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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Mai10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Book with the main page genre "Philosophy"
Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding': A Reader's Guide by Alan Bailey
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 8
10.8 Hey Einstein!I read What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine by Danielle Ofri - science is a main page genre
20.2 Time for Celebration
I chose option A and read The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths - "historical" is a main page genre
New Total: 195
Stephanie12710.4 - Remembering David Bowie - Read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, number 16 on the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85/875
Tasks completed: 7/53
Books read: 7
Emsreviewsbooks15.4. Towel Day
Book A: I read Untamed by A.G. Howard. Fantasy is the first genre on the book's main page.
Book B: I read Viscount of Vice by Shana Galen. S and G both appear in DOUGLAS ADAMS. (Length approved at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 340
Books Read: 26
Tasks Complete: 20
Karen D. Task 15.5. No More Snow!
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
points this task: 15
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
oma12295.10 Self-portrait
Choose your own masterpiece. Read a book of your choice.
The Boy from Willow Bend by Joanne C. Hillhouse
This book does not have Children's listed as a genre, if fact, no genre is listed. However, it is not listed in the AR website. It is 96 pages in length and I would like to use it for this task.
Total Points---135/875
Completed Tasks--14/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Emsreviewsbooks15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1: I read an advance copy of Anchor in the Storm by Sarah Sundin. 'Storm' appears in Disney Star Wars Storm Trooper soup.
Book 2: I read Body Image Breakthrough: Learning to See Your Body and Your Beauty In a Whole New Light by Jaci Wightman. 'Whole' appears in Whole Grain Brown Sugar Cinnamon.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 28
Tasks Complete: 21
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.2 Andy Warhol
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.)--Nora Roberts:Taming Natasha
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 550
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
oma122920.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
I chose to complete Option #2
Option 2: Read a book that was originally written in Italian. This should be evident in the book's information page from the "Original title." (I can help double-check this if needed!)
Va' dove ti porta il cuore by Susanna Tamaro
Total Points---145/875
Completed Tasks--14/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
DANIELLE M15.8. It's Magic
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 8
10.2 - Andy WarholNoah's Ark: Survivors by Harry Dayle
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
A. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman initials NG
I listened to the audio CD, link to PB (no MMPB available) Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
B. Bone Crossed
Points this post: 35
Points total: 185
GO total: 1
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
SpiderMac5.7 Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a main page genre of "Retellings".
I read Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Tagged on main page “Retellings” by 340 users. 4.5.16
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5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
I read All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell
(Kay Scarpetta series, #3)
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5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of my choice.
I read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
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20.3 Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
I chose option 2. Read a book that was originally written in Italian.
I read Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Original Title --> Le città invisibili (pub 1972)
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20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
I chose option 3. Read a book found on the Best Friendship Books list.
I read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
This book is number 14 on the first page of the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
**I’d like a Golden Oldie ticket for Of Mice and Men (first published in 1937).**
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Points this post: 55
Golden oldies this post: 1
Big book tickets this post: 0
Points total: 200/875
Golden oldies total: 4
Big book ticket total: 0
Tasks completed: 18/53
Books read: 19
SandiCompleted Tasks
20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Using Option 3 -- Currently shares spot #226 on page 3 of list
From The Complete Sherlock Holmes I listened to the isolated title A Study in Scarlet
Most popular MMPB: Estudio en escarlata
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
I chose Plan B for Peanut M&Ms
Book #1 -- Using Option B1 -- book can be found in the #3 spot on page one of orange list -- Catching Fire
Book #2 -- Using Option B2 -- author's last name is 5 characters long -- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
**SUMMARY**
Previous points earned: 120
Points this post: 45
Total Points to date: 165
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.5 Glenn Frey, Too
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 the band's first single, Take It Easy. Words must match exactly--word "Girl":Girl at War
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 560
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
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Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.9 March Madness
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. Authors with middle names or initials may not be used for this task. If a book has more than one author, all contributors must meet the alliterative requirement. Ex: Gone Girl, Nicholas Nickleby, Helene Hanff:Gossip Girl
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 570
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.2 I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government:Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction
Book 2. Since dystopian books are generally about "government gone wrong," read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre:Allegiant
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 585
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Kristen IA15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of Campbell's soup flavors.
Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
Super Mario Brothers
I listened to an audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
AND
Book 2. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of the best 27 pop tart flavors.
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Strawberry
I read an ebook and have linked to the PB edition
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Choose ONE of the following options.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
Option C - March 17 is Saint Patrick's Day and the original color associated with it was blue. Read a book set at least 50% in Ireland or with a cover that's at least 50% blue
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
***562 pages – I claim 1 BB Ticket***
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Total Points this post: 35
Total Points: 165/875
Tasks Completed: 10/53
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Teresa JoTask 5.1: Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author that is deceased
Died 1994
Version Read: Kindle
Suds in Your Eye
by Mary Lasswell
**88 pages - claiming this as my one book between 80-99 pages for a single 5 point task**
Golden Oldies ticket:
Originally published in 1942
Totals
Points this Post: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Total Points: 175
Mod
10.2 - Andy Warhol
initials AA: The Redeemers by Ace Atkins
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
option 2, Women's Prize pg 2:
The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1, longer: Dead Lions by Mick Herron (4,5)
Books 2, shorter: Saving Jason by Michael Sears (6,5)
total = 485
Sheila25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Michael Connelly on December, 2012 on page 4
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_li...
Book 1:
Echo Park by Michael Connelly and
Book 2: Option A:
Only One Life by Sara Blaedel30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1
The Jury by Fern Michaelsand
Book 2
Find Her by Lisa GardnerTotal Points = 465
Jonquil20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 1: title in "petER bLakE Sgt pepperS loNELy hearTs club band"
RE in peter LE in blake N in lonely T in hearts LE in lonely S in sgt S in peppers
Relentless
HelenKay Dimon
Paperback, 288 pages 3/31
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
Books posted: 37
Tasks complete: 35
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 10336
Jonquil20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: word from song- You better FIRE off your gun
Fire Touched
Patricia Briggs
Hardcover, 342 pages 4/4
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
Books posted: 38
Tasks complete: 36
Pages this post: 342
Total pages as of this post: 10678
Jonquil20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option B. a book from Pamela's armed services shelf
Calamity Town
Ellery Queen
Hardcover, 357 pages 3/25
Points this post: 20
Total points: 440
Books posted: 39
Tasks complete: 37
Pages this post: 357
Total pages as of this post: 11035
Jonquil20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 3: “balloon” in the title
Pink Balloons and Other Deadly Things
Nancy Tesler
Paperback, 224 pages 3/28
Points this post: 20
Total points: 460
Books posted: 40
Tasks complete: 38
Pages this post: 224
Total pages as of this post: 11259
Jonquil20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 4- least 50% of the story takes place in: Florida (100%)
"Key West where he builds a small practice fighting marine insurance companies"
Come Monday: A Jake Sullivan Novel
Chip Bell
Paperback, 154 pages 3/27
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Books posted: 41
Tasks complete: 39
Pages this post: 154
Total pages as of this post: 11413
Jonquil20.10 - Group Reads
Discussion message 22
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson
Paperback, 379 pages 3/21
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Books posted: 42
Tasks complete: 40
Pages this post: 379
Total pages as of this post: 11792
Mai30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world
1. Read a book from the collection Very Short Introductions
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas R. Flynn
2. Read a book from the first 2 pages of Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldies: 8
Post #630.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
1) American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #422)
3)The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
About 13 down (shelved 5 times as microbiology)
Popular Microbiology Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points this post: 30
Total: 150
Books read: 12
Tasks Done: 10
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…Option
6) Pets: I have two dogs, one is black, one is white. Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover.
I read
by Meg Howrey.Task Points:20
Challenge total:40
LAUREN JODI10.9 - March Madness
Darkness Dawns by Dianne Duvall
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220/875
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 14/53
FANDURY25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
As I prefer Peanut, I will follow plan B.
Option B-2: Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 5 letters in the first OR last name.
Der Mond hinter den Scheunen: Eine lange Fabel von Katzen, Mäusen und Ratzen by Erwin Moser
The author has 5 letters in his first name ERWIN.
Option B-3: Read a book with a female on the cover.
by Stephanie BarronPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Catherine TTask 25.3 - Celebrate Spring
book 1 - author initials in OSTARA
Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple
book 2 - non-fiction on the list
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
is on page 2 of the list (#106)
Jasmiina F5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein:
Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page:
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, Vol. 3: Conversion by Al Ewing.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
CreynardTask # 30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option C: Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh.
This series is new to me (although I've now read several in sequence)
Option D: Insiders' Guide® to Denver, 10th by Eric Lindberg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Christine V25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option A: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
I read the indicated audio edition. Link to top MMP
And Then There Were None was first published in 1939 ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Option D:
This book cover was approved in the task help thread here.
I read the indicated audio edition. Link to top MMP
To the Lighthouse was first published in 1927 ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets this post: 2
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
SweetMelissaTask 5.8: I was a Rich Man's Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Autobiography or memoir
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai, 3/19/16
Task 5.9: Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Book #3 in series
The Cruelest Month, Louise Penny, 3/31/16
(This is book 3 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series)
Task 10.2: Andy Warhol
Author's initials found in ANDY WARHOL
The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz, 4/5/16
Task 10.3: It's So Surreal
Found on first 5 pages of Popular Surreal Books list
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, 3/25/16
Required: Found on page 1 of list
Task 20.3: Best Review: mstan's Task
Option 3 - new to you author this season, must have completed at least one other task with a book written by this author
Sapphire Blue, Kerstin Gier, 3/29/16
Required: Kerstin Gier is a new to me author this season. I am claiming this author for task 20.5 as well (claimed next in this post)
Task 20.5: Bigger is Better - Catherine T's Task
Option 1 - book's title made up of ONLY letters in "Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Ruby Red, Kerstin Gier, 3/25/16
Task 20.9: Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task
Option 6 - book's title in white or black on cover
The Midwife's Confession, Diane Chamberlain, 3/21/16Task 25.3: Whitnie I's Task
Option 1 - author's initials in OSTARA
Child 44, Tom Rob Smith, 4/2/16
Option 2 - nonfiction book on Best Self Help Books list
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For?, Rick Warren, 3/26/16
Required: found on page 1 of list
Task 25.6: Robin's Task
Option B-2 - book by single author with 5 letters in first or last name
The Maze Runner, James Dashner, 3/9/16
Option B-3 - book with female on the cover
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs, 3/19/16Points this post: 140
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 220
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
HINA20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows -
Option C: Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank.
Fantasy ~137 Users on main page genre.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 405
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
MegD 30.5-Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2- "There"
Optiion 3-
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
NARUMON30.6 Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part A: Option 2 (because my readerboard name ends with "N"). Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are adjacent letters in the alphabet, in either order.
Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein. 260 pages.
Part B: Option 3 because Cinderella Ate My Daughter is 260 pages. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE. All words count. Do NOT use subtitles or series names
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. Three word title.
IN POST:
Points: 30
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 235 + 30 = 265
Big Book: 0 + 0 = 0
Golden Oldies: 0 +0 = 0
Suzanne VN25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Historical Fiction listed on book's main page -
Murder on the Lusitania by Conrad Allen - Takes place on the maiden voyage of the Lusitania in 1907
Book 2: Non-Fiction in general time period of Book 1 -
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson - May 1915
**Book selections approved in the Help Thread.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…Option 6, title in white letters: Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear
Points this post: 20
Total points: 280
5.7 - Flag by Jasper JohnsRetellings: 89 users
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
+5 Points
5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Autobiography / Memoir
The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
+5 Points
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
In song lyrics: world
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
+10 Points
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Philosophy on main page approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
+10 Points
15.4. Towel Day
Option 2
Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
Fantasy: 206 users
douGlas adaMs
After Alice by Gregory Maguire
+15 Points
15.5. No More Snow!
Spring in title: daRING traPeze Stories
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories by William Saroyan
+15 Points
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option B - As Spring is a season of renewal, let's diversify our reading. Read a book set at least 50% in South America, Africa or Asia.
Botswana, Africa:
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
+20 Points
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain
Option A-2: Wow!!! 75 years and still a favorite candy.
**Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name: Clarice
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector
Option A-3: Read a book with a male on the cover.
Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust+25 Points
Points this Post: 105
Grand Total: 210
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.07 – Flag by Jasper Johns
Book 1: Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page by Matt Kish which contains "Retellings" on its main page genre/tag list.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 150 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
5.5 Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein:Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff
5.6 Just What Is It tha makes Today's homes so different...
Sunday's on the Phone to Monday by Christine Reilly
Today's total 10
Grand total 355
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. SeussOption A: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Read a book with all the letters “R-E-D-B-L-U- E” in the TITLE.
The Rejected Writers' Book Club
RED in REjecteD
B in Book
LU in cLUb
E in WritErs'
Option B: The Cat in the Hat
Read a book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical
The identical items are the windows. Book was approved in help thread and appears in the approved books list in message #2
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Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 240
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 16
BB Total: 2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for CelebrationI chose Option A and read A Clearing in the Wild by Jane Kirkpatrick.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 140
Queenbee Darlene5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Book rated 3.5 or above: Eventide by Kent Haruf; rated 4.12 on 4/6/16 Eventide
5 points
15.10 - Batter Up! - Read a book set in one of the listed countries: I chose Canada: Those Girls by Chevy Stevens Those Girls; according to description book is set in Western Canada
15 points
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War; Option B book chosen from her armed service shelf:
Dracula by Bram Stoker (On page 2 of Pamela's Armed Service Shelf) Dracula
20 points
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: Title has longer and longer words: Big Fish(Big 3, Fish 4) by Daniel Wallace Big Fish
Book 2: Title has shorter and shorter words: Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly (Killing 7, Reagan 6) Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
30 points
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 140
Mod
I read Tam Lin, with Retellings as a main page genre.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
I chose option 3 and read A Thousand Splendid Suns - on p. 2 of the Best Friendships Book list - #116.
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
For my first book, I read The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin. Ms. Benjamin's interview is on p. 1 of the Good Minds Suggest interviews, interviewed in March 2016.
For my second book, I read Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black-And-White Ball, recommended by Ms. Benjamin.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 480
NICOLE OH30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option A: Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son
Option B:
(identical clouds and birds- approved in help thread)30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
(approved in help thread)
Book 1: The Lake House
Book 2: Doctor Sleep- I am claiming a Big Book ticket for Doctor Sleep which has 531 pages.
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 165
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option B - The Master of Go - set in Japan
25.6 - Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Peanut - Plan B
Option B-2: The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters
Option B-3:
Points in this post: 45
Points so far: 125