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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Creynardre-post to correct issue with book 3
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1: Bounty by Kristen Ashley
Set entirely in Colorado, a red state.
***Bounty is a Big Book (514 pages). I claim 1 Big Book Ticket***
Book 2: Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh
Set entirely in Oregon, a blue state.
Book 3:
Wicked Sexy Liarby Christina LaurenCover has a green background.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 555
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 5
Creynard10.3 - It's So Surreal
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus is found on the first page of GoodReads Popular Surreal Books.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 565
15.9 Three/Four/FiveRead a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
The Children's Crusade, Ann Packer
The rating of The Children's Crusade was 3.54 as of 5/8/2016.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270/875
Total tasks: 23/52
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy WarholRead a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
The Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa
Identified as #3 on GR Book Main Page
Points: 5
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10.1 Ever so POPular
Using the Goodread's Popular function, read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive). Required: State which year the book was popular when you post.
Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Böll
#73 on 1959 list when chosen
Points: 10
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10.3 It's So Surreal
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list. Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Found on page 1 of list.
Points: 10
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10.4 Remembering David Bowie
In remembrance of this creative bookworm, read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
The Stranger by Albert Camus
#6 on list
Oldie ticket - published 1942
Points: 10
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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.
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Oldie ticket - published 1913
Points: 10
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10.10 Tournament of Books
Get your brackets ready and read a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
#27 on list
Points: 10
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15.9 Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5. Ratings can and do change, so make a note of the rating on the date you select your book.
Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb
Rating: 4.35 at time of posting.
Points: 15
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20.4 Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option B: Golden Girls - For this option, read a book in which a senior citizen woman, roughly 60 or older, is a very prominent character.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Points: 20
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25.2 Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
The two books combined must have a total of at least 600 pages, and both books must be new to you.
2. #TooLong: A: one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest. (REQUIRED: If you chose option A, identify your to-read list and include the date you added the book to your TBR.)
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé
Added to TBR (now labelled "wishlist") on 4/17/11.
This book was new to me and is 424 pages long.
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.
REQUIRED: Include a link to the author's page, the author's ranking on your list, and the number of their books you have read in your post.
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris is #1 on my Most Read Authors list, since I have read 27 of her books.
This book was new to me and 217 pages long.
424 + 217 = 641 total pages
Points: 25
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25.7 Dakimel's Task: Sibling & Niece Season
A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
The Collector by Nora Roberts
NR in vegetaRiaNactuary.
C. Read a book with a digit (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on the cover.
by E.E. CummingsPoints: 25
Total Points: 260
Total Task Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 35
Total Oldies: 3
Total Big Books: 0
FANDURY15.7. Tax time!
Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
Has Finances as a Main Page Genre.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 605
Books Read: 45
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
Catherine TTask 25.4 -Pop Voices
book 1- read a book by an author featured on Good Minds
A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
October 2015; page 1
book 2 - option A: read a book recommended by the author in the feature
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Julia10325.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1: Storm from the Shadows by David Weber (5,5)
Book 2: Active's Measure (7,7)
This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 355
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 19
Pamela326525.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Both books are new to me
Option 1: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguru – List 2015 Locus Fantasy Novels Recommended Reading List
Option 3: Only Beloved by Mary Balogh Mary Balogh #10, 9 Books read previously to this one
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 520
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Beth NC5.2 WHAMM - Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz
Sizzle is on list
5.3 CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS - Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler
Rating of 3.8 on 5/1/16
5.4 A BIGGER SPLASH - The Days of Summer by Jill Barnett
***Big Book Ticket 512 pages ****
5.8 I WAS A RICH MANS PLAYTHING - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
Memoir by Gloria Steinem
20.3 RETURNING TO MY SOURCE OF INSPIRATION - All Good Deeds by Stacy Green who was a new to me author this challenge. I read another book of hers and reported it in post 1340
Points: 40
Tasks: 5
Books: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Pages: 1850
Total Points: 810
Total Tasks: 49
Total Books: 63
Big Book Tickets: 14
Total Pages: 22666
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholAt Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie died in 1976
10.2 - Andy Warhol
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author's initials are found in Andy Warhol
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket - First published in 1851
10.10 - Tournament of Books
Purity
#62 on the 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist
Claiming one Big Book Ticket - 576 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total points: 80
Nick KY30.4 Jonquil’s Every Letter Counts
Book 1. I read The Rope Eater, 3 letters in “The, 4 letters in “Rope”, 5 letters in “Eater.”
Book 2. I read Double Helix, 6 letters in “Double,” 5 letters in “Helix.”
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 640
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol A book with a rating of 3.5 or above: Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane, rating 3.73
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Book from Literary Roles of Alan Rickman list: The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Points this post: 15
Total points: 525
15.8 - It's MagicLost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
main page genre "Magical Realism"
Total points: 470 + 15 = 485
Catherine TTask 30.2 - Peering Really Close at the World
option 1 - read a book from the Very Short Introductions list
Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Kenneth Minogue
option 2: read a book from the Microhistory list
The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks. by Steven Johnson
on p 1 of the list
Total points = 795
Karen D. Task 10.2 - Andy Warhol
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris
Points this task: 10
Total points: 610
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 44
Delicious Dee10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Will in Scarlet - #56 on the Fictional Robin Hood list; shelved as childrens - AR bookfinder info - BL - 5.5; AR - 10.0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 3 - The Duke's New Year's Resolution - New Year (intact) in title
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1 - Hold Me Close - set in Idaho, which was a red state
Book 2 - Sequence One - set in California, which was a blue state
Book 3 - The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates - found on page 2 of the social justice link in task
Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 585
Kait50.1 - Perletwo's Task: Primary Colors
Book 1 - A book set at least 50 percent in a "red" U.S. state as per the map linked in the task (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WY).
Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley -- Entirely set in Colorado
Book 2 - A book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state as per the map linked in the task (CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI).
Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett -- Almost entirely set in Massachusetts (90%+); I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Off Sides
Book 3 - A book with a cover that has a green background.
Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley -- Green background on cover -- Approved in help thread post #2
Points This Post: 50
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 275
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
perletwo10.1 - Ever So POPular - Using the Goodread's Popular function, read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive).
Flowers for Algernon is #2 on the 1958 list.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 790
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 45
15.5. No More Snow!-Read a book with SPRING in title/subtitleIntroverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
MEGSCL5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle. Word=Crow(s)
The Savage Crows
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
Never Never: Part Three of Three
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1 -
- red coverBook 2 - We Were Liars - set in Massachusetts, a blue state
Book 3 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - found on page 4 of the social justice list
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 575
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop VoicesBook 1. Goodreads Voices are Good Minds.
Read any book written by any of the Good Minds authors.
Anna Quindlen appears on Page #3 and she was interviewed in January, 2014
Book 2. Option A. Good Choices. Read any of the choices (recommended by the author of your first book.
is the second book recommended by Anna Quindlen--------------------------------------------
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2. Commonly confused: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s.
On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light: A Novel
The word is THERE
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.
* ALL BOOKS ARE ARC'S
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POINTS
Points This Post: 55
Points Total: 455
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 29
BB Total: 2
Amy O.5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol - book by author who is dead at time of selecting book
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
10.9 - March Madness - book written by an author whose first and last initials are the same
Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 17
Golden Oldies:
Big Book 500+:
Reader name : Maya30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Option 2 and 3 chosen.
Option 2: Read a book from the first 2 pages of Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
Book read: The Code Book: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It
Found on: Page 1, #20
Option 3: Read a book from this listopia: Microbiology
Book read: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Found on: Page 1, #1
Points this post : 30
Points total : 780
Golden Oldies : 5
Big Book : 18
30.5 - Call the Grammar PoliceOPTION 2: Read a book with one of these words in the TITLE: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s.
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers
OPTION 3: Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
by Elizabeth StroutPoints this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 300
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 18
CHANDNI25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
I am Peanut.
Option B-2: Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 5 letters in the first OR last name.
The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami
Option B-3: Read a book with a female on the cover.
by Alexander Chee[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 365
Books Read: 26
Completed Tasks: 24
Catherine TTask 10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
read a book from the list
Passing by Nella Larsen
#59
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total points = 805
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary ColorsThis is a three-book task. Do one of each of the options below.
Book 1-Red: Read a book with a cover that has a red background.
Book 2-Blue: Either read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state as per the map linked above (CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI)
Storm Front
The book is set in Chicago, IL.
Book 3-Green: Either read a book from Popular Social Justice Books,
The Kite Runner
( page 5 of the list)
Points this task: 50
Total points: 335
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
MegD5.10 Self-portrait
Book of your choice-Adventures for Your Soul: 21 Ways to Transform Your Habits and Reach Your Full Potential
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A
Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
Required-"Very"
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Required: Richard Merkin matches author Richard Preston
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2
Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong
Required-"What"
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 3
The Virgin Suicides
Required-I love this book more and more each time I re-read it. It's so haunting and unsure.
Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 260
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13
Andy P.Task 3 30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option C: Go, Dog, Go
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.
by Andrew GrossThree words in The Dark Tide, new to me author and series, Series is first in Ty Hauck series. However, Go Dog Go was not written by Dr. Seuss, rather by P.D. Eastman another popular beginning reader author.
Option D: Oh the Places you will go!
Read a book with “Travel” as a main page genre.
by Cheryl StrayedTravel on main page (1231 users)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 730
15.3 Still Flying....Option 1
A. Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word that matches one of the words from the titles of the songs on Jefferson Airplane's first album.
Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi, Alison Pargeter
I matched "and" from "And I Like It" (Track 6, Side 2).
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
Avenue of Mysteries, John Irving
JeffersonaIrplane --> JI --> John Irving
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285/875
Total tasks: 24/52
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholI'd like to replace Use of Weapons (which I have already claimed points under this task for) with The Confession of Brother Haluin please.
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
A Ticket to the Boneyard
5.9 - Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Use of Weapons (moved here from 5.1 - see above)
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Nights at the Circus
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
LOVE - Love in a Cold Climate
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
10.9 - March Madness
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
10.10 - Tournament of Books
Fortune Smiles
15.9 - Three/Four/Five
The Fifth Season (rated 4.34 on 26 Feb 2016)
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Fred Astaire - Dog Will Have His Day by Fred Vargas
Points in this post: 100
Points so far: 260
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals3 - #OldFavorites - The Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters, #5, 18 books. (The MMP version, The Heretic's Apprentice, has 250 pages.)
4 - #NewBooks - Up to This Pointe - The author is new to me. (355 pages)
250+355 = 605 pages total. Both books are new to me.
Points in this post: 25
Points so far: 285
FANDURY15.7. Tax time!
Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
Has Finances as a Main Page Genre.
And this time Genre has been verified in the Genre Verfication Thread in post 145
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 605
Books Read: 45
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
Post #1720.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: Using SONG: The crickets sing a song for you
Cuckoo Song(M6-BL:6.0-AR19)
Points this post: 20
Total: 430
Books read: 30
Tasks Done: 23
Sarah E10.6 - And Alan Rickman
#7 on the Fictional Robin Hood list
Kindle edition I read: Robin: Lady of Legend
Paperback: Robin: Lady of Legend
Points this post: 10
Total points: 290
By Peakles25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
This is a repost from Post #1997
Option 3. #OldFavorites:
Looking for Alaska by
John Green John Green was #2 on my list, 4 books.
This book was new to me and has 221 pages
Option 4. #NewBooks:
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
The author is new to me and the book is new to me.
Published Jan 5, 2016 486 pages
Pages this task: 707
Total points: 400
DANIELLE M25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan B - Peanut
Option B-1:
by Alan Bradley (Found on page 1 of the green list)Option B-2:
by Julia Claiborne Johnson (5 letters in first name)Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 13
Tasks Complete: 12
Cindy C.Task 10.2-Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in Andy Warhol. Louisa Young is the author of my book.
The Heroes' Welcome
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Task 10.6-And Alan Rickman
Read a book from the list The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
IL: MG BL: 6.7 AR points: 18.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Total tasks: 20
DANIELLE M50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1:
by Kevin Hazzard - set in GABook 2:
by Colm Tóibín - set in NYBook 3:
by Dodie Smith - cover has green backgroundPoints This Post: 50
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 13
loafer20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option B. Read ONE of the books that was published by the Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Service Editions.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
I listened to the Audible version, link is to the most popular mmpb
At 1190 pages, this is a Big Book and published in 1849, it is a Golden Oldie
points: 20
total: 365
BB: 4
GO: 7
tasks completed: 24
Christine V20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: Their Eyes Were Watching God matching the word "were", found in this line of the song lyrics: "When you were lost I followed right behind"
I read the above indicated audio edition. Link to top Paperback (no MMP available)
Their Eyes Were Watching God was first published in 1937. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO tickets this post: 1
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
By Peakles25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A
Option A(1) - Red is my favorite!
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
Found on page 2 of Red Books, #137.
Option A(2) - Author with a 7-letter first or last name.
Tampa by Alissa Nutting.
NUTTING has 7 letters.
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Option 1: Kafka: A Very Short Introduction by Ritchie Robertson
Option 2: Microhistory
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan.
This book was #11 on the list.
Total Points: 455
Total Big Books: 2
Kristi CO20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: word in Heroes lyrics is life
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
*Big Book ticket* at 720 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Task 20.9 – Moderator’s Pet – Seakbee – Give Yourself Permission …Option 4 – Travel & Entertainment – For this task, put on your Mickey ears and read a book where at least 50% of the story takes place in: California, Florida, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Hawaii or on a cruiseship.
Blood Daughters
The book takes place primarily (about 90%) in southern California; lead character is an FBI agent in the Los Angeles office.
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholRead a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre manga on the GR main page.
Manga Classics: Emma byStacy King
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
option 2 the word is like
Like I Used to Dance: A Novel by Barbara Frances by Barbara Frances
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Reader name: Marie-Anne*** REPOST **** of #2113
Task 20.8: Making it worth watching Option 4: The Man on the Istanbul Train by Marie Hudgins. This book ties to my bucket list in two ways. First, my passion for archaeology, specifically Near Eastern and Egyptian archaeology, and the major part of the book plays on an archaeological excavation in Turkey. Secondly, my love for travel, preferably tied to archaeological and/or historical remains, so the title of the book ties in with that, as well as the setting of the book.
Ebook verification for length: Approved #5590.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 100
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Coralie10.7 Happy Pi Day
book by author with PI intact in name (at the end)
The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
15.5 No More Snow!
book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles
S, P & R in teRraPhileS, I, N & G in comING
This post 25 points
Total to date 475 points
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
+5 Points
10.2 - Andy Warhol
Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman
+10 Points
10.9 - March Madness
The Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel
+10 Points
15.7. Tax time!
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
+15 Points
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Selected 4/20/16, Rating 4.33
The Stand by Stephen King
+15 Points
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
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" Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase.
petER blAke loNeLY HearTs clUb
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
+20 Points
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: To acknowledge his 8th year involved with the contest, 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.
#7: Michael Fassbender
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
+20 Points
Points this Post: 75
Grand Total: 465
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20.9 Give Yourself Permission…
6. Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover.
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies: 9
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 33