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FALL CHALLENGE 2016
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Reader name : Maya30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian Culture
Option 1 : Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL.
Option 3: Read a book with an article of clothing on the cover. The clothing may be shown being worn or in isolation.
Book read: 1 ) Anomaly Flats
Book read: 2) Misplaced Love
Required: 1) Clayton Smith is the author, both C & S are in CHERRYBLOSSOMFESTIVAL
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Fixing previous, point total still 160.
20.6 Fantasy Football SeasonOption A: female author + "fantasy" genre
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets (870 pages).
30.2 Asian Culture
Option 1: author initials found in CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket (512 pages).
Option 5: genre is "Cultural > Japan"
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 60
perletwo20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – Nov - Option 3. November: For this option, read a book with the page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains the number nine (9).
Mortal Stakes
I read the Kindle edition, but the top-ranked mass market paperback edition's GR page shows 192 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Nikki B15.1 Seasonal Words
Book 1:
Spooky New Jersey: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
Fall Word: Spooky
Book 2:
The Savage Garden
Spring Word: Garden
Total Task Points: 15
Total Challenge Points:65
BB: 1
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I read Purity by Jonathan Franzen, one of the listed authors.
10.10 - The Apprentice
I read The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction. All of the letters to spell "Cheap" are found in the word APprEntiCesHip.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
I chose option C and read The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine.
H - KingfisHer
A - At
R - giRls
V - Valentine
E - thE
S - girlS
T - The
I - gIrls
N, G - kiNGfisher
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
JUKKA5.9 – Willow
Book with an X in the title.
We Can Fix It: A Time Travel Memoir by Jess Fink.
10.10 - The Apprentice
Book with a word in the title that can be made out of letters in APPRENTICESHIP.
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation by J.J. Abrams. The word is "star".
15.1. Seasonal Words.
Book 1: Book with a word in the title from the list of autumn words.
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives Volume 1 by Arnold Drake. The word is "gold"
Book 2: Book with a word in the title from the list of spring words.
Green Hornet, Vol. 2: Wearing o' the Green by Kevin Smith. The word is "green".
15.2. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!
Book A: Book that fits a Summer challenge task.
Deadpool, Vol. 1: Dead Presidents by Brian Posehn. The task is 15.4, and Brian Posehn's name contains the letters A B O.
Book B: Book I acquired during the Summer challenge.
Starve, Volume 1 by Brian Wood. I acquired it on June 8th 2016 from a Humble Book Bundle.
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 70/875
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/53
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
5.10 - DiamondThe Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!
Option 4 (first book) - The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
First in new to me series, 144 pages
Option 4 (second book) - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
First in new to me series, 464 pages
POINTS: 45
20.10 - Group ReadI read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Points: 20
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 20
Delicious Dee5.4 - Flowers
Twisted Up - Erin Nicholas initials found in CRANESBILL GERANIUM
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 60
trishhartuk20.1 - Most Improved - Camilla’s task: Sep-Oct-Nov
Option 3. November: The name of November is based on the Latin word ”novem”, which means nine. For this option, read a book with the page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains the number nine (9).
Last Licks, Claire Donally
Page count on GR is 296pg.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Take twenty, right?Reader name : Maya
10.1 - Self-Taught
Read a book written by one of the 17 Famous Authors Who Didn’t Study Writing.
Book read: The Sign of the Four
Required: written by Arthur Conan Doyle, who is on the list.
I would like to claim 1 GO ticket for The Sign of the Four. The Sign of the Four was originally published in 1890.
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15.1. Seasonal Words.
A. Read a book with one of the words for autumn/fall in its title/subtitle.
B. Read a book with one of the words for spring in its title.
Book read (Option A): Red Fox
Book read (Option B): Lying Season
Required: RED is on the list for fall, SEASON is on the list for spring
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30.4 - Dlmrose’s task: All in Order
Book 1. Read a book that contains an ordinal number* in its TITLE.
Book 2. Read a book in a series that is the SAME NUMBER in series as the ordinal number from Book 1.
Book read: 1) First Life
Book read: 2) Never Never
Required: FIRST life, NEVER NEVER is the 1st in the series.
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Points this post: 55
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Tasks completed: 11
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Points Total: 205
FANDURY20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
Option 4: Read a book whose title starts with a word that begins with one of the letters in PARADE.
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
The title starts with the letter R that can be found in paRade.
20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
Option 2: Read a collection of short stories, essays or novellas.
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
This is a collection of short stories.
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kristen IA10.10 - The Apprentice
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters of APPRENTICESHIP. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear. Ex: ape, ice, ship, paper
Required: State the word you are using.
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
The word is Apprentice
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/875
Tasks Completed: 1/53
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 5.2 - Cotton - Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top 5 cotton-producing US states: Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina or top five cotton-producing countries: China, India, Pakistan, Brazil or Uzbekistan. Required: Identify the setting and provide a reference if it is not evident in the title, description or metadata.
Looking for Alaska by John Green
This book takes place in Alabama.
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This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Nick KY5.7 Desk Set I read Unnatural Causes by P.D. James. The murder victim is an author, several of the suspects are authors, and the detective, Adam Dalgleish, is a published poet.
10.10The Apprentice I rad The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman. The letters in the word CHEAP can be found in APprEntiCesHip.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The View from the Cheap Seats at 522 pages. I had 200 pages of the book read before the challenge began.
15.5 Autumn Reads I read The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury, #24 on the Best Books to read in Autumn listopia.
20.6 Christi CO’s FFS Opt. 2. Female author, “Fantasy” genre. I read Coyote Stories by Mourning Dove.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 65
Big Books so far: 500+ (1)
5.8 Its all about the swords listAlanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7.0
Page 1, #13 on the list
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.10 – GROUP READS
Book 1: Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Posted: 09/06/2016 – Message #02
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 30 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: X
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: X
trishhartuk15.10. It's All About Family
Read a book from one of these lists: Novels Featuring Grandparents or Best Books about Family Relationships. REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which list the book appears on and the page of that list.
By Cook or by Crook, Maya Corrigan
Listed as joint #3 (1 vote, albeit from the author) in the Novels Featuring Grandparents list.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
5.4 - FlowersI completed The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena Authors name begins with SC
10.10 - The Apprentice
I completed Letters from Paris by Juliet Blackwell My word is Paris
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books posted: 2
Tasks complete: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: September 6, 2016
Task 5.2 - Cotton
Panda: An Intimate Portrait of One of the World's Most Elusive Animals by Heather Angel - set in the mountains of China - read 9/6
Task 5.4 - Flowers
X, y & Z of Relationship Breakups: The Things They Don't Tell You by Lara Saunders - read 9/6
Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
Option 1 - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol (first published 1865) - read 9/6
Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket
Total Points this post: 30
Total Points to date: 60
Lisa MD20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
Option A: Read a book by or about one of the folk musicians found on Most Influential Folk Musicians - Steve Earle - #10 on list
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle
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CURRENT:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
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TOTALS:
Points: 35/875
Tasks Completed: 2/53
Books Read: 3
BB Tickets:
GO:
Ava Catherine5.1: Paper
main page genre "Books about Books" or with book(s) on the cover
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe "Books about Books" main page genre 53 users
also book on cover
5.2: Cotton
book set at least 50% in Mississippi, a cotton producing state
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
setting: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, 1928
Most of William Faulkner's novels, including this one, are set in a fictional county that mirrors his native county around Oxford, Mississippi.
5.3: Leather
genre "Travel" main book page
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
"Travel" main page genre 1,885 users
5.4 Flowers
author whose first and last name initials are found in the flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
Unsaid by Neil Abramson
N and A are in CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
5.6 Candy
Read a book by an author with at least 2 Ms in their GR name.
Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam
5.8 Bronze
Read a book from the list "It's All About the Swords."
item #1, page #1
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
10.3 3x3
Read a book that has a three word title that consists of a list of exactly different three words that are the same part of speech.
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
total=40
20.3 Best Review - Katy's Task - PokebooksOption 3: Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or by a Canadian author.
Poor Tom Is Cold
The Murdoch Mysteries take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The author also lives in Canada.
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Discussion post #11
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Readerboard name MAZZA115.8 Create your own art
Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
Main page genre Non-fiction
Date Read 06/09/2016
Improve skill in medical knowledge of the brain and disease
Points this post 15
Total Points 50
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.5 - Folk Art
Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford
The letters of FOLK ART can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name (LeT me be FRAnK with yOu)
Link to PB edition: Let Me Be Frank with You
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.01 – Schatzie's Task: as suggested by Cindie: Fall Means Friends
Book 1, Option 2: Read a book with the genre "Magical Realism" or "Fantasy" on its main page.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Book 2, Option 5: Read a book of your choice!
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 60 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: X
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: X
15.5: Autumn ReadsI read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
This book is on page 1 of the Best Books to Read in Autumn list.
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Emsreviewsbooks20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
Option 4: I read Proposals and Poison by Rachelle J. Christensen.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
perletwo5.10 - Diamond - Read a book of your choice.
Apprentice in Death
Points this task: 05
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Julia10330.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian Culture
Option 1: Murder in Morningside Heights by Victoria Thompson (author initials in fesTiVal)
Option 3:
has clothing on coverShips of Merior has 637 pages - claiming one BB ticket
This post: 30 points, 1 BB
Total points: 30
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 1
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.1 - Self-Taught
book written by one of the 17 Famous Authors Who Didn’t Study Writing
Audio edition I listened to: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Most Popular MMPB edition: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
10.7 - Doing the Dewey
Die Roll: 6 & 3 = 9 meaning 900 Dewey decimal Classification
Most Frequent Result: 920.71 | Classification Link: http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/Cl...
AR Bookfinder Info: IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12.0
Boys Who Rocked The World: Heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Barbara ★'s Task: Heat Freak or Snowbird?
Using Option 2: Book takes place primarily in Mexico (mostly Puerto Vallarta)
Kindle edition I read: Target in the Sun
Paperback edition: Target in the Sun
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 40
Total Points To Date: 40
Pat ◎30.1 - Schatzie's Task: Fall Means Friends
Option #1: Jaime, Jamie and Lori ~ Read a book by an author whose first and/or last name starts with a "J" or an "L."
The Memory of Lemon by Judith FertigCompleted ~ 9.1.16
Pages ~ 304
Option #5: Book Club ~ Move through those TBR piles and read a book of your choice!
Flying Shoes by Lisa HoworthCompleted ~ 9.5.16
Pages ~ 325
Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 75
Tasks Completed ~ 3
Books Read This Season ~ 4
Pages Read This Season ~ 1623
Pat ◎10.3 - 3 X 3
Task Description ~ Read a book that has a three word TITLE that consists of a list of exactly different three words that are all the same part of speech
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne LamottCompleted ~ 9.6.16
Pages ~ 102
Points this post : 10
Total Points : 85
Tasks Completed : 4
Books Read This Season : 5
Pages Read This Season : 1725
Post #310.7 - Doing the Dewey
(5+6=11) 11 = 100s
A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters Classify 133.109
Points this post:10
Total Points:10
Books read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Readerboard Name: LaureY20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend- Katarina Bivald
Message 12 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Task Completed: 3
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
perletwo15.5. Autumn Reads - Read a book from the Best Books to Read in autumn list Best Books to Read in Autumn
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the page of the list on which your book is found.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - page 3 of the list
First printed in 1920, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
Readerboard name MAZZA115.8 Create your own art
Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
Main page genre Non-fiction
Date Read 06/09/2016
Improve skill in medical knowledge of the brain and disease I am a nurse working in ICU where people present with neurological injuries / disease of all types. Differential diagnosis can be very difficult It is a disease I had not heard of the interesting relationship to ovarian cancers would also add knowledge for further treatment
Points this post 15
Total Points 50
20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – NovOption 3. November
For this option, read a book with the page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains the number nine (9)..
American Gods (592 pages)
**American Gods is a Big Book (592 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
4. Read a book whose title starts with a word that begins with one of the letters in PARADE. All words must be considered including articles.
Dark Matter
20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
Option B. Read a book from one of these lists Down By the Sea or Relocating/Starting Over (Change and Challenge)
List: Down by the sea, page 1.
Possession
**Possession is a Big Book (555 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The Cheekies.
Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series. It must be identified as #2 in a series in the Goodreads metadata (series #2).
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
FANDURY25.4 - Perletwo's Task: Popularity Contest
Book 1: Read a book from this Goodreads list: Best Selling Books of All Time
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The book is #80 on the list.
Book 2: Read a book from this Goodreads list: Cult Classics
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
The book is on page 5, #441 on the list
Point this post: 25
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 5.3 - Leather - Trunks and luggage are popular leather goods. Read a book with the genre Travel on its main book page.
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
GO Tickets: 0
Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Flowers
The Guy Next Door by Meg Cabot
The author's first and last name initials are found Cranesbill geraniuM
Link to PB edition: The Guy Next Door
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.10 - DiamondBook of choice - Read H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Points these task: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
10.6 - Three of the SameRead a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least 2 different words that end with same 3 letters.
Required: State the words.
Words: Cooking, Stirring
Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics (2004) by Donna Brazile (Hardcover, 338 pages) [921/Biography]
00 + 10 = 10
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 00 + 10 = 10
Books read: 01
Pages read: 338
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LAUREN JODI10.8 - 26 Letters
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/875
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/53
Sarah E15.6. Be Artful
The Art of Racing in the Rain
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMPB) is: The Art of Racing in the Rain
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Andy P.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
I read Feel Good Fiction:
by Katarina BivaldMy comments can be found Message 15 of help thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
LAVENDER5.1 - Paper
Read a book with a main page genre "Books about Books" or with book(s) on cover.
Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick
Genre: Writing > Books About Books
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.4 - Flowers
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the 4th wedding anniversary flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
Book read: Thief
Required: Both C and S are in CRANESBILLGERANIUM
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10.7 - Doing the Dewey
Read a book with the corresponding Dewey decimal designation: Literature & Fiction
Book read: Never Never
Required: Rolled a 8 (6+2), designation is 813.6
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15.4. From A... to Z
Option 2: read one book that fits both A and B from option 1.
Book read (Option 2): A Perfect Mess
Required: (A) A PERFECT MESS starts with A (B) Z can be found in Zoe, the author's first name.
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15.8. Create Your Own Art.
Read a nonfiction book that will teach you a new skill or help you improve one you’ve already acquired.
Book read: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Required: ON WRITING is about writing, and I love to write.
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Fixing previous, point total still 160.