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30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary ArtA. Option 2 Yellow: Read a book by an author with a "y" in his/her name
La 5e Vague by Rick Yancey
592 Pages - 1 Big Book Ticket Please
B. Option 3 Violet: 'Princess' in the title
La Princesse des glaces by Camilla Läckberg
'Princesse' means princess in French.
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 185 points
//Big Book Tickets: 2
//GR Authors: 7
I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket for the following task: 15.10 - Free for Fall16 Lunes by Kami Garcia - 648 pages
Post 952 :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
15.8 -- Same Time Last YearLord's Fall by Thea Harrison
#94 on the November 2012 list
Thea Harrison is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 23
Goodreads Author: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Mai15.5 -- All Fall Down
Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN or FALL
Naked by Raine Miller * Goodreads author *
This book's one-word title begins with N as in AUTUMN
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 38
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
20.6. Seasoned Reader – Jen UT’s Task: Only in New York! Option A: Read a book set in New York State OR a book that has a skyline on the cover(skyline approved in the help thread). Author is new to me:
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman+20 Points
Grand Total: 430
MB15.10 free for all The Companions by R.A. Salvatore pages 384
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages: 5168
***Repost with links***Task 20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: I chose to complete this 20-point task that I didn’t undertake from the summer src:
Task 20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
Option 1: 331 page numbers; page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653)
*W Bruce Cameron is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1490
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ ( ), 1000+ ( )
Eepa5.5 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
Read a book with living flying thing in the cover
The Lion and the Crow,
by Eli EastonApproved at line #1216.
Eli Easton is GR author.
10.6. What’s Your Sign?
Read a book from an author who shares my animal sign.
Eric by Terry Pratchett (Finnish translation)
My animal sign is rat.
Birthday for Terry Prattchet is 28th of April 1948.
15.5 All Fall Down
Read a book where all the words in the title start with letters from AUTUMN and/or FALL
Family Man by Heidi Cullinan and Marie Sexton
Heidi Cullinan and Marie Sexton are both GR authors.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
GR author tickets: 29
Repost 166550.1 Sucker for series
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie, 2nd in miss Marple series
Poirot Investigatesby Agatha Christie, 3rd in Poirot series
Babycakesby Armistead Maupin, 4th in Tales of the city series
all new books to me
Task points 50
Total points 375
Kristi CO25.3 Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 1: Read a book off this list Best Horror Novels
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (currently #44 on list)
Option 3: Speculative Fiction tag on main page
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Kristi CO25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option A: 2 books (of at least 250 pages)
Book 1 (title): Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (d-e-f)
Book 2 (author): Countdown City by Ben H. Winters (r-s-t)
Megan Mayhew Bergman is a Goodreads author
Ben H. Winters is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
LDB20.5 THE PUMPKIN STATE
Option 3: 400+ page comfort read
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This book was over 400 pages and any book that helps me live vicariously through others and learn new things is a comfort book for me (approved in the help thread, message 22).
Total points: 95
Books read: 6
Pages read: 2,092
Elizabeth BTask 20.3 - Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled 3, 5.
My third friend's Karen H fifth most read author is Janet Evanovich, so I read Thanksgiving
Task 20.9 -Moderator's Pet - Bucket's Task
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk (20th Century, Middle East)
Task 25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Opt 2:Affliction (genre: horror )
Opt 4: Glasshouse (genre:Science fiction)
Task 30.4 - Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Blue:Gabriel's Inferno (#34 on the list Cry, Tear-Jerker Romances)
Green:
Task 50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Book 1: Losing It (Losing it #1)
Book 2: Storm's Heart (Elder races #2)
Book 3: Tamed by a Highlander (Children of the Mist #3) (none of the books are re-reads)
Points this post: 145
Total points:735+145=880
Tasks:47+5=52
Susan A10.2 Far, Far Away.
Read a book set in space, on a planet other than Earth or in a country other than the one in which you currently live.
Capture & Surrender by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov
Book is set in London, England. I live in USA.
Witt & Voinov are goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 950 + 10 = 960
Goodreads authors: 60 + 1 = 61
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Suzannesea30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s Task: Take It or "Leave" It
Option 3 - Maple Leaf
A New Kind of Country by Dorothy Gilman is set in Canada's province of Nova Scotia.
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf
Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland has Mystery listed as a genre on the book's main page.
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 335 points
Suzanne30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Option 4: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn - ***** - 11/1/2013 - Humor on the Main Page
Option 6: Option 4: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart - *** - 11/7/2013 - *** - 11/7/2013
Total Points Earned: 400/1010
Total Pages Read: 11,671 Pages
Total Books Read: 34/80
Good Read Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
Andy P.Task # 20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option B. This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn JohnsonThis book was approved in message 14 of help thread. This author is new to me.
Task # 20.9. Moderator's Pet: Bucket's Task: Expanding the Classic Canon
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Murakami is a 20th century Japanese writer
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 870
AlexisTask 20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
I rolled a 2 and a 1. I used the Alternate Method, and the GR friend whose list I used is Jacob Ferrington.
Task 30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 3 and a 5.
Option 3 - Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill
Option 5 - The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
This post: 50 points
Total to Date = 390 points
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 1000+(1)
Tasks completed: 22
LAUREL CATask 30.4 Elementary Art
My primary colour choice is yellow, so I needed to choose a book, with its author having the letter "y" in it. The book must have 300+ pages. I read
The Seventh Victim by Mary Burton Mary Burton. There is a "y" in Mary. I read the ebook version & the mass paperback version has 336 pages.
Mary Burton is a Goodreads author.
My secondary colour choice is orange, so I had to choose a book with 300+ pages, with fruit on the cover. I chose
Strawberry Shortcake Murder
with strawberries on the cover. I read the Kindie edition. The paperback version has 320 pages. Points this task: 30
Goodreads authors this task: 1
Goodreads authors claimed in total: 2
Big Book Tickets claimed: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Points to date: 125
Total points: 155
Emily Bookshelf20.2 - Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 2 - Book set in Afghanistan
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Goodreads Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 115
LeslieWReposting from Post 1679
**Goodreads Author Alert**
20.8:Option 1: Read a book with a 7 letter word in the title. Subtitles and series titles cannot be used.
Any Duchess Will Do11.6.13 (DUCHESS is a 7 letter word)
GR Author: Yes
Points: 20
Points this Post: 65
Gr Authors this Post: 6
Total Points: 270
GR Author: 36
15.2- Day and NightRead a book with an obvious daytime scene on the cover.
by Joyce Carol OatesRead a book with an obvious nighttime scene on the cover.
by Dean Bakopoulosapproved here
Task total=15
Grand total=235
Jessica PDX10.10 - In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
Miss Marple is a senior citizen.
by Agatha ChristiePoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 540
5.2 Two and a Half Men The River by Gary Paulsen
This book is #2 in the "Hatchet" series
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown by Daniel Coyle (GR Author)
The genre of 'self-help' is listed on the book's main page.
15.10 Free for Fall
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
30 points this post
120 total points
1 GR Author this post
2 total GR Authors
Mai20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: Read a book from one of your favorite series
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
Option 4: Read a book by one of the other winners of this prestigious award.
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Stephen King won this award in 2007
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 40
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
ANGELASUNSHINE5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (326 pages)
Total Points: 275
20.5 Bigger is Better-Linsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin StateOption 3: Cozy/Comfort Read
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Fun, easy read that I would consider a comfort read and it is 405 pages.
Kevin Kwan is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
30.5 Lesson in defenestration 
by NIcci Gerrard, option A, window on the coverRoom by Emma Donoghue, option C, least favourite, winter 2012-2013 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task points 30
Total points 405
Post #2350.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
I HAVE NOT READ ANY OF THESE BOOKS BEFORE
Listed in their position in series:
Book #1 Peter and the Starcatchers Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry
Book #2 The Land of the Silver Apples Sea of Trolls series by Nancy Farmer
Book #3 Black Ice Young Sherlock Holmes series by Andy Lane
Nancy Farmer is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 415
GR authors: 19
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 23
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & DragonsAngelfall by Susan Ee
*** Susan Ee is a GR Author ***
Total points: 130
Total GRA: 11
Total big book tickets: 0
Shannon South Africa5.6 40 years ago - the last of the summer wine
Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope
Task points = 5
Challenge points = 75
10.2 Far, Far Away.
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - 18/09/2013
I Live in India the book is based in Paris.
Tatiana de Rosnay is a Goodreads author.
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
i rolled 3 and 5
Option 3 :
A Touch of Crimson by Sylvia Day - 09/10/2013has 3 letters in last name.
Sylvia Day is a Goodreads author.
Option 5:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer - 02/10/2013I have forgotten to claim Goodreads Author for my previous completed task 5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons I read Between the lines by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)Jodi Picoult
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 45
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet I did option 2 and read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
MNO - RST. (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Patrick Rothfuss is a Goodreads author. I would like to claim a big book ticket for this book.
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 1 and a 2.
I read Impulse (rated 5 by Ms Anderson) and Triangles (by Ellen Hopkins).
Ellen Hopkins is a goodreads author.
I would like to claim two big book tickets and two goodreads author tickets for this task.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 330
Books read: 25
Tasks Completed: 19
Goodreads authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500+(4); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Suzannesea5.3 - 20 Years Ago - Frasier
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe received the 2013 Hessel-Tiltman Prize.
This post: 5 points
Total to date: 340 points
5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutesunit= season
The End Of The Wasp Season by Denise Mina
is audiobook
The End of the Wasp Season
is paperback with 432 pages
*Denise Mina is a GR author, claiming ticket
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise.
Freeing Your Child From Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias by Tamar E. Chansky
is audiobook.
paperback with 320 pages
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety
15.5 -- All Fall Down
The Trees by Conrad Richter
15.9 -- Off to College
The list is 2012:Revolutions
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
is audiobook
Mass market paperback has 288 pages
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Task 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 5 #22 on list:
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
is audio book
paperback is
Cloud Atlas
with 509 pages
**Big Book- claiming ticket
option 6 published between 1832-1888
book originally pub 1863
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
is audiobook
paperback version is
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth with 246 pages
25.5. Coralie's Task: One or More.
words: dress & dresses
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
is audiobook
paperback is
Girls in White Dresses with 304 pages
*Jennifer Close is a GR author, claiming ticket
25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
Option 1 with non-fiction with Science genre
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
is audiobook
Thinking, Fast and Slow
is paperback with 499 pages
Option 2 non fiction with biography genre
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier by Jim Davidson
is kindle book
print version is hardcover with 288 pages
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier
Both books have greater than 250 pages and neither have children on main page
Points this post: 120
Points to date: 745
GR Authors this post: 2
GR Authors to date: 13
Big Book this post: 1
Big Books to date: 1
Mai20.10. Group Reads
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple * Goodreads author *
I also posted a comment in the book's discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 41
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Mai20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 4 - Read a book that has a butterfly on its cover.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 42
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary ArtA. The Primary Colors:
2. Yellow: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight*
B. The Secondary Colors:
1. Orange: The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen*
*Both authors are GR authors*
Total Points = 170
Kat Y5.3 - Frasier
Read an award winning book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
The giver by Lois Lowry - Newbery Award winner
Total points: 5
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.3: Half and Half: Het Lijk in de Haarlemmer Houttuinen
by Janwillem van de Wetering. One book that meets both criteria: the author's first name, Janwillem, starts with a letter in the first half of the alphabet, AND the last name, van de Wetering starts with a letter in the second half of the alphabet. In dutch, this name is listed under the v, but it also works if listed under W. Janwillem van de Wetering is a GoodReads author.
Task 15.5: All Fall Down: Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman. Flesh And Fire: All the letters in the title begin with the letters in FALL or AUTUMN. Laura Anne Gilman is a GoodReads author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (0);
Andy P.Task # 10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
Read a book in which a main character is a military veteran.
A Man of His Own by Susan Wilson This book was approved in Message 47 of the help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 880
STACIE MITask 20.4 - Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
I decided to do option 2 and I read the 9th book in the Stephanie Plum series:
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
**Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 50
Pages read: 13501
Goodreads authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 25.3 - Happy Birthday American Authors
I did options 1 and 5.
For option 1, I read #76 on the Best Horror Novels list:
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
For option 5, I read #51 on the Best Experimental Books Ever:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Points this task: 25
Total points: 690
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 52
Pages read: 13961
Goodreads authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
I have adjusted my reading plans a bit and as such have posted a change to my previously claim for Task 20.8. Hope it is all easily understood. Thanks10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Self-Help genre on Book's main page
How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age by Dale Carnegie
15.5 All Fall Down
All words in the title begin with letters found in the word AUTUMN
Middlemarch by George Eliot
***At 904 pages, this is a big book***
20.8 We Love Scrabble
I would like to remove my previous claimed book (Silence of the Lambs) from this task and replace it with:
Little Bee by Chris Cleave (266 pages)
Fits option 3, Double Letters, approved in HT
***Chris Cleave is a GR Author***
25.3 Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 1: #24 on Best Horror Novels
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Option 5: #7 on Best Experimental Novels
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
***At 709 pages, House of Leaves is a big book***
***Mark Z. Danielewski is a GR Author***
25.4 Celebration!
Option A: 7th Book in Series
The Arraignment by Steve Martini
Option C: Romantic Embrace on Cover
by Louis de Bernières***At 544 pages, this is a big book***
30.1 I'm Sorry, Dee
I rolled a 3 and a 4
Option 3: Author has a 3 letter first name
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
Option 4: Humor on book's main page
Candide by Voltaire
Post Total: 105
Season Total: 925
Susan ATask 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 1. Best Horror Novels
Progeny by Patrick C. Greene
Number 241 on Best Horror Novels list
Patrick C Greene is a goodreads author
Option 4: Read a collection of poetry
99 Poems in Translation
approved in post 53 & 54
Points this post: 25
Total points: 960 + 25 = 985
Goodreads authors: 61 + 1 = 62
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
BABBLING C50 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
REQUIRED: List the series name and number of the book when you post and specifically state in your post that none of your books are re-reads.
Book 1: The Diva Paints the Town by Krista Davis - Domestic Diva #3
**** Krista Davis is a GRA ****
Book 2: Love Irresistibly by Julie James - FBI/US Attorney #4
**** Julie James is a GRA ****
Book 3: Eye of Heaven by Marjorie M. Liu - Dirk & Steele #5
**** Marjorie M. Liu is a GRA ****
None are re-reads
THIS POST
Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 245
Completed Tasks: 12
Good Read Authors: 10
Big Books: 0
******
Pages read this season: 4,715
Books read this season: 15
******
Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
Susan A25.5. Coralie's Task: One or More
Read two books. The books should both have the same noun in the title or sub-title, but the noun must be in the singular for one book and the plural for the other.
Sweet Young Thang by Anne Tenino
Keeping Sweets by Cate Ashwood
Sweet and Sweets approved in posts 55 and 56
Anne Tenino is a goodreads author
Cate Ashwood is a goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 985 + 25 = 1010
Goodreads authors: 62 + 2 = 64
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That AlphabetBook 1 :
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner- 29/10/2013 M-N-O in the title of the book
Stephen J. Dubner is a Goodreads author
Book 2 :
Gone by Michael Grant - 22/10/2013G-H-I in author's name
Michael Grant is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45 + 25 = 70
Goodreads authors: 3 + 2= 5
Big Book Tickets to date: 0
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10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
A book with some form of hat or head covering on the cover
Blockade Billy by Stephen King
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 37
GR Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()