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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Brooke TX25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2: Read a book of 100-150 pages in length.
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book 1: Read a book with one of the words: Spring, March, April or May in the title.
Book 2: Read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
Points
This Post: 55
Total Points: 480
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 41
hoodoomends20.5 - It Was One of Those March Days...
✿ option 3: a book where all the letters in the word "rainbow" are found in any combination of the title, subtitle and/or author's first and last name.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (★★★)
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Points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 190
GO: 6
BB: -
FANDURY5.1- Thoroughly Modern
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN.
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure by Ryan North
The initials of the author RN can be found in modeRN
The Sequential Art > Graphic Novels MPG was overridden in the Not Really a Comic Book/Graphic Novel thread in post 29
I have read all possible paths, and died multiple deaths, married, gave birth and lived happy lives, but also became a ghost, built a robot suit and poisoned the whole world... I love these books.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
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5.6 - Lady Day
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.
Book read: Triple the Fun
Required: Author's first name is Maureen, name found on list.
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10.8 - Build A Bridge
Read a book with a bridge on the cover.
Book read: Not Quite Perfect
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15.1. It's a Wonnder!
1. Read a book with the main page genre engineering or architecture.
Book read: The Fountainhead
Required: approved in task help thread
2. Read a book with 2 n’s found sequentially in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
Book read: Demon Princess
Required: Author's last name is LYNN
I would like to claim a GO ticket for The Fountainhead. It was published in 1943
I would also like to claim a BB ticket for The Fountainhead. It is 720 pages.
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15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
Book read: The Darkest Minds
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Read a book that has either "under" or "over" intact in its title, subtitle or author's name.
Book read: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes
Required: Author's last name grOVER.
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20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 4: Read a book from the following list:
The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
Book read: Princess of the Midnight Ball
Required: Found on page 1 of list.
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Points this post: 85
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Tasks completed: 30
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Points Total: 465
Readerboard Name: Brittany GTask 5.5: March, April, May: Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Task 15.6 I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends: Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars (Give the name of the friend in your post)
Small Great Things
Four friends have read and rated at least 4 stars: Jenna, Elizabeth, Denise and Debra
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Readerboard Name: Quinn10.9
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these actors who appeared in the film: David Prowse
The Escape by David Baldacci
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 225
GO This Post/Total: 0
BB This Post/Total: 0
Readearboard Name - LaureYThis is a repost.
15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
Book 1 – read a book featuring a library or librarian.
Lirael by Garth Nix
Quote from Wikipedia:
'Because she (Lirael) lacks the Clayr's precognitive 'Sight', she is considered an eccentric by her neighbors at the Clayr's headquarters, and prefers solitude to company. In young-adulthood, she joins the staff of the Clayr's Library, ... '
Book 2 – read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
trishhartuk15.7. It's Contagious!
Read a book from one of the following lists: Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses or History of Disease.
The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson
Page 1, #1 on the History of Disease list
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1 (500+ x 1 = 1 ticket)
20.7 Play Ball!I chose option 1 and read Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
25.4 Sydney Harbor
Option 3: Unpaid Debts by Antonio Jiménez Barca
Option 5: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty - set 100% in Australia (link here)
New Total: 140
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Build A Bridge
Read a book with a bridge on the cover
by Bill LoehfelmBridge can be seen prominently in picture above book title. I think it is the Verrazano Bridge which plays a role in the story.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 345
Amanda D.15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends. - Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon
4 stars from Goodreads friend Lia
Points this post: 15
Total points (not including this post): 85
Andy P.Task #
15.7. It's Contagious!
Read a book from one of the following lists History of Disease
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston.) As of 4/15/17 #8 on list)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 360
Pamela326515.1. It's a Wonnder!
The Reluctant Guardian by Susanne Dietze - There are 2 N's in Susanne
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 1: Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo - Shape: Hearts
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1: “The Cowboy's Easter Family Wish” by Lois Richer – gRapefruit League
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 3: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - Found on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... page 1.
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Option 1: ”The Martian” by Andy Weir – 387 pages - Found on https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... page 1
Option 2: “Courting Carrie in Wonderland” by Carla Kelly – 320 pages
707 pages total
Points this post: 100
Total Points: 380
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
10.5 - And The Tony Goes To...A play.
The Gardener's Son: a screenplay by Cormac McCarthy.
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 1: Read a book with one of the marshmallow types in the title.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire has a) Heart.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 200/850
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 18/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Mod
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Taming a Hurricane by Paula A. John
I read the kindle: Taming A Hurricane
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
book 1, no wolf: Present Tense by William H.S. McIntyre, 320 pages
I read the kindle: Present Tense
book 2, initials RW in floWeR: Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson, 416 pages
320 +416 = 736
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1: elephant:
The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa by Caitlin O'ConnellBook 2, a collective of elephants is a memory: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
total = 800
Chris MD5.7 Modern Classics
The Stranger by Albert Camus
This book is on page 1 of the Popular Modern Classics list.
This book was first published in 1942. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
10.6 Penguin Places
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
The book is set entirely in Australia.
10.8 Build a Bridge
Bridge on the cover
by Vanessa Lafaye15.5 Girls Just Want to Have Fun
"Girl" in title
Girl in Dior by Annie Goetzinger
15.6 I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
A book a friend gave a 4 or 5 star rating to
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Every single GR friend of mine who's read this gave it 4 or 5 stars (DLMRose, Ann A, Susan) - and I gave it 5!
20.10 Group Read
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
My review in the discussion is here.
I listened to the audio version of this book. I don't think the paperback is available in the U.S. yet. The hardback has 291 pages.
Points for this post: 5 + 10 + 10 + 15 + 15 + 20 = 75
Total points: 75 + 105 = 180
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More WolvesBook 1, a book whose title does not contain any of the letters in WOLF: The Chance by Robyn Carr
paperback edition The Chance, 368 pages
Book 2, author's initials in the word FLOWER: Firefly Island by Lisa Wingate
paperback edition Firefly Island, 384 pages
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option B1, main page genre "Retellings": The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson
Option B2, a book from Books with the Blues, page 5 #477: Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Points this post: 50
Total points: 410
Diana K5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder. Read a book of your choice.
Small Great Things
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.
The Silver Swan. The element is Silver.
Book 2
Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series. It must be identified as a book in a series in the Goodreads metadata (series #).
For Elements with atomic numbers above 12 all the digits can be added together to get a lower number. You may continue to add the digits until you get to a number below 12.
Silver symbol is Ag. It is element 47. 4 + 7=11
1105 Yakima Street. (Cedar Cove #11)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 590
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - The 20th Century
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
This book is #10 in the Stephanie Plum series
Link to MMP edition: Ten Big Ones
5.5 - March, April, May
If You Were Mine by Bella Andre
Number of pages contains a "3" - 329 pages
5.9 - Whodunit?
Snow Way Out by Christine Husom
This book has a main page genre of Mystery (shelved by 30 people)
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 11
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.6 - I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Let Me Be the One by Bella Andre
Cynthia rated this book a 5
Link to MMP: Let Me Be the One
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Elizabeth PTask 15.4 - Laughing and Singing
I have elected to read one book that fits both requirements: Number 4 in a series and humor as main page genre
Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid
4 in Knitting in the City, humor verified as main page genre in task help post 38
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 10
JonquilRepost so correct title shows
Added replacement book in case Iris Avenue is still funky
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1.title does NOT contain letters in WOLF Iris Avenue
308 + 290 = 598
Iris Avenue
Pamela Grandstaff
Paperback, 308 pages 3/16
Alternate book 1
349 + 290= 639
Mystic Tea
Rea Nolan Martin
Paperback, 349 pages 4/13
Book 2
author initials in FLOWER LW
Thread and Gone
Lea Wait
Paperback, 290 pages 3/10
600 points
Jonquil25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: published before 1992 (first published January 1st 1964)
Lydia
E.V. Cunningham
Paperback, 182 pages 4/12
Book 2: published in 2017 Published February 28th 2017
Bone Box
Faye Kellerman
Hardcover, 432 pages 3/22
Points this post: 25
Total points: 625
Books posted: 52
Tasks complete: 45
Pages this post: 614
Total pages as of this post: 14809
Jonquil25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
328 + 352 = 680 pages
1. Spring Forward: Popular Futurism Books Page 1 # 6
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly
Hardcover, 328 pages 4/12
2. Fall Back: genre that contains "historical"
Historical Fiction 103 users
Ghostly Echoes
William Ritter
Hardcover, 352 pages 4/7
Points this post: 25
Total points: 650
Books posted: 54
Tasks complete: 46
Pages this post: 680
Total pages as of this post: 15489
Jonquil30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book 1: May in the title
May Contain Spies
J.A. Cipriano
Paperback, 162 pages 4/10
Book 2: 9th in a series (Lexi Carmichael Mystery #9)
approved for length spreadsheet # 1676
No Living Soul
Julie Moffett
Kindle Edition 264 pages 3/7
Points this post: 30
Total points: 680
Books posted: 56
Tasks complete: 47
Pages this post: 426
Total pages as of this post: 15915
Amber20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 1 - Book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf - this book is on pg. 1
The Likeness by Tana French
20.10 - Group Reads
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
My comment in the discussion thread is here.
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle that is the name of a character in the book
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
PB for length (no MMPB) - 209 pgs.
Book 2: book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
PB for length (no MMPB) - 398 pgs.
209 + 398 = 607 pgs
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1: book with an animal from this list of Animal Groups on the cover
by Maggie StiefvaterThe cover has a raven on it
Book 2: read a book with a word for the animal from book 1's collective in the title or subtitle
A collective of crows/ravens is called a murder.
A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain
PB for length (no MMPB)
This set of books was verified by Dee in this comment.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 95
SandiCompleted Tasks
Note: I wish to remove The Lost Gate from task 15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
-15 points
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Book of Choice
Kindle edition read: The Illegal Gardener | Most Popular Paperback: The Illegal Gardener
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Main Page genre of Science Fiction
Kindle edition I read: Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
Most Popular Paperback edition: Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
★Book #1: Using Option 2 - 100 - 150 pp in length
Kindle edition I read: The Twelve Days to Christmas
Most Popular Paperback edition: The Twelve Days to Christmas - 130 pp
★Book #2: Using Option 3 - author's first and last name initials found in OUTBACK
Audio edition I listened to: The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
MMPB edition: The Lost Gate
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 355
Task Removed from Previous Post -15
Points Earned this Post: 45
Total Points To Date: 385
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Option 3: AND THE OSCAR GOES TO …
The Godfather, adapted from the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzoread 3/3
Points this post: 20
Total Points to date: 315
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJBook 1 - The Helium Murder by Camille Minichino
This book title contains the name of helium (He) which has an atomic number of 2.
Link to PB edition: The Helium Murder
Book 2 - See How They Run by Ally Carter
This is book #2 in the Embassy Row series
This was previously posted! Sorry!
Brooke TX20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 1: Read a book with Hearts, Shooting Stars, Horseshoes, Clovers, Blue Moons, Rainbows, Balloons, or Hourglass in the title or subtitle.
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published before 1992.
AND
Book 2: For something new, read a book FIRST published in 2017.
Points
This Post: 45
Total Points: 525
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 43
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.5 - Here Comes the Bride!
Option B: Borrowed & Blue
Book 1 - Heartless by Marissa Meyer
This book has "retellings" as a main page genre (shelved by 630 users).
Book 2 - Wish by Alexandra Bullen
This book is located on page 1 of the Books With The Blues list (#59)
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
15.4. Laughing and Singing"OPTION 1:
Book 1 – Read a book with a main page genre of humor."
Headgames by Nick Earls
Book 2 – Read a book that is #4 in a series.
Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
1. please read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE.”
Cold Case Files by Liz Porter
author initial, LP, found in graPefruit League
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1
Cold Iron by Sophie Masson
Iron's atomic number is 26, symbol Fe
Book 2 : 2+6=8
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #8) by Agatha Christie
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1: Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey
- I love to read at the BEACHBook 2: Highlander in Her Dreams (The Ravenscraig Legacy #2) by Allie Mackay
- I love reading in BEDTotal this Post: 95
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 495
Post #1415.4. Laughing and Singing
1) Skip Beat!, Vol. 38 Humor on main page genre and noted in help thread post 2
2) The Julius House Aurora Teagarden #4
Points this post:15
Total Points:270
Books read:24
Tasks Done: 14
Readearboard Name - LaureY10.2 - Initial Success
Read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on Goodreads, e.g. J.K.
Anne's House of Dreams by LM Montgomery
IL: MY - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 14.0
* I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book as it was first published in 1917*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
20.8 Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaUNDERsPoints this task: 20
20.10 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clark
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
Points this task: 20
Points this post: 40 points
Total points to date: 110 points
5.5 - March, April, MayRead a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton (320 pages)
20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3. Although probably the most important period in Finland’s history has been the last 100 years, much happened already prior to that, since the first people arrived in Finland approximately 8850 B.C. You don’t need to go back as far as that, but for this option, read a book FIRST published prior to 1917.
Persuasion - Jane Austen (first published 1817)
**Persuasion was first published 1817, one Golden Oldie ticket claimed**
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase "APRIL SHOWERS".
Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body - Sara Pascoe
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Points this post: 45
Points total: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 3
Pages read: 904
Catherine TTask 30.1 - In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole
book 1 - read a book with APRIL in the title (exact word)
Saving April by Sarah A. Denzil
book 2 - read a book which is #11 in series
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
#11 in Hercule Poirot (https://www.goodreads.com/series/5113...)
Mod
I chose option 1 and read The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. Author initials LS found in apriL Showers.
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
I chose option 2, and read The Julius House, set about 90% in Georgia.
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read an ARC of The Dispatcher. No paperback copy - the hardback edition, The Dispatcher, has 136 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler. Author's first and last initials, OB, are found in OutBack.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 615
Claire (Tiny Owl)5.5 - number of pages includes 3, 4 or 5
Warden of Time - 334 pages in paperback edition
10.3 - at least 1454 5* ratings
City of Stars - 2019 5* ratings at 12:20 on 16/4/17 (and no children's genre on the main page!)
15.4 -
Book 1 - main page humour:
Blacklisted from the PTA - main page genre humour at 12:40 on 16/4/17
Book 2 - Number 4 in series:
Children of Time - Number 4 in After Cilmeri Series
15.6 - Book a GR friend has rated 4/5 stars
City of Masks - rated 4 stars by a friend (Denise)
Points this post: 45
Total points: 65
Claire (Tiny Owl)15.9 - Main genre Science fiction
Ashes of Time - main page genre science fiction at 12:50 on 16/4/17
20.1 - Option 2 - Snow or sun on cover
Guardians of Time - snow on cover
20.4 - Option 1 - Author's initials found in APRIL SHOWERS
Exiles in Time - Author: Sarah Woodbury
20.5 - Option 3 - All letters of RAINBOW can be found in title/subtitle/author's first and last name
Crossroads in Time by Sarah Woodbury
20.7 - Option 3 - Cover shows a flame
City of Secrets - bonfire on cover
Points this post: 95
Total points: 160
MelissaH20.7 Play Ball
Option 1
The Summer We Fell Apart by Robin Antalek
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - I get by with a little help from my friends
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars. I read Soulless by Gail Carriger, which was rated 4 stars by my GR friends Trish, Sue and Leslie and 5 stars by my GR friend Erik.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 305
Claire (Tiny Owl)Reposting task with a different book:
10.3 - at least 1454 5* ratings
City of Flowers- 1638 5* ratings at 14:00 on 16/4/17
DAIRE30.5 Two book that show your fave reading spot
(I love to read in the kitchen while I'm waiting for things to cook).
Book 1 - The Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo
Book 2 - Spanish Made Simple by Omar Allibhoy
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book pts: 3
Total Books: 7
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Stand-alone Fantasy Novel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - read 4/16 and commented in group read chat
claiming 2 BB tickets, 1006 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 335
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 4
Sara G10.6 - Penguin Places
April 25 is World Penguin Day. Read a book set at least 50% in a country/territory from this list that is a home to penguins: Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay.
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood (takes place 100% in Australia)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
Jess Philly15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
For this task I read A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind. My friend Rob gave it 5 stars.
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
For this task I read Calamity by Brandon Sanderson. It's shelved as Science Fiction.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Julia10325.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A
Book 1: The Deryni Archives (published 1986)
Book 2: Garden of Lamentations (published 2017)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 310
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 17
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20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 2: So Much Owed (genres Ireland and Irish Literature approved in post 40 of task help thread)
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 3: The Mapmaker's Daughter (genre Religion approved in post 39 of task help thread)
This post: 40 points
Total points: 285
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 16