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Task 20.4 - Janice CA's Task: Renaissance AuthorsIn honor of these Renaissance men and woman, read a fiction or non-fiction book written by someone who you admire for their contributions outside the literary field.
Mark Twain was an abolitionist.
Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings by Mark Twain (Paperback, 321 pages)
565 + 20 = 585
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 565 + 20 = 585
Books read: 40
Pages read: 12,826
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
STACIE MITask 25.14 - New Year, New Authors!
Repost of post 1947
The original author I used was Bill Willingham.
For my first book, I read:
House of Mystery, Vol. 1: Room and Boredom by Matthew Sturges
For my second book, I read:
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis
**Both Warren Ellis and Matthew Sturges are Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1125
Tasks completed: 61
Books read: 174
Pages read: 22822
Goodreads authors: 27
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #30.9 - Peebee’s Task - Schoolhouse Rock
OPTION 1: Read a book which is the 3rd book in a series
Sly Mongoose (Xenowealth, #3) by Tobias S. Buckell
** Ticket Claim: Tobias S. Buckell is a Goodreads Author **
OPTION 3: Read book with two coauthors (Author 1 and Author 2)
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann
** Ticket Claim: John David Mann is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 30 points
Total Points: 295 points
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Goodreads Authors Tickets: 7
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 19
Readerboard Name: Stacy CT5.1 - Find a Good Book
Good Eggs by Phoebe Potts
*Phoebe Potts is a Goodreads author
Task Points: 5
5.2 - Phil's Prediction
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan
Task Points: 5
5.3 - Plain Brown Wrapper
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens
Task Points: 5
5.4 - Faith, Trust, & Pixie Dust
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Task Points: 5
5.5 - Raise a Glass
by Pamela KeechTask Points: 5
5.8 - End of Days
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
*1 Big Book Ticket - 568 pages
Task Points: 5
5.9 - Shhh!
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline
Task Points: 5
5.10 - A Claus for Celebration
I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas by Lewis Black
Task Points: 5
10.1 - Happy New Years!
One Day by David Nicholls
Task Points: 10
10.4 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
*Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads author
*1 Big Book Ticket - 547 pages
Task Points: 10
10.8 - Short & Sweet
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Task Points: 10
15.4 - Naming Names
Option 2 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Task Points: 15
15.5 - We Got the Beat
4 syllables in my name - The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Task Points: 15
15.6 - The Year of the Snake
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (first published 1989)
Task Points: 15
15.7 - Opposites Attract
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
I'm a female Cancer. David Mitchell was born on 1/12/69.
*1 Big Book Ticket - 509 pages
Task Points: 15
15.8 - Red Rover, Red Rover
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Main character Westley is also known as "The Dread Pirate Roberts."
Task Points: 15
15.10 - A Bird in the Hand
Making Friends With Black People by Nick Adams
Task Points: 15
20.1 - There's a 1st Time for Everything
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
*Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads author
Task Points: 20
20.3 - Deck the Halls
Option 3 -
by Jhumpa LahiriTask Points: 20
20.4 - Renaissance Authors
Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage
I admire Dan Savage for launching the "It Gets Better" project to support GLBT teens.
Task Points: 20
20.6 - Punctuation, is? fun!
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories by Kelly Link
Punctuation mark in this title is an exclamation point (!).
Task Points: 20
20.7 - All in the Family
Option Girl 2 - Stupid Ancient History by Leland Gregory
Task Points: 20
20.8 - Double Trouble
Option 4 - Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal by J. Jack Halberstam (157 pages)
Task Points: 20
20.9 - Screen Sisters
Option 4 - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Task Points: 20
20.10 - Group Reads
The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal
*Barbara O'Neal is a Goodreads author
Task Points: 20
25.4 - Local Flavor
Option A - The Swing Voter of Staten Island by Arthur Nersesian
Option B - The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx by Arthur Nersesian
Both books take place in New York City, where I live.
Task Points: 25
25.5 - CLUE
Option 2 -
by Mark KurlanskyOption 3 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Task Points: 25
25.7 - Read My Nightstand!
Option A - MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
blog - http://mwfseekingbff.com/2013/02/04/b...
*Rachel Bertsche is a Goodreads author
Option C - Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
*Oliver Sacks is a Goodreads author
Task Points: 25
30.6 - Having the Time of Their Lives
Option A - Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman
Option C - The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
*Mitch Albom is a Goodreads author
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 425
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3
Michelle WI15.5 We Got the Beat
My combined name has 4 syllables so I read
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
***** 1 Big Book ticket at 548 pages *****
50.1 Triple Threat
Book A: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson (3 O's in title)
Book B: The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (3 L's in authors name)
Book C: Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (published 2010)
***** John Grisham, Libba Bray and Michael Connelly are GR authors *****
Points this Post: 65
Total Points: 265
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12
Goodreads Authors: 7
BEKKA - 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for EverythingFor this task, I read “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry”
by Rachel Joyce. It is her first published novel. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Tasks Completed to Date: 32
Total Points Earned to Date: 680
Pages Read this Challenge: 320
Total Pages Read to Date: 16009
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 50
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
15.9 Fly South for the WinterTakes place in Australia
Voss by Patrick White
20.10 Group Read
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
comment 60 in discussion thread
***Robin Sloan is a GR Author
30.9 Schoolhouse Rock
Option 3: book written by exactly 2 authors
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation by Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor (whose profile I can't find) both names are listed on the cover:
This would also qualify because the word "and" is found in the subtitle.
AND
Option 6: "America" in the title
I am America by Stephen Colbert
***At 640 pages, American Pharaoh is a Big Book***
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 870
Michelle WI30.7 It's My Anniversary
option 5: romance genre
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
option 6: published in 2000
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
***** Laurie Halse Anderson is a GR author *****
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13
Goodreads Authors: 8
Lindsey IL15.7 - Opposites Attract
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
I am a female Cancer, and A.A. Milne is a male Capricorn (January 18).
15.8 - Red Rover, Red Rover
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon DeFoe
20.3 - Deck the Halls
Raw Food for Weight Loss & Vitality by Andrew Perlot
Option 5 - published in 2012
20.4 - Renaissance Authors
Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World by Victoria Moran and Adair Moran
Victoria Moran is a motivational speaker, nutritionist, lifestyle coach, and major magazine columnist (which I consider a different craft than book writing). Adair is an actress and stunt double.
Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 355
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Dee wrote: "c'mon Lois!! my 25 pointer is feeling really lonely right now!"Thanks for the cheerleading, Dee. I'm on track to finish, but it's down to the wire!
15.10 A Bird in the HandThe Angel Experiment by James Patterson
**James Patterson is a Goodreads Author**
20.3 Chris MD’s Task: Deck the Halls
Option 5 (Book Published in 2012): Hidden by P.C. Cast (published 10/16/12)
**P.C. Cast is a Goodreads Author**
20.6 Patricia’s Task: “Punctuation, is? Fun!”
Colon in title: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
**Cheryl Strayed is a Goodreads Author**
25.1 Laurie ME’s Task: A Tribute to the Women in my Life
Option 4 (Romance Genre): Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Option 5 (Fantasy Genre): Trapped by Kevin Hearne
**Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 36
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
KAREN OZ15.7 -- Opposites Attract
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
I am a Female Gemini
Author is Male Sagittarius (Birthday: 30 Nov)
Total this post: 15 points
Grand Total: 1,040 points
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 82
Goodreads authors: 33
Big books: 500+ (6); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY15.8 Red Rover, Red Rover I read The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur. 320 pages
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 1065
Pages read: 24,660
Big Books: 500+ (6)
Woohoo Nick! Just 5 pts to go!!
Task 20.7- All in the FamilyThere are an equal number of boys and girls in my family, so I read a book with genre
“Science Fiction > Time Travel”
Corrupting Dr. Nice (1997) by John Kessel (Paperback, 320 pages)
585 + 20 = 605
Tasks Completed: 28
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 585 + 20 = 605
Books read: 41
Pages read: 13,146
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task - Itoushii Anime no Tame ni3. Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) either set in or about a culture prior to 500 AD. Ex. Roman Empire
The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (2012) by Anthony Everitt (Hardcover, 480 pages)
6. Read a book with "Fantasy" listed a genre on its main page.
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) (2000) by George R.R. Martin (Paperback, Bantam Books Mass Market Edition, 1177 pages)
**** Big Books****A Storm of Swords = 1177 pages
605 + 30 = 635
Tasks Completed: 29
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 605 + 30 = 635
Books read: 43
Pages read: 14,803
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+
20.8 Double Trouble1) Fraternal - Book with Two Word Title: The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 435
Reader name: Marie-Anne20.2 Rookie It's Snow Joke! "Winter's Cool" Option 2:Book set in Russia: Dancing Star: The Story of Anna Pavlova by Gladys Malvern. The book is about the life and career of Anna Pavlova, ballerina. The majority of the book is about her youth and early career, which all played in Russia.
This Post:
Points this post: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Summary Totals:
Total points: 365
Total tasks completed: 16
Total books read: 22
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Woohoo Nick! Just 5 pts to go!!"Actually, it's 105 points to go. But I'm goin' for it!
haha, i thought the same thing as DG, Nick! only 105 to go - c'mon - what's sleep when there is reading to do!
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Deck the Halls6. Don't forget the Fa-la-la-la-las -- The Glass Lake* by Maeve Binchy
LA LA: gLAss LAke
*Big Book Ticket 500+ pages*
Total Points = 185
CHRISTINE USTask 20.5 Beatlemania
Song: Please Please Me
Book: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Total: 50
Nick wrote: "Actually, it's 105 points to go. But I'm goin' for it!"LOL! I just saw the 65 and got all excited! Hahaha! Well, I'll keep cheering you on!
Jessica PDXRepost of 25.3 (Post #2139)
25.3 - Coralie's Task - Let's Be Different
Book A - All letters different (10 letters)
by Sara ParetskyBook B - All word lengths different (1, 4, 6, 2, 3, 11)
by Don WinslowNew addition, not previously posted:
10.2 - Let's Get Something Started
I want to get back into hiking again after taking time off to have a kid. This book chronicles Strayed's adventures in hiking the PCT.
by Cheryl StrayedPoints this Post: 35
Total Points: 1050
OMA122920.5-Beatle Mania
Read a book with one of the albums's song titles in the book title
Song Title--Do You Want to Know a Secret
The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato
This is a Big Book- 514 pages
Points this Post- 20
Total Points to date-625
So many people are SO close. Come on folks!
Repost to post 2148 20.6 Punctuation is? Fun
The Half-life of Hannah NIck Alexander
punctuation : hyphen -
Book approved for lenght
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
Task points 20
Total points 700
10.3. They All Look Good to Me. Nominated for 'Books about Books' for the winter challenge & I used RITA award category for my 'group' read
The Polysyllabic Spree: A Hilarious and True Account of One Man's Struggle With the Monthly Tide of the Books He's Bought and the Books He's Been Meaning to Read by Nick Hornby
10.4. Where DO Those Letters Go?
Setting in Norway
The Cabin on the Fjord by Susan Meyers
10.7. Hail to the Chief.
Sterling Point Books: Teddy Roosevelt: American Rough Rider by John A. Garraty
Points this post- 30
Total Points to date- 1160
GR authors to date- 11
20.6 Punctuation is FunI read Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage byJoe Darger. The colon is what I used for punctuation.
Task Points :20
Total points : 160
GoodRead Authors: 5
Tasks completed: 6
25.3 Let's Be DifferentI chose the 2 book option.
Book#1-no repeating letters in title. I read
Spin by Catherine McKenzie (a GoodReads Author).
Book #2-a book that title has words that all have a different number of characters. I read Good Enough to Eat by Stacey Ballis (a GoodReads Author). The letters in the title : 4, 6, 2, 3.
Task Points :25
Total points : 185
GoodRead Authors: 7
Tasks completed: 7
30.2 It's winter -or is itBook A, option 2: I read Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (a GoodReads author). There are 2 r's in LONGUNDERWEAR, and in the authors initials.
Book B, option C. I read
by Pat Conroy. It has a fighter jet flying thru the sky.Task Points :30
Total points : 215
GoodRead Authors: 8
Tasks finished 8
30.4 Jackpot SpinI rolled a 3.
I read Her Sister's Shadow by Katharine Britton (a GoodReads Author).
I also read The Ghost Trap by K. Stephens a (GoodReads author)
Task Points :30
Total points : 245
GoodRead Authors:10
Tasks finished 9
30.6 Having the Time of Their LivesOption A-biography. I read Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality by Pauline W. Chen.
Option C-word "life" in title. I read Life As I Blow It: Tales Of Love, Life & Sex . . . Not Necessarily In That Order, by Sarah Colonna.
Task Points :30
Total points : 275
GoodRead Authors:10
Tasks finished 10
Chris MD20.3 Deck the Halls
Option 5 - The Old Year Passes - Book published in 2012
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
This book is 503 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
20.5 Beatle-mania
I chose the song "Boys."
Handbook for Boys: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers
30.9 Schoolhouse Rock
#1 - Multiplication Rock - third book in a series
The Tiger in the Well by Phillip Pullman
Third book in the Sally Lockhart series.
#5 America Rock - Story based in a national capital
Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
The story takes place completely in London.(Note setting is listed on the GR page.)
Points for this post: 20 + 20 + 30 = 70
Total points: 70 + 280 = 350
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
STACIE MITask 10.2 - Let's Get Something Started
In the past year, my family home flooded, had to be 75% gutted, remodeled and redecorated. I read a book to help with the remodeling and redecorating:
Carter's Way: A No-Nonsense Method for Designing Your Own Super Stylish Home by Carter Oosterhouse
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1135
Tasks completed: 62
Books read: 175
Pages read: 23032
Goodreads authors: 27
Big books; 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
c'mon Stacie!! almost there!! 35 points to go
KIMMIE
Task 15.10 -- A Bird in the Hand....
I've had this book for years, but never managed to finish it. Now i did :)
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Point this task: 10
Total point: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Task 15.10 -- A Bird in the Hand....
I've had this book for years, but never managed to finish it. Now i did :)
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Point this task: 10
Total point: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Andy P.Task #15.6 The Year of the Snake
Read a book published in the year of the snake
A Prey to Murder by Ann Cleeves This book was published in 1989
The SRC cheerleading squad is here cheering you all on.
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Task 10.9 - The Fall Finishers' Five Star Favorites
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ***GR Author***
Rated 5 stars by Ms. Anderson (I also rated it 5 stars).
Total GR Authors = 19
Challenge total = 670
Thanks for the cheers, guys! Just 2 'five pointers' to go: Mr Darcy's Diary & Childhood's End to finish up.
Coralie10.5 Paint it Red
‘Cardinal’ is a form of red.
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
15.9 Fly South for the Winter
book set in southern hemisphere (Australia)
Pastures of the Blue Crane
Total points 725
Chaitra10.4 WHERE DO THOSE LETTERS GO?
Read a book set in a country close to the North Pole.
I read I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson. Set in Norway.
Points: 10
15.9 FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER
Read a book set in the southern hemisphere.
I read The Secret River by Kate Grenville. Set in Australia.
Points: 15
Kate Grenville is a Goodreads Author.
25.7 STESSE'S TASK - READ MY NIGHTSTAND!
Choosing options,
2. Read a book with a happy ending.
I read Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson. A charming rags to riches book where shy governess Miss Pettigrew indeed lives the day in the title and (view spoiler). One of the cutest books I've ever read. :)
and
3. Read a book you've been meaning to read all of 2012.
I read Ironweed by William Kennedy. I considered reading this book for the Summer and Fall SRCs, and dropped it because there wasn't a task suitable. Thanks Stesse for this option or I'd have put it off again!
Points: 25
25.11 VI'S TASK - TIME TO EXPLORE!
Explore Goodreads Recommendations.
My first book was Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. This was a fantasy recommendation.
For my book 2, I rolled a 3. Book #3 was The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel by Lola Shoneyin.
To get to Book #3, I went through books A Trip to the Stars and Baking Cakes in Kigali. This is no longer current. I picked my books on Dec 04, 2012 and posted in the Help Thread on the same day.
Points: 25
Winter's Tale is a big book. My copy had 748 pages.
Lola Shoneyin is a Goodreads Author.
25.13 SANDY/KRISTI'S TASK - AUTHOR INFLUENCES
Read two books, where the author of the second book is listed as an influence by the author of the first book.
I read The Road Home by Rose Tremain and Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. Gabriel García Márquez is listed as an influence on Rose Tremain's GR page.
Points: 25
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Points This Post: 100
Total Points for the Season: 950
Big Books: 500 (4), 750 (2), 1000 ( )
Goodreads Authors: 22
Tasks Completed: 52/64
Books Claimed: 74/91
Pages Read: 25,457
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15.6 -- The Year of the Snake
2013 is the year of the snake. Read a book first published in a year of the snake: 1905*1917*1929*1941*1953*1965*1977*1989*2001*2013
Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas
Published 2013
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 925
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 62
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0