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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
BARBARA ★15.1 - The Twins
Book 1: Butterfly - Kathryn Harvey 10/17
BIG BOOK: 544 pages
Book 2: Butterfly - Sharon Sala 11/1
Goodreads Author
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25.10 - M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2:
Leopard's Prey - Christine Feehan 9/26(leopard on cover and in title)
Goodreads Author
Option 3:
Aunt Dimity Goes West - Nancy Atherton (horse on cover) 11/3Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 550
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Books - 500+: (3)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
550/1070 POINTS
10.1 - Take the Stairs
Approved in Task Help Thread
10.6 - Back to Reality
Steve Jobs
nonfiction
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
My single-digit age calculation result is 1
Points this post: 35
Total points: 185
NARUMONThis is swapping out a book for a task that I've already claimed points for. Sorry for the trouble!
10. 6 Back to Reality
Read a nonfiction book
I initially claimed this task using Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital but am swapping that out. I want to claim this task using Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach instead.
Thank you!
Mel M25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1. Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Book 2. Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Brooke TX25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
This is a TWO book task. The letters in HIP MUST appear in the title of each book.
Option 3: Read a book with a bird on the cover.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
(Black bird on the cover.)
Option 4: Read a book that has been on your TBR pile for more than a year.
The Big Sleep
(On my TBR list since December 2013.)
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 730
Completed Tasks: 43
Books Read: 61
Post 1330.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a 3
3. If you rolled a THREE or SIX: Good things come in pairs...
(Book A) Read a book where the title/subtitle contains the phrase "_____ and _____" or " ______ & ______". The words linked by the "and" cannot be articles - a, an, the.
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
(Book B) Read a book where there are consecutive double letters found in a single word in the title/subtitle.
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror MadneSS and TeRRor
Points this post:30
Total: 310
Books read: 20
Tasks Done:15
ABAYOMI30.4- Jonquil's task: anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Two books task
Book 1: letters from this quote make the entirely title of the book BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
O Velho e o Mar by Ernest Hemingway
O- tO
VELHO- HaVE, untiL, wOn
E- bE
O- sOme
MAR- soMe, humAnity, victoRy
Book 2: letters of this quote make the entirely title of the book A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
Sal by Leticia Wierzchowski
SAL- A, houSe, Like
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 30
TOTAL POINTS IN THE CHALLENGE: 255
BIG BOOKS TICKETS: 6
GOLDEN OLDIES TICKETS: 2
ABAYOMI30.8- Nick KY's task: ghost hunters Two books
Option 1: The words ghost or hunt in the title
Medieval Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies
Option 3: novel which is 100-150 pages lenght
O Clube dos Anjos
130 pages. Novel is one of the main page genres.
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 30
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 285
BIG BOOKS TICKETS: 6
GOLDEN OLDIES TICKETS: 2
ABAYOMI25.6- Dakimel's Task: wedding traditions
Option 1: book published before 1898
Um estudo em vermelho
First publication: 1887
Option 4: something blue on the cover
The flower vase and the bottles on the floor are blue.
Approved on message 36 of verifcation thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 25
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 310
BIG BOOKS TICKETS: 6
GOLDEN OLDIES TICKETS: 2
ABAYOMI15.3- Past and present
Book 1: historical fiction or history
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath
Book 2: book first published sep 14- nov 15
A Garota no Trem
First publication: January 2015
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 15
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 325
BIG BOOKS TICKETS: 6
GOLDEN OLDIES TICKETS: 2
Catherine TTask 25.3 -Grape Harvest Season
option 1 - set in America, a top 20 wine rgrower, I live in England
The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska by Eileen Curtright
option 3 - "grape" in the title
My Grape Year: by Laura Bradbury
LAUREN JODI5.6 Four Cords
Four word title:
A Shot of Sultry by Macy Beckett
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 325/1070
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 22/60
MARWA 20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 1: Read a book with one of the following words in its title or subtitle: ...,..., WIND.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
*** 520 pages qualify for 1 BB Tickets ***
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20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A: HIS BIRTH COUNTRY
For this option read a book that is set at least 50% in a country that belonged to the first Persian Empire
بنت صهيون by د.شريف شعبان
Requirements:
- The book is set in Palestine.
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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.
Book 2 - Read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
Book 1 - The country code for the Lithuania is LT. I read Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Book 2 - Lithuania is in Europe. I read The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The book is set in Barcelona, Spain.
*** 531 pages qualify for 1 BB Tickets ***
Requirements:
- Both books are new to me.
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30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
Book 2 - Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1, and that has a lower average rating than book 1.
Book 1: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
513 pages, 4.24 average rating
*** 513 pages qualify for 1 BB Tickets ***
Book 2: A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall
272 pages, 3.68 average rating
Total pages : 785 pages
Difference in pages : 241 pages
Difference in ratings : 0.56
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Points claimed for this post: 95
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed so far: 13
Books Read for this challenge so far: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: +500(5*1), +750(1*2), +1000(0*3), Total (7)
30.1 - Schatzie's TASK: DNAOption 1: 'read a book that has a tribal name in the title'. Read Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros. Creek appears in many forms on the list of tribes.
Option 3: 'read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England'. Read The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. This takes place almost exclusively in England with only a couple short forays to Australia. (4 pages away from being a Big Book. Drat!)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 10
ColetteG25.5 Sirena's Task
2 book challenge
Option A: Book to movie, have not seen movie but would like to.
Push by Saphire
Made into the 2009 movie Precious
Precious (2009) - IMDb.htm
Option E: Main Genre Politics
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
25 points for task
ColetteG20.1 Most Improved Player/Wayne's Task
one book task
Option 1: Read a book who's author's initials are in the phrase GO STAMPS GO
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
Initials OP O- in GO P- in STAMPS
20 points for task
Oliver Potzch GRA
5.8. Four WorldsThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Golden Oldie: 1896
10.2 - Happy Hour!
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) by Diana Gabaldon
Goodreads Author
Big Book Ticket: 3 (1443 pages)
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
Lion in the Lei Shop, The: A Novel by Kaye Starbird
15.4 - The World Without End
1 book option: Published January 2014; Dystopia
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Goodreads Author
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 2: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (page 1)
Option 3: Edgar Allan Poe: The[book:The Twelve Caesars Fever Called Living|18222875] by Paul Collins
50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
Option 1: Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert W. Creamer
Required: Babe Ruth died on August 16, 1948
Option 4: The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, Michael Grant
Option 6: Alan Turing: The Enigma by Alan Hodges
Big Book Ticket: 1 (608 pages)
Total: 925 points
Big Book Tickets: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Task Number 30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!Book 1--
Has 576 pages and a rating of 4.16
Book 2--
has 352 pages and a rating of 3.68
Both books add to well over 500 pages. Book 2 has more than 50 pages fewer than book one. Book two has a rating of .64 lower than book one which meets criteria of at least less than .50
Total points this post=30
Total points overall=160
Also I would like to claim a Big Book ticket for the Still life with crows for being over 500 pages. This is my first BB ticket!!!!
REPOST25.3 Elizabeth B's Task--Grape Harvest Season:
1. The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan takes place in Australia. I live in USA.
2. Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number. Read a book with that number of words in the title.
I am 22, so chose a book with a four word title.
Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour
Points this post: 15
Points total: 175
Tasks completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 9 - 500(1) 750(4) 1000()
Pages read: 5480
Marina H15.3 - Past & Present
A book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements: The Nightingale
- Historical fiction as main page genre
- First published within the last year (february 3rd 2015)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Deyara30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
400 pages, 4.30 average rating
Book 2 - The Life and Loves of a He Devil: A Memoir by Graham Norton
304 pages, 3.71 average rating
Difference in pages = 96
Difference in ratings = 0.59
Points this post: 30 points
Total to Date = 30 points
Heather (Gibby)30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 3: read a book with the genre "Childrens > Middle Grade" on the main page.
The Giver
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Option 4: one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie byJean Rhys
Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket as published in 1930
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 290
Total Golden Oldies: 7
CYNBAXTERTask # 15.05 – Act (on) Your Age!
Book 1: This Is Not a Novel by Jennifer Johnston
Age 50 – 5+0 = 5. There are 5 words in the title
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 680 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Nick KY10.4 "10-4" Day I read Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow, with 2,935 5* ratings.
10.7 Sedna I read Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World by Stephen O'Shea, with “Sea” in the title.
15.7 By the Numbers I read River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit, 1st published 2003, 320 pages—digits from the no. of pages are in the publication date.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 700
JUKKA20.10 - Group Reads
Graphic novel: March: Book One by John Lewis. My post on the discussion thread can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 80
Total Golden Oldies: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Books Read: 5
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number. Read a book with that number of words in the title.
If You Ask Me by Betty White
I'm 45 so I needed a book with a 9 word title. The proper title of this book is If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) and it has been approved here.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 480
Total Tasks: 34
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number. Read a book with that number of words in the title.
If You Ask Me by Betty White
I'm 45 so I needed a book with a 9 word title. The proper title of this book is If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) and it has been approved here.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 480
Total Tasks: 34
Blueberry25.4 These books are both new to me.
Book 1: read a book by an author* whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes.
House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home by Mark Richard
MR = Mauritania, Africa
Book 2: read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
Circling the Sun is set in Kenya, Africa.
Pts this task: 25
Total pts: 275
Task 5.4 Earth and WaterUse the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters. Read a book with the word you made in the title/subtitle.
REQUIRED: Specify the word that you made.
Word: ARE
T re nten C a icai Vilu
The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (2015) by Kristen Soltis Anderson (Kindle Edition, 272 pages)
Here's the link to the hardback version of this book:
The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America
And, here's where dlmrose approved this book for length:
Approved for length
230 + 05 = 235
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 230 + 05 = 235
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,507
Read but not claimed: 09
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.4 International Travels2 book challenge, neither book may be a re-read, the book must be new to me.
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials appear on Catherine's list of International Country Codes.
Baby Love by Catherine Anderson
I chose CA for Canada, Catherine Anderson's initials are CA. This book is new to me, I have not read it before.
Book 2: Read a book set on the continent that the country used for book one is part of.
A Wanted Man by Susan Kay Law
This book takes place in America, on the continent of North America which Canada is part of. This book is new to me, I have not read it before.
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Points this post: 25
Points thus far: 465
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books thus far: 4
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!Option 2, a book from Popular Pop Culture Books, page 6: Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World by Sarah Vowell
Option 3, author's initials in MELBOURNE CUP: The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
Marina H30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Poetry as main page genre
Option 3: The Giver
Childrens > Middle grade as main page genre
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
M1NKS5.10. Create Your Own World!
Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season
This is my one 80-99 pages book
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 535
Golden Oldies: 18
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 34
M1NKS15.8 - Culture Vulture
The Last of the Mohicans Published 1826
Page 1 on the list
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 550
Golden Oldies: 19
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 35
Scooter&Siam 20.5. 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. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Read Portrait of a President: John F. Kennedy in Profile - history as main page genre
Points: 20
Total: 210
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks: 13
TASK NUMBER : 5.1- Five SumsTASK DESCRIPTION: Book w/ Natural Disaster
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: A.L. Roker
DATE READ: 11/4/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Book tells the story of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 715
Cindy FTask 20.7 Judge the Book by It's Cover
Option 1: A winged creature on cover, verified in help thread message #78
by Margaret MaronPoints this post:20
Total points:210
Tasks completed:17
Books read:18
Golden Oldies:1
Big books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Shawn H.30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: I was born in 1984
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
***First published in 1950, well before 1984***
******Claiming Golden Oldie, published in 1950********
Book 2: Published in 2010 or later
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
***First published in 2015, later than 2010***
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 140
GO Books: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Dakimel20.4 Life’s Too Short
I read
- for option 3, the car (length approved message 5208)25.5 - All About My Dad!
for option B I read Doomsday Book - #97 on the NPR list
for option C I read
TALLY:
This post - 45 points
Total - 815
Readerboard Name: Elishia20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 1 -
Task: Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO
Andrew Grey20.4 Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Published December 20th 2013
Option 1:Read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada or California.
Set in Denver, Colorado (view spoiler)
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 2. Most ghost stories are gothic, but not all gothics are ghost stories.
Option 3. Read any novel (“novella,” “novelette”) which is 100 – 150 pages in length.
132pgs30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
400pgs 4.39 Average ratingBook 2 - Now the home team is up.
154pgs 3.58 Average ratingTotal pages -
Difference in pages - 246
Difference in ratings - .81
Points Earned This Post:100
Points Achieved to Date: 225/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Elishia5.9. Spider Grandmother
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
Ranae Rose
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings
5 stars (16557) 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
ROSE Ranae Rose
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date: 255/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.2.The Sun and the MoonBlood's Fury
Ebook length approval https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5.10. Create Your Own World!
Kuolevaksi julistettu
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 1. Selected Short Stories Featuring Ghost Dust "Ghost" in the title.
Ebook length approval https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3. After Detroit
Points this post: 40
Points total: 475/1070
GO total: 3
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 28/60
Books read: 39
Elizabeth B25.2 - SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 1:
You Are the Reason by Renae Kaye The author was born in Perth (Western Australia)
Option 3:The Mating of Michael by Eli Easton author's initials EE can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP
25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: set in US Better Than Friends, I live in Greece
Option 3: wine bottle on cover
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean (SM-San Marino - Europe)
Book 2: Set in Norway-Europe Don't Look Back
Both books were new to me
Points: 75
Total 740
Jen UT20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Points this post: 20
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Total Points: 275
perletwo30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time - Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born. REQUIRED: State in your post that your book was first published before you were born.
Crooked House first printed in 1949; I was first printed in 1970. (1949 also qualifies this for a Golden Oldie ticket.)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
I'll Give You the Sun was first printed in 2014.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 605
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 36
EMurphy30.3 - Ava Catherine's Task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1 - Published before you were born
A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway
*Published in 1964 before I was born
Book 2 - First published in 2010 or later
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
This Task:
Books Read: 2
Points: 30
Total:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
GR Author: 1
Big Book Ticket +1000: 1
Points: 60
Catherine TTask 10.6 - Back to Reality
read a book with main page genre non-fiction
59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman
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Task 30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, first published 1952 (I was born in 1983)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell, first published 2015
Points this task: 30
Total points: 520
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 30/61