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message 1201: by Amy (new)

Amy (azulaco) | 273 comments Amy O.

10.8. Happy Birthday - book that is 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th in a series

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
(Persepolis #2)

Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2


message 1202: by Pamela (new)

Pamela (pamela3265) | 952 comments Pamela3265

10.3. Time for vacation

A Mother For Amanda by Anna Schmidt - Set in Yellowstone


Points this post: 10
Total Points: 630
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 1203: by Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Dlmrose | 18433 comments Mod
Midpoint


message 1204: by Amy (new)

Amy (azulaco) | 273 comments Amy O.

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty

Option Three: Flowers - book with flower name in title

Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit by Catherine James


Option Six: Signature - book whose title begins with a letter in your readerboard name

You Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes by Nathan Rabin

Starts with Y - my readerboard name is Amy O.



Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2


message 1205: by Jukka (new)

Jukka Särkijärvi (nitessine) | 718 comments JUKKA

25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Read a pair of opposites.
Joulu Toijalan takana by Tauno Yliruusi is 1. a short book at 196 pages, 2. older, published in 1963, and 3. standalone.
The Worldwound Gambit by Robin D. Laws is 2. a long book, at 432 pages, 2. newer, published in 2011, and 3. the fourth book of Pathfinder Tales.

Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0

Total Points: 305/1125
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 22/62
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0


message 1206: by Christine (new)

Christine | 917 comments Christine V

10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Murder on the Links I read this audio edition - Link to top MMP.

Murder on the Links was first published in 1923. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***

Points this post: 10
GO Tickets this post: 1

Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)


message 1207: by Daphne (new)

Daphne (daphnesm) | 486 comments Reader Name: Daphne


5.8 - Summer Baby
1st published in 1984
Books of Blood: Volume Two


message 1208: by Dee (last edited Jul 16, 2016 06:31AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 8947 comments Delicious Dee

10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Taking the Heat - found on the 2016 list, as a winner for the romance genre

Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 550


message 1209: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (elizabeth_greece) | 1160 comments Elizabeth B

5.5
an abstract noun in the title/subtitle
law - Shawn's Law

15.8
New Adult genre Save of the Game

25.6
Option 2: Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location Have A Little Faith In Me, ebook only, approved at msg#5707 (set in Mississipi, Georgia and Texas)
Option 4: author's initials to JOAN MITCHELL Tara Lain (miTcheLl) The Pack or the Panther, e-book only, approved at line 2451 of the spreadsheet

25.9
Option 1. genre War Acting Out
Option 4. set in two countries In Too Deep (US and Canada)

Points: 70
Total points: 275


message 1210: by Julia (new)

Julia (julia103) | 2718 comments Julia103

20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400

Option 4: A Study in Sable (genre=urban fantasy)

This post: 20 points,
Total points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 1
Total tasks completed: 11


message 1211: by Cynthia (last edited Jul 16, 2016 07:07AM) (new)

Cynthia (cynthiabaxter) | 4 comments CYNBAXTER
Task # 25.02 – 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.

Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
**This is a Big Book (608 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket

Book 2: "Music" or "Dance" main page genre

Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, genre verified by Suzanne Message 26. This is a book about how the play was written and analysis of the process. Amazing journey

Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 125 points

BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0


message 1212: by Andrea (new)

Andrea loafer

30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
option 1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles: Best Surf Songs.

Take Me with You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
song = "You and Your Heart" by Jack Johnson
word = You

Option 2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
GR friend is Anne Bogel

points: 30

total: 225
BB: 2
GO: 2
tasks completed: 14


message 1213: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) | 1770 comments Oma1229

10.2. Bobble heads

Read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth.

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One

Read a book from the 2016 Best Genre Fiction list or the 2015 Best Genre Fiction List

Read-alikes and short list books may be used, as well as the main selection. If a series is listed, without any particular book specified, you may read any book from that series.

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

The list was 2015 Best Genre Fiction and the book was a Historical Fiction read-alike


Total Points--Total Points--385/1125
Completed Tasks-17/62
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()



message 1214: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) | 1770 comments Oma1229

20.1 - 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.

Real Murders by Charlaine Harris


My word is Real

RE-Rhenium
Al=Aluminum


Total Points--Total Points--405/1125
Completed Tasks-18/62
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()



message 1215: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) | 1770 comments Oma1229

25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft

I chose options #3 and #5

Option 3:-creatures you want to beat in the game.

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

This book was found on The Different Perspectives List on page 1

Option 5:- read a book that has been turned into a movie.

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0

Link to Movie

Claiming The Jungle Book as GO book as it was published in 1895


Total Points--Total Points--430/1125
Completed Tasks-19/62
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()



message 1216: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) | 1770 comments Oma1229

30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska


I chose options #2 and #3

Option 2:-Read a book with the word “sister” found intact in the TITLE (subtitles do not count). Sisterhood, Sisters, Sisterly, etc., all work.

Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris

Option 3:- Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON. All initials should be included. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the phrase.

Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron


Total Points--Total Points--460/1125
Completed Tasks-20/62
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()



message 1217: by Ann A (last edited Jul 16, 2016 09:14AM) (new)

Ann A (readerann) | 1091 comments 10.1 - Another Kind of Trip
American Gods: Author's Preferred Text
#44 on the Best Reality Warping Fiction list

*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 541 pages

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
The Quiche of Death
#10 on the Best Cozy Mystery series list

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option Two: Crazy Shapes
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
The wheel/hubcap is a circle. Approved in the Help Thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Option Four: People
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
This qualifies as "more than one author" since all these short stories are by different authors

*** Two Big Book Tickets claimed - 832 pages

Points this post: 55
Total points: 90
Total Big Book tickets: 3


message 1218: by Christi (new)

Christi Reynard | 406 comments Creynard

10.3. Time for vacation


Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Set in London.

Points this post: 10
Total points: 385

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Completed Tasks: 27/62
Books read: 40
Pages: 12,963


message 1219: by Candy (new)

Candy | 151 comments CANDY

30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer

Option A-3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH: Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Option B-1: read a book with a dog on the cover: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total Points: 100
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1


message 1220: by BellaGBear (new)

BellaGBear | 261 comments BellaGBear

task 30.4
book 1, option 1: Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

book 2, option 4: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs written by Jane Jacobs

>Points: 30

task 30.8 Brexit stay
book 1: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
book 2: Zorro by Isabel Allende This book is mainly about the youth of Zorro in Spain

>Points 30

total points this post: 60
total points challenge: 140


message 1221: by Kaity (new)

Kaity | 358 comments Kait

10.5 - But Watch Out - It's Hurricane Season!
A book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie -- Agatha Christie from the Pacific list

The Murder on the Links qualifies as a Golden Oldie as it was first published in 1923.



Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 1

Total Points: 50
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1


message 1222: by Pam (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) Bluegrass Pam

30.6 Generation Gap
Bk 1- First pub. decade you were born. Bk 2- 30 years before or after the decade you were born.

I was born in the 1960s.

Book 1: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (pub. 1969)

Book 2: Of Mice and Men byJohn Steinbeck (pub. 1937)
** claiming one golden oldies ticket **

Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
Total GO: 1


message 1223: by Camilla (new)

Camilla | 501 comments 5.2 - Cubism
Veren perintö

5.10 - School's Out!
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Paris to the Moon (4 words) by Adam Gopnik (4/6 letters)

15.7 - See the Light
Askel tyhjyyteen by Agatha Christie
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB Pourquoi pas Evans ?

15.9 - Listen Up
The Age of Miracles Audie Award for Science Fiction (2013)

20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4. You and Me against the World
Horror verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Points this post: 75
Points total: 140
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13


message 1224: by Mhairi (new)

Mhairi | 348 comments 15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko

Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Points this post: 15
Points in total: 290
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 4


message 1225: by Barbara ★ (new)

Barbara ★ | 1573 comments BARBARA ★


10.2 - Bobble heads
Born of Fury - Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/15
(set in outer space)
BIG BOOK: 704 pages

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30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Option 1: No Limits - Alison Kent (LIMITS) 7/16
(Out of Limits by The Marketts)

Option 4: Vampire Most Wanted - Lynsay Sands (set in California USA) 6/27

Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 245

Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)


message 1226: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1578 comments 15.10 - Lifelong Learning

book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - found on the Literature and Language Arts list

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115/1125

Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies 0

Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()


message 1227: by Melanie (new)

Melanie Greene (dakimel) | 816 comments Dakimel

10.2 Bobble Heads
The Fifth Season
"the vast continent known as the Stillness"

15.2 Colors and Sounds
A: What Happened at Midnight - MIDNIGHT
B: Hillbilly Rockstar (Blacktop Cowboys, #6) by Lorelei James

15.6 Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
4: X: A Novel by Kekla Magoon and Ilyasah Shabazz
6: Double Blind

30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Nobody But You (summer in Cedar Ridge) &
My Kind of Wonderful (winter in Cedar Ridge)

30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
1: Mr. Splitfoot - MR.
2: Jane Steele - rated 5* by Pia (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9...)

30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A3: The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
B3: Without a Trace (2008)

TALLY:
This post - 155 points
Total - 505


Angel **Book Junkie** 20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option A: Mythology Genre on Main Page
Sweet Venom | Tera Lynn Childs | 364 Pages | ♥♥♥ |

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30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska


Option 2: Sister in Title
My Sister's Keeper | Mary H. Collins | 142 Pages | ♥♥ |

Option 3: Author Initials found in Mountain Marathon: Isobel Hope
Ready | Isobel Hope | 218 Pages | ♥♥ |

♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ ♡
This Post
Points This Post: 50
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 655/1125
BB Total: 4
GO Total: 2


message 1229: by Catie (new)

Catie | 185 comments 30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
This is a two book task. Read a book from two different lists.

Citrus on the Cover

Vampires in the Lemon Grove - Karen Russell

Number 13 on list.
Cover I read: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
Cover on list: Vampires in the Lemon Grove And Other Stories by Karen Russell

Apples on the Cover

Forbidden Fruit: From The Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Abelard and Heloise

111 on the list
Cover I read, and cover on list: Forbidden Fruit From The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Héloïse d'Argenteuil

Points this post: 30
Points total: 70

Tasks completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1 - 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()

Books read: 4
Pages read: 1271


message 1230: by Cait S (last edited Jul 16, 2016 06:08PM) (new)

Cait S | 738 comments Cait S

25.3- Make It Pretty

Book #1- Option 2
To put crazy shapes on your painting, read a book that has a square, circle, or heart on the cover.

The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan by David Levithan

Book #2- Option 6
To put your signature on your painting, read a book in which the first letter/number of the first word in the title matches any letter/number in your Readerboard name.

The Cross of Lead by Avi

Children's Genre Info: MG, 5.0, 7.0

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 12


message 1231: by Sandy, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Sandy | 16893 comments Mod
15.2 - Colors and Sounds
For book A, I read The Woman in Blue, with the color word "blue" in the title.

For book B, I read A Study in Sable (Elemental Masters #11) by Mercedes Lackey , with a violin on the cover.

15.9 - Listen Up
I read World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks - Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance, 2014.

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
I read The Green Road by Anne Enright. Ms. Enright is one of the UAE alumni listed in the task.

Points this post: 50
Total points: 510


message 1232: by Diane (new)

Diane (didi3023) | -18 comments Didi3023

5.1 - A Different View
Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list.
Page 1 #17
Middlemarch by George Eliot

CURRENT POST
Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 165


message 1233: by Diane (new)

Diane (didi3023) | -18 comments Didi3023

20.1 - 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.
Autistic: AU (GOLD) TI (Titanium) S (Sulfur) TI (Titanium) C (Carbon)
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin

CURRENT POST
Points: 20
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 185


message 1234: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Hickman (lbhick) | 1527 comments Lisa MD

TASKS COMPLETED:

25.3 Maya's Task : Make it Pretty

Book 1: Option 5 - Author's initial found in DOO DL EPAINTING

The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz

The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4) by David Lagercrantz

Book 2: Option 6 - Signature - 1st letter in title, " I n" matches any letter in my readerboard name, L i sa.

In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

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Tasks This Post: 1
Points This Post: 25

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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 13/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 275/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 18

TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1



message 1235: by Diane (new)

Diane (didi3023) | -18 comments Didi3023

15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Book A - Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title or subtitle. ex. Half-Blood, Hot Blooded, Bloodroot
Midwinter Blood by Mons Kallentoft
Book B - Blood Types: Read a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O.
City of Thieves by David Benioff

CURRENT POST
Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 200


message 1236: by Bianca (new)

Bianca Rose (biancarose) | 245 comments Readerboard name: witchygal

20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age

Option A. Read a book with a main page genre of "Mythology." Genre may be stand alone or embedded.

I read American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It is shelved as "Fantasy>Mythology" by 1182 users. Also has been approved in Message 19 of the help thread for Task 20.4.

I am claiming one Big Book ticket as the book has 635 pages.

Points: 20
Big Book: Yes (1)
Golden Oldie: No
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

OPTION 2: Read a book from Patrick Lenton's list: THE RORY GILMORE READING CHALLENGE.

I read The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon. This is listed as Number 52 on "the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge".

"Children's" is a main page genre (sometimes). AR Bookfinder stats are as follows- IL = UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10.0.

Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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30.9 Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?

Option 1: Stay.

Book A: Vote Stay by reading a book set at least 70% in the UK** with a main page genre of "Horror" or "Dystopia" or "Post-apocalyptic";
AND
Book B: Read a book set at least 70% in a EU country** (excluding the UK). Your EU book should NOT have any of the genres "Horror" or "Dystopia" or "Post-apocalyptic" in its main book page.

I voted to STAY.

For Book A, I read The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey. It is shelved as "Horror" by 1531 users, as "Horror>Zombies" by 813 users and "Science Fiction>Dystopia" by 591 users.

For Book B, I read Zenith Hotel by Oscar Coop-Phane. This book is set in Paris, France and is not shelved as "horror", "Dystopia" or "Post Apocalyptic". The book was originally written in French, however, I read the English version. It IS shelved as "Cultural>France", "Fiction" and "Short Stories".

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Statistics for this post
Points: 70
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 15
Points: 275
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 1


message 1237: by Mai (new)

Mai (jeanphoenix) | 763 comments Mai

20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged

Spell out one word from the title using the symbols of the chemical elements

VALIS by Philip K. Dick

V: Vanadium
Al: Aluminium
I: Iodine
S: Sulfer

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
Golden Oldies: 5


message 1238: by Lauren (new)

Lauren (laurenjberman) LAUREN JODI

30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer

Option A-1: Stars on cover

Breathe by Kristen Ashley
***This is a big book (656 pages)***

Confirmed in post #10 of the task help thread.

Option B-3: Published in 2007

Marked by Moonlight by Sharie Kohler

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 190/1125
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11/62
Big Book Ticket: 1


message 1239: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 1667 comments Post #12

20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400

Option 2: Shallow Grave by Lori G. Armstrong(shows both names in this link aka Lorelei James (Doesn't show pseudonym)

http://authors.simonandschuster.com/L...

Points this post:20
Total Points:245
Books read: 17
Tasks Done: 13


message 1240: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 3382 comments Catherine T

Task 20.10 - Group Reads

read & comment on the chosen book
Beloved by Toni Morrison
comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 1241: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (ebpnd17) | 811 comments Elizabeth P

Task 5.9 - Summer Reading
On first five pages of Popular Summer Reading Books list

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
On page 1 of list

Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 18


message 1242: by Fandury (new)

Fandury | 957 comments 10.8. Happy Birthday

Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series.

Terminus by Adam Baker

The book is 2nd in the Outpost series.


Points this post: 10
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 1243: by Heather(Gibby) (last edited Jul 17, 2016 05:52AM) (new)

Heather(Gibby) (heather-gibby) | 1307 comments 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 1:Read a book by one of the attending authors
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option 4-People-read a book that has more than one author
Broken Harness by Roxanne L. Anderson and Harry F. Wilkins

Option 6-Signature -read a book in which the first letter/number of the first word in the title matches any letter/number
The Winter Family
The T in The Winter Family matches the T Heather

Total New Points: 45
Total Challenge Points: 185
GO's: 3
BB's: 2


message 1244: by Tassie (new)

Tassie | 62 comments 30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods

➜ Read a book about brothers and/or sisters, or read a book with a bird(s) on the cover

Bird on the cover:

The Master Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
The Master Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy, #3) by Charlie N. Holmberg

➜ Read a book written by a female author.

The Dead Key by D.M. Pulley

Points this task: 30
Total points: 130
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 5


message 1245: by Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Dlmrose | 18433 comments Mod
Dlmrose

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer

option A, D-D: Dead Level by Damien Boyd
PB: Dead Level

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime

Option 1, page 1 #28: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color

Pomegranates list pg 1 #12: The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession by Adam Leith Gollner

Citrus List pg 1 #11: Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

total = 545


message 1246: by Wendy UK (new)

 Wendy  UK (wendyuk) | 724 comments 20.3 - New House


Option B:
In the background of the cover picture is an English village - an ideal place to live:

A Question of Inheritance by Elizabeth Edmondson

A Question of Inheritance by Elizabeth Edmondson


Total points 120


message 1247: by Catie (last edited Jul 17, 2016 08:58AM) (new)

Catie | 185 comments 25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites

The Age of Magic - Ben Okri

Standalone
First published 2014
288 pages

The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie

#1 in The First Law series
First published 2006
517 pages

*One BB ticket claimed for The Blade Itself, with 517 pages*

Points this post: 25
Points total: 95

Tasks completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2 - 500+(2) 750+() 1000+()

Books read: 6
Pages read: 2076


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Ems Loves to Read (esondie) | -33 comments Emsreviewsbooks

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Option 3: I read an advance copy of The Scottish Duke by Karen Ranney. It has 384 pages.

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty

Option 5: I read an advance copy of Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare. T and D both appear in DOODLEPAINTING.

Option 6: I read Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout. There are 2 Os in my readerboard name.

25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites

Book 1: Greta and the Glass Kingdom by Chloe Jacobs.

Book 2: reread The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.

Opposites:
Greta
320 pages
published in 2015
#2 in a series

Guernsey
274 pages
published in 2008
stand alone

Points this post: 70
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 27
Tasks Complete: 21


message 1249: by Marina (last edited Jul 17, 2016 11:47AM) (new)

Marina | 428 comments Marina H

10.8. Happy Birthday
The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice #2)

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option 5: Camille by Pierre Lemaitre
Option 6: Midnatssol

30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: Sister
Option 3: En Fortælling Om Hr. Roos by Håkan Nesser

Points this post: 65
Total points: 210


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Dee (austhokie) | 8947 comments Delicious Dee

15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
In Want of a Wife - Jo Goodman

25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 2 - Deep - a portion of the book takes place while the band is on tour, including parts in Portland, OR; New york city, and Nashville, TN
Option 4 - Dirty Thoughts - Megan Erickson - authors initials, ME can be found in JOAN MITCHELL

Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 590


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