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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD

Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family
My comment here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total points: 210

#3 Amelia Peabody
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
+5 Points
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option A: Read a book with a title that could evoke your response to the following question:
My ideal house or location to live would be by the highest (and lowest) tide:
The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
+20 Points
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Read a novel (fiction) featuring a serial killer (a gruesome one!)
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
+20 Points
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Short (256 p) / Older (1952) / Stand Alone
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Long (492 p) / Newer (2015) / Series (#3 Cormoran Strike)
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
+25 Points
30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Anchorage, Alaska area: Summer
Play With Fire by Dana Stabenow
Anchorage, Alaska area: Fall
Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow
+30 Points
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
391 pages + 398 pages = 789 pages / RS and SR
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
+30 Points
Points this Post: 130
Grand Total: 745

5.5 - Abstract Nouns - Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle. For the purposes of this task, the noun must be found on this list: Examples of Abstract Nouns. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations. Required: State the abstract noun you used when you post.
The Death of Lucy Kyte - DEATH
Points this task: 05
Total points: 1070
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 82
Tasks completed: 57

Read a book with Humor or Funny or Comedy as a main page genre
A Man Called Ove
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 3: I read a read a book from The Best Books That Change Narrators Every Chapter list. (it was the 17th book on the list)
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Option 5: The Film: For this option, read a book that has been turned into a movie. I listened to the audio Cd, but this is link to the paperback.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
IMBD link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119668/?...
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A : Read a book with a main page genre from the following list: historical fiction
Orphan Train
Option B: For this option, read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series
Sizzling Sixteen 16th in the Stephanie Plum Series
Option E:For this option, 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.
Green Grass, Running Water added to my Goodreads "To Read : list on January 15th, 2015
Total Points this post: 85
Total Challenge Points: 390
GO's: 4
BB's: 2

Task # 5.9 - Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.

Found on page 2, 11 th book on the page as of 8/21/16
points this post: 5
Total points: 1025

Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
Required: State which page of the list the book can be found on when you post.
On August 21, 2016: Page #2, #101
Buttercream Bump Off (2011) by Jenn McKinlay (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 212 pages)
350 + 20 = 370
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 350 + 20 = 370
Books read: 28
Pages read: 8,204
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

5.6 - Abstract Design - Read a book with an abstract cover design. Covers consisting of blocks of color and/or geometric shapes will work. There should be no identifiable, naturalistic elements on the cover. Required: Include the cover when you post.

Points this task: 05
Total points: 1075
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 83
Tasks completed: 58

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option One | Crazy Colors: Read a book that has ONLY colors from the rainbow on the cover.

Option Two | Crazy Shapes: Read a book that has a square, circle, or heart on the cover.

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This Post: 25
Total Points: 510
Books Read: 36
Completed Tasks: 28

5.8 - Summer Baby
Read Enemy in Sight - 1st published in 1969
Points: 5
Total: 130

5.1 - A Different View
I read Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. It is on page 1, position 12 of the list.
5.9 - Summer Reading
I read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. It is on page 1 of the list.
10.1. Another Kind of Trip
I read A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle. It is on page 1 of the list. AR information: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: I read The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale. AR information: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
Option 3: I read At the House of the Magician by Mary Hooper.
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: I read Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare. Romance is a main page genre.
Option B: I read The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman. It is #5 in the Playful Brides series.
Option F: I read a publisher's advance copy of If I Only Had a Duke by Lenora Bell.
Points this post: 100
Total Points: 650
Books Read: 51
Tasks Complete: 35

20.3 Idea Place to Live
I read Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan. The edition I read was published in 2007. On the front is a picture of a porch and two rocking chairs....peaceful. I can not find that edition on this website.

Total for book : 20
total points 145

Task 50.1 Pamela3265's task
Option A: Classic genre
Lady Susan
Option E: On my TBR list prior to 6/1/2016
Anne of Green Gables
Added to my TBR list on 4/27/2015
ARBookfinder info: IL: MG BL: 7.3 AR Points: 17.0
Option F: My choice
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
*** Claiming 1 GO ticket for Lady Susan - First published in 1871.
Points this post: 50
GO this post: 1
Total Points: 240
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 2

1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the list of surf song titles
Out of Orange: A Memoir] – the word is ‘Out’; the song is Out of Limits by the Marketts
2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the name of your GR friend.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - given 5 stars by friend Diana
I claim 1 GO ticket for Alice in Wonderland - first published in 1865.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 33
Oldies: 6
Big Books: 0

Option 2 – Cancer/Crab = Crab on cover

Option 4 – June / Juno = Female Author

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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 560 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

20.9 Read a book by one of the above listed authors, OR choose another author from this list of UEA Creative Writing Alumni.
At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 490

15.10 Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories:
Arts and Humanities: Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Approved help thread post # 10
Pts: 15
Total pts: 505

5.2 - Cubism
book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #6 in a series--Weetzie Bat #3:Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 3.0

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date:10/1125

5.3 - Action!
main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded:The Name of This Book Is Secret
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9.0

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date:15/1125

TASKS COMPLETED:
50.1 Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Book 1: Option B - Book in a Series (except #1) - #2 of the Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy
Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts

Book 2: Option E - On TBR prior to June 1, 2016 - added to my TBR 2.6.2016
Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain

Book 3: Option F - Book of Choice
The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison by Mikita Brottman

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Tasks This Post: 1
Points This Post: 50
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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 33/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 640/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 46
TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1

10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
Dead to You by Lisa McMann
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 520
Books Read: 37
Completed Tasks: 29

5.4 In the Shadows
Jewish main character, about Jewish culture or about the Jewish experience, or one that is written by a Jewish author--Jewish main character:Dawn
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4.0

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 20/1125

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 1: Sydney Writer’s Festival
(book by author appearing at 2016 Sydney Writer's Festival, http://www.swf.org.au/component/optio...)
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 3

5.5 Abstract Nouns
Abstract noun in the title/subtitle--Hope:The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 25/1125

5.6 - Abstract Design
book with an abstract cover design:The Stranger

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 30/1125
Posted on 8/22 Page 44 Post

5.7 Purple Reign
Book with one of the following royal ranks in the title/subtitle: Emperor, Empress, King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Duke, Duchess, Marquess (Marquis), Marchioness (Marquise), Earl, Countess, Viscount, Viscountess, Baron, Baroness--Prince:The Prince of Tides

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 35/1125

5.8 Summer Baby
First published in 1958 or 1984--1958:Souls on Fire

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date:40/1125

5.9 Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books--Page 4:The Grapes of Wrath

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 45/1125

5.10 School's Out!
Book of your choice: Zac and Mia

Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 50/1125

5.8 - Summer Baby
Read a book that was first published in 1958 or 1984.
L'amante by Marguerite Duras
(most popular English edition: The Lover)
First published in 1984
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 280
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 3

20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
Paranormal genre on the main page (76 users)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400/1125
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 19/62

5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
abstract noun = comfort
published in 1932, I am claiming a "golden oldie"
points: 5
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 1. Sydney Writer’s Festival: Read a book by one of the attending authors: Authors at SWF2016.
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
MMPB: Ένα κάποιο τέλος
points: 20
total: 550
BB: 5
GO: 6
tasks completed: 30

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D: book by an author whose first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Author initials are AB: STRAWBERRIES
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 170

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3: book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages
Zoo by James Patterson
This book has 395 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 190

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia
Still Life by Louise Penny
This book is #10 on the first page of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 210

1. Sydney Writer’s Festival:
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
*Big Book Ticket, 576pg.*
Total Points = 235

30.8 Beth NC’s Cards Against Humanity I read the following:
Question 3: Nothing Says I Love You like Sharing Good Times.
Question 5: I have got 99 problems, but Bagombo Snuff Box isn’t one of them.
(The books are by two of my favorite authors, Jimmy Carter wrote Sharing Good Times and Kurt Vonnegut wrote Bagombo Snuff Box.)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1050

Task 20.7 The Queen of Crime
Option 2: Death on the Nile
Genre Archaeology
I read Floodgates byMary Anna Evans
Points this post:20
Total points:290
Tasks completed:16
Books read:21
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books: 500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the list of surf song titles
Out of Orange: A Memoir – the word is ‘Out’; the song is Out of Limits by the Marketts
2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the name of your GR friend.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10.0
- given 5 stars by friend Diana
I claim 1 GO ticket for Alice in Wonderland - first published in 1865.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 33
Oldies: 6
Big Books: 0

Third Floor: You can see collections of all kinds of modern art.
Read a collection of short stories or essays.
My Home As I Remember – 5 short stories: Arrest This Memory, Ni-danis “My Daughter”, Dear Marie, Ama’s Home, & Gifts from the Trapline
Fifth Floor: A Poor Art - see the summer 2016 special exhibit.
Read a book first published in the years 1960 to 1974, inclusive.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume - first published in 1970
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Books Read: 35
Oldies: 6
Big Books: 0

Task #20.4 - The Golden Age
Option B: Read a book by one of the authors who wrote during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. I read Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick.
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Task #20.9 - Celebrate Norwich!
Read a book by one of the authors listed (alumns of UEA Creative Writing). I read Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier.
Points this post: 40
Total points so far: 610

5.8 Summer Baby
The House on Mango Street
15.1 Live Your Passion - Rio 2016
A: The Secret in Their Eyes (set in Argentina)
B: Time Out
15.7 - See the Light

15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Code Name Verity - from the History and Cultures list
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in the 60s
1: The Outsiders & 2: Death in a White Tie
TALLY:
This post - 80 points
Total - 985

Task #10.7 - "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
Read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
#483, on page 5 of Immigrant Experience Literature
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Task #15.7 - See the Light
Read a book with a lighthouse on the cover
Brokenhearted by Cate Ashwood

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Task #15.9 - Listen Up
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
From the Metadata:
Literary Awards - Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2016)
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Task #20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
UEA's well-known alumni -Ian McEwan (MA 1971). Read a book by one of the above listed authors
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
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Task #25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1 Read a book that has one of the following body part pairs in the TITLE
Brothers In Arms by Kendall McKenna
Body part is "ARMS"
Book 2 - Author task. Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads
Wood, Screws, & Nails by Piper Vaughn & Kade Boehme
Approved in eBook verification spreadsheet Line 2874
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Task #25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1 - Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS
Empty Nests by Ada Maria Soto
E & N are found in SwiNging MEdallions
Book 2 - Option A - Read a book with the GR main page genre "Music" or "Dance"
It's Only Rock and Roll: Thirty Years Married to a Rolling Stone by Jo Wood by Jo Wood
Shelved as Music by 13 users
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Task #25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Book 1 - Option 2. Lisa Frank: choose a book whose cover is at least 50% pink or purple
Something Like Lightning by Jay Bell

Book 2 - Option 3. Candyland: choose a book whose author's initals can be found in CANDYLAND.
Patient Privilege by Allison Cassatta
A&C are found in CAndyland
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Task #25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Book 1 - Option 1: Factions - read a book with the main page genre of War
Fire For Effect by Kendall McKenna
Shelved as War>Military by 44 users
eBook approved in Msg 5744 of help thread
Book 2 - Option 2: read a book with a cover that shows at least two persons, that have a obvious difference in race or ethnicity
I read the eBook version with this cover -

Paperback version - Rag and Bone
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Task #25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
Book 1 First Floor: You’re in Paris! - Read a book set at least 50% of the time in Paris
Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Paris setting - From Wikipedia - The novel is set in Paris in the upper-middle class environment of the leading journalists of the newspaper La Vie Française and their friends.
Wikipedia link
Book 2 - Third Floor: You can see collections of all kinds of modern art. Read a collection of short stories or essays. There must be at least five stories/essays in the collection.
First Time for Everything, edited by Anne Regan
18 Stories: "Just Right" by John Goode, "His World" by Eric Gober, "It's Not Our Fault" by Charli Green, "Courting Billy Roth" by Nick Hasse, "Me and My Friend" by Emery C. Walters, "Summer Crush" by SR Silcox, "Dear Cody" by Eric Renner, "Midnight In the Maze" by J. Leigh Bailey, "Beautiful" by Ella Lyons, "Dating My Best Friend" by Caitlin Ricci, "Dressed to Swim" by Renee Hirsch, "First Date" by Nicole McCormick, "It's In Their Kiss" by Kevay Gray, "Kiss and Makeup" by Allison Wonderland, "Kissing Scars" by Jo Ramsay, "When Wolverine Met Taylor" by Andrea Speed, "A Warrior From A Different Tribe" by S.A. Garcia, "Step by Step" by Emily Moreton
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Task #30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade 30 years after your birth.
I was born in 1964 so I read one book from the 1960s and one book from the 1990s
Book 1 - The Clocks by Agatha Christie
This book was first published in 1963
The Burning Plain by Michael Nava
This book was first published in 1997
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POINTS
This Post
Points: 215
Books: 16
Tasks: 10
Total
Points: 925
Books: 71
Tasks: 51

20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Three Men in a Boat
I listened to the audio, MMPB is: Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
My word is BOAT
B - Boron
O - Oxygen
At - Astatine
** Three Men in a Boat was first published in 1889, I claim 1 GO ticket **
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 1

25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Main page genre of War
The Language of the Dead
Genre verified in Message 205 of the Genre Verification Thread.
Option 5: Book that has been turned into a movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
IMDb link is here
There is no children's genre at the moment, but just in case -
AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
** Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a Big Book (636 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket. **
Points this post: 25
Total points: 325
BB tickets: 1
Total BB tickets: 3

30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Opt. A-3 - Author's initials in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH
***O.G.***
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Opt. B-3- Book Published in 2008
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith
Link to Paperback:
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Total Points- 200

Option 2: Lisa Frank - book whose cover is at least 50% pink or purple
Hollywood Scandals

Option 3: Author’s initials in CANDYLAND
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 185/1125
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

Task #30.8. Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Choose two options and read a book whose title would work for an answer.
I chose 1) What ended my last relationship?
Answer: Beautiful Broken Things
and
4)You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with ________________ every day.
Answer: You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with The Masked Truth every day.
Points this post: 30
Points in total: 190
overall GO total : 1
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10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th book in a series.
Betrayals (Cainsville #4)
Points this post:10
Total Points:470
Books read: 33
Tasks Done: 24