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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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Suzanne5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
Bleak City Woman
Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks - **** - 7/3/2014 - 387 Pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 29
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Suzanne25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 5: The Duke Is Mine by Eloisa James - *** - 7/28/2014 - 367 Pages
Option 2: Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler - ***** - 8/2/2014 - San Francisco, CA
Points this task: 25
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
Option A. Read a book set primarily in Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Guinea or the Philippines
The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee This book is set in Fukuoka, Japan (350 p.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 780
25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story ShortThis is a two book task.
Option 1
Book 1 - Read a book of collected works with at least 4 separate pieces, either all by the same author or by multiple authors.
Garden Voices: Two Centuries of Canadian Garden Writing edited by Edwinna Von Baeyer
L.M. Montgomery listed as one of the authors in the GR blurb.
Book 2 - Read a book of long-form fiction or nonfiction by the same author as ONE of the contributed works from Book 1.
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery - 339p.
Books approved here
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 415
Total Tasks: 27
GR Author: 10
Big Book - 500: 2
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0
15.8 - It's All About the Facts!nonfiction book with genre of original Trivial Pursuit category- history
The Night Lives On: The Untold Stories and Secrets Behind the Sinking of the "Unsinkable" Ship-Titanic by Walter Lord
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 320/1130
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 22
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a Goodreads Author.Big Book ticket for Acheron.
Barbara Freethy is a Goodreads Author.
Lauren Royal is a Goodreads Author.
Lili St. Germaine is a Goodreads Author.
5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Female
7/11/145.6 - Blue: Most Popular
7/25/1410.6 D-Day:
7/23/1420.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
1. Broken Heart:
7/23/1425.3 Mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different Tales
Option 4: Apple's/ Oranges
Apple's:
(Romance) 7/13/14Oranges:
(Mystery, Thriller) 7/3/1425.8 Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2- 5 or 6 in the page number.
325 pages 7/15/14Option 6- any book as long as it meets SRC Requirements.
7/19/14Points for Tasks: 5+5+10+20+25+25=
Total points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 1
Delicious Dee20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
Option 3 - Just For You - Rosalind James (GR Author) - the book is set in NZ which is on my dream vacation list (weird since I grew up one country over) - i'm planning on visiting in 2016 and hopefully competing in Ironman New Zealand; ebook only approved msg 3772 of the approval thread
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 835
GR Author: 50
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Rebecca VA5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages (as stated on Goodreads).
A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
points this post: 5
total points: 555
GR authors this post: 1
total GR authors: 15
10.4 Across the AgesTime travel genre: Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 545
Coralie10.10 Required Summer Reading
Book with genre 'Literature'.
Notes from Underground
20.3 General Turkey
The word CAPTAIN appears in hyPNoTIC clAmbAke.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
20.4 Word Trivia: Name that Word!
Option 3 Homonym – evening
The Garden of Evening Mists
20.8 FUN or FANTASTIC
Option 1 Odd Numbers – book with 3, 7 & 9 in page numbers, ending with an odd number
Jasper Jones 397 pages
This post 70 points
Total to date 490 points
Task #15.6- I'm Flying!Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr (GR Author)
Both main characters met while in the Air Force 4 years ago, the hero being a fighter pilot while the heroine was a nurse. From when the book starts the heroine has since retired from the air force but the hero is still a pilot in the air force for the entire book, we do not see him retire.
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 655
Total Goodreads Authors: 44
Total Tasks Completed: 35
Total Books Read: 51
25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different TalesOption 1: Self & Other
Read a book of fiction written by a single author (Book 1) and a memoir, autobiography or biography written by/about the author of Book 1.
I reread To Kill a Mockingbird and read The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee, which is the memoir of Marja Mills's friendship and living next door to the incomparable Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
What a great task! Thanks, Mstan!
Points: 405
Books read: 30
tasks completed: 19
GR authors: 13
Big Books: 1
pages read: 9929
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!Read 2 books.
Option 4: Poseidon
God of the Sea, read a book with a word for a body of water in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives permitted - CREEK.
The Cat Who Went Up the Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun
Option 6: Artemis
Goddess of the Hunt, read a book with a non-human mammal, bird or fish on the cover. Required: Include the cover with your post - CAT.
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 445
Total Tasks: 28
GR Author: 10
Big Book - 500: 2
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0
Delicious Dee5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag
Keeping Corner - Kashmira Sheth (GR Author) - set in India, which has orange on it
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 840
GR Author: 51
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Meghanly25.5 Long Story Short, Option 2
Book 1: Rogues by George R.R. Martin, including the short story "What Do You Do?" by Gillian Flynn
*Many of the collected authors are GR Author, including Gillian Flynn, so claiming a GR Author Ticket if I can? Not sure the rules on such things.*
*806 Pages - Claiming 2 BB Tickets*
Book 2: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (349 pages > 200 pages)
*Claiming GR Author Ticket*
30.3 Send in the Clones
Option 2: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga (It was #261 on page 3 when I chose it on 6/30/14; today I looked and it is at #264)... 359 pages
*Claiming GR Author Ticket*
Option 5: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro... 288 pages
(It is the first book on the first page on the clones shelf today, 8/5/14 - and was also when I first accessed it on 6/10/14)
TOTAL
This Post: 55
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1) 5
Total Pages Read: 9306
REPLACING A BOOK20.6 - THE MANY COLORS OF TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Replacing Prime Time by Sandra Brown with Dune Road by Jane Green. This is the first time I read this book.
NEW TASK
50.1 - SUMMER OF 1984
2A - BIRD ON COVER -
.2B - TIME IN TITLE - Prime Time
3A - CANDLE ON COVER -
TOTAL POINTS - 500
HINA25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites -
Option 1: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - read a book with the genre Mystery* on the main book page.
Murder List by Julie Garwood
Mystery ~27 Users
Option 6: Your Favorite Reads - Look at the books you read between March 2014 and May 2014, find a book you read and really enjoyed, and read another book by the same author.
Without Regret by R.L. Mathewson.
I read Playing for Keeps by R.L.Mathewson on April 19, 2014 and gave it 5 Stars
**R.L. Mathewson is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 835
Total Goodreads Authors: 48
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
25.10 - Laurie ME - Baseball All-Stars3. Home Run Derby - 100+ ratings, ave. 4.00
Fonduing Fathers by ***Goodreads Author Julie Hyzy 637 ratings 4.16 ave.
4. Ball Park Food and Drink - food or drink on cover
Always the Baker, Never the Bride
by Sandra D. BrickerPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 345/1130
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Task # 20.3 Best Review – Paul’s Task – General TurkeyWord in title can be formed from HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE (Word must be 4 letters or longer; book must be 250 pg or more)
Word is ALICE - 351 pages
A Town Like Alice ✔ – 05Aug14
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books Read: ( 1) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
20.4 - Word Trivia: Name that Word3. Homonym: The title contains the homonym BOOK
The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure by John Lloyd
Total points 160
BEKKA - 25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars1. For this option, I read “
” by Lauren Morrill, since it has the genre Sports on its main page. 3. For this option, I read "
" by Kiera Cass, since as of the day I finished it (8/5/14) it has a 4.23 average and 48,294 ratings. Also, Lauren Morrill and Kiera Cass are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming two tickets for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 290
Pages Read this Challenge: 650
Total Pages Read to Date: 7261
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.5 This Could Take A While Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh – per years “1922-1928”
20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park System
Option 3: National Park name word in title
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton – per word “Death” from Death Valley National Park
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 595
GR Authors: 19
Big Books: 1
JAMIENYCTask #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.
I read The Sky Is Dead by Sue Brown who is a GRA. The author's name is Brown which is one of the original colors of the Trivial Pursuit chips.
This book was new to me.
The ebook was verified here, Msg 3790
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Total Points: 515
Goodreads Authors: 34
Total Tasks Complete: 29
Total Books Read: 40
20.10 - Group ReadsSomeday, Someday, Maybe, Lauren Graham
my message in book's discussion is 40
Points This Post: 20
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 20
20.1 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.
Lucky Charm by Marie Astor *Goodreads Author*
* Approved for length - Message #3596
3. Funny Bone: Read a book with the genre "Humor*" on the main book page.
Tangled Up in Love by Heidi Betts *Goodreads Author*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 875
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
SHELLEY UT10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 23
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Oma122920.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park System
I chose Option #3.
Option 3-Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word found in a name of a National Park found on the National Parks of the United States list.
The Black Pearl by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
The National Park is Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado.
Total Points: 370/1180
Total Tasks: 15/64
Total GR Authors: (12)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
20.1 Operation!Option 2: Charley Horse
by Janice Steinberg goodreads' author Horse pendant approved in help thread.Total points: 70
5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow YellowTrack: Mellow Yellow Yellow in the Title
Something Yellow | Laura Templeton | 324 Pages | ★★★ | GR Author
This Post
Points For This Task: 5
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0
Big Book Tickets: 750+: 0
0
Totals
Total Points: 315/1180
Challenges Completed: 21/67
Total Goodreads Authors 17
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De FranceOption 3: White in Title
The White Aura | Felicia Tatum | 210 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: 335/1180
Challenges Completed: 22/67
Total Goodreads Authors 18
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Rebecca VA30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Book A: Read a book where all the letters in one word from the title can be found in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS. Subtitles not allowed.
PURPLE
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 250 pages
Book B: Read a book where all the letters in the author's first or last name can be found in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.
ERICA
Red by Erica Spindler 480 pages (GR author)
Conditions:
- The title word or author's name must be AT LEAST 5 letters.
- Both books must have at least 2 of these 3 digits: 5, 8, 0 in the page numbers.
- You can only use the letters as many times as it appears in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS. (i.e. LADLE is allowed, but not LADDER - only 1 D is available).
Required: State the word and name and the page numbers for each book when you post. It would be helpful to indicate where the letters appear in the source word
points this post: 30
total points: 585
GR authors this post: 1
total GR authors: 16
Vicki10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood - Paranormal genre listing
The Waiting Fantasy>Paranormal 2 users
Joe Hart is a GR author
10.3 The More the Merrier - 3 or more people on the cover
approved on help thread msg 60Michaelbrent Collingsis a GR Author
20.5 Bigger is Better: Celebrating my Parents
Option A: Book set in Australia
The Bat Main Page lists setting as Sydney, Australia. 369 pages.
This Post:
Tasks - 3
Points - 40
GR Authors - 2
Total:
Tasks - 9
Points - 110
GR Authors - 7
PeebeeTask 5.3 – Orange: Wave a Flag NEW POINTS
One Hundred Names: A Novel by Cecelia Ahern, moved from 25.6.
This book takes place in Ireland, which has orange in its flag.
Task 5.5 – Green: It's Not Easy Being Green NEW POINTS
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys, moved from 20.7.
The first letters O, T, and E appear in KERMIT THE FROG.
Task 10.5. This Could Take A While NEW POINTS
Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . . by Ben Mezrich
The word "billion-dollar" is contained within the subtitle.
Ben Mezrich is a Goodreads Author.
Task 20.7 - The Brady Bunch REPLACEMENT BOOK
Option 1:
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes, replacing Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys, moved to 5.5.
According to Wikipedia, Moyes was born in 1969.
Jojo Moyes is a Goodreads Author.
Task 25.5: Long Story Short NEW POINTS
Option 1: (Short Stories all same author)
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (short stories)
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, long-form fiction, 307 pp.
Book 1 is a collection of 12 short stories, with "short stories" as a genre featured on the main page, while Book 2 is long-form fiction > 200 pages.
Task 25.6 - I could use a little help here! REPLACEMENT BOOK
Option 2: Phone-A-Friend
by Rainbow Rowell, replacing One Hundred Names: A Novel by Cecelia Ahern, moved to 5.3.The cover features a telephone receiver and has been approved in the help thread.
Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 45
Total points: 885/1180
Goodreads Authors: 3/36
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.2 Something Strange in the NeighborhoodSacrifice by Jourdan Lane GRA
paranormal main page genre
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
All Alone in a Sea of Romance by B.G. Thomas GRA
316 pages
Brothers of the Wild North Sea
312 pages
The noun in common is sea
This Post: 10 + 30 = 40
Total Points: 1100 + 40 = 1140
GRA: 67 + 2 = 69
Janice CA20.6 The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
color: blue
This book is new to me.
The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin
***Margot Mifflin is a Goodreads author***
+20
total: 135
tasks: 8
books: 9
GR authors: 2
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation! Option 3: Humor Genre
Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim
Points this Post: 20
BB tickets this post: 0
GRA this post: 0
Total Points: 265
Total BB tickets: 5
Total GRA: 11
Delicious Dee10.3 The More the Merrier
- Tymber Dalton (GR Author) - 3 ppl on the coverPoints This Post: 10
Points Total: 850
GR Author: 52
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Nick KY25.4 Coralee’s World Cup – Book A; book pub’d in 1938 – Death In A White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
Book B; 1938 World Cup held in France -- book set in France – – I read Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King by Antonia Fraser
25.8 Angel’s July 4th: Option 4: flag on cover: I read Interventions by Noam Chomsky
Option 6: Independent choice: I read
The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-six by Jonathon Keats30.6 Alison’s Summer Birthdays I read the following:
Option 2 – dayofwk in title –- Death On A Friday Afternoon Meditations On The Last Words Of Jesus From The Cross by Richard John Neuhaus
Option 4 – author born in June, as was I: Jonah Lehrer -- Imagine: How Creativity Works
Points this Post: 80
Total Points So Far: 700
KAREN F5.10 White: Lounging Around
Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl
Couch on the cover:
20.8 Fun or Fantastic
Option 3: Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
Lion on the cover:
**Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
25.6 I Could Use a Little Help Here
Option 3: Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh
#59 on the June 2014 Most Popular list on 8/6/14
**Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author**
Option 4: Mate Claimed by Jennifer Ashley
Paranormal>Shapeshifters Genre on Main Book Page
**Jennifer Ashley is a Goodreads Author**
25.7 Virtual Vacation
Option C: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
I would love to visit Discworld (even though there are no maps)!
Option D: Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay
Food on the cover:
**Jenn McKinlay is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 75
Total Challenge Points: 370
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Andy P.Task #10.5 This Could Take A While
Read a book with a number greater than or equal to 1,000 in the title or subtitle
Ten Thousand Islands by Randy Wayne White
Points this post: 10
Total points:790
MARIA LTask 5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
395 pages
Task 10.6 - D-Day
"Desert Heat" by J.A. Jance"Desert"
total points: 30
thanks! :-)
Sheila25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option One: Grab a Buddy!
Stranded by Alex KavaI previously read A Perfect Evil (Maggie O'Dell, #1) by Alex Kava and rated it 4 stars
AND
Option Two: Sleepy Hollow
Fragile by Lisa UngerTotal Points = 475
30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!2. Read a book with an archaeologist or paleontologist as a main character.
Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton
From the GR blurb.
Luckily, a beautiful Italian nanny arrives just in time so Lori can help settle the local civil war stirred up by the visiting archaeologist's excavation.
4) Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Bone, skeleton, skull, fossil, dinosaur. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations.
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs is a GR author
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 475
Total Tasks: 29
GR Author: 11
Big Book - 500: 2
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0
READERBOARD NAME: Lisa MD30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
Option #2: Day You Were Born
Read a book that has a day of the week in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The Wednesday Sisters | Meg Waite Clayton
GOODREADS AUTHOR
(304pp) READ 8/5/14
Option #3: Baby Boy
Read a book where the cover shows a baby of either gender. The baby must relate to the storyline in some way and "baby" or a synonym (newborn, infant, etc) must appear in the title/subtitle
~The Memory Child | Steena Holmes
GOODREADS AUTHOR
(221pp) READ 6/9/14
Points this Task: 30
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Total Points: 390/1180
Total Tasks Completed 17/64
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 13
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ 3 ] 750+[ ]
Previous Posts: #1222, 1300, 1336, 1434, 1489, 1547, 1574, 1619, 1654, 1680
Pamela326520.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
Blue Ridge Reunion by Mia Ross (Goodreads Author) - Word: Blue
This book is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 750
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Tesla20.10-Group Reads:
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book 500: 2
Big Book 750:
Big Book 1000:
REPOST20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
3. Funny Bone: Read a book with the genre "Humor*" on the main book page.
Tangled Up in Love by Heidi Betts *Goodreads Author*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 875
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
10.1 I Scream, You Scream Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ICE CREAM.
Lucky Charm by Marie Astor *Goodreads Author*
* Approved for length - Message #3596
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 885
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task #15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day
Book A. Stars - Read a book that has the name of a US state in the title
I read Texas Winter by R.J. Scott who is a GRA
"Texas" is the state in the title
AND
Book B. Stripes - Read a book set in one of the original colonies
I read Collusion which is set in mostly in GA with some activity in SC (which is also an original 13 colony). The author is Eden Winters, a GRA
Discussed with Sandy in the help thread. Link here
From the précis Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter “died” in the line of duty while working off a ten-year sentence in service to the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau, only to be reborn as Simon “Lucky” Harrison.
See also MM Romance Group US State list
This Post
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 2
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Total Points: 495
Goodreads Authors: 33
Total Tasks Complete: 28
Total Books Read: 39