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20.7 The Show Must Go On#1: Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, shelved under Fantasy.
20.3 Homage to Comic Books
#3: Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, shelved under Science Fiction.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2215
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.6 — The Rocky Horror Picture ShowFound on page 1 of the Cult Classics List:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
+10 Points
Grand Total: 100
Michelle WI20.5 Love to Dance
option 3
Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How To Get From Monday To Friday...In 12 Days by Erma Bombeck
authors initials in the world BALLET
20.6 The Doctor is Calling
option 4: The Doctor's Wife
Coraline by Neil Gaiman *****
read a book written by Neil Gaiman, director of episode
30.6 Reading through Disney World
option 5: Liberty Square
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn *****
shelved horror
option 7: Toontown Fair
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
shelved young adult
***** Gillian Flynn and Neil Gaiman are Goodreads Authors *****
Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Allison Joy20.2 Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1:
by Jill MansellPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Nick KY25.5 Stacie MI’s Water, Water Everywhere
I read:
First Book: Gas – 1.A. “Mist” in the Title – Soldier of the Mist
by Gene Wolfe, 335 pagesSecond Book: Liquid – 2.A. Water on the Cover – Lost
by Michael Robotham, 352 pages30.12 Coralie’s Tour of Melbourne I chose to stop at
Stop #1 – the arts precinct – read a play – I read A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill. 176 pages
Stop #8 -- Queen Victoria Market – read a book first published before 1880 – I read The Coming Race by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, first published in 1871. 208 pages
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 245
Pages Read: 5,240
Task 30.5 - Fall Shelf Cleaning
Option 1 (Historical Fiction genre): Nicholas Nickleby ***Big book 957 pages = 2 tickets*** by Charles Dickens
Option 7 (Big book >500pg): The Talisman ***Big book 672 pages = 1 ticket*** by Stephen King and Peter Straub ***GR Author***
Big book tickets this post = 3
Total Big Book Tickets = 4
GR Authors this post = 1
Total GR Authors = 2
Challenge total = 90
Finished:30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
For 2A I read a book with 'Science Fiction' listed as a genre:
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
and
For 5B I read a book with 'Romance' listed as a genre:
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 30
Season Total: 60
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.6 -- Seasoned Reader
Option 4 read a book with "romance" as a genre on its main page: 44 Charles Street
Points Earned This Task:20
Points Achieved to Date: 240/1110
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween1A. The Meryl Streep Movie Club by Mia March
Mia March is a Goodreads author.
4A. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
I would like to visit England in the time of Jane Austen. This book takes place in 1803.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
GR authors: 7
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months Option A: author that has a last name that starts with S - Stiefvater.
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Task 10.1 - Show You Care, Be Aware (pink on cover)
Task 10.3 - Moniker Challenge
Qb VII by Leon Uris
Task 15.5 - A Drop in the Bucket
The Black Ice - #2 in the Harry Bosch series. This series has 16 published books, although the GR page http://www.goodreads.com/series/40769... is confused beyond book #15.
Michael Connelly is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 35
Tasks completed this post: 3
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0, 1
Total points: 35
Total tasks completed: 3
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Readerboard ID : JENBENT20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2, rolled a 3 - SciFi genre on main page
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sheila15.7 - Show Your Stripes
Sleeping Tigers by Holly Robinsonapproved #1563 for length
Total Points = 380
CHRISTINE USTask 10.8 Fall TV
TV Show "Burn Notice"
Burn b Linda Howard
Task 10.9 9-10-11
Task 10.When in Doubt, Add Butter
by Beth Harbison
pages: 352
3+5+2 = 10
***Beth Harbison is a GR author
TOTAL: 55
Keltie Lee15.7 - Show Your Stripes
by Yann Martel
*book with a tiger on the cover*
30.6 Reading through Disneyworld
Option 6: Main Street
One to Keep
by Sophie Oak
*Non-fiction not listed as a genre*
Option 7: Toontown Fair
The Boy Recession
by Flynn MeaneyGRA
*YA listed as a genre*
Points this post: 45
Total points: 210/1110
Tasks: 12
Books: 17
Goodreads Authors: 10
20.7 - The Show Must Go OnOption 2: The Plugged-In Manager: Get in Tune with Your People, Technology, and Organization to Thrive by Terri L. Griffith
"THE" can be found in HAKUNA MATATA / NO WORRIES
Approved in post 10 of the help thread.
Terri L. Griffith is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 6
Total pages: 2,782
Total books: 7
Allison Joy20.3: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2--The dice rolled a 2--Romance
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver.
*Lauren Oliver is a goodreads author*
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds AwayCan't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
One of the major characters is an Angel which could be a Halloween costume.
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 200
Tasks Completed: 11
Books read: 14
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Lindsay G.30.10 Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
2A. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley
[Read a book with 'Science Fiction' listed as a genre on its home page]
2B. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn GRA
[Read a book with 'Horror' listed as a genre on its home page]
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 65/1110
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1782
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: SARAH COLETask #10.9 - 9...10...11
Read a book in which the numbers in the page count, when added together, total 9, 10 or 11.
I read The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan which has 127 pages (1+2+7 = 10).
Task #20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
I chose option 4: The Doctor's Wife and read La Confusion Des Sentiments by Stefan Zweig which has "romance" as a genre listed on its main page.
Previous Points: 105
Points this Post: 30
Points to Date: 135
GR Author tickets claimed (to date): 2
P.S.: Is "which has" correct in the context of my message? Shouldn't I write "which have" instead?
Sandy MN30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 1 - Historical fiction on genre page
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley
Goodreads Author
Option 3 - First/Last names begin with same letter
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Goodreads Author
Total Points: 180
Total GR Authors:5
Mod
15.3 Bookends
One book: Fireproof F-F by Alex Kava A-A
15.7 - Show Your Stripes
set in Republic of Georgia: A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux
25.8 -- Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical
option A, last name 10+: Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski 12 letters
option C: diacritical: Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé
total = 205
20.3 - HOMAGE TO COMIC BOOKS - I chose option 2 and rolled a 3 and read Impact which has Science Fiction on its home page.20.6 - THE DOCTOR IS CALLING - I chose option 2 THE EMPTY CHILD and read City of Thieves which is set during WWII Russia.
20.7 - THE SHOW MUST GO ON - I chose THE LION KING and read But Remember Their Names. NAMES can be found in hAkuNa Matata/no worriES.
TOTAL POINTS - 120
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 0
BIG BOOKS - 1
30.2 mystery: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
fantasy: The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Total: 90 Points
Tasks Completed: 6
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 4866
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday Page 1, Post 50
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 40
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.6- Chasin' Those Clouds Away!... read a book with clouds on the cover:
I read
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik 288 pages (9.19)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 95
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.3 Sail AwayLots of action on boats as Marlow heads up the Nile River.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
5.6 An Apple A Day
Hidden Rose Apple variety
A Hidden Affair by Pam Jenoff
***Pam Jenoff is a GR Author***
30.7 Title Train
Book 1: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and using the word 'death'
Book 2 (choosing to ignore the article 'the'): The Death of a King by Paul Doherty
Post Total: 40
Tasks Complete: 17
Mod
I read The House at Sea's End
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
I read The Invisible Man. Since I can't exactly make myself invisible, I'd dress like he did at the beginning of the book, wrapping myself in bandages.
10.8 -- Fall TV
I always liked the show Lost, so I read Lost Horizon
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
I chose option B and read A Discovery of Witches, published in 2011.
Total points: 160
Mod
P.S.: Is "which has" correct in the context of my message? Shouldn't I write "which have" instead?
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Your usage was right - it's "which has" because the "which" refers to "book" and that's a singular noun.
Rudy15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
by Chris BohjalianPoints this Task:15
Total challenge points: 60
Task completed:7
Goodreads author:1
Delicious Dee
Last Post 261
5.1 - I Did It!
Confessions of a Not It Girl - Melissa Kantor (GR Author)
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
- Melissa Mayhue (GR Author) - quite a bit of pink in various places on the cover10.7 - School Supplies
- Con Riley (GR Author) - there is a computer mouse on the cover – approved in the THT10.10 -- Back to School
Borkmann's Point - I graduated high school in the 1990’s, this book was first published in 1994
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
- Kendall McKenna (GR Author) - there are clouds on the cover30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
Book 1 - Rolled 3 - Funny Letters from Famous People
Book 2 - Rolled 6 -The Stonecutter - translated from Swedish
30.4 -- DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something
Book 1 - The Next Best Book Club - The Lifeboat - Charlotte Rogan (GR Author)
Book 2 - Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy - A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole (GR Author)
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Book 1 - Stop 2 - Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume - Multiple GR Authors in the contributors
Book 2 - Stop 3 - Scored - Lily Harlem (GR Author) - main characters are soccer players; line 475 of the ebook only spreadsheet
**Both books were obtained free – the first from the library, and the second borrowed through the Kindle Owners Lending Library**
Total Points This Post: 140
Total Points Overall: 250
Books Completed: 20
Tasks Complete: 15
GR Authors: 15
Big Book Tickers: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
20.7 The Show Must Go OnOption 2-The Lion King
The word "OWN" is contained in "NO WORRIES".
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story by Abraham Verghese.
20.9 Fall Months
Option A: This author's first name starts with "S".
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain.
Susan Cain is a Goodreads author.
30.8 Fall Holidays
Option 3: This book has a gaudy cover, and was approved in the task help thread.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson.Option 4: This book was written by a talk show host.
Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres.
30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 2 A: This book has "science fiction" as a genre on its main page.
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan.
Hillary Jordan is a Goodreads author.
Option 4 B: There is water on the cover.
Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs.Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 100
Total points: 195
Tasks: 10
Books: 13
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 500=1
Chaitra15.9 STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
Read a book with a star on the cover.
I read Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer.
Lydia Netzer is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 15
20.9 FALL MONTHS
Choosing,
Option A. Read a book by an author whose first/last name starts with S/O/N.
I read Silence by Shusaku Endo. Author's first name starts with an S.
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 295
Big Books: 500(1), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 7
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Finished: 22
Pages Read: 6,907
Sheila20.9 FALL MONTHS
Option A. Read a book by an author whose first/last name starts with S/O/N.
An American Spy by Olen SteinhauerTotal Points = 400
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations3. 'Romance' on home page- I read Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
1. 'Mystery' on home page- I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.
*Maria Semple is a GR author*
Points this post- 40
Total Points- 155
GR Authors- 8
STACIE MITask 10.2 - Trick or Treat
I read:
Princess in Training by Meg Cabot
Because the main character is a Princess, my Halloween costume would be...a Princess (shocker, right?).
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 46
Pages read: 6767
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!Read a book in which a major character's occupation/state-of-being could be developed into a Halloween costume.
by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author)The lead's mother, father, love interest, uncle and bff are all superheroes who wear superhero costumes..mask and all.
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 170
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 17
GR Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 30.11 - Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
I decided to do options 1A and 5B.
For 1A, I read a book with a question mark in the title:
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
For 5B, I read a book with an author named "Smith":
Eruption by Roland Smith
Points this task: 30
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 48
Pages read: 7149
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX30.12 - Coralie's Task - A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 2 - Federation Square
I borrowed this non-fiction book from my husband.
by Bryan CaplanStop 5 - Melbourne Museum & Carlton Gardens
This book has been on my TBR list since 2009, and I got it as a gift.
by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 155
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Tickets: 1
CHRISTINE USTask 30.12 Tour of Melbourne
Stop 7
Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep
This is set at a boarding school
Task 11
The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Elizabeth is in the author's name
*** Susan Elizabeth Phillips & Jennifer Estep are both GRAs
TOTAL: 85
5.2 - Do It AgainRead a book that would also work for another task in this challenge.
Do Unto Others: Jesus Was A Liberal
by Bob Slate.This book would also work for 15.6 or 25.5 Option 1C (clouds on the cover) and was approve in the help thread - post #15.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 100/1110
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Readerboard: JeniferTask 30.10 Rocky Horror Halloween
4a: historical fiction A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir big book ticket=537 pages
5b: romance Something Witchy This Way Comes by HP Mallory goodreads author
Task Total: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
MariyaTask 10.4 -- Water Signs
I read In One Person by John Irving
John Irving's birthday is March 2, making him a Pisces, and therefore a Water sign.
Task 30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 3: Frontierland
I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
"Historical Fiction" is listed as one of this book's genres on the home page.
Option 6: Main Street
I fiction book that I chose to read for this task was The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
Points this Post: 40
Total points: 100
Amy D.20.3 -- Paul's Task: Homage to Comic Books
OPTION 2 - Rolled a 3.
#3 - Science Fiction or Fantasy
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
694 pgs claiming Big Book ticket
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Coralie10.7 School Supplies
School uniforms and notice board
10.8 Fall TV
I don’t watch much television, but I did enjoy My Family so I read
The Family at Misrule
15.2 On Pins and Needles
Book with genre ‘suspense’
Frenchman's Creek
Book I have been waiting for from library
God's War
15.5 A Drop in the Bucket
Three Hands in the Fountain – there are more than ten books in the Falco series
15.7 Show your stripes
Tiger in the title
Tiger in the Bush
Total points 220
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, AustraliaI chose:
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands and read a book with the word "city" in the title: Kansas City Cowboy by Julie Miller
and
Stop 10: Etihad Stadium & Victoria Harbour, Docklands and read a book with a boat on the cover:
-- it's hard to see, but there's a small white boat just above the O and the N in VisionsPoints this post: 30
Season Total: 90
20.4 Family Celebrations Option 2. My Mother (book by Stephen King or Dean Koontz)
Odd Hours byDean Koontz
20.5 Love to Dance
Option 3.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Authors initials (L and E) are found in "Ballet"
40 points this post
145 total points
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book with the color pink anywhere on the cover.
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Books read: 16
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)