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Shree20.2 - 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.
Ironside by Holly Black
MPG: Fairies Verified here.
Points in Post: 20
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Total Points: 175
Vicki5.5 March, April, May
A book with a 3, 4 or 5 in the page count
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
376 pages
5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
A book of my choice
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Tasks: 15
Books: 15
Queen Bee Darlene30.3 MAZZA1's Task: It's Elementary
Book 1: Read a book with the name of any element on the Periodic Table in the title. I chose GOLD (AU) 79
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
Book 2: Using its atomic number, read book same # in series as this number: Gold is 79 7 +9 = 16, 1 + 6 = 7
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia De Luce #7) by Alan Bradley As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
30 points
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 185
Readerboard name - Brooklyn10.5 – And the Tony Goes To…
Read a play.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany
Approved in the help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 355/850
Tasks completed: 22/52
Books read: 27
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
Amy O.I previously posted I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck as my book for Task 5.10. I would like to change it and use this book for Task 10.9 instead.
10.9 - Star Wars Stars
(book by author who shares a name with one of the main actors in Star Wars)
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck by James Baldwin, Raoul Peck (ed.)
James Baldwin shares a name with James Earl Jones.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 335 -5 +10 = 340
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Amy O.5.5 - March, April, May
(book with number of pages containing 3, 4, or 5)
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
I read the e-book edition of this book. The mass market paperback edition has 507 pages. Link to mass market paperback edition: La Pure Vérité
**Claiming 1 BB ticket for this book based on mass market paperback page count**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Coralie15.7 It's Contagious!
From page 1 of History of Disease list
The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.
25.5 here Comes the Bride!
Option A
book published before 1992 Pale Fire published 1962
book published 2017 Frogkisser!
This post 40 points
Total to date 495 points
LAUREN JODI25.1 - Diana K's task - Spring Flowers
Option #1: Spring Bulbs
A Promise at Bluebell Hill by Emma Cane
Option #4: Blooming Trees and International Friendship
Set in Japan:
When the Sun Goes Down... by Crystal Green
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 635/850
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 35/52
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyTask 10.7 - Mad For Plaid -
Total points this post: 10
Total points to date 590
GO Tickets: 7
BB Tickets: 6
KATIEGIRL25.3 - No More Wolves
Book 1: A book whose title does not contain the letters WOLF.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
453 pages
Book 2: A book by an author whose initials are in FLOWER.
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
357 pages
810 pages total (greater than 500 requirement)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 765
Total tasks: 48
BB total: 3
GO total: 4
LAVENDER10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the listed actors who appeared in the film.
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 257 pages
Carrie Fisher was in the film and authored the book I read.
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15.8. How do I Get There?
Read a book with a map on the cover.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 224 pagesMap on cover.
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Verified in message #2 & #39 of the help thread
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25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Book 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of Popular Futurism Books or Popular Near-Future Books
Anthem by Ayn Rand ebook I read
Anthem Top MMPB 110 pages
Found on page 2 of "Popular Futurism Books"
Book 2: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page
Egypt of the Pharaohs by Alan H Gardiner 512 pages
History in MPG
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 52
Sarah E30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
My element is Neon, symbol Ne, Atomic Number 10
Book 1: Beneath the Neon Sky
ebook only, approved on line 351 of the spreadsheet
Book 2: Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10)
Murder on the Orient Express is a Golden Oldie, published in 1934. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 485
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 7
Sarah E5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Using task 15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
First word of the title begins with N - Nailed Down Murder
ebook only, approved on line 1642 of the spreadsheet
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
My friend Alison rated this 5 stars
Points this post: 20
Total points: 505
trishhartuk5.8 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...
The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
Silkworm was approved in the help thread as a variant of "Worm": https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Big book - 580pg
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: No
Big Book: Yes – The Silkworm is 580pg (big book tickets: 500+ x 1)
Total Points: 770
Tasks Completed: 47
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 3 (500+ x 3 = 3 tickets)
5.8 Under the Spring MoonRead 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
The Bach Flower Remedies
10.2 - 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. Rowling, H.G. Wells.
Urban Shaman C.E. Murphy
25.1 - Diana K’s task - Spring Flowers
2-book task.
The combined page count for both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Spring Bulbs
Read a book with one of these spring flowers found intact in the title/ subtitle:
Bluebell, crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, iris, snowdrop.
The Irish Duchess pb 270 pgs
Option 3: The Netherlands
Read a book set at least 75% in The Netherlands.
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister pb 372 pgs
270+372 = 642 pgs
Cumulative Total 725+40 = 765
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - It's Elementary
Book 1: Read a book which has the name of any element from the periodic table in the title/subtitle/series name. I read Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (Silver's symbol is Ag, atomic number 47).
Book 2: Using the atomic number of the element from book 1, read a a book that is that number in a series. I added 4+7 to get 11, and read Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke, number 11 in the Hannah Swensen series.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 565
10.1 - Catch Some Z'sA book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle: These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories by Nancy E. Turner
Points this post: 10
Total points: 730
Mod
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN
Read Bombshell by by Rowan Maness
.5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a modern wonder: England; France; Canada; New York, USA; California,USA; Brazil; Paraguay; Panama; Netherland
Read Two Summers by Aimee Friedman takes place half in France half in New York
ponts this post. 10
Total. 550
Nikki S. CHANGING TASK
Switching Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls from task 5.10 (read a book of your choice) to
Task 20.4, Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase "APRIL SHOWERS".
Former Point Total : 125
Points this Post : 20
New Point Total : 140
Total Tasks : 8
Total Big Book Tickets : 1
Nikki S. Task 20.3 Option 2 : Read a book from Space Race! Books List
The Martian by Andy Weir
Page One, Option 7 at the time of this posting.
Points this Post : 20
Tasks This Post : 1
Total Points : 160
Total Tasks : 9
Total Big Book Tickets : 1
Mod
Didn't quite finish last time? Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Used 5.5 December, January, February
. Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2
Read Cold Summer by Gwen Cole 322 pages
10.3 - Aim High
Help Thread
The Empire State Building is 1,454 feet in height. Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads
Read Caraval by Stephanie Garber 9288 5 star ratings.
15.8. How do I Get There?. Read a book with a map on the cover
Read
by trish cook15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
by Melissa landers. Points this post 45
Total 595
Amy FL10.2 - Initial Success
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Beautiful Creatures (approved in task description)
10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
The Price
10.6 - Penguin Places
The Dry (set in Australia)
The author's page (http://janeharper.com.au/The-Dry) had this in the Q&A:
Was the setting for The Dry inspired by any particular place?
The fictional town of Kiewarra features heavily in the novel, and is a drought-stricken community in regional Victoria, Australia, five hours from Melbourne.
10.8 - Build A Bridge
10.10 -The 2017 Rooster
The Mothers
Points this post: 60
Total points: 85
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Option 1 - read a book with one of these shapes in the title or subtitle. Singular or plural forms are acceptable,
That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim
20.5 - 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".
read Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 4:read a book from the following list:The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
read Labyrinth Lostby Zoraida Córdova page 19
20.10 - Group Reads
read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
discussion post #20
points this post. 80
total points 675
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option 3: Read a book set at least 75% in The Netherlands.
read Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse takes place in Amsterdam Netherlands
option 4Read a book set at least 75% in Japan.
read Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse
takes place in Tokyo Japan
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
1. Spring Forward: Read a book from the first 5 pages of Popular Near-Future Books
read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch page 4
2. Fall Back: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page
read A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby
total points this post 50
total points 725
Mod
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: , flower, compound words that preserve the meaning of the word such as earthworm work.
read Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker
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
Read a book with one of the words: Spring, March, April or May in the title
read Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas
Book 2: Spring in the southern hemisphere
read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
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.
chose iron FE #26
read Iron Cast by Destiny Soria
and Book 2
Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
#8 in series (2+6) read What You Always Wanted by Kristin Rae
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.-
chose elephant
read
by Mindy McGinnisBook 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.
chose memory
read
by Danielle Mages Amato30.5 - 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.
I like to read outside on a bench at work.
read
by Sarvenaz TashBook 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
like to read in the car.
read
by Dawn Iustotal points this post 125
total points 850
Kait10.7 - Mad For Plaid
A book with something plaid on the cover.
The Seduction Of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley -- The kilt on the cover is plaid
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 260
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Brooke TX5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
10.6 - Penguin Places
Read a book set at least 50% in a country/territory from this list that is a home to penguins. Set in Antarctica:
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. By a Mark as in Mark Hamill:
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. With a bird on the cover (under the "S" in "Mars"):
Book 2: Read a book with an Animal Group word associated with that animal in the title or subtitle.
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. I like to read on the train:
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17.0
Book 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot. I like to read at the bar (approved in help thread message 2):
Points
This Post: 85
Total Points: 635
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 60
Task 10.3 - Aim high Read a book with at least 1454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Kindle edition is the one I've read, the mass market paperback is here : The Two Towers
This book has 299249 5-star ratings.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - National Library Week
Option2: Read one book featuring a library or librarian AND with author's initials that can be found in nAtionalliBraryweek. I read The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 580
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine1: Spring Forward- I read Ready Player One. It is on page 1 of the "Popular Futurism" list. It had 372 pages.
2. Fall Back- I readMorning Glory. It had the word "Historical" on the main page genre. It was 304 pages long
Together, the total number of pages is 676.
Task points: 25
Total points:210
Tasks completed:11
BB ticket:1
Chelleann20.2: McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms: A lucky charm marshmallow shape in the title or a subtitle.
Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 19
trishhartuk10.10 -The 2017 Rooster
Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
Froelich's Ladder, Jamie Duclos-Yourdon
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Froelich’s Ladder was on the longlist, although it didn’t make it into the finals.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 780
Tasks Completed: 48
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 3 (500+ x 3 = 3 tickets)
LAVENDER5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
10.7. Rollin on the River
Read a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre.
Modified by Caitlin Shetterly 341 pages
MPG of Food and Drink > Food
(Verified in the genre verification thread message 48 just in case it disappears before review.)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 650
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 53
LAUREN JODI20.10 - Group Reads
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
Commented in Post #24 of the discussion thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 655/850
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 36/52
Queen Bee Darlene20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2 - Snow or sun on the cover
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny A Fatal Grace
20 points
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Mod
JENNY HTask 5.2 - Location, Location, Location
50% set in: England; France; Canada; New York, USA; California,USA; Brazil; Paraguay; Panama; or the Netherlands.
I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.
It is set in Sussex, England. Stated in Goodreads main page blurb.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 75
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Bookwrm526Task #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 (plurals allowed). I chose fish and read Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell.
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Task #10.1 - Catch Some Zs
Read a book with the letter Z in the title/subtitle. I read Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 595
Julia10315.10. Spring Gardening
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt (gaRDening)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie (initials A & C are in CHANGE)
This post: 35 points
Total points: 535
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 30
Post #2230.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book 1: Spring in the northern hemisphere
The Violets of March using March
Book 2: Spring in the southern hemisphere
All the Little Liars Aurora Teagarden #9
Points this post:30
Total Points:475
Books read:38
Tasks Done: 26
Sarah E10.1 - Catch Some Z's
The Marvelous Land of Oz
AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
The Marvelous Land of Oz is a Golden Oldie, published in 1904. I claim 1 GO ticket.
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 4: Page 2 of the list, currently #178
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 8
5.3 The 20th CenturyNo 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
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
As a graduate student I read a lot at a desk
Book 2 Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot
When I am not studying I like to read for fun by the pool
Points This Post: 110
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 9
Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 10.9 - Star Wars Stars
I read Britannia written by Peter Milligan - matches Peter Mayhew.
50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1: I chose task 10.10 Cat's Meow. I read
by Patrick Ness - 336 pages. There's a cat on the cover.Book 2: I read Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 384 pages (I read a digital galley, the HC is anticipated to have 384 pages, which matches the PDF proof pages). The book is set in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and the straight-line distance between my birthplace and Shaker Heights is 130 mi.
Book 3: I chose Option SO. I read Blame It on the Duke by Leonora Bell (mass market paperback) - 384 pages. The book is set in 1820s London and first published in 2017.
336+384+384=1104 pages total
Previous point total: 335
New points this post: 10+50
Total points: 395
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 25
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
BUCKET5.2 Location, Location, Location
Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar
62% of book set in Paris, France.
**This is a BIG BOOK (564 pages) worth one ticket.
5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
10.8 Build a Bridge
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
** First published in 1927, this is a GOLDEN OLDIE!
10.10 The 2017 Rooster
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Big book tickets: 2
Golden oldies: 4
Shree15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
Option 2: Book featuring a librarian who's author's initials fit in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
The Librarian by Larry Beinhart
The book's main character, David Goldberg, is described to be a librarian.
Points in Post: 15
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Total Points: 190
Peg W10.10 -The 2017 Rooster
Get your brackets ready for the 2017 Tournament of Books. Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 10/52
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