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Jasmiina F20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer:
Option D: Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES:
Kirous by Richard Bachman.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
ESHAY30.8
Options 2 & 5
Option 2: In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for _____.
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Option 5: What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard?
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Bluegrass PamTask 20.6 Gilmore Girls
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Option 3: At least 360 pages. This book has 432 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New houseOption B:
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Total Points = 60
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - Don't Leave Home Without One
Read a book from the 2016 or 2015 Best Genre Fiction lists. I read: Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh, which is on the short list for science fiction in 2015.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 140
Cindy FTask 10.6 "Name your Poison" Day
Crime genre embedded
Faithful Place by Tana French
Points this post:10
Total points:55
Tasks completed:4
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mary P20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live.
by Emily MarchPoints this task: 20
Total points: 125
Delicious Dee5.1 - A Different View
Vampire Academy - found on pg 3, position 269 of the listopia provided
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 205
Susan W.5.9 Summer Reading: Read a book found on the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
The book is on page 2 of the list.
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20.2 Chrissy's Task - Sweet Summer: Read one book using one of the options listed
Option B: Read a book with a food item on the cover.
I read
by Joanne FlukeThere's a cinnamon roll on the cover.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 40
Reader Name: Daphne10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
Cover: Person in glasses or sunglasses
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 170
15.3 - June, July and AugustOption 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B -
4 words in the title and author name: first name = 4 letters and last name = 6 letters:
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
+15 Points
15.5 - Summer in the City
Urban Fantasy:
Menagerie by Rachel Vincent
+15 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 70
Kristen IA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
This is a ONE book task
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option B: Read a book with a food item on the cover.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Just for Now by Rosalind James
I read the Kindle edition and have linked to the PB version for page count and Kindle for cover
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Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40/1125
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
DANIELLE M30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 3: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
Theme approved here: Message 9.
Option 4: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1) Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS.
by Michael KorytaSWINGING MEDALLIONS
Book 2. B. Read a book set at least 50% in North Carolina
by John Hart Book set almost totally in North CarolinaPoints this post: 25
Total points: 155
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles
by T.C. Boyle Song is Surf City, matching word is City2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
by John Lanchester My GR friend, Jessica rated this book 5 StarsPoints this post: 30
Total points: 185
NICOLE OH25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: M Train by Patti Smith
Option 3: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
The word that is in both the title and the quotation given is FROM
This book has 522 pages so I would like to claim one Big Book ticket.
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 3: Hit and Run
Option 6: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
D,O,S,U in sounds
T in but
D in would
A,T in rather
A in a
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 11
Shiraloo15.8 -- Commencement
Anti-Romance by Cassia Leo
REQUIRED: New Adult genre
20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobs
REQUIRED: Option 1, page 10 of the list when I posted
CURRENT POST
Points: 35
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 160
BBT: 1
GO: 0
BARBARA ★20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3: League of Dragons - Naomi Novik (380 pages) 6/20
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 85
DANIELLE M25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Verified for the genre "war" here: Message 96
Option 5: An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender
IMBD link: An Invisible Sign
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 2
Delicious Dee10.9. Smile
No Time like the Past - shelved as humor by 6ppl, as of 21Jun
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 215
Jaclyn TX5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Required: Abstract Noun-"Death"
5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
The Ghost and the Dead Deb by Alice Kimberly
This post: 10
Total points: 25
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
25.1 - PairsEyes in the Title
Book 1: Eyes in the Title
Irish Eyes | Annie Jones | 286 Pages | ★★ |
Book 2: Book has two authors
Stuck-Up Suit | Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward | 334 Pages | ★★★★★ |
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Points This Post: 25
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 175/1125
BB Total: 0
GO Total: 2
25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?2. Abstract Art can really be anything that you want it to be, and frankly, your guess is as good as the next persons...
For this task, choose a painting from: Famous Abstract Art. Read a book with a title which you think would make a good name for the painting:
Russian artist Kasimir Malevich painted this picture, his first "suprematist" composition in 1913, a black square on a white background.
I think the texture looks like asphalt on a road in the dark:
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
4. Personally I think some abstract art is crazy and people are even crazier for buying it; but there have been many artists who have genuinely struggled with their mental health.
For this task read a book about mental health or read a book which has a character who is struggling with mental health issues.
Main character is institutionalized for mental health:
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
+25 Points
Grand Total: 95
perletwo30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out - 1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles: Best Surf Songs. And, At, Of, The may NOT be used. Words must match exactly. Required: State the word you used.
City Of Bones by Michael Connelly (CITY for "Surf City" on the list)
4. Read a book set in a location of the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour: Australia, Brazil, Fiji, South Africa, Tahiti/French Polynesia, California USA, France, Portugal, Hawaii USA. Required: Identify the setting if it is not evident in the book's Goodreads description or metadata.
Blood And Circuses (Australia)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 330
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 16
Kim A25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Option 3 - Read a book with "Dystopia" as a main-page genre.
The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
Verified here
Option 4 - Read a book about mental health or read a book which has a character who is struggling with mental health issues.
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
"Mental Health" appears as main page genre
Points this Post - 25
Total Points - 245
30.4 Summer of the GodsOption 1 Gemini/Twins
My Sister's Keeper
Option 4 June/Juno
False Mermaid
Erin Hart (female author)
This task 30 points
total points 50
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged Ten Big Ones Ones = O(oxygen) + NE(neon) and S(sulfur)25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option 1:
and
Option 5 Dancing Queen by Erin Downing Initials are found in DOODLEPAINTING
Total Points Earned: 45/1125
Total Pages Read: 894/26937
Total Books Read: 3/87
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challengedI chose When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.
My word is WHEN
W-Tungston
He-Helium
N-Nitrogen
Task points -20
Total Points-20
Emsreivewsbooks5.4 - In the Shadows
I read Dark Destiny by Mary Jo Putney. Rebecca Weiss is a main character and is Jewish. Part of the story focuses on her trying to teach Nick and his family about her religious traditions.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 14
Tasks Complete: 11
SCHATZIE10.2: Bobble heads
---book set in outer space
Their Fractured Light
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10.7: "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
---book from given immigrant list
Uprising
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
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25.3: Maya's Task - Make it Pretty
Opt. 2: Crazy Shapes- circle on cover
Girl at War
Opt. 6: first letter of first title word is in your readerboard name
A Simple Winter
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25.8: Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Opt. 2: book with purple or pink cover
A Stranger in Mayfair
-approved in msg 2 of help thread
Opt. 3: author's initials in CANDYLAND
Wrong Hill to Die On: An Alafair Tucker Mystery by Donis Casey
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Post Total: 70
Challenge TOTAL: 600
Mai15.3 - June, July and August
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE.
Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
Book B- Author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts with exactly 4 OR 6 letters.
Marvels by Kurt Busiek
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 2
Shannon South Africa5.10 School's Out!
My choice
A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 45
Reader Name: Daphne5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Abstract Noun in Title/sub
Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute - FEAR
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 175
Creynard5.7 - Purple Reign
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
royal rank in the title
15.5 - Summer in the City
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
"Urban Fantasy" is a main page genre
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Book 1/Option 1: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler is an actress and writer.
Book 2/Option 3: Face Paint: The Story of Makeup
"Paint" is my chosen word from the Mitchell quote.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 225
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Tasks completed: 15
Pages read: 6,936
Books read: 20
Nick KY15.4 Donate Blood. I read the following:
Book 1. Crazy Blood by T. Jefferson Parker, “Blood” in title.
Book 2. The School of Night by Louis Bayard, O, B, A in author’s name: lOuis BAyard.
30.7 Sandy’s Forward and Backwards I read the following;
Book 1. Zofloya, or The Moor by Charlotte Dacre. Consecutive letters C, D
Book 2. Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington. Backwards D, C
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 210
SCHATZIE10.7: "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
---book from given immigrant list
Uprising
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
-found on page 4
Post Total: 590
Challenge TOTAL: 600
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet SummerOption A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Word is SunS.
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 175
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 4
Sarah E15.7 - See the Light
Lighthouse on the cover
I read the kindle edition, paperback is: South West Secret Agents: True Stories of the West Country at War
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
10.6 Name Your Poison DayRain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
Crime in on the main page.
20.6 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3 - Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
This has 400 pages.
20.7 The Queen of Crime
Option 3 - Phantom Effect by Michael Aronovitz
The Goodreads description indicates that this is about a serial killer.
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 95
LAVENDER5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
M1NKS5.2 - Cubism - Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #6 in a series.
One Wing in the Viewfinder
5.5 - Abstract Nouns - Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle. - love
Viewfinder, Tome 6 : you're my love desire in viewfinder
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies: -
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 2
20.1 - Sarah E.'s taskWith Malice
With:
W. Tungsten
I. Iodine
Th. Thorium
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Sheila15.5 - Summer in the City
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher20.10 - Group Reads
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn PlaskinComment in thread is post 16
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total Points = 200
5.3 Action:Killing Floor by Lee Child
15.10 Life Long Learning:
From the Science and Technology List
The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch by Thomas Thwaites
20.3 Book Review--TerriFL's Task--New Home:
A. My Ideal Home location would be
Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas
30.7 Sandy's Task--Forwards and Backwards:
1. Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home by Joe Klein
320 pp
2. At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories by
Kij Johnson 297 pp for a total of 617 pp
Edited to removed 30.7--I see I've done it before and I'll change my totals for the day---Sorry.
Amended totals:
Today's total 40
Grand total 275
Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - Summer of the Gods
Option One: Book with bird on cover
by Alan BradleyOption Two: Sea Creature on the cover
by Jennifer DonnellyThere is a mermaid on the cover, along with jellyfish and a deep sea angler.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
Blueberry20.1 Periodically challenged
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
My word is 'war'.
W Tungsten
AR Argon
20.3 Best Review - New house
Opt. B: My ideal place to live would be Windigo Island
20.5 Bigger is Better - Shakespeare 400
Opt. 3: Read a book where a theatre is central to the story.
Pts: 60
Total pts: 60
Books read: 3
Cait S20.6- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3
Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages (a page for each minute of the series).
You Against Me by Jenny Downham
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
TASK NUMBER :5.4 - In the ShadowsTASK DESCRIPTION: Book's MC in Jewish
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Natasha Solomons
DATE READ: 6/22/2016
REQUIRED INFO: From book description: "but in Juliet Montague's conservative Jewish community " and
MP Genre : Literature > Jewish | 7 users & Religion > Judaism | 2 users
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Readerboard name Kathy P20.10 - Group Reads
Discussion thread 17
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Total Points: 50
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 3
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10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Book whose author's name is on the 2016 hurricane name list.
Sin City by Frank Miller. "Frank" is on the Pacific Hurricane list.
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Book whose author's name ends in O.
Hellblazer, Vol. 2: The Devil You Know by Jamie Delano.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 180/1125
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16/62
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0