18.23
Books mentioned in this topic
The Way of the World (other topics)Long Way Down (other topics)
She Stoops to Conquer (other topics)
The Midnight Library (other topics)
The Tale of Genji (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Justin A. Reynolds (other topics)Matt Haig (other topics)
Jason Reynolds (other topics)
Willa Cather (other topics)
Titan Comics (other topics)
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Books Read: 35
– New Reads: 32
– Re-reads: 3
Pages Read: 10,375
Genres:
– (Auto)biography/Memoir: 1
– Classic: 5
– Comic/Graphic Novel: 5
– Dystopian: 1
– Fantasy: 8
– Fiction: 2
– Mystery: 5
– Non-fiction: 3
– Play/Drama: 2
– Poetry/Verse: 2
– Romance: 1
– Science Fiction: 1
Authors:
– Female: 9
– Male: 16
– Nonbinary: 2
Ratings:
– ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: 7
– ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: 15
– ⭐️⭐️⭐️: 13
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Formats:
– Book: 14
– E-book: 10
– Audiobook: 11