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Finished20.6 The doctor is calling
Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie - option 1 / book about/ written by Agatha Christie
Task points 20
Total points 290
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I read Austenland by Shannon Hale, specifically listed in the task as an acceptable author.
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
For my first book, I used option 1B (anthology) and read The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 6, an anthology of science fiction/fantasy stories.
For my second book, I used option 3A (celebrity on cover) and read
- Michael J. Fox is the author, and his picture is on the cover.30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays
For my first book, I chose option 3 (gaudy cover) and read
- several bright colors here!For my second book, I chose option 4 (talk show host)and read
by Stephen Colbert - approved in HT as talk show host.Total points: 490
Results; Megan L10.3 - Moniker Challenge
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 9
Pages Read: 4,285
Audiobook minutes listened: 571
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Nick KY5.3 Sail Away I read Death Under Sail by C.P. Snow C P Snow, 255 pages. Most of the action takes place on a yacht.
5.4 Your Birthday My birthday falls on the 26th. On page 26 of the Summer Reads, Message 1268, I found after the quake by Haruki Murakami. 134 pages
5.8 Festival of Lights I re-read
The Wildfire Season (fire on the cover) by Andrew Pyper. 324 pages25.2 Immersedinbooks’ Share the Love
I chose Option B and read a book by an Australian author set in Australia:
The Idea of Perfection by Kate GrenvilleThe Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville, a book which also happened to win the Orange Prize. 416 pagesAnd I chose Option C – the word “Looking” is in the title. I read
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive by Zora Neale Hurston. 350 pagesPoints This Post: 40
Total Points: 700
Pages Read: 15,642
Big Books: 500 + (2)
Andy P.Task # 5.3 Sail Away book takes place on an ocean liner in the 1950's
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
10.9 -- 9...10...11Read a book in which the numbers in the page count, when added together, total 9, 10 or 11.
by Sean Wallace (editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author), Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author), Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author) , Jay Lake (Goodreads Author), Cat Rambo (Goodreads Author), Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)504 pages: 5+0+4=9
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 420
Tasks Completed: 29
Books read: 38
GR Authors: 33
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Janice CA15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away....
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry
***Michael Perry is a Goodreads author***
+15
total: 80
tasks: 6
books: 7
GR authors: 2
LDB15.9 STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
Charles Taylor and Liberia: Ambition and Atrocity in Africa's Lone Star State
"Star" is in the subtitle AND pictured on the cover (mostly).
Total points: 35
Pages read: 822
20.2 - Calling All Animal Lovers Option 3.
I read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audry Niffenegger **Goodreads Author**.
(The twins have a cat & utilize it to communicate with the ghost.)
20.3 - Homage to Comic Books
Option 2: 4. Humor
I listened to Damned by Chuck Palahniuk on Audiobook.
20.5 - Love to Dance
Option 3: Author's initials found in BALLET
I listened to Gossamer by Lois Lowry on Audiobook.
20.6 - The Doctor is Calling
Option 3.
The book about books I read was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
20.9 - Fall Months
Listened to The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka on audiobook.
Points this post - 100
Total points - 100
30.6 - Reading through DisneyworldOption 1 - Fantasy land
Listened to When You Reach Meby Rebecca Stead on audiobook. AND
Option 3 - Frontierland
Read Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo (my alltime favorite book!)
30.12 - Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 1.
Listened to the Play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett on audiobook. AND
Stop 13.
Listened to Night by Elie Wiesel on audiobook.
Points this post - 60
Total points - 160
25.6 - Video Game Junkie!Option 2 - Horror
Read The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier AND
Option 5 - Mystery
Read A Painted House by John Grisham **Goodreads Author**
Points this post - 25
Total points - 185
Task 30.8 - Fall holidays
3. Wear Something Gaudy Day (brightly colored cover): The Secret by Julie Garwood
5. Look for Circles Day (circular object on cover is the gear above the title) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Challenge total = 460
I'm excited to have power and heat back after Hurricane Sandy, so my first post below seems especially appropriate...!25.3 Naming the Storm
A. I read The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman -- the name Tony is on the 2012 list (right after Sandy!)
B. I read Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe -- STORies and My spelling out storm
30.11 Summer Smashes
SINGER: #6 -- I read In a Sunburned Country which is set in Australia
SONG: #2 -- I read Rip Tide by Stella Rimington, which is set in England (I live in the U.S. and have visited England previously). Since the book is mostly populated by MI5 and MI6 agents, their England is quite different from the one I visited! ;)
New Total: 195
Keltie Lee15.3 Bookends
One book option:
Thirst
by Lisa Worrall
*Thirst by Lisa Worrall
20.4 Family Celebrations
Option 3:
Unshakeable Faith
by Lisa Worrall
*romance as a genre
30.12 A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Option 5:
Letting Go!
by Mara Fox
*has been on my TBR list since I got my ereader, it came with some novels preloaded onto it*
Option 7:
Plan B
by Jenny O'Connell
*set in high school*
Points this post: 65
Total points: 655/1110
Tasks: 37
Books: 48
Goodreads Authors: 18
CathyG20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 4: The Doctor's Wife -
For this option, you can read a book with "romance" as a genre on its main page.
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks
30.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Goodreads - Good Friends
For this task you will read 2 books:
Book 1: Choose a book from Sheila's 150 mystery books to-be-read-soon shelf
Fragile by Lisa Unger
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Choose a book from Kathy's 150 fantasy books to-be-read-soon shelf
Poison Study by Maria Snyder
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware 
by Shannon Hale (pink shirt on cover)Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author.
15.10 Fancy Free
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling 503 pages
1 big book ticket claimed
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book tickets: 1
STACIE MITask 15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
I read a book with "stars" in the title:
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, the Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald
Points this task: 15
Total points: 700
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 99
Pages read: 14456
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.4 Bond, James BondI've chosen one book that satisfies two options:
Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case by Michael Bond
Option 2: This is the 7th book in the Monsieur Pamplemousse series.
Option 3: The author's name is Bond.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 665
10.9 -- 9...10...11Read a book in which the numbers in the page count, when added together, total 9, 10 or 11.
by Sean Wallace (editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author), Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author), Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author) , Jay Lake (Goodreads Author), Cat Rambo (Goodreads Author), Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)504 pages: 5+0+4=9
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 420
Tasks Completed: 29
Books read: 38
GR Authors: 27
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
5.8 - Festival of Lights Beast Of Darkness (Knights of White #3) by Lisa Renee Jones
10.3 - Moniker Challenge - Lightning Strikes by V.C. Andrews
15.3 - Bookends
Book 1 Option 1 The Prophet by Amanda Stevens (T-T)
Book 2 Option 2 Coraline by Neil Gaiman (N-N)
15.10 - Fancy Free UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn (approved for lenght post - 1596 )
20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation Jack Daniel's Spirit of Tennessee Cookbook by Lynne Tolley (Approved in Help Thread Post 12)
REQUIRED: State the vacation or trip you took and its connection to the book you read. I spent a long summer vacation in Tennessee with my aunt and uncle when I was younger and they took me all over the place up there and this book just took me back and made me feel the atmosphere and good country living. It has some amazing photo's and is so much more than just a cookbook!
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance (Option 3) Fury & Tranquility by Anya Bast (Approved for length in post 1522) Initials are found in BALLET
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Book 1: (3A) Dashing Through The Snow by Mary Higgins Clark
Book 2: (4B) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Book 1: (Stop 2) Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula H. Deen
Book 2: (Stop 12) Bridger by Megan Curd
Points this post: 145
Total Points: 385/1110
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 30
20.2 option 1 (repost)
by Holly Black20.8 Mormons Among Us
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (author listed in task under fiction)
Total: 235
Rudy20.3 Paul's Task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2 Rolled a 2 romance
Cross My Heart byCarly Phillips
Points:20
Total points: 195
Task completed :15
Books read:16
15.1 - See the Sea?A - Book of a Thousand Days - set in Mongolia (approved in task help thread)
B - Mr Mulliner Speaking - set in England
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 4, so I read Catherine, Called Birdy (B- book in diary form) and The Code of the Woosters (D- the Jeeves and Wooster TV series is based on this series; approved in task help thread msg #30)
25.6 - Chaitra's task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
Option 1 - Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (non-fiction book about space - approved in task help thread msg #19)
Option 5 - Young Men in Spats (humour)
Tasks completed: 37/61
Books read: 47
Points claimed in this post: 65
Total points claimed: 555
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5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
The Duke's Perfect Wife - Jennifer Ashley (GR Author) - my birthday is on the 16th, Jennifer Ashley appeared in Mrs Soule’s post (792) on that page, I opted to read another book by her
5.6 - An Apple a Day
Thorn Queen - Richelle Mead (GR Author) - Queen is a word in multiple apple varieties including Carlos "Queen", Lubsk "Queen", and "Queen" Cox
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance
Option 3 - Love's Evolution - Ally Blue (GR Author) - AB are found in the word BALLET
20.10 -- Group Reads
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - (Big Book Ticket – 500+ pages – my copy was 568) - msg posted in discussion thread (post 30)
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Book A - Option 1 - Sinful - Charlotte Featherstone (GR Author) - 13 ppl have it shelved as historical fiction
**MOVED FROM PREVIOUS POSTING AS TASK 30.12 to this one**
Book B - Option 5 - Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume - Multiple GR Authors in the contributors - 8 ppl have it shelved as a Books about Books
30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays
Book A - option 2 - Got Game? - Stephanie Doyle (GR Author) - the game of golf is the main focus in the book, ebook only approved line 265 in the spreadsheet
Book B - Option 5 -
- Annameekee Hesik (GR Author) - there is a basketball on the cover that is round30.9 -- Sandy's task: Fall Happenings
Book A - The Chocolate War - from the American Lit portion on the college bound reading list
Book B - The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country - #109 on Best Books to Become an Informed Voter list
*REPOST OF TASK BECAUSE OF BOOK SWITCH – original post 546**
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Book 1 - Stop 2 - A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown - Julia Scheeres (GR Author) - its an account of the Jonestown Massacre, Guyana that was developed from the released FBI files
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 new (+30 from a book switch)
Total Points Overall: 920
Books Completed: 71
Tasks Complete: 52
GR Authors: 50
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)
5.7- What's Your Name Again?Study Is Hard Work by William Howard Armstrong
William is name 5 on the male list.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 55
30.6 Reading through DisneyworldOption 5: Liberty Square
Liberty Square is most known for the Haunted Mansion, so for this option read a book that has gothic or horror listed as a genre on its home page.
Heart-Shaped Box
Option 7: Toontown Fair
Even though this land is recently closed, I would still like to remember it. Toontown is the most youthful land in the Magic Kingdom, so read a book that has Young Adult listed as a genre on its home page.
Last Breath
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500 - 2
5.3 Sail Away:On the Water: Discovering America in a Row Boat by Nathaniel Stone
5.8 Festival of Lights:
by Anna Quindlen (Sparkler on cover)5.9 Colder AND Bigger!:
by David Drake Number 9 of the Lt. Leary/RCN series15.1 See the Sea:
A. Landlocked: The Czech Republic
The Expats by Chris Pavone
B. Bordering the sea: Canada:
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
15.9 Starry, Starry Night:
by Carl Hiaasen15.1 Mrs. Soules Task--Food Network Challenge:
4A. A Muscled Man on Cover
by Christina Dodd4B. Self Help Book:
by Elaine Fox25.3 Ashley FL's Task--Naming the Storm:
A.
by Lisa Kleypas Lisa is on the Atlantic list for 2016.B.
S and M in Lambshead, T and R in Thackery, O in Of.30.2 Sheil/Kathy G/s Task--Goodreads--Good Friends:
A. Sheila's mysteries: #123
by Rebecca StottB. Kathy's Fantasies:
by David BrinToday's total: 115
Grand Total: 525
Readerboard ID : JENBENT20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Option 2:
Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception by Claudia Hammond
TIME in title:
hakuna M a T ata no worr IE s
Points this task: 20
Total points: 430
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3)
BJ Rose3 new tasks
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
The Moon Witch by Linda Winstead Jones
My Halloween costume would be a witch
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
'Star' in the title: The Star Witch by Linda Winstead Jones
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 4: Romance genre is on the book's main page
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
Points this post = 45
Total Points = 625
Tasks Completed = 33
Pages read = 16,261
10.6 The Rocky Horror Picture Show:Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand found on page 4 #18
20.10 Group Reads:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Post #34 in Book Discussion thread.
25.2 Immersednbook's Task--Sharing the Love:
B. Australian setting:
Albert of Adelaide by Howard L Anderson Set in Australia, mostly the outback
D. Share:
The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway
I convinced my RL book group to read the book in October. They all enjoyed it, although they were as annoyed as I was with the main character.
25.6 Chaitra's Task--Reading for the Video Game Junkie:
2. Bioshock-- Lighthouse
The Light Between Oceans byM.L. Stedman
6. Dishonored-- Set in 19th Century
No Longer a Gentleman by Mary Jo Putney
25.8 Mstan's Task-- The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical:
A. Long:
The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston
B. Author uses one initial:
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Today's total: 105
Grand total: 635
Jessica PDX5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
by Thomas W. Phelan10.7 - School Supplies
The pen on the cover was approved in the task thread.
by Harry DolanPoints this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 320
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books Tickets: 2
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!1C. clouds on the cover
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Siobhan Fallon is a Goodreads author.
2A. water on the cover
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
Points this post: 25
Total points: 690
GR authors: 19
Andy P.Task # 30.1 Ms. Anderson's task: How do I say this?
I rolled a 2 and a 6.
For 2 I read a book with lots of photographs in it:
Puppy Problems? No Problem!: A Survival Guide For Finding & Training Your New Dog by Brenda Aloff
For 6 I read a book originally written in Danish. I speak English The book is
Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbøl
110.5 -- Time WarpRead a book that involves time travel. The genre Time Travel must show up on the book's main page.
by Julie Reece (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 10
Total points: 430
Tasks Completed: 30
Books read: 39
GR Authors: 28
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller Song: “The Lady in My Life”
I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Rebecca Skloot is a GRA.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
CathyG20.8 -- It's My Birthday - Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!
For this task, read one fiction or nonfiction book written (or co-written) by a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the LDS Church or the Mormon Church), or published by the Church itself.
Lair of the Lion by Christine Feehan
http://www.mormonwiki.com/Christine_F...
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Read one book each from 2 different stops.
Required: Please state the two stops that you chose when you post.
Stop 5: Melbourne museum and Carlton Gardens
Dig up a fossil by reading a book that has been on your TBR list for too long.
Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare
Goodreads Author
Borrowed from the public library
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands
Read a book with ‘water’, ‘front’, ‘city’, ‘dock’ or ‘land’ in the title or subtitle. Variations are fine as long as the word is present in its entirety.
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
Goodreads Author
Borrowed from the public library
Points this post: 50
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
50.1 - Robin's Task: Family Ties (3. Robin, Option A; 4. Big J, Option C; 5. Lil J, Option A)The Green Mile by Stephen King
Paranormal is one of the genres listed.
This is a big book (536 pages).
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy is one of the genres listed.
Brandon Sanderson is a Goodreads author.
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
This book is part of a series (number seven).
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
30.5-- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning1. Read a book with Historical Fiction on its main genre page.
Losing Nelson (1999) by Barry Unsworth (Paperback, 344 pages)
6. Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle (not series title). The number may be written out or in numerical form. Cardinal numbers only, no ordinals (so 3 will work, but 3rd won't).
Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire (2009) by Victor Sebestyen (Hardcover, 452 pages)
315 + 30 = 345
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 315 + 30 = 345
Books read: 24
Pages read: 8,126
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
SAMMY20.4 - Family Celebrations
Option #3: Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
**Goodreads author**
20.6 - The Doctor Is Calling...
Option #1: The Casual Vacancy - JK Rowling
**Big book - 503 pages**
30.3 - Back by Popular Demand
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer (married to...)
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss
Points this post: 70
Total points: 180
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 12
Pages Read : 3979
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.3 Homage to Comic BooksOption 2
I rolled a 5 - Mystery
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author
20.5 Love to Dance
Option 3
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich's initials can be found in BALLET
Total points = 40
20.2 Calling All Animal LoversThe Girl With Borrowed Wings by Rinsai Rossetti
A cat that talks (and is a shapeshifter as well) is a main character.
Total points so far = 60
Rinsai Rossetti is a Goodreads author
20.4 Family CelebrationsOption 4
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Juliet Marillier is a Goodreads author
Total points so far = 80
Readerboard ID : JENBENT5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
129 pages in length
Points this task: 5
Total points: 435
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3)
20.7 The Show Must Go On2. The Lion King
Ready Player One byErnest Cline
"One" is the anagrammed word from NO WORRIES
Ernes Cline is a Goodreads author
Total points so far = 100
Sandy MN10.1 Show you Care, Be Aware
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
Goodreads Author
10.9 -- 9...10...11
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
541 pages.... 5+4+1=10
Goodreads Author
Big Book Ticket
Total Points: 340
Total GR Authors:16
Total Big Books: (3)500;(0)750;(0)1000
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations (Option 3) - The Trouble with Cowboys by Denise Hunter (Romance listed as genre)
20.6 - 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
(Option 4) Rally 'Round Green by Judy Christie (Romance listed as genre)
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall Activities
Book 1 Option The World Series: Darkfever(Fever #1) Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Book 2 Option Black Friday: A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang (bought end of October)
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 450/1110
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 34
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!1A: Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
2C: The Witches - Roald Dahl
Results; Megan L10.10 - Back to School
Grad Year = 1998
Grad Decade = 1990-1999
Book Pub Year = 1997
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 10
Books read: 10
Pages Read: 5,095
Audiobook minutes listened: 571
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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25.7 Fun Fall Activities
The National Bookfest: Marilynne Robinson is an author at the bookfest. I read her book Housekeeping.
The World Series: This book is the first book in the Mrs Pollifax series.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman.
30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
Option 6: Number in the title.
10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War by Philip Caputo.
Option 7: Big book over 500 pages.
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing has 640 pages.
This also gets added to my Big Book total.
30.12 A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 2: Federation Square. Read a non-fiction book.
1001 Books for Every Mood by Hallie Ephron
The author is a Goodreads author.
Stop 11: William Street. I read a book with an author named "Elizabeth".
Ordinary Life: Stories by Elizabeth Berg.
Points this post: 100
Total points: 380
Tasks: 19
Books: 26
Goodreads authors: 10
Big Books: 500=2