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Series Exploration: Flavia de Luce
Duration: Open



Next up in our Series Exploration challenges is the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley.

This is a combination task, spell and cover challenge. You are welcome to use books in this series to complete the challenge. You will find The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie mentioned by Chaitra in the Covers, Covers Everywhere challenge.

You may completed one section of the challenge (task, cover or spell), or as many sections as you like. Important Note: At least one of the regular sections of the challenge must be completed in order for you to include the Bonus section.

Books for this challenge can be read in any order; sections of the challenge do not have to be completed in order.

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TASKS:
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story, OR
✿Read a with an ancient-looking house on the cover, OR
✿Read a book set in the 1950's

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book set in Canada, OR
✿Read a book with a character who works in the television industry, OR
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover, OR
✿Read a book with a title containing between 5-8 words (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover (if it seems odd to you, it works for me), OR

4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book with over 39,000 reviews, OR
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018 (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161.

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COVER ITEMS:
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Postage stamp, bird, or green cover

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Butterfly, strings or weeds, or purple cover

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
Globe, spider mustard, or yellow cover

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Tag (such as a name tag, gift tag, etc), ribbon, poison, or red cover

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Bicycle, bird, bones, or blue cover

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SPELL OUT:
Complete the spell out section of this challenge by spelling out each of the titles listed below using the following options: first letter of book title, first letter of the author's first or last name, first letter of a series title, or first letter of a main character's first or last name. For the hard letters Q, X, Y and Z, the letter need only be found in the title, author's first or last name, series title, or main character's first or last name.

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES
2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST
3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D
4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD

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MATCHING WORDS:
Complete the matching word section by reading a book with a title that has a matching word for each of the titles below. One book per title, 10 books total.

1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows
5. Speaking from Among the Bones
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead

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BONUS SECTION:
Complete the bonus section of this challenge by reading a book from this series. Please Note: You may only include this bonus section by completing at least one regular section above.

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I've heard good things about this series, but I haven't read any of them yet. This gives me a good incentive...

Series Exploration: Flavia de Luce
Timeframe: 12/1/18 to 8/12/21
155/155

TASKS: (4/4)

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE - Child is part of the story - The Christmas Star by Donna VanLiere - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥

Maddie is the 7-year-old motherless girl who brings Amy and Gabe together.

2. ALAN BRADLEY - Author whose first and last initials in ALANBRADLEY - N, A - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥


3. TITLES - Title containing between 5-8 words - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥


4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS - Published between 2009-2018 (inclusive) - Pub 8/14/18 - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥


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COVER ITEMS: (5/5)

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE - Green cover - Murder on the Horizon by M.L. Rowland - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥


2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG - Purple cover - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥


3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD - Yellow cover - Some Like it Lethal by Nancy Martin - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥


4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS – Ribbon and red cover - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥


5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES - Blue cover - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥


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MATCHING WORDS: (10/10)
1. The Sweetness at the bottom of the Pie – THE - The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich - 11/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's bag – bAG - In the bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard – RED - Seeing Red by Jill Shalvis - 8/12/21 ♥♥♥
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows – I - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
5. Speaking from Among the bones – FROM - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - 5/5/21 ♥♥♥
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches – DEAD - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust – TO - Play to Win by Kelly Jamieson - 1/30/21 ♥♥♥♥
8. Thrice the brinded Cat Hath Mew'd – CAT - The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun - 7/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place – AND - Must Love Dogs...and Hockey by Kelly Jamieson - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead – DEAD - Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira - 7/30/20 ♥♥♥



SPELL OUT: (135/135)
5/5 Titles

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES (27/27)
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Driven to Ink by Karen E. Olson - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin by Allen Zadoff - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥

Flavia de Luce - Page 2

2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST (27/27)
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
H – His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
I – Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
O – One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Julianne MacLean - A Curve in the Road - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
O – Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Love Letters - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Suzanne Brockmann - The Unsung Hero - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D (27/27)
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ross Petras - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ross Petras - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nan Asquith - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Douglas - The Nightingale Nurses - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
C - Claimed by Rebecca Zanetti - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
H - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Hearts by Olivia Dade - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE (29/29)
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Rumor Has It - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Obsession in Death - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
V - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jane Arbor - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Kiss the Girls - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
A – Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥

5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD (25/25)
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - Holly Jacobs - Once Upon A Christmas - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - To Marry a Tiger by Author Isobel Chace - 4/20/19 ♥♥
R - Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Josie Silver - One Day in December - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Jill Shalvis - Rescue My Heart - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O – One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Silver Linings - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Marc Aronson - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Danielle Steel - Until the End of Time - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Welcome to the challenge, Connie! Thanks for joining me!!

I am in! Love these books!
Series Exploration: Flavia de Luce
Timeframe: 12/1/18 to ?
0/155
DONE....January 24, 2020

TASKS: (0/4)
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story, OR
✿Read a with an ancient-looking house on the cover, OR
✿Read a book set in the 1950's
by Annie Rains...Jan. 13, 2019
Old house on the cover

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book set in Canada, OR
✿Read a book with a character who works in the television industry, OR
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.
The X by Lorena Bathey....Dec. 13, 2018
Initials L, B

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover, OR
by Linda Howard....January 29, 2019
Colorful cover
✿Read a book with a title containing between 5-8 words (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover (if it seems odd to you, it works for me), OR

1. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book with over 39,000 reviews, OR
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018 (inclusive),
OR
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal.....Jan. 31, 2019
Published in 2012
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161.

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COVER ITEMS: (0/5)
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Postage stamp, bird, or green cover
by Gail Oust....March 7, 2019

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Butterfly, strings or weeds, or purple cover
by Nate Kenyon....Feb. 14, 2014
Purple cover

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
Globe, spider mustard, or yellow cover
by Carol Anne O'Marie.....Feb. 2, 2019 Yellow cover

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Tag (such as a name tag, gift tag, etc), ribbon, poison, or red cover
by Katherine Center....Dec. 4, 2018 Red Cover

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Bicycle, bird, bones, or blue cover
by Aaron Elkins.....Feb. 11, 2019
Bones on cover

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SPELL OUT: (0/135)

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES (0/27)
T. The Trouble with Turkeys by Kathi Daley...Jan. 5, 2019
H. Harper, Jane....Force of Nature....Jan. 26, 2019
E. Ellen Byron....Body on the Bayou....Jan. 18, 2019
D. DeJong, Meindert.....The Wheel on the School .....March 14, 2019
E. Eason, Lynette....No One to Trust....Jan. 23, 2019
A. About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis.....April 6, 2019
D. Douglas Preston.... Reliquary ....June 17, 2019
I. Ivy, Alexandra....Pretend You're Safe...Dec. 1, 2018
N. Nesbo, Jo....The Bat....Dec. 22, 2018
T. T.C. LoTempio.....Meow If It's Murder.........Feb. 17, 2019
H. Hart, John....The Last Child...March 1, 2019
E. E.J. Copperman....Night of the Living Deed ....Feb. 5, 2019
I. Ivy, Alexandra...What Are You Afraid Of? ....Dec. 7, 2018
R. Rosemary and Crime by Gail Oust....Dec. 3, 2018
V. Victoria Forester....The Girl Who Could Fly....March 21, 2019
A. Alyssa Cole....Radio Silence....May 6, 2019
U. Unspeakable by Kevin O'Brien.....May 24, 2019
L. The Library Book by Susan Orlean....March 13, 2019
T. Tracy, P.J....Live Bait....May 3, 2019
E. Earlene Fowler....Seven Sisters... Feb. 24, 2019
D. Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee H. Whittlesey......June 29, 2019
A. Aslan, Reza.... Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.....May 8, 2019
R. Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry.....Dec. 19, 2018
C. C.J. Roberts.....Captive in the Dark....March 17, 2019
H. Heather Graham....Phantom Evil......March 8, 2019
E. Ellie's Story by W. Bruce Cameron.....April 2, 2019
S. Submerged by Dani Pettery....Jan. 20, 2019

2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST (0/27)
A. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne....June 10, 2019
S. The Sins Of The Fathers by Lawrence Block.....Feb. 12, 2019
C. Cheryl Strayed...Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.....March 24, 2019.
H. Hamilton, Barbara....The Ninth Daughter ...March 3, 2019
I. In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon...Jan. 11, 2019
M. Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva....Feb. 6, 2019
N. Need You by Stacy Frinz...June 23, 2019
E. Ellsworth, Loretta....Stars Over Clear Lake ....April 13, 2019
Y. Yarnell, Beth....Dyed and Gone.....April 1, 2019
S. Susan Crandall....Whistling Past the Graveyard ....April 20, 2019
W. Well Read, Then Dead by Terry Farley Moran...Jan. 2, 2019
E. Evanovich, Janet....Turbo Twenty-Three....May 4, 2019
E. Eva Ibbotson....A Company of Swans ....May 5, 2019
P. Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal....March 29, 2019
E. Elkins, Aaron....Little Tiny Teeth....July 1, 2019
R. Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot by Reed Farrel Coleman....March 4, 2019
S. Sparks of Phoenix by Najwa Zebian...April 22, 2019
C. Crane, Shelly....Smash Into You....April 21, 2018
O. Oklahoma Christmas Blues by Maggie Shayne...December 11, 2018
M. A Mom for His Daughter by Jean C Gordon....March 31, 2019
E. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Brown....July 16, 2019
T. book:The Trouble with Goats and Sheep|40606286] by Joanna Cannon....July 14, 2019
O. Oust, Gail....Kill 'Em with Cayenne....Feb. 15, 2019
D. Death at a Diner by Nancy McGovern....August 30, 2019
U. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman...June 6, 2019
S. Stuart Woods.... Reckless Abandon....May 1, 2019.
T. Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block.....Aug. 10, 2019

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D (0/27)
T. Tessa Afshar....In the Field of Grace...Aug. 15, 2019
H. Heart of Evil by Heather Graham....May 2, 2019
R. Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins by Reed Farrel Coleman.....Jan. 1, 2019
I. Illicit Magic by Camilla Chafer.....March 22, 2019
C. The Calamity Café by Gayle Leeson....July 29, 2019
E. Eva Ibbotson...A Countess Below Stairs....July 25, 2019
T. This Pen for HireLaura Levine...August 28, 2019
H. The Homecoming by JoAnn Ross.....May 22, 2019
E. Edie Claire....Never Buried.....July 27, 2019
B. Brown, Sandra....Rainwater ....May 12, 2019
R. Rules of Prey by John Sandford....May 10, 2019
I. Isaac Marion.....Warm Bodies ...April 17, 2019
N. Nicola Upson.....Angel with Two Faces....July 11, 2019
D. Davids, Patricia.....An Amish Harvest by Patricia Davids....Sept. 6, 2019
E. E.J. Copperman....An Uninvited Ghost..July 30, 2019
D. A Deceptive Clarity by Aaron Elkins....Oct. 5, 2019
C. A Catered Murder by Isis Crawford....August 13, 2019
A. Aunt Dimity Digs In (Aunt Dimity Mysteries, Book 4 by Nancy Atherton.....June 18, 2019
T. Tom Ryan....Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan....Sept. 20, 2019
H. Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Brown....June 1, 2019
A. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman....June 27, 2019
T. Thayer, Nancy....Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer....August 18, 2019
G. Griep, Michelle....Once Upon a Dickens Christmas: 3 Charming Christmas Tales Set in Victorian England by Michelle Griep....Sept. 8, 2019
H. The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene....August 16, 2019
M. The Military Wife by Laura Trentham.....April 14, 2019
E. Elly Griffiths....The Stone Circle..August 3, 2019
W. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo....May 7, 2019
D. Dead Ringer by Sarah Fox....October 10, 2019

4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE (0/29)
T. Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore.....October 27, 2019
H. Hardinger, Elizabeth.....All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger....October 8, 2019
E. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman.....August 12, 2019
G. A Great and Terrible Beauty Libba Bray....Sept. 21. 2019
R. Robin Jones Gunn....Secrets ....July 9, 2019
A. The Artisans by Julie Reece....July 10, 2019
V. Vaughn, Carrie....Kitty's Big Trouble....March 26, 2019
E. Ellie Penn...Jules by ....August 19, 2019
S. Shadow Prey by John Sanford....June 3, 2019
A. Advent of Dying...by Carol Anne O'Marie....July 20, 2019
F. Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout...Sept. 18, 2019
I. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger....May 14, 2019
N. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb....Sept. 25, 2019
E. Evan and Elle by Rhys Bowen...Sept. 5, 2019
A. Annette Blair....A Veiled Deception....Aug. 1, 2019
N. Nora Roberts....Irish Thoroughbred ....October 16, 2019
D. The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald....Oct. 20, 2019
P. Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel .....July 2, 2019
R. A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen....August 25, 2019
I. If You've Got It, Haunt It by Rose Pressey....July 24, 2019
V. The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Katrina Yan Glaser.....June 25, 2019
A. Angela Elwell Hunt....Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty...Sept. 9, 2019
T. Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin....Nov.1, 2019
E. Emily Brightwell.....The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries.....Sept. 11, 2019
P. A Promise for the Twins by Melissa Senate....July 7, 2018
L. The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts.....Oct. 23, 2019
A. Ann Shen.....Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World ....August 14, 2019
C. Cosmos by Carl Sagan....Sept. 7,2019
E. Evan Can Wait by Rhys Bowen ....Sept. 23, 2019

5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD (0/25)
T. The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond...Nov. 16, 2019
H. Holland, Jennifer.....Unlikely Friendships : 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland.....Sept. 28, 2019
E. Elkins, Aaron....Uneasy Relations by Aaron Elkins....Nov. 3, 2019
G. Gail Oust....Curried Away ...Oct.2,2019
O. Oh, Henry by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff.....June 4, 2019
L. Lindsay Lackey....All the Impossible Things.....Oct. 28, 2019
D. David Allan Cates.....X Out Of Wonderland by David Allan Cates....Oct. 22. 2019
E. Emma Jameson.....Something Blue....Nov. 11, 2019
N. No Stone Unturned James W. Ziskin....Nov.5, 2019
T. Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich...December 1, 2019
R. Rose, Karen....You Belong to Me by Karen Rose....Sept. 16, 2019
E. Evans to Betsy by Rhys Bowen....Nov. 13, 2019
S. Sally Smith.....Murder on the Aloha Express...June 21, 2019
S. Shelly Wood....The Quintland Sisters....June 22, 2019
E. Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen....Jan.1, 2020
S. The Stand by Stephen King....July 7, 2019
O. Ohlsson, Kristina....Silenced: A Novel....July 28, 2019
F. The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little.....Sept. 22, 2019
T. Taylor Jenkins Reid..... Daisy Jones & The Six....Dec. 22, 2019
H. Heather Graham.....Sacred Evil ....Oct. 18, 2019
E. Evan Only Knows by Rhys Bowen....Dec. 2, 2019
D. David Baldacci.....The Fix .....Oct. 29, 2019
E. Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen....Jan. 19, 2020
A. Abbot, Kristi....Kernel of Truth by Kristi Abbott....October 4, 2019
D. Dobson, Melanie....Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan by Melanie Dobson....Jan. 23, 2020

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BONUS SECTION: (0/1)
Complete the bonus section of this challenge by reading a book from this series. Please Note: You may only include this bonus section by completing at least one regular section above.

The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley....April 21, 2021

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This is a fun series, Ruth. I've enjoyed it. Welcome to the challenge!

Series Exploration: Flavia de Luce
Timeframe: 12/1/18 to ?
144/144

SPELL OUT: (135/135)

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES (27/27)
T - Tahereh Mafi - Ignite Me 3/11/20
H - Hammered by Kevin Hearne 12/26/18
E - Erin St. Claire - Above and Beyond 2/28/19
D - Defiance by Cherise Sinclair 12/12/18
E - Erica Layne - The Minimalist Way: Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy 3/27/19
A - Anthony Marra - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 3/8/19
D - Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa 1/3/19
I - Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything by Tim Irwin 12/30/18
N - No Footprints in the Bush by Arthur W. Upfield 12/4/18
T - Twice Upon a Time by Olivia Cunning 3/4/19
H - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks 1/7/19
E - Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five 5/16/19
I - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn 3/31/19
R - Robyn Carr - Hidden Summit 4/13/19
V - Vampire's Faith by Rebecca Zanetti 12/2/18
A - Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh 4/17/19
U - Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi 5/9/19
L - Lorelei James - Cowboy Take Me Away 12/5/18
T - Tessa Bailey - Crashed Out 1/20/19
E - Janet Evanovich - The Big Kahuna 6/11/19
D - Dirty-Talking Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 2/23/19
A - Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa 4/21/19
R - Redwood Bend by Robyn Carr
C - Lana Campbell - Forever and a Night 12/31/18
H - Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook 2/18/19
E - Earning It by Angela Quarles 7/17/19
S - Sweet Persuasion by Maya Banks 12/15/18

2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST (27/27)
A - Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking 3/29/19
S - The Spy by Clive Cussler 12/18/18
C - Closet Confidential by Mary Jane Maffini 3/6/19
H - Happy Pants Cafe by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff 3/31/19
I - Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi 3/11/20
M - The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life by Joshua Becker 1/17/19
N - Naomi Miller - Christmas Cookie Mystery 12/6/18
E - Eve Silver - Dark Desires 7/30/19
Y - Rebecca York - Beyond Control 3/26/19
S - Short Rides by Lorelei James 12/20/18
W - J.R. Ward - Lover Unleashed 3/14/19
E - Erle Stanley Gardner - The Case of the Lucky Legs 8/22/19
E - The Evil Inside by Heather Graham 9/13/19
P - Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie 4/4/19
E - Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues by Donald J. Sobol 11/30/19
R - Rose Lounsbury - Less: Minimalism, For Real 5/3/19
S - Shadow's Pleasure by Molle McGregor 1/13/19
C - Conquer Me by Geneva Lee 2/16/20
O - Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 1/24/19
M - Mind Prey by John Sandford 3/9/19
E - MC - Etienne - Love Bites by Lynsay Sands 6/20/19
T - Tammy Falkner - Calmly, Carefully, Completely 6/2/19
O - Only Skein Deep by Maggie Sefton 5/10/19
D - Die Fat or Get Tough: 101 Differences in Thinking Between Fit People and Fat People by Steve Siebold 4/24/19
U - Unzipped by Lauren Blakely 7/30/19
S - Sweet-Loving Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 3/24/19
T - The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert 6/8/19

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D (27/27)
T - Tillie Cole - Heart Recaptured 7/8/19
H - Hard-Riding Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 4/2/19
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Demon's Mercy 5/12/19
I - MC Ian - Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake 8/27/19
C - The Cowboy Earns a Bride by Cora Seton 6/25/19
E - MC Emma - Love Unbroken by J.H. Croix 5/27/19
T - Brad Thor - Path of the Assassin 7/27/19
H - How To Be An Introvert In An Extrovert World by Michele Connolly 6/17/19
E - Everything Bared by Kristine Cayne 12/5/19
B - The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder by Mary Jane Maffini 3/21/19
R - Robyn Carr - Sunrise Point 5/25/19
I - I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart 1/2/20
N - Night Prey by John Sandford 2/8/19
D - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon 7/2/19
E - Janet Evanovich - Twisted Twenty-Six 12/16/19
D - Doctor in the Andes by Dana James 8/31/19
C - Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie 7/3/19
A - Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 5/22/19
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier 8/7/19
H - Hollywood on Tap by Avery Flynn 6/25/19
A - Affliction by River Savage 8/30/19
T - Tara Janzen - Crazy Cool 12/10/19
H - Heather Graham - Sacred Evil 9/1/19
M - Maid for Love by Marie Force 4/23/19
E - Eve Langlais - Jealous And Freakn' 12/23/19
W - J.R. Ward - Lover Reborn 10/16/19
E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/16/20
D - A Drop in the Ocean by Jenni Ogden 4/12/19

4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE (29/29)
T - Tess Gerritsen - Harvest 4/2/20
H - Heather Graham - The Unseen 10/3/19
E - Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues by Donald J. Sobol 11/30/19
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 1/22/19
R - The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion 7/12/19
A - Marie Astor - Bad Guys Get Caught 5/24/19
V - A View to a Thrill by Lexi Blake 9/19/19
E - MC Emmaline - A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 2/25/20
S - Maggie Sefton - Knit to Be Tied 4/29/19
A - Agatha Christie - Murder in Three Acts 9/18/19
F - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson 12/13/18
I - Ian Fleming - Moonraker 1/3/20
N - No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline by Brian Tracy 2/18/19
E - Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 3/2/20
A - Lara Adrian - Midnight Rising 9/6/19
N - Nauti Intentions by Lora Leigh 4/8/19
D - Dungeon Royale by Lexi Blake 9/14/19
P - Peach Cobbler Mystery by Naomi Miller 10/11/19
R - Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend 8/9/19
I - I See You by Meghan Ciana Doidge 2/8/20
V - Virna DePaul - Lip Action 8/12/19
A - Donna Andrews - Murder With Puffins 5/26/19
T - Tonya Kappes - A Charming Cure 1/6/20
E - MC Emily - Off Limits by Sawyer Bennett 4/1/20
P - The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum 10/29/19
L - Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn 4/15/19
A - Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles 10/29/19
C - The Cowboy's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton 9/29/19
E - Janet Evanovich - Thanksgiving 12/10/18

5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD (25/25)
T - Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie 1/21/20
H - Jon Harrison - The Banks of Certain Rivers 10/9/19
E - MC Eve - Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb 1/30/19
G - The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes 1/27/19
O - The Oath by Frank E. Peretti 11/18/19
L - Longbourn by Jo Baker 11/27/19
D - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 9/30/19
E - Eden Bradley - Dangerously Bad 1/31/19
N - Not a Hero by Cherise Sinclair 3/13/19
T - Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu 2/5/20
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Shadow Falling 8/20/19
E - Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch by Donald J. Sobol 12/18/18
S - Steve Berry - The Malta Exchange 5/15/19
S - Sinners at the Altar by Olivia Cunning 5/21/19
E - MC Ethan - I Will Not Beg by Cherise Sinclair 10/30/19
S - Siren Beloved by Sophie Oak 6/16/19
O - The Orphan Factory by James Morcan 11/30/19
F - Falling for Sky by Laurann Dohner 11/4/19
T - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 1/31/19
H - Gemma Halliday - Killer in High Heels 11/5/19
E - MC Emily - One You Can't Forget by Lexy Timms 1/2/20
D - Dean Koontz - Forever Odd 10/31/19
E - MC Ezra - Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie 4/1/20
A - Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery 12/5/19
D - MC Danielle - The Ghost Who Wasn't by Bobbi Holmes 6/17/19

BONUS SECTION:
Complete the bonus section of this challenge by reading a book from this series.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 1/13/20

TASKS: (4/4)
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene 1/2/19
(Judy)

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.

Lolita Lopez - Saved by Venom 3/11/20

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente 2/3/19

4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161.

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch 12/28/18

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COVER ITEMS: (5/5)
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
green cover

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon 2/17/19

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
purple cover

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 2/23/20

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
yellow cover

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke 1/6/19

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
red cover

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn 1/13/19

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Blue Cover

The Naughty List by Donna Kauffman 2/28/20

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Welcome to the challenge, Bonita!

The first 2 sections are done!

TASKS: (4/4)

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE - Child is part of the story - The Christmas Star by Donna VanLiere - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥

Maddie is the 7-year-old motherless girl who brings Amy and Gabe together.

2. ALAN BRADLEY - Author whose first and last initials in ALANBRADLEY - N, A - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥


3. TITLES - Title containing between 5-8 words - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥


4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS - Published between 2009-2018 (inclusive) - Pub 8/14/18 - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥


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COVER ITEMS: (5/5)

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE - Green cover - Murder on the Horizon by M.L. Rowland - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥


2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG - Purple cover - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥


3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD - Yellow cover - Some Like it Lethal by Nancy Martin - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥


4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS – Ribbon and red cover - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥


5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES - Blue cover - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

Nicely done, Connie!

Flavia de Luce - Alan Bradley.
Feb 2019-
Tasks: 0/155

TASKS:
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story, OR
✿Read a with an ancient-looking house on the cover, OR
✿Read a book set in the 1950's

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book set in Canada, OR
✿Read a book with a character who works in the television industry, OR
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover, OR
✿Read a book with a title containing between 5-8 words (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover (if it seems odd to you, it works for me), OR

1. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book with over 39,000 reviews, OR
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018 (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161.

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COVER ITEMS:
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Postage stamp, bird, or green cover

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Butterfly, strings or weeds, or purple cover

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
Globe, spider mustard, or yellow cover

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Tag (such as a name tag, gift tag, etc), ribbon, poison, or red cover

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Bicycle, bird, bones, or blue cover

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SPELL OUT:
Complete the spell out section of this challenge by spelling out each of the titles listed below using the following options: first letter of book title, first letter of the author's first or last name, first letter of a series title, or first letter of a main character's first or last name. For the hard letters Q, X, Y and Z, the letter need only be found in the title, author's first or last name, series title, or main character's first or last name.

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES
2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST
3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D
4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD

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MATCHING WORDS:
Complete the matching word section by reading a book with a title that has a matching word for each of the titles below. One book per title, 10 books total.

1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows
5. Speaking from Among the Bones
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead

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BONUS SECTION:
Complete the bonus section of this challenge by reading a book from this series. Please Note: You may only include this bonus section by completing at least one regular section above.

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Welcome, Den!

Small update. Finished the Task section.

TASKS:
Complete a task for each of the items below.
✔1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
✿Read a book set in the 1950's
From Russia with Love|Ian Fleming|12.16.18|★★★
✔2. ALAN BRADLEY:
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.
Nora Roberts|Irish Rose|12.12.18|★★★
✔3. TITLES:
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover.
It Takes a Witch|Heather Blake|12.08.18|★★★|{Ghost Cat}
✔4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018.
The Lion|Nelson DeMille|12.14.18|★★★|{PUB IN 2010}

Excellent job, Jingles!

Yea, Jingles!

Thanks, Connie and Ruth!

Finished the cover section!


COVER ITEMS:
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

✔5. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Green cover
The Best Man|Kristan Higgins|01.20.19|★★★


✔6. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Purple cover
All Your Perfects|Colleen Hoover|04.28.19|★★


✔7. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
Yellow Cover
W Is for Wasted|Sue Grafton|04.03.19|★★★★


✔8. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Red Cover
The Silent Girl|Tess Gerritsen|01.08.19|★★★★


✔9. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Blue cover
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries|Helen Fielding|01.16.19|★★

Way to go, Jingles!

Woo Hoo, Jingles!

Thank you, Connie and Ruth!

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover, OR
✿Read a book with a title containing between 5-8 words (inclusive), Cinder
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover (if it seems odd to you, it works for me),

4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book with over 39,000 reviews, OR
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018 (inclusive), Zenith
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161. 6/29

Welcome to the challenge, Tammie!

TASKS:
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story:The Black Witch by Laurie Forest 6/16/20

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.-Matilda by Roald Dahl 7/10/19

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a title containing between 5-8 words (inclusive)-House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig 12/27/19

4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018 (inclusive)-Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts (published in 2018) 1/4/20

COVER ITEMS:
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Postage stamp, bird, or green cover-Dispatch by Bentley Little 4/15/20

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Butterfly, strings or weeds, or purple cover-Unearthly by Cynthia Hand 6/18/20

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
Globe, spider mustard, or yellow cover-Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard 10/23/20

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Tag (such as a name tag, gift tag, etc), ribbon, poison, or red cover-Pretty Little Secrets: A Pretty Little Liars Collection by Sara Shepard 11/1/20

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Bicycle, bird, bones, or blue cover-Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto 11/19/20

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES
T-Twisted by Sara Shepard 2/13/21
H-Hidden by Laura Griffin 3/14/21
E-11/22/63 by Stephen King 10/8/21
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D-Divergent by Veronica Roth 1/3/21
E-Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King 6/10/22
A-Allegiant by Veronica Roth 1/15/21
D-Dead Beat by Jim Butcher 2/15/21
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I-Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer 12/13/20
N-Nyxia by Scott Reintgen 2/6/21
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T-13-Minute Murder: Dead Man Running / 113 Minutes / 13 Minute Murder by James Patterson 5/23/21
H-House of Furies by Madeleine Roux 3/20/21
E
I-The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling 12/29/20
R-The Ravens by Kass Morgan 12/8/20
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V-Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson 7/16/21
A-American Assassin by Vince Flynn 2/10/21
U-A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology by Dhonielle Clayton 1/1/21
L-The Last Star by Rick Yancey 5/22/21
T-Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham 11/28/21
E
D-Don't Look by Alexandra Ivy 3/13/21
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A-A.D. 30 by Ted Dekker 6/12/21
R-Ruthless by Sara Shepard 3/6/21
C-A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 3/4/21
H-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 7/11/21
E
S-Savage Run by C.J. Box 1/28/21

2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST
A-Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith 6/22/21
S-Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick 2/23/21
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C-Cajun Justice by James Patterson 3/12/21
H-Heartless by Marissa Meyer 11/20/21
I-Insurgent by Veronica Roth 1/8/21
M-Master of One by Jaida Jones 12/28/20
N-Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 5/3/21
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S-Saturn Run by John Sandford 2/28/21
W-Wild Card by Jerome Preisler 1/17/21
E
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P-The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 12/4/20
E
R-Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard 5/12/21
S-The Summer House by James Patterson 3/10/21
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C-Crush by Tracy Wolff 3/28/21
O-Outlawed by Anna North 5/28/21
M-Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 11/26/21
E
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T-To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo 11/28/21
O-One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 1/7/22
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D-Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson 7/13/21
U-Unspoken by Kelly Rimmer 6/16/21
S-Stunning by Sara Shepard 3/16/21
T-The 49th Mystic by Ted Dekker 5/9/22

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D
T-The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer 5/15/22
H-A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 1/29/22
R-Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo 12/18/21
I-The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 5/19/21
C-Cinnamon by V.C. Andrews 4/12/21
E
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T-The Amateurs by Sara Shepard 5/27/22
H-Hide by Kiersten White 6/25/22
E
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B-Blood Rites by Jim Butcher 2/4/21
R-Roses Are Red by James Patterson 1/11/22
I-In Her Sights by Katie Ruggle 6/23/21
N-9 From the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan 5/22/21
D-A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 8/30/21
E
D-The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich 10/17/21
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C-Covet by Tracy Wolff 4/27/21
A-Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody 6/30/21
T-The Defense Lawyer: The Barry Slotnick Story by James Patterson 5/30/22
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H-Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 3/8/23
A-A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker 7/4/21
T-The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata 6/5/22
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M-Mary, Mary by James Patterson 3/9/23
E
W-Wanted by Sara Shepard 1/20/21
D-A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 2/19/22

4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
T-Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 7/3/22
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G-Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead 9/19/21
R-The River Murders by James Patterson 3/12/23
A-After by Anna Todd 8/14/21
V-A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer 3/20/22
E
S-'Salem's Lot by Stephen King 6/27/21
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A-Adam by Ted Dekker 8/4/21
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F-Fable by Adrienne Young 12/18/20
I-The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 9/8/21
N-96 Words for Love by Rachel Roy 5/25/21
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A-After We Collided by Anna Todd 8/22/21
N-The Noise by James Patterson 12/19/21
D-Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 7/30/22
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P-Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher 2/21/21
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I-The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead 10/17/21
V-Violets Are Blue by James Patterson 12/18/22
A-All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace 5/25/22
T-The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton 10/17/22
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P-The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton 7/7/21
L-The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 5/28/21
A-Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 6/7/22
C-Cat & Mouse by James Patterson 6/9/21
E

5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD
T-Turn Coat by Jim Butcher 10/12/22
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E
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G-Ghostcoming! by Orli Zuravicky 10/24/21
O-Open Season by C.J. Box 3/20/23
L-The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik 11/2/21
D-Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher 12/15/22
E
N-No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong 12/26/21
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T-2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson 1/6/23
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E
S-The 7th Tarot Card by Valerie Clay 9/25/21
S-Slayer by Kiersten White 11/12/21
E
S-The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani 12/2/21
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F-Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth 1/16/21
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T-21 Years of Jane by Yolanda Olson 1/8/23
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D-Dating Dracula by Kinsley Adams 2/13/23
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A-Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman 7/10/22
D-Dark Sky by C.J. Box 3/16/23

MATCHING WORDS:
Complete the matching word section by reading a book with a title that has a matching word for each of the titles below. One book per title, 10 books total.

1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows
5. Speaking from Among the Bones
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead

Welcome to the challenge, Nancy!

Series Exploration: Flavia de Luce
Duration: Open

TASKS:
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story, OR
✿Read a with an ancient-looking house on the cover, OR
✿Read a book set in the 1950's

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book set in Canada, OR
✿Read a book with a character who works in the television industry, OR
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover, OR
✿Read a book with a title containing between 5-8 words (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover (if it seems odd to you, it works for me), OR

4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book with over 39,000 reviews, OR
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018 (inclusive), OR
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161.

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COVER ITEMS:
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Postage stamp, bird, or green cover

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Butterfly, strings or weeds, or purple cover

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
yellow cover

Perfect Rhythm by Jae

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Tag (such as a name tag, gift tag, etc), ribbon, poison, or red cover

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Bicycle, bird, bones, or blue cover

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SPELL OUT:
Complete the spell out section of this challenge by spelling out each of the titles listed below using the following options: first letter of book title, first letter of the author's first or last name, first letter of a series title, or first letter of a main character's first or last name. For the hard letters Q, X, Y and Z, the letter need only be found in the title, author's first or last name, series title, or main character's first or last name.

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES
2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST
3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D
4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD

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MATCHING WORDS:
Complete the matching word section by reading a book with a title that has a matching word for each of the titles below. One book per title, 10 books total.

1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows
5. Speaking from Among the Bones
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
~~Fat Cat At Large by Janet Cantrell
9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
~~Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
***approved in message 36 :)
10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead

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BONUS SECTION:
Complete the bonus section of this challenge by reading a book from this series. Please Note: You may only include this bonus section by completing at least one regular section above.

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Jingles--

For #9 in Matching Words, The Grave's a Fine and Private Place, could I use Grave Peril?

Katharine wrote: "Jingles--

For #9 in Matching Words, The Grave's a Fine and Private Place, could I use Grave Peril?"

I'll take that, Katharine. Please be sure to add a note by this word when you post your completed challenge....otherwise I'm sure I'll forget :)

Welcome to the challenge!

129. SCC: SERIES EXPLORATION - FLAVIA DE LUCE (Part 1
DATE: 12/01/18 - 00/00/00
9/?? COMPLETED

TASKS:
✔1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
✿Read a book set in the 1950's
From Russia with Love|Ian Fleming|12.16.18|★★★
✔2. ALAN BRADLEY:
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.
Nora Roberts|Irish Rose|12.12.18|★★★
✔3. TITLES:
✿Read a book with something "odd" shown on the cover.
It Takes a Witch|Heather Blake|12.08.18|★★★|{Ghost Cat}
✔4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
✿Read a book published between 2009-2018.
The Lion|Nelson DeMille|12.14.18|★★★|{PUB IN 2010}

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COVER ITEMS:
✔5. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
Green cover
The Best Man|Kristan Higgins|01.20.19|★★★


✔6. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
Purple cover
All Your Perfects|Colleen Hoover|04.28.19|★★


✔7. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
Yellow Cover
W Is for Wasted|Sue Grafton|04.03.19|★★★★


✔8. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
Red Cover
The Silent Girl|Tess Gerritsen|01.08.19|★★★★


✔9. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Blue cover
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries|Helen Fielding|01.16.19|★★

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SPELL OUT:
1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES
✔10. T = Their Eyes Were Watching God|Zora Neale Hurston|12.13.18|★★★
✔11. H = House Rules|Jodi Picoult|01.11.19|★★★
✔12. E = Evanovich, Janet|Dangerous Minds|12.11.18|★★★
✔13. D = Diane Mott Davidson|Catering to Nobody|02.05.19|★★★
✔14. E = Erin McCarthy|Hard and Fast|12.20.18|★★★
✔15. A = Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer|M.C. Beaton|04.26.19|★★★
✔16. D = Diana Gabaldon|Written in My Own Heart's Blood|03.23.19|★★★
✔17. I = Inside the O'Briens|Lisa Genova|12.05.18|★★★★
✔18. N = Nesbø, Jo|Phantom|01.03.19|★★★★
✔19. T = The Tudor Secret|C.W. Gortner|12.26.18|★★★
✔20. H = Hope to Die|James Patterson|05.15.19|★★★
✔21. E = The Egypt Game|Zilpha Keatley Snyder|01.17.19|★★★
✔22. I = The Inn at Rose Harbor|Debbie Macomber|12.09.18|★★★★
✔23. R = Rick Bragg|Jerry Lee Lewis|01.31.19|★★★★
✔24. V = Visions in Death|J.D. Robb|03.11.19|★★★
✔25. A = Anastasia, George|Gotti's Rules|05.18.19|★★★
✔26. U = Until June|Aurora Rose Reynolds|12.28.18|★★★
✔27. L = Lethal White|Robert Galbraith|03.07.19|★★★★
✔28. T = The Tudor Conspiracy|C.W. Gortner|02.03.19|★★★
✔29. E = Elly Griffiths|The Woman in Blue|01.25.19|★★★
✔30. D = Death of a Prankster|M.C. Beaton|04.23.19|★★★
✔31. A = Adrian McKinty|The Cold Cold Ground|06.05.19|★★
✔32. R = Ron Hansen|The Kid|05.11.19|★★★
✔33. C = The Chaperone|Laura Moriarty|01.07.19|★★
✔34. H = Hunting Charles Manson|Lis Wiehl|05.18.19|★★★
✔35. E = Edward Rutherfurd|London|04.22.19|★★★
✔36. S The Search|Iris Johansen|03.08.19|★★★


2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST
✔37. A = The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb|Melanie Benjamin|06.07.19|★★★
✔38. S = Sue Grafton|V is for Vengeance|03.31.19|★★★★
✔39. C = The Constant Princess|Philippa Gregory|01.15.19|★★★
✔40. H = Hesse, Monica|American Fire|06.21.19|★★★
✔41. I = Irish Rebel|Nora Roberts|12.15.18|★★★
✔42. M = M. William Phelps|Don't Tell a Soul|06.15.19|★★★
✔43. N = The Next Best Thing|Kristan Higgins|05.28.19|★★
✔44. E = End Game|David Baldacci|05.06.19|★★★
✔45. Y = Y is for Yesterday|Sue Grafton|04.08.19|★★★★
✔46. S = Sue Grafton|X|04.05.19|★★★★
✔47. W = Webber, Andrew Lloyd|Unmasked: A Memoir|07.19.19|★★★
✔48. E = Elizabeth Parker|Poison Candy|05.08.19|★★★
✔49. E = Ellery Queen|The French Powder Mystery|05.20.19|★★★
✔50. P = A Piece of the World|Christina Baker Kline|05.13.19|★★★
✔51. E = Echoes of My Soul|Robert K. Tanenbaum|06.15.19|★★
✔52. R = Roberto Saviano|ZeroZeroZero|06.03.19|★★★
✔53. S = Snatched|Bruce Porter|06.04.19|★★
✔54. C = Cross My Heart|James Patterson|02.08.19|★★★
✔55. O = Oppel, Kenneth|Airborn|12.30.18|★★★
✔56. M = My Dear I Wanted to Tell You|Louisa Young|06.22.19|★★
✔57. E = Ellery Adams|The Last Word|07.08.19|★★★★
✔58. T = Toby Neal|Blood Orchids|05.18.19|★★★★
✔59. O = On Mystic Lake|Kristin Hannah|03.14.19|★★★
✔60. D = Daniel James Brown|Under a Flaming Sky|06.20.19|★★★★
✔61. U = Unkefer, Dean|90 Church|05.16.19|★★★
✔62. S = The Skull Beneath The Skin|P.D. James|07.05.19|★★
✔63. T = Taking The Fifth|J.A. Jance|06.09.19|★★★

129. SCC: SERIES EXPLORATION - FLAVIA DE LUCE (Part 2


SPELL OUT CONTINUED:

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D
✔64. T = Too Late to Say Goodbye|Ann Rule|07.01.19|★★★★
✔65. H = The Husband List|Janet Evanovich|07.21.19|★★
✔66. R = Robert B. Parker's Buckskin|Robert Knott|06.10.19|★★★
✔67. I = It's Always the Husband|Michele Campbell|01.02.19|★★★
✔68. C = Carlisle, Kate|The Lies That Bind|07.07.19|★★
✔69. E = Ethan Brown|Murder in the Bayou|07.16.19|★★★
✔70. T = Tiger Woods|Jeff Benedict|07.12.19|★★★★
✔71. H = Harris, C.S.|What Angels Fear|07.30.19|★★★★
✔72. E = Evanovich, Janet|Look Alive Twenty-Five|07.17.19|★★★
✔73. B = Black Gun, Silver Star|Art T. Burton|07.03.19|★★★★
✔74. R = Red Mist|Patricia Cornwell|06.24.19|★★
✔75. I = Incendiary|Michael Cannell|05.10.19|★★★
✔76. N = Natalie Wood|Gavin Lambert|06.02.19|★★
✔77. D = David Baldacci|Zero Day|07.22.19|★★★★
✔78. E = Evanovich, Janet|The Big Kahuna|07.18.19|★★★
✔79. D = Dakota Born|Debbie Macomber|07.23.19|★★
✔80. C = Carolyn Keene|The Secret of the Old Clock|07.11.19|★★★★
✔81. A = Ambrose, Stephen E.|Nothing Like it in the World|06.14.19|★★★
✔82. T = Transfer of Power|Vince Flynn|07.29.19|★★★★
✔83. H = Hunting El Chapo|Cole Merrell|08.04.19|★★★
✔84. A = Al Capone's Beer Wars|John J. Binder|06.16.19|★★★
✔85. T = Tears of the Giraffe|Alexander McCall Smith|08.13.19|★★★
✔86. H = Hank|Mark Ribowsky|08.06.19|★★★
✔87. M = McKeon, Kathy|Jackie's Girl|06.23.19|★★
✔88. E = Eastman, Dawn|Unnatural Causes|07.19.19|★★★
✔89. W = While the City Slept|Eli Sanders|07.18.19|★★
✔90. D = Dear Girls Above Me|Charles McDowell|07.25.19|★


4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
✔91. T = Thirteen Days|Robert F. Kennedy|08.15.19|★★★
✔92. H = The Hidden Staircase|Carolyn Keene|08.14.19|★★★★
✔93. E = Ellery Adams|Written in Stone|07.21.19|★★★
✔94. G = The Grand Tour|Rich Kienzle|08.08.19|★★★
✔95. R = Rhys Bowen|Murphy's Law|07.09.19|★★★
✔96. A = Ann Rule| The I-5 Killer|07.04.19|★★★★
✔97. V = Violated|Paula Lavigne|05.25.19|★★★
✔98. E = Estleman, Loren D.|Whiskey River|07.27.19|★★
✔99. S = Steve Berry|The Bishop's Pawn|07.10.19|★★★★★
✔100. A = All the Bright Places|Jennifer Niven|07.20.19|★★★★
✔101. F = A Faint Cold Fear|Karin Slaughter|07.28.19|★★★
✔102. I = Imperfect Justice|Jeff Ashton|05.17.19|★★★
✔103. N = Neville, Stuart|Collusion|06.09.19|★★★
✔104. E = Elizabeth Peters|The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog|08.12.19|★★
✔105. A = Ariana Franklin|The Serpent's Tale|08.09.19|★
✔106. N = Nicholas Sparks|The Rescue|07.14.19|★★★
✔107. D = DeMille, Nelson|Cathedral|08.26.19|★★★
✔108. P = Peter Guralnick|Last Train to Memphis|06.29.19|★★★★
✔109. R = Bury the Lead|David Rosenfelt|09.09.19|★★★
✔110. I = Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony|Keith Ablow|05.26.19|★★
✔111. V = Vincent, Lynn|Indianapolis|06.11.19|★★★★
✔112. A = American Kingpin|Nick Bilton|08.11.19|★★★
✔113. T = The Tudor Vendetta|C.W. Gortner|09.12.19|★★★
✔114. E = Exposed|Jane Velez-Mitchell|08.27.19|★★
✔115. P = Police|Jo Nesbø|09.11.19|★★
✔116. L = Lilli de Jong|Janet Benton|05.23.19|★★★★
✔117. A = Agatha Christie|The Murder at the Vicarage|09.01.19|★★★★
✔118. C = Cross Justice|James Patterson|08.05.19|★★★★
✔119. E = Evanovich, Janet|Motor Mouth|09.03.19|★★


5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD
✔119. T = T.J. English|The Savage City|09.13.19|★★★
✔120. H = The Heroes' Welcome|Louisa Young|09.05.19|★★★
✔121. E = Elizabeth Gaskell|Wives and Daughters|09.07.19|★★★★
✔122. G = Gregg Olsen|If I Can't Have You|09.02.19|★★★
✔123. O = Out of Darkness|Ashley Hope Pérez|05.04.19|★
✔124. L = Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar|Virginia Vallejo|05.24.19|★★
✔125. D = Death of a Glutton|M.C. Beaton|09.06.19|★★★
✔126. E = Emily March|Angel's Rest|09.24.19|★★
✔127. N = Nelson DeMille|The Panther|08.02.19|★★★
✔128. T = Take the Fall|Marquita Valentine|10.11.19|★★
✔129. R = The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories|Agatha Christie|09.15.19|★★★
✔130. E = Ebershoff, David|The 19th Wife|10.06.19|★
✔131. S = Shannon Miller|It's Not about Perfect|08.23.19|★★★
✔132. S = Steve Berry|The Malta Exchange|09.10.19|★★★★
✔133. E = Ellery Adams|Poisoned Prose|10.24.19|★★★
✔134. S = Sugar Cookie Murder|Joanne Fluke|09.18.19|★★★
✔135. O = The Orphan Mother|Robert Hicks|04.25.19|★★★
✔136. F = Fiona Carnarvon|Lady Catherine, the Earl, & the Real Downton Abbey|09.17.19
✔137. T = The Thirst|Jo Nesbø|10.17.19|★★
✔138. H = Hannah Nordhaus|American Ghost|09.25.19|★
✔139. E = Erin McCarthy|Hot Finish|10.26.19|★★★
✔140. D = Daisy Goodwin|Victoria|09.16.19|★★★★
✔141. E = Ellery Queen|The Dutch Shoe Mystery|11.11.19|★★★
✔142. A = Archer, Jeffrey|Be Careful What You Wish For|09.04.19|★★★★
✔143. D = Doc|Jack Olsen|10.30.19|★★★

Congratulations, jingles!!

Thanks, Bonita!

I finished the LONG spell portion of this challenge!

SPELL OUT: (135/135)
5/5 Titles

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES (27/27)
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Driven to Ink by Karen E. Olson - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin by Allen Zadoff - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥

2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST (27/27)
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
H – His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
I – Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
O – One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Julianne MacLean - A Curve in the Road - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
O – Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Love Letters - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Suzanne Brockmann - The Unsung Hero - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D (27/27)
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ross Petras - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ross Petras - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nan Asquith - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Douglas - The Nightingale Nurses - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
C - Claimed by Rebecca Zanetti - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
H - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Hearts by Olivia Dade - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE (29/29)
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Rumor Has It - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Obsession in Death - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
V - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jane Arbor - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Kiss the Girls - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
A – Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥

5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD (25/25)
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - Holly Jacobs - Once Upon A Christmas - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - To Marry a Tiger by Author Isobel Chace - 4/20/19 ♥♥
R - Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Josie Silver - One Day in December - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Jill Shalvis - Rescue My Heart - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O – One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Silver Linings - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Marc Aronson - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Danielle Steel - Until the End of Time - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Way to go, Connie!

As always, it's the title matching that takes me the longest. But I like the challenge...

Me too, Connie!

I'm finished!

Series Exploration: Flavia de Luce
Timeframe: 12/1/18 to ?
144/144

SPELL OUT: (135/135)

1. THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES (27/27)
T - Tahereh Mafi - Ignite Me 3/11/20
H - Hammered by Kevin Hearne 12/26/18
E - Erin St. Claire - Above and Beyond 2/28/19
D - Defiance by Cherise Sinclair 12/12/18
E - Erica Layne - The Minimalist Way: Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy 3/27/19
A - Anthony Marra - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 3/8/19
D - Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa 1/3/19
I - Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything by Tim Irwin 12/30/18
N - No Footprints in the Bush by Arthur W. Upfield 12/4/18
T - Twice Upon a Time by Olivia Cunning 3/4/19
H - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks 1/7/19
E - Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five 5/16/19
I - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn 3/31/19
R - Robyn Carr - Hidden Summit 4/13/19
V - Vampire's Faith by Rebecca Zanetti 12/2/18
A - Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh 4/17/19
U - Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi 5/9/19
L - Lorelei James - Cowboy Take Me Away 12/5/18
T - Tessa Bailey - Crashed Out 1/20/19
E - Janet Evanovich - The Big Kahuna 6/11/19
D - Dirty-Talking Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 2/23/19
A - Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa 4/21/19
R - Redwood Bend by Robyn Carr
C - Lana Campbell - Forever and a Night 12/31/18
H - Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook 2/18/19
E - Earning It by Angela Quarles 7/17/19
S - Sweet Persuasion by Maya Banks 12/15/18

2. AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST (27/27)
A - Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking 3/29/19
S - The Spy by Clive Cussler 12/18/18
C - Closet Confidential by Mary Jane Maffini 3/6/19
H - Happy Pants Cafe by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff 3/31/19
I - Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi 3/11/20
M - The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life by Joshua Becker 1/17/19
N - Naomi Miller - Christmas Cookie Mystery 12/6/18
E - Eve Silver - Dark Desires 7/30/19
Y - Rebecca York - Beyond Control 3/26/19
S - Short Rides by Lorelei James 12/20/18
W - J.R. Ward - Lover Unleashed 3/14/19
E - Erle Stanley Gardner - The Case of the Lucky Legs 8/22/19
E - The Evil Inside by Heather Graham 9/13/19
P - Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie 4/4/19
E - Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues by Donald J. Sobol 11/30/19
R - Rose Lounsbury - Less: Minimalism, For Real 5/3/19
S - Shadow's Pleasure by Molle McGregor 1/13/19
C - Conquer Me by Geneva Lee 2/16/20
O - Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 1/24/19
M - Mind Prey by John Sandford 3/9/19
E - MC - Etienne - Love Bites by Lynsay Sands 6/20/19
T - Tammy Falkner - Calmly, Carefully, Completely 6/2/19
O - Only Skein Deep by Maggie Sefton 5/10/19
D - Die Fat or Get Tough: 101 Differences in Thinking Between Fit People and Fat People by Steve Siebold 4/24/19
U - Unzipped by Lauren Blakely 7/30/19
S - Sweet-Loving Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 3/24/19
T - The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert 6/8/19

3. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D (27/27)
T - Tillie Cole - Heart Recaptured 7/8/19
H - Hard-Riding Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 4/2/19
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Demon's Mercy 5/12/19
I - MC Ian - Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake 8/27/19
C - The Cowboy Earns a Bride by Cora Seton 6/25/19
E - MC Emma - Love Unbroken by J.H. Croix 5/27/19
T - Brad Thor - Path of the Assassin 7/27/19
H - How To Be An Introvert In An Extrovert World by Michele Connolly 6/17/19
E - Everything Bared by Kristine Cayne 12/5/19
B - The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder by Mary Jane Maffini 3/21/19
R - Robyn Carr - Sunrise Point 5/25/19
I - I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart 1/2/20
N - Night Prey by John Sandford 2/8/19
D - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon 7/2/19
E - Janet Evanovich - Twisted Twenty-Six 12/16/19
D - Doctor in the Andes by Dana James 8/31/19
C - Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie 7/3/19
A - Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 5/22/19
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier 8/7/19
H - Hollywood on Tap by Avery Flynn 6/25/19
A - Affliction by River Savage 8/30/19
T - Tara Janzen - Crazy Cool 12/10/19
H - Heather Graham - Sacred Evil 9/1/19
M - Maid for Love by Marie Force 4/23/19
E - Eve Langlais - Jealous And Freakn' 12/23/19
W - J.R. Ward - Lover Reborn 10/16/19
E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/16/20
D - A Drop in the Ocean by Jenni Ogden 4/12/19

4. THE GRAVE'S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE (29/29)
T - Tess Gerritsen - Harvest 4/2/20
H - Heather Graham - The Unseen 10/3/19
E - Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues by Donald J. Sobol 11/30/19
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 1/22/19
R - The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion 7/12/19
A - Marie Astor - Bad Guys Get Caught 5/24/19
V - A View to a Thrill by Lexi Blake 9/19/19
E - MC Emmaline - A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 2/25/20
S - Maggie Sefton - Knit to Be Tied 4/29/19
A - Agatha Christie - Murder in Three Acts 9/18/19
F - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson 12/13/18
I - Ian Fleming - Moonraker 1/3/20
N - No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline by Brian Tracy 2/18/19
E - Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 3/2/20
A - Lara Adrian - Midnight Rising 9/6/19
N - Nauti Intentions by Lora Leigh 4/8/19
D - Dungeon Royale by Lexi Blake 9/14/19
P - Peach Cobbler Mystery by Naomi Miller 10/11/19
R - Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend 8/9/19
I - I See You by Meghan Ciana Doidge 2/8/20
V - Virna DePaul - Lip Action 8/12/19
A - Donna Andrews - Murder With Puffins 5/26/19
T - Tonya Kappes - A Charming Cure 1/6/20
E - MC Emily - Off Limits by Sawyer Bennett 4/1/20
P - The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum 10/29/19
L - Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn 4/15/19
A - Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles 10/29/19
C - The Cowboy's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton 9/29/19
E - Janet Evanovich - Thanksgiving 12/10/18

5. THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD (25/25)
T - Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie 1/21/20
H - Jon Harrison - The Banks of Certain Rivers 10/9/19
E - MC Eve - Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb 1/30/19
G - The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes 1/27/19
O - The Oath by Frank E. Peretti 11/18/19
L - Longbourn by Jo Baker 11/27/19
D - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 9/30/19
E - Eden Bradley - Dangerously Bad 1/31/19
N - Not a Hero by Cherise Sinclair 3/13/19
T - Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu 2/5/20
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Shadow Falling 8/20/19
E - Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch by Donald J. Sobol 12/18/18
S - Steve Berry - The Malta Exchange 5/15/19
S - Sinners at the Altar by Olivia Cunning 5/21/19
E - MC Ethan - I Will Not Beg by Cherise Sinclair 10/30/19
S - Siren Beloved by Sophie Oak 6/16/19
O - The Orphan Factory by James Morcan 11/30/19
F - Falling for Sky by Laurann Dohner 11/4/19
T - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 1/31/19
H - Gemma Halliday - Killer in High Heels 11/5/19
E - MC Emily - One You Can't Forget by Lexy Timms 1/2/20
D - Dean Koontz - Forever Odd 10/31/19
E - MC Ezra - Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie 4/1/20
A - Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery 12/5/19
D - MC Danielle - The Ghost Who Wasn't by Bobbi Holmes 6/17/19

BONUS SECTION:
Complete the bonus section of this challenge by reading a book from this series.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 1/13/20

TASKS: (4/4)
Complete a task for each of the items below.

1. FLAVIA DE LUCE:
The Flavia de Luce series features a precocious 11 year old who is fascinated with chemistry and death. She lives in an ancient country house in Buckshaw, England. The era is 1950's, England.
✿Read a book in which a child is part of the story

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene 1/2/19
(Judy)

2. ALAN BRADLEY:
Alan Bradley was born in 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked at the University of Saskatchwan as the Director of Television Engineering.
✿Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in ALANBRADLEY.

Lolita Lopez - Saved by Venom 3/11/20

3. TITLES:
There are currently 9 books published to date in the Flavia de Luce series, with book #10 schedule for release in 2019. Most of the book covers are very colorful with odd items such skeletons, dead birds, poison, upside down bicycles, etc. The shortest book title contains 5 words, while the longest book title contains 8.
✿Read a book with a colorful cover

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente 2/3/19

4. RATINGS, PAGES & REVIEWS:
The combined total ratings for this series is 320,161. The combined total number of reviews is approximately 39,920. The first book of the series was published in 2009, while the latest book published to date was done so in 2018.
✿Read a book in which the total page count contains at least two numbers found in 320,161.

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch 12/28/18

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COVER ITEMS: (5/5)
Read a book with one these items found on the cover for each of the titles listed below. Only one cover item per book, seven books total. Please post the cover.

1. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE:
green cover

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon 2/17/19

2. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG:
purple cover

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 2/23/20

3. A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD:
yellow cover

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke 1/6/19

4. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS:
red cover

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn 1/13/19

5. SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES:
Blue Cover

The Naughty List by Donna Kauffman 2/28/20

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Well done, Bonita!!!

Thanks, jingles!

Awesome job, Bonita!