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Dee wrote: "i wonder what the proper term for the multitude of 25 and 30 point tasks is...a bounty?"A plethora?
25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the LoveC- Specific word in title - Son
by Lowry LoisF- Title word pictured on cover - Raven
by Maggie StiefvaterMaggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author.
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 6.
A. Mystery
by Richard CastleC. Eye
by Tahereh MafiTahereh Mafi is a Goodreads author.
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall Activities
National Bookfest:
by Lois LowryWorld Series:
by Moira YoungMoira Young is a Goodreads author.
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
3-Authors name
by Lois Lowry7-Big Book
by Rick RiordanThe Mark of Athena is a Big Book - 500+ pages.
30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
1-Fantasy
by Leigh BardugoLeigh Bardugo is a Goodreads author.
7-YA
by Ilsa J. BickIlsa Bick is a Goodreads author.
Points this Post: 135
Total points: 380
Tasks Completed: 21
Books read: 28
GR Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Emmalita20.6 Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Option 4: This book is by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
American Gods is a big book with 592 pages; claiming ticket
This post: 20
Total points to date: 205
Goodread authors: 5
Big book tickets: 3
Total tasks completed: 9
Dee wrote: "i wonder what the proper term for the multitude of 25 and 30 point tasks is...a bounty?"An impossibility?
Chaitra15.8 'CAUSE THIS IS THRILLER
Read a book with a word in the title matching a word from the title of one of the songs from Thriller.
I read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. The word Girl is in the song title The Girl Is Mine
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 15
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 1085
Big Books: 500(9), 750( ), 1000(1)
Goodreads Authors: 28
Tasks Completed: 59
Books Finished: 83
Pages Read: 30,210
CHRISTINAB20.3 Homage to Comic Books
I rolled a #3 and read The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. This book has Fantasy listed on its Goodreads home page.
**Mitch Albom is a Goodreads Author.**
Points claimed in this post: 20
Total points claimed: 265
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 17
Pages this task: 224
Total pages: 5115
Big books total: 1
Goodreads Authors: 5
20.3 Homage to Comic BooksOption 2...Rolled 3
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
Points this post = 20
Total points = 210
ANGIE CA10.4 Water Signs
Book: How Beauty Met the Beast by Jax Garren
Notes: Author is a Pisces (March 11). Approved for length in post #1779.
10.6 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Book: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Notes: On page 5.
This Post: 20
Points to Date: 795
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....I chose Option 1 (read any Agatha Christie novel).
I read ,The Murder at the Vicarage
which is an e-book. The published book has 228 pages.Total tasks completed: 5
Total points (including this task): 100
15.9 Starry, Starry Night"star" in the title
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
25.5 Water, Water Everywhere
2. Liquid option C-at least 2 H's and 1 O found in the title and author's name
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. Solid option B-author's name found in ICEBERG
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
***At 758 pages, Cloudsplitter is a big book***
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1035
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5.5 By the Sea read Waterfallby Lisa Tawn Bergren
10.1 Show you Care read
by Joanne Brothwell (pink glow around the lady on cover approved in help thread) 10.3 Monkier Challenge read Undeadlyby Michele Vail
10.5 Time Warp read Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
15.4 Bond, James Bond
Option one read Stormbreakerby Anthony Horowitz
option 2 read Rouge by Leigh Talbert Moore
25.2 Sharing the Love
option E Realistic Fiction read What Happens Nextby Colleen Clayton
and Option F for the word Fire with Fire on the cover read The Fire Wars by Kailin Gow
25.4 Fall Into T.V.
rolled 1- So you think you can dance
option A - about a musical Phantom by Laura DeLuca
option D- feet on cover- The Dirtby Lori Culwell
25.5 Water Water Everywhere!
read
1c. Gas clouds on cover
by Emmy Laybourne 2a liquid
by Georgia Cates length approved post 1704
25.7 Fun Fall Activities
The National Bookfest Carnival of Soulsby Melissa Marr
Fantasy Football: read Barely Alive (Barely Alive, #1)
30.2 Good frieds-
read Blacklandsby Belinda Bauer
and
Skylarkby Meagan Spooner
30.3 Back by popular demand-
Michael Grant married to Katherine (KA) Applgate.
read BZRKby Michael Grant
and
June Dreams by Katherine Applegate
30.4 they Must Know Something
group 2- read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Group 5- read Swoonby Nina Malkin
30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning -
option 2- Earth by Shauna Granger
option 7- read Reachedby Ally Condie- read hardcover version 512 pages
30.6 Reading through Disneyworld
option 4 Sci Fi - Whispers in Autumnby Trisha Leigh
and Option 6 any fiction - Forsakenby Kristen Day length approved post 1512
30.7 Title Train- read After Darkby Emi Gayle
and read Dark Star by Bethany Frenette
30.9 Fall Happenings- book 1 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
and used Politcal Thrillers list read Dreams Unleashed by Linda Hawley
50.1 family Ties
option 3- Robin YA book read Clutch by J.A. Huss
Option 4 Oldest son read Blood Debt by Nancy Straight
Option 6.Saturn and Murphy-My Furry Kids
black cover
Vaempires: Zombie Rising by Thomas Winship
total points 1110
congrats JennRenee!! almost there Kate S!!whee lots of tasks to come!
Readerboard Name = RANDY12S15.10 Fancy Free
I read Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
20.6 Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 1:
I read Shelter by Harlan Coben which has the genre "mystery" listed on its GR page.
50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family Ties
1. My Mom; Option A: I read The Sword Of The Templars by Paul Christopher which is listed in the genre "Historical Fiction" on its GR page.
4. My Oldest son aka "Big J"; Option A:
I read
by J.K. Rowling which is mostly red on the cover.Claiming Big Book ticket (503 pages)
5. My youngest son; Option A:
I read The Panther by Nelson DeMille (John Corey series, Book #5)
GR author
Claiming Big Book ticket (625 pages)
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 215
GR Author: 1
Big books: 2
Re-post for Task 25.4:25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 6:
6. Elementary :
A. "Mystery"
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
B. Read a book set in London
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
Rudy10.4 Water Signs
Reflected in You bySylvia Day
Author's birthday March 11, 1973 Pisces
15.10 Fancy Free
Fifty Shades Darker byE.L. James
Points this post-25
Total points-320
Books read-27
Task-23
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25.2 Sharing the Love
option E Realistic Fiction read What Happens Nextby Colleen Clayton
and Option F for the word Fire with Fire on the cover read
by Kailin Gow 25.4 Fall Into T.V.
rolled 1- So you think you can dance
option A - about a musical Phantom by Laura DeLuca
option D- feet on cover-
by Lori Culwell 50.1 family Ties
option 3- Robin YA book read Clutch by J.A. Huss
Option 4 Oldest son read Blood Debt by Nancy Straight
Option 6.Saturn and Murphy-My Furry Kids
black cover
by Thomas Winship ok now I should have 1110 :)
CHRISTINAB20.8 Mormons Among Us
In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton. Todd Compton is an active member of the Mormon church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Com...
**Claiming a big book ticket**
Points claimed in this post: 20
Total points claimed: 285
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
Pages this task: 621
Total pages: 5736
Big books total: 2
Goodreads Authors: 5
Rudy5.2 Do It Again
Faith by Jennifer Haigh would work for task 5.7 Jennifer is a top 10 name
5.7 What's Your Name Again
Girls in White Dresses byJennifer Close
Jennifer is a top 10 name
Total points this post- 10
20.4 Family Celebrations Option 3 (Romance)
Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl
20.7 The Show Must Go On
#5 Miss Saigon
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick (The setting of the book is Cambodia)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book tickets: 1
Kristi CO 25.8 The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical
A: Last name 10 letters
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
C: Diacritical
The Boy In The Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=2, 1000=1
50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family TiesRobin, option A:
Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia
Big J, option A:
by Caragh M. O'BrienCaragh O'Brien is a Goodreads author.
Lil J, option B:
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Max Brooks is a Goodreads author.
Points this Post: 50
Total points: 430
Tasks Completed: 22
Books read: 31
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Mod
I read Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman, to satisfy the one book option - s..s in the book's title, and n...n in the author's name.
25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
For my first book, I used option A and read How I Live Now, which was the Prinz Award Winner in 2005.
For my second book, I used option B, and read Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood. The book meets both criteria - Kerry Greenwood is an Australian author and the book is set primarily in Australia.
Total points: 1060.
Task # 10.9 9...10...11... Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann
Claiming Big Book ticket, 560 pages
560 pages, 5 + 6 +0 = 11
Task # 20.8 Mormon's among us
Honor Bound by Brenda Novak
http://famousmormons.net/auth3.html
Task # 25.2 Sharing the Love
Looking for Trouble by Erin Kern
Option C, looking
ebook approved @line # 382
by Lucy FrancisGR author
Option F, fence on cover and in title
Task # 30.2 Goodreads - good friends
Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler
Book 1, from Sheila’s list
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Book 2, from Kathy’s list
Task # 30.4 They must know something
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Option 1, Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston
Option 5, Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
This post: 115 points
Total to date: 1005 points
Goodread authors this post: 1
Goodread authors to date: 24
Big Books claimed this post: 1
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (4)
Tasks Completed: 54
Books Read: 79
Reader Board Name= RC-ColaTask #15.3 Bookends: I chose one book that satisfies two options.
The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
Task #20.3 Best Review: I chose option #2 and rolled a 1.
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
The protagonist's name is Julia and the plot of the story takes place when she is in middle school.
Task #20.7 The Show Must Go On: I chose option 3, legally blonde, and picked a legal thriller.
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Task #20.9 Fall Months: Option A: I read a book by Lauren Oliver
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Task 30.6 Reading thru Disneyworld. I chose options 4 Tommorowland and option 7 Toontown Fair
Option 4 is science fiction and I read
Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel
Option 7 is a yound adult bood and I read
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
This post: 105 points
Total to date: 105 points
Goodread authors this post and to date: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!Magic in the Wind (Drake Sisters, #1) by Christine Feehan
Author was identified as Mormon in the task.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 620
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 43
Goodreads Author: 32
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to DanceOption 3:
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess initials can be found in the word BALLET.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 31
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX15.7 - Show Your Stripes
This book is set in India.
by Tarquin Hall (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 450
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books Tickets: 6
So who is going to cross the finish line today? Lots of folks are close.
Jayme VA25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
Option 1: Gas Choice C: Clouds
by Susan IsaacsSusan Isaacs is a goodreads author.
Option 3: Solid: Choice B: initials in iceberg
Psycho by Robert Bloch (RB)
50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family Ties
Option 1 My Mom; Choice A Romance: Now You See Her by Joy Fielding
Option 5 My Youngest Son aka Lil J or Roo: Choice A Series: Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership by Kenneth H. Blanchard is part of the One Minute Manager Series
Option 6 Saturn and Murphy: Choice C: Initials in Adoptashelterdog: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Erik Larson is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 75
Total Points: 460
Goodreads Authors: Karen Russell, David Levithan, Adriana Trigiani, Mike Mullins, Michael Koryta, Catherine Chung, Paul Collins, Sarah McCoy, Justin Torres, Gillian Flynn, Emily Colin, Karen Thompson Walker, Susan Isaacs, Erik Larson
Big Books: 500+: 2
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 3 - romance genre
The Innocents by Francesca Segal
Francesca Segal is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 900
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (5)
30.6 Reading through DisneyworldOption 1: fantasyland Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Option 6: main street Let Them Eat Stake by Sarah Zettel
Total points 200
Readerboard name: Evana25.2 Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
Option E: Read a book with genre Realistic Fiction
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Option F: Read a book where a word in the title is depicted on the cover. A lark is perched in the tree branches.
by Tracey PorterPoints this post: 25
Points to date: 1000
GR Authors to date: 7
Big books tickets to date: 3
And, I think this is it for me. Yaay! Great challenge and congratulations everyone, and see you in two days in the winter challenge!Chaitra
10.6 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Read a book from the Popular Cult Classic Books list.
I read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett. It appears on Page 2 of the Cult Classics List.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 10
15.5 A DROP IN THE BUCKET
Read a book from a series that has at least 10 published books.
I read Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. Book #5 of the Discworld Series. To date, Discworld has 42 main books.
Points: 15
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 1110
Big Books: 500(9), 750( ), 1000(1)
Goodreads Authors: 29
Tasks Completed: 61
Books Finished: 85
Pages Read: 30,886
Task 15.10: Fancy FreeFor this task, I read Strategic Communication in Business and the Professions by Dan O'Hair.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
0 Goodreads Authors:
1 Big Book Tickets: (1) Media and Society (2) - (3) -
Congratulations Chaitra - see you in December.
congrats Chaitra!! nearly there Sandy!!
5.4 – In Honor of Your Birthday My birthday is 1/16. On page 16 I found The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I read:
Flight Behavior also by Barbara Kingsolver
+5 Points
25.2 – Immersednbooks’s task: Sharing the Love
B. Melina Marchetta is an Australian born writer and most of her books are set in Australia.
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
F. Read a book where a word in the title is depicted on the cover. GAME
The Game by A.S. Byatt+25 Points
30.5 — Butterflycager’s task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
1. Resistance by Anita Shreve – Read a book with Historical Fiction on its main genre page.
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
6. Three Junes by Julia Glass – Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle (not series title).
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
+30 Points
Points this Post: 60
Grand Total: 665
Annie NH15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Seeing Things: A Novel by Patti Hill
20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!
The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans
http://famousmormons.net/auth2.html
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Author mentioned on page 22 and post 1056 - my birthday is 22nd October.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 410
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 30
Non-fiction read: 2/5
New authors read: 10/15
TBR pre-2012: 14/15
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Author mentioned on page 22 and post 1056 - my birthday is 22nd October.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 410
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 30
Non-fiction read: 2/5
New authors read: 10/15
TBR pre-2012: 14/15
Andy P.Task # 30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task:
Goodreads-Good Friends
Book 1 Book from Sheila's 150 mystery books to be read soon shelf The Pain Nurse: A Cincinnati Casebook by Jon Talton found on page 2 #125 on the list
Book 2 Book from Kathy's 150 fantasy books to be read soon shelf Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine found 6th book from the bottom of the list
Mod
I read Dead Man's Mirror by Agatha Christie. This also fits 20.6, option A, book by Agatha Christie.
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
I read Star Island - word "star" in title.
total points: 1080
Sandy MN5.2 Do it Again
Reached by Ally Condie
Big Book 512 pages
This would have worked for 20.8 Mormons Among Us, as the author is Mormon.
Total Points: 400
Total Big Books: (4)500;(1)750;(0)1000
I think this will be my last post of the season. I need a break before I start the new batch!5.2 Works for another task -- Printz winner (25.2)
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
* Melina Marchetta is a goodreads author
20.4 Option 3 - Romance
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
20.6 Option 4 - Romance
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
* Richelle Mead is a goodreads author
20.7 Musical is Wicked - Fantasy
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
30.9
College Bound Reading List: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Political Thriller: Deception Point by Dan Brown
* Big Book: 556 pp
Final Stats:
Final Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 37
Pages Read: 14953
ANGIE CA5.4 In Honor of Your Birthday
Book: Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
Notes: My birthday is October 16. Sarah Dessen is mention in message #755 on page 16.
This Post: 5
Points to Date: 800
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20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer VacationThis Business of Music Marketing and Promotion by Tad Lathrop
This is by far the hardest task I have done for this challenge. It took me a while to remember any inspiration coming from a trip I have taken. So here it goes:
Back when I used to play in a rock band, we did a short tour up through Nevada and Utah. During this trip I was inspired to learn more about the actual business of music and promoting your music. Around that time I bought this book, but never did get around to reading it until now (although I don't still play in a band.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 32
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
15.3 BookendsTwo book option
Book 1: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (T-T in title)
Book 2: Justine by Lawrence Durrell (L-L in author's name)
30.5 Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 1: Historical Fiction genre on first page
Exodus by Leon Uris
***At 608 pages, this is a big book***
Option 5: A Book about Books
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1080
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.10- Fancy Free
Good Bones by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 915
Goodreads authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (5)
Alicia T30.6 Reading Through Disney World
I picked Option 1: Fantasyland- and read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
And Option 6: Main Street- Mystic River by Dennis Lehane.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 160
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