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Shannon South Africa10.1 Less is more
The Driving Lesson by Ben Rehder
"Less" in "Lesson"
Ben Rehder is a GR author
Task points = 10
Challenge points = 60
Shannon South Africa25.4 It's Read-a-Thon Time
Option 1 Shortish books less than 200 pages
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by thich Nhat Hanh
(176 pages)
Option 5 Re-read
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Task points = 25
Challenge points = 85
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around Option #3 (a book with something yellow on the cover)
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green (approved in post #65 of Task Help thread)
John Green is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 210
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....Mortel corps à corps by Charlaine Harris
C. Romance & D. Book #3 (Sookie Stackhouse series)
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 120 points
//Goodreads Author: 3
Karen Oz5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
“Dance” can be used both as noun & verb - Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows #1) by Yelena Black
15.1. Follow the Leader
Book 1: The Black Russian (Jack Susko #2) by Lenny Bartulin
Jack Susko is a second-hand bookshop owner and he has book discussions with customers & others. Other than Virginia Woolf, Treasure Island and From Russia With Love was also mentioned
Book 2: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
“What” in title / subtitle - Listening to Country: A Journey to the Heart of What It Means to Belong by Ros Moriarty
20.10 Group Reads
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Group Reads Discussion Post
Total (this post): 60 points
Grand Total: 275 points
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
Delicious Dee15.8. Batter Up!
Making a Splash: A Going for the Gold Novel - I love this time of year because all of the pools are starting to open and swimming/diving is going on - they are my 2 favorite sports in the Olympics - approved in the THT
Total Points: 420
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
Andy P.Task # 30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 1 Read a book with the words "up" AND "down" in the title/subtitle
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin
Option 3 Choose a book by an author who has a matching pair of letters in their initials
Skeleton Dance by Aaron J. Elkins lower case ae
Points this task: 30
Total points: 425
Chris MD5.2 It's in Their Genes
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
2 K's. One in the title and one in the author's name.
5.9 Roll With It
Rolled a 2. Book published in 2011:
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, who is a GR author.
10.1 Less Is More
"Less" in the title
Never Less Than A Lady by Mary Jo Putney
10.9 Feeling Lucky
Rolled a 22 - Listed in post #1071 on pg 22
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, who is a GR author.
(audio version - paperback = 336 pages)
Points for this post: 5 + 5 + 10 + 10 = 30
Total points: 30 + 175 = 205
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 2 + 7 = 9
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 10.6 Storm Chasers
In the US, spring is a common time for tornadoes. Read a book set in a "Tornado Alley" state
Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
Set in Georgia
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 90
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX10.9 - Feeling Lucky?
I found my book on page 12, post 561
by Julian BarnesPoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 395
Hpaddict25.7 Judge A Book By It's Cover!
option B - each cover has a shoe - approved in help thread post #111
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman&
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisbergerthis post = 25
challenge total = 170
Big Book = (1)500, (0) 750, (0) 1000+
Nick KY5.9 Roll With It
I rolled a 2 and read a book from 2011, I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions by Shirley Maclaine. It's a re-read of a book I read in January, very recent. It's entertaining.
10.3 March April May
I read No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton. The letter sequence is I - A - I from "...Is An Island."
Points in this Post: 15
Total Points so Far: 340
Big Books: 500 + (1)
10.7 Chosen By YouEdenbrooke - Julianne Donaldson, GR Author
GR choice awards category: Romance
15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks
Yes, it was made into a movie
15.8. Batter Up!
Caught Running - Abigail Roux, GR Author
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A: Opal - Jennifer L. Armentrout, GR Author
Katy is 18 years old
Option B: Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn, GR Author
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 3: Naked in Death - J.D. Robb
jr as author's initials
Option 4: The Double Wager - Mary Balogh
Points this post: 95
Total points: 415
GR Authors: 28
25.6 - Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!A. a book with a strong girl character:
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
C. a book with words in the title beginning with two letters from WAGGGS:
The World's Greatest Idea: The Fifty Greatest Ideas that Have Changed Humanity by John Farndon
Total points 285
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.10 Spring Break
by Young-ha KimTotal Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1 Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
Grand Total: 20
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
OPTION 2 - WHITE & TIGER found in title
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
Kathy G.20.10- Group Reads-
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
I posted in the discussion:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Total Points- 205
Total Tasks- 12
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 1
BRIAN15.8. Batter Up!
Calico Joe by John Grisham (Goodreads author)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 4
Mod
and
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet (GRA) 320 pages
15.1 Spring Break Chosen Onesby Tiffany Truitt
20.1 Again Again - Word used is YOU
read If You Find Me (GRA)
Points this task 50
Total Points 290/870
Total Books 24/70
Total Tasks 22/53
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?Book 1: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
#16 on Book Club list week of 3/30/13
Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a Goodreads author.
Book 2:
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
#45 on Most Read list week of 3/30/13
Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
GR authors: 10
10.2 Angry Birds
by Hilma WolitzerThere is a bird on this book's cover.
15.7. Feeling possessive?
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by David Levithan moved from 20.6.
The possessive noun is "Ely's."
20.6: Messing around
Option 3: Yellow
by Nick Hornbyreplacing Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by David Levithan, moved to 15.7.
This book has a bright yellow background.
25.4: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1 - "Shortish Books"
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
The edition I read was 180 pages.
Option 3 - Humorous Books
More Baths, Less Talking by Nick Hornby
Humor is on this book's main page.
30.1 - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 5 - Romance
Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker
Romance is on this book's main page.
Melissa C. Walker is a Goodreads Author.
Option 6: - Book of Choice
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Hillary Jordan is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 80
Total points: 495/870
Goodreads Authors: 2/13
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.10 Spring BreakCowboy with a Cause by Carla Cassidy
Carla Cassidy is a Goodreads Author.
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
2.
Daisy's on cover4. Two Weeks With a SEAL by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt
Marguerite is one of the allowed names.
e-book verification post 2299
Theresa Marguerite Hewitt is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 45
Total poins: 275
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Goodreads Author: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)
20.70 Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will TravelOption 2
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
The title specifically mentions a major city (Manhattan).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Reposting for Post 1054 - only to claim Big Books Ticket(Original post linked to wrong edition of Beautiful Redemption - has been corrected with Kindle Edition below)
Task: 5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
Read: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Noun/Verb Used: Kiss
Task: 10.6 - Storm Chasers
Read: Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia
***Claiming: One Big Books Ticket for Beautiful Redemption***
***Claiming: Two Goodreads Author Tickets***
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5
Coralie5.5 Spring Chicken
Lirael Daughter Of The Clayr Old Kingdom Trilogy
20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 4 – takes place primarily in a hotel
The Haunted Hotel
Total points 365
Keltie Lee15.9. In Camelot
Avalon High
by Meg Cabot
*has Mythology>Arthurian on its main page*
25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1
Option A:
by Dan Brown*approved in help thread post #151*
Book 2
Option B:
Take a Bow
by Elizabeth Eulberg
*WHITE TIGER*
Points this post: 40
Total points: 345/870
Tasks: 24
Books: 27
Shannon South Africa10.5 Piece of Cake
Cheffin' by Brendan Cronin
This is a non-fiction about Brendan Cronin's journey to becoming a Master Chef.
Brendan Cronin is a GR author.
Task points = 10
Challenge points = 95
Jayme(the ghost reader)25.1 Anchors Aweigh
Option 2 NROTC-
by John MooreOption 3-read a book published between 2005-2013
by Patrice Kindl. Published 2012.Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1 Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
Grand Total: 45
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.1 Go West!
(US)-The Handmaid's Tale
10.2 Angry Birds
Legacy of the Clockwork Key
15.4Celebrate the White Tiger!
Book A "White" in author name:Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Book B "Tiger" in title:The Tiger Rising
20.1 Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Book Big Little
Matching word is Little
Deadly Little Secret
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 5 Neglected book/read one chapter of this book last year and neglected it:Healing Stones
Option 6 Place to visit/Afghanistan:A Thousand Splendid Suns
Points Earned This Post:75
Points Achieved to Date: 415/870
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Laurie ME5.7: Someone to Fall Back On
The Unspoken by Heather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
15.1: Follow the Leader: Frances Hodgson Burnett is mentioned in the book The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
20.2: Rookie at the Top: Ty's Task: Pi Day
Option 3: Romance
The Uninvited by Heather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
Points This Post: 40.
Total Points: 280.
2 GRA this post.
Mod
5.5 -- Spring Chicken
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
10.10 Above Average
The Lantern Bearers by Ronald Frame
My average was 3.37; this book was 4.20
15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Enigma by Robert Harris
imdb: Enigma movie (2001)
total = 520
Task 25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !Option 2- One book of 350+ pages that plays 2 games
Game 1 - Monopoly.
To win this game its all about houses and hotels so read a book with a building of some sort on the cover.
Required: Please include the cover in your post.
Game 4 - Connect 4.
The purpose of this game is to get four in a row so for this game, read a book with exactly 4 words in its title AND subtitle if it appears on Goodreads. All words will be counted including a, and, I etc.,
All That I Am (2011) by Anna Funder (Hardcover, 368 pages)
130 + 25 = 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 130 + 25 = 155
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,644
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Lauren Marie20.2 Pi Day
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as the main genre.
I read Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray. Romance is it's top genre on the book's page.
Points This Task:20
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Cindy AL5.1 Go West:
Cursed by Benedict Jacka
takes place in London
Benedict Jacka is a Goodreads Author
5.7 Someone To Fall Back On:
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Book was rated 4.19 on 4/7, my average was 4.09
Lois McMaster Bujold is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe:
Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson
Option D Borrowed from the library
Amanda Carlson is a Goodreads Author.
25.3 Come Play With Me:
The High King's Tomb by Kristen BritainGame 2 "king" and game 4 "four words in title" also has a building on the front
I want to claim a Big Books Ticket 500+ pages.
Points in this post - 65
Total Points - 725/870
Books - 57/68
Pages - 19894
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Books:500+ - (5), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Andy P.Task # 15.9 In Camelot
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain genre Mythology>Arthurian is listed on book's GR main page
Task 30.4Book 1 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Number 1 on Popular Book Club list, 17th March 2013 in the UK)
Book 2 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Number 3 on Most Read list, 17th March in the UK)
Oma1229Task-25.4 It's Read-a-Thon Time
Option 1 Read a "Shortish" book with less than 200 pages.
The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi by Dom Hudelston
This book has 160 pages
Option 2 Read a book with the genre "Childrens" found on the book's main page.
Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace
Points for this task- 25
Task 10.1-Less is More
Read a book with "less" found intact in a word in the title.
Friendship is a Blessing: Inspirational by Reflections on Friendship[author:Rebecca Cunningham|757437
Points this task- 10
Total Points for this Post- 35
Total Points to Date-370
5.10 — Attention GrabberFirst sentence: “My life is over.”
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
+5 Points
25.4 Stacie MI’s Task: It’s Read-a-Thon Time!
1. “Shortish books”, 144 pages
Missing Angel Juan by Francesca Lia Block
3. Humorous Books: Humor on main page 4/10/13
Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
+25 Points
30.4 Sandy’s Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1 – Click on the link for “Popular Bookclub Books. 3/13/13
Wonder by R.J. Palacio Childrens on main page, 315 pages
Book 2 – Look to the right again, and click on the link marked “Most Read.” 3/13/13
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
+30 Points
Points this Post: 60
Grand Total: 290
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in TimeOption 1 - This classic first published 1851
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
used audiobook so for page verification
The House of the Seven Gables
20.10 Group Reads
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
my comment in group thread is msg 46.
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A- strong girl character approved in help thread msg 49. Book is listed as 'childrens' but is > 300 pages in length.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
I used audiobook so paperback for length (320pgs)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Option B- 'Girl' in title
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Jean Kwok is a GR author
used audiobook so paperback for page confirmation
Girl in Translation
claiming GR ticket
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A - 2 dismember approved in help thread
Book 1
by Laurie Halse AndersonLaurie Halse Anderson is a GR author
-claiming GR ticket
Book 2
by Dean Koontz30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
Option A- this book on US list
City of Thieves by David Benioff
used audiobook so
City of Thieves for page confirmation.
Option B- author wrote first book on UK list
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
used audiobook so paperback for pg confirm On Canaan's Side
Point this post 120
Total Points to date 235
GR authors this post 2
Total GR author to date 6
Total Big book to date 2
Ana10.3 March April May
byMeg Cabot (C-N-C). She is a GoodReads author.Points this Post 10
Total Points 190
Tasks Completed 9
Books Read 13
Total Pages 4093
GoodReads Author 6
Big Books 500+(1)
BRIAN25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2 - NROTC in title and subtitle
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
N and T in Tipping, R and C in Difference, O in Point.
Optin 3 - Published between May 13, 2005 and January 31, 2013
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
This book was published October 25, 2005 and at 916 pages it qualifies as a 750+ Big Book.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Book tickets: 2
Task #15.3: Laughing in Ireland This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
Book set in Ireland with humour genre
*Claiming big book 750+ token*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Mod
I read Soulless.
10.4 Purple For Peace
I read
- background sky is purple.25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
For my first book, I chose option B and read A Foreign Country - Charles Cumming won the 2012 Steel Dagger award for this book.
I really enjoyed this one, so used option A for my second book - went to the lit map and came up with Alan Furst, and read Mission to Paris
Total points: 510
15.10. Spring BreakFuture on Fire by Orson Scott Card
This is my freebie.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.8. Batter Up!
The Might Have Been: A Novel by Joseph M. Schuster
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
Shawn H.20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
**Option A: Giraffe or Monkey*** (Giraffe on the left and monkey in the top right corner)
by Julia StuartPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
GR Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Jayme VA5.9 -- Roll With It
I rolled a 3 and read The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan which was published in 2010.
Carrie Ryan is a goodreads author.
15.1. Follow the Leader
For my first book I read Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. CeeCee talks about Agatha Christie, so I read They Do It With Mirrors.
Beth Hoffman is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender, Michael Grant, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Carrie Ryan, Beth Hoffman
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 25.5 - Shadow of the White Tiger
For Book 1, I decided to do option A and I read a book with a black silhouette on the cover:
The Twin's Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
For Book 2, I had to do option B (no matches in the literature map, Boo!) and I read a book by an author whose initials are RG:
Sex, Lies, and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
**Lauren Baratz-Logsted is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 24
Pages read: 6223
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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5.4 Spring Up, Fall Down
No Turning Back by Tiffany A. Snow
Turn is both a verb and a noun.
(Approved for length in post 2228)
****** Tiffany A Snow is a Goodreads Author ******
20.6 Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
Option 1: Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
(original language is English - my native language is Swedish)
****** Lisa Unger is a Goodreads Author ******
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 415/870
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 35
GR Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1