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25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: Ten Big Onesa book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters - Janet Evanovich's last name has 9 letters
Book 2: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a book whose title contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters. - The word Henrietta in the title contains 9 letters
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 3
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0

20.8 - Happy Anniversary!
Option D
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Note: I picked this as my first task, since my anniversary will be coming up in October as well - 5 years! Happy Anniversary to you Fandury!
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 20 points

15.3. Past and present
Read one book that fulfills both requirements:
Historical Fiction genre and published within the past year (from Sept 2014- November 2015)
The Book of Speculation byErika Swyler
Published June 2015
Points: 15
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Total points: 130
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0

15.3 Read a both that both has a historical fiction genre and was published between Sept 2014 -- November 2015.
Go Set a Watchman
Pts: 15
Total pts: 15

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20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short - Option 4: Choose a book whose author’s initials* can be found in CENTENARIAN. Letters may be used as often as they appear. All initials of the author's name as shown on Goodreads must be found in CENTENARIAN.
Naked Heat by Richard Castle
Points this task: 20
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11

20.5 Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series.
Death's Half Acre #14 in a series
Pts: 20
Total pts: 35

15.6 The name game
Read a book written by an author* whose first, middle, or last name contains a NOUN of 4 or more letters intact within the name.
I read Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
The noun is Reich (Approved in Helpthread, post 30 + 31)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 40/1100
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

5.1 Five Suns
Ice by Linda Howard
The book is set in Maine during an ice storm. Confirmed in post #11 of the task help thread
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 80/1070
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/60

15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong
Listed under 2008
http://nanowrimo.org/pep-talks
Points this post:15
Total: 55
Books read: 3
Tasks Done:3

30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
No books with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used for this task. Your two books combined must have a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
Book 2 - Now the home team is up. Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1 (moving the rope closer in), and that has a lower average rating than book 1 (lowering the rope). To mark 10 years of up to a 5 foot advantage, the second book must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least.50 lower.
Book 1: Wolf of the Plains 461 Pages, 4.31 Average rating
Book 2: The Fall 308 Pages, 3.78 Average rating.
Total pages: 769
Difference in pages: 153
Difference in ratings: 0.53
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 85

Task 20.3 - Moving House
option 1 - read a book from the shelf
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
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total points = 270

5.10. Create Your Own World!
Read any non childrens book
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1/65
Pages this post: 272
Total pages as of this post: 272

TASK DESCRIPTION: Authors Initials in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
BOOK #1 READ:

AUTHOR:Nalini Singh
DATE READ: 9/14/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Spider graNdmother
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 75

20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: Main page genre of Self Help
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20

5.10. Create Your Own World! - Since reading a book can create a whole new world for the reader, create your own world, by reading a book of your choice.
Devoted in Death
Points this task: 05
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13

#15.5 (Act (on) Your Age!)
My age : 16 (1+6=7)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
No. of words in the title : 7
Points this post : 15
Total points : 165

TASK DESCRIPTION: Book with Animal Totem in title
BOOK #1 READ:

AUTHOR:Carol Rifka Brunt
DATE READ: 9/15/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Wolf/Wolves
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 90

20.1 A Calgary Autumn
Opt 1:Read a book with authors initials in GO STAMPS GO
Repo Chick Blues by Tracy Sharp go STamps go
Aproved for length on line 1576
20.4 Life's too short
Opt 1:Read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states Nebraska Colorado Utah Nevada or California
Substitute for Love by Karin kallmaker
Set in California
Points this post: 40
Total points: 105
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 8

15.5 Act (on) Your Age
My number was 7
Tide, Feather, Snow: A Life in Alaska by Miranda Weiss
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105

Task 30.4-Jonquil's task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: The entire title must be in the first quotation. Subtitles should be ignored.
AS in ashamed, YO in you, U & I in until, W in won, S in some, H in humanity.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Book 2: The entire title must be in the second quotation.
O in house, TH in without, E in like, R in room.
**Karen Kincy is a Goodreads Author.**
Other

Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Total tasks: 4
GRA: 4

10.9 Bridge the Gap
Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's name that is hyphenated.
Aloft by Chang-rae Lee
15.2 Which Witch?
Read two books with matching homophones in their titles/subtitles. The homophones must be from the homophone list. I used "two" and "to" from the list.
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Homophones: two & to
Type "two" into the search blank to find " two, to, too" on the list of homophones.
30.4 Jonquil's task: Anything Can Happen, Child. Anything Can Be.
Book 1: Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
T in until, H in ashamed, I in die, R in victory, T in humanity, E in ashamed, E in have, N in won = THIRTEEN. M in some, O in to, O in you, N in until, S in some = MOONS.
Book 2: Bloodroot by Amy Greene
B in books, L in like, O in books, O in books, D in windows, R in room, O in room, O in room, T in without = BLOODROOT.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 390

5.6 Four Cords-- Subtitles may be used or ignored
Four word title--Ignoring subtitle:The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager's Story of War and Peace

Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7.0
5.8 Four Worlds
One of the following words in the title/subtitle - Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain--Word "Blue":Blue Bloods: The Graphic Novel

Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 1.0
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 115/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 3: Read a book whose cover shows one of the following: a car, the beach and/or ocean, or a map.

Upper right area is ocean around the lighthouse at Janus Rock.
20.10 - Group Reads
I read March: Book One by John Robert Lewis.
Comments posted in message 22 of Discussion Thread.
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
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TASK DESCRIPTION: Book with Dream in title
BOOK #1 READ:

AUTHOR:Dolly Parton
DATE READ: 9/15/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Dream in Title
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 100

30.3 PERSPECTIVES OVER TIME -
A. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
First published in 1961, I was born in 1962
B. Justice Calling by Annie Bellet
Published in 2014
30.5 IN THE MIDDLE -
A. The Hurricane Sisters: A Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank
B. The Ruins by Scott B. Smith
****Big Book 509 pages 1 Ticket ***
30.6 ME MYSELF AND I -
A. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson
Option 1 Author with ME in name
B. Black Arts by Faith Hunter
Option 3 First Person "I whirled as the front door blew in icy wind gusting with hurricane force."
30.10 MOVING THE FENCES -
A. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Rating 4.52 Pages 586
****Big Book 586 pages 1 Ticket ***
B. I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson
Ratings 3.99 Pages 416
Points: 120
Tasks: 4
Books 8
Big Books 500+: 2
Pages: 2800

Task : 30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book One (published before born): Brave New World-published 1931; I was born 1985
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Book Two (published after 2010): The Enchanted - published 2014


TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 30
Golden Oldies This Post: Yes, 1
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 90
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0

25.1 THE FALL MONTHS -
A. The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Author Last Name has 10 letters
B. Nevermore - A Novel of Love, Loss, & Edgar Allan Poe by David Niall Wilson
Nevermore has 9 letters
25.2 FOOTY, MOVIES AND HORSES OH MY -
A. Divergent by Veronica Roth
Option 2 - Popular Pop Culture Books page 4
B. Never Go Back by Lee Child
Option 3 - Authors Initial found in Melbourne Cup
*** Big Book 624 pages 1 Ticket ***
25.6 WEDDING TRADITIONS -
A. Earth Bound by Christine Feehan
Option 4 - Jeans and sky are blue
B. Split Second by David Baldacci
Option 3 - Borrowed from library
*** Big Book 512 pages 1 Ticket ***
Points: 75
Tasks: 3
Books: 6
Big Books 500+: 2
Pages: 2505
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 14
Total Big Books 500+: 4
Total Pages: 5305

15.3- Past & Present
One book option Historical Fiction & First Published Sept 2014-November 2015--Historical Fiction & First Published October 2014:Ruth's Journey: The Authorized Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 130/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

10.6 - Back to Reality
Summer's over, read a non-fiction book.
On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery - kindle - On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery paperback pg. 368 by Robert M. Poole

THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Big Books:
500 pages: 0
Total This Season
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 3
Golden oldies:
Big Books: 0
500 pages
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Pages read this season: 982
Books read this season: 3
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)

Task 15.3 Past & Present
One book option: Historical Fiction and First published July 1,2015
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Points this post:15
Total points:65
Tasks completed:6
Books read:6
Golden Oldies:0
Bib books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee
Read a book with a body of water on the cover. It must be large enough for a regular-sized human to swim in. Include the cover in your post.
I read

Cover was approved in the help thread, message 41.
5.7 Raven the Trickster
Read a book with the genre humor or funny on the main page.
I read Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Humor is on the main page (56 users)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10

20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short:
Option 2: read a memoir or autobiography written in first person. The genre memoir or autobiography must appear on the book's main page.
I read Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen
First published in 2013.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0

5.1 - FIVE SUNS
----natural disaster
The Johnstown Flood
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5.2 - THE SUN AND THE MOON
----moon on cover
Milk Glass Moon

I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb (no mmpb) if needed for page count: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
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5.6 - FOUR CORDS
----4 word title
The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World
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5.9 - SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
----author initials in above words
The Humans by
Matt Haig -- initials M H
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10.6 - BACK TO REALITY
----non-fiction
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
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10.10 - DREAMCATCHER
----word "dream" in title
The Running Dream
IL: MG+
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15.10 - NANOWRIMO
---- pep talk author
my pep talk author: Jim Butcher
Fool Moon
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20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP - PUPPITYPUP'S PICKY, PICKY , PICKY!
----pick three features
req'd: A, B, & C = (adventure, romance, humor)
approved in msg #2 in help thread
The Heist
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Points this post: 75
Total points: 305

10.2 - Happy Hour! Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
Bury Your Dead
Points this task: 10
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10.10 Dreamcatcher Read a book with the word "dream" in the title, subtitle or series title.
Einstein's Dreams
Points this task: 10
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15.4 - The World Without End Read TWO books one from Book 1 and one from Book 2 OR read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book one requirement: Read a book that was first published in December 2012 or any time afterward.
Book two requirement: Read a book with the genre "Post-Apocalyptic" or "Dystopia" on its main page.
Station Eleven -- meets both criteria: first published 9/9/2014, genre Dystopia on main page
Points this task: 15
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 1: Alicanto - Read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover.

Points this task: 20
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20.10 - Group Reads

Post 18 in discussion thread
Points this task: 20
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25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes. If you want to use one of the 3 letter country codes, all 3 letters must fit the author's initials, with middle initial. If you want to use a 2 letter country code, you may ignore the author's middle initial.

AF = Afghanistan. Afghanistan is in Asia.
Book 2: Read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.

This book is set in Asia (Afghanistan).
Points this task: 25
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30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
The Weight of Silence -- 373 pages, 3.92 average rating (as of 8/16/2015)
Book 2 - Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1, and that has a lower average rating than book 1. The second book must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least .50 lower.
Mr. Dixon Disappears -- 272 pages, 3.26 average rating (as of 8/16/2015)
Total pages - 645
Difference in pages - 101
Difference in ratings - .66
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals

Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+ 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Books read: 9

5.8 - Four Worlds
A book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle - Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain.
How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea by Mira Grant -- Blue is found in the book's title; Ebook approved on line #959 of spreadsheet
*This is my single book between 80-99 pages used for a 5 point task.
10.9 - Bridge The Gap
A book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's name that is hyphenated.
A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle -- Hyphenated word in the book's title
Points This Post: 15
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 55
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0

20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. #3 in a favorite cozy series Cat in the Stacks Series
File M for Murder by Miranda James
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: OUR ANNIVERSARY - 12 letters in the author's Name: Jona/thon King
Don't Lose Her by Jonathon King
Points in These Tasks: 40
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 566

Totals:
Total Points: 105
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 6/61
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read in Fall 2015 SRC: 2284


30.4 Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
1)Dare Me Megan Abbott - D in ashameD, A in hAve, R in victoRy, E in bE , me in soME
2) Silent House Orhan Pamuk , S in bookS, I in wIthout, L in Like, E in likE, N in WiNdow, T in withouT, house in HOUSE
tasks points 40
Total points 50

Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. The book may be any # in the series.
I read:The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Option 1: read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover. The wing(s) must be clearly visible.
I read:

On the upper left part there is a bird flying.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Task #20.6 - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: read a book with the main page genre education or self-help. I read:
On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation by Alexandra Horowitz. I had the genre noted in the task help thread, message #6.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125

20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: 12 letters in author's name
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is a goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 2: Read any book that has been published by Virago.
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough.
Published by Virago August 2nd 2007.
**The Thorn Birds is a Big Book ( 592 pgs ). Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Points this post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total points: 100

5.10. Create Your Own World!
Kindle edition I read: The Golden Sword
Paperback for length (no MMPB): The Golden Sword
This book is not found on AR BookFinder and does have Childrens as a main page genre. Using the exemption allowed for this task only.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25

The Lone Star Rangerby Zane Grey OLDIE: 1914
1. Adventure (Stand-alone genre; Western themes)
2. Romance (From GR Description: "Then he met a woman who changed him..." Her name is Jennie)
3. A Horse with a Name (Bullet)
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1. Read any of the 121 books that I have with me in my current house.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy OLDIE: 1891 Big Book: 518 pages
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 2: Read a memoir or autobiography written in first person.
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Read a book that shows a single female on the cover.

20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A: Read a book that is set at least 50% in a country that belonged to the first Persian Empire: RUSSIA
The Cossacksby Leo Tolstoy OLDIE: 1863
25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option B: 1 book

Satisfies: B (#10 on the list) & C (Paved Road) & 592 pages
TOTALS:
Points: 125
Goodreads Authors: 1
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 2

10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Bream Gives Me Hiccups

Approved in msg #2 and msg #70 of the Task Help thread.
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 10

5.1 - Five Suns
Melting Stones - Tamora Pierce 9/15
(M.C. is a stone Mage who has to stop a volcano from destroying an island, causing a less catastrophic earthquake instead)
(IL=MG+, BL=4.3, AR=11.0)
Goodreads Author
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15.9 - Animal Guides
Buffalo Valley - Debbie Macomber 9/16
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
105/1070 POINTS

Task 5.4 Earth and Water
Use the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters.
Rule by CD Reiss
TREnten Caicai ViLU
Task points = 5 points
Total points = 110 points

Task 5.7 Raven the Trickster
Since Raven is known for being a trickster, read a book with the main page genre humor or funny.
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis
Task points = 5 points
Total points = 115 points
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Task 5.6 Four Cords
Heart of the Sea by GRA Nora Roberts
Points for this task: 5
GRA tickets for this task: 1