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message 2451: by Ann A (new)

Ann A (readerann) | 1091 comments 30.4 - Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 2 ("king" in title):
King Henry IV, Part 1

Option 4 (body of water in title):
The Light Between Oceans

*** M.L. Stedman is a Goodreads author

Total points: 230
Total tasks completed: 14
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750(1) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 4



message 2452: by Janice (new)

Janice  | 713 comments Janice CA

25.10 - Baseball All Stars

Option 3: Read a book which has been rated by at least 100 people and has an average of 4.0+.

rating: 4.04
# of ratings: 442

Atlas of the Human Heart by Ariel Gore

and

Option 5: Free choice

Space: A Memoir by Jesse Lee Kercheval

+25
total: 180
tasks: 10
books: 12
GR authors: 2


message 2453: by Asho (new)

Asho | 181 comments 20.8-It's My Birthday-Fun or Fantastic

Option 1: Odd Numbers

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

This book has 387 pages. All three numbers are in Shelby's birthday, and it ends in an odd number.


Books Read:5
Total Challenges Completed:4
Total Pages Read:2121
Big Book Tickets:2
GoodReads Author Tickets:1
Total Points: 85


message 2454: by Fandury (new)

Fandury | 957 comments FANDURY

25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation

Option B: Eead a book that has the genre(s) Nature and/or Wilderness on the homepage.

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart

This book has the Genre Nature on its homepage.

Amy Stewart is a Goodreads Author!


Option C: Read a book that is set in a place that currently is impossible to get to by conventional means.

Bared Blade by Kelly McCullough

This book is set in the city Tien, where every mage has a bound familiar, Gods are not as immortal as one would think and life is very very dangerous...who wouldn't want to visit.


Points this post: 25
Total Points: 650
Books Read: 42
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 2455: by Hina (new)

Hina (hinaj) | 677 comments HINA

15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world." - Read a book that is primarily set in India or is written by an author who was born or lives in India.

Silk Monsoon by Jamie Broxson. Message 3867 Approved For Length
Setting in India


**Jamie Broxson is a goodreads Author.**


Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total:
Total Points: 1050
Total Goodreads Authors: 56
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 2456: by Shelley (last edited Aug 28, 2014 02:52PM) (new)

Shelley | 176 comments SHELLEY UT

30.3 – Delmy's Task: Send in the Clones!!

Option 3: The Homecoming by JoAnn Ross
The main character is a single mom.

Option 5: Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter
Found on page 3 on August 11.

Both are goodreads authors.


Points this task: 30
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 35
Goodreads authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 2457: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1578 comments 5.6 - Blue: Most Popular

book from first five pages of popular favorite books list

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley which I found on page 3


Points this post: 5
Total Points: 470/1180
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 35
GoodReads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()


message 2458: by Rebecca NJ (new)

Rebecca NJ (njreader) | 1281 comments Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ


50 - Summer of 1984
Book 1 - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Option 1A. This is a re-read for me. I first read it in a college lit class many moons ago.

Book 2 - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Option 2B. "Rain" is in the title.

Book 3 - When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald
Option 3B. Molly Ringwald is considered to be a member of the brat pack.

This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 785 points
Tasks completed: 40
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **


message 2459: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2062 comments 30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Book A: Trial / 5 letters, 285 pages:

The Trial by Franz Kafka

Book B: Claire / 5 letters, 208 pages

The Bear by Claire Cameron

+30 Points

Grand Total: 835


message 2460: by Sandy, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Sandy | 16893 comments Mod
Congratulations, Peebee! Task 25.4 in the Fall challenge is yours.


message 2461: by jingles (new)

jingles | 127 comments jingles


20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task:

Option 3:
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.

Death Comes to Pemberley|P.D. James|08.28.14
National Park: Death Valley
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James

Points This Post: 20

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Total Points: 1105
Total Goodreads Authors: 49
Total Big Book Tickets: 9


message 2462: by Sandy, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Sandy | 16893 comments Mod
Congratulations, Pamela3265! Task 25.5 in the Fall Challenge is yours.


message 2463: by Jen (new)

Jen Scott | 420 comments Jen UT

10.4 - Across the Ages

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Total books read: 12
Total points: 105


message 2464: by Stacy (new)

Stacy (stacyct) | 113 comments Readerboard Name: Stacy CT


5.1 - Red

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

Task Points: 5


5.2 - Pink

Self-Help by Lorrie Moore

Task Points: 5


5.3 - Orange

July's People by Nadine Gordimer
This book is set in South Africa.

Task Points: 5


5.4 - Yellow

We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive by Laurie Notaro
Track = Young Girl Blues

Task Points: 5


5.5 - Green

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

Task Points: 5


5.6 - Blue

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Book found on page 1.

Task Points: 5


5.8 - Violet

The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman

Task Points: 5


5.9 - Black

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Task Points: 5


5.10 - White

The Wonderful O by James Thurber by James Thurber

Task Points: 5


10.1 - I Scream, You Scream

Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet

Task Points: 10


10.3 - The More the Merrier

44 Horrible Dates by Eddie Campbell by Eddie Campbell

Task Points: 10


10.4 - Across the Ages

Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

Task Points: 10


10.5 - This Could Take a While

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

Task Points: 10


10.8 - Question Everything

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Task Points: 10


10.9 - Isthmus Test

An Acceptable Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #5) by Madeleine L'Engle by Madeleine L'Engle

Task Points: 10


10.10 - Required Summer Reading

Strait is the Gate by André Gide

Task Points: 10


15.3 - In Honor of America's Independence Day

The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City by Jennifer Toth

Task Points: 15


15.4 - Double Trouble

It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy by Laurie Notaro

Task Points: 15


15.5 - Where Was That Again?

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Task Points: 15


20.2 - Exploring America's National Park System

3. Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert
National park = Great Smokey Mountains

Task Points: 20


20.3 - General Turkey

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Word used = HOME

Task Points: 20


20.4 - Name that Word

3. Her Kind of Want by Jennifer S. Davis
True Homonym = KIND

Task Points: 20


20.6 - The Colors of Trivial Pursuit

Inferno by Dan Brown
This book is new to me.

Task Points: 20


20.7 - The Brady Bunch

3. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Task Points: 20


20.8 - Fun or Fantastic

1. Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel
Page Count = 129.

Task Points: 20


25.8 - 4th of July Challenge

2. In Praise of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa

6. No Place Like Oz by Danielle Paige

Task Points: 25


25.10 - Baseball All Stars

3. Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Average Rating = 4.09. Number of Ratings = 14,254

5. Falling Out of Time by David Grossman

Task Points: 25


25.12 - A Trivial Challenge

1. The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story about the Hard Life by Flann O'Brien

3. High-Rise by J.G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard

I rolled #3 and chose #1.

Task Points: 25


Total Points: 355


message 2465: by Jecca (new)

Jecca | 734 comments 25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites

1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - Mystery

Buying Thyme by T.J. Hamilton

and

6. Your Favorite Reads

Read Sex Love Repeat in May 2014 so I read

Black Lies by Alessandra Torre

GR Authors x 2

50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984


Option 2: When Doves Cry

A - Fighting for Flight (Fighting, #1) by J.B. Salsbury by J.B. Salsbury

B - "rain"
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Option 3: Sixteen Candles

A - The Proposition (The Plus One Chronicles, #1) by Jennifer Lyon by Jennifer Lyon

Book approved by task creator post #82 and approved for length #1759

GR Authors x 3

Points this post: 75
Points so far: 680
Books read: 46
GR author: 42
Big book: 500 () 750 () 1000()


message 2466: by Amy (new)

Amy | 2170 comments Amy FL

30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-Up
Rolled 3: Graphic Novels - Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega
Rolled 6: Fantasy - The Shadow Throne
(both books approved in message 60 for this task)

30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 3: Poison Study (Romance)
Option 6: I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
(both books approved in message 42 for this task)

30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
Option 1: Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost
Option 4: A Matter of Honor (April)

30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
B. All the Truth That's in Me (published September 26th 2013)
C. Around The World In 80 Days (Science Fiction)

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
The Dog Who Danced (Dog - 320 pages)
One Dog Night (Dog - 387 pages)

30.10 - Delicious Dee's Task: TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else?
Option 1: Runner by Patrick Lee (approved in msg. 16)
Option 6: Wild Magic - Science Fiction Fantasy (approved in msg 54)

30.11 Helen's Task: Honor's Awards
Book 1: Tangled - Best Debut Goodreads Author 2013
Book 2: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock - Young Adult Fiction 2013

Points This Post: 210
Total Points: 360



message 2467: by Bea (last edited Aug 28, 2014 08:13PM) (new)

Bea 20.6 The Colors of Trivial Pursuit (REPOST)

Read a book with one of the original colors: brown, yellow, blue, pink, green, or orange in the title, subtitle or author's name.

Violets Are Blue by James Patterson

James Patterson is a GR Author.

This book is new to me; NOT a re-read.

Points this post: 20

Total Points: 240
Total GR Authors: 7



message 2468: by Valorie (new)

Valorie  | 817 comments 20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
I Only Have Fangs For You by Kathy Love (**Goodreads author**)
Book title contains the word "only," all letters are found in Hypnotic Clambake, book has 294 pgs.

30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Book A: Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich (**Goodreads author**)
Book title contains the word "secret" all letters are found in the required word, 305 pgs.
Book B: Forbidden Touch by Paula Graves (**Goodreads author**)
Author's name "Paula" is found in required word, 250 pgs.

50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984
Option 2, Book 1: Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews (**Goodreads author**)
Geese on the cover
Six Geese A-Slaying (Meg Langslow, #10) by Donna Andrews
Option 2, Book 2: The Mists of Time by Susan Squires (**Goodreads author**)
Book title contains the word "time"
Option 3: Weddings Can Be Murder by Christie Craig (**Goodreads author**)
Wedding cake on the cover
Weddings Can Be Murder by Christie Craig

Total Points This Post: 100
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 6
Grand Total Points: 595/1180
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 23/64
Total Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3



message 2469: by Brian (new)

Brian | 153 comments BRIAN

30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book

Option 1 - Author's initials found in ENTERTAINMENT
The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks by Emma Marriott

Option 2 - Set in a place with 'G' in the name
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The book is set in the United KinGdom
Also, at 874 pages, this counts as a Big Book!

Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Books read: 25
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 6-1-0 (8)


message 2470: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 15.5 - WHERE WAS THAT AGAIN?

Colorado Cowboy which is set in Colorado.





15.10 - FUN IN THE SUN

The Promise of Stardust







TOTAL POINTS - 785


message 2471: by Mave (new)

Mave | 110 comments 15.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will

Book A The Red Queen, Philippa Gregory

Book BPersuasion, Jane Austen

Points This Post: 15
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 28


message 2472: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 1667 comments Post 23

20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word!

Option 3: Homonym: A word that is both spelled and pronounced the same, but has different meanings.

Using Fall(s)
Approved in help thread #39 and located on the given link of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_... provided on the task thread.

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is a GR Author

Points this task: 20
Total: 420
GR authors: 16
Books read: 31
Tasks Done: 24

Thanks for the challenge. Looking forward to Fall's:)


message 2473: by Nick (new)

Nick (doily) | 3392 comments Nick KY

20.4 Valorie’s Words – Opt 2 – Palindrome – I read Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats by Roger Rosenblatt. The Palindrome is “KAYAK”

30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!

Option 1 -- Read a book set predominately in one of these places where T. rex fossils have been found: Canada: Alberta, Saskatchewan; USA: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota.

I read Unforgiven by B.J. Daniels, set in Montana.

Option 2 – Read a book with an archaeologist or paleontologist as a main character.
Required: The character is identified as an archaeologist in the GR book description.

I read Assassin's Honor by Monica Burns.


Points This Post: 50
Grand Total: 1050 !!!

Congrats to those who have finished this season’s challenge!

Good going to all who finished last season’s challenge; I managed to finish all your 25 and 30 pointers, and I had a good time doing it. The 20 Point Tasks were wonderful, and I’m sorry I did not get to all of them.

As for this summer …I’m 10 books short, and have banged my head against the Wall of Shame so many times, my brain hurts. (sigh)

Thanks, Mods, for keeping all my records straight. I appreciate it!


message 2474: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 25.9 - Springtime Five-Star Favorites

Option 1: mystery genre
Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart

Option 5: historical fiction genre
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić

Points this post = 25

Total points = 545
Big Book tickets = 3
Goodreads Authors = 9


message 2475: by Allison Ann (new)

Allison Ann | 354 comments 30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-Up
Roll two dice, then read books related to each of the activities you roll. Rolled 2 and 4.

2. Projects for Friends: Read a book with the genre "Science Fiction"* on the main page.

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Big Book - 525p
Veronica Roth is a GR author


4. Rifftrax: Read a book with the genre "Humor"* on the main page.

Foul Matter by Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes is a GR author


Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 840
Total Tasks: 44

GR Author: 22
Big Book - 500: 6
Big Book - 750: 2
Big Book - 1000: 0



message 2476: by Jamie (new)

Jamie | 421 comments JAMIENYC

Task #25.7 Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation

Option A
Read a book with a setting of someplace that you have always wanted to visit.

I read Be Brave by Fyn Alexander who is a GRA

It is set in London which is a place I've wanted to visit since hearing about Christopher Robin at Buckingham Palace :-). But I've never been there. The book was published in 2011 and is set in the present day which is during my lifetime.

The ebook was verified here: eBook verification Line 212

AND Option D

Read a book that has food or drink on the cover

I read The Last Cannoli by Tali Spencer who is a GRA

There are cannolis on the cover.

The Last Cannoli by Tali Spencer

The eBook was verified here: eBook verification line 1695



This Post
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 2

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Total Points: 815
Goodreads Authors: 51
Total Tasks Complete: 40
Total Books Read: 60


message 2477: by Rebecca NJ (new)

Rebecca NJ (njreader) | 1281 comments Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ


30.8 - Concentration!
Using the noun "demon" (verified in Message #73 of the Task Help thread)
Book 1 - Every Demon Has His Day by Cara Lockwood
This book has 400 pages.

Book 2 - The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver
This book has 340 pages (link to the US Paperback edition for verification)


This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 815 points
Tasks completed: 41
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **


message 2478: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1578 comments 30.4 - Susan A - Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!

Option 2: Zeus - "god" in title - Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by ***Goodreads Author Geneen Roth

Option 3: Aphrodite - Romance as genre Summer in Sonoma by ***Goodreads Author Robyn Carr

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 500/1180
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 37
GoodReads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()


message 2479: by Brian (new)

Brian | 153 comments BRIAN

25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites

Option 3 - most recent book in a series
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

Option 4 - genre is graphic novel
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!)

Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Books: 6-1-0 (8)


message 2480: by Kristina Simon (new)

Kristina Simon (kristinasimon) | 11204 comments Readerboard name:
Kristi (Passion for the Page)

15.10 - Fun in the Sun
The Good Luck Charm by Leanne Tyler

Points this post: 15
Season Total: 365





message 2481: by Amy (new)

Amy | 2170 comments Amy FL

5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...
Tomato Red

5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
Wonder (page 4)

5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Field of Prey (Author: John "Sand"ford)

5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
Unlucky 13 (Women’s Murder Club, #13) by James Patterson (approved in msg 2)

5.10 - White: Lounging Around
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark (two chairs)

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 385



message 2482: by Jessica (new)

Jessica (sureshot26) | 745 comments Jessica PDX

25.1 - Andy P's Task - Directionally Challenged

Book A - "Right"

The Right Mistake The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow by Walter Mosley by Walter Mosley

Book B - initials in COMPASS

The Confession by Olen Steinhauer by Olen Steinhauer

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 780


message 2483: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey (_lindsey_) | 498 comments Lindsey IL



25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages

Hidden by P.C. Cast

option 1, I rated Marked by P.C. Cast five stars a few years ago.

***P.C. Cast is a GoodReads Author***

Timeless by Gail Carriger

option 3, CAPTURE THE FLAG

***Gail Carriger is a GoodReads Author***



Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 1100

GoodReads Authors: 43
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 59
Books Read: 84


message 2484: by Hina (new)

Hina (hinaj) | 677 comments HINA

15.8 - It's All About the Facts! - Read a nonfiction book, with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page - geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, sports or leisure.

Allies and Enemies: How the World Depends on Bacteria by Anne E. Maczulak.
Science ~ 19 Users


Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total:
Total Points: 1065
Total Goodreads Authors: 56
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 2485: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments Task # 15.1 Moms and Dads
A) Female author written during Mom’s lifetime but before mine
Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh – 28Aug14 – first published in 1935
This is during my mother’s lifetime (born 1928), but before I was born

B)Male author written during Dad’s lifetime but before mine
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett - ✔ - 04July14 – first published in 1934
This is during my father’s lifetime (born 1921), but before I was born



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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 560 points
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books Read: ( 2) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4


message 2486: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 1335 comments STACIE MI

Task 5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach

I read a book with the word "sand" found intact in the title:

The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman

**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author!!**

Points this task: 5
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 55
Pages read: 13021
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 2487: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 1335 comments STACIE MI

Task 5.10 - White: Lounging Around

I read a book with a chair and part of a couch on the cover:

Miss Don't Touch Me Vol. 1 by Hubert
Miss Don't Touch Me: Vol. 1
by Hubert

The couch and chair are visible on the right hand side, behind the curtain.

At 92 pages, this qualifies as my one book between 80-100 pages for this challenge.

Points this task: 5
Total points: 650
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 56
Pages read: 13113
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 2488: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 1335 comments STACIE MI

Task 15.7 - "In a gentle way, you can shake the world"

I read a book that is primarily set in India:

Sold by Patricia McCormick

This book was approved in the task help thread.

Points this task: 15
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 57
Pages read: 13376
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 855 comments babbling c


15.5 - Where Was that Again?
Read a book set in any one of these states: Wisconsin.
Mack's bar is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Murder on the Rocks - kindle - Murder on the Rocks- paperback 352 pgs by Allyson K. Abbott
Allyson K. Abbott is a GRA.

Murder on the Rocks (Mack's Bar Mystery #1) by Allyson K. Abbott



THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0

Total This Season
Points: 650
Completed Tasks: 34
Good Read Authors: 32
Big Books: 0

******
Pages read this season: 15,516
Books read this season: 47


message 2490: by Lori (new)

Lori  (batchelorxyz) | 218 comments LORI TX

10.1 I SCREAM YOU SCREAM

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1) by Rachel Caine

*****

10.2 SOMETHING STRANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Skinwalker by Faith Hunter Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, #1) by Faith Hunter

*****

10.6 D-DAY

Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy Dead or Alive (Jack Ryan Jr., #2) by Tom Clancy

*****

20.1 OPERATION!

Option 1 Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine Heat Stroke (Weather Warden, #2) by Rachel Caine

*****

20.4 WORD TRIVIA: NAME THAT WORD!

Option 3 Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton A Shiver of Light (Merry Gentry #9) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Light is a homonym

*****

Points this post = 70
Total Points = 70


message 2491: by Gea (new)

Gea (gea89) Gea

25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites

3. Champion by Marie Lu - Book that is the most recently published book in a series
Once upon a Billionaire by Jessica Clare (Goodreads Author) approved for length here
5. The Kitchen Boy: Book with the genre Historical Romance*
Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks (Goodreads Author) Historical Romance (524 users)

20.6 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.
New to me book: The Brazilian's Blackmail Bargain by Abby Green (Goodreads Author)

15.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will
A. Be with Me by J. Lynn Good Minds Suggest—Jennifer L. Armentrout's Favorite New Adult Romances
B. Foreplay by Sophie Jordan (Goodreads Author)

POINTS
Points This Post: 60
Points Total: 680
GR Author: 39
Big Books: 500(2) 750() 1000()


message 2492: by Apoorv (last edited Aug 29, 2014 01:20PM) (new)

Apoorv  Moghe (goodreadscomapoorv) | 52 comments APOORV - Rectified Post
Summer 2014 Challenge : Tasks Completed
(as 8/27/2014 - completed tasks only)
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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.

Book Read : A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | 8/20/2014
Requirement : Title includes orange AND the book and author, both are new to me

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Total Points : 470


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Amy | 2170 comments Amy FL

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30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
B. All the Truth That's in Me (published September 26th 2013)
C. Around The World In 80 Days (Science Fiction)

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 385



message 2494: by Randy (last edited Aug 29, 2014 03:08PM) (new)

Randy | 37 comments RANDY12S

25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!

Book #1 - 3) Ask the Audience -- I read Invisible by James Patterson. This book was on the list for most popular during June at #59 as of today 8/29/14.

Book #2 - 4) Switch the Question -- For this one I read Rasputin's Shadow by Raymond Khoury. On it's goodreads main page it is listed as "Spy Thriller>Espionage" fitting in the C catergory.

Raymond Khoury and James Patterson are both GR Authors.

30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!

Book #1 - For Option 2 I read The Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler. The Fargos are amateur archaeologists who enlist real archaeologists.

Book#2 - For Otion 4 I read Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs because it has the word "bone" in the title.

Kathy Reichs is a GR Author.

Points posted = 55
Total all posts = 55
GR Authors = 3



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Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments Task # 25.3 – mstan’s Task – Different Selves, Different tales

Option 2 – Young and Old – Two books by the same author

Book 1 – Book shelved as YA or children’s
The Song of the Quarkbeast ✔ – 17Aug14

Book 2 – Book NOT shelved as YA or children’s
Shades of Grey ✔ – 29Aug14

Both books are by Jasper Fforde

Pair approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 585 points
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books Read: ( 2) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4


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Lori  (batchelorxyz) | 218 comments LORI TX

15.9 DECISIONS, DECISIONS...

starting book = Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton The Laughing Corpse

Chill Factor by Rachel Caine Chill Factor

Points this Post = 15
Total Points = 85


message 2497: by Amy (new)

Amy | 2170 comments Amy FL

15.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will
A. Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
B. The History of Love

15.4. Double Trouble
A&B: Blood Always Tells (Double "O" in Blood, double "L" in Tells)

15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
The Romantics (set in India)

15.8 - It's All About the Facts!
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (History)

15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
The Bungalow (started with The Lost Wife which I gave 4 stars)

15.10 - Fun in the Sun.
Top Secret Twenty-One

Points This Post: 90
Total Points: 475



message 2498: by Laurie (new)

Laurie | 910 comments Laurie ME

5.4: Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow: Mellow
Murder Most Mellow by Jaqueline Girdner

15.1: Moms and Dads: Mom - 1935; Dad - 1938; Me - 1961:
1. 1939: Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh

2. 1939: What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland

25.12: Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge:
2.The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

5. (P)o(R)tuguese: Wine of Violence by Priscilla Royal

30.2: DLMRose's Task: Dig In:
1. set in Wyoming: One Way Out by Michele Albert

2. archeologist: Site Unseen by Dana Cameron

30.5: Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book:
1. entert(A)in(M)ent: The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

5. Inn Keeping with Murder by Lynn Bohart
Inn Keeping with Murder (Old Maids of Mercer Island) by Lynn Bohart

Points This Post: 105.
Total Points: 820.


message 2499: by Laurie (new)

Laurie | 910 comments Laurie Me

25.12: Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge:
2.The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

5. (P)o(R)tuguese: Wine of Violence by Priscilla Royal

Rolled a 2; 5 is by choice.

Points this Post: 25.
Total Points: 820.


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Brian | 153 comments BRIAN

15.8 - It's All About the Facts!

Nonfiction book with a genre of history
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes(Goodreads author!)
At 565 pages, this also counts as a Big Book!

Points this post: 15
Total points: 405
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 10
Big Books: 7-1-0 (9)


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