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Kathy G.20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 3- A Re-Read---
I liked it better this second read.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Link to Paperback:
Wuthering Heights
Total Points- 20
Total Tasks- 1
M1NKS5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein - Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle
Thud!
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 12
M1NKS15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't
Book 2. read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
15.4. Towel Day
Option 2 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
15.8. It's Magic - read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre
The Night Circus
Points this post: 45
Total points: 155
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 15
JUKKA15.6. Light My Fire
Book with fire on the cover.
Goblins! by Adam Warren
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 40/875
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/53
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Jonquil15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1
Non Fiction 15 users
Politics 11 users
The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold us Well-Being
William Davies
Hardcover, 320 pages 3/18
Book 2
Science Fiction > Dystopia 3 users
Awakening
C.B. Stone
Kindle Edition, 152 pages 3/18
Awakening approved for length message 5528
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
Books posted: 24
Tasks complete: 22
Pages this post: 472
Total pages as of this post: 6080
Jonquil15.3. Still Flying...
Option 2
Song 1. "Blues from an Airplane"
Author initials in jefferson A ir P lane "AP" Andrew Peters
The Blues Detective
Andrew Peters
Paperback, 128 pages 3/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Books posted: 25
Tasks complete: 23
Pages this post: 128
Total pages as of this post: 6208
Nick KYI am going to replace a book in 25.6 Robin’s…. I will take away The American Essays of Henry James, replace it, and the task will now look like this:
25.6 Robin’s Melt in your Mouth, not in your Hands
I chose plan B: Peanut.
I chose Yellow as my favorite character.
Option B-3. I read A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, #115 on the Yellow list. (Oddly enough, it fits Option B-4 also as the author’s last name, James, has 5 letters.)
Option B-4. I read Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower, whose first and last name both have 5 letters. (Oddly enough, it fits Option B-3 also, as it is # 38 on the Yellow list.)
There is no change in score for this substitution.
I will then add,
20.5 Cat T’s Sgt Pepper
I read The American Essays of Henry James by Henry James, matching James Joyce (pictured on the album cover – Option 2.)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
ABAYOMI5.5- Drowing girl by Roy Lichtenstein
genre sequential arts, comics, manga
Citrus, Vol. 2
10.9- March Madness
two-word alliterative title
Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 06
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These tasks: 15
Total: 35
Bluegrass Pam 20.1 Pick a Card
I picked the Ace of Spades. Spades for Sci-Fiction and Ace for a 1 letter title
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Jasmiina F20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book:
Option 2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover:
Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Deadpool by Tony Moore (several authors).
Tony Moore matches with Tony Curtis.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a cardI drew a 6 of Hearts - used Mystery genre, title of 6 words.
Means of Evil and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell
Task total=20
Grand total=200
Cindy FTask 20.2 Time For Celebration
Option A: "Historical Fiction" genre
I read The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
Claim 2 BB tickets 752 pages!
Points this post:20
Total points:20
Tasks completed:1
Books read:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Kathy G.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Opt.A- Historical Fiction
The Twelfth Child by Bette Lee Crosby
link to paperback:
The Twelfth Child
Total Points- 40
Total Tasks- 2
Sarah E5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Chomp
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMPB) is: Chomp
AR BookFinder info: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Kindle edition I read: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9: Library Edition Volume 1
Hardcover (no PB or MMPB): Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9, Volume 1
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
SCHATZIE10.7: Happy Pi Day
---"PI" found intact in title
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
10.10: Tournament of Books
---read a book from the given list
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
15.10: Batter Up!
---setting is 50% in Canada
The Stone Diaries
30.6: Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part A: Opt. 1: Author's first and last name begins with same letter
Le trésor des incas
by Naomi Novik
I did the audio. The above link is to the mmpb edition: 481 pgs.
Part B: Opt. 4: a title with two little words
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
(the, the, & and)
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this Post: 65
Challenge Total: 655
Readerboard name: Danielle Louise15.4 - Towel Day
Option 2:
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
-A. Fantasy is the top genre on the main page
-B. SM are in DOUGLAS ADAMS
20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Option A: Book with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical.”
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
-"Historical Fiction” is the top genre
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 670
Golden Oldies: -
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
5.10 Self-portrait Book of choice
The Lost Key by Catherine Coulter
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15/875
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Mod
I read Pump Six and Other Stories. "Pump" is one of the words on the Onomatopoeia list
15.5. No More Snow!
I read The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry, with all the letters of "spring" in the title/subtitle:
"S," "N," and "G" in Legends
"P" in Epic
"R" and "I" in Krzyzewski
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
I chose option 6 and read
, with all letters of the title in white.Points this post: 40
Total points: 255
Catherine T Task 25.1 - Fact & Fiction
Book 1: read a book with MPG historical fiction
The Thief Taker by C.S. Quinn
Set in London in reign of King Charles II
Book 2: read a nonfiction in same time & place as book 1
History of King Charles the Second of England by Jacob Abbott
Is about the reign of King Charles II
Reader name :: Maya10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
Book read: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Read a book whose title (excluding sub-title) can be made up of ONLY the letters found in "Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Book read: Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton
Required: Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Points this post : 30
Points total : 315
Total books read: 27
Total tasks completed: 23
Mod
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
sequential art genre: March: Book Two by John Lewis
5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
10.1 - Ever So POPular
1955 Popular Books #52: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
total = 210
By Peakles20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew the Jack of Hearts.
Hearts genre: Mystery
Jack: A title with the letter "J"
Sharp ObJects.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
I read Arcadia by Lauren Groff.
Lauren Groff was a new author for me this year.
I posted prior reading of Fates and Furies here:
Lauren Groff link
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 170
Total BB: 2
SpiderMac5.3 Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
I read Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 1: Orientation by Thomas Siddell
This book had 4.22 rating on 3.6.16.
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20.1 Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Draw a card and read a book defined by the card you draw.
I read Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
I drew a 10 of hearts ( I chose “Mystery”).
Postmortem is a ten letter title and is tagged “Mystery” by 1,478 users.
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20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected for the season’s group read.
I read Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
I posted my comments in message 21 of the discussion thread.
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30.5 Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
This is a two book task. I chose option 1 and option 3.
Book 1 – Option 1 - Read a non-fiction book with the genre Language on its main book page.
I read Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
This book is tagged “Language>Writing” by 818 users (3.20.16).
Book 2 – Option 3 - Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
I read The Crossing by Michael Connelly
This cover was approved in message 42 of the help thread.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Points this post: 75
Golden oldies this post: 0
Big book tickets this post: 0
Points total: 110/875
Golden oldies total: 3
Big book ticket total: 0
Tasks completed: 9/53
Books read: 10
Megs15.8. It's Magic
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King
Main page genre = Magical Realism
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card = six of diamonds A Court of Thorns and Roses (6 words in title and Fantasy genre)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 50
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!Option 2: Stockholm will be the host city this year, following Sweden’s victory in 2015 with the song “Heroes” by Måns Zelmerlöw. Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 4 letters that can also be found in the lyrics of "Heroes". Words must match exactly.
REQUIRED: State the word.
I read The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art. The word in the lyrics of "Heroes" that can be found in the title is "life"
points: 75
tasks completed: 4
books read: 5
pages read: 1097
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy LichtensteinOne Thousand One Nights (1001#1) by Jeon JinSeok
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Like I Can Love by Kim Lock
I gotta know if your sweet love is
I read an ARC courtesy of publisher
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES -pub. 1867
Post Total: 25
Goldien Oldies: 2
Season Total: 160
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...Option 3 - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck
The author is new-to-me this season. This is the second book I've read by her; the first was claimed for task 15.5 on 3/9/16. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
POINTS: 175
Post #520.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option B: Golden Girls
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #8)
Points this post: 20
Total: 120
Books read: 10
Tasks Done: 9
Pamela32655.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 3.96 rating on 3/21/16
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A: Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
SCHATZIE10.1: Ever So POPular
---book from given list
From Russia With Love
(Year popular: 1957)
25.6: Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A-Plain: opt. A-1: the red page, pg. 1
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
Plan A-Plain: opt. A-3: male on cover, head to waist
Leopard's Prey
-this was approved in help thread msg #51
30.1: Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
opt. B: identical items
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
(pencils are identical)
opt. C: new to me series, #1 in the series, has 3 words in title
The Golden Compass
IL: UG
This series is new to me.
30.4: Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: longer and longer words
The Scam
(3/4)
Book 2: shorter and shorter words
Best Boy
(4/3)
Points this Post: 95
Challenge Total: 750
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David HockneyRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER.
Book read: Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward
Points this post: 5
Total points: 195 + 5 = 200
Repost #401Mai
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Book with a cover that's at least 50% blue.
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
LAUREN JODI20.4 - Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Fantasy Island
A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
Fantasy genre on the main page (497 users).
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110/875
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/53
LAUREN JODI10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
AR Bookfinder Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120/875
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7/53
Reader name: Daphne10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Title/Sub/Author: PI intact
Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
PI in PInborough
Points this post: 10
Points Total: 360
Reader Name: Daphne30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
1 book option:
Option 3: The Goldfinch 773 pages
Points this post: 30
Points Total: 390
Jessiebee10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
#1 on the list
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
HINA5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol - The Russian's Acquisition by Dani Collins.
Selected on 3/7/16 rating at 3.64.
Current post:
Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 270
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Cindy C.Task 5.3-Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a rating of 3.5 or above. My book had a 3.63 rating as of 8:49 am PDT today.
Our Little Secret: The True Story of a Teenager Killer and the Silence of a Small New England Town
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Task 20.4-Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option B-Read a book in which a senior citizen woman, roughly 60 or older, is a very prominent character. Approved in Help Thread post #16.
Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County
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Task 20.9-Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission...
Option 2: Read a book that is at least 500 pages. My edition had 512 pages.
The Night Circus
Points this post: 45
Total points: 105
Total tasks: 6
Jonquil15.4. Towel Day
Option 2
Genre: Fantasy > Urban Fantasy 305 users
Author's initials in douglas a D a M s
Magic on the Storm
Devon Monk
Paperback, 344 pages 3/21
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Books posted: 26
Tasks complete: 24
Pages this post: 344
Total pages as of this post: 6552
Brooke TX5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir.
15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1: Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government.
Book 2: Read a book with "dystopia" as a main page genre.
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials appear in the word OSTARA.
Book 2: Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list. Found on page 4:
Points
This Post: 45
Total Points: 95
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 15
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥25.1 Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page--France/ French Revolution:Faces of the Dead
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that is about the same era (same general time and place) as Book 1--France/French Revolution:Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter
Points Earned This Post:25
Points Achieved to Date: 245
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Mary P20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew the Jack of Hearts.
Genre - Romance, letter J in the title
Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
* Claiming a GO Ticket for Jubilee Trail. First published in 1950*
** Jubilee Trail is a Big Book ( 576 pgs ). Claiming 1 BB Ticket. **
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
NARUMON20.2 Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A: Read a book with main genre "history" or "historical"
Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson. Historical shelved by 36 users.
IN POST:
Points: 20
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 100 + 20 = 120
Big Book: 0 + 0 = 0
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥25.6 Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A--Plain
Option A-1 Read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list--Red https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... 2 Book #121 : Tricks
Option A-2 Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name--Dorothy Allison: Bastard Out of Carolina
Points Earned This Post:25
Points Achieved to Date: 270
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.4 Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1 This book title has longer and longer words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word:The Good Earth
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word:Sudden Death
Verification Post Book 1
Verification Post Book 2
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date: 300
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Jonquil15.5. No More Snow!
SPRING in its title
SPRI in vamPIReS N in eveN G in Get
Even Vampires Get the Blues
Sandra Hill
Paperback, 384 pages 3/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Books posted: 27
Tasks complete: 25
Pages this post: 384
Total pages as of this post: 6936
Stephanie12715.5. No More Snow - Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle: Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40/875
Tasks completed: 4/53
Books read: 4
BARBARA ★5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Possession - J.R. Ward (4.18 rating) 3/20
Goodreads Author
Big Book: 544 pages
5.10 - Self-portrait
The Highway - C.J. Box (choice) 3/16
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
80/875 POINTS
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Option C: Fantasy Island -For this option, read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
I read: Darkfever
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5