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Task 30.12 - A tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 2: Federation Square (nonfiction) - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands ('City' in title) - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Challenge total = 165

15.10 Fancy Free-free choice-

Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodread Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Points: 15
Grand Total: 25


Option 2: Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
The song.
The Lady in my Life
My total so far. 20.

1. CUPCAKE WARS -

6. THE AARTI PARTY -

Catherine Chung is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 170
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 1


25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
Option B:(Australian Author)

AND
Option C:(road in title)

Total Points = 515

5.7 What's Your Name Again?
Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead by Robert Brockway
Robert is #3 on the list for male names.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

See the clouds on the horizon of this Warner Vision publication.
James Patterson is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2,951
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)

25.3 - Ashley FL's task: Naming the Storm
Please read two books:
Book A: Please read a book for which the author, as listed on Goodreads, has a first, middle or last name from one of the Atlantic Cyclone Names lists.
Chamomile Mourning by Laura Childs
Laura from Tropical Cyclone Names - Atlantic names 2014.
Book B: Read a book which has all the letters from the word STORM in the title.
Two Widows and the Thrift Store Murders by Ruth Ross
TWO WIDOWS AND THE THRIFT STORE MURDERS
30.4 -- DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something
Goodreads just celebrated 10 million members and Otis announced the top 5 most popular groups on Goodreads. Check out what makes these groups so popular by visiting the "read" bookshelves of these 5 groups and reading a book from 2 different groups’ shelves.
2. The Next Best Book Club
#15 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (GRA)
4. The Sword and Laser
#16 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Points this task: 55
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

Stop 5: Melbourne museum and Carlton Gardens
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
This book has been on my TBR since the day I joined GR over a year ago.
Loaned the book from library.
Stop 7: University of Melbourne
Beautiful Demons by Sarra Cannon
First book of "Peachville High Demons" series. Takes place in high school. Kindle freebie.
E-book approved - verification thread msg#1581
Nicholas Sparks and Sarra Cannon are Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

Task #5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
pg. 31 - post 1545
Task #5.9 - Cold AND Bigger (series option)
The Language of Bees (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #9) by Laurie R. King
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 10 points.

Task #15.4 - Bond, James Bond
I read ONE book that satisfied TWO options.
The Fallen Angel: A Novel by Daniel Silva
Option 1: The Spy Who Loved Me "The Fallen Angel" was listed in Goodreads in the genre "spy thriller".
Option 3: The Best Bond? Author Daniel Silva same first name as Bond Daniel Craig.
Task #15.5 - A Drop in the Bucket
Black List by Brad Thor(GR Author)
This book was number eleven in the "Scot Harvath" series. All have been simply great.
Task #20.9 - Lucky me
Option A: Read a book by an author that has a first or last name that starts with either S, O, or N.
Journey to the Fringeby Kelli Swofford Nielsen (GR Author)
Task #25.1 Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
Option 1-B:Read an anthology of short stories or novellas
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Option 3-B: Read the next big thing by choosing a book from the following list: Most Popular Books Published In 2012
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (GR Author) is currently #6 on this list.
posted points = 75
my total ponts = 75

10.3 Moniker Challenge
Cinnamon
by V.C. Andrews
*first name starts with V*
20.3 Homage to Comic Books
Option 2 Die roll 2:
Lost in Bliss
by Sophie OakGRA
*has romance as a genre*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280/1110
Tasks: 16
Books: 21
Goodreads Authors: 11

Task 30.1- How Do I say This!... Roll 2 dice and read a book that matches each of the number options rolled:
I first rolled a #2 (A Picture's Worth...read a graphic novel/illustrated book) and I read

My second dice roll was a #4 (Mr. Watson, Come Here...read a book by an author whose intials are found in B-E-L-L-PH-O-N-E):
I enjoyed my first read for this task so much that I decided to read another one and read

Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 165
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Let's try this again.
Task 5.4
My birthday is 10/19 so I went to the 19th page of the Summer Reading Challenge and chose Message # 934 which is Iron Lake
message 934: by Sheila
Jul 10, 2012 02:10am
Sheila
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 4: Canyonlands National Park, Utah (element in title)
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
Task # 10.3
The Vanishing Point
Task 15.1
Option A. Landlocked country Austria Hungary (the name of this land during WWI when the book was set)The Sojourn
Option B. Any other country Great BritainKind of Cruel
Task# 20.10
Ender's Game
Sorry to be so dense. Obviously this is my first try at this. I hope I've got everything corrected this time

Last Post 546
5.2 - Do It Again
Tangle of Need - Nalini Singh(GR Author) - also fits 15.5, this is book 11 in the series, book 12 is due out in 2013
10.2 - Trick or Treat!
Frog - Mary Calmes(GR Author) - I've never really been a huge halloween fan, so I tend to go for very simple costumes and since I am going to a reader’s conference right before Halloween and we are having a cowboy/cowgirl night – I’m going to go as a Cowboy; Frog approved in #1574 of the ebook verification thread
10.4 -- Water Signs
Seduce Me in Dreams - Jacquelyn Frank (GR Author) - According to her GR Author profile she was born Feb 22, which makes her a Pisces like me
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Only One Life - song title - The Lady in My Life
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
rolled 2 for use in Option 2 – book with romance as a genre
The Trouble With Valentine's Day - 28 people have it shelved as Chick-Lit
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
Book 1 - Option 3A - Keys to Love - S.J. Frost(GR Author) - #3 in the Conquest series, as indicated on GR
Book 2 - Option 4A - The Gilded Web - I would love to go back in time to Regency England, so that I could visit Almacks and White’s and all those places I have read about for years
Total Points This Post: 110
Total Points Overall: 360
Books Completed: 28
Tasks Complete: 22
GR Authors: 19
Big Book Tickers: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

30.4 -- DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something
1) Book from the shelve of Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2) Book from the shelve of The Next Best Book Club
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: Fantasy Land (Fantasy)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Option 4: Tomorrow Land (Science Fiction)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Points this Post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
As a member of that group, I know that book isn't on the list. Perhaps you want to change it before you end up on the "wall of shame." ;)

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 65
GR Authors:
Big Books:


10.4 -- Water Signs
Welcome to Last Chance by Hope Ramsay -- Ramsay's GRs profile lists her birthday as March 3, making her a Pisces.
15.5 -- A Drop in the Bucket
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb -- book #20 in a series with 30+ books
Points this post: 25
Season Total: 115


10.6 The Rocky Horror Picture Show-Page 3 of List
1.The Outsiders

Popular Cult Classics List Page 3
Points Earned This Task:10
Points Achieved to Date: 315/1110
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

(preferred: because the bus is free, try to read only books you didn't pay for)
Stop 5: Melbourne Museum and Carlton Gardens - a book that's been on my TBR list too long:
An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
this was the last of a pile of books my daughter gave me when she cleared out her shelves - so I didn't pay for it.
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands - a book with WATER in the title:
Esther Waters by George Moore
this was a free kindle book
Total points 315


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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Ten Girls to Watch: A Novel - 28 people have it shelved as chick lit
Total should now be 360
**SORRY!!**
Dlmrose
5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
nine in title
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman
15.1 - See the Sea?
book 1- landlocked Azerbaijan: Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said
book 2- coastal Panama- Seducing the Spirits by Louise Young
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
song: The Girl is Mine: Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
option 2- The Empty Child (and I agree, super creepy) set in WWII: Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War by Bill Sloan
total 290
5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
nine in title
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman
15.1 - See the Sea?
book 1- landlocked Azerbaijan: Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said
book 2- coastal Panama- Seducing the Spirits by Louise Young
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
song: The Girl is Mine: Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
option 2- The Empty Child (and I agree, super creepy) set in WWII: Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War by Bill Sloan
total 290

Read a book by an author whose first name is in the top 10 first names for the past century.

Post #1580
Points this Post: 05
Total points: 175
Tasks Completed: 13
Books read: 18
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

task 20.7 Show Must Go On
Legally Blond (Chick lit)
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
Task 25.4 Fall into TV
4A: The Evil Inside by Heather Graham
6A: Sacred Evil by Heather Graham
**Claiming 2 GRA tickets for 2 Heather Graham books
TOTAL:145

20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2: Rolled a 2
The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
Romance genre
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
1. Wicked
Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis
Fantasy genre
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 3A:
To Perish in Penzance by Jeanne M. Dams
#7 in Dorothy Martin series
Option 4A:
Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn
Set in 1920s
Lauren Willig is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets:

The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
I could use Winter Banana, Winter Gem, or Winter Wonder as my apple variety.
10.4 Water Signs
Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey, who was born June 24, 1950.
20.6 Seasoned Reader--Carly's Task--The Doctor Is Calling
1. Mystery Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
20.9 Lucky Me--Emily Bookshelf's Task--Fall Months
A. Author's last name starts with S: Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution by Rebecca Stott
Today's total: 55
Grand Total: 340

From Sheila's 150 Mysteries - The Columbus Affair by ***Goodreads Author Steve Berry
From Kathy G's 150 Fantasy books - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 205/1110
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

15.2 On Pins and Needles
Book A: Suspense on main page:Shattering Glass
Book B: Next book in newly discovered series:It's Not Summer Without You


Jenny Han is a GRA
Points Earned This Task:15
Points Achieved to Date: 330/1110
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

10.10 Back to School
I graduated high school in 2003 (decade 2000-2010), so I read The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom which was published in 2010.
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 10
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0

20.7-Shorter is Sweeter-Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
I chose the musical Wicked and read a fantasy novel: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
I'm also claiming a big book ticket since this book had just under 1000 pages.
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 30
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0

I completed:
20.4-Author! Author!-Sarah the Librarian's Task: Family Celebrations
I chose Option #2 My Mother and read:
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
I am also claiming a big book ticket...this one had 736 pages!
Tasks Complete: 3
Total Points: 50
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0
MICHAEL LA
15.8 - Cause This is Thriller
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Song title: The Lady in My Life
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 75
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total books: 7
Total pages: 1688
15.8 - Cause This is Thriller
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Song title: The Lady in My Life
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 75
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total books: 7
Total pages: 1688

The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins from The Sword and Laser
Catching Fire By: Suzanne Collins from Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Points for task: 30
Points so far: 60

On page 24 (my birthday is 7/24), message 1183 for task 20.9
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
25.6 Reading for the Video Game Junkie
Option 1: Book 4 of the Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series
Vector by Robin Cook
Option 6: Book published in 1859
Adam Bede by George Eliot
***Adam Bede is a Big Book***
30.12 A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 2: Federation Square-Any non-fiction book
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
This was a free book from the library
Stop 11: William Street-Book written by an author named 'Elizabeth'
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
This was a gift I received a few years ago.
***The Historian is a big book***
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 275
Tasks Complete: 20

5.6 An Apple a Day
The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
I could use Winter Banana, Winter Gem, or Winter Wonder as my apple variety.
10.4 Water Signs
Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey, who was born June 24, 1950.
20.6 Seasoned Reader--Carly's Task--The Doctor Is Calling
1. Mystery:
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
20.9 Lucky Me--Emily Bookshelf's Task--Fall Months
A. Author's last name starts with S:
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution by Rebecca Stott
Today's total: 55
Grand Total: 340

The Likeness by Tana French
My birthday is June 28th. Tana French is listed in post 1354 of the Summer thread on page 28.
**The Likeness is a Big Book at 698 pages**
5.9 Colder & Bigger!
number9dream by David Mitchell
25.1 Food Network Challenge
2A: Death: A Life by George Pendle

There is a scythe on the cover. This was pre-approved in the task help thread.
2B: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
This was a nominee for Fall 2012.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books: 10
Pages Read: 3,871
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid by J. Maarten Troost
I went to China 3 years ago, and I have been fascinated by that country for a while. This book was a China travel memoir.
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 9
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 6284

The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp. Marshall Karp is a GRA.
20.4: Author! Author!: Sarah the Librarian's Task: Family Celebrations:
Option 4: Romance:
Now You See Her by Linda Howard
30.11: Peebee's Task: Summer Smashers Not Fall Forgotten:
singer: Option 4: set in Florida
Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
song: Option 5: Smith or Jones:
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
30.12: Coralie's Task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 9: The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Stop: 11: Murder on the Ghost Walk by Ellen Elizabeth Hunter
Points this Post: 90.
Total Points: 355.
2 GRA this post.

Book 1: Singer- Option 2A
Siddhartha- Primary Character is known only by one name.
Book 2: Song - Option 5B
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith- Author's name is Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 230
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 16
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(1)

15.1 Book 1. Read a book set in a landlocked country. I read Doctor Fischer Of Geneva: Or, The Bomb Party by Graham Greene, set in landlocked Switzerland. 156 pages
Book 2. Read a book set in a country with a coastline. I read Crimini: the Bitter Lemon book of Italian crime fiction ed by Giancarlo De Cataldo, set in Italy, a country with a significant coastline. 385 pages
15.4 Bond, James Bond I went with the one book option and read

15.9 Starry, Starry Night
I read

Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 325
Pages Read: 7,616
Big Books: 500+ (1)

30.8 Fall holidays


25.1 Food network


Tasks points 55
Total points 140


10.2 - Trick or Treat! Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison (Costume would be a Witch)
10.5 - Time Warp Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
10.8 - Fall TV Embracing You, Embracing Me by Michelle Bellon (TV Show - It's Me or the Dog)
10.9 - 9...10...11 A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn (371 pages so 3+7+1=11)
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Book 1: (Option 3) Rocky Road Trip by Catherine Clark
Book 2: (Option 6) Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 220/1110
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
Pages read: 4823

30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1- Fantasy - Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
Option 6- Fiction - Evidence of Things Unseen
Points this post: 30 pts
Challenge total: 125 pts
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
GRA: 1 (Perry)
Big Books: 0 (500+); 0 (750+0; 0 (1000+)

I read I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern. This book has 180 pages and when added together = 9.
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
I read Midnight Playground by Eliza Gayle. This book was approved in line 379 of spreadsheet. This book was published in 2010.
*Eliza Gayle is a GR author*
Points this post- 30
Total Points- 205
GR Authors- 9

Tiger(s) in the title:
Tigers in Red Weather: A Novel by Liza Klaussmann
+15 Task
Grand Total: 115

10.3 Moniker Challenge:
The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo
Izzo starts with an I.
Kim Izzo is a Goodreads Author.
10.8 Fall TV:
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
One of my favorite shows is "Once Upon A Time". The word is "once".
Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads Author.
10.9 9...10...11:
The Demi-Monde: Winter by Rod Rees
522 pages which adds up to 9.
I want to claim a Big Book Ticket for a 500 page book.
15.5 A Drop In the Bucket:
Schism by Catherine Asaro
Schism is #10 in the Skolian Empire series.
Catherine Asaro is a Goodreads Author.
15.7 Show Your Stripes:
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
20.3 Homage To Comic Books:
Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep
I rolled a 2 - "Romance"
Jennifer Estep is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 80
Total Points - 290/1110
Books - 27/86
Pages - 9426
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
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Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
(The main character, Amy, is in high school)
*Morgan Matson is a goodreads author
Total: 140 points
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 5980