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Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
Date completed: 1/1/16
Goal read for: C-7 - read a book that is book 10 or more in a series
How it fits: Book #12 in series
Other Info: **if your book doesn't meet a current goal, then put some info on goals it might fit**
REMEMBER: The book you put on your shelf and post here should be the edition you read (especially if the cover or page numbers differ from the "default" edition. If you are posting from a phone or having trouble, put a note in your post so the captains can make adjustments (hopefully this won't be often)


Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
Finished: 6/17/16
It works for C4 - male narrator
It probably won't work for much else, as the only shelf with more than 10 adds is Politics. The audiobook is not on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, but the cover is the same.


The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti completed 6/17/16
Goal read for:H3 (Jessica is #49)


The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
Date complete: 6/17
Pages: 368
Goal read for: C7 - Book #10 or greater in series
How it fits: #10 in Elvis Cole series


The Vicious Vetby M.C. Beaton
completed: 6/17/16
pages: 224
Goal read for: D5 read a book by an author that uses a pseudonym
how it fits: MC Beaton is Marion Chesney Gibbons and also writes under several other names


The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
Completed : 6/18/16
Pages: 315
Goal : D8
How it fits: Shelved as mystery by over 826 users
Other info: could also be used for F7 - double letter in title


A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Date completed: 6/18/16
Pages: 203
Goal read for: H-3 - read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female/male names in Australia according to nameberry
How it fits: Madeleine #50
Other Info: Could also be used as a YA genre


The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Date completed: 18 June 2016
Pages: 377
Goal read for: E-6 - Read a book shelved as young adult at least 10 times.
How it fits: If we're looking specifically for the words "young adult", it's been shelved as such 124 times.
Other info: It would work for F-4, of course. It could also work for C-4, as the audiobook is narrated by a man.


Completed: June 18th
# of pgs: 334
Goal: C-4
How it fits: Narrated by Joe Arden (at least 50%) & Maxine Mitchell
Other info: N/A

This book can be used as her primary book for G5 (Penelope is #34 on the Nameberry List).
Even if the book is not used, it should still update to the spreadsheet.


Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Completed: 6/18/16
Pages: 233
Goal: G-5 or E-6/F-4
How it fits: Robert #63 on list, classified as YA by 539 users. Could also be put in unused category for now.


Mistress by Amanda Quick
Date: 6/18/16
Pages: 386
Goal: D5 or (F7)
How it fits: author Amanda Quick is pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz
Other info:


The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale
Date: 6/19/16
Pages: 375
Goal: H6
How it fits: It is book #4 in a series


Lion and the Falcon by Eve Langlais
Date: June 18, 2016
Pages: 274
Goal: H6
How it fits: Book 4 in the Furry United Coalition Series


Against a Crimson Sky by James Conroyd Martin
Date read: 6/19/16
Pages: 458
Goal: G5 or H3
How it fits: James is #7 on US Names or #8 on AU Names
Other: Historical fiction


Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Date Read: June 18
Pages: 313
Goal: D8, E6/F4, H3, G5
How it fits: Tagged young adult 522 times. Tagged mystery 236 times. Madeleine is #50 on list Australia. Madeleine is #90 on list USA


The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Date Read: June 19
Pages: 480
Goal: E6/F4
How it fits: Tagged young adult 236 times


Hell's Teeth by James Fahy
Date read: June 19
Pages: 236
Goal: F7
How it fits: double letters in the title (2 EEs and 2 LLs)


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Both finished 6/19/16


That Summer by Alison Perry
Date completed : 6/18/16
Pages : 212
Goal: F7
How it fits: Double letter in title
Other:


The Selection BY Kiera Cass
DATE 6/20
PAGES: 336
GOAL: D2, ( E6 F4)
HOW IT FITS: Shelved Fantasy 1286 times
Other:


The Fireman by Joe Hill6/20/16
Read to complete one of the mystery categories week 1: d8 or week 2:c8
Or read to complete one of the fantasy categories from week 2: d6 or d2


Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Date finished: 6/20/16
Pages: 387
Goal: D-2/D-6
How it fits: categorized as fantasy over a million times
Other Info: also qualifies as YA


The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction by Rachel P. Maines completed 6/21/16
Goal read for: A8
How it fits: it's nonfiction
Could also work for: D9 since the authors initials (RM) come from the different halves of the alphabet.


A Court of Mist and Fury bySarah J. Maas
Goal read for: G5(top 100 names) or D6(shelved as fantasy)
pages: 624
date finished: 6/21/16


The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
Goals read for: E6, F4 shelved as young adult (323 times)
Pages: 519
Finished: June 21


Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Date read: 21 June 2016
Pages: 330
Goal read for: C-8 Read a book tagged as mystery by at least 10 people
How it fits: Tagged as mystery 508 times
Other info: Could also fit D-9 or count for YA bonus points (tagged 77 times)


In the Woods by Tana French
Date Finished: 6/22
Pages: 429
Goal: This works as a mystery, so C-8 on the second set of tasks or as a bonus for the first set of tasks
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