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Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - Summer of the Gods
Option One: Book with bird on the cover
by Alan BradleyOption Four: Book written by female author
Mastered by Maya Banks
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 20
CHANDNI20.2 - 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.
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
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This Post: 20
Total Points: 415
Books Read: 30
Completed Tasks: 25
DebraJean30.10. The Dog Days of Summer
Option A3 - A Brief History of Time (author's initials, SH, found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH
Option B1 - A Fistful of Collars,
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
DebraJean30.4 Summer of the Gods
Option 1. A book about brothers and sisters. The Nest is about four siblings and their inheritance.
Option 4. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (female author)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Kait30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1 - A book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential - CD, RS, etc.
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop -- Author's initials are AB
Book 2 - A book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
If You Were Mine by Bella Andre -- Author's initials are BA; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the mass market paperback: If You Were Mine
500 pages combined minimum: Vision in Silver (493 pages) + If You Were Mine (329 pages) = 822 pages total
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 145
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Task 20.4 - The Golden AgeOption C. The Golden Age is often used to refer to a Senior Citizen. Read a book written by an author who was over 65 years old when the book was first published.
Mastodonia (1978) by Clifford D. Simak (Hardcover, 213 pages)
Clifford D. Simak’s Birthdate is August 3, 1904
1978 - 1904 = 74 years old
175 + 20 = 195
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 175 + 20 = 195
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,978
Read but not claimed: 09
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Elizabeth PTask 15.9 - Listen Up
Book that has won an Audie Award
The Witness by Nora Roberts
Won 2013 Audie Award for Romance
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 21
15.9 - Listen UpRead a book that has WON an Audie Award
Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female (2013)
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20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live.
Book was approved on Message 2 of help thread
* This book was an ARC
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
1. Sydney Writer’s Festival: Read a book by one of the attending authors: Authors at SWF2016.
by Aoife Clifford
*This book was an ARC
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Points This Post: 55
Points Total: 235
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 13
GO Total: 1
BB Total:
Pamela32655.10 - School's Out!
Special Delivery Baby by Sherri Shackleford
30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Citrus:
by Jose S. Kilpack - Found on page 1Berries:
by Jose S. Kilpack - Found on page 1Points this post: 35
Total Points: 665
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Blueberry20.4 Opt. C: Read a book that was first published after the author's 65th birthday.
A Palm for Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman. The author's birthdate is June 25, 1923.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 280
Readerboard Name: NICOLA T Task #10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series.
I read number 2 in the "Riley Jenson, Guardian" series by Keri Arthur, Kissing Sin: 
Task#15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories
I chose the category: Social Sciences http://www.ala.org/yalsa/social-sciences
From this category i read Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo : 
Points this post: 25
Points in total: 160
GO total : 1
Nick KY15.1 Rio.
Book 1. Set in South America, I read Peru Before the Incas by Lanning, Edward P.
Book 2. With “Sports” as a GR genre, I read I'm Glad You Didn't Take It Personally by Jim Bouton.
30.5 Daphne’s Season of Growth.
Book 1. From the “Pomegranates on the Cover” list, I read # 18, Dinner with Persephone: Travels in Greece by Patricia Storace.
Book 2. From the “Citrus on the Cover” list, I read # 22 Lemon Tart by Josi S. Kilpack.
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 645
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.02 – Bobble heads
Book 1: Setting in outer space or on a planet other than Earth.
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey - the setting is in space
**This is a Big Book (561 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 170 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Andy P.Task # 10.9. Smile
Read a book with humor as a main page genre.
by David Rosenfelthumor on main page (2 users) also genre verified in message 2 of help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 570
5.5 Abstract NounsMy word is Elegance
The Ballet of the Planets: A Mathematician's Musings on the Elegance of Planetary Motion by Donald Benson
20.1 Most Improved--Sarah E's Task--Periodically Challenged:
The Race by Nina Allan (read the Advanced Reader's Copy)
Word is Race; Ra=Radium, Ce = Cerium
20.2 Rookie at the Top--Chrissy's Task--Sweet Summer:
Option A: Title word is Sisters
Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz
20.8 Nickels & Dimes--Tien's Task--Authors in Real Life:
Eden by Candice Fox
Today's Total 65
Grand Total 540
Shawn H.20.2 - 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.
Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick
- EXQUISITE- starts and ends in E
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Big Ticket Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
option 4, urban fantasy genre: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
option 1, swim:
How to Breathe Underwater: Stories by Julie Orringeroption 2, bike, page 1 #43: Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
option 1, stay:
book 1 UK dystopia: Millennium People by J.G. Ballard
genre verified post 163
book 2, EU country Malta: Sign of the Cross by Thomas Mogford
total = 1015
Delicious Dee5.4 - In the Shadows
Girl in the Blue Coat - while she is mostly off-page of the book, the unintentional main character is a young Jewish girl missing in WW2 netherlands; there are several other Jewish characters who appear throughout
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 645
DebraJean50.1-Summer reading fun
Option B - series number after #1- The Twelve (#2 in The Passage series)
Option C - published in 2016 - The City of Mirrors (published May 24, 2016)
Option F - Read any book Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Points this post- 50
Total points - 110
30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?Option 1
Book A, horror genre and set in UK: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, set in England
Book B, not horror, dystopia or post-apocalyptic and set in EU country: Dubliners by James Joyce, set in Ireland
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
5.9 - Summer ReadingPage 2 of Popular Summer Reads
Me Before You I Jojo Moyes I 481 Pages I ♥♥♥♥♥ I
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15.9 - Listen Up
Book won Audie Award for Fiction - 2016
The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | 440 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ |
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Points This Post: 20
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 790/1125
BB Total: 6
GO Total: 2
Julia10330.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: Sister of Mine: A Novel
Option 3: If I Am Not for Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew by Mike Marqusee
This post: 30 points,
Total points: 255
BB: 1
GO: 1
Total tasks completed: 14
Post #1625.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Factions
The Moon Is Down
War 76 users Main Page Genre
Option 3: Class
Different Perspective Books: What They Always Tell Us Page 3 # 211
Points this post:25
Total Points:325
Books read: 23
Tasks Done: 17
Lisa MDTASKS COMPLETED:
25.6 Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Book 1: Option 2 - Takes place in two clearly defined locations - Paris & Ireland
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnès Martin-Lugand
Book 2: Option 4 - Author initials found in JOAN MITCHELL
Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott
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Tasks This Post: 1
Points This Post: 25
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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 19/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 370/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 26
TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1
FANDURY20.1 - 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.
The Book of the Crowman by Joseph D'Lacey
I spell out the word BOOK:
B - Boron
O - Oxygen
O - Oxygen
K - Potassium
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
loafer15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
mass mkt pb: The Eyre Affair
category: literature and language arts
points: 15
total: 265
BB: 3
GO: 2
tasks completed: 17
Kim A20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age - Read a book with a main page genre of "Mythology."
Lullaby by Amanda Hocking
*Genre verified here
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 650
loafer25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Book 1/Option 2: Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
paperback (no mmpb): TransAtlantic
Book 2/Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy
Joan MitchelL
points: 25
total: 290
BB: 3
GO: 2
tasks completed: 18
Cindy FTask 30.3 Wipe Out
Option 1: Surf word in song title
"You" from You and Your Heart
Hush Now, Don't You Cry by Rhys Bowen
Option 4: Book set in California USA
Set in San Francisco CA
15th Affair by James Patterson
Points this post:30
Total points:180
Tasks completed:10
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - New House
Option B: Cover shows a place you'd like to live
by Robyn CarrA cabin in the middle of the mountains sounds pretty good to me!
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 22
perletwo30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version) - Choose two options below and read a book whose title would work for an answer. The answer can be serious, sarcastic or funny. Required: Include the question with your answer in it when you post so we can all enjoy your answer choice.
2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for Vengeance.
5) What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard? A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 815
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 58
Tasks completed: 37
Readerboard name Kathy P15.9 - Listen Up
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Total Points: 270
Total Books: 15
Total Tasks: 15
10.6 - June 8 is "Name Your Poison" dayMurder in Passy by Cara Black - 7/29/16
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 50
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day. Neiti Marplen viimeinen juttu
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB Sleeping Murder
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A: Rosie of the River RiveR
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners?: An Anthology of Science Fiction Horror
Book 2: My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
Approved in task help thread msg #12, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1. The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott initials RS, 286 pages
Book 2. The Sancy Blood Diamond: Power, Greed, and the Cursed History of One of the World's Most Coveted Gems by Susan Ronald initials SR, 338 pages
286 + 338 = 624 pages
Points this post: 85
Points total: 475
GO total: 1
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 36
Delicious Dee15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
1 book option
Written in My Own Heart's Blood - blood in title, ABO all found in Gabaldon - (big book ticket - 750pgs+) I listened to the audiobook, but the most popular paperback has 864pgs
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Option 2 - Defying the Odds - my friend Heather in FL rated it 5stars in Feb 2012
Option 4 - Be Mine Forever - set in California, USA
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 690
Janice CA20.8 - Authors in Real Life
Option 3: Read an autobiography/memoir of an author. This author must have published at least one (1) book that is not related to him/herself.
Author has also published four books of fiction.
Liar by Rob Roberge
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total: 70
tasks: 5
books: 5
Oldies: 2
25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou1st floor, set in Paris: French Milk by Lucy Knisley
4th floor, a graphic novel: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
Megs25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Dragon Heart 1 - short book (288 pages) 2 - new (first published 2015) 3 - standalone
Book 2: Oryx and Crake 1 - long book (378 pages) 2 - older (first published 2003) 3 - part of a series (MaddAddam #1)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
perletwo25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!? - Read a book that has a cover showing a vibrant and colourful room. The cover should show brightly coloured walls, rugs, furniture and/or decorations to be considered a colorful room. Required: Post the cover.
Dead Men Don't Crochetapproved here
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. Required: Include the real name of the painting that provided the inspiration for your title and explain how the title fits the painting when you post.
Tableau I, by Piet Mondrian
Off the Grid: A Monkeewrench Novel - the painting is an abstracted, slightly embellished version of a simple grid.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 840
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 60
Tasks completed: 38
Pamela326525.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1: Alaskan Sanctuary by Teri Wilson - Swinging medAllions
Book 2: Twice in a Lifetime by Marta Perry - Set in Charleston, South Carolina
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 3: The Trouble With Harriet by Wilma Counts - Word: With
Option 4: Her Texas Family by Jill Lynn - Joni mitcheLl
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 715
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.2 - Sweet SummerOption 1. A word in the title begins and ends with the same letter - Stories:
Untold Stories by Alan Bennett
***Big Book*** - I read it on Kindle but the paperback has 658 pages: Untold Stories
Total points 140
FANDURY50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Read a book with a main page genre from the following list: Business, Christian, Classics, Fantasy, History or Historical Fiction, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction or Self-Help.
An Occupation of Angels by Lavie Tidhar
Book has Main Page Genre Fantasy.
Option B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series.
Death Comes To Kurland Hall by Catherine Lloyd
Book is # 3 in the Mary St. Kurland Mystery series.
Option E: Read a book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016, the start of the Summer 2016 challenge.
The Religious Body by Catherine Aird
The book was added to my TBR-list on 18.10.2015
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cindy C.Task 20.3: Best Review-Terri FL's task: New House
Option A: My ideal house or location to live would be
The Way to Rainy Mountain
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Task 50.1: Pamela3265'stask: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Read a book with the main page genre of Religion.
Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
Option B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series. My book is ninth in the series.
The Cat Who Went Underground
Option E: Read a book from my "To Read" list that was added before June 1, 2016. My book was added October 16, 2012.
Girl The Reaper
Points this post: 70
Total points: 370
Total tasks: 15
Post #1710.9. Smile
Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 05 Humor on main page, and if it has dropped again, approved in help thread post #45
Points this post:10
Total Points:335
Books read: 24
Tasks Done: 18
Catherine TTask 5.9 - Summer Reading
read a book from the list
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
on p5 of list
Task 30.9
option 1 - Stay
book A - read a book set in the UK with MPG dystopia
The Chimes by Anna Smaill
set in London, UK
book B - read a book set in an EU country with no MPG dystopia etc
Snow Woman by Leena Lehtolainen
set in Finland, part of EU
Task 50.1 - Summer Reading Fun
option A - read a book with MPG romance
Mister Black by P.T. Michelle
option B - read a book in a series
Stone Cold Surrender by Brenda Jackson
#4 in series
option F - read a book of my choice
Silver Lake by Elizabeth Basque
Reader Name: Daphne10.2
Set in Space and the space station Ahura-3
The Absconded Ambassador
10.9. Smile
MPG: Humor
The Vesuvius Club
15.9 - Listen Up
Audie Award
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Page 13
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 680
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Read a book from one of YALSA's lists of 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners.
I read Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle, from the History and Cultures list.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 320
DebraJean20.7 - The Queen of Crime
Option 1 -The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - found on page 1 of Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia
Points this post - 20
Total points - 130
25.1 Andy P's Task: Pairs:Book 1. Feet of Clay by Ruth Birmingham Body pair: Feet
Book 2 The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes LackeyMercedes LackeyJames Mallory
25.2 Perletwo's Task--I Love Beach Music:
Book 1 All In by Simona Ahrnstedt SwInging Medallions.
Book 2 Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Verified on Task Thread #27.
25.3 Maya's Task--Make It Pretty":
Option 5 Spell Found by Leighann Dobbs Paperback edition Spell Found Doodlepainting.
Option 6
After All These Years by Kathleen Gilles Seidel Paperback edition After All These Years My Readerboard name Donna Jo
25.4 MegSCL's Task--A Pair of Opposites:
Book 1: Long (380 pp), Series (#9), Pup year 2016
League of Dragons by Naomi Novik
Book 2: Short (240 pp) , series (no), Pub year 1952
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Today's Total: 100
Grand Total: 640
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25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft - Option 2: Race - For this option, read a book with a cover that shows at least two persons, that have a obvious difference in race or ethnicity. Required: Include the cover when you post.
Option 5: The Film - For this option, read a book that has been turned into a movie or read one of the Warcraft novels that Blizzard published to accompany the game. If choosing the movie option, the movie must be a theatrical release, no television mini-series. Required: If you choose the movie option, link to the movie on IMDB.
Horns - IMDB page
Points this task: 25
Total points: 785
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 56
Tasks completed: 36