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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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15.2 - Celebrity Eye-rollBook 1: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
Book 2: On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay
20.5. - The Long and Short of It
Option 2: Steampunk by Jeff VanderMeer
Points this post: 35
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 14
10.8. On the CoastI read The Hostage's Daughter: A Story of Family, Madness, and the Middle East, more than 50% of which takes place in Lebanon.
Points: 290
books read: 25
tasks completed: 21
GO: 3
pages read: 7866
25.6 - Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the CityOption 1 and Option 3:
Option 1: Read a book where the initial letters of the author’s name can be found in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
Roxana by Daniel Defoe
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose surname matches one of the 110 Livery profession
Shiloh And Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason
30. Worshipful Company of Masons
Post total=25
Season total=345
Queen Bee Darlene5.1 The Ancients - authors initials in ANCIENT
Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík
5 points
20.1 Group Read - The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper
Post #24 on discussion
20 points
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160
15.2 - Celebrity Eye-rollBook 1: Read a book with “night” found intact in a word in the book’s title
Cereus Blooms at Night
Book 2: Read a book with “time” found intact in a word in the book’s title
Time and Again
15.9 - It's Summer Somewhere
Read a book with the word "Summer" in the title or subtitle.
Summer
**Claiming Golden Oldies Tickets-first published in 1917**
Total new points: 30
Total challenge points: 470
G.O.'s: 4
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.4 - Fire and Ice
Catching Fireflies by Sherryl Woods
The letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle/author name - FIRE in FIREflies, IC in CatchIng, E in firefliEs
10.7 - Rollin on the River
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
Food and Drink > Food is a main page genre shelved by 201 users
Link to PB edition: Delicious!
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.8 - Backwards Alphabet Code
Book 1 - Gemina by Amie Kaufman
Book starting with "G" in the left hand column
659 pages
Book 2 - The Trial by James Patterson
Book starting with "T" which corresponds to the letter "G"
Link to PB edition: The Trial, 110 pages
659 + 110 = 769 pages
25.11 - A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Book 1 - From This Moment On by Bella Andre
Option 3 - Michelle [Helen Geek] rated it 2 stars
Book 2 - The Iced Princess by Christine Husom
Option 5 - This is book #2 in the Snow Globe Shop Mystery series
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 290 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
15.2 - Celebrity Eye-rollBook 1, "Night" in the title: And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass
Book 2, "Time" in the title: Paris Time Capsule by Ella Carey
Points this post: 15
Total points: 510
Task 10.5. Noel! Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Friday's Footprint and Other Stories (1960) by Nadine Gordimer (Hardcover, 244 pages)
275 + 10 = 285
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 275 + 10 = 285
Books read: 25
Pages read: 6,504
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kristen IA25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
This is a two book task. Choose two different options below and read a book for each option.
Option 3: January Birthdays
For this option read a book with a main page genre of history, historical fiction, romance, young adult, fantasy or science fiction. Genres can be embedded.
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
Historical Fiction
Option 5: Presidents Day
For this option read a book with snow on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 270/1075
Total Tasks: 15/60
GO: 0
BB: 3
Readerboard name: witchygal15.6 - Multilingual
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
I read The Whispering City by Sara Moliner. My native language is English. It was originally published in Spanish as "Don de Ienguas".
Points: 15
Big Book: no
Golden Oldie: no
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Total stats for Winter 2016 - 2017.
Points: 315
Big Books: 6
Golden Oldie: 2
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Readerboard name: D25.6 - Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the City
Option 1 and Option 3:
Option 1: Read a book where the initial letters of the author’s name can be found in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
Roxana by Daniel Defoe
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose surname matches one of the 110 Livery profession
Shiloh And Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason
30. Worshipful Company of Masons
Post total=25
Season total=345
Task 25.4 - MegSCL's Task: World AIDS DayOption 2:
MPG vampires verified in help thread post #29
red on cover: background and name of author
ebook approved for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: Far Eastern Tales by W. Somerset Maugham
I listened to the audio CD, link to PB (no MMPB available) Far Eastern Tales 288 pages
*originally published 1921, claiming one Golden Oldie ticket*
Points this post: 25
Points total: 750
GO total: 3
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 59
Sara G15.10 - The Plane! The Plane!
December 7, 1941. 75 years ago, The Pacific Clipper completes the first around-the-world flight by a commercial airliner. Read a book with an aircraft* on the cover.
*An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air that has the ability to carry a person. This includes hot air balloons, dirigibles (blimps), airplanes, biplanes, helicopters, gliders, hang gliders, seaplanes, jets, space shuttles, manned rockets. It does NOT include paper airplanes, kites, party balloons or parachutes.
by Iona Grey (airplane in top right corner of the cover)Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
CathyG 10.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Kept by Maya Banks
10.9. Stories Say..............
Read a book with a main page genre of mythology.
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Task 30.8 - Sandy's Task: Old and Awesome
This is a 2 book task. Your books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has the word “ancient” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “ancient” in its title/subtitle: old, past, early, antique, archaic, bygone.
Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan 288pp
Book 2: Read a book that has the word “wonder” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “wonder” in its title/subtitle: surprise, awe, sight, marvel, question, ponder.
The Cowgirl In Question by B.J. Daniels 250pp
50.1 - Allison Ann's Task: Celebrating Birthdays
May 19, 1960
Book 1 – Month: Read a book that meets at least two of the three criteria:
a) First published in the month you were born, of any year.
b) Title starts with the first letter of the month in which you were born
REQUIRED: State in your post how your book fits the criteria of this option.
Midnight Run by Charity Hillis
First published May 14, 2015/Begins with M
approved for length 3041
Book 2 – Day: Read a book with your birth date intact in the GR book rating. Since ratings can change, you might want to get your rating noted in the help thread.
Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare
rating 4.19
approved post 156
Book 3 – Year: Take your year of birth and subtract your age. Read a book first published in that new year. 1960
if you were born before 1967, you can read any book first published before 1917.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Golden Oldie ticket
Points this post: 100
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 40
Big Book Tickets: 1 Oldie: 1
Catherine TTask 25.9 - Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
option 4: read 2 books with MPG Humour
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell
Didi302310.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Current Post
Points: 10
Cumulative
Total Points: 180
Didi3023Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
Read a book with an average GR rating above 4.24. Read a book from Time Magazines 100 best non-fiction books of all time. (#55).
The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
Current Post
Points: 30
Cumulative
Total Points: 210
CYNBAXTER#25.04 – MegSCL's Task: World AIDS Day
Repost from #2321 - added the cover [oops!]
Task: Read a book set (at least 50%) in one of these six countries, or by an author born in one of these countries: South Africa, Nigeria, India, Botswana, Swaziland, and Lesotho.
Book 1, Option 1:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy – the setting is IndiaTask: Read a book written by or about (must be mentioned in the goodreads description) one of the authors listed on this page: List of Tuberculosis Cases under the Writers and Poets category.
Book 2, Option 3: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1847). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 645 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Sara ITA30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders
1. Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle.
Il capro espiatorio by Daphne du Maurier
(English edition: The Scapegoat)
1 C
3 O
1 S
1 T
2 R
3 I
2. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre history.
Possa il mio sangue servire: Uomini e donne della Resistenza by Aldo Cazzullo
Non-fiction book about people of the Italian resistance movement.
Tagged "Nonfiction" by 2 users and "Historical" by 1 user.
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 185
Brave20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option Two: Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre science or health.
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
MPG of health
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
500+: 1
750+: 0
1000+: 0
FANDURY5.9 - Listmaker
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5.
The Sisters by Claire Douglas
Book was first published 2015.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 33
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
PAULA S5.1 - The Ancients
by Ann Cleeves AC in AnCient5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Döden på Nilen the book takes place in Egypt
5.3 - Sole Survivor
#1 in series5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Fits Fall 2016 task 15.2B because I added it to my TBR on GoodReads during July 20165.5 - December, January, February
223 pages5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas
by Nicola Yoon Nicola is on the list5.7 - Long, Long Ago
found on page 4 of the list5.8 - Full Moon
title includes the word SNOW5.9 - Listmaker
First published 2015.5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Sara G10.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
LAUREN JODI25.11 - Wayne's Task: A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Option 3: The Airing of Grievances
Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath
Marked as 2 stars by Darcy
Option 4: The Feats of Strength
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Page #1 of the Books with Strong Women Characters list.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 370/1075
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 23/60
10.7. Rollin on the RiverBear Bloopers: True Stories from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Smokies Wildlife Ranger Book 4
Environment verified in help thread msg #45
10.8. On the Coast
Strangers on the Camino set in Spain
Points this post: 20
Points total: 770
GO total: 3
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 61
15.7 Tales of Middle Earth Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Fantasy."
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany
Points this Post: 15
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 140
Total Books Read: 11
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & GamesOption 2. Dungeons & Dragons - Summer Secrets by Barbara Freethy
2 word title; both words begin with S
20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option A: Dickens - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
608 pages
Total points: 105 + 40 = 145
Coralie25.1 Bookends Reposted to fix link
Book 1 Author's name begins and ends same letter - N
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Book 2 Title begins and ends same letter - S
Solaris
25.6 Celebrate the City
Option 1 – book where the initial letters of the author's name can be found in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS
This Is the Garden by Giulio Mozzi
Option 2 – book with the main page genre Historical Fiction, set in England.
Curtsies & Conspiracies
This post 50 points
Total to date 620 points
Readerboard Name - LaureY20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option One: I or Eye?
Read a book that has 2 “I”s AND 2 “E”s in the title/subtitle - more than 2 of both/either are okay
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
BBooks - 500+: 3 BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: D25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
Option 1 and Option 3:
Option 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters found in "QUIS EST CAESAR TIBI NUNC?"
The Secret House of Death by Ruth Rendell
Word: secret
Option 3: Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CERTAMEN.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Post total=25
Season total=370
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.3 - Sole Survivor
#1 in a series as referenced on Goodreads
Kindle edition I read: Happy Birthday to Me
Paperback edition: Happy Birthday to Me
10.6. More Following Through!
Book by author first read in 2016. Damien Boyd was a new to me author in 2016
Kindle edition I read: Kickback
Paperback edition: Kickback
15.2 - Celebrity Eye-roll
Book #1 - NIGHT intact in title -- Night Film
Book #2 - TIME intact in title -- The Time Machine
Most popular paperback edition: The Time Machine
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
Using Option 1 -- Book title includes the word CARDS
Audio edition I listened to: Crows & Cards: A Novel
Paperback edition: Crows and Cards
AR Bookfinder Info: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Using Option 1 -- Book title includes 2 “I”s AND 2 “E”
Kindle edition I read: Wicked White
Paperback edition: Wicked White
25.4 - MegSCL's Task: World AIDS Day
Book #1 --Using Option 1 -- set in Nigeria. Book background is red -- Things Fall Apart
Most popular MMPB: Things Fall Apart
Book #2 -- Using Option 2 -- main page genre EROTICA -- Selling Scarlett
Paperback edition: Selling Scarlett
25.7 - Dakimel’s task: Podcast Recommendations
Using one book that has more than 500 pages. Total page count is 608 pp. Book is found on pg 6 of the Overdue Podcast Bookshelf -- Battle Royale
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 215
Points Earned this Post: 120
Total Points To Date: 335
leaderboard name: boromom10.3.They're Old!
In honor of ancient wonders, read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
Salt to the Sea
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Brooke TX15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
Read a book where ALL the letters N A H C O O O (3 O’s) are found in any combination of title, subtitle and author’s name.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 805
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 71
Readerboard Name - LaureY50.1 - Allison Ann's Task: Celebrating Birthdays
Birthday Date:
6th June 1968 (randomly generated)
Book 1 Read a book that meets at least two of the three criteria:
a) First published in the month you were born, of any year.
c) June - purple
by Lisa KleypasBook 2 - Read a book with your birth date (day) intact in the GR book rating.
by Christina LaurenThe book has a rating of 4.06.
Book 3 – Year: Take your year of birth and subtract your age. Read a book first published in that new year.
by Milo HastingsThe book was first published in 1920.
1968 - 48 = 1920
Points this post: 50
Total points: 450
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
BBooks - 500+: 3 BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 10.3. They're Old!
I read A Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James (mass market paperback). "Historical Fiction" is a MPG.
15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
I read Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright by Chynna Clugston Flores. The title starts with a B word.
20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
I chose Option 2. I read 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories edited by Heidi Pitlor (hardcover).
**The hardcover edition is 752 pages long, I would like to claim TWO Big Book tickets.**
25.1 - Andy P.'s task: Bookends
Book 1: I read The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens (mass market paperback - 496p).
Book 2: I read The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (paperback - 257p).
496+257=753
25.8 - Beth F's Task: Backwards Alphabet Code
Book 1, a S book: I read The Secret Loves of Geek Girls edited by Hope Nicholson (256p).
Book 2, a H book: I read Habibi by Craig Thompson (672 p).
Previous point total: 370
New points this post: 10+15+20+25+25
Total points: 465
New tasks completed in this post: 5
Total tasks: 32
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 2
Total Big Books: 2
BlueberryOpt 1 - Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Pts: 20
Total pts: 265
CoralieI would like to move a book from 5.1 to 15.7
5.1 The ancients replacement book
Book by author whose initials are in ANCIENT
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
15.7 Tales of Middle-earth
book moved from 5.1
Book with main page genre fantasy
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
This post 15 points net
Total to date 635 points
Diana K5.5 - December, January, February. Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition 138 pages
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - first published 1843
5.9 - Listmaker. Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5 such as 1952, 2005 or 2015.
Adventures of a Trail Stooge publ. 2015
25.7 - Dakimel’s task: Podcast Recommendations. For this task, read a book or books found on any of these bookshelves.
Book 1 The History of Love Overdue Podcast page 1 255 pages
Book 2 The Color Purple Overdue Podcast page 7 295 pages
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Old and Awesome
Book 1: Read a book that has the word “ancient” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “ancient” in its title/subtitle: old, past, early, antique, archaic, bygone.
The Little Antique Shop Under the Eiffel Tower
Antique - 284 pages
Book 2: Read a book that has the word “wonder” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “wonder” in its title/subtitle: surprise, awe, sight, marvel, question, ponder.
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History Wonder 240 pages
Points this post: 65
Total points: 915
25.2 - Perletwo's Task: Timeless: Leonard & LeonBook 1. Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: Beauty, Moonlight, Moon, or Light. Words must match exactly - no variations.
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Book 2. Read a book about space travel
Skip Trace
Skip Trace e-book verified here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
trishhartuk25.3 Karen Michele’s Task: I Wonder…
2. What secrets lie under the water? Read a book about anything found under the surface of the water.
A Superior Death, Nevada Barr
From the GR description for this edition (because the edition I actually read has a useless description!): “When a routine application for a diving permit reveals a grisly underwater murder, Anna finds herself 260 feet below the forbidding surface of the lake, searching for the connection between a drowned man and an age-old cargo ship.”
(Also listed at #27 on the Diving the Depths list)
4. Will the natural wonders I see around me still be here for my grandchildren and great grandchildren? Read a book from the following list that has been shelved as “nature” at least 10 times. Popular Nature Books.
My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell
Page 1 (around #30), shelved 91 times as nature
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 710
Tasks Completed: 39
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: TravelsThis is a two book task. Read one book from each of two different options.
No book with the main page genre Children or Kids may be used, and your books must have a combined total of 500 pages.
Book 2: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
>>Read a book with the main page genre western. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Texas True pb 368 pgs
genre verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 5: Kyoto, Japan
>>Read a book with the main page genre historical fiction or history. These may be stand alone or embedded.
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake mmpb 422 pgs
368 pgs + 422 pgs = 790 pgs
Cumulative Total 605+30 = 635
Becky P10.1. Let's Follow Up
One of the authors at the top of the list
Harriet by Jilly Cooper
PB edition Harriet
10.9. Stories Say..............
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
PB edition Rebel of the Sands
Mythology genre approved in the help thread
20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
Option 1- found on page 1
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
PB edition The Thorn Birds
Points this post- 40
Total points- 510
Making a few changes...with one new (25.5)5.4 - Best Laid Plans Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks
5.4 - Flowers Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the 4th wedding anniversary flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
King of Diamonds by Cheyenne McCray CM
to:
Breakwater by Shannon Mayer SM
20.1 Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
This is a ONE book task. Please choose from the options below. REQUIRED: Indicate in your post the option you chose.
Option 1 - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN. Letters may be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
The Joyful Spirit: How to Become the Happiest Person You Know Brian D. Biro B B
to:
Mai Tai'd Up by Alice Clayton AC pb 254 pgs
NEW25.5 - Sarah BR's Task: A Return to Stars Hollow
Choose two options from the 4 listed below and read 1 book for each option. The total page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages.
Option 3: Where you lead read a book with at least a 4 letter word from the song within the title/subtitle. Where You Lead lyrics
The Joyful Spirit: How to Become the Happiest Person You Know 167 pgs "know"
Option 4: Running gag
For this option choose a job from Kirk's Odd Jobs list and read a book in which a main character performs a similar job.
REQUIRED: State the character and the job that s/he performs. If the job is not clear from the Goodreads description, provide a quotation from the book demonstrating the job.
Corralled "Sports therapist Lainie Capshaw" pb 339 pgs
47. Physical therapist (Season 6, Episode 1)
approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
167 pgs + 339 pgs = 506 pgs
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
This is a two book task. You may choose two different options from the choices below, or read two books that satisfy the same option. REQUIRED: In your post, specify the option(s) you chose.
Option 3: Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CERTAMEN (although not necessary, also fits Option 4 Humor > Funny)
Screwdrivered Alice Clayton A&C pb 256 pgs
Option 3: Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CERTAMEN
Mai Tai'd Up Alice Clayton A&C pb 254 pgs
to:
King of Diamonds by Cheyenne McCray CM pb 164 pgs
Cumulative Total 635+25 = 660
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar, a collection of short stories.
25.1 - Andy P.'s task: Bookends
For book 1, I read The Story of the Lost Child, by Elena Ferrante - author's name begins and ends in "E." 480 pages.
For book 2, I read Reel Murder - title begins and ends with the letter "R." 180 pages.
Total for task - 660 pages, exceeding the 500 page requirement.
25.5 - Sarah BR's Task: A Return to Stars Hollow
For my first book, I chose option 1, and read A Streetcar Named Desire, #295 on the Rory Gilmore reading list. 192 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Them: Adventures with Extremists. The word "with" in the subtitle is also found in the second line of the song - "I only want to be with you." 336 pages.
192 + 336 = 528, exceeding the 500 page requirement.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 855
Shannon South Africa15.8 Not-so-secret (leavening) agent
All letters NAHCOOO in title, sub title, author name
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 110
Shannon South Africa20.7 One or Two?
2 "I"s and 2 "E"s or more in title, sub title
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 130
15.10 - The Plane! The Plane!
by Ian McEwanHot air balloon on cover.
Points this post: 15
Points in total: 440
Tasks completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 2
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25.1 Bookends
Book 1 – Author's name beginning and ending with the same letter – N
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Book 2 – Title beginning and ending with the same letter – S
book:Solaris|95558]
30.6 Travels
Book 3: Key West, Florida
Book with main page genre 'classic'
Jacob's Room
Book 5: London, England
Book with main page genre historical fiction
Burial Rites
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