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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - Catch Some Z's
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Oz contains a Z
AR Bookfinder data: IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Link to MMP: The Land of Oz
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 330 points
Tasks completed: 24
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.10 - Spring Gardening
Invitation to Provence by Elizabeth Adler
Author's initials can be found in gArdEning
Link to PB edition: Invitation to Provence
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 345 points
Tasks completed: 25
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Hidden Figures
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Option 1B - Maura Isles is a physician (approved in Help Task Thread Post #44.
Link to MMP edition: Sparizione
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 365 points
Tasks completed: 26
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.10 Book of choiceThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205/850
Tasks completed: 17/52
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Sarah E10.2 - Initial Success
Moon Dance by J.R. Rain
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: First published in 1999
Second Star To The Right
Points this post: 30
Total points: 455
Amy FL5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Sun Is Also a Star (set in NY, USA)
5.3 - The 20th Century
The Nowhere Man (#2 in series)
5.6 - Lady Day
Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder
5.7- Modern Classics
Strangers on a Train (page 10 of list)
5.9 - Whodunit?
The Lovers (Mystery)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
perletwo10.10 -The 2017 Rooster - Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
The Fireman
This is the kindle edition, but the top pb ed. is 768 pgs., qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 850
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 07
Big Book ticket requests: 04
Books read: 69
Tasks completed: 52
*wheeew*
May 15, 2017 (Post 2260)Chris MD
I need to make another swap.
I originally claimed Under a Dark Summer Sky for task 10.8. I want to move it and in it's place use this:
10.8 Build a Bridge
Bridge on cover
edited by Donna AndrewsThe original book gets moved here:
20.8 Over and Under
Title, subtitle, or author's name includes "over" or "under"
Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye
This adds 20 points to my total: 525 + 20 = 545
Sara ITA15.6 - I Get By with a Little Help From My Friend
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars. REQUIRED: Give the name of the friend in your post.
La caduta dei giganti (Fall of Giants) by Ken Follett
My GR friend Sean rated it 4 stars
** La caduta dei giganti is a Big Book (999 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets. **
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 310
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 10
Queen Bee Darlene50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
1) Book fits task from Fall 2009 - 5.9 main character is a senior citizen The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Pages: 396
2) Book set within 200 miles of my birth city: I was born in Saugas, Massachusetts. I read a book set in Boston.
Straight line distance: 7.67 miles
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover It Ends with Us Pages: 367
3) Option So: historical fiction genre
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Pillars of the Earth pages: 943
The 3 books must equal more than 1000 pages: 1706 total pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 155
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.4 - Sydney Harbour
Book 1 - One Lane Bridge: A Novel by Don Reid
Option 1 - "Bridge" is found in the title
Link to PB edition: One Lane Bridge
Book 2 - Kissing Under the Mistletoe by Bella Andre
Option 3 - Author's first and last name initials can be found in outBAck
Link to MMP edition: Kissing Under the Mistletoe
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 390 points
Tasks completed: 27
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Elizabeth PTask 5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Book of Your Choice
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 410
Total Tasks: 27
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 32
Mod
Julia1035.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Arrow's Flight
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
The Magdalen Girls
This post: 20 points
Total points: 500
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 28
Sara G30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
My two books are approved in the help thread here.
This is a two book task.
Book 1: Read a book with a cover that shows the type of place where you like to read.
I like to read out in my garden!Book 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
I also like to read while sitting at the table (chocolate optional!)Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Readerboard Name JamminJennyreposting of message #2219
Task 15.8. How do I Get There?
read 5/12the map is on the first page of the book, not the cover
Total points this post: 15
Total points to date 585
GO Tickets: 7
BB Tickets: 6
Mod
Pamela32655.7- Modern Classics
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Found on page 1
592 pages - Big Book
Originally published in 1939 - Golden Oldie
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Out of the Rain: Marriage Wanted\Laughter in the Rain by Debbie Macomber
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
His Little Cowgirl by Brenda Minton
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 570
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Amy O.5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
(book of your choice)
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck
10.8 - Build A Bridge (book with "bridge" in title)
Bridge Daughter by Jim Nelson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
ANNA K25.2 - Sandy’s Task: Who am I? Where am I?
2 book task
Book 1: A book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle that is the name of a character in the book
Book 2: A book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle where at least some of the plot takes place in that location
#1: Victoria, by Daisy Goodwin
name - Victoria
#2: The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857, by William Dalrymple
place - Delhi
*560 pages, claiming as Big Book*
Points this post: 25
Points this challenge: 105
Big Books this post: 1
Big Books this challenge: 2
10.6 - Penguin PlacesA book set in Australia: The Spare Room by Helen Garner
This book is set in Melbourne, Australia. The setting is mentioned in the third of the main page reviews.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 720
Megs20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3 - read a book FIRST published prior to 1917.
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
First published in 1909. (claiming 1 GO ticket)
This book has been shelved as Childrens. According to the AR Bookfinder:
IL: MG
BL: 8.6
AR: 16.0
Points this Post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total points: 145
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Kait5.5 - March, April, May
A book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare -- 512 pages
City of Ashes qualifies for 1 BB Ticket at 512 pages.
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 250
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Golden Oldies: 1
MegSCL5.3 - The 20th Century
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why, which is #2 in the series “Ms. Marvel, Volume III & IV"
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1: I like to read at the beach in summer
Book 2: I travel a lot so spend a lot of time reading on planes
(approved in task help thread post 126, despite bullet holes not being common in my planes)TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 660 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 1
Readerboard Name JamminJennyTask 10.6 - Penguin Places - At the Mountains of Madness And Other Tales of Terror read 5/13
Total points this post: 10
Total points to date 580
GO Tickets: 7
BB Tickets: 6
LAUREN JODI15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Main page genre: Science Fiction
Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter
Confirmed in Post #17 of the Task Help thread.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 610/850
Total Books Read: 49
Tasks Completed: 34/52
trishhartuk20.9 Moderator’s pet - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 2: Read a book with True Crime as a main page genre. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime, Val McDermid
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
106 users have shelved it as Crime > True Crime
Confirmed for the task in help thread message #11 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 745
Tasks Completed: 45
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 2 (500+ x 2 = 2 tickets)
CathyG 10.3 - Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 10.0
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
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.
A Highlander's Destiny by Melissa Mayhue
Published 2009
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
3. Read a book with a cover that shows a flame (bonfire, lit candle, etc.).
by Jeaniene Frost25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
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.
Captured in Surrender by Liliana Hart
122pp
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.
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
This is a two-book task. Read one book for each option.
The total page count for the two books must be at least 500 pages.
1. Spring Forward: Read a book from the first 5 pages of Popular Futurism Books page 2 or Popular Near-Future Books page 1
Required: State the list you used and the page where your book was found.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
311 pages
2. Fall Back: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James 404 pages
Points this post: 100
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
LAVENDER15.10. Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman audiobook I listened to
Norse Mythology Top Paperback (No MMPB) 279 pages
NG in GARDENING
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25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published before 1992.
They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie ebook I read
They Do It With Mirrors Top MMPB 210 pages
First published in 1952
Book 2: read a book FIRST published in 2017.
No Darker Place by Debra Webb 416 pages
First published on February 28th 2017
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 595
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 48
Nick KY20.7 Amy FLs Play Ball! option 3 – Cover has a flame, I read Candlenight by Phil Rickman. The cover on GR looks like this:
-- but you can see the flame of the candle a little better here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/33222089...Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 730
Marina H5.6 - Lady Day
Samleren by Maria Hirse
Points this post: 5
Total points: 535
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 29
loafer5.6 - 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.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
erich MARIA remarque
published in 1929, it is a "Golden Oldie"
points: 5
total: 600
BB: 3
GO: 8
tasks completed: 35
RuthTask 5.7 Modern Classics
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 6
Books Read 6
Sara G30.4 - 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.
Required: Include the cover and state the animal.
by Kerry GreenwoodThis has a horse on the 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. Plurals and Possessives are ok, no other variations.
The Rake by Suzanne Enoch
Rake is listed in the animal group words for horses.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 560
MegUnder20.4 – 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". The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
Total this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
10.10 Tournament of books longlistMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215/850
Tasks completed: 18/52
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
trishhartuk20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Option 1: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN: The three brilliant women portrayed in the movie, Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, were all firsts. Read a non-fiction book about a woman or group of women who were the first to achieve something significant in their field.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, Margot Lee Shetterly
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Listed as approved for Option 1A in message 2 of the help thread, and in post https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 765
Tasks Completed: 46
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 2 (500+ x 2 = 2 tickets)
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
My post:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points 765 + 20 = 785
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 - A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Book 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of the list Popular Futurism Books. I read So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Nalo Hopkinson (304pp) from page four of the list.
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre that contains historical or history. I read Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips (320pp) which has the main page genre History.
304+320=624 pp
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 535
15.7. It's Contagious!Read a book from the list Best Fiction Books About Diseases
Blindness by José Saramago
Currently tied at #68 on the list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
FANDURY10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Read a play.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Thie book was first published in 1606.
I claim one Golden Oldie ticket for this
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 390
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Brave10.7 - Mad For Plaid: Plaid is a fabric woven with a crossed horizontal and vertical pattern in multiple colors. For this task it includes tartans, argyle, madras, gingham and checked patterns. Read a book with something plaid on the cover.
by Patrick NessThis book was approved in message 45 of the help thread.
Total points this post: 10
Total points: 260
5.2 Location, Location, LocationLost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s
5.3 The 20th Century
No Charm Intended (Cora Crafts Mystery)
Number 2 in the series
5.5 March, April, May
Fracture: Life and Culture in the West, 1918-1938
496 Pages
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5
5.9 - Whodunit?
Full Dark House
5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
An Amish Summer
10.1 Catch Some Z's
Glazed Murder
10.2 Initial Success
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
Author: G.J. Meyer
A World Undone is also a Big Book (704 Pages) Claiming 1 BB Ticket
15. 5 Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Girl Waits with Gun
20.5 Bigger is Better
Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920
I choose Option 2
25.5 Brooke Tx's Task
The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930
Smugglers & Scones
I chose Option A Old & New
30.5 Jonquil's Task There is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1 Read a book with a cover that shows the type of place where you like to read
Book 2 Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot
Points This Post: 135
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 11
Big Books: 1
BOUCHRA5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Contagion by Robin Cook
This book is set in New York City.
5.3 - The 20th Century
Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
This book is #2 in the Princess Academy series
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Book 1: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
#10 on page #1 of the Popular Near-Future Books list. No. of pages (paperbook): 880 pages. **CLAIMING 2 BIG BOOK TICKETS**
Book 2: The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Main page genre: Historical. No. of pages (paperback): 368 pages.
Total pages: 880 + 368 = 1248 pages.
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Cover has birds on it:
Book 2:The Flock by James Robert Smith
A collective of birds is called a flock.
50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1: I chose task 5.7: Read A Book That Relates To The Thing You Are Most Thankful For
The Conjoined by Jen Sookfong Lee
This book talks about the mystery behind the murder of two sisters who were part of the foster system due to abusive parents. I haven't had the best childhood personally, and one of the things I'm most thankful for is that despite everything I've gone through, I've ended up in a situation far better than these girls. This is one of the reasons I read such books - to be thankful for the good I have despite all the hardship I've gone through.
Book 2: Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
This book is set in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the city I was born and raised in.
Book 3: Option MI - Driving the Saudis: A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's Richest Princesses by Jayne Amelia Larson
This book is a memoir about the author's experience as a chauffeur to some Saudi royals.
Points this Post: 115
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 12
GO This Post/Total: 0/1
BB This Post/Total: 2/2
5.7- Modern ClassicsPage 5: 26 shelvings
The Magus by John Fowles
+5 Points
20.10 Group Reads
My Comment
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
+20 Points
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: Spring
Spring Torrents by Ivan Turgenev
Book 2: Spring in the southern hemisphere / 9/10/11 in series
Miss Marple #10
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
+30 Points
30.4 - 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.
Required: Include the cover and state the animal.
Crow:
Endless Night by Agatha ChristieBook 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. Plurals and Possessives are ok, no other variations.
A collective of crows is called a Murder.
Murder in title:
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
+30 Points
Points this Post: 85
Grand Total: 620
Readerboard Name: McCathy5.1- Thoroughly Modern
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN.
Unleashed by David Rosenfelt
Author's initials D & R in moDeRn
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5.3 - The 20th Century
Read a book that contains the number 2 or 0 in the series designation.
Leader of the Pack by David Rosenfelt
#10 in Andy Carpenter series
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5.8 Under the Spring Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the spring season’s moons: worm, sap, pink, sprouting, grass, seed, egg, fish, flower, corn, milk. Plurals, possessives, verb forms (sprout, flowering), hyphenated words and compound words that preserve the meaning of the word such as earthworm work.
Bacon, Eggs and Boogeymen: Book 3 in the Bandit Hills Series by Blair Merrin
Eggs in title
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5.9 - Whodunit?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
The Saint Maker by Leonard Holton
MPG Mystery
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15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15
OPTION 1 (2 Books):
Book 1 – Read a book featuring a library or librarian.
Book 2 – Read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. All initials must be used.
OPTION 2 (1 Book): Read one book that meets both criteria for option 1.
Using Option 2:
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Features mobile library used by Queen ~ approved here
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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. The genre may be standalone or embedded (i.e. Fantasy Science Fiction).
The Circle by Dave Eggers
MPG Science Fiction
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Points this post: 50
Total Points: 440
Readerboard Name: McCathy20.5 - 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".
The Rock Star's Daughter by Caitlyn Duffy
Woman author/author's initials C & D in "be bolD for Change"
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25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Two book task:
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. All of the author initials count.
The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken
No letters of W-O-L-F in title
PB edition: The Bet 288 pgs
Veiled Innocence by Ella Frank
Author's initials E & F in FlowEr
PB edition: Veiled Innocence 418 pgs
Page count for both books should be at least 501 pages
288 + 418 = 706 pages ✓
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25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Two book task:
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie. Read a book of 100-150 pages in length.
Option 3. Outback! – Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
Something Good, Something Bad, Something Dirty: Stories by Brian Alan Ellis
PB edition: Something Good, Something Bad, Something Dirty: Stories 148 pgs
Blindsided by Kaylea Cross
Author's initials K & C in outbaCK
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30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Two book task:
Book 1 - Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.
Book 2 - Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a 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.
#26 FE = Iron
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
#5 in Iron Druid Chronicles
2+6 = 8
Dog Tags by David Rosenfelt
#8 in Andy Carpenter series
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Points this post: 100
Total Points: 540
Creynard10.7 - Mad For Plaid
by Michele Sinclair20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
by William R. Forstchen50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1:
by Marissa Meyer5.2 An Apple (Book) A Day Keeps The Librarians Away is my choice challenge
**Winter is a Big Book with 823 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Book 2: Under Locke by Mariana Zapata
Set in Austin, TX which is 147 miles from Dublin, TX where I was born.
Book 3: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
LA is my choice. More than 50% of this novel is in the form of emails, notes and letters.
Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 450
BB Points this Post: 2
Total BB Points: 4
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Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 40
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5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
High Heat by Richard Castle
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 320 points
Tasks completed: 23
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **