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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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Elizabeth B25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2: Caught Running - 236 pg
Option 6: Bound by Honor
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Option A: JK Rowling (Robert Galbraith) date of birth 31/7 The Silkworm
Option C: sci-fi genre Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Points: 55
Total points:520+55=575
Rudy25.9 Stacie MI's Springtime Five Star Favorites
Option 1- I've Got You Under My SkinbyMary Higgins Clarkgenre-mystery
Option 5-Belle CorabyPhillip Margulieshistorical fiction. I found it intriguing because it was set in the 1800s and the California gold rush
30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick Me Up
Dice Roll #2-Close Your Eyes, Hold Handsby Chris Bohjalian science fiction
Dice Roll #6-Boy, Snow, BirdbyHelen Oyeyemifantasy
Points this post-55
Total points-155
Books Read-10
Task Completed-7
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July ChallengeOption 2:
56 people signed the Declaration of Independence. Read a book that has a 5 or 6 in the number of pages.
Part-Time Wife by Susan Mallery. 256 pages. *Mallery is a GR author*
Option 6: any book
The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden. Ebook approved spreadsheet document #1727. *Dryden is a GR author*
Points this post- 25
Total points- 145
GR authors- 9
Suzanne15.4. Double Trouble
(view spoiler)
Book A: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 7/2/2014 - 332 Pages - Double O
Book B Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 7/16/2014 - 375 Pages - Double M
Points this task: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Suzanne20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word!
(view spoiler)
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern - **** - 7/9/2014
Points this task: 20
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 4. Arts & Literature. Read a non-fiction book by someone in the movie industry. I read Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty by movie actress Diane Keaton.
Option 6. Leisure. Read a good summer read. I read The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, a looooong read good for a lazy summer.
CLAIM 2 BIG BOOK TICKETS for The Goldfinch at 771 pages.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 375
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1) = 3 tickets
Pamela326520.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
Option 3:
by Kathlee Y'Barbo (Goodreads Author) - Beach on coverPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 535
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
✔5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Femalebook with "feminism" or "womens" on its main page.
The Handmaid's Tale|Margaret Atwood|07.11.14
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads author
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✔5.10 - White - Lounging Around:
Book with a chair on the cover.
Virgin River|Robyn Carr|07.14.14
Robyn Carr is a Goodreads author
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✔10.3 The More the Merrier
Book that depicts at least 3 people on the cover.
One Fifth Avenue|Candace Bushnell|07.11.14
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch:
5. 1973 - Wicked Business|Janet Evanovich|07.15.14
The Lizzy & Diesel Series is a spinoff of the Stephanie Plum Series
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author
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✔25.1 Andy P's Task: Directionally Challenged
Book A:
Book that has in its title/subtitle one of the following words:
North, South, East, West, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, right, left .
Left To Die|Lisa Jackson|07.15.14
Lisa Jackson is a Goodreads author
Book B:
Book by an author with initials found in C O M P A S S
Wild Oats|Pamela Morsi|07.13.14
Pamela Morsi is a Goodreads author
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Points This Post: 65
Goodreads Authors This Post: 5
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Total Points: 445
Total Goodreads Authors: 24
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
15.4 Double TroubleAmerican Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work by Susan Cheever - 7/15/14
Read a book that meets both A and B criteria
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Goodreads authors: 3
25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different TalesOption 2 - Elle Casey
Hellion - ebook app'd @705. YA confirmed post 224
Rebel - ebook app'd @1193; no YA or childrens genre
25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
Option A: Strawberries for Dessert - Marie Sexton
set in Phoenix (new to me), takes place during this lifetime...
Option C: Kiss of a Demon King - Kresley Cole
set in fictional realm of Rothkalina
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 3: Fish & Chips - Roux & Urban
5,815 ratings; 4.54 avg
Option 5: House of Nicolaus - D.J. Manly
ebook app'd @739
Points this post: 75
Total points: 380
Maria Jo Task 10.1: I Scream, You Scream
Gawain and Lady Green by Anne Eliot Crompton
All 3 initials found in icE CreAm
Task 10.5: Required Summer Reading
Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Genre: European Literature
Task 25.9: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 1: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
*Goodreads Author*
Genre: Mystery
Option 5: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Genre: Historical Fiction
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 45
20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My ParentsOption A, a book set in Australia: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
ANGIE CA15.8 - It's All About the Facts!
Book: Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life by Sandra Beasley
Notes: Science. Locked in.
20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
Book: Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning
Notes: C) Music genre. 344 pages.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Book: A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
Notes: 2) #936 Best Book Boyfriends on 6/5/14.
30.11 Helen's Task: Honor's Awards
Book 1: Torment by Lauren Kate
Notes: Cover Art 2010.
Book 2: Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Notes: Young Adult Fiction 2013.
This Post: 85
Points to Date: 655
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2:
56 people signed the Declaration of Independence. Read a book that has a 5 or 6 in the number of pages.
The Last Good Day by Peter Blauner (581 pages)
Option 6: Book of choice Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker by Samuel Holiday
Points this post: 25
Total points: 495
HINA15.4 Double Trouble - Read a book meets the criteria for A and B - title contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant.
Sweet Surrender by Maya Banks.
Title has ee for vowel and rr for consonant
**May Banks is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 540
Total Goodreads Authors: 36
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
25.10 Baseball All StarsI chose option 2 and read The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer which is set in San Francisco (hosted All Star Game in 2007 among others!)
I also chose option 5 and read Girl Missing by Tess Gerritsen - just because!
**Claiming GRA ticket for Tess Gerritsen**
New Total: 150
25.10 - BASEBALL ALL-STARSOPTION 2 - SET IN L.A. - Scent of Butterflies
OPTION 4 - APPLES ON THE COVER -
TOTAL POINTS - 375
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.5 - Where Was that Again?
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin
Set in Alice Island, Massachusetts
30.7 - Follow the Stars
Book 1 - The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate
Option A. According to the Author Birthday link provided, her birthday is August 15
Book 2 - Honey on Your Mind by Maria Murnane
Option B. The book was published in July 2012.
This post: 45 points
Total points to date: 380 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Mod
I used the song "Young Girl Blues," and read The Blue Girl - common word "girl."
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
I read
, with a black cat on the cover.25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story Short
For book 1, I read
, an anthology of 15 stories by different authors, including the story "Jammed" by Seanan McGuire.For book 2, I read
by Seanan McGuire. The book has 338 pages, so meets the page length requirement.Points this post: 35
Total points: 465
Elizabeth PTask 25.3
Option 2 - Young and Old
2 books by same author, first has young adult genre main page second does not.
Book One: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
James Patterson is a *Goodreads Author*
Book Two: 1st to Die by James Patterson
James Patterson is a *Goodreads Author*
Task 25.10
Home Run Derby (3) - Book with 100+ ratings and 4.0+ average
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Average rating 4.47, 274,349 ratings
Rick Riordan is a *Goodreads Author*
Ball Park Food and Drink (4) - Book with food or drink on cover
by Nora RobertsCake
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks: 16
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 19
Coralie25.2 What If?
B – Space Opera
Ancillary Justice
D. Dystopia
Herland
30.4 Percy Jackson Lovers Unite
Option 2: Zeus
‘God' in title
The Kingdom of Gods
Option 4: Poseidon
Body of water in title – river
Stones From The River
This post 55 points
Total to date 350 points
JAMIENYC Task #30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Option B. Read a book first published in July, August or September of any year.
White-Knuckled Moments by Madeleine Ribbon who is a GRA which was first published September 24, 2012
The ebook was verified here: ebook verification Line 1915
Option C. Take a trip to the stars. Read a book with the genre Science Fiction on the main book page.
Redemption by Olivia Duncan Craig who is a GRA
Science Fiction > 28 users
The ebook was verified here: ebook verification Line 1208
This Post
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
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Total Points: 430
Goodreads Authors: 27
Total Tasks Complete: 24
Total Books read: 33
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars4. Ball Park Food and Drink
by Tali Spencer GRASRC Ebook verification line 1629
5. Read a book that you want to read that meets SRC rules, just because.
Guarded by Kim Fielding GRA
SRC Ebook verification line 672
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 715 + 25 = 740
GRA: 39 + 2 = 41
STACIE MITask 20.9 - Tour de France
I did option 3 and read a book with "Red" in the title:
Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay
**Jenn McKinlay is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
Pages read: 4680
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Kristi CO20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word!
Option 3 Homonym from list: light
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See is a big book at 544 pages
Anthony Doerr is a goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
STACIE MITask 30.1 - A Little Pick-Me-Up
I rolled a 1 and a 6.
For option 1, I read a book with Poetry on its main page:
Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This by Steven Herrick
For option 6, I read a book with Fantasy on its main page:
Chew, Vol. 8: Family Recipes by John Layman
Points this task: 30
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5080
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lanetask 25.7: virtual vacation:
opt A:book setting of someplace you want to visit; must be first published & story setting in your lifetime:
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
*set in the blue ridge mountain area of sw virginia (which i would love to explore) during 1978; first published in 2000 [i was born in 1958]
*this is a gra
opt C: ultimate dream vacation & book set in a time period before you were born:
In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah Lark pages 667
*setting is new zealand [talk about a dream vacation] during the 19th century [i'm old but not the old]
claiming a big book ticket @ 667 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 12
Pamela326520.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 2:
by Deb Kastner (Goodreads Author) - Horse on coverPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 555
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Delicious Dee15.5 - Where Was that Again?
Cider Brook - Carla Neggers - the town Knights Bridge is mentioned as being in MA in the book jacket copy
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 545
GR Author: 32
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Boston Kate25.8 4th of July Challenge
Option 2: Fallout
I read the hardcover, which has 665 pages
Option 6: Burned
book of my choice
Points this post: 25
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation! Option 1: Broken Heart Romance on the main Book Page
Material Girl | Julia London | 482 Pages | ★★★★ | GR Author
This Post
Points For This Task: 20
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0
Big Book Tickets: 750+: 0
0
Totals
Total Points: 245/1180
Challenges Completed: 16/67
Total Goodreads Authors 14
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Andy P.Task # 10.7 From the Source
Read a book predominately set in Canada or written by an author who was born or lives in Canada.Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens Approved in message 2 of help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 505
Kimber20.3 General Turkey
Stella Bain by Anita Shreve (Goodreads Author)
word: Bain HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE
pb 288 pages
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20.4 Name That Word!
Option 3: homonym (rose)
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author)
big book at pb 544 pages
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30.9 SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
Book A: Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
word: secret SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
HC 305 pages
Book B: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
name: laurie SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
PB 208 pages
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Above tasks: 70 points
# tasks submitted to date: 22
GRA: 19
New total points: 425
Big book: 1/750+, 2/500+
Jayme VA30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Big Book: 509 pages
The Summer Wind by Mary Alice Monroe (goodreads author), 384 pages
The noun is Summer.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 10.6 D-Day
Read a book with a title that begins with a word that starts with the letter D.
Devoured by D.E. Meredith
Qualifier: Title starts with "D"
Claiming GR point: D.E. Meredith is a GRA.
Points this task: 10
Points Total: 210
Tasks Completed: 13
GR Author: 9
Big Books: 0
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both! Option 1: Odd Numbers
DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul – 339 pgs (3,9 from birth date; last digit is odd number 9); okay per “children’s” genre per 300+ pgs.
Donita K. Paul is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 345
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De FranceOption 2:a book predominately set in France
The Chocolate Kiss, Laura Florand
Points This Post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 14
25.2 - Elizabeth B's Task: What If?D: Science fiction + Dystopia
Cress by Marissa Meyer
***GRA***
***BB Ticket (1), 550 pages***
E: Science fiction + Steampunk
Changeless by Gail Carriger
***GRA***
Points this Post: 25
BB tickets this post: 1
GRA this post: 2
Total Points: 140
Total BB tickets: 5
Total GRA: 9
Anne (Booklady)5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
words found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name: brown, sand, chocolate, coffee
Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans by *Joanne DeMaio
*Joanne DeMaio is a Goodreads Author*
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word!
Option 3. Homonym: word used - LEFT
The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson
30.3 – Delmy's Task: Send in the Clones!!
Option 2 - Number 11 on List
**Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Option 6 - Delmy picked for me and chose:
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
**Big Book: Hannibal is 546 Pages**
Points in These Tasks: 55
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1503
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Totals:
Total Points: 265
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(1)
Total Tasks Completed: 14/64
Total Books Read: 20
Total Pages Read in Summer 2014 SRC: 8417
Pat 25.4 - World Cup Past and Present
OPTION 1
Spain 1982 -- Winners: Italy
Book A – Read a book first published in the year that world cup was held.
The Tao of Poohby Benjamin Hoff
Book B – Read a book set (at least 50%) in either the country that won it.
The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici Florenceby Elizabeth Loupas *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 25
Total Points : 375
Tasks Completed : 16
Books Read This Season : 28
Pages Read This Season : 9273
Good Reads Authors : 16
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
KAREN OZ5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Song title: Writer in the Sun
10.10 Required Summer Reading
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Literature on book's main page
25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Rolled #5 & Chose #3
#3: History (building on cover - exterior only)
Luna Tango by Alli Sinclair ~read eARC
~building on left hand corner (right behind the woman)Alli Sinclair is a Goodreads Author
#5: author initial found in PORTUGUESE
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert ~501 pages
Initial E & G found in PORTUGUESE
Elizabeth Gilbert is a Goodreads Author
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Book A: Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Author born August 19, 1988
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author
Book B: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
Book published 17 September 2007
This Post: 75 points
GR Authors: 10
Big Book: 500+ (2)
Total to date: 240
Pamela326515.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 409 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 560
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Tesla15.2-If They Like It, Maybe I Will
A) NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Also claiming a big book ticket for 692 pages.
B) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Also, claiming a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book 500: 2
Big Book 750:
Big Book 1000:
Task 10.2 Something Strange in the NeighborhoodRead a book with the genre Paranormal on the main page genre listing. The genre Paranormal may be embedded or stand-alone; sub-genres that include "paranormal" also work.
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1) (2006) by Patricia Briggs (Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages)
215 + 10 = 225
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 215 + 10 = 225
Books read: 15
Pages read: 5,344
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 04
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.10 Required Summer Readingliterary fiction: Lydia's Party by Margaret Hawkins
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
Gea20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
Book with one of the original colors: brown, yellow, blue, pink, green, or orange in the title, subtitle or author's name. The color must be a stand alone word.
The Brazilian's Blackmail Bargain by Abby Green (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 325
GR Author: 20
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Delicious Dee25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Book A - rolled 4 - Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion - (GR Author) - multiple authors in anthology are GR authors; Grand in title is a word about size
Book B - Option 3 -
- Julia Dahl (GR Author) - you can see multiple buildings on the coverPoints This Post: 25
Points Total: 570
GR Author: 34
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
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30.7 Follow the Stars
Option B: Such Great Heights by Chris Cole (Published July 2013) *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
Option C: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
This Post: 30
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1) 3
Total Pages Read: 6315