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Book: I Shall Wear Midnight
Author: Terry Pratchett
Pages: 434
Date Read: 1 Nov
Rating: 4*
Justification: family dinner after the wedding
Book points: 3
Team total points: 3

Book: Everything, Everything
Author: Nicola Yoon
Pages: 306
Date Read: 11/1/21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MC and her mother who she lives with have planned weekly dinners together.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 6

Book: Thanksgiving
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 228
Date Read: 11/1/21
Rating: 1 star
Justification: MC and love interest have thanksgiving dinner together with their families.
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 7
Theme week: Family Dinners
Book: Notorious Nineteen
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 320
Date Read: 11/1
Rating: 3
Justification: The Plum's have family dinner every book! (This one was fried chicken....it's usually pot roast)
Book Points:2 3
Team Total points:9 10
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Book: Notorious Nineteen
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 320
Date Read: 11/1
Rating: 3
Justification: The Plum's have family dinner every book! (This one was fried chicken....it's usually pot roast)
Book Points:
Team Total points:
**Corrected**

Book: The Bright Side of Going Dark
Author: Kelly Harms
Pages: 341
Date Read: 2 Nov
Rating: 3*
Justification: sisters Paige & Jessica have several meals together, plus extended found family meal too
Book points: 3
Team Total Points: 12
Theme week: Family Dinners
Book: Hit List
Author: Stuart Woods
Pages: 333
Date Read: 11/1
Rating: 3
Justification: Stone and Dino have several meals together. (Brothers at heart, best friends). Some dinners include Dino's family.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 15
Book: Hit List
Author: Stuart Woods
Pages: 333
Date Read: 11/1
Rating: 3
Justification: Stone and Dino have several meals together. (Brothers at heart, best friends). Some dinners include Dino's family.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 15

Book: A Match Made for Thanksgiving
Author: Jackie Lau
Pages: 101
Date Read:11/1
Rating: 2 Stars
Justification: there is a Thanksgiving family dinner
Book Points: 1
Team Total points:16

Book: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Author: Abbi Waxman
Pages: 333
Date Read: 11/3/21
Rating: 4
Justification: there is a wedding dinner
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 19

Book: A Game of Thrones
Author: George R.R. Martin
Pages: 835
Date Read: 4 Nov
5 stars
Justification: Stark family hosts the King et al for a feast
Book Points: 7
Team Total points: 27

Book: My Antonia
Author: Willa Cather
Pages: 272
Date Read: 11/05
Stars: 3
Justification: Many family dinners are described throughout the book
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 28

Book: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Author: Shirley Jackson
Pages: 146
Date Read: 11/05
Stars: 5
Justification: Rather morose, but there is one very important family dinner
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 29
Theme week: Family Dinners
Book: Lover Enshrined
Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 560
Date Read: 11/5
Rating: 3
Justification: The Brotherhood and their mates/wifes/sons has meals together
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 34
Book: Lover Enshrined
Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 560
Date Read: 11/5
Rating: 3
Justification: The Brotherhood and their mates/wifes/sons has meals together
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 34

Book: The In Between
Author: Michael Landweber
Pages: 100 Audiobook, no corresponding print book
Date Read: 2 Nov
Rating: 3
Justification: The family has a feast of leftovers the night before taking a trip to Japan.
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 35

Book: Well Matched
Author: Jen DeLuca
Pages: 336
Date Finished: Nov 6
Rating: 4
Justification: April pretends to be Mitch's girlfriend at a family dinner - chaos and romance ensue
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 38

Book: A Season for Second Chances
Author: Jenny Bayliss
Pages: 448
Date Finished: Nov 5
Rating: 4
Justification: Annie (MC) is a chef and both cooks family dinners for others
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 41

Book: The Shop of Shades and Secrets
Author: Colleen Gleason
Pages: 325
Date Finished: Nov 6
Rating: 4
Justification: Grandparents invite grandson's date to a Sunday family dinner
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 44

Book: Songs in Ursa Major
Author: Emma Brodie
Pages: 390
Date read: 6 Nov
Rating: 4*
Justification: the band have family dinners with Jane's aunt, cousin & gran
Book points: 3
Team Total Points: 47
Theme week: Family Dinners
Book: Takedown Twenty
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 321
Date Read: 11/6
Rating: 3
Justification: Family dinner at the Plum's!
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 50
Book: Takedown Twenty
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 321
Date Read: 11/6
Rating: 3
Justification: Family dinner at the Plum's!
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 50

Book: A Shifter for Christmas
Author: T.S. Joyce
Pages: 116
Date Read: 6 Nov
4 stars
Justification: Heartwarming Christmas family dinner
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 51

Book: Snuff
Author: Terry Pratchett
Pages: 480
Date Read: 7 Nov
Rating: 4*
Justification: the Vimes have family dinners, being careful to leave adequate leftovers for the staff
Book points: 3
Team Total points: 54

Book: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Pages: 487
Date Read: 7 Nov
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Beatris and her family have dinner the night before she chooses to change her life.
Book points: 3
Team Total points: 57

Book: Kristy's Big Day
Author: Ann M. Martin
Pages: 158
Date Read: 11/7/21
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: There is a big family dinner scene at the beginning of the book.
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 58

Book: Mazes of Power
Author: Juliette Wade
Pages: 416
Date Read: 7 Nov
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Family dinners are a frequent and usually awkward thing in this book. Lots of intrigue while eating.
Book points: 3
Team Total points: 61
Theme week: Family Dinners
Book: A Match Made for Thanksgiving
Author: Jackie Lau
Pages: 101
Date Read:11/7
Rating: 3 Stars
Justification: Thanksgiving family dinner
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 62
Book: A Match Made for Thanksgiving
Author: Jackie Lau
Pages: 101
Date Read:11/7
Rating: 3 Stars
Justification: Thanksgiving family dinner
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 62

Book: Thanksgiving
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 228
Date Read: 11/7/21
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: A big family dinner scene + family dinner conversations and preparations.
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 63

Book: The Non-Born King: Exiles 3
Author: Julian May
Pages: 544
Date Read: 8 Nov
Rating: 4*
Justification Chief Peopeo Burke is Native American char
Book points: 5
Team total points: 68

Author: Empire of Wild
Pages: 300
Date Read: 11/8
Rating: 3.5
Justification: MCs are First Nation
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 69

Book: Moon of the Crusted Snow
Author: Waubgeshig Rice
Pages: 213
Date Read: 11/11
Rating: 4
Justification: MCs are First Nation
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 70

Book: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Pages: 320
Date Read: 11/11
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Examines Native peoples history in the US
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 73

Book: White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing
Author: Gail Lukasik
Pages: 312
Date Read: Nov 11
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: author explores her heritage and genealogy and discovers she has Native American relatives
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 76

Book: Cherokee Storm
Author: Janelle Taylor
Pages: 352
Date Read: 11/12
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: story about Cherokee prince and a white girl
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 79

Book: One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
Author: Jim Fergus
Pages: 434
Date Read: 11/13
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Historical fiction about Mary Dodd who went to live with the Cheyenne
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 82

Book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Author: Susanna Clarke
Pages: 1006
Date Read: 13 Nov
Rating 4*
Justification: Dakota Native America makes a cameo (Man Who Fears Water)
Book Points: 10
Team total points: 92

Book: Questionable Remains
Author: Beverly Connor
Pages: 390
Date Read: 13 Nov
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: MC John West is Cherokee, and the story is about an archaeological dig of a Native American site in Tennessee.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 95
Book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Author: Susanna Clarke
Pages: 1006
Date Read: 12 Nov
Rating 4 stars
Justification: Dakota Native American makes a cameo (Man Who Fears Water)
Book Points: 10
Team total points: 105
Theme week: Native Americans
Book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Author: Susanna Clarke
Pages: 1006
Date Read: 11/14
Rating: 3
Justification: Dakota Native American makes a cameo (Man Who Fears Water)
Book Points: 10
Team Total points: 115
Book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Author: Susanna Clarke
Pages: 1006
Date Read: 11/14
Rating: 3
Justification: Dakota Native American makes a cameo (Man Who Fears Water)
Book Points: 10
Team Total points: 115

Book: The Hands of the Emperor
Author: Victoria Goddard
Pages: 969
Date Read: 12 Nov
Rating: 5
Justification: MC's secretary is from an indigenous island tribe
Book Points: 10
Team Total points: 125

Book: A Spaceship Built of Stone and Other Stories
Author: Lisa Tuttle
Pages: 256
Date Read: 14 Nov
Rating: 4*
Justification: one of the stories focuses on the art and architecture of Anasazi / Pueblo Indians
Book Points: 1
Team Total Points: 126

Book: My Heart Is a Chainsaw
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Pages: 398
Date Read: 11/14
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Author and MC are Native American
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 129

Book: Elatsoe
Author: Darcie Little Badger
Pages: 362
Date Read: 11/14
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Author and MCs are Native American
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 132

Book: The Gargoyle Gets His Girl
Author: Kristen Painter
Pages: 356
Rating: 3*
Justification: Pumpkin on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 135

Book: The Professor Woos The Witch
Author: Kristen Painter
Pages: 370
Rating: 3*
Justification: Pumpkin on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 138

Book: Death by Pumpkin Spice
Author: Alex Erickson
Pages: 320
Rating: 4*
Justification: Pumpkin on cover

Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 141

Book: Hallowe'en Party
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 336
Rating: 4*
Justification: Pumpkin on cover

Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 144

Book: Paradox Child
Author: Jane Yates
Pages: 167
Date Read: 17 Nov
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: Carving pumpkins in the first scene of the book
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 145

Book: The Gargoyle Gets His Girl
Author:Kristen Painter
Pages: 356
Date Read: 11/19
Rating: 3
Justification: Pumpkin on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 148

Book: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Author: Deepa Anappara
Pages: 352
Date Read: 19 Nov
Rating: 4*
Justification: we are having some roasted yellow pumpkins in our meal ( the book is yellow pumpkin coloured
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 151


Book:

Author: Kathi Daley
Pages: 192
Date Read: 19 Nov
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Pumpkins on cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 152
Theme week: Pumpkins
Book: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Author: Susanna Clarke
Pages: 416
Date Read: 11/20
Rating: 3
Justification: Pumpkin in text - "...with a partially decayed pumpkin for a head... " pg 271
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 155
Book: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Author: Susanna Clarke
Pages: 416
Date Read: 11/20
Rating: 3
Justification: Pumpkin in text - "...with a partially decayed pumpkin for a head... " pg 271
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 155
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Nov 1-7 Family Dinners
Nov 8-14 Native Americans (Native, Indigenous or First Nation)
Nov 15-21 Pumpkins
Nov 22-30 Baked Goods
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