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Team Esther
Monique
Maria
Davina
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A.

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Points:
Teams receive 10 points for every verse completed.
For each book read for a verse, you will also earn one (1) point for every 100 pages. (e.g. if a book is 535 pages, you would get 5 points for that book).

PLEASE POST AS FOLLOWS:

Book read:
Head in the Clouds by Karen Witemeyer
Complete word or letters: Letters H, I, T, W
Started: 2/6/2020
Finished: 2/6/2020
Pages read during challenge: 366
Rating: 5 stars

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Team Esther:

First puzzle is:

#10

Do all things without grumbling or disputing
-Philippians 2:14

Upcoming Puzzles (just for planning/reading purposes, you need to finish the puzzles in order before posting any books for the next puzzles). :)

#16

My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
-Psalm 121:2

#26

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

Team Esther:

Do all things without grumbling or disputing
-Philippians 2:14

_ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Team Esther - Verse #1 (Puzzle #10) - Philippians 2:14

"DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT GRUMBLING OR DISPUTING.”

“_ _ * _ _ _ * T _ _ N G _ * _ _ T _ _ _ T *
G _ _ _ B _ _ N G * _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ T _ N G.”

*Book read: "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
*Works for: Letters T, G, B, N
*Started: 1/28/20
*Finished: 2/6/20
*Pages read during challenge: 118
*Rating: 4.5 stars

Team Esther:

Do all things without grumbling or disputing
-Philippians 2:14

_ _ * _ _ _ * T _ _ NG _ * _ _ T _ _ _ T * G _ _ _ B _ _ NG *
_ _ * _ _ _ _ _ T _ NG


Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Monique: | The Graveyard Book | T/G/B/N | 1


Total Points: 1

Completion Post

Book read:
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Complete word or letters: Letters M, C, P, B
Started: 2/6/2020
Finished: 2/7/2020
Pages read during challenge: 298
Rating: 4 stars

Completion Post

Book read:
Darkness and Decadence: The Grumblings of a Gargoyle
Complete word or letters: word - grumbling
Started: 2/8/2020
Finished: 2/8/2020
Pages read during challenge: 56
Rating: 4 stars

Completion Post

Book read:
The House without a Christmas Tree
Complete word or letters: word - without
Started: 2/8/2020
Finished: 2/8/2020
Pages read during challenge: 87
Rating: 4 stars

Team Esther - Verse #1 (Puzzle #10) - Philippians 2:14

"DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT GRUMBLING OR DISPUTING.”

“D _ * _ _ _ * T _ I N G _ * W I T H O U T *
G R U M B L I N G * _ _ * D I _ P U T I N G.”

*Book read: “Interstellar Cinderella” by Deborah Underwood
*Works for: Letters I, D, U
*Started: 2/8/20
*Finished: 2/8/20
*Pages read during challenge: 40
*Rating: 2 stars

Book read:
Works for: letters H, A, L
Started: 2/6/20
Finished: 2/6/20
Pages read during challenge: 305
Rating: 4

Book read:
Der Schrei des Löwen by Ortwin Ramadan
Complete word or letters: D, S, L, O, R
Started: 10/13/2019
Finished: 2/9/2020
Pages read during challenge: 90
Rating: 4 stars

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Team Esther:

Do all things without grumbling or disputing
-Philippians 2:14

DO * ALL * THINGS * WITHOUT * GRUMBLING *
OR * DISPUTING

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Monique: | The Graveyard Book | T/G/B/N | 1
Lanelle | Moon Called by Patricia Briggs | M, C, P, B | 2
Lanelle | Darkness and Decadence: The Grumblings of a Gargoyle | GRUMBLING | 0
Lanelle | The House without a Christmas Tree | WITHOUT | 0
Monique | “Interstellar Cinderella” by Deborah Underwood | I, D, U | 0
A. | Hidden Agenda | H, A, L | 3
Davina | Der Schrei des Löwen by Ortwin Ramadan | S, O, R | 0
+10 points (Verse completion Bonus)

Total Points: 16 points

Team Esther:

My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
-Psalm 121:2

_ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _, * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points


Previous total: 16 points
Total:

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

Current puzzle:
#16

My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
-Psalm 121:2

Upcoming Puzzles (just for planning/reading purposes, you need to finish the puzzles in order before posting any books for the next puzzles). :)

#26

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

#2

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
-Proverbs 3:5

Book read:
"The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Works for: Letters T, C, P, H, B
Started: 12/15/2019
Finished: 2/7/2020
Pages read during challenge: 40
Rating: 3 stars

Completion Post

Book read:
Heaven is Gentle
Complete word or letters: word - heaven
Started: 2/9/2020
Finished: 2/10/2020
Pages read during challenge: 224
Rating: 3 stars

I'm posting this FOR MARIA. She is blind, so I'm helping her out with this challenge. :)

Team Esther - Verse #2/Puzzle #16/Psalm 121:2


*Book read: “Out of the Past” by Michele Pollock Dalton
*Works for: O, M, D
*Read by: Maria
*Started: 2/5/20
*Finished: 2/8/20
*Pages read during challenge: 200
*Rating: 5 stars

Team Esther - Verse #2/Puzzle #16/Psalm 121:2


*Book read: “You'll Think of Me” by Robin Lee Hatcher
*Works for: Y, R, L
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/6/20
*Finished: 2/11/20
*Pages read during challenge: 320
*Rating: 4.5 stars

Note: I changed the date I finished this book from the 10th to the 11th, because I read the last pages of this book when I was super tired and didn't remember them well, so I reread them the following day to not feel lost when I get into the next book in the series it belongs to. This is still before our points were added up for this verse/puzzle. :)

Team Esther - Verse #2/Puzzle #16/Psalm 121:2


*Book read: “Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World” by Sue Fliess
*Works for: F, A, W, S
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/10/20
*Finished: 2/10/20
*Pages read during challenge: 32
*Rating: 4 stars

"MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH."

“M Y * H _ L P * C O M _ S * F R O M * T H _ * L O R D ,*
W H O * M A D _ * H E A V E N * A _ D * _ A R T H.”

Letters still needed: E, N

Completion Post

Book read:
The Earl Next Door
Complete word or letters: letters - E, N
Started: 2/10/2020
Finished: 2/11/2020
Pages read during challenge: 261
Rating: 3 stars

Yay! Our second verse is now complete! Now we'll just need to wait to make any more posts here until Melanie posts our totals and signals the start of our next verse. :)

Team Esther:

My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
-Psalm 121:2

MY * HELP * COMES * FROM * THE * LORD, * WHO * MADE * HEAVEN * AND * EARTH.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Davina | "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black | T, C, P, H, B | 0
Lanelle | Heaven is Gentle | HEAVEN | 2
Maria | “Out of the Past” by Michele Pollock Dalton | O,M,D | 2
Monique | “You'll Think of Me” by Robin Lee Hatcher | Y,R,L | 3
Monique | “Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World” by Sue Fliess | F,A,W,S | 0
Lanelle | The Earl Next Door | E,N | 2
+10 (Verse Completion Bonus)

Previous total: 16 points
This Verse: 19
Total: 35

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

_ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _. * _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _, * _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points



Previous total: 35 points
This Verse:
Total:

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

Current puzzle:

#26

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

Upcoming Puzzles (just for planning/reading purposes, you need to finish the puzzles in order before posting any books for the next puzzles). :)

#2

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
-Proverbs 3:5

#24

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
-Matt 19:26

Team Esther - Verse #3 / Puzzle #26 / James 4:7


*Book read: “IMAGINE... The Great Flood” by Matt Koceich
*Works for: Letters T, G, F, M
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/7/20
*Finished: 2/7/20
*Pages in book: 114
*Pages read during challenge: 114
*Rating: 4 stars


*Book read: “A Very Big Bunny” by Marisabina Russo
*Works for: A, V, B, R
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/11/20
*Finished: 2/11/20
*Pages read during challenge: 40
*Rating: 4 stars

Team Esther - Please check our plans for this verse in our team chat thread (message #43) before posting here. :)

Completion Post

Book read:
The Devil in Beauty
Complete word or letters: letters - D, I, H
Started: 2/11/2020
Finished: 2/12/2020
Pages read during challenge: 296
Rating: 2 1/2 stars

Team Esther:

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

_ _ BMIT * _ _ _ R _ _ _ V _ _ * TH _ R _ F _ R _ *
T _ * G _ D. * R _ _ I _ T * TH _ * D _ VI _, * A _ D * H _ *
_ I _ _ * F _ _ _ * FR _ M * _ _ _.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Monique | The Great Flood" by Matt Koceich | T, G, F, M | 1
Moqnie | “A Very Big Bunny” by Marisabina Russo | A, V, B, R | 0
Lanelle | The Devil in Beauty | D, I, H | 2

Previous total: 35 points
This Verse: 3
Total:

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther - Verse #3 / Puzzle #26 / James 4:7

*Book read: “Be Your Own Hero” by Lisa King
*Works for: Letters Y, O
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/13/20
*Finished: 2/13/20
*Pages read during challenge: 32
*Rating: 5 stars

*Book read: “Up the Creek” by Nicholas Oldland
*Works for: Letters U, N
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/13/20
*Finished: 2/13/20
*Pages read during challenge: 32
*Rating: 2 stars

“SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.”

“_ U B M I T * Y O U R _ _ _ V _ _ * T H _ R _ F O R _ *
TO * GOD. * R _ _ I _ T * T H _ * D _ V I _, * AND * H _ *
_ I _ _ * F _ _ _ * FROM * YOU.”

Letters left to fulfill: S, E, L, W

Team Esther - I’ve made some updates to our plans for this verse in our team chat thread (message #43).

Team Esther:

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

_ UBMIT * YOUR _ _ _ V _ _ * TH _ R _ FOR _ *
TO * GOD. * R _ _ I _ T * TH _ * D _ VI _, * AND * H _ *
_ I _ _ * F _ _ _ * FROM * YOU.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Monique | The Great Flood" by Matt Koceich | T, G, F, M | 1
Moqnie | “A Very Big Bunny” by Marisabina Russo | A, V, B, R | 0
Lanelle | The Devil in Beauty | D, I, H | 2
Monique | “Be Your Own Hero” by Lisa King | Y, O | 0
Monique | “Up the Creek” by Nicholas Oldland | U, N | 0

Previous total: 35 points
This Verse: 3
Total:

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two (hide spoiler)]

Completion Post

Book read: Wild Honey by Veronica Sattler
Complete word or letters: letters - S, W
Started: 2/8/2020
Finished: 2/9/2020
Pages read during challenge: 192
Rating: 3 stars

Book read: Fatal Exchange by Lisa Harris
Works for: letters E, L
Started: 2/6/20
Finished: 2/6/20
Pages read during challenge: 320
Rating: Undetermined

Great work, team! Our third verse is now complete! Now we'll just need to wait to make any more posts here until Melanie posts our totals and signals the start of our next verse (Proverbs 3:5). :)

Team Esther:

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
-James 4:7

SUBMIT * YOURSELVES * THEREFORE *
TO * GOD. * RESIST * THE* DEVIL, * AND * HE *
WILL * FLEE * FROM * YOU.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Monique | The Great Flood" by Matt Koceich | T, G, F, M | 1
Moqnie | “A Very Big Bunny” by Marisabina Russo | A, V, B, R | 0
Lanelle | The Devil in Beauty | D, I, H | 2
Monique | “Be Your Own Hero” by Lisa King | Y, O | 0
Monique | “Up the Creek” by Nicholas Oldland | U, N | 0
Lanelle | Wild Honey by Veronica Sattler | S,W | 1
A. | Fatal Exchange by Lisa Harris | E,L | 3
+10 Verse completion bonus

Previous total: 35 points
This Verse: 17
Total: 52

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

#2

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
-Proverbs 3:5

_ _ _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _, * _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points


Previous total: 52
This Verse:
Total: 52

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two
Link to verse three (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

Current puzzle:

#2

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
-Proverbs 3:5

Upcoming Puzzles (just for planning/reading purposes, you need to finish the puzzles in order before posting any books for the next puzzles). :)

#24

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
-Matt 19:26

#32

When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
-Psalms 56:3

I am posting this FOR MARIA.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”

“T _ _ _ T * _ _ * T _ _ * _ O _ D * _ _ T _ * _ _ _ * _ O _ _ * _ _ _ _ T , _ _ D
* DO * _ O T * _ _ _ _ * O _ * _ O _ _ * O _ _ * _ _ D _ _ _ T _ _ D _ _ _ .”


*Book read: “Out of the Blue” by Michele Pollock Dalton
*Works for: O, T, D
*Read by: Maria
*Started: 2/8/20
*Finished: 2/12/20
*Pages read during challenge: 299
*Rating: 5 stars

Completion Post

Book read: Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews
Complete word or letters: letters - S, I
Started: 2/6/2020
Finished: 2/6/2020
Pages read during challenge: 140
Rating: 4 stars

Book read: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Complete word or letters: letters - N, A
Started: 2/13/2020
Finished: 2/13/2020
Pages read during challenge: 237
Rating: 4 stars

Book read: Mystery of the Glowing Eye by Carolyn Keene
Complete word or letters: letters - G, E
Started: 2/15/2020
Finished: 2/16/2020
Pages read during challenge: 200
Rating: 3 stars

Book read: "A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live" by Emily P. Freeman
*Complete letter(s): L, U, Y
*Started: 2/16/20
*Finished: 2/18/20
*Pages read during challenge: 218
*Rating: 2 stars

I am posting this FOR A./ABIGAIL, completing our Proverbs 3:5 verse. :)

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”

*Book read: "Star Rising" by Janet W. Ferguson
*Complete letter(s): R, W
*Read by: A./Abigail
*Started: 2/8/20
*Finished: 2/14/20
*Pages read during challenge: 260
*Rating: Undetermined

*Book read: "A Melody for James" by Hallee Bridgeman
*Complete letter(s): H
*Read by: A./Abigail
*Started: 2/16/20
*Finished: 2/16/20
*Pages read during challenge: 330
*Rating: Undetermined

Our fourth verse (Proverbs 3:5) is now complete! Well done, team! :)

Team Esther:

#2

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
-Proverbs 3:5

TRUST * IN * THE * LORD * WITH * ALL * YOUR * HEART, * AND * DO * NOT * LEAN * ON * YOUR * OWN * UNDERSTANDING.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points

Maria | “Out of the Blue” by Michele Pollock Dalton |*Works for: O, T, D | 2
Lanelle | Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews | S/I | 1
Lanelle | Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen | N/A | 2
Lanelle | Mystery of the Glowing Eye by Carolyn Keene | G/E | 2
Davine | "A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live" by Emily P. Freeman | L/U/Y | 2
A. | "Star Rising" by Janet W. Ferguson | R/W | 2
A. | "A Melody for James" by Hallee Bridgeman | H | 3
+10 (verse completion bonus)

Previous total: 52
This Verse: 24
Total: 76

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two
Link to verse three (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

#24

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
-Matt 19:26

_ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _, * "_ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ * _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _* _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Reader | Book read | Letters/Word | Pages/Points



Previous total: 76
This Verse:
Total:

(view spoiler)[Link to verse one
Link to verse two
Link to verse three
Link to verse four (hide spoiler)]

Team Esther:

Current puzzle:

#24

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
-Matt 19:26

Upcoming Puzzles (just for planning/reading purposes, you need to finish the puzzles in order before posting any books for the next puzzles). :)

#32

When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
-Psalms 56:3

#21

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
-2 Tim 1:7

Team Esther - Verse #5 (Puzzle #24) - Matthew 19:26

“But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”


*Book read: "Imagine… The Fall of Jericho" by Matt Koceich
*Complete letter(s): I, T, J
*Read by: Monique
*Started: 2/7/20
*Finished: 2/13/20
*Pages read during challenge: 112
*Rating: 4 stars

I am posting this FOR MARIA, for the Matthew 19:26 verse.

“But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”


*Book read: “Out of Control” by Michele Pollock Dalton
*Complete letter(s): O, M
*Read by: Maria
*Started: 2/17/20
*Finished: 2/17/20
*Pages read during challenge: 269
*Rating: 5 stars