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5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday - page 17, post 827The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
5.8 - Festival of Lights
by Jen Blood who is a GR author.15.3 Bookends
Dead on Demand by Sean Campbellwho is a GR author. (begins and ends in D)
Silenced by the Yams by Karen Cantwell who is also a GR author.
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
The Lost Journal by Chris Blewitt. This is an ebook only and was approved, line 611 on the GoogleDoc.
Points this Post: 40
Total points- 75
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 8
Pages Read : 1,964
GR Authors:5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
(whew, I had a few books I'd finished but hadn't had a chance to get online and put together my post!)
Task 20.3 - Homage to comic books (Die roll 2: Romance genre)
Here be Dragons **Big Book 704 pages = 1 ticket** by Sharon Kay Penman **GR Author**
Total GR Authors = 1
Total Big Book Tickets = 1
Challenge total = 40
Connie N5.10 - What Else Can I Read?
Chose from the Fly Away Home (Jennifer Weiner) Read-Alike list.
Read The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
20.6 Seasoned Reader: The Doctor is Calling...
Option 1: Read an Agatha Christie novel.
The Murder at the Vicarage
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95
Chaitra10.10 BACK TO SCHOOL
Read a book first published the year you graduated high school.
I read One For The Money by Janet Evanovich. The book was first published in 1994. I graduated from high school in the 90s.
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 10
20.3 HOMAGE TO COMIC BOOKS
I chose option 2 and rolled,
3. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Read a book shelved as science fiction or fantasy.
I read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. The genres "Science Fiction" and "Fantasy" show up on the main page.
Cloud Atlas is a big book. My copy had 509 pages.
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 205
Big Books: 500(1), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 5
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Finished: 16
Pages Read: 5,103
MICHAEL LA
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
From page 10, post 484: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 60
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total books: 6
Total pages: 1344
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
From page 10, post 484: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 60
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total books: 6
Total pages: 1344
Readerboard Name: SARAH COLETask #15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Read a book with clouds on the cover.
I read
by John Elder Robison*.*Claiming GR Author ticket for John Elder Robison.
Task #25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
- For the first book, I chose option 1.B. and read Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques by Guy de Maupassant.
It was accepted in the help thread (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...), message #26.
- For the second book, I chose option 5.B. and read Journal d'aran et autres lieux by Nicolas Bouvier.
Also accepted in the help thread (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...), message #37.
Previous Points: 65
Points this Post: 40
Points to Date: 105
GR Author tickets claimed (to date): 2
Janice CA15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
song: "The LADY in my Life"
The Bearded Lady by Sharlee Dieguez
+15
total: 15
tasks: 1
books: 1
Jessica PDX20.1 - Katy's Task - Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
On my honeymoon, I had the opportunity to explore a couple of very cool caves in Hallstatt, Austria. I'd never been in a cave before, and it got me interested in caves in general and how brave people have to be to explore their depths. This book explores how two independent teams of cavers were racing to establish which of two caves is the world's deepest.
by James M. TaborPoints this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books Tickets: 1
Finished15.2 on pins and needles
High Noon by Nora Roberts/ suspense
30.7 Title train
Paris in Love: A Memoir by Eloisa James
Love the One You're With by Emilly Giffin / first book title finish with Love and second start with Love
Tasks points 45
total points 100
Nick KY5.5 By the Sea I read At Sea by Toby Olson. “Sea” is in the title. 239 pages
30.9 Sandy’s Fall Happenings
From the College Bound Reading List – I re-read one of my favorite novels, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. 275 pages
From the Washington Post’s Best Political non-fiction – I read RFK: A Memoir by Jack Newfield, 304 pages
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 190
Pages Read: 4,169
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic BooksOption 2: Rolled 2 - Romance
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Author: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Kimber25.8 The Long, The Short and the Diacritical
Option A: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (10+ letters in author's name)
Option B: Six Moon Summer by SM Reine
(at least one initial)
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 4
GRA: 4
Total: 100
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.5- Fall Shelf-Cleaning!... choose two of the options and read one book for each:
I chose option #3 (read a book whose author's first and last names begin with the same letter) and I read
The Meryl Streep Movie Club by Mia March *[this is a GRA] 325 pages (9.3)I also chose option #6 (read a book with a number in the title) and I read
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson 432 pages (9.17)Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 80
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
LaurieRePost of Task 5.4: In Honor of Your Birthday:
Karen Hawkins is in Post 1209.
Karen Hawkins - Talk of the Town
Chaitra25.4 FALL INTO T.V
I rolled a 6 - Elementary. Choosing,
A. Read a book with Mystery on the main page.
I read Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein. The genre 'Mystery' appears on the main page of the book.
Chris Grabenstein is a Goodreads Author.
and,
C. Read a book with one eye on the cover.
I read If I Stay by Gayle Forman.
Points: 25
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 230
Big Books: 500(1), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 6
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Finished: 18
Pages Read: 5,678
KimberPlease add SM Reine as a Goodreads author to my list. I forgot to include that on my last post, #422. Thanks!
25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the LoveD. Two friends in another group suggested the following title to read as a buddy read because they had heard good things about it. I read Caregiver by Rick R. Reed and I'm glad I listened to them, it was very good :)
F. I read Love's Little Instruction Book by Mary Gorman. This book has 'book' in the title and a picture of a book on the cover.
. This ebook approved in message 1542 of ebook approval thread.30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
2A. 'science fiction' listed on home page. I read
by Tina Connolly5B. 'romance' listed on home page. I read Private Eye by S.E. Culpepper.
*Tina Connolly, S.E. Culpepper, Mary Gorman and Rick R. Reed are all GR Authors*
Points this post- 55
Total Points- 115
GR Authors- 7
Finished:30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
4A - Singer - Flo Rida: I read Duma Key by Stephen King, which is set in Florida.
5B - Song - Back In Time (featured in Men In Black III): I read First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones.
Points this post: 30
Season Total: 30
25.6 - Chaitra's task1. Option 1- Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
Book is 3rd in a series of 13 books.
Alexander McCall Smith is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
2. Option 4-
Ptolemy's Gate
This book features a Djinn as one of the main characters.
THIS IS A BIG BOOK (515 pages)
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 160
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 11
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
15.10 Fancy FreeThe Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
20.9 Fall Months
I chose Option B - this book was published in 2011.
Barnheart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own by Jenna Woginrich
30.6 Reading Through Disneyworld
Option #3: A main shelf for this book is historical fiction.
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Option #6: Fiction
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 65
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2,351
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Kimber30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
Option 4: A main shelf for this book is adventure
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Option 6: Number in title
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
LAUREN OLIVER IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
MAUREEN JOHNSON IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 30
# tasks complete to date: 5
GRA: 6
Total: 130 points
20.3-Homage to Comic BooksI chose Option 2 and rolled a 6, so I had to read a book that was published before I was born. I read:
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The book was published in 1973, I was born in 1982.
Total Books Read:2
Total Challenges Completed: 2
Total Pages Read: 645
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 25
ANGIE CA30.1 How do I say this...?
Book 1: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Notes: 4) B-E-L-L, P-H-O-N-E
Book 2: Temptation by Karen Ann Hopkins
Notes: 5) I read this on my Kindle.
This Post: 30
Points to Date: 110
30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: Fall HolidaysOption 1: Mayflower Day
Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald
Main character is immigrating from Iran to the US.
Laura Fitzgerald is a Goodreads author.
Option 3: Wear Something Gaudy Day
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
GR authors: 6
5.6 - An Apple a DayRead a book with the word apple or a word from an apple variety in the title.
by Carrie Vaughn(Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 5
Total points: 120
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 12
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge1B, Anthology: My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales by Kate Bernheimer
2B, SRC loser, Summer 2012 Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
***Claiming 1 GRA ticket for Neil Gaiman***
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 35
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Sheila15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine HarrisThere are 12 books in the Sookie Stackhouse series - so far.
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
The Stormchasers by Jenna BlumTotal Points = 305
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic BooksI chose option 2, I rolled a 2 so I read a book with Romance listed on the main page:
Sweet Talk by Susan Mallery
*** Susan Mallery is a Goodreads author ***
Total points this post: 20
Total GRA this post: 1
Total points: 30
Total GRA: 1
Total big book tickets: 0
Task 15.5- A Drop in the Bucket Read one book from a series that has 10+ published books.
I read one from the Discworld Novels:
Equal Rites (Discworld #3) (1987) by Terry Pratchett (Mass Market Paperback, 256 pages)
30 + 15 = 45
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 30 + 15 = 45
Books read: 3
Pages read: 632
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LDB20.7 The Show Must Go On
Option 2 - The Lion King (HAKUNA MATATA, NO WORRIES)
AMA by Manu Herbstein
The anagrammed word is "Ama".
Total points: 20
STACIE MITask 5.6 - An Apple A Day
I decided to use the apple variety "Pink Lady" and read:
Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 27
Pages read: 5338
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
Roll 1: Talk to Me, People! - Read a play (I read two)
Suddenly Last Summer & Summer and Smoke
Both by Tennessee Williams
Roll 4: Mr. Watson, Come Here - Read a book by an author whose initials are found in any order in B-E-L-L
A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 125
Books Read this Task: 2
Total Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.3 - Sail Away The Log from the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck spends his time at sea collecting marine specimens.
30.8 - Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays
Option 1 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Option 5 -
- the circular object is the full moon30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 3A (three words in author's name) - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Option 4B (bird on cover) -
Tasks completed: 12/61
Books read: 16
Points claimed in this post: 65
Total points claimed: 195
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to DanceOption 3:Ghost Hunter|9292763] by Lori Brighton
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 6
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Re-post for 444 the book link didn't work...and I forgot that this was approved for length.Approved on Message 1543
The Ghost Hunter
Laurie MERePost of Task 5.4: In Honor of Your Birthday:
Karen Hawkins is in Post 1209.
Karen Hawkins - Talk of the Town
Rudy20.10 Group Read
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Posted in discussion- thread 15
Points this post:20
Total points:45
Task completed :5
Books read:5
GR authors:1
Task 20.7 - The show must go on
Option 2 (The Lion King): Anagrammed word is THEIR
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Challenge total = 60
Jessica PDX20.10 - Group Read
Post #23 in the discussion thread.
by Orson Scott CardPoints this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 125
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books Tickets: 1
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.9 - Colder AND Bigger! - Getting Genki In Japan: The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo by Karen Pond has 192 pages.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance
Option 3 - A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander - initials AT
Tasha Alexander is a Goodreads Author.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 2 - Trapeze by Simon Mawer is fiction about WWII.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
1. Wicked - I read Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Rachel Hartman is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!
I read The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry. Perry is on the approved list of authors in the help thread for this task.
http://www.anneperry.net/aboutanne
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
Option B - Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo was published in 2009.
Linda Castillo is a Goodreads Author.
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1. Gas - A - MIST - The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (MISTletoe)
3. Solid - C - Snow on cover - Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo and Lauren Willig are Goodreads Authors.
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 1 - Arts Precinct - Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet (112 pages)
Stop 5 - Melbourne Museum and Carlton Gardens - Resistance by Anita Shreve (had been on my TBR for 9 years)
Points this post: 160
Total challenge points: 395
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.3 Back by Popular Demand-two authors who are related by blood or marriage and read a book by each author
Book 1:Snow In April by Rosamunde Pilcher
Book 2:The Long Way Home by Robin Pilcher
Author relationship: Mother & Son
Related Authors List From Task Help
Points Earned This Task: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 220/1110
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.8 Fall TV The Wedding Diaries
1 of my fave TV shows is The Vampire Diaries
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
20.10 Group ReadI read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. My review is #16 on the Group Reads Thread.
Points for these task :20
Total points :95
GoodRead Authors : 2
Tasks completed :4
Coralie5.1 I Did It!
The Confession of Brother Haluin read in The Fifth Cadfael Omnibus
5.9 Colder AND Bigger
Mirror Dance – 9th in the Vorkosigan series
15.4 Bond, James Bond
Option 1 genre spy thriller and option 2 7th book in series
Goldfinger
15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Total points 155
30.9 -- Sandy's task: Fall Happenings1. The Great Gatsby
2. Deception Point
No. 1 in Political Thriller list.
THIS IS A BIG BOOK (556 pages)
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks Completed: 10
Books read: 13
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
10.3 Moniker ChallengeSay You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Author's 1st name (Uwem) begins with U.
20.9 Fall Months
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (GR Author)
Author's last name (Smith) begins with S.
30 points this post
105 total points
2 total Goodreads Authors
Readerboard ID : JENBENT10.4 -- Water Signs
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
Author's DOB is Feb. 19.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 75
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Calling All Animal Lovers Option 1: A cat on the cover: The Chocolate Cat Caper, by JoAnna Carl.
Task 20.3: Homage to Comic Books: I rolled a 1: YOUTH : The Unusual Suspects, by Michael Buckley. The main characters, the sisters Grim, are in elementary school.
Task 20.6: The Doctor Is Calling Option 1 - a mystery: People of Darkness, by Tony Hillerman.
Task 20.7: The Show Must Go On Musical #2: The Lion King: Till the Cows Come Home, by Judy Clemens. The word HOME in the title is an anagram: H from HAKUNA, OE from WORRIES, M from MATATA. Judy Clemens is a GoodReads author.
Task 30.6: Reading Through Disney World
Option 1 Fantasyland: The Company of Glass, by Valery Leith, in Fantasy genre. (Claim a Big Book ticket of 500+ pages; this book has 544 pages).
Option 6 Main Street: I Know This Much is True, by Wally Lamb. (Claim a Big Book ticket of 750+ pages: this book has 897 pages).
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (1)
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (1)
15.5 Drop in the Bucket11th Hour by James Patterson
15.10 Fancy Free
Inside by Brenda Novak
20.1 Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
At a family reunion, talked to my uncle's partner about how his family in Louisiana dealt with Hurricane Katrina; book is about a family in Hurricane Katrina
20.10 Group Reads
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Post 13 in thread
30.6 Reading Through Disneyland
Option 1-
The Last Victim by Karen Robards
Option 6-
Be My Babies by Kathryn Shay
30.10 Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 4B-
Submerged by Dani Pettrey
Option 5B-
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
points this post: 130
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 5: Liberty Square - Zofloya: or The Moor by Charlotte Dacre
Option 6: Main Street - Innocent Victims: Two Novellas by Minette Walters
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 30
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