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The Pokémon Go for Book Scavengers

How cool is it to uncover clues and solve puzzles that would lead you to hidden books throughout your city?  After reading this book, I’m wondering why we don’t have a game like this, because I would be the first to join.

Book Scavenger is an online game where players hide books in different cities in different places throughout the US.  The book scavenger must complete puzzles/ciphers to reveal clues to find the books.  I was immediately drawn to this Pokémon Go for Book Nerds and thought how cool it would be to actually play and participate in this game.  Of course, there are a bunch of other rules and such, but I’ll leave that for you, the reader to discover.

This is not a book I usually pick up when I’m browsing through the library or bookstore, but what a pleasant surprise.
The whole premise of this story was just…. well…..AWESOME!

The Creator of Book Scavenger, Garrison Griswold, has been seriously injured and at a time that he was to release a new, unique game for all players.  Emily has just moved to San Francisco and happens upon some clues that lead her into Griswold’s new game.  She is determined to beat it as she dives deeper into the conspiracy surrounding Griswold’s injury and the men after him.  She becomes intertwined in a world of landmarks, ciphers, secret codes, danger, and mystery.   You won't be able to put it down!

It was a nice change to step away from Sci-Fi a bit, since it seems that’s all I have been reading this summer.  You miss out on some great stuff when you get stuck in one genre.

Get your Book Scavenger on!  Who wants to start a new game?!!!  You will love this realistic Book Nerd mystery adventure!

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