[Archived] Smaug Check-in (Apr 2025)

Submit your Smaug-themed books below. Please use the following format:

Title:
Author:
Pages:
Date read:
Justification:

Title: The Last Devil to Die
Author: Richard Osman
Pages: 421
Date read: 4/1/25
Justification: There are many greedy people trying to hunt down a 6,000 year old box that has been smuggled into England and is worth $5 mil pounds.

Title: Stolen Midsummer Bride
Author: Tara Grayce
Pages: 202
Date read: 4/2
Justification: the main characters have to fight powerful monsters

Title: The Life We Bury
Author: Allen Eskens
Pages: 304
Date read: 4/3
Justification: the murderer is very frightening, definitely a psychopath

Updated to here

Title: Sun Rise of the Reaping
Author: Suzanne Collins
Pages: 382
Date Read: 4/2
Justification: A bunch of people murder children (specifically President Snow)

Title: The Mystery Guest
Author: Nita Prose
Pages: 293
Date read: 4/5
Justification: Cheryl is greedy and steals items of value to sell

Title: The Man in Black
Author: Elly Griffiths
Pages: 320
Date read: 4/8
Justification: this is a collection of short stories, which is sort of like a dragon hoard (a collection of objects)

Title: Bluebeard and the Outlaw
Author: Tara Grayce
Pages: 188
Date read: 4/9
Justification: there is a fearsome villain in the story

Title: Quicksilver
Author: Callie Hart
Pages: 624
Date read: 4/12
Justification: MC is both powerful and fearsome and keeps her own amongst more powerful creatures

Title: The Last Murder at the End of the World
Author: Stuart Turton
Pages: 368
Date read: 4/14
Justification: Hephaestus is a very large character, and he spends most of the story mad and threatening

Title: Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
Pages: 141
Date read: 4/25
Justification: Napoleon is a greedy pig, who set himself up as an unchallenged dictator

Updated to here... just a reminder that there is a how to on Touchstones in the Booked Code if you want to learn how to link directly to the books you are posting.

Current Scores

Dobby: 35
Smaug: 45