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10.6 -- The Rocky Horror Picture ShowThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This book is on page 1 of the Popular Cult Classics list.
(and the characters perform in Rocky Horror!)
10.7 -- School Supplies
by Janet GrothThere is a pencil on the cover, which is listed in the task as a school supply item.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 1005/1110
Goodreads Authors: 0/31
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 15.2 - On Pins and Needles
For Book A, I read: Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
For Book B, I read a book that I have been waiting to finally get a hold of:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 15
Total points: 920
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 118
Pages read: 18469
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STESSE15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Song: “The Girl is Mine”
Lover Mine by JR Ward (656 p)
This is a BIG BOOK
Points this Post: 15
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 656
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 985
Total Tasks Completed: 54
Total Books Read: 76
Total Pages Read: 26590
Total GoodReads Authors: 32
Total Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
SOELO30.6 Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: I read Prom Nights from Hell which has Fantasy listed as a genre
Option 4: I read The Time Machine which has Science Fiction listed as a genre
50.1 Family Ties
For #2 option C, I read Pillage by Obert Skye and his initials can be found in CROSSWORDPUZZLE.
For #3 option A, I read The Book of Lost Things which has the genre of Young Adult listed on its GR page.
For #6 option C, The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi and his initials can be found in ADOPTASHELTERDOG.
Points this post: 80
Total so far: 295
STACIE MITask 50.1 - Family Ties
I decided to use the family members: Robin, Big J, and Saturn and Murphy.
For Robin, I did Option A and read a book shelved as "Young Adult":
Up on Cloud Nine by Anne Fine
For Big J, I did Option A and read a book with a red cover:
by Chris PriestleyFor Saturn and Murphy, I did Option C and read a book by an author whose initials are RT (found in ADOPTASHELTERDOG):
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
**Raina Telgemeier is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 50
Total points: 970
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 121
Pages read: 19093
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.6 - An Apple a Day Something Red by Jennifer Gilmore
Red Delicious apple
Jennifer Gilmore is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 970
GR authors: 27
Task 10.8 - Fall TV
TV show: Game of Thrones
Book: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Challenge total = 520
Keltie Lee25.4 Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 6
B:
With a Twist
by Deirdre Martin
*set in New York City*
C:
by Francesca Lia Block
*has one eye on the cover*
30.1 - How Do I Say This...?
I rolled double 5's
Double the Pleasure
by Lori Foster
*I read the ebook version Double the Pleasure*
Double the Heat
by Lori Foster
*I read the ebook version Double the Heat*
50.1 Family Ties
Option 1A:
Leave Me Breathless
by Trista Ann Michaels
*has romance as a genre*
Option 4A:
Beautiful Disaster
by Jamie McGuire
*has young adult as a genre*
Option 5A:
Straight Up
by Deirdre Martin
*Book 2 in the Wild Hart Saga series*
Points this post: 105
Total points: 850/1110
Tasks: 45
Books: 63
Goodreads Authors: 18
20.1 Clinging to Summer VacationSwimming With Giants: My Encounters With Whales, Dolphins, And Seals by Anne Collet
I've taken several vacations involving whales, dolphins and/or seals. I've been on a whale watch from Massachusettes, a dolphin watch in Chesapeake Bay, and to too many aquariums to name. This book is all about the beauty and wonder of seeing these animals in the wild, which is something I highly recommend!
Total points: 105
CathyG20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
OPTION 2:
REQUIRED: Indicate the number you rolled when you post. 2
2. Romance
Read a book with the genre "Romance" listed on its Goodreads home page.
You Dropped a Blonde on Me by Dakota Cassidy
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
For this task, please choose two of the options below and read one book for each.
1. Resistance by Anita Shreve – Read a book with Historical Fiction on its main genre page.
The Edge of Light by Ann Shorey Goodreads Author
6. Three Junes by Julia Glass – Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle (not series title).
Deb on Arrival - Live at Five by Laurie Moore
Points this post: 50
Total points: 670
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 49
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween2B: The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2
Horror is listed as a genre.
This is a big book (658 pages)
5B: Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Romance is listed as a genre.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Correction of post #1774. I forgot to state the circular object on cover. Here is the post with the required info30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays
Option #5: Look for Circles Day
(There is a round gold medallion on the cover)
Option #6: King Tut Day:
Year Zero
(Nathan Lee Swift is an archeologist)
Total points: 215
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 20.7 - The Show Must Go On
Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell
I selected option 3 - Legally Blonde. "Womens Fiction > Chick Lit" is listed on the main page.
25.4 - Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 6 - Elementary
Book 1 - Heat Rises by Richard Castle
This book fits option A. "Mystery" is on the main page.
Book 2 - Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
This book fits option B. Book is set in New York City.
30.3 - Back by Popular Demand
Book 1: Fleeced by Carol Higgins Clark
Book 2: Before I Say Goodbye Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark are mother/daughter.
This post: 75 points
Total points to date: 385 points
Tasks completed: 24
**Electing to not track Goodreads Authors and Big Books this challenge**
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!
Crossed by Ally Condie
(Ally Condie is listed by the task creator as an approved author.)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 590
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (3)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.9-Fall Month's!... pick an option and read one book that fits that option:
I picked option B (read a book originally published in '09, '10, or '11) and I read
(published 7.1.2010) Doctor in Petticoatsby Mary Connealy*[this is a GRA] 320 pages (11.2)
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 360
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 11
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.7-The Show must Go On!... pick one of the top 5 musicals and read one book that fits that option:
I picked option #3 Legally Blonde (read a book shelved as chick-lit) and I read
A Thread So Thin by Marie Bostwick *[this is a GRA] 352 pages (11.4)
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date:380
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 12
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.6-The Doctor is Calling!... pick one option from the list of favorite episodes and read one book that fits that options' task:
I picked option #1: The Unicorn and the Wasp (read any Agatha Christie book))and I read
(the book that inspired part of the storyline in the episode for this option) Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie 253 pages (11.6)*I also watched the episode The Unicorn and the Wasp. It was my first every Doctor Who viewing. I liked it so much that I then watched every single episode mentioned in this challenge and am now hooked on viewing my way through the Doctor Who series. :)
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date:400
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 12
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Laurie ME15.7: Show Your Stripes: this book takes place in China.
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
20.5: Bigger is Better: Marscha's Task: Love to Dance
Option 3: E and A.
Now or Never by Elizabeth Adler
Points this Post: 35.
Total Points: 1015.
10.9 -- 9...10...11 The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
280 pages, 2+8+0= 10
Abbi Glines is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 38
Goodreads Author: 29
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Nick KYFor my own records -- I currently have a total of 920 points (and read 19,304 pages) because, per the notification on the ‘Completed Tasks with Problems” thread, my 10.5 selection in my last post did not have “SF>Time Travel” listed as a genre on its homepage even though it was about Time Travel. My mistake for not reading the instructions closely enough. Darnitall.
Now, for the SRC, I’ll add:
10.5 Time Warp I read Flight by Sherman Alexie – a book which actually has “Science Fiction > Time Travel” on its homepage, though it’s much more of a Fantasy. Go figure. 208 pages
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 930
Pages Read: 19,512
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.5-Love to Dance!... pick one option & read one book that fits the task:
I picked option #3 (read a book by an author whose initials can be found in BALLET) and I read
The Secret by Beverly Lewis 368 pages (11.7)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date:420
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 12
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Nick wrote: "Nick KYFor my own records -- I currently have a total of 920 points (and read 19,304 pages) because, per the notification on the ‘Completed Tasks with Problems” thread, my 10.5 selection in my la..."
Nick, I sympathize, especially when you are getting so close to the magic 1110.
MariyaTask 50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family Ties
1. My Mom - Option A - I read Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
This is a Historical Fiction book.
3. Robin - Option A - I read Girlchild: A Novel by Tupelo Hassman
This is a Young Adult book.
4.My Oldest Son aka Big J - Option A I read
by Robert J. SawyerThis book has a predominately red cover.
Points this Post: 50
Total points: 335
Jayme VA15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
by Emily ColinEmily Colin is a goodreads author.
20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1: dog on cover (approved in help thread)
by Peter HellerPoints this task: 35
Total Points: 370
Goodreads Authors: Karen Russell, David Levithan, Adriana Trigiani, Mike Mullins, Michael Koryta, Catherine Chung, Paul Collins, Sarah McCoy, Justin Torres, Gillian Flynn, Emily Colin
Big Books: 500+: 2
Nick KY Thanks for the empathetic comment Donna Jo!
5.7 What's Your Name Again?
I read the short novel "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.. "James" is the #1 Baby Name for boys in the past century. (I woulda thunk it woulda been "John" but I'll take it.) I hope it's okay that this particular "James" is a pseudonym for Alice Sheldon -- a girl. I read this book in the "Tor Double" collection
Souls/Houston, Houston, Do You Read?which is okay according to Rule 11 on the Rules page, as long as I can post a separate GR edition:
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?The short novel was only 90 pages in the collection, but according to Rule 4 I am allowed one 80-100 pager in the 5-point section.
I think I've followed all the rules correctly here. Hope so.
Task Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 935
Pages Read: 19,602
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Amy D.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in BALLET.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Option 1: Wicked - Select a book that has been shelved as Fantasy on its main page.
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Claiming Big Book Ticket (761p)
Points this Post: 40
Total points: 125
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Cindy FTask 10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
I read
by Shamim SarifPink on cover!
Points this post:10
Total points:270
Tasks completed:16
Books read:22
Goodreads Authors:6
big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(1)
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall MonthsOption B:
Read a book originally published in '09, '10, or '11 of any century.
by by Charlaine Harris (Editor), Steve Brewer (Goodreads Author)Published April 6th 2010
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 600
Tasks Completed: 37
Books read: 50
GR Authors: 37
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family TiesMy Mom: Option A: Read a book with 'Historical Fiction' or 'Romance' listed as a genre on its GR home page
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Historical Fiction and Romance listed on home page
Robin: Option A: Read a book with 'Young Adult' or 'Paranormal' listed as a genre on its GR home page
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
Young Adult is listed on home page
My Youngest Son aka Lil J or Roo: Option B: Read a book with 'Horror' or 'Zombies' listed on its GR home page
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Horror and Zombies listed on home page
Mary Ann Shaffer, Alyxandra Harvey and Max Brooks are Goodreads Authors
Points this task: 50
Total points: 170
Tasks Completed 8
Total Books Read 11
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Barbara★15.2 -- On Pins and Needles --
Option A. Germ - Robert Liparulo (suspense)
BIG BOOK TICKET = 570 pages
Option B. Mercy Burns - Keri Arthur♥
(read the first book 2 years ago and just found this on my shelf.)
Keri Arthur is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Readerboard ID: JENBENT25.8 -- Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical
A
One Good Hustle by Billie Livingston (10 letters)
B
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
The Casual Vacancy is a Big Book - 503 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 615
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (4)
5.2 - Do It Again Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen by Alyssa Shelasky
This book also qualifies for Task 50.1, Option 6C, with the author's initials found in ADOPTASHELTERDOG.
30.2 -- Goodreads - Good Friends
Option A-Sheila
The Beach Trees by Karen White
This book is #132 on Sheila's mystery list.
Option B-Kathy
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This book is on page 7 of Kathy's fantasy list.
Paulo Coelho is a Goodreads author.
30.4 -- They Must Know Something
Option 1: Boxall's
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
This book is listed on the "read" list.
Option 2: Next Best
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
This book is listed on the "read" list.
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 65
Total points: 1070/1110
Goodreads Authors: 2/33
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.8 - Festival of Lights Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews – flames are on top of building towers, approved in task board post #71
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance – vampire costume
15.4 Bond, James Bond
Option 1. "Spy Thriller" & Option 3. The Best Bond?: Daniel Craig
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
The Anonymous Bride by Vickie McDonough
15.7 - Show Your Stripes
Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reed Banks
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
4. A. Restaurant: Impossible: obviously-muscled man on cover
Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
5. B. main character goes on a long journey
Rises The Night by Colleen Gleason – heroine travels across Europe, multiple scenes in ships & carriages while traveling
Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 720
5.8 - Festival of Lights Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews – flames are on top of building towers, approved in task board post #71
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance – vampire costume
15.4 Bond, James Bond
Option 1. "Spy Thriller" & Option 3. The Best Bond?: Daniel Craig
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
The Anonymous Bride by Vickie McDonough
15.7 - Show Your Stripes
Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reed Banks
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
4. A. Restaurant: Impossible: obviously-muscled man on the cover.
Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
5. B. main character goes on a long journey
Rises The Night by Colleen Gleason – heroine travels across Europe, multiple scenes in ships & carriages while traveling
Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 720
Ooops, I'm sorry I posted twice! I hit post and nothing showed up the first time!
STACIE MITask 30.2 - Goodreads - Good Friends
For Book 1, from Sheila's shelf, I read:
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
For Book 2, from Kathy's shelf, I read:
Violet Eyes: A Retelling of the "Princess and the Pea" by Debbie Vigui
Points this task: 30
Total points: 1000
Tasks completed: 55
Books read: 123
Pages read: 19668
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CathyG20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Required: Please state which musical you chose when you post.
1. Wicked - For this option select a book that has been shelved as Fantasy on its main page.
Hidden by PC and Kristen Cast
Goodreads Author
2. The Lion King - For this option read a book with a word in the title or sub-title of at least 3 letters, that can be anagrammed from the words HAKUNA MATATA and/or NO WORRIES.
Required: Please state the anagrammed word when you post. Eat
Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr
25.8 -- Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical
Read two books for this task.
A - Read a book by an author who has a LAST name which is at least 10 letters long
Megan McCafferty Bumped
Goodreads Author
B - Read a book by an author who uses at least one initial in his/her name
Collision Course by KA Mitchell
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 53
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
Correction of post #1814Removed Mary Ann Shaffer as Goodreads Author
50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family Ties
My Mom: Option A: Read a book with 'Historical Fiction' or 'Romance' listed as a genre on its GR home page
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Robin: Option A: Read a book with 'Young Adult' or 'Paranormal' listed as a genre on its GR home page
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
My Youngest Son aka Lil J or Roo: Option B: Read a book with 'Horror' or 'Zombies' listed on its GR home page
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Alyxandra Harvey and Max Brooks are Goodreads Authors
Points this task: 50
Total points: 170
Tasks Completed 8
Total Books Read 11
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.3 - Sail Away Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
The main character, Marine Patrol Officer Hector Camacho, works on a police cruiser in Miami's Biscayne Bay, and captures a Cuban trying to emigrate to the U.S., which is a central element of the book's plot.
This book qualifies for 1 Big Book ticket, at 720 pages
5.8 - Festival of Lights
by Anna QuindlenThe sparkler on the cover was approved as a form of fire in the help thread.
(moved from 10.3)
10.3 -- Moniker Challenge
Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman
The author's name begins with Z.
(replaces Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen, moved to 5.8)
30.9 -- Fall Happenings
Option 1 - College Reading List
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
This appears on the "World Literature" list.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
This book appears on the "Best Books to Become an Informed Voter" list, #16.
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FINAL TOTALS:
Points this post: 40
Total points: 1110/1110
Goodreads Authors: 0/33
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Mod
5.3 - Sail Away The Borrowers Afloat by Mary Norton
part of story takes place afloat in tea kettle.
5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
Dark Shadows by Marilyn Ross
has 159 pages.
10.9 -- 9...10...11
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
has 208 pages which add up to 10.
15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
Victoria Winters by Marilyn Ross
This is #2 in Dark Shadows series of about 32 books listed on GR.
15.10- Fancy Free
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
C. Inspired by title word 'road'
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
F. Word in title on cover:
by Kate DiCamilloThere is an elephant (& a magician) depicted on the cover & word in the title.
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 3.
3B. word Prince in
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
3C. From GR Most Read Books this Yr list: Listed #7
Bossypants by Tina Fey
30.4 -- DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something
Option 1 & 2
1. Boxalls 1001 'read' list on pg 28.
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
2. Next Best Book Club 'read' list on pg 6
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
3A. Singer- 3 full names- author 3 names on GR
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
4B. Song - Bird on cover
by Karen HessePoints this Post: 160
Total Points: 790
GR Authors: 2
30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular DemandFind two authors who are related by blood or marriage and read a book by each author.
by Shannon K. Butcher (Goodreads Author)
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)Husband and Wife
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 630
Tasks Completed: 38
Books read: 52
GR Authors: 39
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
25.2 - Sharing the LoveB. a book by an Australian author:
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
F. a book where a word in the title is depicted on the cover - PARTRIDGE and PELICAN:
The Partridge and the Pelican by Rachel Crowther
Total points 640
ANGIE CA25.6 Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
Book 1: Lucifer Rising by Rebekah Armusik
Notes: 1) Series had 3 books as of May 2012.
Book 2: Ironskin by Tina Connolly
Notes: 6) Steampunk
25.7 Fun Fall Activities
Book 1: Timeless by Michelle Madow
Notes: "Fantasy Football" - Fantasy Genre. I read an ARC.
Book 2: Remembrance by Michelle Madow
Notes: "The World Series" - #1 in the Transcend Time Saga
This Post: 50
Points to Date: 590
15.10 Fancy FreeThe Racketeer by John Grisham
***John Grisham is a GR Author***
30.11 Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 2: Rhianna Where Have You Been
A. Singer-One name author
The Red and the Black by Stendhal
***This is a big book at 607 pages***
Option 3: Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe
B. Song-'call' in the title
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
50.1 Family Ties
1.Mom-Option A-Historical Fiction on book's main page
And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
***At over 1000 pages, this is a big book***
2. Step-Dad-Option C-initials found in CROSSWORD
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
6. Saturn and Murphy-Option C-author's initails found in ADOPTASHELTERDOG
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
Post Total: 95
Season Total: 790
Tasks Completed: 47
STACIE MITask 20.9 - Fall Months
I decided to do Option A and read a book by an author whose first name begins with an S:
The Sign of the Black Rock by Scott Chantler
Points this task: 20
Total points: 1020
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 124
Pages read: 19780
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.8 - Fall TV
My current favorite TV show is The Big Bang Theory, so using the word "Big," I read:
The Big Book of Irony by Jon Winokur
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1030
Tasks completed: 57
Books read: 125
Pages read: 19972
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall ActivitiesFantasy Football: It may not be as physical as the real thing, but it is a lot of fun. Read a book with "fantasy" genre on the main page.
by Estevan VegaBlack Friday: Splurge and buy yourself a new book before "the season of giving" begins.
by Alan Bennett Points this Post: 25
Total points: 655
Tasks Completed: 39
Books read: 54
GR Authors: 39
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.3 Homage to Comic Books
Book: Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft by Jody Gehrman
Notes: 2) Romance
30.8 Fall Holidays
Book 1:
Notes: 3) Green, Yellow, and Pink.
Book 2:
Notes: 5) Her eye is round.
This Post: 50
Points to Date: 540