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message 1: by Angie ☯ (last edited May 21, 2024 03:53PM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 07:17PM

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Individual Challenge
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024


Challenge Rules
📘 HOB Standard Challenge Rules Apply
📘 You may use or ignore "A, An, The" from the title.
📘 A separate book must be used for each task
📘 Choose your level and complete that number of tasks
📘 Have fun!

Levels:
Alchemist: 4-6 tasks
Elementalist: 7-12 tasks
Witch/Wizard: 13-18 tasks
Druid: 18-24 tasks
Psychic: 25-30 tasks
Summoner: 31-36 tasks
Necromancer: 37-48 tasks
Archmage: 49+ tasks

Oh, ho, ho, it's magic, you know…never believe it's not so..
Magic is present in many of our books, movies and superstitions. In this challenge, we will briefly explore nine types of magic systems.


1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal. 
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
     🌱 N
     🌱 A
     🌱 T
     🌱 U
     🌱 R
     🌱 E


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
     🌱 M
     🌱 A
     🌱 G
     🌱 I
     🌱 T
     🌱 E
     🌱 C
     🌱 H


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text


message 2: by Angie ☯ (new)
Apr 24, 2024 07:17PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
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message 3: by Angie ☯ (last edited Aug 01, 2024 12:31AM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 07:35PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
COMPLETED: 47 of 52

✓ 1. Nature-based magic systems
✓ 🔮 RAB with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name ~ Stings and Stones ~ 5/13 ~ Elemental Assassin #19.7
✓ 🔮 RAB with flowers or vines on the cover ~ The Quarry Girls ~ 5/6
✓ 🔮 RAB where a weather event (storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs ~ On Her Watch ~ 5/20
✓ 🔮 RAB where someone is poisoned ~ Body of Lies ~ 5/12
✓ 🔮 Spell Out NATURE
     ✓ 🌱 N ~ Nora Roberts ~ The Search ~ 6/30
     ✓ 🌱 A ~ Aubrey Reynolds (MC) ~ Our Finest Hour ~ 6/23
     ✓ 🌱 T ~ The Cabin at the End of the World ~ 5/5
     ✓ 🌱 U ~ Urbino, Juvenal ~ Love in the Time of Cholera ~ 6/8
     ✓ 🌱 R ~ The Red Pyramid ~ 5/19
     ✓ 🌱 E ~ Eve Dallas (MC) ~ Golden in Death ~ 6/18

✓ 2. Divination magic
✓ 🔮 RAB where Divination is used ~ Paper & Blood ~ 6/1
✓ 🔮 RAB with a body of water on the cover ~ The Sleepwalkers ~ 5/17
✓ 🔮 RAB with a purple cover (>50%) ~ Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers ~ 6/24 ~ 64.1%
✓ 🔮 RAB set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK | A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel ~ 7/12

✓ 3. Conjuring magic
✓ 🔮 RAB with a MPG of Magic ~ The Familiar ~ 7/4
✓ 🔮 RAB that has a demon character ~ The Malevolent Seven ~ 5/18
✓ 🔮 RAB with teleportation or a portal to a different place ~ Mislaid in Parts Half-Known ~ 5/5
✓ 🔮 RAB whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON | The Moon-Spinners ~ 6/5 ~ Mary Stewart

4. Psychic magic
🔮 RAB tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
✓ 🔮 RAB where one character influences the action of another ~ Project Hail Mary ~ 5/8
✓ 🔮 RAB where a character dreams ~ The Housemaid ~ 6/24
✓ 🔮 RAB whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC ~ Skeleton Canyon ~ 6/1

5. Life and death magic
✓ 🔮 RAB where a character is undead ~ Phantom Kiss ~ 5/13
🔮 RAB with blood on the cover ~
✓ 🔮 RAB whose MC is a Necromancer ~ Gideon the Ninth ~ 7/31
🔮 RAB with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic
✓ 🔮 RAB with a Vampire ~ Blade Bound ~ 5/14
✓ 🔮 RAB with a Dragon ~ Hell's Spells ~ 5/22
🔮 RAB with a Siren
✓ 🔮 RAB with UNICORN in the text ~ Lady in Black ~ 5/19
✓ 🔮 RAB with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster ~ Mermaid Mimosa ~ 5/24
✓ 🔮 RAB with a "sparkly" cover ~ The Wishing Game ~ 6/16 ~ sparkly magic on cover

✓ 7. Magitech systems
✓ 🔮 RAB that is "fused with technology" ~ Connections in Death ~ 5/3
✓ 🔮 RAB with blurred lines or images on the cover ~ The Never Game ~ 7/2
✓ 🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
     ✓ 🌱 M ~ Mary Burton ~ Burn You Twice ~ 6/29
     ✓ 🌱 A ~ Age of Vice ~ 6/23
     ✓ 🌱 G ~ The Grace Year ~ 5/27
     ✓ 🌱 I ~ Identity ~ 5/21
     ✓ 🌱 T ~ Takeoff ~ 5/28
     ✓ 🌱 E ~ Eve Dallas (MC) ~ Shadows in Death ~ 6/21
     ✓ 🌱 C ~ Charles, K.J. ~ The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen ~ 6/14
     ✓ 🌱 H ~ How Can I Help You ~ 5/9

8. Eclectic magic
✓ 🔮 RAB that features some type of Folk Magic ~ Mind Games ~ 6/10
✓ 🔮 RAB with a Fae or Faerie character ~ Winter Lost ~ 7/10
✓ 🔮 RAB where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman ~ Salt & Broom ~ 5/26
🔮 RAB where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

✓ 9. Uncommon magic systems
✓ 🔮 RAB with tagged FANTASY ~ The Hunger Games ~ 5/15
✓ 🔮 RAB with a colorful cover ~ Check & Mate ~ 5/26
✓ 🔮 RAB where music is important (character listens, sings, etc) ~ Catching Fire ~ 6/20
✓ 🔮 RAB with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who) ~ Faithless ~ 6/19
✓ 🔮 RAB where physical attributes are enhanced ~ Othersphere ~ 5/25
✓ 🔮 RAB with the word VOID in the text ~ Northern Lights ~ 5/30 ~ "Into the void." pg 89


message 4: by Catsalive (last edited Jul 26, 2024 07:40PM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 07:36PM

Catsalive | 1638 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
Level: ?
Tasks: 36

Levels:
Summoner: 31-36 tasks
Necromancer: 37-48 tasks


1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
Daisy and Kate by Meredith Appleyard by Meredith Appleyard 11/5 5★
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
The Wiregrass by Adrian Hyland 8/5 5★
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Writing Class by Jincy Willett 5/5 3★
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N- Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 6/6 4.5★
🌱 A- A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 29/5 5★
🌱 T- The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green 26/5 4★
🌱 U- Unspoken by Lisa Jackson 25/5 2★
🌱 R- Sea Swept by Nora Roberts 14/6 2★
🌱 E- Family Matters by Ellie O'Neill 29/5 3★


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15) by Kerry Greenwood by Kerry Greenwood 22/5 5★
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan by Jenny Colgan 24/6 3★
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK - UK
A Compromising Situation by Shannon Donnelly 7/5 3★


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell 2/6 3★
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan 13/7 3★
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Death of a Fool by Ngaio Marsh 23/5 3★


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another - Grace influences Sharon & Annie
Dead Run by P.J. Tracy 14/5 4★
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 15/5 2★
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Call Waiting by Dianne Blacklock 12/5 3.5★


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
River Marked by Patricia Briggs 18/7 3★
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
Divided in Death by J.D. Robb 19/5 4★
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
coverThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 16/5 3.5★
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M- Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman 28/5 3★
🌱 A- The Big Four by Agatha Christie 27/5 3.5★
🌱 G- Girl Reading by Katie Ward 6/5 2.5★
🌱 I- In Death - Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 9/6 4★
🌱 T- Temple by Matthew Reilly 2/5 4★
🌱 E- Paris Time Capsule by Ella Carey 29/6 3★
🌱 C- Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris 31/5 3★
🌱 H- Handling Edna by Barry Humphries 1/5 4★


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic - midsummer magic
A Match for Papa by Maria Greene, Victoria Hinton, Donna Lea Simpson 7/6 3★
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 26/7 3★
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7) by Alexander McCall Smith by Alexander McCall Smith 24/5 4★
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc) - listens, blues club
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who) - Dr Mira
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb 21/5 4★
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation) - by a well-made gown
The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John 18/6 4★
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text - "fill the coversational void" p.223
Scrublands by Chris Hammer 4/5 4★


message 5: by Jenny (last edited Jul 31, 2024 06:39AM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 07:46PM

Jenny | 2414 comments I haven't thought of that Pilot song in 40 years, and now it is stuck in my head!!!! You are evil.

And this is my spot. Going for Archmage.

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
Extinction Snow storm
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Hunger Games
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N Reamde (Neal)
🌱 A Starling House Alix E. Harrow
🌱 T The Malevolent Seven
🌱 U Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
🌱 R Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder (Rushdie)
🌱 E Elantris

2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
The Moon-Spinners
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
Checkout 19 set in London
3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
The Familiar
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
Horror Movie
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Generation Ship Michael Mammay

4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another Murder Road
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
Pines
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Project Hail Mary

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
The Curator
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
When Among Crows
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
Lost Ark Dreaming
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
The Book of Doors

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
Archangels of Funk
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
Little Rot
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M Moon of the Crusted Snow
🌱 A Jerusalem Alan Moore
🌱 G Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez
🌱 I Insidious Intent
🌱 T The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
🌱 E Little Rot (A- Emezi)
🌱 C Call Me Cassandra
🌱 H The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
Salt & Broom
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman The Brides of High Hill Chih carries a teapot.
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
A Whisper in the Walls
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
The Retribution
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
Wanderers
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
The Forever War soldiers are enhanced with technology
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Chasm City


message 6: by Vicki (last edited Jul 01, 2024 12:13AM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 08:28PM

Vicki (goodreadscomboobooper49) | 1188 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Level Goal: Archmage: 49+ tasks
COMPLETED: 8/49

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
✔️🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
Peach Blossom Spring 5/4
✔️🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
Outrun the Rain 6/8
✔️🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
Five Broken Blades 6/15
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N
🌱 A
🌱 T The Magical Toy Box 5/5
🌱 U
🌱 R
🌱 E

2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
✔️🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
The Five-Star Weekend 6/4
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK

3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON

4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
✔️🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
The Keeper of Hidden Books 5/3
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M
🌱 A
🌱 G
🌱 I
🌱 T
🌱 E
🌱 C
🌱 H

8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
✔️🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
Annie Bot 5/6
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc.)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
✔️🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Daughter of Mine 5/8


message 7: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jul 28, 2024 10:09PM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 08:32PM

Shan ~A~ | 1466 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
Starting Level: Witch/Wizard: 13-18 tasks
COMPLETED: 10/13-18

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
Only and Forever (Bergman Brothers, #7) by Chloe Liese by Chloe Liese ~ 05/02
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan ~ 06/23
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ~ 05/19

🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N ~ Not Your Ex's Hexes by April Asher ~ 06/21
🌱 A ~ Auctioned by Cara Dee ~ 05/06
🌱 T ~ Tessa Bailey author of Fangirl Down ~ 05/13
🌱 U ~ Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson ~ 05/18
🌱 R ~ The Right Move by Liz Tomforde ~ 05/11
🌱 E ~ Elle Kennedy author of The Score ~ 05/08

2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole ~ 07/19
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles ~ 06/30
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas ~ 05/03

3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher ~ 05/15
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
Burn by Suzanne Wright ~ 06/17
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
Enchantment: A Classic Fantasy with a Modern Twist by Orson Scott Card ~ 07/11
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON

4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris ~ 06/29
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
Firestarter by Stephen King ~ 05/06
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
American King by Sierra Simone ~ 06/22
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Shameless Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James ~ 05/01


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross ~ 07/19
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
Bride by Ali Hazelwood ~ 05/16
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken ~ 05/12
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole ~ 07/13
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells ~ 05/12
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
The Gamble (Colorado Mountain, #1) by Kristen Ashley by Kristen Ashley ~ 07/26

🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M ~ My Time in the Affair by Stylo Fantome ~ 07/12
🌱 A ~ Ava Hunter author of Babymoon or Bust ~ 05/14
🌱 G ~ Good Girl by Tricia O'Malley ~ 06/15
🌱 I ~ Icebreaker by Hannah Grace ~ 06/16
🌱 T ~ Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ~ 06/22
🌱 E ~ Eden Finley & Saxon James authors of Foolish Puckboy ~ 06/25
🌱 C ~ Cinderella and the Duke by Lydia Drake ~ 06/27
🌱 H ~ Herd That by Lani Lynn Vale ~ 06/23

8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning ~ 05/21
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ~ 06/18
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
Not Your Crush's Cauldron (Supernatural Singles, #3) by April Asher by April Asher ~ 07/27
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley ~ 07/03
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
Dragons' Savior by Milly Taiden ~ 07/15
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ~ 07/01
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Torrent by Gemma James ~ 06/25


message 8: by Shaw (last edited Jul 30, 2024 12:10PM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 09:37PM

Shaw | 755 comments Level Archmage

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
Water Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
Fire on the Mountain by John N. Maclean
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) by Nita Prose
🌱 A America Fantastica by Tim O'Brien
🌱 T 13 Hours The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff
🌱 U Unsinkable Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett by James Sullivan
🌱 R Ready to Die (Alvarez & Pescoli #5) by Lisa Jackson
🌱 E Movieland (Eve Ronin, #4) by Lee Goldberg


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Silent Came the Monster A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks by Amy Hill Hearth
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Death Overdue (The Haunted Library Mysteries, #1) by Allison Brook
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
Solace House (Jackman & Evans #9) by Joy Ellis


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
Slayers (Buffyverse) by Amber Benson
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries (Gobbelino London, PI #1) by Kim M. Watt
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
Last Words (Mark Novak, #1) by Michael Koryta
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
Necronomicon The Wanderings of Alhazred by Donald Tyson
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
The Cases That Haunt Us From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Away by John E. Douglas
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine, #1) by Lilith Saintcrow
🔮 Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover
The Bone Yard (Body Farm, #6) by Jefferson Bass


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
To You Shall All Flesh Come by Lumen Reese
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
Blue Venom (Blue Wolf, #4) by Brad Magnarella
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) by Bethany C. Morrow
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
Becoming by Michelle Obama @4:48:28
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
The Kelpie in the Kennel A Soul Seeker Cozy Mystery Book #12 (Soul Seeker Cozy Mystery Series) by Courtney McFarlin
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
Murder at the Academy Awards A Red Carpet Murder Mystery by Joan Rivers


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
Halo The Rubicon Protocol (30) by Kelly Gay
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
Homicide A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
🌱 A All in All An Actor's Life On and Off the Stage by Stacy Keach
🌱 G Given Up for Dead America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island by Bill Sloan
🌱 I The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
🌱 T Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands, #2) by Alwyn Hamilton
🌱 E Maggots, Murder, and Men Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist by Zakaria Erzinçlioğlu
🌱 C The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) by James Crumley
🌱 H The Bangalore Detectives Club (Kaveri and Ramu #1) by Harini Nagendra


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
Blue Blood (Blue Wolf, #5) by Brad Magnarella
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
Star Wars The Clone Wars No Prisoners by Karen Traviss
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (Haunted Bookshop, #1) by Alice Kimberly
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
The Dark Hours (Renée Ballard, #4; Harry Bosch, #23; Harry Bosch Universe, #36) by Michael Connelly
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
Sea of Shadows (USS Towers #1) by Jeff Edwards
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
Halo Retribution (21) by Troy Denning
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Day of Infamy by Walter Lord "...ship's portals led only to void space..."


message 9: by Anastasia (last edited Jul 24, 2024 02:10PM) (new)
Apr 24, 2024 11:11PM

Anastasia (anastasiaruff) | 2103 comments MAGIC SYSTEMS

✅1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
✅🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
The Discovery of Magic (Elementals Academy #1) by Michelle Madow The Discovery of Magic by Michelle Madow finished 03/06/2024 4 stars Series name id Elementals academy
✅🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
Princesses Behaving Badly Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda RodríguezMcRobbie finished 16/05/2024 3 stars
✅🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5) by Lee Child Echo Burning by Lee Child finished 07/05/2024 5 stars Lightning storm occurs
✅🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) by Agatha Christie The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie finished 07/07/2024 5 stars Emily Inglethorpe is poisoned
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
✅🌱 N Nemesis by Jo Nesbø finished 10/05/2024 3 stars
✅🌱 A Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood finished 08/05/2024 2 stars
✅🌱 T The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver finished 04/05/2024 5 stars
✅🌱 U Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers finished 29/05/2024 4 stars
✅🌱 R Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb finished 05/05/2024 5 stars
✅🌱 E The Edge by Catherine Coulter finished 17/05/2024 3 stars


✅2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
✅🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling finished 02/05/2024 5 stars
✅🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Daughter of the Reef (Ancient Tahiti, #1) by Clare Coleman Daughter of the Reef by Clare Coleman finished 15/05/2024 4 stars
✅🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Fudge and Jury (A Bakeshop Mystery, #5) by Ellie Alexander Fudge and Jury by Ellie Alexander finished 01/06/2024 4 stars
✅🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) by Ann Cleeves The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves finished 14/05/2024 3 stars Set in UK

3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
✅🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
Frogkisser! by Garth Nix Frogkisser! by Garth Nix finished 09/05/2024 4 stars
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON

4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
✅🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
Devil's Food Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #14) by Joanne Fluke Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke finished 18/05/2024 3 stars Victim influences murderer to kill him
✅🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud finished 01/05/2024 3 stars Multiple dreamers
✅🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
The Paris Affair by Pip Drysdale The Paris Affair by Pip Drysdale finished 01/05/2024 4 stars

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
✅🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover
Paranormal Nonsense (Blue Moon Investigations, #1) by Steve Higgs Paranormal Nonsense by Steve Higgs finished 07/06/2024 4 stars


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
✅🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin finished 03/07/2024 3 stars
✅🔮 Read a book with a Siren
The Odyssey by Homer The Odyssey by Homer finished 17/05/2024 3 stars
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
✅🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
The Greek Myths The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves finished 07/07/2024 3 stars
✅🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody, #13) by Elizabeth Peters Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters finished 23/05/2024 5 stars


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
✅🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
Looking Glass (The Naturalist, #2) by Andrew Mayne Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne finished 25/05/2024 4 stars
✅🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
The Vanished Man (Lincoln Rhyme, #5) by Jeffery Deaver The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver finished 08/07/2024 5 stars
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
✅🌱 M The Drowning Spool by Monica Ferris finished 22/06/2024 4 stars
✅🌱 A Sweet Briar Rose by Alex Smith finished 02/05/2024 5 stars
✅🌱 G Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner finished 20/05/2024 5 stars
🌱 I
✅🌱 T Temple by Matthew Reilly finished 06/05/2024 5 stars
✅🌱 E Stalker on the Fens by Joy Ellis finished 23/05/2024 5 stars
✅🌱 C Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell finished 09/05/2024 4 stars
✅🌱 H Scrublands by Chris Hammer finished 17/06/2024 4 stars


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
✅🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
The Golden One (Amelia Peabody, #14) by Elizabeth Peters The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters finished 11/06/2024 5 stars Amelia says a spell after treating an infected toe to help with the healing as expected by the patient
✅🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas finished 24/07/2024 5 stars Many faerie characters
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
✅🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion
Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years #1) by Gregory Maguire Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire p 301 "approached Auntie witch for a love potion" finished 23/05/2024 1 star

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
✅🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
A Typo, a Werewolf, and Two Dopey Dachshunds (Blue Moon Investigations #0.5) by Steve Higgs A Typo, a Werewolf, and Two Dopey Dachshunds by Steve Higgs finished 09/06/2024 4 stars
✅🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
Random in Death (In Death, #58) by J.D. Robb Random in Death by J.D. Robb finished 03/07/2024 5 stars Victim wrote music
✅🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
Swamp Spirits (Miss Fortune Mystery, #23) by Jana Deleon Swamp Spirits by Jana Deleon finished 13/05/2024 5 stars Cassidy is an ER doctor
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
✅🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
You Did This (Claire Wolfe, #1) by Jamie Millen You Did This by Jamie Millen finished 03/05/2024 4 stars chap 71 p382 "Claire drifted in the terrifying void"


message 10: by Richard (last edited Jun 08, 2024 04:25AM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 12:54AM

Richard (richoman25) | 2837 comments HOB - Magic Systems ~ May-July 2024

Duration: May 1st - June 8th, 2024

✅ Total: 52/52

1. Nature-based magic systems
Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title
It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with flowers on the cover
This Is Your Mind on Plants - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book where a weather event occurs
A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book where someone is poisoned
Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont - ⭐️⭐️
N
A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A
Applied Minds: How Engineers Think - ⭐️⭐️
T
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused - ⭐️⭐️
U
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe - ⭐️⭐️
E
Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2. Divination magic
Read a book where Divination is used.
Chinese Alchemy: Taoism, the Power of Gold, and the Quest for Immortality - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a body of water on the cover
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-spec Men - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book set in Romania
Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania - ⭐️⭐️

3. Conjuring magic
Read a book with a MPG of Magic
The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book that has a demon character
A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with teleportation
Physics of the Impossible - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence - ⭐️⭐️

4. Psychic magic
Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book where one character influences the action of another
Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret through the AIDS Crisis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book where a character dreams
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of Oneironautics - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

5. Life & death magic
Read a book where a character is undead
Encyclopedia of the Undead: A Field Guide to the Creatures That Cannot Rest in Peace - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with blood on the cover
City of Evil: The truth about Adelaide's strange and violent underbelly - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
Lives of the Necromancers - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a gravestone on the cover
Bizarre London: Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises - ⭐️⭐️

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic
Read a book with a Vampire
Surrounded by Energy Vampires: How to Slay the Time, Joy, and Soul Suckers in Your Life - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a Dragon
Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a Siren
Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with UNICORN in the text
Unicorn Your Life: Wondrous Ways to Make Everything More Magical - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a Sea Monster
The Extreme Life of the Sea - ⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

7. Magitech systems
Read a book that is "fused with technology"
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth - transhumanism - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with blurred images on the cover
Spiritually Sassy: 8 Radical Steps to Activate Your Innate Superpowers - blurred tattoos - ⭐️⭐️
M
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A
Be Your Own Sunshine - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
G
Green Living Made Easy: 101 Eco Tips, Hacks and Recipes to Save Time and Money - ⭐️⭐️
I
It's Not About the Money - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
T
101 Extraordinary Investments: Curious, Unusual and Bizarre Ways to Make Money: A handbook for the adventurous collector - ⭐️⭐️
E
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
H
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

8. Eclectic magic
Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
Taoism: An Essential Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a Faerie character
The Faerie Way: A Healing Journey to Other Worlds - ⭐️
Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book where someone mentions a Love Potion
Chinese Mythology A to Z - ⭐️⭐️

9. Uncommon magic systems
Read a book tagged FANTASY
Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape this Book - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with a colourful cover
The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book where music is important
Every Night Is Saturday Night: A Country Girl's Journey To The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: A Country Girl's Journey To The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - ⭐️
Read a book with a doctor character
Who is Who?: The Philosophy of Doctor Who - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced
Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Tigers of the Snow: How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends - ⭐️⭐️⭐️


message 11: by Erica (last edited Jul 30, 2024 03:24PM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 03:34AM

Erica | 582 comments Magic Systems Challenge
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Level: Druid
18-24 tasks

20/24

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal.
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (5/19)
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (5/26)(a blizzard takes place in Paris at one point in the story)
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (5/5)
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N
🌱 A All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (6/30)
🌱 T The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (6/29)
🌱 U
🌱 R
🌱 E The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (7/5)


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs, #10) by Jacqueline Winspear (5/23)
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton 6/21)
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place Long Division by Kiese Laymon (5/9)
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist by Dorothy Gilman (5/4)
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica (6/8)
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides (6/4)


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (6/14)
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M
🌱 A
🌱 G
🌱 I
🌱 T
🌱 E
🌱 C
🌱 H


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor (7/30)
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry (7/16)
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY Wool by Hugh Howey (6/17)
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (5/12)
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (6/14)
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (7/7)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (7/24)


message 12: by Icy-Cobwebs-Crossing-SpaceTime (last edited May 13, 2024 01:59PM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 07:08AM

Icy-Cobwebs-Crossing-SpaceTime (readingreindeerproximacentauri) | 480 comments Magic Systems Challenge:

Archmage Level: 49+
***
1. NATURE MAGIC:
Prompt # / Name: WEATHER MAGIC: STORM
Book: Under the Storm
Author: Christoffer Carlsson
Date Read: 05/02-05/03
Pages: 403
Task: Weather
How it Fits: "Storm" in title, plus repeated instances of Snow/Blizzard/Ice, plus references to Thailand Tsunami of 2004, plus Hurricane Gudrun's massive destruction in Sweden in 2007.
****
Divination:
Prompt # / Name: Seer/Body of Water
Book: The Instruments of Darkness
Author: John Connolly
Date Read: 05/05-05/06
Pages: 504
Task: Seer/Body of Water
How it Fits: This novel fits on 2 counts: the main secondary character, whose thread is integral throughout, is variously referred to as a psychic and as a medium. She both sees and hears the dead, and can sometimes communicate with them and aid them.
Also, the cover photo is a body of water, referencing a marsh in Maine which had a deleterious impact on the seer's life course.
CONJURATION:
Prompt # / Name: Crossing through Portal
Book: Starfire
Author: Naomi Hughes
Date Read: 05/12-05/13
Pages: 312
Task: Dragons break through a sky barrier seemingly unbreakable to reach a planet blocked off [thus, crossing through Portal]
How it Fits: Dragons reach blocked planet, revealing truths


message 13: by Michelle (last edited Jul 28, 2024 05:51PM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 03:24PM

Michelle | 2284 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
Level - Psychic: 25-30 tasks

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal.
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/18/24
Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs - Snowstorm - On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac - 6/3/24
On This Long Journey The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 (My Name Is America) by Joseph Bruchac
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned - Deirdre poisons Phoebe with mushroom in her breakfast almost killing her - The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy - 6/6/24
The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N - The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 6/29/24
🌱 A - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - 5/2/24
🌱 T - The Tenth Plague by Nathaniel Burns - 6/22/24
🌱 U - Uck It List by Jimmy Tudeski - 7/24/24
🌱 R - The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris - 6/14/24
🌱 E - Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - 6/27/24


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used. - Fate is used to try and find Nash - What Not to Were by Dakota Cassidy - 7/14/24
What Not to Were (A Paris, Texas Romance Book 2) by Dakota Cassidy
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover - The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis - 6/7/24
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4) by Lauren Tarshis
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic - MPG Magic - Witched at Birth by Dakota Cassidy - 5/21/24
Witched at Birth by Dakota Cassidy
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character - Molly is a demon that is jumping bodies - Dark and Desperate Things by Kelly Martin - 6/15/24
Dark and Desperate Things (Dark Things #4) by Kelly Martin
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place - Darklight by Bella Forrest - 6/8/24
Darklight by Bella Forrest
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON - Author initials are MO (suMmOn) - My Brother's Keeper by Mary Pope Osborne - 7/1/24
My Brother's Keeper (My America Virginia's Civil War Diary, Book One) by Mary Pope Osborne


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another- Natalie the ghost possesses Elise and makes her strangle her killer - Dark and Dangerous Things - Kelly Martin - 6/18/24
Dark and Dangerous Things (Dark Things #5) by Kelly Martin
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams - While sick Xander dreams of when he was little - The Divide by Erica Stevens - 5/3/24
The Divide (The Survivor Chronicles, #2) by Erica Stevens
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC - Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna L. Stratton - 5/9/24
Pioneer Women Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna L. Stratton


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead - Cruel Summer by Wesley Southard - 7/7/24
Cruel Summer by Wesley Southard
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover - Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles - 7/14/24
Dead Case in Deadwood (Deadwood, #3) by Ann Charles
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text - Page 276 - "Ground Unicorn horn." - Burntown by Jennifer McMahon - 6/10/24
Burntown by Jennifer McMahon
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster - Sea Witch - A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire - 7/27/24
A Killing Frost (October Daye, #14) by Seanan McGuire
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation) - Robots - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells - 5/10/24
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover - Yeager's Getaway by Scott Bell - 5/22/24
Yeager's Getaway (Abel Yeager Thrillers, #3) by Scott Bell
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M - Manhunt: A Bigfoot Thriller by Eric S. Brown - 7/20/24
🌱 A - Aces Wilde by Jenn Stark - 5/29/24
🌱 G - GRANDMA? by J.A. Konrath - 5/12/24
🌱 I
🌱 T - Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790 by Goldie Alexander - 6/17/24
🌱 E - Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky - 7/21/24
🌱 C
🌱 H - The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher - 7/5/24


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic - The buttonwood tree left buttons with messages for the people who lived in town - South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber - 5/30/24
South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character - Everyone in the book is a Fae of some sort - The Unkindest Tide - Seanan McGuire - 7/10/24
The Unkindest Tide (October Daye, #13) by Seanan McGuire
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman - The Law by Jim Butcher - 7/28/24
The Law (The Dresden Files, #17.4) by Jim Butcher
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

Continued on MSG. 38


message 14: by Jazzy (last edited May 31, 2024 11:10AM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 04:27PM

Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) Magic Systems
Individual Challenge
Duration: 1 May - 31 July 2024
Archmage: 50 tasks
37/50


1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal.
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.

✅ 1. 🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
30-Second Chemistry: The 50 Most Elemental Concepts in Chemistry, Each Explained in Half a Minute (2020) - Nivaldo J. Tro 160pp 31/5/24 5★
2. 🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover

✅ 3. 🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
Murder on the Orient Express (1934) - Agatha Christie 315pp The train is stopped on the tracks due to a snowdrift 18/5/24 5★
✅ 4. 🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery (2022) - Stephen Bates 381pp 5/24 4★

30-Second Chemistry The 50 Most Elemental Concepts in Chemistry, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Nivaldo J. Tro 2 Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie The Poisonous Solicitor The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery by Stephen Bates

🔮 Spell Out NATURE
✅ 5. 🌱 N : Nemesis (1971) - Agatha Christie 367pp 21/5/24 5★
6. 🌱 A : The Second Mrs. Astor (2021) - Shana Abe 232pp
✅ 7. 🌱 T : The List of Suspicious Things (2024) - Jennie Godfrey 464pp 4/5/24 4★
✅ 8. 🌱 U : The Underground Railroad (2016) - Colson Whitehead 366pp 21/5/24 4★
✅ 9. 🌱 R : CHAMPAGNE WIDOWS (2022) - Rebecca Rosenberg 332pp 28/5/24 4★
✅ 10.🌱 E : The Tao of Bowie: 10 Lessons from David Bowie's Life to Help You Live Yours (2021) - Mark Edwards 384pp 16/5/24 5★

Nemesis (Miss Marple, #12) by Agatha Christie The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abe The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadCHAMPAGNE WIDOWS by Rebecca Rosenberg Mark Edwards


message 15: by Jazzy (last edited May 21, 2024 10:11AM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 04:29PM

Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) ✅ 2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.



✅ 11. 🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
The Magus (1965) - John Fowles 672pp 5/5/24 4★
✅ 12. 🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Murder at Claridge's (2022) - Jim Eldridge 349pp The Thames 2/5/24 5★
✅ 13. 🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
May Day (1920) - F. Scott Fitzgerald 112pp 1/5/24 5★
✅ 14. 🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
The Pale Horse (1961) - Agatha Christie 259pp 20/5/24 5★
The Magus by John Fowles Murder at Claridge's (Hotel Mysteries) by Jim Eldridge May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5) by Agatha Christie


message 16: by Jazzy (last edited May 06, 2024 08:07AM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 04:29PM

Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) 3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.



✅ 15. 🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore, & Celebration (2001) - Raven Grimassi 192pp 5★
✅ 16. 🔮 Read a book that has a demon character The Cigarette
Fumo: Italy's Love Affair with the Cigarette (2016) - Carl Ipsen 300pp 1/5/24 5★
✅ 17. 🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
Tom's Midnight Garden (1958) - Philippa Pearce 320pp 5/5/24 5★
18. 🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Prosperity Drive (2016) - Mary Morrissy 292pp

Beltane Springtime Rituals, Lore, & Celebration by Raven Grimassi Fumo Italy's Love Affair with the Cigarette by Carl Ipsen Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce Prosperity Drive by Mary Morrissy




message 17: by Jazzy (last edited May 06, 2024 08:13AM) (new)
Apr 25, 2024 04:29PM

Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) 4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.



19. 🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) John Wyndham 240pp
20. 🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
The Prestige (1995) - Christopher Priest 404pp
21. 🔮 Read a book where a character dreams

✅ 22. 🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
The Cross: And Other Jewish Stories (1909) - Lamed Shapiro (1878–1948) 272pp 2/5/24 4★

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham The Prestige by Christopher Priest 21 The Cross And Other Jewish Stories by Lamed Shapiro


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Apr 25, 2024 04:29PM

Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) ✅5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.



✅ 23. 🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
The Vampyre (1819) - John William Polidori 320pp 5/5/24 4★
✅ 24. 🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940) - Agatha Christie (1940) 224pp 5/5/24 5★
✅ 25. 🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
The Necromancer (2010) - Michael Scott 416pp 3/5/24 4★
✅ 26. 🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover
Spoon River Anthology (1915) - Edgar Lee Masters 144pp 22/5/24 5★
The Vampyre by John William Polidori One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #23) by Agatha Christie The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #4) by Michael Scott After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33) by Agatha Christie


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Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) 6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.



✅ 25. 🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
A Writers Guide to the Fairies, Witches, & Vampires From Fairy Tales and Lore (2014) - Ty Hulse 273pp 27/5/24 5★
✅ 26. 🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again (1954) - Shigeru Kayama 256pp 14/5/24 5★
✅ 27. 🔮 Read a book with a Siren
The Siren; and Selected Writings (1957) - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 192pp 21/5/24 5★
✅ 28. 🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
The Last Unicorn (1968) - Peter S. Beagle 320pp 8/5/24 5★
29. 🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
Orkney (2013) - Amy Sackville 255pp
30. 🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover

A Writers Guide to the Fairies, Witches, & Vampires From Fairy Tales and Lore by Ty Hulse Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again by Shigeru Kayama The Siren; and Selected Writings by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle Orkney by Amy Sackville 30


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Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) 7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.



31. 🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)

32. 🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover

31 32

🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
33. 🌱 M : Joy of Liberace: Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen (2007) - Michael Feder 128pp
34. 🌱 A : Poor Things (1992) - Alasdair Gray 336pp
✅ 35. 🌱 G : The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery (1933) - Arthur W. Upfield 191pp 20/5/24 5★
36. 🌱 I : I'll Go Home Then; It's Warm & Has Chairs (2012) - David Thorne 240pp
37. 🌱 T : The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy (2024) - Adam Nimoy 272pp 22/5/24 5★
38. 🌱 E : Dog Leap Stairs (2022) - Barbara Scott Emmett 274pp
✅ 39. 🌱 C : Ohio Tiki: Polynesian Idols, Coconut Trees and Tropical Cocktails (2019) - Jeff Chenault 176pp 9/5/25 5★
✅ 40. 🌱 H : The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year (2019) - H.Y. Hanna 331pp 15/5/25 5★

Joy of Liberace Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen by Michael Feder Alasdair Gray The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield I'll Go Home Then; It's Warm & Has Chairs Stuff that didn't make it into the first book by David R Thorne (2016-05-02) by unknown author The Most Human Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy by Adam Nimoy Barbara Scott Emmett Ohio Tiki Polynesian Idols, Coconut Trees and Tropical Cocktails by Jeff Chenault H.Y. Hanna


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Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) ✅ 8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.



✅ 41. 🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
Macbeth (1606) - William Shakespeare 249pp 6/5/24 5★
✅ 42. 🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
The Tempest (1611) - William Shakespeare 240pp 30//5/24 5★
✅ 43. 🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
The Neverending Story (1979) - Michael Ende 511pp 5/5/24 5★
✅ 44. 🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion 31/5/24 5★
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) - William Shakespeare 240pp One of Shakespeare's most famous love potions is used by the fairy Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and made from a flower called 'love-in-idleness', otherwise known as the wild pansy (Viola tricola).

Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Tempest by William Shakespeare The Neverending Story by Michael Ende A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare


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Jazzy Lemon (jazzylemon) 9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.



45. 🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
The Silmarillion (1977) - J.R.R. Tolkien 485pp
✅ 46. 🔮 Read a book with a colourful cover
Mum's the Word (2004) - Kate Collins 304pp 4/5/24 4★
✅ 47. 🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend (2004) - Michael Dregni 8/5/24 5★
✅ 48. 🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (1972) - Angela Carter 288pp 9/5/24 3.5🌼
49.🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)

✅ 50.🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010) - Mary Roach 352pp 21/5/24 5★

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien Mum's the Word (A Flower Shop Mystery, #1) by Kate Collins Django The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend by Michael Dregni The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter 49 Packing for Mars The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach


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Teddie (teddieg) | 1326 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Level Goal: Archmage: 49+ tasks
COMPLETED: 43

The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1) by Megan Whalen Turner Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1) by Erin Bowman Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1) by Jonathan Maberry The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) by Jim Butcher Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2) by Jim Butcher The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by Kevin Hearne Hills of Heather and Bone by K.E. Andrews Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher The Templar Legacy (Cotton Malone, #1) by Steve Berry City of Bones by Martha Wells The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James Islington The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1) by Dorothy Gilman The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) by Mary Stewart The Broken Heart of Arelium (War of the Twelve, #1) by Alex Robins Magic Gifts (Kate Daniels, #5.4) by Ilona Andrews The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley Disorderly Conduct (The Anna Albertini Files #1) by Rebecca Zanetti The Art Thief A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel Midlife Bounty Hunter (Forty Proof, #1) by Shannon Mayer Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #2) by Kevin Hearne Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins Purity in Death (In Death, #15) by J.D. Robb Midlife Bounty Hunter (Forty Proof, #1) by Shannon Mayer A Tempest at Sea (Lady Sherlock #7) by Sherry Thomas Magical Midlife Battle (Leveling Up, #8) by K.F. Breene The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) by Ilona Andrews All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1) by Mark Lawrence White Hot (Hidden Legacy, #2) by Ilona Andrews Wildfire (Hidden Legacy, #3) by Ilona Andrews A Fever in the Heartland The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover: Vengeance Road | read 5.14.24
Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
The Wishing Game | there is a big storm the night before the last game | read 6.18.24
Read a book where someone is poisoned : Five Broken Blades | Sora poisons many people in the book | read 5.28.24
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N
A: All the Sinners Bleed | read 7.23.24
T: The Templar Legacy | read 6.3.24
U: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax | read 6.12.24
R Romantic Comedy | read 5.12.24
E: A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them | ALN Egan | read 7.30.24

2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Read a book where Divination is used: Hounded | the Morrigan uses divination to see Atticus' future | read 5.30.24
Read a book with a body of water on the cover: A Tempest at Sea | 7.6.24
Read a book with a purple cover (>50%): Hills of Heather and Bone | 5.31.24
Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
A Great and Terrible Beauty | takes place in the UK | 6.21.24

3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Read a book with a MPG of Magic | White Hot | mpg magic | read 7.27.24
Read a book that has a demon character: Midlife Bounty Hunter | read 7.10.24
Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
Ink Blood Sister Scribe | mirror is a portal between Vermont and London | 5.20.24
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
The Scorpio Races | author Maggie Stiefvater | read 7.13.24


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Read a book where MC is a telepath: Burn for Me | read 7.20.24
Read a book where one character influences the action of another: Listen for the Lie | Matt gaslights Lucy and influences her behavior | 5.15.24
Read a book where a character dreams: The Thief | Gen dreams of Gods before going in the maze | 5.1.24
Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Purity in Death | 7.11.24

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Read a book where a character is undead: Rot & Ruin | several characters become undead | 5.16.24
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer: Kate can control the dead | Magic Gifts | read 6.14.24
🔮 Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Read a book with a Vampire: Magical Midlife Battle | Edward is a vampire | read 7.6.24
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
Read a book with a Siren: Wildfire | Catalina is a siren | read 7.30.24
Read a book with UNICORN in the text
Disorderly Conduct | p314 "Mine was bright purple with unicorns across it..."| read 6.27.24
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
Midlife Bounty Hunter | sparks on cover | 7.10.24

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation): Project Hail Mary | read 5.8.24
Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover: Wrong Place Wrong Time | blurred clock face on cover | read 5.23.24
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
M City of Bones| afn Martha | 6.6.24
A |The Broken Heart of Arelium | AFN Alex | 6.14.24
🌱 G
I Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting | read 6.26.24
T The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession | title | 7.9.24
🌱 E
C Catching Fire | title | 7.4.24
H The Hunger Games | read 5.27.24

8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic | Hexed | druid talismans and teas | 6.29.24
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman: Salt & Broom | Jane gives Rochester a talisman to carry | read 6.2.24
Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion: The Crystal Cave | p.436 "Even love potions? Love potions? For him?" | read 6.14.24

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
Read a book with tagged FANTASY | The Book That Wouldn’t Burn | mpg fantasy | read 7.26.24
Read a book with a colorful cover
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen | a blue background with many colorful elements | read 6.19.24
Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc) The Familiar | MC sings her magic | read 7.17.24
Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who): The Olympian Affair | Dr. Bagen is character | read 5.26.24
I Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting | read 6.26.24
Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation): The Aeronaut's Windlass | Benedict is physically enhanced | read 5.18.24
Read a book with the word VOID in the text
The Will of the Many | p353: "...back there in the void..." | read 6.10.24


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Caraina (raina79) | 855 comments Magic Systems - COMPLETED
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Level Goal: Summoner: 31-36 tasks
Completed: 36/31-36

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover What You Wish For by Katherine Center What You Wish For - Katherine Center 5/24/24
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs Sing, Wild Bird, Sing - Jacqueline O'Mahony 6/6/24
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - David Grann 5/6/24
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N: Nita Prose - The Mystery Guest 7/10/24
🌱 A: All the Colors of Night - Jayne Ann Krentz 5/11/24
🌱 T: Tame Me - J.L. Beck 5/27/24
🌱 U: Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 6/13/24
🌱 R: Ryan, Kennedy - Before I Let Go 5/4/24
🌱 E: Elin Hilderbrand - The Blue Bistro 5/25/24

2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover Hideaway by Nora Roberts Hideaway - Nora Roberts 5/13/24
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK Transcription - Kate Atkinson 5/21/24 (set in London, England)

3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic Potions and Pastries - Bailey Cates 6/4/24
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character Chain of Thorns - Cassandra Clare 5/3/24
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place Bloodrose - Andrea Cremer 6/9/24
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON Friends in Napa - Sheila Yasmin Marikar 5/15/24

4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella 5/27/24
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams Immortal in Death - J.D. Robb 5/25/24
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC Sprinkle with Murder - Jenn McKinlay 5/16/24

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews 6/22/24
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer The Awakening - Kelley Armstrong 7/13/24
🔮 Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire Kissing Sin - Keri Arthur 5/8/24
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover Lightning in a Mirror (Fogg Lake, #3) by Jayne Ann Krentz Lightning in a Mirror - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/12/24
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M: Macomber, Debbie - The Christmas Spirit 5/5/24
🌱 A: Along for the Ride - Sarah Dessen 5/13/24
🌱 G: Gangsta - K'wan 5/20/24
🌱 I: Ian Fleming - Diamonds are Forever 5/21/24
🌱 T: RaeAnne Thayne - Sleigh Bells Ring 5/5/24
🌱 E: Even Money - Dick Francis 5/21/24
🌱 C: Castillo, Linda - Sworn to Silence 5/26/24
🌱 H: Hummel, Maria - Still Lives 5/19/24

8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character The Wish Granter - C.J. Redwine 5/24/24
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates 6/10/24

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY The Gathering - Kelley Armstrong 6/8/24
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie His Only Wife - Peace Adzo Medie 5/3/24
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc.) So This Is Ever After - F.T. Lukens 6/14/24
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who) Inside Threat - Matthew Quirk 6/15/24
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text


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49/49+

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal.
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover - Greek Island Escape
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs The Amityville Horror
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned - Victory City - members of the court are poisoned
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N Holding by Graham Norton
🌱 A All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye
🌱 T A Tale of Two Cities
🌱 U Ungentlemanly Warfare
🌱 R Anthem by Ayn Rand
🌱 E Empire of Storms


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover Full Circle: From Hollywood to Real Life and Back Again
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%) A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK - What If? - Set mostly in UK (with a couple of trips to Amsterdam, Benidorm and China thrown in)


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic - Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character - Sleeping with Monsters
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place Starling House
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON - Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon)


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times Defiant (MC has telepathic abilities)
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another The Wishing Game
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams - Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC - The Survivor


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead - Empire of the Damned
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover Mrs. McGinty's Dead
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer Gideon the Ninth
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire - Empire of the Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon - The Silmarillion
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text - The Guilty Couple (p 81)
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster Legendborn (merman)
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover Poison Study


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation) - The Human Division - there is fusing of humans with technology to create super soldiers
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M A Man Called Trent
🌱 A Against the Day
🌱 G We Know by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
🌱 I The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
🌱 T The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
🌱 E Erewhon
🌱 C The Count of Monte Cristo
🌱 H The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character - Heir of Fire
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman The Mad Ship
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion Little Women (in the play)


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY Tower of Dawn
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover Eating for England:
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc) - The Vacation (one of the characters was in a boy band)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who) - Project Hail Mary - MC has the title Dr.
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation) - The Life and Loves of a He Devil - author discussed many people who have had plastic surgery (Like Dolly, Cher, etc.)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text - Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West p48


message 27: by valeria (last edited Jul 31, 2024 10:45AM) (new)
Apr 30, 2024 01:27PM

valeria | 644 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
Level: Archmage: 49+ tasks
Tasks: 49+

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
»☑🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
Hidden Power30/7 3*Academy of Elemental Magic #1 Hidden Power
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»☑🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
SUEÑOS ( Serie Italia, primera parte) (Italia 1)28/5 3* SUEÑOS ( Serie Italia, primera parte) (Italia 1) (Spanish Edition) by Elizabeth Betancourt
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»☑🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
Does It Hurt?27/7 2* loc ch7 Storm clouds are coming in fast, and from here, I can see the waves growing choppier and bigger. The water beneath us has already become more turbulent, though I’m sure this is mild compared to what’s ahead
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»☑🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Quiche of Death5/7 2* the food contest judge is poisoned with cowbane, a poisonous plant,
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☑☑🔮 Spell Out NATURE
»☑🌱 N- Niro6/6 2*
»☑🌱 A - A Mirror Mended29/5 3*
»☑🌱 T - Tear Down and Die27/6 3*
»☑🌱 U - Untouchable 14/5 1*
»☑🌱 R - Rock Hard 13/5 5*
»☑🌱 E - Emerald Green 13/5 5*
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2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
»☑🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
Divorce, Divination & Destiny?29/7 3* Divination is used.
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
The Sweet Smell of Murder
The Sweet Smell of Murder (Chocolate Centered Mystery #1) by Cindy Bell 30/6 3*
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Drama19/5 2*
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»☑🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
Ruby Red 8/5 5* Setting
London, England, England (, 1912)
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3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
»☑🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
Signs of Cupidity21/5 4*Genres
Reverse Harem,Fantasy,Romance,Fae,Paranormal,Magic
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»☑🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
Grace Under Fury19/7 4* her father is a vengeance demon
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»☑ 🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
A Grave Midlife 3/5 4* 188 pgs. bringing michelle with him through the handy new portal... location 19%
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»☑🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Descent/Sam Mariano16/7 1* author initials S and M
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4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
»☑🔮Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
Cast Away22/7 4* she communicates telepathically with her family member
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»☑🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
Forty, Fabulous & Fae?28/7 3* She uses magic to influence the gate attendant at the airport to let her through even though she was late for the flight.
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»☑🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
Thirty-One and a Half Regrets26/7 4* loc ch 18
My sleep was restless, and I dreamed of Daniel Crocker finding me in the barn.
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»☑🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Sapphire Blue 12/5 5*
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message 28: by valeria (last edited Aug 01, 2024 08:25AM) (new)
Apr 30, 2024 01:27PM

valeria | 644 comments 5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
»☑🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
Magic & Mythos20/6 3* I’ll be in my office,” Alec said. “I have a call in twenty minutes, so I would appreciate no interruptions.” He strode back to his private office with a spring in his step. The undead seemed to have come back to life
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»☑🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
Deck the Santa: A Christmas Cozy Mystery1/7 3* Deck the Santa A Christmas Cozy Mystery (Murder All the Way, #1) by Sue Hollowell
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»☑🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
A Wedded Midlife1/7 4* Ava is a necromancer
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover
Sweet Dreams9/7 4* Sweet Dreams (Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast #1) by Beth Dolgner
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6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
»☑🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
A Touch of Magic24/7 3*
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
The Dragon's Bride18/5 3*
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a Siren
Siren's Hunt27/6 3*
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»☑ 🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
A Powerful Midlife 3/5 4* 141 pgs begs for mercy from your stuffed unicorn... location 11%
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
Beyond the Loch30/7 3* Before she became known as the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie was nothing more than a simple kelpie with big dreams.
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
Forty, Fabulous & Fae?28/7 3* Forty, Fabulous & Fae? (Midlife Mayhem, #1) by Melinda Chase
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7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
»☑🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation) computer game mixes with reality
The Dark Realm14/6 4*
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»☑🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
Bedtime Fury31/7 4* Bedtime Fury (Federal Bureau of Magic, #5) by Annabel Chase
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☑☑🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
»☑🌱 M- Magic & Mayhem20/5 4*
»☑🌱 A - A Book to Kill For6/5 3*
»☑🌱 G - Great Balls of Fury22/6 3*
»☑🌱 I - Ice Planet Barbarians 1/5 2*
»☑🌱 T- To Dream of You 6/5 3*
»☑🌱 E - Everybody Is Somebody19/6 4*
»☑🌱 C - Cornfield Calamity4/7 3*
»☑🌱 H- Henry1/6 3*
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8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
»☑🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
Spells and Scones20/7 4* kitchen magic mc
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
noah is a fairy
Iris12/6 3*
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»☑🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
Fury Godmother22/6 3*
By the time I arrived, he was set up in a room and hooked up to fluids and painkillers. I made it past the nurses’ station without anyone noticing me, thanks to the charmed invisibility necklace
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»☑ 🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion
A Killer Midlife2/5 3* 244pgs. he said the man was spelled with a love potion... location 58%
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9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
»☑🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
Zero to Hero 1/5 4* Genres: Fiction,Ghosts,Childrens,Fantasy
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
Sweet Tea & Baby Makes Three 10/5 3*
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»☑🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
No Guts, No Fury7/7 4*location 31% she`s ususally quiet as a mouse, but her voice sounds like a fox`s mating call!" "what did she sing" "wrecking ball by miley cyrus. did a lot of sexy moves too" i cringed "im sorry i missed that one"...
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»☑🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
Dr. Dan28/7 3*
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»☑🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
Magic & Madness12/6 3*
“What have you done?” I asked. My skull felt funny, as though flowers were sprouting from my head.
“It’s a transformation spell,” he explained.
I placed my hands on my head and touched two furry bits. “Are these…ears?”
“Wolf ears to be precise,” Wren said proudly. “I’ll make a shifter out of you yet.”
“Can I see them?”
He pointed his wand at the space between us and said, “Speculo.” A mirror appeared, the reflective glass facing me.
“I look pretty good with wolf ears,” I said, admiring myself. “The sheriff would approve.”
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»☑🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Lucky Charm19/6 4*
I was a lifeline. An anchor to this world, to keep him from slipping into the void
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message 29: by Robin (Saturndoo) (last edited May 14, 2024 02:19PM) (new)
Apr 30, 2024 05:01PM

Robin (Saturndoo) (robinsaturndoo) | 893 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Level Goal: Archmage: 49+ tasks
COMPLETED: xx

1. Nature: 0/10
1. ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
2. flowers or vines on the cover
3. weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
4. someone is poisoned
5. Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N A Night to Die For 5/1
🌱 A Alice Kimberly/The Ghost and the Dead Deb 5/1
🌱 T Sheila Turnage/The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing 5/1
🌱 U Ursula Vernon/ Castle Hangnail 5/3
🌱 R Riley Sager/The Only One Left 5/3
🌱 E Elijah of Buxton 5/2

2. Divination magic: 0/4
1. Divination is used.
2. body of water on cover
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
3. purple cover (>50%)
4. set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski

3. Conjuring magic: 0/4
1. MPG of Magic
2. demon character
3. teleportation or a portal to different place
4. author's initials found in SUMMON

4. Psychic magic: 0/4
1. tagged TELEPATH 5+ times
2. one character influences the action of another
3. character dreams
4. title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC

5. Life and death magic: 0/4
1. character is undead
2. blood on the cover
3. MC is a Necromancer
4. cemetary or gravestone on the cover

6. Animal: 0/6
1. Vampire
2. Dragon
3. Siren
4. UNICORN in text
5. Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
6. "sparkly" cover

7. Magitech systems: 0/10
1. "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
2. blurred lines or images on the cover
3. Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M
🌱 A Jane Austen/Northanger Abbey 5/3
🌱 G Ghost to the Rescue 5/2
🌱 I Immortality: A Love Story 5/4
🌱 T Tracie Peterson/Remember Me 5/4
🌱 E
🌱 C The Color Purple 5/3
🌱 H Bobbi Holmes/The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds 5/7

8. Eclectic magic: 0/4
1. features some type of Folk Magic
2. Fae or Faerie character
3. MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
4. use or mention of Love Potion

9. Uncommon magic systems:0/6
1. tagged FANTASY
2. a colorful cover
3. music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
4. doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
5. physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
6. VOID in the text


message 30: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (last edited Jul 30, 2024 03:51PM) (new)
Apr 30, 2024 08:10PM

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 6197 comments Mod
Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Level Goal: Archmage: 49+ tasks
COMPLETED: 27

1. Nature-based magic systems:
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs➖The Lucky One, 2-May-2024 (bad storm!)
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned➖The Hunger Games, 16-May-2024 (poison berries)
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N
🌱 A - A Dog's Purpose, 13-May-2024
🌱 T - The Kiss Quotient, 26-Jul-2024
🌱 U
🌱 R
🌱 E

2. Divination magic:
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used➖The Awakening, 22-May-2024 (divination taught at the academy)
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover➖The Last Thing He Told Me, 21-Jun-2024 (lake)
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK➖The Highland Fling, 3-May-2024 (Scotland)

3. Conjuring magic:
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic➖Heir of Fire, 1-Jun-2024 (MPG Magic)
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character➖Daughter of No Worlds, 19-May-2024 (Reshaye)
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place➖Four Psychos, 22-May-2024 (teleporting)
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON

4. Psychic magic:
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times➖Living Dead in Dallas, 30-May-2024 (telepathy x27)
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another➖The Count of Monte Cristo, 3-Jul-2024 (influenced to accuse)
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams➖The Grace Year, 25-May-2024 (MC dreams of a girl & red flower)
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC➖The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 3-Jun-2024

5. Life and death magic:
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead➖Club Dead, 31-May-2024 (undead vampires)
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer➖Gideon the Ninth, 11-Jul-2024 (lesbian necromancers!!)
🔮 Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover➖Dead to the World, 1-Jun-2024

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic:
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire➖Dead Until Dark, 29-May-2024 (many Vampires)
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren➖Ruthless Fae, 27-May-2024 (MC is a Siren)
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover

7. Magitech systems:
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)➖Catching Fire, 17-Jun-2024
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover➖Forever, Interrupted, 17-Jul-2024
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M - Mockingjay, 16-Jul-2024
🌱 A - Ace of Spades, 4-Jun-2024
🌱 G
🌱 I
🌱 T - The Frozen River, 30-Jul-2024
🌱 E
🌱 C
🌱 H

8. Eclectic magic:
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character➖Definitely Dead, 5-Jun-2024
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman➖War Brides, 28-Jul-2024
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

9. Uncommon magic systems:
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY➖Dead as a Doornail, 2-Jun-2024 (x3099)
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover➖Love in the Time of Cholera, 19-Jun-2024 (5+ colors)
🔮 Read a book where music is important➖The Assassin's Blade, 13-May-2024 (MC loves going to the theatre and playing the songs she hears on the pianoforte)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)➖The Age of Miracles, 23-Jul-2024 (MC's father is a doctor)
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text➖Piranesi, 8-Jul-2024 (pg 28, pg 38)


message 31: by Deanna (last edited Jul 20, 2024 07:45PM) (new)
May 01, 2024 06:39AM

Deanna | 337 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Level Goal: Archmage: 49+ tasks

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
Stroke the Flame 7/19
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
Two Wicked Desserts (Kitchen Witch Mysteries, #2) by Lynn Cahoon 6/12; flowers on cover
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
System Shift (Natural Laws Apocalypse #6) by Tom Larcombe 5/17; magical tornado
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1) by Zogarth 5/15
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N - Nova Terra: Stormbringer 5/27
🌱 A - As The Crow Flies 7/3
🌱 T - The Christmas Visitor 5/10
🌱 U
🌱 R - Rock Hard Gargoyle 6/1
🌱 E - Ensnared 5/5

2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
The Primal Hunter 2 (The Primal Hunter, #2) by Zogarth 5/25; Jacob uses divination.
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
All Witches on Deck (Moonstone Bay #14) by Amanda M. Lee 7/3
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Grim Discovery (Aisling Grimlock) by Amanda M. Lee 5/4, purple cover
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
The Canal Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, #10) by J.R. Ellis 5/9

3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
Besieged (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #9) by Kevin Hearne 5/9
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
Imbalance (Monarchs of Hell, #2) by R.L. Caulder 5/7; all demon characters
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
Fused (Legacy of Magic, #6) by Lindsay Buroker 5/12
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
Lost (Silver Falls University, #1; Kingdom of Wolves, #2) by M. Sinclair 5/18; M. S.

4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) by Charlaine Harris 5/14; telepathy 13x
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
Magic Forged (Hall of Blood and Mercy #1) by K.M. Shea 5/22; Hazel influences Killian
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
Discovered (Silver Falls University, #3) by M. Sinclair 5/20; Effie dreams
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
Seduced (Sea Dragons of Amber Bay #3) by Zoe Ashwood 5/6

5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
Hexcess Baggage (Supernatural Speakeasy, #14) by Lily Harper Hart 5/8, vampire character
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton 7/1
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
Close Encounters of the Witchy Kind (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Fantasy #6) by Amanda M. Lee 5/3; Bay is a necromancer.
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover
Grave Fright (Maddie Graves Mystery, #4-6) by Lily Harper Hart 6/19

6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
Sticks and Crones (Spell's Angels, #7) by Amanda M. Lee 5/2; Bram is vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
Dragon's Egg (Dark Streets, #2) by B.R. Kingsolver 5/1; dragon in story
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
Broken House (Tears of the Siren, #2) by M. Sinclair 6/30
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
All Quiet On the Witchy Front (Wicked Witches of the Midwest #24) by Amanda M. Lee 5/9; unicorn p. 138
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
Tempted (Sea Dragons of Amber Bay #1) by Zoe Ashwood 5/5; sea dragons
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
Nova Terra Stone King (The Titan, #8) by Seth Ring 7/2

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
Soul Harvest (The Rift Chronicles, #3) by B.R. Kingsolver 6/27; MC is magitek
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
Forgotten (Silver Falls University, #2) by M. Sinclair 5/20; blurred building by magic
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M - Mageling 6/25
🌱 A - A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy 6/4
🌱 G - Grave Beginning 5/30
🌱 I - The Innocent 5/16
🌱 T - The Target 5/29
🌱 E - Esther's Innocence 6/24
🌱 C - Cultivation 6/5
🌱 H - Hidden Nature 6/27

8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch Mysteries, #1) by Lynn Cahoon 6/10; kitchen witch MC
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4) by Patricia Briggs 5/24; Zee is fae
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
Defender of Magic (The Leira Chronicles, #9) by Martha Carr 5/19; Leira has a magical bracelet that grounds her
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
Well of Magic (Rosie O'Grady's Paranormal Bar and Grill, #4) by B.R. Kingsolver 5/11
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
King of Thieves (Odyssey One Star Rogue #1) by Evan Currie 6/11
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
Oh, Great! I Discovered How to Cultivate a Farmer in 52 Easy Steps (Unorthodox Farming, #2) by Benjamin Kerei 6/2; MC likes to sings and play guitar to relax
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
The Hit (Will Robie, #2) by David Baldacci 5/18; doctor character
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
Into the Black (Odyssey One, #1) by Evan Currie 5/23; soldiers wear power armor to increase strength and speed
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text
Out of the Black (Odyssey One, #4) by Evan Currie 6/9


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bamaace83 | 1667 comments Level: Summoner: 31-36 tasks

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal.
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N
🌱 A
🌱 T
🌱 U
🌱 R
🌱 E


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M
🌱 A
🌱 G
🌱 I
🌱 T
🌱 E
🌱 C
🌱 H


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text


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Heather Austin-Robillard | 81 comments Individual Challenge
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Levels:
Alchemist: 4-6 tasks**finished on 5/19/24
Elementalist: 7-12 tasks**Finished 5/31/24
Witch/Wizard: 13-18 tasks**6/16
Druid: 18-24 tasks**7/13/24
Psychic: 25-30 tasks**8/16/24
Summoner: 31-36 tasks**9/7/24
Necromancer: 37-48 tasks**1/8/25
Archmage: 49+ tasks

Books read: 48/49

Oh, ho, ho, it's magic, you know…never believe it's not so..
Magic is present in many of our books, movies and superstitions. In this challenge, we will briefly explore nine types of magic systems.


1.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover-The Honeymoon Crashers-7/16/24✔️
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs-Break Me-5/7/24 ✔️
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned-Deadly Gift-9/5/24 ✔️
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N-The Night Island-7/1/24
🌱 A-Armstrong, Kelley (MC)-The Unquiet Past-9/15/24
🌱 T-Tempt Me-5/6/24
🌱 U-The Unhoneymooners-6/5/24
🌱 R-Ridge Lawson (MC)-Maybe Someday-6/21/24
🌱 E-Emily Henry-Funny Story-9/15/24

The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5) by Christina Lauren Break Me (The Wolf Hotel, #2) by K.A. Tucker Deadly Gift (Flynn Brothers, #3) by Heather Graham The Night Island (The Lost Night Files, #2) by Jayne Ann Krentz The Unquiet Past (Secrets) by Kelley Armstrong Tempt Me (The Wolf Hotel, #1) by Nina West The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1) by Christina Lauren Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) by Colleen Hoover Funny Story by Emily Henry

2.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used-The Alchemist-5/14/24 ✔️
🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover-The Other Mrs.-7/25/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)-Dead Until Dark-10/11/24✔️
🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK-The Wedding Witch-11/3/24✔️

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris The Wedding Witch (The Ex Hex, #3) by Erin Sterling

3.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic-Marked in Flesh-8/11/24 ✔️
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character-Definitely Dead-12/19/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place-The Awakening-7/13/24 ✔️
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON-Sarah J. Maas-The Assassin and the Empire-8/16/24 ✔️

Marked in Flesh (The Others, #4) by Anne Bishop Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6) by Charlaine Harris The Awakening (Zodiac Academy, #1) by Caroline Peckham The Assassin and the Empire (Throne of Glass, #0.5) by Sarah J. Maas

4.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times-Living Dead in Dallas-10/28/24✔️
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another-The Final Girl Support Group-5/25/24✔️
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams-Because of Miss Bridgerton-5/22/24✔️
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC-Sizzling Sixteen-6/14/24 ✔️

Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) by Charlaine Harris The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1) by Julia Quinn Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16) by Janet Evanovich

5.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead-Club Dead-11/4/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover-The Coworker-5/20/24✔️
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer-Veiled in Moonlight-10/24/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover-Dead to the World-11/17/24✔️

Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) by Charlaine Harris The Coworker by Freida McFadden Veiled in Moonlight (The Ministry of Curiosities, #8) by C.J. Archer Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) by Charlaine Harris

6.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire-Murder of Crows-5/19/24
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone-11/11/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with a Siren-
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text-Tinderbox pg 186-5/31/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster-(Sea Monster)-A Touch of Malice-5/17/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover-Teach Me-5/9/24 ✔️

Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling Tinderbox (Flashpoint, #1) by Rachel Grant A Touch of Malice (Hades x Persephone Saga, #3) by Scarlett St. Clair Teach Me (The Wolf Hotel, #3) by K.A. Tucker

7.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)-Holiday in Death-9/29/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover-Terms and Conditions-5/2/24 ✔
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M-Morgan, Kass (Author)-The 100-6/16/24
🌱 A-After-6/27/24
🌱 G-Group Therapy-6/16/24
🌱 I-Isabella Swan (MC)-Twilight-10/13/24
🌱 T-Tucker, K.A. (Author)-Surrender to Me-8/12/24
🌱 E-The Elite-9/7/24
🌱 C-Chavez, Rachel (MC)-The Mary Shelley Club-8/23/24
🌱 H-Huang, Ana (Author)-Twisted Love-8/17/24

Holiday in Death (In Death, #7) by J.D. Robb Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires, #2) by Lauren Asher The 100 (The 100, #1) by Kass Morgan After (After, #1) by Anna Todd Group Therapy by B.B. Easton Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer Surrender to Me (The Wolf Hotel, #4) by K.A. Tucker The Elite (The Selection, #2) by Kiera Cass The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky Twisted Love (Twisted, #1) by Ana Huang

8.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic-Deadly Harvest-8/1/24✔
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character-Crown of Midnight-6/2/24✔
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman-The Invited-5/28/24✔
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion-A Touch of Chaos-1/8/25✔

Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers, #2) by Heather Graham Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Invited by Jennifer McMahon A Touch of Chaos (Hades x Persephone Saga, #4) by Scarlett St. Clair

9.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY-Vision in Silver-5/29/24 ✔️
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover-Maybe Not-7/10/24✔️
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)-The Happy Ever After Playlist-6/11/24✔️
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)-You Won't Believe Me-8/22/24✔️
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)-The Selection-9/1/24 ✔️
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text-The Kidnapper's Accomplice (pg 245)-6/9/24

Vision in Silver (The Others, #3) by Anne Bishop Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5) by Colleen Hoover The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2) by Abby Jimenez You Won't Believe Me by Cyn Balog The Selection (The Selection, #1) by Kiera Cass The Kidnapper's Accomplice (Glass and Steele, #10) by C.J. Archer


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May 10, 2024 05:20PM

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) (ilovebakedgoods) | 1437 comments Mod
Individual Challenge
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024

Levels:
Alchemist: 4-6 tasks
Elementalist: 7-12 tasks
Witch/Wizard: 13-18 tasks
Druid: 18-24 tasks
Psychic: 25-30 tasks
Summoner: 31-36 tasks
Necromancer: 37-48 tasks
Archmage: 49+ tasks

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.
Elemental magic manipulates the basic, often classical, components of nature. Typically, this is air, earth, fire, water, and sometimes wood, though it can be expanded to accommodate other elements like metal.
Floramancy and Mycomancy, or plant and fungus manipulation, communicate with plant life and fungal growth to harness their attributes. This can range from releasing biochemicals and pheromones into the air to convincing roots, vines, and branches to directly attack the caster’s foes.
Alchemy is the transmutation of one compound to another. Medieval alchemists sought ways to turn common substances, like wood or stone, into gold and other valuable materials. The more familiar depiction of alchemy in fantasy, however, is the mixing of various liquid chemicals to create potions and poisons for healing, harming, and enhancing the imbiber.
Weather magic combines the elements of air and water to alter the weather. Those using this magic would be able to provide rainfall and sunshine precisely as needed for optimal crop yield, swift and exact winds for sailing, and conjure inclement conditions for enemy armies to tromp through.
🔮 Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name
🔮 Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
🔮 Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
🔮 Read a book where someone is poisoned
🔮 Spell Out NATURE
🌱 N
🌱 A
🌱 T
🌱 U
🌱 R
🌱 E


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.
Typically, divination requires a medium of some sort like tarot cards, flocks of birds, knuckle bones, a clear pool of water, or copious amounts of corpses.
🔮 Read a book where Divination is used.
Alchemy of a Blackbird
Read 6/27/24
Fits: Divination by Tarot Cards was used throughout the entire book

🔮 Read a book with a body of water on the cover
🔮 Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Read: 6/29/24
Fits: Purple cover

🔮 Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.
Conjuring magics summon people, places, or things to the mage’s location, or into existence. Summoning magic can be used to bring forth a veritable menagerie of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gods, demons, and all manner of other nasty, nice, or niche beasties. Conjuration may also be used to teleport the caster themself through time and space, whether it be short-range teleporting (often called blinking), passing through worlds and dimensions at will, or creating portals that blend one reality with another.
🔮 Read a book with a MPG of Magic
🔮 Read a book that has a demon character
🔮 Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
🔮 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain).
Magic of the mind, psychic magic systems harness the spellcaster’s mental abilities to affect worlds within the human, and non-human, psyche. Dreams, perceptions, consciousness, and subconsciousness are the domains of psychics where they hold sway over the thoughts and emotions of others.
🔮 Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath
🔮 Read a book where one character influences the action of another
🔮 Read a book where a character dreams
🔮 Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.
Necromancy harnesses life forces to restore, ravage, and reanimate living and formerly living beings. The most popular display of necromancy is the reanimation of the dead.
Blood magic is another aspect of this type of system that allows the caster to draw power from their own or others’ blood.
🔮 Read a book where a character is undead
🔮 Read a book with blood on the cover
🔮 Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🔮 Read a book with a cemetary or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.
Some creatures may have magic specific to them that no other creature has access to, based either upon their biology or something innate in their species. Common examples would include:
Vampires who can meld into the shadows, shapeshift into a bat or wolf, and compel others to comply with their bidding.
Dragons’ firebreath is typically interpreted as biological but potential humanoid offspring might maintain a magical connection to their ancestors with their own arcane morning breath.
Unicorns are frequently given glitter-flavored, deus ex machina magic that can heal anything and everything by sneezing a rainbow.
Sirens, and other aquatic nixies, can enchant weary passersby with a liquid melody. Just don’t ask what they do with their victims after.
🔮 Read a book with a Vampire
🔮 Read a book with a Dragon
🔮 Read a book with a Siren
🔮 Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🔮 Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🔮 Read a book with a "sparkly" cover


7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.
Dwelling on the borderlands between magic and science, magitech systems see arcane energies harnessed using advanced technology. Having no need of a mage at the helm, magitech is, at its core, magic fused with technology.
🔮 Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
🔮 Spell Out MAGITECH
🌱 M
🌱 A
🌱 G
🌱 I
🌱 T
🌱 E
🌱 C
🌱 H


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.
Difficult to pin down, eclectic magic derives from a broad range of sources and doesn’t always have a direct or tangible effect on the world. We’re talking about everything from folk magic to parlor tricks. These may only hold power in the minds of their practitioners or the eyes of their witnesses. It’s worth noting here that “folk magic” is a modern concept and that those living at the time simply saw this as medicine (whether physical or spiritual). You might also see cunning folk handing out charms and talismans, crafting potions and poultices (the famous love potion), and warning against the dangers of the fair folk and their faerie circles.
🔮 Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🔮 Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🔮 Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🔮 Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text


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May 21, 2024 03:55PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
Hello everyone!
I made an update to the first task in 4. Psychic magic in the main thread.

This task:
Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times

Is now:
Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath


message 38: by Michelle (new)
Jun 23, 2024 07:02PM

Michelle | 2284 comments Magic Systems
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
Level - Psychic: 25-30 tasks

CONTINUED FROM MSG> 13

9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.
This final category of magic systems together haven’t been given frequent opportunities to shine, though all could be categorized into any of the above types.
Color magic, not be confused with color-themed magic, manipulates light in the visual spectrum to create potent optical illusions.
Sound magic amplifies, hushes, directs, and generates sound waves. The vibrations in sound waves can be lethal at the right frequencies, passing through solid objects and cover with ease.
While Time magic, or “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” isn’t uncommon in SFF (look no further than Doctor Who for an excellent example), the ability to manipulate it directly is. Another famous doctor by the name of Strange has given it a fair shake as well recently.
Egoic magic enhances the physical attributes of the caster (The Witcher's decoctions do exactly this). Need to increase your strength? Cast the spell. Need a speed boost? Cast the spell. Need to react quicker? Cast the spell. Need to—you get the idea.
Nothingness magic is the manipulation of the very concept of nothingness. Not quite shadow magic, this system would allow the caster to conjure fields of pure void to shield or consume. It doesn’t get much edgier than this.
🔮 Read a book with tagged FANTASY - MPG Fantasy - City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane - 6/23/24
City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts, #3) by Stacia Kane
🔮 Read a book with a colorful cover
🔮 Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
🔮 Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who) - Ethan is a doctor on Ellis Island - A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner - 5/5/24
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
🔮 Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation) - The creatures were genetically enhanced - The Night It Got Out by Patrick James Ryan - 5/13/24
The Night It Got Out by Patrick James Ryan
🔮 Read a book with the word VOID in the text - Page 71 - "It was replaced by a white void." - The Last Days by Rhiannon Frater - 5/18/24
The Last Days (As the World Dies, #5) by Rhiannon Frater


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Jun 29, 2024 09:09AM

LaurLa | 388 comments Magic Systems
May - July 2024

My Magic Systems Challenge (msg 39)

Level🚦Necromancer🚦37-48 Tasks
Books Read🚦44

1. Nature-based magic systems: manipulate the forces and elements of nature.

The Army Doctor's Wedding (Army Doctor's Baby, #2) by Helen Scott Taylor Stolen Secrets (Sisters of Spirit #3) by Nancy Radke A Hard Day for a Hangover (Sunshine Vicram, #3) by Darynda Jones A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2) by K.J. Charles Addy And The Smart Guy (Big Girl Panties #3) by Carter Ashby Loose Ends (Mary O’Reilly #1) by Terri Reid Unclaimed (The Turner Series Book 2) by Courtney Milan Roman Crazy by Alice Clayton Fractured Love (Off-Limits Romance, #3) by Ella James

🚥Read a book with ELEMENTAL in the title or series name

✅Read a book with flowers or vines on the cover
🚥The Army Doctor's Wedding🚦05.23 ★★★

✅Read a book where a weather event (thunder storm, snow, hurricane, etc) occurs
🚥Stolen Secrets🚦07.26 ★★★

✅Read a book where someone is poisoned
🚥A Hard Day for a Hangover🚦07.25 ★★★★

✅Spell Out NATURE
🚥N🚦A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel🚦07.15 ★★★★
🚥A🚦Addy And The Smart Guy🚦07.12 ★★★★
🚥T🚦Terri Reid🚦Loose Ends🚦07.23 ★★★★
🚥U🚦Unclaimed🚦05.26 ★★★★
🚥R🚦Roman Crazy🚦06.21 ★★★★
🚥E🚦Ella James🚦Fractured Love🚦06.04 ★★★★


2. Divination magic: see beyond sight and peer through time and space.

Now You See Her by Linda Howard Their Last Resort by R.S. Grey The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles

✅Read a book where Divination is used
🚥Now You See Her🚦06.24 ★★★★

✅Read a book with a body of water on the cover
🚥Their Last Resort🚦05.14 ★★★★

🚥Read a book with a purple cover (>50%)

✅Read a book set in Mexico, Romania, Haiti, or the UK
🚥The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen🚦06.15 ★★★★


3. Conjuring magic: move objects through space over any distance.

Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Tempted (Eternal Guardians, #3) by Elisabeth Naughton The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #13) by J.R. Ward The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

✅Read a book with a MPG of Magic
🚥Assistant to the Villain🚦06.02 ★★★★

✅Read a book that has a demon character
🚥Tempted🚦07.07 ★★★★

✅Read a book with teleportation or a portal to a different place
🚥The Shadows🚦05.24 ★★★★

✅Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUMMON
🚥The Wishing Game🚦06.26 ★★★★★


4. Psychic magic: master the world of the mind (and bring new meaning to picking someone’s brain)

Little White Sins (The Reynolds Family Saga #6) by Donald Wells The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, #7) by Elizabeth Peters The Perfect Mix by Caridad Piñeiro

🚥Read a book tagged TELEPATH at least 5 times or MC is a telepath

✅Read a book where one character influences the action of another
🚥Little White Sins🚦05.02 ★★★

✅Read a book where a character dreams
🚥The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog🚦07.04 ★★★★

✅Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PSYCHIC
🚥The Perfect Mix🚦06.10 ★★★


5. Life and death magic: tap into the very forces of life, death, and undeath with this surprisingly versatile collection.

Undead and Unpopular (Undead, #5) by MaryJanice Davidson

✅Read a book where a character is undead
🚥Undead and Unpopular🚦07.16 ★★★

🚥Read a book with blood on the cover
🚥Read a book whose MC is a Necromancer
🚥Read a book with a cemetery or gravestone on the cover


6. Animal- or creature-exclusive magic: some creatures just do it better.

About a Dragon (Dragon Kin, #2) by G.A. Aiken To Love A Thief (Secrets & Scandals, #4) by Darcy Burke A Farewell to Charms (Mystic Bayou, #6) by Molly Harper Encore in Death (In Death, #56) by J.D. Robb

🚥Read a book with a Vampire

✅Read a book with a Dragon
🚥About a Dragon🚦06.17 ★★★★

🚥Read a book with a Siren

✅Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🚥To Love A Thief🚦06.14 ★★★★

✅Read a book with a Kelpi, Mermaid or other Sea Monster
🚥A Farewell to Charms🚦06.07 ★★★★

✅Read a book with a "sparkly" cover
🚥Encore in Death🚦06.04 ★★★★

7. Magitech systems: the blurring lines of sorcery and science give magic a next-gen, high-tech flair.

The Infidelity Clause (Another Arranged Marriage #1) by Lisa Oliver You Can Die (Laurel Snow, #3) by Rebecca Zanetti Maya And The Tough Guy (Big Girl Panties #2) by Carter Ashby Engaging the Boss (Heirs of Damon, #3) by Noelle Adams Sing Me Back Home (Montana Born Homecoming #1; The Gallaghers of Montana #1) by Eve Gaddy Imperfect Rebel (Carolina Magnolia #2) by Patricia Rice Twice Tempted by Susan Arden Expose Me (Fifth Avenue Trilogy, #3) by Kate Hewitt Come Again (Happy Endings, #1) by Lauren Blakely How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

✅Read a book that is "fused with technology" (your interpretation)
🚥The Infidelity Clause🚦06.27 ★★★★

✅Read a book with blurred lines or images on the cover
🚥You Can Die🚦07.17 ★★★★

✅Spell Out MAGITECH
🚥M🚦Maya And The Tough Guy🚦05.27 ★★★★
🚥A🚦Adams, Noelle🚦Engaging the Boss🚦07.26 ★★★★
🚥G🚦Gaddy, Eve🚦Sing Me Back Home🚦06.24 ★★★
🚥I🚦Imperfect Rebel🚦05.09 ★★★
🚥T🚦Twice Tempted🚦07.18 ★★★
🚥E🚦Expose Me🚦06.16 ★★★★
🚥C🚦Come Again🚦06.30 ★★★★
🚥H🚦How to Fake It in Hollywood🚦06.13 ★★★★


8. Eclectic magic: it doesn’t have to be “real” magic to have a real effect.

Finding Kate Huntley by Theresa Ragan Darkness Returns (Guardians Of Eternity, #13) by Alexandra Ivy Inheritance (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #1) by Nora Roberts Cakewalk (Busy Bean, #3) by Claire Hastings

✅Read a book that features some type of Folk Magic
🚥Finding Kate Huntley🚦07.28 ★★★★

✅Read a book with a Fae or Faerie character
🚥Darkness Returns🚦06.05 ★★★★

✅Read a book where the MC uses or carries a charm or talisman
🚥Inheritance🚦06.11 ★★★★

✅Read a book where someone uses or mentions a Love Potion
🚥Cakewalk🚦05.29 ★★★★


9. Uncommon magic systems: the unsung heroes of fantasy magic.

Sweet Persuasion (Sweet, #2) by Maya Banks Soldiers of Fortune (Miss Fortune Mystery, #6) by Jana Deleon One Hot Italian Summer by Karina Halle How Much I Love (Miami Nights, #3) by Marie Force Twisted Truths (Blood Brothers, #3) by Rebecca Zanetti Closed Doors (Sisters of Spirit, #2) by Nancy Radke

✅Read a book with tagged FANTASY
🚥Sweet Persuasion🚦06.15 ★★★★

✅Read a book with a colorful cover
🚥Soldiers of Fortune🚦05.11 ★★★

✅Read a book where music is important (character listens, sings, etc)
🚥One Hot Italian Summer🚦07.24 ★★★★

✅Read a book with a doctor character (real or just with title, like Dr. Who)
🚥How Much I Love🚦06.09 ★★★★

✅Read a book where physical attributes are enhanced (your interpretation)
🚥Twisted Truths🚦05.12 ★★★★

✅Read a book with the word VOID in the text
🚥Closed Doors🚦06.05 ★★★


message 40: by LaurLa (new)
Jul 28, 2024 11:36AM

LaurLa | 388 comments Finished - not so bad for coming in late (I did backdate, though). Thanks for hosting!
Updated post: My Magic Systems Challenge (msg 39)

Level🚦Necromancer🚦37-48 Tasks
Books Read🚦44


message 41: by Sammy (new)
Jul 30, 2024 01:55PM

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 4322 comments 47/49. Close, but no cigar! lol.


message 42: by Angie ☯ (new)
Jul 30, 2024 04:47PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
That's great! Some of those were more difficult than I expected them to be.


message 43: by Jenny (new)
Jul 31, 2024 06:49AM

Jenny | 2414 comments I aimed too high. I wanted Archmage, but got Necromancer. 44 books read.


message 44: by Teddie (new)
Jul 31, 2024 08:18AM

Teddie (teddieg) | 1326 comments Me too - aiming for Archmage but came in as a Necromancer with 43 read. 1 more month! lol


message 45: by Sammy (new)
Jul 31, 2024 08:45AM

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 4322 comments Make that 48! just finished Gideon to cross off the Necromancer task, lol.


message 46: by Sammy (new)
Jul 31, 2024 08:53AM

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 4322 comments Hold up! GR turned off notifications for this thread (happens to me constantly, but only in this group for some weird reason) and I missed the telepath announcement!

So now I have 49/49 and am officially an archmage 😆


message 47: by Angie ☯ (new)
Jul 31, 2024 01:36PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
Way to pull it out in the last minutes of the round.....month! LOL


message 48: by Angie ☯ (new)
Jul 31, 2024 01:38PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
BUT - if you completed all the tasks, you have 52.


message 49: by Sammy (new)
Jul 31, 2024 01:40PM

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 4322 comments No, I still have 3 unfinished, but I got the archmage, so I'm good, lol.


message 50: by Angie ☯ (new)
Jul 31, 2024 02:21PM

Angie ☯ | 4226 comments Mod
Picturing myself giving a flourishing bow in your honor!


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