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task 50.1 a sucker for a series!
*read 3 books from different series in consecutive order:
Book 1: The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (#1 in the League of Princes series)by Christopher Healy (10.27)
*this is a GRA
Book #2: The Valley of Horses (#2 in the Earth's Children series) by Jean M. Auel
544 pages (10.31)
*claiming a big book ticket
Book #3: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (#3 in the Meg Langslow series) by Donna Andrews (11.10)
*this is a GRA
Points this post: 50
Total points: 260
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 13

30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
Book 1

***He is a GoodReads author.
Book 2

Points this Post 30
Total Points 435
Tasks Completed 20
Books Read 28
Total Pages 10000
GoodReads Author 18
Big Book Tickets 2

I read Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath which 31 users have shelved as "self-help" making it shelf number 6 on the book's main page.
15.10 Free for Fall
I'm a graduate student so my free book is a textbook. :) I read Marketing Public Relations: A Marketer's Approach to Public Relations and Social Media by Gaetan T. Giannini.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: -
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) A Crown of Swords (3) -

5.8 - The Outer Limits
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Science Fiction - 10/27/2013
50.1 - A Sucker for Series
#3 - Finding It
#4 - Blue Skies
#5 - Possession
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 405

10.2 Far, Far Away
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (setting Denmark, I live in U.S.) November 3
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 20
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Books:500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire by Julius Lester November 17
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 21
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Books:500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Thanks, I think. Until the official word from the moderators comes out though,Im not officially finished.

Saint Joan of the Stockyards, originally written in German by Bertolt Brecht.
10.9 Put On Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!

Kick-Ass' costume, shown on the book jacket, covers his head quite thoroughly.
30.1 I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a one and a two.
Option #1: Kick-Ass 2 by Mark Millar.
Option #2: The Immoralist by André Gide (GLBT).
30.7 I Blame Ms Anderson… and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a four and a five.
Option #4: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris, which Dionisia (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...) rated 4 stars.
Option #5: Inferno by Dante Alighieri (poetry).
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: ---
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Original: French Read: English
Eugénie Grandet by Honore' de Balzac
15.6 Far East
Setting: China
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Lisa See is a Goodreads Author
15.8 Same time Next Year
October 2012: Number 2
Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
Sylvia Day is a Goodreads Author
15.9 Off to College
2013 List
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Points this post: 55
Total points: 945
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 74
Goodreads Author: 46
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3); 750 (0); 1000(0)

A2 (yellow): Every Crooked Nanny by Mary Kay Andrews
paperback 320 p. Every Crooked Nanny
B2 (green): Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
paperback 342 p. Love the One You're With

Emily Giffin is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 765
GR authors: 26

10.9 Put on Your Hat
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
One of the characters is wearing a bowler hat:

**Brandon Sanderson is a Goodreads Author**
15.5 All Fall Down
Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh
AL in FALL
**Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author**
15.10 Free for Fall
Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis
**Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 40
Total Challenge Points: 440
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)

10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
The Last Lecture
10.2 Far, Far Away
The Last Colony (set in space)
10.3. The Waiting is Over
Life After Life (on the list: Most Anticipated Books of 2013)
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day
The Neighbor (by Lisa Gardner)
10.5. Found in Translation
The Bat (translated from Norwegian; read in English)
10.6. What’s Your Sign?
Locke and Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (Year of the Rat: Joe Hill, born June 4, 1972)
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
Serena (Southern literature)
10.8. Fall Back
The Miracle Worker (story of Helen Keller as a child; she was born in 1880)
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!

10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
Never Go Back (main character is Jack Reacher, retired military policeman)
Points this post: 100
Total points: 150

5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
OR a novella, prequel or fill-in identified as a series number “X.5
And With Madness Comes the Light (Experiment in Terror, #6.5) by Karina Halle
Karina Halle is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 495
GR authors: 23
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 27

Help Thread
Read a book that is the first book in a series. There may be any number of books planned for the series, but the book you read must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads and be marked as book #1.
AND
Read a book that is the last book in a series that contains at least 3 books. This may be either the final book in the series or the most recently published book in the series. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads. Short stories, novella, or other works within a series labeled #X.5 should be ignored.
I read The Cuckoo's Calling for A. This book is marked as first in a series on Goodreads.
I read The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, for B which is 14 and is the very latest in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series. It came out this month.
Alexander McCall Smith is a *********Goodreads Author**********
Points: 170.
GR authors: 4
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 14
PAges read: 5203

Option 3: The Practical World - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
-- genres business and economics on main page
Option 5: The Social Sciences - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
-- genres psychology and sociology on main page
25.9 - Stacie MI's task: The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1: Spaced - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
-- author’s debut novel
Option 3: Hot Fuzz - Watchmen by Alan Moore
--#25 on Best Twist list; graphic novels/comic books allowed for task
50.1 - Sassafrass's task: A Sucker for Series!
Book 1: Death Masks by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files #5)
Book 2: The Doomsday Key by James Rollins (Sigma Force #6)
Book 3: It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis (Lucky Harbor #7)
-- None of these books are re-reads. They are continuations of series I've already started.
Points this post: 100
Season Total: 560


Option 4 -
Listen to the Warm by Rod McKuen 113 Pages
With Love by Rod McKuen 45 Pages
Option 6 - **Anna Karenina was 1st published in 1873 before Louisa May Alcott died.
**Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
**Big Book: Anna Karenina is 964 Pages**
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
I have not read any of my selections prior to this task.
Lucifer's Tears by *James Thompson (Inspector Kari Vaara #2)
Cold Hit by Linda Fairstein (Alexandra Cooper #3)
**Broken by *Karin Slaughter (Will Trent #4)
*James Thompson is a Goodreads Author*
*Karin Slaughter is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: Broken is 528 Pages**
Points in This Task: 75
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 3
Pages Read in This Post: 2450

Totals:
Total Points: 725
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(6), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 38/58
Total Books Read: 53
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 19,831

Task 25.8 A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 3: "cat" found intact in title
Cat Sense by John Bradshaw (307 pg)
Option 4: historical fiction genre
The Secret by Julie Garwood (379 pg)
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 200

For this task, I read “

Also, Koethi Zan is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 385
Pages Read this Challenge: 303
Total Pages Read to Date: 9825
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Option A.2 - The author has a 'Y' in their name.
The Sacred Cipher by Terry Brennan
Option B.2 - The cover is 1/3 green

Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Books read: 18
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 4-0-1 (7)

50.1: Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
1. #1: Murder Spins a Tale by Veryl Ann Grace
2.. #2: Buried in Quilts by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
3. #3: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
All of these books are new to me, not rereads
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 590.

20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 6: Read a book with a 2 letter word in the title.
Streaks of Blue: How the Angels of Newtown Inspired One Girl to Save Her School by Jack Chaucer**
** Claiming Goodreads Author
Points: 20
Total Points: 45
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 0

Book A: 3-blue
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
#3 on list Cry, Tear Jerker Romances
Book B: 2-green

John Green and Kristen Callihan are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 28
Goodreads Author: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

20.2 - Bouchra's Task - School Time
Option 2 - Set in Iraq

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 700

10.8 - FALL BACK - The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff. This book takes place in the 1850's which is just a few years before I was born and has Historical Fiction on the home page.
Meg Rosoff is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 935
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 32
BIG BOOKS - 2


50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Rabbit, Run (#1 in the Rabbit Angstrom series)
by John Updike
Clockwiser (#2 in the Clockwise series)
by Elle Strauss ** GOODREADS AUTHOR **
Allegiant (#3 in the Divergent series)
by Veronica Roth ** GOODREADS AUTHOR **
At 526 pages, this counts for 1 big book ticket
All of these books were new to me, no re-reads!
********
This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Points: 50
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 305

Repost #1965
Mai
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Read 3 books from 3 different series with consecutive numbers in their series.
All of the following books are not re-reads
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich * Goodreads author *
(Stephanie Plum #1)
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson * Goodreads author *
(Alex Cross #2)
True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole by Sue Townsend
(Adrian Mole #3)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 630
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 50
GR Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option A: Read a book with a window on the cover

Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
Option B: Read a book with a word that ends in the letters "-TION" in the title or subtitle
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Knowlton Zinsser
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 660
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 52
GR Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

**GR Author Alert**
10.8:"Fall Back:Go back in time, and read a novel with the genre historical fiction on
its main page
To Defy a King11.11.13
Historical Fiction is the first genre listed
Points: 10
GR Author: Yes
10.10"In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise: read a book in which a main character is either a military veteran
Thrill Ride11.5.13
Main Character is an ex Navy Seal
Points: 10
GR Author: Yes
15.8 Same Time Last Year: Read a book that appears on the September 2012, October 2012, or November 2012 Most Popular Books.
Devoured11.13.13
#19 on the October 2012 List
Points: 15
GR Author: Yes
20.7Option A:Along for the Ride - Read any book that includes the genre "time travel" on its main page.
The Dark Highlander11.8.13
4th listed genre on Main page
Points: 20
GR Author: No
25.5Read 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.
1.Untie My Heart11.8.13
2.Hearts of Darkness11.8.13
Heart and Hearts
Points: 25
GR Author: No and Yes
25.7Option 1: read a book with one of the following animals/persons associated with one of our schools in the title: Tiger, Bulldog, Rebel, Elephant, Alligator, Volunteer, Commodore, Aggie, Gamecock, Razorback. AND Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists honoring such an awesome game. Best (American) Football Books, Touchdown: Romance and American Football
1.Night of the Tiger11/13/13
2.Heaven, Texas11/3/13
Touchdown: Romance and American Football
Points: 25
GR Author: Yes and Yes
50.1read three books that are a part of three different series.
1.Kill Me Twice#1 Bullet Catcher10.27.13
2.Destiny of the Wolf#2 Heart of the Wolf10.30.13
3.Against the Law#3 Raines of Wind Canyon10.7.13
**None of these books is a re-read**
Points: 50
GR Authors: Yes, Yes and No
Points this Post: 155
GR Authors this Post: 8

Task #5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Read an anthology or book of collected novellas.
A Very Scandalous Holiday by Nancy Fraser, Sophia Garrett, Amber Lin, Crista McHugh

** GR Ticket Claim: Nancy Fraser is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 5 points
Total Points: 200 points
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 13
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0

The Color Of Water In July by Nora Carroll
Verified e-book #1167 on SRC eBook Verification list.
381 ratings.

The Pink Hotel by Anna Stothard (goodreads author)
This book was found on the Most Anticipated Books of 2013 list in April
=10 points + 1 goodreads author ticket
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day.
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith (goodreads author)
Smith is listed as an approved surname in the help thread
This book is also 688 pages long so I am claiming a big book ticket
=10 points + 1 goodreads author ticket + 1 big book ticket
Points this Post: 20 points
Total Points: 320 points
Tasks Complete: 24
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: (2)500+(3)750+(1)1000 = 11 tickets

The Shining by Stephen King
It is 512 pages long so I am claiming 1 big book ticket
=15 points + 1 big book ticket
15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (goodreads author)
This book is #41 on the November 2012 most popular list
This book has 713 pages so I am also claiming 1 big book ticket
=15 points + 1 goodreads author ticket + 1 big books ticket
15.9 -- Off to College
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (goodreads author)
This book was found on the 2002 Banned Books list
=15 points + 1 goodreads author ticket
Points this Post: 45 points
Total Points: 365 points
Tasks Complete: 27
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 10
Big Book Tickets: (4)500+(3)750+(1)1000 = 13 tickets

Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
I chose option #4 and Mary Higgins Clark won the award in 2000
=20 points
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A

=20 points + 1 goodreads author ticket
Points this Post: 40 points
Total Points: 405 points
Tasks Complete: 29
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 11
Big Book Tickets: (4)500+(3)750+(1)1000 = 13 tickets

10.10 In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
Winter Journal by Paul Auster
Quote from GR page:
Facing his sixty-third winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write a history of his body and its sensations—both pleasurable and painful.
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
The Duchess Of Malfi by John Webster for letters CDE in "Duchess"
and
South Sea Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson for letters RST in Robert Louis Stevenson
Points this post: 35
Total points: 135
Big book tickets: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 3 - Maple Leaf: set in Canada
Still Life
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf: mystery
Murder is Binding
Lorna Barrett is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 445
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 28
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Option 3 - Maple Leaf: set in Canada
Still Life
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf: mystery
Murder is Binding
Lorna Barrett is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 445
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 28
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
Read a book with a word for a male relative ex. father, dad, brother, son, uncle, grandfather, etc in the title or subtitle. Plurals, possessives, variations and compound words that preserve the meaning of the word all work.
Daddy's Climbing Tree by C.S. Adler
Totals:
Total Points: 615/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:16
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:34
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-13253

25.1 The Reviews are In!
Option 1. I read The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, #33 on the listopia “Ice and Snow.”
352 pages
Option 4. I read The Master by Colm Tóibín, on the “Readers Also Enjoyed” list for Cloud Atlas.
339 pages
25.8 Chaitra’s Cakes
Option 2 – Black Forest Cake. Book w/ “Fantasy” as a GR genre. I read Dark Shadows: Wolf Moon Rising by Lara Parker. 400 pp.
Option 6 – Tiny Pumpkin Cupcakes. Book w/ an author with only one book listed on GR. I read In the Memory of the Forest by Charles T. Powers -- this is his only book listed on goodreads. 384 pp.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 750
Big Books: 500+ (4)

5.1 2013- A New Season
Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff ratings- 872
15.3 Half and Half
Winners byDanielle Steel
20.8 It's My Birthday-Cindy F's Task:We Love Scrabble
Option 4- Songs of Willow Frost byJamie Ford
Points this post- 40
Total points- 230
Books read-21
Tasks-17

5.7 45 Years Ago - 60 Minutes
The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog
"Year" in subtitle
15.10 Free for Fall
**removing Where'd You Go, Bernadette (post 1600)
replacing it with Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
20.10 Group Reads - Contemporary Women's Fiction
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
post #47 in Discussion Thread
Points this post: 25 (15.10 already claimed)
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
(This is the first time I've had to switch a book to a different task - I hope I did it right!)

20.1 Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cosy Read
Option 1
A Pint of Murder by Alisa Craig has the Genre "Cosy Mystery" on its main page.
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled 1 and 5.
Option 1. I read Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five by John Medina. Earlier this year I read Medina's Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School.
Option 5. I read The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson.
This post: 50 points
Total to date: 485 points

10.7 But I Really Wanted To Read That One!
The Time Between by Karen White
This task: 10
# tasks completed: 33
GRA: 27
Total points: 565

Call The Midwife by Jennifer Worth. This is set in the 1950's, I was born in 1990. The edition I read was part of the trilogy edition: Tales from a Midwife: True Stories of the East End in the 1950s. The trilogy edition doesn't have history on it's main page but the single does. Book was approved in the task forum, message 12.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1866
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ ( ), 1000+ ( )

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Option A - Setting in New York City The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye a new author for me - pages 408
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages: 5960
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25.2. Love That Alphabet
Option 1:
title: E-F-G
The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell by Bruce R. Coston
(pages: 320)
Option 2;
author: K-L-M
Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller
(pages: 272)
***Kimberly Rae Miller is a Goodreads author***
+25
total: 230
tasks: 14
books: 18
GR authors: 3