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I accidently deleted p0st 119 trying to add link-[The Murder at the Vicarage] 10;10 My average is 3.83 the average for the book is 3.96-finished 3/6/13
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Fairlee wrote: "I accidently deleted p0st 119 trying to add link-[The Murder at the Vicarage] 10;10 My average is 3.83 the average for the book is 3.96-finished 3/6/13"Your link still didn't work. What you need to do is click 'add book/author' above the comment box, search for your book within that and then click 'add' next to your book.
Sandy, please note that because the post got deleted that my post (which was number 151) is now post 150 so please make sure my points get added. Thank you!
Oma1229Task 20.1- Again, Again
Read a book whose title includes a word from one of several favorite books.
Maigret and the Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon
The matching word is DOG from the book Go, Dog, Go!
Points this Post-20
Total Points To Date-95
20.9 - A New Spring WardrobeOption A: Cleaning Out the Closets
Read a book published in the year 2011 or earlier
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
Book was first published 2007, this edition was pubished in 2010.
I claim a big book ticket, as this is 640 pages.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Nicki UK20.1 Again! Again!
I used ‘You’ from 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?'
Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn
Goodreads author
20.3 Traveling in Time
Option 2. Along for the Ride - Read a book about time travel
Sophia's Secret by Susanna Kearsley
Good reads author
Big Book (500+ pp)
20.6 Messing around
Option 1. Read a book originally written in a different language than your own.
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
This is translated from Swedish (and it’s really, really good – I recommend it!)
Points this post: 60 points
Points to date: 60 points
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1307
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
by Stephen Dau has a lion on the cover.Stephen Dau is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW….Option A.
For this option read a book that has one of the following animals that you might see on an African safari on the cover or in the title or subtitle - Lion, Cheetah, Elephant, Giraffe, Monkey/Ape/Gorilla, Leopard, Rhino, Cheetah, Hippo, or Crocodile/Alligator. Plurals and possessives work.
I read Tears of the Giraffe
by Alexander McCall Smith which has a picture of a giraffe on the cover. Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Delicious Dee15.5. Hug a Tree
- Laura Griffin (GR Author) - there are trees on either side of the water (or so it appears)Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
20.7 Have Passport, Will TravelOption 5; The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes takes place in the UK, while I'm American and live in Japan.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 767
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Meera20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: Thrift Shop II
Night Prey by John Sandford - borrowed from the library
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
1. March 14: National Pie Day:
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
5. May 4: National Renewal Day
Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy. This is part of the Monkeewrench series I haven't kept up with.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 45
Andy P.Task # 25.1 Delicious Dee's Task: Anchor's Aweigh
Option 2 Read a book where the letters NROTC can be found in the title. Bones of the Cross by Jeff Denhart bONes of The CRoss
Option 3 Read a book published between 5/13/05 and 1/31/13. . This book was published in 2009.Dogged Pursuit: My Year of Competing Dusty, the World's Least Likely Agility Dog by Robert Rodi
Andy P.Task # 20.1 Most Improved Player- Jessica PDX- Again!, Again!
Read a book that shares a word in common with Go, Dog, Go
One Good Dog by Susan Wilson. The shared word is dog.
15.7 Feeling Possessive? Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle.
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15/870
Total Books Read: 3/70
Total Tasks Completed: 2/53
Pages Read: 2045
Task # 5.1 Go West! Panthers' Pleasure by Zara Chase
Set in Florida, USA
Task # 5.9 Roll With It
Jenna's Submission by Avery Gale
I rolled a 1, so I need a book originally published in 2012, this was published 12/1/12.
Task # 10.3 March April May
Trace & Tori by Avery Gale
T - & - T
Task # 10.8 Pedal to the Metal
Slave Gold by Becca Van
"Gold"
Task # 20.2 Pi Day
Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren
Option 3, romance genre
This post: 50 points
Total to date: 50 points
Goodread authors this post: 0
Goodread authors to date: 0
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ ()
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.5 Hug a Tree
Tree(s) on cover:Railroad Man
Alle Wells is a GRA
Railroad Man SRC Ebook Approval Post
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 50/870
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Kimber20.4 DID YOU KNOW...
Option D - "whiskey" in title
Whiskey Rebellion by Lilianna Hart
Liliana Hart is a GRA.
This book: 20
# tasks completed to date: 1
GRA: 1
Total points: 20
Kimber 20.6 Messing Around
Option 4 - Book that makes you happy
Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett
*This was an ebook, I rec'd permission for length in msg 2146/ebook verification thread
I LOVED this book. It was a very sweet romance about 2 college students from opposite sides of the "tracks" that fall in love and battle closed minded parents and friends to remain together. *sigh*
This book made me happy, thus perfect for opt 4 of this task.
Sawyer Bennett is a GRA.
This task: 20
# tasks completed: 2
GRA: 2
Total: 40
30.1 - IT'S SPRING CLEANING TIMEOPTION 4 - WE DO WINDOWS -
by Debbie Macomber where the little boy is looking into a department store window.OPTION 6 - ANY BOOK -
by Sandra Brown.Sandra Brown and Debbie Macomber are Goodreads authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 75
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 4
BIG BOOKS - 1
Mod
5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
Hamiltons #5, For Many a Long Day by Anne Doughty
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
option 1- classic published in 1961: The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
option D 3rd in series: Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
total = 90
Katie M20.2 -- Rookie At the Top - Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 3 -
Cowboy Casanova by Lorelei James
This post: 20 points
Total to Date: 55 points
20.3 - Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in TimeOption 1: The Last Man by Mary Shelley
First published in 1826.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads author:
Big Books:
Chaitra15.10 Spring Break
I read Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross.
Points: 15
**Adam Ross is a Goodreads Author.**
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 70/870
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 3
Tasks Completed: 6/53
Books Claimed: 6/69
Pages Read: 1,594
10.4 Purple For PeaceBeautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
***Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket***
***Claiming Big Books Ticket: 563 Pages***
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1
cupcakebaker10.10 Above Average
My average book rating was 4.42. I read the book Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers which had a rating of 4.42.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 476
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....Option C: romance
Slammed by Colleen Hoover *Goodreads author*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70/870
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Sandy MN20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 1: Book has 362 pages
Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Total Points: 40
5.4 Spring Up, Fall DownThe Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World by Lucette Lagnado
Suit is both a noun and a verb.
Total points: 5
10.2 - Angry BirdsMidwinterblood (shelved as horror)
10.6 - Storm Chasers
The Scent of Rain and Lightning - set in Kansas
10.10 - Above Average
My average rating is a stingy 3.18 and I read One Fine Day (avg rating 4.09).
Total books read: 3
Points in this post: 30
Total points accumulated: 30/870
Katie M5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
Raine by Elizabeth Amber
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 60 points
Coralie20.6 Messing Around
Option 1 Book originally written in Spanish, my language is English
The Prisoner of Heaven
25.7 judge a Book by its Cover!
Option A dismembered
and
Total points 60
10.10 Above AverageMy average rating at this point in time is 3.26. I read Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky (a GoodReads Author). The average rating for this book is 3.44.
Task Points :10
Total points : 35
GoodRead Authors:3
Tasks finished :3
10.1 Above AverageFind your book rating average on your profile page (below the picture on the upper left) and read a book with a rating at or above that number.
My average rating (at the time I started this book) was 3.63. The book's rating was 4.10.
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25/870
Total Books Read: 4/70
Total Tasks Completed: 2/53
Pages Read: 2045
Karen Oz5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 1: Book Published before 1963
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute – first published in 1950
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C: Genre: Romance
Sunrise on the Mediterrannean (Time Travel #3) by Suzanne Frank (GR Author) -564 pages
Total (this post): 45 points
Grand Total: 45 points
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s AweighOption 3 - Publishing Date between May 13, 2005 and January 31, 2013
New Moon by Stephenie Meyerpublished September, 2006.
This was 563 pages and qualifies for a 500-page big book.
Option 4 - Location
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith takes place in Scotland.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:6
GR Authors:2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option F; the lady on this cover is showing skin. The author, Libba Bray, is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1163
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Elizabeth BTask #10.5: Piece of Cake
Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec (heroine is a confectioner)
Tara Sivec is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 10
Total points:10
Total tasks: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Sheila5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz5th in series
5.9 -- Roll With It
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer I rolled a 2 and read a book published in 2011
5.10 -- Attention Grabber
Left to Die by Lisa JacksonAttention Grabber first line = He is going to kill you!
Total Points = 80
10.6 Storm ChasersCandy Apple Dead by Sammi Carter
Set in Colorado
Total points: 10
Total GRA: 0
Total big book tickets: 0
10;10-Averages-Read a book above your normal ratings-Murder at the Vicarage is 3.96 and my ratings is 3.83 total 10 points
Jessica PDX20.7 - Suzanne VN's Task - Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5 - My home country is the US, and this book is set in Northern Ireland.
by Stuart Neville30.2 - Dlmrose's Task - For the Love of Reading
Book A - US list
by Hillary JordanBook B - UK/Ireland list
by Ian FlemingPoints This Post: 50
Total Points: 80
5.2 -- It's In Their GenesRead a book that has a pair of one of the least common letters in the English language--G--in the title.
by Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author)Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 1: Back to the Classics - First published in 1912
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Option 1: Back to the Classics - First published in 1912
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.3 – Travelling in Time1. Back to the Classics - a book first published in 1899:
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Total points 65
Jennifer KS 10.3 March April May
I read Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 6
Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.7. Feeling possessive?Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.7-Have Passport Will Travel!...choose one of the following options and read one book:
I chose option #1 (read a book with a suitcase on the cover) and I read
Who Do I Talk To? by Neta Jackson 406 pages (3.4)Points earned for this task: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 35
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books: 0
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
25.6 Happy birthday Girl ScoutsOption B
Shanghai Girls
Lisa See Goodreads Author
Option D
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Beth Hoffman GOODREADS AUTHOR
Total points 25
Elizabeth BTask #20.4: Author Author
Guilty by Karen Robards (option B: shoes on the cover)Points this post: 20
Total points:30
Total tasks: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 5.5 Spring Chicken
Read a YA book
Kissing The Rain by Kevin Brooks. The genre young adult is listed on the book's main page.
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