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DANIELLE M30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Did She Kill Him?: A Victorian Tale of Deception, Adultery, and Arsenic by Kate Colquhoun
Arsenic's atomic number is 33, symbol As.
3+3=6
Book 2: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce #6)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 21
Tasks Complete: 16
Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book One: Animal on the cover
by Kristen BritainThere is a horse on the cover
Book Two: Book that has a word in title from animal groups for horse
Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas
Rake is a word for a group of horses. Who knew?!
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 440
Total Tasks: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 34
Marina H 10.8 - Build A Bridge
by Nina Lacour and David Levithan25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A:
Book 1: Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Published 1909 - claiming 1 GO ticket
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Book 2: Tørst by Jo Nesbø
524 pages- claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 35
Total points: 600
Big book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 32
loafer5.4 Best Laid Plans
task chosen: 5.5 - December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
mmpb: Wise Blood 143 pages
points: 5
total: 630
BB: 3
GO: 8
tasks completed: 37
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - Let's start at the very beginning...
Book One: Read a book that fulfills a task from the 5 or 10 point tasks from the fall 2009 challenge. I chose task 10.7, to read a book about a hero/heroine and read Conspiracy of Ravens by Lila Bowen. Nettie Lonesome has become a mysterious figure called The Shadow. Being The Shadow is more of a calling, though s/he describes it as a job. S/he feels a pull, almost a compulsion, to do these things, because it's the right thing to do, the thing that needs doing. S/he's very brave, and puts her own life on the line killing the monsters. Along the way, she also saves a few other people even though she is reluctant to get involved. I think it shows greatness of soul and great fortitude because s/he often has to give up (or thinks s/he does) the things she wants in life in order to pursue and dispose of the targets, but she does it anyway, and the thing that needs killing is quite often hurting vulnerable or innocent people (359pp).
Book 2: Read a book that is set within 200 miles of the place where you were born. I read Carolina Skeletons by David Stout. The book is set in Manning, SC which is 147 miles by car from the town where I was born (288pp).
Book 3, option SO: Read a novel that is historical fiction. I read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, first published 2012, set in the 1920s (386pp).
359+288+386=1033
Points this post: 50
Total points so far: 680
LAVENDER15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1: Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics, etc.
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman 224 pages
MPG of Sequential Art
Book 2: Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
Emma by Jane Austen audio book I listened to
Emma Top MMPB 432 pages
Instrument on cover (looks like a harp, I think)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 665
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 55
KassandraTask #5.5: March, April, May
# books required: 1
Book read: Your Pregnancy and Childbirth: Month to Month, Sixth Edition
Author: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Required info: The number of pages includes the number 3, 4, or 5. Book has 488 pages.
Task #5.9: Whodunit?
# books required: 1
Book read: Speaking in Tongues
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Required info: Main page genre includes "Mystery".
Task #5.10: Your Own 8th Wonder
# books required: 1
Book read: The Year of the Intern
Author: Robin Cook
Required info: Read a book of your choice.
Task #10.2: Initial Success
# books required: 1
Book read: What Angels Fear
Author: C.S. Harris
Required info: Author uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name. C.S. Harris
Task #20.1: Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
# books required: 1
Book read: The Time Machine
Author: H.G. Wells
Required info: Option 3: Book FIRST published prior to 1917. Book first published in 1895.
Task #20.4: Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
# books required: 1
Book read: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide
Author: Penny Simkin
Required info: Option 1: Author’s initials can be found in the phrase "APRIL SHOWERS". Author's name is Penny Simkin, APRIL SHOWERS.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 65
Cait S10.7- Mad For Plaid
Read a book with something plaid on the cover.
by Gregg HurwitzThis book can be found on the approved book thread here
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 185/850
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Penguin Places
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is home to penguins. I chose South Africa and read Let The Dead Lie by Malla Nunn.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 690
Becky P10.2 - Initial Success
The Missing by C.L. Taylor
10.7 - Mad For Plaid
by Maya BanksPB edition
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1-
by Katie AshleyPB edition-
Book 2- If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley
PB If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1- I chose task 5.9 senior citizen option
by Jonas JonassonMMPB edition-
Book 2- I am using the authors birth place option. Straight line difference in birth places is 166.32 miles.
by Trisha AshleyMMPB edition
Book 3- Option Ti
by Dai SijieMMPB edition
Total page count MMPB is 1146
Points this post-95
Total Points- 430
DANIELLE M15.4. Laughing and Singing
Book 1: Has main page genre humor - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
Book 2: #4 in a series - I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 330
Books Read: 23
Tasks Complete: 17
Queen Bee Darlene20.9 Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 2: True Crime genre
Columbine by Dave Cullen Columbine
20 points
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 250
REPOSTING.....BARBARA ★
30.3 ~ MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: The Madness of Mercury - Connie Di Marco 5/18
Mercury - symbol HG
Book 2: In the Company of Vampires - Katie MacAlister (Dark Ones #8) 3/5
(Mercury's atomic number is 80 = 8+ 0 = 8)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 460
BARBARA ★5.6 ~ Lady Day
Dragon of the Island - Mary Gillgannon 4/1
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15.4 ~ Laughing and Singing
Book 1 – Die Like an Eagle - Donna Andrews (MPG humor) 5/21
Book 2 – Allegiance - Susanna Sandlin (Penton Legacy #4) 3/17
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20.5 ~ Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2: Midnight's Lover - Donna Grant (D & G in bebolDforchanGe) 5/22
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20.7 ~ Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1: The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20
BIG BOOK: 580 pages
(G & I in GrapefruIt)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 520
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
CoralieI wish to move a book from 10.6 to 50.1
10.6 penguin Places
Book set in Australia Replacement book
Missus
25.2 Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1 – person in title
The Twyborn Affair
Book 2 – place in title
The Last Days of New Paris
50.1 Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
1. Using task 10.4 from the Fall 2009 challenge
Book by author from Chile moved from 10.6
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepúlveda
2. Book by an author born less than 200 miles from my birthplace
Trudi Canavan and I were both born in Melbourne in suburbs 15 miles apart. (According to the website 14.57 miles, but my high school Physics teacher wouldn’t let me be so over-precise.)
Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan 553 pages
3. MI – an autobiography or memoir
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 696 pages
This post 75 new points
Total to date 580 points
CathyG 15.4. Laughing and Singing
OPTION 1:
Book 1 – Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
AND
Book 2 – Read a book that is #4 in a series.
OR
OPTION 2: read one book that meets both criteria for option 1.
Even Vampires Get the Blues by Katie MacAlister
genre certified post 36
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
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.
Required: Include the cover.
by Sabrina Jeffries50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
For this task you need to read one book for each of options 1, 2, and 3 AND your books must total at least 1,000 pages.
1. Let's start at the very beginning...
For this task, read a book that fulfils the requirements of a 5 or 10 point task from that challenge.
8. Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Better Than One - Read A Book That Has More Than One Author.
Scandal Never Sleeps by Shayla Black 386pp
2. It's a very good place to start...
Read a book that is a) set within 200 miles of the place you were born
Racine, WI to Chicago, IL Straight line distance: 59.18 miles
Changes by Jim Butcher
3/4 set in Chicago, 1/4 set in Mexico
3. When you read you begin with A, B, C, when you sing you begin with do, re, mi...
SO - a needle pulling thread
Since "a stitch in time saves nine", read a historical fiction novel.
Required: Identify the historical time setting if it is not evident on the book's main page.
Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris 352pp
Points this post: 100
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
Big Book Ticket: 1 Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Pamela32655.8 Under the Spring Moon
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood - Word: seed
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: “Phoebe's Gift” by Susan Floyd
Book 2: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 600
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Kait10.10 - The 2017 Rooster
A book from the Tournament of Books Longlist.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi -- On the longlist
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 1 - A book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf.
Misery by Stephen King -- On page 1 of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 355
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Coralie25.4 Sydney Harbour
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie
Book of 100-150 pages in length
The Barracks Thief 112 pages
Option 3 outback!
Book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in outbACk
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
This post 25 points
Total to date 605 points
10.4 - Partners in CrimeI read Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. This satisfies the task because it was written by a two-women author team.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 240
Tasks complete: 24
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
LAVENDER25.3 - 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.
Risk Assessment by James Goss 237 pages
The letters WOLF do not appear in the title/subtitle.
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
Fear My Mortality by Everly Frost 342 pages
EF found in FLOWER
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 690
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 57
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?Book 1: Animal on cover - Read All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders. There are a bunch of birds on the cover.
Book 2: Animal group word associated with 'Bird' - Read The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday. 'Flight' is one of the group names for birds.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 15
Shawn H.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 3.- ALL the letters in the word RAINBOW are found in any combination of the title, subtitle and/or author's first and last name.
Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus by Matt Taibbi
INsAne clOWn pResident by matt taiBbi
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: book FIRST published before 1992
Letters to an American Lady by C.S. Lewis
**First published in 1966**
Book 2: For something new, read a book FIRST published in 2017.
The 1997 Masters: My Story by Tiger Woods
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 155
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
Bookwrm526Task #5.6 - Lady Day
Read a book by an author named Mary. I read The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 695
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My WheelhouseOption 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.
Page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
5.2 Location Location Location The Water Room
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
My post is message 31
Points this post: 20
Total points: 620
KATRINAT5.1- Thoroughly Modern
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN. The Lesser Bohemians, Eimear McBride
ModErn
#Points this post: 5
Total Points: 290
GO: 1
BB: 1
Tasks completed:17
(5.1/5.4/5.5/5.9/5.10/10.3/10.10/15.6/15.7/15.9/20.1/20.5/20.6/2...)
Books read: 21
MegD10.3 - Aim High
Counting by 7s
14,928 5-star ratings
AR BookFinder IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Mystic River
Friend: Linda O'Donnell
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
The Godfather
Option 3
Film-The Godfather, adapter from the novel, The Godfather
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 1
There Was an Old Woman
Author's Initials: HE
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 3
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
All letters in RAINBOW found in title/author's name
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 1
Shoeless Joe
20.9 - Chandni's Task
Option 3
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Found on page 1, #18 as of 5/23/2017
Points This Post: 125
Total Points: 125
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Amber50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1 - 5.9 from Fall 2009 - MPG of Coming of Age
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
Hardcover, 285 pgs
Genre verified here
Book 2 - Using the author's birthplace of Boston, MA, USA
We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
eBook, PB for length, 342 pgs
The straight line distance between Greenidge's birthplace and my own is 93.14 miles.
Book 3 - SO option - Read a historical fiction novel
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
eBook, PB for length, 512 pgs
This book is set in the 13th century.
**The Passion of Dolssa is a Big Book - Claiming 1 BB ticket**
Total pages = 285 + 342 + 512 = 1139 > 1000
Points this post: 50
Total points: 280
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Sarah EI'd like to switch The Hunger Games from 15.9 to 25.6
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
The Circle
I read the kindle edition, MMPB is The Circle
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Book 1: Page 1 of the Popular Near-Future Books list
The Hunger Games
I read the kindle edition, top MMPB is The Hunger Games with 408 pages
Book 2: Historical as a main page genre, verified here
The Gambler
I read the kindle edition, top MMPB is Le Joueur with 220 pages
The Gambler is a Golden Oldie, published in 1866. I claim 1 GO ticket.
408 + 220 = 628 pages
New points this post: 25
Total points: 645
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 9
Sara G10.7 - Mad For Plaid
March is Mad for Plaid month. 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 Paula McLainPoints this post: 10
Total points: 670
5.7- Modern ClassicsA book from Popular Modern Classics, page 2: Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Points this post: 5
Total points: 760
SALLY M.10.2 Initial Success
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (initials = M.L.)
25.2 Who Am I? Where Am I?
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (person = A.J. Fikry)
Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr (place = Provence)
288 + 320 = 608 pages
Points this post: 35
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 21
Books posted: 26
Pages read: 9,403
Total BB tickets: 4
Total GO tickets: 1
MegSCL5.7- Modern Classics
Page 2 of list (confirmed in task help thread if it disappears again). Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
25.1 - Diana K’s task - Spring Flowers
Option 3: Read a book set at least 75% in The Netherlands.
The Dinner 310pp
Option 4: Read a book set at least 75% in Japan.
South of the Border, West of the Sun 213pp
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 705 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 1
Shree15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
**pg 752 - Claiming 2 BB Tickets**
Points in Post: 15
BB in Post: 2
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Total Points: 205
BB Total: 2
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky CharmsOption 1
Hearts of Darkness
Points 805 + 20 = 825
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden FiguresRead 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.
My Healer
"Rheia had tried to balance the needs of a traumatized child with her career as a doctor at the local hospital."
Cumulative Total 800+20 = 820
Amy O.15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
(book that GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
This book was rated 5 stars by my Goodreads friend Christine Zibas.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.Book 1: March
Required word is "March"
Book 2: The Narrows
#10 in the Harry Bosch series
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1:
The animal is a crow
Book 2: Murder in the White House
A collective of crows is called a Murder
Total points: 220
Amy O.I previously posted Plain Truth as my book for Task 5.5. I would like to use it for Task 5.9 instead.
5.9 - Whodunit?
(book with main page genre of Mystery)
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
**Already claimed 1 BB ticket for this book based on mass market paperback page count**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Amy O.5.5 - March, April, May
(book with the number of pages that includes the number 3, 4, or 5)
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
I read the e-book edition of this book. The paperback edition has 224 pages. Link to paperback edition: News of the World
Points this post: 5
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 27
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Chris MD25.1 Spring Flowers
Option 1: Title includes bluebell, crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, iris, snowdrop
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 273 pages.
Option 4: Book set in Japan.
The Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn
This book is set entirely in Japan. In case there's any question (since it's a fantasy Japan), the book was approved in the Help thread.
Book 1: 273 pages
Book 2: 251 pages
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Total: 524 pages
325.5 Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old and New
Book 1: Published before 1992
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
This book was first published in 1977.
Book 2: Published in 2017
The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro
This book was published February 14, 2017
Points for this post: 25 + 25 = 50
Total points: 50 + 650 = 700
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 44
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 0
10.7 - Mad For PlaidA book with something plaid on the cover: Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
plaid chair and ottomanPoints this post: 10
Total points: 770
LAUREN JODI15.5 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Girl in the title:
Cowgirl Up and Ride by Lorelei James
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 730/850
Total Books Read: 57
Tasks Completed: 41/52
SandiCompleted Tasks
Note: I wish to remove Titanic from task 20.1
Points Subtracted 20
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20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Using Option C where book was first published before 1917 -- first published 1516
Kindle edition I read: Utopia
Most popular MMPB: Utopia
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
★Book #1: Book found on first five pages of the Popular Futurism Books link.
Found on page #2
Divergent - 576 pp
★Book #2: Main page history genre
Kindle edition I read: Titanic
Most popular paperback: Titanic: The Original Book about the Catastrophe Published Only 37 Days After Its Sinking. - 106 pp
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned (as amended): 505
Points Earned this Post: 45
Total Points To Date: 550
Shannon South Africa5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
My choice
The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 115
JUKKA20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: Book first released in a year ending with 9.
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse first came out in 1919. It's also a Golden Oldie!
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1: A book whose title contains no letters from WOLF.
Death's End by Liu Cixin.
Book 2: A book by an author whose initials are in FLOWER.
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
The relevant paperback edition of Death's End clocks in at 513, taking care of the total page requirement all by itself. It's also a Big Book.
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 355/850
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 29/52
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 4
Jen UT10.10 - The 2017 Rooster
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 90
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Task 5.7 Modern Classics
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on page 1 of the Popular Modern Classics List.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 7
Books Read 7