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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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Peebee Task 10.6. D-Day
Early Decision: Based on a True Frenzy by Lacy Crawford (moved from 20.5)
The word "Decision" starts with D.
Task 20.5 Celebrating My Parents
Option A
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan (352 pp), replacing
Early Decision: Based on a True Frenzy by Lacy Crawford, moved to 10.6.
This book is primarily set in Australia.
Kelly Corrigan is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 415/1180
Goodreads Authors: 1/18
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Peebee Task 20.9-Tour De France
Option 2
I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum
This book is predominantly set in Paris, France, and the author lives in France.
Courtney Maum is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 435/1180
Goodreads Authors: 1/19
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
ANGIE CA10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Book: Jordyn by Tiffany King
Notes: "Paranormal" genre.
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
Book: City of Souls by Vicki Pettersson
Notes: CITY
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
Book:
by Tracey Garvis-GravesNotes: 3) Beach cover.
This Post: 50
Points to Date: 420
Delicious Dee25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 2 - Happy Accidents - 65ppl have it shelved as humor
Option 3 - It Happened One Wedding - Julie James (GR Author) - #5 in the FBI/US Attorney series and most recent published
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 420
GR Author: 23
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
FANDURY20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Option 3: Read a book whose title or subtitle contains one of the following color words: Yellow, white, red or green.
The House of the Red Slayer by Paul Doherty
The title of this book contains the word RED.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Peebee Task 5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible NEW POINTS
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes by Jenny Colgan (moved from 15.4) (post 557, page 12)
This book has 410 pages in the edition I read.
Task 10.9. Isthmus Test NEW POINTS
by Dorothea Benton Frank (moved from 20.8) (post 541, page 11))The book's cover depicts the ocean and the coastline/beach.
Task 15.4 -- Double Trouble REPLACEMENT
Does This Church Make Me Look Fat?: A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, and Solves Her Lady Problems by Rhoda Janzen
(replaces Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes by Jenny Colgan (moved to 5.8) and The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy, (moved to 25.10) (post 557, page 12))
"Mennonite" has a double consonant (NN), while "Meets" has a double vowel (EE).
Task 15.8 -- It's All About the Facts! NEW POINTS
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (moved from 25.10) (post 541, page 11)
This book's main page lists "history" as a genre.
Task 20.8 - FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both! REPLACEMENT
Option 2. PROFESSION
Coreyography by Corey Feldman, replaces The Hurricane Sisters: A Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank (post 541, page 11)
This non-fiction book is the autobiography of actor Corey Feldman.
Task 25.10 - Baseball All Stars REPLACEMENT
Option 3. Home Run Derby
The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy, replaces Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (post 557, page 12)
This book is ranked 4.10 with 1,185 ratings at the time of posting.
Option 4: Ball Park Food and Drink
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Points this post: 30 (5+10+15)
Total points: 465/1180 (435+30)
Goodreads Authors: 0/18
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Peebee Task 15.5 -- Where Was that Again?
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
This book is set in a small fictional town in Massachusetts, Flax Hill.
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 480/1180
Goodreads Authors: 0/18
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Elizabeth PTask 5.9 - Black: Whispers and Wishes
Book with genre witches on main page
Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a *Goodreads Author*
Task 5.10 - White: Lounging Around
Chair on the Cover
by Nora RobertsApproved in Task Thread #57
Task 10.5 - This Could Take a While
Number 1000 or greater in title
City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster
Miriam Forster is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks: 9
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 10
Fiona (Titch)10.5 This Could Take A While
A Million Dirty Secrets - C.L. Parker C.L Parker is a *G.R. Author*
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Embers & Ice - Isabella Modra Isabella Modra is a *G.R. Author*
10.8 Question Everything
Where the Bodies Are Buried - Christopher Brookmyre
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 30
GR Author: 2
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the StarsOption B: Book first published in September of any year
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
Option C: Book with genre Science Fiction
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunchop 2 1970 best book boyfriends # 59
The Vincent Brothers, Abbi Glines
Points This Post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 4
10.8 - Question EverythingMontmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
? in the title
Points this post = 10
Total points = 200
Big Book tickets = 1
Goodreads Authors = 6
10.6 - D-DayRead a book with a title that begins with a word that starts with the letter D.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a GoodReads Author
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages Read: 1093
Total Points: 50
Jen UT20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
5. Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
Spinoff of Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Total Books Read: 7
Total Points: 50
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: Option Odd Numbers:Book with 3 matching numbers from (1,2,3,7,8,9) and page count ending with odd number (1,3,5,7,9)
Three to Get Deadly, Janet Evanovich 321 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
15.10 - Fun in the SunRead a book of your choice
Own the Wind | Kristen Ashley | ★★★★★ | 389 Pages | GR Author
This Post
Points For This Task: 15
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0
Big Book Tickets: 750+: 0
0
Totals
Total Points: 235/1180
Challenges Completed: 15/67
Total Goodreads Authors 13
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Peebee Addressing problems in Question Post 153.
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible:
SUBTRACT POINTS, moved Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes by Jenny Colgan to 25.7, so no book at present.
Task 10.3. The More the Merrier NEW POINTS
by TaraShea Nesbit, moved from 30.5.There are three women on the cover and it is used as one of the task examples.
Task 10.6. D-Day NEW POINTS (CORRECTED)
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl, replacing Early Decision: Based on a True Frenzy by Lacy Crawford, moved to 25.11.
The title "Delicious" starts with D.
Task 20.5 Celebrating My Parents NEW POINTS (CORRECTED)
Option A
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan (352 pp) [REPOST: linking correct edition]
This book is primarily set in Australia.
Kelly Corrigan is a Goodreads Author.
Task 25.7 - Virtual Vacation SAME POINTS
Option A: I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE
The Fields by Kevin Maher
This book is set in Dublin, Ireland to the 1980s (during my lifetime). I have never been there, but have always wanted to visit, especially to see landmarks related to my favorite band, U2. [REPOST, NOT CHANGING]
Option D: THE STAYCATION
by Jenny Colgan, replacing Delicious! by Ruth Reichl, moved to 10.6.The cover features the food cupcakes.
Task 25.11: Summer Camp for All Ages SAME POINTS
Option 1: Grab a Buddy!
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
I previously read Quick's book The Good Luck of Right Now and rated it 4 stars. [REPOST, NOT CHANGING]
Option 3: All Camp Games
Early Decision: Based on a True Frenzy by Lacy Crawford, replacing The Land of Steady Habits by Ted Thompson, moved to 30.5.
The author's initials are LC, appearing in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
Task 30.5: In Pursuit of a Good Book SAME POINTS
Option 1: Entertainment
The Land of Steady Habits by Ted Thompson, replacing The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit, moved to 10.3.
The author's initials are TT, found in ENTERTAINMENT.
Option 6: Sports & Leisure
The One & Only by Emily Giffin
Giffin's books tend to be chick-lit blockbusters, perfect for reading at the beach (which is where I read it.) [REPOST, NOT CHANGING]
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Points this post: 40 (20+10+10)
Total points: 485/1180 (480-20-10-5+20+10+10)
Goodreads Authors: 1/18
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Babbling c25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
For this task, read 2 books from different options based on my most recent Five-Star Reads.
Required: Indicate the options you chose when you post.
1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - Technically I read this book during the Winter Challenge, but seeing as I finished it just hours before the Spring Challenge began, I’m going to count it! This is my favorite Christie mystery to date, so read a book with the genre Mystery* on the main book page.
Murder, She Barked: A Paws & Claws Mystery - kindle Murder, She Barked - paperback 304 pgs. by Krista Davis
genre: mystery
Krista Davis is a GRA
5. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander - I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did! But, then again, books about times in history that intrigue me always strike my fancy. Read a book with the genre Historical Fiction* or Historical Romance* on the main book page that takes place during a time period that intrigues you.
Optional: State the time period and why you find it intriguing.
Her Highness, the Traitor kindle Her Highness, the Traitor-paperback 315 pgs. by Susan Higginbotham
genre: historical fiction
Susan Higginbotham is a GRA
it is about Lady Jane Grey, told from the points of view of her mother France grey and her mother-in law, Jane Dudley.
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 260
Completed Tasks: 14
Good Read Authors: 15
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 6, 203
Books read this season: 19
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
FANDURY 20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
Read one book of at least 250 pages with a title/subtitle that contains one or more words of at least four letters that can be made from the letters in HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE.
A Hundred Words for Hate by Thomas E. Sniegoski
The word HATE from the title can be found in HypnoTic clAmbakE
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback has 320 pages: A Hundred Words for Hate
Point this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task #
30.3 – Delmy's Task: Send in the Clones!!
Option 2. Read a book from the list Rooting for the Bad Guy The Secret History by Donna Tartt This book was # 38 on the list on 5/19/14 (559 p.)
Option 3.Read a book where the main character is a mom. And Justice There Is None by Deborah Crombie. Book is approved in help thread for option 3 (416 p.)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
Task 10.1 I Scream, You Scream Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ICE CREAM.
I C E CREA M
The Formula for Murder (Nellie Bly #3) (2012) by Carol McCleary (Hardcover, 336 pages)
90 + 10 = 100
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 90 + 10 = 100
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,658
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial PursuitLimoncello Yellow by Traci Andrighetti
This book is new to me.
*** Traci Andrighetti is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 20
Total GRA: 1
Total big book tickets: 0
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star FavoritesOption 1: Mystery
Clockwork by Philip Pullman
Option 2: Humor
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Approved in task help thread post #24
Task total=25
Grand total=
Edited to correct addition error
25.12 - Janet F - A Trivial ChallengeI rolled a 5 - author's initials in "PORTUGUESE" - Surrender the Wind BY ***Goodreads Author Rita Gerlach
I chose option 3 History - book with building on cover Buying Murder
by ***Goodreads Author Nancy Lynn JarvisPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 210/1130
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
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10.1 I Scream, You Scream
initials CC in ice cream: Grandad, There's A Head On The Beach by Colin Cotterill
20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
green in title: Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson
This book was new to me, not a reread.
30.10 - Delicious Dee's Task: TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else?
option 3, bare feet on cover, no romance genre:
paperback: Warrior Pose: How Yoga (Literally) Saved My Life by Brad Willis, 384 pages
option 4, set in Portugal, no romance genre: A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson, 448 pages
384+448= 832
total = 520
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General TurkeyRead one book of at least 250 pages with a title/subtitle that contains one or more words of at least four letters that can be made from the letters in HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE - MAKE.
You Make Me by Erin McCarthy - 290p.
Erin McCarthy is a GR author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 11
GR Author: 2
Big Book - 500: 1
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0
15.10 Fun in the sun The Go-Away Bird Warren FitzGerald
20.5 Celebrating my parents
Geisha, a Life Mineko Iwasaki - option A/ set in Japan
30.11 Honour's awards
Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell - option 1/ 2013 winner in YA fiction
One Breath Away Heather Gudenkauf - option 2/ 2012 nominee in fiction
Tasks points 65
Total points 160
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Task # 25.4 – Coralee’s Task – World Cup Past and Present.
Option 1 – World Cup Past
1994 – Played in USA / Winner Brazil
Book A) First published 1994 –
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story ✔ – 22June14
Book B) Set in USA –
Moonrise ✔ – 05July14 (Set in North Carolina, USA)
*** Cassandra King is a Goodreads Author ***
Pairing approved in Help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Read: ( 1) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
15.5 - Where Was that Again?We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
This book was set in Massachusetts.
*E. Lockhart is a Goodreads author.
15.10 - Fun in the Sun
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Total Points: 30
Delicious Dee30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-Up
rolled 3, 5
Book A - 3 - The War within These Walls - 22ppl have it shelved as graphic novel
Book B - 5 - Clean - Amy Reed (GR Author) - 22ppl have it shelved as mental illness
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 450
GR Author: 24
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Lindy-Lanetask 5.5 green: it's not easy being green!
*title at least 3 words long with all the first letters found in "kermit the frog":
Taking the Fifth by J.A. Jance
this is a gra
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 9
Lindy-Lanetask 10.9 : isthmus test!
*body of water on cover with boat
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordanthis is a gra
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 10
15.9 - Decisions, DecisionsI read: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I started from: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Points this post = 15
Total points = 215
Big Book tickets = 1
Goodreads Authors = 6
20.7 The Brady BunchOption 3 Classics: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
30.1 A Little Pick Me Up
I rolled a 2 and a 4
2 Sci-fi: Wither by Lauren DeStefano goodreads' author
4 Humor: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
Total points: 50
10.9 Isthmus TestBeach House No. 9 by Christie Ridgway (**Goodreads author**)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Option 3: White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison (**Goodreads author**)
Book title contains the word "White" - BIG BOOK TICKET 504 pgs
20.10 - Group Reads
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Comment posted in message #33
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 3: Interrogating the Bride by Carla Cassidy (**Goodreads author**)
Genre "Romance" listed on main page
Option 6: Dark Highland Fire by Kendra Leigh Castle (**Goodreads author**)
The cover has a wolf on it
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
Book takes place Washington
Option 6: Heiress Recon by Carla Cassidy (**Goodreads author**)
This book is a good summer read because it is a short, quick read.
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Option B: Private S.W.A.T. Takeover by Julie Miller (**Goodreads author**)
Book was first published in September
Option C: Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair (**Goodreads author**)
Genre "Science Fiction" listed on main page.
Total Points This Post: 140
Total Tasks This Post: 6
Goodreads Authors This Post: 7
Grand Total Points: 140/1180
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6/64
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Captain America GirlEdited - post doesn't count.
20.9 Tour de Franceoption 4
this task 20 points
total points 145
Jessica PDX15.1 - Moms and Dads
These books were published within my mom and dad's lifetimes, but before I was born.
by John Steinbeck
by Jim ThompsonPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 220
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July ChallengeOption 2: Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood, 151 pages
Option 6, book of choice: The Unwitting by Ellen Feldman
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Task #25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual VacationOption A: I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE
Fall from India Place by Samantha Young (GR Author)
The book is set in Edinburgh, Scotland which is a new to me place and was set during my lifetime
Option C: THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION
One Touch of Scandal by Liz Carlyle
set in 1848 - the time setting is not within my lifetime
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
Total Points: 225
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 18
Repost to 904 30.11 Honour's awards
Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell/ option 1/ 2013 winner in YA fiction
One Breath Away Heather Gudenkauf - option 2/ 2012 nominee in thriller and mystery
Task points 30
Total points 160
BB Ticket 2
Reposting in order:Fiona (Titch)
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Embers & Ice - Isabella Modra Isabella Modra is a *G.R. Author*
10.5 This Could Take A While
A Million Dirty Secrets - C.L. Parker C.L Parker is a *G.R. Author*
10.8 Question Everything
Where the Bodies Are Buried - Christopher Brookmyre
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 30
GR Author: 2
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
10.1. I Scream, You ScreamRead a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ICE CREAM
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews (GRA)
This Task Points: 10
Total Points: 85
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
25.4 - Coralie's Task: World Cup Past and PresentOption 2
Group D
1. Read a book set in England
Getting Rid Of Matthew (set in London)
2. Read a book by an Italian Author
The Moon And The Bonfire by Cesare Pavese
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 215
Tasks completed: 14
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
10.6. D-DayRead a book with a title that begins with a word that starts with the letter D.
The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling
This Task Points: 10
Total Points: 95
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
30.6. Alison's Task: Summer BirthdaysOption 1. Red Haired Girl: Dead Witch Walkingby Kim Harrison (GRA)
Option 2: Day You Were Born: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (GRA)
This Task Points: 30
Total Points: 125
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
30.3. Delmy's Task: Send in the Clones!!Option 2. Helena: Animal Farm by George Orwell
48 on the list.
Option 5: The Dyad Institute: Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan (GRA)
45 on the list.
This Task Points: 30
Total Points: 155
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Captain America GirlOnce again...
Janice CA15.4. Double Trouble
single book option
double vowel: (ee)
double consonant: (ll & dd)
Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
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total: 65
tasks: 5
books: 5
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30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
Read two books, the title/subtitle of which contain the same noun - generally defined as a word meaning a person, place or thing. Pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it, they) do not work.
The word must be exactly the same in both titles, no variations
Justice for Sara by Erica Spindler (GR author)
Price of Justice by Alan Brenham (GR author)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 285
GR author tickets this post: 2
Total GR author tickets: 7