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Delicious Dee15.3 -- Out with the Old, In with the New
Option 2 - Old Town New - B.A. Tortuga (GR Author)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
Proof by Seduction - Courtney Milan (GR Author) - according to both GR and her website, Proof By Seduction was her first stand-alone novel - she has 2 contributions to anthologies published previously - Website Booklist
Total Points: 290/1170
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Ticket: 500+(1)
15.5 We got the BeatThere are 6 syllables in my name
I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier 12/1/12 4♥
Crystal Rose is a Goodreads Author
ebook version has prior approval and is on SRC ebook verification list at line # 363
Points for this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Total books read:6
Goodread Authors:5
Tasks Completed:5
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+(0)
Emily Bookshelf20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
Girl Option
#1 - Paranormal Romance
Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 20
Nick KY5.1 A Good Book I read Good Dog. Stay. by Anna Quindlen. 96 pages, 80-100 pages allowed for one 5 pointer.
20.3 Chris MD’s Deck the Halls Option 1. Boughs of Holly -- I read The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry. The cover
has a bough of holly with an ornament on it, and Dave Barry in a Santa cap, and a dog. 117 pages25.13 Sandy/Kathi’s Author Influences
Book 1 – I read The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft. 242 pages
Book 2 – I read The Three Impostors and Other Stories by Arthur Machen, who is listed on Lovecraft’s GR homepage as an influence. 260 pages
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 300
Pages read: 6,619
Big Books: 500 + (2)
Emily Bookshelf5.4 - Faith, Truth, and Pixie Dust
Fairy/fae characters
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
5.9 - Shhh!
Title begins with sh
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
BB Ticket - 594 pages
10.4 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
Set in Canada
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
10.6 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Books!
Author's initials found in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
Anthem by Ayn Rand
15.9 - Fly South for the Winter
Set in the southern hemisphere - Rwanda
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families : Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Points this post: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 65
Cindy FTask 20.10 Group Reads
I read Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
I posted in the discussion thread message #9
Points this post:20
Total points:90
Tasks completed:7
Books read:8
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.5 My name has 4 syllablesBeautiful Days by Anna Godbersen
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Tasks in Progress: 6
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 4,706
Emily Bookshelf5.6 - You Have Bewitched Me
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Points this post: 5
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 70
Jess Philly10.1 Happy New Year
I read Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, which is the first book in the Howl's Moving Castle series. I've read some of her books before but never anything in this series.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
I read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. This is his debut novel.
Points this post: 30 points
Total Points: 30 points
Jenn IL 15.9 Fly South for the Winter
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman This is book is set in Australia
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 343
GoodRead Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
Jessica PDX10.9 - The Fall Finishers' Five-Star Favorites
I got this from Dlmrose:
by Anne Fadiman20.1 - Putterpal's Task - There's a 1st Time for Everything
by Lian HearnPoints this Post: 30
Total Points: 345
Emily Bookshelf5.8 - End of Days
Genre: Apocalyptic
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
10.2 - Let’s Get Something Started
I would like to be more aware of what I eat
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
15.6 - The Year of the Snake
First published in 1989
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
Option 4 - siblings
6 or 7 in the # of pages - 256 pages
Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Points this post: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 120
Task 20.10 - Group ReadsThe Lost Recipe for Happiness (2008) by Barbara O'Neal (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 452 pages)
See Message #5 in the Group Read Discussion Thread
**** Goodreads Author **** Barbara O'Neal
25 + 20 = 45
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 25 + 20 = 45
Books read: 03
Pages read: 1,116
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Correction to post 55425.9 A Christmas Sacavenger Hunt
I chose one book that would fulfill requirements for option A (author name is Mary) and Option B (Christmas tree on front cover)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 85
GR Authors to date: 2
Laurie ME5.10 A Claus for Celebration:
The Trouble With Valentine's Day by Rachel Gibson
10.1: Happy New Years! - first in series
Poison Pen by Sheila Lowe. Sheila Lowe is a GRA.
10.4: Where DO Those Letters Go? Finland
The Seven Symphonies: A Finnish Murder Mystery by Simon Boswell
10.5: Paint It Red
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
10.10: Lucky 13.
Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts. Deborah Coonts is a GRA.
Points This Post: 45.
Total Points: 150.
2 GRA this post.
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.6-Let's Get Something Started!...read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION:
I read
I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron*N.E. initials 160 pages (12.19)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 175
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 0
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.10 Lucky 13A variation of the word "lucky" is in the title.
Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag.
20.9 Screen sisters
Option 5: This book has a strong female character, Anna Pigeon, a park ranger. Not only is she very physically strong, but she is also mentally strong as she investigates suspicious activity in the parks and is very protective of our natural world.
Winter study by Nevada Barr.
25.5 CLUE
Option 2: The title of the book is printed in white ink.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
Option 6: The title contains the word "silver" which is on the color list.
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
25.8 Spreading the Love
Option 3: "Romance" is listed as a genre on its GR home page.
The Year Of The Lucy by Anne McCaffrey.
Option 5: There is a heart on the cover (in the magnifying glass).
Just a Hint - Clint by Lori Foster.Points this post: 80
Total points: 125
Tasks: 6
Books: 8
15.5 -- We Got the BeatRead a book with a title that has the same number of syllables found in your first and last names combined.
Midhat Hadi-4 syllables
by Charlie Huston 30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot Spin:
Read one book with 4, 5 or 6 words in the title, corresponding to your spin AND for your second book, choose a book with any number of words in the title between one and six.
by Charlie Huston Rolled a 5
by R. Alan Ferguson (Goodreads Author) 3 words
Points this post: 45
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 9
Books Read: 17
GR Authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Mod
5.8 End of Days
One Second After by William R. Forstchen
(you were right, Sheila, powerful book)
10.2. Let’s Get Something Started.
I'm going to Italy in 2013- lots to learn before I go, so I started with:
La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind by Beppe Severgnini
10.7. Hail to the Chief.
Presidential biography: John Quincy Adams by Robert V. Remini
total = 225
Task 30.2 - It's Winter...Or is it?
Book A, Option 2: Got your undies on? (Author initials appear in LONG UNDERWEAR) The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice ***GR AUTHOR***
Book B, Option 3: Some like it Hot! (Romance Genre) The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig ***GR AUTHOR***
GR Authors this post = 2
Total GR Authors = 7
Challenge total = 180
AprilDT25.5- Let's be Different
A- Courtesan
Big Book
B- The World Without Us
Points this turn: 25
Points this challenge: 65
GRA: 0
Big Books: 1-500+
5.9 Shhh!:And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship by Bob Greene with the SH in Should.
25.3 Coralie's Task--Let's Be Different:
Option 1, Book A Every character in title different
Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell
Option 1, Book B Every title word with different number of letters
The Trade Of Queens by Charles Stross Count is 3,5,2,6
Today's total 30
Grand total 420
STACIE MITask 30.3 - Cookie Exchange
I decided to do options 4 and 6.
For option 4, a book shelved as "Mystery," I read:
Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay
For option 6, authors initials found in LIMEMELTAWAYS, I decided to read several childrens books. I read:
Just Me in the Tub (Pictureback by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Just Go to Bed by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Just Shopping With Mom by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Just Lost! by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Just Me and My Mom by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Princess Penelope by Todd Mack - 32 pg
Mom and Dad Are Palindromes by Mark Shulman - 36 pg
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak - 37 pg
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems - 40 pg
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems - 40 pg
Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows - 40 pg
It's Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn Sadler - 48 pg
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems - 40 pg
Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright - 32 pg
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney - 32 pg
Unless I made a mistake in counting or linked to the wrong edition, that should be 521 pages.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 92 (adding every children's book)
Pages read: 6673
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double TroubleI chose option 3 and read Good for the Jews, by Debra Spark, whose last name ends with an "s" and who is a **** Goodreads author****
points: 110
books read: 8
tasks completed: 6
GR authors: 2
Pages read: 2409
STESSE10.8. Short and Sweet.
The Christmas Shoppe by Melody Carson (168 p)
10.10. Lucky 13.
Bad Luck And Trouble by Lee Child (384 p)
15.1 -- One Man's Trash....
Highest: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (313 p)
Lowest: Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith (222 p)
Helen Smith is a GRA.
They were both accurately rated.
30.6. Donna Jo's Task - Having the Time of Their Lives
A. Memoir: Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky (256 p)
Jacob Tomsky is a GRA.
C. Time and Again by Nora Roberts (505 p)
This is a BIG BOOK.
30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!
1. #12 in a series: All Through the Night: A Troubleshooter Christmas by Suzanne Brockman (286 p)
5. Romance: New York to Dallas by JD Robb (402 p)
30.8 - Delicious Dee/Christine US's Task - A Reading Tribute to Those We Love
1. Mom: A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson (384 p)
My mom is an avid cyclist and world traveler.
2. Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley (272 p)
From ASHLEYFL: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/75...
30.9 - Peebee’s Task - Schoolhouse Rock
3. Conjunction Junction: "and" Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, The Bad, and the Scary by Jill Smokler (176 p)
Jill Smokler is a GRA.
5. Written by “Bill” or “Willie”: My Cat Spit McGee by Willie Morris (141 p)
Points this Post: 155
Tasks Completed this Post: 7
Books Read this Post: 12
Pages Read this Post: 3509
GoodReads Authors this Post: 3
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read: 6059
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
STACIE MI30.9 - Schoolhouse Rock
I decided to do options 3 and 4.
For option 3, book with conjunction in title, I decided to read several children's books to fulfill the task:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst - 32 pg
Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris by Jane O'Connor - 32 pg
Louise the Big Cheese and the Ooh-la-la Charm School by Elise Primavera - 40 pg
Duck & Goose by Tad Hills - 40 pg
Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion - 64 pg
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure by Walt Disney Company - 72 pg
The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss - 65 pg
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss - 96 pg
Ladybug Girl and Bingo by David Soman - 40 pg
Trick or Treat, Little Critter by Mercer Mayer - 24 pg
Each of these books, aside from the last has the word "and" in the title. The last book has "or" in the title. And, barring a mistake on my part, this should be 505 pages.
For option 4, I read a book by an author named Janet:
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
**Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 103
Pages read: 7491
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.4 - Author!Author! - Janice CA's Task: Renaissance AuthorsHammered by Kevin Hearne, GR author
Kevin Hearne was a high school English teacher. It's not glamourous or revolutionary or incendiary (for some) at all. But, like the butterfly effect, a teacher can change the world in minute ways, one student at a time. Teachers will always have my utmost respect and my humble admiration.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
GR Authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (1)
20.9 Screen SistersI chose option 4: "science fiction" appears as a genre on the book's page
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books: 5
Pages Read: 1,816
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
KAREN OZ20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters
Option 4: “science-fiction”
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
+20
Total this post: 20 points
Grand Total: 210 points
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
ALICIA T20.8 Double Trouble
I chose Option 3: Names-and read Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. (First names begins with "S.")
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
ANNA E25.1 Laurie ME's task: A Tribute to the Women in my Life
4 - Jill) The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (Romance genre)
5 - Dana) The Kronos Interference by Edward Miller (Science fiction)
Both authors are GR authors. Also, The Winter Sea is a Big Book with 527 pages so please can I claim tickets for these.
Points this post: 25
Total points this challenge: 65
Total books read: 4
Total GR authors: 2
Total Big Books: 1
30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!#4: College setting
Easy by Tammara Webber (*GR author*)
#5: Romance genre
To the Edge by Cindy Gerard
Total points: 105
Points for this post: 30
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2796
GR authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sheila20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Janet F's Task: Rookie It’s Snow Joke, “Winter’s Cool”!
Option 5. Read a book with the word ‘snow’ in the title
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Patricia's Task: "“Punctuation, is? fun!”
I chose apostophe and the book I read was
Devil's Corner LP by Lisa Scottoline
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
Option 3: Names - Authors ititials are R or S.
Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters
Option 5: "Scandal" - strong female character
Outlaw Mountain by J.A. Jance
This is #7 in the Sheriff Joanna Brady series. Besides being Sheriff of Cochise County she is also a single mom with those responsibilities as well.
Total Points = 460
15.5 We Got The BeatMy name has 6 syllables (Cat-ri-na-Donn-e-lley)
Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle
This post: 15
Total points to date: 135 12%
Tasks completed: 6
GR Authors: 9 Claiming 1 this post
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 Find a Good Book:The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
This was a hard book to read emotionally, but very good.
25.8 <3Robin's Task--Spreading the Love:
3. Romance: The Lady Most Willing...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Connie Brockway. Three of my favorite romance authors.
6. Reader's Choice; Consider the Fork: How Technology Transforms the Way We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
30.3 Butterflycager's Task--Cookie Exchange:
1. Gingerbread Cutouts: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Coumpound word is halftime
4. Jam Thumbprints: The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
Today's total: 60
Grand total: 480
5.10 A Clause for CelebrationThe Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
Takes place during the Christmas season
10.8 Short and Sweet
The Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand
My copy of this book has 122 pages.
20.1 There's a First Time for Everything
Dangling Man by Saul Bellow
This was Saul Bellow's debut novel
25.5 CLUE
Option 2: Title written in white
by Lisa Unger***Lisa Unger is a GR Author***
Option 5: Mystery listed on book's main page (it is the last genre listed on the list as of this posting)
Black List by Brad Thor
***Brad Thor is a GR Author***
30.2 It's Winter...Or is It?
Book A: Option 2: RW found in LONGUNDERWEAR
Native Son by Richard Wright
Book B: Option 1: published in 2012
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
Points this Post: 90
Season Total: 235
Jessica PDX30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary
Option 1 - 12 letters in title
by Anchee MinOption 5 - Romance genre
by Margaret LeroyPoints this Post: 30
Total Points: 375
Delicious Dee30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!
Book A - option 1 - The Winding Ways Quilt - book 12 in the Elm Creek Quilts series
Book A - option 5 - Matthew - 18 ppl have it shelved as romance and 19 as historical romance
Total Points: 320/1170
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Ticket: 500+(1)
5.5 Raise a Glass
Read a book with a beverage container- a bottle, glass, mug, cup, canteen, etc. on the cover.
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
3. Names - Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an S.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Goodreads author ticket claimed: Sarah Addison Allen
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Read a book with a beverage container- a bottle, glass, mug, cup, canteen, etc. on the cover.
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
3. Names - Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an S.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Goodreads author ticket claimed: Sarah Addison Allen
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.8 Double TroubleOption one, 2 word title, different words.
Read Night Sky
By Jolene Perry, Good Reads Author.Link to Paperback version: http://www.amazon.com/Night-Sky-Jolen...
Points this Task: 20
Total POints: 95
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Books : 0
Mod
I read Rosemary and Rue. Pretty much all the characters are either fae or part-fae.
10.2. Let’s Get Something Started.
I read The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life. Sigh............guess it's pretty obvious what I'm trying to do in 2013!
15.10 -- A Bird in the Hand....
I read The South Beach Diet. We've had this around the house for at least a couple years.
Total points: 265
Jenn IL15.7 Opposites Attract
I am a female Cancer (birthday July 19)
read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoby Junot Díaz who is a male Capricorn (birthday December 31 1968)
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 683
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
Task 20.7 - All in the family
Option Girl, #2 (Humor Genre): Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Challenge total = 200
STACIE MITask 25.5 - CLUE
I decided to do options 2 and 6 .
For option 2, Mrs. White, I read a book where the title is printed in white ink on the cover:
Private by Kate Brian
For option 6, Mrs. Peacock, I decided to read several children's books with birds on the cover to fulfill the task:
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli - 32 pg - Duck on cover
by Tad Hills - 40 pg - ducks and goose on cover
by Deborah Ruddell - 40 pg - several birds
by Suzy Spafford - 40 pg - ducks on cover
by Robert McCloskey - 64 pg - ducks on cover
by P.D. Eastman - 72 pg - owl on cover
by Robert Louis Stevenson - 72 pg - several birds near the top
by Walt Disney Company - 96 pg - bird in Quasimodo's hand
by Walt Disney Company - 96 pg - hummingbird to the left of PocahontasIf my calculations are correct and I linked to the right edition, that should be 552 pages.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 113 (each children's book added)
Pages read: 8270
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
And I'm sure all the moderators are quite sick of me using children's books (I'm sure it's a lot of double and triple checking on their part!). I assure you, this is the last task I'm using them for! Thanks for bearing with me!
Casselm15.2 Two Plus Two
1) The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
2) Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
I formed the word PARA, which was in the linked dictionary.
15.7 Opposites Attract
Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas by John Baxter.
I am female and my sign is Cancer. John is male and born January 1, 1969 which makes him a Capricorn.
15.10 A Bird in the Hand...
Crime for Christmas by Richard Dalby.
30.4 Jackpot Spin
I rolled a 6.
1) Six word title book: This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy.
2) Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City by Anna Quindlen, which has two words before the colon.
Points this post: 75
Total: 75
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