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message 101: by Alaina (new)
Jun 23, 2025 06:14AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
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LaverneCox_vs_BDWong________________|___6___|__12___|



message 102: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 23, 2025 07:14PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Chamber by Will Dean

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
David Bowie -- Features a death
How it Fits: This is a locked room mystery that revolves around deaths amongst a deep sea diving team while they are locked in their hyperbaric chamber.


message 103: by Alaina (new)
Jun 24, 2025 06:37AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
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Megs________|____14____|____19____|____46____|____65____
Grace_______|_____9____|____11____|____26____|____37____
Brittni_____|_____3____|_____5____|____11____|____16____
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LaverneCox_vs_BDWong________________|___7___|__14___|



message 104: by Trisha (new)
Jun 24, 2025 09:45AM

Trisha | 6803 comments The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 240

David Bowie : Paint in text
how it works: 22% "and her lips painted to geranium bows"


message 105: by Trisha (new)
Jun 24, 2025 02:57PM

Trisha | 6803 comments The Devils (The Devils, #1) by Joe Abercrombie
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pages: 565
David Bowie : Paint in text
How it works: pg 4 "between a painted enclosure crammed with licensed"


message 106: by Trisha (new)
Jun 25, 2025 12:45AM

Trisha | 6803 comments The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pages: 384

David Bowie: features a death
how it works: the fact that Simon and Jenny have killed 2 people and fled is what got the police after them and how Alice learned they were dangerous


message 107: by Alaina (new)
Jun 25, 2025 06:53AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
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Jamie_______|____24____|____18____|____99____|___117____
Megs________|____14____|____19____|____46____|____65____
Grace_______|_____9____|____11____|____26____|____37____
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message 108: by Trisha (new)
Jun 25, 2025 12:18PM

Trisha | 6803 comments The Starlets by Lee Kelly
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 336
David Bowie: Paint in text
how it works: pg 45 "Full body paint, gonna take awhile."


message 109: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 25, 2025 06:59PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 353 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
David Bowie -- Features a death
How it Fits: (view spoiler)


message 110: by Trisha (new)
Jun 25, 2025 07:08PM

Trisha | 6803 comments Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 560
David Bowie: features a death
how it works: Sabine dies when she becomes a vampire (and becomes undead)


message 111: by Jamie (new)
Jun 25, 2025 08:16PM

Jamie | 4247 comments Mod
Dukes of Ruin (Royals of Forsyth University, #4) by Angel Lawson
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 570
David Bowie: Features a death
How it fits: (view spoiler)


message 112: by Jamie (last edited Jun 26, 2025 05:09AM) (new)
Jun 26, 2025 05:08AM

Jamie | 4247 comments Mod
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 395
David Bowie: ‘Paint’ in text (pg/% & quote)
How it fits: pg.129 "...watcher her paint for hours..."


message 113: by Alaina (new)
Jun 26, 2025 08:29AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
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Trisha______|____38____|____59____|___138____|___197____
Jamie_______|____26____|____24____|___109____|___133____
Megs________|____15____|____23____|____50____|____73____
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message 114: by Trisha (new)
Jun 26, 2025 03:23PM

Trisha | 6803 comments Smile for the Cameras by Miranda Smith
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 320
David Bowie : features a death
How it works: it's a slasher horror - there are lots of deaths


message 115: by Grace (new)
Jun 26, 2025 03:54PM

Grace Btrs (gracebtrs) | 2719 comments Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 662

HIF:
David Bowie - Features an alter ego
(view spoiler)


message 116: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 26, 2025 07:30PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Hollywood Assistant by May Cobb

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 401 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
David Bowie -- Features a death
How it Fits: (view spoiler)


message 117: by Alaina (new)
Jun 27, 2025 07:57AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
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Jamie_______|____26____|____24____|___109____|___133____
Megs________|____16____|____23____|____54____|____77____
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message 118: by Jamie (new)
Jun 27, 2025 01:17PM

Jamie | 4247 comments Mod
Blood & Steel (The Legends of Thezmarr, #1) by Helen Scheuerer
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 550
David Bowie: ‘Paint’ in text (pg/% & quote)
How it fits: pg.162 "You paint a vivid picture,..."


message 119: by Trisha (new)
Jun 27, 2025 09:30PM

Trisha | 6803 comments Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pages: 432
David Bowie: Paint in text
How it works: pg 92 "at least a dozen different paint colors"


message 120: by Alaina (new)
Jun 28, 2025 09:39AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
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Trisha______|____40____|____66____|___145____|___211____
Jamie_______|____27____|____30____|___115____|___145____
Megs________|____16____|____23____|____54____|____77____
Grace_______|____10____|____18____|____33____|____51____
Brittni_____|_____3____|_____5____|____11____|____16____
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DavidBowie_vs_BDWong________________|__19___|__13___|



message 121: by Trisha (new)
Jun 28, 2025 06:36PM

Trisha | 6803 comments Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 432
David Bowie: paint in text
How it works: pg 31 "getting ready to paint my nails"


message 122: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 28, 2025 06:52PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments A Girl Walks Into the Forest by Madeleine Roux

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
David Bowie -- 'Paint' in text
How it Fits: 40% -- '...when someone comes to paint Leonid and me together...'


message 123: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 28, 2025 07:13PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) by Agatha Christie

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 220 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
David Bowie -- Features a death
How it Fits: A murder at an island holiday hotel is the subject of this mystery.


message 124: by Alaina (new)
Jun 29, 2025 11:09AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
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Trisha______|____41____|____66____|___149____|___215____
Jamie_______|____27____|____30____|___115____|___145____
Megs________|____18____|____26____|____59____|____85____
Grace_______|____10____|____18____|____33____|____51____
Brittni_____|_____3____|_____5____|____11____|____16____
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Total_______|____99____|___145____|___367____|___512____

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DavidBowie_vs_BDWong________________|__25___|__15___|



message 125: by Jamie (new)
Jun 29, 2025 04:23PM

Jamie | 4247 comments Mod
Vows & Ruins (The Legends of Thezmarr, #2) by Helen Scheuerer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 536
David Bowie: ‘Paint’ in text (pg/% & quote)
How it fits: pg. 436 "Their paint means death."


message 126: by Trisha (new)
Jun 29, 2025 04:40PM

Trisha | 6803 comments With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pages: 383
David Bowie : Features a death
How it works: a few people die on the train


message 127: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (last edited Jun 29, 2025 06:03PM) (new)
Jun 29, 2025 06:02PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Deadstream by Mar Romasco-Moore

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
David Bowie -- Features a death
How it Fits: A death of a popular streamer pulls our MC, Teresa, into a life-or-death investigation.


message 128: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 29, 2025 06:53PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments Smile for the Cameras by Miranda Smith

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/...
David Bowie -- Features a death ((so many deaths))
Slasher Horror says it all...


message 129: by Trisha (new)
Jun 29, 2025 10:11PM

Trisha | 6803 comments Night Watcher by Daphne Woolsoncroft
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 336
David Bowie : features a death
How it works: Mia, the babysitter, is the first death but there are many after


message 130: by Alaina (new)
Jun 30, 2025 06:22AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
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Trisha______|____43____|____70____|___156____|___226____
Jamie_______|____28____|____35____|___120____|___155____
Megs________|____20____|____29____|____65____|____94____
Grace_______|____10____|____18____|____33____|____51____
Brittni_____|_____3____|_____5____|____11____|____16____
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DavidBowie_vs_BDWong________________|__30___|__15___|



message 131: by Jamie (new)
Jun 30, 2025 09:51AM

Jamie | 4247 comments Mod
Kings of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep, #1) by Caroline Peckham
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 658
David Bowie: ‘Paint’ in text (pg/% & quote)
How it fits: pg.224 "...white paint too like..."


message 132: by Grace (new)
Jun 30, 2025 11:13AM

Grace Btrs (gracebtrs) | 2719 comments Terror at the Gates (Blood of Lilith, #1) by Scarlett St. Clair
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 495

HIF:
David Bowie - Features an alter ego
Eve as Lilith's alter when she doesn't want to use her real name


message 133: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (new)
Jun 30, 2025 06:55PM

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3162 comments The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 368 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
BD Wong -- Features a Fight
How it Fits: There are a few fights in this, the most memorable to me, a very physical one between (view spoiler)


message 134: by Trisha (new)
Jun 30, 2025 07:34PM

Trisha | 6803 comments Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 306
David Bowie : paint in text
How it works: pg 242 "helping to paint the walls"


message 135: by Brittni (new)
Jun 30, 2025 09:22PM

Brittni | 1378 comments First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1) by B.K. Borison
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 420
Page Points

Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1) by Rachel Schneider
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 497
Task: Features a death
HIF: Many deaths happen.

A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) by Stephanie Garber
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 386
Task: Trilogy book
HIF: Third and final in the series.

The Starlight Heir by Amalie Howard
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 368
Page Points

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 432
Page Points

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 133
Page Points


message 136: by Alaina (new)
Jul 01, 2025 06:19AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod
Brittni wrote: "First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1) by B.K. Borison
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 420..."

First-Time Caller works for BD Wong - Dinosaur in text
How: Pg. 416, "shoes that aren't dinosaur house slippers."

The Starlight Heir works for BD Wong - features a fight.

Great Big Beautiful Life works for David Bowie - Paint in text
How: Pg. 2, "has been hand painted with white swirls."

The River Has Roots works for David Bowie - Paint in text
Not sure "how," since the kindle sample doesn't tell me the actual quote. Just mentioned on several pages. Google books doesn't have this book either.


message 137: by Brittni (new)
Jul 01, 2025 06:31AM

Brittni | 1378 comments Thanks Alaina! I was super tired and it was late. I didn't want to miss the cutoff time so I decided to post for page points quickly. I appreciate it!


message 138: by Alaina (last edited Jul 01, 2025 06:33AM) (new)
Jul 01, 2025 06:33AM

Alaina (ameserole) | 81936 comments Mod 
______Name__|___Books__|___Buddy___|___Pages___|___Total___
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Trisha______|____44____|____70____|___159____|___229____
Jamie_______|____29____|____35____|___127____|___162____
Megs________|____21____|____29____|____69____|____98____
Grace_______|____11____|____18____|____38____|____56____
Brittni_____|_____9____|_____9____|____33____|____42____
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Winner: DAVID BOWIE!



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