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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
30.1 Schatzie's Task-- North to Alaska:2. The Sisterhood by Helen Bryan
3. Highland Magic by Tess Mallory
Mountain
30.4 Ava Catharine's Task--Summer of the Gods:
1. Gemini/Twins
Spur of the Moment by David Linzee Main characters are brother and sister.
4. June/Juno
The Werewolf Upstairs by Ashlyn Chase
30.8 Beth NC's Task--Cards Against Humanity:
1. What ended my last relationship? Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs by Diane Kelly (Well, at least one of those things.)
6) I got 99 problems but __________________ isn’t one . Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another by Ellen Stimson
Today's total: 90
Grand total: 235
5.5 - Abstract NounsRead a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Book read: Soppy: A Love Story by Philippa Rice
Noun: Love
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challengedHelp Thread
A new series of University Challenge will start during this season. At 37 episodes per series there are (happily) only a few months of the year without it. Although I never manage to answer very many questions, it is always gratifying when a lifetime of reading throws up an answer - or means that I have at least heard of the subject (always a bonus).
Some of the more fiendish questions require the answer to be spelt out using codes: for example, International Country codes (GB, FR, US, etc.), the radio alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie, etc.), or the symbols of the chemical elements. For this task, we are going to use the symbols of the chemical elements.
This is a ONE book task.
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.
**Spaces determine words. Ignore punctuation, but words with symbols (&, @, etc.) cannot be used.
One word titles are allowed. You may use the same symbol more than once.
I read The Lost Book of Moses: The Quest for the World's Oldest Bible--and the Man Who Wrote It. I can make the word "book" from Boron, Oxygen and K (potassium). This was approved on the help thread.
Points: 70
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
tasks in progress: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 2462
Didi30235.4 - In the Shadows
Read a book with a Jewish main character or written by a Jewish author.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
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Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 5
Oma122930.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in 1948-decade of the 1940's.
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder
Claiming The Ides of March as a GO book as this book was published in 1948.
Book 2. Read a book from the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
Legend in Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters
This book was published in 1976 which is in the decade (70's) 30 years after my birth.
Total Points--105/1125
Completed Tasks--5/62
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Didi30235.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Curiosity
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
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Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 10
Didi302310.1. Another Kind of Trip
Read a book from Best Reality Warping Fiction.
Page 1 #4
Magic America by C.E. Medford
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Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 20
Didi302310.2. Bobble heads
Read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth.
The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton
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Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 30
Didi302310.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
Read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses on the cover.
Unmasked The Final Years Of Michael Jackson
by Ian HalperinCURRENT POST
Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 40
Didi302315.3 - June, July and August
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE. Subtitles should be ignored. Spaces determine words. All words count.
Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt
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.
Misterioso by Arne Dahl
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 55
Didi302315.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.
The Restaurant Reviewer by Nao Hauser
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 70
Didi302315.8 - Commencement
Read a book with the genre "New Adult" on its main book page.
Booklist Best Adult Fiction 2016 #4
The Children's Home by Charles Lambert
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 85
Didi302320.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Read a book where an assassination or assassination plot is key to the story
A "story within a story" includes a fairy tale type story about a blind assassin.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
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Points: 20
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
Didi302325.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option One | Crazy Colors: Read a book that has ONLY colors from the rainbow on the cover.
The End of the Rainbow
by V.C. AndrewsOption Six | Signature: read a book in which the first letter of the first word in the title matches any letter in your Readerboard name.
Independent People by Halldór Laxness
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Points: 25
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 130
Ava Catherine15.3 June, July and August
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book A and Book B.
Lily and the Octopus (4 words) by Steven Rowley (6/6)
20.3 Best Review Terri FL's task: New house
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live.
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
total=395
Coralie5.4 In the Shadows
book about the Jewish experience
This book is about a journalist interviewing the Polish Jewish patrons of a café about their experiences.
Cafe Scheherazade
5.10 School's Out
The Circus is Coming
This book is not found in ARBookFinder
15.4 The Gift of Life – Donate Blood
Option 2 one book satisfying both 'blood' intact in title and A, B & O in author's name
Bloodchild and other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
This post 25 points
Total to date 80 points
5.4 - In the Shadows! Book is set during the Holocaust and contains many Jew families and main characters.
All My Love, Detrick | Roberta Kagan | 612 Pages | ★★★★★ | Big Book Ticket
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10.6 - June 8 is "Name Your Poison" Day
Crime - Main Page Genre
A Game of Proof | Tim Vicary | 450 Pages | ★★★ |
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10.7 - "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
#66 on Immigrant Experience Literature
Grace's Pictures | Cindy Thomson | 392 Pages | ★★★ |
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Points This Post: 25
BB This Post: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 80/1125
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 2
loafer20.2 - 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.
Oroonoko by Aphra Behn
originally published in 1688, this is a "Golden Oldie"
points: 20
total: 55
BB: 0
GO: 2
tasks completed: 4
Megs10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1)
2016 Best Genre Fiction list - Readalike for Horror: “Parasol Protectorate” (#1) series by Gail Carriger. Orbit.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Emsreviewsbooks25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 3: I read If I Run by Terri Blackstock.
Option 6: I read Dawn at Emberwilde by Sarah E. Ladd. D in Sounds, A in rather, E in rather.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 6
Readerboard name: witchygal15.10. LIFELONG LEARNING.
Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories. I chose "Social Sciences" category.
I read Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn. It is book number 15 on the Social Sciences list.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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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. Some sort of habitat, dwelling, or shelter must be shown on the cover.
I read
by Agatha Christie. The cover has a picture of a grand house in the background surrounded by snow. As a avid winter lover, this sounds like the perfect place for me to live. I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket as the book was first published in 1931.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: Yes
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4. Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre.
I read 999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense. It has "Horror" (5 users) and "Fantasy>Supernatural" (3 users) as main page genres.
I am claiming one Big Book ticket as it has 688 pages.
Points: 20
Big Book: Yes
Golden Oldie: No
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
I readThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. This book can be found on page 1 of "Best cozy mystery series" listopia. It is number 3 on the list.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total details for this post
Points: 75
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Details of post and Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 6
Points: 110
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Creynard30.4 Ava Catherine's Task: Summer of the Gods
Book 1: Option 2
by Lydia MilletSea creature on the cover
Book 2: Option 4
Lush by Lauren Dane
Written by a woman
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
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Tasks competed: 11
Pages read: 5,332
Shiraloo5.2 -- Cubism
'Knocked out by my nunga-nungas.' by Louise Rennison
REQUIRED: IL: UY BL: 4.4 AR Pts: 4.0
10.8 -- Happy Birthday
'It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers!' by Louise Rennison
15.4 -- The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Any Red-Blooded Girl by Maggie Bloom
REQUIRED: Fulfills both Options A & B
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Points: 30
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
BBT: 1
GO: 0
MEGSCL5.8 - Summer Baby
Read a book that was first published in 1958.
Flowers for Algernon
10.8. Happy Birthday
July 4 is America's 240th birthday. Read the 2d book in a series.
Scarlet
TOTAL TO DATE: 15
Mai20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option B: Book written by one of the authors during the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Kim A30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 1 - Read a book with “coming of age” as a main page genre.
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Genre Verified Here
Option 3 - Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Stephanie1275.8 - Summer Baby-Read a book that was first published in 1958 or 1984: The House on Mango Street this edition published in 1991, first published in 1984
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1125
Tasks completed: 1/62
Books read: 1
Catherine T Task 5.2 Cubism
Read a book which is #3 in a series
The Consequence of Seduction by Rachel Van Dyken
Task 10.6 Name Your Poison
Read a book with MPG Crime
The Summer Of The Danes by Ellis Peters
Task 10.9 Smile
Read a book with MPG humour
The Consequence of Revenge by Rachel Van Dyken
Task 15.5 Summer in the City
Read a book with MPG containing urban
The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
Task 15.8 Commencement
Read a book with MPG new adult
The Consequence of Loving Colton by Rachel Van Dyken
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Points this post = 55
Total = 80
Jonquil15.1 - Live Your Passion - Rio 2016
Book A setting Peru (Perú)
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
Mark Adams
Paperback, 333 pages 6/19
Book B genre Sports and Games > Sports 235 users
Dairy Queen
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Hardcover, 275 pages 6/18
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Books posted: 22
Tasks complete: 21
Pages this post: 608
Total pages as of this post: 5921
SCHATZIE5.2: Cubism
---#3 or #6 in a series
Gone to Glory -- # 3 in a series
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5.5: Abstract Nouns
---abstract noun in title from list
my abstract noun: MERCY (plurals allowed)
Small Mercies
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20.1: Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
---use chemical elements to spell a title word
The Life We Bury
my word: LIFE
-Li = lithium
-Fe = iron
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Post Total: 30
Challenge Total: 490
Chris MD30.2 It Looked Different Last Time I Was Here
1. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
This book takes place at the end of summer in Three Pines, part of Quebec.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 400 pages.
2. Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
This book takes place in the winter in Three Pines and Quebec City, and the book is a continuation of the mystery begun in The Brutal Telling. The mysteries are all investigated by the same team of people from the Sûreté du Québec. This combo was approved in the Help thread.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 400 pages.
Points for this post: 30 = 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
On page 1 of the list
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
1 - Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own! by Erma Bombeck
I was born in the 1970's, this book was published in 1971
2 - Slightly Sinful by Mary Balogh
30 years later, a book published between 2000-2009
POINTS: 65
10.8 Happy BirthdayI read Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - #2 in the Lunar Chronicles series
10.9 Smile
I read Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty - "humor" on main page
20.1 Periodically Challenged
I read Boar Island by Nevada Barr - My word is "boar" - B from Boron, O from Oxygen, AR from Argon.
New Total: 40
Emsreviewsbooks20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D: I read Calamity by Brandon Sanderson. B and S both appear in 'strawberries'.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 7
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 5: Read a book with either red or white rose(s), or a red cross on a white background somewhere on the cover.
by C.J. SansomRed and white Tudor rose on the cover.
This is a Big Book at 634 pages - I read the Kindle edition which specifies 753 pages, but I'm only claiming 1 ticket as the paperback version is shorter.
20.10 - Group Reads
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
My discussion post is number 9.
This is a Big Book at 529 pages.
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Long (656 pages) part of a series (#6) and published in 2014.
Lamentation by C.J. Sansom
Book 2: Short (100 pages), not part of a series, published in 2006.
The Other by Ryszard Kapuściński
Claiming a Big Book ticket for Lamentation at 656 pages.
Points this post: 65
Points in total: 135
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 4
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska Option 1: Since I was born and raised there, read a book with “coming of age” as a main page genre. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers - this book had a main-page genre of Coming of Age when I started and completed it on June 17th. It's not there now - I hope it will still count.
**The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1940). I claim one GO ticket.**
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
The Winter Girl by Matt Marinovich whose initials M.M are found in the words.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 4
Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Kathy G.30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1- I was born in 1954
I read:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Book 2- I chose 30 years before (this book published in 1924)
I read:
The Thundering Herd by Zane Grey
Total Points- 50
5.10I read Between the World and Me.
Points: 75
Books read: 8
tasks completed: 7
task in progress: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 2614
Julia10325.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Shadow of Freedom 1-Long Book (no MMP, paperback has 464 pages). 2-Recent (published 2013). 3-Part of a series
Book 2: Lady Susan 1-short book (MMP has 125 pages. 2-Older (published 1871). 3-Stand alone
This post: 25 points
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 1
Total tasks completed: 3
Jaclyn TX5.9 - Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the "Popular Summer Reading List Books."
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl is on the first page of the list.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Cait S15.3- June, July, and August
Book #1
Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE.
With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent
Book #2
Read a book by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts with exactly 4 OR 6 letters in every part.
Saving Zoë by Alyson Noel
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
20.10-Group ReadsChoose a Group Read and Posted in Discussion Thread
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family | Glenn Plaskin | 256 Pages | ★★ |
This Post
Points This Post: 20
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 100/1125
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 2
5.1 A different viewAtonement
page 1 in list
This task 5 points
5.2 Cubism
The Redbreast (Harry Hole #3)
BIG BOOK TICKET 519 PAGES
This task 5 points
10.1 Another kind of trip
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Page 1 on list
GOLDEN OLDIE TICKET FIRST PUBLISHED 1915
This task 10 points
Total points 20
Reader Name: Daphne10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day
MPG: Crime
Dumb Witness
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 140
Reader Name: Daphne15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic - Science
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 155
KATIEGIRL25.8 - Finally, a Little Vacation
Option 3: A book whose author's initials can be found in CANDYLAND.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Option 4: A book set at least 50% in Illinois or Nevada.
A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred by George F. Will
This book is about the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, so it's set in Chicago, Illinois.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Total tasks: 3
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
Kim A10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series.
Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins
*2nd in Rebel Belle series
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 4 - Read a book from the Funniest Novels of All Time list
Book -
The Heist by Janet Evanovich
*Found on page 3 of the list (#242)
Option 6 - 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”
Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
*N in Sounds, B in But, H in Chill
Points this post - 35
Total Points - 180
KATIEGIRL20.2 - Sweet Summer
Option C: A book with a food item in the title.
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Total tasks: 4
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
Jess Philly5.1 A Different View
For this task I read City of Ashes, which is on the first page of the list.
10.5
I read We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman. Matthew is on the list of hurricane names.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
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10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
sunglasses
Fearless
HelenKay Dimon
Paperback, 288 pages 6/16
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Books posted: 20
Tasks complete: 20
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 5313