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The Prompts
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett 9/16/24
The 19th Christmas by James Patterson 9/19/24
milk and honey by Rupi Kaur 9/14/24
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 9/21/24
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 9/20/24 - published 1899
We Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day by Ivana Bodrožić 9/21/24
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells 9/15/24
Evil Flowers: Stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug 9/17/24
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka 9/19/24
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 9/18/24
Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs 9/22/24
Honey Drop Dead by Laura Childs 9/15/24

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
🔹Pencils: an author's first book
The Wishing Game - Sept. 20th
🔹Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
After the Dragons - Sept. 20th
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
🔹Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library - Sept 16th

Glue: a book featuring a friend group
🔹Scissors: a book that includes a break up
You Are Not What We Expected - Sept. 14th
🔹Highlighter: a book released in 2024
The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams - Sept. 15th
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900 Treasure Island
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover

Glue: a book featuring a friend group We Deserve Monuments
Scissors: a book that includes a break up The Debutante (the MC quickly gets married and almost as quickly gets divorced to join a Nazi group)
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

*Protractor: a book published before 1900 Endymion: John Lyly This edition was published in 1979. John Lyly wrote Endymion in 1587/1588 and it was first published in 1591.
*Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover The Goodbye Cat
*Glue: a book featuring a friend group The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America

� - finished
Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
�Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 9/17/24
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
�Arsenal Stadium Mystery - Leonard R. Gribble [239 pages / start p. 119] 9/15/24
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
�A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #4) - Dorothy Gilman [other series is Madame Karitska] 9/14/24
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
�The Fountain Overflows - Rebecca West [313 pages / start page 191]
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
�Cantoras - Carolina De Robertis
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
�The Kamogawa Food Detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai [201 pages / start page 0] 9/19/24







Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
The North Line (320 pages / Starting page: 191)
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
The Way We Live Now (776 pages / Starting page: 230)
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
A Sorceress Comes to Call (336 pages / Starting page: 0)
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Finding Mr. Write (368 pages / Starting page: 0)
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
The Fox Wife (390 pages / Starting page: 0)
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
✔︎Pencils: an author's first book: The Pioneers - A Story of the Australian Outback by Katharine Susannah Prichard 21/9
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
✔︎Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book: Beastly Things by Donna Leon 15/8
✔︎Folder: a book by an author with more than one series: The Geometry of Holding Hands by Alexander McCall Smith 17/9
✔︎Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover: Ladies, We Need to Talk: Everything We're Not Saying About Bodies, Health, Sex & Relationships 18/9
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Prompts
Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book A Faint Cold Fear [500 pages, starting page 1] Read 9/18/24 - 500p
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series The Shadowy Horses [411 pages, starting page 37] Read 9/16/24 - 374 pages
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover These Witches Don't Burn [320 pages, starting page 1] Read 9/16/24 - 320 pages
Glue: a book featuring a friend group The Rejected Writers' Book Club [261 pages, starting page 1] Read 9/19/24 - 261 pages
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

The Prompts
Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Not in Love
Protractor: a book published before 1900 - Treasure Island
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series - Eclipse the Moon
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - Kafka on the Shore
Glue: a book featuring a friend group - Anxious People
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover







Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - The Life Impossible
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover






The Prompts
�3. Pencils: an author's first book - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
�4. Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
�7. Folder: a book by an author with more than one series -Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
�8. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover -Float Plan by Trish Doller
�10. Scissors: a book that includes a break up - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer - fits #1,#4, #9, 9/15/24
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The Notebook #3
The Dead Romantics #8, #10, 9/20/24
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Float Plan by Trish Doller 9/21/24
About Time: 12 Short Stories
Lucy by the Sea
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand #8? #10
The Silver Linings Playbook #10
The Island of Sea Women #9
The Magician's Elephant
Rules
1. You can only use one prompt per book, no double dipping.
2. Each prompt can only be used once for the raffle.
3. You need a minimum of 4 completed prompts to earn an entry.
4. Only one entry per person.
5. Books need to be at least 100 pages long, except for graphic novels which need to be at least 200.

Sept 14-22. Read 4 books. Entry due Sept 23.
1. Ruler: a book with a royal character
2. Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
3. Pencils: an author's first book
4. Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
5. Protractor: a book published before 1900
6. Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
7. Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
8. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
9. Glue: a book featuring a friend group
10. Scissors: a book that includes a break up
11. Highlighter: a book released in 2024
12. Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
To Read:
#7 The Kalahari Typing School for Men
#6 The Dead Zone
#8 So Disdained

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
We Solve Murders 464 pages, 288 pages left on 14 September
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Hemlock Bay 372 pages, 340 pages left on 14 September
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover - The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - The Celebrants
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover - Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time by Catherine Taylor
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
It Ends At Midnight
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover

Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Us Three
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Misbegotten
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
The Prompts
Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
� Pencils: an author's first book A Stitch in Time by Andrew Jordt Robinson 396 pages read 9/14/24
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
� Pencils: an author's first book A Stitch in Time by Andrew Jordt Robinson 396 pages read 9/14/24
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

� Ruler: a book with a royal character
El príncipe by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 224 pages - 09/16
� Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
5 centímetros por segundo by Yukiko Seike, Makoto Shinkai - 450 pages - 09/15
� Pencils: an author's first book
Ángeles caídos by Susan Ee - 8h 33m - 09/17
� Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
La hipótesis del amor by Ali Hazelwood - 487 pages - 09/21
� Protractor: a book published before 1900
El signo de los cuatro by Arthur Conan Doyle - 4h 41m - 09/14
� Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Cenizas by Ilsa J. Bick - 11h 35 min (start at 37%) - 09/22
� Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 10 by Naoki Urasawa - 414 pages - 09/15
� Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
21st Century Boys: The Perfect Edition by Naoki Urasawa - 399 pages - 09/15
� Glue: a book featuring a friend group
20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 11 by Naoki Urasawa - 463 pages - 09/15
� Scissors: a book that includes a break up
El club de la buena estrella by Amy Tan - 338 pages - 09/19
� Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Perder el equilibrio by Miguel A. González - 307 pages - 09/22
� Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate by Roald Dahl - 172 pages - 09/20

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Ruler: a book with a royal character
✅Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover:

Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
✅Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book:

Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
✅Glue: a book featuring a friend group

✅Scissors: a book that includes a break up:

✅Highlighter: a book released in 2024:

Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
5/12

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Lessons in Chemistry
Protractor: a book published before 1900 - The Prince and the Pauper
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - Float Plan
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024 It's Elementary
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Possible
The Royal Physician's Visit by Per Olov Enquist
� Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Complete
The Art of Simple Living: 100 Daily Practices from a Zen Buddhist Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy by Shunmyō Masuno
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
� Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Complete
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman
� Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Complete
No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin
� Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Complete

Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
In progress


8. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover -

2. Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover -

6. Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book -

12. Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover -

1. Ruler: a book with a royal character
2. Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
3. Pencils: an author's first book
4. Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
5. Protractor: a book published before 1900
6. Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
7. Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
8. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
9. Glue: a book featuring a friend group
10. Scissors: a book that includes a break up
11. Highlighter: a book released in 2024
12. Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Heartstopper: Volume Five
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Cutters End
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Howl’s Moving Castle
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Death at the Sign of the Rook
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
Strange Weather in Tokyo

Ruler: A book with a royal character: A Taste of Gold and Iron (or move King Lear here)
� Calculator: A book with a number in the title or on the cover: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Pencils: An author's first book: Mary
� Notebook: A book with a character in a STEM field: Monk's Hood
� Protractor: A book published before 1900: King Lear
� Eraser: A mystery, thriller, or horror book: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
� Folder: A book by an author with more than one series: A Scandal in Mayfair
� Flashcards: A book with an illustrated cover: Piranesi
Glue: A book featuring a friend group: Bat and the Business of Ferrets or Bunny
Scissors: A book that includes a break up:
Highlighter: A book released in 2024: The City in Glass
Lunchbox: A book with food or drink on the cover:

(September 14, 2024 to September 22, 2024)
�Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Thirteen Storeys
(read the 60% remaining in my Kindle book which unfortunately does not have pages, but about 177 pages for the readathon)
�Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
(read remaining pages 91 to 253 = 163 pages for the readathon)
�Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Strange Beasts of China
(read remaining pages 91 to 232 = 142 pages for the readathon)
�Ruler: a book with a royal character
The Route of Ice and Salt (Count Dracula)
�Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Unnatural Creatures
(90 pages; did not count for raffle entry)
�Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
A Theory of Haunting by Sarah Monette aka Katherine Addison
�Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
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Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series

Glue: a book featuring a friend group


September 14-22
4/4 as of September 22
Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
14th Deadly Sin (Women's Murder Club #14) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
September 17 ⭐⭐⭐⭐�
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club #16) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Claire is the Chief Medical Examiner (FIS)
September 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐�
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
17th Suspect (Women's Murder Club #17) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
September 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐�
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
15th Affair (Women's Murder Club #15) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Lindsay and Joe!
September 19 ⭐⭐⭐⭐�
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Pencils: an author's first book
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field: In Our Likeness by Bryan VanDyke - finished 21/9/2024
Protractor: a book published before 1900
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Opal by Patricia Wolf - tagged as mystery and thriller
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia - Julia Olivia has 4 series
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Past Tents: A Small Town Romance by Stacy Travis
Glue: a book featuring a friend group
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Out in Nowhere by Fleur McDonald
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
As a reminder, entries can be submitted through Sept 23rd. The raffle draw will occur on Sept 24th
Books mentioned in this topic
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (other topics)Unnatural Creatures (other topics)
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words (other topics)
Murder in the Tea Leaves (other topics)
Blackmail and Bibingka (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Andi Arndt (other topics)Tara Sivec (other topics)
Elizabeth Strout (other topics)
Ilsa J. Bick (other topics)
Miguel A. González (other topics)
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