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THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR THE POSTING OF READ BOOKS BY TEAM MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE CAPTAINS

Team Loki, here is where we will post our books read with all the information you can supply to help fill out the goals.

COMPLETION POST

❶İձ�❶� wrote: "(...)basically anything not found in blurb or main book page and can fit goals :P
- character (first) names and maybe occupations
- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues)
- if book has map/quotes in the beginning
- poems or songs in book
- found on listopia/GRA/another award/Amazon bestsellers/NBRC BOM
- there were some words and idioms to be found in texts (I probably won't remember everything and I'm not sure if they are all still here (and too lazy to go check them in spreadsheet)) - tomato, watermelon, leek, parsley, beet(root), radish, onion, peas, asparagus, artichoke, method to madness, two to tango, cut corners, darning, twitterpated, weak at knees, heat of moment, piece of cake, any of tarot cards or birthstones...
- first word in text
- animals that appear in book (not just mentioned, but actually show up) - lion, giraffe, turtle, pet rabbit, pet hamster, dinosaurs,...
- character werewolf, shapeshifter, vampire, fairy, angel, demon, mermaid, ghost, imp, fae, zombie
- character dies (one, more, important, unimportant)
- setting (country, small town, city, farm, imaginary, real, castle) - character lives or visits any of those places
- characters eat steak, pasta, salad, pizza
- anything else you think can be useful information (there are around 1000 possible goals ��)

(that's of course not all and you don't really need to look for everything. But more info you can give us, less time we'll spend looking for it. Especially since we can use all books read for challenge for all goals we get)"

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- Read a book with the word crash, bang, collide, bump or knock (plurals are acceptable) in the title

- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as creepy - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

- Read a book with the phrase "It takes two to tango" in a book

- Read a book with twins

- Read a book with 2 different words that rhyme in the title

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11/9: 3:30 pm goals are:

Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 24th of a month
Read a book with the word aggregate in the text
Read a book where the world ends
Read a book that is in the "Best Arabic Books" Listopia List (/list/show/3...)
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter Q

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Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes


- character (first) names and maybe occupations
Catherine (employment manager), Stuart (psychologist) and Lee (policeman)

- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues)
Has a prologue and epilogue. Split into chunks using dates

- if book has map/quotes in the beginning
no

- poems or songs in book
no

- found on listopia/GRA/another award/Amazon bestsellers/NBRC BOM
Not that I can see

- there were some words and idioms to be found in texts (I probably won't remember everything and I'm not sure if they are all still here (and too lazy to go check them in spreadsheet)) - tomato, watermelon, leek, parsley, beet(root), radish, onion, peas, asparagus, artichoke, method to madness, two to tango, cut corners, darning, twitterpated, weak at knees, heat of moment, piece of cake, any of tarot cards or birthstones...
I don't think so

- first word in text
Lancaster

- animals that appear in book (not just mentioned, but actually show up) - lion, giraffe, turtle, pet rabbit, pet hamster, dinosaurs,...
None

- character werewolf, shapeshifter, vampire, fairy, angel, demon, mermaid, ghost, imp, fae, zombie
None

- character dies (one, more, important, unimportant)
One (Naomi); important to plot, but not main character

- setting (country, small town, city, farm, imaginary, real, castle) - character lives or visits any of those places
Set in 2 cities in the UK

- characters eat steak, pasta, salad, pizza
Not that I remember...

- anything else you think can be useful information (there are around 1000 possible goals ��)
Published on 2nd January 2013
4.09 star rating (over 30,000)
I got it for free

I really don't have time to look through and list things in my books on the task list but not obvious from the GR page. There are just too many tasks.

I will keep track of what my team task list is and if I have read previous books(not already used in a task of course) that fit a new task we receive, I will point it out so that no one else has to look it up.

My first book fits one of our tasks: Read a book where a character is always ready to help, takes care of others or is often taken advantage of. The main character takes care of her mother who in return takes advantage of her.

by Lauren Dane 11/8/15

Meets goal - listed as Christian


Could we have the currently open goals at the top of this chat as well please?

Written in Red by Anne Bishop
- series: The Others #1
- isbn: 1101615052
- purple cover / red & white letters (all caps)
- on cover: woman, wolf, trees, snow falling?
- main page genres: urban fantasy, paranormal, magic, romance, supernatural

- chapters: 31 (no prologue or epilogue)
- map at the beginning
- published: March 5th 2013

- characters: Meg, Simon, Elliot, Henry, Asia, Vlad, Jester, Monty, Tess, Douglas, Karl, Blair
- shapshifters, werewolves, vampires, character has visions
- shop owner, character bakes, cops

- words: pepermint, peas,
- idioms: weak knees,
- character eats pizza

- GRA 2013
- lists: The Best Urban Fantasy, Best Paranormal Romance Series, probably more
- hardcover - 433 pgs; kindle 513 pgs; audio 18+h

Thanks!

Bounty by Elise Sax
335 pages, 4,02 star rating, Published December 16th 2013

- character (first) names and maybe occupations
Abby (journalist), Iain (mercenary)

- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues)
18 chapters + prologue

- any of tarot cards or birthstones...
Judgment

- first word in text
"By"

- character dies (one, more, important, unimportant)
There are plenty of people that dies in this book, all bad people so it's importent in that context.

- setting (country, small town, city, farm, imaginary, real, castle)
The book takes place in London (Abby lives and works here), New York (Abby lives and works here as well), Simoros Islands, Africa (Abby goes here for a working vacation), Chechnya (Abby is kidnapped and brought here)

- characters eat steak, pasta, salad, pizza
They eat steak.

Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd
(view spoiler)[
- series: Darkness Chosen #1
- isbn: 1429584513
- rating: 3.97
- red cover with red and white letters
- on cover: man, wolf
- pub date: July 3rd 2007
- genres: paranormal, fantasy, contemporary, supernatural, urban fantasy

- chapters: 35
- characters: Jasha, Ann, Konstantine, Zorana, Rurik, Firebird, Celia
- shapeshifters, demons, character has visions, character sees ghost (not sure if really or imagination)

- words: tomato, rhubarb, beets
- setting: Washington, California
- kindle 416pgs, audio 9-10h (male narrator) (hide spoiler)]

used for goal

Completed:

by A.R. Torre

325 pages, Published April 1, 2015
117 chapters
MCs: Jeremy, Mike, Deanna, Marcus

Multiple settings
10 hour and 4 minutes audio

#2 in Do Not Disturb series

Character gets killed
There's some torture

First word: kiss

Completed: by Rebecca Stead

197 pages
Published July 14, 2009
55 chapters
First word: So
Awards:
Newbery Medal (2010), School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2009), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2011), Parents' Choice Gold Award (2009), IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award for Young Adult–Fiction (2010)
Indies Choice Book Award for Middle Reader (2010), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry (2010), NCBLA - Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts (2010), ŷ������ Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009)

Set in NYC
Characters: Richard, Miranda, Sal, Louisa, Belle, Marcus, Wheelie, Mr. Tompkin, Colin, Julia, Annemarie, Mom

Many references to A Wrinkle in Time, including characters, lines and plot summaries

Richard is a lawyer, Mom is a paralegal and volunteers at a prison, Louisa works at a nursing home, 6th graders/12 years old for the kids

Belle owns and runs a shop



p. 114: "It's cheese and tomato."

Completed:
The Warrior Heir by Kiera Cass
342 pages
read: 11/9/15

GOAL: - Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter G - Gavril

RebeccaS wrote: "Completed:
The Warrior Heir by Kiera Cass
342 pages
read: 11/9/15

GOAL: - Read a book where a character's first name starts with the le..."

I think you linked the wrong book there Rebecca but I've got it. Can you just fix it when you get a chance? Thanks!

Memory in Death by J.D. Robb

- 09.11.15
- 278 pages

Goal: Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 24th of a month

- character (first) names and maybe occupations: Catherine, Wren, Nick, Reagan, Levi
- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues): 38 chapters plus 38 extracts plus a Q&A with author
- if book has map/quotes in the beginning: No but the author created a fictional fantasy series for Catherine to be a fan of and the book starts with a fake Wiki entry about the series
- first word in text: There - no help really xD
- setting : College campus, Levi lives on a ranch at book. set in Lincoln, Nebraska
- anything else you think can be useful information:
Catherine and Wren are identical twins who were born by C-section. Their mum left them and their father when they were 8 and Catherine refuses to have any contact. Catherine write Slash Fanfiction about Simon Snow and his enemy Baz. If they count as characters (they show up in extracts, Catherine reads some of her fanfiction to Levi, and the characters are discussed several times to keep them in character in her fanfiction writing) they are magicians, Baz also a vampire.

Completed: by Elizabeth Hoyt

3 stars
11/9

393 pages

Nicole wrote: "
- character (first) names and maybe occupations: Catherine, Wren, Nick, Reagan, Levi
- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues): 38 chapters plus 38..."

Nicole, please make sure you add the book to your tower teams shelf so we can count it! Thanks!

finished 9/11/15

Paperback, 249 pages
January 1st 1996 (first published October 1st 1990)
ISBN 1551660598 (ISBN13: 9781551660592)
The O'Hurleys #4

Trace O'hurley (spy), Gillian Fitzpatrick (scientist)
Has a prologue, 12 chapters
no map or quotes
1st word - Pick
setting - Morocco (including mountains and city), Mexico (including ancient temple), Los Angeles
They eat steak
Phrase - damsel in distress, needle in haystack
Tarot - magician (they started up the rough steps of the Pyramid of the Magician)

400 pages
published 28th December
Kay Scarpetta book 5
Characters: Kay Scarpetta (forensic pathologist) Lucy Farinelli (niece, computer programmer), Denesa Steiner (mum), Benton Wesley (FBI), Pete Merino (police)
21 chapters
1st word On
Bible quote to start
Setting small town in the mountains in Virginia, scenes in Washington DC
I've lost my notes with phrases/words/meals etc... Can't remember any of the top of my head, but happy to search when they come up

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

- 344 pages
- 10.11.151
Goal - Read a book that is in the "Best Arabic Books" Listopia List - #490 on the list

published: January 30, 2007
306 pages
15 chapters
First word: Like

Shifters and vampires

Characters: Mercy, Stefan, Adam, Jesse, Samuel, Daniel, Ben, Warren, Kyle, Andre, Zee, Gabriel, Littleton, Bran

Pet cat
Takes place in Washington State

marked as lendable

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Completed 11/10/2015

-304 pages
-Originally published in 1969, my copy published August 29 1982
First Page Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Feminism, Gender, Novels
-Main characters: Ai and Estraven
-No worlds ending, but contact between more than one world
-Two Listopia: Dystopias with gender- or religious-specific phobics / Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers

This is a classic sic-fi book, also usually known as a book promoting feminism. The author is also female. One main character is male, but the other is actually androgynous and alien with both sex characteristics. There is a long journey over a glacier that requires survival skills. There is political intrigue throughout the novel, as well.

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Sins & Needles by Karina Halle
437 pages, 4,03 star rating, published January 24th 2013

- character (first) names and maybe occupations
Ellie, Camden, Jim, Javier

- number of chapters (with mentioning prologues and epilogues)
23 chapters + prologue

- poems or songs in book

- asparagus, cucumber, queen, diamond, pearl, aquamarine

- first word in text
"This"

- character dies (one, more, important, unimportant)
Uncle Jim dies (important).

- setting (country, small town, city, farm, real) - character lives or visits any of those places
Palm Valley, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Temecula

- characters eat steak, pasta, salad, pizza
They eat steak.

Confess by Colleen Hoover
Finished reading: 11/11/15 ★★★★
306 pages, Publ. 03/10/15
Setting: Dallas, Texas
Characters: Auburn, Owen
MC is a mom
Art is part of the plot.
A pretty important character dies
Main male characters father is a drug addict.
Both characters have lost someone important to them.
MC is taken advantage of by her son's grandmother.
Main male character has a pet cat.

The Virgin's Lover

Works for: Read a historical fiction novel that is based on real events

Stacie is a machine for reading wrote: " marked as lendable"

You had different book id put in on goal so it didn't show up on your shelf as used

The Mapping of Love and Death by
Jacqueline Winspear

338 pages
Read: 11/11/15

First word: Michael (prologue), Would (ch 1)

characters: Maisie, Billy, Edward, Martha, Ian, James, Priscilla, Ben
HF - 1932 (crime, mystery)
Missing person, murder, someone attacked, diary, letters, someone dies, someone arrested
Prologue and Epilogue
21 chapters
setting: some in London, some in country

❶İձ�❶� wrote: "Stacie is a machine for reading wrote: " marked as lendable"

You had different book id put in on goal so it didn't show up on your shelf as used"

Strange. Thanks for fixing it.

by Kody Keplinger

First word: This
Chapters: 27
Pages: 280
Published: September 7, 2010

Characters: Toby, Bianca, Wesley, Jessica, Casey, Vicki, Joe

Bianca's dad is an alcoholic

Set in the US
Set in a high school

Genre: YA

by Jenna Bayley-Burke

17 chapters plus epilogue
First word: This
256 pages
Published: March 24, 2009

Characters: Sophie, David, Tessa, Lance, Craig, Daphne

Takes place in Portland, Oregon

"...by the sparkle of the diamonds..." location 2660

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
458 pages (hardcover)
Published: Sept 22, 2015
3rd in series

Characters - Addison, Emma, Jacob, Sharon, Myron, Nim, Kim, Caul, Alma, Olive, Bronwyn, Horace, Claire, Bentham
First word: The
Animals (not pets): Talking dog, Bear
Magical people, Evil creatures, Kidnapping, time travel, slavery, drugs, someone dies
Setting: present and unknown time
11 chapters
Quote at beginning

The Golden Bowl by Henry James Completed 11/13/2015
576 pages- paperback
Published Originally: November 10 1904
This Edition: December 2 1999

Main Characters: Amerigo, Charlotte, Maggie
These include a Prince, Princess (Italian), an archaeologist/art collector
Major Countries: England, America, Italy
First Words: The Prince...

Plot: (view spoiler)[ An affair takes place in this book. The whole book revolves around a golden bowl which is a metaphor for secrecy and sin. Mind-games are a major theme of the book, or as they put it "being used". There is a twist in the second half of the book. There is also a major dichotomy between rich characters and poor characters. Cultural differences play a large part in this book, as well. (hide spoiler)]

Born in Death by J.D. Robb

Goal: Read a book where there is a computer virus or computer hacking - Roarke & McNab are hacking to find evidence

finished . No goals for now

by Bill Bryson

397 pages

Delphine Dryden

Number 5 in series

by J.L. Redington: love in title.
300 pages

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Finished: 11/14/15 ★★★★��
First published: 07/08/00 636 pages
Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermiony, Albus, Sirius, Cedric, Viktor, Fleur, Hagrid, Draco, Severus.
Setting: Hogwarts, Castle
Pets: Owl (Hedwig, Pigwidgeon), Cat (Crookshanks), Phoenix (Fawkes), a dog (Fang)
Important character dies in this book.
Book #4 in a series
34 chapters, no prologue/epilogue.
contains a riddle
It also contains a song/poem (if the sorting ceremony counts for this)
First word in the text is: The
Character is a shape shifter (animagus - Sirius), elves (Dobby, Winky)
One character wears a disguise (won't mention who, in case there's someone who hasn't read the book yet)
One character has a gambling addiction
There are games being played in this book (Quidditch, Triwizard tournament)

You Can Still See The Stars In Seattle by Kade Boehme

- no goals at the moment

*added to spreadsheet*

by Joanna Wylde

Characters: Marie, Jeff, Horse (Marcus)
Setting: America, countryside/small town/motorbike club
Deaths: Jeff, Marie's brother, is killed. (Minor Character).
22 chapters and epilogue
no songs/poems
First word in the text is: Crap