Duration: 1st January – 31st December 2021
Number of books: 40
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Duration
January 1st – December 31st

Levels
Shade ~ 10-20 books
Hell Spawn ~21-30 books
Demon ~ 31-40 books

Circle One: Limbo
“Here suffer those who did not sin, yet did not have the required portal of our faith. Their punishment is the denial of Paradise.”
Read a book…
1. where a character takes a journey over water. – The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
2. with a snake/lamia or sneaky character.
3. where a character is punished/blamed for something they didn’t do. – Kiss of Heat by Lora Leigh
4. where a character escapes danger.

Circle Two: Lust
“To this torment are condemned the carnal damned. Those for whom desire conquered reason.”
Read a book…
1. with a lusty character.
2. with a character you lust for.
3. with a tower on the cover.
4. tagged romance. – The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Circle Three: Gluttony
“For the ruinous fault of Gluttony, so are these sad souls broken by the rain and the mud.”
Read a book…
1. by an author you just can’t get enough of.
2. with a physically large character. – Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
3. with food/rain/mud in the story or on the cover.
4. with a title that begins with any letter in “gluttony”.

Circle Four: Greed
“For the crime of Greed do these souls suffer. Those clerks asquint of mind made no measured spending in life. And by contrast, in these Popes and Cardinals, greed practiced its excess.”
Read a book…
1. with a wealthy character.
2. tagged steampunk.
3. from the Wheel of Fortune.
4. with shapeshifters.

Circle Five: Anger
“See the souls over whom anger prevailed. In the warm bath of the sun they were hateful, down here in the black sludge of the river Styx do they wish they had never been born.”
Read a book…
1. with a tempermental character. – Beautiful Beast by E.J. Hill
2. with a character that annoys you.
3. with a red cover.
4. with fire magic or there is a fire.

Circle Six: Heresy
“Here you will find the heretics and followers of every cult and pagan sect, all buried together, burning in eternal fire.”
Read a book…
1. set in a city.
2. with a religious or spiritual character.
3. with a God/demon/angel.
4. tagged historical or time travel.

Circle Seven: Violence
“In violence, wounds and death are inflicted against one’s neighbors. This ring torments those who murder and plunder. And every soul wrongfully smites another.”
Read a book…
1. with fighting.
2. with a kick ass chick.
3. with a mythical creature.
4. with a forest or desert in the story.

Circle Eight: Fraud
“In violence, wounds and death are inflicted against one’s neighbors. This ring torments those who murder and plunder. And every soul wrongfully smites another.”
Read a book…
1. where a character tells a lie.
2. where somene steals something.
3. with more than 10 chapters.
4. where someone is killed.

Circle Nine: Treachery
“The lowest, blackest, and farthest from Heaven. Well do I know the way.”
Read a book…
1. with a title beginning with any letter in “treachery”. – Rolling with the Punchlines by Urzila Carlson
2. with the number 9 in the page count.
3. that features a hell dimension or underworld.
4. with a dark cover.

Defeat Lucifer
“I will reclaim my rightful place in Paradise. My path will be paved with the sins of Man, and yours shall be the bedrock of my return. And all that is good shall be gone from the universe forever!”
Read a book…
1. with over 666 ratings.
2. with an evil character.
3. where a character has an argument with a family member.
4. with a man on the cover.