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   TASK NUMBER : 25.6 - Wedding Traditions
      TASK NUMBER : 25.6 - Wedding TraditionsTASK DESCRIPTION: Read a Borrowed Book & Blue Item
BOOK #1 READ:
 
AUTHOR: A.R. Torre
DATE READ: 10/15/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 3 - Borrowed - Book was borrowed from library
BOOK #2 READ:
 
AUTHOR: Tarquin Hall
DATE READ: 10/13/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 4 - Blue - Blue car in the bottom right
Approval for Cover
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 500
 Emsreviewsbooks
      Emsreviewsbooks15.3 - Past & Present
Book 1: Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster. Historical Fiction is one of the main genres.
AR: IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6.0
Book 2: Firebug by Lish McBride. This book was first published in September 2014.
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 3: I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. "Childrens > Middle Grade" appears on the book's main page.
AR information: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
Option 4: I read Front and Center by CATHERINE Gilbert Murdock.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 460
Books Read: 37
Tasks Complete: 31
 Brooke TX
      Brooke TX5.2 The Sun and the Moon
Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover.
 
 5.4 Earth and Water
Use the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters. Read a book with that word in the title.
 
The Traitor in the Tunnel
(TUNNEL = TrENteN Caicai ViLU)
5.5 Esaugetuh Emissee
Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
 
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 26
 ANGIE CA
      ANGIE CA5.9. Spider Grandmother
Book: Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer
Notes: Spider grandMother
10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Book:
 by Cambria Hebert
 by Cambria HebertNotes: Title is in cursive.
10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Book: The Pirate Prince by Connie Mason
Notes: Pirate.
15.1 - The Twins
Book 1: Renegade by Cambria Hebert
Book 2: Renegade by J.A. Souders
Notes: Renegade
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Book: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Notes: 1) go stamPS go
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Book:
 by Mika Jolie
 by Mika JolieNotes: 3) Ocean on cover. Approved in task help thread. Approved for length.
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Book 1: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Notes: 3) Borrowed from the library.
Book 2:
 by Sarah MacLean
 by Sarah MacLeanNotes: 4) Blue dress.
25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Book 1: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Notes: 2) I gave this author a 2 star rating previously; unPunIsHed.
Book 2: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Notes: 4) Has been on my TBR since 10/14/11; HapPIly.
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: Charade by Cambria Hebert
Book 2: Tirade by Cambria Hebert
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Notes: 372 pages, 4.10 rating.
Book 2: Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham
Notes: 320 pages (-52), 3.56 rating (-.54).
This Post: 190
Points to Date: 630
 Karen D.
       Karen D. Task 10.3 - Inti
Read a book by an author* with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
The Knockoff by Lucy SykeS, finished 10/15
Points this post: 10
Total points: 375
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 21/61
 Brooke TX
      Brooke TX20.5 Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical Fiction or Historical Romance.
 
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 1: Read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover.
 
20.8 Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option B: Read a book with a word that contains "far" found intact in the title or subtitle.
 
Faro's Daughter
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option C: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an x (for Xhosa) or a z (for Zulu).
 
Oryx and Crake
Points
This Post: 80
Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 26
 Reader Name: Daphne
      Reader Name: Daphne5.1: Five Suns: Natural Disaster
Natural Disaster: Hurrican of 1900
The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900
30.10 - Moving the Fences! - 1. Anything; 2. 50 pages less and .5 lower rating.
Book 1: Club Dead
274 Pages --- 4.03 Rating
Book 2: Hi I'm a Social Disease: Horror Stories
101 Pages --- 3.47 Rating
Difference: 173 pages and 0.56 Rating
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 835/1070
Books Read: 64
Completed Tasks: 50/60
GO Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 1
 Delicious Dee
      Delicious Dee25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 1
Option c -
 - motorcycle on cover, approved in the THT
 - motorcycle on cover, approved in the THTOption D - It's Hotter In Hawaii
points this post: 25
points total: 625
 Jonquil
      Jonquil30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
1. Me: author name has "me" found intact--Melissa
Pleating for Mercy
Melissa Bourbon
Paperback, 293 pages
3. I: written 100% in the first person
Fantasy > Urban Fantasy 379 users
Opening sentence: "I threw my leg over Bitsa and slammed my weight down on the kick start."
Blood Trade
Faith Hunter
Mass Market Paperback, 337 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 930
Books posted: 74
Tasks complete: 56
Pages this post: 630
Total pages as of this post: 20973
 Reader Name: Daphne
      Reader Name: Daphne15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
I'm 32 - so I would be a 5. Hi (1) I'm (2) a (3) Social (4) Disease (5) - I'm ignoring the subtitle.
Hi I'm a Social Disease: Horror Stories
25.4 Catherine T's Task 2 book
REQUIRED: Both books are new to me, and I'm so glad I found a new series I can't wait to delve into!
1: a book by an author* whose initials appear on this list of International Country Code
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
SE = Sweden = Europe
**Claiming BB ticket: 666 pages***
2: a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of
Ancient Greece:
Spartan Women
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 845/1070
Books Read: 65
Completed Tasks: 51/60
GO Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
 Jonquil
      Jonquil30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 1 Ghost in title
The Ghost Rock Cafe
Chinle Miller
Paperback, 252 pages
Option 3 Just like The Lesser Blessed, this also has just 128 pages
AND it has ghosts
Death Comes to Town
K.J. Emrick
Paperback, 128 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 960
Books posted: 76
Tasks complete: 57
Pages this post: 380
Total pages as of this post: 21353
 Cindy C.
      Cindy C.Task 25.2-SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies, and Horses oh my!
Option 2: Read a book from the Popular Pop Culture Books list. This book is on page 1. Rated MG+ on AR Bookfinder.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
 
Option 3: Read a book whose author's initials are found in Melbourne Cup. The author's initials are M.B.
Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling through Hollywood History
 
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Total tasks: 15
 Pamela3265
      Pamela326525.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 1:
 by Noelle Marchand - Grapes and bread in basket to the left and behind woman
 by Noelle Marchand - Grapes and bread in basket to the left and behind womanOption 4:
 by Lucy Mack Smith - This has been on my TBR list for more than a year since 7/16/13.
 by Lucy Mack Smith - This has been on my TBR list for more than a year since 7/16/13. Originally published in 1853 so it qualifies as a Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 855
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
 Reader Name: Daphne
      Reader Name: Daphne25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task 2 book
The letters in HIP MUST appear in the title (not subtitle or series title) of each book. The letters H I P need not be sequential or in any particular order.
3: a book with a bird on the cover
The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder
H in The
I in Boilerplate
P in Boilerplate
 
4: a book that has been on your TBR pile for more than a year. REQUIRED: Add to my TBR shelf on Dec 15, 2013
 
H in Microscope
I in Microscope
P in Microscope
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 870/1070
Books Read: 67
Completed Tasks: 52/60
GO Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
 Alexis
      Alexis15.7 - By the Numbers
Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan
Published in 2015. 152 pages.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 1: The Browser's Ecstasy: A Meditation on Reading by Geoffrey O'Brien
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 2: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Virago edition: The Age of Innocence
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 4: Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 95
 Alexis
      Alexis20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option D: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 155
 LAUREN JODI
      LAUREN JODI15.5 Act (on) Your Age!
Like This, For Ever by S.J. Bolton
Calculated digit: 4+0=4
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 240/1070
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 16/60
 perletwo
      perletwo25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments - Read a book set in or about East Anglia. Cities include Cambridge, Norwich, Peterbrough, Ipswich, Ely, Bury St Edmunds, New Market, Kings Lynne, St Neots, and Felixstowe.
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers is set in the Fenlands of East Anglia.
Read a mystery set in Korea (South or North), China or Japan. ”Mystery” must be a main page genre.The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
The Kizuna Coast by Sujata Massey is set in Japan.
The Nine Tailors was first printed in 1934, qualifying for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 430
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 30
 Catherine T
      Catherine TTask 15.2
Read 2 books with a paiir of hoomophones in the title
Two Rivers by Zoe Saadia
&
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Pair: two/too
Two Rivers verified for length @line 2445 of the sheet
Task 15.8 - Culture Vulture
read a book from the list
Across the Great Sparkling Water by Zoe Saadia
page 1 of the list (#28)
Across the Great Sparkling Water verified for length @line 129 of the sheet
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total points = 680
 loafer
      loafer10.8 - 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.
book: The Good Girl (kindle)
mmpb: The Good Girl
word: good ("a damned good retirement plan")
points this task: 10
total points: 270
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 18
 Nick KY
      Nick KY30.9Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
roll of 2, books by 2 different authors:
Book 1 – Science Fiction with "LOTR" in the title/author’s name: I read Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin -- pLaneT Of … uRsula
Book 2 – Fantasy with "LEGOS" in the title: I read The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton -- the stranGE and beautifuL SOrrows….
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 460
 10.1 - Take the Stairs
      10.1 - Take the Stairs by John Buchan 
  Golden Oldie: 1915
 by John Buchan 
  Golden Oldie: 1915
15.3 - Past & Present
Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence by Jonathan Haslam
Required: Genre: History; Release: 9/2015
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
My age: 34, 3+4 = 7
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson (Subtitle omitted from word count)
15.7 - By the Numbers
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Published: 1873; Pages: 813 Golden Oldie: 1873; Big Book: 2 tickets
15.10 - Nanowrimo!
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang **Goodreads Author** Pep Talk: 2015
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Golden Oldie: 1918
Book 2: Greyhound by Steffan Piper **Goodreads Author**
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited)
Option 4:
 by Miyamoto Musashi 
  Golden Oldie: 1624
 by Miyamoto Musashi 
  Golden Oldie: 1624
Required: Blue pants
Total: 725
Goodreads Authors: 2
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book: 2
 Elizabeth B
      Elizabeth B15.4 - The World Without End
Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Station Eleven, published on Jan 2014, genres "Post-Apocalyptic" and "Dystopia" on its main page
20.5. Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: favorite series Market Garden series Capture & Surrender
20.8. Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
option A: Set in Turkey The Scribe
20.9. Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option C: X in title Max and Finn, e-book only, approved @line #1266 of the spreadsheet
Points:75
Total=385+75=460
 Dakimel
      Dakimel10.9 Bridge the Gap
I read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
25.10 Let a Little Light and Colour In!
I read for option 2: White Cat
 
and for option 4 (approved msg 128):
 
TALLY:
This post - 35
Total - 550
 Sandra
      Sandra20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's name
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The author's name 'Gillian Flynn' has 12 letters.
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 175
 TASK NUMBER : 30.2 - My Own Words
      TASK NUMBER : 30.2 - My Own WordsTASK DESCRIPTION: Read a book with Poetry & Melissa author
BOOK #1 READ:
 
AUTHOR: Ellen Hopkins
DATE READ: 10/12/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 1 - Poetry on MP
BOOK #2 READ:
 
AUTHOR: Melissa de la Cruz
DATE READ: 10/15/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 4 - Melissa Author
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 530
 ANGIE CA
      ANGIE CA30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: Charade by Cambria Hebert
Notes: AsHamED hAve viCtoRy
Book 2: Tirade by Cambria Hebert
Notes: likE A Room wIThout winDows
This Post: 30
Points to Date: 630
 5.7. Raven the Trickster
      5.7. Raven the TricksterElvis and the Grateful Dead by Peggy Webb
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2:
 by Yasmine Galenorn
 by Yasmine GalenornTotal points: 50
 Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM
      Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.2. Rookie at the Top - Puppitypup's Task: Picky, picky, picky!
I used Options B, D, and E.
I read Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott (paperback for length). The book was approved in Puppitypup's message 2, listed near the end of the approved titles.
B: Rose has affairs with Washington politicians (noted in the GR description) and Belle marries a dashing Union Navy man who is part of a Union crew that captures her blockage-running ship.
D: Two of Emma's horses are named Frank and Reb; Belle's horse is named Fleeter (? spelling, since I was listening on audio).
E: History is the second genre on the main page.
**The paperback edition is 544 pages in length, I'd like to claim One Big Book ticket**
Previous point total: 225
New points this post: 20
Total points: 245
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 14
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 2
 Jen UT
      Jen UT20.4 - Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 3: Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
 Beach/ocean on the cover
 Beach/ocean on the coverPoints this post: 20
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Total Points: 120
 Andy P.
      Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: Read a book set in one of the top 20 wine - producing countries
 by Peter Mayle. This book is set in France. I live in the US.
 by Peter Mayle. This book is set in France. I live in the US.Option 3: Read a book with grapes, wine, wine glass, wine bottle, or grape vines on the cover
 by Martin Walker Wine bottle on cover Approved Option 3 Cover
 by Martin Walker Wine bottle on cover Approved Option 3 CoverPoints this post: 25
Total points: 395
 Andy P.
      Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option B. pick from the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books list: NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy books
 by Isaac Asimov Book is # 16 on list.
 by Isaac Asimov Book is # 16 on list.Option C. Read a book with a cover featuring a PAVED ROAD
 by Lachlan Smith Book approved in help thread Message 2 Option C, first row fourth book from Left hand side
 by Lachlan Smith Book approved in help thread Message 2 Option C, first row fourth book from Left hand sidePoints this post: 25
Total points: 420
 Task # 20.5 – Group Read
      Task # 20.5 – Group Read Option 3 – Graphic Novel - March: Book One
My comments on the discussion thread
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Task # 30.2 – Ms Anderson – My Own Words
Option 1 – Genre: Poetry
 
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+
Option 3 – Genre: Childrens > Middle Grade
 
	AR Bookfinder: IL: UG
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
 Heather (Gibby)
      Heather (Gibby)20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A: His Birth Country
Death on the Nile
Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket as published in 1937.
Book is set 90% in Egypt
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
        
      Dlmrose
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
option 3, beach on cover, first published 1/6/15:
 
   It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
 It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
option 1 set in North Norfolk: Death Watch by Jim Kelly
Series info identifies setting
Author interview on setting
option 3, set in Germany: The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
option 1, Creek from "Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town of the Creek (in red) Nation of Oklahoma:
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Bitterroot Wilderness by Pete Fromm
option 2, SPAIN in title: Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster by Dominique Lapierre
S P A in past, IN in midnight
total = 760
  
  
  20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
option 3, beach on cover, first published 1/6/15:
 It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
 It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
option 1 set in North Norfolk: Death Watch by Jim Kelly
Series info identifies setting
Author interview on setting
option 3, set in Germany: The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
option 1, Creek from "Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town of the Creek (in red) Nation of Oklahoma:
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Bitterroot Wilderness by Pete Fromm
option 2, SPAIN in title: Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster by Dominique Lapierre
S P A in past, IN in midnight
total = 760
 Bluegrass Pam
      Bluegrass Pam10.4 Ten-Four Day
At least 104 5-star ratings
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
25.3 Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: Book is set in France (#1 on the list). I live in the U.S.
Orphans by Hadrien Laroche
Option 3: Word “grapes” in title.
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 105
 TASK NUMBER : 10.4 - Ten-Four Day
      TASK NUMBER : 10.4 - Ten-Four DayTASK DESCRIPTION: Read a book with at least 104 ★★★★★ reviews
BOOK #1 READ:
 
AUTHOR: Stephen King
DATE READ: 10/16/2015
REQUIRED INFO: As of posting, 6463 ★★★★★ reviews
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 540
 Kassandra
      KassandraTask #25.3 - Grape Harvest Season
# books required: 2
Option #1: Book set in 1 of top 20 wine-producing countries.
Book read: Old Bones
Author: Aaron Elkins
Required info: Book set in France, I live in USA.
Option #3: Book with wine glass on cover.
Book read: The Bordeaux Betrayal
Author: Ellen Crosby
Required info:
 
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
 Kassandra
      KassandraTask #20.4 - Life's Too Short
# books required: 1
Option 4: Author's initials in "CENTENARIAN"
Book read: Coma
Author: Robin Cook
Required info: Author's initials R and C found in CentenaRian
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
 Coralie
      Coralie15.7 By the Numbers
A Key to the Suite: A Novel
192 pages, published 1962
20.1 A Calgary autumn
Option 2 – a book with 'snow' in title or subtitle
Le Bal; And, Snow in Autumn
20.8 Happy Anniversary!
Option A
Book set in Egypt
The Final Hour
This post 55 points
Total to date 445 points
 Brooke TX
      Brooke TX5.9 Spider Grandmother
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
 
The Wrath and the Dawn
15.6 The Name Game
Read a book written by an author whose name contains a NOUN of 4 or more letters.
 
Bone Gap
(ruby)
25.10 M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2: Read a book that has a picture of a cat on the cover OR with a type of cat in its TITLE.
 
White Cat
Option 4: Read a book with some nice brightly colored clothing on the cover.
 
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
 
(First published in 1971, 18 years before I was born.)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
 
(First published in 2011.)
Points>
This Post: 75
Total Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 27
 Kait
      Kait15.7 - By the Numbers
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.
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat -- Has 175 pages and was first published in 1957; IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points This Post: 15
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 185
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
 Morgan Faeriesfolly
      Morgan Faeriesfolly15.5 Act (on) Your Age!
REQUIRED: Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number (Ex: 47=4+7=11=1+1=2). Read a book with that number of words in the title. All words count, including symbols that take the place of words and could be spelled out (such as &, @, 1, 7th, 1776, etc). Symbols that are used as punctuation should not be counted.
Number: 7
Approval/Verified: Approved on task thead
Selection: You're Never Weird on the Internet(Almost) -- Felicia Day
Page #: PB 288 pages
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 670/1070
Books Read: 53
Completed Tasks: 43/60
Pages Read: 14664
 Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥
      Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Author who has written a pep talk and read any book they have written--Rainbow Rowell 2013:Landline by Rainbow Rowell
 
Link to Author's Pep Talk
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:240/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
 trishhartuk
      trishhartuk10.1 - Take the Stairs
Read a book with a staircase or flight of stairs on the cover. Required: Include the cover in your post.
 , Kathi Daley
, Kathi DaleyRead the kindle edition. Paperback version is here
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
 5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee.
      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.
Havana Storm by Clive Cussler
 
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 10.6 - Back to Reality
      10.6 - Back to RealityRead a non-fiction book.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
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 Catherine T
      Catherine T Task 25.8 happy fall
Option a - turned into TV series
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0107596/?re...
Option d - #9 in a series
Synthetic Men of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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15.1 - The Twins
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
15.7 - By the Numbers
To Draw Closer To God: A Collection Of Discourses by Henry B. Eyring - 199 pages; first published in 1997
15.8 - Culture Vulture
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie = Found on page 1 of list
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Puppitypup's Task: Picky, picky, picky!
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien - The Two Towers Satisfies A, B, and D - Approved in post 73 of help thread.
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 4: Healing Autumn's Heart by Renee Andrews
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Total Points: 830
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
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