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SPRING CHALLENGE 2016
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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
I'm moving books around:20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 4: What’s on your bucket list? Select something from your bucket list and read a book about it.
I've always wanted to work in the movie business, and this book is about the Golden Age of Hollywood: designers, producers, directors, actors and of course, wardrobe.
* This book was posted originally in Task 25.6
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Repost of Task:
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan B Peanut
Option B-2: Read a book by a single author with 5 letters in the first OR last name.
by Karen Odden
There's 5 letters in Karen and also 5 in Odden
Book was approved for length here
*This book was posted for this same task, but for option B-3
Option B-3: Read a book with a female on the cover.
* All books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 350
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 24
BB Total: 2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for CelebrationOption B - Read a book set at least 50% in South America, Africa or Asia.
I chose Israel, which is in Asia.
I read:
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
It's set in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.
*This book is an ARC
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POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 370
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 25
BB Total: 2
LAUREN JODI5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
Book rating 4.19 on April 9th
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 515/875
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 34/53
Task 25.7 - Sibling & Niece SeasonB. Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page.
Working for Bigfoot (2014) by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author), (Kindle Edition, 136 pages)
** Jim Butcher is a Goodreads Author **
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.
Required: post the cover when claiming this option.
**note** explicitly approved in help thread .
Passenger (Passenger #1) (2016) by Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 486 pages)
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 22.0
** Alexandra Bracken is a Goodreads Author **
210 + 25 = 235
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 210 + 25 = 235
Books read: 23
Pages read: 7,044
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Creynard20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card Drawn: 7 of Spades
Spades: Science Fiction
7: 7-Letter Title
Farside by Ben Bova
Points this post: 20
Points total: 465
MEGSCL15.9. Three/Four/Five
The Walking Dead, Vol. 06: This Sorrowful Life is rated 4.33 at the time of posting
15.10. Batter up!
Set in Australia: When the Night Comes
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
option 2: The Walking Dead, Vol. 05: The Best Defense - Sir Robert Peel matches Robert Kirkman.
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 485
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholRead a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
The Thief and the Dogs (1961) by Naguib Mahfouz (Paperback, 160 pages)
Born: in Cairo, Egypt :ON: December 11, 1911
Died: August 30, 2006
235 + 05 = 240
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 235 + 05 = 240
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7,284
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.1 Ever So PopularUsing the Goodread's Popular function, read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive).
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Brian Moore
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is #75 on the 1955 list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175/875
Total tasks: 17/52
10.2 - Andy WarholRead A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane. D and L are both in 'Andy Warhol'.
20.4 - Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Fantasy Island
Read A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters by Peter H. Aykroyd. As of right now, this has both Fantasy and Supernatural on the main page genres.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 185
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 12
Cindy FTask 20.9 Give Yourself Permission
Option 6: White Title
by Karin SlaughterPoints this post:20
Total points:170
Tasks completed:9
Books read:12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
By Peakles15.4. Towel Day
Option 2: Science Fiction genre AND author initials in DOUGLAS ADAMS.
Slade House by David Mitchell
Author David Mitchell.
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Option 2. #TooLong:
A: - One of 10 books on my Kindle TBR list the longest. Added July, 2014.
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Option 3. #OldFavorites:
Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Green, #2, 4 books
Total points: 375
Post #1550.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
1)
Help thread for task has it listed as approved in message #2. Right now it's at the end of the top row of books.2) Murder on Waverly Place Series takes place in New York which is listed as a "blue" U.S. state
3) Go Set a Watchman on page 6 of the Popular Social Justice Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points this post: 50
Total: 380
Books read: 27
Tasks Done: 20
SpiderMac20.4 Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
I chose option A.
Option A - Read a book with a word from Glenn Frey's "Smuggler's Blues" in the title.
I read The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
My word is “Easy”
Lyrics –“It's the lure of easy money”
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
I chose option B.
Option B - Read one of the books published by the Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Service Editions.
I read Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by Oliver La Farge
This book is H-216 on the list.
http://www.armedserviceseditions.com/...
>>>I’m claiming a Golden Oldie ticket – this book was first published in 1929.<<<
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30.6 Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
I chose to do this as a two book task using Part A and Part B.
Book 1 – My readerboard name is SpiderMac so I am Option A-1.
Option A-1 – Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with the same letter.
I read The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
272 pages
Book 2 – The version of The Coroner’s Lunch I read has 272 pages and so this is Option B-3.
Option B-3 - Read a book with a one, two or three word title.
I read Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are by Danny Gregory
This book has a three word title.
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Points this post: 70
Golden oldies this post: 1
Big book tickets this post: 0
Points total: 450/875
Golden oldies total: 5
Big book ticket total: 0
Tasks completed: 32/53
Books read: 36
5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard HamiltonThe Perks of Being a Wallflower
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Pikku lordi
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
*Golden Oldie, first published 1877, claiming one GO ticket*
15.4. Towel Day
Option 2. Alien Hunters by Daniel Arenson initials DA
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 3: Me kolme ja jengi
On page 1, #4 (I read the Finnish translation, the original is The Outsiders)
Points this post: 50
Points total: 285
GO total: 3
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 23
5.5 Drowning GirlI read In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
10.10 Tournament of Books
I read The Whites by Harry Brandt - #40 on list
15.9 Three/Four/Five
I read The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King - when I chose it on April 9 the rating was 4.45
New Total: 275
SUZANNE VNTask 5.4: A Bigger Splash - Read a book whose title contains a word ending in "er."
WhispER Beach by Shelley Noble
Task 5.9: Triple Elvis - Read a book that is #3 in a series.
Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber is #3 in the Lucy Valentine Series.
Task 5:10 Self-Portrait - Read a book of your choice.
Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy
Task 10.9 March Madness - Read a book by author whose first and last initial are the same.
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
Task 15.10 Batter Up - Read a book from a list of countries in which major league American baseball is played.
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton takes place in the Netherlands, which is in the countries roster.
Task 20.9 Seakbee's Task [Option 2: Big Books] - Read a book that is longer than 500 pages.
Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell is 512 pages.
Total for Tasks Posted: 60
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
Total Points: 250
Nick KY25.2 Brook TX’s Goals
Option 1. From the Locus SF Recommended list, I read # 4 New Moon by Ian McDonald, 398 pages.
Option 2. From my TBR list, I read one of the longest books I have on the list, Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, sixth book from the top of the list on Mar 10, 796 pages:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
CLAIM TWO BIG BOOK TICKETS for Daniel Deronda.
I have not read either of these books before now. Total page numbers: 1,194 pages.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 595
Total Big Books So Far: 500+ (4), 750+ (1) = 6 BB tickets
Karen D. Task 5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, died 1963
Points this task: 5
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 42
Paula S5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
Saga, Volume 2
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
In remembrance of this creative bookworm, read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
Främlingen (page 1, book 6 The Stranger
Reader name : Maya20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
2) Big Books: Read a book that is at least 500 pages.
Book read: Les Misérables
Les Miserables is 1260 pages.
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
TWO BOOKS
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA.
Book read: Atlas Shrugged
How it fits: ostARa
Option 2: Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list.
Book read: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Required: Found on page 1.
I am claiming 3 BB tickets for Atlas Shrugged. It has 1198 pages.
I am claiming 3 BB tickets for Les Miserables. It is 1260 pages.
I am also claiming 1 GO ticket. It was originally published in 1862.
Points this post : 45
Points total : 740
Golden Oldies : 5
Big Book : 18
Carla15.5 - No More Snow
I read Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. All of the letters in the word SPRING can be found in the title.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 80
MEGSCLSo sorry about all the mix ups. I will just move the problem book (The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars ) to task 5.10. Everything else can stay where it was. That should mean I am on 485 points and haven’t yet claimed task 5.9. Thanks!
5.10 Self-portrait
The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman
perletwo15.1. 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.
Fun and Games (Avengers Fun Shaped Pasta Soup)
Book 2. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of the best 27 pop tart flavors.
The Red Door (Red Velvet)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 750
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 58
Tasks completed: 41
Cindy C.Task 20.8-Nickles & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 4: Select something from your bucket list and read a book about it.
My book is set in Ireland and I would like to go to Ireland before I die. It is a work of historical fiction and has the main page genre of Cultural>Ireland.
The Yellow House
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Task 50.1-Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Read a book set at least 50% in a red U.S. state. My book is set (90%) in Virginia (VA).
The Wednesday Letters
Book 2-Blue: Read a book set at least 50% in a blue U.S. state. My book is set (80%) in New York (NY).
Very Valentine
Book 3-Green: Read a book from the Popular Social Justice Books list. My book is on page 6 of the list (the second listed on that page) as of 5:33 pm PDT today.
Go Set a Watchman
Points this post: 70
Total points: 330
Total tasks: 18
Mary P20.5 - 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.
*Stephen Crane - 3rd row *
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Boston Kate
5.2 Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
"Bonk" is an onomatopoeia on the list
5.6 Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
Title has six words
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Brooke TX5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Read a book on this list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
15.4. Towel Day
Read one book that satisfies both criteria:
A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy.
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS.
15.6. Light My Fire
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle or fire/flames on the cover.
(House on fire lower left corner.)
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 1: 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."
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: Read a book by an author who shares a first, middle or last name with either Graham Norton himself or a guest from the past series of his show. (guest: Jack Black; author: Jenna Black):
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1: Read a book written by an author who has the same number of letters in his/her first and last names.
Book 2: Read a book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
Option B: Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page.
Points
This Post: 150
Total Points: 245
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 27
10.8 - Hey, Einsteinread a book with the main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy"
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
Philosophy 250 users
Task total=10
Season total=395
Amy O.20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: Read a book by an author who is new to you this season. Must have already claimed a book by this author.
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
David Mitchell is a new author to me this season.
I previously claimed Slade House by David Mitchell. Post is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies:
Big Book 500+:
Amy O.25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan B - Peanut
Option B-1 - Book with orange cover
The Martian by Andy Weir (found on page 1 of Most Orange Books of All Time listopia)
Option B-3: Book with female on cover
The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies:
Big Book 500+:
Brooke TX30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option B: For this option, read a book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical. (Identical keys):
Option C: Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series that is new to you AND the TITLE can only have exactly 3 words. This series is new to me:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 275
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 28
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
I read In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano (six words in the title).
15.8. It's Magic
I read Grief Is the Thing with Feathers: A Novel by Max Porter (genre verified just in case).
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
I chose Option 1. I read The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante (paperback for length).
Previous point total: 475
New points this post: 5+15+20
Total points: 515
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 32
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 3
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 4
Task 5.10 Self-portrait Read a book of your choice.
The Man in the Picture (2007) by Susan Hill (Hardcover, 145 pages)
240 + 05 = 245
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 240 + 05 = 245
Books read: 25
Pages read: 7,429
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.6 Seasoned Reader -- Val TX'sTask: Eurovision calling!Option 2: 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".
At Hawthorn Time, Melissa Harrison
"Time" is the last word of the first line of the second verse.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195/875
Total tasks: 18/52
Reader name: Martha20.10 - Group reads
The Buried Giant - my comment is post 24 in the discussion thread for this book
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain
Option A-1:Who is your favorite M&M character? Red,Blue, or Ms.Brown.
Choose your color and read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list.
Divergent - can be found on page 1 of the blue list
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.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 150
Total Big Books: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Martha20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: Read a book by an author who is new to you this season. You must have claimed at least one other task with a book by this author by the time you post your completion of my task. Each book must be written by a single author; no co-authors or multiple contributors.
Required: LINK to the Completed Task post that uses the previous book you read by the author (see Help Thread post 4) AND state that the author is new to you this season.
Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is new to me this season and also wrote Divergent, which I have read for task 25.6, as claimed in this post
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 170
Total Big Books: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Bookwrm526Task #25.4: Pop Voices
Book 1 - Read any book written by one of the Good Minds authors. I read The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss, who was interviewed November 2014 and is on page 2 of the Good Minds list.
Book 2 - Option A, Good Choices
Read one of the choices recommended by the author of your first book. I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 420
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors1 - A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
Cover is red
2 - All Through the Night by Connie Brockway
Cover is blue
3 - No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Cover is green
POINTS: 315
LOULOU5.10 Self portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Secret Water by Arthur Ransome
NB This has children's as a main page genre, and is not found in AR BookFinder. I am using the exception made for this task.
This book was first published in 1939 and I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post:
Points: 5
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Overall:
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Points overall: 110
Sarah E5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Non-fiction memoir
Kindle edition I read: Swallows & Robins: The Laughs And Tears Of A Holiday Home Owner
Paperback: Swallows & Robins - The Guests In My Garden
10.1 - Ever So POPular
Popular in 1958 - currently no 19 on the list
Tom's Midnight Garden
AR BookFinder info: IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or higher. I read Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell. The rating is 3.77 at time of posting.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 425
Andy P.Task # 20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4 read a book by an author who shares a first, middle or last name with either Graham Norton himself or a guest from the past series of his show. That would be Series 18. Jason Derulo , 19 episode in the season
by Jason Pinter author shares the name Jason with Jason DeruloPoints this post: 20
Total points: 625
Sarah E5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Rated 3.89 at time of posting
Kindle edition I read: I Could Go On...
Hardcover (no PB or MMPB): I Could Go On--: Unpublished Letters to the Daily Telegraph
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option B: Found on Pamela3265's Armed Service Shelf
Kindle edition I read: The Time Machine
Most rated MMPB: The Time Machine
** Golden Oldie (first published in 1895). I claim 1 GO ticket. **
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 4
Mai5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Book with a word in the title that ends in -ER.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 12
Mod
I read The Year of the Flood.
15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast??
For my first book, I read The Summer Before the War - matching word "War" from Disney star "wars" C3PO.
For my second book, I read A Spool of Blue Thread - matching word "Blue" from "Blue" Raspberry pop tarts.
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
I read The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman. Author name Tony matches Tony Curtis, second row.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 785
Blueberry25.2
Opt. 2 A: one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
The Gap of Time
Opt. 3 The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
#10 on my list, I read 18 of his books.
Both books are new to me.
Pts: 25
Total pts: 165
Coralie5.3 Campbell's Soup Cans by andy Warhol
Book with rating greater than 3.50
What Angels Fear
20.7 When books Went to War
Option B – one of the books published by the Council on books in Wartime
My Friend Flicka
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 15.0
This post 25 points
Total to date 450 points
perletwo10.10 - Tournament of Books - Now for a March Madness of a different kind! Get your brackets ready and read a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
Slade House
Points this task: 10
Total points: 760
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 42
MEGSCL30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2. Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About
Option 3. Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 515
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
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Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
At the time of posting on 5/1/16, this book's average rating is 3.45
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230