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Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Brooke TX25.5 - Dakimel’s Task: An Homage to The Toast
A: Mallory Ortberg – Read an SRC-qualifying book by any of the authors* named in the Texts From Jane Eyre Reference List. By J.K. Rowling:
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
B: Nicole Cliffe – Read an SRC-qualifying book either from the Wilderness Accidents and Deaths List or from the first five pages of the Best Canadian Literature List. Found on page 3 of the Best Canadian Literature List:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 650
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 57
Mai30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option Book with the word “sister” found intact in the TITLE
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Option 3: Author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
On Violence by Hannah Arendt
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 27
Golden Oldies: 6
VAL TX10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day. - Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Mystery > Crime = 1,375 users
Book first published in 1939, claiming a GO ticket.
This post:
Points - 10
GO Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 160
GO Tickets - 1
MEGSCL25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 4: The World: read a book that is set in at least 2 different primary countries. The Woman Who Stole My Life
Set in both Ireland and USA, as per first two sentences of the GR description.
*531 pages – 1 big book ticket
Option 5: The Film: read a book that has been turned into a movie.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373889/
*766 pages – 2 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE:
points: 225
big book tickets: 6
perletwo10.3. Time for vacation - Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations: World's Best Vacation Spots
An Old Betrayal is set entirely in London.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1000
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 75
Tasks completed: 51
Creynard15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A: Emerald City by Jennifer Egan
"Emerald" is my color word in the title.
Book B:
by Katy EvansGuitar on the cover.
Points this post: 15
Points total: 560
KATIEGIRL10.7 - Give me your tired, your poor
A book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Number 25 on the list.
Originally published in 1913. Claiming as GOLDEN OLDIE ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 450
Total tasks: 24
BB total: 3
GO total: 2
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 3: Run
Read a book with the word “run” in the title
by Peter MayRunaway
Option 6: Hammock
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”
by Elizabeth LowellI in I or chill
A in A or Rather
S in Sounds
Points this post: 25
Total points: 940
Nick KY15.5 Summer in the City. I read Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier by Edward L. Glaeser, with “Urban Planning” and “Urbanism” as embedded GR genres.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 980
Kristi CO30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1: bird on cover
by Eowyn IveyOption 4: female author
The Summer Before the War: A Novel by Helen Simonson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Cindy C.Task 20.5-Bigger is Better-TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare at 400
Option 1: Read a book in where an assassination or assassination plot is key to the story. In this book, one of the characters, Nico Hadrian, tried to assassinate the president twice and the second time he succeeded in assassinating the first lady.This event put him the St. Elizabeth's Hospital, where many of the events in the book take place.
The Inner Circle
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Task 25.9-Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre of War.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Option 5: Read a book that has been turned into a movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/?...
Room
Points this post: 45
Total points: 470
Total tasks: 20
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - A Pair of Opposites
Read books that are opposites in the three listed ways.
I read The Last Witness by K.J. Parker, which is (1) a short book (141p) that was (2) published recently (2015) and (3) is a standalone.
I then read Grimspace by Ann Aguirre which is (1) a longer book (312p) that was (2) published a while ago (2008) and (3) is part of a series.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 515
Kristen IA15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B
A - Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE. Subtitles should be ignored. Spaces determine words. All words count.
B - Read a book by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts (first, middle, other, last) with exactly 4 OR 6 letters in every part. All name parts must be considered. Spaces determine names. One qualifying contributor in a book by multiple authors works.
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag – 584 pages
A - Secrets to the Grave = 4 words in title
B - Tami/Hoag = 4/4 letters in each part of author's name
***** I claim 1 Big Book Ticket *****
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Points this post: 15
Total Points: 355/1125
Books Read: 24
Tasks Complete: 17
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
TASK NUMBER :5.8 - Summer BabyTASK DESCRIPTION: Book First Published in 1984
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: John Updike
DATE READ: 8/17/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Book First Published in 1984
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 445
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.3 - June, July and August
Book A: I read The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Newton (paperback) - 4 words in the title.
Book B: I read Mythic, Volume 1 by Phil Hester and John McCrea - both authors have 4/6 letter names.
Previous point total: 515
New points this post: 15
Total points: 530
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 26
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 4
Pamela326515.10 - Lifelong Learning
Category: History and Cultures
Audiobook: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Paperback VersionThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Option 1: Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard - Dystopia MPG
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 915
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Coralie20.3 New House
Option A:
My ideal house or location to live would be
London
50.1 Summer Reading Fun
Option A: book with genre Science Fiction
Pandora's Star
Option E: book on my 'To Read' list since November 7, 2014
The English Teacher
Option F: book of my choice
London Under
This post 70 points
Total to date 675 points
Reader Name: Daphne10.1. Another Kind of Trip
Best Reality Warping Fiction
Zerostrata Page 2
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 780
Kim O30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 2 - Cancer/Crab: Read a book with crabs, sea life, or an animal with an exoskeleton on the cover.
(crab)Option 4 - Juno/Juno: Read a book written by a female author.
Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 2
Books read: 13
FANDURY30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1: Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
The decade of my birth is 1970 - 1979.
The Shining by Stephen King
This book was first published 1977.
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP edition has 659 pages: The Shining
I claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this book!
Book 2: Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
I read a book published in the decade 30 years after my birth (2000 - 2009).
Ashes of the Elements by Alys Clare
This book was first published 2000.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 29
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
perletwo10.8. Happy Birthday - Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series. Series name and number must be indicated on Goodreads.
Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1010
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 76
Tasks completed: 52
Mod
I read Middlesex. My comment in the group discussion is found in post 17
25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
For my first book, I went to the Second Floor, and read A Dangerous Talent. The plot of the book is all about art fraud.
For my second book, I went to the Third Floor and read A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories. The book includes 10 stories:
1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2. The River
3. The Life You Save May Be Your Own
4. A Stroke of Good Fortune
5. A Temple of the Holy Ghost
6. The Artificial N*****
7. A Circle in the Fire
8. A Late Encounter with the Enemy
9. Good Country People
10. The Displaced Person(less)
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
For my first book, I chose option A and read Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living - Self Help and Religion are both listed as main page genres (and were noted in the help thread as well, post 6).
For my second book, I chose option B and read The Nursing Home Murder, #3 in the Roderick Alleyn series.
For my third book, I chose option C and read Truly Madly Guilty, first published in 2016.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 960
perletwo10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season! - Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names. Names must match EXACTLY - no variations. The hurricane name can match the first, middle or last name of the author.
Atlantic: Alex
Pacific Rim: The Official Movie Novelization by Alex Irvine
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1020
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 77
Tasks completed: 53
trishhartuk25.6 Jamie NYC’s Task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 2: Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location. Locations must be in separated by at least a state or country border. Required: If it’s not clear from the book’s GRs description, explain how the book fits the task when you post.
The Thunder Keeper, Margaret Coel
The story is split between the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, and Denver Colorado (approved in help thread message #44)
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL. If the book has multiple authors, only one author’s initials must be found in the artist’s name.
A Dangerous Talent, Charlotte and Aaron Elkins
The initials for either Charlotte Elkins or Aaron Elkins can be found in the joAn mitChEll
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
(also approved for Option 1 and listed in the Option 1 approved message)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 615
Tasks completed: 28
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
Creynard10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James
2015 Best Genre Fiction: Romance Short List.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 570
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Tasks completed: 36/62
Books read: 53
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden AgeOption A: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
M1NKSREASSIGNMENT
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
WAS:
NOW:
- Published 1911* I claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
approved in Help Thread # 56
Points this post: -
Total points: 355
Golden Oldies: 11
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 27
M1NKS25.8 - Finally, A Little Vacation
3. author's initals can be found in CANDYLAND
Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder
4. read a book set at least 50% in Illinois or Nevada.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380
Golden Oldies: 11
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 28
M1NKS30.2 - It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: The Sanctuary Sparrow - Spring in Shrewsbury 1140
Book 2: The Virgin in the Ice - Winter in Shrewsbury 1139
30.9 - Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Option 1: Stay -
Book A - The Midwich Cuckoos (UK - Horror)
Book B - Bel-Ami (France) Published 1885
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
30.10 - The Dog Days of Summer
A-3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH
The Satanic Verses 576 pages
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
B1: read a book with a dog on the cover
Points this post: 90
Total points: 470
Golden Oldies: 12
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 31
Nick KY10.7 Give Me Your Tired. I read Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, #39 on immigrant list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 990
Bookwrm526Task #25.11 - Visit the Center Pompidou
Option First Floor - Read a book set at least 50% in Paris. I read The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon, which is already on the list of ebooks approved for length.
Option Fourth Floor - Read an illuminated novel or graphic novel. I read Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu.
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Task #30.10 - The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-3 - Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH. I read Sunset Mantle by Alter S. Reiss.
Option B-1 - Read a book with a dog on the cover. I read The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club by Duncan Whitehead
Points this Post: 55
Total points so far: 570
Sandra50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: book with main page genre Business, Christian, Classics, Fantasy, History or Historical Fiction, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction or Self Help
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The genre 'Science Fiction' is #1 on the book's main page
Option B: book in a series that is not the first book in the series
Resistant by Michael Palmer
Book #3 in the 'Dr. Lou Welcome' series
Option C: book first published in 2016
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
First published June 28, 2016
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 150
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 3: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 3 letters that can also be found in this quote
by Louise Penny The matching word is NatureOption 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL
by Meg O'BrienJOAN MITCHELL
Points this post: 25
Total points: 965
MegsRepost with error corrected
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 3: Run
Read a book with the word “run” in the title or subtitle. Any variation that preserves the meaning is fine (runner, runaway, running, etc).
Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Option 6: Hammock
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”.
Required: Point out where the letters from the title can be found in the phrase when you post.
A Ghost for Christmas by J.D. Winters
SRC ebook verification spreadsheet line 2917, post 5748 in verification thread
A in rather
G in good
F in fun
C in chill
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205
10.2. Bobble headsBetter World
10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
Found on page 5 of the list
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3: Eloonjäänyt
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 4: Sag wagon / volunteer
Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? found on p. 8 of the list
Option 6: Hammock
The Dinosaur Four
T in rather
D in sounds
F in fun
25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
3. Spilt Milk: A Collection of Stories
4. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
I listened to the audiobook, link to PB (no MMPB available) Furiously Happy
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 2: Cancer/Crab
killer whaleOption 4: Juno/Juno
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship? The Iron Queen
2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for Men and Martinis.
Points this post: 150
Points total: 675
GO total: 1
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 51
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.9: Smile: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras by J. Michael Orenduff. Genre Humor is listed on the main page. Is also listed on the Funniest Novels of All Time list (#521).
Task 15.6: Picasso, Miro and Rothko: Finders Keepers by Sean Costello. The author's last name ends in O. The paperback edition is 249 pages.Finders Keepers
Task 20.7: Queen of Crime - Option 1: Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay is on the Best Cozy Mystery Series list (#55, page 1).
Task 25.3: Make it Pretty:
Option 3 ~ Flowers: Death Pays the Rose Rent by Valerie S. Malmont. The title includes the flower name ROSE.
Option 6: Murder by Serpents Barbara Graham. The first letter in the title is M, which appears in my reader name Marie-Anne.
Task 50.1:Summer Reading Fun:
Option A: Saucer: The Conquest by Dean R. Koontz. The genre Science Fiction is listed on the main page.
Option B: Nine Lives Last Forever by Rebecca M. Hale. The book is #2 in the series Cats and Curios Mystery.
Option E: Circle of the Moon by Barbara Hambly. The book has been on my TBR list since 5/2014. Claim a Big Book ticket: the book has 544 pages. I had a hard time finding a copy of the book, and loved it.
Totals this posting:
Points: 120
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 195
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0;
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.7 - See the Light
I read
edited by Paul Buckley. There's a small red lighthouse half-way down the right side of the cover (approved by the moderators here for both cover and genre).Previous point total: 530
New points this post: 15
Total points: 545
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 27
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 4
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyDate: August 18, 2016
Task 5.6 - Abstract Design
by Stephanie Baker - read 8/18abstract design of cut out hearts
Total Points this post: 5
Total Points to Date; 560
Task 25.11 – Amanda A – Visit the Centre Pompidou …First Floor – Set in Paris
Murder in Belleville
Second Floor – Book about art crime
Chasing Cezanne
Approved HERE
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 510 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
Kristen IA30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
This is a 2 book task. Select one book from an A option AND one book from a B option.
Required: Identify the options you used when you post.
A Options--Are you Sirius?
A-3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH. Middle names can be ignored.
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I listened to an audiobook, but have linked to the PB version
B Options--Gone to the Dogs
B-1: Since Sirius is the brightest star in Canis Major, aka the "big dog," read a book with a dog on the cover.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Tirando del anzuelo by Kristan Higgins (Spanish translation/MMPB)
I listened to an audiobook. I linked to the MMPB version for page count and the audio version for the cover
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 385/1125
Books Read: 26
Tasks Complete: 18
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading FunOption 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.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – main page genre of Historical Fiction
Option C: Read a book first published in 2016.
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout - published in 2016
Option F: Read any book of your choice.
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 29
Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe - novel about Georgia O'Keeffe, a notable woman artist.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read The Nitrogen Murder by Camille Minichino. Initials CM are found in joanMitChell.
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read
- book cover is predominantly various shades of pink and dark pink.For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird. Initials CA are found in CAndyland.
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in the 1950s, so for my first book, I read The Once and Future King, first published in 1958.
For my second book, I went back 30 years and read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, first published in 1926.
Points this post: 80
Total points: 1040
perletwo5.8 - Summer Baby - Read a book that was first published in 1958 or 1984.
Dr. No - first printed 1/1/58
Points this task: 05
Total points: 1025
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 78
Tasks completed: 54
CathyGI would like to replace a book in task 25.7 (The Curse of Tenth Grave with Son of No One)
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
For this task, choose TWO different options and read a book for each.
Option 4: Sag wagon / volunteer
For this option, read a book from the Funniest Novels of All Time list.
Love, Lex by Avery Aster
p.2
Option 6: Hammock
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”.
S, O, N, in sounds O in would
Son of No One by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Cait S20.7- The Queen Of Crime
Option 3: And Then There Were None
Read a novel (fiction) featuring a serial killer.
Anywhere She Runs by Debra Webb
MC is a detective who is hunting a serial killer. Some chapters told from killer's point of view.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 310
Big Book Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 20
Amy O.20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 2: Book from the Rory Gilmore Reading challenge list at http://goingdownswinging.org.au/the-r...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (#70 on the list)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24
Golden Oldies: 3
Brooke TX20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book and spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
W: Tungsten
O: Oxygen
Lv: Livermorium
Es: Einsteinium
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.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Read a book by an author from this list of UEA Creative Writing Alumni. By David Almond:
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 4.0
Points
This Post: 60
Total Points: 710
Completed Tasks: 44
Books Read: 60
Pamela326525.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Option 1:
- Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Option 3:
by Victoria Aveyard - Dystopia MPGPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 915
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
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25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 3: Run
Read a book with the word “run” in the title or subtitle. Any variation that preserves the meaning is fine (runner, runaway, running, etc).
Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Option 6: Hammock
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”.
Required: Point out where the letters from the title can be found in the phrase when you post.
A Ghost for Christmas by J.D. Winters
A in rather
G in good
F in fun
C in chill
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205