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Edition read published: September 3rd 1987
Characters:Matthias, Constance, Abbot Mortimer, Cornflower, Cluny, Basil stag, Friar Hugo, Jess, Silent Sam, Warbeak, Julian, Snow, Chickenhound, Asmodeus, Log-a-log
Deaths: Minor characters, mostly bad. Major characters on both sides.
Setting: in a fantasy land, at a monstery.
Chapters: 3 parts, 20 chapters in pt1, 23 in pt2, 15 in pt 3
First word in text: Matthias
Other: book starts with a map of the abbey and the countryside. Matthias is a mouse. All the book characters are animals of some type. There are mice, moles, voles, otters, shrews, sparrows, badgers, a hare, a cat, a owl, a snake (adder). Cluny is an evil rat known as Cluny the Scourge. There is murder, a seize, and a quest to find a sword. Plus battles and a ghost/spirit of an old warrior.

Edition read published: February 8th 2013
Characters:Janet, Alana West, Hari, Sami, Guardian
Chapters: 21 and epilouge
First word in text: They're
Other:Hari and Sami are Dynn. They travel to another realm.

- Xmas goal - snowflake on cover

Edition read published: October 30th 2007
Characters: Catherine Crawfield, Crispen 'Bones', Stephanie, Hennessey, Charles 'Shade' DeMortimer, Tim
Deaths: nameless or minor characters
Setting: Ohio, America
Chapters: 27
First word in text: I
Other: Vampires. Catherine is half vampire and can see/talk to ghosts. Her weapon of choice are silver knives. Lots of death, murder and more. Catherine's nicknames/alias include Cat, Cathy, Kitten and the red grim reaper according to who she's with.
Unusual words: chauvinist (214)

Taming the Storm by Samantha Towle
334 pages, 4,35 rating, Published June 20th 2014

- Lyla, Tom, Cale, Dex, Sonny, Van
- Los Angeles
- 33 chapters + prologue
- First word in text: Dex!
- Musicians

Stephanie James
Published January 1st 1983

Character Names: Selena, York, Richard, Ty, John, Louise, Alison
Eat: steak and salad
Words: Amethyst, emerald
Chapters: 10

Sara Orwig
Published February 1st 1998 (first published January 1st 1998)

Character Names: Mattie, Josh, Elizabeth, Irma, Lottie, Bertha, Dusty
Eat: steak.
Misc.: Marriage of convenience. MCs are ranchers. MC is a single father after wife dies.

Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani
Pub: Jan 9 2002
first word: The
384 pages

Characters: Etta, Iva Lou, Ave Marie, Fleeta, Jack, Pearl, Speck, Otto, Whirly, Theodore
Takes place over many years

Location: Big Stone Gap, Virginia USA AND mountains of Italy AND New York City

Edition read published: December 14th 2014
Characters:Aria Vitiello, Gianna Scuderi, Luka Vitiello, Matteo, Romero, Lily
Deaths: Minor characters
Setting: Chicago, New York
Chapters: 18 + Prologue
First word in text: My
Other: arranged marriage, attempted murder, Mafia families.

The Tudor Secret by C.W. Gortner
327 pages

"“This dangerous letter,�� she declared, with a hint of asperity, “is from none other than my lords Arundel, Paget, Sussex, and Pembroke, all of whom served my brother and who now inform me that while they’ve no desire to see me deprived of my throne, their hands are tied " Page 234

Edition read published: September 5th 2015
Characters:Olivia Lilyfield, Jaxson River, Jace River, Jared River, Guinervere Damon
Deaths: Minor Character
Setting: Seattle, America
Chapters: 20
First word in text: Olivia
Other: Contains Werewolves and Witches. MC saves a wolf from being killed with cattle-prods. Olivia is an office assistant. Jaxson is the CEO of a security business that his brothers also work at, also ex SEAL. Plot including attempted kidnapping, rescuing, arranged marriage (in that Jaxson has to get married to a female wolf shifter), forbidden love, curses

Edition read published: September 30th 2008
Characters: Jeff Vaughen, Jimmy Chandra, Sukara, Dr Rao, Osborne
Deaths: minor characters, one drug overdose, A main character.
Setting: Bengal Space Station, Verkerk, Earth
Chapters: 29
First word in text: Vaughen
Other: Vaughen is a telepathic because of a surgical implant and a drug addict. He works as a kind of customs guard at the space docks. He keeps people at a distance. Chandra is Hindu and a police officer. Sukara is a prostitute who has a scar across her face. plot: drugs, a cult, smuggling, suicide, fake identities and evil aliens called the Vaith.

Driven
Edition read published: May 8th 2013
Characters:Colton Donavan, Rylee Thomas, Haddie
Setting: Los Angeles, America
Chapters: 25
First word in text: I
Other: Colton's a race car driver, was adopted as a child and has Celtic knot tattoos. He also has a pet dog called Baxter. Rylee work for 'corporate care' which helps orphaned children with issues by putting them into family units. Plot includes charity date auction, overcoming survivor guilt, bullying. Ends on Cliffhanger

- Day 13: Read a book with naughty or nice in the title
Stephanie Bond

Fire and Water
Goal: Read a book with the word water, lake, pond, ocean or stream (plurals are acceptable) in the title

- Read a book with a interjection in the title

Oh, Baby!: Bachelors & Babies Leandra Logan

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

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

- chapters: 12
- characters: Lydia, Nathan, Marilyn, James, Hannah
- Ohio, small town

- important character dies
- 3 children
- beet, cut corner, strawberry, rhinestone

Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep
Finished: 12/18/15
Published: 09/27/11 Pages: 400
Characters: Gin, Finn, Bria, Owen, Jo-Jo, Sophia, Roslyn, Xavier, Mab, Violet, Warren, Eva, Ruth, Sydney
Has giants, dwarfs, and vampires
MC is an assassin
MC is an orphan
Important character dies
Many characters knows how to control an element (ice, fire, air, stone as the main ones).
This is book 5 in a series.
MC owns a restaurant.


Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
Finished: 12/18/15
Published: 11/3/15 pages: 304
Characters: Sasha, Bran, Riley, Annika, Sawyer, Doyle
Contains a werewol/Lycan, a mermaid, a seer, a magician, and an immortal.
It's all a big quest to find the stars of fortune
There's a pet dog called Apollon.
MC is an artist that makes paintings
It all takes place on the Greek island Corfu

Edition read published: September 17th 2013
Characters: Jax Mackenzie, Roberta 'Bobbi' Jo Simpson, Vaughen, Pixie, Kenneth
Deaths: minor characters
Setting: California, America
Chapters: 22 + Prologue and Epilogue
First word in text: Silence
Other: Jax is a werewolf, Bobbi is a coyote shifter. Kenneth is a lion shifter. Some of the characters belong to a BDSM club. Jax works for a security agency. Pixie's a thief. Plot points: drugs, undercover operations, a BDSM scene, a virus which makes people insane

R.J. Scott
Published December 2nd 2012

Character Names: Daniel, Chris, Alex, Whitman
Misc: MCs are a cop, a teacher. They go to movies, MC is wrongly accused of inappropriate behaviour towards minors.

Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep
Finished: 12/18/15
Published: 09/27/11 Pages: 400
Characters: Gin, Finn, Bria, Owen, Jo-Jo, Sophia, Roslyn, Xavier, Mab, Violet, Warren, Eva, Ruth, Sydney
Has giants, dwarfs, and vampires
MC is an assassin
MC is an orphan
Important character dies
Many characters knows how to control an element (ice, fire, air, stone as the main ones).
This is book 5 in a series.
MC owns a restaurant.


Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
Finished: 12/18/15
Published: 11/3/15 pages: 304
Characters: Sasha, Bran, Riley, Annika, Sawyer, Doyle
Contains a werewol/Lycan, a mermaid, a seer, a magician, and an immortal.
It's all a big quest to find the stars of fortune
There's a pet dog called Apollon.
MC is an artist that makes paintings
It all takes place on the Greek island Corfu

Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson
224 pages, 4,11 rating, Published April 29th 2011

- Haley, Jason
- 28 chapters + epilogue
- First word in text: Oh

day 18: Read a book where the title has a Song Title from one of the lists below for 10 points!

- Read a book that contains the word chlorophyll

Bonnie Dee

"The air was humid and sweltering, rich with the scent of loam and chlorophyll." Location 4168

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
372 pages
Pub: Oct 1 2008

Takes place in 1996 AND 1940 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goal: - Day 15: Read a book that has a religious theme

- Day 17: Read a book where Christmas is spent on the beach or under real warm weather for 10 points!

A.J. Llewellyn
12/18
Christmas in Hawaii

- Sort your "to read" shelf by 'date added' and read a book that is within Numbers 1-50 on your list (the first column before the book cover image)

Stephen King
12/19
#1 in list

Characters: Grace Baker, Shannon, Dylan, Jason
Setting: Africa savannah, possibly Nigeria
Chapters: 7
First word in text: Grace
Other: Grace and Shannon are wildlife researcher. Grace gets pregnant from a one night stand. Dylan and Jason are lion shifters.

Serving Love At Carnival
- set in South America

Kim Dare
Published October 22nd 2013
Eat: Pizza and steak
Misc: MC is dancer and swimmer. MCs go to a dance club.
Characters: Noah, Colby, Tony, Sam, Trent, Jordan

- Read a book where the cover shows someone swimming

Scion of Cyador

Author's name has a suffix

BOM Dec - have completed at least 3 days of the questions (/topic/show/..., /topic/show/... and /topic/show/...)

- Day 16: Read a book with Christmas Decorations/Lights on the cover
320 pages

Read a book with hot chocolate on the cover
Suzanne Forster
12/21

by Kristen Ashley

Characters: Dusty, Mike, Clarisse, Fin, Jonas, Audrey, Ryker, Della, Rhonda, Debbie, Cal, Violet

Layla (dog)

First word: Darrin

24 chapters + epilogue

Michael Crichton
Published April 1993
Characters: Michelle, Peter, John, Fred, Tom, Ellen, Jerome, Cheryl, Willy, Ken, Masao, Theresa.
Misc: Japanese big business theme, murder, corruption and cover up.

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Non-fiction
pgs: 430
Majority setting: Ship or submarine

Read a book that has elves, reindeer or a sleigh on the cover or in title

Victoria Alexander
12/22

Set in a castle or palace

Read a book where presents are exchanged or that has presents on the cover for 10 points!

Eli Easton

- Day 21: Read a book where a holiday meal is prepared or eaten
Hanukkah dinner is eaten

Astrid Amara

Venecia wrote: "Read a book where presents are exchanged or that has presents on the cover for 10 points!

Eli Easton"

The date for this book in the spreadsheet is incorrect, it should be 12/23

First word: Some
Characters: Paradise, Marissa, Butch, Abalone, Vischous, Wrath, Havers, Bella, Peyton, Craeg, Novo, Lassiter, Axe, Mary, Dr. Manny Manello, Tohrment, Anslam, Doc Jane.

Book: Blood Kiss

by Leslie Meier
256 pages
6th in series
Characters: Lucy, Bill, Sue, Elizabeth, Toby, Zoe, Sara, Will, Tom, Barney, Effie, Rachel
Drugs, murder, undercover, drug smuggling, death
Christmas
First word: I'd

by Naomi Novik
435 pages
Pub: May 19 2015

Fairy-tell retelling (so I'm told, but didn't get that at all), violence, magic, wizards, castle, murder, magical creatures, royalty

Mother, Mother

William, Violet, Josephine, Douglas

Takes place in NY

Douglas is an alcoholic, Josephine is insane, there's a sister who (big spoiler, will put it out there if we need it), William has mental health issues and Violet gets committed.