老虎机稳赢方法

Check-in your completed books here

Completed Book requirements:
Theme week: (example: Family Dinners)
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Rating:
Justification:
Book Points:
Team Total points:


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

Themes
May 1-7 Light
May 8-14 Dark
May 15-21 Magic
May 22-31 Fantasy

*Theme Start & End times are based on your time zone. So each theme will end at midnight in the time zone that you live in.*


Book Points



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Formal Buddy Reads bonus
鉁↖f you can make it fit a theme and read it during the theme week & participate in the discussion, you get 4 bonus points plus page points. (book must be completed during theme week to get the 4 points)
鉁↖f you can't make it fit a theme but still read & participate you get 2 bonus points plus page points. Just mark the theme as "Bonus" and add the bonus points to your completion post. (book may be completed during any week of the challenge to get the 2 points)

You can find the buddy read here: /topic/group...



Let's shake things up and add another bonus! I think the Partner Pick challenge could use some love. Any book you read for the Partner Pick (up to 3 books) will get you the bonuses listed below.
鉁�1 bonus point if the book doesn't fit the theme
鉁� 2 bonus points if the book fits the theme


Sign up for Partner Pick here!

Theme week: Light
Book: The Devil Wears Scrubs
Author: Freida McFadden
Pages: 282
Date Read: 2.5.23
Rating: 4
Justification: Light is mentioned in text
Book Points: 1 point
Team Total points: 1 point

Theme week: Light
Book: The Witch Haven
Author: Sasha Peyton Smith
Pages: 442
Date Read: 5/3/2023
Rating: 4
Justification: Creating a ball of light is one of the first uses of magic the main character does (pg 136)
Book Points: 3 points
Bonus Points: Partner Pick Selection - 2 points

Team Total points: 6 points

Theme week: Light
Book: The Fireman
Author: Joe Hill
Pages: 768
Date Read: 5/1/23
Rating: 4.5 stars
Justification: Dragonscale glowed light, pg 127, 鈥淚t was them making the light鈥�.
Book Points: 7
Team Total points: 13

Theme week: Light
Book: Life As We Knew It
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Pages: 352
Date Read: 05.03.2023
Rating: 3 Stars
Justification: Title begins with an L = Light
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 16

Theme week: Light
Book: We Are the Light
Author: Matthew Quick
Pages: 256
Date Read: 5/4
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Light in title
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 17

Theme week: Light
Book: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Author: Mitch Albom
Pages: 196
Date Read: 5/5
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: when Eddie dies he experiences 鈥淎 blinding flash of light. And then, nothing.鈥�
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 18

Theme week: Light
Book: The Right Swipe
Author: Amanda Horton
Pages: 225
Date read: 3.5.23
Rating: 4*
Justification Claimed by the quarterback The light blue button-up shirt was open at the neck, but she could easily see him with it closed up and an elegant tie gracing his neck.
Book point: 1
Total point: 19

Theme week: Light
Book: The One Who Fell
Author: Kerry Wilkinson
Pages: 289
Date read: 7.5.23
Rating: 2*
Justification: People would of seen the lights across the valley
Book point: 1
Total points: 20

Theme week: Light
Book: Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Pages: 369
Date Read: 5/7
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Diana tells Alia that she is very LIGHT when carrying her
Book Points: 3

Theme week: Light
Book: Big Fish
Author: Daniel Wallace
Pages: 192
Date Read: 5/7
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Edward claimed Sandra brought her own LIGHT with her because wherever she went she glowed.
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 24

Theme week: Light
Book: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi]
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
Pages: 483
Date Read: 5/4
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: 鈥淭he ships were burning bright enough to LIGHT up Sira Bay, to LIGHT up Aden itself.鈥�
Book Points: 3

Team total : 27

Theme week: Light
Book: It Starts with Us
Author: Colleen Hoover
Pages: 323
Date Read: May 5
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: 鈥淭here鈥檚 a streetlight at the other end of the alley creating a spotlight in the building, and there鈥檚 a shadow moving across the light.鈥� - pg 136
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 30

Theme week: Light
Book: Happy Place
Author: Emily Henry
Pages: 400
Date Read: May 7
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: 鈥淏y five, Parth and Sabrina stand at the edge of the dock, light glinting off their hair鈥�
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 33

Theme week: Light
Book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson
Pages: 658
Date Read: 05.07.2023
Rating: 3 Stars
Justification: Author last name begins with an L for Light
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 38

Theme week: Light
Book: Light Over London
Author: Julia Kelly
Pages: 368
Date Read: May 7, 2023
Rating: 3
Justification: "Light" in the title
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 41

Theme week: DARK
Book: Scorpion Shards
Author: Neal Shusterman
Pages: 227
Date Read: 5/8
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Dillion has a dark need and hunger to cause havoc leading to death and destruction
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 42

Theme week: DARK
Book: The Deep Dark Descending
Author: Allen Eskens
Pages: 281
Date Read: 5/8
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Dark in title
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 43

Theme week: Dark
Book: Fake
Author: Kylie Scott
Pages: 300
Date Read: May 9
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: "The room went dark."
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 44

Theme week: Dark
Book: Queen Charlotte
Author: Julia Quinn & Shonda Rhimes
Pages: 352
Date Read: May 10
Rating: 4.5 stars
Justification: "I knew she was a little dark."
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 47

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Theme week: Dark
Book: Her Dark Lies
Author: J.T. Ellison
Pages: 416
Date Read: May 10
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Dark in title
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 50

Theme week: Dark
Book: The Institute
Author: Stephen King
Pages: 561
Date Read: 5/10/2023
Rating: 4
Justification: This is a very dark book - 44 people tagged this book as "dark"
Book Points: 5 points

Team Total Points: 55

Theme week: Light
Book: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Date: 1/5 4鈽�
Pages: 295
Justification: "His features lit up when he smiled, like a house aglow with Christmas lights." p.45
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 56

Theme week: Light
Book: The Reluctant Thief by April Kihlstrom
Date: 1/5 2鈽�
Pages: 224
Justification: A light read, & "his eyes lit up with warmth" p.212
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 57

Theme week: Light
Book: Pet Rescue's Amazing Dog Stories by Saskia Adams
Date: 2/5 5鈽�
Pages: 278
Justification: Dogs are creatures of the light, you can tell by the light that shines from their eyes
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 58

Theme week: Light
Book: Tell Me About It by Sacha Naspini
Date: 2/5 2鈽�
Pages: 140
Justification: a very light book at only 140p
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 59

Theme week: Light
Book: The Reluctant Bride by Irene Saunders
Date: 3/5 2鈽�
Pages: 224
Justification: Light hair, the colour of spun gold p.21
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 60

Theme week: Light
Book: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
Date: 3/5 4鈽�
Pages: 320
Justification: "We kept things light... we could borrow the school's twinkle lights"
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 63

Theme week: Light
Book: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Date: 4/5 1鈽�
Pages: 155
Justification: Light sparkling on the ocean
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 64

Theme week: Light
Book: The Case of the Lucky Legs by Erle Stanley Gardner
Date: 5/5 3鈽�
Pages: 320
Justification: "his face light up with a smile of welcome" p.123
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 67

Theme week: Light
Book: Fourmile by Watt Key
Date: 6/5 3鈽�
Pages: 256
Justification: "the whisper of a light breeze in the pecan orchard" p.189
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 68

Theme week: Light
Book: Dead in the Water by Carola Dunn
Date: 6/5 3鈽�
Pages: 256
Justification: light entertainment, like "messing about in a punt or a skiff on the Isis" p.23
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 69

Theme week: Light
Book: Flying Finish by Dick Francis
Date: 7/5 4鈽�
Pages: 276
Justification: "the gray February day blazed with light" p.80
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 70

Theme week: Light
Book: The Waterfall by Margaret Drabble
Date: 7/5 2鈽�
Pages: 290
Justification: "the sun was shining with a pale early watery light" p.76
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 71

Theme week: Dark
Book: Rat Race by Dick Francis
Date: 8/5 4鈽�
Pages: 304
Justification: planes are being sabotaged & the saboteurs aren't fussy who gets hurt - "To some remote African airstrip on dark nights? Being shot at?"
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 74

Theme week: Dark
Book: A Secret Garden by Katie Fforde
Date: 9/5 2.5鈽�
Pages: 384
Justification: "living in the Dark Ages" p.24
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 77

Theme week: Dark
Book: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Date: 9/5 4.5鈽�
Pages: 324
Justification: tagged Dystopia, War, Dark many times
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 80

Theme week: Dark
Book: Dead Cert by Dick Francis
Date: 10/5 4鈽�
Pages: 277
Justification: the dark side of horseracing as people are killed to fix races
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 81

Theme week: Dark
Book: Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Date: 11/5 3.5鈽�
Pages: 560
Justification: "It was in the pitch dark", the darkness of War & that of EndTimers who would precipitate those times
Book Points: 5

Team Total points: 86

Theme week: Dark
Book: Scared to Death
Author: Rachel Amphlett
Pages: 380
Date Read: 5/11
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: 鈥淚t was DARK when she was taken-鈥�. Girls are kidnapped in the dark.
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 89

Theme week: Dark
Book:Knee Deep in Life: An Uncensored Account Of Motherhood
Author: Laura Belbin
Pages: 280 (Link says 303 but actual book is 280)
Date read: 11.05.23
Rating 4*
Justification: Dark in text
Book points: 1 point
Total points: 90

Theme week: Dark
Book: Marigold's Marriages by Sandra Heath
Date: 12/5 3鈽�
Pages: 216
Justification: Dark magic & the Dark Walk
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 91

Theme Week: Dark
Book: Whisperwood
Date: 5/12
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 304
Justification: The town believes the woods have dark magic in them
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 94

Theme Week: Dark
Book:
Date: 5/12
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 319
Justification: 鈥淚鈥檒l probably glow in the DARK鈥�
Book Points: 3
Team Total Points: 97

Theme Week: Dark
Book: Winterwood
Date: 5/13
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 324
Justification: You can only enter Wicker Woods at night (when it's dark) and the woods are asleep (also believed the Walker's do dark magic)
Book Points: 3
Total Team Points: 100

Theme week: Dark
Book: The Big Man Upstairs
Author: J.D. Kirk
Date: 13.05.23
Rating: 3*
Pages: 338
Justification: The dark skin of her hands made her crisp white shirt appear even brighter than it was.
Book points: 3 points
Total team points: 103

Theme week: Dark
Book: Partnership by Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball
Date: 14/5 3鈽�
Pages: 323
Justification: Dark Deeds - exploiting natives, using prisoners & mental patients to test drugs
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 103

Theme week: Dark
Book: Wish You Were Here by Karly Lane
Date: 14/5 4鈽�
Pages: 368
Justification: dark themes: PTSD, depression, suicide
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 106

Theme week: Dark
Book: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Date: 14/5 4鈽�
Pages: 963
Justification: "from the Stygian dark" p.619 & the dark time of Culloden
Book Points: 10
Team Total points: 116

Theme Week: Dark
Book: Asylum (this is illustrated with maybe like 20 pictures in the book so im not sure I got the points correct. I tried to check the rules but didnt find anything on it. It is over 60,000 words tho)
Date: 5/14
Pages: 311
Justification: the basement of the asylum was very dark
Book points: 3
Total team points: 119

Theme week: Magic
Book:Age of Vice
Author:Deepti Kapoor
Pages: 544
Date Read: 5/15/2023
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Oxford definition of magic is when something has a special quality that seems to be too wonderful to be real. I gave this book 5 stars! The writing is magic!
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 124

Theme week: Magic

Book: Gilded
Author: Marissa Meyer
Pages: 502
Date Read: 5/16/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: MPG Magic
Book Points: 5

Team Total points: 129

Theme week: Magic

Book: Thief Trap
Author: Jonathan Moeller
Pages: 180
Date Read: 5/16/2023
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: MPG Magic
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 130

Theme week: Dark
Book: D茅j脿 Dead
Author: Kathy Reichs
Pages: 560
Date Read: 05.13.2023
Rating: 2 Stars
Justification: Dark subject matter - Serial Killer!!
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 135

I am sorry for the late post. I came down with a serious flu after working all day on Sunday. I meant to post that evening. I completely understand if it is too late to count. Sorry team!

Theme week: Magic
Book: The Blackhouse by Peter May
Date: 16/5 3鈽�
Pages: 386
Justification: "this is a magical place" p.286
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 138

Theme week: Magic
Book: Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffreyDate: 17/5 3.5鈽�
Pages: 473
Justification: "orifices of the Mother Earth...windows into her magic and bounty" p.168
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 141

Theme week: Magic

Book: The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
Author: E.B. Hudspeth
Pages: 192
Date Read: 5/17/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Magic in text "I saw demon MAGIC, on stage , everyone saw it.
Book Points: 1

Team Total points: 142

Theme week: Magic
Book: Black Tide by Peter Temple
Date: 17/5 4.5鈽�
Pages: 398
Justification: "I laugh when I hear the magic words" p.311
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 145

Theme week: Magic
Book: Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
Date: 18/5 3.5鈽�
Pages: 336
Justification: black & white magic are the predominant themes
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 148

Theme week: Magic
Book: The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls / Ursula Hegi
Date: 5/18
Rating: 3.5鈽�
Pages: 288
Justification: Pg 97 : Kalle transforms God鈥檚 burning bush on their wagon into Aladdin鈥檚 MAGIC lamp.鈥�
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 149

Theme week: Magic
Book: Bright Fire by Maya Hess
Date: 19/5 2鈽�
Pages: 272
Justification: Druid magic
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 150

Theme week: Magic
Book: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau / Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Date: 5/19
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 342
Justification: Magic in text : Pg 122 鈥淐arlota鈥檚 MAGIC seemed to have worked on him鈥�.
Book Points: 3

Team Total points: 153

Theme Week: Magic
Book: The Lies She Told by Paula Johnston
Date read: 16/5
Rating: 3*
Pages: 275
Justification: and then as if by magic, he was gone, and I didn鈥檛 know where he was.
Book points: 1 point
Total points: 154

Theme week: Magic
Book: Next Victim by Helen H. Durrant
Date read: 20/5
Rating: 4*
Pages: 230
Justification: The main character name is Detective Rachel King and author name is Helen Durrant and title is next victim I can spell magic within her title and author name and main character name and position she holds in police
Book points: 1 point
Total points: 155

Theme week: Dark
Book: The Immortal Conquistador
Date read: May 14, 2023
Rating: 4
Pages: 196
Justification: References to the dark places vampires go to sleep
Book points: 1 point
Total points: 156

Theme week: Magic
Book: Ice Cold Heart by P.J. Tracy
Date: 21/5 4鈽�
Pages: 384
Justification: "Art is magic" p.194
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 159

Theme week: Fantasy
Book: The Affair by Lee Child
Date: 22/5 4鈽�
Pages: 526
Justification: The culprit was living in a fantasy-world where his position allowed him to kill with impunity.
Book Points: 5
Team Total points: 164

Theme week: Fantasy
Book: The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey
Date: 22/5 3.5鈽�
Pages: 312
Justification: mpg fantasy
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 167

Theme week: Fantasy
Book: A Mutual Favor by Ann Jacobs
Date: 23/5 1.5鈽�
Pages: 181
Justification: some erotic fantasies are fulfilled
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 168

Theme week: Fantasy
Book: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Author: Benjamin Stevenson
Pages: 384
Date Read: 5/23/2023
Rating: 4
Justification: Page 283 - Andy was in awe, transfixed by flesh and FANTASY"
Book Points: 3 points

Team Total Points: 171