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Choose Your Own Adventure: Eras

Duration: You Set the Pace

How to play: Chose your Adventure from the list below and "read them".

Choose your Era Adventure:

Option 1: Read through the Eras
►Refer to the General Time Periods list and read a book set in or about as many as the Time Periods as you would like. Feeling extra ambitious? Use the Historical Periods Around the World list on the same page.

Option 2: Historical Themed Books
►Read books that have Historical / History listed as a Main Page Genre. (Historical Fiction allowed. Alternate History NOT allowed)

Option 3: Historical Era Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the Historical Eras terms below.

Option 4: Historical Era Terms Freestyle
►Choose from the terms below, and use covers or titles for that term

Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book. **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word and/or phrase, or exact word and/or phrase that is plural will be accepted!

Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All
►The same Freestyle, but you must find at least one word from each letter grouping (i.e., one word from A, B, C, D etc.) **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word and/or phrase, or exact word and/or phrase that is plural will be accepted!


Examples:
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Option 1:
Prehistory – The Shelters of Stone
Ancient history - Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Post-classical history - The Autobiography of Henry VIII

Option 4: Freestyle
EGYPT in title
The Egypt Game
Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
Walking Across Egypt

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Book Levels:

- Ancient History : 2-3 books
- Post-classical Era : 4 - 6 books
- Modern History : 7 - 10 books
- Machine Age : 11 - 15 books
- Space Age : 16 - 20 books
- Information Age : 21 - 24 books
- Contemporary History : 25+ books


Scavenger Hunt Levels:

- Lady / Gentleman : 1-20 words
- Knight : 21-40 words
- Baron : 41-60 words
- Count : 61-80 words
- Princess / Prince : 81-100 words
- Archduke : 101-120 words
- Queen / King : 121-140 words
- Emperor : 141+ words

Word List ~ 150 Words
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A.D.
abolish
abolitionist
aggression
Alexander the Great
alliance
allies
ally
ambush
amendment
ancestor
antiquity
apartheid
architecture
artillery
atom
atom(ic) bomb
atomic war
B.C.
Babylon
barbarian
Caesar
citizen
city-state
civil
civil rights
Civil War
civilization
class
classic
conflict
Congress
conquer
conquest
constitution
continental
crusade
culture
current
current events
declaration
Declaration of Independence
delegate
democracy
descendant
desegregation
dictator
discrimination
dynasty
Egypt
elect
emancipation
emigration
emperor/empress
empire
era
Europe
event
exile
exploration
Far East
federal
feud
feudal
foe
forefathers
founder
Founding Fathers
generation
Greece
guerillas
heroine
Hiroshima
House of Representatives
immigrant
independence
India
international
invasion
liberate
liberator
literature
lord
majority
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East
migrant worker
migrate
minority
monarch
monarchy
monument
myth
mythology
Napoleon
national
nationalism
neutral
nomad
oppression
overthrow
parliament
patriot
peasants
period
Persia
pharaoh
poverty
primitive
proclamation
racial
racism
rebel
rebellion
reconstruction
Renaissance
representation
republic
republican
revenge
revolution
rights
Rome
royalty
secession
segregation
Senate
serf
social
society
spy
tax
taxation
temple
The Confederacy
The Union
time
transcontinental
treason
trial
underground
Underground Railroad
United Nations
unity
veteran
warrior
wealth
wonder
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(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.


Choose Your Own Adventure ~ Sapphire Coin

Earn your Sapphire Gem Coins with the CYOA Challenges.

To Earn a Sapphire Coins:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Cosmonaut)
One Coin upon finding ALL listed words by using at least 10% words needed as your book count, rounded down (15 books)

NOTICE: CYOA challenges will only be posted once per month (last day of the month) for the duration of Wobble.

For Scavenger Hunt Words:

Words must be together, for this CYOA. The theme is Era's so when you read something about the "Underground Railroad", it needs to BE the Underground Railroad, and NOT "I went underground to the old railroad."

Keep in theme with the CYOA!

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Eras Scavenger Hunt

Done! 6/4/2017

Level: Queen / King

Progress: 133

A-F

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A.D.: The Cross of Lead
(p. 1) England, A.D. 1377
Abolitionist: You Are Here
(p. 98) ...Custer's Custard Pie for Peter and Abolitionist Apple Strudel for Emma...
Aggression: Hounded
(p. 168) ...all tinged with aggression and stress...
Alexander the Great: Made You Up
(p. 51) And we're naming our child after Alexander the Great?
Alliance: The Iron Trial
(p. 145) "...not to mention alliances."
Allies: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(p. 651) "...they are our natural allies..."
Ally: Night Runner
(p. 228) "...I have been searching in vain for a competent ally."
Ambush: The Truth About Stacey
(p. 104) "An ambush," said Mary Anne.
Amendment: Defending Jacob
(p. 8) "You understand your Fifth Amendment rights?"
Ancestor: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 2088) "...a generation or two back, you'll find a common ancestor."
Antiquity: The Stone Child
(p. 172) Being a student of antiquity...
Apartheid: Something Real
(p. 180) Bring on early colonial law or apartheid or something.
Architecture: Something Real
(p. 168) "I mean, they have one of the best architecture programs in the country."
Artillery: You and Yours
(p. 51) ...pierced the A section with artillery...
Atom: Something Real
(p. 294) ...and every atom I'm made of flares up.
atom(ic) bomb
B.C.: The Crossing Places
(p. 28) "...roughly seven hundred B.C. to forty-three A.D."
Babylon
Barbarian: The Crossing Places
(p. 133) "Hoi polloi. Barbarians."
Caesar: Night Runner
(p. 1) Where they put people who torture squirrels or think they're Julius Caesar?
Citizen: Snap
(loc 2059) Jack was a good citizen...
Civil: Something Real
(p. 303) The American Civil Liberties Union.
Civil rights: Hounded
(p. 166) "...in clear violation of his civil rights."
Civil War: You Are Here
(p. 97) ...the room alternating between actual antiques from the Civil War...
Civilization: The 100
(p. 62) ...had once echoed through the concert halls of ruined civilizations.
Class: The Year We Fell Down
(p. 172) With a class that I didn't even like.
Classic: Mistletoe on Main Street
(p. 53) With his tall, lean frame, and classic facial features...
Conflict: Defending Jacob
(p. 118) "...creates a clear conflict of interests."
Congress: When She Woke
(p. 337) "...calling upon the Congress..."
Conquer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(p. 679) "He is back, Harry Potter, you did not conquer him..."
Conquest: Night Runner
(p. 215) "Perhaps it would help if you thought of these as spoils on conquest."
Constitution: When She Woke
(p. 184) ...support and defend the Constitution...
Continental: A Spy in the House
(p. 181) "...or some other continental mixture."
Crusade: Hounded
(p. 258) ...monk in Europe during the Crusades...
Culture: You Are Here
(p. 112) The foremost expert on Native American culture...
Current: Mistletoe on Main Street
(p. 55) With the current state of her career...
Current events: Something Real
(p. 82) "It's a current events report..."
Declaration: You Are Here
(p. 98) Peter's eyes roamed the walls, the framed declarations...
Declaration of Independence: Something Real
(p. 72) ...he once asserted that the Declaration of Independence was sexy...
Delegate: When She Woke
(p. 312) Simone might delegate the job to someone else...
Democracy: You Are Here
(p. 148) ...towering gateways to government and democracy.
Descendant: The 100
(p. 14) ...heirlooms handed down from the original colonists to their descendants.
Discrimination: Middle Ground
(p. 201) "Free of violence and discrimination?"
Dynasty: World After
(p. 9) ...the Ottoman Empire, the Ming Dynasty...
Egypt: Night Runner
(p. 116) ...reminded me of far-off places, like India and Egypt.
Emancipation: Something Real
(p. 311) "...emancipation isn't something we would pursue."
Emigration: Orphan Train
(p. 32) ...ill suited to the rigors of emigration...
Emperor: Defending Jacob
(p. 121) ...like an emperor declining to grant an indulgence.
Empire: Night Runner
(p. 32) It was once part of the Roman Empire.
Era: Hounded
(p. 37) Pillow talk of the modern era...
Europe: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 1996) My only trip to Europe.
Event: The Iron Trial
(p. 200) Recent events had made him hyperaware...
Exile: Such a Pretty Girl
(p. 90) ...the only thing standing between exile and me is my father.
Exploration: The Iron Trial
(p. 41) "...and further exploration of your powers could be deadly."
Far East: A Spy in the House
(p. 24) "....the Far East Trading Company..."
Federal: Something Real
(p. 211) ...lobbying for both state and federal protections...
Feudal: Tricked
(p. 138) "I spent a couple years in feudal Japan..."
Feud: Defending Jacob
(p. 49) ...no petty classroom feuds.
Foe: The Cross of Lead
(p. 109) "Lady Fortune is friend and foe."
Forefathers: The Cross of Lead
(p. 13) It was no doubt the life my forefathers had led...
Founder: The Iron Trial
(p. 214) "There have been Magisteriums since the time of our founder..."
Founding Fathers (hide spoiler)]

Eras Scavenger Hunt P2

G-P

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Generation: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 2088) "...a generation or two back..."
Greece: Hex Hall
(p. 65) "One of them turned him while he was dying in Greece.
Guerillas: Orphan Train
(p. 134) ...always thought the Indians rebelled like guerillas...
Heroine: A Spy in the House
(p. 73) "...made Miss Nightingale and her nurses into heroines."
Hiroshima: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
(p. 323) Ben was there, checking out books for a report on Hiroshima.
House of Representatives: Murder Runs in the Family
(lc 115) ...and is the father of a member of the House of Representatives.
Immigrant: Hexed
(p. 60) ...a Pashtun immigrant from Pakistan...
Independence: Something Real
(p. 208) ...but I can't imagine that level of independence.
India: Night Runner
(p. 116) ...reminded me of far-off places, like India and Egypt.
International: Something Real
(p. 214) "...I'm sort of convinced he's an international spy."
Invasion: Night Runner
(p. 118) ...asleep on the couch watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Literature: The Stone Child
(p. 31) ...that they weren't considered literature.
Lord: The Cross of Lead
(p. 3) In the absence of Lord Furnival he was in charge...
Majority: World After
(p. 25) "...that caused the majority of the damage and deaths."
Mediterranean: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(p. 677) "...Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean..."
Mesopotamia: Hounded
(p. 11) "...thoroughly sated after a trip to Mesopotamia..."
Middle Ages: The Maze of Bones
(p. 191) ...like from the Middle Ages...
Middle East: Only for a Night
(loc. 1209) ...as likely as peace in the Middle East.
Migrant Worker: Orphan Train
(p. 4) His father was a Dominican migrant worker...
migrate
Minority: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(p. 388) ...he had always been very much in the minority before now.
Monarch: Clockwork Prince
(p. 14) "Not quite so inbred as your usual monarch..."
Monarchy: Clockwork Prince
(p. 13) "We haven't got a monarchy--"
Monument: You Are Here
(p. 146) ...with the kind of awe usually reserved for monuments...
Myth: Something Real
(p. 17) I think the idea of fresh air making things better is a myth.
Mythology: Snap
(loc 889) Mythology, the most remote and least credible...
Napoleon: Night Runner
(p. 214) "That bust of Napolean, for example."
National: The Crossing Places
(p. 61) "Local and national."
Neutral: A Spy in the House
(p. 276) Her tone was dry and neutral.
Nomad: Antigoddess
(p. 31) ...becoming hermits and nomads...
Oppression: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(p. 238) "...we are colluding in the oppression of a hundred slaves!"
Overthrow: Middle Ground
(p. 62) "You might as well overthrow the government while you're at it."
Parliament: The Cross of Lead
(p. 65) "His councilors and parliaments..."
Patriot: When She Woke
(p. 286) "She was a true patriot."
Peasants: The Cross of Lead
(p. 5) ...he was in charge of the manor, the laws, and the peasants.
Period:Something Real
(p. 217) ...a mix of every genre and time period.
Persia: The Lost Daughter
(p. 124) ...repeating the names of games from Persia and China...
Pharaoh: Murder in the Mystery Suite
(p. 5) "With pharaohs and mummies and such?"
Poverty: Only for a Night
(p. 1068) "...and no idea of poverty or crime..."
Primitive: The Stone Child
(p. 35) Someone had sprayed black paint in the primitive shape of a face...
Proclamation: The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights
(p. 41) ...issued a proclamation... (hide spoiler)]

Eras Scavenger Hunt P3

Q-Z

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Racial: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
(p. 162) ...like how racial injustice is worse than when he was growing up...
Racism: Hammered
(p. 182) "This was the first time I became aware of his deep-seated racism..."
Rebel: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 1359) "Yankees and Rebels."
Rebellion: The Cross of Lead
(p. 184) That Bear was engaged in a rebellion of some sort I could not doubt.
Reconstruction: I am Sasha
(p. 39) ...Mama Nana looked as if she had yet to recover from Reconstruction.
Renaissance: The Maze of Bones
(p. 191) ...like from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance...
Representation: House Rules
(p. 262) "Through the next eight years of representation..."
Republic: Ultraviolet
(p. 61) ...a spasmodic song-and-dance routine to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic...
Republican: House Rules
(p. 233) ...rebelled and joined the Young Republicans...
Revenge: The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
(p. 320) "Just because he beat you in battle doesn't mean you need to take revenge."
Revolution: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 2504) ...as well as Sons of the American Revolution.
Rights: Something Real
(p. 339) ...out of respect for our rights as individuals.
Rome: Something Real
(p. 23) ...imagine that I was somewhere else in the world--Rome, maybe, or Thailand.
Royalty: Joyland
(p. 107) ...a court page announcing visiting royalty.
Segregation: The Running Man
(p. 223) ...two groups in unconscious segregation.
Senate
Serf: The Cross of Lead
(p. 12) ...to remind us of the fact that we were villeins--serfs--bound to Furnival...
Social: The 100
(p. 36) ...refused to let Glass be seen at a social event...
Society: Something Real
(p. 180) "But the Heisenberg Principle applies to all of society," Patrick adds.
Spy: The Cross of Lead
(p. 184) It seemed, moreover, that he was not just a juggler, but some kind of spy.
Tax: The Cross of Lead
(p. 25) ...taken many taxes...
Taxation: A Spy in the House
(p. 39) ...a ruthless merchant who evaded taxation...
Temple: Night Runner
(p. 32) ...and late in the day a temple he was examining collapsed on him.
The Confederacy: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 2559) ...persuade him by threats of bodily harm to support the Confederacy...
The Union: You Are Here
(p. 98) ...the Union caps and Confederate slogans...
Time: Ultraviolet
(p. 14) They sized me up as though I were a time bomb...
Treason: The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
(p. 331) "He doesn't have the guts for treason," Rauber retorted.
Trial: Night Runner
(p. 96) "I haven't done this much talking since the Nuremberg Trials."
Underground: Night Runner
(p. 102) "That's the way it is when you go underground."
Underground Railroad: Dawn and the Impossible Three
(p. 8) Maybe it was even part of the Underground Railroad.
Unity: Breaking Beautiful
(p. 18) Mom nods to show their unity.
Veteran: The ThrillPlex Theater
(p. 61) The news is incomprehensible to the veteran teacher...
Warrior: The Cross of Lead
(p. 10) ...England's great warrior king.
Wealth: Murder Runs in the Family
(loc 1477) ...an old beige Plymouth that belief her newly acquired wealth.
Wonder: You Are Here
(p. 147) ...monuments and other such wonders. (hide spoiler)]

I'm in!

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Eras
1st June 2016 - 30th May 2018

Words found:



aggression: (p.152) I breathed in the aggression they exhaled...
alliance: (p.224) Perhaps because she would bring a political alliance.
ally: (p.53) Friend of the Pack would make him an ally.
ambush: (p.108) It meant the difference between an ambush predator...
architecture: (p.83) Persian, Greek, and modern architecture collided...
artillery: (p.57) Otobreda seventy-six-millimeter super-rapid artillery gun...
B.C.: (p.123) ...had been taken to Babylon around 600 BC...
Babylon: (p.123) ...had been taken to Babylon around 600 BC...
citizen: (p.70) “Are you worried senior citizens will start diving off the cliffs...
civil: (p.51) “There is no reason we can’t all be civil.”
Civil War: (p.26) ...we’d come back to a civil war.
civilization: (p.1) ...crushing our technological civilization...
classic: (p.148) “She was a really powerful enchantress in the classic sense of the word.
conquer: (p.265) ...their armies were often gone to conquer...
continental: (p.178) “The continental breakfast better kick ass...
culture: (p.127) Our entire culture is based on the idea...
current: (p.153) ...streamed in a rust-colored current to the right...
declaration: (p.266) The raw declaration of strength cracked through the mountains
descendant: (p.231) ...a German messer next to its descendant...
dynasty: (p.19)...hell-bent on making himself a dynasty.
Egypt: (p.43) ...what’s now known as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, and eastern Egypt.
emperor: (p.144) The Roman emperors had assumed the purple cloak...
empire: (p.123) The Assyrian Empire lay in a region I knew well.
era: (p.139) Long before the Common Era...
Europe: (p.16) “Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Europe?”
founder: (p.169) Except again Jarek Kral the founder of the dynasty...
generation: (p.221) ... a long time, perhaps years, perhaps generations...
Greece: (p.119) But the whole of Greece united against Paris.
invasion: (p.70) Theseus led the invasion of Crete...
liberate: (p.256) ...a detachment of Pomeranian cavalry to liberate...
lord: (p.4) He was the Beast Lord and I was his Consort...
Mediterranean: (p.49) “We don’t even know if his ships go to the Mediterranean,”
Mesopotamia: (p.126) ...conquer in ancient Mesopotamia for about two thousand years.
monument: (p.38) ...a monument to my father’s growing power and ambition.
myth: (p.21) ...Greek myths were lifesaving required reading...
mythology: (p.108) And what mythology did you jump out of?
neutral: (p.19) ...they found some sort of neutral guy who invited Desandra...
peasants: (p.187) ...we’re all just peasants.
poverty: (p.290) The people down in town live in poverty.
racial: (p.299) ...like an echo of some racial memory buried deep inside me...
republic: (p.52) ...coast of the Republic of Georgia.”
revenge: (p.133) ...tortured herself and others in revenge.
rights: (p.32) They will want to either kill him for the bragging rights...
Rome: (p.144) ...would ride through Rome in triumph...
social: (p.84) It wasn’t a social meeting.
society: (p.43) ...some radical ideas about how a society should be structured...
spy: (p.36) They took the whole spy thing to the next level.
time: (p.1) ...half of the time the phones didn’t work...
veteran: (p.29) I’d seen that kind of stare from veteran pit fighters.
warrior: (p.82) “Djigit” meant a skilled rider or a fierce warrior.
wealth: (p.92) ...with a wealth of golden hair...
wonder: (p.60) I wonder how long it will take them to get us started.



allies: (p.32) ...if my people are captured by allies.
crusade: (p.63) "Didn't the Crusades take place hundreds of years before...
event: (p.23) ...but this was my first formal event.
majority: (p.218) ...the majority of our guests had to be vampires.
period: (p.17) ...because I'd had my period...
royalty: (p.257) Romans are used to royalty.
temple: (p.63) ...the Knighthood of the Temple of Solomon had secret rituals...
underground: (p.152) ...below me in Vlad's underground dungeon!"



class: (p.20) ...he had refined tastes and class.
conflict: (p.72) Serving as a tactful referee in a conflict...
conquest: (p.357) She made conquests, not friends.
exploration: (p.12) ...engage in some exploration...
federal: (p.219) Was that grounds for making it into federal case?
independence: (p.90) ...I'm maintaining my independence."
international: (p.5) ...marketing for an international luxury-hotel chain.
national: (p.199) Not a national crisis.
tax: (p.10) ...attending a seminary on taxes and financial planning.
trial: (p.59) "Something about your testifying at a trial.



constitution: (p.50) ...less sturdy in form and constitution.
delegate: (p.225) One could delegate estate responsibilities to managers...
democracy: (p.34) ...democracy and monarchy and theocracy...
heroine: (p.60) ...novels featuring heroines who acquired airs and graces...
monarch: (p.377) ...the presence of a deposed monarch...
monarchy: (p.34) ...democracy and monarchy and theocracy...
primitive: (p.41) ...following the impulses of primitive feeling.
reconstruction: (p.66) ...prepared the Ramsay estate for reconstruction.



ancestor: (p.357) ...but thanks to the ancestor...
civil rights: (p.98) ...not to mention civil rights...
discrimination: (p.257) ...I had been a total ass over my discrimination.
foe: (p.243) ...to see if it was friend or foe...
rebel: (p.97) ...black man driving a truck with a Rebel flag.



barbarian: (p.268) I was like a fucking barbarian.



exile: (p.6) Exile really had seemed almost worse...
India: (p.65) ...many of them in India...
Napoleon: (p.9) He had been in Vienna when Napoleon Bonaparte escaped...
parliament: (p.139) ...taking the seat in Parliament...



literature: (p.166) ...I didn't have the supernatural literature chops...
oppression: (p.14) Woo her with your tales of oppression...
racism: (p.97) Racism is alive and well in the twenty-first century,"



Caesar: (p.218) ...eating grilled chicken Caesar salad.
rebellion: (p.109) Part of the rock star bit was a rebellion against that...



The Union: (p.236) “Why didn’t the Union army take it?”



antiquity: (p.65) ...collecting some antiquity off the ocean floor...



republican: (p.169) ...the other from the Republican Party.



feud: (p.20) ...she heard “The Family Feud’s” closing music.
revolution: (p.319) ...creaking with each revolution.
treason: (p.115) To offer her opinion was tantamount to treason.



dictator: (p.217) ...deposed a dictator for fun.”
immigrant: (p.158) ...and the immigrant, ethnic mix...
nomad: (p.264) ...inhabited by nomads and bandits.
overthrow: (p.191) ...ask me to overthrow a country, too, while we’re at it.”



Middle East: (p.100) With the upset in the Middle East...
proclamation: (p.129) ...hearing his father's proclamation from the grave...
representation: (p.199) ...a lawyer was used only for legal representation...


amendment: (p.279) By the third amendment to the common law...


unity: (p.266) ...an image of family unity.


atom bomb: (p.81) ...detonated like an atom bomb...
forefathers: (p.217) Our Ancient forefathers were not of this world...
patriot: (p.143) Our country lost a true patriot...
Senate: (p.45) ...he decided to run for a seat in the Senate...
United Nations: (p.2) ...bombed Boston's United Nations building...


Congress: (p.247) ...run naked down Congress Street...


atom: (p.5) ...trying to siphon every last atom of light the universe had to offer...


migrant worker: (p.30) There was a small group of migrant workers...
minority: (p.137) A significant minority of the wolves...
pharaoh: (p.130) ...like a Nubian guarding the Pharaoh.


current events: (p.168) ...not a discussion of current events...
elect: (p.344) ...elect me as their next United States Senator.
Founding Fathers: (p.349) ...fireplace that the Founding Fathers had probably gathered...


Declaration of Independence: (p.349) ...in my impassioned declaration of independence...


serf: (p.317) ...from the lowest serfs to the highest nobleman...


abolish: (p.249) She was careful to abolish any hint of censure...
liberator: (p.27) "A big-time professional auto liberator...


emancipation: (p.197) Yesterday had marked her emancipation from Dutch.


Renaissance: (p.118) ...she was alarmed by the renaissance of her senses...
Underground Railroad: (p.83) ...as part of the Underground Railroad.


Persia: (p.345) ...have taken her bones out of Persia.


Far East: (p.98) It called to mind drawings from from the Far East.


Middle Ages: (p.184) ...Arthurian writers of the Middle Ages...


House of Representatives: (p.180) ...her candidacy for the House of Representatives...


emigration: (p.279) ...Kim’s emigration to the United States...
guerrillas: (p.70) ...a group called Vietcong guerrillas...
transcontinental: (p.266) ...the long, long transcontinental flight...


city-state: (p.343) ...independent City-State of Dharavi.
nationalism: (p.239) Russian nationalism, rise of.


feudal: (p.200) Feudal, unremittingly antiquated,...


Alexander the Great: (p.199) ...tapestry of Alexander the Great...


Hiroshima: (p.283) ...the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.


The Confederacy: (p.93) The Sisters of The Confederacy...


abolitionist: (p.250) ...was a heartfelt abolitionist...


taxation: (p.55) ...taxation and insurance certificates...


migrate: (p.365) ...before they migrate to your long-term memory.


AD: (p.323) ...in the second and third centuries AD.
apartheid: (p.214) ...caused by the Group Areas Act under apartheid...


segregation: (p.147) ...fully aware that the segregation of the sexes...


atomic war: (p.267) ...to be a refuge in case of an atomic war.


secession: (p.90) ...the secession of a certain number of the malcontents...


desegregation: (p.94) Even after desegregation, a lot of black people continued...

reserved

Choose Your Own Adventure: Eras

Duration: You Set the Pace

How to play: Chose your Adventure from the list below and "read them".

I'd like to do a mix of option 1 and 2

Option 2: Historical Themed Books
►Read books that have Historical / History listed as a Main Page Genre. (Historical Fiction allowed. Alternate History NOT allowed)

Y.A.
Maid of the King's Court - 1500s- Henry 8th
The Song of the Stork - 1940s
Defying Vesuvius (Saving Pompeii, #1) - 79 a.d.
The Valiant (The Valiant, #1) - Ceasar lifetime 100 BC - 44 BC
Prisoner B-3087 - 1940s
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II - 1940s
Obsidian and Stars (Ivory and Bone, #2) - prehistoric
Blackhearts (Blackhearts, #1) - late 1600's-early 1700s
Blacksouls (Blackhearts, #2) - late 1600's-early 1700s
Like a River Glorious (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #2) - 1850s
Between Shades of Gray 1940s
Distant Waves - 1918
Girl in the Blue Coat -1940s
The Passion of Dolssa - 1241
Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga, #2) - 1431-1477
The Mark of the Horse Lord- roman times
Cross My Heart (Cross My Heart #1) - 1585
Heart of Glass (Cross My Heart, #2) - 1585
Healer of Carthage (The Carthage Chronicles, #1) - roman times
A Little in Love - 1832
This Monstrous Thing - 1818
Wolf Bride- 1500s- Henry 8th
Celtic Viking
The Book of Maggie Bradstreet- 1692
Anne of the Fens- 1628
Anastasia and Her Sisters - 1914
The Countess - 1611
Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1) - Victorian era 1937-1901
Imprudence (The Custard Protocol, #2)
Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finishing School, #3)
Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4)
Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
Escape in Time: Miri's riveting tale of her family's survival during World War II
The Wild Girl - 1800s
Forbidden (Forbidden, #1) - Mesopotamian desert
Queen of Someday (Stolen Empire, #1) - 1700s
Queen of Tomorrow (Stolen Empire, #2) - 1700s
Out of the Dragon's Mouth - 1970s-1980s
The Last Song - Late 1400s- set in spain
Temple Boys- 0 bc/ad
To Die a Dry Death - 1629
The Empress Chronicles (The Empress Chronicles, #1) - 1838-1898
Gretel and the Dark-1899 and 1940s
Lies: Ann Putnam Jr.'s Recounting of the Salem Witch Trials
Of Monsters and Madness (Of Monsters and Madness, #1) -1820
The Viking (Viking Series, #1)
Risking Exposure - 1938
The Legend of the Bloodstone (Time Walkers, #1) -1622
VIII - henry 8th
Gladiatrix (Gladiatrix, #1) - 69-96 AD
Namesake - 1553
Deliverance from Evil - 1692-1693
The Executioner's Daughter (The Executioner's Daughter #1) - tudor times
Playing with Matches (Playing with Matches #1) - 1940s
Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and Fog, #1) - 1930s
Camille (Camille #1)
Heart of the Huntress (Camille, #2)
Where Bluebirds Fly- 1692
Jars of Clay (Jars of Clay #1) - Roman times
The Camp - 1940s
The Book Thief - 1940s
Rebirth (The Afflicted #1) - 1610
Victoria Rebels - Victoria lifetime
The House on Hound Hill - 1346–1353
Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose #1)
Belladonna (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #2)
Tarnish- Anne Boleyn Lifetime
Plague in the Mirror - 1348
Ripper (Ripper #1) - 1888
Renegade (Ripper #2)
Tiger, Tiger- Ceasar lifetime 100 BC - 44 BC
Roanoke: A Novel of the Lost Colony - 1585
Apache
The Goldsmith's Daughter - 1466-1520
The Blood Confession - 1560-1614
Waterfall (River of Time #1) -1300s
Cascade (River of Time, #2)
Torrent (River of Time, #3)
The Vespertine (The Vespertine #1) - 1889
The Springsweet (The Vespertine #2)
The Elementals (The Vespertine #3) - 1917
Gilt (Royal Circle) - Henry 8th
Rowan the Strange
If I Should Die Before I Wake - 1940s
Ashes - 1930s
Conversion
Beastly Bones (Jackaby #2) - 1892
Ghostly Echoes (Jackaby #3) - 1892
Legacy of Kings (Blood of Gods and Royals #1)
Empire of Dust (Blood of Gods and Royals, #2)

Eras:

1. Prehistory
2. Ancient History
3. Classical antiquity (ancient Rome and Greece)
4. Ancient Rome (753 BC – AD 476)
5. Middle Ages 5th to the 14th century
6. Byzantine era (330–1453)
6. Machine Age (1880–1945)
7. World War I (1914–1918)
8. Interwar period (1918–1939)
9. Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)
10. Great Depression (1929 – World War II)
11. World War II (1939–1945)
12. The Fifties (1950–1959)
13. The Big Data age (2001–present)
14. Classic and Postclassic eras, Central America (200–1519)
15. Viking Age (Scandinavia, Europe, 793–1066)
16. The Renaissance (Europe, 1300–1700)
17. Golden Age of Piracy 1650-1730
18. Elizabethan era (United Kingdom, 1558–1603)
19. Age of Enlightenment (or Reason) (Europe, 18th century)
20. Industrial Revolution (Europe, United States, elsewhere 18th and 19th centuries
21. Romantic era (1770–1850)
22. Victorian era (United Kingdom, 1837–1901);

I'm in for this one! I'll be doing Option 3 for the Historical Era Spell-It-Out and I'll aim for the Contemporary History: 25+ books level. :-)

EDIT/UPDATE: Since this is my third spell-it-out and in the first two I "spelled" 52 and 53 books, I'm going to add EGYPT to this spell-out so that I'll continue the increase-trend. :-)

My words to spell: GREECE -- INTERNATIONAL -- MEDITERRANEAN - MYTH - TRANSCONTINENTAL - EGYPT . . . a total of 57 books. :-)

Option 3: Historical Era Spell-It-Out
Contemporary History: 25+ books:
June 3 - ???, 57 books total

(view spoiler)[Letters Needed: GREECE * INTERNATIONAL * MEDITERRANEAN * MYTH * TRANSCONTINENTAL * EGYPT

GREECE
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MYTH
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0/57 Completed:

I would like to do this please :-) can one of u make me a thread for this and send to my inbox so I can work solo completing it?

I can never resist an A-Z spell-out.

Option 3: Historical Era Spell-It-Out
Timeframe: 6/1/16 to 1/11/18
241/241
26/26 Words

ancestor (8/8)
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin' Fifteen - 6/4/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/22/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tamed by Emma Chase - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ravishing Ruby by Lavinia Kent - 6/23/16 ♥♥♥♥

Big Data (7/7)
B - Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/6/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Soraya Lane - 7/12/16 ♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Sullivan - Hideaway Cove - 6/30/16 ♥♥♥
T - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - 7/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 8/17/16 ♥♥♥

Classical (9/9)
C - Controlled Burn by Shannon Stacey - 6/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ann Brashares - The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - 8/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sound of Glass by Karen White - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Steal Me by Lauren Layne - 8/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris - 7/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Charlaine Harris - Grave Secret - 8/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - After the Kiss by Lauren Layne - 8/25/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Kleypas - Blue-Eyed Devil - 6/11/16 ♥♥♥♥

Depression (10/10)
D - Author Darynda Jones - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 9/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Seductive One by Susan Mallery - 8/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Scam by Janet Evanovich - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥

Enlightenment (13/13)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Speed - 6/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - 6/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis - 9/24/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Gina Gordon - Reason to Believe - 10/22/16 ♥♥♥
H - Hope Flames by Jaci Burton - 6/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean - 7/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Miss Match by Laurelin McGee - 7/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey - 11/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥

forefathers (11/11)
F - Fully Ignited by Shannon Stacey - 7/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
F - Faefever by Karen Marie Moning - 7/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Skirting The Grave - 10/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Touch & Go by Mira Lyn Kelly - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Stacked Up - 8/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - What We Find - 7/8/16 ♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day - 8/31/16 ♥♥♥♥

Golden Age of Piracy (17/17)
G - Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern - 11/11/16 ♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad - 7/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kathie DeNosky - His Marriage to Remember - 9/29/16 ♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Addiction - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton - 10/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Scandalous Desires - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair - 9/26/16 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cost of Life: A Thriller by Joshua Corin - 9/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥

history (7/7)
H - Hidden: A Novel of Suspense by Thomas Hall - 8/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline - 12/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Shannon Stacey - Undeniably Yours - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Al Roker - The Midnight Show Murders - 10/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

Historical Eras - Part 2

Interwar Period (14/14)
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity's Christmas - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
T - Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg - 9/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Smokin' Seventeen - 9/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Divided in Death - 10/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway - 10/12/16 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Hallowe'en Party - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
R - The Real Deal by Lucy Monroe - 10/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Visions in Death - 10/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author David Taylor - Zoo Vet: Adventures Of A Wild Animal Doctor - 10/23/16 ♥♥♥♥

Jacobean (8/8)
J - Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
C – Author Laurie Cass - Lending a Paw - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bound by Bliss by Lavinia Kent - 6/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥

Kamakura Japan (13/13)
K - Author Coleen Kwan - Undercover in the CEO's Bed - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marcelli Bride by Susan Mallery - 10/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Karin Slaughter - Broken - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Jocoby - Exposure - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
J – Author Janet Evanovich - Explosive Eighteen - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
P - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Robyn Neeley - Batter Up - 1/30/17 ♥♥

lord (4/4)
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Big Rock - 8/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Memory in Death - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas - 12/17/16 ♥♥

Modern (6/6)
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
D – Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Deal - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - The Life She Wants - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Napoleon (8/8)
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love the One You're With by Lauren Layne - 8/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥

Old West (7/7)
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Just One Night - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene - 10/13/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Todd Burpo - Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥

Progressive (11/11)
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Born in Death - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Casey - Wrong Number, Right Guy - 10/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Quick Bite - 10/24/16 - ♥♥♥
S – Author Jill Shalvis - He's So Fine - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vintage Dreams by Jannie Lund - 9/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Baroque (7/7)
B - Author Jaci Burton - Make Me Stay - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Julia Quinn - The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy - 9/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undone by Karin Slaughter - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Historical Eras - Part 3

Regency (7/7)
R – Author J.D. Robb - Salvation in Death - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Diane Chamberlain - The Midwife's Confession - 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Carides's Forgotten Wife - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥

Sovereign (9/9)
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
V – Author Marquita Valentine - When We Fall - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Visions of Sugar Plums - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Takedown Twenty - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

The Confederacy (14/14)
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 9/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery - 11/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Al Roker - The Talk Show Murders - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Pamela Clare - Hard Evidence - 12/2/16 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

The Union (8/8)
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Ignites by Jaci Burton - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥

Victorian Era (12/12)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Untamed Earl - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Creation in Death - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Anita Diamant - The Red Tent - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥

World wars (9/9)
W – Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Survivor In Death - 11/13/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

tax (3/3)
T – Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥

Y - monarchy (8/8)
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Burns by Jaci Burton - 11/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Z - Elizabethan (11/11)
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
B - Author Jaci Burton - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
H – The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/11/18*******

Freestyle Scavenger
Word List ~ 150 Words
[
A.D.
abolish
abolitionist
aggression
Alexander the Great
alliance
allies
ally
ambush
amendment
ancestor
antiquity
apartheid
architecture
artillery
atom
atom(ic) bomb
atomic war
B.C.
Babylon
barbarian
Caesar
citizen
city-state
civil
civil rights
Civil War
civilization
class
classic
conflict
Congress
conquer
conquest
constitution
continental
crusade
culture
current
current events
declaration
Declaration of Independence
delegate
democracy
descendant
desegregation
dictator
discrimination
dynasty
Egypt
elect
emancipation
emigration
emperor/empress
empire
era
Europe
event
exile
exploration
Far East
federal
feud
feudal
foe
forefathers
founder
Founding Fathers
generation
Greece
guerillas
heroine
Hiroshima
House of Representatives
immigrant
independence
India
international
invasion
liberate
liberator
literature
lord
majority
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East
migrant worker
migrate
minority
monarch
monarchy
monument
myth
mythology
Napoleon
national
nationalism
neutral
nomad
oppression
overthrow
parliament
patriot
peasants
period
Persia
pharaoh
poverty
primitive
proclamation
racial
racism
rebel
rebellion
reconstruction
Renaissance
representation
republic
republican
revenge
revolution
rights
Rome
royalty
secession
segregation
Senate
serf
social
society
spy
tax
taxation
temple
The Confederacy
The Union
time
transcontinental
treason
trial
underground
Underground Railroad
United Nations
unity
veteran
warrior
wealth
wonder

Choose Your Own Adventure: Eras
Start date: 1/6/16
Option 3: Spell-It-Out
Level: Contemporary History

Antiquity
Barbarian
Classic
Democracy
Empire
Feudal
Mythology
Rebellion
Warrior

Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle

►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book. **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word and/or phrase, or exact word and/or phrase that is plural will be accepted!

A.D.: The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons
abolish: Gilded Cage by Vic James
abolitionist: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
aggression: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
Alexander the Great
alliance: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
allies: Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell
ally
ambush: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
amendment: Unwind by Neal Shusterman
ancestor: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
antiquity: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
apartheid
architecture: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
artillery: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
atom: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
atom(ic) bomb: Vain by Fisher Amelie
atomic war
B.C.
Babylon
barbarian: Promise Me Forever by Paige Weaver
Caesar: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
citizen: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
city-state
civil: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
civil rights
Civil War: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
civilization: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
class: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
classic: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
conflict: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Congress: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
conquer: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
conquest: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
constitution: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
continental: My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
crusade: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
culture: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
current: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
current events
declaration: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
Declaration of Independence: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
delegate
democracy: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
descendant: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
desegregation
dictator: Promise Me Forever by Paige Weaver
discrimination
dynasty: Extracted by Sherry D. Ficklin
Egypt: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
elect: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
emancipation: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
emigration
emperor/empress: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
empire: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
era: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
Europe: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
event: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
exile: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
exploration: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Far East: Gilded Cage by Vic James
federal: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
feud: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
feudal: An English Bride In Scotland by Lynsay Sands
foe: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
forefathers: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
founder: End of Day by Jewel E. Ann
Founding Fathers: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
generation: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Greece: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
guerillas: Boomerang by Noelle August
heroine: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Hiroshima
House of Representatives: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

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immigrant: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
independence: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
India: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
international: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
invasion: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
liberate: One Tiny Lie by K.A. Tucker
liberator
literature: Upside Down by Lia Riley
lord: The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
majority: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
Mediterranean: Reliquary by Sarah Fine
Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
migrant worker
migrate: Upside Down by Lia Riley
minority: Gilded Cage by Vic James
monarch: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
monarchy: Firelight by Kristen Callihan
monument: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
myth: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
mythology: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
Napoleon: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
national: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
nationalism
neutral: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
nomad: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
oppression: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
overthrow: A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
parliament: Gilded Cage by Vic James
patriot: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
peasants: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
period: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
Persia
pharaoh: Firelight by Kristen Callihan
poverty: End of Day by Jewel E. Ann
primitive: Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell
proclamation: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
racial
racism: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
rebel: End of Day by Jewel E. Ann
rebellion: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
reconstruction: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Renaissance: The Sway by Ruby Knight
representation: Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson
republic: The Sway by Ruby Knight
republican: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
revenge: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
revolution: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
rights: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Rome: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
royalty: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
secession: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
segregation: The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz
Senate: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
serf
social: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
society: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
spy: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
tax: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
taxation
temple: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
The Confederacy: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
The Union: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
time: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
transcontinental: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
treason: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
trial: The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
underground: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Underground Railroad: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
United Nations: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
unity: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
veteran: Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson
warrior: How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
wealth: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons
wonder: The Hidden Library by Heather Lyons

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All right. I will give it a try. I will go for Contemporary History I will try option 1

Prehistory – Before period written history The Clan of the Cave Bear
Ancient history – Aggregate of past events from the beginning of recorded human history and extending as far as the Early Middle Ages or the Postclassical Era.
Protohistory – Period between prehistory and history, during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing but other cultures have already noted its existence in their own writings The Source
Classical antiquity – Aesop's Fables
Post-classical history – Trinity
Middle Ages – Nightbirds on Nantucket
Early Middle Ages – Tuesdays at the Castle
High Middle Ages – Paris
Late Middle Ages –Black Hearts in Battersea
Modern history – Orphan Number 8
Early modern period – Anne of Green Gables
Late modern period – From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Machine Age (1880–1945) The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Age of Oil (after 1901) A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
World War I (1914–1918) The Sweetest Dark
Interwar period (1918–1939) The Lake House
Roaring Twenties (1920–1929) A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald
Great Depression (1929 – World War II) The Muse
World War II (1939–1945) Salt to the Sea
Atomic Age (after 1945) Drama
Post-war era (1946–1962) Dog to the Rescue: Seventeen True Tales of Dog Heroism
The Fifties (1950–1959) The Absence of Nectar
Cold War (Soviet Union and United States, and their allies, 1945–1989 or 1991) The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid
Korean War (1950–1953)
Vietnam War (1955–1975) Gone Crazy in Alabama
Space Age (after 1957) Awkward
The Sixties (1960–1969)
Post-Modern (Soviet Union and United States, 1973–present)
Information Age (1970–present) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The Seventies (1970–1979) When You Reach Me
The Eighties (1980–1989)
The Nineties (1990–1999)
The 2000s (2000–2009) Looking for Alaska
War on Terrorism (2001–present) Before the Fall
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
War in Iraq (2003–2011)
The Social Age (2004–present) A Handful of Stars
The Tens (2010–2019) Sea Creatures
The Big Data age (2001–present)[2] Mockingbird
The Multimedia Age (1987–2007) Grey Mountain
Contemporary history – Smile


The Americas[edit]
Further information: History of the Americas and History of the United States
Classic and Postclassic eras, Central America (200–1519)
Early Intermediate, Middle Horizon, Late Intermediate, Late Horizon (Peru, 200–1534)
Huari, Chimú, Chincha, Chanka people, Tiwanaku, Inca
Baroque (New World, 1600–1750)
Spanish hegemony (Americas, 16th century – 1820s)
Reconstruction era (United States, 1865–1877)
Gilded Age (United States, 1875–1900) The Angel of Darkness
Progressive Era (United States, 1890s–1920s) The Alienist
Information Age (United States, 2000–Now) The Clique
Modern age Everything, Everything
Postmodern age Her Fearful Symmetry

Southeast Asia[edit]
Further information: History of Southeast Asia
Srivijaya (Indonesia, 3rd – 14th centuries), Tarumanagara (358–723), Sailendra (8th and 9th centuries), Kingdom of Sunda (669–1579), Kingdom of Mataram (752–1045), Kediri (1045–1221), Singhasari (1222–1292), Majapahit (1293–1500)
Chenla (Cambodia, 630 – 802) and Khmer Empire (Cambodia, 802–1432)
Anterior Lý Dynasty and Triệu Việt Vương, Third Chinese domination, Khúc Family, Dương Đình Nghệ, Kiều Công Tiễn, Ngô Dynasty, The 12 Lords Rebellion, Đinh Dynasty, Prior Lê Dynasty, Lý Dynasty, Trần Dynasty, Hồ Dynasty, Fourth Chinese domination (Vietnam, 544–1427)

Philippines[edit]
Further information: History of the Philippines
Neolithic-Iron Age (c.10,000 BC - AD 1000)
Classical period (c.1000 A.D.-900 A.D)[clarification needed]
Late Classical period (c. AD 900-1500)
Colonial Era (c.1600-1898, 1901-1945)
Sovereign Era (1946–present)
Marcos era Martial Law (1972-1982)
People power EDSA revolution (1986)
Post Martial Law (1986–present)

China[edit]
Further information: History of China
Xia dynasty (2100 BC - 1600 BC)
Shang Dynasty (1600 BC – 1046 BC)
Zhou Dynasty (1200 BC – 500 BC)
Warring States period (402 BC – 201 BC)
Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC)
Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220)
Six Dynasties (AD 220 – 580)
Three Kingdoms (220 – 265)
Jin Dynasty (265 – 420)
Southern and Northern Dynasties (420 – 580)
Sui Dynasty (580 – 618)
Tang Dynasty (623 – 907)
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907 – 960)
Song Dynasty (960 – 1279)
Northern Song Dynasty (960 – 1127), Liao Dynasty (907 – 1115), Western Xia Dynasty (1038 – 1227)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 – 1279), Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Western Xia Dynasty (1038 – 1227)
Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368)
Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644)
Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1912)
Republic of China (1912 - 1949) Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Xinhai Revolution (1911-1912)
Warlord Era (1918-1927)
Chinese Civil War (1927-1936/1946-1950)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945)

Central Asia[edit]
Further information: History of Mongolia
Xiongnu (Mongolia, 220 BC – AD 200)
Rouran Khaganate (Mongolia, Manchuria, Xianbei, AD 330 – 555)
Sixteen Kingdoms (Xianbei, Turkic peoples, 304 – 439)
Uyghur Khaganate (Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, 744 - 848)
Liao Dynasty (Khitan people, 907 – 1125)
Mongol Empire (Mongolia, 1206 – 1380)
Qing dynasty (Manchu China, 1692 – 1911)

Africa[edit]
Further information: History of Egypt
Old Kingdom (3000 BC – 2000 BC)
Middle Kingdom (2000 BC – 1300 BC)
New Kingdom (1550 BC – 1070 BC)
Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC – 30 BC)
Aegyptus (30 BC – 390 AD)
Coptic period (300 AD – 900 AD)
Fatimid Caliphate (909 – 1171)
Ayyubid Dynasty (1171 – 1250)
Mamluk Sultanate (1250 – 1517)
Ottoman Eyalet (1517 – 1867)
Khedivate (1867 – 1914) Zanzibar Tales: Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa

Europe[edit]
Further information: History of Europe
Bronze Age (c.3000 BC – c.1050 BC)
Early Aegean Civilisation (Crete, Greece and Near East; c.3000 BC – c.1050 BC)[3]
Iron Age (c.1050 BC – c.500 AD)
Greek expansion and colonisation (c.1050 BC – 776 BC)
Archaic Greece (776 BC – 480 BC) – begins with the First Olympiad, traditionally dated 776 BC
Archaic period (776 BC – 612 BC) – establishment of city states in

Greece
Pre-classical period (612 BC – 480 BC) – the fall of Nineveh to the second Persian invasion of Greece
Classical antiquity (480 BC – 476 AD) As Sure as the Dawn
Classical Greece (480 BC – 399 BC)
Macedonian era (399 BC – 323 BC)
Hellenistic Greece (323 BC – 146 BC)
Late Roman Republic (147 BC – 27 BC)
Principate of the Roman Empire (27 BC – 284 AD) An Echo in the Darkness
Late Antiquity (284 AD – 500 AD)

Migration Period (Europe, 300 AD – 700 AD)
Middle Ages (Europe, 476 – 1453)
Byzantine era (330 – 1453)
Dark Ages (Europe, 476 – 800)
Early Middle Ages (Europe, 476 – 1066)
Viking Age (Scandinavia, Europe, 793 – 1066)
High Middle Ages (Europe, 1066 – c.1300)
Late Middle Ages (Europe, c.1300 – 1453)
The Renaissance (Europe, c.1300 – c.1600) Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
Early modern period (Europe, 1453 – 1789) Sorcerer to the Crown
Age of Discovery (or Exploration) (Europe, c.1400 – 1770) My Lady Jane
Polish Golden Age (Poland, 1507 – 1572)
Golden Age of Piracy 1650 – 1730
Elizabethan era (United Kingdom, 1558 – 1603)
Protestant Reformation (Europe, 16th century)
Classicism (Europe, 16th – 18th centuries) Interview with the Vampire
Industrious Revolution, (Europe, 16th – 18th centuries) Babette's Feast/Sorrow-Acre
Jacobean era (United Kingdom, 1603 – 1625)
Petrine Era (Russia, 1689 – 1725)
Age of Enlightenment (or Reason) (Europe, 18th century)
Long nineteenth century (1789 – 1914) The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Georgian era (United Kingdom, 1714 – 1830)
Industrial Revolution (Europe, United States, elsewhere 18th and 19th centuries) Black Butler, Volume 02
Age of European colonialism and imperialism Black Butler, Vol. 3
Romantic era (1770 – 1850)
Napoleonic era (1799 – 1815)
Victorian era (United Kingdom, 1837 – 1901); British hegemony, much of world, around the same time period. Black Butler, Volume 01
Edwardian era (United Kingdom, 1901 – 1914)
First and Second World Wars (1914 – 1945) Number the Stars
Cold War (1945 – 1991)
Post-Cold War / Postmodernity (1991 – present)

India[edit]
Further information: History of India
Indus Valley Civilization (2500 BC – 1300 BC)
Vedic period (1500 BC – 500 BC)
Mahajanapada kingdoms
Maurya Empire (321 BC – 185 BC)
Kushan Empire (185 BC – 220 AD), Satavahana Empire (230 BC – 220 AD),
Gupta Empire (320 AD – 535 AD)
Middle kingdoms of India (1 AD – 1279 AD)
Pala Empire (750 – 1174)
Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Sena Empire (1070 – 1230)
Hoysala Empire (1026 –1343), Kakatiya Empire (1083 – 1323)
Medieval India (1206 – 1526)
Vijayanagara Empire (1336 – 1646), Gajapati Kingdom (1434 – 1541), Reddy dynasty (1325 – 1448)
Mughal Empire (1526 – 1857)
Maratha Empire (1674-1818)
British Raj (1858 – 1947)
Independence (1947–present)

Japan[edit]
Further information: History of Japan
Jomon period (10,500 BC – 400 BC)
Yayoi period (400 BC – 250 AD)
Kofun period (250 – 600)
Asuka period (600 – 710)
Nara period (710 – 794)
Heian period (794 – 1185)
Kamakura period (1185 – 1333)
Muromachi period (1333 – 1573)[4]
Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573 – 1603)
Tokugawa shogunate (1603 – 1868)
Meiji period (1868 – 1912)
Taishō period (1912 – 1926)
Shōwa period (1926 – 1989)
Post-occupation era (1952 – present)
Heisei period (1989–present)

Middle East[edit]
Further information: History of the Middle East, History of Mesopotamia, and Islamic period
Ancient Near East (Sumer, 3100 BC – 500 BC)
Jemdet Nasr period (3100 BC – 2900 BC)
Early Dynastic Period (2900 BC – 2270 BC)
Akkadian Empire (2270 BC – 2083 BC)
Gutian Dynasty (2083 BC – 2050 BC)
Sumerian renaissance (2050 – 1940 BC)
First Babylonian Dynasty (1830 BC – 1531 BC),
Hittites (1800 BC – 1178 BC)
Kassites (1531 BC – 1135 BC),
Mitanni (1500 BC – 1300 BC)
Neo-Assyrian Empire (934 BC – 609 BC)
Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 BC – 539 BC),
Medes (678 BC – 549 BC)
Persian Empires (550 BC – 651 AD)
Achaemenid Empire (550 BC – 330 BC)
Conquered by Macedonian Empire (330 BC – 312 BC)
Seleucid Empire (312 BC – 63 BC)
Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
Sasanian Empire (224 AD – 651 AD)
Islamic period (7th – 21st centuries)
Rashidun Caliphate (632 – 661)
Umayyad Caliphate (661 – 750)
Islamic Golden Age (750 – 1300)
Abbasid Caliphate (750 – 1258),
Fatimid Caliphate (909 – 1171)
Buyid dynasty (934 – 1055)
Seljuq dynasty (1055 – 1171)
Ayyubid dynasty (1171 – 1341)
Ottoman Empire (1300 – 1923),
Safavid Empire (1501–1736)

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This is the challenge for me! I love history - fiction and non-. I'll do #1 and #5.
Choose Your Own Adventure~Eras
Option 1: Read Through The Eras
Only one book for each division.
Completed: 0/22

Eras:
1. Prehistory
2. Ancient History
3. Classical antiquity (ancient Rome and Greece)
4. Ancient Rome (753 BC – AD 476)
5. Middle Ages (400-1300's)
6. Viking Age (Scandinavia, Europe, 793–1066)
7. The Renaissance (Europe, 1300–1700)
8. Early Modern (1500-1880)
9. Elizabethan era (United Kingdom, 1558–1603)
10. Age of Enlightenment (Europe, 700's)
11. Golden Age of Piracy (1650-1730)
12. Industrial Revolution (Europe, United States, 1700-1800's)
13. Romantic era (1770–1850)
14. Victorian era (United Kingdom, 1837–1901)
15. Machine Age (1880–1945)
16. World War I (1914–1918)
17. Interwar period (1918–1939)
18. Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)
19. Great Depression (1929 – World War II)
20. World War II (1939–1945)
21. The Fifties (1950–1959)
22. The Big Data Age (2001–present)

Continuation...

Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read.
** Only exact word or phrase, its plural will be accepted!

Word List ~ 150 Words
(view spoiler)[
A.D.
abolish
abolitionist
aggression
Alexander the Great
alliance
allies
ally
ambush
amendment
ancestor
antiquity
apartheid
architecture
artillery
atom
atom(ic) bomb
atomic war
B.C.
Babylon
barbarian
Caesar
citizen
city-state
civil
civil rights
Civil War
civilization
class
classic
conflict
Congress
conquer
conquest
constitution
continental
crusade
culture
current
current events
declaration
Declaration of Independence
delegate
democracy
descendant
desegregation
dictator
discrimination
dynasty
Egypt
elect
emancipation
emigration
emperor/empress
empire
era
Europe
event
exile
exploration
Far East
federal
feud
feudal
foe
forefathers
founder
Founding Fathers
generation
Greece
guerillas
heroine
Hiroshima
House of Representatives
immigrant
independence
India
international
invasion
liberate
liberator
literature
lord
majority
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East
migrant worker
migrate
minority
monarch
monarchy
monument
myth
mythology
Napoleon
national
nationalism
neutral
nomad
oppression
overthrow
parliament
patriot
peasants
period
Persia
pharaoh
poverty
primitive
proclamation
racial
racism
rebel
rebellion
reconstruction
Renaissance
representation
republic
republican
revenge
revolution
rights
Rome
royalty
secession
segregation
Senate
serf
social
society
spy
tax
taxation
temple
The Confederacy
The Union
time
transcontinental
treason
trial
underground
Underground Railroad
United Nations
unity
veteran
warrior
wealth
wonder
(hide spoiler)]

Okay, so I love Historical Fiction, so I can't resist Option 2.

Level: Modern History (7-10 books)
Completed: 0/10

Option 2: Historical Themed Books:

Scavenger Hunt

Need to find ALL words using 15 books to earn a coin

***Need to use different books than the ones used for Carnival words*****


Words part 1:

A.D.
abolish
abolitionist
aggression
Alexander the Great
alliance
allies Salt to the Sea
ally
ambush
amendment
ancestor
antiquity
apartheid
architecture
artillery Salt to the Sea
atom
atom(ic) bomb
atomic war
B.C.
Babylon
barbarian
Caesar
citizen
city-state
civil
civil rights
Civil War
civilization
class
classic
conflict
Congress
conquer
conquest
constitution Salt to the Sea
continental
crusade
culture
current
current events
declaration
Declaration of Independence
delegate
democracy
descendant
desegregation
dictator
discrimination
dynasty
Egypt
elect
emancipation
emigration
emperor/empress
empire Salt to the Sea
era
Europe
event
exile
exploration
Far East
federal
feud
feudal
foe
forefathers
founder
Founding Fathers
generation
Greece
guerillas
heroine
Hiroshima
House of Representatives
immigrant
independence
India
international
invasion
liberate
liberator
literature
lord

Continued.



majority
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East
migrate
minority
monarch
monarchy
monument
myth
mythology
Napoleon
national
neutral
nomad
oppression
overthrow
parliament
patriot
peasants Salt to the Sea
period
Persia
pharaoh
poverty
primitive
proclamation Salt to the Sea
racial
rebel
rebellion
reconstruction
Renaissance
representation
republic
revenge
revolution
rights
Rome
royalty
secession
segregation
serf
social
society
spy Salt to the Sea
tax
taxation
temple
time
transcontinental
treason Salt to the Sea
trial
underground
unity
veteran
warrior Salt to the Sea
wealth
wonder

Option 1: Read through the Eras
Goal: 25 books for a Sapphire
Time limit: Set your own pace, start date 14 June 2016
FINISHED 23 APRIL 2024
Status: 25/25

1. Pre History:
-Stone Age (prior to 3,000 BCE)
-Bronze Age (3000 BC - 1300 BC)
-Iron Age (1300 BC - 600 BC)

✔2. Classical Antiquity (600 BC - 476 AD*) The Autobiography of Santa Claus: A Revised Edition of the Christmas Classic story starts in 280 AD
*476 = collapse of Roman Empire

3. Middle Ages (476 - 1450) aka Post-classical
-Early Middle Ages (476 - 1000) aka Late Antiquity, incl. Dark Ages = rebuild after Rome, beginning of Islam
--Viking Age (793-1066)
-High Middle Ages (1000 - 1250), height of Catholic church power in the crusades
-Late Middle Ages (1250 - 1450) beginning of European exploration, invention of the printing press, the black plague

4. Modern History
-Early Modern Period (1453-1789)
✔--Age of Discovery (or Exploration) (Europe, c. 1400 – 1770) The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, f. 23-Apr-2024
--Golden Age of Piracy (1650–1730)
--Elizabethan era (the United Kingdom, 1558–1603)
--Protestant Reformation (Europe, 16th century)
✔--Classicism (Europe, 16th – 18th centuries) Magic Lessons, f. 22-Nov-22, starts in 1660s
--Industrious Revolution, (Europe, 16th – 18th centuries)
--Jacobean era (the United Kingdom, 1603–1625)
✔--Age of Enlightenment (or Reason) (Europe, 18th century) Angels & Demons, f. Aug-2022, investigation based upon Illuminati's Bernini and Galileo leaving clues to enlightenment in their time.
--Scientific Revolution (Europe, 18th century)
-Late Modern Period (1789-1945)
✔--Georgian era (1714–1830) Outlander f. Jul-2021
✔--Industrial Revolution (1760-1848) A Duke Like No Other f. 10-Dec-2022
✔--Romantic era (1770–1850) The Picture of Dorian Gray f. Jan-2022
✔--Napoleonic era (1799–1815) The Duchess Deal, read July 2018
✔--Victorian era (1837–1901) The Trial of Lizzie Borden, f. Nov-2021
✔--Machine Age (1880-1945) Texas Splendor (1887), read August 2018
✔---Edwardian era (1901–1914) The Mysterious Affair at Styles f. 2019
✔---1914-1918 World War I A Piece of the World (took place 1896 - 1950s)
✔---1918-1939 Interwar Period: The Light Between Oceans starts in 1926; f. 29-Nov-2022
✔----1920-1929 Roaring Twenties: One Summer: America, 1927, f. 19-Oct-2022
✔----1929-1939 Great Depression: Orphan Train
✔---1939-1945 World War II The Nightingale, f. 15-Apr-2023
-Contemporary History (1945-now) aka Information Age
✔--1940-1949 The Forties: The Book Thief f. mar-2022
✔--1950-1959 The FIfties The Vanishing Half f. 2021
✔--1960-1969 The Sixties Finding Me f. 28-Jul-2022
✔--1970-1979 The Seveties Life of Pi f. 26-Jul-2022
✔--1980-1989 The Eighties Jurassic Park f. 2020
✔--1990-1999 The Nineties The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois f. Jun-2022
✔--2000-2001 The Two Thousands Educated f. Mar-2022
✔--2010-2019 The Tens: Love Marriage f. 3-Jul-2022
✔--2020+ Our Country Friends f. Jan-2022

Oh, I love me some scavenger hunts! I'll do option 5!

Words found: 120/150
Books used: 19

A.D. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants p. 152
'The year is A.D. 436.'
abolish
abolitionist
aggression The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 80%
..in the face of aggression...
Alexander the Great
alliance Ready Player One p. 157
...for forming an alliance against the Sixers.
allies Blood Bound p. 176
...it wasn't smart to withhold information from one of the few allies I had left.
ally The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 48%
...regarded Masako as an ally...
ambush The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 10%
The "ambush" could not have gone worse.
amendment
ancestorDisenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse 46%
No doubt our ancestors had been grateful...
antiquity The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 21%
...which have been lost to lack of usage and also antiquity.
apartheid
architecture Ready Player One p. E-87
...classified proprietary information on IOI's intranet architecture...
artillery Ready Player One p. 162
In desperation, the clans decided to break out the heavy artillery.
atom Ready Player One p. 194
(or "knocking a few protons off the old hydrogen atom").
atom(ic) bomb Ready Player One p. 69
The realizations continued to detonate in my brain like atomic bombs going off.
atomic war
B.C. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 131
The Hippocratic Oath, written in the fourth century BC...
Babylon
barbarian The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 131
...something that applied to barbarians and dictators, not to American doctors.
Caesar
citizen I'd Rather Wear Pajamas 23%
...make sure he was an upstanding citizen.
city-state
civil The Number 7 p. 112
'I'm big on civil liberties.'
civil rights The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 96
...a science teacher and civil rights activist...
Civil War The Number 7 p. 54
...after the Civil War they moved on to someplace else.
civilization Oryx and Crake p. 167
'When any civilization is dust and ashes...'
class The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 74%
...masquerading as someone in the upper-middle class.
classic The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 7%
...that was not your classic fantasy trope.
conflict The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 326
He was charged with violating a federal conflict of interest law...
Congress The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 111
Because of the Korean War, Congress had just lowered the minimum age for military service...
conquer I'd Rather Wear Pajamas 73%
...I just HAD to conquer this sewing thing!
conquest The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 92%
...this was not the time to detail my sexual conquests.
constitution The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 60
...he proposed fixing what he believed was "an error" in the U.S. constitution that promised equality for all people.
continental Artemis Fowl p. 29
After eighteen solid hours of sleep and a light continental breakfast...
crusade Oryx and Crake p. 79
The Vikings. The Crusades. Genghis Khan
culture The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 75%
In some culture, somewhere...
current The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 25%
...efficient description of the current state of the fairy kingdom...
current events
declaration The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 9%
Then, seeing that this declaration brought no reaction...
Declaration of Independence
delegate Blood Bound p. 91
I didn't want to delegate responsibility.
democracy Oryx and Crake p. 181
...that were part of a Tour of Democracy.
descendant The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 308
...becoming the first of Henrietta's descendants to attend graduate school.
desegregation
dictator The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 131
...something that applied to barbarians and dictators, not to American doctors.
discrimination The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 64
...patients were just glad to be getting treatment, since discrimination in hospitals was widespread.
dynasty Artemis Fowl p. 273
...he is a shadow of San D'Klass, the third king of the Frond Elfin dynasty.
Egypt The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants p. 45
What did antiperspirant have to do with ancient Egypt?
elect Ready Player One p. E-1
It was also time to elect the president and VP of the OASIS...
emancipation The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 166
...his father later freed his slaves nearly sixty years before Emancipation.
emigration West of the Moon p.127
...this emigration fever is like a contagious disease!
emperor/empress The Arctic Incident p. 208
"And then, Opal Koboi becomes your empress, I suppose?"
empire Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse 37%
...indigenous peoples throughout the Empire had...
era The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 5%
...my long, dark era of unemployment.
Europe Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse 95%
...a reference to Great Britain or Europe...
event The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 5%
He was part of my guild, the Event Horizons.
exile Blood Bound p. 66
...Stefan had told me, that she had been exiled from Italy.
exploration The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 104
With regard to your...disapproval for a wide exploration of the HeLa strain...
Far East The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 102
...Gey took Henrietta's cells with him to the Far East in 1953 to study hemorrhagic fever...
federal The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 131
...politicians hadbeen introducing state and federal laws...
feud A Demon Bound p. 147
Yeah, there was the occasional feud, but it was over pretty fast.
feudal The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 16%
This is not feudal Japan
foe Blood Bound p. 66
I didn't know him well enough to know if he was friend or foe.
forefathers
founder The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 322
...Robert Weir, founder of the biomedical ethics center at the University of Iowa...
Founding Fathers The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants p. 21
'I feel like a founding father.'
generation I'd Rather Wear Pajamas 25%
CHAPTER 8: The Boomerang Generation
Greece The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants p. 4
...Lena and Effie were spending two months in Greece with their grandparents...
guerillas The Number 7 p. 237
Gerhard agreed that a guerrila army would send a clear message...
heroine The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 18%
...she were the heroine in a Daphne du Maurier novel.
Hiroshima Oryx and Crake p. 80
Hilter. Hiroshima. Mao.
House of Representatives
immigrant West of the Moon p. 202
...was a scourge on immigrant ships.
independence Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse 46%
I didn't think we'd ever see Independence...
India The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 77%
...most of them in India.
international The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 52%
They seemed very international...
invasion The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks p. 106
...and thus prevent a possible invasion of privacy.
liberate Daughter of Smoke & Bone
lowgrade wishes that she'd liberated from other traders.
liberator
literature Darkly Dreaming Dexter p. 275
All the literature agrees.
lord The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss 3%
...or The Lord of the Rings Online.

Eras
Option 3: Historical Era Spell-it-Out
Level: Modern History : 7 - 10 books
9/9

Modern Age:
M: Melody Grace - Unbroken 14/6/16
O: The Other C-Word 22/6/16
D: Dragon Kin #6 - How to Drive a Dragon Crazy 8/6/16
E: Elkeles, Simone - Rules of Attraction 25/6/16
R: Roaring Twenties #1 - Bitter Spirits 29/6/16
N: Night Broken 4/6/16


A: Ashley, Kristen - The Will 7/6/16
G: A Game of Thrones 3/6/16
E: Eileen Wilks - Tempting Danger 9/6/16

Choose Your Own Adventure: Eras

Duration: 1st June 2016 to ?
Option 3: Historical Era Spell-it-Out
Contemporary History : 25+ books (Sapphire Coin One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Cosmonaut))
12/26

nomad:
N Never Let Me Go
O Oscar (character-bird) - The Birds of Pandemonium
M Meredith Russo - If I Was Your Girl
A Ackland, Henry (character) - The Children of Men
D Dorothy Edwards - My Naughty Little Sister

abolish:
A Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha
B The Book Thief
O Oliver (character) November 9
L Lang, Andrew- The Blue Fairy Book
I In Flight
S Still Alice
H Hawkins, Paula- The Girl on the Train

Option 3: Historical Era Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the Historical Eras terms below.
Duration: 8/21/16-???

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.

A.D.

A: Apprentice in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/6/16
D:Daughter of the Forest- Juliet Marillier- 9/1/16

abolish

A: An Artificial Night- Seanan McGuire- 11/25/16
B: Blood Song- Cat Adams- 8/27/16
O: One For The Money- Janet Evanovich- 9/26/16
L: The Lunatic Cafe- Laurell K. Hamilton- 8/25/16
I: Ink and Bone- Rachel Caine- 12/14/16
S: Sorcerer's Legacy- Janny Wurts- 9/28/16
H: Handle with Care- Jodi Picoult- 8/30/16

abolitionist

A: Anne of Green Gables- L.M. Montgomery- 11/26/16
B: Broken- Kelley Armstrong- 9/3/16
O: Onyx- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 10/15/16
L: A Local Habitation- Seanan McGuire- 8/31/16
I: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Alan Bradley- 12/31/17
T: The Trouble with Demons- Lisa Shearin- 9/14/16
I: I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie- Lani Lynn Vale- 2/8/18
O: Owl and the Japanese Circus- Kristi Charish- 12/7/16
N: No Humans Involved- Kelley Armstrong- 10/19/16
I: The Icebound Land- John Flanagan- 4/6/18
S: Soulless- Gail Carriger- 10/1/16
T: Twice Tempted- Jeaniene Frost- 9/19/16

aggression

A: Angelfall- Susan Ee- 9/30/16
G: Ghostly Worries- Lily Harper Hart- 9/7/16
G: Grim Expectations- Amanda M. Lee- 10/12/16
R: Red-Headed Stepchild- Jaye Wells- 8/25/16
E: The Eyre Affair- Jasper Fforde- 9/11/16
S: Swan Lake- K.M. Shea- 8/30/16
S: Spellbinder- Melanie Rawn- 9/24/16
I: I'll Walk Alone- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/28/16
O: Obsidian- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 9/25/16
N: Not His Dragon- Annie Nicholas- 9/7/16

Alexander the Great

A: All Through the Night- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/17/16
L: License to Ensorcell- Katharine Kerr- 10/4/16
E: Elizabeth's Legacy- Victor Kloss- 10/13/16
X: X in Flight- Karen Rivers- 9/8/16
A: After the Funeral- Agatha Christie- 12/19/16
N: Never- K.D. McEntire- 11/27/16
D: Deceiver's Bond- Katherine Bayless- 11/4/16
E: Eragon- Christopher Paolini- 11/8/16
R: Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard- 9/17/16

T: Tempting Evil- Keri Arthur- 10/24/16
H: Hell To Pay- J.C. Diem- 9/5/16
E: Eight Cousins- Louisa May Alcott- 11/26/16

G: God Touched- John Conroe- 10/22/16
R: The Rosie Project- Graeme Simsion- 9/22/16
E: East- Edith Pattou- 12/24/16
A: Awakening- S.J. Bolton- 12/30/16
T: Throne of Glass- Sarah J. Maas- 10/31/16

alliance

A: Alien in the Family- Gini Koch- 4/20/20
L: Last Dragon Standing- Rachel Aaron- 11/11/18
L: The Last Camel Died at Noon- Elizabeth Peters- 11/19/18
I: IQ- Joe Ide- 5/3/21
A: Alien Proliferation- Gini Koch- 5/11/20
N: Now You See Her...- Dale Mayer- 11/14/19
C: The Case of the Golddigger's Purse- Erle Stanley Gardner- 2/25/18
E: Eggs in Purgatory- Laura Childs- 3/11/21

allies

A: Advent- Xander Boyce- 3/24/19
L: Louisiana Longshot- Jana Deleon- 1/17/18
L: Lord Edgware Dies- Agatha Christie- 1/20/18
I: I Scream, You Scream- Wendy Lyn Watson- 3/17/21
E: Embrace the Grim Reaper- Judy Clemens- 8/24/20
S: Spell Bound- Kelley Armstrong- 3/23/17

ally

A: Alien Diplomacy- Gini Koch- 5/15/20
L: Lethal Outlook- Victoria Laurie- 12/21/18
L: Lethal Bayou Beauty- Jana Deleon- 3/11/19
Y: Yappy Hour: A Mystery- Diana Orgain- 12/23/18

ambush

A: Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer- 10/23/16
M: My Familiar Stranger- Victoria Danann- 9/8/16
B: Boundary Crossed- Melissa F. Olson- 9/16/16
U: Unholy Ghosts- Stacia Kane- 10/14/16
S: Shifty Magic- Judy Teel- 10/12/16
H: High Stakes- Helen Harper- 9/10/16

amendment

A: Attack of the Fiend- Joseph Delaney- 4/29/18
M: Men of the Otherworld- Kelley Armstrong- 1/13/17
E: Eye of the Falcon- Dale Mayer- 12/12/19
N: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors- Molly Harper- 10/14/18
D: Dark Lover- J.R. Ward- 2/14/17
M: Matefinder- Leia Stone- 3/18/17
E: An Easy Death- Charlaine Harris- 12/29/19
N: Night of the Unicorn- T.S. Paul- 11/22/18
T: Tim Curious; A Murder Mystery of the American Revolution- Roddy Thorleifson- 12/6/18

ancestor

A: Anne of the Island- L.M. Montgomery- 8/11/19
N: No Crones About It- Amanda M. Lee- 9/3/19
C: The Case of the Silent Partner- Erle Stanley Gardner- 11/22/17
E: Evan Only Knows- Rhys Bowen- 11/18/20
S: Shiver- Maggie Stiefvater- 4/3/17
T: Tailing a Tabby- Laurie Cass- 9/9/19
O: Once Upon Stilettos- Shanna Swendson- 5/9/19
R: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos- Donna Andrews- 5/25/20

antiquity

A: Archangel's Shadows- Nalini Singh- 9/30/17
N: Doctor Who: Nuclear Time- Oli Smith- 2/22/18
T: They Do It With Mirrors- Agatha Christie- 4/3/18
I: In a Badger Way- Shelly Laurenston- 4/23/19
Q: A Quick Bite- Lynsay Sands- 11/23/16
U: Unhidden- Dina Given- 1/24/17
I: Into the Hollow- Karina Halle- 6/14/19
T: Touching Evil (Evil, #1)- Kay Hooper- 6/13/18
Y: You Belong To Me- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/2/17

apartheid

A: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye- Victoria Laurie- 2/23/17
P: Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder- 9/19/16
A: The Arrogant Architect- L.K. Collins- 3/6/17
R: The Restorer- Amanda Stevens- 9/30/16
T: Two for the Dough- Janet Evanovich- 1/12/17
H: Hunted- Kevin Hearne- 10/2/16
E: Echoes in Death- J.D. Robb- 2/8/17
I: The Iron King- Julie Kagawa- 5/5/17
D: Deadly Remains- Katherine Bayless- 11/2/16

architecture

A: Angels' Flight- Nalini Singh- 9/10/17
R: Red Rising- Pierce Brown- 2/1/17
C: Code Black- Tina Moss- 1/30/17
H: Hell Freezes Over- J C Diem- 10/20/16
I: I Dream of Twila: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short- Amanda M. Lee- 9/11/18
T: Three to Get Deadly- Janet Evanovich- 5/2/17
E: Eldest- Christopher Paolini- 8/7/17
C: Cinder- Marissa Meyer- 2/12/17
T: Tuesday's Child- Dale Mayer- 8/13/17
U: Unbinding- Eileen Wilks- 11/14/16
R: Ready Player One- Ernest Cline- 3/14/17
E: Ever the Hunted- Erin Summerill- 8/9/17

artillery

A: The Adventures of the Mountain Men: True Tales of Hunting, Trapping, Fighting, Adventure, and Survival- Stephen Vincent Brennan- 6/10/20
R: Raven's Shadow- Patricia Briggs- 9/19/20
T: Trick or Treason- Kathi Daley- 11/22/19
I: Into the Storm- Christopher Johns- 5/10/21
L: Loves Music, Loves to Dance- Mary Higgins Clark- 3/29/19
L: Lending a Paw- Laurie Cass- 5/21/19
E: Equalize- Ryan DeBruyn- 5/28/21
R: Reaper's Crossroad- Timothy Ellis- 10/14/20
Y: Yarn to Go- Betty Hechtman- 4/17/19

atom

A: The Ancient Future: The Dark Age- Traci Harding- 6/30/20
T: To Catch a Vampire- Jennifer Harlow- 1/17/20
O: Oracles & Obituaries- Amanda M. Lee- 9/12/19
M: The Man in the Queue- Josephine Tey- 9/9/17

atom(ic) bomb

A: All Hell Breaks Loose- J.C. Diem- 4/12/17
T: A Tiger's Bride- Eve Langlais- 1/22/17
O: Outfoxed by Love- Eve Langlais- 12/22/16
M: Murder on the Orient Express- Agatha Christie- 10/16/16
I: The Invisible Library- Genevieve Cogman- 7/1/17
C: Caught Dead in Philadelphia- Gillian Roberts- 11/10/16

B: Bloody Bones- Laurell K. Hamilton- 9/20/16
O: One Fell Sweep- Ilona Andrews- 12/25/16
M: MindSighted: BlackWing Pirates, Book 1- Connie Suttle- 11/1/16
B: Burnt Offerings- Laurell K. Hamilton- 12/4/16

atomic war

A: All Around the Town- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/21/17
T: The Trouble With Witches- Amanda M. Lee- 11/24/16
O: Owl and the City of Angels- Kristi Charish- 12/8/16
M: Magic Binds- Ilona Andrews- 9/21/16
I: If Looks Could Kill- Kate White- 1/26/17
C: Closer to the Chest- Mercedes Lackey- 10/11/16

W: Wish You Were Here- Rita Mae Brown- 9/11/16
A: Angels' Blood- Nalini Singh- 1/21/17
R: The Rosie Effect- Graeme Simsion- 9/22/16

B.C.

B: Bastien- Tianna Xander- 1/1/17
C: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards- Lilian Jackson Braun- 1/5/17

Babylon

B: Breath of Fire- Amanda Bouchet- 1/6/17
A: Alchemy- Sheena Boekweg- 4/13/18
B: Bylines & Skylines- Amanda M. Lee- 1/8/17
Y: Your Chariot Awaits- Lorena McCourtney- 3/18/17
L: Lover Awakened- J.R. Ward- 9/30/17
O: Once Bitten, Twice Shy- Jennifer Rardin- 8/20/17
N: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men- Molly Harper- 9/6/18

barbarian

B: The Big Four- Agatha Christie- 3/4/17
A: All My Witches- Amanda M. Lee- 9/18/18
R: Risk- Dannika Dark- 3/31/19
B: The Battlemage- Taran Matharu- 6/3/17
A: At Peace- Kristen Ashley- 10/15/18
R: Ruby Red- Kerstin Gier- 5/20/19
I: Imperator- Timothy Ellis- 10/20/20
A: Any Given Doomsday- Lori Handeland- 12/19/18
N: New Spring- Robert Jordan- 7/7/19

Caesar

C: The Cove- Catherine Coulter- 12/10/17
A: Among the Living- Jordan Castillo Price- 9/16/19
E: Evan's Gate- Rhys Bowen- 12/2/20
S: Spellbound in Seattle- Garthia Anderson- 4/4/17
A: Archangel's Viper- Nalini Singh- 9/22/19
R: Ravishing in Red- Madeline Hunter- 6/25/20

citizen

C: A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas- 12/23/16
I: I'll Tell You Mine- Pip Harry- 6/2/18
T: Tangled Threads- Jennifer Estep- 4/27/17
I: Iron and Magic- Ilona Andrews- 6/26/18
Z: Zombie Team Alpha- Steve R. Yeager- 10/18/16
E: Elemental Flame- Phaedra Weldon- 7/9/17
N: No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished- Rachel Aaron- 6/29/17

city-state

C: Cress- Marissa Meyer- 12/17/17
I: Into the Darkness- Christopher Johns- 5/2/21
T: Treasure in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/28/19
Y: Your Eight O'Clock Is Dead- Kat Jorgensen- 10/27/18

S: Smoke and Mirrors- Jess Haines- 5/10/17
T: Thanksgiving in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 10/9/19
A: Aunt Bessie Assumes- Diana Xarissa- 12/24/19
T: Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies- Kathi Daley- 10/26/19
E: Etiquette & Espionage- Gail Carriger- 2/24/21

civil

C: Crocodile on the Sandbank- Elizabeth Peters- 2/21/17
I: Infernal Magic- C.N. Crawford- 11/13/18
V: Vampire Academy- Richelle Mead- 10/26/16
I: Invisible Elder- T.S. Paul- 11/25/18
L: Living with the Dead- Kelley Armstrong- 12/6/16

civil rights

C: The Copper Gauntlet- Holly Black- 4/19/17
I: Influential Magic- Deanna Chase- 12/7/18
V: A Very Paranormal Holiday- J.T. Bock- 11/12/16
I: Irresistible Magic- Deanna Chase- 12/8/18
L: Let Me Call You Sweetheart- Mary Higgins Clark- 2/6/17

R: Reckless- Selene Charles- 5/27/17
I: Iced Chiffon- Duffy Brown- 2/18/19
G: A Girl Named Zippy- Haven Kimmel- 4/6/17
H: Hell Raiser- J.C. Diem- 11/28/16
T: Taken at the Flood- Agatha Christie- 11/3/17
S: Semi-Charmed- Isabel Jordan- 11/15/16

Civil War

C: The Curse of the Pharaohs- Elizabeth Peters- 7/8/17
I: I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia- Gillian Roberts- 7/28/19
V: The Vault of Mysteries: Marshyl Stories Book I- Toby Neighbors- 3/20/17
I: Doctor Who: In the Blood- Jenny T. Colgan- 9/16/19
L: Lover Eternal- J.R. Ward- 6/16/17

W: Welcoming Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 12/12/16
A: Aunt Dimity's Death- Nancy Atherton- 2/13/18
R: The Roman Hat Mystery- Ellery Queen- 12/6/17

civilization

C: The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern- Lilian Jackson Braun- 9/2/17
I: Into the Light- Christopher Johns- 5/31/20
V: A Vision of Murder- Victoria Laurie- 12/5/18
I: The Island of Dr. Libris- Chris Grabenstein- 7/26/20
L: Lion in the Valley- Elizabeth Peters- 10/12/17
I: I See Me- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 8/3/20
Z: Zombie, Ohio- Scott Kenemore- 2/17/17
A: The ABC Murders- Agatha Christie- 6/22/18
T: A Tiger's Tale- Laura Morrigan- 3/25/19
I: Into the Dragon's Den- Christopher Johns- 9/11/20
O: The Outcast: Prequel to the Summoner Trilogy- Taran Matharu- 11/30/18
N: The Never War- D.J. MacHale- 6/30/19

class

C: Curse of the Bane- Joseph Delaney- 2/20/18
L: Lover Avenged- J.R. Ward- 9/23/18
A: Alien Tango- Gini Koch- 4/15/20
S: Siren Song- Cat Adams- 5/17/17
S: Siren's Surrender- Devyn Quinn- 7/6/17

classic

C: The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece- Erle Stanley Gardner- 3/9/18
L: Loved by a Dragon- Linda K. Hopkins- 9/30/19
A: Alien vs. Alien- Gini Koch- 7/4/20
S: Storm- Brigid Kemmerer- 7/11/17
S: Shattered Circle- Linda Robertson- 8/19/17
I: Into the Wild- Christopher Johns- 5/11/21
C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder- Joanne Fluke- 5/30/18

conflict

C: Crimson Death- Laurell K. Hamilton- 12/11/16
O: One Kick- Chelsea Cain- 1/15/17
N: Nightraven- Skye Knizley- 12/13/16
F: Find Me When The Sun Goes Down- Lisa Olsen- 10/2/16
L: Little Face- Sophie Hannah- 10/29/16
I: In the Last Analysis- Amanda Cross- 9/12/17
C: Conjuring Quantico- T.S. Paul- 12/15/16
T: The Thirteen Problems- Agatha Christie- 2/26/17

Congress

C: Casino Royale- Ian Fleming- 6/1/18
O: Outcast- J.C. Diem- 9/27/19
N: The New Normal- Kathi Daley- 11/20/19
G: The Gamble- Kristen Ashley- 9/16/17
R: Rogue Unit- Timothy Ellis- 10/21/20
E: Entreat Me- Grace Draven- 6/20/21
S: Secrets in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/5/17
S: Snow White- Jenni James- 9/11/17

conquer

C: A Court of Mist and Fury- Sarah J. Maas- 7/20/18
O: Once Hunted, Twice Shy- Mandy M. Roth- 2/22/20
N: New Beginnings- Kathi Daley- 11/20/19
Q: The Quiche of Death- M.C. Beaton- 12/25/17
U: Unwritten & Underwater- Amanda M. Lee- 4/23/18
E: The Evolution of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin- 7/22/21
R: A Rule Against Murder- Louise Penny- 10/24/20

conquest

C: College Arcane- John Conroe- 7/25/18
O: On the Street Where You Live- Mary Higgins Clark- 3/24/20
N: Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1- Nalini Singh- 12/21/19
Q: Queen of Babble- Meg Cabot- 8/4/18
U: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman- P.D. James- 9/26/18
E: Excise- Ryan DeBruyn- 8/31/21
S: Shadow Kiss- Richelle Mead- 9/14/17
T: Trouble Is My Business- Raymond Chandler- 3/2/20

constitution

C: The Cold Dish- Craig Johnson- 8/14/18
O: Open Cockpit- Arthur Stanley Gould Lee- 3/30/20
N: No Crone Unturned- Amanda M. Lee- 3/5/20
S: The Selection- Kiera Cass- 9/18/17
T: Tilling the Truth- Julia Henry- 3/15/20
I: The Inn Between- Marina Cohen- 6/22/21
T: Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband- Melissa Mayhue- 3/25/20
U: The Unyielding- Shelly Laurenston- 11/29/18
T: To Love a Witch- Amanda M. Lee- 5/5/20
I: In a Witch's Wardrobe- Juliet Blackwell- 10/5/21
O: Only The Devout- Amanda M. Lee- 4/10/20
N: Nightshades- Melissa F. Olson- 3/6/20

continental

C: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 9/1/18
O: Old Dog, New Tricks- Hailey Edwards- 4/19/20
N: New Media & Old Grudges- Amanda M. Lee- 3/13/20
T: Three Mages and a Margarita- Annette Marie- 7/5/20
I: The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries- Emily Brightwell- 12/17/21
N: Nocturnal Magic- C.N. Crawford- 4/27/20
E: Exclusively Yours- Shannon Stacey- 11/28/21
N: Nightchaser- Amanda Bouchet- 5/5/20
T: True Grit Spirit- Lily Harper Hart- 7/15/20
A: Alien in the House- Gini Koch- 8/13/20
L: The Laird- Sandy Blair- 10/24/19

crusade

C: Cold Burn of Magic- Jennifer Estep- 10/4/17
R: The Rhyme of the Magpie- Marty Wingate- 3/18/19
U: Undead and Unemployed- MaryJanice Davidson- 10/31/17
S: Silence Fallen- Patricia Briggs- 3/19/17
A: Angels and Demons- Dan Brown- 6/29/18
D: Dangerous Games- Keri Arthur- 2/20/17
E: Easter Escapade- Kathi Daley- 11/21/19

culture

C: Close Encounters of the Witchy Kind- Amanda M. Lee- 9/19/18
U: Undead and Unappreciated- MaryJanice Davidson- 3/3/19
L: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder- Joanne Fluke- 2/16/20
T: The Traitor of Belltroll- Lindsay Cummings- 7/21/20
U: Unholy Magic- Stacia Kane- 6/10/19
R: Rosemary and Crime- Gail Oust- 10/28/20
E: Ethan- Dale Mayer- 11/29/21

current

C: Choppy Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 10/28/18
U: The Undead Uproar- Amanda M. Lee- 7/12/19
R: The Red Book of Primrose House- Marty Wingate- 11/27/20
R: Red Rope of Fate- K.M. Shea- 12/28/20
E: Enthroned- K.M. Shea- 11/29/21
N: Never Again- Michele Bardsley- 5/16/20
T: Temper- Xander Boyce- 8/1/20

current events

C: Churning Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 10/29/18
U: Under The Final Moon- Hannah Jayne- 7/21/19
R: Romancing the Crone- Amanda M. Lee- 3/4/21
R: Ritualist- Dakota Krout- 5/20/21
E: Enter System- Tom Larcombe- 11/30/21
N: Never Sorry- Edie Claire- 9/18/20
T: Throne of Jade- Naomi Novik- 9/14/20

E: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict- Trenton Lee Stewart- 1/16/22
V: Vision Impossible- Victoria Laurie- 12/20/18
E: Erick- Dale Mayer- 2/15/22
N: Nightworld Academy: Term One- L.J. Swallow- 11/28/20
T: Timeless- Gail Carriger- 9/22/20
S: Scarlet- Marissa Meyer- 10/30/17

declaration

D: Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between- J.A. Saare- 3/7/17
E: Electric Curse- Stacey Brutger- 6/15/20
C: A Charming Cure- Tonya Kappes- 10/29/17
L: Linger- Maggie Stiefvater- 11/16/17
A: Archangel's Heart- Nalini Singh- 12/24/18
R: Raging Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 8/11/19
A: Aunt Dimity and the Duke- Nancy Atherton- 1/11/19
T: Thru the Badger Hole- Taki Drake- 4/3/19
I: In the Woods- Tana French- 1/4/21
O: On Demon Wings- Karina Halle- 3/1/19
N: The Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss- 8/6/19

Declaration of Independence

D: Dark Needs at Night's Edge- Kresley Cole- 12/3/16
E: Elemental Soul- Phaedra Weldon- 2/28/18
C: Changeless- Gail Carriger- 5/13/17
L: Late Eclipses- Seanan McGuire- 5/30/17
A: Archangel's Legion- Nalini Singh- 9/23/17
R: Rock Chick Regret- Kristen Ashley- 6/24/17
A: Assassin's Apprentice- Robin Hobb- 10/17/17
T: Ten Little Bloodhounds- Virginia Lanier- 2/14/18
I: It Takes a Witch- Heather Blake- 2/26/19
O: Off the Record- Amanda M. Lee- 4/14/17
N: Never Buried- Edie Claire- 10/9/17

O: Of Fate and Phantoms- C.J. Archer- 5/25/17
F: From The Ashes- C.J. Archer- 12/9/16

I: Indexing- Seanan McGuire- 3/15/19
N: A Natural History of Dragons- Marie Brennan- 10/10/17
D: Die With Me- Elena Forbes- 12/28/16
E: Erak's Ransom- John Flanagan- 5/28/18
P: Personal Demon- Kelley Armstrong- 11/17/16
E: The Eloquent Parrot- Robin Knowles- 6/9/18
N: Nemesis- Agatha Christie- 11/26/17
D: Darkness Clashes- Susan Illene- 12/31/16
E: Enchanted, Inc.- Shanna Swendson- 6/30/18
N: Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island- Mike Tucker- 1/22/18
C: Cover Her Face- P.D. James- 6/2/17
E: Executable- John Conroe- 7/24/18

delegate

D: Dreamfever- Karen Marie Moning- 3/25/17
E: Emerald Blaze- Ilona Andrews- 8/25/20
L: Lake Silence- Anne Bishop- 3/6/18
E: Evans Above- Rhys Bowen- 9/29/20
G: Green Rider- Kristen Britain- 6/10/17
A: Another One Bites the Dust- Jennifer Rardin- 4/8/19
T: To Spell with It- Amanda M. Lee- 7/18/19
E: Evan Help Us- Rhys Bowen- 10/15/20

democracy
descendant

desegregation

dictator

D: Dead Girls Are Easy- Terri Garey- 11/24/17
I: Immortally Yours- Angie Fox- 2/24/22
C: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay- J.K. Rowling- 11/26/18
T: Trouble in Mudbug- Jana Deleon- 10/10/20
A: The Accidental Vampire- Lynsay Sands- 9/16/20
T: Talisman of Tomorrow- Timothy Ellis- 10/14/20
O: Outclassed- Annabel Chase- 10/7/20
R: The Real Macaw- Donna Andrews- 9/7/21

discrimination

dynasty

D: The Darkest Kiss- Keri Arthur- 12/22/17
Y: The Yard- Alex Grecian- 12/25/19
N: 9 from the Nine Worlds- Rick Riordan- 6/7/21
A: Admiral of Gaia- Timothy Ellis- 10/11/20
S: Doctor Who: The Stone Rose- Jacqueline Rayner- 12/1/17
T: Two Witches and a Whiskey- Annette Marie- 10/28/20
Y: Your Killin' Heart: A Mystery- Peggy O'Neal Peden- 5/1/20

Egypt

E: Etched in Bone- Anne Bishop- 3/8/17
G: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making- Catherynne M. Valente- 3/5/17
Y: Your Money's Worth: Seattle Elementals, Book 1- Connie Suttle- 11/12/16
P: Prey- Rachel Vincent- 10/5/16
T: Too Many Cooks- Rex Stout- 3/29/17

elect

emancipation

E: Embraced by Darkness- Keri Arthur- 4/18/17
M: The Murder at the Vicarage- Agatha Christie- 11/29/16
A: Archangel's Kiss- Nalini Singh- 8/14/17
N: The Neverending Story- Michael Ende- 2/10/17
C: Crown of Midnight- Sarah J. Maas- 12/21/16
I: Into the Fire- Jeaniene Frost- 4/22/18
P: The Pact- Jodi Picoult- 10/10/16
A: Archangel's Consort- Nalini Singh- 8/22/17
T: Thirteen- Kelley Armstrong- 4/17/17
I: The Iron Daughter- Julie Kagawa- 5/9/18
O: Out of the Shadows- Kay Hooper- 1/29/17
N: Nice Dragons Finish Last- Rachel Aaron- 6/13/17

emigration

emperor/empress

E: Edge Of Evil- J.A. Jance- 8/12/18
M: Mind Magic- Eileen Wilks- 12/5/16
P: A Promise of Fire- Amanda Bouchet- 11/19/16
E: Extra! Extra! Dead All About It- Amanda M. Lee- 8/28/18
R: Rest in Pieces- Rita Mae Brown- 8/26/17
O: Otherworld Nights- Kelley Armstrong- 6/6/17
R: A Red Herring Without Mustard- Alan Bradley- 8/26/17

E: Everlasting Covenant- Amanda M. Lee- 9/21/18
M: Magical Probi- T.S. Paul- 12/20/16
P: Pocket Full of Posies- Angela Roquet- 1/22/17
R: The Rest Falls Away- Colleen Gleason- 10/5/17
E: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja- John Flanagan- 11/14/18
S: Siren's Call- Devyn Quinn- 12/17/16
S: Silent Night- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/19/16

empire

E: Ensign Spacemage- Timothy Ellis- 10/20/20
M: Murky Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 5/11/17
P: Philly Stakes- Gillian Roberts- 3/26/17
I: Into the Hells- Christopher Johns- 4/14/21
R: Real Murders- Charlaine Harris- 12/11/19
E: Evanly Choirs- Rhys Bowen- 10/22/20

era

Europe

E: Evan and Elle- Rhys Bowen- 10/29/20
U: User Unfriendly- Vivian Vande Velde- 11/27/17
R: Romeow and Juliet- Kathi Daley- 1/20/20
O: ONLY THE LOST- AMANDA M LEE- 10/1/19
P: A Pocket Full of Rye- Agatha Christie- 3/30/17
E: Evan Can Wait- Rhys Bowen- 11/4/20

event

exile

E: Eye Spy- Mercedes Lackey- 2/22/20
X: The Xibalba Murders- Lyn Hamilton- 3/2/17
I: Imperium Knight Chaos Rising- Timothy Ellis- 10/19/20
L: Lying Season- Karina Halle- 11/9/17
E: Éclair and Present Danger- Laura Bradford- 3/22/20

exploration

Far East

F: Faefever- Karen Marie Moning- 10/27/16
A: Archangel's Blade- Nalini Singh- 9/3/17
R: The Rose Mark- Connie Suttle- 4/15/17

E: Emily of New Moon- L.M. Montgomery- 9/29/17
A: Archangel's Storm- Nalini Singh- 9/18/17
S: The Second Book of Swords- Fred Saberhagen- 11/11/16
T: The Trouble with Twelfth Grave- Darynda Jones- 10/31/17

federal

F: The Flame of Olympus- Kate O'Hearn- 11/5/16
E: Every Heart a Doorway- Seanan McGuire- 11/11/17
D: The Devil's Arithmetic- Jane Yolen- 11/23/16
E: Electric Night- Stacey Brutger- 2/15/18
R: Rose and Thorn: Black Rose Sorceress, Book 2- Connie Suttle- 4/26/17
A: At Bertram's Hotel- Agatha Christie- 9/19/17
L: Love Bites- Lynsay Sands- 1/31/17

feud

F: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay- J.K. Rowling- 11/18/16
E: Eleventh Grave in Moonlight- Darynda Jones- 1/24/17
U: Under a Silent Moon- Elizabeth Haynes- 12/1/16
D: Dark Slayer- Christine Feehan- 1/11/17

feudal

F: Five Little Pigs- Agatha Christie- 4/13/17
E: Elemental Blood- Phaedra Weldon- 1/20/21
U: Unshapely Things- Mark Del Franco- 3/5/18
D: Darkness Shatters- Susan Illene- 7/27/17
A: Archangel's Prophecy- Nalini Singh- 9/23/19
L: Leverage in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/4/18

foe

forefathers

F: Frostbitten- Kelley Armstrong- 1/14/17
O: One Good Dragon Deserves Another- Rachel Aaron- 6/22/17
R: A Restless Evil- Ann Granger- 10/7/17
E: Extreme Medical Services- Jamie Davis- 12/17/18
F: The Fairy Godmother- Mercedes Lackey- 2/26/17
A: Archangel's Enigma- Nalini Singh- 10/14/17
T: Touched by an Alien- Gini Koch- 8/22/18
H: The Hammer of Thor- Rick Riordan- 11/30/16
E: Elemental Storm- Phaedra Weldon- 3/27/19
R: Rise of the Evening Star- Brandon Mull- 10/21/17
S: Spark- K.C. Stewart- 1/10/17

founder

Founding Fathers

F: Feral Sins- Suzanne Wright- 3/15/17
O: Otherworld Chills- Kelley Armstrong- 7/29/17
U: Undead and Unwed- MaryJanice Davidson- 3/11/17
N: Nightingale's Lament- Simon R. Green- 3/4/18
D: Dragon Spawn- Eileen Wilks- 1/20/17
I: Into the Abyss- Dale Mayer- 12/2/19
N: Night of the Soul Stealer- Joseph Delaney- 4/9/18
G: Glass Sword- Victoria Aveyard- 4/10/17

F: For You- Kristen Ashley- 3/17/17
A: Agents of Light and Darkness- Simon R. Green- 2/16/18
T: Twice Bitten- Chloe Neill- 9/16/18
H: Hercule Poirot's Christmas- Agatha Christie- 12/18/16
E: Empty Nest- Marty Wingate- 5/2/19
R: The Ruins of Gorlan- John Flanagan- 1/19/18
S: The Shadowseeker- Victor Kloss- 1/16/17

generation
Greece
guerillas

heroine

H: Hell Hath No Fury- J.C. Diem- 12/22/16
E: Evil Dark- Justin Gustainis- 5/24/19
R: Remember Me- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/26/18
O: Opal- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 8/12/17
I: The Incubus Impasse- Amanda M. Lee- 12/4/19
N: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency- Alexander McCall Smith- 8/30/18
E: The Elite- Kiera Cass- 6/7/19

Hiroshima

H: How to Fall- Jane Casey- 12/26/16
I: Itsy Bitsy Spider- Dale Mayer- 12/15/19
R: Revenge of the Witch- Joseph Delaney- 1/28/18
O: Oblivion- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 8/12/17
S: Slave to Sensation- Nalini Singh- 1/27/17
H: Hiding in the Shadows- Kay Hooper- 1/4/17
I: Infinity- Sherrilyn Kenyon- 3/20/20
M: The Moving Finger- Agatha Christie- 1/8/17
A: Anubis Nights- Gary Jonas- 2/18/18

House of Representatives

H: Hex Hall- Rachel Hawkins- 1/9/17
O: Omega- S.M. Reine- 2/4/18
U: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin- 6/5/17
S: Schooled in Magic- Christopher Nuttall- 2/22/17
E: Elephants Can Remember- Agatha Christie- 6/16/19

O: One Salt Sea- Seanan McGuire- 3/30/18
F: Frostbite- Richelle Mead- 4/11/17

R: Rock Chick Revolution- Kristen Ashley- 7/12/18
E: Empath- Edie Claire- 7/14/19
P: The Prisoner of Cell 25- Richard Paul Evans- 2/27/17
R: Rogues- John Conroe- 7/27/18
E: Exiled- J.C. Diem- 9/19/19
S: Stone Guardian- Danielle Monsch- 3/1/17
E: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library- Chris Grabenstein- 10/11/19
N: Nice Girls Don't Live Forever- Molly Harper- 10/4/18
T: Third Girl- Agatha Christie- 10/2/18
A: And Then There Were None- Agatha Christie- 4/19/18
T: Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 11/29/18
I: If Walls Could Talk- Juliet Blackwell- 4/8/20
V: Visions of Heat- Nalini Singh- 5/23/17
E: Eyes to the Soul- Dale Mayer- 10/31/19
S: Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo- 3/9/17

immigrant

independence
India
international
invasion
liberate
liberator
literature
lord

majority

M: Mortal Ties- Eileen Wilks- 9/5/16
A: A is for Alibi- Sue Grafton- 9/27/16
J: Jack and the Beanstalk- Jenni James- 8/22/16
O: Once Burned- Jeaniene Frost- 8/23/16
R: Reaper- K.D. McEntire- 8/24/16
I: I'll Be Seeing You: A Novel- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/7/16
T: Tales of the Otherworld- Kelley Armstrong- 9/4/16
Y: You Slay Me- Katie MacAlister- 10/6/16

Mediterranean

Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East

migrant worker

M: Magic to the Bone- Devon Monk- 11/21/16
I: Illuminae- Amie Kaufman- 10/25/17
G: Grave Seasons- Lily Harper Hart- 12/6/16
R: Ritual Magic- Eileen Wilks- 10/22/16
A: Armageddon Rules- J.C. Nelson- 5/16/17
N: Nightfall Gardens- Allen Houston- 1/7/17
T: Touch of Frost- Jennifer Estep- 3/12/17

W: Wicked Fog- Lily Harper Hart- 11/6/16
O: Otherworld Secrets- Kelley Armstrong- 1/18/17
R: Reluctant Adept- Katherine Bayless- 11/5/16
K: Kiss of Crimson- Lara Adrian- 10/3/16
E: Evil Under the Sun- Agatha Christie- 2/28/17
R: The Red Box- Rex Stout- 1/7/17

migrate
minority

monarch

M: The Merchant of Death- D.J. MacHale- 4/5/17
O: Only The Lonely- Amanda M. Lee- 10/23/18
N: Nighttime Is My Time- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/26/18
A: Along Came a Spider- James Patterson- 5/20/18
R: Red Angel- Helen Harper- 12/18/18
C: Caressed By Ice- Nalini Singh- 7/18/17
H: House of Whispers- J.L. Bryan- 2/4/17

monarchy

M: Moonshadow- Thea Harrison- 4/20/17
O: Opal Fire- Barbra Annino- 11/8/18
N: Night Myst- Yasmine Galenorn- 3/17/19
A: Anne of Avonlea- L.M. Montgomery- 6/20/18
R: Road to Honor- Taki Drake- 2/21/19
C: The Candidates- Inara Scott- 7/24/17
H: The Hundredth Man- Jack Kerley- 2/7/17
Y: You Will Know Me- Megan Abbott- 8/2/17

monument

myth

M: Murder Most Witchy- Amanda M. Lee- 5/5/17
Y: You're Not Allowed to Die- Kip Terrington- 9/21/17
T: Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 5/17/19
H: Hansel and Gretel- Jenni James- 3/13/17

mythology

M: Mercenary Magic- Ella Summers- 7/12/17
Y: The Yeti- Mike Miller- 3/3/18
T: Take the Monkey and Run- Laura Morrigan- 8/29/19
H: Haunted Ground- Erin Hart- 3/31/17
O: Old Blood- Karina Halle- 3/2/19
L: Lie Down with Dogs- Hailey Edwards- 4/16/18
O: Owl and the Electric Samurai- Kristi Charish- 3/10/19
G: Grave Holiday- Lily Harper Hart- 8/6/17
Y: The Young Elites- Marie Lu- 9/8/18

Napoleon
national
nationalism
neutral
nomad
oppression

overthrow

O: Oracles of Delphi Keep- Victoria Laurie- 6/23/18
V: The Vampire's Accidental Wife- Kristen Painter- 1/9/18
E: Enter the Janitor- Josh Vogt- 2/20/20
R: The Reaper Rescues The Genie- Kristen Painter- 10/24/18
T: Tall, Dark & Hungry- Lynsay Sands- 1/15/19
H: Hush, Hush- Becca Fitzpatrick- 2/2/17
R: Redwall- Brian Jacques- 10/25/18
O: On Deadline & Under Fire- Amanda M. Lee- 9/9/18
W: Where Are the Children?- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/30/17

parliament
patriot

peasants
period
Persia

pharaoh

P: The Protectors- Victor Kloss- 7/20/17
H: The Hanged Man- P.N. Elrod- 4/24/17
A: Archangel's War- Nalini Singh- 9/26/19
R: Redshirts- John Scalzi- 8/12/20
A: Alaskan Alliance- Kathi Daley- 11/7/19
O: The One- Kiera Cass- 9/5/19
H: Hard Spell- Justin Gustainis- 7/3/17

poverty
primitive
proclamation
racial
racism
rebel

rebellion
reconstruction
Renaissance
representation
republic
republican
revenge
revolution
rights
Rome

royalty
secession
segregation
Senate
serf
social
society
spy
tax
taxation

temple
The Confederacy
The Union
time
transcontinental
treason
trial
underground
Underground Railroad
United Nations

unity
veteran

warrior

W: What's a Ghoul to Do?- Victoria Laurie- 3/16/17
A: Accidental Ashes- Sara C. Roethle- 1/13/19
R: Rare Find- Dale Mayer- 10/27/19
R: Raven, Red- Connie Suttle- 11/2/19
I: Ice Maiden- Dale Mayer- 1/18/21
O: Over My Dead Body- Rex Stout- 11/7/17
R: Reindeer Roundup- Kathi Daley- 11/22/19

wealth

W: Waking the Witch- Kelley Armstrong- 3/22/17
E: Every Which Way But Dead- Kim Harrison- 7/19/20
A: Above the Fold & Below the Belt- Amanda M. Lee- 3/22/19
L: The Lost City of Faar- D.J. MacHale- 12/12/17
T: The Trouble with Turkeys- Kathi Daley- 6/17/19
H: Harvesting the Heart- Jodi Picoult- 3/28/17

wonder

W: Wicked Season- Lily Harper Hart- 4/1/17
O: Only the Quiet- Amanda M. Lee- 5/5/19
N: No Farm, No Foul- Peg Cochran- 8/21/19
D: The Dragon Finds Forever- Kristen Painter- 6/6/17
E: Evans to Betsy- Rhys Bowen- 11/12/20
R: Radiance- Grace Draven- 5/22/20

Scavenger Hunt

A.D.
abolish
abolitionist
aggression
Alexander the Great
alliance Orphan Number 8 but the alliances pg 130
allies
ally Orphan Number 8 Naomi had ramained an ally pg 145
ambush
amendment
ancestor
antiquity
apartheid
architecture
artillery
atom
atom(ic) bomb
atomic war
B.C.
Babylon
barbarian
Caesar Anne of Green Gables Anne opened her Caesar pg 125
citizen Nightbirds on Nantucket So this young lady is a British Citizen? Pg 213
city-state
civil Nightbirds on Nantucket Come out and be civil pg 43
civil rights
Civil War
civilization
class Nightbirds on Nantucket fust-class pg 83
classic Anne of Green Gables She intended to teach Anne the childish classic pg 28
conflict Orphan Number 8 the conflict dragged on pg 208
Congress
conquer
conquest
constitution
continental
crusade
culture Orphan Number 8 throat cultures and blood work pg 76
current Orphan Number 8 the current vaccination pg 78
current events
declaration Orphan Number 8 a declaration of war pg 206
Declaration of Independence
delegate
democracy Black Hearts in Battersea deomcracy hall pg 53
descendant Orphan Number 8 a descendant of Eastern European Jewish pg 2
desegregation
dictator
discrimination
dynasty
Egypt
elect Anne of Green Gables all of the excited performers - elect none
emancipation
emigration
emperor/empress
empire Orphan Number 8 this one he made back in the empire pg 186
era Orphan Number 8 the characters would have responded to the repressive ear pg 15
Europe Nightbirds on Nantucket would soon be back in Europe pg 118
event Black Hearts in Battersea was there any connection between the two events? pg 116
exile
exploration Orphan Number 8 that's why the analysis can only come from a deep exploration pg 68
Far East
federal
feud
feudal
foe
forefathers
founder
Founding Fathers
generation Anne of Green Gables of three generations pg 56
Greece
guerillas
heroine Anne of Green Gables as if I were a heroine pg 26
Hiroshima
House of Representatives
immigrant Orphan Number 8 removed from some immigrant's hovel pg 39
independence Orphan Number 8 arrived with the children in time for Independence Day pg 328
India
international
invasion Orphan Number 8 the invasion of the poice pg 41
liberate
liberator
literature Anne of Green Gables who made the highest mark in English and English Literature pg 143
lord Nightbirds on Nantucket I reckon he musta belonged to some duke or lord pg 53
majority
Mediterranean Orphan Number 8 boarded a ship bound for the Mediterranean pg 316
Mesopotamia
Middle Ages
Middle East
migrant worker
migrate
minority Anne of Green Gables small but crucial minority pg 148
monarch Nightbirds on Nantucket the usuruping Stuart monarch pg 199
monarchy
monument Orphan Number 8 must have seemed monuments pg 26
myth
mythology
NapoleonBlack Hearts in Battersea
national Black Hearts in Battersea ask that a national pg 167
nationalism
neutral
nomad
oppression
overthrow
parliament Nightbirds on Nantucket tomorrow is the state opening of parliament pg 199
patriot
peasants
period Black Hearts in Battersea after a period of rest pg 148
Persia
pharaoh
poverty Orphan Number 8 taunting Rachel's stomach and reminding her of her poverty 358
primitive
proclamation Black Hearts in Battersea proclamation be made pg 168
racial
racism
rebel
rebellion
reconstruction
Renaissance
representation
republic
republican
revenge Orphan Number 8 when she had cut Amelia's hair, her only motivation was revenge pg 262
revolution Black Hearts in Battersea in love with a French painter escaped from the French revolution pg 75
rights Nightbirds on Nantucket it was his turn below and by rights pg 2
Rome Anne of Green Gables Did but of Rome's best son pg 71
royalty Orphan Number 8 where she has performed for royalty pg 259
secession
segregation
Senate
serf
social Black Hearts in Battersea Lady Triangulists's social pg 104
society Nightbirds on Nantucket high society pg 66
spy
tax Orphan Number 8 to pay and inheritance tax pg 336
taxation
temple Orphan Number 8 little eddies around her temples pg 119
The Confederacy
The Union
time Nightbirds on Nantucket any time to spare pg 2
transcontinental
treason Black Hearts in Battersea off to the tower for treson pg 14
trial Orphan Number 8 their adventures, their trials, their purpose pg 206
underground Nightbirds on Nantucket my parents will be wondering if I've gone underground pg 209
Underground Railroad
United Nations Orphan Number 8 he talked about the United Nations pg 312
unity
veteran Orphan Number 8 veteran with the mechanical arm pg 36
warrior Orphan Number 8 an amazon warrior pg 370
wealth Anne of Green Gables atmosphere of wealth and culture pg 138
wonder Nightbirds on Nantucket I don't wonder