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message 1: by Jackie (last edited Feb 02, 2022 04:14PM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Unassigned Books for A Novel Role-Playing Game

Visions by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #2) - 1/14/21 - 448 pages

A Death in Duck by Mindy Quigley (A Lindsay Harding Mystery #2) - 1/15/21 - 242 pages

The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who #27) - 2/1/21 - 292 pages

The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz (The Queen's Secret #1) - 2/12/21 - 384 pages

Zoobreak by Gordon Korman (Swindle #2) - 2/12/21 - 256 pages

City of Lies by Victoria Thompson (Counterfeit Lady #1) - 2/17/21 - 312 pages

The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams (Time-Travel Series #1) - 2/18/21 - 288 pages

In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker (The Company #1) - 2/22/21 - 336 pages

The Midwest Wanderer by Flint Maxwell (Midwest Magic Chronicles #2) - 2/23/21 - 253 pages

Beartown by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #1) - 2/24/21 - 432 pages

The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens (The Books of the Beginning #2) - 2/25/21 - 437 pages

Banker by Dick Francis - 2/26/21 - 288 pages

The Company of Cats by Marian Babson - 3/1/21 - 192 pages

Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer #1) - 3/1/21 - 307 pages

Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanated #.5) - 3/2/21 - 352 pages

Divided in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #18) - 3/11/21 - 354 pages

Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (The Tales of the Frog Princess #3) - 3/12/21 - 256 pages

The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima (The Heir Chronicles #2) - 3/17/21 - 458 pages

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine (The Two Princesses of Bamarre #1) - 3/17/21 - 304 pages

The Edge by Dick Francis - 3/21/21 - 368 pages

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2) - 3/23/21 - 531 pages

Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost (Night Prince #1) - 3/27/21 - 373 pages

Visions in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #19) - 3/28/21 - 354 pages

A Demon Bound by Debra Dunbar (Imp #1) - 3/28/21 - 291 pages

Wandfasted by Laurie Forest (The Black Witch Chronicles #.5) - 4/1/21 - 235 pages

A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes (Ghostly Southern Mysteries #1) - 4/2/21 - 273 pages

Undead and Underwater by MaryJanice Davidson (Undead #11.5) - 4/4/21 - 352 pages

Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Covenant #2) - 4/10/21 - 329 pages

Satan's Sword by Debra Dunbar (Imp #2) - 4/10/21 - 376 pages

The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn (Two Dukes of Wyndham #1) - 4/14/21 - 371 pages

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Book of Ember #1) - 4/16/21 - 288 pages

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Fever #1) - 4/16/21 - 309 pages

Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh (Guild Hunter #1) - 4/18/21 - 339 pages

The Finisher by David Baldacci (Vega Jane #1) - 4/20/21 - 497 pages

Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued by Anna Elliott (Pride and Prejudice Chronicles #1) - 4/21/21 - 236 pages

Justice Calling by Annie Bellet (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress #1) - 4/21/21 - 154 pages

Messenger by Lois Lowry (The Giver #3) - 6/5/21 - 169 pages

Lady Rample Steps Out by Shéa MacLeod (Lady Rample #1) - 6/10/21 - 219 pages

Iceberg by Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt #3) - 6/12/21 - 369 pages

Death of a Celebrity|11913242] by M.C. Beaton (Hamish Macbeth #17) - 6/14/21 - 280 pages

Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine (The Great Library #3) - 6/15/21 - 351 pages

Murder is a Monkey's Game by Ruby Loren (Madigan Amos Zoo Mystery #3) - 6/15/21 - 258 pages

The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima (Seven Realms #3) - 6/16/21 - 517 pages

Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #20) - 6/17/21 - 360 pages

Camino Winds by John Grisham (Camino Island #2) - 6/18/21 - 304 pages

Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris (Harper Connelly #2) - 6/19/21 - 295 pages

Grave Visions by Kalayna Price (Alex Craft #4) - 6/20/21 - 331 pages

A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #10) - 6/21/21 - 242 pages

The Atlantis Stone by Nick Thacker - 6/21/21 - 480 pages

Time's Edge by Rysa Walker (The Chronos Files #2) - 6/22/21- 452 pages

Untamed by A.G. Howard (Splintered #3.5) - 6/23/21 - 288 pages

Land Of Terran: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke (Soul Stone Magic #4) - 6/23/21 - 220 pages

The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley (MacKenzies & McBrides #3) - 8/11/21 - 320 pages

Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry (Witch City Mystery #1) - 8/12/21 - 407 pages

Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse #4) - 8/14/21 - 340 pages

The Last Summer by Ann Brashares - 8/15/21 - 306 pages

The White Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey (Mage Wars #2) - 8/18/21 - 399 pages

Candide by Voltaire - 8/18/21 - 129 pages

Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dark Hunter #1) - 8/18/21 - 309 pages

You’ve Got Murder by Donna Andrews (Turing Hopper #1) - 8/19/21 - 304 pages

Gone Away by Hazel Holt (Mrs Mallory Mystery #1) - 8/19/21 - 140 pages

Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost (Night Prince #3) - 8/24/21 - 342 pages

The Girl with the Windup Heart by Kady Cross (Steampunk Chronicles #4) - 8/24/21 - 400 pages

The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert (The Darling Dahlias #2) - 8/25/21 - 288 pages

The Silver Mask by Holly Black (Magisterium #4) - 8/27/21 - 200 pages

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #1) - 8/29/21 - 392 pages

Lancothy: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke (Stone Soul Mage #6) - 8/29/21 - 228 pages

Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn (Two Dukes of Wyndham #2) - 8/30/21 - 370 pages

Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dark Hunter #2) - 9/1/21 - 416 pages

The Dragon's Banker by Scott Warren - 9/1/21 - 255 pages

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams (A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #4) - 9/1/21 - 304 pages

Origin in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #21) - 9/3/21 - 347 pages

Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero (A Finley Anderson Tanner Mystery #1) - 9/3/21 - 256 pages

Steeped in Murder by Kirsten Weiss (Tea and Tarot #1) - 9/5/21 - 224 pages

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House #2) - 9/5/21 - 335 pages

A Pint of Murder by Alisa Craig (Madoc Rhys #1) - 9/6/21 - 186 pages

Secret of the Slaves by Alex Archer (Rogue Angel #8) - 9/6/21 - 352 pages

Final Notice by Jo Dereske (Miss Zukas #6) - 9/7/21 - 240 pages

Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt #4) - 9/8/21 - 545 pages

Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax #6) - 9/9/21 - 216 pages

A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #2) - 9/11/21 - 336 pages

Cassidy Jones and Vulcan's Gift by Elise Stokes (Cassidy Jones Adventures #2) - 9/12/21 - 306 pages

One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle (Bibliophile Mystery #5) - 9/13/21 - 280 pages

A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones (Sunshine Vicram #1) - 9/14/21 - 400 pages

NYPD Red by James Patterson (NYPD Red #1) - 9/16/21 - 368 pages

Xander and the Dream Thief by Margaret Dilloway (Momotaro #2) - 9/17/21 - 336 pages

The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors by Joseph Delaney (The Last Apprentice #4.5) - 9/18/21 - 176 pages

Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew #8) - 9/18/21 - 202 pages

Finding Justice by Kathi Daley (Rescue Alaska Mystery #1) - 9/19/21 - 224 pages


message 2: by Jackie (last edited Jan 17, 2022 09:23AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #5) - 4/21/21 - 256 pages

Splendid by Julia Quinn (Splendid Trilogy #1) - 4/22/21 - 396 pages

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody #1) - 4/23/21 - 262 pages

Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber - 4/24/21 - 336 pages

At Wits' End by Kirsten Weiss - 4/25/21

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks - 4/25/21

Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley (Rock Chick #1) - 4/26/21 - 412 pages

Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray (The Diviners #3) - 4/28/21 - 552 pages

Cascade by Lisa Tawn Bergren (River of Time #2) - 4/30/21 - 399 pages

House of Enchanted: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke (Stone Soul Mage #1) - 4/30/21 - 213 pages

Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5) - 5/3/21 - 502 pages

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon #3) - 5/4/21 - 509 pages

The Stonehenge Legacy by Sam Christer - 5/5/21 - 481 pages

Cursed by Benedict Jacka (Alex Verus #2) - 5/6/21 - 293 pages

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg - 5/7/21 - 369 pages

The Last Queen of England by Steve Robinson (Jefferson Tayte #3) - 5/11/21 - 324 pages

The Dark Forest: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke (Stone Soul Mage #2) - 5/12/21 - 219 pages

Betrayals by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #4) - 5/12/21 - 416 pages

God of Thunder by Alex Archer (Rogue Angel #7) - 5/13/21 - 348 pages

Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #28) - 5/13/21 - 352 pages

Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey #1) - 5/14/21 - 208 pages

Shatterproof by Roland Smith (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers #4) - 5/14/21 - 192 pages

Rituals by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #5) - 5/15/21 - 471 pages

Temple of the Jaguar by J.R. Rain (Nick Caine #1) - 5/15/21 - 130 pages

The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes #3) - 5/16/21 - 170 pages

Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #40) - 5/16/21 - 224 pages

Conspiracy in Kiev by Noel Hynd (The Russian Trilogy #1) - 5/17/21 - 398 pages

Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp #3) - 5/19/21 - 549 pages

In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen (Molly Murphy #8) - 5/19/21 - 288 pages

Perfecting Fiona by Marion Chesney (The School for Manners #2) - 5/20/21 - 192 pages

The Einstein Prophecy by Robert Masello - 5/21/21 - 338 pages

Murder at Dolphin Bay by Kathi Daley (Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery #1) - 5/21/21 - 225 pages

Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries #7) - 5/22/21 - 295 pages

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Sisterhood #3) - 5/23/21 - 338 pages

The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich (Elsie Hawkins #4) - 5/25/21 - 249 pages

Poison in Paddington by Samantha Silver (Cassie Coburn Mystery #1) - 5/25/21 - 200 pages

Balanced on the Blade's Edge by Lindsay Buroker (Dragon Blood #1) - 5/26/21 - 230 pages

Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire #3) - 5/26/21 - 288 pages

A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery #2) - 5/27/21 - 304 pages

Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #5.5) - 5/28/21 - 190 pages

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy (Dumplin' #1) - 5/28/21 - 400 pages

Don't Cross this Line by Michael Anderle (Kurtherian Gambit #14) - 5/29/21 - 426 pages

On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (Bridgertons #8) - 5/30/21 - 371 pages

An Early Wake by Sheila Connolly (County Cork #3) - 5/30/21 - 304 pages

Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #3) - 5/31/21 - 244 pages

After the Funeral by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #31) - 5/31/21 - 256 pages

The Angel Experiment by James Patterson (Maximum Ride #1) - 6/1/21 - 445 pages

City of Gold by Carolyn Arnold (Matthew Connor Adventure #1) - 6/1/21 - 374 pages

Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game by Chris Grabenstein (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #4) - 6/2/21 - 288 pages

No Judgments by Meg Cabot - 6/4/21 - 384 pages

Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider #4) - 6/4/21 - 322 pages

The Infinite Blacktop by Sara Gran (Claire DeWitt #3) - 6/25/21 - 290 pages

Crooked Man by Tony Dunbar (Tony Dubonnet #1) - 6/25/21 - 224 pages

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #1) - 6/26/21 - 339 pages

Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon by Nancy Atherton (Aunt Dimity #14) - 6/27/21 - 288 pages

An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters (The Cadfael Chronicles #11) - 6/28/21 - 253 pages

Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia - 6/28/21 - 354 pages

Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire #4) - 6/29/21 - 304 pages

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux - 6/29/21 - 285 pages

The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody #2) - 6/30/21 - 307 pages

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs (Lewis Barnavelt #3) - 7/1/21 - 208 pages

The Lost Empress by Steve Robinson (Jefferson Tayte #4) - 7/2/21 - 337 pages

The King of Crows by Libba Bray (The Diviners #4) - 7/4/21 - 560 pages

Vanished by Kat Richardson (Greywalker #4) - 7/4/21 - 368 pages

Goliath by Richard Turner (Ryan Mitchell #1) - 7/4/21 - 297 pages

Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld #3) - 7/5/21 - 414 pages

Enlightening Delilah by Marion Chesney (The School of Manners #3) - 7/7/21 - 237 pages

Framed by Gordon Korman (Swindle #3) - 7/7/21 - 240 pages

New Egypt: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke (Stone Soul Mage #5) - 7/7/21 - 212 pages

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc (Arsene Lupin #2) - 7/9/21 - 288 pages

Jane and the Genius of the Place by Stephanie Barron (Jane Austen Mysteries #4) - 7/10/21 - 290 pages

Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews (Aurelia Ryder #1) - 7/11/21 - 359 pages



Cat & Mouse by James Patterson (Alex Cross #4) - 7/13/21 - 416 pages

Never Submit by Michael Anderle (The Kurtherian Gambit #15) - 7/13/21 - 320 pages

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (Theodore Boone #1) - 7/16/21 - 273 pages

Call for the Dead by John le Carré (George Smiley #1) - 7/16/21 - 160 pages

Hunted by Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles #6) - 7/17/21 - 384 pages

The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #7) - 7/20/21 - 202 pages

Death of a Village by M.C. Beaton (Hamish Macbeth #18) - 7/21/21 - 235 pages

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (Truly Devious #4) - 7/21/21 - 400 pages

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia #3) - 7/22/21 - 248 pages

The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey (Mage Wars #1) - 7/23/21 - 460 pages

Cars and Cold Cases by Diana Xarissa (Isle of Man Ghostly #3) - 7/24/21 - 234 pages

Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #10) - 7/24/21 - 371 pages

The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller (Carpenter and Quincannon) - 7/25/21 - 272 pages

Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax #5) - 7/26/21 - 223 pages

Alpha Class: Graduation by N.D. Roberts (The Etheric Academy #4) - 7/26/21 - 208 pages

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (Isabel Dalhousie #2) - 7/27/21 - 261 pages

Murder on the Rocks by Allyson K. Abbott (Mack's Bar Mystery #1) - 7/27/21 - 352 pages

Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler (Fargo Adventure #1) - 7/28/21 - 384 pages

Anything for a Story by Cynthia Hickey (Nosy Neighbor Mystery #1) - 7/28/21 - 208 pages

Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swensen #11) - 7/29/21 - 310 pages

Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P.L. Travers (Mary Poppins #3) - 7/30/21 - 288 pages

Broken by Jenny Lawson - 7/31/21 - 285 pages

A Fatal Appraisal by Ellery Adams (Antiques & Collectibles #1) - 8/1/21 - 210 pages

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (Cassidy Blake #1) - 8/1/21 - 272 pages

Time's Echo by Rysa Walker (The Chronos File #1.5) - 8/2/21 - 175 pages

Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie (Ghost Hunter Mystery #3) - 8/2/21 - 320 pages

School's Out—Forever by James Patterson (Maximum Ride #2) - 8/3/21 - 409 pages

Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dark Hunterverse #1) - 8/3/21 - 353 pages

Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga #1) - 8/5/21 - 313 pages

The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody #3) - 8/6/21 - 327 pages

Harm's Way by Catherine Aird (Inspector Cameron #11) - 8/9/21 - 216 pages

The Lies of Spies by Tim Tigner (Kyle Achilles #2) - 8/9/21 - 396 pages


message 3: by Jackie (last edited Jan 04, 2021 11:34AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Robbing Robin Hood - Completed 12/21/20 - +5 XP
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The Sandwich is always Greener on the Other Side - Completed 1/3/21 +12XP
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Spring Cleaning - Completed 12/13/20 - +5XP
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Jackie | 2143 comments Two Empty Halves of Coconuts - Completed 2/8/21 - Baroque Horse

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Jackie | 2143 comments The Easter Bilby

Capture the Rabbits:
1) Read a book where someone has a pet rabbit.
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
MC has a pet rabbit

2) Read a book with a rabbit on the cover.
The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D. Smith by S.D. Smith - 12/12/20

3) Spell out the word RABBIT using spell-it-out rules.
R Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - 12/21/20 - 483 pages
A Any Witch Way You Can by Amanda M. Lee (Wicked Witches of the Midwest #1) - 12/27/20 - 242 pages
B The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum - 12/30/20 - 224 pages
B Rain Fall by Barry Eisler (John Rain #1) - 1/21/21 - 384 pages
I Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #17) - 1/28/21 - 356 pages
T Tombstone Courage by J.A. Jance (Joanna Brady #2) - 2/10/21 - 408 pages


4) Read a book with the word rabbit in the title or series.
The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits by Elizabeth Peters - 5/24/21

5) Read a book featuring chocolate or where the main character is a pastry chef.

6) Read a book set during Spring.
The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall (The Penderwicks #4) - 4/12/21 - 339 pages

7) Read a book with an invasion in it.

8) Read a book where the main character is a doctor or vet.
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn - 2/20/21 - 384 pages
MC Dr. Rachel Katzman

9) Read a book where there is an Easter celebration.

10) Read a book with grass on the cover.

The Easter Bilby gifts you with a captured bunny that will lay an egg that heals 3 hp every Sunday. The egg must be eaten that week or it will rot.


message 6: by Jackie (last edited Mar 27, 2021 01:23PM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 6 - Completed 11/21/20
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Jackie | 2143 comments Sword - level up to Level 1 -Completed 11/12/20
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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 7 - Completed 12/18/20
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Jackie | 2143 comments Sword - level up to Level 2 - Completed 12/29/20
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Jackie | 2143 comments Willy Wilder and the Vegetable Factory

It's 2017 now and you can't just give kids chocolate all the time. There are vitamins and fat content and all sorts of things to consider. Therefore, Willy Wilder has chosen to close down his factory and open the first ever Vegetable Factory to the delight of modern children everywhere.

He's giving tours to 5 lucky children! Can you get your own ticket to visit?

• Open loads of Dizzy Carrot Crunches - Read a book with a vegetable on the cover.
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #1) by Lynn Cahoon by Lynn Cahoon (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #1) - 1/7/21 - 184 pages

• Open tons of Crazy Cucumber Surprises - Read a book with a vegetable in the title.
Killer Green Tomatoes by Lynn Cahoon (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #2) - 3/7/21 - 182 pages

• Hire a factory to open millions of Lettuce Lights - Read a book with a vegetarian.

• Eat as many Enormous Eggplants as you can - Read a book where someone cooks.

• Open the only Zany Zucchini that you can find - Read a book where someone doesn't have enough food.

Recieve 10 experience and 2 Major Heal Potions.


message 11: by Jackie (last edited Mar 27, 2021 12:39PM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Barbie's Ken

The local farmers wife Barbie is a treasure trove of knowledge. Her ken reaches far and wide on various topics. She challenges you to a knowledgeathon. You accept despite your better judgement.


Barbie challenges you to best her in the following ways:
1) Read a scientific book.

2) Read a non-fiction book.
Embraced By The Light by Betty J. Eadie - 3/26/21

3) Read a book with a book on the cover.
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) by Jasper Fforde by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next #2) - 3/26/21 - 399 pages

4) Read a book where a main character is in college.

5) Read a book set at least 50 years in the future.

Complete 3/5 to beat Barbie at her own game. Receive 5 Experience for beating Barbie.
If you can complete all 5 you are named Ken Champion. Receive 5 more experience and 1 Potion Token for achieving ultimate ken.


message 12: by Jackie (last edited Jan 17, 2022 09:18AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments The Hairstyle Theft - Completed 1/16/22 - +6 XP +1 Potion token
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Jackie | 2143 comments Queen Skye's Winter Holidays

Queen Skye can't wait for the winter celebrations to start, but she's more of an ideas person than a completer-finisher, so she needs help getting everything ready!
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- Tree decoration completed - 1/29/21 - +10 XP

Now the tree is positioned, it's time to decorate it and the hall! Go crazy here, finding books with things to hang from the tree or on the suits of armour and weapons around the hall.
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Color scheme completed with all blue - 3/27/21 +12XP


Decorations: Completed 5/14/21 - +10XP

In addition to books for the colour scheme, you can hang up to 10 items on your tree / around the hall, using items on the cover,
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Festive Entertainments Completed 5/14/21 +10xp and +1 Major Heal Potion and +1 Minor Poison Potion
The Queen is planning a big party, and needs you to set up some entertainments for her guests.
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Uncommon Monster: Snowflake Heart
A large silvery Yeti that only shows up during snowy holidays. It has 6 limbs and icy armour. In order to start fighting it you will need to throw a Phoenix Feather at it (uses a turn - it will attack you first). You can throw a Phoenix Feather as your attack, for 20 damage. (Population: 6)
6 Attack 66 Health - Reward: 6 Experience, 1 Snowflake Arm
Note: you get Phoenix Feathers after you acquire Falala in the From Ashes Comes My Bird quest


Skye's Solstice Present Surprises
Skye has set up a lucky dip for her guests. Read one of the 2020 NBRC Books of the Month (can use from your tote if you already read one) for 1 Minor Heal Potion
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Festive feasting
The palace chefs have refused to make everything for the feast, so each guest must bring along at least one meal of their own (you can bring more if you want). Make a festive meal!
Your meal must have 16 ingredients, found by scavenging food words from within books. You can find:
- 12 ingredients in books of 500+ pages
- 8 ingredients in books of 201 - 499 pages
- 4 ingredients in books of 100 - 200 pages

2xp and 1 gold for each meal made


message 14: by Jackie (last edited Jan 17, 2022 10:03AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Plague Prevention Quest - Completed 1/16/22

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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 8 - Completed 1/17/21
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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 9 - Completed 2/21/21
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Jackie | 2143 comments Gather Berries - Completed - 4/10/21 - 7 XP
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Jackie | 2143 comments Gather Bones - Completed 1/16/22 - +5 XP
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Jackie | 2143 comments Rare Gems - Completed 4/10/21 - +5 XP
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Jackie | 2143 comments The First Puppy of Novel Kingdom

Search far and wide for the perfect name!
- read a author with same first name as you

- read a book that starts with your first initial
Jack & Jill by James Patterson (Alex Cross #3) - 6/25/21 - 466 pages

- read a book that starts with your last initial
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House #2) - 4/9/21 - 357 pages

- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire #2) - 3/29/31 - 271 pages

- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial
The Midwest Witch by Flint Maxwell (Midwest Magic Chronicles #1) - 2/7/21 - 268 pages

- read a book where the author uses two names (not initial. example: Susan Elizabeth Phillips)
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green - 1/7/21 - 439 pages

- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names (example: J.K Rowling)
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn - 1/23/21 - 455 pages

- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list

- read a book where the main character has unusual name (list as example but it doesn't have to be on it.)

Reward: One Puppy. Your puppy is very poorly behaved but can be trained with lots of help by fellow Novelarians.


message 21: by Jackie (last edited Jan 17, 2022 10:40AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Sticks and Stones may Build a House

Steps to build house:
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)

2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
A Glimmer of Hope by Steve McHugh (The Avalon Chronicles #1) - 7/6/21 - 332 pages
MC is in college

3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House #1) - 3/17/21 - 198 pages

4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.)
The Word Is Murder (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, #1) by Anthony Horowitz by Anthony Horowitz (Hawthorne and Horowitz #1) - 10/30/21 - 390 pages

5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime.
Pushing Brilliance by Tim Tigner (Kyle Achilles #1) - 6/30/21 - 375 pages
MC is framed for the murder of his family.

6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter (Embassy Row #3) - 7/14/21 - 336 pages
Alexei's mother is kept locked up in an asylum.

7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.

8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
The World As I See It by Albert Einstein - 9/3/21 - 192 pages

9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.
The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) by Daniel O'Malley by Daniel O'Malley (The Checquy Files #1) - 6/9/21 - 496 pages
78.7% black

10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front.
Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lover's Mystery, #1) by Jenn McKinlay by Jenn McKinlay (Library Lover's Mystery #1) - 12/3/21 - 282 pages

Pick one of the following houses to add to your possession.
House 1House 2

You get 2 experience for 4 steps completed, another 2 when 7 steps are completed and another 3 when all 10 are completed. Houses give you an excellent place to store things.


message 22: by Jackie (last edited Apr 10, 2021 01:22PM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 10 - Completed 3/27/21
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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 11 - Completed 5/29/21
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Jackie | 2143 comments Academy II Quest

Levels:
Fill in the application form - Complete 6 Requirements
List your teaching accomplishments - Complete another 5 Requirements
Complete the application process successfully and get the job - Complete the rest of the Requirements

Rewards
✔Application Form: + 3 EXP, 1 Minor Heal Potion
✔Accomplishment List: + 4 EXP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Successful job application: +6 EXP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP)

Note: Books need to be read after announcement of the quest. Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other quests. These are participation tasks.

Requirements:

1 Visit the Goodreads blog: News & Interviews & check out at least 3 of their articles. (link to the articles you read & report on the most interesting one in The Local Tavern)
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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 12 - Completed 7/25/21
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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 13 - Completed 7/25/21
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Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Staff - level up to Level 14 - Completed 1/16/22
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message 28: by Jackie (last edited Jan 17, 2022 10:40AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Unassigned Books for A Novel Role-Playing Game

The Silver Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey (Mage Wars #3) - 9/20/21 - 400

Getting Old is Criminal by Rita Lakin (Gladdy Gold #3) - 9/20/21 - 386 pages

Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine (Goosebumps #2) - 9/22/21 - 144 pages

Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case by Emily Brightwell (Mrs. Jeffries #17) - 9/24/21 - 197 pages

Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #19) - 9/25/21 - 256 pages

Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dark Hunter #3) - 9/27/21 - 361 pages

Power Play by Beth McMullen (Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls #2) - 9/28/21 - 288 pages

Halloween Moon by Kathi Daley (Cottage on Gooseberry Bay #1) - 9/28/21 - 131 pages

Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen (Royal Spyness #8) - 9/30/21 - 304 pages

A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs by Ellis Peters (Felse #4) - 10/2/21 - 196 pages

Downfall by Jean Rabe (Dragonlance: Dhamon Saga #1) - 10/2/21 - 397 pages

Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee #2) - 10/4/21 - 255 pages

The Haunting of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell (Renegade X #2.5) - 10/4/21 - 104 pages

Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee #3) - 10/5/21 - 316 pages

So Damn Lucky by Deborah Coonts (Lucky O'Toole #3) - 10/6/21 - 396 pages

Etheric Recruit by S.R. Russell (Etheric Adventures: Anne and Jinx #1) - 10/8/21 - 133 pages

Virgo: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke (Stone Soul Mage #7) - 10/8/21 - 248 pages

One Potato, Two Potato, Dead by Lynn Cahoon (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #3) - 10/10/21 - 237 pages

The Bennett Case by Diana Xarissa (Markham Sisters #2) - 10/10/21 - 108 pages

Death's Excellent Vacation by Charlaine Harris - 10/11/21 - 339 pages

The Chalmers Case by Diana Xarissa (Markham Sisters #3) - 10/11/21 - 106 pages

Beyond by Mercedes Lackey (The Founding of Valdemar #1) - 10/13/21 - 384 pages

All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #1) - 10/13/21 - 144 pages

A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #2) - 10/14/21 - 338 pages

Death, and the Girl He Loves by Darynda Jones (Darklight #3) - 10/15/21 - 272 pages

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (James Bond #1) - 10/15/21 - 192 pages

Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (James Bond #2) - 10/16/21 - 229 pages

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #1) - 10/18/21 - 309 pages

Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn (Otherworld #9) - 10/18/21 - 302 pages

One More Last Time by Eric Ugland (The Good Guys #1) - 10/18/21 - 300 pages

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #1) - 10/19/21 - 518 pages

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White - 10/19/21 - 184 pages

The Quiet Game by Greg Iles (Penn Cage #1) - 10/20/21 - 580 pages

Firestorm by Rachel Caine (Weather Warden #5) - 10/21/21 - 292 pages

They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie - 10/21/21 - 364 pages

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Adventures of Tom & Huck #2) - 10/21/21 - 327 pages

The Queen's Accomplice by Susan Elia MacNeal (Maggie Hope #6) - 10/22/21 - 368 pages

Icy Clutches by Aaron Elkins (Gideon Oliver #6) - 10/23/21 - 294 pages

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (Cat Who #1) - 10/23/21 - 256 pages

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - 10/23/21 - 194 pages

The Third Option by Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp #4) - 10/25/21 - 402 pages

Heaven: Biblical Answers to Common Questions by Randy Alcorn - 10/26/21 - 60 pages

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick - 10/26/21 - 259 pages

Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld #4) - 10/28/21 - 528 pages

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland - 10/28/21 - 304 pages

Aunt Bessie Invites by Diana Xarissa (Isle of Man #9) - 10/28/21 - 284 pages

Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith (Portuguese Irregular Verbs #1) - 10/29/21 - 128 pages

The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (The Storm Runner #1) - 10/29/21 - 448 pages





Original Sin by P.D. James (Adam Dalgliesh #9) - 10/31/21 - 511 pages

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo (DC Icons #1) - 11/1/21 - 369 pages

How to Survive a Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith - 11/2/21 - 175 pages

A Turn for the Bad by Sheila Connolly (County Cork #4) - 11/2/21 - 293 pages

American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 11/4/21 - 635 pages

Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence - 11/5/21 - 244 pages



Forever Fantasy Online by Rachel Aaron (FFO #1) - 11/6/21 - 498 pages

Murder Once Removed by S.C. Perkins (Ancestry Detective #1) - 11/7/21 - 319 pages

Dorothy Must Die: Stories by Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die #0.1 - 0.3) - 11/7/21 - 392 pages

A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones (Sunshine Vicram #2) - 11/9/21 - 416 pages

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #2) - 11/9/21 - 341 pages

Legendary by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #2) - 11/10/21 - 451 pages

Dogs and Danger by Diana Xarissa (Isle of Man Ghostly #4) - 11/11/21 - 236 pages

Reckless by Cornelia Funke (Mirrorworld #1) - 11/11/21 - 394 pages

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #3) - 11/12/21 - 435 pages



Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #11) - 11/13/21 - 336 pages

The Summons by John Grisham - 11/14/21 - 384 pages

The Street Lawyer by John Grisham - 11/15/21 - 384 pages

King's Dragon by Kate Elliott (Crown of Stars #1) - 11/17/21 - 636 pages

Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lack
ey
(The Last Herald-Mage #1) - 11/18/21 - 349 pages

Prudence by Gail Carriger (The Custard Protocol #1) - 11/19/21 - 357 pages

The Inventor's Secret by Andrea Cremer (The Inventor's Secret #1) - 11/20/21 - 336 pages

Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine (The Great Library #4) - 11/22/21 - 448 pages

Paradox Child by Jane Yates (Paradox Child #1) - 11/22/21 - 167 pages

Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga #7) - 11/23/21 - 336 pages

The Tinkerer's Daughter by Jamie Sedgwick (The Tinkerer's Daughter #1) - 11/23/21 - 291 pages

The Mislaid Magician; or, Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede (Cecilia & Kate #3) - 11/25/21 - 328 pages



Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo (Free-Wrench #1) - 11/26/21 - 177 pages

The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron (The Dark Unwinding #1) - 11/27/21 - 318 pages

Haunted by Kelley Armstrong (Otherworld #5) - 11/29/21 - 495 pages

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #4) - 11/29/21 - 288 pages

Waking by Emily Thompson (Clockwork Twist #1) - 11/30/21 - 295 pages



I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer - 12/1/21 - 184 pages

Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie (Superintendent Battle #4) - 12/2/21 - 288 pages

Betrayal by Jean Rabe (Dragonlance: Dhamon Saga #2) - 12/2/21 - 437 pages

Be My Ghost by Carol J. Perry (A Haunted Haven Mystery #1) - 12/3/21 - 288 pages



Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #4) - 12/6/21 - 734 pages

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - 12/7/21 - 357 pages

Initiation by Alexandra Engellmann (Sky Ghosts #1) - 12/7/21 - 268 pages

A Cop and a Coop by Hillary Avis (Clucks and Clues Cozy Mystery #1) - 12/9/21 - 227 pages

Down a Dark River by Karen Odden (Inspector Corravan #1) - 12/9/21 - 336 pages



NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson (NYPD Red #2) - 12/10/21 - 392 pages

The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry - 12/11/21 - 289 pages

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay - 12/12/21 - 368 pages

Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams - 12/13/21 - 448 pages

Unseen by Gretchel Morales (Unseen #1) - 12/14/21 - 296 pages

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix - 12/15/21 - 416 pages

At First Light by Barbara Nickless (Dr. Evan Wilding #1) - 12/15/21 - 395 pages

The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen #1) - 12/17/21 - 239 pages

Trick by Emily Thompson (Clockwork Twist #2) - 12/17/21 - 314 pages

Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong (Georgia Peach Mystery #2) - 12/18/21 - 304 pages

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg - 12/18/21 - 193 pages

The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie - 12/19/21 - 248 pages


message 29: by Jackie (last edited Apr 06, 2022 08:46AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #9) - 12/20/21 - 328 pages

Three Doors to Death by Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe #16) - 12/21/21 - 219 pages

The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #12) - 12/21/21 - 228 pages

The Christmas Train by David Baldacci - 12/23/21 - 260 pages

The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay - 12/27/21 - 243 pages

Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison - 12/27/21 - 374 pages

Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella - 12/27/21 - 272 pages

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 12/29/21 - 279 pages



The Sign of the Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew #9) - 12/30/21 - 192 pages

The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #9) - 12/30/21 - 286 pages

Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia by Brandon Sanderson (Alcatraz #3) - 12/31/21 - 299 pages

Angelfall by Susan Ee (Penryn and the End of Days #1) - 12/31/21 - 288 pages

The Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W. Dixon (Hardy Boys #8) - 1/1/22 - 178 pages

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers by Lilian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who #29) - 1/1/22 - 190 pages

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia #4) - 1/2/22 - 243 pages

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 1/3/22 - 409 pages

The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #2) - 1/4/22 - 384 pages

The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire #5) - 1/5/22 - 318 pages

Finessing Clarissa by Marion Chesney (The School for Manners #4) - 1/6/22 - 168 pages

An Accidental Murder by J. New (Yellow Cottage Vintage Mystery #1) - 1/6/22 - 122 pages

Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore (Legend of Drizzt #3) - 1/7/22 - 324 pages

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Supernatural Investigations #1) - 1/8/22 - 416 pages

Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan - 1/9/22 - 208 pages

The Curse of Arundel Hall by J. New (Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries #2) - 1/10/22 - 257 pages

Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax #7) - 1/11/22 - 224 pages

Warrior Magic by Martha Carr (The Leira Chronicles #11) - 1/12/22 - 209 pages

A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #3) - 1/14/22 - 308 pages

Betwixt by Darynda Jones (Betwixt & Between #1) - 1/16/22 - 256 pages

Murder In The Afternoon by Frances Brody (Kate Shackleton #3) - 1/18/22 - 387 pages

The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan (The Riyria Chronicles #3) - 1/19/22 - 408 pages

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck (A Long Way from Chicago #1) - 1/19/22 - 160 pages

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire #1) - 1/20/22 - 384 pages

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie (Superintendent Battle #1) - 1/21/22 - 400 pages

While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark - 1/24/22 - 318 pages

Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #7) - 1/25/22 - 392 pages

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - 1/26/22 - 341 pages

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm #3) - 1/28/22 - 576 pages

Monster Blood by R.L. Stine (Goosebumps #3) - 1/29/22 - 144 pages

The Lake District Murder by John Bude (Superintendent William Meredith #1) - 1/31/22 - 237 pages

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries #2) - 2/1/22 - 158 pages

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Aristotle and Dante #1) - 2/1/22 - 359 pages

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas - 2/3/22 - 344 pages

A Dark-Hunter Christmas by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 2/3/22 - 25 pages

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (Monsters of Verity #1) - 2/4/22 - 469 pages

The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga #2) - 2/5/22 - 372 pages

The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman (The Land of Elyon #1) - 2/6/22 - 280 pages

Death of an Old Girl by Elizabeth Lemarchand (Pollard & Toye Investigations #1) - 2/6/22 - 283 pages

The Legend of the Rift by Peter Lerangis (Seven Wonders #5) - 2/7/22 - 448 pages

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman (The Illuminae Files #1) - 2/7/22 - 602 pages

The Enchanted Castle by Marc Secchia (Shioni of Sheba #1)- 2/10/22 - 196 pages

Lucky Bastard by Deborah Coonts (Lucky O'Toole #4) - 2/10/22 - 388 pages

Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks (Word & Void #1) - 2/12/22 - 420 pages

Guy Mannering - Complete by Walter Scott (Waverly #2) - 2/13/22 - 468 pages

Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove (The Cthulhu Casebooks #1) - 2/14/22 - 352 pages

World After by Susan Ee (Penryn & the End of Days #2) - 2/15/22 - 320 pages

Dissolution by C.J. Sansom (Matthew Shardlake #1) - 2/16/22 - 456 pages

The Assassins by Gayle Lynds (Judd Ryder & Eva Blake #2) - 2/17/22 - 416 pages

The French Powder Mystery by Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen Detective #2) - 2/17/22 - 316 pages

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (Space Opera #1) - 2/18/22 - 294 pages

Broken by Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld #6) - 2/19/22 - 460 pages

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (What If? #1) - 2/19/22 - 303 pages

Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey (Valdemar - Last Herald-Mage #2) - 2/20/22 - 320 pages

Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh (Guild Hunter #2) - 2/22/22 - 323 pages

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne - 2/22/22 - 432 pages

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - 2/23/22 - 394 pages

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #5) - 2/25/22 - 870 pages

Clariel by Garth Nix (Abhorsen #4) - 2/26/22 - 382 pages

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #3) - 2/27/22 - 158 pages

The Search for the Red Dragon by James A. Owen (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica #2) - 2/28/22 - 384 pages

Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dark Hunter #4) - 3/1/22 - 368 pages

Bewitched by Darynda Jones (Betwixt & Between #2) - 3/2/22 - 274 pages

Sir Thursday by Garth Nix (The Keys to the Kingdom #4) - 3/3/22 - 344 pages

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa (The Iron Fey #3) - 3/4/22 - 358 pages

Warrior by Terry Brooks - 3/4/22 - 102 pages

Gilded by Marissa Meyer (Gilded #1) - 3/5/22 - 502 pages

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #7) - 3/6/22 - 339 pages

Feared by Hell by Michael Anderle (The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone #1) - 3/7/22 - 294 pages

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #12) - 3/7/22 - 327 pages

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #4) - 3/7/22 - 176 pages

New York Dead by Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington #1) - 3/8/22 - 352 pages

Kill The Willing by Martha Carr (Fear No Evil #1) - 3/11/22 - 255 pages

Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer (Benny Griessel #1) - 3/12/22 - 409 pages

Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson (Alex Cross #5) - 3/13/22 - 461 pages

Charmed by Michelle Krys (The Witch Hunter #2) - 3/13/22 - 368 pages

For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (The Hollows #5) - 3/14/22 - 456 pages

Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (World of the Five Gods #2) - 3/15/22 - 470 pages

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #41) - 3/17/22 - 336 pages

Map of Flames by Lisa McMann (The Forgotten Five #1) - 3/19/22 - 384 pages

A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks (Word & Void #2) - 3/20/22 - 386 pages

Trust No One by Linda Sue Park (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs Vespers #5) - 3/21/22 - 190 pages

Heir Today, Pawn Tomorrow by Eric Ugland (The Good Guys #2) - 3/21/22 - 254 pages

Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab (Monsters of Verity #2) - 3/22/22 - 512 pages

Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab (Cassidy Blake #2) - 3/23/22 - 304 pages

People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee #4) - 3/23/22 - 304 pages

The Hollow Needle: Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc (Arsene Lupin #3) - 3/24/22 - 208 pages

Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger (Cork O'Connor #0) - 3/25/22 - 385 pages

The Forbidden Stone by Tony Abbott (The Copernicus Legacy #1) - 3/26/22 - 432 pages

The Donaldson Case by Diana Xarissa (Markham Sisters #4) - 3/27/22 - 104 pages

The Dutch Shoe Mystery by Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen Detective #3) - 3/27/22 - 216 pages

Maggie for Hire by Kate Danley (Maggie MacKay, Magical Tracker #1) - 3/29/22 - 230 pages

Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swenson #13) - 3/29/22 - 304 pages

Death of a Poison Pen by M.C. Beaton (Hamish Macbeth #19) - 3/29/22 - 227 pages

The Laughing Cavalier by Emmuska Orczy (Scarlet Pimpernell .4) - 3/30/22 - 340 pages

The Starless Crown by James Rollins (Moon Fall #1) - 4/1/22 - 560 pages

No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld #7) - 4/3/22 - 505 pages

Burn Marks by Sara Paretsky (V. I. Warshawski #6) - 4/4/22 - 404 pages

Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel (Matt Cruse #2) - 4/5/22 - 560 pages


message 30: by Jackie (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Stick to your New Year's Reading resolutions (For a change) - Repeatable.
You can participate once every year.

1. Start fresh.
Read 2 books from a new to you author and 1 book published this year.
Reward: 5 XP.

2. Read every day.
Read several pages every day for a month (minimum of 10 pages or 15 minutes of audio). You can break up the task into 4 week-long segments if you prefer (doesn't have to be 4 consecutive weeks).
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.

3. Read More Diverse Books/Books You Don’t Normally Read.
Read three books from genres you usually avoid (e.g. classics, memoir, sci-fi, YA, history, science, comic book, book set in another country or different culture).
Reward: 3 XP and 6 Gold.

4. Don't be intimidated by longer books.
Read either one 1000+ page book or two 500+ page books.
Reward: 3 XP and 1 Duplication Potion.

5. Enjoy yourself.
Re-read one of your favorite books.
Reward: 2 XP.

6. Declutter Your Books.
Go through all the books you own (physical or electronical), organize them and if you come across some physical books you know you won't read (ever again), donate at least one of them to your local library or school or to a friend. (You don't have to read the book if you don't want to.)
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.

7. Organize Your Bookshelves & Manage your ‘to be read’ pile.
Either read a book that you added to your TBR in the year you joined Goodreads or read a physical book that has been sitting on your bookshelf longer than that.
Reward: 1 Time Walking Potion.

8. Make More Reading Friends.
Buddy-read a book with one of your fellow adventurers. Use our local theatre for your buddy-read sessions.
Reward: 1 Major Heal Potion.

9. Stop Buying Books for a month.
Don't buy any books for at least a month and instead read a book that you got for free (might be from your library or borrowed from a friend).
Reward: 2 XP.

10. Pick up a number and stick with it.
Set yourself a reading goal that feels achievable yet still pushes you to find the time to read (minimum of 12 books per year) and stick to it. You can collect your reward for finishing this task no sooner than 1st December.
Reward: 1 Santa Coupon

Tasks 2, 6 and 10 are participation tasks (you can use the books you read for other quests).

Once you finish a task, report it in the Theatre thread and you can collect your reward.
If you finish all 10 tasks, you can collect your BONUS REWARD: additional 5 XP. (hide spoiler)]


message 31: by Jackie (last edited Jul 02, 2022 06:23AM) (new)

Jackie | 2143 comments Independence Hall by Roland Smith (I. Q. #1) - 4/6/22 - 314 pages

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands - 4/6/22 - 765 pages

Shoot Don't Shoot by J.A. Jance (Joanna Brady #3) - 4/7/22 - 388 pages

The Valentine Mystery by Kathi Daley (Tess and Tilly #2) - 4/8/22 - 180 pages

A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #6) - 4/8/22 - 220 pages

Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels (Sisterhood #1) - 4/9/22 - 304 pages

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The Ghost War by Alex Berenson (John Wells #2) - 4/12/22 - 383 pages

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