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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
10.4 Ten-Four Day 1 book challenge
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
Wynn in Doubt by Emily Hemmer
This book has 302 5-star ratings
15.5 Act Your Age!
1 book challenge
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. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
My single digit number is 8.
Getting Kole for Christmas: A Young Adult Novella by Kimberly Krey
There are 8 words in this title, including the subtitle.
15.7 Over Sea, Under Stone
1 book challenge
Read a book where the total number of pages can be found, in any order, in the first publication date of that same book.
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
The book was first published in 1965 and the edition I read contained 196 pages. (This book qualifies under the SRC children's book AR rating as follows: MG - GL: 5.4, AR Pts: 12.0)
20.6 Quetzalcotl
1 book challenge
Option 2: Read a book with the letter "Q" in the title.
The Wedding Ring Quest by Carla Kelly
Title has a Q in it.
20.8 Happy Anniversary!
1 book challenge
Option D: Read a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's name.
Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel" by Cameron Dokey
Cameron Dokey's name has exactly 12 letters.
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Points this post: 80
Points thus far: 785
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books thus far: 5
Delicious DeeTask 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book A - Sinful Harvest - Anitra Lynn McLeod - Lynn
Book B - XBar - Michele L. Montgomery
50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
Option 1 - Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford - Jane Boleyn was beheaded in February 1542
Option 5 - Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports - XWOLF - X in fox; W L in Wrestling; O F in Forotten
Option 6 - Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife - 805ppl have it shelved as science
points this post: 80
points total: 1070
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Both books are new to me.
Book 1: I read
by Colum McCann. CM is the country code for Cameroon, which is in Africa.Book 2: I read
by Kamel Daoud. The book is set mostly in Oran, Algeria, with a few portions in Algiers. Algeria is on the northern coast of Africa.Previous point total: 525
New points this post: 25
Total points: 550
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 27
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
SuzanneB5.9 Spider Grandmother: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in Spider Grandmother
Every Hand Revealed by Gus Hansen
20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre history
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 by Stephen E. Ambrose
20.8 Nickels and Dimes
Option D: Choose book with exactly 12 letters in the author's name
World Gone By by Dennis Lehane
30.3 Ava Catherine's Task: Perspectives over time
Book 1: Read a book published before you were born
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Previous point total: 60
New points this post: 75
Total points: 135
Blueberry30.2
Option 1: read a book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page.
Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip
Option 4: read a book by an author* with one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth.
When You Were Older by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Pts this task: 30
Total pts: 305
Total books: 17
Blueberry25.6
Opt.3 Read a book you’ve borrowed.
I borrowed Rogue Lawyer from the library.
Opt.4 Read a book with a blue “something” on the cover.
Necessary Lies
Approved in Help Desk post #73.Pts: 25
Total pts: 330
Blueberry5.6 Read a book with a four word title.
Reclaiming the "E" Word: Waking Up to Our Evangelical Identity
Approved in Help desk post #18
Using 1 book allowed between 80-100 pts for 5 pts.
Pts: 5
Total pts: 335
5.2.The Sun and the Moon
5.3. What are We Made of?
Heartless by Gail Carriger
5.8. Four Worlds
Blue by H.J. Bellus
5.10. Create Your Own World!
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
10.1 - Take the Stairs
by Paul Tremblay10.3 - Inti
Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
Where Sea Meets Sky by Karina Halle
10.10 Dreamcatcher
Missing Dixie by Caisey Quinn
Series title - Neon Dreams
15.1 - The Twins
Playing with Fire by Kate Meader
Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
15.2 - Which Witch?
When You're Back by Abbi Glines
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus
8 word title
15.7 - By the Numbers
The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
2015 - 250 pages
15.9 - Animal Guides
Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 3: Strong Enough by M. Leighton
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1: The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 1: Days of Gold by Jude Deveraux
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 2: Weekends Required by Sydney Landon
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option B:
by Ilona AndrewsLion on cover
20.10 - Group Reads
March: Book One by John Robert Lewis
Discussion Post
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 1: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Both authors live in Melbourne per their GR author profiles
Option 3: Trail of Dead by Melissa F. Olson
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Option B: Garrett by Sawyer Bennett
SRC ebook verification spreadsheet line 834
Option D: Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 1:
by Heather BlakeH in Ghost, I and P in Potion
Pumpkins on cover under the PO in Potion ~ approved in help thread
Option 4: What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston
H and P - Happens, I - in
Book has been on my TBR since 2013
25.10 - M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2:
by Lorna BarrettOption 3:
by Robyn Carr30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: The House by Christina Lauren
T in To, HE in Ashamed, H in Have, OU in You, SE in Some
Book 2: Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour by Amy Robach
B in Books, E in Like, TT in Without, E in House, R in Room
50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
Option 1: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Died in 30 BC
Option 5: Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? by Jen Lancaster
X in Ex, WO in Who, LF in Self
Option 6: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Points this post: 435
Total Points: 1070
30.6 Me, Myself, and IOption 1 Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it--JaMEs: Daisy Miller by Henry James
Option 3 Book written in first person:Reality Boy
Taken from first paragraph of the book---I am reality boy. I'm the kid you saw on tv. Remember the little freak who took a crap on his parents oak stained kitchen table when they confiscated his gameboy.Remember how the camera cleverly hid his most private parts with the glittery fake daisy and sunflower centerpiece.That was me. Gerald.
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date:800/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.4 Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1 Easy
E in Be, A & S in Ashamed, Y in You
Book 2 Room
R,O,O,& M in Room
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date:830/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1 Read a book first published before you were born--book was first published(1933) before I was born:The Red Pony
Book 2 Read a book first published in 2010 or later--Published in 2014:The Daring Ladies of Lowell
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date: 860/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Elizabeth B5.1. Five Suns
1222, set during "the worst snowstorm of the last 100 years"
From precis: "train 601 from Oslo to Bergen careens off iced rails as the worst snowstorm in Norwegian history gathers force around it. With night falling and the temperature plummeting, its 269 passengers are forced to abandon their snowbound train and find shelter in a centuries-old mountain hotel. Before dawn breaks, one of them will be murdered.
Trapped by the killer within, trapped by the deadly storm outside, Hanne Wilhelmsen's unease is mounting."
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
sea in the title The Winter Sea
Points:15
Total: 890+15=905
loafer50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
All books must be nonfiction. Read 3 books, from 3 different options.
2. Thutmose IV - read a book on the listopias Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology or Best Popular Anthropology Books.
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - This book is on page 1 of both lists.
mmpb link: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
5. Xerxes - read a nonfiction book that contains the letter X in the title or subtitle AND that contains all the letters of EITHER the word DOG, the word WOLF or the word CANID in the title and/or subtitle.
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
WOrkinG Stiff: Two Years, 262 BoDies, and the Making of a Medical EXaminer
(all 3 words can be found but X, DOG are highlighted)
6. Tesla -read a nonfiction book with the main page genre science.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
mmpb: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
points this task: 50
total points: 535
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 32
JUKKA10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Book whose title contains a word from the Talk Like a Pirate Day song lyrics.
Beer For Dummies by Marty Nachel. The word is "beer".
15.6 - The Name Game
Book whose author's name contains a noun of four or more letters.
Race and Popular Fantasy Literature: Habits of Whiteness by Helen Young. The noun is "young" (in the sense of "The lion caught a gnu to feed its young").
Points This Post: 25
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 145
Total Golden Oldies: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Books Read: 10
M1NKS20.7 - Judge the Book by its Cover
1. For this option, read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover.
25.9 - On the Injured Bench - The letters in HIP MUST appear in the title
Option 1 - read a book with a food item on the cover
Option 4 - read a book that has been on your TBR pile for more than a year
Published in 1818This has been on my bookshelf for years.
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: 45
Points Total: 865
Golden Oldies: 31
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 50
Cait S5.5- Esaugetuh Emissee
Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
by Sarah DessenPoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks Completed: 20
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.02 – Happy Hour!
Book 1: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz, Stieg Larsson (Creator) which is the Fourth in a Series
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 765 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
15.3 - Past & PresentThe Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine Heath
Historical romance, published April 2015
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2 - Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Sex, Lies, and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
'X' in the title
POINTS: 180
20.4 Life's Too ShortBroken: A Love Story - Horses, Humans, and Redemption on the Wind River Indian Reservation by Lisa Jones
The book is mainly set in Wyoming but the author lives in Colorado and at many times in the book leaves Wyoming and heads back to Colorado.
30.4 Anything Can Happen Child
Book 1 - The Cartel by Don Winslow
T - To
H - asHamed
E - ashamEd
C - viCtory
A - Ashamed
R - victoRy
T - vicTory
E - diE
L - untiL
Book 2 - Hero by Samantha Young
H - House
E - housE
R - Room
O - rOom
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 280
Task 30.3 Perspectives Over TimeBook 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
Tarzan of the Apes was published 103 years ago, in 1912. I was born many years AFTER 1912.
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan #1) (1912) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Paperback, 304 pages)
** Tarzan of the Apes is a Golden Oldie, published in 1912**
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Dark Orbit was first published in 2015.
Dark Orbit (2015) by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Hardcover, 304 pages)
380 + 30 = 410
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 380 + 30 = 410
Books read: 30
Pages read: 9,768
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 04
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.8. Happy Anniversary!OPTION A: read a book that is set at least 50% in a country that belonged to the first Persian Empire
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
(set more than 50% in Pakistan)
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 330
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 16
Total books read: 19
Jamie NYCTask #15.4 - The World Without End
Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book first published in December 2012 or any time afterward
Book 2: Read a book with the genre "Post-Apocalyptic" or "Dystopia" on its main page
Kick at the Darkness Keira Andrews
Published in May, 2015.
Shelved as "Science Fiction>Dystopia" by 17 users.
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Task #15.7 - By the Numbers
Read 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
When One Door Opens by J.D. Ruskin
The # of pages is 210 found in the publication year of 2012
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Task #20.10 - Group Reads
March: Book One by John Robert Lewis
Group participation post: March discussion Msg 50
POINTS
Points this Post: 50
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Total Points: 835
Total Books: 68
Total Tasks: 52
Nick KY15.3 Past & Present. I chose the one book option and read A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter, published in 2015 and with “History” as a GR genre, OK’d in message 16 of the general Genre Verification thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
25.5 Sirena’s Dad
Option A -- I read A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler, made into a movie I have not seen (The Mask of Dimitrios 1944): imdb link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037055/?... ,
and Option B -- The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov, # 94 on the list of NPR Top 100 best SF/Fantasy.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 970
Sarah E15.10 - Nanowrimo!
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
AR BookFinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
Neil Gaiman wrote a Pep Talk in 2007
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
BARBARA ★10.2 - Happy Hour!
For the Love of Magic - Janet Chapman (Spellbound Falls #5) 11/22
15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell (Peptalk in 2013) 11/22
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 730
Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books - 500+: (4)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
730/1070 POINTS
Post 2020.2. Rookie at the Top - Puppitypup's Task: Picky, picky, picky!
Arrows of the QueenApproved in Help thread message #2
A) Adventure on main page genre
B) Small romance between Talia and Skif
D) Horse named Rolan
Points this post:20
Total: 425
Books read: 30
Tasks Done:24
TASK NUMBER : 25.7 - Wonderful Overseas AssignmentsTASK DESCRIPTION: 2 Books
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Qiu Xiaolong
DATE READ: 10/23/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 2 - Mystery set in Shanghai China
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Jeanne Moran
DATE READ: 11/22/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 3 - set in Munich,Germany
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 895
TASK NUMBER : 25.4 - International TravelsTASK DESCRIPTION: 2 Books
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Steve Lopez
DATE READ: 10/5/2015
REQUIRED INFO: SL - Sierra Leone, Africa (New Book to Me)
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Alexander McCall Smith
DATE READ: 11/21/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Set in Africa (New Book to Me)
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 920
Jen UT15.2 - SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option One: The Pause by John Larkin Author is based in Sydney.
Option Three: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Points this post: 25
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Total Points: 310
perletwo30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words - Option 1: In honor of my first book, a novel-in-verse, read a book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page. As per the SRC rules, more than one book may be used to make up the 100 page requirement.
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
Option 4: Finally, in honor of my AMAZING editors and readers, who willingly dissect everything I write and aren't afraid to tell me when it's drivel, read a book by an author* with one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth. No variations. The name can appear as first, last, or middle name, but it must be part of the author's name as it appears on Goodreads.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Points this task: 30
Total points: 790
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 45
Cait S30.1- DNA
Book #1- Option 2
For this task, read a book that has a title that contains the letters: S-P-A-I-N.
Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Yuletide Yahoos, Ho-Ho-Humblebraggers, and Other Seasonal Scourges by Jen Mann
Book #2- Option 3
For this task, read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England.
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The entire book is set in London, England.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 365
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Dakimel15.4 The World Without End
1: Speaking in Bones
2: We
15.7 By the Numbers
The Death of Bees - I read the hardcover, 320 pages, published 2013
Tally:
This post - 30 points
Total - 980
Anne (Booklady)10.2 - Happy Hour!
Number 6 in the Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell Series
Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Opt 1: Set in New South Wales (Sydney)
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Opt 3: MELBOURNE CUP = LB as in Lucy Burdette
An Appetite for Murderby Lucy Burdette
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Both Books are new to me.
Book 1 Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC SW of Christmas Island under territory of Australia, but it is considered a part of Asia
Bombshell by Catherine Coulter CC
Book 2 Set in Japan and China which are Asian Countries.
The Devil of Nanking] by Mo Hayder
Points in These Tasks: 60
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 2028
Totals:
Total Points: 530
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 27/60
Total Books Read: 39
Total Pages Read in Fall 2015 SRC: 13,589
SHELLEY UT5.7. Raven the Trickster
Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson
Diane Mott Davidson is a goodreads author.
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
Derek B. Miller is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 25.1 THE FALL MONTHSBook 1: An author whose surname is 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
*BROWNSTEIN is 10 letters*
Book 2: A title with a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Blythewood by Carol Goodman
*BLYTHEWOOD is 10 letters*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 410/1,100
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0 (less)
Congratulations, Sirena! Task 25.3 in the Winter 2015 task is yours.
Kathy G.10.2 - Happy Hour!
#4 in a series
Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke
Total Points- 110
Total Tasks- 10
Elizabeth PTask 5.9 - Spider Grandmother
Book whose author's initials are in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
The Unexpected Millionaire by Susan Mallery - Initials SM
Task 25.10 - Let a Little Light and Color In!
Option 1 - People lying down/sitting in the sun on cover
by Susan MalleryOption 4 - Cover has brightly colored cold weather clothing
by Susan MalleryOrange Sweater
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 5
Total Books: 19
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.2 Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1 book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page. As per the SRC rules, more than one book may be used to make up the 100 page requirement:Triangles
Option 4 author* with one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth. No variations--Catherine: Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date:890/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.1 Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Option 1 book that has a tribal name in the title--Comanche:Comanche Heart
OPTION 4 Inanimate (not living) object that is green on the cover--Sleeves of the dress:The Thorn
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date:920/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.1 Five SunsRead a book that includes a natural disaster, such as avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, lightning, tornado, tsunami, or volcanic eruption.
The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans
Approved in thread. Post #2
Points: 5
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5.3 What are We Made of?
Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series.
Out to Canaan by Jan Karon
Points: 5
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5.6 Four Cords
Read a book with a four word title.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Points: 5
Total Points: 285
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total BB Tickets: 0
Total GO Tickets: 1
Paula S20.10 - Group Reads
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (I read the Swedish paperback edition Tystnaden i bruset)
Group participation post: post 18
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Mod
I read The Island of Dr. Moreau, with the word "island" in the title.
25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station, set in China and with "mystery" as the top main page genre.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Snow White Must Die, set in Germany.
Neither book has children or kids as a main page genre.
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City. All the letters of the word SPAIN appear in the title - the Sweet life IN PAris
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read The Religious Body, set entirely in England.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 925
Task 30.4 - Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.Book 1: The Court of the Air (Jackelian #1) (2007) by Stephen Hunt (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 582 pages)
**Stephen Hunt is a Goodreads Author.**
**The Court of the Air is a Big Book (582 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
T in to
HE in ashamed
CO in victory
U in you
RT in victory
OF in for
TH in humanity
E in have
A in have
I in victory
R in for
Book 2: The Ark (Children of a Dead Earth #1) (2015) by Patrick S. Thomlinson [ANGRY ROBOT] (Paperback, 400 pages)
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
TH in without
E in House
A in A
R in Room
K in Like
410 + 30 = 440
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 410 + 30 = 440
Books read: 32
Pages read: 10,750
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 04
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Nick KY5.8 Four Worlds I read Providence Island by Gregor Robinson, with “Island” in the title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 975
Cindy FTask 10.7 Sedna the Sea Goddess
"whale" in the title!
I read A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat
Points this post:10
Total points:280
Tasks completed:23
Books read:25
Golden Oldies:2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jamie NYCTask #30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Book 1: Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page
Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder
Shelved as "Poetry" by 11 users
Book 2: Read a book by an author with one of the following names: Catherine
Wallflower by Catherine Gayle
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Task #30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can b.
Books 1 & 2: The entirety of your the books' titles must appear in the following quotes.
Book 1: Ruthless by Anne Stuart
BE ASHamEd To die UntiL you have won Some victoR for humanity
S/H/E/T/U/L/S/R = ruthless
Book 2: Beast by Judith Ivory
Book 2: A houSE wiThout Books is like a room without windows.
A/S/E/T/B = beast
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Points this Post: 60
Books: 4
Tasks: 2
Total Points: 895
Total Books: 72
Total Tasks: 54
Task # 25.8 – Amanda – Happy FallOption B – Sports genre on main page
The Boys in the Boat
(I listened to the audio / PB -
Option C – “BER” in any word in title
The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square
lamBERt
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 425 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 7
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (2) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Bookwrm526Task 30.10 - Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice. I read:
Priest by Sierra Simone. It has 3.98 stars on goodreads, and 354 pages.
Book 2 - Read a book with at least 50 fewer pages and an average rating at least 0.5 stars lower. I read:
Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs, which has 3.36 stars and 146 pages.
The two books together must total 500 pages, 354 + 146 = 500 exactly.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 550
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Let: TrEnton viLu
A House to Let by Charles Dickens
+5 Points
5.8. Four Worlds
Blue in title:
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
+5 Points
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
3747 5 star ratings:
The Child Thief by Brom
+10 Points
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
6 + 2 = 8 words:
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen
+15 Points
15.10 - Nanowrimo!
2007 Pep Talk: Naomi Novik
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
+15 Points
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option Two: For this option read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books. REQUIRED: Indicate the page number on which your book is found.
Page 4:
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Option Three: for this option, read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP. MelbOurne cup
Abandon by Meg Cabot
+25 Points
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
T in until, HE in ashamed, SH in shore, OR in Victory, E in die:
The Shore by Sara Taylor
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
TH in Without, E in house, I in is, DIO in windows, T in without
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+30 Points
Points this Post: 105
Grand Total: 465