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The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew #1) -Caroline Keene
Vixen- 20 pts.

This is my second time reading this book, but I just couldn't resist. It's written in a way that won't let me put it down: there were no dragging parts where nothing happened. I think this is definitely worth the read.

Total: 1148

Book: Sir Malcolm and the Missing Prince: A Tale of Long Ago

Prompt: Donner +15 pts. (It's impossible to see how beautiful the cover of this book is on Goodreads. The physical copy is gray with gold embossing on the front. And when you angle the cover a certain way all of the gold shimmers in the light.)

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Team Total: 1,163

Ghost Ship--20 pts

Team Total: 1,183

Call of the Wild--10 pts


Team Total: 1,193

Becky wrote: "Emberling-- Vixen, 20 pts

Emberling is a story about prejudice and about not making assumptions about a whole people based on the actions of a few. It has Christian themes. The "magic" in the..."

Who wrote this, I'd love to check it out!

Angela, Emberling was written by Kaytlin Phillips. I highly recommend it, too!

book: cytonic

review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

prompt: fantasy/sci fi

total points: 1, 213

Thanks!!

No problem!

These Deadly Prophecies- Andrea Tang
Vixen~ 20 pts.

I generally enjoyed this book, but one of the main things that bothered me was the ending. It could've been because I wasn't in the reading mode when I finished it, but I felt like it left some loose strings. Overall, a pretty good read.

Total: 1,233

Matron of Paris- 20

Total: 1,253

Edenbrooke
~20 (Vixon, I think....)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


A Noble Princess (Cornerstone Series #5) : A Goose Girl Retelling
~20 (Dasher)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Points: 1,293

Origins (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan Diaries #1)
Rudolph-20pts

This was a pretty slow read. It was okay if you like that sort of thing, I guess, but I felt like it was very superficial. The ending was also pretty dissatisfying.

Total: 1,343

Book: Hero

Prompt: Prancer (25 pts.)

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Team Total: 1,368

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the fact that it was posted at least 5 times and it wasn't even the right link...

Honestly that sounds like something Conner (from the land of stories) would do

I did that once with a group project, it was..... not fun

Same, lol.

That same was to Lizzy's comment...

Jasmine (Jazzie) [God's Version] wrote: "That same was to Lizzy's comment..."

I think we sent them at the same time

Yeah, we did. 😅

is it normal for a laptop to sound like a purring cat?

i think I have a problem then. It's laughing when I move it.

Lizzy (Elizabeth) wrote: "Ummm...Taz? That is a link for friending you. Not a link to a group."

Omg so sorry one sec

So I copied the link right but for some reason it’s redirecting to my profile

Idk why? I made the group public and now it’s working


use this one https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

ok it stopped but it was doing a weird electronic mwhahaha when I moved it. Creeped me out the first time

Book: War on Christmas: Battles in Faith, Tradition, and Religious Expression (It should be The War on Christmas)

Prompt: Dasher (15 pts.)

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Team Total: 1,383

The Blue Sword

Vixen—20 points

I listened to the audiobook, so I missed a lot in terms of terminology and such, so some aspects didn’t make sense. I am not sure if that is the book itself, or just me being very busy while trying to listen. I won’t be able to have an opinion until reading the print edition, which I can now do because the friend I was reading it with gifted it to me for Christmas.💜

Team total: 1,403

The Chaos Curse (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #3)-Sayantani Dasgupta
Vixen-20pts.

I had re-read the second book of this series multiple times before thinking about reading this one. After ages of searching, I finally found it in the local public library, and I LOVED it. I thought that it was very wholesome and had many lessons and morals.

Total: 1,423

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--10 pts

Total points: 1,433

King Lear: 30

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 30

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: 10

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 30

my total
100

Total Points:
1,533

They really are. I need to reach my reading goal, so there have been a lot of rereads this month, haha

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 10

total
1,543

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (The Vanderbeekers #1)
Rudolph-20

At first, this book was very boring, and I was barely dragging along. At some point near the middle of the book, I was soooooo worried for the Vanderbeeker kids and I really didn't want them to leave. I particularly loved that part in the end when Benny was there to pick Isa up and the Biederman warned that he had a long time to make Benny's life miserable if he upsets Isa. Definitely going to read the rest of the series.

Total: 1,563

I’ve read that book! It was alright!!

Shepherds Abiding-- 20pts

Team Total: 1,583

Iron Kingdom

1643

Calor : 40pts

Total: 1683

The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) ~Ted Sanders
Christmas Star-50

This was a re-read and according to Libby it took 9 hours for me to read. Definitely worth it.

Total: 1,733

Warbreaker: Christmas Star: 50 pts
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Blue Sword: Vixen: 20 pts
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Team Total: 1,803

Hey team! Don't forget to use the Reindeer prompts whenever possible, say what the prompt is, and link or write a short review.💜 Just a few more days, and we can go back to the regular way of posting points based on the number of pages.

This Gray Canvas (Dasher- 15)

(view spoiler)[ I enjoyed this book! It is definitely geared towards younger children but it was delightfully sweet and had absolutely no bad content. Highly recommend to kids! (hide spoiler)]


A Night Divided (Prancer- 25)

(view spoiler)[ I. Loved. This. Book!

Once again I didn’t prefer the MC. She was the brilliant 12 yr old that was always right. BUT this time the other characters made up for it. I really liked Fritz for one.

I never knew how brutal the Berlin Wall really was until reading this book. I didn’t know it suddenly went up in just one night. I didn’t know how many people were just ok to live with it. But wow. I know now. I ended the book last night at midnight with tears in my eyes. Tears of joy for the happy ending, and also tears of sorrow for the not happy part of the ending.


Content wise there was nothing.

No language, a wee bit of violence from the fact that it’s set in a brutal communist setting, and no sexual content. (hide spoiler)]

Vinegar Hill (Rudolph- 20)

(view spoiler)[ Content:


Language: one use of the f word. 2 (?) uses of the s word. And lots of overall crude language.

Violence: abuse: physical, mental, and sexual (nothing described. Simply stated). Also mentions of horror scenes from dreams that left me feeling weird.

Sexual: as mentioned above: sexual abuse (nothing described). Too many sexual comments and conversations.


Now as to the book, it was bleak. It was dark. It was depressing.

The writing itself was beautiful in a strange way, I thoroughly enjoyed the writing style once I got used to it. The characters were strange and unique.

I think this book would fall into gothic. But maybe not. The setting was pretty dismal and the characters were all fairly bleak.

I didn’t dnf because I had hope for a redemption arc, which sorta came but not to the extent that I wanted. So there was hope in the end but just not the true hope that I was wanting.

This book did make me so grateful for knowing that God is a loving father (the characters in this story believe in a stifling oppressive view of God and religion). Honestly I saw things in this book that I recognized from some religious settings that I have personally seen. This book is truly not far off from the truth. Which is another reason I finished it.

I think this book is ok if you don’t mind the content I mentioned. I rated it on content, not enjoyment. Because I truly did enjoy it. But I didn’t appreciate the content. (hide spoiler)]

(None of these reviews are actual spoilers, I just wanted to make it more concise.)
Total: 1,863

Project Solomon (Donner- 15)

This was an amazing true story about a hurting lady and how a horse helped her. And how that horse left a legacy that helped many more people. I thoroughly enjoyed this book in spite of the fact that I rarely enjoy autobiographies.

Total: 1,878

The Sunlit Man (Comet [sci-fi]- 20)

Wow... what was this?! I really enjoyed this book, but what is going on? Sanderson, GIVE US ANSWERS!

Total: 1,898

Oh.🙁 I hate that kind of ending. You said it was a good ending, Bets!😅

I told you I'm still confused.

The ending for the storyline in the book was good. But, I'm still confused about a lot of things regarding the MC... You'll see

Brisingr-- 70pts (FINALLY 😂)

Total: 1,968

I have multiple books I've read this month but haven't logged. I guess I'll have to figure which prompts they fit...

You only have today left. 🤪

I know. smh