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Andy P.Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.
by John Lange John Lange= Michael Crichton
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1045
5.5 - Abstract NounsRead a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Noun used: "Love"
Love among the Haystacks - DH Lawrence
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages (a page for each minute of the series).
Fool's Assassin - Robin Hobb (640 pages)
**At 640 pages, Fool's Assassin is a Big Book, 1 ticket claimed**
Points this post: 25
Points total: 250
Tasks completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4 - 500+(4) 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 18
Pages read: 6690
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challengedRead 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.
After the War Is Over by Jennifer Robson
From the list: the word is WAR
W – Tungsten
Ar - Argon
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 36
Oldies: 6
Big Books: 0
Kim ATask 15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Book A - Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title or subtitle
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Book B - Blood Types: Read a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
Points This Post - 15
Total Points - 870
TASK NUMBER :25.1 - PairsTASK DESCRIPTION: Book with Body Part Pair and 2 Authors
BOOK #1 READ:
Golden EyesAUTHOR: Maya Banks
DATE READ: 7/31/2016
REQUIRED INFO: On Approved ebook list - line 951; EYES in title
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg
DATE READ: 8/21/2016
REQUIRED INFO:2 Authors Listed
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 475
TASK NUMBER :15.2 - Colors and SoundsTASK DESCRIPTION: Book with Color in Title & Musical Instrument on Cover
BOOK #1 READ:
A Corner of WhiteAUTHOR: Jaclyn Moriarty
DATE READ: 8/19/2016
REQUIRED INFO: White in title
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Kristen Proby
DATE READ: 7/1/2016
REQUIRED INFO: guitar on cover
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 490
15.9 - Listen UpIlluminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2016)
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (599 pages)
Post Total: 15
Goldien Oldies: 7
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 610
15.5 - Summer in the CityThe Blood in the Beginning (Ava Sykes #1) by Kim Falconer
"urban-fantasy" on main book page
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
"WHEN:
W - Tungsten
He - Helium
N - Nitrogen"
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 4: Sag wagon / volunteer
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
#26 - Page 1 on list
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (547 pages)
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”. "
A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts
A in rAther
S & O in SOunds
T in raTher
W in Would
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in the 1980s
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
Shallows by Tim Winton
Pub. in 1984
Book 2. Read a book from the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
Gallipoli by Peter FitzSimons
Pub. In 2014
2 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (848 pages)
Post Total: 90
Goldien Oldies: 7
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 700
Brooke TX5.1 - A Different View
Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list. Found on page 3:
10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
Read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list. Found on page 2:
30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Read a book from two different lists.
From Berries on the Cover:
From page 1 of Apples on the Cover:
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth. From the 1980s (when I was born):
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth. Published in the 2010s (30 years after I was born):
Points
This Post: 75
Total Points: 785
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 66
perletwo5.3 - Action! - Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Thunderball - genre verified
Points this task: 05
Total points: 1080
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 84
Tasks completed: 59
Amy FL5.3 - Action!
Act of War (Action)
5.7 - Purple Reign
Red Queen (Queen)
5.9 - Summer Reading
The Glass Castle (page 2 of list)
15.8 - Commencement
Confess
15.9 - Listen Up
The Elephant Whisperer - Audie Award for Biography/Memoir (2014)
15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Boy 21 (Arts & Humanities)
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
FANDURY25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: Read a book that has one of the following body part pairs in the TITLE (subtitles are excluded): Eyes, Ears, Arms, Hands, Fingers, Legs, Feet, Toes, Kidneys.
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould
The body part pair toes is in the title.
Book 2: Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads.
Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP edition has 564 pages: Still Life With Crows
I claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this!
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 500
Books Read: 34
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jasmiina F20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house:
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live:
by Zinaida Lindén.Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
The Language of Sand - Ellen Block - listed as Brett Ellen Block on the website, received a MA in 1988, from wikipedia - Writing under the name "Ellen Block" she penned the novel The Language of Sand and its sequel, The Definition of Wind
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 940
Jamie NYC******BOOK CHANGE******
Changing Book 1 in Task #50, will use it elsewhere, the other 2 books stay the same
Task #50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Book 1 - 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.
Required: Identify the main page genre
****NEW BOOK*****
The City of Palaces by Michael Nava
Shelved as Historical Fiction by 10 users
Book 2 - Option B: read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series
Beguiled by Joanna Chambers
#2 in the Englightenment series
Book 3 - Option D: read a book that you have read previously and rated three stars or more
Provoked by Joanna Chambers
I first read this in July of 2013 and gave it 5 stars. I gave it 5 stars again on this re-reading
Releases: Fighting Dirty by Lori Foster
No change to points
Jamie NYCTask #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
From 2015 Reading List in the Historical Fiction category I chose the winner
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
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Task #25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
1. One book must be long (300 pages or more) and one must be short (less than 300 pages)
2. One book must be recent (first published in 2011 or later) and one must be older (first published in 2010 or earlier)
3. One book must be part of a series (any number) and one must be stand-alone
Book 1: City of Thieves by David Benioff
Book 1 is
Short: 258 pages
Older: Published in 2008
Standalone
Book 2: Fighting Dirty by Lori Foster
Book 2 is
Long: 384 pages
Newer: Published in 2016
Series: #4 in Ultimate series
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POINTS
This Post
Points: 35
Books: 3
Tasks: 12
Total
Points: 960
Books: 74
Tasks: 53
Chris MD25.7 Get Your Run On!
Option 4: Book from Funniest Novels of All Time list
#11 on list
Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
This book was first published in 1934. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Option 6: First letter of each title word found in "Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book"
T in but
N in sounds
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 213 pages.
25.11 Visit the Centre Pompidou
Second Floor: Book about art crime
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 384 pages.
Third Floor: Collection of short stories or essays
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
According to the GR description, there are 22 stories.
30.5 A Season of Growth and Color
1. Pomegranate list
#7
by James Boyce2. Mango list
#4
by Richard C. Morais30.9 Should We Stay or Should We Go?
I chose Option 1: Stay
Book A: Set in UK with Dystopia as a main page genre
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Book B: Set in an EU country other than the UK and without Horror, Dystopia, or Post-Apocalyptic as a main page genre
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
This book is set entirely in France and Germany. The use of two non-UK EU countries was approved in this message of the help thread.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 530 pages.
Claiming one Big Book ticket.
Points for this post: 25 + 25 + 30 + 30 = 110
Total points: 110 + 355 = 465
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 34
Golden Oldies: 5
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
loafer30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Book 1/Option 1: Gemini/Twins
➜ Read a book about brothers and/or sisters, or read a book with a bird(s) on the cover
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
MMPB: Le faucon de Malte
published in 1930, it is a "Golden Oldie"
Book 2/ Option 4: June/Juno
➜ Read a book written by a female author.
There But For The by Ali Smith
points: 30
total: 580
BB: 5
GO: 7
tasks completed: 31
trishhartuk30.3 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. Required: State the word you used.
bless her dead little HEART, Miranda James
Song: you and your HEART, Jack Johnson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Option 4. Read a book set in a location of the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour: Australia, Brazil, Fiji, South Africa, Tahiti/French Polynesia, California USA, France, Portugal, Hawaii USA.
G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton
GR setting field says “Santa Teresa, California, 1983 (USA), The Slabs, Mojave Desert, California, 1983 (USA)” – California, USA is one of the World Surf League locations.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 690
Tasks completed: 31
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
CathyG 5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle. Required: State the abstract noun you used when you post. honor
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh
15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Read 2 books, one book A and one book B.
Book A - Read a book with a color word in the title or subtitle from this list of colors:
Crimson,
A Second Chance at Crimson Ranch by Michelle Major
AND
Book B - Read a book with an image of a musical instrument on the cover.
Never Say Never by Kailin Gow
15.8 - Commencement
Read a book with the genre "New Adult" on its main book page.
Until the End by Abbi Glines
15.5 - Summer in the City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban" such as urban legends, urban, urban-fantasy, urban-planning, urbanism.
The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
To celebrate the return of the series, read ONE book from the option of your choice.
OPTION 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages (a page for each minute of the series).
1Q84: Book Three by Haruki Murakami
25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
2. 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.
Woman I, Willem de Kooning
Unraveled by Lorelei James
because she is falling apart
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso
Decadent by Shayla Black
because of multiple nudes
Points this post: 95
Total points: 780
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Nick KY25.9 Fandury’s Warcraft
Option 1. “War” as GR genre. I read Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World by Jon Lee Anderson.
Option 5. Film. I read Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War by Giles WhittellGiles Whittell, made into a Steven Spielberg film in 2015: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/?...
30.2 Jonquil’s It Looked Different…
Book 1. I read Steve Hamilton’s Winter of the Wolf Moon, set in Paradise, Michigan in winter.
Book 2. I read Steve Hamilton’s A Stolen Season, set in Paradise, Michigan in summer.
Points This Post: 55
Total Points So Far: 1105
VAL TX10.9. Smile - Read a book with Humor or Funny or Comedy as a main page genre.
Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home by Nina Stibbe
Humor = 25 users Approved here.
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 170
GO Tickets - 1
Kim ATask 10.5 - But watch out - it's hurricane season! - Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 880
MegD20.1 - Most Improved
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
My word is "saving"
S-sulfur
A-argon
V-vanadium
I-iron
N-neon
G-gallium
20.2 - Rookie at the Top
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Option A: Strings
20.3 - Best Review
The Butterfly Garden
Option A-My ideal house or location to live would be the butterfly garden.
20.4 - Golden Oldie
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Option C-Born 1938, book published when author was 71
20.5 - Bigger is Better
Pierced by the Sun
Option 1-Read a book where an assassination or assassination plot is key to the story.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader
Water for Elephants
Option 3-421 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Option 1-Page 14
Points This Post: 140
Total Points: 140
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
JUKKA15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Option C: Book with the word "blood" intact in title and letters A B O in author's name.
Blood of the City by Robin D. Laws
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option B: Book by a prominent Golden Age sci-fi author.
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein.
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 3: Book off the Different Perspective Books list.
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, found on page 3. At 638 pages, claiming one Big Book Ticket.
Option 5: Read a Warcraft novel.
Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Two books by authors whose initials are alphabetically consecutive and then reversed, totaling at least 500 pages.
Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter, 416 pages.
A Day Dark as Night by Carl Bowen, 288 pages.
Total page count 704.
Points this post: 90
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 565/1125
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 33/62
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
M1NKS5.9 - Summer Reading - Page 1
The Hunger Games
Points this post: 5
Total points: 475
Golden Oldies: 12
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 32
SpiderMac15.1 Live Your Passion - Rio 2016
This is a two book task.
Book 1 – Read a book set at least 50% in South America.
I read Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon
This book is set about 90% in Brazil.
Book 2 – Read a book with the main genre Sports.
I read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
This book's “Sports” genre was approved in message 20 of help thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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15.5 Summer in the City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban".
I read Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
This book has main page genre Fantasy > Urban Fantasy by 667 users. 8.23.2016
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20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
I chose Option 2. Read a book written by one of the authors who have signed books on the list: Tien’s signed books.
I read Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes signed The Shining Girls on Tien’s list.
**Broken Monsters is a Big Book (520 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
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20.9 Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Read a book by an author from the list UEA Creative Writing Alumni.
I read The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
Julia Stewart (MA 2013)
https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/crea...
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20.10 Group Reads
I read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I posted a comment in message 14 of the group reads thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
**Middlesex is a Big Book (529 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
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25.4 MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
This is a two book task. Read two books that are opposites.
Book 1 - I read Carry on, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Short - 273 pages
Series - Jeeves series #3
Old – First published 1n 1925
Book 2 - I read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Long - 394 pages
Stand alone – not part of a series
New – First published in 2013
**Carry On Jeeves is a Golden Oldie (1925). Claiming Golden Oldie ticket.**
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30.9 Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
This is a two book task. I chose Option 1: Stay.
Book 1 – Read a book set at least 70% in the UK with a main page genre of "Horror" or "Dystopia" or "Post-apocalyptic"..
I read The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
This book is set in London, England and has the main page genre “Horror” by 1,613 users (8.23.2016).
Book 2 – 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".
I read Fatal Pursuit by Martin Walker
This book is set in St Denis, France and does not have any of the listed genres.
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Points this post: 145
Golden oldies this post: 1
Big book tickets this post: 2
Points total: 365/1125
Golden oldies total: 1
Big book ticket total: 7
Tasks completed: 26/62
Books read: 29
Jaclyn TX10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Read a book from the 2016 Best Genre Fiction list or the 2015 Best Genre Fiction list.
Pretty Girls
REQUIRED: "Adrenaline" Winner of 2016 Best Genre Fiction List
**Pretty Girls is a Big Book (548 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
This post: 10
Total points: 250
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Tasks completed: 20
M1NKS20.9 - Celebrate Norwich!
Saturday
Points this post: 20
Total points: 495
Golden Oldies: 12
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 33
Jaclyn TX15.3 - June, July and August
Book A- Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE. Subtitles should be ignored. Spaces determine words. All words count.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Book 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.
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
**City of Mirrors is a Big Book (598 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
This post: 15
Total points: 265
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Tasks completed: 21
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Option 3. Candyland: choose a book whose author's initials can be found in CANDYLAND.
by Ann Cleeves CANDYLANDOption 4. From Chicago to Las Vegas: read a book set at least 50% in Illinois
by Sara Paretsky Set more than 50% in Illinois (only a brief trip to Wisconsin)Points this post: 25
Total points: 1070
M1NKS25.10 - Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Option 2: Kasimir Malevich Black Square
I choose Northanger Abbey (Pub 1817) because I thought the black shape looked like a dark brooding building with two towers on either side
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Option 4: The Butcher Boy - the man character is psychotic. It is revealed during the book that he must be reminiscing many years later while imprisoned in a mental institution.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 520
Golden Oldies: 13
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 34
Cait S30.3- Wipe Out
Book #1- Option 1
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles.
You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz
The matching word is "You" for the song title You And Your Heart.
Book #2- Option 4
Read a book set in a location of the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour.
Something Real by Heather Demetrios
This entire story takes place in California, USA.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 340
Big Book Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 21
M1NKS30.4 - Summer of the Gods
Option 3: Leo/Lion - A Prayer For Owen Meany 720 pages- the main character in this book receives premonitions that he will die saving a group of children. He lives his life certain that this will happen and does everything he can to make sure he is where he thinks he needs to be to sacrifice himself.
*I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Option 4: June/Juno - Fingersmith 582 pages
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
30.8 - Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship?
Howards End (I love a firm arse!) Pub 1910
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for _____.
Martin Chuzzlewit (Very popular fellow...) 942 pages, Pub 1844
* I Claim 2 x Big Book Tickets *
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Tickets *
Points this post: 60
Total points: 580
Golden Oldies: 15
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 36
Brooke TX30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: Read a book with the word “sister” found intact in the TITLE.
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 815
Completed Tasks: 49
Books Read: 67
15.9 - Listen UpRead a book that has WON an Audie Award
Page 1 - What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey- Audie Award for Personal Development (2015)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 35
Oldies: 6
Big Books: 0
15.7 - See the Light"Lighthouse" in the title: Secrets of the Lighthouse by Santa Montefiore
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1, genre War: The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker
Option 5, a book that has been made into a movie: Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
the movie
Points this post: 40
Total points: 640
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract ExpressionistOption 1: Read a book (fiction or non fiction) about a woman artist. I read Still Life with Breadcrumbs. The main character is a woman and a photographer.
Option 2: Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location (different states, different countries, etc.), ie Los Angeles and Philadelphia or Georgia and Florida or New York City and Toronto or Paris and Dublin. I read The Secret Servant. Each section is labeled with the location in which it takes place, including Jerusalem, Amsterdam and Washington, D.C.
Points: 350
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 20
GO: 3
Big books: 2
pages read: 9324
BellaGBeartask 5.2: Saga, Volume 3
>Points: 5
task 10.2 Saga, Volume 1 This is very hard-core sci-fi so definetly is set in space
>Points: 10
task 10.6: Sin City, Vol. 5: Family Values
>points: 10
task 15.2
book 1: The Black Dahlia
book 2:
>Points: 15
task 20.7: option 1,
which is number 3 on the list, page 1>Points: 20
task 20.8: Sabriel written by Garth Nix who has signed A Confusion of Princes
>points: 20
task 25.8:
book 1, option 1: Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach
book 2, option 2:
pinkness approved in message 84 of help threat.>Points: 25
total points post: 105
total points challenge: 310
Jayme(the ghostreader)50. 1 Summer Reading Fun
Option A- Fortune's Foolby Mercedes Lackey I chose to read fantasy.
Option E- The Snow Queenby Mercedes Lackey Added to my TBR list November 11, 2009
Option F- book of choice- Fallenby Lauren Kate
Books Read 10
Tasks Completed 7
Big Books 0
Task Points 50
Grand Total 135/115
Amy FL10.2. Bobble heads
Across the Universe
10.3. Time for vacation
The Treatment (set in London)
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline (Lisa)
10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
Red Glass (on page 4 of list)
10.9. Smile
Lessons from Tara: Life Advice from the World’s Most Brilliant Dog (approved in message 2 for this task)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 110
Amy O.25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 2: book that takes place in more than one clearly defined location
The Chevalier by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
action is split between France (court in exile of James II) and England
Option 4: author whose initials can be found in JOAN MITCHELL
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
Golden Oldies: 3
Pamela326515.7 - See the Light
by Lisa CarterPoints this post: 15
Total Points: 940
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
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Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
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Janice CA20.2: Sweet Summer
option D: Author's initials found in the word "STrAwberries".
Blooming: A Small-Town Girlhood by Susan Allen Toth
+20
total: 150
tasks: 8
books: 10
Oldies: 3
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.1 Another Kind of Trip
Read a book from Best Reality Warping Fiction--Page 1 #45:Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 60/1125
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.2 Bobble heads
Book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth. There must be some indication in the book or the metadata to show that the book is actually set somewhere other than on Earth--setting is somewhere in space on a spaceship named Godspeed :A Million Suns
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date:70/1125
10.3 Time for vacationBook set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations--NYC:Murder on Astor Place
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 80/1125
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥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--2015 List, Mystery Read alikes: Cocaine Blues
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 90/1125
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task #30.4 - Summer of the Gods
Option 2, Cancer/Crab: Read a book with crabs, sea life, or an animal with an exoskeleton on the cover. I read Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor.
Option 4, June/Juno: Read a book written by a female author. I read Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu.
Points this Post: 30
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