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30.3 Jonquil's Task May All Your Ups and Downs in Life Be With a Needle and Thread
Book 1 Hug Your Hound Day- September 14th

dog on the cover
Book 2 Read a book day -September 6th

main character owns a bookstore
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Points Earned: 30
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 80/875

I read Siracusa, in which 2 of the 4 main characters are writers (one a playwright and author, the other a journalist and essayist).
Points: 145
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 11
Big Books: 2
pages read: 4487

Task #10.10 - The Apprentice
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in apprenticeship. I read Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley, as the word Thrice can be found in appREnTICesHip.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 260

30.4 All in Order
Book 1
4th of Julyby James Patterson
Book 2
A Really Cute Corpseby Joan Hess
fourth in the Claire Malloy series
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 8
Points Earned: 30
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 110/875

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
Read a book written by a single author whose last name* letter length is equal to the number of words contained in the book's title AND subtitle. Books must be a minimum of 250 pages in length.
Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom READING

Title- 7 words, Grissom - 7 letters, 370 pages
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CURRENT:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
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TOTALS:
Points: 250/875
Tasks Completed: 16/53
Books Read: 20
BB Tickets:
GO:

30.3 Needle & Thread

Cake Day, November 26. My quilt features a perfectly delectable piece of lemon cake with chocolate frosting.

Author's Day, November 1. My quilt has a photo of once-singer, now-also-author Sara Bareilles (nonsensically surrounded by megaphones, in case you also want to celebrate No Rhyme or Reason Day!).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Books posted: 14
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0

10.5 - Folk Art
A book in which all the letters of FOLK ART can be found in any order in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 7 by Hiromu Arakawa -- Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 7 Hiromu Arakawa
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 240
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1

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. The book must be identified as a series (title, #) in the series metadata on GR.
Book 1: First Grave on the Right
Book 2: Shadow and Bone
15.5. Autumn Reads
Read a book from the Best Books to Read in autumn list
The book is on 1st page.
Wuthering Heights
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: -

10.8 - 26 Letters:
Read a book in which the number of words or letters in the title match the numerical designation of the first letter of the title:
Batman: Europa by Brian Azzarello.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0

Read a book with a main character that is an author or journalist (novelist, journalist, blogger, TV script writer, etc).
Required:If the vocation/avocation is not evident in the book’s description provide a reference or quote from the book.
Among Others
"Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF" "Combining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination"
Cumulative Total 375 + 5 = 380

10.10 - The Apprentice
Using the word THE The Wish List by Jane Costello
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season
Option A - Hush by Anne Frasier
25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
Option 3- Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Option 6- Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong
Points this post- 55
Total points- 245

Date: October 28, 2016
Task 10.9 - National Book Festival
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
Option A: Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Claiming one BB ticket: 704 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points to date: 470
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 2
500+ 2
750+ 0

5.6 - Candy
The Fairy Tale Bride by Kelly McClymer
5.10 - Diamond
Tickled Pink by Christina Jones
Points this post- 10
Total- 255

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
Read a book written by a single author whose last name letter length is equal to the number of words contained in the book's title AND subtitle.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Author's last name DOYLE has 5 letters. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" has 5 words.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24

Task 5.4 Flower
Authors initials in CRANESBILL GERANIUM (RS)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Points this post:5
Total points:120
Tasks completed:11
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(1)1000+(0)

Book 1:
Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
Book 2: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #13
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith
+30 Points
Grand Total: 565

5.1 Paper I read The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle by Laura DiSilverio, with books on the cover.

15.7 Singalong. I read Lost Horizon, by James Hiltonbasis for the musical “Shangri-La”

30.1 Schatzie’s Fall Friends
Option 2. “Magical Realism” as a GR genre. I read Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique.
Option 5. Book Club. Book of Choice – I read The Country Wife by William Wycherly.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 505

ONE-BOOK OPTION: read a book whose author’s name matches either the first or last name of one of the actors who played Frankenstein AND the first letter of each word in the title can be found in FRANKENSTEIN.
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
Jonny Lee MILLER played Frankenstein in 2011.
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 15
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1

OPTION 1: Read a book that was first published 50 or more years ago.
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (first published 1923)
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1923)*
20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
OPTION 3: Read a book set in Canada (at least 50%) or by an author who is Canadian by birth or residence.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Barbara ★'s Task: Heat Freak or Snowbird?
OPTION 1: read book set (at least 50%) in one of the following locations: Estonia, Finland, Mongolia, Iceland, Greenland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Antarctica or Alaska.
Laurus by Evgenij Vodolazkin
More than 50% of this book is set in Russia.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
Read a book written by a single author whose last name letter length is equal to the number of words contained in the book's title AND subtitle.
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (5 word title, 5 letter last name)
*This is a BIG BOOK (531 pages)*
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Jaclyn TX's Task: Harry Potter!
Read one book that contains at least one of the list words from the original Harry Potter series in its title or subtitle.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
The title word from the list is CHAMBER.
Points this post: 100
TOTAL POINTS: 115
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 6

OPTION 1: read a book by an author whose first and/or last name starts with a "J" or an "L."
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
OPTION 5:read a book of your choice.
What Will Remain by Dan Clements
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian Culture
OPTION 2:Read a book with a bird or birds on the cover.

*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1945)*
OPTION 3:Read a book with an article of clothing on the cover.

30.3 - Jonquil’s Task- May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread.
Read 2 books that have a cover with any object or scenario that you think could be used to represent that quirky holiday’s celebration.
BOOK 1:

3rd September is Skyscraper Day. I would include blocks in the shape of skyscrapers, which are in the background of the book's cover, on my quilt.
BOOK 2:

6th September is Read-a-Book Day. I would applique book covers on to my quilt.
Points this post: 90
TOTAL POINTS: 205
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 12

Task # 15.4. From A... to Z
One book option
A. Read a book whose title begins with the letter "A"
AND
B. Read a book whose title/subtitle or author's name contains the letter Z

First word of title begins with"A" and second word ends with 2" Z's"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 475

Read a book from the Best Books to Read in autumn list Best Books to Read in Autumn
The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James
Found on page 1 of the list.
Golden Oldie, first published 1898.
30.1 - Schatzie's Task: as suggested by Cindie: Fall Means Friends
Option 1. For this option, read a book by an author whose first and/or last name starts with a "J" or an "L."
Conrad & Eleanor: a drama of one couple's marriage, love and family, as they head towards crisis by Jane Rogers
Option 5. Move through those TBR piles and read a book of your choice!
Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba
Points this post: 45
Points in total: 430
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Book Tickets: 3

Read a book in which all the letters of FOLK ART can be found
The Widow of Larkspur Inn by Lawana Blackwell- 10/27/16****
(The widOw oF LARKspur inn)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 360

Read a a book with book(s) on cover

Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 365

Option B.Read a debut book from the Goodread’s Debut Author Snapshot list.
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is on the first page of the list in #8th spot
25.1. - Sandy's Task: Folk Tales and Music.
Book 1: Read a book from Stories for Adults Who Love Fairy Tales
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
This was #18 on the first page
Book 2: Read a book, the title/subtitle of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from a song title listed on Folk Alley’s 100 Most Essential Folk Songs
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
I used the word Children from song #63 Teach your Children
Points this post: 45
Total challenge points: 300
GO's: 2

10.4 Let's Build a House!
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least one word from this list of rooms or areas that can be found in a house--attic:The Buddha in the Attic

Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 90/875

10.5 Folk Art
Read a book in which all the letters of FOLK ART can be found in any order in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name:The Secrets of Lake Road

F in of
O in Road
L in Lake
K in Lake
A in Road
R in Road
T in Secrets
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 100/875

10.6 Three of the Same
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least 2 different words that end with same 3 letters. Words must have at least 4 letters--There/Were:And Then There Were None

Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 110/875

10.7 Doing the Dewey
Rolled a 3.
Read a book with the corresponding Dewey decimal designation:3=300's:We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

Classify gives back DDC--Most Frequent 323.11960730761781
http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/Cl...
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 8.0
Verification Post
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 120/875

10.8 26 Letters
Read a book in which the number of words or letters in the title match the numerical designation of the first letter of the title--Letters--"O"=15 : Our Souls at Night

Verification Post
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 130/875

10.9 National Book Festival
Read a book written by one of this year's participating authors: 2016 National Book Festival Authors--Jacqueline Woodson :Miracle's Boys
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3.0

Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 140/875

10.10 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--The: Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter

Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 150/875

Book 1: Read a book from this Goodreads list: Best Selling Books of All Time
Page 1 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Book 2: Read a book from this Goodreads list: Cult Classics
Page 1 – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - This book was first published in 1595; I claim 1 GO ticket
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book:
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 116
Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1

Book 1, a book from Best Selling Books of All Time, #35: Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Book 2, a book from Cult Classics, p. 3 #291: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Points this post: 25
Total points: 415

5.10 - Diamond
Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 07
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10.9 - National Book Festival
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Points this post:15
Total Points:305
Books read: 24
Tasks Done: 18

25.5
Opt. 2 read a book with a main page genre "Adventure" or "Humor".
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Opt. 3
Read a book (or any book from a series) that inspired a movie or television show.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Pts: 25
Total pts: 205

20.4 Read a book from one of these lists Down By the Sea and ...
The Lacuna
Found on list Down By the Sea, pg. 1
Pts: 20
Total pts: 225

25.6 Cool Fall Fun
Option B. Book with dog on cover

Option D. Book by author with name 'Vance'
Madouc by Jack Vance
This post 25 points
Total to date 420 points

Carsick
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available) Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
10.4 - Let's Build a House!
Pretty Good Number One: An American Family Eats Tokyo
20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – Nov
Option 3. November
Jälkeemme kukkiva maa
25.1. - Sandy's Task: Folk Tales and Music.
Book 1: The Night Circus
I listened to the audio, link to MMPB The Night Circus
List: Stories for Adults Who Love Fairy Tales, page 1
*502 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
Book 2 - Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
Song: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - The Band (Robbie Robertson)
320 pages
502 + 320 = 822 pages
Points this post: 60
Points total: 310
GO total: 1
BB total: 2
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 27

Read a a book with a main page genre "Books about Books" or with book(s) on cover. Required: Include the cover in your post if using the cover option.
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Genre = Writing>Books About Books
Points: 5
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5.5 Wood
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of trees. Any individual word from the list may be used except THE. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations.
Required: Identify the word.
Thunder Rides a Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches & the Mythic Present by Claire R. Farrer
Tree = #2 Black Ash, word = black
Points: 5
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5.7 Desk Set
Read a book with a main character that is an author or journalist (novelist, journalist, blogger, TV script writer, etc).
The Writing Circle by Corinne Demas
MC is writing a novel, and her work is writing a medical newsletter.
Points = 5
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5.8 Bronze
Read a book from this list: It's All About the Swords.
Required: Include the list page number where you found your book when you post.
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Found book on page 1, #3 of It's All About the Swords.
Points: 5
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5.9 Willow
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains an X.
Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars by Neil Young
X found in "Deluxe" in title.
Points: 5
Grand Total Points: 90
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least one word from this list of rooms or areas that can be found in a house: attic, basement, bath, bedroom, craft, deck, den, dining, family, foyer, game, garage, guest, hobby, kitchen, laundry, living, lounge, master, nursery, office, pantry, parlor, porch, sewing, storage, study, television (TV), utility. Plurals and possessives will work but no other variations.
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Room = kitchen
Points: 10
Grand Total Points: 100
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

Option 2: Read one book that fits both A and B from option 1. (i.e., A - Read a book whose author’s name matches either the first or last name of one of the actors who played Frankenstein Frankenstein actors. REQUIRED: Include the name of the actor in your post. B - Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in FRANKENSTEIN.
Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White
A: actor = Randy Quaid, author = Randy Wayne White
B: SF found in Frankenstein
Points: 15
Grand Total Points: 115
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

Option 3: Read a book with the page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains the number nine (9).
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
Page count = 391 (contains a 9)
Points: 20
Grand Total Points: 135
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

Option 1. For this option read a book by one of the CWA’s Diamond Dagger Winners. Any book by the author will do.
Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Lindsey Davis is a Diamond winner for 2011.
Option 2: For this option, read a book with a single house exterior on the cover. It need not be spooky, nor an entire house, but it must be recognizable as a permanent structure meant for human habitation, and there must only be ONE. (Birdhouses, doghouses, teepees, or tents do not work. Castles, palaces, lighthouses, or The White House, however, are fine.)
Required: Include the cover.

Big Book Ticket - 562 pages
Points: 25
Grand Total Points: 160
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

Book 1. Read a book that contains an ordinal number* in its TITLE.
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Book 2. Read a book in a series that is the SAME NUMBER in series as the ordinal number from Book 1. The book must be identified as a series (title, #) in the series metadata on GR.
Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald
Free Fall in Crimson is book #19 in the Travis McGee series.
Points: 30
Grand Total Points: 190
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

Read three books, one from each book set selecting either A or B. Required: Identify the options when you post.
All three books together must equal at least 900* pages.
Book One: B) READ A BOOK with a main page genre of "Adult". The genre tag is limited to "Adult" and does not include other genres containing the word.
The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Genre = Adult
Book Two: B) READ A BOOK with Detective, Medieval, Alternate History, OR Amazon as a main page genre.
Required: Identify the main page genre.
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Genre = Mystery>Detective
Golden Oldie Ticket - published 1940
Book Three: A) READ THE BOOK that has been on your Goodreads TBR shelf the longest. Required: Tell us the date you added it to your TBR!
The Instructions by Adam Levin
Added to TBR on 4/17/2011.
Big Book Ticket x 3 - 1030 pages
Total page count for three books: 252 + 175 + 1030 = 1457 pages
Points: 50
Grand Total Points: 240
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2 (Total Tickets = 4)
Tasks Completed: 21 (some not yet posted)
Books Read: 29

September 5 is Be Late for Something Day and September 6 is National Fight Procrastination Day. Read 2 books:
A. It’s late, but not TOO late – read a book that fits one of the Summer 2016 5, 10, 15 or 20 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.10 for this one. REQUIRED: When you post, indicate which Summer 2016 task you're using.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4. "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" (Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1): Witches seem to be popular characters in Urban Fantasy and Horror, as well as Cozy Mysteries. Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre. The genre can be stand-alone or embedded.
Elusive Hero
B. Don’t procrastinate – read a book that you added to your TBR, purchased, were given, added to your e-reader, etc., during June, July, or August 2016.
REQUIRED: In your post, state when you received the book or added the book to your list.
Allegiance of Honor 6/17
Cumulative Total 380 + 15 = 395

Read a book with the corresponding Dewey decimal designation.
Rolled 4 & 4– 800’s – Literature – Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen - http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/Cl...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book:
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 17
Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
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10.4 Let's Build a House!
Book with 'game' in title/subtitle
Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
20.6 Fantasy Football Season
Option A – Book written by a female with 'fantasy' as a main page genre
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
This post 30 points
Total to date 395 points