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St. Patrick Says...GOLD PIECES: 21
A. Read a book whose title begins with a letter in IRELAND. 3 COINS
Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
A. Read a book where St. Patrick's Day is celebrated. 3 COINS
St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
B. Read a book where someone steals something. 2 COINS
Hot Pursuit - Kathryn Jensen 3/9
A. Read a book set in Ireland. 3 COINS
Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12
A. Read a book with a mostly green (over 50 %) cover. 3 COINS
Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
B. Read a book with something golden in the cover image. 2 COINS
Once a Cavalier - Linda O. Johnston 3/16
A. Read a book with an Irish main character.3 COINS
Kiss Me, I'm Irish - Rozanne St Claire / Jill Shalvis / Maureen Child 3/22
C. Read a book set in New York City. 1 COIN
Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
C. Read a book with 3 in the page count. 1 COIN
Dark Embers - Tessa Adams 3/24
A. Read a book published on March 17th.
B. Read a book with orange text on cover.
C. Read a book written by an author whose first or last name is PATRICK
AMMP Game Night - Boggle
Words: GASKET, SINGE
✔G: The Girl with the Golden Gun - Ann Major 4/11
✔A: Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon - Nancy Atherton 4/22
✔S: The Secret of the Nagas - Amish Tripathi 4/17
✔K: Dearly Depotted - Kate Collins 4/3
✔E: The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/7
✔T: Dead Sexy - Tate Hallaway 4/8
✔S: Serpent's Kiss - Thea Harrison 4/22
✔I: One Fell Sweep - Ilona Andrews 4/1
✔N: The North Water - Ian McGuire 4/10
✔G: Murder Under a Mystic Moon - Yasmine Galenorn 4/12
✔E: Tangled Threads - Jennifer Estep 4/20
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
MarblesYour task: 6.1
MOVE :: Read a book with a mountain on the cover OR the author is above the title on the cover.
White Heat - Jill Shalvis 5/2
HIT : Read a book of choice.A Room Full of Bones - Elly Griffiths 5/4
7.3 - MOVE :: Read a book with rocks on the cover OR the cover is 50% or more gray
Seduced by the Storm - Sydney Croft 5/9
8.5 - MISS : Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy OR has 8 in the page count
Changeling - Yasmine Galenorn (278 pages) 5/11
2.7 - MISS :: Read a book with "adult" tagged at least 5 times OR has a 2 in the ISBN
Barely a Lady - Eileen Dreyer (ISBN 9780446542081) 5/13
2.1 - MOVE :: Read a book with any kind of furniture on the cover OR the cover has text that is ONLY white
The Madness of Mercury - Connie Di Marco 5/18
1.7 - MISS :: Read a book with "young-adult" tagged at least 5 times OR has a 1 in the ISBN
Seizure - Kathy Reichs (tagged 293 times) 5/25
HIT : Read a book of choice
The Ronin's Mistress - Laura Joh Rowland 5/27
9.7 - MISS :: Read a book tagged "science fiction" at least 5 times OR has a 9 in the ISBN.
Never Look Back - Linda Lael Miller (ISBN 0-7434-7049-0) 5/30
HIT : Read a book of choice.
The Preacher - Camilla Läckberg 5/31
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Tic-Tac-Toe
✔Box 1: Read a book with an X in the title, subtitle, or author's name
Fatal Fixer-Upper - Jennie Bentley 7/17
✔Box 4: Read a book with 3 in the page count
The Empire's Ghost - Isabelle Steiger (432 pages) 7/22
✔Box 7: Read a book where you can find "TIC" or "TAC" or "TOE" intact in the title
No Strings Attached - Kate Angell (ATTACHED) 7/31
CraniumWeek 1: Word: STOP - "O"
The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
Week 2: Word: FISH - "F"
All That Bleeds - Kimberly Frost 6/15
Week 3: Read a book with a ring on the cover
Bella at Midnight - Diane Stanley 6/22
Week 4: Read a book where water is an important theme
Melting into You - Tracey Alvarez 6/30
Week 5: "F" in Funk - author only
Gingerbread Cookie Murder - Joann Fluke 7/6
Week 6: Read a book with the word "crucify" within the text
A Catered St. Patrick's Day - Isis Crawford 7/14
Week 7: Word O-B-O-E
Our Husband - Stephanie Bond 7/19
Week 8: Set Find Your Lines: Read a book that was turned into a movie, or based off a movie.
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger 7/27
Week 9: Word ZOEA "E"
Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean 8/3
Week 10: Trivia Question: Ruby Tuesday
Read a book with a musician as a main character/focus.
Lick - Kylie Scott 8/10
Week #11: Abstract Painting
Read a book with a reflection on the cover
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8/18
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Game Time ChallengeDuration: June 1 - August 31, 2017
READ: 16/18
✔Year Published: 2017
Title and Author: Ash and Quill - Rachel Caine
Date finished: 7/26
Rating: ✦✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2016
Title and Author: Archangel's Heart - Nalini Singh
Date finished: 6/17
Rating: ✦✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2015
Title and Author: Shadows Strike - Dianne Duvall
Date finished: 6/17
Rating: ✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2014
Title and Author: Lucky Catch - Deborah Coonts
Date finished: 7/8
Rating: ✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2013
Title and Author: White Fire - Douglas Preston
Date finished: 7/29
Rating: ✦✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2012
Title and Author: A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths
Date finished: 8/6
Rating: ✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2011
Title and Author: Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro
Date finished: 7/7
Rating: ✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2010
Title and Author: The Valcourt Heiress - Catherine Coulter
Date finished: 6/18
Rating: ✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2009
Title and Author: The Spy Who Wants Me - Lucy Monroe
Date finished: 7/5
Rating: ✦✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2008
Title and Author: Darkling - Yasmine Galenorn
Date finished: 7/11
Rating: ✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2007
Title and Author: Blood of the Dark Moon - Adrianne Brennan
Date finished: 8/13
Rating: ✦✦
✔Year Published: 2006
Title and Author: Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
Date finished: 6/26
Rating: ✦✦✦✦
Year Published: 2005
Title and Author: The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
Date finished: 6/3
Rating: ✦✦✦
Year Published: 2004
Title and Author: Blue Flame - Jill Shalvis
Date finished: 6/15
Rating: ✦✦✦✦
Year Published: 2003
Title and Author:
Date finished:
Rating:
Year Published: 2002
Title and Author:
Date finished:
Rating:
✔Year Published: 2001
Title and Author: The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Date finished: 8/18
Rating: ✦✦✦
✔Year Published: 2000
Title and Author: Our Husband - Stephanie Bond
Date finished: 7/19
Rating: ✦✦✦
Take Me Out to the Ball GameSeventh Inning Stretch
⚾️⚾️⚾️ read a book with a blue cover (at least 50%)
Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea - Sophia Nash 8/5
Snack Bar
🍿 hotdog read a book with a prologue or an epilogue
A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths 8/6
Kaufman Field
⚾️ baseball hat: read a book with a hat on the cover
Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets - Mary McHugh 8/7
Wrigley Field
⚾️ read a book with both the word Atlanta and brave in the text
⚾️ double: read a book that is second in the series
Hidden Embers - Tessa Adams 8/8
Bush Stadium
⚾️ read a book with a RED cover
Blood of the Dark Moon - Adrianne Brennan 8/12
Dodger Stadium
⚾️ The Marlins are very colorful, read a book with a cover that has at least three of the below colors on it
Black/white/silver/blue/red orange/yellow
⚾️ Single: read a book that is first in a series
Hounding the Pavement - Judi McCoy 8/15
Citizens Bank Stadium
⚾️ read a book with consecutive double letters anywhere in the title
Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks 8/22
Camden Yard
⚾️ read a book with a character who is involved in law enforcement
So Close the Hand of Death - J.T. Ellison 8/29
Great American Ball Park
⚾️ Grand slam: read a book with a Goodreads rating above 4.1
The Harder You Fall - Gena Showalter (4.17) 8/31
Connect Four
👼 - My Points
Total Points: 16
F2 - 1 point
Midnight's Kiss - Donna Grant (3 - i's) 9/2
Column 2: Read a book with three of the same letters in the title.
F5 - 2 points
Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
Row F: Read a book with a title that begins with S
Column 5: Read a book with orange or yellow on the cover.
E6- 2 points
Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6
Row E: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in AUTUMN
Column 6: Read a book with the word "coffee" in text.
(a square leather-topped coffee table), p40
E2 - 1 point
Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins 9/7
Column 2: Read a book with three of the same letters in the title
D5 - 1 point
Dragonsworn - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/9
Column 5: Read a book with orange or yellow on the cover
D2 - 2 points
Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross 9/13
Row D: Read a book with 4 in page count or publication date. (384 pages)
Column 2: Read a book with three of the same letters in the title (3 t's)
F3 - 1 point
Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
Column 3: Read a book whose author's initials appear in SAPPHIRE.
C6 - 2 points
Scone Cold Dead - Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/17
Row C: FREE! Any book of your choosing.
Column 6: Read a book with the word "coffee" in text.
"Coffee" = slowly LIss lowered her coffee mug, p42
D4 - 1 point
Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/20
Column 4: Read a book where the MC goes to school.
E3 - 1 point
Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo 9/23
Column 3: Read a book whose author's initials appear in SAPPHIRE.
C3 - 2 points
Fear the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 9/27
Row C: FREE! Any book of your choosing.
Column 3: Read a book whose author's initials appear in SAPPHIRE.
Clue🕵🏻♀️ Guess #1
🔍 Rolled: 2
MALEFICENT in the LIVING ROOM with a CROQUET MALLET
Book: Midnight's Kiss - Donna Grant
Date: 9/2
Fits: title starts with M
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #2
🔍 Rolled: 1
SCAR in the KITCHEN with a HYENA
Book: Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Date: 9/4
Fits: author name starts with S
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #3
🔍 Rolled: 1
URSULA in the KITCHEN with POISON
Book: Spellbent - Lucy Snyder
Date: 9/5
Fits: (she murdered her philandering husband with rat poison), p25
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #4
🔍 Rolled: 5
Queen of Hearts in the Dining Room with Poison
Book: Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins
Date: 9/7
Fits: tagged adult fiction 2x
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #5
🔍 Rolled: 4
Wicked Stepmother in the Attic with Poison
Book: Dragonsworn - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Date: 9/9
Fits: so would rope...and a gag, p81
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #6
🔍 Rolled: 3
Wicked Stepmother in the Bedroom with Seaweed
Book: By a Thread - Jennifer Estep
Date: 9/11
Fits: everything from manicures to SEAWEED facials, p25
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #7
🔍 Rolled: 1
Wicked Stepmother in the Kitchen with Poison
Book: Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams
Date: 9/11
Fits: p109, "are you planning on poisoning me?"
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #8
🔍 Rolled: 3
Cruella De Vil in the Bedroom with Poison
Book: Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross
Date: 9/13
Fits: MPG romance
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #9
🔍 Rolled: 5
Cruella De Vil in the Dining Room with Croquet mallet
Book: Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston
Date: 9/19
Fits: title starts with C
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #10
🔍 Rolled: 3
Cruella De Vil in the Bedroom with Hyena
Book: Pirates! - Celia Rees
Date: 9/21
Fits: author name starts with C
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #11
🔍 Rolled: 6
Cruella De Vil in the Cellar with Hyena
Book: Year of the Hyenas - Brad Geagley
Date: 9/29
Fits: p7, hyenas and jackals, even the occasional lion
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #12
🔍 Rolled: 2
Cruella De Vil in the Living Room with Hyena
Book: Steal the Dragon - Patricia Briggs
Date: 9/30
Fits: p35, I have managed to counteract the poison in Lord Karsten's system
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #13
🔍 Rolled: 6
Wicked Stepmother in the Cellar with Poison
Book: Where All the Dead Lie- J.T. Ellison
Date: 10/2
Fits: title starts with W
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #14
🔍 Rolled:
Wicked Stepmother in the Cellar with Poison
Book: Where All the Dead Lie - J.T. Ellison
Date: 10/8
Fits: title starts with W
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #14
🔍 Rolled: 4
Wicked Stepmother in the Attic with Poison
Book: White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland
Date: 10/6
Fits: title starts with W
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #15
🔍 Rolled: 5
Wicked Stepmother in the Dining Room with Poison
Book: Highland Avenger - Hannah Howell
Date: 10/9
Fits: p111, to rid herself of Claud's poison
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #16
🔍 Rolled: 2
Wicked Stepmother in the Living Room with Glass Slipper
Book: The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell
Date: 10/12
Fits: title starts with W
🕵🏻♀️ Guess #17
🔍 Final Accusation
Wicked Stepmother in the Living Room with Poison
Book: She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan
Date: 10/14
Fits: "...get into some poison ivy or something?...", p277
CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎊🍾🎈 WE CANNOT PROVE YOU WRONG
Wheel of FortuneDURATION: September 1 to December 31, 2017
Spin 1: $600
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/4
Spin 2: $800
Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
Spin 3: (- $400 buy vowel)
Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6
Spin 4: $300
By a Thread - Jennifer Estep 9/11
SOLVE: Sweet Filthy Boy
BANK: $1300
Spin 1: $500
Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/14
Spin 2: $900
Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
Spin 3: $5000
Hour of the Rat - Lisa Brackmann 9/18
Spin 4: $300
Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston 9/19
Spin 5: $300
Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/20
Spin 6: $400
Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay 9/21
Spin 7: Bankrupt (Spun again: $300)
Pirates! - Celia Rees 9/21
SOLVE: Laura Anne Gilman
BANK: $2000
No - G,P,W
Spin 1: $800
Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas 9/27
Buy Vowel: A
Fear the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 9/28
Spin 2: $300
Year of the Hyenas - Brad Geagley 9/29
Spin 3: $550
Steal the Dragon - Patricia Briggs 9/30
Buy vowel: E
Where All the Dead Lie - J.T. Ellison 10/2
Spin 4: $600
Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich 10/3
Spin 4: $500
The Wood Queen - Karen Mahoney 10/4
Spin 5: $300
Ho-Ho-Homicide - Kaitlyn Dunnett 10/5
Spin 6: $800
White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland 10/7
Spin 7: $300
Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik 10/9
Spin 8: $300
The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell 10/12
SOLVE: Delicate Monsters
BANK: $4300
NO = R, S, G,
Spin 1: $600
Blind Faith - Rebecca Zanetti 10/16
Spin 2: $300
Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor 10/17
Spin 3: $5000
Dorothy Must Die - Danielle Paige 10/19
Vowel: E
Foul Play - Janet Evanovich 10/21
Spin 4: $600
Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry 10/23
Spin 5: $600
Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff 10/24
Spin 6: $300
Burning The Map - Laura Caldwell 10/28
PUZZLE BANK: $10,800
TOTAL BANK = $4300
Spin 1: $450
Highland Wolf Pact - Selena Kitt 10/31
Spin 2: $600
Wait for Dark - Kay Hooper 10/31
Spin 3: buy a vowel
Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4
Spin 4: $700
In Stone's Clasp - Christie Golden 11/6
Spin 5: $550
Dolled Up to Die - Lorena McCourtney 11/6
Spin 6: buy a vowel
Darkness Avenged - Alexandra Ivy 11/9
Spin 7: $300
Pig Island - Mo Hayder 11/12
Spin 8: $5000
Kinked - Thea Harrison 11/13
Spin 9: buy a vowel
Field of Graves - J.T. Ellison 11/17
Spin 10: $500
The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley 11/18
SOLVE: Some Girls Bite
PUZZLE BANK: $6550
Spin 1: $900
How to Wash a Cat - Rebecca M. Hale 11/22
Spin 2: $400
Lady of Devices - Shelley Adina 11/23
Spin 3: $300
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
Spin 4: Buy A Vowel
Death Echo - Elizabeth Lowell 11/25
Spin 5: $800
Echoes of Ice - Boone Brux 11/26
Spin 6: Buy A Vowel
To Brie or Not To Brie - Avery Aames 11/27
Spin 7: $600
The Ghost Fields - Elly Griffiths 11/28
Spin 8: $800
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29
Spin 9: $450
Midnight's Temptation - Donna Grant 11/30
Spin 10: $800
Dragon Wytch - Yasmine Galenorn 12/3
Spin 11: Buy a Vowel
Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4
SOLVE: Not A Drop to Drink
BANK: $2200
Clean Sweep - Round 2Duration: July 20, 2017 - Jan 3, 2018
Week 3: Jul 20 - Jul 26 ~ R3 C5
Ash and Quill - Rachel Caine 7/26
Week 4: Jul 27 - Aug 2 ~ R3 C2
Judas Kiss - J.T. Ellison 7/28
Week 5: Aug 3 - Aug 9 ~ R6C3
The Battle Sylph - L.J. McDonald 8/9
Week 6: Aug 10 - Aug 16 ~ R1C2
Lick - Kylie Scott 8/10
Week 7: Aug 17 - Aug 23 ~ R3C6
Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks 8/22
Week 8: Aug 24 - Aug 30 ~ R5C1
Cowboy Town - Kasey Millstead 8/25
Week 9: Aug 31 - Sept 6 ~ R2C4
Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
Week 10: Sept 7 - Sept 13 ~ R2C4
The Wood Queen - Karen Mahoney 10/4
Week 11: Sept 14 - Sept 20 ~ R6C5
Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/14
Week 12: Sept 21 - Sept 27 ~ R3C4
Highland Avenger - Hannah Howell 10/9
Week 13: Sept 28 - Oct 4 ~ R4C3
Fear the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 9/28
Week 14: Oct 5 - Oct 11 ~ R6C6
16th Seduction - James Patterson
Week 15: Oct 12 - Oct 18 ~ R5C3
She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan 10/14
Week 16: Oct 19 - Oct 25 ~ R6C4
Brother - Ania Ahlborn 10/28
Week 17: Oct 26 - Nov 1 ~ R1C6
Pig Island - Mo Hayder 11/12
Week 18: Nov 2 - Nov 8 ~ R5C4
Forever... - Jude Deveraux 11/19
Week 19: Nov 9 - Nov 15 ~ R2C2
How to Wash a Cat - Rebecca M. Hale 11/22
Week 20: Nov 16 - Nov 22 ~ R5C1
The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley 11/18
Week 21: Nov 23 - Nov 29 ~ R5C5
The Ghost Fields - Elly Griffiths 11/28
Week 22: Nov 30 - Dec 6 ~ R3C5
Vampires Dead Ahead - Cheyenne McCray 12/5
Week 23: Dec 7 - Dec 13 ~ R1C5
Sick Fux - Tillie Cole 12/30
Week 24: Dec 14 - Dec 20 ~ R2C6
How to Seduce a Vampire (Without Really Trying) - Kerrelyn Sparks 12/14
Week 25: Dec 21 - Dec 27 ~ R3C1
Into the Fire - Amanda Usen 12/28
Week 26: Dec 28 - Jan 3 ~ R3C3
Almost Like Being in Love - Christina Dodd 12/31
12 Days of Christmas❄️1 A Partridge in a Pear Tree
🍐 read a book that is first in a series
Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4
❄️2 TurtleDoves
💕 read a book that starts with a letter found in the word DOVE
Vampires Dead Ahead - Cheyenne McCray 12/5
❄️3 French Hen
❄️ read a book that takes place in a European country
❄️ read a book that was published in February
The Woman in Blue - Elly Griffiths 12/7
(England, pub February 2016, Holiday theme: Easter)
❄️4 Calling Birds
🎄 read a book published in January
Red 1-2-3 - John Katzenbach (pub Jan 2012) 12/9
❄️5 Golden Rings
💍 read a book with the word GOLDEN in the text
💍 read a book with a 5 in the page count
💍 read a book that I rated 5 stars 🌟
Silver Silence - Nalini Singh 12/13
❄️6 Geese a Laying
🥚 read a book with a title that has a word in it that has three vowels
How to Seduce a Vampire (Without Really Trying) - Kerrelyn Sparks 12/14
❄️7 Swans a Swimming
❄️ read a book with water on the cover
Malevolent - Jana DeLeon 12/16
❄️8 Maids a Milking
🐄 read a book written by a female author
🐄 read a book with a 8 in the page count
Everlasting Enchantment - Kathryne Kennedy 12/18
❄️9 Ladies Dancing
👯♀️ read a book with a lady on the cover
Terrier - Tamora Pierce 12/23
❄️10 Lords a Leaping
🧝🏻♂️ read a book from a series that has more than 10 books in it (you may include novelas)
Duck the Halls - Donna Andrews (#16) 12/25
❄️11 Pipers Piping
🎼 read a book that was published in November the 11th month or on the 11th day of any month
The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths (pub November 2014) 12/25
❄️12 Drummers Drumming
🥁 read a book with the word DRUM in the text in reference to the instrument
Headstone - Ken Bruen 12/26
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Build-a-ScarecrowSCARECROW #1
1. The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston 11/5
2. Forgive Me - Daniel Palmer 11/13
3. In Stone's Clasp - Christie Golden 11/6
4. Forever... - Jude Deveraux 11/19
Bookopoly
Week 1:
You have landed on "Books Due". To pay your fine, you must read a book with a "0" in the page count.
Ho-Ho-Homicide - Kaitlyn Dunnett (304 pages) 10/5
Week 2:
You have landed on "Just Visiting". To move on, read a book where a crime is committed.
Highland Avenger - Hannah Howell 10/9
Week 3:
You have landed on Historical Fiction #2. To buy this property, read a book tagged Historical Fiction (must be on the first page of tags to count).
Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor 10/17
Week 4:
You have landed on Science Fiction #2. To buy this property, read a book tagged Science Fiction (must be on the first page of tags to count)
The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/25
Week 5:
You have landed on Mystery #3. To buy this property, read a book tagged Mystery
The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30
Week 6:
You have landed on New Adult #1, which is owned by Kathryn. To pay rent, read a book that is at least 1/4 purple.
Dolled Up to Die - Lorena McCourtney 11/6
Week 7:
You have landed on Romance #2. To buy this property, read a book tagged Romance
A Tale of Two Vampires - Katie MacAlister 11/16
Week 8:
You have landed on Science Fiction #3. To buy this property, read a book tagged Science Fiction (must be on the first page of tags to count).
The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley (tagged 19x) 11/19
Week 9:
You have landed on Fantasy #2. To buy this property, read a book tagged Fantasy
Widow’s Web - Jennifer Estep 11/30
Ultimate Game Night ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
Week one: January 1: MONOPOLY
(Jan 1 - 8)
♥️ original playing pieces introduced in 1935 were...
The iron, the thimble, the top hat, the battleship, The racecar and The shoe
Later in the 1950s both the Scottie dog and wheelbarrow were introduced
* Read a book with one of the above on the cover
Me, Myself and Why? - Mary Janice Davidson 1/1
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⭐️⭐️ WEEK 2 ⭐️⭐️ January 9⭐️⭐️ SORRY⭐️⭐️
(Jan 9-15)
• read a book with 3 of these colors on the cover red, yellow, blue, Green
The Edge of the World - Kevin Anderson 1/13
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First Bonus Game⭐⭐⭐ DOMINOES⭐⭐⭐
(posted Jan 12)
• read a book with both a 2&8 in the page Count
On the Growl - Celia Kyle (287 pages) 1/18
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✳️ WEEK 3✳️ JANUARY 16th✳️ OPERATION✳️
(Jan 16-22)
✳️ read a book where you can find the authors initials in the word OPERATION
Graced - Amanda Pillar 1/17
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↙️↙️↙️WEEK 4 ↙️↙️↙️ January 23↙️↙️↙️ TICKET TO RIDE↙️↙️↙️↙️
(Jan 23 - 29)
↘️ read a book where you can find all the letters in the word RIDE in the title
Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris 1/26
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☮️☮️ WEEK 5☮️☮️ CANDYLAND☮️☮️ January 30☮️☮️
(Jan 30 - Feb 5)
☪️ read a book with a character who has a title, King, Lord, lady, princess etc.
Desert God - Wilbur Smith 2/4
(m.c. takes orders directly from the King of Egypt)
⚾️⚾️ Week 6⚾️⚾️ MINE CRAFT⚾️⚾️ February 6⚾️⚾️(Feb 6 - 12)
✏️ read a book tagged adventure
The Chase - Clive Cussler 2/7
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♣️♣️ week7♣️♣️ SCRABBLE♣️♣️ February 13♣️♣️
(Feb 13 - 19)
D}Read a book with a word in the title that has at least 4 letters and has a Scrabble score=5
The Bird Eater - Ania Ahlborn 2/13
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⚜️⚜️ week 8⚜️⚜️ THE GAME OF LIFE⚜️⚜️ February 20⚜️⚜️
(Feb 20 - 26)
Heads or Tails = Tails
❤️ pink? blue?
Tails-read a book with a boy on the cover or in the title
Bad Nights - Rebecca York 2/23
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❤️❤️❤️ BONUS GAME❤️❤️❤️ TWISTER❤️❤️❤️
(posted 2/23)
✳️ read a book where you can find three letters in order in the word Twister in a word in the title
ie twi,wis,ist,ste,ter
The Never List - Koethi Zan 3/9
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❇️❇️ WEEK9❇️❇️❇️ BARBIE GOES to the PROM❇️❇️❇️❇️ February 26❇️❇️❇️
(Feb 26 - Mar 5)
❤️ read a book with a dress on the cover, it does not need to be a prom dress, but I will not take a skirt
Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
⭐️⭐️ week 10⭐️⭐️ SCATTERGORIES⭐️⭐️ March 6⭐️⭐️(Mar 6 - 12)
Letter S
✳️ Author name first or last - Sheila
✳️ Cover item - Sign
Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12
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☀️☀️ week 11☀️☀️ HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO☀️☀️3/13
(Mar 13 - 19)
⚡️ read a book with an animal on the cover or in the text from this list of animals
Top 10 Animals to see on a Safari
Wrayth - Pip Ballantine 3/21
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❓❓ week 12❓❓ GUESS WHO❓❓ march 20❓❓
(Mar 20 - 26)
❓ do you wear glasses?
If yes read a book with glasses or glass on the cover
Betrayed - Rebecca York 3/23
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⭐️⭐️ week 13⭐️⭐️ cHINESE CHECKERS⭐️⭐️3/27
(Mar 27 - Apr 2)
~ read a book that takes place in a European country
Silenced - Kristina Ohlsson (Sweden) 3/30
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⚓️⚓️⚓️ GO FISH ⚓️⚓️⚓️ BONUS GAME MARCH⚓️⚓️⚓️
(posted March 31 )
per Berit,
I happen to have a jack, so you can read what you want
The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/6
❣️❣️ week 14❣️❣️Hi Ho Cherry O ❣️❣️(April 3 - 9)
❣️ read a book where you can find all the following words in the text dog, bird, tree, and bucket
The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
dog - a man with a big dog on a leash, p64
bird - a black bird that might be a crow, p124
tree - assuming for a moment that evolution is a tree, p54
bucket - cooked up in a bucket or a bathtub, p150
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☀️☀️ WEEK 15☀️☀️CHUTES AND LADDERS☀️☀️
(April 10 - 16)
☯️ read a book that takes place in either India or England
The Secret of the Nagas - Amish Tripathi (India) 4/17
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🔍🔍🔍 WEEK 16🔍🔍🔍 CLUE🔍🔍🔍
(Apr 16 - 22)
🔍 WHERE?
Read a book with the characters either live in or visit a house with any of the following rooms, library, ballroom, Conservatory,or Study...
Stuck In Shangri-La - Kasey Michaels (study) 4/18
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🔴⚫️🔴 WEEK17 🔴⚫️🔴 CONNECT FOUR 🔴⚫️🔴
4/24
⚫️ read the fourth book in a series
Harbinger - Pip Ballantine (#4 Book of the Order) 4/25
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🍻🍻🍻 APRIL BONUS GAME 🍻 BEER PONG🍻🍻🍻
(4/26)
🍺 read a book with an author who has a first or last initial that can be found in the word PONG
Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs 5/1
💛❤️💛 week 18💛❤️💛 pERFECTION💛❤️💛 5/1⏲ read a book with all the letters in TIMER in the title they do not need to be in order
Midnight's Lover - Donna Grant 5/22
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🙈🙈🙈 week 19🙉🙉🙉 TABOO🙊🙊🙊5/8
🙈 PARROT read a book with a bird on the cover
Die Like an Eagle - Donna Andrews 5/21
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🗺🗺🗺 WEEK 20 🗺🗺🗺 RISK🗺🗺🗺5/15
🌐 read a book that takes place in France or with a character that is French
The 120 Days of Sodom - Marquis de Sade 5/16
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🔶🔷🔶🔷 WEEK 21🔶🔷🔶🔷 tRIVIAL PURSUIT 🔶🔷🔶🔷5/22
🔶 history read a book tagged historical or history at least 50 times
The Chieftain - Margaret Mallory 5/23
(tagged historical romance 98 times; historical 57 times)
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🐌🐌🐞🐞🐜🐜🐛🐛COOTIE🐛🐛🐜🐜🐞🐞🐌🐌May Bonus Game🦋
Rolled 4
🐞4 legs: read a book with an author who has a first name that starts with one of the letters in legs
Never Look Back - Linda Lael Miller 5/30
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❤️❤️🖤🖤❤️❤️🖤🖤 WEEK 22🖤🖤❤️❤️🖤🖤❤️❤️🖤🖤❤️❤️ cHECKERS🖤🖤❤️❤️🖤🖤❤️❤️5/29
🔴 read a book with a black or red cover
Serpent's Kiss - Deborah Cooke 6/22
❤️💛💚💙💜 week 23❤️💛💚💙💜 MASTER MIND ❤️💛💚💙💜6/5❤️ read a book where you can find either cow or bull in the text** they must be directly referring to the animal, not cursing😉
Lucky Bastard - Deborah Coonts 6/7
(like a young bull sensing the knife), p 92
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🧀🧀🧀🐭🐭🐭 week 24🧀🧀🧀🐭🐭🐭 MOUSE TRAP 🧀🧀🧀🐭🐭🐭6/12
🐭 read a book with both of the words cheese and mouse in the text
The Chocolate Mouse Trap - JoAnna Carl 6/24
(cheese - I'll make grilled cheese sandwiches, p96)
(mouse - dd you ever find Julie's mouse, p129)
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✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️ WEEK 25✳️✳️✳️✳️ aGGRAVATION✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️6/19✳️✳️
✳️ read a book with a word in the title that ends with t i o n
Midnight's Seduction - Donna Grant 6/29
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🚢🚢🚢⚓️⚓️⚓️ week 26🚢🚢🚢⚓️⚓️⚓️ bATTLESHIP 🚢🚢🚢⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️6/26
⚓️ read a book with either all the letters in HIT or MISS in the title
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber 7/20
(HIT & MISS in title)
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💙 JUNE BONUS CHALLENGE💙 PICK UP STICKS
💙 read a book with rhyming words in the title
Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots - Luann McLane 7/13
🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 WEEK 27🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 BANANAGRAM 🍌🍌🍌🍌7/2🍌 read a book with a word in the title that you can get from forming an Anagram from GAME NIGHT
🍌 read a book with over 21 chapters
The Man Who Spoke Snakish - Andrus Kivirähk (MAN, 38 chapters) 7/17
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💎💎💎💎💎 WEEK 28💎💎💎💎💎 sPLENDOR 💎💎💎💎💎💎7/10💎
💎 read a book with GEM in the title (in any order)
The Empire's Ghost - Isabelle Steiger 7/22
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🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴 WEEK 29🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵SEQUENCE🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴7/17
🔵 read a book with a Word in the title that has a Q in it
Ash and Quill - Rachel Caine 7/26
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🗺🗺🗺🗺🗺 WEEK 30🗺🗺🗺🗺🗺🗺🗺 pANDEMIC🗺🗺🗺🗺🗺🗺7/24🗺
🔬 read a book where a character gets sick
The Passage - Justin Cronin 8/8
(plot is about a viral infection (vampirism) that causes the apocalypse. Millions of people get "sick" and/or die.)
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8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ July Bonus 8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ CRAZY EIGHTS 8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣
8️⃣ A book with an 8 word title
Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea - Sophia Nash 8/5
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💰💰💰💰💰 WEEK 31 💰💰💰💰💰 mONOPOLY JUNIOR 💰💰💰💰💰💰7/31💰
💰 read a book with zoo, waterslide, or rollercoaster in the text
A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths 8/6
(allegedly kidnapped a penguin from the zoo), p12
🔳🔲🔳🔲 WEEK 32 🔳🔲🔳🔲🔳🔲 CHESS🔳🔲🔳🔲🔳🔲8/7🔳🔲🔳🔲🔲 Queen: read a book with a title that has a Q anywhere in the title
Bengal's Quest - Lora Leigh 8/17
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🔸🔸🔸🔸 WEEK 33🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 CODE NAME🔸🔸🔸🔸8/15🔸🔸🔸
🔸 read a book where you can find all the letters in CODE or NAME in the title (does not need to be in order)
🔸 read a book with an assassin in it
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days - Kerrelyn Sparks 8/28
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☀️🌕☀️🌕 WEEK 34☀️🌕☀️🌕☀️🌕 ECLIPSE☀️🌕☀️🌕☀️🌕8/21🌕☀️🌕☀️
☀️ read a book with a sun or a moon on the cover
Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks 8/22
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🍽🍽🍽🍽🍽 WEEK 35🍽🍽🍽🍽🍽 DON'T TIP THE WAITER🍽🍽🍽🍽8/28🍽🍽🍽
🍽 read a book with a character named Sam
So Close the Hand of Death - J.T. Ellison 8/29
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🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒 AUGUST BONUS GAME🐒 BARREL OF MONKEYS🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
🐒 using any word in the title and/or author first or last name link the last letter in a word to the first letter in another word
Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
(Spellbent to Snyder)
💬💭💬💭💬 WEEK 37💬💭💬 THE UNGAME 💬💭💬💭💬9/11💭💬💭 how do you see the world in 100 years?
If the world is still here, I think all countries will be at each other's throats and we'll be in constant war.
Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas 9/27
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🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝 WEEK 36🗝 THROUGH THE AGES🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝
🗝 read a book where you can find the authors initials in CULTURE
🗝 read a book with AGE in the title intact i.e. rage, Savage, cage, etc
The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell 10/12
(E&L in cuLturE... AND... age in title = hostAGE)
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✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️ WEEK 38✏️✏️ PICTIONARY✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️9/18
please indicate how the word is related to your book
✏️ examples cover item, word and title, word in text, authors name, publisher, page number etc.
Word: Desk
Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo 9/23
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🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 WEEK 39🌳🌳 SNEAKY SNACKY SQUIRREL 🌳🌳🌳🌳
🍁 read a book that starts with letter found in the word SQUIRREL
Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4
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❌⭕️❌⭕️❌⭕️ TIKC TAC TOE❌⭕️ SEPTEMBER BONUS GAME❌⭕️❌⭕️❌⭕️
⭕️ read a book with a title that starts with the letter O
The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30
🔮👻🔮👻🔮👻🔮👻 WEEK 40🔮👻MYSTERIUM🔮👻🔮👻🔮👻🔮👻🔮👻👻 read a book with a mpg of mystery
Secrets in Death - J.D. Robb 11/3
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☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ Week 41☠️☠️Dead of Winter☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
💀 read a book with a zombie in it
White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland 10/7
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🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 oCTOBER BONUS 🍎🍎 bOBBING FOR APPLES🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
🍎 read a book with water on the cover
Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry 10/23
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🏚 🏚 🏚 🏚 🏚WEEK 42🏚 🏚Betrayal at Hill House🏚 🏚 🏚 🏚 🏚
👻 read a book where a character betrays another
Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff 10/24
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🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 WEEK 43🌧🌧Gloom🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧
☁️ read a book with a character who has a gloomy life (your interpretation)
The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/25
🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 WEEK 44🦇🦇 Fury of Dracula 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 read a book that takes place in a European country
🦇 read a book that starts with a letter found in the word DRACULA
And I Darken - Kiersten White 10/30
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🛣🛣🛣🛣🛣 Week 45🛣🛣 Carcassonne 🛣🛣🛣🛣🛣
🛣 read a book with all the letters in TILE in the title (does not need to be in order)
In Stone's Clasp - Christie Golden 11/6
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📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 week 46📚📚EX Liberi📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚
📚 sort your TBR in alphabetical order, read any book listed with an even number
A Tale of Two Vampires - Katie MacAlister 11/16
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🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️ WEEK 47🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️ NEAR and FAR🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️
🧚🏻♀️ read a book with a mpg of fantasy
Lady of Devices - Shelley Adina 11/23
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🐓🐑🐖🐄🐓🐑🐖🐄Week 48🐐🐐Agricola🐓🐑🐖🐄🐓🐑🐖🐄🐓🐑🐖🐄
🐄 read a book with a title that starts with a letter found in the word FARM
Midnight's Temptation - Donna Grant 11/30
you can read anything you want for November’s bonus!Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4
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💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 week 49💰💰 Wit and Wages 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
💰 read a book with a title that starts with a W
💰 read a book with a green cover (at least 50%)
The Woman in Blue - Elly Griffiths 12/7
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🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓 week 50🐓🐓 rOOSTER RACE 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓
🌽 read a book with a double vowel anywhere in the title or author name
Not What You Seem - Lena Maye 12/21
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🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶 Week 51 🤶🤶 Santa Claus the Game 🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶
🛷 read a book where you can find all the letters in sleigh in the title
🛷 read a book with a RED cover
🛷 read a book with the word Santa clause in the text
Duck the Halls - Donna Andrews 12/25
(sleigh on cover; red cover; santa in text)
p301, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and the elves
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🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌 December Bonus Game 🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌
🤶 read a book where they celebrate Christmas
🤶 read a book where the characters have a pet or pets
Hide Your Heart - Tracey Alvarez (heroine has dog) 12/27
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🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁Week 52🎁🎁Gift Trap🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁
🎁 read a book with all the letters in GIFT in the title
A Killing Frost - Hannah Alexander 12/27
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