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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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Maria JoRepost:
25.12: A Trivial Challenge
I rolled a 2 and chose option 3.
Option 2: The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Author is Agatha Christie
Option 3: An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion, #2) by Francine Rivers
*Francine Rivers* is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 4
READERBOARD NAME: Lisa MD25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here! .
1) 50/50 -- Author's Initials "AD"
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
GOODREADS AUTHOR
BIG BOOK TICKET
(544pp) READ 7/21/14
2) Phone-A-Friend --
For this option, read a book with a telephone on the cover.
Landline | Rainbow Rowell
GOODREADS AUTHOR
(308pp) READ 7/31/14
Points this Post: 25
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Total Points: 330/1180
Total Tasks Completed 15/64
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 11
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ 3 ] 750+[ ]
Previous Posts: #1222, 1300, 1336, 1434, 1489, 1547, 1574, 1619
10.3 - The More the Merrier (at least 3 people on cover):
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 3. Funny Bone -'Humor' genre approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Comedy of Errors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
Total tasks completed: 4
Total number Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Laurie ME25.7: Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation:
1. cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon, set during the present:
Bon Bon Voyage by Nancy Fairbanks
This are places I've never visited.
2. set in a fantasy world - Middle Earth:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this Post: 25.
Total Points: 525.
15.4 - Double TroubleI did the one book task - word with double consonant in title and word with double vowel in title
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by ***Goodreads Author Tom Franklin
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 295/1130
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 20
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
5.3 - Orange: Wave a FlagRead a book set in a country that has either the color orange or both the colors red AND yellow on its official flag.
Country: Egypt (Red & Yellow)
by Jocelynn Drake (Goodreads Author)Points this task: 5
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (5); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Mod
30.3 – Delmy's Task: Send in the Clones!!
option 3, main character a mom
Sea Creatures by Susanna Daniel, 320 pages
from the description the story of a woman coming into her own as a mother, forced to choose between her marriage, her child, and the possibility of new love.
option 4, main character with illness, approved in Help Thread post 84
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves, 347 pages
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2, place name Greece
Deadline in Athens: An Inspector Costas Haritos Mystery by Petros Markaris
Option 5, tree on cover
The Last Great Ape: A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent by Ofir Drori50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984
Option 2A, bird on cover
The Summer Snow by Rebecca PawelOption 2B, purple in title
The Purple Land by William Henry Hudson
3B, Brat Pack author noted in task description
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
total = 1100
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De FranceOption 3
Read a book with the word 'yellow', 'red', 'white' or 'green' in the title or subtitle.
Red Moon by Rachel Anderson
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2
Read a book with a 5 or a 6 in the number of pages
Days of Wine and Rage (563 pages)
*Big book ticket
Option 6
Read a book you have chosen independently which meets SRC requirements.
The Swimming-Pool Library
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 345
Tasks completed: 23
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 2
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
Delicious Dee25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Option 1 -50/50 - Can't Help Falling In Love - Bella Andre (GR Author) - Authors initials BA were in provided sequences
Option 4 - Switch the Question - Britton - Abby Niles (GR Author) - paranormal>Shapeshifter by 4ppl (approved in THT); ebook only approved #3715 in the approval thread
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 720
GR Author: 43
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
babbling c10.3 The More the Merrier
Summer is the perfect time to get together with friends and family. Read a book that depicts at least 3 people on the cover.
Cotillion-ebook -Cotillion - paperback 355 pgs Georgette Heyer
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 475
Completed Tasks: 26
Good Read Authors: 22
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 11,012
Books read this season: 33
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park SystemOption 3
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr (GR Author)
Paradise Valley - Death Valley
Points this Post: 20
Totals:
Total Points: 615
Total Goodreads Authors: 41
Total Tasks Completed: 33
Total Books Read: 48
30.2 Dig InOption 1 - Set in North Dakota
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Option 3 - Sue or Variation in Name
Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France by Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd is a Goodreads author
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 205
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.3 In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
1. Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title or in the author's name.
Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson
Qualifier: "Washington" in title
2. Read a book set in one of those states.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Qualifier: Takes place in Seattle, Washington
Claiming GRA for Victoria Thompson and Maria Semple
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 305
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Author: 13
Big Books: 0
50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984Option 2: When Doves Cry
A: Read a book with a bird on the cover.
Sealed with a Kiss by Rachael Lucas *Goodreads Author*
*I read the Kindle version, which shows birds flying near the top of the book.
B: Read a book with the words "purple," "rain," "Prince," or "time" in the title, subtitle, or series title.
The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt *Goodreads Author*
Option 3:Sixteen Candles
A: Read a book with a cake or candles on the cover.
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 50
Total Points: 855
Goodreads Authors: 33
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
15.4. Double TroubleA.Too Hot to Handle by Elizabeth Lowell Goodreads Author
Book the title of which contains a word with a double vowel. (Double O in ‘Too’)
B. If His Kiss Is Wicked
Book the title of which contains a word with a double consonant. (Double S in ‘Kiss’)
15.6- I'm Flying!
by Debbie Macomber Goodreads Author The hero is a pilot. Book has a plane on the cover.
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
Only Mine by Susan Mallery Goodreads Author
Book with a title that contains one (ONLY) word of at least four letters that can be made from the letters in HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE.
25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
A.I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE –
Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox Goodreads Author
Published in 2012
Set in the TransAmerica Trail
I live in India. America is a new-to–me place
Book with a setting of someplace that you have always wanted to visit
C. THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION
The Notorious Rake set in regency England
Book that is set in a time period before you were born.
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
3. Champion by Marie Lu
The Shadow and the Star (Victorian Hearts, #2) by Laura Kinsale Goodreads Author
Book that is the last published book in a series.
5. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander –
Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn Goodreads Author
Book with the genre Historical Romance* on the main book page
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
4. Ball Park Food and Drink:
by Sarah Mayberry Goodreads Author Book with food or drink on the cover
5. And, because it’s a three day break for the majority of the major league players:
Love a Little Sideways by Shannon Stacey Goodreads Author
Book that you want to read that meets SRC rules
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option Three: All Camp Games
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Book whose author's initials (L and H) are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG
Option Four: Open Waterfront
Book with a ship on the cover.
25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Rolled #2
2. ENTERTAINMENT - Who defended Tyrone Power in 'Witness for the Prosecution'?
Murder on the Orient Express
Book by Agatha Christie
3. HISTORY - What mausoleum did Mogul Shah Jahan build to the memory of his favorite wife?
Book with a building on the cover.
In this post :
Points : 175
Goodreads Authors :8
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 390
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual VacationA.I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE –
Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox Goodreads Author
Set in 2012 (i.e. during my lifetime)
Set in the TransAmerica Trail
I live in India. America is a new-to–me place
Book with a setting of someplace that you have always wanted to visit
C. THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION
The Notorious Rake set in regency England
Book that is set in a time period before I was born.
In this post :
Points : 175
Goodreads Authors :8
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 390
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Nick KY15.1
I read In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway – 1st pub’d in 1924 (Mother’s birth year)
and I read The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie – 1st pub’d in 1926 (Father’s birth year)
I was not alive yet in the years my mother and father were born. ..but they were.
20.6 KS Mary’s Trivial Pursuit Colors: I read Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce "Blue" in title.
25.5 Long and Short
– I read The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories ed by Michael Cox, including “The Captain of the Pole Star” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
--I read A Study in Scarlet, also by A.C. Doyle
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories, 528 pages.
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 590
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1) = 5 BB tickets
Task #25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial ChallengeRolled #1
Option 1: GEOGRAPHY
Always On My Mind by Bella Andre (GR Author)
Always On My Mind
Option 3: HISTORY
It Must Be Your Love by Bella Andre (GR Author)
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
Total Points: 640
Total Goodreads Authors: 43
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Total Books Read: 50
Andy P.Task # 30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!
2) Read a book with an archaeologist as a main character.
The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway, the main character, is a forensic archaeologist as indicated in the GR description.
3. Read a book by an author named Sue.
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Points this post: 30
Total points: 680
Andy P.Task # 30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1: Entertainment- Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the word "ENTERTAINMENT. Evil for Evil: A Di Marjory Fleming Novel by Aline Templeton Author's initials are AT ENTERTAinment
Option 6: Sports & Leisure- Read a book that you would consider a "good summer read. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I bet this one is on many summer reading lists for various schools
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Operation!
I did option 3, and read a book with Humor on its main page:
Houston, You Have a Problem: A FoxTrot Collection by Bill Amend
Points this task: 20
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 32
Pages read: 8042
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task # 5.1 – Red – When I Am An Old WomanOriginally published in 1998
A Long Way from Chicago ✔ – 31July14 (Originally published Sept 1998)
Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Task # 30.5 – Sheila / Kathy G’s Task – In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2 – City with a “G” in the name
Takes place in ShanGhai China - Death of a Red Heroine ✔ – 14June14
Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 6 – Tree(s) on cover -
✔ – 31July14Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 35 points
Total points to date: 305 points
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books Read: ( 1) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
KalyenjewelryTask 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
3. 1971 –for this option, read a book that has the genre ‘classics’ listed on its main book page.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
This book is listed as a "classic" genre.
Total task points for this post= 20
Totals=125
11 tasks
bks read:12
Mod
I read The Onion Girl. T,O, and G are all found in Kermit the Frog.
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
I am moving Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow from 25.8, option 1, to this task. Author initials R, C are both found in Ice Cream.
15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
I entered Finder, which I rated 4 stars.
I came up with Nevernever, which I read for this task.
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge SUBSTITUTING BOOK, NO NEW POINTS
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read The Literary Essay: Analyzing Craft and Theme - 158 pages, so a 5 in the page count.
For my second book, I chose option 6 (free choice) and read The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security: Practical Strategies for Money, Work, and Living
New points this post: 30
Total to date: 615
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady BunchPick any one of these 5 options and read one book.
1. 1969 – Read a book by an author that was born in 1969 or a book that was first published in 1969.
The Glass Virgin by Catherine Cookson
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 340
Total Tasks: 24
GR Author: 8
Big Book - 500: 1
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0
READERBOARD NAME: Lisa MD30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-Up
I rolled a 3 & 4
Option 3. Playing Video Games:
Read a book with the genre "Graphic Novels"* on the main page.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? | Roz Chast
(240pp) READ 7/30/14
Option 4. Rifftrax:
Read a book with the genre "Humor"* on the main page.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation | Lynne Truss
(209pp) READ 7/31/14
Points this Post: 30
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Total Points: 360/1180
Total Tasks Completed 16/64
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 11
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ 3 ] 750+[ ]
Previous Posts: #1222, 1300, 1336, 1434, 1489, 1547, 1574, 1619, 1654
Suzanne25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Option 4: Shapeshifter: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter - ***** - 7/17/2014 - 321 Pages -
Option 3: Biggest Flirts by Jennifer Echols - ***** - 7/31/2014 - 336 Pages - May 2014
Points this task: 25
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.4 - Across the AgesTime travel as genre
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by ***Goodreads Author Diana Gabaldon which is listed as Science Fiction > Time Travel by 191 users.
I listened to the audio version, but the Hardcover is 825 pages (Written in My Own Heart's Blood) so I'm claiming 2 big book tickets.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 305/1130
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Shawn H.25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 1. Baseball:
The Closer: My Story by Mariano Rivera
*About New York Yankees recently retired closing pitcher*
Option 2. All Star Game:
Pittsburgh Pa - Hosted the All Star Game 7-1-06
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
**Set in Pittsburgh Pa**
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option Two: Sleepy Hollow - genre "horror" or "thriller"
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
**Horror is the Top listed genre**
***Stephen King is a GR Author***
Option Four: Open Waterfront - Boat on Cover
by David Rakoff****Man in Canoe on the cover****
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 195
GR Authors: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
10.9 Isthmus TestThe Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb
body of water on the cover
Points this post: 10
Total points: 515
15.1 - Moms and DadsA. My mother was born in 1918 and I was born in 1951.
The Building Of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche was first published in 1944.
B. My father was born in 1918 and I was born in 1951.
The Pat Hobby Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in 1940.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
NICOLE OH15.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman who recommended:
Just Kids by Patti Smith
I am claiming The Dovekeepers as a big book ticket. It is 504 pages.
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 270
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming – per “Bleak” in "Bleak City Woman"
Julia Spencer-Fleming is a Goodreads author.
10.6 D-Day
Death of a Dreamer by M.C. Beaton
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 1. Baseball:
Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force – per genre Sports And Games > Sports
Marie Force is a Goodreads author.
Option 5. Three day break:
Winning Cassie Ellijay by Owen H. Decker – ebook approved per length per discussion post #3619
Owen H. Decker is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 565
GR Authors: 19
Big Books: 1
Post 1615.10 - Fun in the Sun
Read a book of your choice
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Points this task: 15
Total: 300
GR authors: 11
Books read: 22
Tasks Done: 17
25.2 - Elizabeth B's Task: What If?C - Neuromancer
D - These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman is a GR author.
(Both approved in task help thread.)
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 1 - The Burglar in the Closet - Lawrence Block is a GR author.
Option 4 - The Far Side Gallery 4
30.7 - Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
A - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie was born on September 15.
C - The Homeward Bounders
Points claimed in this post: 80
Total points: 755
GR authors: 16 (2 in this post)
Big books: 1
25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial ChallengeThis is a two book task. Trivial Pursuit uses one die. Roll one die and use that # for one option and choose a different option for your other book.
Chose - 1
1. GEOGRAPHY - What U.S. state's name begins but doesn't end with the letter A.? Answer - Arkansas
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that begins with an A but doesn't end with an A - AVAILABLE.
An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer
Rolled - 3
3. HISTORY - What mausoleum did Mogul Shah Jahan build to the memory of his favorite wife? Answer - The Taj Mahal
Read a book with a building on the cover.
Inside Out by Barry Eisler
Barry Eisler is a GR author.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 365
Total Tasks: 25
GR Author: 9
Big Book - 500: 1
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0
NICOLE OH15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
Sold (main setting is India)
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 285
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
25.2 - Elizabeth B's Task: What If?choose 2 of these science fiction subgenre options and read 1 book for each.
Option A: ALIENS - (5 users)
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
Option D: DYSTOPIA or POST-APOCALYPTIC - (182 users)
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Task total=25
Grand total=390
DEANA20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
The Orange Eats Creeps (ORANGE)
by Grace Krilanovich **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
This book is a new book for me.
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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 20
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 70
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20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!Option 1. Broken Heart: Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal by Mal Peet
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Big Books: 0 tickets
Total GR Authors: 2
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All StarsOptions 2 and 5:
2. All Star Game: Read a book set in one of the cities that hosted the All Star Game
City: New York
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
5. Read a book that you want to read that meets SRC rules, just because.
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Task total=25
Grand total=415
Gea30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1: Entertainment - Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the word "ENTERTAINMENT.
Until Lilly by Aurora Rose Reynolds (Goodreads Author)
Option 6: Sports & Leisure - Read a book that you would consider a "good summer read."
No Flowers Required by Cari Quinn (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 380
GR Author: 23
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Elizabeth BBook replacement
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration! (>300 pg)
Any Human Heart (480 pg), The Fiery Heart (420 pg) (The common word is "heart")
New task
15.8 - It's All About the Facts!
nonfiction book, genre history
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Points:15
Total points:725+15=740
5.10 - White: Lounging AroundThe Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons
chairs on the cover
Points this post: 5
Total points: 535
Oma1229Correction to Post #1564
I used the same book for post #1564 and 1484 so I am replacing the book for post #1564. No totals will change just the book title
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25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 1-Read a book with the genre mystery on the main book page/
Underdog by Laurien Berenson
Claiming Laurien Berenson as GR author
Option 3-- Read a book that is the last or most recently published book in a series.
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
Claiming Janet Evanovich as Gr author
Total Points: 290/1180
Total Tasks: 11/64
Total GR Authors: (10)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
Oma122920.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
1. Broken Heart: Cure the patient's broken heart by reading a book with the genre "Romance*" on the main book page.
Hurricane Bay by Heather Graham
Claiming Heather Graham as GR author
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word!
Option 2 Read a book with a single word palindrome of 3 or more letters in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The Exile of Sara Stevenson by Darci Hannah
Hannah is the word that meets the requirement.
Claiming Darci Hannah as GR author
20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
Read a book with one of the original colors: brown, yellow, blue, pink, green, or orange in the title, subtitle or author's name.
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
This book was a new book for me.
Total Points: 350/1180
Total Tasks: 14/64
Total GR Authors: (12)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
Maria JoRepost:
25.12: A Trivial Challenge
I rolled a 2 and chose option 3.
Option 2: The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Author is Agatha Christie
Option 3: An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
An Echo in the Darkness Mark of the Lion 2 by Francine Rivers
*Francine Rivers* is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 4
Pamela32655.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...
MasterHarper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
15.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
Recommended in this post: https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984
Option 2 Part A
by Kathryn SpringerOption 2 Part B
Time to Heal by Karen Young
Option 3 Part A
by Janet Dean (Goodreads Author)Points this post: 70
Total Points: 700
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Lacy Stewart20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Shelby's Task
Option 3: Devil in Winter
Live in USA ---> England
*Help thread approval message #33
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: dig in!
Option 1: Wild Man - Colorado
Option 3: The Winter Lodge Susan Wiggs
*Help thread approval message #31
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
Word: Man
Motorcycle Man
Law Man
*Help thread approval message #55
Total points this post: 80
Total Points: 345
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Bloodlines (other topics)Succubus Blues (other topics)
Landline (other topics)
And the Mountains Echoed (other topics)
The Skull Mantra (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
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Option #1: Red Haired Girl (red head on cover)
Option #4: Birthday Buddies
Author and I were both born in April.
Points this Post: 30
BB tickets this post: 0
GRA this post: 0
Total Points: 245
Total BB tickets: 5
Total GRA: 11