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March 2024 - St. John's Spell Out
ParticipantsBev(baglady) ~ Done
Book Concierge ~ Done
Brenda ~ Done
Catsalive ~ Done
Connie ~ Done
Frankie ~ Done
Gretel ~ Done
Jan ~ Done
Jonquil ~ Done
Karen ♐ ~ Done
Mave
Olivermagnus ~ Done
Ruth ~ Done
Tari ~ Done
Teri-k ~ Done
Trish ~ Done
My SpotSt. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
4/4
City
C - Linda Crowder | Justice for Katie3/22/24***
I - Imogene from: Love & Saffron | Kim Fay 3/2/24***
T - Two Testaments | Elizabeth Musser 3/13/24**
Y - Nicholas YOUNG from: Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan 3/6/24***
St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
15/15 Completed. Finished
Antigua
01.A:Affliction-River Savage 3/09/24
02.N:Nothing But It All-Adriana Locke 3/03/24
03.T:Till Death Do Us Part-Willow Rose 3/01/24
04.I:Irresistible-Willow Aster 3/21/24
05.G:A Gathering of Secrets-Linda Castillo 3/22/24
06.U:Until Hanna-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/14/24
07.A:Aly Martinez-Fighting Silence 3/01/24
Hope
08.H:Her Last Hour-B.R. Spangler 3/14/24
09.O:One Chance-Lena Hendrix 3/22/24
10.P:Pray for Mercy-D.K. Hood 3/01/24
11.E:Evans:L.J. Evans-The Last One You Loved 3/20/24
Swim
12.S:Someone You Love-Kristen Granata 3/14/24
13.W:The Wrong Bridesmaid-Lauren Landish 3/07/24
14.I:Irish-Brittanee Nicole 3/21/24
15.M:Mine to Honor-Natasha Madison 3/02/24
St. John's Spell OutDuration: 1/3/24 - 31/3/24
7/7
ANTIGUA
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N
T
I
G
U
A
St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
0/4
PARK
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K
St. John's Spell Out1-31 March, 2024
9/9
F- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 2/3 3.5★
O- The Scandalous Wager by Olivia Fontayne 21/3 3★
R- Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★
T- The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan 5/3 1.5★
J- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 2/3 5★
A- Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan 1/3 2★
M- Lady with a Black Umbrella by Mary Balogh 1/3 2★
E- Eve - Murder on the Menu by Miranda Bliss 9/3 1.5★
S- Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★
St. John's Spell OutMarch 2024
7/7 DONE
O Of Manners and Murder Anastasia Hastings 3/3
P Poisonous Allison Brennan 3/4
E Every Exquisite Thing Matthew Quick 3/4
N Not Quite a Ghost Anne Ursu 3/3
A Above all Things Roslyn Sinclair 3/7
I Indigo Slam Robert Crais 3/5
R Reefs, Royals, Reckonings John Keyse-Walker 3/2
Done. Fun challenge!St. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
✔️S - Dr Thomas Stevenson All We Cannot Leave Behind/Iain Kelly 3/10/24 4☆
✔️T - The Flower Boat Girl/Larry Feign 3/3/24 3.25☆
✔️J - Janet Evanovich/Four to Score 3/6/24 3.75☆
✔️O - The Oregon Trail/William W. Johnstone 3/8/24 4☆
✔️H - Christina Holloway/Whispers Across a Sea: A Novel of Victorian Ireland 3/12/24 2.25☆
✔️N - Noelle W. Ihli/Gray After Dark 3/14/24 3.5☆
✔️S - Kuchenga Shenjé/The Library Thief 3/15/24 2☆
Everyone should be linked up to here! Welcome!!
St. John's S*P*E*L*L OutBegins: 01Mar24 / Ends: 31Mar24
5 / 5 completed
James
J - Jesse Andrews / Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ✔ – 11Mar24
A - Arthur Conan Doyle / A Study in Scarlet ✔ – 12Mar24
M - Michael Frank / One Hundred Saturdays ✔ – 07Mar24
E - Everything, Everything ✔ – 16Mar24
S - SEE, Lisa / China Dolls ✔ – 16Mar24
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St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
9/9
Swim
Scott, Elizabeth mc-Life Is a Beach Una Madison 3/4/24
Willow mc-A Deadly Morsel Savannah Marlake 3/8/24
Imogen-Where There's a Will There's a Way Imogen Swan 3/31/24
M Murder Mystery at the Castle Avery Kent 3/1/24
Beach
Bloom, Roxy mc-Pour-Over Predicament Tonya Kappes 3/3/24
Ecker-A Locked Outhouse Murder Julie Ecker 3/2/24
Amity-Polar Fleecing Amity Allen 3/4/24
Cindy-Bespelled Cookies Cindy Stark 3/5/24
Hartley, Emily mc-Family and Felony Murder Sara Bourgeois 3/5/24
St. John's Spell Out1-31 March, 2024
Antigua
A - Alice-Sweet Distraction Lainey Davis - 3/2/24
N - That Man 1 Nelle L'Amour - 3/26/24
T - Theo-Burning Bright: Billionaires in Disguise: Lizzy Blair Babylon - 3/17/24
I - Series-Into the Wild-Tempted Molly O'Keefe - 3/19/24
G - Gentleman Sinner Jodi Ellen Malpas - 3/14/24
U - Unforgettable Willow Aster - 7/20/24
A - Rooted in Sin Alta Hensley - 3/4/24
Barbuda
B - Where Darkness Lies Bella Jewel - 3/6/24
A - Four Firemen For Christmas Ajme Williams - 3/20/24
R - Campaigning for Christopher Katy Regnery - 3/22/24
B - Breaking Rules: Billionaires in Disguise: Lizzy Blair Babylon - 3/12/24
U - Undeniable Melanie Harlow - 9/12/24
D - Daddy's Waiting Pepper North - 3/11/24
A - Lucas Atwood-Broken Record K.A. Linde - 3/25/24
St. John's
S - Man Hands Sarina Bowen - 3/20/24
T - Taken By Him Measha Stone - 3/23/24
J - The Forbidden Billionaire J.S. Scott - 3/5/24
O - Maddie O'Neill-Exposed Jennifer Bene - 3/10/24
H - Hayleigh's Little Halloween Stella Moore - 4/2/24
N - That Man 2 Nelle L'Amour - 3/30/24
S - Strict Confidence Skye Warren - 3/25/24
St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
A Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster 3/4
N Nancy The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen 3/2
T Tore The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie 3/4
I Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 3/22
G Green The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green 3/14
U Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse 3/8
A Abby Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 3/9
L L'Amour Mojave Crossing by Louis L'Amour 3/12
I Ice by Linda Howard 3/23
M Madeline When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare 3/13
E Emma The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 3/15
S Sara The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous by Sara Orwig 3/16
T Theogony / Works and Days by Hesiod 3/18
O Ovid Metamorphoses by Ovid 3/13
N Nancy Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene 3/26
E Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad 3/20
V The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes 3/21
I Irene The Panther Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3/23
E Elizabeth Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang 3/29
W With This Ring by Carla Kelly 3/4
Thanks for joining Tari, Karen & Teri!
St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
9 of 9 Complete
C - Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran - 3/2/24
A - The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho - 3/4/24
R - Rutland Place - Anne Perry - 3/10/24
I - Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros - 3/8/24
B - Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll - 3/5/24
B - Belladonna - Adalyn Grace - 3/13/24
E - Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh - 3/12/24
A - Ava Glass - The Traitor - 3/14/24
N - Nita Prose - The Mystery Guest - 3/14/24
St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
0/7
A The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
N The Maid by Nita Prose
T The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
I Invisible
G Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
U Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood
A All's Well
Is it cheating by having TWO countries to go with one capital? I think you're just trying to keep me busy.St. John's Spell Out
21/21
S - Sherryl Woods - Beach Lane - 3/24/24 ♥♥♥
T - Thunder Heights by Phyllis A. Whitney - 3/23/24 ♥♥♥♥
J - Jon Katz - A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life - 3/11/24 ♥♥♥
O - An O'Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods - 4/6/24 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hilderbrand, Elin - Golden Girl - 3/14/24 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson - 3/8/24 ♥♥♥
S - Sands, Lynsay - Vampire, Interrupted - 3/19/24 ♥♥♥♥
A - Afternoon Delight by Mia Zachary - 3/22/24 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Allegiance of Honor - 4/13/24 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Thomas, Jodi - Can't Stop Believing - 3/25/24 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got My Mind Set on Brew by Stephanie Jayne - 5/16/24 ♥♥♥♥
G - Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay - 3/16/24 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unexpected by Maisey Yates - 3/18/24 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones - 3/31/24 ♥♥♥
B - Billion Dollar Beast by Olivia Hayle - 3/10/24 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alexandra Paige - Weekends with You - 4/9/24 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ryan, Kendall - xo, Zach - 3/4/24 ♥♥♥♥
B - The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey - 3/15/24 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Talon by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 4/28/24 ♥♥♥♥
D - D.D. Ayres - Explosive Forces - 4/18/24 ♥♥♥
A - All's Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath - 5/29/24 ♥♥♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/29/24*****
Connie N. wrote: "Is it cheating by having TWO countries to go with one capital? I think you're just trying to keep me busy."Sorry about that .. LOL
Connie N. wrote: "Is it cheating by having TWO countries to go with one capital? I think you're just trying to keep me busy."You can always count on Jan to up the ante if things start to look too easy! lol
St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
STINGRAY
S - Indu Sundaresan The Twentieth Wife 03/09/2024
T - Charles Todd A Matter of Justice 03/04/2024
I - Indu Sundaresan The Feast of Roses 04/01/2024
N - Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals Darian Rodriguez Heyman 09/15/2024
G - Grady Hendrix My Best Friend's Exorcism 07/09/2024
R - Jeffrey L. Rinek In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators 04/26/2024
A - Ann Rule In the Name of Love and Other True Cases 05/28/2024
Y - The Year of Secret Assignments Jaclyn Moriarty 06/06/2025
Done. Fun challenge!St. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
✔️S - Dr Thomas Stevenson All We Cannot Leave Behind/Iain Kelly 3/10/24 4☆
✔️T - The Flower Boat Girl/Larry Feign 3/3/24 3.25☆
✔️J - Janet Evanovich/Four to Score 3/6/24 3.75☆
✔️O - The Oregon Trail/William W. Johnstone 3/8/24 4☆
✔️H - Christina Holloway/Whispers Across a Sea: A Novel of Victorian Ireland 3/12/24 2.25☆
✔️N - Noelle W. Ihli/Gray After Dark 3/14/24 3.5☆
✔️S - Kuchenga Shenjé/The Library Thief 3/15/24 2☆
St. John's Spell OutMarch 2024
7/7 DONE
O Of Manners and Murder Anastasia Hastings 3/3
P Poisonous Allison Brennan 3/4
E Every Exquisite Thing Matthew Quick 3/4
N Not Quite a Ghost Anne Ursu 3/3
A Above all Things Roslyn Sinclair 3/7
I Indigo Slam Robert Crais 3/5
R Reefs, Royals, Reckonings John Keyse-Walker 3/2
~~~ Complete ~~~St. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
9 of 9 Complete
C - Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran - 3/2/24
A - The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho - 3/4/24
R - Rutland Place - Anne Perry - 3/10/24
I - Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros - 3/8/24
B - Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll - 3/5/24
B - Belladonna - Adalyn Grace - 3/13/24
E - Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh - 3/12/24
A - Ava Glass - The Traitor - 3/14/24
N - Nita Prose - The Mystery Guest - 3/14/24
Finished :)St. John's Spell Out
Duration: 1/3/24 - 31/3/24
7/7
ANTIGUA
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N
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St. John's Spell OutMarch 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
15/15 Completed. Finished
Antigua
01.A:Affliction-River Savage 3/09/24
02.N:Nothing But It All-Adriana Locke 3/03/24
03.T:Till Death Do Us Part-Willow Rose 3/01/24
04.I:Irresistible-Willow Aster 3/21/24
05.G:A Gathering of Secrets-Linda Castillo 3/22/24
06.U:Until Hanna-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/14/24
07.A:Aly Martinez-Fighting Silence 3/01/24
Hope
08.H:Her Last Hour-B.R. Spangler 3/14/24
09.O:One Chance-Lena Hendrix 3/22/24
10.P:Pray for Mercy-D.K. Hood 3/01/24
11.E:Evans:L.J. Evans-The Last One You Loved 3/20/24
Swim
12.S:Someone You Love-Kristen Granata 3/14/24
13.W:The Wrong Bridesmaid-Lauren Landish 3/07/24
14.I:Irish-Brittanee Nicole 3/21/24
15.M:Mine to Honor-Natasha Madison 3/02/24
DoneSt. John's Spell Out
1-31 March, 2024
9/9
F- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 2/3 3.5★
O- The Scandalous Wager by Olivia Fontayne 21/3 3★
R- Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★
T- The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan 5/3 1.5★
J- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 2/3 5★
A- Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan 1/3 2★
M- Lady with a Black Umbrella by Mary Balogh 1/3 2★
E- Eve - Murder on the Menu by Miranda Bliss 9/3 1.5★
S- Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★
In the right place, this time!F = Metamorphosis,{F}ranz Kafka – 08/03/24
O = Killer Content, {O}livia Blacke – 13/03/24
R = The Night Raven, Johan {R}undberg – 12/03/24
T = Coyote Waits, {T}ony Hillerman – 13/03/24
(S = Greenwitch, {S}usan Cooper – 11/03/24)
J = La Vie: A Year In Rural France, {J}ohn Lewis-Stempel – 24/03/24
A = {A}unt Dimity and the Heart of Gold, Nancy Atherton – 21/03/24
M = {M}urder at Turtle Cove, Kathi Daley – 06/03/24
E = {E}arthly Delights, Kerry Greenwood - 07/03/24
S = Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, {S}atoshi Yagisawa – 22/03/24
Trish wrote: "In the right place, this time!."Yay Trish! Well done :)
I'm finished - and I managed to work in every book I read this month!St. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
A Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster 3/4
N Nancy The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen 3/2
T Tore The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie 3/4
I Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 3/22
G Green The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green 3/14
U Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse 3/8
A Abby Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 3/9
L L'Amour Mojave Crossing by Louis L'Amour 3/12
I Ice by Linda Howard 3/23
M Madeline When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare 3/13
E Emma The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 3/15
S Sara The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous by Sara Orwig 3/16
T Theogony / Works and Days by Hesiod 3/18
O Ovid Metamorphoses by Ovid 3/13
N Nancy Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene 3/26
E Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad 3/20
V The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes 3/21
I Irene The Panther Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3/23
E Elizabeth Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang 3/29
W With This Ring by Carla Kelly 3/4
Teri-K wrote: "I'm finished - and I managed to work in every book I read this month!..."
That is impressive, nice juggling!
Wow Teri! That was impressive!! Well done :)
It was a slow month of reading for me so I'm taking the easy way out with this one!!St. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
4/4
City
C - Linda Crowder | Justice for Katie3/22/24***
I - Imogene from: Love & Saffron | Kim Fay 3/2/24***
T - Two Testaments | Elizabeth Musser 3/13/24**
Y - Nicholas YOUNG from: Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan 3/6/24***
FinishedSt. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
9/9
Swim
Scott, Elizabeth mc-Life Is a Beach Una Madison 3/4/24
Willow mc-A Deadly Morsel Savannah Marlake 3/8/24
Imogen-Where There's a Will There's a Way Imogen Swan 3/31/24
M Murder Mystery at the Castle Avery Kent 3/1/24
Beach
Bloom, Roxy mc-Pour-Over Predicament Tonya Kappes 3/3/24
Ecker-A Locked Outhouse Murder Julie Ecker 3/2/24
Amity-Polar Fleecing Amity Allen 3/4/24
Cindy-Bespelled Cookies Cindy Stark 3/5/24
Hartley, Emily mc-Family and Felony Murder Sara Bourgeois 3/5/24
Brenda wrote: "Well done Jan!"Thanks you Brenda!
Jan wrote: "Great job Tari!"Thanks, Jan!
Jan wrote: "It was a slow month of reading for me so I'm taking the easy way out with this one!!St. John's Spell Out
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
4/4
City
C - Linda Crowder | [book:Justic..."
Well done, Jan. It's smart to be realistic about what you'll get done, I think!
Update message # 12 - Challenge completed - ✔ 16Mar24St. John's S*P*E*L*L Out
Begins: 01Mar24 / Ends: 31Mar24
5 / 5 completed
James
J - Jesse Andrews / Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ✔ – 11Mar24
A - Arthur Conan Doyle / A Study in Scarlet ✔ – 12Mar24
M - Michael Frank / One Hundred Saturdays ✔ – 07Mar24
E - Everything, Everything ✔ – 16Mar24
S - SEE, Lisa / China Dolls ✔ – 16Mar24
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March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
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