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SHELLEY UT20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 1: The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Kate Morton is a goodreads author.
This is a big book. (599 Pages)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Morgan Faeriesfolly15.9 Animal Guides
REQUIRED: Choose a totem from the North American Totems list and read a book that contains the name of that animal in its title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives are OK, but no other variations.
Totem: Fox
Selection: Fox Forever Fox Forever (Jenna Fox Chronicles #3) -- Mary E. Pearson
Page #: PB 320 pages
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 45/1100
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 4/61
Pages Read: 906
Delitealex5.6 Four Cords
4 word title
On Her Father's Grave by Kendra Elliot
verify book link
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
10.3 IntiRead a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
GRA: 0
BBT: 0
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.10 Group Read
REQUIRED: Read one of the chosen Group Reads books for the Fall 2015 season and participate in the discussion.
Selection: March (Book One) -- John Robert Lewis
Discussion: msg #8
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 65/1100
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5/61
Pages Read: 1034
Mimi Michele20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 4- a new series, book one
Code Blue byRichard L. Mabry
Points this task: 20
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Total points: 70
Golden Oldie:1
Big book: 0
Julia10315.6 - The Name Game
The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig (Noun is WILL)
Post Total: 15 points
Challenge total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Cait S5.9- Spider Grandmother
Read a book by an author* whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
When Kacey Left by Dawn Green
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Pamela326510.6 - Back to Reality
Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfact ion by Matthew Kelly
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 2: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell - Found on page 1 of list
Option 3: The Rancher's Second Chance by Brenda Minton - MelBourne cup
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Little Men by Louisa May Alcott - Published in 1871; 100 years before I was born.
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket since it was first published in 1871.
Book 2: The Rancher Takes a Bride by Brenda Minton - Published in 2015
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kelly B*******Please Ignore*************
(After posting I realized I started reading the book in August;-), so it can't count. Sorry!!!
Bluegrass Pam10.6 Back to Reality: Non-fiction book
This Is Why You're Sick and Tired:by Jackie Warner
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Jonquil5.4 Earth and Water
tr EN ten CA icai vi L u CLEAN
Clean Sweep
Ilona Andrews
Paperback 227 pages 9/3
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books posted: 4
Tasks complete: 4
Pages this post: 227
Total pages as of this post: 979
Jonquil5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee
body of water
This Old Homicide
Kate Carlisle
Paperback, 336 pages 9/2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books posted: 5
Tasks complete: 5
Pages this post: 336
Total pages as of this post: 1315
RUCHI10.3 (Inti)
Read a book by an author* with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
Reckless by S.C. Stephens
StephenS
Points this post : 10
Total points : 20
perletwo20.5 Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness - Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. The book may be any # in the series. Or you may start a new favorite with #1 of a series.
X by Sue Grafton, #24 in the Kinsey Millhone series
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 04
Tasks completed: 04
Readerboard Name: Whitnie I5.2.The Sun and the Moon
Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover. There must be enough of the sun or the moon to make it obvious, but it need not be completely shown.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
BetrayedThis book has a picture of a crescent moon on it.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Books posted: 2
Tasks complete: 2
perletwo30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA - OPTION 3: I am 17% BRITISH. For this task, read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England (England only, not other parts of Great Britain). If the setting does not appear in the GR description or the book's metadata, please explain how the book fits the task.
Death of a Fool: Roderick Alleyn #19
OPTION 4: I am 12% IRISH. For this task, read a book that has an inanimate (not living) object that is green on the cover. No trees, bushes, etc. The object must be a picture of an actual object - not a cover design element such as a border or lettering.
Matched - green dressPoints this task: 30
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 06
Tasks completed: 05
10.2 - Happy Hour! The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
IL- MY
BL- 6.6
AR- 7.0
Points this post-10
Total points-10
Total GO-
Total BB-
Nick KY30.3 Ava Catherine’s Perspective
Book a. Published before I was born. I read Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy, first pub’d in 1888, and that is before I was born, I think. Sometimes it feels like....
Book b. Published since 2010. I read Shotgun Charlie by Matthew P. Mayo, first published in July 2015.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 30
Cindy FTask 20.5 Into The Wilderness
Option 4: Read a book in one of your favorite series. May be any number in series.
I read 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson
Points this post:20
Total points:25
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nikki B30.2 Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option One: Poetry
Stag's Leap: Poems By Sharon Olds
Option Four:
A Seamless Murder By Melissa Bourbon
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 65
Nikki B10.1
Take The Stairs: Read a book with stairs on the cover
Total Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 75
ABAYOMI15.9- Animal guides title must contain an animal from "North American Totems"
A libélula no ambar by Diana Gabaldon
My animal is "Dragonfly", on page 2 of the list. Dragonfly is "Libélula" in portuguese, as you can see here: https://translate.google.com.br/?ie=U...
Claiming BIG BOOKS TICKETS. It has 896 pages.
Total points for this task: 15
Total challenge points: 15
CMFRUIN10.3 - Inti the Incan Sun God, was responsible for bringing light and the sunshine necessary for agriculture. It was by his will that crops grew and animals thrived. Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. The name may be in any position- first, middle, other, last.
I read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson. The middle name Willow begins and ends with the letter "W"
G. Willow Wilson is a Goodreads author.
POINTS
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
15.7 - By the NumbersRead a book where the total number of pages (as stated on Goodreads) can be found, in any order, in the first publication date (year) of that same book.
Currant Creek Valley by RaeAnne Thayne
*First published 2013
*320 pages
TASK TOTALS
Points: 15
Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 30
Golden Oldies:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
FANDURY20.10 - Group Reads
March by John Robert Lewis
I posted in the discussion thread in post 9
Point this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Classics: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Ava Catherine5.3 What Are We Made Of?
Read a book that is #8 in a series.
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot #8
5.7 Raven the Trickster
Read a book with the main page genre humor.
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
10.7 Sedna the Sea Goddess
I read a book with the word 'sea' in the title.
The Sea by John Banville
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Jonquil5.6.Four Cords
4 word title
Murder in the Winter
Steve Demaree
Kindle Edition, 217 pages 9/4
approved for length message 4948
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Books posted: 6
Tasks complete: 6
Pages this post: 217
Total pages as of this post: 1532
Ava Catherine15.6 The Name Game
Read a book written by an author whose name contains a noun of 4 or more letters intact within the name.
Goldengrove by Francine Prose
Prose (Rose is the noun used for this task.)
15. 9 Animal Guides
I selected the crane as my totem from the North American Totems list.
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Morgan Faeriesfolly10.10 Dreamcatcher
REQUIRED: Read a book with the word "dream" in the title, subtitle or series title. Plurals, possessives and compound words or variations that preserve the meaning of the word all work- dreamer, dreaming, dreamland, etc.
Selection: Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream (The Silver Trilogy #1) -- Kerstin Gier
Page #: PB 352 pages
15.6 The Name Game
REQUIRED: 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.
Author's name/Noun: Cat Hellison Hellison
Hell ( http://dictionary.reference.com/brows... )
Selection: Beastkeeper -- Cat Hellison
AR Data: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8.0
[POINTS]
This Post: 10 + 15 = 25
Total Points: 90/1100
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 7/61
Pages Read: 1594
babbling c5.9. Spider Grandmother
Several Hopi creation myths involve the Spider Grandmother.
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER. Letters may be used as often as they appear. All initials of the author's name as shown on Goodreads must be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
Shadows Strike - kindle Shadows Strike - paperback 320 pgs. by Dianne Duvall
SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Big Books:
500 pages: 0
Total This Season
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Big Books: 0
500 pages
******
Pages read this season: 320
Books read this season: 1
******
Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
SandyDTask 30.4 Jonquil's Task
Book 1: Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley
be ASHaMEd TO dIE Until you Have won some viCToRy For HUMANITY
M in ashamed, U in Until, S in ashamed, I in Die, C in Victory, O in To, F in For, T in To, H in Ashamed, E in Ashamed, H in Have, E in Die, A in Ashamed, R in Victory, T in Victory
Book 2: Hold On by Kristen Ashley
a HOuse withOut books is Like a room without wiNDows
H in house, O in house, L in Like, D in Windows, O in without, N in Windows
Task points = 30
Total points = 30
Mimi Michele15.6 The Name Game
Read a book by an author whose first, middle or last name contains a noun of 4 or more letters
Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile
Noun found in author's name-gent or tile
Points: 15
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Total Points: 85
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Task 10.3 - IntiRead a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. The name may be in any position- first, middle, other, last.
Name: Sykes
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (2001) by Bryan Sykes (Hardcover, 320 pages)
00 + 10 = 10
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 00 + 10 = 10
Books read: 01
Pages read: 320
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mary P10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho! Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song lyrics in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly.
To Tame the Wind by Regan Walker.
The word WIND can be found in the Talk Like a Pirate Day song.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
perletwo10.1 - Take the Stairs - Read a book with a staircase or flight of stairs on the cover. Required: Include the cover in your post.
Eight Million Ways to DiePoints this task: 10
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 07
Tasks completed: 06
15.10 - Nanowrimo!I completed A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Deanna Raybourn gave a talk in 2007
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read:
BB:
GO:
Anne (Booklady)15.6 - The Name Game
Debbie Macomber COMB is the 4 letter noun.
Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber
15.9 - Animal Guides
I chose BAT as my animal guide on 1st page of the totem pole list
The Bat by Jo Nesbø
Points in These Tasks: 30
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 705
Totals:
Total Points: 30
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2/61
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read in Fall 2015 SRC: 705
Barbara AllenTask 10.5 Penmanship Practice.
Read a book with the title in cursive;
I Read
Points this task 10
Golden Oldie Tickets 0
Big Book Tickets 0
Total Points 20
M1NKS5.3. What are We Made of? - Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series.
Anne of Windy Willows
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
* I claim 1 x Golden Oldie ticket - Published 1936
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 35
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 2
FANDURY15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Choose an author who has written a pep talk and read any book they have written.
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Deanna Raybourn gave a pep talk in 2007.
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP is 536 pages: Le silence de Grey House
I claim 1 big book ticket for this!
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Classics: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and II shamelessly got the books for this tasks from Kathy G's reading plan, so thank you to her.
1. Me: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it. "Me" must be in that order. I read Cinder by *****GR author ******Marissa Meyer, whose name has "me" in it and was used as an example for this task.
2. Myself: Read a book with a Reflexive pronoun in the title, subtitle, or series title. Don't remember what a reflexive pronoun is? You may use Myself, Yourself, Oneself, Herself, Himself, Themselves, Ourselves.
I read Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books which has the word "Myself" in the subtitle.
Points: 30
tasks completed: 1
books read: 2
GR authors: 1
pages read: 618
Emsreviewsbooks20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
I chose option 1, and read The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 by Geoffrey C. Ward. History is the first genre on the book's main page.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
trishhartuk30.8 Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Autumn is the season to bring out the ghost stories, so I wanted to do something “Ghostly.” Read one book for each option you choose. REQUIRED: Specify the options you chose.
Option 1. Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with the word “Ghost” or the word “Hunt” found intact in the title/subtitle/series title, or the author’s* name.
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, William Hope Hodgson
MMPB reference edition: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder
Golden Oldie: First published 1913
Option 3. “Hunt” for a book which fits the following criteria. Read any novel/novella/novelette which is 100 – 150 pages in length. No poetry, plays, short story collections, or nonfiction here.
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (112pg)
Golden Oldie: First published 1843
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
30.6 - ME, MYSELF AND IOPTION 2 - MYSELF - Save Yourself
OPTION 3 - I - Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette
As per the Goodreads Main page the first line in the book is "Like everyone, I am born naked."
TOTAL POINTS - 30
Janice CA20.7 - Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 3: book cover which depicts a single eye
Free Spirit : growing up on the road and off the grid by Joshua Safran
+20
total: 20
books: 1
tasks: 1
20.10 - Group ReadsMarch: Book One by John Robert Lewis
my comment is in post 10 in the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving HouseRead any book that has been published by Virago.
This list of Virago Modern Classics might also be useful.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... (4th on the list)
points this post:20
Golden Oldie:1
total points:20
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.1 – Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck – "Steinbeck" has nine letters
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1937). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Book 2: The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Pedro Mairal – "Salvatierra" has eleven letters
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 25 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
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5.3. What are We Made of?
I was taught "sugar and spice and everything nice"...was I misled?
Series #8: (Mellow Summers #8)
Trick Or Treat, Or Murder?
Janet McNulty
Paperback, 112 pages 9/2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books posted: 3
Tasks complete: 3
Pages this post: 112
Total pages as of this post: 752