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Task 20.7: Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something NewOption 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you.
Read The Children of Men by P.D. James (★★★, 10 Jun '13), who is a new author to me.
Points: 20
Total: 30/1350
Tasks: 2 (10.2/20.7)
Books: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #5.1 – 10 years ago.
Read a book by an author who uses an initial as part of his or her Goodreads name.
Welcome to Darkness by L.M Justus
** GR Ticket Claim: L.M. Justus is a Goodreads Author **
Task #15.10 - No More Homework!
School's out! Take a break and read a book of your choice.
Adela Arthur and the Creator's Clock by Judyann McCole
Task #20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
Read a book that has a three word title, the first word of which is "The."
The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome
** GR Ticket Claim: Richard Newsome is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 40 points
Total Points: 165 points
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Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 9
Big books (500+) Tickets: 2
15.2 - Good Luck CharmsOption 2: You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews (added March 25, 2013)
*** Donna Andrews is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 3: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - more than 1 friend rated this 4 or 5 stars, one of them is Kari.
Total points: 220
Total GRA: 7
Total big book tickets: 0
30.10 Book News Feed (rolled 2,5) Both new authors to meOpt 2 Orange Prize Long List
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (GR Author)
Opt 5 Good Minds Suggest - author's own book http://www.goodreads.com/featured_lis...
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Total pts:30
GR author: 1 Gillian Flynn
I have to take this one out. Sorry.
30.6 Reading Your 123sOption #2 Book 1
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson (275 pp, prime).
Option #2 Book 2
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author).
15.4 Get to the Finish Line
Option #2: The Magician King by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author), 400 pp.
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read: 4041
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Going for the gold here--third time's a charm right?25.11 Vi/Midu's Task--Explore Listopia's:
My previously read book was The Promise in a Kiss by Stephanie Laurens
List 1 was http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/32... Lauren's book was #56 on the list.
I chose #2 on list A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
List 2 was http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17... Lauren's book was #48 on this list.
I chose #20 on the list Frenchman's Creekby Daphne du Maurier
I had never read either of these two books before.
Today's total: 25
Grand total: 1185
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #15.7 - 11/11
Read a book with the same consecutive double letter pair found twice in any combination of title, subtitle or series title words or the author's names.
How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills by Seth Grahame-Smith
There are three sets of double Ls in the subtitle.
I listened to the audiobook version.
Here's the paperback version's link for print length:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29...
Points This Post: 15 points
Total Points: 180 points
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Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 9
Big books (500+) Tickets: 2
Oma12295.8 – 80 years ago.
Read a book with more than one author - co-authors, collection of stories by different authors, etc.
Two Rings: A Story of Love and War by Millie Werber and Eve Keller
Total Points-715
Completed Tasks-36
Goodreads Authors-14
Big Books-1
Oma122925.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Editiom
Option 1: Geography
The Orange Blossom Special by Betsy Carter
The setting for this book is Gainesville, Fl. and I live 35 miles north of Gainesville.
Option 6: Sports & Leisure
by Lynne HintonClaiming Betsy Carter as Goodreads Author
Total Points-740
Completed Tasks-37
Goodreads Authors-14
Big Books-1
kimber15.8 The Battle Of Gettysburg
Noble Cause by Jessica James
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25.17 Metal!
Option 3 Gothic:
Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
(horror on main page)
Option 5 Symphonic:
Fins Are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs
(forever matches band 'After Forever' from provided list)
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25.18 Adventures At Your Library
Option 1:
Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
(most of book takes place in underground passageways - this is clear in the description on main page)
Option 3:
Murder in Mykonos: A Chief Inspector Kaldis Mystery by Jeffrey Siger
(Siger falls between ROT - SIN)
Jessica James is a GRA
Tera Lynn Childs is a GRA
Kami Garcia is a GRA
Margaret Stohl is a GRA
Jeffrey Siger is a GRA
Above tasks: 65
Tasks completed to date: 24
Total Points: 520
GRA: 27
Delicious Dee25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
I opted to do 2 books from Option 2
Thief - Ava March (GR Author) - "MARC"H, ebook only approved line 1186 in spreadsheet and Good to Know - D.W. Marchwell (GR Author) - "MARC"HWELL
30.9 - Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
Book A - An Uncommon Sense - Serenity Woods (GR Author)
Book B - Too Hot To Touch - Louisa Edwards (GR Author)
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 1105
GR Authors: 60
Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (1)
STACIE MITask 25.10 - My Summer Vacation
I did options 1 and 5.
For option 1, I read a book set in California, and seeing as I live in Michigan, that would be quite a ways to travel:
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
For option 5, I read a book of my choice:
7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker
**Kristin Walker is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 685
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 56
Pages read: 14998
Goodreads authors: 31
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.7 - 11/11 Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown, with double ff in Chiffon and Duffy
Duffy Brown is a Goodreads author.
25.14 -- Amy C's task: The America's Cup
Option 1: An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof
Option 2: Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi
25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
I rolled 1 and 6.
1: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Susannah Cahalan is a Goodreads author.
6: A Nero Wolfe Mystery: The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout
30.5 - Sandy's task: History with Dialogue
Book 1 is historical fiction based on Anne Morrow Lindbergh's life and Book 2 is the most recent volume of her letters and diaries.
Book 1: The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin, 416 pages.
Melanie Benjamin is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals, 1947-1986 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 368 pages.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 650
GR authors this post: 3
Total GR authors: 25
50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black TortoiseMansion 9: The Ox - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb
has the genre "murder mystery" on main page
Mansion 12: Rooftop -
there's a rooftop on the cover
Mansion 14: Wall - The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez
I borrowed this book from the public library.
Points this post: 50
Season Total: 320
Sandy MN15.10 No More Homework
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Goodreads Author
20.10 Group Reads
Posted comment #20 in group thread
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Total Points: 380
Total GR authors:10
20.10 Group ReadsThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Post 33)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (2)
Big Books Tickets: 6
Oma122910.8 -- Summer Reading
Read a book from NPR's Summer Books 2012: The Complete List
Coral Glynn by Peter Cameron
Recommended by Rona Brinlee, The BookMark
Total Points-750
Completed Tasks-38
Goodreads Authors-14
Big Books-1
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!Option 3: Dogged Pursuit: My Year of Competing Dusty, the World's Least Likely Agility Dog by Robert Rodi
On my bucket list: I would like to train my dog for agility competition.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 670
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 1 Read a book first published in 2013.
Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy by Jonathan Strahan
The book was first published on 28.05.2013
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback version is 416 pages Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank BlankFor this task read a book (written by any author) that has a three word title, the first word of which is "The."
The Lightning Thief (★★★, 16 Jul '13)
Points: 20
Total: 50/1350
Tasks: 3 (10.2/20.3/20.7)
Books: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Shawn H.20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite:
**Option #2: Favorite Author, with no re-reads.**
by Jonathan Tropper***Tropper is one of my favorite contemporary authors; in addition to Michael Chabon. I've been wanting to read this for some time and finally found it at the library***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket Books: 1
Candace30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R - Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
Recommended by my friend, Autumn.
A - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Acquired at the library.
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 140 points
Elizabeth BIn post 1094, I claimed One Dance with a Duke for Task 5.2 -- 20 years ago. I would like to replace this with First Grave on the Right. This book fulfills the requirement of this task, as there's the word "first" in the title.
New tasks
Task 5.3 -- 30 years ago
Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Date Dead)
Task 10.3 -- The Summer of '69
Bicycle Diaries (first published at 2009)
Task 25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!
Option 2-B (green cover):
Option 4:Wicked All the Way
Task 50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 13: One Dance with a Duke (duke in the title)
Manson 14: borrowed from the public library: The Perfect Hope
Mansion 9: The Likeness (#85 at the Best Murder mysteries list)
Points this post: 90
Total points: 820
Total tasks: 43+4=47
25.8 Big Sky CountryOption 3 Night Sky: Star
Light from a Distant Star by Mary McGarry Morris
Option 4 Roughing it: Wild
The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan" by Cameron Dokey
Total points: 155
Sandy MN15.6 As Seen on TV
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
This book was promoted on the Charlie Rose show.
Total Points: 395
Janice CA15.7 - 11/11
"LL" is found in the subtitle (Hollywood) and the author's name (Bullock).
Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker by Gesine Bullock-Prado
+15
total: 165
tasks: 10
books: 13
GR authors: 3
25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer VacationOption 1
I read Tartuffe by Molière which is set in France. As I live in Ireland I would have to travel by plane/boat/possibly train to get there!
Option 5
I read L'avare by Moliere
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black TortoiseMansion 9: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb (approved in help thread)
Mansion 12:
by Staci McLaughlin (approved in help thread)*** Staci McLaughlin is a goodreads author ***
Mansion 13: Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
*** Rhys Bowen is a goodreads author ***
Total points: 270
Total GRA: 9
Total big book tickets: 1
FANDURY30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
Option 1. Fibonacci Sequence
Using the last digit of your birth year, read 2 books whose numeral placement in any series adds up to the last digit of your birth year.
I was born in 1975, so the series have to add up to 5:
A Plague of Poison by Maureen Ash
Number 3 in the Templar Knight Mystery Series.
So Much Blood by Simon Brett
Number 2 in the Charles Paris Series
3 + 2 = 5
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 3 Read a book with the genre “Mystery,” “Thriller” or “Horror” on its main Goodreads page.
Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
Option 4 Read a book wherein a pet plays a major role in the plot in some way
The Dog Who Danced by Susan Wilson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 960
Emmalita20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Stoner by John Edward Williams
Option 3: The author is new to me.
30.4 Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
In the Woods by Tana French
Option B: This book has a predominantly white cover and has been approved in the help thread
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Option D: This book was first published in 1985.
This post: 50
Total points to date: 275
Goodread authors: 5
Big book tickets: 7
Total tasks completed: 12
25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever! Option A - Where in the World?
I read Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
For this book I claim 1 BIG BOOK TICKET (500+)
Teacher's Pet
I read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
For this book I also claim 1 BIG BOOK TICKET (500+)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 165
Big Books: 500+ (3)
Mod
15.10 - No More Homework!
We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
option 2 romance genre: Home To Italy by Peter Pezzelli
25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!
option 1, historical fiction set in England
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
option 4, Teacher's Pet
A High and Hidden Place: A Novel by Michele Claire Lucas
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
option B white cover
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisheroption D something new- first published August 6, 2013
The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin by Chris Ewan
total = 1350
woohoo - Congratulatioins. It is really good to see another finisher. I was beginning to wonder.
Sheila30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
I rolled a 4 and a 6
Option 4: From the She Reads list
Far From Here by Nicole BaartAND
Option 6: From the World Book Night US 2012 list
A Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickTotal Points = 1270
Mod
Thanks- that was a lot of books!
10.10- 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, fromRequired: State which word in the title matches a word in the song titles when you post.
Song: Kiss Off
Book: Kiss the Girls
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 1
15.6. As Seen on TVInferno by Dan Brown as seen on the Colbert Report
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 19
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Books:500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
10.10 Blister in the SunSong: Waiting for the Bus
Book: Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
15.7 11/11
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Double 'l' in both Cellist and Galloway
25.11 Explore Listopia
Starting Book: Empire Falls
1st List: "Top 100 New Classics" http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13...
#27 on this list: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2nd List: "Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels" http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16...
#13 on this list: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
***Angle of Repose is a Big Book at 569 pages***
25.15 It's Barbeque Time!
One book option, over 400 pages fulfills requirements A & B
by Philippa Gregory***At 518 pages, this is a Big Book***
***Philippa Gregory is a GR Author***
25.16 Summer Shakespeare
Option 1: Shakespeare Play
Richard II by William Shakespeare
Option 2: Book About William Shakespeare
Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess
Post Total: 100
Season Total: 980
BJ Rose4 new tasks
25.9 -- Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
#1 - book has a piece of jewelry on the cover:
by Kat Martin has a pearl/diamond necklace on the cover#6 - book by a favorite author: The Incurable Matchmaker by Mary Balogh
30.2 - DLMRose's task: Behind the Name
I started with the name 'James'
Book 1: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
(diminutive name 'Jim" approved in HT #18
Book 2: Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
A - got this book at the Riverside City Library:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
X - a place where I would like to sit & read:
by Robyn CarrI would love to sit in a deck chair on this outdoor deck and listen to the sounds of the ocean while I read - and maybe stay out long enough to watch the sunset over the water.
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
B - white wedding - cover over 50% white:
by Sarah MacLeanC - dress on the cover:
by Stephanie LaurensPoints this post = 115
Total Points = 590
Tasks Completed = 31
Total Pages Read = 15,761
Coralie10.10 Blister in the Sun
Word in book title and song title – ‘sun’
South of the Border, West of the Sun
20.1 All Things Peru
1. Book set in Peru, written by a Peruvian author
Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
Total points 1045
15.8 - The Battle of GettysburgMy Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer VacationOption 1: I live in FL and novel is set in MA.
Cape Light by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer
Option 2 Stay-cation - setting is a fair.
State Fair by Phil Stong
Points in This Task: 25
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 648
Tasks in Progress: 1
Totals:
Total Points: 450
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 11,388
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews
Congrats, Dlmrose...And Ms Anderson, sorry I missed your early finish.
Congratulation Dlmrose and Ms. Anderson!There is no hope for me, since my ears treat audiobooks like background noise. Hopefully I can get close to 600 points.
5.5 80 Years AgoThe Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg is a Goodreads Author.
30.10 Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
I rolled the numbers 3 and 4. Both authors are new to me!
3. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Karen Thompson Walker is a Goodreads Author.
4. Joy For Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
Erica Bauermeister is a Goodreads Author.
50.1 Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 12: Rooftop
by Sherryl WoodsMansion 13: Duke
The Dissolute Duke by Sophia James
Mansion 14: Idaho Falls Library
Talk of the Town by Beth Andrews
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 875
Total Tasks: 49
Books Read: 73
Goodreads Authors: 38
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
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20.10 Group Reads: For the category "Mysteries set in the Western US"
***See post 31 in the Discussion Thread***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket Books: 1