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Completed Book requirements:
Theme week: (example: Family Dinners)
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Rating:
Justification:
Book Points:
Team Total points:

Challenge rules:
*No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
*Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the theme dates in your time zone, it counts.
*You must be able to justify how your book fits the theme. Example: If the theme is cats, then your book can have a cat on the cover, a cat in the book, can be all about cats, etc. If you can justify it, then it will work. Let's keep this easy.
Standard Rules Apply

Themes
March 1-7 Green
March 8-14 Gold
March 15-21 Shamrocks
March 22-31 Leprechauns

*Theme Start & End times are based on your time zone. So the Green theme will end on March 7th at midnight in the time zone that you live in.*

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Completed Book requirements:
Theme week: Green
Book: Clean Sweep
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 235
Date Read: March 3 2022
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: @5% The Pomeranian dashed around her, all but flying over green grass.
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 1

Theme week: Green
Book: The Book of Unknown Americans
Author: Cristina Henríquez
Pages: 304
Date Read: March 1, 2022
Rating 4 stars
Justification: "He wore a green army coat every single day..." pg 34
Book points: 3
Team Total points: 4

Theme week: Green
Book:
Author: Catriona Ward
Pages: 341
Date Read: 3 March
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Green cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 7

Theme week:Green
Book: Miracle in a Dry Season
Author: Sarah Loudin Thomas
Pages: 306
Date Read: March 1
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Justification: Page 135 "....the creek banks had roots that ran deep enough to still be mostly green."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 10

Theme week:Green
Book: Angel of Greenwood
Author: Randi Pink
Pages: 304
Date Read: March 2
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: word green in title/ audiobook loc 4:48 Angel wore a green dress.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 13

Theme week:Green
Book: Open and Shut
Author: David Rosenfelt
Pages: 292
Date Read: March 3
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: Green Cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 14

Theme week- Green
Book: About the Night
Pages: 394
Date read: March 5
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: location 519 "...and a valley of a more modest green..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 17

Theme week: Green
Book:
Author: Margot Livesey
Pages: 257
Date Read: 5 March
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: green cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 18

Theme week: Green
Book:
Author: Laura Dave
Pages: 320
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Green cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 21

Theme week: Green
Book: White Smoke
Author: Tiffany D. Jackson
Pages: 384
Date Read: 6 March
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MCs the Anderson-Green family
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 24

Theme week: Green
Book:
Author: Denise Mina
Pages: 352
Date Read: 3/5
Rating: 3
Justification: Green Cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 27

Theme week: Green
Book:
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Pages: 320
Date Read: March 6
Rating: 4.5
Justification: Green Cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 30

Theme week: Green
Book: Looking for Alaska
Pages: 221
Date Read: March 7
Rating: 3.5 stars
Justification: Author's last name is Green
Book points: 1
Team total points: 31

Theme week: Green
Book: The Lager Queen of Minnesota
Pages: 349
Date Read: March 7
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: page 67 "...in his big green easy chair
Book points: 3
Team total points: 34

Theme week: Green
Book: Graceling
Author: Kristin Cashore
Pages: 272 (word count: 84,854)
Date Read: March 4
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Justification: green cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 35

Theme week: Green
Book: The Mythic Koda Rose
Author: Jennifer Nissley
Pages: 336
Date Read: March 6
Rating: ��
Justification: Page 74 "....arm hooked around a piece of that green sidewalk scaffolding...."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 38

Theme week: Green
Book: Thirty Talks Weird Love
Author: Alessandra Narváez Varela
Pages: 208
Date Read: 3/07/22
Rating: ��
Justification: Page 18 "she's like a cucumber: chill and green."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 39

Theme week: Green
Book: The Queen’s Gambit
Author: Walter Tevis

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Pages: KE 266
Date Read: 02/07/2022
Rating: 4
Justification: Green on cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 40

Theme Week ~ Green

Book: Wormwood Summer
Author: Kai Butler
Pages: 366
Date Read: 3/1
Rating: 3.5
Justification: "Everything was green and calming." Pg 54
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 43

Theme Week ~ Green

Book: 16th Seduction
Author: James Patterson
Pages: 341
Date Read: 3/2
Rating: 3
Justification: "Now the light turns green." Pg 266
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 46

Theme Week ~ Green

Book: The Sixth Demon
Author: R.A. Steffan
Pages: 251
Date Read: 3/3
Rating: 3
Justification: "Neveah stared into eyes that kindled with a spark of glowing green, like the forest on a sunlit day." Pg 242
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 47

Theme Week ~ Green

Book: Midnight Torment
Author: L. Ann
Pages: 349
Date Read: 3/4
Rating: 4
Justification: "She watched as the yellow in his eyes disappeared and were replaced with a vivid green." Pg 146
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 50

Theme Week ~ Green

Book: My Midnight Moonlight Valentine
Author: J.J. McAvoy
Pages: 401
Date Read: 3/6
Rating: 4
Justification: "...the grass was the most beautiful shade of green." Pg 64
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 53

Theme week: Gold
Book: Joyland
Author: Stephen King
Pages: 283
Date Read: 3/8
Rating: 5*
Justification: Character: Rosalind Gold with gold hoops in her ears and gold bangles
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 54

Theme week: Gold

Book: Sweep in Peace
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 315
Date Read: March 9 2022
Rating: 5*
Justification: Bright burgundy and gold umbrellas protruded from the harness at even intervals,
(Kindle Location 615)
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 57

Theme week: Gold
Book: The Stars are Fire
Author: Anita Shreve
Pages: 256
Date Read: 3/10/22
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Justification: Audiobook 22:59 "When she checks her thin gold colored timex...."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 58

Theme week: Gold
Book: Only Mostly Devastated
Author: Sophie Gonzales
Pages: 281
Date Read: 3/09/22
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: Audiobook 50:50 "Did you do that on purpose? Rose gold roses?"
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 59

Theme week: Gold
Book: The Fold
Author: Peter Clines
Pages: 384
Date Read: 3/10
Rating: 4*
Justification: Gold on cover, gold wedding band in chapter 6
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 62

Theme week: Gold
Book: A Gambler's Anatomy
Author: Jonathan Lethem
Pages: 304
Date Read: 8 March
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: pg 90 "...painted in gold..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 65

Theme week: Gold
Book: Hallowed Murder
Author: Ellen Hart
Pages: 231
Date Read: 3/11/22
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: Page 56 "Everything was either gold,orange, or avocado green."
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 66

Theme week: Gold
Book: The Library of Lost Things
Author: Laura Taylor Namey
Pages: 339
Date Read: 3/12/22
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: Audiobook 8:32: 23 "...Nine tubes of raspberry rose dressed in their pink gold boxes."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 69

Theme week: Gold
Book: Clean Air
Author: Sarah Blake
Pages: 320
Date Read: 12 March
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: pf 113 "...fixtures of gold..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 72

Theme week: Gold
Book:
Author: Patrick Radden Keefe
Pages: 535
Date read: 3/13/22
Rating: 5 stars
The text on the cover is gold
Book Points: 5 points
Total Team Points: 77

Theme week: Gold
Book: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Author: Hank Green
Pages: 343
Date Read: 3/13
Rating: 4*
Justification: Chapter 23, everyone hold gold to the Carls
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 80

Theme Week ~ Gold

Book: Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors
Author: Annette Marie
Pages: 296
Date Read: 3/8
Rating: 3
Justification: Gold swirls of magic and gold text on the cover / "...an withdrew a gaudy gold chain." Loc 2207
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 81

Theme Week ~ Gold

Book: The Innocent
Author: Harlen Coben
Pages: 528
Date Read: 3/13
Rating: 1
Justification: "I'll put a gold star next to your name." Pg 326
Book Points: 5

Team Total points: 86

Theme week: Gold 🌟
Book: Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
Author: Sylvia Day

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Pages: KE 338
Date Read: 3/14/3022
Rating: 4
Justification: Gold on cover and in text (ch 6 @6:33��.’it was a very different look from the gold choker, less glam��
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 89

Theme week: Shamrock
Book: The Book of Lamps and Banners
Author: Elizabeth Hand
Pages: 352
Date Read: 15 Mar
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: pg 118 "...and a shamrock tattooed..."
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 92

Theme week: Shamrock
Book: The Star and the Shamrock
Author: Jean Grainger
Pages: 287
Date Read: 3/16
Rating: 2.5*
Justification: Title
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 93

Theme week:Shamrocks
Book: We Are the Brennans
Author: Tracey Lange
Pages: 288
Date Read: 3/17/22
Rating: ⭐⭐
Justification: Shamrocks on cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 94

Theme week: Shamrocks
Book: Lucky Witch
Author: Danielle Garrett
Pages: 240
Date Read: 3/18/22
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Page 1 "Don't forget the shamrock sprinkles!"
Book Points: 1
Team Total Points: 95

Theme week: Shamrocks
Book: Shamrocked
Author: Joely Sue Burkhartt
Pages: 139
Date Read: 3/19/22
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Title
Book Points: 1
Team Total Points: 96

Book: Irish Eyes
Author: Kathy Hogan Trocheck/Mary Kay Andrews
Pages: 480
Date Read: 3/19/22
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: Shamrocks on cover
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 99

Theme week: Shamrocks
Book: We Are the Brennans
Author: Tracey Lange
Pages: 288
Date Read: March 20
Rating: 3.5
Justification: Shamrocks on the cover
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 100

Theme week:Shamrocks
Book: The Bell Witch: An American Haunting
Author: Brent Monahan
Pages: 199
Date Read: 3/20/22
Rating: ⭐⭐��
Justification: Audiobook loc 1:35:03 Four leaf clovers are worn to deter the presence of "Old Kate".
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 101

Theme week: Shamrocks

Book: The Star and the Shamrock
Author: Jean Grainger
Pages: 287
Date Read: 3/21/22
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Shamrock in title
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 102

Corrected total: 104

Here is my creative impression of Shamrock. Donna, feel free to reject if it is too far out there! :-P

John Gerard in his herbal of 1597 defined the shamrock as Trifolium pratense or Trifolium pratense flore albo, meaning red or white clover. He described the plant in English as "Three leaved grasse" or "Medow Trefoile", "which are called in Irish Shamrockes". The Irish botanist Caleb Threlkeld, writing in 1726 in his work entitled Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum or A Treatise on Native Irish Plants followed Gerard in identifying the shamrock as Trifolium pratense, calling it White Field Clover.

This is the same white clover among which we search for the ellusive 4-leaf clovers.

Theme Week ~ Shamrock


Book: Shelter Mountain
Author: Robyn Carr
Pages: 399
Date Read: 3/15
Rating: 4
Justification: White field clover on cover of the book
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 107

Theme Week ~ Shamrock

Book: Shamrocked
Author: Robyn Carr
Pages: 139
Date Read: 3/21
Rating: 3.5
Justification: Title
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 108