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Posting InformationPlease remember to add every book you post here to your challenge shelf.
Please include the following information in your posts.
* The book (use the add book link)
* How many pages in the book
* Date completed
* Any open goals it may work for
* If you participate in the BOM discussion and/or wrote DQ's for the book
* Optional. For Future Reference: anything interesting about the book that may count for a later goals eg there is a Gargoyle in the book.
Our current Goals are:°Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title
°Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as started - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
°Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 22th of a month
°Read a book with the phrase "Add insult to injury" in a book
°Read a book with the phrase "Have a kitten" in a book
Remember books read and not already assigned to a goal can be used for any uncompleted goal at any time. Books read this week and beyond can still be used for goals we receive later.
All Possible Goals
Points For reading books
Books between 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 5 points
Books between 161 pages and 350 pages = 20 points
Books between 351 and 500 pages = 40 points
Books between 501 and 650 pages = 60 points
Books between 651 and 800 pages = 80 points
Books between 801 and 900 pages = 100 points
Books over 901 pages = 130 points
For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
For completing goals
For each book read That completes an open goal = 5 points
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1.The Dark Monk
516 pages
11/9/15
Goal:Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as to-read - plurals and spelling acceptable
Finished Books:2015
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Uprooted 435 p. Finished 1/3
BOM: Yes--BOM
Goal: none yet
In Jack's Arms 276 p. Finished 1/9
BOM: no
Goals: None yet
Fool Moon 401 p. Finished 1/9
BOM: no
Goals: None yet.
Info: Magic, werewolves, set in Chicago, man and moon on the cover
Red Queen 383 p. Finished 1/10
BOM: no
Goals: None yet
A Darker Shade of Magic 398 p. Finished 1/14
BOM: Yes. BOM
It's a Wonderful Fireman 240 p. Finished 1/15
BOM: No
Goal: None yet.
Info: H is Fireman, h is paramedic and had cancer as a child. Takes place at Christmas, pretty man on cover.
Hearts in Darkness 112p. Finshed 1/15
Goal: None yet.
Info: h is accountant, H is paramedic, tatoos.
Love in the Light 193p. Finished 1/16
Goal: none yet
Info: Same characters as Hearts in Darkness
Hard as You Can 384p. Finished 1/23
Goal: None yet
Info: Special Forces, H- Shane, h- Crystal.
Current GoalsRead a book with the phrase ""all ears"" in a book
Read a book where a character is an undertaker
Read a book where the title starts with the letter O
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter O
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2013 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
25 Days of Christmas Goals
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This boon will remove ALL 5 of your current open goals, so chose when to use it wisely.
For those team that earn the MEGA-BOON you can use it at any time until Jan 31st, 2016, by requesting it to be used in the Captains Group ; Boon Fulfillment Centre.
Putting this here, I keep losing it.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Books read Cont.
December cont.
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January reads
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If unsure about the cover of a title, using the below link and Steps could help!!!
http://labs.tineye.com/color/
To check the colour of a book cover for the read a book that the cover is the colour ____.
To use
save a copy of image to your computer OR copy the image link (right click on cover, select "copy image location"
upload photo or paste URL
add all percentages of color you are looking for together to get total color amount
all shades of that color added together must be over 50%
Finished Books - Novemberupdated: 10-Nov-2015
1.
From Rocket Boys to October Sky By Homer Hickam
Date: 9-Nov-15
Pages: 110
Goal: Read a book with the word girl, boy, woman or man (plurals are acceptable) in the title
❧ Read Books♦ November/January ♦ - 160 points
- Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris - 10/11/2015 - 352 pages - ★★★★
- The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas - 12/11/2015 - 342 pages - ★★★
- Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs - 16/11/2015 - 464 pages - ★★★
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik - 17/02/2016 - 438 - ★★★ - BOM
Finished
by C.S. Harris - 10/11/2015 - 4 starsPages: 352 pages (Kindle edition)
Later Goals: troubled past, tortured hero, historical mystery, Napoleonic war, 1800's, Londen (UK), murder investigation, Jane Austen as character, nobility, published in 2015, 10th book in series
--> Character dies, Man on the cover, listed as Mystery, set in modern history
BOM: no
11/11/15
369 Pages
For Future Goal: (603) Read a book which has the main location (setting) as outer space
Found on goal list-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Rivers of London
390 pages.
11/11/2015
No open goals at the moment.
BOM: No
Future reference: Magic, set in London.
Finished
by Jodi Thomas - 12/11 - ★★★ Pages: 342 (kindle edition)
Bom: no
Future reference: Texas, murder, Gypsies,
Another Year at 32 September Way
16 Nov 2015
284 pages
Cover has table/chairs, wine, and window with For Rent sign
Finished
by Patricia Briggs - 16 November - 3 starsPages: 464 (kindle edition)
BOM: no
Goal: anthology, collection of short stories, werewolves, witches, vampires, at least 5 vowels in the title
The Motorcycle Diaries: A Journey Around South AmericaNOV 18
Pages 155
GOAL - book with a wheel on cover
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his TimeFinished - 22nd Nov 2015
180 pages
GOAL - Read a book with 8 or more of the same consonant in title
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P.B. Ryan (other topics)Naomi Novik (other topics)
Anna Lee Huber (other topics)
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