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FALL CHALLENGE 2016
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
15.10. It's All About FamilyRead 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.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... #344
The Blue Castle
Cumulative Total 795+15 = 810
Post #2020.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season
Option A) Of Breakable Things by A. Lynden Rolland Female author and Fantasy on main genre page
Points this post:20
Total Points:420
Books read: 31
Tasks Done: 22
Readerboard name - witchygal15.6 Read a book with the phrase “The Art of” in the title/subtitle.
I read The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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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.
I read Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing From Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse by Christiane Sanderson.
I work as a Family Support Worker in an early intervention to homelessness program and currently have a case load with a great deal of significant family violence. I am always looking to increase my knowledge and skills base. This book didn't really have any brand new information but did have a number of good exercises to use with clients.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Details of this post
Points: 30
Big Book 0
Golden Oldies 0
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TOTAL POINTS TALLY OF FALL 2016
Points: 260
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Task 20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Kim A – The Pumpkin Capital of the WorldOption 1 – Golden Pumpkin – originally published 1966 or earlier
Black Beauty
I listened to the audio / MMP: Black Beauty
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
+++ Golden Oldie+++ - 1st published 1877
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 490 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 6
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
EMurphy25.5 Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
Option 3: Book to Film-Book that inspired a movie or television show Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2674426/?...
P.S. I have not seen the movie yet, but I can't wait to see it!
Option 6: Old and New-Author's first and last name initials are found in CLASSIC ROCK A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Total:
Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 8
BB Tickets +500: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
KATIEGIRL20.10 - Group Reads
A book chosen as the challenge group read.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Participated in discussion thread message 16.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 470
Total tasks: 25
BB total: 6
GO total: 3
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.07 – Desk Set
Book 1: Read a book with a main character that is an author or journalist (novelist, journalist, blogger, TV script writer, etc).
The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 725 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Sarah E20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
Option B: From the Down by the Sea list, page 1 #47
A Caribbean Mystery
Points this post: 20
Total points: 640
5.4 FlowersThe City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller
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5.9 Willow
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
X in Title
25.5 Shared Love of Reading
Option 2 - Humor on Main Page
Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
Option 6 - Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
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Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 205
CYNBAXTERTask # 15.01 – Seasonal Words
Book A: Read a book with one of the words for autumn/fall in its title/subtitle
The Cider House Rules by John Irving – the word is “Cider”
**This is a Big Book (560 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Book B: Read a book with one of the words for spring in its title
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman – the word is “Green”
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 740 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.9: Willow: Exile by Stephen Arsenault. The title has an X in it: EXILE.
Task 10.2: Writers Write: Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee
by Robert Van Gulik. On the desk there is a document with Chinese character writing, an inkwell and a dish holding a writing pen or stylus. The cover was approved in helpthread #32. Claim Golden Oldies: The book was first published in 1949.Task 10.10: The Apprentice: The Eye of Horus by Carol Thurston. The word of 3 or more letters in the title is APPRENTICESHIP, is the word THE, approved in helpthread #7.
Task 25.7: First Anniversary:
Option 4 - Book 1: Follow the Crow by B. B. Griffith, the first book in the Vanished series. Pages: 353.
Option 4 - Book 2: The Ghost Rock Cafe by Chinle Miller, the first book in the Bud Shumway series. Pages: 252. The title series for the first book is listed in the description of the book, underneath the title. In the third paragraph, all the books currently in the series are listed, for example The Slickrock Cafe (book #2 in the Bud Shumway mystery series).
Both books fit the same option, both are new authors to me and books are #1 in a series new to me. The 2 books together total 252+353 = 605 pages, >600 pages required.
Task 30.1: Fall Means Friends:
Option 1: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher. The Author's first name Jim, starts with the letter J.
Option 5: Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell. The book was added to by TBR pile Jan. 23, 2016.
Task 30.2: Asian Culture:
Option 1: The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny. The Author's initials CT, can be found in CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL.
Option 3: The Intern: Chasing Murderers, Hookers, and Senators Across DC Wasn't in the Job Description
by Dale Wiley. The book cover shows a young man in a business suit.Totals this posting:
Points: 120
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Points: 280
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
10.7 - Doing the DeweyI rolled 4 + 2 = 6
Blood On the Table: The Greatest Cases of New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Dewey 614.1097471
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Barbara ★'s Task: Heat Freak or Snowbird?
Option 1: Peili location: Finland
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian Culture
Option 1: The Incas: Empire of Blood and Gold by Carmen Bernand
Option 3: Kimono/Obi
Points this post: 60
Points total: 405
GO total: 1
BB total: 2
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 35
trishhartuk10.9 - National Book Festival
Read a book written by one of this year’s participating authors: 2016 National Book Festival Authors. Books with multiple authors will work as long as an author on the list of National Book Festival participants appears in the author position of the book’s GRs record.
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward is (was?) a participating author in the 2016 Festival (http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/author/bo...)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 815
Tasks Completed: 47
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.9 – Willow
I read You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson - X is in the last word of the subtitle, "eXplain".
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The Cheekies.
I chose Option 1 and read 99 Poems: New & Selected by Dana Gioia.
Previous point total: 430
New points this post: 5+20
Total points: 455
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 26
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
30.4 - Dlmrose’s task: All in OrderBook 1. Read a book that contains an ordinal number* in its TITLE.
The Second Stage of Grief
Book 2. Read a book in a series that is the SAME NUMBER in series as the ordinal number from Book 1
Dark Secret
This is Book #2 in the DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal series
*Both books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 595/875
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 32
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
MegSCL10.4 - Let's Build a House!
Six Bedrooms
30.3 - Jonquil’s Task- May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread.
October 8: International Observe the Moon Night. Half of my quilt will be taken up with a big close up of the moon.
November 22: Go for a ride day. My quilt will feature carnival rides, including a ferris wheel.
TOTAL TO DATE:
points: 775
big book tickets: 7
Just realised I posted these tasks in the wrong thread! My totals in the last few posts will have been off because of it, sorry.MegSCL
5.6 - Candy
2 Ms in author’s name: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
5.9 – Willow
X in title: Ox-Tales: Air
TOTAL TO DATE:
points: 775
big book tickets: 7
Megs 20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – Nov
Option 3: read a book with the page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains the number nine (9).
A Demon Bound by Debra Dunbar - 291 pages.
20.2 - 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.
Perfected by Kate Jarvik Birch <- starts with P
20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists:
Books About Video Games and Virtual Reality
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
List: Books About Video Games and Virtual Reality
Page: 1 (book #1)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season
Option A: Read a book written by a female author AND that has "Fantasy" as a main page genre.
The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The Cheekies.
Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series.
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs - Mercy Thompson #2
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:Medicine (Nonfiction)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Discussion thread post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 120
Total points: 155
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - It's All About Family
Read a book from the list Best Books About Family Relationships. I read Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, which is on page one of this list at position 85 at time of posting.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 445
KATIEGIRL30.1 - Fall Means Friends
2: A book with "Fantasy" as a main page genre.
This Census-Taker by China Miéville
5: A book of your choice.
On the Fence by Kasie West
Points this post: 30
Total points: 500
Total tasks: 26
BB total: 6
GO total: 3
Coralie5.10 Diamond
New Treasure Seekers
This book is not on ARBookFinder
10.1 Self-Taught
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
This post 15 points
Total to date 515 points
20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – NovOption 1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in the word EQUINOX.
Angel with Two Faces by Nicola Upson
The initals of the author NU can be found in eqUiNox
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 455
Books Read: 35
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(2)1000+(0)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The CheekiesOption 2: Model Misfit by Holly Smale
Total points: 40
DANIELLE M20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
Option 2: Collection of essays - I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 13
Tasks Complete: 10
loafer15.8. Create Your Own Art.
Read a nonfiction book that will teach you a new skill or help you improve one you’ve already acquired.
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson
This book was assigned to my daughter for her AP English class as a summer prep and now I also read it to improve my understanding of the evolution of English and my comprehension of the British classics that I've been reading recently.
points: 15
total: 610
BB: 12
GO: 8
tasks completed: 36
15.4 From A...to ZA. Read a book whose title begins with the letter "A"
Access Denied by Donna Andrews
AND B. Read a book whose title/subtitle or author's name contains the letter Z
Erasmus of Rotterdam by Stefan Zweig
author's name contains Z
Points: 15
Grand Total Points: 345
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 2 (Total Tickets = 4)
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 37
25.7 Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!Option 1: Read a book (or books) by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY."
You may read one or two books for this task, but the total number of pages read must be at least 600.
I read two books.
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
E found in Anniversary
H found in Happy
Page count 537.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
MMP has 478 pages (https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...)
P, H found in Happy
Points: 25
537 + 478 = 1015 pages
Grand Total Points: 370
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 2 (Total Tickets = 4)
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 37
DANIELLE M20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Jaclyn TX's Task: Harry Potter!
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
Word - Sorcerer's
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 14
Tasks Complete: 11
Emsreviewsbooks15.6. Be Artful
I read The Art of Taming a Rake by Nicole Jordan.
This post: 15
Total: 455
Read: 35
Finished: 25
15.6 - Be ArtfulRead a book with the phrase “The Art of” in the title/subtitle.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 0
Tasks completed: 11
BARBARA ★ ---- FINAL POST20.5 - Bigger is Better - Barbara ★'s Task: Heat Freak or Snowbird?
Option 3:
North Pole Reform School - Jaimie Admans 11/23(snow on the cover and set in a cold place though the North Pole is not on the approved list)
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50.1 - Maya's Task : We've Been Here Before...Or Have We?
Book One: Option B: Love in the Light - Laura Kaye (193 pages) 10/16
Book Two: Option A: Captive Soul - Anne Windsor (book #5 in series) (480 pages) 11/25
(Captive Spirit (book #4) was used for 10.10 - The Apprentice)
Book Three: Option A: Quicksand - Iris Johansen (340 pages) 10/26
(added Feb 2009 when I joined GRs)
All three books together must equal at least 900* pages.
Total Pages: 193 + 480 + 340 = 1013
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 70
Total Points: 625
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (4), 750+: (0); 1000+: (1)
Sarah E25.3 - Nick KY’s Task – Autumn Moods
Option 1: Val McDermid won the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2010
Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid - 358 pages
Option 3: 100% set in New Mexico
Three Silver Doves
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMPB) is Three Silver Doves - 228 pages
358 + 228 = 586 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 665
Sarah E5.7 - Desk Set
Dining Out with the Ice Giants
Both MCs are journalists - from the GR description: "Two journalists in an alternate future London ..."
ebook only, approved for length message 5914
Points this post: 5
Total points: 670
Brittany G10.2 Writers Write
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Brooke TX20.2 - 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.
30.1 - Schatzie's Task: as suggested by Cindie: Fall Means Friends
2. Jennifer: Read a book with the genre "Magical Realism" or "Fantasy" on its main page.
5. Book Club: Read a book of your choice.
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.
Points
This Post: 80
Total Points: 715
Completed Tasks: 46
Books Read: 60
babbling c10.1 - Self-Taught
The Litigators -audiobook The Litigators - paperback pg 470 by John Grisham
John Grisham
15.10. It's All About Family
National Grandparents Day is September 11. As a new grandma, I can’t pass this one up!
Arabella - audiobook Arabella et le libertin -paperback pg 345 by Georgette Heyer
Read a book from one of these lists: Best Books about Family Relationships page 4.
this is a Golden Oldie: 1949
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The Cheekies.
Option 2: Verity - our granddaughter is not only the second child, but also the daughter of two second children and my husband and I are also both second children. 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).
Buttercream Bump Off -kindle Buttercream Bump Off - paperback pg 212 by Jenn McKinlay
2nd in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Jaclyn TX's Task: Harry Potter!
In honor of this remarkable series, read ONE book that contains at least one of the following words from the original Harry Potter series in its title or subtitle. The word must be EXACT with the following guidelines:
Fire - audiobook Rouge - paperback pg. 421 by Kristin Cashore
from goblet of Fire
25.1. - Sandy's Task: Folk Tales and Music.
Book 1: While we often think of folk art in terms of physical, tangible art, fairy tales and folk tales are also a form of folk art.
Read a book from one of the following lists: Mythology/Folklore
or Stories for Adults Who Love Fairy Tales
The Paper Magician - Kindle The Paper Magician paperback pg. 224 by Charlie N. Holmberg
Required: Stories for Adults Who Love Fairy Tales: pg 1
No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished -kindle No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished - paperback pg 516 by Rachel Aaron
Required: 23. "Puff the Magic Dragon" - Peter, Paul and Mary.
this is a Big Book: pgs 516
516+ 224= 740
THIS POST
Points: 90
Completed Tasks: 5
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Total This Season
Points: 350/875
Completed Tasks: 22/53
Golden oldies: 3
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 9,822
Books read this season: 28
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the words
I read
by Lara AdrianThe initials L A can be found in CRANESBILL
Points this post: 5
Books Read: 12
Tasks completed: 12
Points overall: 200
BB: 3
GO: 0
10.3 - 3 X 3Read 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: three nouns, three verbs, three pronouns, etc. Dictionary.com will be used to determine a part of speech. Subtitles should be ignored.
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Cumulative Total 810+10 = 820
10.6 - Three of the SameTitle that contains two different words that end with the same three letters: If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
Were/Here
Points this post: 10
Total points: 685
Kathy G.30.1 - Schatzie's Task: as suggested by Cindie: Fall Means Friends
Opt. 2- Fantasy on main page
Cress by Marissa Meyer
link to paperback:
Cress
Opt. 5 - Book of choice
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
Total Points- 110
Susan W.5.8 Bronze: read a book found on the list provided. Include the page number where your book is found.
I read Redwall by Brian Jacques
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
The book is on page two of the list.
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15.9 Can't Wait to Read It!: Read a book from the 2016 "most anticipated" list, either fiction or non-fiction. State the month and list on which your book is found.
I read Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner
The book is on the Most Anticipated Non-Fiction First Half of 2016 for the month of February.
Points this post: 20
Total: 150
CHANDNI25.7 Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!
Option 1: Read a book (or books) by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY."
Girl at War by Sara Nović - 368 pages
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - 281 pages
Total page count: 649
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 405
Books Read: 28
Completed Tasks: 21
Kait50.1 - Maya's Task : We've Been Here Before...Or Have We?
Book 1 Option A - A book that fits any other task or task option from the Fall 2016 Season.
Wolf's Capture by Eve Langlais -- Fits task 20.6 option A because Eve Langlais is a female author and Fantasy is a main page genre (Fantasy > Paranormal on the main page with 44 users); I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Wolf's Capture
Book 2 Option A - A book from a series that you have read a book from this season already and successfully claimed for a Fall 2016 task.
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness -- Claimed A Discovery of Witches which is the first book in the All Souls Trilogy for task 25.7
Shadow of Night qualifies for 1 BB Ticket at 584 pages.
Book 3 Option B - A book that you've tried to read before but did not finish.
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough -- I tried to read this book this summer but it didn't keep my interest with so many different 'characters' and foreign names. Now that I have less going on, I restarted it and was able to complete it; I listened to the audiobook edition, here is the paperback: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris qualifies for 1 BB Ticket at 576 pages.
900 page minimum: 246 pages (Wolf's Capture) + 584 pages (Shadow of Night) + 576 pages (The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris) = 1,406 pages total
Points This Post: 50
Big Book Tickets This Post: 2
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 325
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Golden Oldies: 1
10.9 - National Book FestivalRead a book written by one of this year's participating authors: 2016 National Book Festival Authors
by Michael Cunningham-----------------------------------------
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 605/875
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 35
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
10.1 - Self-TaughtRead a book written by one of the 17 Famous Authors Who Didn’t Study Writing. Pseudonyms for these authors may be used.
A Gift of Hope Danielle Steel
Cumulative Total 820+10 = 830
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Barbara ★'s Task: Heat Freak or Snowbird?Option 3: Read a book with either snow or a desert-like scene on the cover.
Snow on cover. Book is approved in message #2 of Help Thread.
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Jaclyn TX's Task: Harry Potter!
Read ONE book that contains at least one of the words from the original Harry Potter series in its title or subtitle
The word is FIRE
The Fire Child
* Both books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 645/875
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 37
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.6 - Three of the Same
I read Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner. I matched the "ing" from "Living" and "Reading" from the subtitle.
50.1 - Maya's Task: We've Been Here Before...Or Have We?
Book One: I chose Option A. I read Sarong Party Girls by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (320p). I used Task 15.9 Can't Wait to Read It from the Fall 2016 season; Sarong Party Girls is on the Millions' Most-Anticipated Second-Half 2016 Fiction list.
Book Two: I chose Option A. I read A Mind to Murder by PD James (mass market paperback - 221p), book 2 in the Adam Dalgliesh series. I claimed book 12 in the series, The Murder Room , in post 1660 on October 29.
Book Three: I chose Option B. I read Guapa by Saleem Haddad (368p). I started it this summer meaning it for a task in the Summer SRC, but about halfway through the book I misplaced my copy somewhere in the house! I looked everywhere - and was really annoyed because one of my favorite bookmarks was in the book - but it wasn't anyplace "logical". Well, last week I sorted through a box of books I was going to donate and found Guapa in the bottom!!
::shocked/scream face emoji::
Luckily I caught it before taking the box to the library - it must have got into the wrong stack when I "tidied" the house before leaving for a conference. But I found it and finished it and now it's getting claimed for a task here :)
320p + 221p + 368p = 909p
Previous point total: 455
New points this post: 10+50
Total points: 515
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 28
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
trishhartuk5.8 - 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, Ilona Andrews
Page 1, #3 on the "swords" list
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 820
Tasks Completed: 48
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
M1NKSREPOST
30.3 - May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread.
Book 1 - Go For a Ride Day 20th Nov -
Take a Ride day on a magic flying luggage (it would also work for Magic and Absurd day :-))Book 2 - Positive Thinking Day 13th Sept -
because the buddha looks like he's making everything float around him using the power of his glowing mind.
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
Option C: Spell-it-Out. Read a book where ALL the letters in HARVESTING can be found in any combination of title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
HARVESTING: EVeRy HeArT SeaNan mcGuIre
Points this post:20
Total Points:400
Books read: 30
Tasks Done: 21