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message 1: by Aly (last edited Jan 02, 2025 06:52AM) (new)
Dec 31, 2024 08:03PM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
Please post reviews following this format:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Review: link
Buddy: link if applicable
Most rated edition page count: ex this would be 506
Task read: Boogeyman - black cover

Here is a link to a viewable spreadsheet of tasks: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


message 2: by Shannon (last edited Jan 01, 2025 08:15PM) (new)
Jan 01, 2025 08:14PM

Shannon O'Flynn | 59 comments The Alchemist's Fortune (Fablestone Book 2) by Jeffery J Mattson
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: no
Page count: 286 (45% or 128 pages were read in 2025) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Task read: Easter bunny - features a talking animal


message 3: by Sibil (new)
Jan 02, 2025 02:20AM

Sibil | 784 comments Sistah Samurai by Tatiana Obey
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page: 142
Task read: Santa - Title starts with S


message 4: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Jan 02, 2025 06:15AM) (new)
Jan 02, 2025 06:10AM

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 571 comments The BFG by Roald Dahl
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page: 208
Task: Easter Bunny- character with big ears
How it Fits: the giant character has big ears


message 5: by Aly (last edited Jan 02, 2025 07:10AM) (new)
Jan 02, 2025 07:09AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod 
___Name___|__Books__|__BR_____|__Pages__|__Bonus___|__Total__
__________|__Read___|__Points_|__Read___|__Points__|__Points_

Christene_|_____1___|_________|_____2___|__________|______2___
Shannon___|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
Sibil_____|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________
__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________
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message 6: by Aly (last edited Jan 02, 2025 07:14AM) (new)
Jan 02, 2025 07:13AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod


I forgot to mention that there are BONUS POINTS this time!

If you read a book with one of the 15 mythical creatures from the challenge, you will get 10 extra points. You must let me know which creature when you post the book and you can only read for each creature once. This means a total of 150 extra points.

Let me know if you have questions!


message 7: by Cindee (last edited Jan 02, 2025 06:02PM) (new)
Jan 02, 2025 05:57PM

Cindee | 2596 comments My Salty Mary (Mary, #3) by Cynthia Hand
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages:512 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Task:Loch Ness Monster: MC goes on a boat
how it fits: much of the story takes place on boats


message 8: by Cindee (new)
Jan 02, 2025 06:01PM

Cindee | 2596 comments Silence of Winter (The Cromwell Chronicles #1) by Avery Blake
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages:290 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Task: Yokai: Features Ghosts
How it fits: the story is about ghosts


message 9: by Felicia (new)
Jan 03, 2025 09:18AM

Felicia (femarie) | 611 comments Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) by Martha Wells
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 160
Task: Easter Bunny Mc gives up something important to them
HIF: Murderbot allows ART access to his entire system


message 10: by christene_littlelibrary (new)
Jan 03, 2025 09:32AM

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 571 comments The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page: 406
Task: Easter Bunny- title ends with y
How it Fits: partY


message 12: by Aly (new)
Jan 04, 2025 08:26AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod 
___Name___|__Books__|__BR_____|__Pages__|__Bonus___|__Total__
__________|__Read___|__Points_|__Read___|__Points__|__Points_

Cindee____|_____3___|_________|____12___|__________|_____12___
Christene_|_____2___|_________|_____6___|__________|______6___
Felicia___|_____1___|_________|_____2___|__________|______2___
Shannon___|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
Sibil_____|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________



message 13: by Cindee (last edited Jan 04, 2025 10:13AM) (new)
Jan 04, 2025 10:09AM

Cindee | 2596 comments Wild Magic (The Immortals, #1) by Tamora Pierce
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 400 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Task: Tooth Fairy: Female MC


message 14: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jan 04, 2025 11:07AM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Category & Task Read: Santa -- Author's first name ends in a vowel
How it Fits: Author's first name is Jessie.


message 15: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jan 04, 2025 04:40PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Secret of the Three Fates (Ruby Vaughn, #2) by Jess Armstrong

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Category & Task Read: Leprechaun -- Features a wealthy character
How it Fits: Ruby is an American heiress and is considered wealthy


message 16: by christene_littlelibrary (new)
Jan 05, 2025 04:04AM

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 571 comments We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 312
Task: Yeti - snow on cover


message 17: by Megan (new)
Jan 05, 2025 08:20AM

Megan | 1307 comments King of Pride (Kings of Sin, #2) by Ana Huang
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 358
Santa - Author's first name ends with a vowel


message 18: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jan 06, 2025 06:24PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Wishless Ones (Dark Ascension, #3) by Hafsah Faizal

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Category & Task Read: Santa -- Character eats cookies
How it Fits: Their first night in the palace in Maghriz, Rohan eats the pistachio cookies that are left in his room.


message 19: by Diana (new)
Jan 07, 2025 03:12AM

Diana (diana_reads07) | 521 comments Wild Heart (Dangerous Daddies, #2) by April Jade
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 240
Leprechaun: MC is short/small
how it fits: Marcos is short


message 20: by Diana (last edited Jan 07, 2025 03:30AM) (new)
Jan 07, 2025 03:16AM

Diana (diana_reads07) | 521 comments Mad Love (Dangerous Daddies, #1) by April Jade
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 250
Santa: Mc is boss at their job
how it fits: Ben is a mob boss

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 436
Loch Ness monster: 3 in page count
how it fits: 436 pages

Echo by Chani Lynn Feener
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 439
Boogeyman: character is afraid of the dark
how it fits: Rabbit is scared of the dark


message 21: by Aly (new)
Jan 07, 2025 06:30AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod 
___Name___|__Books__|__BR_____|__Pages__|__Bonus___|__Total__
__________|__Read___|__Points_|__Read___|__Points__|__Points_

Cindee____|_____4___|_________|____16___|__________|_____16___
Megs______|_____3___|_____4___|____10___|__________|_____14___
Diana_____|_____4___|_________|____13___|__________|_____13___
Christene_|_____3___|_________|_____9___|__________|______9___
Megan_____|_____1___|_________|_____4___|__________|______4___
Felicia___|_____1___|_________|_____2___|__________|______2___
Shannon___|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
Sibil_____|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________



message 22: by Shannon (last edited Jan 07, 2025 11:25AM) (new)
Jan 07, 2025 11:24AM

Shannon O'Flynn | 59 comments Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 702 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Task: Mothman: insect on cover
How it fits: Moth on the cover
Bonus: Boogeyman on pg. 298 ("I got nine different flavors of boogeyman")


message 23: by Jenn (new)
Jan 07, 2025 12:26PM

Jenn (tellingmelies) | 3354 comments The Hunted Heir (The Veiled Kingdom, #2) by Holly Renee
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 242, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Chupacabra: Character is stabbed
How it fits: Dacre gets stabbed in the thigh with a dagger


message 24: by Jenn (new)
Jan 07, 2025 01:36PM

Jenn (tellingmelies) | 3354 comments Breakaway (Beyond the Play, #2) by Grace Reilly
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 422, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Easter Bunny: Title ends in Y
How it Fits: Breakaway


message 25: by Cindee (new)
Jan 07, 2025 03:58PM

Cindee | 2596 comments Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 342 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Task: Leprechaun: MC is short/small
How it fits: Evie is referred to as small or little many times


message 26: by Alicia (new)
Jan 08, 2025 01:42AM

Alicia (aliciajb) | 1482 comments Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320
Task: Santa / MC lives somewhere cold

I Married A Catman (Prime Mating Agency, #12) by Regine Abel
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 328
Task: Easter Bunny / Character has big ears

Graveyard Dog (Charley Davidson, #13.9) by Darynda Jones
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 162
Task: Santa / Male MC

Lies That Bind (The Ember War, #2) by Leia Stone
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 340
Task: Santa / Author’s first name ends with a vowel

Séance (A Spirit Realm Novel Book 1) by Stacey Brutger
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 222 (dnf)
Task: Santa / Title starts with S

Happily Never After by Lynn Painter
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
Task: Easter Bunny / Pastel cover (light blue, purple, green, yellow, pink, orange)


message 27: by christene_littlelibrary (new)
Jan 08, 2025 05:30AM

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 571 comments The Outsider by Stephen King
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page: 577
Task: La Llorona - character speak spanish
How it Fits: characters speaks spanish (Lovie Bolton and his son, and Yune)


message 28: by Megan (new)
Jan 08, 2025 08:45AM

Megan | 1307 comments Twisted Lies by Ana Huang
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 578
Leprechaun - MC makes clothes


message 29: by Felicia (new)
Jan 08, 2025 02:57PM

Felicia (femarie) | 611 comments The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 427
Task: Loch Ness Monster- Takes Place in The UK
HIF: He mentions a number of places in England - Hull, Manchester


message 30: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (last edited Jan 15, 2025 11:58AM) (new)
Jan 08, 2025 07:10PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Category & Task Read: Loch Ness Monster -- Letters N, E, S, S, I, E in title
How it Fits: the bloNdE dIES firSt

**BONUS POINTS -- BOOGIEMAN**
How it Fits: mention on pg 134 "...Boogieman Productions."


message 31: by Aly (new)
Jan 09, 2025 06:43AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod 
___Name___|__Books__|__BR_____|__Pages__|__Bonus___|__Total__
__________|__Read___|__Points_|__Read___|__Points__|__Points_

Megs______|_____4___|_____7___|____13___|__________|_____20___
Cindee____|_____5___|_________|____19___|__________|_____19___
Shannon___|_____2___|_________|_____8___|_____10___|_____18___
Alicia____|_____6___|_________|____16___|__________|_____16___
Christene_|_____4___|_________|____15___|__________|_____15___
Diana_____|_____4___|_________|____13___|__________|_____13___
Megan_____|_____2___|_________|____10___|__________|_____10___
Felicia___|_____2___|_________|_____6___|__________|______6___
Jenn______|_____2___|_________|_____6___|__________|______6___
Sibil_____|_____1___|_________|_____1___|__________|______1___
__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________



message 32: by Sibil (new)
Jan 09, 2025 08:19AM

Sibil | 784 comments The Outcast Mage (The Shattered Lands, #1) by Annabel Campbell
Page count only
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 272 out of 453 (DNF it at 60%)


message 33: by Aly (new)
Jan 09, 2025 11:31AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
Sibil wrote: "The Outcast Mage (The Shattered Lands, #1) by Annabel Campbell
Page count only
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 272 out of 453 (DNF it at 60%)"

Since you read over 100 pages, you can count this for a category if you want


message 34: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jan 09, 2025 05:39PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 416 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Category & Task Read: Easter Bunny -- Title ends in Y

**BONUS POINTS -- LOCH NESS MONSTER**
How it Fits: (view spoiler)


message 35: by Alicia (new)
Jan 11, 2025 03:59AM

Alicia (aliciajb) | 1482 comments Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 272
Task: La Llorona / A child is separated from their parent

Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 272
Task: Boogeyman / MPG Horror

Joined at the Joints by Marissa Eller
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
Task: Baba Yaga / MC has a sister

A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty (Kingdom of Lies, #2) by Stacia Stark
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 536
Task: Sandman / Letters G, R, I, T in title


message 36: by Diana (new)
Jan 11, 2025 04:06AM

Diana (diana_reads07) | 521 comments Savage Rivals by Becca Steele
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 246
Yokai: something/someone changes
how it fits: Asher and Levi change from hating each other to loving each other


message 37: by Aly (new)
Jan 11, 2025 08:15AM

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod 
___Name___|__Books__|__BR_____|__Pages__|__Bonus___|__Total__
__________|__Read___|__Points_|__Read___|__Points__|__Points_

Megs______|_____5___|_____7___|____17___|_____10___|_____34___
Alicia____|____10___|_________|____30___|__________|_____30___
Cindee____|_____5___|_________|____19___|__________|_____19___
Shannon___|_____2___|_________|_____8___|_____10___|_____18___
Christene_|_____4___|_________|____15___|__________|_____15___
Diana_____|_____5___|_________|____15___|__________|_____15___
Megan_____|_____2___|_________|____10___|__________|_____10___
Felicia___|_____2___|_________|_____6___|__________|______6___
Jenn______|_____2___|_________|_____6___|__________|______6___
Sibil_____|_____2___|_________|_____4___|__________|______4___
__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________



message 38: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (last edited Jan 11, 2025 06:39PM) (new)
Jan 11, 2025 06:38PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 288 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Category & Task Read: Leprechaun -- 'Luck' in text
How it Fits: 46% -- 'Oh well, Eden shouldn't push her luck.'


message 39: by Diana (new)
Jan 11, 2025 09:28PM

Diana (diana_reads07) | 521 comments The Boss (The Killough Company, #1) by M.D. Gregory
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 248
chupacabra: character is stabbed
how it fits: Conall is stabbed when he is kidnapped


message 41: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jan 12, 2025 11:31AM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Cross My Heart by Megan Collins

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Category & Task Read: Bigfoot -- MC researches something
How it Fits: MC, Rosie, (view spoiler)


message 42: by Sibil (new)
Jan 13, 2025 02:16AM

Sibil | 784 comments One More Last Time (The Good Guys, #1) by Eric Ugland
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 300
Category: Santa - Male MC


message 43: by Alicia (new)
Jan 13, 2025 03:30AM

Alicia (aliciajb) | 1482 comments Games Untold An Inheritance Games Collection by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
Task: Loch Ness Monster/ Letters N, E, S, S, I, E in title
Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection


message 44: by Shannon (new)
Jan 13, 2025 07:05AM

Shannon O'Flynn | 59 comments Murder Your Employer (The McMasters Guide to Homicide, #1) by Rupert Holmes
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 400
Task: Santa - Male MC
How it Fits: Main character is a boy named Cliff


message 45: by Jenn (new)
Jan 13, 2025 07:12AM

Jenn (tellingmelies) | 3354 comments Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros
Review/Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 517, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Santa: Author's first name ends with a vowel
How it Fits: Rebecca


message 46: by Diana (new)
Jan 14, 2025 04:58AM

Diana (diana_reads07) | 521 comments Mile High (Windy City, #1) by Liz Tomforde
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 603
Boogeyman: set in multiple cities/states
how it fits: Evan plays hockey in different cities/states


message 47: by Diana (new)
Jan 15, 2025 04:58AM

Diana (diana_reads07) | 521 comments A Marked Man (Assassin/Shifter, #1) by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 214
chupacabra: bite in text
how it fits: "Riley took a bite of the lasagna..." pg. 37


message 48: by Megan (new)
Jan 15, 2025 06:27AM

Megan | 1307 comments King of Greed (Kings of Sin, #3) by Ana Huang
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Santa - MC is the boss at their job

Into the Tide (Cottonwood Cove, #1) by Laura Pavlov
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 358
Easter Bunny Ears on cover

Loving Romeo (Magnolia Falls #1) by Laura Pavlov
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Tooth Fairy - Pink cover


message 49: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jan 15, 2025 05:29PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Category & Task Read: Santa -- Male MC
How it Fits: (view spoiler)


message 50: by Alicia (new)
Jan 15, 2025 06:13PM

Alicia (aliciajb) | 1482 comments Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1) by Lynn Painter
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 356
Task: Loch Ness Monster / MC has red hair

Drop Dead Sisters (The Finch Sisters, #1) by Amelia Diane Coombs
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 255
Task: Abominable Snowman/Yeti /MC climbs a mountain

You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384
Task: Abominable Snowman/Yeti/ Word in title starts with Y


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