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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
5.9 -- Roll With ItShakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby
I rolled a 5 and this book was published in 2008.
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 800/870
Goodreads Authors: 0/22
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 20.4 Author! Author: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW...
Option D Read a book that is the third in a series
Expose! by Hannah Dennison This is the third in the Vicky Hill Series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 750
Oma1229Task 25.3- Come Play With Me
Option 1-Choose two books
Game 1- Monopoly -Read a book with a building on the front cover
by Anne PerryGame 2-Chess -Read a book title contains the name of a chess piece.
The Beggar King by Oliver Pötzsch
The Beggar King is a Big Book-512 pages
Total points to date 545
Andy P.Task # 10.9 Feeling Lucky?
I read The Expats by Chris Pavone after having gotten a 14 from the random number generator and found this book in message 689
message 689: by KSMary Jan 01, 2013 08:17pm
20.1 First Time for Everything
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (GR Author) - Author's debut book
20.2 Winter's Cool - mountains on cover
by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)
20.3 Deck the Halls - book pub in 2012
by Chris Pavone (GR Author)
I realize the book is not displayed, though I doubt this author wrote more than one book in 2012. (The link in the message is to the cover). I have no idea how to correct this and have posted in the help thread for this task to that effect.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 760
Readerboard name: Evana5.6 Hope Springs Eternal
Read a book by an author who has disappointed you in the past. I read about the first 4 in the Honor Harrington series before giving up in disgust that nothing good could ever happen to the woman. I hadn't read anything else by Weber since.
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
At 605 pages this is a big book, claiming ticket.
10.2 Angry Birds
Read a book with a bird on the cover.
This cover has a Roman legion standard with an eagle at the top.
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff10.5 Piece of Cake
Read a book that involves food, cooking, baker, restaurant, etc.
This book is about a group of people taking cooking classes held in a restaurant.
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
15.2 Vernal Equinox
Read two books with the same number of pages or with the same title.
Canticle by R.A. Salvatore
Canticle by M.J. Heiser, who is a Goodreads author
15.10 Spring Break
Free choice.
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, who is a Goodreads author
This is also a big book at 657 pages. Claiming 1 big book ticket.
20.3 Traveling in Time
Option 1: Back to the Classics - read a book published before 1963
Extinct Languages by Johannes Friedrich was published in 1957.
20.6 Messing Around
Option 1: Read a book originally written in a language other than your own. I am a native English speaker, this book would originally have been in Arabic.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 by Anonymous.
This is a big book at 982 pages, claiming 2 big book tickets.
30.4 What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1: Popular bookclub books - searched 4/27, US this week, #15
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline who is a Goodreads author
Book 2: Most Read books - searched 2/17, US this month, #5
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.
This is a big book at 909 pages, claiming 2 big book tickets.
Points this post: 125
Points to date: 580
GR authors this post: 3
GR authors to date: 14
Big book tickets this post: 6
Big book tickets to date: 7
Janice CA25.7 Judge a Book By Its Cover!.....
Option A: Dismemberment (no legs)
Her: A Memoir by Christa Parravani
and
It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs by Rodney Dangerfield
+25
total: 165
tasks: 9
books: 12
GR authors: 2
Task 20.7 - Have passport will travel
Option 5 - International Travel (I live in the US and this book is set in England and Australia): The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay ***735 pages = 1 Big Book Ticket***
Total Big Book tickets = 4
Challenge total = 335
Oma1229Task 15.8-Batter UP!
Read a book about favorite spring sport- Baseball
Samurai Shortstop by Alan M. Gratz
Total Points to Date-560
KimberREPOST (original post #1301 - failed to include the audiobook link)
25.8 Springy Ideas
Option 3: by Chris-Rachael Oseland
*cellphone on cover
*ebook on line 449 of src ebook verif spreadsheet
Option 4: Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
Calling Me Home
Calling Me Home
*read in audiobook form
Julie Kibler is a GRA
This task: 25
Tasks Completed: 14
Total points: 285
GRA: 15
KimberReposts (original posts #1601/#1296 - wasn't able to use a book for a task, so I am moving one book over and changing the task I moved from with a new book to replace it. Hope that makes sense.
25.1 Anchor's Aweigh
Option 2: WheN I MarRied My MOther: A DaughTer's Search For What Really Matters And How She Found It Caring For Mama Jo by Jo Maeder
When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters - And How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo by Jo Maeder
Option 3:(same as before) The Girl in the Italian Bakeryby Kenneth Tingle
*published 2008
Both authors are goodreads authors but this will not change my current #'s this time.
25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option B - An American Guide to Britishness by Alana Muir
*word 'guide' in title
Option C: The Secret Life of Cee Cee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
*words in title begin with 2+ letter in WAGGGS
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
Alana Muir and Diane Chamberlain are GRA - I had already counted Alana Muir, please enter Diane Chamberlain for me.
The Secret Life Of Cee Cee Wilkes is 522 pages long, please enter me into a Big Book ticket too
None of my points should have changed
Kimber10.5 Piece Of Cake
The Dark Roast by Thomas Uriah Jarboe
*set mostly in Starbucks restaurant
This task: 10
# tasks complete: 20
Total points: 370
GRA:19
Big Book: 1/500+, 1/1000+
Kimber15.7 Feeling Possessive?
Daughter of the Wind (showing paperback version for length purposes - this was previously a different title - I read kindle version currently titled The Bearwalker's Daughter as shown in below link...)
The Bearwalker's Daughter by Beth Trissel
Beth Trissel is a Goodreads Author
This Task: 15
# tasks: 21
Total points: 385
Gra: 20
Big book: 1/500+, 1/1000+
Kimber20.5 Bigger Is Better
option 1 - author shares initials with finalist (CB)
Grayson Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
*ebook verified for length post #2323
Cheryl Bradshaw is a GRA
This Task: 20
# tasks completed: 22
total Points: 405
GRA: 21
Big Book: 1/500+, 1/1000+
25.1 Delicious Dee's Task: Anchor's AweighOption 5:
Crimson Blues by Dene Low
LSD: Dene Lowe
E-book Verification Message 2351
Option 6:
by Christine Carroll25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
1. "Shortish books"
No Stranger to Scandal by Rachel Bailey
Rachel Bailey is a Goodreads Author.
3. Humorous Books
To Kill an Armchair Husband by Terri Weeding
Terri Weeding is a Goodreads Author.
25.5 Nick KY's Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1: Option A
by Laurie KelloggLaurie Kellogg is a Goodreads Author.
Book 2: Option B
A Perfect Fit by Heather Tullis
H and T are both in WHITEGR
Points this post: 75
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 37
Goodreads Author: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)
BEKKA - 15.1. Follow the LeaderBook 1: For this task, I read “The Eyre Affair”
by Jasper Fforde. Book 2: For this task, I read “Jane Eyre”
by Charlotte Brontë, since it its mentioned specifically in the text of “The Eyre Affair.” Also, since “Jane Eyre” has over 500 pages, I’m claiming a Big Book Ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 565
Pages Read this Challenge: 881
Total Pages Read to Date: 14976
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 46
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500( 4 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
10.3 March April MayDevil in Dress Blues by Karen Foley (Goodreads author)
D-I-D sequence in title
10.4 Purple For Peace
In the Still of the Night by Jill Churchill
Purple flowers in bottom left corner of book cover
10.6 Storm Chasers
Kamikazi Pigs by J.A. Sprouls
Tornado Alley: Book takes place in Texas
Ebook approved for length in msg #2344, pg 47.
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A - Dismemberment
Book 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison (Goodreads author)
Cover only shows bottom half of body
Book 2: Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
Cover only shows top half of body
Total Points This Post: 55
Total Tasks This Post: 4
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 585/870
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 28
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
50.1 – Ms Anderson’s task: Two Truths and a LieA. My son was born with a cleft lip and palate:
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
B. We are sadly all connected to the recent Boston tragedy and this tells the story of a girl who had to learn to run again after losing a leg in a car accident:
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
C. I was born and raised in Montana:
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
+50 Points
Grand Total: 570
5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
by C.S. Lewis30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Popular Book Club 3 Weed of 3/24 #3
by M.L. StedmanMost Read Week of 3/27 #33
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Points this post:35
Total points:650
GR Authors:10
Tasks this post:2
Total tasks: 53
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
CathyG10.1 Less is More
Read a book with "less" found intact in a word in the title, subtitle, or author's name
Boundless by Cynthia Hand
Goodreads Author
10.10 Above Average
Find your book rating average on your profile page and read a book with a rating at or above that number
4.18 my average
Easy by Tammara Webber 4.31
Goodreads Author
15.8. Batter Up!
Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, involving your favorite spring sport.
Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy
Goodreads Author
Nascar racing approved as spring sport
15.9. In Camelot
read a book with the genre Mythology>Arthurian listed on its main page.
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Goodreads Author
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie
Pick three books, two of which relate in REAL ways to your life somehow and one that does not.
ALL THREE BOOKS must have the genre "Middle Grade" on the main page.
Required: Please include your "two truths and a lie" when you post
Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander
My husband’s name is Alexander
Approved http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Athena the Brain by Joan Holub
Goodreads Author
I worried about moving and starting at a new school
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
I talked my parents into letting me keep a stray
Points this post: 100
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 36
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
Andy P.Task # 10.9 Feeling Lucky
Read a book found on page #14 (from random.org) of Winter 2012 Completed Tasks
I read The Expats by Chris Pavone
The link is to message 689 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
This is a repost of post 1834 that I did yesterday when I couldn't get the link to work. Thanks to dlmrose for the help
ClaireMTask 5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
I read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I was disappointed by Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey when I read it previously but I wanted to give the Thursday Next series a go.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
GR Authors: 14
Big books: 0
10.7 - CHOSEN BY YOU - The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by Michelle Moran which was a finalist in the Historical Fiction category.Michelle Moran is a Goodreads author.
30.4 - WHAT ARE THEY ALL TALKING ABOUT
POPULAR BOOK CLUB - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom which is #9 on the list for this week as of May 4.
MOST READ - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain which is #36 on the list for this month as of May 4.
Paula McLain is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 640
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 22
BIG BOOKS - 2
5.5 -- Spring ChickenHero by Mike Lupica
is audiobook.
Hero is paperback version.
5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan
is audiobook I read.
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
is paperback version.
I previously read another book by by Michael Pollan that disappointed me but this one was great!
10.4 Purple For Peace
by Roland Smith The sky is purple.
10.6 Storm Chasers
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
is audiobook I read.
Swamplandia!
is paperback version.
Florida is listed as a tornado alley state. This book is set in Florida.
Karen Russell is a GR author. Claiming one ticket.
10.7 Chosen By You
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
is audiobook I read.
Seraphina is paperback version.
This book was a Goodreads Choice 2012 in the YA Fantasy category.
Rachel Hartman is a GR author. Claiming ticket.
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
I rolled a 19. Page link:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
I chose msg 929
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
includes this book I read:
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
is audiobook I read.
Amos Fortune, Free Man is paperback version.
15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
This book was released as a movie in 2009.
Skellig by David Almond
is ebook I read.
Skellig is the paperback version.
15.7. Feeling possessive?
Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
is audiobook I read.
Chasing Lincoln's Killer is paperback version.
20.1 - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Matching word is "you".
Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1. short book
A Man Of The People by Chinua Achebe
is cover version on paperback I read, but it doesn't show pages on this GR version so another paperback link is:
A Man of the People
Option 6. This book is listed on the link from the task of 'Books to keep you up at Night' under YA category.
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
is audiobook version I read.
A Northern Light is a paperback version.
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1 -Option A.
by Hannah Tinti Hannah Tinti is a GR author.
Book 20 Option A.
The literature map for Hannah Tinti shows Laurie R. King so I read:
The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King.
I used audiobook so paperback version is:
The Language of Bees: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Laurie R. King is a GR author.
Claiming 2 GR author tickets this task.
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 3- Mystery
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
I used audiobook version so paperback link is:
The Monsters of Templeton
Option 6- Any book
Dubliners by James Joyce
Points this post: 180
Total pts to date: 600
GR authors this post: 4
GR author total: 15
Task 30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of ReadingA. Read a book by an author with a book on the US book list
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1) (1998) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 235 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Alexander McCall Smith
B. Read a book by an author with a book on the UK & Ireland book list
Red Dust Road. Jackie Kay (2010) by Jackie Kay (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 304 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Jackie Kay
305 + 30 = 335
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 305 + 30 = 335
Books read: 25
Pages read: 8,710
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.9. In Camelot
The Excalibur Murders by J.M.C. Blair
Points this post: 15
Total points: 615
Total Goodreads authors: 20
Total Big books: 1
Andy P.Task # 15.3 Laughing in Ireland
Option 2 read a book that is set in Ireland and has humor listed as a genre
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 775
BRIAN25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1 Option A: Silhouette on the cover.
by Timothy M. Kestrel (Goodreads author)There are three people in a boat under the word Ranging.
Book 2 Option B: Initials in WHITE TIGER
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
At 581 pages, this is a Big Book.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe Option A: Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes on my TBR pile since Nov 08.
Claiming a Big Book :)
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !Option 2, Monopoly & Connect 4
- Melina Marchetta, GR Authorbook approved here.
big book @ 593 pages
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1: Option A -
- Ellen O'Connell, GR AuthorBook 2: Option B - Serpent's Kiss - Thea Harrison, GR Author
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 5 (romance): Deceived - Mary Balogh
Option 6: Quinn's Hart - Cassandra Gold, GR Author
ebook approved @ 711
Points this post: 80
Total points: 870
GR Authors: 48
Big books: 500+ (1)
*thanks to the moderators for an awesome reading season! looking forward to summer!*
KarenKnits20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A: a book published 2011 or earlier
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks - first published 1984
25.5 - Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1, Option A: a silhouette on the cover
- tree is a silhouetteBook 2, Option B: author's initials are in WHITE TIGER
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - H and H (same letter may be used twice)
25.6 - Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A: a book with a strong girl character
Delirium - Lena Haloway is 17
Option B: a book with the word "girl" in the title
Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman
Points this post: 70
Total for Spring 2013: 325
Congratulations on the great finish Ty!Who is going to be next to finish?
Readerboard ID: JENBENT10.8 Pedal To The Metal
The Tin Horse by Janice Steinberg
Janice Steinberg is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 625
Total Goodreads authors: 21
Total Big books: 1
BEKKA - 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!For this task, I read “Lost in a Good Book”
by Jasper Fforde, since it has the word “book” in the title. This matches “The Belly Button Book” which is on the list of books that Jessica PDX’s daughter can’t get enough of. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 585
Pages Read this Challenge: 399
Total Pages Read to Date: 15375
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 47
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500( 4 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
Mickslibrarian Task 20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day - Option 3 Romance
To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points this post: 20
Total Points so far: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read: 5465
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
cupcakebaker5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
I read Birthday Party Murder. Both "party" and "murder" can be used as nouns and verbs.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 315
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 7,651
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1: 134 pages
The Next Sure Thing by Richard Wagamese
Option 6: found in Historical Fiction section
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Points this post: 25
Total points: 650
Total Goodreads authors: 21
Total Big books: 1
Kathy G.50.1- Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie
Book 1- I love reading books by this author
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
link to paperback-
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...
Book 2- I keep a journal and this book is a journal
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos
link to paperback- A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
Book 3- I'm a midwife (not)
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Total Points- 325
Total Tasks- 17
Goodreads Authors- 5
Big Books- (500+)- 1
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: It's spring cleaning time!Option 2 - part of a series:
Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson
Page count: 944 - claiming 2 big book tickets
Option 6 - any book you choose:
The Gate Thief by Orson Scott Card
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
by Linda O. Johnston*** Linda O. Johnston is a Goodreads Author ***
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
Monopoly:
by Jenn McKinlayConnect 4: Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard
*** Shirley Damsgaard is a Goodreads Author ***
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2: Chocolate to Die For by JoAnna Carl
Option 3: A Hoe Lot of Trouble by Heather Webber
*** Heather Webber is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points this post: 60
Total GRA this post: 3
Total points: 175
Total GRA: 8
Total big book tickets: 0
SAMJAYMC10.6 Storm Chasers
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
Louisiana is listed as a tornado alley state. This book is set in Louisiana.
Ashley Elston is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nicki UK30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 3: Mystery
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
Option 5: Romance
The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
Goodreads author
**********************
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 290
Books read: 24
Pages read: 10194
Goodreads authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 20136. A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page:
Suspect by Robert CraisPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 250
Delicious Dee25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1 - Option A
- Lisa Unger (GR Author) - the island on the cover is a silhouette - approved in the THTBook 2 - Option A - 206 Bones - Kathy Reichs - the author shows up on the literature-map for Lisa Unger - http://www.literature-map.com/lisa+un...
Total Points: 810
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around Option 2: Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour
Kristi CO15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger
Option 2
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts
A. Prodigy by Marie Lu
strong girl character: June is a 15-year-old military prodigy
C. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (WAGGGS: G in Girl, W in Who)
Marie Lu is a goodreads author
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is a big book at 602 pages
Points this post: 40
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1
Sheila wrote: "Congratulations on the great finish Ty!Who is going to be next to finish?"
Thanks Sheila!
Summer is looking massive tho - I can't wait!
Sandy MN10.4 Purple for Peace
by Kristin Hannah Goodreads Author:25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1, Option B:
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Goodreads Author
Author won the Steel Dagger in 2007
Book 2, Option B
Easy by Tammara Webber Goodreads Author
Total Points: 545
Total GR Authors: 21
Andy P.Task # 15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger
Option 2
Read a book that has White and Tiger intact in the title or author's name
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 790
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.4 Purple For Peace
Points this post: 10
Total points: 600
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender, Michael Grant, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Carrie Ryan**, Beth Hoffman, Robin Sloan, Lauren Oliver, Rachel Hartman, Bernard Beckett, Matthew Quick, Jennifer Holm, Mitch Albom, Amanda Hodgkinson, Emma Donoghue
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)