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20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 1

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 8
BB Tickets: 1

20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
2: Originally other language
Numero Zero by Umberto Eco
Translated into English (native) from the Italian by Richard Dixon
Points this post: 20
Points Total: 700

Task 25.16 Don't Say I Never Got You Anything!
Both Authors are new to me!
Book 1: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Borrowed from local library!
Book 2: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
Won on Goodreads!
Points this post:25
Total points:100
Tasks completed:6
Books read:9
Golden Oldies:2
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Painting: "Girl with a watering can" -> Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life word: girl
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Cape Town to Kruger: Backpacker Adventures in South Africa and Swaziland by John Dwyer
Vice-President: John Adams
15.5 That’s So Random
Titles:
1. Sharp Bride
2. The Which Swords
3. Stream of Luck
4. The Waves's Wife
5. The Academy of the Ice
6. Star in the Way -> The Way the World Ends Too
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2- To Kill a Mockingbird first published 1960
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB To Kill a Mockingbird
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Division: A Collection of Science Fiction Fairytales by Lee S. Hawke
Book 2: Unthinkable & Incomprehensible by Rog Phillips
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 85
Points total: 200/1185
GO total: 2
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 13/65
Books read: 16

10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name is the same as the first, middle, or last name of a U.S. Vice-President.
Book read:Ask the Dark - Henry Turner
Vice President chosen: Henry Wilson, to President Grant. 1873-1875.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
1. Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
Book read: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Found on: Books About Books, 37 people shelved.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 335
Tasks Complete: 22
Big Books Total: 7
Golden Oldies Total: 1

15.9 Degas and the Dancers - Read a book that features dancers. The connection must be obvious from the Goodreads book main page: title, genre, description, reviews, etc.
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Points this task: 15
Total points: 385
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 22

25.3 Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
Coin flip: Heads=USA
Option 1: Key Leaders
Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir about one of the men who lead your alliance.
Truman by David McCullough
Option 3: Espionage
The Russia House by John le Carré
main page genre Espionage 80 users
25.8 Nick KY's task: My Favorite Impressionism
Option A: Debussy
Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: sea, water, or sunken.
Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
(word used=water)
Option B: Ravel
Read a book originally written in Spanish.
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
25.9 Dakimel's task: Diversify Your Reading
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Inheritance by Lan Samantha Chang
Both books and authors are new to me.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 815

5.3- Water lilies- popular art books
On page 1: Girl with a Pearl Earring
10.6 - It's Cold Here but Colder There
Between Shades of Gray- mainly set in Russia
15.6- En Plein Air

25.9- Diversify your reading
Asian/Pacific: Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami: New author to me
Hispanic/Latin: new author as well
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
30.1- Tis the season
Option 3: Author initials found in HEART (ignoring the middle initial)
Perilous by Tamara Heiner
Option 4: a book of your choice
Sons of Encouragement: Five Stories of Faithful Men Who Changed Eternity
Using the only paperback version with page number - 695 pages to claim a BB ticket.
Points this post: 85 points
GO this post:0
BB: 1
Total points: 175
GO:1
BB: 1

25.10 Sandy's Task: Bella Italia!
Option 1: Florence
Read a book set in Europe during the Renaissance.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King 192 pages
Option 3: Read a book whose author's initials are found in the word VAPORETTI.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
390 pages
192+390=582 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 840

Task 25.17 Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of AKC Dog Breeds. I read American Assassin. Several dogs on the list have American in the title, including "American Eskimo", "American Foxhound", etc.
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in Kidney, Dialysis, transplant. I read Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews. "I" and "A" are both in dIAlysis.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
Books read: 19
Tasks Complete: 14

25.9 - Dakimel's Task: Diversify Your Reading
A book by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 4 by Hiromu Arakawa -- Hiromu Arakawa is Asian-Pacific (Japanese) and female
A book by a female author who is new-to-you with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture.
Darkness Calls by Caridad Piñeiro -- Caridad Piñeiro is a new to me author; She is Hispanic/Latin (Cuban) and female; Her website biography page says she was born in Cuba and is celebrated as one of the first Latina authors featured at BEA’s Spanish Pavillion; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the mass market paperback: Darkness Calls
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 140
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: I read a publisher's advance copy of

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 18
Tasks Complete: 14

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
This is a ONE book task. Read one book from one of the following options.
Option 2- Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
Junky This book was written in 1953
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 37
Tasks Complete: 29
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2

Task #20.2 - The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI. I read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 350

10.2. Art Appreciation
Read a book that has a framed painting or framed photograph on the cover.
Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan

15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features dancers.
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 12

25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
Heads USA
Option 2: Space Race
Female US pilots who tried to prove their readiness to go into space at the start of the Space Race
Non Fiction 35 users
The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Martha Ackmann
Paperback, 280 pages 1/7
Option 4: Peace
USA: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." "Wall"
Romance > Romantic Suspense 3 users
Up Against the Wall (The Precinct: Vice Squad #1)
Julie Miller
Mass Market Paperback, 242 pages 12/26
Points this post: 25
Total points: 575
Books posted: 48
Tasks complete: 43
Pages this post: 522
Total pages as of this post: 13447

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings -
Options 3: The Ties that Bind by Emilie Rose.
Author's last name is Rose.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 390
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Option 1: Read a book with "books about books" as main page genre.
Book read: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Points this point: 20
Previous points: 80

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Megan W's Task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1 - A book with the main page genre “Superheroes” (embedded or standalone).
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson -- Comics > Superheroes on main page with 249 users -- Genre noted in verification thread posts #65 & 66
Points This Post: 20
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 160
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1

25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2: Read a book that has the genre "Western" listed on its main page.

Option 4: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.

25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Read two books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture.


Both books are by Marie Lu, a new author for me (author approved in help thread comment #2).
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 460
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 43

5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - Found on page 1 of list
2 BIG BOOK Tickets - 801 pages
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1865
10.5. Curl Up and Read
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah - Found on page 1 of list
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Balancing Act by Patricia Davids - Approved in post 7 of Help Thread
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 4: Winter by Marissa Meyer - 824 pages so 1 book meets the requirements
2 BIG BOOK Tickets- 824 pages
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 245
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 3
Big Books - 1000+:

Option 2, read ONE book that fulfills two options.
a) Read a book with a main page genre that includes Science Fiction
b) Read a book identified on GR as #3 or #7 in a series

Heaven's Queen by Rachel Bach
This book is main page genre Sci-Fi and it's #3 in the series.
25.16 Don't say I never got you anything!
2 book task
Read two books, one book from each category. Both authors should be new to you.
Book One: Read a book you got for free.

Cadha's Rogue by R.L. Syme
This author is new to me and I received an ARC for free from Net Galley.
Book Two: Read a book you got for free in a different way.

Dandy Day by Annie Wood
This author is new to me and I read the book for free through Kindle Unlimited.
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Points this post: 40
Points thus far: 445

20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Option 1 word BOX found intact in the title/subtitle:The Christmas Box

Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 295/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Book A, LOST in title: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey
Book B, FOUND in title: Four Friends by Robyn Carr
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1 book that has something to do with vampires:Dead Until Dark

Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date:315/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Pre-approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. insect in the title
Lifeblood: How to Change the World One Dead Mosquito at a Time
3. 1st word in title 'A'
A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
4. Cover: Tattoo
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 725

Option 2 - Look to Windward (A & B)
15.6 - En Plein Air

15.10 - A Reason to Party
The Raven in the Foregate (#12 in series)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 2 -

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 3 - Edison's Alley by Neal Shusterman (IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C - Consider Phlebas (I had not read any other book in the series before this one)
Points in this post: 105
Points so far: 105

Option 3 (JEANS) - The Truth Commission by Susan Juby
Option 6 - An Excellent Mystery (MMP version, An Excellent Mystery, has 219 pages)
Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 2 (DRESSING WARMLY) - Defending Jacob by William Landay (MMP version Defending Jacob has 496 pages)
Option 4 (family) - A Spool of Blue Thread (Paperback version A Spool of Blue Thread has 465 pages)
496+465=961 pages in total
Points in this post: 60
Points so far: 165

25.5 Amanda A's task
Option 2: Christmas Kitsch by Amy Lane (A, L can be found in christmAs Lights)
Option 4: my choice Just a Bit Confusing, e-book only, approved in # 5379 of the verification thread
25.17 - Tara Jo's task
Option 3: Sidecar by Amy Lane (A, L can be found in diALysis
Option 4:MC is a musician Beneath the Stain
30.1-Schatzie’s Task
Option 3: Crossroads by Riley Hart (RH) found in HeaRt
Option 4: my choice Wildest Dreams
30.3-Dlmrose's task
Book 1: Wish Come True anthology, Amy Jo Cousins is one of the authors, e-book only, approved for length in msg#5386 of the verification thread
Book 2: A Fortunate Blizzard by L.C. Chase (175 pgs)
Points: 110
Total: 575

Read a book from the "Underclass" list. Required: State which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Found on page 1. GO ticket since book was first published in 1940.
Points: 5
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5.9 The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
The Pledge by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Set in Switzerland
Points: 5
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 3: For this option, read a book identified on Goodreads as #5 in a series (series title, #5).
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
Points: 20
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25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
::BOOK ONE::
Read a a book that you got for free (library, netgalley, borrowed from a friend, received as a gift, $0 on Kindle/Nook/etc.) where the AUTHOR is new to you.
Library - Storm Front by Jim Butcher
::BOOK TWO::
Read a second book that you got for free, but in a DIFFERENT way than book one. Remember the author still has to be new to you.
Gift - Sky Ghosts: All for One by Alexandra Engellmann
Both authors were new to me.
Points: 25
Grand Total Points: 200
Total Books Read: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total GO Books: 3

Option C First in a series. A Darker Shade of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic #1)

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
3, 14
Timestamp: 2015-12-02 06:27:08 UTC
Both authors are new to me.
3. day:
Movie: "Snow 2: Brain Freeze" -> The Snow and The Darkness
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
14. day:
Movie: "Frosty’s Winter Wonderland" -> Kaiju Winter: An End Of The World Thriller
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 1. Unthinkable & Incomprehensible
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4. Haukka ja kyyhky by Taavi Soininvaara initials TS in whaT'S
Points this post: 50
Points total: 220/1185
GO total: 2
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 14/65
Books read: 14

10.7. Are you Up to Date? - An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
#10 on the list - https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0

5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Cover with person wearing a hat) - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0

10.3. "Young Girl Reading" - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Used the word "girl" from the painting Young Girl Reading.
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0

20.9 - Moderator’s Pet: Laura NT’s task: Art and Science
Option C: First in Series
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #1)
Required: This series is new to me.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145/1185
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8/65

I read The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow -- 384 pages, divisible by 4 (384/4 = 96)
30.6 Winter in Iowa
Option 2 - Symbiont by Mira Grant - MG in dressinG warMly - 608 pages
Option 4 - Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon - family is a main page genre, 976 pages
Total pages for both books = 1584
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets for Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity at 976 pages and 1 Big Book ticket for Symbiont at 608 pages!
New Total: 140

Option 2, cozy mystery: Dead Pan byGayle Trent
Option 3: Matchpoint by Elise Sax - E, S in sweater
Total points: 50

5.7- Luncheon of the boating party by Pierre- Auguste Renoir
A book with a word ending in ING in the title or subtitle.
Lammas: Celebrating Fruits of the First Harvest
The word is CELEBRATING.
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POINTS THIS TASK: 5
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 165
BB TICKETS: 3
GO TICKETS. 2

Option 2: author initials in KRZYZEWSKI
The Perseid Collapse by Steven Konkoly
Author initials are S.K. (KRZYZEWSKI)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115

10.5 Curl up and read
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
On the first page of the list, #9.
**Claiming a GO ticket** First published in 1847
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 9
Book read: 10
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1

Task 20.10 - read one of the group read books
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Task 10.10 - Jump!
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill The book as 168 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30

5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
GALLOWS WAITING, A by Matthew Hart

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2

Option 3 – Author F & L initials in H E A R T
Emilie Richards / Beware False Profits
Option 4 – A book of my choice
Yes Please
I listened to the Audio / there is no MMP / PB - Yes Please
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2

15.10 - A Reason to Party
Rises The Night - #2 in the The Gardella Vampire Hunters: Victoria series
points this post: 15
points total: 285

25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
option 1 Birthdays: read a book published the year you were born
I was born in 1968
Slouching Towards Bethlehem / mmpb: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion, published in 1968
option 3 Holiday Vacation: read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

points this task: 25
total points: 190
BB: 2
GO: 4
tasks completed: 14
Dlmrose
10.5. Curl Up and Read
page 2, #111: Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
option B originally written in Spanish: The Master of the Prado by Javier Sierra
option D, single author last name begins with GRI: The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Book 1 A, page 1 #93: Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo
Book 2 C, 2011 Paranormal Fantasy nominee: Hounded by Kevin Hearne
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 4 and 2
Book 1 #4: The Rising by Brian McGilloway
Book 2 Memoir nominee: Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott
total = 495
10.5. Curl Up and Read
page 2, #111: Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
option B originally written in Spanish: The Master of the Prado by Javier Sierra
option D, single author last name begins with GRI: The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Book 1 A, page 1 #93: Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo
Book 2 C, 2011 Paranormal Fantasy nominee: Hounded by Kevin Hearne
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 4 and 2
Book 1 #4: The Rising by Brian McGilloway
Book 2 Memoir nominee: Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott
total = 495

Task # 15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
One book option, fulfilling options A and C

Science fiction on main page (2979 users)
War in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290

Read a book that has a framed painting or framed photograph on the cover. A partial framed painting or photograph is okay, but there must be enough showing to tell that this is what it is. Empty frames cannot be used.
Inside the O'Briens: A Novel by Lisa Genova

I listened to the audiobook so included the cover for that, but linked to PB version for page count.
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō (title/subtitle)
L in "Life", O in "Of", S in "Japanese", and T in "Tidying"
F in "Life", O in "Organizing", U in "Up", N in "Changing", and D in "Decluttering"
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (page count)
I read the Kindle edition, but linked to the hardcover for page count.
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95/1185
Tasks Completed: 6/65
Total Books Read: 6/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
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5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille
Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too
VP for Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Fairbanks
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: LOSTFOUND
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 3: LINSEED
Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Dust by Hugh Howey
Option D: choice
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Points this post: 90
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0