Spring/Summer 2013: Leader Board and Completed Tasks

[Rebecca]

Mickslibrarian wrote: "10.1. Thespian Magic - I am using another twist on this, I read one play, but don't think I'm going to get to the other 2.

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai started on July 31, finished Jul..."

Sorry but I think you're only allowed to use the twist once?

[Megan]

Finished 5.8 Air Conditioned Cool: Manhunt

15.7 Easter Egg Hunt: My Life in France- basket on the cover

Total points: 220
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 16

[Allison]

Finished Task 10.7 Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson for 10 points.


Tasks Finished: 23
Books Finished: 28
Points Total: 320

[Mickslibrarian]

Rebecca wrote: "Mickslibrarian wrote: "10.1. Thespian Magic - I am using another twist on this, I read one play, but don't think I'm going to get to the other 2.

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai started o..."

Yeah didn't know that at the time - scratch this task.

[Mickslibrarian]

15.1 - Hope Springs Eternal

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (couldn't stand old man and sea) - August 23

Task Points: 15
Total Points: 410

[Michelle]

Just finished A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky for "15.3 Feeling Possessive?" for 15 points.

New Total: 260 points

[Martha]

Finished Sharp Objects for Task 15.2 Above Average

Also finished Tracks in the Sand: Sea Turtles and Their Protectors for Task 5.2 Is that a fact?

Tasks completed: 13
Total points: 175

[Mickslibrarian]

20.2. The Over 700 Club

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 798 pages

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 430

[Martha]

Finished The Giver for Task 5.4 Spring Cleaning

Tasks completed: 14
Total points: 180

[Allison]

Finished Task 10.4 Against All Odds by Irene Hannon for 10 points.


Tasks Finished: 24
Books Finished: 29
Points Total: 330

[Kelly]

*Kelly R.

Finished:
20-4. Mystery novel published over 25 years ago - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (7/26)
5-4. Has been on TBR list the longest - The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (8/17)
25-5. From 2 different options: 1) Has a word in the title/sub/series name that gives you a red squiggly in Word; 2) A “talked” about book. - Farscape Forever! by Glen Yeffeth (8/15) [Option 1]; A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (6/21) [Option 2]
15-5. 2 books first published in the 1800s - The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle [pub. 1890] (8/18); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle [pub. 1892] (8/23)
25-2. For Book 1: my choice; For Book 2: that is either mentioned specifically in the text of book 1, or is written by an author mentioned in the text of book 1 - My Bookstore by Ronald Rice (8/1); Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler & Maira Kalman (8/24)
20-3. Word in the title w/ one letter “sandwiched” b/t two of the same letters - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich (8/26)
25-8. For the 1st, set on the North American continent; The next, will be about what to do on the vacation (Romantic: Your vacation is all about having a romantic getaway. Read a book that is considered a "love story" or a romance) - Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson (6/9); In Deep Waters by Melissa McClone (8/27)

Total Points: 340/520
Books Finished: 35/48
Tasks Completed: 25/36

[Allison]

Finished Task 25.4:

Option 1) A Taste of Murder (The Classical Trio Series, Book 1) by Virginia Smith (Takes place in the summer)

Option 2) Thinking of You by Jill Mansell (The main character's new job is what the story is based around)

Tasks Finished: 25
Books Finished: 31
Points Total: 355

[Kelly]

*Kelly R.

Finished:
25-6. A real life hero AND then a fictional hero - The Longest Night by Gavin Mortimer (8/9); Serenity by Keith R. A. DeCandido (8/28)

Total Points: 365/520
Books Finished: 36/48
Tasks Completed: 26/36

[Daisy]

Oh man, I just noticed I never updated this...

Finished:
5.5 Island Times True Love
5.7 Purple for Peace The Book of Broken Hearts
5.8 Air Conditioned Cool Fire with Fire
10.1 Substituting Thespian Magic with The Heiress Effect
10.2 National Do-Dah Day The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
10.3 May Day Any Duchess Will Do
10.4 Attention Grabber Crown of Midnight
10.6 Broke and Bookish Golden
10.7 Roadtrip Right of Way
15.6 Habemus Papam Changeling
15.8 Give Credit Where Credit is Due It Happened One Midnight and The Duke and I
20.2 Over 700 Club A Feast for Crows
20.3 Eat an Orea Day Once Every Never
25.1 Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer False Sight and How to Lose a Bride in One Night
25.4 School's Out for Summer, option 4 The Sweetest Dark and option 1 The Trouble with Flirting
25.5 Let's go Camping Divergent (campfire) and Truly, Madly, Deadly (creepy)
25.8 Take a Vacation, Europe Belle Epoque and Romance Lord of Wicked Intentions

Books Read: 26
Tasks Finished: 19
Total number of points: 265

[Mickslibrarian]

25.8. Take A Vacation: 3-4

Rolled a 3 and 4

3 - Africa

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff - August 31

4 - Adventure

To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn (Caroline has an unplanned adventure) - May 4

Task Points: 25
Total Points: 455

[Kelly]

*Kelly R.

Finished:
5-1. Go to the library & pick a book from the shelves at random. W/o reading the summary or anything from the book - The Arrivals by Melissa Marr (8/29)

Total Points: 370/520
Books Finished: 37/48
Tasks Completed: 27/36

[Allison]

Finished Task 15.6 Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer for 15 points.


Also finished Task 25.2 Daring Chloe by Laura Jensen Walker & The Summons by John Grisham (John Grisham is mentioned in Daring Chloe) for 25 points.

Tasks Finished: 27
Books Finished: 34
Points Total: 395

[Rebecca]

Probably my final update!

5.5. Island Time: Orkney (30/08/13)
5.6. Cinco de Mayo: The Man Who Ate Everything (rated 5* by a friend) (22/08/13)
10.5. Storm Chasers: O Pioneers! (Nebraska) (28/08/13)
20.1. Group Read: Love in the Time of Cholera (24/08/13)

400/520 Points Earned

[Mickslibrarian]

15.8. Give Credit Where Credit is Due

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

was blurbed by Sarah Addison Allen who wrote The Girl Who Chased the Moon


Task Points: 15
Total Points: 470

[Michelle]

Finished The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards and A Way Through the Sea by Robert Elmer for "25.1 Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer" for 25 points.

New total: 285

[Megan]

Finished
5.4 Spring Cleaning: Dog on It
10.7 Roadtrip: The Lightning Thief

Total points: 235
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 18

[Tami]

Mickslibrarian wrote: "15.8. Give Credit Where Credit is Due

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

was blurbed by Sarah Addison Allen who wrote The Girl Who Chased the Moon


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