Hooked on Books discussion

Check-in your completed books here

Completed Book requirements:
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Rating:
Justification:
Book Points:
Team Total points:


Challenge Rules:
*No poetry or cookbooks allowed.
*Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the challenge dates in your time zone, it counts.
*You must be able to justify how your book fits the theme. Example: If the theme is cats, then your book can have a cat on the cover, a cat in the book, can be all about cats, etc. If you can justify it, then it will work. Let's keep this easy and you may be creative with your links to the themes.
Standard Rules Apply

Suggested Theme ideas (remember these are suggestions)
Romance
Leprechauns
Love
Adventure
Fantasy
Family
Magic
Matchmaking
Banshee
Ireland


Examples:
*Sarah decides she wants to read books tagged Adventure all month
*Becky wants to read books with leprechauns on the cover
*Jenny wants to read a variety of books to fit the theme
*Kat wants to read all books where people fall in love
*Beth wants to read books with magic



Book Points


Graphic Novel Points
Page Count Limit: 100 (Actual page count)
Please use this formula to find your adjusted page count (for points):
#Pgs x 1/4 = Adjusted Page Count
❀If your adjusted page count is less than 100, you will get 0.5 points for the book. If it is 100 or higher see the page point chart above for points.




Buddy Read Bonus (New rules)

✨Tier one: Buddy read with one friend
Minimum 300 pages
1 point = doesn't fit the theme
2 points - does fit the theme

✨Tier Two: Buddy read with 2 or more friends
Minimum 300 pages
3 points = doesn't fit the theme
5 points = does fit the theme

✨Tier Three: Read the Formal Buddy Read led by a HOB Mod.
6 points = doesn't fit the theme
10 points = fits the theme


Read the Formal Buddy Read here
OR
Request an Informal one here




I am going to give bonuses for several challenges.
✨ 2 bonus points if your book is used in this challenge and any of the challenges in the list below

Build-a-Prince
The Iditarod
March HOB Partner Pick
HOB Egg Hunt
Listopia Madness
Pretty Irish Girl
Fairy Tale Re-tellings
St. Patrick's Day (coming soon)
I Want My MTV

Book: Shadow Over the Fens
Author: Joy Ellis
Pages: 304
Date Read: 3/1
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: Love in text - 32% "I love the feel to this room."
Book Points: 5
Bonus: HOB Egg Hunt +2
Team Total points: 5

Book: The Long Game
Author: Elena Armas
Pages: 380
Date Read: 3/2
Rating: 3⭐
Justification: MPG Romance
Book Points: 5
Bonus: HOB Egg Hunt +2
Team Total points: 10

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Book: Shadow Over the Fens
Author: Joy Ellis
Pages: 304
Date Read: 3/1
Rating: 4⭐
Justification: MPG Romance
Book Points: 5
Bonus: HOB Egg Hunt +2
Team Total point..."

I’m saying it before Donna does joy Ellis one isn’t romance it’s crime

Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
Pages: 338
Date read: 1.3.24
Justification: MPG romance
Points: 3 points
Total team points: 13

Kat wrote:I’m saying it before Donna does joy Ellis one isn’t romance it’s crime..."

Thanks! I just realized it now lmao. Corrected!

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Kat wrote:I’m saying it before Donna does joy Ellis one isn’t romance it’s crime..."

Thanks! I just realized it now lmao. Corrected!"

That’s okay :)

Book: The Marriage by K.L. Slater
Pages:316
Date read: 7.3.24
Justification: Family
Points: 3 points
Total team points: 16

Book: The Ex by Freida McFadden
Pages: 346
Justification: Love
Points: 3 points
Total team points: 19

It's a Date - Again by Jeneva Rose
Pages: 240
Rating: 4*
Justification: Love
Points: 1 point
Total team points: 20

Sharpe's Trafalgar
Pages: 372
Date Read: 15 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Adventure
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 23


(I'll be back to post my back log after dinner)

Book: The Three Musketeers
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Pages: 625
Date Read: 2 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Adventure
Book Points: 5
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 30

Book: Sharpe's Triumph
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Pages: 368
Date Read: 3 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG adventure
Book Points: 3
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 35

Book: The Difference Engine
Author: William Gibson
Pages: 400
Date Read: 3 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3
Used in MTV - 2 points
Team Total points: 40

Book: Virgins
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 103
Date Read: 3 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Romance
Book Points: 1
Used in retellings - 2 points
Team Total points: 43

Book: Tyger
Author: S.F. Said
Pages: 304
Date Read: 4 mar
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3
used in: Pretty Irish Girl - 2 points
Team Total points: 48

Book: Network Effect
Author: Martha Wells
Pages: 350
Date Read: 4 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Adventure
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 51

Book: Sharpe's Fortress
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Pages: 367
Date Read: 5 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Adventure
Book Points: 3
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 56

Book: Ashes of the Sun
Author: Django Wexler
Pages: 592
Date Read: 7 mar
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 5
Used in Egg hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 63

Book: Gilded Cage
Author: Vic James
Pages: 405
Date Read: 8 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG fantasy
Book Points: 3
used in Retellings - 2 points
Team Total points: 68

Book: Sarum: The Novel of England
Author: Edward Rutherfurd
Pages: 912
Date Read: 9 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Love - p109 "The love of this dutiful woman"
Book Points: 10
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 80

Book: Santa Olivia
Author: Jacqueline Carey
Pages: 356
Date Read: 10 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3
used in Listopia - 2points
Team Total points: 85

Book: Nine Perfect Strangers
Author: Liane Moriarty
Pages: 453
Date Read: 12 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Love - two of the characters fall in love
Book Points: 3
Used in egg hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 90

Book: Barnaby Rudge
Author: Charles Dickens
Pages: 744
Date Read: 14 Mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Family - a significant part of the plot is about certain characters and their paternity and figuring out they belong to a certain family
Book Points: 7
Used in egg hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 99

Book: The Embroidered Book
Author: Kate Heartfield
Pages: 655
Date Read: 15 mar
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG fantasy
Book Points: 5
used in egg hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 106

Book: Demon Rider
Author: Ken Hood
Pages: 330
Date Read: 16 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3
Used in MTV - 2 points
Team Total points: 111

Book: Sharpe's Prey
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Pages: 261
Date Read: 16 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Adventure
Book Points: 1
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 114

Book: Cliff's Descent
Author: Dianne Duvall
Pages: 290
Date Read: 3/1
Rating: 3 Star
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1
Used In: Pretty irish Girl
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Lover Mine
Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 673
Date Read: 3/3
Rating: 3 Star
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 5
Used In: Pretty Irish Girl
Total Book Points: 7

Book: Off Duty
Author: Gregory Ashe
Pages: 133
Date Read: 3/5
Rating: 4 Star
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1
Used In: Build a Prince
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Shadow of Doubt
Author: Hailey Edwards
Pages: 259
Date Read: 3/6
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance/UF
Book Points: 1
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 3

Book: An Unnatural Vice
Author: K.J. Charles
Pages: 238
Date Read: 3/6
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1

Book: Magic Strikes
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 310
Date Read: 3/7
Rating: 5
Justification: UF
Book Points: 3
Used In: Build a Prince
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Zenith
Author: Eli Easton
Pages: 264
Date Read: 3/8
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1
Used In: Build a Prince
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Mongrel
Author: K.A. Merikan
Pages: 284
Date Read: 3/8
Rating: 3
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1
Used In: Pretty Irish Girl
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Heart of Fire
Author: Lisa Edmonds
Pages: 366
Date Read: 3/9
Rating: 4
Justification: UF
Book Points: 3
Used In: Pretty Irish Girl
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Starcrossed
Author: Allie Therin
Pages: 307
Date Read: 3/10
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 5

Book: The One That Got Away
Author: Nicky James
Pages: 337
Date Read: 3/11
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Rogue
Author: Eden Finley
Pages: 291
Date Read: 3/12
Rating: 3
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Lord of a Thousand Steps
Author: Tara Lain
Pages: 301
Date Read: 3/13
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Pretty Little Irish Girl
Total Book Points: 5

Book: The Hitman's Guide to Codenames and Ill-Gotten Gains
Author: Alice Winters
Pages: 354
Date Read: 3/14
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 5

Book: A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel
Author: K.J. Charles
Pages: 336
Date Read: 3/15
Rating: 4
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 5

Book: The Twice-Scorned Lady of Shadow
Author: Annette Marie
Pages: 272
Date Read: 2/16
Rating: 3
Justification: UF
Book Points: 1
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 3

Book: The Tech
Author: Amy Lane
Pages: 448
Date Read: 3/17
Rating: 3
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Pretty Irish Girl
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Midnight Smoke
Author: Helen Harper
Pages: 246
Date Read: 3/17
Rating: 3
Justification: Romance, UF
Book Points: 1
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings
Total Book Points: 3

Total Points for this Message: 72
Total Team Points: 186

Book: A Court of Mist and Fury
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 641
Date Read: 18 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 5
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 193

Book: Forever Home
Author: Graham Norton
Pages: 364
Date Read: 18 mar
Rating: 3.5 stars
Justification: MPG family
Book Points: 3
Used in: Egg hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 198

Book: The Hypnotist's Love Story
Author: Liane Moriarty
Pages: 446
Date Read: 19 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Romance
Book Points: 3
Used in Retellings - 2 points
Team Total points: 203

Book & Author Her Silent Husband by Sam Vickery
Pages: 278
Rating: 3*
Date read: 19.3.24
Justification: Love & Family
Points: 1 point
Total team points: 204

Book: Hunted
Author: Erica Woods
Pages: 670
Date Read: 20 mar
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy & Romance
Book Points: 5
Used in Egg hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 211

Book: A Court of Wings and Ruin
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 703
Date Read: 21 mar
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy & Romance
Book Points: 7
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 220

Book: Sabriel
Author: Garth Nix
Pages: 367
Date Read: 22 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 225

Book: On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
Author: Paul Theroux
Pages: 448
Date Read: 22 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG adventure
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 228

Book: We Belong Together
Author: Beth Moran
Pages: 363
Date Read: 23 mar
Rating: 2.5 stars
Justification: MPG romance
Book Points: 3
Used in Egg Hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 233

Book: The Pale Horse
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 288
Date Read: 24 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Murders are being committed by what appears to be magic.
Book Points: 1
Used in MTV - 2 points
Team Total points: 236

Book: Love on the Brain
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Pages: 368
Date Read: 24 mar
Rating: 2.5 stars
Justification: MPG romance
Book Points: 3
Used in Egg Hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 241

I Let Her In by Maria Frankland
Pages: 299
Date read: 26.3.24
Rating: 2*
Justification: Green cover which is on Irish flag
Book points: 1 point
Used in egg hunt: 2 points
Total points: 3
Total team points: 244

Book: The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs
Author: Christina Hopkinson
Pages: 404
Date Read: 26 mar
Rating: 1.5 stars
Justification: Love/romance: The book is all about people's relationships and whether or not love is enough to ensure their happiness
Book Points: 3
Used in Egg Hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 249

Book: Hunger: The Complete Trilogy
Author: Jeremy Robinson
Pages: 931
Date Read: 26 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Adventure/Family: MCs (a family) have many adventures trying to travel across the USA during an apocalyptic event to try and stop what is happening.
Book Points: 10
Used in Egg Hunt - 2 points
Team Total points: 261

Book: Throne of Glass
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 406
Date Read: 27 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3 points
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 266

Book: Sharpe's Rifles
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Pages: 352
Date Read: 27 mar
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Adventure
Book Points: 3
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 271

Book: One Chance, Fancy
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Pages: 291
Date Read: 28 mar
Rating: 2 stars
Justification: MPG romance
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 272

Book: Lover Unleashed
Author: J.R. Ward
Pages: 512
Date Read: 3/18
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 5
Used In: Impossible Egg Hunt +2
Total Book Points: 7

Book: Trolled
Author: Lindsay Buroker
Pages: 294
Date Read: 3/19
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings +2
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Bolt-Hole
Author: Amy Lane
Pages: 246
Date Read: 3/19
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1

Book: Bro and the Beast 1
Author: L.C. Davis
Pages: 137
Date Read: 3/21
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1

Book: Tower
Author: Cari Z.
Pages: 118
Date Read: 3/21
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1
Used In: Chess +2
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Dear Jon
Author: V.L. Locey
Pages: 106
Date Read: 3/21
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 1

Book: Broken Loyalty
Author: K.N. Banet
Pages: 289
Date Read: 3/21
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1
Used In: Egg Hunt +2
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Hell for the Company
Author: Angel Martinez
Pages: 126
Date Read: 3/21
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1

Book: The Solstice Countdown
Author: Lisa Shearin
Pages: 301
Date Read: 3/22
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 3
Used In: Fairytale Retellings +2
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Sweet Nothings
Author: Macy Blake
Pages: 230
Date Read: 3/24
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1
Used In: Pretty Irish Girl +2
Total Book Points: 3

Book: Bond
Author: Piper Scott
Pages: 338
Date Read: 3/25
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 3
Used In: Egg Hunt +2
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Teacher of the Year
Author: M.A. Wardell
Pages: 347
Date Read: 3/26
Justification: Romance
Book Points: 3
Used In: Fairy Tale Retellings +2
Total Book Points: 5

Book: Prince and Bodyguard
Author: Tavia Lark
Pages: 284
Date Read: 3/27
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 1
Used In: Build a Prince +2
Total Book Points: 3

Book: King of the Dark
Author: Ariana Nash
Pages: 354
Date Read: 3/28
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 3

Book: Heart of Ice
Author: Lisa Edmonds
Pages: 382
Date Read: 3/28
Justification: Fantasy
Book Points: 3

Total Points this Post: 47
Team Total Points: 319

Book: True Dead
Author: Faith Hunter
Pages: 384
Date Read: 29 mar
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 3
Used in MTV - 2 points
Team Total points: 324

Book: Doomsday Book
Author: Connie Willis
Pages: 587
Date Read: 31 mar
Rating: 4.5 stars
Justification: MPG Fantasy
Book Points: 5
Used in Listopia - 2 points
Team Total points: 331

Book & author: Meet Me in Milan by Sophie Gravia
Pages: 335
Date read: 31.3.24
Justification: love and friendship
Points: 3 points
Total points: 334