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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1 - Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister
This non-fiction book has the main page genre Politics (shelved by 50 users)
Link to PB edition: Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women
Book 2 - The Maze Runner by James Dashner
This book has Science Fiction > Dystopia as a main page genre (shelved by 5,131 users)
Link to MMP edition: Le Labyrinthe
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 545 points
Tasks completed: 30
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth WatchingOption 4: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
It's been on my bucket list to visit England and this novel takes place in both the English countryside and London.
Total Points = 175
5.10 - Self-portraitRead Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel by Annie Cohen-Solal.
15.1 - From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1 - Campbell soup flavor - French Onion
Read In a French Kitchen: Tales and Traditions of Everyday Home Cooking in France by Susan Herrmann Loomis
Book 2 - Pop-tart flavor - Wildlicious Wild! Berry (or Cherry)
Read Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China by Ian Johnson
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option B - set in North Korea: Read The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson. Except for a short trip to Texas, and some time on the water and a couple Japan kidnap trips, this was entirely set in North Korea.
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Book 1 - Option A: Letters REDBLUE in title
Read A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler. Word 'Blue' and then 'Red' letters in 'Thread'.
Book 2 - Option D: MPG of 'Travel'
Read Shark's Fin And Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop. As of this moment, 'Travel' is only the 4th down on the list of MPG's, so, I hope it's fine.
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Book 1 - Option 1: Non-fiction with 'Language' as MPG
Read I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World by Jag Bhalla. This is both non-fiction and has a couple MPG's of 'Language'.
Book 2 - Option 3: title in red
Read Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin. Title in red.
Points these task: 100
Total points: 450
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 24
Mary P15.5. No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
Cicada Spring by Christian Galacar.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340
DANIELLE M10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Verified for philosophy here: Message 78
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 340
Books Read: 23
Tasks Complete: 19
Martha15.5. No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
15.6. Light My Fire
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
The Firebird
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
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.
Europe: In or Out? Everything You Need to Know
30.5 - 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.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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.
Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time
Points this post: 80
Total points: 410
Task 25.4 Pop VoicesBook 1
Billy Moon: A Transcendent Novel Reimagining the Life of Christopher Robin Milne (2013) by Douglas Lain (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages)
** Douglas Lain is a Goodreads Author **
who was interviewed in July 2013 on page 4
who recommended
Book 2 Option A
The Dream Years (1985) by Lisa Goldstein (Hardcover, 181 pages)
World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986)
420 + 25 = 445
Tasks Completed: 35
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 420 + 25 = 445
Books read: 39
Pages read: 10,891
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 04
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sarah E30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option A: Blueberry Muffin Murder
Blue found in Blueberry, Red found in Murder
I read the ebook, paperback (no MMPB) is: Blueberry Muffin Murder
Option C: This is #1 in a series, the book and the series are new to me.
Kindle edition I read: Ink and Bone
Paperback (no MMPB): Ink and Bone
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
Karen D. Task 30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world
Option 1: Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
Option 2: Into the Wild (#15 on the list)
points this task: 30
Total points: 805
JUKKA30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option A: Book whose title contains the letters REDBLUE.
Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov.
Option D: Book with Travel as main page genre.
Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted Sideshows by Andrew Mueller.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 490/875
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 32/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Kristen IA***Remove Something About You by Julie James from Task #5.3***
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above. As ratings can change, note the book's rating at the time you select your book.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (rating is 4.05)
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
This is a two book task. Pick 2 different options and read one book for each option. Identify the options when you post.
Option 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. These letters can appear in any order. Subtitles will NOT be used for this option.
The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. by Nichole Bernier
*****Childrens genre overridden line 39 of google doc, post 130*****
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
Option C: Go, Dog, Go
My boys loved this book. It is one of the first books they learned to read from. For this option, 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. Every word counts, even the little ones. Spaces determine words. Subtitles will NOT be used for this option.
REQUIRED: State that the series is new to you when posting.
Something About You by Julie James
*****The FBI/US Attorney series is new to me*****
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition
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Total Points this post: 35 -5 = 30
Total Points: 610/875
Tasks Completed: 36/53
Books Read: 46
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholRead a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis – As noted on his Goodreads page, C. S. Lewis died November 22, 1963
I claim 1 Golden Oldies ticket for this book first published in 1938.
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above. As ratings can change, note the book's rating at the time you select your book.
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle– rated 3.88 rating on May 31st.
Points this post: 10
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 435
Books Read: 31
Tasks Complete: 21
Big Book tickets Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 5
Task 25.1 – Sandy – Fact or FictionBook 1 - HISTORICAL FICTION on main page
The Summer Before the War - 1914/1915 UK
Book 2 – A NONfiction book set in the same time and place as book # 1
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
I listened to the audio / Paperback: Dead Wake
Pairing approved in HELP Thread
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 340 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
MarthaRemoving The Firebird from post 2908 as per mod request
5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice
The Firebird
Points this post: 5
Total points: 400
KassandraTask #15.4: Towel Day
# books required: 1
Option 2: Read one book with a main page genre science fiction or fantasy AND whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
Book read:
Author: Lemony Snicket
Required info: Main page genre fantasy AND author's initials LS are found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Carly5.10 -- Self-portrait
A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls by Jessica Spotswood
10.9 -- March Madness
On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Cleo Coyle's first and last initial begins with the letter "C."
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 4
Tasks in Progress: 1
Pages Read: 1235
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Sarah E25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Historical Fiction as a main page genre
ebook I read: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
MMPB: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Covers the years 1915 to 1919 and is over 90% set in the UK.
Book 2: Covers the decade of the 1910s in the UK.
Great War Fashion: Tales from the History Wardrobe
Points this post: 25
Total points: 735
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy WarholIn Search of Lost Time #3
The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust
+5 Points
15.3. Still Flying.........
A. Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word that matches one of the words from the titles of the songs on the Airplane's first album (when Anderson was with the band)Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.
"High Flying Bird": Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
B. read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. Middle initials can be disregarded.
JeFferson
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
+15 Points
Points this Post: 20
Grand Total: 720
Kim O50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "red" U.S. state.
Junkyard Dogs -- set in Wyoming
Book 2-Blue: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state.
Lila -- set in Iowa
Book 3-Green: Read a book with a cover that has a green background.
Points this task: 50
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 2
Golden Oldies: 4
Reader Name Chrissy10.10 - Tournament of Books
Get your brackets ready and read a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
The book is #3 on the list:
Slade House
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Points this Post: 10
Total points : 780
GO: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
***that's my last post this challenge, thanks so much to the mods and task creators, this was a lot of fun!!***
M1NKS15.3. Still Flying.........
Option 2: Cover Her Face
Points this post: 15
Total points: 790
Golden Oldies: 18
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 50
M1NKS20.10 - Group Reads
Notes from a Small Island
Points this post: 20
Total points: 810
Golden Oldies: 18
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 51
Sarah E5.10 Self-portrait
A Confusion of Princes
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMPB) is: A Confusion of Princes
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option B: Set 100% in Africa (Botswana)
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Points this post: 25
Total points: 760
That's it for me this season. Thank you to the mods and task creators for all the work that goes into making this challenge so much fun.
M1NKS25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
1. The Satanic Verses 561 pges - September 2015, page 1
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
2 Option A. The Metamorphosis Published 1915
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 25
Total points: 835
Golden Oldies: 19
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 52
20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!Option 4 - Shares name with Season 18 Graham Norton show guests: Read Discover Magazine's Vital Signs: True Tales of Medical Mysteries, Obscure Diseases, and Life-Saving Diagnoses by Robert A. Norman. Robert Norman shares his first name with Robert De Niro, who was a guest on show number 2 in series 18. Linked to the Kindle edition, but, this was published as a paperback as well.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 470
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 25
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - March Madness
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials are the same. I read Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina.
Points this post: 10
Points so far: 705
M1NKS30.2 - Peering really close at the world
2. The Surgeon of Crowthorne (Page 1, #4 - different title The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary)
3. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Popular Microbiology books #1)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 865
Golden Oldies: 19
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 53
BARBARA ★ ~ Final Post10.7 - Happy Pi Day
One Lucky Vampire - Lynsay Sands (vamPIre) 5/31
Goodreads Author
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20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Death Row - William Bernhardt 5/29
Based on William S. Burroughs (second row)
Goodreads Author
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25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option B: Shadow Rites - Faith Hunter (urban fantasy) 5/10
Goodreads Author
Option D: Dark Sapphire - Lisa Jackson (ocean on cover) 3/9
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 485
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books - 500+: (2)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
485/875 POINTS
10.7 - Happy Pi DayRead a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
*PI*cture
This book was first published in 1890; claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part A:
If the last letter of your Readerboard Name is A-M, do option 1
The last letter of my Readerboard name is E
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with the same letter.
Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
This book is 176 pages long.
If your Part A book had 100-300 pages do option 3.
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE. All words count. Do NOT use subtitles or series names.
The Children
Total points this post: 40
Total points: 450
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 1
M1NKS10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
The Stranger Published 1942
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Annnnd I just squeaked in :-)
Thank you mods for everything! For once I didn't cause you more work by ending up on the Wall of Shame! Yah! GO ME!
Points this post: 10
Total points: 875
Golden Oldies: 20
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 54
Boston Kate
25.2 #ReadingGoals
Book 1: Finders Keepers
Option 1: #14 on 2015 Locus Fantasy Novels Recommended Reading List as of 3/2
431 pages
book is new to me
Book 2: Triangles
Option 3: Ellen Hopkins is #1 on my list as of 3/2, with 12 books read
529 pages
book is new to me
Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
20.6 - Eurovision Calling!Option 3: The author shares a first name with Anne Hathaway.
The Gathering by Anne Enright
Total points 190
JUKKA5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Book with an onomatopoeia in the title.
The Ticking by Renée French.
15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1: Nonfiction book with main page genre Politics or Government.
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism by Patricia Hill Collins has main page genre Politics.
Book 2: Book with main page genre Dystopia.
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 510/875
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 34/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Paula S5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Den grymmaste månaden rated 4.16 today
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.
Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire PI in emPIre
15.4. Towel Day
Option 2
Read one book that satisfies both main page genre science fiction or fantasy (standalone or embedded) AND
whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS.
The Serpent's Shadow
15.10. Batter up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of:
Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela.
The Vegetarian set 100% in South Korea
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
book 1: The False Inspector Dew
book2: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Both book takes place on cruise ships between New York and London, during and just after WWI. aproved in help thread message 102
Mod
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebrationbook with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical" - Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
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
How Big Is Your God?: The Freedom to Experience the Divine by Paul Coutinho
Option 3. March 8 is National Proofreading Day. Break out the red pen! Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red
One O'Clock Hustle by Joanne Pence
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 125/875
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
That does it for me this round. As always, thanks to the task creators and mods for another great season.
Queenbee Darlene15.9 Three/Four/Five
Book that has ratings that includes only the numbers 3,4, or 5
The Widow by Fiona Barton The Widow
Rating as of today (5/31/16) is 3.53
Points this post: 15 points
That's all I can do! So much fun. Thanks to mods and creators for your hard work.
Total Points: 420
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER
The Dinner
Points this post: 5
Total Challenge points: 445
G. O's: 7
final post
Christine V5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick I read this audio edition. Link to top MMP
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Thanks for a great spring challenge!
Readerboard name: List_addictThis is my post for Spring 2016 - Thanks
5.3: Campbell's Soup Can by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a rating of 3.5 or above on GRs
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
GR rating on 3 March, 2016: 3.63
5.10: Self Portrait
Read a book of your choice
Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyer
15.9: Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose rating is made up of only the number 3, 4 or 5. record the date and rating as it is liable to change.
Adam by Ariel Schrag
On 28 May: GR rating is 3.34
15.10: Batter Up!
Read a book which is based at least 50% in one of the listed countries participating in the baseball major league rosters.
Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball
Based in Japan
20.2: Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task - Time for Celebration
Option C: Read a book that is at least 50% set in Ireland or that has a cover that is at least 50% blue (include a cover shot)
The Selection by Kiera Cass
20.3: Best Review - mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration
Option 1: Read a book by Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
20.4: Golden Oldie - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop Tv Shows
Option C: Fantasy Island - Read a book with 'Fantasy' or Supernatural as a main page GR genre
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Fantasy
20.6: Seasoned Reader - Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: Read a book whose title has a word in common with last year's winning Eurovision song, "Heroes" by Mårs Zelmerlöw
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Word in common: never
20.9: Moderator's Pet - Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission ...
Option 6: Read a book whose title on the cover is completely white or black
An Untamed State by Roxanne Gay
(I also have two different coloured dogs - a red head and a brindle)
25.5: Andy P's Task - Symmetry
Book 1: Read a book whose author's name has the same number of letters in each part.
Redeployment by Phil Klay
4/4
Book 2: Read a book whose title consists of words of the same number of letters (subtitles to be ignored)
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
6/6
Total Points this post: 165
Total Points for Challenge: 165
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy WarholRead a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series. Whole numbers only.
City of Dragons - Robin Hobb (#3 Rain Wild Chronicles)
Points this post: 5
Points total: 245
Tasks completed: 13
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 2 - 500+(2) 750+() 1000+()
Total pages: 5923
My final post of the challenge - thank you to all the mods!
CathyG repost
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. 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.
1Q84 BOOK 2 by Haruki Murakami
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
author is new to me this season
Points this post: 20
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 49
Big Book Tickets: 4
Task 25.6- Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your HandsPlan B Peanut
Option B-1 Choose your color and read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list.
Required: State which list and the page your book can be found on when you post
Green: Page 4, #334 on May 28, 2016
The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) (1929) by Agatha Christie (Paperback, 270 pages)
** The Seven Dials Mystery is a Golden Oldie, published in 1929**
Option B-2: Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 5 letters in the first OR last name.
The White Castle (1985) by Orhan Pamuk; translated from Turkish by Victoria Holbrook; (Paperback, 161 pages)
445 + 25 = 470
Tasks Completed: 36
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 445 + 25 = 470
Books read: 41
Pages read: 11,322
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 05
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
babbling c5.10 Self-portrait
Choose your own masterpiece. Read a book of your choice.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) - audiobook Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog -paperback pgs. 176 by Jerome K. Jerome
This is a Golden Oldie first publish in 1889
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Ancient History: The Buried Giant - audiobook The Buried Giant -paperback pgs. 373 by Kazuo Ishiguro
my comment is here.
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 565/875
Completed Tasks: 34/53
Golden oldies: 4
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 14,549
Books read this season: 43
Kim O30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
6. Pick ANY one of the above 5 options and read a book of at least 650 pages that fits.
I'm doing part C with option B3 (one, two or three word title).
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters The book has 658 pages.
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 3
Golden Oldies: 4
loafer20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
2) Big Books: Read a book that is at least 500 pages.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
I listened to the Audible version, link is to the paperback (no mass mkt pb)
At 917 pages, it is also a "Big Book"
points: 20
total: 505
BB: 8
GO: 9
tasks completed: 30
books read this season: 36
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Friday Gospels, Jenn Ashworth
3 -> 6 -> 7
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12 -> 7
Points this post: 30
Total points: 845/875
Total tasks: 50/52