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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
ANGELASUNSHINE20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
I chose Option #4
Chasing Tail Lights by Patrick Jones
Total Points: 140
Sandy MN20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3:
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley Goodreads Author Big Book 539 pages
Total Points: 205
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: (2)500
Task 10.3 The Waiting is Over
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
This book appears under April on The Millions' "Most Anticipated Books of 2013" list
I am claiming 1 big book ticket as this novel has 544 pages
points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 110
Goodread Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
This book appears under April on The Millions' "Most Anticipated Books of 2013" list
I am claiming 1 big book ticket as this novel has 544 pages
points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 110
Goodread Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
Suzannesea10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
Self-Help is listed as genre on the book's main page.
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York
Option B
Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work by Tim GunnBooks are on the cover. Tim Gunn is a new author for me.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
Andy P.Task #5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on its main book page
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
Points this post: 5
Total points: 175
5.7 45 Years Ago - 60 MinutesSeason
Barefoot Season by Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery is a Goodreads Author.
10.6 What's Your Sign?
I was born in the year of the Pig. So was James Patterson. His birthday is March 22, 1947.
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author.
25.2 Andy P's Task: Love That Alphabet
Option 2:
Debbie Macomber: ABC
The Manning Grooms: MNO
The Manning Grooms by Debbie Macomber
Claiming big book ticket. Page count = 528 pages.
Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author.
30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Rolled numbers: 1 and 4
Option 1: Carly Phillips - I'm really starting to like her.
Hot Number by Carly Phillips
Carly Phillips is a Goodreads Author.
Option 2: Humor
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 21
Goodreads Author: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Jessica PDX25.7 - Bamaace83's Task - Football Kickoff Fun!
Option 1 - "Rebel" in title
by David LissOption 2 - "Brown" (Cleveland Browns) in title
by Walter MosleyPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 160
Task 10.2 - Far, Far AwayRabbit Redux by John Updike
This book is set in the USA and I live in the UK.
Points this post = 10
Total points = 285
Big Books = 1
Goodreads Authors = 4
KAREN F15.3 Half and Half
Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
Jill is in A-M, Shalvis in N-Z
**Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author**
30.2 What a Team!
Book 1: Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland
TEAM, no I: MArk of ThE demon.
**Diana Rowland is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie
**Victoria Laurie is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 45
Total Challenge Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.1 A New SeasonMy Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir
399 ratings as of 8.25.13
5.2 Two and a Half Men
Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 02
Second in series
5.5 WKRP in Cincinnati
Butterfly (or moth?) on the cover
5.6 Last of the Summer Wine
Pretty Things
This book is set in mostly in London and partially in Dover, but completely in the UK
5.8 The Outer Limits
Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 01
Science Fiction is the last genre on the list
5.10 Make Room for Daddy
Husbands
A husband is definitely a male relative
10.1 Early to Bed
Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts and Get a Good Night's Sleep
Self Help is the second genre on the main page
10.2 Far Far Away
Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 04
This whole series takes place in Japan, and I live in the USA
10.3 The Waiting is Over
Lotería
from the Most Anticipated: Second Half list, July
http://www.themillions.com/2013/07/mo...
10.4 Labor Day
Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis by Ali Smith <---smith is a job
10.5 Found in Translation
Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 03
Translated from Japanese
10.6 What's Your Sign?
Time Pieces by Virginia Hamilton
Both Hamilton and I are rats. Her birthday was 3.12.36.
10.7 But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
The Last Girls of Pompeii
Was the dead-last option for "Set in Roman Times"
10.8 Fall Back
Eclipse
Set in the '50s; I was born in 1984.
10.9 Put on Your Hat
Hat! :D
10.10 In Honor of Veterans
The Orange Houses
One of the main characters is a veteran of the Iraq war who suffers from PTSD and addiction
15.1 Bookends
Book A (first in series): Heaven
Book B (last in series): Sweet, Hereafter
Both are from the "Heaven" series by Angela Johnson
15.2 Day and Night
Book A (day scene):
Book B (night scene):
Both were approved on the help thread, post 28
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
15.3 Half and Half
Cuts Like a Knife by Darlene Ryan
D from first half of the alphabet, R from the second half
15.4 Inside Out
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
"The" found in both "They" and "Themselves"
15.6 Far East
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Set in Japan, which is definitely the Far East
15.7 Spookfest!
The Shattering
All three required genres are on the list
15.8 Same Time Last Year
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
From September 2012, #86 as of 9.22.13
15.10 Free for Fall
Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 05
20.5 Pumpkin State
Option 3 (comfort read): Smoke
Ellen Hopkins is one of my favorite authors, and this is her new book. This comfort read was approved in post 8 on the help thread
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
20.6 Only in New York
Option C (athlete main char): Shut Out
The vast majority of the characters in this book are athletes, including the main antagonists and the major love interests.
20.7 What I'd Read If I Had More Time
Option B (repeat a task): Doctor Who Series 3 Volume 1: The Hypothetical Gentleman
This comes from Summer 2013 task 20.9: Whedonite.
The first time around I chose Option 2 (favorite author/no reread).
This time I chose Option 3 (spin-off graphic novel). The Hypothetical Gentleman is a spin-off for Doctor Who.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option B (one book: sequential letters in title/author): The Language Inside by Holly Thompson
Title letters: g-h-i and s-t-u
Author letters: l-m-n-o-p
Book has 528pgs
25.4 Celebration
Option B (published in 2006): Burned
Published 3.28.06
Option C (kissyface on cover):
Approved in post 11: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Total: 360 points
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5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
The Child Murderess: A Novel Adapted from an Eighteenth Century Play by Helga Stipa Madland
0 ratings when I selected this book. Only 1 rating (mine- and I should have taken that as a sign...)
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Major Pettigrew- British Army (ret.) age 68
total = 40
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15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
November 2012 list #20:
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky
20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled a 6, 5, #6 friend Diane, #5 author Stephen King
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
option B, 484 pages
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
RST- The SecRet Keeper
MNO - Kate MOrtoN
total = 100
Task #5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 MinutesSecond Chances by Lauren Dane Unit of time measurement, second is in the title
(ebook only, approved line 907 of the spreadsheet)
Points this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 195/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 19
BABBLING C15.7 -- Spookfest! -- Let's gear up for Halloween by reading a book that has "Horror," "Paranormal," or "Supernatural" listed as a genre on its main page.
Midnight Reckoning by Kendra Leigh Castle (334 pgs)
Paranormal is listed on the main page.
*** Kendra Leigh Castle is a GRA ***
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 155
Completed Tasks: 9
Good Read Authors: 5
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 3,066
Books read this season: 10
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter – Mstan’s Task: “What I Would Read If I Had More Time”Option B:
Summer 2013
20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Ana’s task: Something New
I did Option 1. Read a book first published in 2013.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Now I will do Option 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you. Borges is new to me and an author I have wanted to read for a long time:
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
+20 Points
Grand Total: 120
5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinatti (living thing that can fly on cover)
5.9 - 55 years ago - The Rifleman (horse on cover)
(at 96 pages, this is my one 5-point task of 80-100 pages)
15.7 - Spookfest! (Horror)
It
***3 Big Book Tickets claimed (1094 pages)
25.6 - Sandy's task: General Education
Option 3 - The Practical World (politics)
It Takes a Village (320 pages)
Option 5 - The Social Sciences (psychology)
Awakenings (464 pages)
Points this post: 50
Tasks completed this post: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 3
Total challenge points: 50
Total tasks completed: 4
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(1)
Theresa~OctoberLace10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt 9/21/13
Read a book with some form of hat or head covering on the cover.
I have both the Kindle and Audio versions of this book, and both covers show nuns in their habits:
Kindle
and Audio
Claiming Good Reads Author Ticket, since Mary Sharrett is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 170 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 2
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 2
Laurel CA 5.10. Make Room for Daddy. In the Name of the Father
Father is a male relative.
Previous points:35
Total number of Big Books:0
Total Number of Goodreads Authors:0
Total Points: 40
10.8 - Fall BackDevotion: A novel based on the life of Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confederacy by Julia Oliver, takes place in the late 19th century - 9/20/13
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.3 Most Read Authors: I rolled a 1 and a 3, so I went to my friend Heather who was first on my list and went down to her 3rd most read author who was Olivia Cunning. Therefore I read Wicked Beat***Olivia Cunning is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 365
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 22
GR Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
20.8 ScrabbleOption 3: read a book with double letters in a word in the title.
Your book must be over 250 pages.
The Barrens: A Novel of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates
Double r's in Barrens, 296 pages
Task total=20
Grand total=80
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.Read a book in which a main character a senior citizen.
by Agatha Christie694 pages-BB
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
JOLIE15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B: Read ONE book in which a word of at least 3 letters can be found intact within another word in the title, subtitle, or series name.
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur. How to Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki
The words Publish and Publisher are in the title and subtitle.
Guy Kawasaki is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors (total): 2
Big books: 0
Task 20.8 We Love Scrabble! Option 6: Read a book with a 2 letter word in the title.
We
We Need New Names (2013) by NoViolet Bulawayo (Hardcover, 298 pages)
25 + 20 = 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 25 + 20 = 45
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1,083
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Janice CA5.9 The Rifleman...
A horse on the cover
While You're Here, Doc: Farmyard Adventures of a Maine Veterinarian by Bradford B. Brown
+5
total: 40
tasks: 4
books: 4
Sheila20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 2:
Bone By Bone by Carol O'Connell (authors initials in COZY)20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 4:Butterfly on Cover
Say Goodbye by Lisa GardnerTotal Points = 355
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Dungeons & Dragons
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
"Fantasy" is a genre on the main book page.
15.7 - Spookfest!
Hourglass by Claudia Gray
"Paranormal > Vampires" is a genre on the main book page.
20.3 - Most Read Authors
When You Dare by Lori Foster
I rolled a 4 and a 6 and I used my friend Lisa Kay.
25.8 - A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Book 1: The Prophet by Amanda Stevens
Option 2 - Black Forest Cake: "Fantasy > Paranormal" is genre on the main book page. Edition I read had 347 pages.
Book 2: Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates
Option 3 - Suitably Reeking Fishy: The word "CAT" is found intact in the author's name (CATes). Edition I read had 336 pages.
This post: 65 points
Total points to date: 110 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
15.7 -- Spookfest!La révélation by Kelley Armstrong
Paranormal / Supernatural
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 100 points
//Big Book Tickets: 1
//GR Authors: 4
Task#20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"Option A (spring)
Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley (GR Author), (Big Book Ticket - 528 pages)
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day: option 3 - "romance" as a genre on main page
Points this Post:20
Totals:
Total Points: 215/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Read: 20
Nick KY5.8 The Outer Limits. I read John Dies at the End by David Wong, with science fiction on its GR homepage.
20.9 Bucket’s Expanding Canon – I readA Tower for the Summer Heat: Gender in an Egalitarian Society by Li Yu , 12th century Chinese.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 175
Big Books: 500+ (1)
20.9 - EXPANDING THE CLASSIC CANONI chose Kahlil Gibran from the 20th Century Middle East list.
I listened to The Prophet and the Wanderer. I did not realize that there is no published edition with both books so they are listed separately below for page length.
The Prophet and The Wanderer
30.3 - TAKE IT OF LEAVE IT
OPTION 1 - LIQUIDAMBER - Fulfillment by Barbara Delinsky
OPTION 3 - MAPLE LEAF - The Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothman. This book is mostly set in Montreal, Quebec and the author is Canadian.
Barbara Delinsky is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 320
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 11
BIG BOOKS - 2
10.2 Far, Far AwayRead a book set in space, on a planet other than Earth or in a country other than the one in which you currently live.
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
Remnant Population is set on a planet other than Earth.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90/1010
Total books: 9/79
Oma12295.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Read a book set in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland for a substantial portion of the book.
This book is set in 16th century England.
Claiming Laura Andersen as Goodreads Author
10.8. Fall Back.
The book you read must be set in/about a time period before you were born.
REQUIRED: You don't have to tell us your age ;), but please explain briefly how your book fits the task requirement
This book is set in San Francisco in the summer of 1893 and I am not 120 years old!
The Black Dove by Steve Hockensmith
Claiming Steve Hockensmith as Goodreads Author
15.10 -- Free for Fall
It's a free for fall! Read any book you choose as long as it complies with standard SRC rules.
Garden of Faith: A Novel by Lynne Hinton
20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3- In preparation for winter, read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort read.
The Feast of Roses by Indu Sundaresan
This book is 416 pages and since Historical Fiction is my favorite genre this is a cozy read for me.
Claiming Indu Sundaresan as Goodreads Author
Totals:
Total Points:150/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:11
Total Books Read:
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-3322
Andy P.Task # 20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3. Read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort readThe Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda Riley This is a romance, fantasy story which bridges many generations. Bad things happens but good triumphs over evil so the ending has more pluses than minuses. It has 421 pages making it a long book for the purposes of this task.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
15.1 -- BookendsFirst in series: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Last in series: Close Case by Alafair Burke
Meg Waite Clayton and Alafair Burke are both Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
GR authors: 8
Reposting:20.6 Only in New York
Option C (athlete main char): Shut Out
The vast majority of the main characters, including the main protagonist and antagonist, are athletes (soccer and football).
Kody Keplinger is a new-to-me author.
20.7 What I'd Read If I Had More Time
Option B (repeat a task): Doctor Who Series 3 Volume 1: The Hypothetical Gentleman
This comes from Summer 2013 task 20.9: Whedonite.
The first time around I chose Option 2 (favorite author/no reread).
This time I chose Option 3 (spin-off graphic novel). The Hypothetical Gentleman is a spin-off for Doctor Who.
The proof that I completed this task last season:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
The help thread for the summer 20pt task for the exact text:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Ana20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 2
by Zoraida Córdova.***She is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 20
Total Points 70
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 4
Total Pages 1281
GoodReads Author 3
Big Books 0
Annie NHTask #20.4 Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2 - The Series
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
This is the 9th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series.
Task #20.8 It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1 - Read a book with a 7 letter word in the title.
Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman
Beth Hoffman is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen HopkinsI rolled 2 and 3.
2. Breaking Up is Hard to Do, an anthology of stories by several authors, including Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins and all the authors in this anthology were new to me.
Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads author.
3. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve, whose initials are found in MS ADERSON
Anita Shreve is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
GR authors: 8
Jennifer KS5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
I read
by Jo-Ann MapsonPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(2),1000+(0)
BRIAN20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 4 - author is a winner of the Grand Master Award
It by Stephen King
Stephen King won the Grand Master Award in 2007
At 1,090 this book is worth 3 Big Book Tickets
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-1 (4)
20.1 Most Improved Player-Andrea's Task: A Cozy ReadOption 1-Cozy Mystery
Murder on the Bride's Side by Tracy Kiely
20.4-Author!Author!-Karen F's Task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2-The Series
The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
This is book #6 in the Her Royal Spyness Mysteries.
Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 It's My Birthday-Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble
Option 3-double letters
Carrie Goes Off the Map by Phillipa Ashley
Phillipa Ashley is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 2
10.2 Far, Far Away.Neverwhere is set in London, am living in Boston.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World is written by Vicki Myron, who is 66 this year. She also led the library in the book for 20 years.
Total Points Earned: 20/1010
Total Pages Read: 647/21721
Total Books Read: 2/80
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
15.8 Same Time Next YearThe Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg. This book was on the October 2012 list at number 45.
**Jami Attenberg is a GR Author**
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 60
20.8 We Love Scrabble!I picked option 1-read a book with a 7 letter word in the title. I read Girls in Trouble by Caroline Leavitt. Trouble is a 7 letter word.
Caroline Leavitt is a GRA.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 90
GoodReads Authors: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
10.5 Found in translation Muzeum Psów by Jonathan Carroll.
Orginal in English, translated to Polish
15.6 Far east
The Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S.BUck
set in China
25.4 Celebration
Digging to America by Anne Tyler. / option B, published in 2006
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie / option A, 7 in title
Tasks points 50
Laurie ME5.2: 10 Years Ago: Two and a Half Men: 2nd in series:
An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman
5.3: 20 Years Ago: Frasier
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
5.5: 35 Years Ago: WRKP in Cincinnati: birds on cover:
Old Haunts by E.J. Copperman
10.1: Early to Bed, Early to Rise:
Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits by Wayne W. Dyer
10.9: Put On Your Hat - It's Getting Cold Outside:
Restrike by Reba White Williams
(lower right hand framed picture has a top hat.)Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 75
Task 20.8 Option 4: Some letters are worth more points, so read a book whose author's name has an J,Q,X or Z in it.I read Breaking Point by the awesome CJ Box.
20 points this post
70 previous
woohoo - 90 points
Cindy FTask 10.9 Put on Your Hat-It's Getting Cold Outside
I read
by Geraldine BrooksApproved in help thread
Points this post:10
Total points:50
Books read:4
Tasks completed:4
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
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5.7 45 years ago-60 Minutes
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
***Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author***
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)