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Task 20.5 - Shakespeare 400Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym. You may read a book written under the author's real name, or his/her pseudonym.
Goodreads author bio notes that “Rosie Genova also writes women's fiction as Rosemary DiBattista.”
Murder and Marinara (An Italian Kitchen Mystery #1) (2013) by Rosie Genova (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 326 pages)
75 + 20 = 95
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 75 + 20 = 95
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,459
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
TASK NUMBER :25.3 - Make it PrettyTASK DESCRIPTION: Author Initials in DOODLEPAINTING & Book with multiple authors
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Douglas Preston
DATE READ: 6/28/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Option 5 - author initials in DOODLEPAINTING (DP)
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
DATE READ: 7/8/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Option 4 - 2 authors
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 205
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.
by Keigo HigashinoKeigo and Higashino both end in "o"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 305
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?Someone wearing sunglasses on the cover: The Bette Davis Club by Jane Lotter
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
DANIELLE M25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option 4: Two authors - Madam: A Novel of New Orleans by Cari Lynn and Kellie Martin
Option 6: First letter of title matches letter in my readerboard name (DANIELLE M) - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 3
Task 15.5 – Summer in the City“URBAN” in main page genre
The Golem and the Jinni
Approved in HELP thread
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Mary P5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220
Sara ITA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option B: Read a book with a food item on the cover.
Non vi lascerò orfani by Daria Bignardi - apples on the cover
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 2
JUKKA15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Book with four or six words in the title and four or six letters in author's names.
Just One Damned Thing After Another (6 words) by Jodi Taylor (4/6).
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Book 3: Book whose author's initials are in MARATHON MAN.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik.
Book 4: Non-fiction book about US military life.
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 280/1125
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 21/62
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of CrimeOption 1: Page 5 Number 475 on Best Cozy Mystery Series
Never Buried | Edie Claire | 256 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
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This Post
Points This Post: 20
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 385/1125
BB Total: 2
GO Total: 2
loafer10.4 - Don't Leave Home Without One
Read a book from the 2015 or 2016 Best Genre Fiction list
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
2015 Best Genre Fiction, Historical fiction short list
points: 10
total: 150
BB: 1
GO: 2
tasks completed: 10
loafer20.5- Bigger is Better - TrishhartUk's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4: Read a book with "horror" as mpg
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
I listened to the audio, link is to the mmpb
At 560 pages, this is a Big Book.
points: 20
total: 170
BB: 2
GO: 2
tasks completed: 11
Oma122920.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Read ONE book which matches one of the following options.
I chose Option 5
Option 5.-Read a book with either red or white rose(s), or a red cross on a white background somewhere on the cover.
by Raymond Khoury30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Read a book set entirely in one community during just one season of the year: spring, summer, fall or winter.
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
Set in Autumn
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community set during a different season of the year.
Winter's Child by Margaret Maron
Set in Winter
The seasons would be Fall and Winter. Location is a fictional county (Colleton) in North Carolina
These two books were approved in the Help Thread-Message #9
Total Points--365/1125
Completed Tasks-15/62
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
ColetteGTask 30.9 Should we stay or should we go?
Two book task
Option 1: Stay
Book A: Brave New World
Dystopian, takes place in London, England (UK)
Published 1931
Book B: The Book of Aron
War, holocaust genre takes place in Warsaw, Poland (EU)
30 points for task
1 golden oldie for Brave New World published 1931
ColetteG10.10 Can you read the top Row?
Read a book with a person wearing glasses (sunglasses) on the cover
The Girls
by Emma Cline
10 points for task
Pamela326510.8. Happy Birthday
Nursing the Soldier's Heart by Merrilee Whren - Village of Hope #2
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 480
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
KATIEGIRL20.10 - Group Reads
One of the Group Reads choices.
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin
Participated in discussion thread, message 26.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Total tasks: 14
BB total: 1
GO total: 1
perletwo20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer - Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
Diagnoses from the Dead: The Book of Autopsy - DeaD
Points this task: 20
Total points: 490
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 24
perletwo10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........" - Read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the page of the list on which your book is found.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is on page 2 of the list.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 25
Post #1030.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 3: Leo/Lion: The Goblin Wood
Courage and Bravery to stand up to humans to save the goblins, and while doing so, not turning into that which you despise by doing a lot of evil in the name of good (Makenna).
Tobin by his discovery that there are multiple points of view and one must discover the what is the truth by facing their enemy and discovering where danger lies, as well as his alliance.
Option 4: June/Juno: The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge Female author
Points this post:30
Total Points:210
Books read: 15
Tasks Done: 11
Jayme(the ghostreader)School's Out
book of choice-One Good Knightby Mercedes Lackey
Books Read 4
Tasks Completed 3
Big Books 0
Task Points 5
Grand Total 50/1125
Task 25.7 – SpiderMac – Get Your Run On!Option 3 – Word “RUN” intact in title (can be combo if preserves the meaning)
The Last Runaway
Option 5 – BIOGRAPHY about a sports
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Approved in HELP Thread
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Sheila20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2.
Seduction in Death by J.D. RobbJ.D. Robb = Nora Roberts
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver(approved in help thread)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 2. Signed books:
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy ChevalierTotal Points - 460
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: July 9, 2015
Task 25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar read 6/23
Option 3: That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White & Zombies (the word is that) - read 7/7
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points to Date: 250
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 2
Elizabeth B5.2
#6 in a series
Just a Bit Ruthless, e-book, approved for length msg#5701
10.6
genre crime Kisscut
30.10
Option A3: author's initials found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH.
Written in the Stars Alix Bekins (AB)
Option B1: dog on the cover
Points 45
Total: 30+45=75
Elizabeth B25.4
Option 1. One book must be long (300 pages or more) and one must be short (less than 300 pages)
Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela (320 pgs)
Rattlesnake (240 pgs)
25.7
Option 1: swimmer on the cover
(approved from task creator)Option 6: The Last Thing He Needs, the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”.
Points: 50
Total: 75+50=125
30.9 - Catherine T - Should We Stay Or Should We Go?I chose option 2
2A - EU country (not UK) - horror/dystopia/post-apocolyptic - Itsy Bitsy Spider by Willow Rose - approved in the help thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2B - UK any other genre - The House At Riverton - by Kate Morton - the paperback has 599 pages The House at Riverton so I'm claiming one big book.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75/1125
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Lisa MDTASKS IN PROGRESS
25.2 Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1: First Letter of each word in title found in S W INGING MEDA L LIONS
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman
Book 2: Option A - "Music" genre
1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year by David Hepworth
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TASKS THIS POST: 1
POINTS THIS POST: 25
GOLDEN OLDIE TICKETS:
BIGGER IS BETTER TICKETS:
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TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 9/62
TOTAL POINTS COMPLETED: 200/1125
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 13
TOTAL GOLDEN OLDIE TICKETS:
TOTAL BIGGER IS BETTER TICKETS: 1
5.1 A Different ViewAcross the Universe by Beth Revis #26 on 5/16
10.3 Time for vacation
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan is set in Paris after page 43
10.7 Give me your tired your poor
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni #80 as of 7/9
15.4 The Gift of Life: Donate Blood
A. Bloodroot by Cynthia Riggs
B. The Drowning Girls by Paula Treick DeBoard DeBoard
15.5 Summer in the City
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
20.4 Golden Oldie--Heather(Gibby's) task--TheGolden Age
The Just City by Jo Walton okayed on thread post #29
today's total: 75
Grand total: 475
Jaclyn TX15.5 - Summer in the City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban" such as urban legends, urban, urban-fantasy, urban-planning, urbanism. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Shelved as "Fantasy>Urban Fantasy" on main page by 685 users
This post: 15
Total points: 175
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Tasks completed: 16
Julia10325.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option 5: League of Dragons by Naomi Novik (doodlepaiNtiNg)
Option 6: 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
Claiming one BB ticket - 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion has 576 pages
This post: 25 points,
Total points: 125
BB: 1
GO: 1
Total tasks completed: 8
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeOption 3
I read Here I Am, which is 582 pp, making it over 360 pp and eligible for a ********Big Book********** ticket.
Points: 115
books read: 15
tasks completed: 13
tasks in progress: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Big books: 1
pages read: 5130
FANDURY20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre.
Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay
Horror is one of the main page genres.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
babbling c10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
June 20 is World Refugee Day. Read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America - audiobook Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America - paperback pg 240 by Firoozeh Dumas
#44, on pg 1
10.9. Smile
Read a book with Humor or Funny as a main page genre.
First Grave on the Right - audiobook Primera tumba a la derecha - paperback pg 346 by Darynda Jones
Humor 229 users
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 1. "Beware the ides of March" (Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene2): Read a book where an assassination or assassination plot is key to the story. Books can be fiction or non-fiction.
Required: If it is not obvious from the GR description, explain how the book fits the task in your post.
11/22/63 - audiobook 11/22/63- paperback pg 1,050 by Stephen King
this a big book: 1050
30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Read a book set predominantly (at least 80%) in one community during one season of the year: spring, summer, fall or winter.
Old Town Alexandria - Winter
The Diva Wraps It Up - kindle The Diva Wraps It Up - paperback pg 304 by Krista Davis
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community set during a different season of the year.
Old Town Alexandria - Summer
The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss -kindle The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss paperback pg 304 by Krista Davis
THIS POST
Points: 70
Completed Tasks: 4
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total This Season
Points: 205/1125
Completed Tasks:14/62
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 7,088
Books read this season: 17
Kait25.11 - Amanda A's Task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
Third Floor - A book made up of a collection of short stories or essays.
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach -- There are 60+ essays in this book: Soap Opera, To Do or Not To Do, 42 Minutes and Holding..., The Way I Can't See It, Picture Imperfect are the first five essays
Fourth Floor - A book that is an illuminated novel or a graphic novel.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson -- Graphic novel
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 40
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
perletwo20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged - Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements sorted alphabetically by symbol, spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
Speak Softly, She Can Hear
CAN: Ca=Calcium, N=Nitrogen
Points this task: 20
Total points: 520
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 26
Readerboard name Kathy P20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God
My word is Fire
F - Fluorine
I - Iodine
Re - Rhenium
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Total Points: 145
Total Books: 8
Total Tasks: 8
REPOST:20.4 Golden Oldie--Heather(Gibby's) task--TheGolden Age
1. The Just City by Jo Walton
okayed on thread post #29
Leaves Grand total still at 475
Coralie10.2 Bobble heads
Book set in outer space and planets other than Earth (as shown by genre space opera)
Use of Weapons
30.1 North to Alaska
Option 2: Book with 'sister' in title
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories
Option 3: book by an author whose initials are in mountain maRatHon
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
This post 40 points
Total to date 275 points
Susan W.5.6 Abstract Design: Read a book with an abstract cover design.
I read
by V.E. SchwabThis book cover was in the approved cover section of the task help thread.
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25.4 MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
This is a two book task.
Book 1: Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates
(Newer: First published in 2012, Longer: 336 pages, Part of a series: Book 2 in the Magical Bakery Mysteries)
Book 2: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
(Older: First published in 1898, Shorter: 232 pages, Stand alone book)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 80
25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre PompidouFirst Floor: read a book set at least 50% of the time in Paris
Book read: A Mesa Voadora by Luís Fernando Veríssimo
This book is full of essays about restaurants and French cuisine, and at least 60% is set in Paris.
Fourth Floor: read an illuminated novel or a graphic novel.
Book read: Giovaníssima by Giovanna Casotto (graphic novel)
Points this post: 25
Total: 335
15.5 - Summer in the CityGenre containing Urban on Main Page: Urban Fantasy
The Man With the Golden Torc | Simon R. Green | 398 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 2: Author Marianne de Pierres has signed Tien's Books
Angel Arias |Marianne de Pierres | 270 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
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25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Factions: War Genre on Main Page
Broken Wings | D.G. Torrens | 155 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ |
Option 2: Race: Cover has people of at least two different races on cover.
Impact My Life | Elisa Pulliam | 161 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
Cover Required:
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30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1: Book about Sisters : Ruby and Opal
Ruby | Lauraine Snelling | 320 Pages | ♥ ♥ ♥ |
Option 4: Read a book written by a female author
Shine Light | Marianne de Pierres | 229 Pages | ♥ ♥ ♥ |
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Points This Post: 90
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 475/1125
BB Total: 2
GO Total: 2
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.7 - Purple Reign
Read a book with one of the following royal ranks in the title/subtitle: King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Duke, Duchess, Marquess, Marchioness, Earl, Countess, Viscount, Viscountess, Baron, Baroness. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
The Chess Queen Enigma -- Colleen Gleason
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Points: 5
Total Points: 255
Morgan Faeriesfolly10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations
The Spiritglass Charade -- Colleen Gleason
Set entirely in London. From the description: "The list of clues piles up: an unexpected murder, a gang of pickpockets, and the return of vampires to London. But are these events connected? As Uncle Sherlock would say, "there are no coincidences." It will take all of Mina's wit and Evaline's muscle to keep London's sinister underground at bay."
[POINTS]
Points: 10
Total Points: 265
Didi30235.6 - Abstract Design
Read a book with an abstract cover design.
Fates and Furies
by Lauren GroffCURRENT POST
Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 135
Didi30235.9 - Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books. (page 1)
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 140
Didi30235.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Season of the Witch by Árni Þórarinsson
Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 145
Didi302315.9 - Listen Up
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award.
Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life by Michael Strahan
Literary Awards
Audie Award for Personal Development (2016)
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 160
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20.2 - Sweet Summer
Option D
Surrender to Me by Shayla Black
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 95
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 6