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25.18 -- Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 1: I read a book in which the main character spends a significant time underwater. She is a professional diver who contacts Hansen's disease and is sent to a quarantined island. Once there, she escapes in the night to go diving whenever she is able.
The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo
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Option 4: I read a book written by a veterinarian from New York City. He made house calls from the 1920s - 1980s. His book is made up of stories about pets and their people.
All My Patients are Under the Bed: Memoirs of a Cat Doctor by Louis J. Camuti
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total: 215
tasks: 12
books: 17
GR authors: 3

25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
Option A - set in Japan
The Translator: A Novel by Nina Schuyler (Goodreads author)
After losing her ability to speak English, the main character goes to Japan for 90% of the book.
Option B - romance genre
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Points this post: 25
Total points: 345
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-0

Death Row Defender by Ray Dix. Set in Florida
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Black List by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 305
GR Author: 12
Big Ticket Books: 2

Option 2: Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need by Dave Barry
left-hand words: Dave, Ever
right-hand words: Only, You'll
25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
Option 1 (18 letters in the title):
The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister
Erica Bauermeister is a Goodreads author.
Option 3: A Big Storm Knocked It Over by Laurie Colwin
Points this post: 40
Total points: 835
GR authors: 30

10.7 -- Blown Away: Read a book written by an author who shares one of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season names.
Using Melissa
Graveminder by Melissa Marr
Melissa Marr is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 10
Total to date: 540
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 40
Goodreads Author Total: 17

Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews (Goodreads author)
Title has two pairs of "LL's" in the words Well
20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 2: Vacation with a Vampire...and Other Immortals by Maggie Shayne (Goodreads author)
Title includes the word "vacation"
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
Option C: Splintered Bones by Carolyn Haines (Goodreads author)
Cover shows a vase with roses in it

Option D: Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian (Goodreads author)
Book has "romance" listed on main book page
Total Points This Post: 60
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 4
Grand Total Points: 805/1350
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 38
Total Goodreads Authors: 33
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
option 1:The School for Brides
option 3:Storm Glass
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
C.The Rose Garden
D.The Welcome Home Garden Club
25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
option 1:Parlor Games
option 2:Predestined
points this post:75
total points:620
option 1:The School for Brides
option 3:Storm Glass
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
C.The Rose Garden
D.The Welcome Home Garden Club
25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
option 1:Parlor Games
option 2:Predestined
points this post:75
total points:620

20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 1 Read a book that has one of the following words in the title/subtitle: “light”, “daylight”, “morning”, “sunshine”, “sun”
A Red Sun Also Rises by Mark Hodder
This Book has the word SUN in its title.
Mark Hodder is a Goodreads Author!
Point this post: 20
Total Points: 475
Books Read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Option 2: Read a book by one of your favourite authors
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory(★★★★, 07 Aug '13)
Philippa Gregory is one of my favorite authors with her Tudors Series! She is also a GR Author.

Points: 20
Total: 100/1350
Tasks: 5 (10.2|20.3|20.7|20.9|30.8)
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Books: 6
The Lightning Thief|The Children of Men|A Study in Scarlet|The Translator| The Rape of Nanking| The White Queen

10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
"Blister in the Sun" is a song by the American alternative rock band Violent Femmes, originally released on their 1983 self-titled debut album. ➜ Read a book with a word from the title of one of the songs from that album in the title or subtitle. The words must match the spelling of the word in the song title exactly. No variations. The following words are excluded: and, in, the, to, for, do, from
Required: State which word in the title matches a word in the song titles when you post.
"How Do You Say Goodbye"
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal - ***** - 8/22/2013

Points: 10
Total: 545

I originally posted this on August 20 but it posted as number 360 so it was not included in my total. I will repost it now.
25.13 -- Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
For this task, read 2 books from 2 different options below.
Option A – The Music:
Read a book with a word from one of the soundtrack's song titles in the book's title or subtitle : Dirty Dancing Soundtrack. Plurals, possessives, and singular variations are OK (such as eye for eyes or girl for girls, etc.), but no other variations are allowed. Required: Please identify the song title when you post.
Radiant Girl by Andrea White
The song from the soundtrack is Big Girls Don't Cry
Option E – The Time Period: The film is set in the summer of 1963.
Read a book originally published or set in the 1960’s.
The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
50% of the time period for this book was the 1960s and it was published in 1964
Total Points-930
Completed Tasks-46
Goodreads Authors-20
Big Books-1

15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 - Tortoise: Read a book with at least 400 pages.
Unnatural Creatures by Neil Gaiman
This book has 480 pages.
25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Option 1 - Read a book set in a location to which you would need to travel.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
This book is set in England; I live in the U.S.
Option 5 - Read a book of your own choice.
True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
This post: 40
Total to date: 295 points

Option 1. New-to-me author, initials SD found in my readerboard name SkanDia
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)

Task # 10.3 The Summer of "69
Read a book first published in a year ending in a 6 or 9
Cleanskin by Val McDermid
This book was first published in 2006
Task # 10.6 Black Flag Day
Read a book set in a country that has the color black on its flag
The Collini Case: A Novel by Ferdinand von Schirach
This book is set in Germany which has black on its flag
Task # 25.19 Oma 1229's task: School is Out Forever!
Option 3 Woo-Hoo! Field Trip!
Read a book with wall art like you'd find in a museum

Option 4 Teacher's Pet
Book of choice

Points this post:45
Total Points: 1240

BJ Rose
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
I chose Option 1: my Readerboard Name is BJ Rose - the author's names use 'J' and 'S' from my readerboard name
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
John Scalzi is a new-to-me author
25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!
2. Option B-Show Me The Money
For this option please read a book that has a cover that is either green, gold, and/or silver.

4. Teacher's Pet
Choose any book to read that meets the SRC guidelines.
Unspeakable by Laura Griffin is 384 pages
Points this post = 45
Total Points = 785
Tasks Completed = 38
Total Pages Read = 20,247

Per Message #251 on Problems thread. Original Post #1509.
30.5 Sandy's Task: History with Dialogue
Book 1: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. A fiction book about and set in England mainly during World War II.
Book 2: Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson. A non fiction book that details events that brought Churchill to power and changed the shape and direction of World War II. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 30
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 775/1350
Big Books: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(1)
Goodreads Author: 19
Tasks Completed: 44/71
Books Claimed: 61/103
Pages Read: 21,441

5.1 10 Years Ago
The Bones of Paris: A Novel of Suspense by Laurie R. King. Laurie R. King uses the initial R. {ARC copy}.
Points: 5
**Laurie R. King is a Goodreads Author.**
5.7 70 Years Ago
Mister Monday by Garth Nix. Monday in the title.
Points: 5
**Garth Nix is a Goodreads Author.**
10.6 Black Flag Day
Philida by André P. Brink. Set in South Africa, which has black on its flag.
Points: 10
10.9 Add It Up
A Fatal Likeness by Lynn Shepherd. I'm 30, and my birthday isn't in a summer month. 3+0=3, and A Fatal Likeness has 3 words.
Points: 10
**Lynn Shepherd is a Goodreads Author.**
20.10 Group Reads
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. My message is #21 in the Discussion Thread.
Points: 20
25.8 Karen GHHS' Task: Big Sky Country
Option 4: Roughing It - (A)Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. Wild in the title.
Option 6: Washington, My Home - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. Set in Seattle, Washington. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 25
**Cheryl Strayed is a Goodreads Author.**
**Jamie Ford is a Goodreads Author.**
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: Name Dropping
Rolled 1 & 3.
1: Adam Baldwin and Jewel Staite - Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson. Book #7 in the series Malazan Book of the Fallen, one of my favorite fantasy series. A first time read.
3: Stan Lee and Salvador Larocca - The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman. Approved in Help Thread. Also a first time read.
Points: 30
**Reaper's Gale is a big book. My copy had 1,280 pages.**
**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.**
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X
R - Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson. Recommended by husband and a real life friend as the greatest book ever written. It was good, but even within the series I liked other books better. Poor hubby is crushed.
A - The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott. ARC Acquired via NetGalley. (Use of ARC was approved in the Help Thread).
Points: 30
**Toll the Hounds is a big book. My copy had 1,294 pages.**
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Points this Post: 135
Total Points: 910/1350
Big Books: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(3)
Goodreads Author: 25
Tasks Completed: 52/71
Books Claimed: 70/103
Pages Read: 25,925

30.1
I rolled a 2 and 6.
Option 2 - time travel book
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill (GR Author)
Option 6 - English author
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (GR Author)

25.18 Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 2: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, which was a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Option 6:

25.20 Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
Rolled 1: If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende which is shelved as non fiction.
Rolled 4: The House at Sea's End: ' by Elly Griffiths which I've had since before June 1, 2013.
50.1 Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 9:

Mansion 10: Trailblazing Governors: Six Remarkable Women by Gail Johnson which features six inspirational female characters, and was approved in the help thread in post 67. Pages: 324.
Mansion 13: The King's English: A Guide to Modern UsageThe King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage by Kingsley Amis which has the possessive version of 'king' in the title. Pages: 270.
Points this post: 100
Total points: 275.

A. Left: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
word is Caged
B. Right: In The Skin Of A Lion
word is Lion
Task 20.4 - Initial Fun
Option 1: Open
Andre Agassi's initials are in my Readerboard name, Ann A, and he is a new-to-me author.
Points this post: 35
Tasks completed this post: 2
Total challenge points: 290
Total tasks completed: 19
Total number Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 2

25.6 - Off to the Mediterranean Sea
Book 1
The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
This book is set in Italy and has 309 pages.
Chris Bohjalian is a Goodreads author.
Book 2
Skios by Michael Frayn
This book is set on a fictional Greek island and has 272 pages.
Combined Page Total: 581
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 1160/1350
Goodreads Authors: 0/37
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 2: A book with a one word title
I read Playback by Raymond Chandler
Option 5: Read a book that shows a person doing an activity that might be improved with practice
I read

(skateboarding)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 605
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 49
GR Authors: 4

Option 1: Light
Light Me Up by Isabel Sharpe
25.6 Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean Sea
Option A
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Claiming Big Book Ticket. Book has 531 pages.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 1200
Total Tasks: 64
Books Read: 95
Goodreads Authors: 45
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 9: A book in this list: Best Murder Mysteries of All Time
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Mansion 10: Autobiography of an influential female
If You Ask Me by Betty White
Mansion 12: Book with a rooftop on the cover

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 655
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 52
GR Authors: 4

20.8 Beginnings & Endings!
Option #1: "light" in the title:

*this is a GRA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 14

Option 2: Book about Shakespeare
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
Option 3: This book is an adaptation of one of Shakespeare's works, "King Lear"
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
Tasks: 24
Books: 33
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500=1, 750=1

2. On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz
5. Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way by Molly Birnbaum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 865

5.7 – 70 years ago.
Monday Mornings by Sanjay Gupta
The title features the word "Monday."
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 1165/1350
Goodreads Authors: 0/37
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task 5.9 – 90 years ago

Task 10.8 -- Summer Reading
A Night Like This
Task 15.6 - As Seen On TV
Me Talk Pretty One Day from The Daily Show Reading Club
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1225+30=1255
Total tasks: 64+3=67

Option 1 - I read Open Season by C.J. Box. I used my readerboard name, Bec, and the initials CB can be found in it.
C.J. Box is a new to me author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 27
Pages read: 10798
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)


20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 2:Read a book with one of the following words in its title or subtitle: “family”, “vacation”, or “reunion”. Plural versions are acceptable, but no other variations are allowed.
Death's Excellent Vacation by Charlaine Harris, Toni Kelner, Katie MacAlister
Goodreads Author
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
For this task read a book (written by any author) that has a three word title, the first word of which is "The." Subtitles should be ignored.
The Mistress Memoirs by Jillian Hunter
Goodreads Author
20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B. Spending time on the pontoon boat: Read a book with a word from the lyrics of
Pontoon. The word must be at least 4 letters long.
Required: State the word used when you post: with
Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
Goodreads Author
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
NOTE: The book you choose must have 250+ pages.
Option 1. Read a book first published in 2013.
Wrecked by Shiloh Walker
Goodreads Author
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings
Read a book with any word in the title/subtitle that ends with the letter “k”.
Black Magic by Cherry Adair
Goodreads Author
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
2. ➜ In honour of favourites read a book by one of your favourite authors. Remember no rereads allowed.
Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf Volume Two by Patricia Briggs
NOTE: Books with genres “Graphic Novel,” “Sequential Art,” “Comics,” and “Manga” that conform to all other SRC rules may be used for this task.
20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the Group Reads selections, and make at least one post in the discussion thread for the book.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
For the category "Mysteries set in the Western US" The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep Discussion Thread
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Points this post: 140
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0

A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik
25.5 In the Gardens
B - The Blue and White Garden -
Trapeze by Simon Mawer has WWII listed on the main page
C - The Rose Garden - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber which has "ROSE" in the title.
30.7 Scattegories SRC Style
My random letter was L
I rolled a 4 and a 6
4 - Female Author - Sister by Rosamund Lupton
6 - Word in Series Name - Phantom Prey by John Sandford. This is in the Lucas Davenport Series
**Debbie Macomber and Rosamund Lupton are both GR authors**
Post Total: 70
Grand Total: 285

10.9 -- Add It Up
My current age adds up to 2
Dark Visions by Jonas Saul
ebook format // Approved for lenght @ line #275 (message 2704)
Jonas Saul is a Goodreads Author
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 80 points
// GR Authors: 4
// Big Books: 1

A. Read one book with a word at least FOUR letters long that is composed of letters/characters typed solely with the left hand in the title or subtitle.
Word is TREE

B. Read one book with a word at least FOUR letters long that is composed of letters/characters typed solely with the right hand in the title or subtitle.
Word is MOON

Points this post: 15
Total points: 640
Tasks completed: 32
Books Read: 49
GR Authors: 29
Big books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Au coeur du danger by B.J. Daniels
The author uses initials as part of her Goodreads name.
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option B) White Wedding /white cover
Les sorcières de Shreveport by Charlaine Harris

Option D) Something Old, Something New... /published after January 1st 2012
Angie, 13 ans, disparue... by Liz Coley
Liz Coley is a Goodreads Author
This post: 35 points
Total to Date = 115 points
// GR Authors: 5
// Big Books: 1

Task # 5.8 80 years ago
Read a book with more than one author
Fatal Descent byJohn Rhode

The cover shows two authors, John Rhode and Carter Dicskon as does the Good Reads home page.
Task # 5.10 100 years ago
Read a book with an author whose first name matches one of the 2013 Tony Award individual nominees
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry
Ann Roth was the winner for best costume design of a play.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1250

30.1 Ms Anderson’s Name Dropping
I rolled a 2 and a 4.
Roll of 2. Ms Anderson met actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. I read a book with “Time Travel” as a genre on its GR homepage: Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson.
Roll of 4. Ms Anderson met authors Ellen Hopkins and David Levithan. I read a book by an author I would like to meet. I’ve met several sci-fi authors, and I would like to meet more of them, including Gene Wolfe who wrote the book I read, The Citadel of the Autarch.
30.2 DlmRose’s Behind the Name I started with names related to “Nicholas” and I read books by authors with names from the “Nikolaos” family. Nikolaos (Greek) leads to Nicolaus (Latin), which leads to…
Book 1. Male author. “Colin.” …Nicholas (English) – Col – Colin. I read The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the
Grand Canyon by Colin Fletcher.
Book 2. Female author, “Nikki.” …Nicholas (French) – Nicole (French) -- Nicole (English) – Nikki I read Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 1330
Big Books: 500+ (3)

Option 2 (romance): Wanted! by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Vicki Lewis Thompson is a Goodreads author.
20.7 Something New
Option 3 (author who is new to me): Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Total Goodreads authors: 1

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 1 Read a book that has been inspired by another author's fictional story.
Murder on the Bride's Side by Tracy Kiely
This book was inspired by Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and was approved in the help thread in post 16.
This was the first time I read this book, so no re-read.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 495
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

20.3 The Blank Blank
Book with a three word title starting with "the"
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Total points: 100
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1868

20.6 - They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky
Option 1: I read a book shelved under "history" on its main page.
This is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood by Hyok Kang
+20
total: 235
tasks: 13
books: 18
GR authors: 3


Task 20.8 - Beginnings and Endings
Option 2 - Endings (Playbook ends in K): The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 15
Challenge total = 390

R: Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman > this book was one of my Goodreads Recommendations
*** Liz Lipperman is a GR Author ***
L:

*** Penny Warner is a GR Author ***
Total points: 320
Total GRA: 12
Total big book tickets: 1
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15.5 -- Tour de France - The Paris Vendetta - Steve Berry (set in France) 7/8
25.2 -- JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition -
Option 2: Taking Eve - Iris Johansen ("king" in title) 8/10
Option 4: Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson (mystery genre) 8/21
30.6 -- Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
Option 1 - born 1967 (5+2=7)
Book 1: Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy♥ (Walker Papers #5) 6/28
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Book 2: Scoundrel - Zoe Archer♥ (Blades of the Rose #2) 8/18
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points Earned This Post: 70
Points Achieved to Date: 860
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (4)
750+ (0)
1000+ (1)