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Task 20.10 – Group ReadSTAND-ALONE FANTASY
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
I listened to the audio / MMP: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
*** BIG BOOK *** 3 tickets – 1149 pages
MY comment in Discussion Thread
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (2) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 7
KATRINAT15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
May 21-27 is National New Friends Old Friends week. Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars. REQUIRED: Give the name of the friend in your post. Simon, he rated this book 5 stars in 03.04.17:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7...
Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo
#Points this post: 15
Total Points: 185
GO: 1
BB: 1
Tasks completed:12
(5.4/5.5/5.10/10.3/15.6/15.7/20.1/20.6/20.7/20.9/25.4/25.5)
Books read: 14
10.10 -The 2017 RoosterRead a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
I read Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra.
I read an ebook but the paperback is 128 pages (Multiple Choice). There's no MMPB.
Points this post: 10
Readerboard Name MAZZA1TASK 25.4
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie. Shamelessly stolen from a 5-point task in that first challenge (Spring 2011), for this option read a book of 100-150 pages in length.
BOOK Reginald
HOW IT FITS 112 pages
Option 3. Outback! – For this option read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
BOOK Serious Sweet
HOW IT FITS Initials of author's first and last names A and K are in Outback
This book is 519 pages in length claiming a BB ticket
POINTS THIS POST 25
Total POINTS to date 505
BB tickets this post 1
Total BB tickets 2
Books read to date 42
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - It's Contagious!
Read a book from the list Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses. I read The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, from page one of the list (position 41 at time of posting).
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 290
15.8 map on the cover.The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 120/850
Tasks completed: 12/52
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+()750+(0)1000+(0)
Peg W25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Book 1 Option 3. Outback! – For this option read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK
I read A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and has a page count of 462
Book 2 Option 4. Not Dead Yet. For this option read a book with the GR genre “Environment” “Ecology” “Health” “Nature” or “Biology” on its GR homepage.
I read The Bafut Beagles and has a page total of 202.
Both books page count comes to 664
The total page count exceeds 500pg
Points this task: 25
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7/52
perletwo15.8. How do I Get There? - Read a book with a map on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Murder at SpoletoPoints this task: 15
Total points: 660
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 05
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 52
Tasks completed: 40
Cait S20.6- Batter Up!!
Option 2
Read a book where at least 50% of the action takes place in Georgia.
Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Fully set in Georgia, first in Atlanta, then in a town called Suley.
Points This Post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 115/850
Diana K15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun. Read a book with the word GIrl in title.
Girl at War
Points this post: 15
Total points: 495
Amy O.20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 1: book set in Finland, or by an author who was born in or currently lives in Finland
The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo
Book is set in Finland, and is also by an author born in Finland.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
KATIEGIRL20.1 - Finland 100 Years!
Option 3: A book first published before 1917.
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
First published in 1900. Claiming as GOLDEN OLDIE ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
Total tasks: 25
BB total: 3
GO total: 2
Jayme(the ghostreader)25.6 A Stitch in Tine Saves Nine
Book 1 Read from Popular Near Future List
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Found on p 6.
Book 2 The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Historical Fiction in the genre
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Big Books: 0
Task Points: 25
Grand Total:40
Reader Board Name: MeegzTask 20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2: For this option, read a book with either snow or the sun on the cover
The Great Leader by Jim Harrison
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Post #1225.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
1) The Eyes of Darkness First published 1981
2) Silence Fallen First published 2017
Points this post:25
Total Points:235
Books read:19
Tasks Done: 11
Sara ITA*REPOST* (haven't listed the tasks in order, sorry!)
15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
Il labirinto (The Maze Runner) by James Dashner
audiobook - most popular edition has 384 pages
Tagged Science Fiction on main page
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30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole
1. Read a book with one of the words: Spring, March, April or May in the title.
Le avventure di Augie March by Saul Bellow
** Le avventure di Augie March is a Big Book (627 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket. **
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2. Read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
La ballerina del Gai-Moulin by Georges Simenon
audiobook - most popular edition has 176 pages
Maigret #10
** La ballerina del Gai-Moulin is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1931). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 215
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 8
trishhartuk15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1 – To celebrate Free Comic Book day on May 6, read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics, etc.
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes, Neil Gaiman
Sequential Art :> Graphic Novels 4,853 users; Sequential Art > Comics 3,438 users; Graphic Novels Comics 433 users
Book 2 – read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
20.10 Group Reads
Riddle of the Labyrinth, Margalit Fox
Comments in message #17: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
25.6 Perletwo’s Task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
1. Spring Forward: Read a book from the first 5 pages of Popular Futurism Books or Popular Near-Future Books.
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (372pg)
Page 1, #1 on the Popular Near Future list (also about halfway down page 1 of the Popular Futurism Books list)
2. Fall Back: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page
The Crimson Rooms, Katharine McMahon (472pg)
Shelved as Historical Fiction by 84 users, Historical by 24 users
Total pages: 372 + 472 = 844pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+ x 1 = 1 ticket)
FANDURY10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these actors who appeared in the film: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, James Earl Jones.
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
As this book is by Carrie Fisher and about the first Star Wars film, this should work...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
BellaGBear10.8:
approved in the help thread>10 points
task 10.9: Nemesis the author Mark Millar shares a name with Mark Hamill
>10 points
task 15.9: Saga, Vol. 7
>15 points
task 20.6: option 3, published year ending with 9
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
firts published in 1999
<20 points
task 30.1:
book 1: The Enchanted April first published 1922 so I claim a golden oldie
book 2: Hotel Betram # 11 of the miss marple series
>30 points
>1 GO
TOTAL POST:
85 points
1 GO
TOTAL CHALLENGE:
360 points
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.8 Build a Bridge
Read a book with the word "bridge" or "bridges" (no other variations) in its title/subtitle OR with a bridge on the cover.
I read Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina of Katrina by Ronnie Greene.
Challenge 20.2 Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of "Fairies", "Ireland", or "Irish Literature". The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan.
Challenge 30.3 MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1
Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.
I chose Hydrogen ( Symbol H) with a Periodic Number of 1. For this book I read The Hydrogen Murder by Camille Minichino.
Book 2 read a book that has the same number in a series.
Hydrogen has a number of 1. I read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenby Ransom Riggs.
Points this post:60
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 52
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Becky P25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
PB edition A Study in Scarlet
Option 3- Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong
Points this post-25
Total points-210
Marina H20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Under Kometens Hale by Bjarne Reuter
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 15
20.1Option 3: published prior to 1917
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
*Claiming GO ticket, published 1908*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140/850
Tasks completed: 13/52
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books:500+()750+(0)1000+(0)
LAUREN JODI 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2: March 8 is International Women's Working Day.
Author Initials in BE BOLD FOR CHANGE
Heart of Fire by Linda Howard
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305/850
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 17/52
5.7- Modern ClassicsRead a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “modern classic” from this list Popular Modern Classics
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
(shelved 48 times as modern-classics)
10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these actors who appeared in the film: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, James Earl Jones.
The Celestine Vision: Living the New Spiritual Awareness
James Redfield
15.2. May is for Art and Music!
2 book task
Book 1 – Odd is on Our Side pb 186 pgs
Book 2 –
piano20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Read ONE book from the following options.
Option 1: Read a novel with a heroine who is one of these kinds of scientists:
Physician, Engineer, Mathematician, Physicist, Biologist, Chemist, Psychologist, Sociologist, Anthropologist, Forensic Scientist.
Roping the Wind "Dr. Helen Kinsale" sports medicine & surgeon
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Your two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Ash pb 226 pgs "My name is Ash"
Book 2: Illusion Town mmpb 340 pgs "the desert city of Illusion Town"
226+340 = 566 pgs
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1890 and 1939 whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in ONE of theses words/phrases: "ART DECO" or "ART NOUVEAU" or "BAUHAUS".
The Girl in the Golden Atom 1st publ 1922
Ray Cummings R C
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published between 1970 and the present whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in ONE of these phrases: "CONTEMPORARY ART" or "POST MODERN ART".
The 10-Day Skin Brushing Detox 1st publ 2014
Mia Campbell M C
Cumulative Total = 335+105 = 440
Mod
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
option 3, self help genre (or option 1 initials SRO): Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat. by Sarah Robb O'Hagan
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life., 400 pages, I read the ARC.
Book 2: The Disciple of Las Vegas by Ian Hamilton, to the casinos and illegal gambling dens of Las Vegas. , 340 pages
400 + 340 = 740
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1:
The Cat Sitter and the Canary by Blaize ClementI prefer to read on my deck or patio.
Book 2:
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole RadziwillI like to read at the beach- and an adirondack chair is always good.
total = 690
BOUCHRA15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
This book fits both options 1 & 2. William Kamkwamba, the author of the book, who is also the main character, learns how to build windmills and other devices by self-learning while he's out of school due to poverty. The library plays a huge role in helping him gain his knowledge, as that is where he goes to find books that give him all sorts of ideas on what to build and how to build them. Without the library, William would have been just another ordinary school dropout from Malawi.
Initials: W & K.
15.7. It's Contagious!
Read a book from one of the following lists: Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses or History of Disease
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
On the first page of the list Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
GO This Post/Total: 0/1
BB This Post/Total: 0
dawn9910.3 - Aim High
A Study in Scarlet has 83,511 5-star ratings (1,454 req'd)
10.9 - Star Wars Star
Delicate Ink author Carrie Ann Ryan shares first name with Carrie Fisher
15.5 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
The Last Girl by Joe Hart
20.8 - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Rose Under Fire
keep fingers crossed for the math portion of the post..
Points this post: 55
Total Points:230
Mod
I read The Painted Bridge, with the word "bridge" in the title.
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
I read Final Girls, with "girl" found intact in the title.
15.8. How do I Get There?
I read
, with a map on the cover.Points this post: 40
Total points: 490
20.4Option 1: Author initials "APRIL SHOWERS" The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
*Claiming GO ticket, pub 1886*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160/850
Tasks completed: 14/52
Books Read: 14
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books:500+()750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 30.3
Book 1 Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.
BOOK The Helium Murder
HOW IT FITS Helium in title atomic element number 2 on Periodic table
Book 2 Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
BOOK The Angel of Darkness
HOW IT FITS #2 in Dr Laszlo Kreizler series matching atomic element number
this book has 752 pages and i would like to claim 2 BB tickets
Task 30.5
Book 1 Book 1: Read a book with a cover that shows the type of place where you like to read.
BOOK
HOW IT FITS Car on cover and I like to listen to audio books in car
Book 2 Book 1: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
BOOK
HOW IT FITS countryside on cover and I also like to listen to audio books whilst walking in the countryside, having used the car to get there
Books approved message 14 of help thread
POINTS THIS POST = 60
TOTAL POINTS = 565
BB Tickets this post = 2
Total BB tickets = 4
TOTAL BOOKS READ = 46
loafer30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1 : Read a book with an animal from this list of Animal Groups on the cover.
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
(rabbit on cover)Book 2 Using the same animal as book 1, select an Animal Group word associated with that animal from the same list and read a book with that word in the title or subtitle.
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto by Ezekiel Mphahlele
A down is a rabbit group.
points: 30
total: 340
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed: 20
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task 20.6
Option 3: There are nine players on the field, and the game takes nine innings (usually). Read a book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9.
BOOK Ruby Red
HOW IT FITS First Published January 6th 2009
Points this post = 20
Total Points = 585
Books read to date 48
Mod
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
For book 1, I read
- lovely to read on a chaise lounge chair in a garden.For book 2, I read
- the woods are a good place to read - as the oldest of 5 kids in my family, I always had to go out and sit in the woods behind our house in order to spend time reading without being pestered by little sibs, or assigned more chores by my mother.Minus 5 points, for 5.2, plus 30 points for 30.5.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 515
Brooke TX20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2: Read a book written by a woman whose first and last name initials can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE".
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 3: Read a book with a cover that shows a flame (bonfire, lit candle, etc.). Approved in help thread message 2:
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: Read a book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle that is the name of a character in the book.
Book 2: Read a book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle where at least some of the plot of the book takes place in that specific named place. Approved in help thread message 94:
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1.Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF.
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
Points
This Post: 90
Total Points: 380
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 36
5.6 - Lady DayHelp Thread
Read a book written by an author named Mary or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Mary such as Maria, Molly, Miriam, Mia, Polly.
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
15.2. May is for Art and Music!Book 1 – read a book with the main page genre: sequential art
Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 (Vampire Knight #1) by Matsuri Hino
Book 2 – read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
Number 8 by Anna Fienberg
-guitar25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1.Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF.
Never Never (Detective Harriet Blue #1) by James Patterson & Candice Fox
342 pages
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs by Linda Olsson
author initial, LO, found in fLOwer & 267 pages
Total pages read: 609 pages
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2. read a book of 100-150 pages in length.
Burning Secret by Stefan Zweig
128 pages
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES (pub. 1913)
Option 3. Outback! –read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport by Anna Krien
Author initial, AK, can be found in outbAcK
Total this Post: 65
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 400
Cindy FTask 10.3 Aim High
Book with at least 1,454 5-star ratings
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
28,145 on March 12/17
Points this post:10
Total points:35
Tasks completed:3
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Pamela32655.9 - Whodunit?
Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen
15.10. Spring Gardening
Pony Express Mail-Order Bride by Rhonda Gibson - GaRdening
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Winning Over the Cowboy by Shannon Taylor Vanatter
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1:
by Jolene Navarro - I like to read on a porch swing.Book 2:
by Lee Tobin McClain – I love to read on a blanket under a tree.Points this post: 70
Total Points: 230
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Brave15.2. May is for Art and Music!: This is a 2 book task. Book 1 – read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics, etc. AND Book 2 – read a book with a musical instrument on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover.
Book 1:
Giant Days, Vol. 1 by John Allison
Page count: 128 pages
First MPG: Sequential art > Graphic Novel
Book 2:
by Megan EdwardsThis has a violin on the cover...in case you missed it ;)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
MegSCL5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Are You My Mother?
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 2: main page genre Ireland
The Good People (if it disappears it was confirmed in post 2 of the task help thread)
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 335 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 0
CHRISTINA PA25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Something old & something new
Old:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
New:
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
CHRISTINA PA5.5 - March, April, May
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer
432 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 5.9 - Whodunit? I read The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova. Mystery MPG verified.
10.8 - Build A Bridge
I read
by Thi Bui. There is a bridge in the background to the right.Previous point total: 120
New points this post: 5+10
Total points: 135
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 11
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
KATIEGIRL10.10 - The 2017 Rooster
A book from the Tournament of Books Longlist.
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
Total tasks: 26
BB total: 3
GO total: 2
Catherine TTask 20.10 - Group Reads
read & comment on one of the books
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
my comment @msg 23: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LAUREN JODI 30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book #1: Spring in the northern hemisphere
"May" in title:
Devil May Ride by Wendy Roberts
Book #2: Spring in the southern hemisphere
Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter
Book #10 in the Jane Yellowrock series
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 335/850
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 18/52
LAVENDER10.2 - Initial Success
read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on Goodreads
In the Blood by R.L. Martinez 364 pages
Author initials are R.L. -used in place of first name on the goodreads record.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
Jonquil20.10 - Group Reads
msg 27 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Wonder
Emma Donoghue
Hardcover, 291 pages 4/10
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Books posted: 42
Tasks complete: 40
Pages this post: 291
Total pages as of this post: 11775
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Task 5.5 March, April, May
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, 346 pages
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3