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Team 4 - LaurLa & LauraSpell: 2. Brachiabindo
LaurLa
Task: 4. read a book from a trilogy
Book:Restless
How it fits: #3 Indecent Proposals trilogy
Date Read: 02.09 ★★★★
Laura
Task: 5. read a book with Fantasy, Paranormal, or Supernatural on the book's main page
Book: The Chosen
Date Read: 2/10
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: Both Paranormal and Fantasy MPGs
Next Spell: 2. Brackium Emendo
Completion Post- Team 7Spell 13- Reparifarge
Lord of the Pies. Nell Hampton
read. 2/10/21
rating 4 stars
Task 4. read the 2nd book in a series
How it fits: 2nd book in the Kensington Palace Chef mystery series
Murder With a View Diane Kelly
Read: 02.08.20
Rating: 5 stars
Task 2: read a book with 'repair' in the text
How it fits: p 17: Working as a property manager, I knew more than my share of people in the construction and repair trades.
Next spell: Serpensortia
Team #15 /topic/show/...SPELL: Slugulus Eructo
Alison
He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #12) by Elizabeth Peters
DATE READ: February 7th
TASK: 4. read a book where a plan backfires
HOW IT FITS: Plan back fires when instead of catching the spy Ramses is captured
Barbara
BOOK: Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose
DATE READ: 2/10
TASK: 2. read a book with lots of plants on the cover
HOW IT FITS: lots of plants and trees on cover
NEXT SPELL: 7. Glisseo from Charms
Team 14 Bobbi and Mamacita
Bobbi:
SPELL: Finite Incantatem
BOOK READ: The Inheritance Games
DATE READ: 2/8 🌟🌟🌟🌟
TASK #:3. read a book that has been suggested to you
HOW IT FITS TASK: This book was recommended to me both by ŷ, and a personal friend.
NEXT SPELL: Locomotor Mortis
Mamacita:
SPELL: Finite Incantatem
BOOK READ: The Naked Duke 4* ✔️ 2/11
TASK: 3. suggested to you
HOW IT FITS TASK:suggested by GR & Amazon
NEXT SPELL: Locomotor Mortis
Mod
Adriana
SPELL: Anteoculatia
BOOK READ: Worth the Wait
DATE READ: 11 Feb 2021
TASK: 1. read a book with 'antlers' in the text of the book
HOW IT FITS: page 201 “you’d grow antlers and start bumping like moose�
Denise
SPELL: Anteoculatia
BOOK READ: Swimming in the Dark
DATE READ: 12 Feb 2021
TASK: #2 - Read a book where a lot of skin is shown on the cover
HOW IT FITS:
NEXT SPELL: Reparifarge
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Team Thread: Laura and LaurLaSpell: 2. Brackium Emendo
LaurLa
Task: 1. read a book with the author's first and last initials in BRACCHIUM
Book: Bound By Darkness
How it fits: author initials AI
Date Read: 02.12 ★★★★
Laura
Task: 2. read a book where the MC has to heal from something
Book: Finding Valor
Date Read: 2/11
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: Cai has to heal from Scarlet Fever, as well as Pneumonia caused the by the Scarlet Fever.
Next Spell: 15. Wingardium Leviosa
Team 3 - Adriana and DeniseAdriana Completion Post
SPELL: Reparifarge
BOOK READ: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
DATE READ: 13 Feb 2021
TASK: 2. read a book with 'repair' in the text of the story
HOW IT FITS: page 84 "The repairs on Hazel's apartment"
Denise Completion Post
SPELL: Reparifarge
BOOK READ: Edinburgh Dusk
DATE READ: 13 Feb 2021
TASK: #4 - Read the 2nd book in a series
HOW IT FITS: Ian Hamilton Mysteries #2
NEXT SPELL: Slugulus Erecto
Link: /topic/show/...
Team #15 Barbara � & Alison (Lady Coffin)SPELL: Glisseo
Barbara
BOOK: Jinn - Matthew B.J. Delaney
DATE READ: 2/13
TASK: 3. read a book that you have been evading (putting off for a while)
HOW IT FITS: I've been putting this book off for years. I purchased before joining GRs in 2009 and it's over 600 pages.
Alison
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children #5) by Seanan McGuire DATE READ: February 12th
TASK: 2. read a book within 24 hours
HOW IT FITS: started it yesterday and finished it yesterday, so under 24 hours.
NEXT SPELL: 1. Alohomora from Charms
Team 16 - Nikk & ShaNikk
SPELL: 14. Specialis Revelio
BOOK READ: Blood Heir
DATE READ: 2/9/2021
TASK 1. read a book where the MC hides his or her identity
HOW IT FITS TASK: MC hides her identity to protect her family
Sha:
SPELL: Specialis Revelio
BOOK READ: The Queen of Attolia
DATE READ: 14 Feb
TASK: read a book where someone gets poisoned
HOW IT FITS TASK: Attolia poisons her Bridegroom in order to take over her country
NEXT SPELL: 14. Serpensortia
Team 7: Kellene and MoondanceCompletion Post
Spell 14: Serpensortia
Kellene
Manhattans & Murder Jessica Fletcher
02.13.21 2 stars
Task 1: read a book with no legs on the cover
How it fits:
Moondance
Tastes Like Murder Catherine
Bruns
02.13.21 3 stars
Task 4: New to me author
Next spell: Vera Verto
Team 14 Bobbi and Mamacita
Bobbi:
SPELL: Locomotor Mortis
BOOK READ: Home Before Dark
DATE READ: 2/13 🌟🌟🌟🌟
TASK #: 3. read a book where the MC moves to a new location
HOW IT FITS TASK: MC moves to Vermont and into her childhood home to prepare it for sale.
NEXT SPELL: #7 Herbifors
Mamacita:
SPELL: Locomotor Mortis
BOOK READ: The Seduction Of Elliot McBride 3* ✔️ 2/13
TASK: #3 MC moves to a new location
HOW IT FITS TASK: In Ch 2 After the Wedding, Juliana move from Edinburgh to the home Elliot purchased from McGregor in a tiny Village called Highforth
NEXT SPELL: #7 Herbifors
Team Thread: Laura and LaurLaSpell: 2. Brackium Emendo
LaurLa
Task: 4. read a book where the MC is unconscious for a period of time
Book: Cowboy with a Cause
How it fits: Melanie is drugged, kidnapped and loses consciousness when taken
Date Read: 02.14 ★★�
Laura
Task: 3. read a book with a weapon the cover
Book: The Service of the Sword
Date Read: 2/13
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: Missiles on cover
Next Spell: 15. Vera Verto
Team 8: Natalie & Ericaٲ�
Completion Post
SPELL: Arania Exumai
BOOK READ:
by Robert J. CraneDATES READ: Sunday, 17 January 2021 to Tuesday, 9 February 2021
TASK 1: read a book with 'spider' in the text
HOW IT FITS TASK:
Luckily (or unluckily if you have arachnophobia) this book is filled with spiders! Yikes!
Chapter 1 �
� Loc. 129: “There is a nest of spiders nearby,� he indicated the webs on the walls, “that are the size of dwarves.�
Chapter 2 �
� Loc. 155: He watched as a spider half the size of a man spun down on a web and pincered one of the gnomes from above.
� Loc. 158: The dome of the cavern was covered in spiders. � Warriors and rangers took positions at the edge of the army, protecting the spell casters from the encroaching spiders.
� Loc. 163: The spiders halted at the entrance to the bridge. � Spiders forgotten, Cy fixated on the ten foot tall giants blocking their passage.
� Loc. 178: Looking back Cyrus saw the spiders had formed a wall blocking the chamber they had entered from, pincers jutting hungrily toward them.
� Loc. 186: Orion’s expression twisted as he looked back at the spiders still advancing slowly towards them.
� Loc. 190: Taking one last look back at the wall of spiders guarding the entry to the bridge, Cyrus started moving forward.
It’s like this through the rest of the chapter. Then we get a reprieve from spiders (but oh, there’s other stuff!) until Chapter 34. Then they there for basically the rest of the book.
NEXT SPELL: Slugulus Eructo
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Erica
Completion Post
SPELL: Arania Exumai
BOOK READ:
by Neil GaimanDATES READ: Monday, January 25, 2020 to Thursday, February 11, 2021
TASK 1: read a book with 'spider' in the text
HOW IT FITS TASK: "Nick felt himself beginning to panic. 'It isn't. . . spiders . . . is it?' he said." (p. 196).
NEXT SPELL: Slugulus Eructo
Mod
Adriana
SPELL: Slugulus Erecto
BOOK READ: It Ends with Us
DATE READ: 15 Feb 2021
TASK: 3. read a book with a MC that was in the military
HOW IT FITS: One of the Male MCs spent time in the military
Denise
SPELL: Slugulus Eructo
BOOK READ: Shorefall
DATE READ: 14 Feb 2021
TASK: #5 - Read a book with Fantasy, Paranormal or Supernatural on the book's main page
HOW IT FITS: MPG Fantasy
NEXT SPELL: Defodio
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Completion post: Team 12 / Kerri & Maddielucy(Patti)/topic/show/...
Kerri
Completion Post: Draconifors
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Read 15/2
Tasks:1 read a book with small objects on the cover
How it fits: Small blue wren and eggs on cover
Next Spelkl:Glisseo
Patti
Completion post: Dranconifors
Task: 2. read a book with 'dragon' in the text of the story
Sprinkles and Sea Serpents: A Sugar Shack Witch Mystery by Danielle Garrett
Sprinkles and Sea Serpents A Sugar Shack Witch Mystery (Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries Book 1) by Danielle Garrett
Read: 2/13
Rating 4 stars
How it fits: pg 1 "on a charging, fire-breathing dragon"
Next spell: Glisseo
Team 7: Kellene and MoondanceSpell 15: Vera Verto
Completion Post
Kellene
Killing Thyme Leslie Budewitz
2/18/21 4 stars
Task 3. read a book with a real person mentioned in the book
How it fits: "I still haven't found what I'm looking for," Bono sang and I agreed. p.272
Moondance
Who's Dead, Doc? J.M. Griffin
Read: 02.17.21 3 stars
Task 2: Read a book with an animal on the cover
How it fits:
Next charm: Alohomora
Team 3 - Adriana and DeniseAdriana Completion Post
SPELL: Defodio
BOOK READ: The Proposal
DATE READ: 18 Feb 2021
TASK: 2. read a book in a genre you totally 'dig' (your favorite genre)
HOW IT FITS: MPG Romance
Denise Completion Post
SPELL: Defodio
BOOK READ: Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud
DATE READ: 18 Feb 2021
TASK: #4 - Read a book with 450+ pages
HOW IT FITS: 608 pages
NEXT SPELL: Finite Incantantem
Link: /topic/show/...
Team Thread: Laura and LaurLaSpell: 15. Vera Verto
LaurLa
Task: 3. read a book with a real person mentioned in the book
Book: His for the Taking
How it fits: On the right is the Dakota, which is where John Lennon lived and was murdered. [loc 165.4]
Date Read: 02.17 ★★★★
Laura
Task: 1. read a book with a title that has two words that begin with the same letter.
Book: Queen of Quarantine
Date Read: 2/17
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: 2 words start with Q
Next Spell: 15. Tarantallegra
Bobbi Post SPELL: Herbifors
BOOK READ: Angels' Blood
DATE READ: 2/18 🌟🌟🌟🌟
TASK #: 2. read a book with 'target' in the text of the story
HOW IT FITS TASK: "I'm good because I get inside the target's head, predict where he'll be, what he'll do, who he'll contact." pg. 32
NEXT SPELL: Defodio
Mama Post
SPELL: 7. Herbifors
BOOK READ: Judgment Road 4.5* ✔️ 2/19
TASK: #2. read a book with 'target' in the text of the story
HOW IT FITS TASK: " He'd had sex with targets. Pg 116
NEXT SPELL: Charm #4 Defodio
Mod
Adriana
SPELL: Finite Incantatem
BOOK READ: Island Affair
DATE READ: 21 Feb 2021
TASK: 4. read a book where the MC uses an umbrella
HOW IT FITS: Page 224 "Then set up their umbrella" MC's use a sun umbrella
Denise
SPELL: Finite Incantatem
BOOK READ: The Mermaid Murders
DATE READ: 20 Feb 2021
TASK: #3 - Read a book that has been suggested to you
HOW IT FITS: Suggestion from GR friend Lulu
NEXT SPELL: Rictusempra
Link to our thread
/topic/show/...Kerri
Completion Post: Glisseo
A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride
Read 20/2/21
Task 3. read a book that you have been evading (putting off for a while)
How it fits: Been sitting on my shelves since 2017, kept avoiding it as it's 600 pages long.
Rating:4
Next Spell: Sectumsempra
Maddielucy(Patti) Completion Glisseo
Task: 2. read a book within 24 hours
Silence Is Golden by Shannon Esposito
Silence Is Golden (A Pet Psychic Mystery #3) by Shannon Esposito
Read 2/20
Rating : 4
How it fits: started & completed the same day
Next spell: Sectumsempra
Team 16: Nikk and Sha: /topic/show/...Nikk:
SPELL: 14. Serpensortia
BOOK READ: Sin & Magic
DATE READ: 2/16/2021
TASK 1. read a book with no legs on the cover
HOW IT FITS TASK: no legs on cover
Sha:
SPELL: 14. Serpensortia
BOOK READ: In the Vanishers� Palace
DATE READ: Feb 22, 2021
TASK: read a book by an author that is new to you
HOW IT FITS TASK: never read a book by aliette de bodard before
NEXT SPELL: Anteoculatia
Team 7: Kellene and MoondanceCompletion Post
Charm 1: Alohomora
Kellene
Ammie, Come Home Barbara Michaels
Read 2/21/21. 3 stars
Task 1. read a book with a door or a window prominent on the cover
How it fits-
Moondance
License to Dill Mary Ellen Hughes
Read: 02.20.21 3 stars
Task 1: read a book with a door or window prominent on the cover.
How it fits:
Next charm: Bombarda
Team #15 Barbara � & Alison (Lady Coffin)SPELL: Alohomora
Barbara
BOOK: Wrong Alibi - Christina Dodd
DATE READ: 2/22
TASK: 4. read a book where the MC has an office
HOW IT FITS: heroine's new job comes with an actually office
Alison
Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody #13) by Elizabeth Peters DATE READ: February 17th
TASK: 2. read a book set in Africa
HOW IT FITS: primarally set in Egypt, on the continent of Africa
NEXT SPELL: 9. Legilimens from Spells
Team #6 VampAmber & Alison (Lady Coffin)SPELL: Vera Verto
Alison
The Immortal Conquistador (Kitty Norville #15) by Carrie Vaughn DATE READ: February 11th
TASK: 3. read a book with a real person mentioned in the book
HOW IT FITS TASK: real people from history are mentioned starting with Cortés, others such as Doc Holiday later, etc..
VampAmber
BOOK READ: Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
DATE READ: 2/17/21
TASK #: 1. read a book with a title that has two words that begin with the same letter
HOW IT FITS TASK: both words begin with L
NEXT SPELL: Langlock from Curses, Hexes, and Jinxes
Team 3 - Adriana and DeniseAdriana Completion Post
SPELL: Rictusempra
BOOK READ: Neanderthal Seeks Human
DATE READ: 22 Feb 2021
TASK: 1. read a book tagged 'Humor' or 'Humorous'
HOW IT FITS: MPG Humor
Denise Completion Post
SPELL: Rictusempra
BOOK READ: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
DATE READ: 23 Feb 2021
TASK: #3 - Read a book with the letters ALWAYS in the title (2 As)
HOW IT FITS: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
NEXT SPELL: Wingardium Leviosa
Link: /topic/show/...
Team Thread: Laura and LaurLaSpell: 15. Vera Verto
LaurLa
Task: 2. read a book where the MC has little control over things
Book: In Love Again
How it fits: Claire has little control over the events leading up to her divorce and his actions in embezzling her fortune
Date Read: 02.21 ★★★★
Laura
Task: 1. read a book where dancing happens
Book: A Court of Silver Flames
Date Read: 2/20
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: Nesta dances with Eris at the Winter Solstice
Next Spell: 10. Partis Temporus
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Adriana Completion Post
SPELL: Dranconifors
BOOK READ: The Switch
DATE READ: 8 Feb 2021
TASK: 2. read a book with 'dragon' in the text of the story
HOW IT FITS: page 185 "With dragons?"
Denise Completion Post
SPELL: Dranconifors
BOOK READ: Mistborn
DATE READ: 10 Feb 2021
TASK: #3 - Re-read a book that you first read at least three years ago
HOW IT FITS: First read some time before I joined GR in 2011, so I don't have an exact date... 2009-10, I guess?
NEXT SPELL: Anteoculatia
Link: /topic/show/...