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pages: 460 pages
date read: 11/7
goal:no
item on cover: man running, street
cover: blue
genre: mystery, thriller
character names: Daniel Brasher, Christina, X, Lil
setting: San Fransisco
series: no
GR Rating: 3.83
chapters: 73
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character is a police officer,
serial killer
people are killed
character is privileged


Pages: 174 (My version had 210?)
Date read: 11/8
Goal: N/A
Genre: YA?
Character names: Selena (Lena), Kane, Callus, Trevor, Amber, Marie, Ace, Ryan, Richard, Rebecca, etc.
Setting: Author doesn't say, it's a forest though.
Series: Yes (but won't be reading the rest?)
GR Rating: 4.60
*This was a read-for-review book, so I wrote a pretty detailed review here.

I did add my edited information from my post above!


pages: 320 pages
date read: 11/9
goal:YES (Pages add up to 5)
Other info: Used for goal- no other info needed


pages: 330 pages
date read: 11/8
goal:no
item on cover: just text
cover: black
genre: realistic fiction, contemporary, sociology>abuse
character names: Abby (Abigail) Johnston, Faith Wilson
setting: Connecticiut
series: no
GR Rating: 3.80
chapters: 741
character (Abby) is a 14 year old
Falls for an older guy online
Meets him and disappears
three parts to story: 1st part in abby's pov, second and third in Lily's(sister), Billy's (boy in abby's class) and Faith (best friend). Abby's pov doesn't come back until part 3


pages:422
date read:11/9
goal: no
53 chapters
red& white cover, Red text, blood on cover
characters:Beck, Joe, Peach,Nicky
murder
character works in bookstore


Read: 11/11
Pages: 167
Goal: No
Chapters: 18
White cover, two people, trees, snow
Characters: Delaney, Kyle, Claire, Evie
Character is a doctor, reconstructive plastic surgeon and a teacher.
Takes place in Canada and Chicago
(Again, Kindle version! Sorry!)


Read: 11/11
Pages: 167
Goal: No
Chapters: 18
White cover, two people, trees, snow
Characters: Delaney, Kyle, Claire, Evie
Character is a doctor, recon..."
No worries Victoria, sometimes the spreadsheet recognizes the book and sometimes it doesn't . An override is easy to do:-)


11/11/15
Pages: 241
Goal: YES (character is a fae)
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11/22/15
380 pages
goal: N/A
chapters: 32 chapters
characters: Timothy, Cynthia, Peggy, Henry, Willie, Ray
characters were: doctor, priest, writer
events of interest: (view spoiler)
takes place in: Mississippi, Memphis, TN["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>


pages: 599 pages
date read: 11/11/15
item on cover: Text
cover: red, yellow and orange
genre: Science Fiction
character names: Kady Grant, Ezra Mason, AIDEN (artifical Intelligence)
setting: Space on the ships Alexander and Hypatia
series: yes
GR Rating: 4.27
chapters: no chapters
*book is told through hacked classified documents, im's, video surveillance footage narration, emails and AIDEN's files, and other documents of that nature


Pages: 374
Date Read: 11/12
Goal: No (I don't think)
Cover: Pink, Water, Man and Woman, Ship,
Genre (Main Page): Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Adult, Western, Suspense, 18th Century,
Main Character: Alec Kenliegh- brown hair, Brown Eyes, Kidnapped, Slave
Main Character: Catherine (Cassie) Blakewell- Golden reddish hair (referred to as copper), Green Eyes, Virgin, Plantation Owner, Raising Brother
Setting: Virginia 1730
Series: Yes, #1
GR Rating: 3.91
chapters: 36 + Epilogue
Plot: Slavery/Indentured Service, Abducted, Wrongly Accused, Pregnancy, Romance...

by Rick Yancey
Should I put all this other information too?"
Only if it doesn't meet a goal. You are good this time!


Goal: no
Pages: 431
Date: Nov 13
Setting: Halifax, Canada ,during WWI
Canadian author
Different Pov's (Danny & Audrey)
characters: Danny, Johnny, Audrey, Mick,Pierre,
*song on page 45-46
rhubarb, plums, raspberries, blackberries, foxberries, oil lamp
Halifax explosion
second chances


Goal: No
Pages: 176
Date: Nov 13
Setting: Manor by the sea
Characters: Corinna Stonewall, Lord Merton, Edward, Alicia, Finian
Other: Shapeshifter (seal), Otherkin(Selkie), set by the ocean, sailing, attempted murder


Author: Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 528
Published: 10/6/2015
Setting: Fictional- Watford School of Magicks
Main Page Genres: Fantasy, YA, Romance, Fiction, GLBT, Magic, Contemporary
Characters: Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton 'Baz' Pitch-Grimm, Penelope Bunce, Agatha Wellbelove
Other: Mages, Students, Vampires, Mystery


author: Marilynne Robinson
pages: 219
published: 1981
chapters: 11
setting: Idaho in a small town
cover: gray with a train track
genre: fiction, literature, classics
characters: Ruth, Lucille, Sylvie, Mary
plot: (view spoiler) ["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>


by J.K. Rowling
pages: 435
chapters: 22
published: July 8th,1999
Rating: 4.49
Reviews: 24,471
Setting: United Kingdom
Characters: Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin
If there's any other info needed please lemme know :)


pages: 185 pages
date read: 11/14/15
item on cover: girl
cover: red and black
genre: Psychological thriller
character names: Ella Raimi
setting: Town in Mass.
series: no, standalone
GR Rating: 4.42
*MC is bullied at school
Murders occur
MC terrified of dark
MC wakes up in morning with cuts and burns or body and bed covered in blood and has no recollection of how it happened


Read: 11/14/15
Published: 10/27/15
GR Rating: 3.86
Genre (Main Page): Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Regency
Characters: Devon Ravenel, Lady Kathleen Ravenel, Lady Helen Ravenel, Rhys Winterborne, Weston (West) Ravenel, Lady Cassandra Ravenel, Lady Pandora Ravenel
Setting: Hampshire, England 1875
Cover: Blue/Pink, White text, Flowers
Series: Yes, 1st book
Other: Widow, Twins, Horses, Royalty (Earl)


by Dwayne Epstein
read: 11/15/15
pages: 315
published: January 1st 2013
genre: biography, non-fiction
cover: B & W with yellow lettering
goal: no
setting: Hollywood, New York, Pacific theater (WW2) and Arizona
Badass antics to the hilt....total badass


by Anna Jean Mayhew
11/16/15
published: 2011
genre: historical fiction, southern
goal: no
cover: (more beautiful than the story, I HATE that) yellow, with a jar and butterflies
characters: Jubie, David, Mary, William, Estelle, Paula
setting: North Carolina, Georgia and the beach
plot and other: (view spoiler) ["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>


by: Amy Engel
read: 11/16
published: 11/4/2015
Genre: Dystopia
goal: No
Cover: City background, girl holding knife
Characters: Ivy, Bishop, Callie, Victoria
Setting: North America, set in the distant future.
MC is a girl, tall, forced into a arranged marriage.
Plot points include rape, domestic violence, aristocracy, murder, rebellion, suicide, family that doesn't love the MC


Same info as above
Published: 11/3/2015
Cover: same, with knife pointed outward
Goal: No
Setting: in a forest, desert, beach, same distant future N.America as above
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by Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 387
Chapters: 5
Published: September 13th, 2011
Rating: 4.01
Reviews: 43,467
Setting: All over the world, a lot of London though
Characters: Celia Bowen, Marco Alisdair, Bailey Clarke, Widget and Poppet Murray (Twins), Hector Bowen, Alexander, Friedrick Thiessen, Chandresh Lefevre, Ethan Barris, Tara & Lainie Burgess (Sisters), Tanta Padva, Tsukiko
Note: When I was looking on the spreadsheet, specifically my tab, it says I only have one book. It doesn't list Harry Potter being read. Thank you

Author: Susanna Kearsley
Pages: 539
Chapters: 47
Series: Yes, #2
Published: 6/4/13
GR Rating: 4.07
Goal: No
Setting: Aberdeenshire, Scotland and St. Petersburg, Russia
Cover: Orange, Grass, Birds, Single Female
Characters: Anna Moray, Edmund O'Connor, Nicola Marter, Rob McMorran
Genre (Main Page): Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Time Travel, Paranormal, Contemporary, Science Fiction, Russia, Mystery

You have to add it to your TT shelf for the SS to capture it. Even then, I think it takes a little bit to update.
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