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� the book (use the add book link)
� how many pages in the book
� date completed
� any open goals it may work for
� if you participate in the BOM discussion and/or wrote DQ's for the book
� HELPFUL: anything interesting about the book that may count for a later open goal (for example, there's a gargoyle in the book)

Completed 11/7
Used for character that has a strong need for approval (Peter, Leroy, Ulfger)
I participated in the BOM discussion but did not write DQs


Our Souls at Night
Pages: 194
Date Completed: 11/7
BOM/DQs: No/No
Open Goal: Nada
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Possible Goals:
❑Character starts with A/Addie ❑Character starts with L/Louis ❑Character doesn't have to work (Addie & Louis are both retired) ❑Book has a bully (Addie's son is a bully) ❑Addie & Louis's Romance isn't approved by Addie's son ❑Fiction Genre


Pages~ 336 pages
Finished~ 11.08.2015
BOM/DQs~ No&No
Open Goal~ None
Possible Goals~
Character starts with C~Candy
Character starts with B~Ben
Character starts with M~Maggie
Cozy-Mystery Genre


Lie Still
Pages: 384
Date Completed: 11/8
BOM/DQs: No/No
Open Goal: #37 on Top 100 German Names (Female)


Lost in the Barrens
Pages: 192
Date Completed: 11/8/15
BOM/DQ: no, no
Task Completed: Read a book about someone who is extremely religious: Denikazi - chief of the Chippewas and Awasin - Cree indian boy


The Color of Magic by Sir Terry Pratchett
Pages: 277
Date Completed: 11/08/2015
BoM/DQs: No/No
Open Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as british - plurals and spelling acceptable
Reason: /work/shelve... - Top Shelves first page shows 94 people shelved this book as "british"


The Witness by Nora Roberts
757 pages
Date: 11/8
Possible goals:
Cover: green,leaves,water
Characters: Elizabeth Fitch/Abigail Lowery, Brooks Gleason, Selene, Mia, Lauren, Sunny
Pets: dogs- Bert,Playto
Setting: Arkansas
computer geek, sheriff, controlling mother, Russian mob, witness protection
Food & pies


Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
Pages: 501
Completed: 11/8
Goals: **none yet**
Characters: Archie Sheridan, Gretchen Lowell, Susan, Henry, Bliss, Claire
Setting: Portland, Oregon
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Other: sociopath, drug dealers, detective, serial killer, yoga, freelance journalist


Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Completed: 11/9
Pages: 303
Goals: **none yet**
Setting: Georgia
Cover: Red
Other:
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Characters: Simon, Cal, Nora, Alice, Natalie, Martin, Nick, Bram;
Genre: YA-Contemporary-GLBT-Coming of Age; Books that make you go "awe.."


The Breaking Point by Jefferson Bass
Completed: 11/9
Pages: 373
Goals: none
Possible Goals:
Set in TN and CA; Black cover; published June 9, 2015; thriller/mystery/crime/anthropology/medical genres; #9 in series; 4.0 rating; 101 reviews, 576 ratings; got for free; based on real events; several murders takes place; sad good-bye; written by two authors (using a combined pseudonym); characters names start with B and K (and others); characters are professors, FBI/DEA agents, writer; characters get on planes, helicopters, and cars; character visits (body) farm; probably many more


The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M Valente
Pages: 248
Goals: none
Possible Goals:
Blue cover; set in NE and Fairyland; child MC (14); Fantasy/MG/YA/Magic/Fairies/Dragon/Adventure/Paranormal genres; character name starts with S; fairies, wyvern, leopard, witch; MC wears goggles; moon on cover; published October 1, 2013; and probably many more.


The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
Completed: 11/9
Pages: 400
Fits Open Goal: A Book with Stationery on the Cover
BOM/DQ: No/No


The Last Town by Blake Crouch
Completed: 11/9
Pages: 285
Goals: Nominated in Horror in GR Choice Awards 2014


The Beautiful Ashes by Jeaniene Frost
Completed: 11/10
Pages: 368
BOM/DQ: no/no
Goals: none
Date published: September 29th 2015
ISBN-10:0373779526
Characters: Ivy, Adrian, Jasmine, Zach, Tomas, Costa, Demetrius, Obsidiana
a pet Gargoyle named Brutus
has hellhounds
2 people with different religions interact - demons and archons...specifically Zach and Demetrius
characters eat pizza
demons, archons(angels), different demon realms, demon minions including police officers
purple cover
couple on cover
set in Oregon, Mexico, North Carolina, Vermont, and New York and various demon realms
the demon realms are all frozen, ice cold
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance
a book where the world ends (view spoiler)
a book where one character stands with another through adversity (view spoiler)
a book where someone desires world domination - the demons, Demetrius["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>


The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
Read: 11/10/15
Pages: 323
Rating: 3*s
BOM/DQ: No/No
Goal: Published on the 12th (11/12/13)

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Read: 11/10/15
Pages: 416
Goals: None yet.
Characters: Feyre, Tamlin, Lucien, Rhys
There's faeries, pucas, a curse, and war

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Read: 11/10/15
Pages: 227
Goal: Book with 81-90 chapters. There's 87 total.


The Child Thief by Brom
Finished: 11/10/15
Rating: 3*s
Pages: 481
BOM/DQ: Yes/No (BOM Thread)
Goals: **Not Yet**
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Char: Peter, Nick, Modron, Leroy, Danny, Ulfgar; Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Retellings;


Aster Wood and the Lost Maps of Almara by J.B. Cantwell
Finished: 11/9
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 292
Goals: 6 odd numbers in ISBN


Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
Pages: 471
Date Completed: 11/10/2015
BoM/DQs: No/No
Open Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as maybe - plurals and spelling acceptable
Reason: /work/shelve... shows 19 people shelved as "maybe"


White Horse by Alex Adams
Finished 11/10
Pages 306
GR Rated 3.51
Genre: Sci-fi, Apocalyptic, Fiction, horror
Characters: Zoe,Nick
Pet: cat-Ezmerelda
Zoe works as a janitor for a pharmaceutical.
Nick is a psychiatrist.
zombies


Betrayals by Lili St. Crow
Finished: 11/10
Pages: 304
Rating: 1-star
Goals: None
Possible goals:
Red cover; YA/Paranormal/Vampires/Fantasy/Werewolves/Romance/Zombies genres; published November 17,2009; and possibly others


At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Finished: 11/10
Pages: 102
Rating: 5-star
Goals: Read a book listed as Classic

Finished: 11/11
Pages: 227
Rating: 3 star
Goals: none current
Possible goals
Character: Jerry, Joanna, Megan, Miss Jane Marple, Aimee
Author: Agatha Christie
British mystery
Amateur sleuth


Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson
Pages: 302
Rating: 3.5 stars
Goals: Conner and Rory are neighbors
BOM/DQ: No/No


Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown
Pages: 548
Rating: 3 stars
Goals: Book Title starts with "H"
Read: 11/10


Black Gold by Vivian Arend
Pages: 256
Rating: 2.5*s
Read: 11/11
Goals: **none yet**
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Black Cover, man, woman, wolf & trees on cover,
char: Shaun & Gem
Genre: Paranormal, shapeshifters, PNR, romance, erotica, werewolves, fantasy, contemporary, wolves
Setting: Georgia


Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 343
Rating: 1-star
Read: 11/11
Goals: none
Possible Goals:
Red(?) cover; yellow text; published April 4, 2013; YA/Fantasy/Paranormal/Greek Mythology/Supernatural; hellhound; Olympian/Greek gods; write under pen name; and probably lots more.


UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn
Read: 11/12/2015
Pages: 235
Rating: 4 stars
BOM/DQ: no/no
Goal met: Read a book where characters go to a dance (Fairy Tale themed high school dance)


Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 522
Read: 11/12/15
Rating:
BOM/DQ: No/No
Goal: **none yet**
Goal info:
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YA-Fantasy, Wizards, 2015 ŷ nomination, Yellow/Blue/White Cover
Char: Simon Snow, Baz, Penelope, Agatha, Davy, Lucy

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Read: 11/12/15
Pages: 448
Goal: None
Characters: Kelsea, Lazarus, Pen, Andalie, Thomas
Mis Info: the audio version is narrated by a female, there's a map at the beginning and a sapphire necklace


The Child Thief by Brom
Pages: 476 + 4 for Prologue (+5 if you include the map)... So 480 or 481 total pages
Date Completed: 11/12/2015
BoM/DQs: Yes/No
Open Goal: Sort your "to read" shelf by 'date added' and read a book that is number 251 or higher on your list (the first column before the book cover image)
Reason: The Child Thief was number 2,993 on my "to-read" shelf before I switched it to "currently reading."


✻Pages: 176
✻R:11/12/15
� Goal: None
� Characters: Cinnamon, Jerry, Brenda, Tony, Gabe, Craig, Robin
�


dates: 11.09-11.11
rating: 4*s
pages: 352 (kindle)
goals: none

dates: 11.11-11.13
rating: 4*s
pages: 382 (kindle)
goals: none


The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Date read:11/14/15
Pages: 323
Goal Does fit the goal for won or nominated in the 2011 ŷ Choice awards
Misc: Characters: Victoria Jones, Grant, Elizabeth, Meredith, Pages add up to: 8, 4 parts (each part has chapters that start at 1), White flowers on the cover, There is a dictionary of Victoria's flowers at the end.


Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock by Stephen W. Kress
Read: 11/14
Pages: 376
Goal: None
Possible Goals:
White cover, orange text; published April 28, 2015; science/non-fiction/animals/birds/environment/nature/natural history genres; received for free; poem in it; tight deadline; learned something new; two authors; many others

The Terror by Dan Simmons
Read: 11/15
Pages: 769
Goal: none
Possible Goals:
White (?) cover, blue and white text; published January 8, 2007; horror/historical fiction/fantasy/thriller/mystery/adventure/survival genre; many others

Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
Read: 11/15/15
Pages: 336
Goal: None at the moment
Characters: Laurel, Sky, Natalie, Hannah
*Chapters don't have names or numbers. They're all letters to dead famous people.


The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) by Jim Butcher
Pages: 630 (hardcover; 69 chapters))
Date Completed: 11/15/2015
BoM/DQs: No/No
Open Goal: Read a book where the ISBN10 number has exactly 2 odd numbers
Reason: 0451466802


Stranded with Her Ex
Read: 11/15/15
Pages: 219, paperback, 17 chapters plus and Epilogue
Goal none at the moment
Characters: Daniela Flores, Brent, Jason, Sean, Elizabeth
Misc: Romantic Suspense, Couple on cover, water/ocean, lighthouse, dark cover, 1 person dies, Sharks, Sea Lions, and birds are in this book.


Read: 11/15
Pages: 576
Goal: "method to the madness" "But there really is a method to the madness. From idea to purchase, [...]" pg 122


A Dirty Job. By Christopher Moore
Finished: 11/17
Pages: 387
Goal: A book with a character who is a Grim Reaper


Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Finished: 11/16
Pages: 567
Goal: none
Possible goals:
Blue cover, blue and white letters; published April 5, 1979; horror/paranormal/ghosts/mystery/thriller/fantasy/supernatural/suspense genres; character is a ghost; lots of others

Stormbound by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Finished: 11/16
Pages: 320
Goal: none
Possible goals:
Blue (?) cover, yellow and white letters; horses/pegasi on cover; published April 21, 2015; fantasy/childrens/middle/grade/animals genres; characters die; character is a healer; lots of others


The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
Finished: 11/17
Pages: 306
Goal: None
Possible Goals:
Orange or Red cover with gold writing; angel on cover; published October 12, 2004; humor/fantasy/holiday/Christmas/Zombies genre; got for free; zombies, angels; someone is killed; character is police officer; bat as a pet; many others
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