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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)

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Task Number: 10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Description: Title is hyphenated.
Book: The She-Hulk Diaries
Author: Marta Acosta
Date Read: 9/7/2015

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Task Number: 15.5 - Act (on) Your Age
Description: Title with Number of Words in Age
Book: The Shadow Society
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Date Read: 9/7/2015
Required Info: Age - 30 = 3+0=3

TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25

For this task, I read “March: Book One” by John Robert Lewis and Nate Powell. I’ve commented on the discussion board in post #15.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 20
Pages Read this Challenge: 128
Total Pages Read to Date: 128
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500( ), 750(), 1000()

TASK DESCRIPTION: Word from Song in Title of
BOOK #1 READ:

AUTHOR:Lisa Genova
DATE READ: 9/8/2015
REQUIRED INFO: "Still" - That grown-ups still know how ta play!
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45

10.10 Dreamcatcher
The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand by Elizabeth Berg
"Dream" in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30

OPTION 1 - HISTORICAL FICTION - The Fever Tree
30.8 - GHOST HUNTERS
OPTION 3 - The Christmas Lamp which has 137 pages.
OPTION 4 - Black Snow: A Story of Love and Destruction which is mostly set in Halifax.
TOTAL POINTS - 80

5.5 “Read a book with a body of water on the cover”
Pre-approved in help thread
Invention of Wings

The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd
Points: 5
10.2 “Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.”
Clariel (Abhorsen #4)
Clariel

Garth Nix
Points: 10
10.7 “Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: whale, seal, sea, lion”
Pre-approved in help thread
Notes on a Cowardly Lion

Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr, With a New Preface by the Author
John Lahr
Points: 10
WOLFE Total points: 25

20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option1:Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical fiction or Historical Romance. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati.
Genre: Historical Fiction
***The Gilded Hour is a Big Book ( 752 pgs ). Claiming 2 BB tickets.***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 2

Read a non-fiction book
I read:

Which is a memoir/auto biography
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15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Choose an author who has written a pep talk and read any book they have written
I chose Sue Grafton who gave a pep talk in 2007 and read

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30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 2. Read a book with the GR genre “Gothic” which does NOT have the word “Ghost” in the title/subtitle/series title.
I read

Option 3. Read any novel (“novella,” “novelette”) which is 100 – 150 pages in length.
I read

Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket for Rebecca which was first published in 1938.
POINTS
Points This Post: 55
Points Total: 55
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 3
GRA Total:
GO Total: 1

I need to take away The 7 Day Total Cleanse: A Revolutionary Juice Fast and Yoga Plan to Purify Your Body and Clarify the Mind from 5.4 Earth and Water because of a spelling error I made. (I used the word "TOTAL" and there is no “O” in TRENTEN CAICAI VILU.)
However, I will use the book. I will post --
10.6 Back to Reality -- Message 8 of the help thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
claims that “The task doesn’t require the genre listing.” Therefore I will move The 7 Day Total Cleanse: A Revolutionary Juice Fast and Yoga Plan to Purify Your Body and Clarify the Mind here.
Points this post: -5 and +10
Total Points So Far: 75

15.7 By the Numbers
Read a book where the total number of pages can be found in any order in the first publication year of that same book.
Chew, Vol. 4: Flambeado - John Layman and Rob Guillory
First published in: 2011
Number of pages: 120
(It is a collection of comic issues, and it is over 100 pages)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2

I rolled a 2.
1. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction, and where the letters LOTR can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
LTO in annihiLaTiOn, R in vandeRmeer
Claiming GR author ticket
2. Read a book with the main page genre fantasy, and in which the letters LEGOS can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
LE in bordErLand, GOS in hOdGSon
Book first published in 1908, claiming GO ticket
Points this post: 30
Total Points:30
GR Author: 1
GO: 1

20.1 Most Improved Player: Wayne's Task - A Calgary Autumn
Option 1 - Labour Day Classic: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO. Letters may be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk, Tamar Myers
T & M are both in the word STAMPS
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0

10.2 Happy Hour
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series. I read a book that is #7 in a series.
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
(Hercule Poirot #7)
15.5 Act (on) Your Age!
Calculated Number: 4
Read a book with the calculated number of words in the title.
The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180

The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa
Points this task: 05
Total points: 05
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 01
Tasks completed: 01
Dlmrose
5.3. What are We Made of?
#4 in series: Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty
15.9 - Animal Guides
Dolphin (pg 2) in subtitle: Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by Susan Casey
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
option D, 12 letter author name: The Drop by Dennis Lehane
total = 75
5.3. What are We Made of?
#4 in series: Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty
15.9 - Animal Guides
Dolphin (pg 2) in subtitle: Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by Susan Casey
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
option D, 12 letter author name: The Drop by Dennis Lehane
total = 75

Task # 10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.

Points this post: 10
Total points: 55

20.10 Group Reads
Fiction Based on the Life of a Real Person:
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
participated in book discussion: msg. #4 on discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200

10.3 Inti
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Pages: 984 [2 BB ticket]
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 10
BB: 2
GO: 0
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1

10.2 - Happy Hour!
Gram’s Country Cooking School Mystery #5
If Onions Could Spring Leeks
Paige Shelton
Paperback, 304 pages 9/9
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Books posted: 12
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 3094

10.3 - Inti
A din A
Lady of Devices
Shelley Adina
Mass Market Paperback, 246 pages 9/8
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Books posted: 13
Tasks complete: 13
Pages this post: 246
Total pages as of this post: 3340

5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee.
I read

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 10

20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 2. Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title. Subtitles or series names may not be used for this option – only the main title of the book.
The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters by Barbara Silkstone
Approval for ebook
Post 5033
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TASK TOTALS
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: n/a
Big Book Tickets: n/a
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 60
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

30.6 Me, Myself and I
Option 2: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Option 3: Saint Oddby Dean Koontz (Goodreads author)
"...I felt safe and believed that whatever terror might await me was many miles ahead. This would not be the first time in my strange life that safety proved to be an illusion."
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This task: 30/1070
# tasks completed: 2/60
GRA: 2
New total points: 45

5.8 Four Worlds
I read The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
20.6 Quetzalcoatl
I read Think Like a Freak for option 3
20.7 Judge the Book by its Cover
I read

20.8 Happy Anniversary!
I read In the Unlikely Event for option C ("itu" in AUSTRALIA and "e" in GERMANY)
25.8 Happy Fall!
I read Angelica's Smile for option A (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0920489/)
and It Started With a Scandal for option D
TALLY:
This post - 90 points
Total - 160

5.1 Five Suns
8.4 by Peter Hernon
The natural disaster in this book is a major earthquake.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 15
BB: 2
GO: 0
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2

15.4 The World Without End
Read TWO books, one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that was 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.
OR
Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Read One book that meets both requirements.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
Published 2014, Main page Apocalyptic & Dystopia.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15

#4 in a series: A Stranger in Mayfair (Charles Lenox Mysteries #4) by Charles Finch
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30

20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
***Craig DiLouie is a Goodreads Author****
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0

Task # 30.03 – Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: The Stranger by Albert Camus - this book was originally published in 1942 which was before I was born
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1942). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Book 2 : The LighthouseThe Lighthouse by Alison Moore - this book was published after 2010, in 2012
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 85 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2

10.4 - Ten-Four Day
at least 104 5-star ratings: 4004
Magic Shifts
Ilona Andrews
Hardcover, 342 pages 9/10
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 342
Total pages as of this post: 3682

30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
1. If you rolled a ONE or FOUR: The new parents will be giving two tiny people their intro to the world.
(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.
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.
Book A was the first book in the house of night series. Marked Marked
Book B had he word Love repeated in the title.Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55

10.4 - Ten-Four Day -- Read a book that has at least 104 5 star ratings.
I read Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight. This book had 1593 5 star ratings as of September 2, 2015.
POINTS
This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2

5.6 Four Cords I read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, with four words in the title. At 86 pages, this is my one book allowed with 80-100 pages in the 5 point section.
10.1 Take the Stairs. I read Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon. The bridge in the foreground is a flight of stairs.

20.3 Catie’s Moving Option 1. I read Affinity by Sarah Waters, #1 on Catie’s list of books she owns.
Points this Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 110

30.8 Nick KY's Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 3: Read a novella. 100-150 pages.
The Beach of Falesá by Robert Louis Stevenson 124 pages
Option 4: Work by a Canadian author.
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews #59 on 100 Novels That Make You Proud to Be Canadian list.
Points this post:30
Total points:60

20.3 Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
Option 1: This is on Catie's list of 121 books.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Option 4: This book is number 4 in the Neapolitan Novels
20.8 Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Option D: There are exactly 12 letters in J. Ryan Stradal
This post: 60
Total points to date: 60
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Total tasks completed: 3

10.4 Ten-Four Day
Read a book with at least 104 5-star ratings
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica. Currently the book has 1196 5-star ratings.
10.8 Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Read a book with lyric (> 4 characters) from Talk Like A Pirate Day song
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan. The book shares the word "brain" with the lyrics (brain = 5 characters)
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
Murder on Sisters' Row by Victoria Thompson. Historical Fiction shelved by 46 users.
IN POST:
Points: 10 + 10 + 20 = 40
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL:
Points: 15 + 40 = 55
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials appear in GO STAMP GO.
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
GO: 0
BBT: 0

25.4 - Catherine T’s Task: International Travels
Book #1: CH (Switzerland)
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
Book #2 - Europe (London, England)
Bedding the Enemy by Mary Wine
Both books are new to me.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 45/1070
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2/60

Task 5.1 - Five Suns
A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow
there is an earthquake & avalanche that kills (or does it?) the criminal
Task 5.4 - Earth & Water
Death of a Liar by M.C. Beaton
I made the word LIAR
Task 5.6 - Four Cords
The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
title has four words
Task 5.7 - Raven the Trickster
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
has humour genre
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four 5 point tasks = 20 points

Task 10.4 - Ten-Four Day
The Grey King by Susan Cooper
IL: MY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
10733 5* ratings on 20 Aug
Task 10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
IL: MY - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
SEA in the title
10.10 - Dreamcatcher
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
DREAM in the title (was approved in help thread)
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three 10 point tasks = 30 points
total = 50 points

Task 15.1 - The Twins
read two books with the same title (excludes subtitles)
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
The Winner's Curse... by Dee Walker
Task 15.3 - Past & Present
one book option
read a book with historical fiction genre published in the last year
The Last Voyage of Sigismund Skrik by Karsten Flohr
published Aug 2015
Task 15.4 - The World Without End
one book option
read a book with dystopia genre published since Dec 2012
The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
published 2015
Task 15.9 - Animal Guides
read a book with title containing animal from the list
The Bees by Laline Paull
BEE is on the list
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four 15 point tasks = 60 points
total = 110 points

20.4 - Life's Too Short
option 4 - author initials in CENTENARIAN
The Angel by Tiffany Reisz
20.5 - Into the Wilderness
option 4 - read a book in a favourite series
Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
#34 in series
20.7 - Judge a Book By its Cover
option 2 - single female on cover

Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
approved in help thread
30.2 - My Own Words
option 3 - Childrens-Middle Grade genre
Silver On The Tree by Susan Cooper
IL: MY - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 14.0
approved in help thread
option 4 - author name CATHERINE
Treasured by Thursday by Catherine BybeeLauren Oliver
Task 30.4 - Anything Can Happen....
book 1:
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
VICTORY gives Thuvia ... mars
ASHAMED gives Mars [Mars now fully spelt]... maid
HUMANITY gives thuvia [Thuvia now fully spelt] ... maid
DIE gives maid [Maid now fully spelt]
FOR gives of [of now fully spelt]
book 2:
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
Room in ROOM (!!) s in HOUSE
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three 20 point tasks = 60 points
two 30 point tasks = 60 point
total = 230 points

5.10 - CREATE YOUR OWN WORLD
Good Dog. Stay.
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10.8 - YO HO, YO HO!
lyric word: HOME
Called Home
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15.2 - WHICH WITCH?
my words: RAIN & REIGN
Heaven Sent Rain
Kingdom's Reign
IL: MG+
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15.4 - THE WORLD WITHOUT END
pub. in or after Dec 2012 & dystopian
1 book option
Red Queen
15.7 - BY THE NUMBERS
The Third Son
320 pgs & pub. 2013
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20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: WAYNE' CALGARY AUTUMN
opt. 2: word SNOW in title
The Snow Angel
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20.4 - AUTHOR! AUTHOR!: SEAKBEE'S LIFE'S TOO SHORT
opt. 4: author initials in CENTENARIAN
The Angels' Share by Robert Irvine
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20.10 - GROUP READS
March: Book One
---my 2 cents is in message 16 in the DISCUSSION THREAD
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25.4 - CATHERINE T'S INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS
req'd: both books are new to me
BOOK 1: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
by Cory Doctorow
-----author's initials: CD
-----international country code: Democratic Republic of the Congo
-----African continent for book 2
BOOK 2: Purple Hibiscus
-----the setting is in Nigeria
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25.5 - SIRENA'S ALL ABOUT MY DAD
opt. A: The English Patient
movie link can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116209/?...
opt. C: The Dog Who Danced

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30.2 - MS. ANDDERSON'S MY OWN WORDS
opt. 3: The Misfits
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 AR PTS: 7.0
opt. 4: Through Rushing Water
by Catherine Richmond
Points this post: 200
Total Points: 230

15.9 - Animal Guides - book with title or subtitle that contains name of North American totem animal - I chose the dog
The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog by Jen Lancaster
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 15 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1

30.1 Schatzie’s Task: DNA
This summer, my sister and I had our DNA tested for genealogical purposes. This is a TWO book task. Pick 2 different options and read a book from each. REQUIRED: Please state which options you chose when posting.
OPTION 2: I am 20% SPANISH. For this task, read a book that has a title that contains the letters: S-P-A-I-N.
the NecroPoliS rAIlway, Andrew Martin
Read the kindle edition. PB reference: The Necropolis Railway
OPTION 3: I am 17% BRITISH. For this task, read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England.
The Railway Detective, Edward Marston
Read the kindle edition. PB reference: The Railway Detective
From the GR description for the kindle edition: “In 1851 England, the city of London anticipates the grand opening of the Great Expedition. Excitement is mounting with each engineering triumph of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating. A sudden attack hits the London to Birmingham mail train and it is looted and derailed.”
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0

Opt D: Exactly twelve letters in the author's name
If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison
*There are exactly 12 letters in BETH HARBISON*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40/1,100
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2/61
Pages Read Total: 752
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0

The Invisible Bridge

5.4 Earth and Water
The word is VIRTUE
Virtue Falls by Christina Dodd
5.5 Esaugetuh Emissee:
Claire of the Sea Light

5.7 Raven the Trickster:
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
5.9 Spider Grandmother:
Initials: T and P
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
Today's total: 25
Grand total: 25

One book challenge
Option 3: Read a book whose cover shows one of the following...the ocean... Required: Include the cover when posting and point out the image if not obvious.

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
(Ocean shown on left side about 1/3 way down from the top. It's the coastline and ocean off the shore of Alexandria, Egypt in ancient times. Approved in help thread, post #17)
GR Author? Yes
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Points this post: 20
Points thus far: 40
GR Authors this post: 1
GR Authors thus far: 1
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#30.3 (Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time)
Book 1 : The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
First published : 1923. [Before I was born])
Book 2 : Thoughtful by S.C. Stephens
First published : 2015
Points this post : 30
Total points : 115