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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Jen UT10.2 - Happy Hour!
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer
Points this post: 10
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Total Points: 285
Brooke TX15.7 - By the Numbers
Read a book where the total number of pages can be found in the first publication date of that same book.
(240 pages, first published in 2014)
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
(Message 16 in discussion thread.)
Points
This Post: 35
Total Points: 920
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 72
Mel M30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
REQUIRED: I rolled a 6, leading to option 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 " ______ & ______".
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
(Book B) Read a book where there are consecutive double letters found in a single word in the title/subtitle.
Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives by Tanya Biank
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Catherine TTask 20.2 - Picky, picky, picky
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
meets A (Adventure), B (Romance - MPG, romance between Richard and Kahlan), D (horse Jessup, Bonnie, Geraldine)
5.9 Spider GrandmotherIs Fat Bob Dead Yet? by Stephen Dobyns
SD is found in Spider Grandmother
10.6 Back to Reality
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
15.5 Act Your Age
My number was 4 or 5 since I had a birthday during the challenge.
All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 185
Sandra5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee
Crimson Shore
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln ChildApproved in post #2 and #61 of Task Help thread.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 320
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I1. Me: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it.
Need You Now by James Grippando
JAMES GRIPPANDO
3. I: Read a fiction book written in the first person.
No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
"When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter."
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 680
Total Tasks: 43
CAtherine TTask 50.1 - Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
option 1 - Plutarch: read a biography of a person who died a while ago
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra died in 30BC
This has been approved in the help thread
option 4 - Theseus: read a history MPG about Rome
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
This has been approved in the help thread
option 6 - Tesla: read a science MPG
Happiness by Design: Change What You Do, Not How You Think by Paul Dolan
Task 20.5 Into the WildernessOption 1: Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical fiction or Historical Romance. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It (2015) by John Ferling (Hardcover, 432 pages)
250 + 20 = 270
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 250 + 20 = 270
Books read: 20
Pages read: 6,576
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.2 - Which Witch?sun and son:
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Batman and Son by Grant Morrison
+15 Points
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 1: Something Old – The rhyme was published in a collection of English folklore in 1898. For this option, read a book that was first published before 1898.
Published 1857
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Option 3: Something Borrowed – Read a book you’ve borrowed. (Don’t forget to return it!)REQUIRED: State where or whom you got it from in your post.
Borrowed from the library:
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
+25 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 360
ColetteGTask 20.2 Rookie at the Top
The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch
Three criteria: Romance: between Simon and Magadalena
(The medicus/physician's son and the hangman's daughter)(they are in love but not able to marry due to social stations.)(They eventually get married in the series/husband and wife as described in Book 5 The Werewolf of Nuremburg
)Horse: Hangman's horse (mare) name Walli borrowed by Simon to track down the Templar treasure
Genre: History listed as a stand alone main page genre
20 points for task
Oliver Potzsch GRA
512 pages Big Book
Readerboard name: SPIDERMAC--Repost to include ARBookfinder info. Sorry about that!--
10.4 Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
I read Watership Down by Richard Adams
REQUIRED:
This book has 104,116 five star ratings.
Also, it has the genre "Childrens" on its main page. This is the info from ARBookfinder:
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25.0
This book has the IL designation UG.
(BTW thanks for the help with the links needed for this repost.)
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Points this post: 10
Points total: 130/1070
Tasks completed: 9/60
Books read: 10
Devon10.4 - Ten-Four Day- Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
I read Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff.
Sarah E20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option B: "Far" intact in title
Kindle edition I read: You've gone too far this time, Sir!
You've gone too far this time, Sir!
Most rated paperback (no MMPB): Bikepacker Nekat: Dari Inggris ke India
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Andy P.25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: Something Borrowed – Read a book you’ve borrowed.
by Jill Paton Walsh. I borrowed this from my husband. He and I have much different literary tastes, but we agreed on this one.Option 5: A sixpence in her shoe – Read a book whose author’s initials* can be found in SIXPENCE.
by Ian Sansom SIxpencePoints this post: 25
Total points: 850
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost HuntersOption 2. Most ghost stories are gothic, but not all gothics are ghost stories. Read a book with the GR genre “Gothic” which does NOT have the word “Ghost” in the title/subtitle/series title.
White is for Witching - Helen Oyeyemi
Option 4. Read any work of fiction or nonfiction by a Canadian author* (by birth or residence), or set at least 50% in Canada.
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night - Heather O'Neill
This book is set almost entirely in Montreal, and the author is Canadian.
Points this post: 30
Points total: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 9 - 500(1) 750(4) 1000()
Pages read: 6141
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.10 – Create Your Own World
Book 1: The Bazaar of Bad Dreamsby Stephen King*
This is a Big Book (512 pgs) – Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 715 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
ESHAY20.4 - Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 4: Author’s initials* can be found in CENTENARIAN
President Me: The America That's in My Head by Adam Carolla
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: A book that shows a single female on the cover
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Points Earned This Post:40
Points Achieved to Date: 100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
ABAYOMIThis post is to claim Golden Oldie tickets ONLY. No new points.
Points originally claimed in post #2481.
Task 30.2- Ava Catherine's task: perspectives over time
BOOK 1- Folhas de Relva
1 GOLDEN OLDIE TICKET!! PUBLISHED IN 1855
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 30
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 355
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
BIG BOOKS: 6
Cait S10.4- Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
As of when I chose this book it had 4,327 five star reviews.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Mod
I read They Do It with Mirrors, #6 in the Miss Marple series.
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
I read Home from the Sea, with the word "sea" in the title.
15.3 - Past & Present
I read Go Set a Watchman. This fits both options for the task - historical fiction is the 2nd listed main page genre, and the book was first published in July 2015. Book was approved for the 1 book option in message 2 of the help thread.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 685
Congratulations, Catherine T! Winter task 30.7 is yours.
Morgan Faeriesfolly25.3 Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
REQUIRED: Option 1: Read a book set in one of the top 20 wine - producing countries, from this list: Top Wine Producing Countries. You may NOT choose a book set in the country in which you live. REQUIRED: include in your post the country in which the book is set and the country in which you live.
Approval/Verified: Australia is #7 on the list (I live in the United States.)
Selection: Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #7) -- Kerry Greenwood
REQUIRED: Option 3: Read a book with grapes, wine, wine-glass or vines on the cover OR with the words "wine", "grape," "vine," or the name of a grape varietal from this list in the title/subtitle.
Approval/Verified: Approved in thread
Selection:
Party Crashers (Body Movers #0.5) -- Stephanie Bond
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 910/1070
Books Read: 70
Completed Tasks: 53/60
Pages Read: 21277
Mimi Michele25.5 All About My Dad
Option 1
A. read a book made into a movie that you HAVE NOT seen but would like to
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
I HAVE NOT seen this movie but want too.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980648/?...
B. Read a book with a cover featuring an horizon
Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron
This shows the horizon-where the land meets the sky.
Points: 25
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Total points: 440
Golden Oldie: 4
Big Book: 0
Coralie30.8 Ghost Hunters
Option 3 – novel 100-150 pages
Detective Story 128 pages
Option 4 – book by a Canadian author
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
This post 30 points
Total to date 775 points
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own WordsOption 1: Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page.
Claiming a GO ticket for this book as it was first published in 1922
Option 4: Read a book by an author with one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth.
by Jean TeuléPOINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 530
Golden Oldies: √
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 28
BB Total: 3
GO Total: 5
Elizabeth B5.4 Earth and Water
Ruin - Rack & Ruin
15.2 - Which Witch?
homophones see/sea
All the Light We Cannot See (see)
The Silence of the Sea (sea)
Points:20
Total: 740+20=760
25.6 Wedding Traditions2 book challenge
Option 4: Read a book with a blue "something" on the cover.
Letters to Love by Soraya Lane
On the cover, the man is wearing a blue wind-breaker.
Option 5: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SIXPENCE.
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The author's initials are S.N., found in SIXPENCE as follows: SixpeNce.
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Points this post: 25
Points thus far: 525
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books thus far: 5
20.7 - Judge the Book by it's CoverOption 3: Balor - Only one eye is visible on the cover:
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Total points 185
sorry for some reason goodreads opened two comments with samething in them
Beth_NC10.9 BRIDGE THE GAP - A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire
20.8 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY - Recurve by Shannon Mayer
Option C - R is in both Germany/Australia
30.4 ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN CHILD, ANYTHING CAN BE -
A. Dead Ice by Laurell K. Hamilton
Book 1: bE AshamED to DIe until you have won some vib>Ctory for humanity
DEA in ashamed,DI in die,C n victory,E in be
***Big Book Ticket 566 pages***
B. Alert by James Patterson
A house without books is LikE a Room wiThout windows
A,LE in like, R in room, T in without
Points: 60
Tasks: 3
Books: 4
Pages: 1574
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Points: 1050
Total Tasks: 55
Total Books: 81
Big Book Tickets: 19
Total Pages: 34513
Julia10320.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A: Tears of Pearl is mainly set in Turkey
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 430
Total BB: 6
Tasks completed: 22
Christine V20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option C: Northanger Abbey N and A found in GermANy
I read the indicated audio edition. Link to top MMP
Northanger Abbey was first published in 1817. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Nick KY50.1 Daphne’s Dogs I read the following:
Option 1 – Plutarch: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney, a biography of the pharaoh/queen Hatshepsut, d. 1458 BCE. Approved in message 84 of the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 2 -- Thutmosis IV: Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History by Alistair Moffat, #42 on the Popular Anthropology Books list
Option 5 – Xerxes: Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion by Martin A. Lee,
Title/subtitle contains the word “CANID” and an “X.”
X in siXties
C A I D in ACID
N in rebellioN
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 780
ESHAY15.6 The Name Game
A book written by an author* whose first, middle, or last name contains a NOUN of 4 or more letters intact within the name
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
His last name contains the word "hand"
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 115
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Sandra30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Descent by Tim Johnston
DES in ashamed; C in victory; E in be; NT in until
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
I Was Here by Gayle Forman
I in is; W in without; A in a; S in is; HE in house; R in room; E in like
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 350
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving HouseOption 2. Read any book that has been published by Virago. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan.
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Points this post = 20
Total points = 240
BB tickets = 1
GO tickets = 0
loafer20.3. 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.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
found on third page of the list (when alphabetized)
points this task: 20
total points: 425
BB: 1
GO: 4
tasks completed: 28
Kristi CO15.6 The Name Game
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (brow)
20.4 Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 2: Autobiography, Memoir
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Points this post: 35
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Becks10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel is a GRA.
Points this post: 10
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Big Books Tickets - 500+: 0, 750+: 0, 1000+: 0
5.6.Four CordsFour words in the title:The Silver Linings Playbook
Points this post: 5
Total points: 325
Golden Oldies: 8
I'm moving the book I used in task 15.6 Specials to task 10.4 and adding a new book for task 15.610.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
It has 37,111 x 5* ratings
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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
Dark Murder
by Helen H. Durrant
durra (noun)
any of several grain sorghums widely grown in warm dry regions
Book was approved for length here
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 540
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 29
BB Total: 3
GO Total: 5
Karen D. Task 25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1. Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (10 letters in last name)
Book 2: Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Nightingale has 11 letters
Points this post: 25
Total points: 570
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 32/61
JackattackTask: 20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Description: Option 1 - Read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada or California.
Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis
Set in California
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Task: 20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Description: Option 1 - Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical fiction or Historical Romance.
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
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Task: 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Description: Option 1: Alicanto - read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
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Task: 20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Description: Read a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's name.
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson
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Task: 25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Description: 2 Books (Pick 2 books from 2 separate choices)
1. Read a book which has been made into a movie that you HAVE NOT seen but would like to. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders IMDB link
2. Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these locations: NEW MEXICO. Sixth Grave on the Edge
TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 105
Golden Oldies This Post: No
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 425
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
1. Plutarch-For this option, read a biography.
by Harlow Giles Unger James Monroe died in 1831. Book approved here2. Thutmose IV -From Best Popular Anthropology Books, # 4 on page 1 of List
byRobert M. Sapolsky6. Tesla -read a nonfiction book with the main page genre science
by Norman DoidgeScience on main page (48 users)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 900
perletwo30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game - I rolled a 4.
(Book A) Take this opportunity to introduce yourself to a new series. Read a book of your choice that is listed as (series #1) on Goodreads.
Shiver is listed as (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) on its main page.
(Book B) Read a book where the title/subtitle contain a repeated word of at least four letters. The repeated words need not be sequential. Repeated numbers will work as well if they have at least 4 digits. The word or number must be identical - no variations.
Life After Life
Points this task: 30
Total points: 635
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 48
Tasks completed: 37
BARBARA ★30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
If He's Noble - Hannah Howell 9/17
(I in die, F in for, HE in have, S in some, NO in won, B in be, L in until, E in ashamed)
Goodreads Author
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
It's in His Kiss - Jill Shalvis 11/10
(IT in without, S in house, IN in windows, H in house, IS in is, K in like, I in without, S in books, S in windows)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 635
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Books - 500+: (4)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
635/1070 POINTS
Task 15.1 THE TWINSTwo books with exactly the same title:
The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner
The Good Neighbor by Amy Sue Nathan
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 340/1,100
Books Read: 23
Completed Tasks: 18/61
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Kimber10.7 Sedna The Sea Goddess
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: whale, seal, sea, LION)
The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted by Andrew E. Kaufman
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15.9 Animal Guides
Choose a totem from the North American Totems list and read a book that contains the name of that animal in it's title or subtitle.
The Bees by Laline Paull
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30.9 PLayers 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
~ I rolled a 5
Book 2A:
Read a book with the main page genre science fiction and where the letters LOTR can be found in any order in any combo of title/subtitle/author name
Love Beyond Time by Bethany Claire
L,O in Love, T in Time, R in Claire
Book 2B:
Read a book with the main page genre fantasy and in which the letters LEGOS can be found in any order in any combo of title/subtitle/author name.
Splintered by A.G. Howard
L,E,O,S in Splintered, G in author's name/initials
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Above tasks: 55 points
# tasks submitted to date: 13
New total points: 255
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series
Promise Me by Harlan Coben
Myron Bolitar #8
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 2: Read a book with the word “new” in the title.
Dead Is the New Black by Christine DeMaio-RiceDead Is the New Black
DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK
Option 3: Read a book you’ve borrowed.
Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell
Borrowed from the local library.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 650
Total Tasks: 42