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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Sarah E30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: Published 1937, author's initials in ART DECO
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Golden Oldie, first published 1937. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: Published 2011, author's initials in POST MODERN ART
The Selkie Spell by Sophie Moss
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 11
Queen Bee Darlene30.5 Jonquil's task: There Is No Frigate Like a Book
Book 1: Cover of a book with shows a place you like to read:
Bear Town by Fredrik Backman Beartown
My son played hockey for years and I have read hundreds of books outdoors reading/watching him play hockey. Great memories - oh why must they grow up?!
Book 2: Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber Silver Linings
In the Spring/Summer, reading by the water. Nothing more relaxing!
30 Points
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 355
15.4. Laughing and SingingHelp Thread
I did Option 2 which is 1 book that fits both
Book 1 – April is National Humor Month. Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
AND
Book 2 – April 11 is Barbershop Quartet Day. Read a book that is #4 in a series.
The Scam
Genre has been verified in the help thread
Total points this post: 15
Total Challenge points: 685
G0: 10
That's a wrap for me, thanks for a great challenge!
Bookwrm526Task#15.8 - How Do I Get There?
Read a book with a map on the cover. I read The Map Thief by Michael Blanding.
.Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 775
LAUREN JODI20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's Task: Hidden Figures
Option 1: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN
Dead Past by Beverly Connor
Heroine is a forensic anthropologist
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 780/850
Total Books Read: 61
Tasks Completed: 45/52
Sara G15.10. Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING. All initials must be used. If a book has more than one author, only one author's initials must be found in the target word.
Madame Picasso by Anne Girard
Points this post: 15
Total points: 730
5.1- Thoroughly ModernYour Wicked Heart by Meredith Duran
ebook approved for length on row 3152 of SRC ebook verification spreadsheet
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Éclair Murder by Harper Lin
Set in Paris, France
5.3 - The 20th Century
Rogue by Rachel Vincent
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
Task 10.2 - Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.”
5.5 - March, April, May
Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb
5.6 - Lady Day
Imperfect Chemistry by Mary Frame
5.8 Under the Spring Moon
Black and White Flowers by Rachel Robinson
5.9 - Whodunit?
Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
You and Only You by Sharon Sala
10.1 - Catch Some Z's
Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
10.2 - Initial Success
Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood
10.3 - Aim High
My Unexpected Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Boomerang by Noelle August
10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
10.6 - Penguin Places
Black & Blue by James Patterson and Candice Fox
Set in Australia
10.7 - Mad For Plaid
by Tessa Dare10.8 - Build A Bridge
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
10.9 - Star Wars Stars
The Thing About Love by Julie James
10.10 -The 2017 Rooster
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
OPTION 2:
I Only Have Eyes for You by Bella Andre
15.4. Laughing and Singing
OPTION 1:
Book 1 - Big Rock by Lauren Blakely
Book 2 - The Goodbye Witch by Heather Blake
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
GR friend Steph rated 5 stars
15.7. It's Contagious!
Virals by Kathy Reichs
Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses, page 1
15.8. How do I Get There?
by V.E. Schwab15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
15.10. Spring Gardening
Secret of the Painted Lady by Elizabeth Ashby
20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2:
by Codi Gary20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 2: Scandal in Skibbereen by Sheila Connolly
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Option 1: The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor
Maeve is a marine biologist
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 1: The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2: Gladiator by Anna Hackett
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 2: Locke by Harper Sloan
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 3:
by J.J. Cook20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 4: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Page 1 of list
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Book 2: One Night in London by Caroline Linden
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Book 2: Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2: Radiant by Elizabeth Hayley
Option 3: Single by Saturday by Catherine Bybee
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A:
Book 1 - The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Book 2 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Book 1 - Legend by Marie Lu
Popular Near-Future Books, page 3
Book 2 - Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book 1 - Chasing Spring by R.S. Grey
Book 2 - Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
First published in 1939
Book 2 - Slow Burn by Pamela Clare
First published in 2016
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1 - A Spell of Trouble by Leighann Dobbs and Traci Douglass
Series name is Silver Hollow. Element: Silver, Symbol: Ag, Atomic Number: 47
Book 2 - Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
Silver is atomic number 47 (4+7=11). (Psy-Changeling, #11)
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1 -
by Anne BishopWolves
Book 2 - Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1 -
by Emily MarchI enjoy reading at the lake
Book 2 -
by Jamie BrennerI enjoy reading at the beach
Total Points: 720
SweetMelissa5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Lake in the Clouds, Sara Donati, 651 pages (1 BBT), set in New York, 05/28/17
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
(Winter Task 10.5 = No L in title, subtitle, or author's name)
This Was a Man, Jeffrey Archer, 5/5/17
10.4 - Partners in Crime
America's First Daughter, Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, 580 pages (1 BBT), 5/21/17
10.10 - The 2017 Rooster
The Nix, Nathan Hill, 628 pages (1 BBT), 5/8/17
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: The Shining, Stephen King, published 1/28/1977, 447 pages, 5/12/17
Book 2: Never Let You Go, Chevy Stevens, published 3/14/2017, 406 pages, 3/28/17
Total Pages: 447 + 406 = 853
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Book 1: The Circle, Dave Eggers, 5/15/17
(found on Popular Near-Future Books list page 1)
Book 2: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Daniel James Brown, 5/5/17
Total pages: 493 + 416 = 909 pages
Points this post: 80
BBT this post: 3
GO this post: 0
Points total: 390
BBT total: 7
GO total: 1
Creynard15.8. How do I Get There?
by Gregory Maguire30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1:
by Lissa EvansA collective of foxes is sometimes called a lead.
Book 2: Lead by Kylie Scott
Lead
Points this post: 45
Total points: 625
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Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 50
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
I chose: Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase "APRIL SHOWERS".
I read Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed found in APRIL SHOWERS
Task:50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
read one book for each of options 1, 2, and 3 AND your books must total at least 1,000 pages.
Option 1: read a book that fulfils the requirements of a 5 or 10 point task from Fall 2009
I chose task 5.10 Fall Back In Time For Daylight Savings Time – Read A Novel Where One Or More Character(s) Travel Back In Time.
For this option i read Voyager (1072 pages ) I would like to claim 3 BB tickets This book was approved in message 85 of help post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 2: Read a book that is a) set within 200 miles of the place you were born or b) written by a single author born within 200 miles of the place you were born
As per rules i do not need to disclose where i was born (general area:south/midlands england). I chose to read a book by an author born in Aberdare, Wales which is 88 miles from my birth place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Walton
I read Among Others ( 408 pages )
Option 3: LA - a note to follow SO
Read a book in which notes such as letters or diary entries make up at least 50% of the text. The letters or diary entries may be fictional (e.g. an epistolary novel) or non-fiction (e.g. published diaries or letters).
I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ( 248 pages )
Total page count = 1072 + 408 + 248 = 1728 >1000
Points this post: 20 + 50 =70
BB this post: 3
Points overall: 215
BB overall:4
GO overall:1
Books read: 14
Tasks completed:10
LAVENDER50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1: read a book that fulfills the requirements of a 5 or 10 point task from the first challenge.
5.9 Read a novel where the main character Is a senior citizen.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie ebook I read
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Top MMPB 231
Miss Marple is often described as an elderly lady. Referred to as an elderly spister here: https://www.goodreads.com/characters/...
Book 2: b - Read a book that is written by a single author born within 200 miles of the place you were born.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving ebook I read
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Top paperback (no MMPB) 564 pages
Washington Irving was born in New York City which is 100.02 miles from my birth place.
Book 3: MI - a name I call myself - Read an autobiography or memoir
Easy Street by Ron Perlman 328 pages
Memoir
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 850
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 69
Jen UT5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 100
5.10- Your Own 8th WonderBook of choice: Murder Past Due by Miranda James
Points this post: 5
Total points: 815
trishhartuk15.8. How do I Get There?
Read a book with a map on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Map on cover confirmed in help thread message #6 and listed in the approved message.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 850 - fingers crossed, that’s me completed for the challenge
Tasks Completed: 52
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 3 (500+ x 3 = 3 tickets)
5.1- Thoroughly ModernMy Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Macbeth
Points this post: 10
Points in total: 710
Tasks completed: 38
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Chris MD10.3 Aim High
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Frederik Backman
This book has more than 20,000 5-star ratings.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 400 pages.
50.1 Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1: Task 10.9 from the Fall 2009 Challenge: Read A Novel Set During The U.S. Civil War.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Book 2: A book written by a single author born within 200 miles of the place you were born.
The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever
John Cheever was born in my hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts, so the distance is 0.
Book 3: RE - Set at least 75% places that experience the midnight sun.
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
This book takes place in Russia, one of the countries listed.
Book 1: 343 pages
Book 2: 352 pages
Book 3: 352 pages
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Total: 1,047 pages
I keep feeling like I've forgotten something and looking around for what I need to read next, but assuming I've done everything right, I have managed to complete an SRC for only the second time in about 5 years! Thank you, mods!
Points for this post: 10 + 50 = 60
Total points: 60 + 790 = 850
Books read: 67
Tasks completed: 52
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 0
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.3 The 20th Century
Identified as #2 in series on Goodreads record
Kindle edition I read: Band Room Bash
Paperback edition: Band Room Bash
5.8 Under the Spring Moon
The word MILK found in the book title
Kindle edition I read: Murder in the Milk Case
Paperback edition: Murder in the Milk Case
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 590
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 600
Coralie5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Book of choice
Almost Transparent Blue
10.8 Build a Bridge
Book with ‘bridge’ in title
Bridge of Birds
25.6 A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Book 1. Spring Forward – from page 3 of popular near future books
The Atrocity Archives 317 pages
Book 2. Fall Back – book with genre ‘historical’
Deadly Election 400 pages
This post 40 points
Total to date 685 points
DANIELLE MThe Bonesetter's Daughter50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1: Task 5.1 from Fall Challenge 2009 - Title contains the word "DAUGHTER"
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (353 pages)
Book 2: Grace by Natashia Deón (400 pages)
Natashia Deon was born in Los Angeles (birthplace approved here), which is 8.63 miles from Lynwood, California where I was born.
Book 3: MI - an autobiography
The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down by Andrew McCarthy (288 pages)
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 29
Tasks Complete: 21
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
The Handmaid's Tale
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?Option 3:
Siddhartha
Religion genre
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - Published in 1922
Final points total: 270
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
Thanks for yet another fun challenge!!
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MegSCL5.8 Under the Spring Moon
MILK. Hot Milk
FINAL TOTAL
Points: 850 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 1
Thank you moderators for another great season of reading
CELESTER20.9- Chandni's Task: Welcome to my WHEEL HOUSE!
Option 4- Another type of book I'm guaranteed to read is any book that's a retelling. For this option, read a book from the following list:
The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
Required: Identify what page your book is on.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm on Page 1: 50#.
This is a Big Book and it is a Golden Oldie.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 5
Mod
5.1- Thoroughly ModernMOdern
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
+5 Points
10.8 - Build A Bridge
Approved in help thread:
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden+10 Points
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1: I love to read in coffee shops:
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café by Alexander McCall SmithBook 2: Another favorite spot is my garden and I'm developing some new reading spots in my garden this summer:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton+30 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 665
EMurphy 15.6 I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends - Book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
*Rated by my GR friend Tina.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 230
Books Read: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 14
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - Thoroughly Modern
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
The author's first and last name initials can be found in MoDern
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 530 points
Tasks completed: 36
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CELESTER20.9- Chandni's Task: Welcome to my WHEEL HOUSE!
Option 4- Another type of book I'm guaranteed to read is any book that's a retelling. For this option, read a book from the following list:
The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
Required: Identify what page your book is on.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm on Page 1: 50#.
This is a Big Book and it is a Golden Oldie.
AND . . .
AR Book Finder (USA)
IL: MG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 19.0
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 5
Maddie O.5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read Jane Steele, which is set in England.
5.9 - Whodunit?
I read Rivers of London, which has MPG Mystery.
10.3 - Aim High
A book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings.
I read The Complete Persepolis.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
I used Option 1: a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE” and read Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
At 544 pages, Strange the Dreamer counts for 1 Big Book Ticket
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Scales of Gold.
Book 2: A Pocket Full of Rye (Gold's symbol is Au and it's atomic number is 79 and 7+9=16 and 6+1=7). This book is number 7 in the Miss Marple series.
At 544 pages, Scales of Gold counts for 1 Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 70
Total points: 565
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 16
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 8
Nikki S. Task 25.6
1. Book from list Popular Near-Future books.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (page 1)
2. Book with "historical" in main page genre.
The Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Points this post : 25
Tasks This Post : 1
Total Points : 235
Total Tasks : 13
Total Big Book Tickets : 3
Total Golden Oldies : 0
Bluegrass Pam10.2 Initial Success: Author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name
The Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow
Points this post: 10
Total points: 290
Books read: 20
Tasks Completed: 16
GO Total: 5
Julia10310.9 - Star Wars Stars
Shadow of Freedom by David Weber (actor is David Prowse)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 655
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 3
Tasks completed: 36
Kristen IA15.10. Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING. All initials must be used.
The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee
***I claim 1 BB Ticket for this book - 544 pages***
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 370/850
Total Tasks: 24/52
GO: 1
BB: 6
Mcquaid10.2 - Initial Success: Read a book with an author that uses the first two initials of their name.
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: Lucky Charms: Option 1- Read a book with one of the eight marshmellow shapes in the title of the book.
The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
25.2 - Who Am I? Where Am I?: Two book challenge
Book 1: Name of a person in the title
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Book 2: Mentions a place in the title
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Total pages: 719
Points this post: 55
Total points: 315
Total Tasks: 23
Total books: 25
CELESTER20.9- Chandni's Task: Welcome to my WHEEL HOUSE!
Option 4- Another type of book I'm guaranteed to read is any book that's a retelling. For this option, read a book from the following list:
The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
Required: Identify what page your book is on.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy TalesThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmJacob Grimm on Page 1: 50#.
This is a Big Book and it is a Golden Oldie.
AND . . .
AR Book Finder (USA)
IL: MG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 19.0
I will not give up moderators!!!! And thank you. CELESTE.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 5
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky CharmsOption 2 - For this option read a book with a main page genre of "Fairies", "Ireland", or "Irish Literature". The genre may be standalone or embedded.
It's been shelved as Cultural > Ireland by 118 users and it's been approved by the task creator in message 2 of help thread
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25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1.Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF.
The Evenings
320 pages
* This book is an ARC
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
by Elena Ferrante
E & F are in FlowEr
336 pages
320 + 336 = 656 pages read
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POINTS
Points This Post: 45
Points Total: 330/850
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 22/52
GO Total:
BB Total:
Last post for this season. Thanks to all mods and fellow readers!
Amy FL5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Sandstorm
15.1. It's a Wonnder!
Book 1: The Restoration of Otto Laird - Architecture (approved in msg 2)
Book 2: The Whisperers by John Connolly (Co"nn"olly)
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
The Cruelest Month (Rated 4* by Beth Groundwater)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 360
Readerboard name: List_addictUnfortunately I have discovered that only having an iPad makes it impossible to post my books for the month, and as I am overseas I don't have ready access to a proper computer. Don't know if this is the right place to say this, but just wanted to say I'm still here so that my Readerboard name doesn't disappear for the next challenge.
Thanks, you guys do an awesome job xx
Coralie20.10 Group Reads
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Discussion thread posts #32 & #33
This post 20 points
Total to date 705 points
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Writing team of two females - mother/daughter writing team
Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 600
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 610
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!OPTION 3: Read a book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
First published in 1879
I read this Kindle version which has 74 pages. However the MMP with the most ratings is Une maison de poupée, with 154 pages.
*This is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1879)*
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 400
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 25
BellaGBear:task 10.6 Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey set in antarctica
>10 points
task 15.8
also approved in the help thread >15 points
Total
25 points
total challenge
820 points
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1:
read 4/29 first published in 1896, 1 GO ticketBook 2: The Escaped Murderer of Somerville read 5/30
Points this post: 25
Total Points 605
Golden Oldies: 8
BB Tickets: 6
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie.
by Richard Bachman, read 3/13, 131 pagesOption 3 - Enchantment by Orson Scott Card - O and C are found in OUTBACK read 5/29
Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
Golden Oldies: 8
BB Tickets: 6
Laurah305.10 Your own 8th Wonder
The Best Kind of People
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
May 21-27 is National New Friends Old Friends week. Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars. REQUIRED: Give the name of the friend in your post.
The Sun Also Rises
Coralee - 4 stars
Brooklyn20.7 – Play Ball!
Option 2: Read a book that takes place in Florida
Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
The book takes place in Key West, FL
Points this post: 20
Total points: 495/850
Tasks completed: 30/52
Books read: 38
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Total points: 125