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BABBLING C10.1 - Show You Care, Be Aware
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Read a book with the color pink anywhere on the cover. Required: You must include the cover when you post.
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig (GRA) (426 pgs) -- her dress is pink.
30.5 Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning - For this task, please choose two of the options below and read one book for each. When posting, please state which options you selected.
6. Three Junes by Julia Glass – Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle (not series title).
Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding (GRA) (405 pgs)
7. Elfland by Freda Warrington – read a Big Book (over 500 pages)
Emma by Jane Austen ** BIG BOOK ** - 590 pages (story actually ends on page 581)
(I'm doing a re-read of her books, so they are back on my off-line TBR pile. Re-read: last read - Apr 2007)
THIS POST
Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: (500) 1
Total This Season
Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 1,412
Books read this season: 3
Cindy AL30.8 Fall Holidays:
Option #1 Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin
Until We Reach Home is about three sisters immigrating to America.
AND
Option #3
by Lisa ShearinMagic Lost Trouble Found was approved in the thread for a gaudy cover.
Lisa Shearin is a Goodreads Author
30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween:
Option 4B
by Lisa Shearin There is a river in the background, approved in Help Thread.
Option 5A
by Frankie RobertsonName of author is "Frankie".
Approved for length in the appropriate e-book thread, post #1423.
Lisa Shearin and Frankie Robertson are both Goodreads Authors.
30.11 Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten:
Option 1A Bewitched & Betrayed by Lisa Shearin
Ampersand in title
Option 3A Gem of a Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian
3 name author
Sue Ann Jaffarian and Lisa Shearin are both Goodreads Authors.
Points in this post - 90
Total Points - 115/1110
Books - 9/86
Pages - 3090
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Jen UT10.2 - Trick or Treat!
The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
The Halloween costume could be Egyptian Gods/Goddesses
Total Points: 20
Total Books Read: 2
Delicious Dee5.3 - Sail Away
Eye of the Storm - Lee Rowan (GR Author) - a portion of the book is set on a sailboat off the coast of France during the Napoleonic Wars, with 2 englishmen (a sailor and a merchant) spying for England
5.9 Colder AND Bigger!
Circle of Quilters - #9 in the Elm Creek Quilters series
10.3 - Moniker Challenge
Fall Into the Sun - Val Kovalin (GR Author). - V in Val for the Moniker; ebook only approved in #1517
15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
Kissin' Tell - #13 in the Rough Riders series; ebook only approved in line 325 of spreadsheet
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux (GR Author) - Stars in title; ebook only approved on line 518 of spreadsheet
30.3 - Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular Demand
**Authors are a husband/wife duo**
Book A - Fool Moon - Jim Butcher (GR Author)
Book B - Burning Alive - Shannon K. Butcher (GR Author)
30.7 - Sassafrass's task: Title Train
**Hearts is the connecting word**
Book A - Kindred Hearts - Rowan Speedwell (GR Author)
Book B - Hearts in Darkness - Laura Kaye (GR Author)
Total Points This Post: 110
Total Points Overall: 110
Books Completed: 9
Tasks Complete: 7
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickers: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
I have completed the following tasks...Task 20.4 Family Celebrations
American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder* and Stephen King
I chose Option 2. This book was coauthored by Stephen King.
Task 20.6 The Doctor is Calling....
American Vampire, Vol. 3 by Scott Snyder
I chose Option 2. This book is a work of fiction about World War II.
Task 20.9 Fall Months
American Vampire, Vol. 2 by Scott Snyder
I chose Option B. This book was published in 2011.
*Scott Snyder is a GR Author .
Total points = 60
GR Author = 1
10.2 -- Trick or Treat! Twilight VampireTotal Points Earned: 95/1110
Total Pages Read: 3145/29272
Total Books Read: 10/81
Good Read Authors:2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
STACIE MITask 25.3 - Naming the Storm
Last summer, while on vacation, my family and I were chased (literally!) by a hurricane, so I had to use the name of that hurricane for Book A:
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
The name Irene was found on the list of "Retired Hurricane Names Since 1954.
For book B, I read a book where the letters STORM are found in the word storm:
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse
Points this task: 25
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 19
Pages read: 3341
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.8 -- Fall TV Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
My favorite TV show is Mad Men.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
ANGIE CA15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Book:
by Jana OliverNotes: Listed as an approved book. Larger Image
This Post: 15
Points to Date: 60
20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers The Boy Next Door by by Meg Cabot. (Option A: Dog on the cover. GR Author) Cover:
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie ( Option 1: Reading an Agatha Christie Book)
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1. The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (State Gas; Option A - Series tile is Mistborn which has Mist in it. GR Author. Big Book: 748 pages)
2. One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire ( State Liquid; Option A - Cover has sea water in it. Approved in Post #24. GR Author)
Cover:
30.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Goodreads - Good Friends
Book 1: The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Book 2: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this Post: 95
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.1 - Still Clinging to Summer VacationGeisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki
I visited Kyoto which inspired me to learn more about geisha and geisha culture. This book is a memoir of what it's like to be a geisha in post-war Kyoto.
Approved in message 48 of the help thread.
20.6 - The Doctor is Calling....
Option 1: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
"Mystery" is listed as a genre on the book's main page.
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 2
Total pages: 750
Total books: 2
Readerboard ID : JENBENT15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Pretty, from song title "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 65
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jess Philly10.4 Water Signs
I read There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar. He was born on March 20, 1954.
This Post: 10 points
Total Points: 40 points
Rudy10.9- 9...10...11...
I read the following book with 432 pages (4+3+2=9):
The Midwife's Confession
Points this post:10
Total points :20
Task completed 3
Books read 3
Total GR authors:1
30.8 - Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays Book 1: option 5 - Look for Circles: The Killing Moon - N.K. Jemisin
(The circular object is the moon. I had this approved in the help thread for clarity.)N.K. Jemisin is a Goodreads author.
...and...
Book 2: option 6 - Egypt/archaeologist: Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters
(The book takes place in Egypt and involves an amateur archaeologist.)
Books this post: 2
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50/1110
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0) / 750+ (0) / 1000+ (0)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling.... The Last Song This is one of my favorite books of all time *nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads author
Total Points Earned: 115/1110
Total Pages Read: 3608/29272
Total Books Read: 11/81
Good Read Authors:3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.8 — Fall TVMy favorite TV show is Downton Abbey, so I read one I've been meaning to read for a long time:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
+10 Points
Grand Total: 90
STACIE MITask 20.4 - Family Celebrations
I decided to do option 3 (if only because my parents are celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary this fall) and read a book shelved as "romance":
The Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 20
Pages read: 3661
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.6 - Reading Through DisneyworldOption 4: Tomorrowland - a science fiction book:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
Option 6: Main Street - a fiction book:
Murder at Mansfield Park: A Novel by Lynn Shepherd *Goodreads Author*
Total Points 125
BABBLING C15.5- A Drop in the Bucket - Read one book from a series that has at least 10 published books excluding omnibus editions, boxsets, and novellas/short stories in multiple author anthologies. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads.
Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb (308 pgs) - this is the 7th book in a series that has 35 (and counting) individual novels, not counting anthologies, etc.
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 1,820
Books read this season: 4
Connie N20.3 Homage to Comic Books
Rolled a 5 - Mystery on main GR page.
Roulette by Don Pendleton and Linda Pendleton
Don Pendleton is NOT a Goodreads author, but his co-author Linda Pendleton IS.
20.9 Lucky Me!
Author's name starts with S.
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 55
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
"Tale" and "Tale"
30 points this post
75 total points
5.10 - What Else Can I Read? Chose from the Hell's Corner read-alikes: The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Books read: 3
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
BUTTERFLYCAGER15.1- See the Sea?
A. The Bells by Richard Harvell takes place in Switzerland
B. Serving Crazy with Curry by Amulya Malladi takes place in the United States.
Richard Harvell is a Goodreads Author.
20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
We went to a wedding in Maryland over Labor Day weekend this year, and during the reception, I talked to a cousin who told me all about her latest hobby - cooking in bulk and freezing meals for later consumption. I thought that sounded interesting, so I read Fix, Freeze, Feast: Prepare in Bulk and Enjoy by the Serving, More Than 125 Recipes by Kati Neville
20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1 - dog on cover, at bottom left: The Coffee Trader: A Novel by David Liss
David Liss is a Goodreads Author.
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2, rolled a 2 = romance - Imaginary Men by Anjali Banerjee
Anjali Banerjee is a Goodreads Author.
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
4. Father - fairy tales - The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
1.B Anthology - Harvest Moon by Mercedes Lackey
2.B SRC group reads nominee - Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (Spring 2011 Science Fiction/Fantasy Nominee)
Mary Robinette Kowal is a Goodreads Author.
25.3 - Ashley FL's task: Naming the Storm
A - In the Bag by Kate Klise (Kate is on the 2015 Atlantic list)
B - The Map of Lost Memories: A Novel by Kim Fay (the Map Of loST memoRies)
Kim Fay is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 145
Total challenge points: 235
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.1- See the Sea? A. Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
Set in Botswana
B. Dreaming in English by Laura Fitzgerald
Set in the US
Alexander McCall Smith and Laura Fitzgerald are both Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
GR authors: 4
STACIE MITask 15.8 - 'Cause This is Thriller
Using the song "The Girl is Mine" and the word "girl," I read:
Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart
Points this task: 15
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 21
Pages read: 3843
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.5 - Butterflycager - Fall Shelf-Cleaning1- Resistance - Book with Historical Fiction on main genre page The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by ***Goodreads Author Michelle Moran
7 - Elfland - Big Book - A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin - 1177 pages - Big Book
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75/1110
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Sheila10.6 -- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
This book was listed on page # 3
10.8 -- Fall TV
I'm a big football fan - Go Packers! - so my favorite show would have to be Monday Night Football.
Night Watch by Linda Fairstein
10.10 -- Back to School
I graduated in the 1960's so I read
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
First published in 1964
Total Points = 195
Apologies for the huge post!Chaitra
5.3 SAIL AWAY
Read a book set at least partly on a boat trip.
I read The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey. A fair bit of the plot occurs in a boat. Book approved in help thread.
Points: 5
5.7 WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN?
Read a book by an author whose first name is in the top 10 names list.
I read Skios: A Novel by Michael Frayn. Michael is #4 on the male baby names list.
Points: 5
10.3 MONIKER CHALLENGE
Read a book whose author's first/middle/last name begins with I/Q/U/V/X/Y/Z.
I read A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine.
Points: 10
10.8 FALL TV
Read a book with a word in title/subtitle the same as a word in the title in your favorite TV show.
I read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. The word is SUN. One of my favorite TV shows is 3rd Rock from the Sun. Hilarious and the show that introduced me to Joseph Gordon-Levitt!
Points: 10
10.9 9...10...11
Read a book where the page count, when added together, equals 9/10/11.
I read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. My copy had 144 pages. 1+4+4 = 9
Points: 10
30.2 GOODREADS - GOOD FRIENDS
Book 1: A book from Sheila's 150 Mysteries Shelf.
I read The Inquisitor: A Novel by Mark Allen Smith. 6th book on the 3rd page. (Waste of time Sheila! Don't read this!)
Book 2: A book from Kathy's 150 Fantasies Shelf.
I read Stardust by Neil Gaiman. 10th book on page 7. (5 Stars!)
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 30
30.6 READING THROUGH DISNEYWORLD
Choosing,
Option 2: Adventureland: Adventure listed on the main page.
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
and
Option 6: Main Street: Any fiction book.
I read Absolution by Patrick Flanery. Non fiction is not a genre in the main page of the book.
Points: 30
30.12 A TOUR OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Choosing,
Stop 9: Waterfront CIty Docklands. Book with the words water/front/dock/land/city in the title/subtitle.
I read The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen. The word LAND is in the title.
and
Stop 11: William Street. Book with street names William/Spencer/Elizabeth etc. in author's name.
I read The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan. The name ELIZABETH is the author's first name.
I did not pay for either book - I checked them out of the library and returned them on time!
Elizabeth J. Duncan is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 30
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Points this Post: 130
Total Points: 130
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Finished: 11
Pages Read: 3, 438
Thanks for the heads up on The inquisitor Chaitra. I was just thinking I would use that to buy an I in Wordplay!
I had just checked out Stardust from thelibrary. Now I can't wait to read it.
Thanks Chaitra.
:-)
Sheila, I used it last week lol. It's crap!@Kathy, I hope you enjoy it!
Bec - I've skipped one or two challenges, but I think that is still me on the list!15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
I read Extreme Faction by Trevor Scott, which has a star on the cover.
30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
I rolled a 3 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer which is a collection of letters.
I rolled a 1 - Hamlet by William Shakespeare which is a play.
Total Points this Post: 45
Total Points in Challenge: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
30.4 - DLM Rose's Task: They Must Know Something3. Ragnarök: The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt - The Sword and Laser
4. Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott - Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 30
GR Authors:
Big Books:
25.5 Water, Water Everywhere! Option 1-C
by David Levithan *GRA Clouds on cover.
Option 2-C The Unlikely Pilgrimage of HarOld Fry by RacHel Joyce
contains 2 H's and 1 O.
30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 2-A Hourglass by Myra McEntire *GRA
Sci-Fi
Option 2-B Seed by Ania Ahlborn *GRA
Horror
Points this post: 55
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Goodread Authors: 3
10.7 School Supplies
by Pat ConroyBooks on cover. Once upon a time, books were required in school. . . :)
30.2 Goodreads-Good Friends
Book A: Sheila's List page 4 (number 91)
by Ann PatchettBook B: Kathy's List page 3
by Michael CrichtonPost Total: 40
Season Total: 120
5.5 - By the Sea: OCEAN's Touch10.7 -- School Supplies: Schooled
which has a chalkboard on the cover (approved in Task Help Thread)30.3 Back by Popular Demand: I read Forever Blue by Suzanne Brockmann and Premeditated Murder by Ed Gaffney
***Brockmann and Gaffney are married
Total Points this Post: 45
Total Points in Challenge: 180
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15
****Not tracking Goodreads Authors or Big Books this challenge****
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
by Wendy Lyn WatsonA lot of the background is pink
Total points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Total GRA: 0
Total Big Books: 0
5.7 - What's Your Name Again? At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
1. My Brother: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi. This is an autobiographical graphic novel.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 60
Books read: 5
Completed Tasks: 4
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.3- Sail AwayRead a book set at least partly on a boat trip of some sort - cruise, sailboat, ocean liner, raft
✔ by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author) Laurence was the captain on a Navy ship before he finds the dragon egg.
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 9
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.8 Festival of Lights
Honor Redeemed by Loree Lough10.3 Moniker Challenge
The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi
Points this post: 15
5.10 - What Else Can I Read?I read Room by Emma Donoghue based on Room read-alike list. Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads author
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages Read : 694pgs
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Connie N15.3 Bookends - Starts and ends with same letter
Option 1: Book Title - What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
Goodreads author
Option 2: Author - Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Kimber15.5 A Drop In The Bucket
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
CHARLAINE HARRIS IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 15
# tasks complete: 3
GRA's: 3
Total: 75
20.3 - Homage to Comic BooksI chose Option 2 and rolled a 6.
Classic - a book first published before I was born in 1951:
Jacob's Room First published 1922
Total points 145
Peebee20.3 - Homage to Comic Books
Option 2: (I rolled a 4.)
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
This book is shelved in the Humor category.
20.6 - The Doctor is Calling....
Option 4:
The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens
The title contains the word "wife's."
Lori Lansens is a Goodreads Author.
25.2 - Sharing the Love
Option A:
Looking for Alaska by John Green
This book won the Printz Award in 2006.
Option E:
Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
This book is shelved as realistic fiction on its home page.
Carol Rifka Brunt is a Goodreads Author.
25.5 - Water, Water Everywhere!
Option 2C:
The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate
H2O: MartHa SOutHgate
Martha Southgate is a Goodreads Author.
Option 3B:
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
GLacier: Lucy Grealy
30.7 - Title Train
This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs
How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets by Garth Stein
"How" is the common word.
Garth Stein is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 120
Total points: 120/1110
Goodreads Authors: 4/4
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.1 How Do I Say This?I rolled a 1 and a 4.
For 1, I read the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
For 4, I read Always Something There to Remind Me by Beth Harbison (a Good Reads Author).
Points for these task :30
Total points :75
GoodRead Authors : 2
Tasks completed :3
Nick KY5.2 Do It Again I completed 25.1, listed below, but did not get to use Option 2b: Chopped -- Read a nominee from a past Group Read poll. So for this task I read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, nominated for African American Literature in Winter of 2011. 106 pages
15.6 Chasin’ Those Clouds I read Roadwalkers by Shirley Ann Grau
. Those are clouds in the top half of the cover. 292 pages25.1 Mrs Soule’s Food Network
I chose Option 1b: Cupcake Wars, and read the anthology The Best American Short Stories 1990 edited by Richard Ford. 352 pages
I chose Option 3a: The Next Food Network Star, and read Then Again by Diane Keaton. It has her picture on the cover (and she’s a star!)
268 pages. Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 145
Pages Read: 3,008
STACIE MITask 5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
#2 on the male list is John, so I read:
Chew, Vol. 5: Major League by John Layman
Points this task: 5
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 22
Pages read: 3963
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Charles Stross (other topics)Bernard Cornwell (other topics)
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Read a book that would also work for another task in this challenge.
can also be read for 10.3-Moniker Challenge viz.
Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name starts with the letter I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 8
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)