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COLLEENS15.6. Light My Fire
Beltane is a festival held on May 1 to celebrate the beginning of summer. Rituals were performed to protect the crops and the cattle and special protective bonfires were held.
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle or fire/flames on the cover. Plurals, possessives, and compound words containing the word "fire" may be used, as long as the meaning of "fire" is preserved - for example, Firestarter.
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
POINTS this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 40
Jonquil15.6. Light My Fire
FIRE in the title
Fire And Ice
J.A. Jance
Paperback, 420 pages 3/24
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Books posted: 28
Tasks complete: 26
Pages this post: 420
Total pages as of this post: 7356
Ava Catherine25.7 Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option B: book with "gardening" on its main book page
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim gardening main page= 30 users
Option C: read a book with a digit on the cover.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese FoodJennifer 8. Lee
(number is in author's name)
30.4 Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: Each word in the title is exactly on letter longer than the previous word.
Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert
Book 2: Each word in the title is one letter shorter than the previous word.
Mercy Snow by Tiffany Baker
total=660
Jonquil15.7. Tax time!
Genre: Finances 41 users
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
T. Harv Eker
Paperback, 224 pages 3/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
Books posted: 29
Tasks complete: 27
Pages this post: 224
Total pages as of this post: 7580
Cindy FTask 20.1 Pick a Card
Card: 5 of clubs
I read Cometh the Hour: A Novel by Jeffrey Archer
5 words in title including subtitle and Historical Fiction genre
Points this post:20
Total points:40
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for CelebrationOption B - 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami takes place in Japan.
**1Q84 is a Big Book (1157 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets.**
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
BB tickets: 3
GO: 0
CHANDNI15.10. Batter up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
Bone & Bread by Saleema Nawaz
This book takes place entirely in Canada.
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 14
Completed Tasks: 13
Emsreviewsbooks20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: I read My Fair Gentleman by Nancy Campbell Allen. Lily Allen was a guest on the show in 2009 and again in 2014.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 15
Tasks Complete: 12
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BookOption 1: Second Nature by Nora Roberts
all the letters in Second Nature can be found in Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
S in Sgt
E in Peter
C in Club
O, N in Lonely
D, N, A in Band
T in Peter
U in Club
R, E in Peter
Total points: 175
Janice CA20.8 - Making It Worth Watching
Option 1: Read a book shelved under "animals" on its main page.
An Otter on the Aga: And Other True Tales from an Animal Sanctuary by Rex Harper
+20
total: 40
tasks: 2
books: 2
Catherine TTask 30.6 - Making a Name for Yourself
part C - one book option, option 3
read a book over 650 pages that has a two word title
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
800 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets please
By Peakles15.5. No More Snow!
Title with all letters of SPRING.
Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood by Laurie Notaro
AutobIoGraphy of a Fat Bride: True TaleS of a PReteNd Adulthood.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 2:
Women's Prize list - Orange Prize post 2013(winners or nominees)
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
2014 Longlist Nominee
Found on Page 2
Points this post: 35
Total pointes: 205
Total BB: 2
Mod
15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1- Chicken & Stars: Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott
Book 2 - #6 strawberry: Strawberry Yellow by Naomi Hirahara
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew an Ace of Clubs:
one word title, genre Contemporary: Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
option 1, by Elena Ferrante: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
total = 265
oma12295.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
High Rhulain by Brian Jacques
Total Points---50/875
Completed Tasks--7/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
oma12295.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Read a book with a TITLE of six or more words. Subtitles are excluded.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Total Points---55/875
Completed Tasks--8/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a cardThis is a ONE book task. The book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card as described below.
I drew the 2 of Hearts the title count is words.
Forever Wicked by Shayla Black
Required: State the card you drew, the suit genre you selected and whether your title count is letters or words.
Total Points---75/875
Completed Tasks--9/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
March 24, 2016Readerboard Name: JamminJenny
Task #5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Nailbiter Volume 1 - read 3/24
Task #10.9 - March Madness - Mar
Wytches Volume 1 by Scott Snyder (SS) - read 3/21
Matching initials - SS
Points this post: 15 points
Total to date: 80 points
Jess Philly5.7 Flag by Jasper Johns
For this task I read Cinder by Marissa Meyer. It is listed as a Retelling on the main page.
10.10 Tournament of Books
For this task I read Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 6. Read a book with the complete TITLE in black on the cover.
by Bernhard AichnerPoints this post: 20
Total points: 185
Blueberry20.5
opt. 2 Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
His name matches two artists; Richard Merkin and Richard Lindner
Pts: 20
Total pts: 60
Mod
I chose option 3 and read Floating in My Mother's Palm by Ursula Hegi. Ms. Hegi is a new author to me this season. The first book I read by her was Stones from the River, posted for task 5.4 in post 80.
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
For book 1, I read Managing Retirement Wealth: An Expert Guide to Personal Portfolio Management in Good Times and Bad by Julie Jason, with 5 letters in both her first and last names. (A second named individual is listed, but he is not an author of the book - only wrote the foreword).
For book 2, I read Night Study - 5 letters in each word of the title.
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
For book 1, I read Three Wishes - 5 letters in the first word, 6 letters in the second.
For book 2, I read Lacy Eye - 4 letters in the first word, 3 letters in the second.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 330
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - March Madness
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
by Lisa LutzAuthor's first and last name begin with L
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
perletwo30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police - Option 1. Brush up on your grammar: Read a non-fiction book with the genre Language on its main book page.
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way
Option 3. March 8 is National Proofreading Day. Break out the red pen! Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover. Required: Include the cover
A Faint Cold FearPoints this task: 30
Total points: 370
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 24
MEGSCL10.7 - Happy Pi Day. Read a book with the letters "PI" in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 105
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
MEGS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
I choose Option A.
When Love Calls - main page genre "Historical"
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
I choose Option B.
The Time Machine - appears on the armed service editions list (T-02)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 90
HINA25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands -
Plan A: Plain
Option A-1: Mischief by Amanda Quick.
Page 2 Position 174 on the Blue List
Option A-2 A Highlander's Destiny by Melissa Mayhue.
Melissa has 7 letters in first name.
Both books are fiction.
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 295
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 1 Peter Blakes's Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Read a book with title where all the letters of the title are found in Peter Blake's Sgt Pepper's LoNEly HEArtS ClUb baNd
Unleashedby Laurien Berenson
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read: 3
Task Points 20
Big Book: 0
Grand Total: 40/875
Mai20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: Book with a title containing a word of at least 4 letters that can also be found in the lyrics of "Heroes".
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals by William James
Word: life's (or life)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 3
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholAn author who is deceased: A Few of the Girls: Stories by Maeve Binchy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
JUKKA5.10 Self-portrait
Any book.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor.
Since it's just a hair under 100 pages, this is my one 90-100 -page book for the challenge.
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 45/875
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/53
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Julia10330.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1 Bread Givers
Book 2 Ghost Ship
Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket - Bread Givers was first published in 1925
This post: 30 points
Challenge total points: 140
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 7
Teresa JoTask 30.4 Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: Longer words in the title
Version Read: Kindle
Home Again
by Kristin Hannah
Book 2: Shorter words in the title
Version Read: Kindle
Every Last One
by Anna Quindlen
Totals
Points this Post: 30
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 150
FANDURY5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin
Author Edmund Crispin is dead since 1978.
The book was first published in 1945 and so I claim one Golden Oldie ticket!
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
loafer25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
oStaRa
Option 2: Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list.
Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition by Viktor E. Frankl
found on page one of list
first published in 1946, this is a "Golden Oldie"
points: 25
total points: 180
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 10
DANIELLE M20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Option A: Main page genre "Historical Fiction"
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
Jordan FL5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir.
Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
Emsreviewsbooks5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
I read a publisher's advance copy of You Can't Always Get the Marquess You Want by Alexandra Hawkins.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 15
Tasks Complete: 12
(I will find a replacement for 20.6)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.1 Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol-- If the author's death is not noted on his/her Goodreads page include a reference LINK that establishes the death.
Author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased:Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 370
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.2 Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle. You may use any word from the 25 pages (no x page) Plurals, possessives and variations that preserve the meaning of the word work--"Cuckoo": One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 375
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.4 Remembering David Bowie
read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books--#18 on list:As I Lay Dying
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 385
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥Book 1. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of Campbell's soup flavors--Green Pea:Ella Minnow Pea
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5.0
Book 2. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of the best 27 pop tart flavors. For convenience, the flavors are listed in post 3 of the help thread--Printed Fun Gingerbread:Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 400
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Laurajay20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option B- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
*** A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a Golden Oldie. First published 1943***
Current post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 50
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle. You may use any word from the 25 pages. Plurals, possessives and variations that preserve the meaning of the word work.
Y: The Last Man, Vol 5: Ring of Truth
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughan
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL. All initials listed on Goodreads count (middle names, middle initial(s), etc.).
ANDY WARHOL
Madly by Amy Alward
10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same. If using the title option, the title may contain only TWO words (all words count) and both words must start with the same letter.
Damsel Distressed by Kelsey Macke
15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government.
genre verified: here
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
AND
Book 2. Since dystopian books are generally about "government gone wrong," read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan
[POINTS]
This Post: 5, 5, 10, 10, 15
Total Points: 255
Morgan Faeriesfolly25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain
Option A-2:
Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
7 Letters: Vaughan
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl by Brian K. Vaughan
Option A-3:
Read a book with a male on the cover. You must be able to see at least from the head to the waist or the full body. Obvious facial or body features must be seen to determine it is a male.
American Vampire, Vol. 4 by Scott Snyder
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
B: His older daughter studies urban gardening. Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page.
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
D: Read a book with a body of water large enough to snorkel in and/or with a fish or sea creature (whale, octopus, goldfish, tadpole - anything that lives primarily beneath the water) on the cover.
It's all water except for the small island.
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
[POINTS]
This Post: 25, 25
Total Points: 305
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
6) Pets: Read a book with the complete TITLE in white or black on the cover. Subtitles may ignored.
The Uninvited by Cat Winters
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Both books are new to me.
280 + 451 = 731 = over 600 pages
2. #TooLong: Using your Goodreads to-read shelf, another personal Goodreads shelf or a non-Goodreads list, such as "books I own":
Read either:
A: one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
*date added to GR TBR* Feb 03, 2010 -- TBR books I own -- I have had this book (and others in this series) on my TBR and in my possession for almost as long as I've had goodreads (late 2009). Glad to have a place for it. :D
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
3. #OldFavorites: Go to your Goodreads Most Read Authors (under the "Tools" sidebar on the My Books page). Choose a new to you book by one of the authors on this list.
Author: Patricia Briggs
Ranking: 26
#books: 12
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
[POINTS]
This Post: 20, 25
Total Points: 350
COLLEENS20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
First, draw a random card. You can use a real shuffled deck or go to random.org (don’t change any of the options on the screen, just hit ‘Draw Cards’ at Step 4). Use the first card drawn to define your book.
This is a ONE book task. The book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card...
Required: State the card you drew, the suit genre you selected and whether your title count is letters or words.
I drew a 3 of clubs, the count is words.
The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
POINTS this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 60
Kathy G.20.10- Group Reads
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
I posted here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total Points- 60
Total Tasks - 3
Delicious Dee5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love - about the author's experiences in starting a farm with her fiance, now husband
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Option 1 - Islam: A Very Short Introduction
Option 2 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - #44 on the Microhistory listopia
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 205
Stephanie12720.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows - Read ONE book from the following options. Indicate the option when you post.
Option A: Miami Vice - Read a book with a word at least 4 letters long from one of my favorite Miami Vice tunes,. Glenn Frey's "Smuggler's Blues" in the Title. The word must match exactly.
Required: Post the word you select; word is little: Little Heroes: Boys of the Barrio
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60/875
Tasks completed: 5/53
Books read: 5
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20.5 Bigger is Better-Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Option 2: an author sharing a name with someone appearing on the album cover
David Livingstone- matches David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 3: Read a book from the Best Friendship List.
page 1, #14
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task
Option B: Read one of the books published by the Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Service Editions.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
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