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A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
Orson Card Card is Mormon and is listed as one of the approved authors.
30.10 - A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 2b: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Has "horror" listed as a genre on its main page.
Option 3a: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Listed as third in the series.
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 320
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 13
Total pages: 6,942
Total books: 19

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling Birthday: June 24th (Cancer) per author page on GR
20.4 Author! Author!
Option 1: Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley Protagonist is a Painter
Jennifer Ashley is a GR Author
30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 2A: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Option 3A: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews 3rd in series
Veronica Roth and Ilona Andrews are GR Authors
Tasks completed this post: 3
Points this post: 60
Total points: 135
GR Authors (total): 5
Books read (total): 9

Option 2, #1 Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Cameron is the 16-year-old protagonist and he is a junior in high school.
Total: 145

Name #6: David
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
+5 Points
10.9 — 9…10…11
Pages: 324=9
Ride with Me, Mariah Montana by Ivan Doig
+10 Points
Points this Post: 15
Grand Total: 305

30.5 Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 4/Adventure on GR home page: Angel Burn
Option 6/Number in Title: Walk Two Moons


Points Earned This Task:30
Points Achieved to Date: 585/1110
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

15.2 - On Pins and Needles
Option A: Suspense - Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham (Goodreads author)
Option B: Eagerly awaiting - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery(Goodreads author)
25.5 - Stacie MI's Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
Option 2 A. Liquid - Water on cover - Miracle by Danielle Steel

Option 3 E. Solid - Snow on cover - Angel's Rest by Emily March (Goodreads author)

Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 350
GRA: 12 + 3 = 15

Task# 15.7 Show Your Stripes
Ichose a book set in Vietnam, a country in which tigers live;
What It is Like to Go to War by
Karl Marlantes
Task # 25.1 Mrs. Soule's Task: Food Network Challenge
Option 3 B. Book from the Most Popular Books Published in 2012 # 124 Broken Harbour by Tana French
Option 5 B: A book where the main character goes on a long journey The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. In this book the title character walks about 500 miles to visit a woman he knows that is dying of cancer. He promised he'd get there before she dies.

Option 1 the main character is a ballerina in NY city. The Cranes Dance byMeg Howrey
Points this post:20
Total points: 155 pts
Task completed13
Books read13

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
The costume would be a princess.
Gail Carson Levine is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45

Option 3: Main character owns Golden Retievers.
The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors to date: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0

15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
Read one book from a series that has at least 10 published books.
Time Untime by Sherilyn Kenyon
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Read a book with a word from one of the album's song titles in the book title or subtitle. Required: Please identify the song title when you post
Thriller/ Thrill of the Knight by Julia Latham
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
3: My parents - Shortly after Mom's birthday, we celebrate my parents' anniversary. This year will be their 28th. Read any book with "Romance" listed on its main genre page.
Bared to You by Sylvia Day
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0

25.5 Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
Option 2 C- 2 H's & 1 O: Unleashed by Nancy Holder
Option 3 C-Snow on cover:An Angel for Christmas


Approval Post for Option 2 C
Heather Graham is a GRA.
Nancy Holder is a GRA.
Points Earned This Task: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 610/1110
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

option 3. Wear Something Gaudy Day (October 17):

(cover accepted in the tasks help)
option 5. Look for Circles Day (November 2):

Circular full moon on the cover
Lara Adrian and Nicholas Sparks are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 24
Goodreads Author: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

This is a re-post of my post 1017 per Dlmrose's problem post 163
10.2 Trick or Treat

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
The Halloween costume is a mask and cape
Task points = 10
Total points = 30

A - Broken Harbour
B - Bitterblue - I'd been awaiting the third book of this series...
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night

20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
Jamie's Italy - I've been to Italy twice (study abroad 2001 and for a holiday in 2008) and grew interested in Italian cuisine after my visits. (Approved in task help thread msg #8.)
Tasks completed: 34/61
Books read: 41
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 490


First I would like to replace 20.9 Emily Bookshelf's... I had posted The Widow’s Daughter by Nicholas Edlin. I'll replace it with another book by an author whose first name begins with “N.” I read Songbook by Nick Hornby, which is 207 pages.
Next,
I would like to add
50.1 Robin (heart)’s Family Ties
I chose Option 4.b. (Robin’s Oldest Son, Big J) Book set in WWII. I read The Widow's Daughter: A Novel by Nicholas Edlin – moved from 20.9. (pages already counted)
And I chose Option 5.b. (Robin’s Youngest Son, Lil J) “Horror” as GR genre. This was my annual re-read of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, 121 pages.
And I chose Option 6.c. (Robin’s furry kids, Saturn and Murphy) Author’s initials can be found in ADOPTASHELTERDOG. I’ve highlighted two “D” s in the acceptable initials because I read The Strange Files Of Fremont Jones by Dianne Day. 272 pages
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 660
Pages Read: 14,163
Big Books: 500 + (2)

Task 30.11-Summer Smashes!... pick 2 options from the list: one "singer" and one "song":
I chose Option #1 (Pink..song= kissing couple on the cover) and read

I also chose Option #3 (Carly Rae Jepsen...singer= read a book whose author uses three full names) and read

Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 295
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 10
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)

20.9 - Lucky Me-Emily Bookshelf's Task: Fall Months
Option 2
Al Capone Shines My Shoes byGennifer Choldenko publication date: September 8, 2009
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175
Total books read: 15
Task completed: 14

25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
A: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
This is the book that inspired the task. It won the Printz Award in '09, according to the task description.
Melina Marchetta is a Goodreads Author.
B:
Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman
Elliot Perlman was born in Australia.
Seven Types of Ambiguity is a Big Book, with 640 pages.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 410
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

3. Wear Something Gaudy Day - a book with a brightly coloured cover:

A Carpet Ride To Khiva: Seven Years On The Silk Road by Christopher Aslan Alexander
5. Look for Circles Day - a book with circular objects, peaches, on the cover:

Peaches for Monsieur le Curé by Joanne Harris
Both books were approved in the Help Thread, posts 83 and 84.
Total points 510


Option 7: I read

Option 11: I read

Previous Points: 170
New total: 200
Total tasks: 9
Total books: 12

3. Robin
option A: 'Paranormal' listed as a genre on its GR home page.
Under Wraps by Hannah Jayne
4. Oldest Son aka Big J
option B: Read a book set during or about WW II (1939-1945)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
This is a Big Book - 550 pages
Markus Zusak is a Goodreads Author
6.Saturn and Murphy- Furry Kids
Option C: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in any order in ADOPTAS HELTE RDOG.
As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana by Richard Hammond
Points this post: 50
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 27
Goodreads Author: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)

15.10 Fancy Free
Book: Tender Mercies by Kitty Thomas
20.9 Fall Months
Book: Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
Notes: Published in 2010.
30.7 Title Train
Book 1: The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen
Book 2: Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine
Notes: KISS
This Post: 65
Points to Date: 390


15.10 Fancy Free
For a unit I am teaching: The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
I chose The Lion King, and made the word "Rise" from "No Worries". I read the book Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential by Deborah Kenny
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 125

5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
Page number: 22. Message 1061.
Don't Judge a girl by her cover by Ally Carter

Points this Post: 5
Total points- 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 263
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

5.5 - By the Sea
Word: Sea
Sea of Monsters

Points this Post: 5
Total points- 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages Read : 542
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
Book in Pink
Princess in Pink

Points this Post: 10
Total points- 20
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages Read : 817
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Task - 5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Read a book by an author whose first name is in the top 10 first names for the past century.
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 285
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 20
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+ (0)

10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
Book with pink anywhere on the cover

Points this post: 10
Points to date: 585
Goodreads authors to date: 5

20.10 Group Read:
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Review posted in message #35 in Like Water review thread.
30.9 Fall Happenings:
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Book #1 List for College Bound Seniors AND
Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Book #2, #32 on the Political Thrillers List
30.12 Melbourne Australia:
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
Stop #5, Melbourne Museum and Calton Gardens, on my To-Read list since May 2010
AND
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Stop #7, University of Melbourne, takes place in a boarding school.
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author
50.1 Family Ties:
Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
My Stepdad Option 2C, Patricia C. Wrede, PCW in CROSSWORDPUZZLE.
Blood Spirits by Sherwood Smith
Robin Option 3A, Paranormal in genre
Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey
My Oldest Son Option 4C Fantasy in genre
Sherwood Smith is a Goodreads Author.
Jacqueline Carey is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 130
Total Points - 930/1110
Books - 71/86
Pages - 25608
Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books:500+ - (3), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain
This book qualifies for several other tasks, including 25.4 (2D - published in last six months-May 2012); 25.5 (1B-green cover); and 30.6 (6-fiction).
15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away

This cover features clouds.
replacing San Miguel by T.C. Boyle, moved to 25.7
15.10 - Fancy Free
Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by Frank Langella
replacing Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore, moved to 25.7
20.8: Mormons Among Us
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale is a Mormon author, as specifically listed in the help thread.
Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author.
25.3 - Naming the Storm
Every Day by David Levithan
The hurricane name David was retired in 1979.
David Levithan is a Goodreads Author.
(replaces Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by Frank Langella, which was a Pacific name and therefore ineligible -- question thread, post 191. The other book (Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail) remains eligible.)
25.7 - Fun Fall Activities
National Bookfest
San Miguel by T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle attended this year's Bookfest.
(moved from 15.6)
The World Series
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
This book is 1st in the A Love Story series, which is new to me.
(moved from 15.10)
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Points this post: 75
Total points: 805/1110
Goodreads Authors: 2/26
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sheila wrote: "I was just wondering how my fellow SRC'rs made out with the storm. Our mods are all on the east coast. How are you ladies faring?"
Thanks for your concern, Sheila. Contrary to expectations and forecasts, we didn't have much trouble here in Richmond and Kristi is also fine - for once, Florida got left alone! Dlmrose, on the other hand, has no power.
Thanks for your concern, Sheila. Contrary to expectations and forecasts, we didn't have much trouble here in Richmond and Kristi is also fine - for once, Florida got left alone! Dlmrose, on the other hand, has no power.

3 new tasks
10.3 -- Moniker Challenge
Author's last name begins with 'Q'
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
15.3 Bookends
Option 1: Title starts and ends with same letter:
Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
Option 2: Author whose complete Goodreads name starts and ends with same letter:
Lynn Viehl: Nightborn
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
The last word in the title of the first book must match the first word of the title of the second book:
Cross & Cross Fire, both by James Patterson
Points this post = 55
Total Points = 580
Tasks Completed = 30
Pages read = 15,282


Task 20.2 - Calling all animal lovers
Option 1 (cat on cover): M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman **GR Author**
Total GR authors = 6
Challenge total = 420

Please delete: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain
10.4 - Water Signs
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach
Moggach's birthday is 6/28 (Cancer).
moved from 30.11
15.10 - Fancy Free
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain
replacing Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by Frank Langella, moved to 30.11
30.11 -- Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 5A - Pitbull (singer)
Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by Frank Langella
Frank Langella is an Oscar-nominated actor with 85 IMDb acting credits.
(replaces The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach, moved to 10.4. The other book (4B-Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins) remains eligible.
....every day I'm shufflin' shufflin' (stuck in a hotel in Boston, trying to get a flight back to DC after my flight Sunday was canceled, so I'm getting a lot of SRC-related work done...)
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Points this post: 5 (+10, -5)
Total points: 810/1110
Goodreads Authors: 0/26
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.10 -- Group Reads
Read one of the Group Reads selections, and make at least one post in the discussion thread for the book.
For the category "Culinary Fiction": Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... Comment 24
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Pick two (2) options from the following list: one “singer” and one “song.” The two options can be from the same or different songs.
Required: Please state the options you selected when you post. If using cover options, please include the book’s cover in your post. If your choices aren’t obvious, please explain the connection.
#2: Rihanna: Where Have You Been
B. Song: Select a book that is set in a location you’ve previously visited outside your home country. Required: Please state your home country and, if not contained in the book’s description, the location of the book’s setting that you’ve previously visited.
Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands is set in St. Lucia.
I live in the USA
#3: Carly Rae Jepsen: Call Me Maybe (Video)
A. Singer: Select a book whose author uses three full names
Karen Marie Moning Into the Dreaming
Points this post: 50
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0

1.My Mom - Option A: Rogue's Honor byBrenda Hiatt
3. Robin - Option A: (paranormal) Witch Hitlist by Catherine Bowman
Approved for length #796
Goodreads Author
5.My Youngest Son aka Lil J or Roo – Option A: (Book #1 in Series) True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
Approved for length #743
Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 50
Total points: 275
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 16
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Matched by Ally Condie Ally Condie was one of the task's suggested offers. Here's a link to an interview that makes it clear she's Mormon: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70...
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 170
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 0

20.10 Group Reads
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 605
Goodreads authors to date: 5

20.9 Fall Months
option A: authors last name starts with an "S"
Rules Of Prey by John Sandford
30.11 Summer Smashes not Fall Forgotten
I chose option 5 for both my singer and songwriter
#5A (The Lincoln Lawyer was made into a movie)
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly *****
#5B (last name Smith)
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith *****
***** Alexander McCall Smith and Michael Connelly are GR authors *****
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Objective: Clouds on cover
Storm Warning

30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
Rolled a 4: Lee Nichols (initials= L.N.)

Rolled a 6.
Original Language- French. Book: Phantom of the Opera
I speak English and Spanish.

Points this Post: 45
Total points- 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 5
Pages Read : 1655
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

30.12 A Tour of Melbourne, Australia.....
Stop 2: Read a non-fiction book.
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry
***Michael Perry is a Goodreads Author***
and
Stop 13: Read a book shelved under "war" on its main page.
On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood by Irmgard A. Hunt
+30
total: 95
tasks: 6
books: 8
GR Authors: 2

A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin – from list page 3
20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1: dog on cover
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 425

#3: A. Singer: Select a book whose author uses three full names (no initials or hyphenated names)
Joyce Carol Oates
Mysteries of Winterthurn (The Gothic Saga #3) (1984) by Joyce Carol Oates (Hardcover, 482 pages)
#4 B. Song: Select a book with a bird on the cover.

An Uncommon Education: A Novel (2012) by Elizabeth Percer (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 342 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Elizabeth Percer
285 + 30 = 315
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 285 + 30 = 315
Books read: 22
Pages read: 7,330
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Option 2: word 'dance' in the title
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
1112 pgs claiming Big Book ticket
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 20 points

1. A Wrinkle in Time

I chose from the
Mockingjay Read-Alikes
Points Earned This Task:5
Points Achieved to Date: 615/1110
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
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5.5 By The Sea:
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
"Bayou" is a body of water
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author.
15.2 On Pins And Needles:
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
"Suspense" on the main genre page AND
Left Hand Magic by Nancy A. Collins
Left Hand Magic was a sequel that I was eager to read.
Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads Author.
Nancy A. Collins is a Goodreads Author
20.1 Still Clinging To The Summer Vacation
Tone Your Tummy Type: Flatten Your Belly and Shrink Your Waist in 4 Weeks by Denise Austin
I realized during summer vacation that this was something I really needed to learn about!
20.9 Fall Months:
A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist
Option B published in 2011
25.3Naming The Storm:
Mind Storm by K.M. Ruiz
"Storm" in the title. AND
Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara West
"Michelle" was retired in 2001, it is on the Retired Atlantic names by year list.
K.M. Ruiz is a Goodreads Author.
I want to claim a Big Book Ticket 500+ pages for Cast in Shadow.
Points in this post - 85
Total Points - 800/1110
Books - 64/86
Pages - 22858
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Books:500+ - (3), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)