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Patty's Marauding Monsters 2024
My first one!Ahool - page range 350-450 (352 pages)
"jungle" in text - location 2926 (on kindle) "in front of an exotic jungle a smile plastered on her face, she began to speak."
and another!Jersey Devil
1. page range 500-650 (541 pages)
2. "scream in text" Page 7 "Clemensia gave a bloodcurdling scream shaking her hand madly to rid it of the vipers.
3. LEEDS in title - BaLlaD of Songbirds and SnakEs
Urban - Jersey Devil500-650 page range, scream in text, author initials in PINE BARRENS, LEEDS in title, MPG Humor
1. and 2. and 3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
4. Author Initials in PINE BARRENS - Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Asian - Ahool5. Author FN or LN starts with the letters in AHOOL
They actually both work!
Human - Mr. Burns"nuclear" in text
Location 55 "lands them in a postapocalyptic nuclear winter"
So far there are 7 in the series and counting!
"dizzy" in the textLocation 1932 on kindle
"I scream out, hysterical, coughing, dizzy."
Masquerade Ball - where Day and Night almost meet!
First monster completed - Asian AhoolNew monster Jorogumo
Can't get more American than high school and baseball - Bayview High!
No one is who they say they are - Roman, Ava lol take your pick
Title starts with a letter in "CROW"
Figuring out all the scavenger hunt clues
I'm moving completed ones to this post✓Ahool
350-450 page range, 6 or 9 in page count, wings on the cover, jungle in text, Author LN or FN starts with a letter in AHOOL
1. and 2. Down World by Rebecca Phelps
3. House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
4. "jungle" in text - Lone Wolf by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz Location Kindle 3363 " the king of this particular jungle"
5. Araminta Hall - One of the Good Guys
✓Jersey Devil500-650 page range, scream in text, author initials in PINE BARRENS, LEEDS in title, MPG Humor
1. and 2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
3. Rad Bradbury initials in PINE BARRENS Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
4. Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner
5. The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
✓Mr. Burns100-175 page range, MPG Humor, “nuclear” in text, Set in the US, series has more than five books
1. Crochet Your Own Dog: 14 Lifesize Amigurumi Pups to Make & Love! by Mieko Shindo
2. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
3. The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson
4. One of Us Is Lying
5. The Recital by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Not sure if I understood this one but...starts with TEKE
✓Teke Teke200-299 pages, MC rides on a train, Cover shows half of something, Author's debut book, Title starts with TEKE
1. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
2. Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
3. The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
4. A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like by Ashley Graham
5. The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
✓Sphinx200-299 pages characters go on a journey, MC Must solve riddle, Mountain on cover, brown cover
1. A Vintage Death by Mary Ellen Hughes
2. Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
3. Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
4. Until the Day I Die by Emily Carpenter
5. The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
Done!Red Death
175-225 page range, masquerade ball or party, seven or more colours on cover, “dizzy” or “dizziness” in text, tagged “plague (5 or more times)
1. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
2. House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
3. The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall
4. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
5. Blindness by José Saramago
Done!Jorogumo
500-650 pages, tagged "family" more than ten times, baby in story, 8 in page count, character pretends to be someone else
1. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
2. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
3. Baby X by Kira Peikoff
4. You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life by Neil Pasricha
5. Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
Addie goes out a night to repeat cycles over and over of meeting the same personThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Another one bites the dustJoffrey
500-650 pages range, MC is royalty, title starts with a letter in CROW, gold item in cover, more than one death in the book
1. The Institute by Stephen King
2. Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia
3. What You Wish For by Katherine Center
4. Tigers in the Cage by Rachel Caine
5. Darius by J.R. Ward
That's what the whole book is about lol
Mark Spitz - it says in the book that a girl was his age, under 30
Anyone can betray anyone - and they do..all the time
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9/10/2024 - Adding in the other monster groups
01/01/2025 - Adding World Villains and Pirates
Greek
Medusa
350-450 pgs, takes place in a desert, someone is beheaded, mirror on cover, snake on cover
1. Westfallen by Ann Brashares
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3. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
4. The Selection by Kiera Cass
5. The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Asian
Yeti
651+, Book set (over 50%) in Nepal, Tibet, Russia, and/or India, snow on cover, title starts with a letter in YETI, 2 in page count
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3. Until Midnight by Melissa Landers
4. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
5. Six's Legacy by Pittacus Lore
Urban
Fur Bearing Trout
100-175 pgs, setting is somewhere cold, white cover >50%, someone writes a letter/email, two words in title start with same letter
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3. Five's Legacy by Pittacus Lore
4. The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
5.
Human
Fernand Mondego
350-450 pgs, MC betrays or is betrayed, stone building on cover, "ND" together in author's name, set in France, Italy or on the Mediterranean
1. Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
2. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
3. Love at First by Kate Clayborn
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5. The Broker by John Grisham
Literary
Grendel's Mother
350-400 pgs, title includes a relationship (clockmaker's daughter), character loses a limb or is an amputee, oldest book on your TBR (publication date), "hark" in text
1.
2. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
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4. The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
5.
Dr. Who
Sea Devils
200-299 pgs, Set on the ocean, coast or on an island, Sea or Devil(s) in title, tagged pirate more than 10 times, Ship (incl. space) on cover
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5. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Bad Romance
Thomas and Tereza
100-175 pgs, MC owns a dog, character is a waitress, communism important to plot, takes place in 1960s-1970s
1.
2.Never Say Die by James Patterson
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5.
Vegi-Mite Monsters
Golem
651+ pgs, tagged Jewish or Judiasm, MUD (any order) in title, theme of Hubris, tagged Folklore (at least 10x)
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Disc World Monsters
Shadowing Lemma
100-175 pgs., tagged SCI at least 10x, author’s initials in CANNIBALISM, some kind of shadow on cover, MATH(S) or MATHEMATICS in text
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3. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
4. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
5. Nemesis by Gregg Hurwitz
World Villains and Pirates
Gilles de Rais
651+ pgs, takes place in France, MPG children, 1 and 4 in page count, published in October
1. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
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3. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
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5. The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth