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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Emsreviewsbooks5.5 - June, July, August
I read To the Farthest Shores by Elizabeth Camden. It has 336 pages.
5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
I read Written in RED by Anne Bishop.
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
I read Behind the Scenes by Jen Turano. Romance is a main page genre.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 6
Maddie O.10.7. They Go Together
Read a book that has a number word on the cover.
I read
, which has "Six" on the cover.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 3: Read a book from the I am Woman Hear Me Roar listopia.
I read Empire of Storms, which is on the 2nd page of the listopia.
In addition, at 693 pages this book counts for One Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
DIANE10.3. - Lean on Me
Read a book in which the word "lean" appears intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. eLEANor
Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 745/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 38/67
Julia10330.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
Option 1: The Lioness of Morocco by Julia Drosten (JU in JUlia, NE in lioNEss, TE in ThE, ENT in DrosTEN, H in tHe)
Option 2: The Fire by Night (on page 5 of list)
This post: 30 points,
Total Points: 150
Total BB tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 8
ElaineL10.6. Get Inspired
REQUIRED: State the year in which your person is listed.
Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you.
J. K. Rowling: A Biography by Connie Ann Kirk from the 2004 list
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 590
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 34
Sara G25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
This task is inspired by Whole30 and its related books. This is a two book task. Choose one book from each of two different options.
2. The Whole30
Read a book that does not contain any of the following as main page genres, standalone or embedded: Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Historical.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
3. Food Freedom Forever
Read a book with a title with exactly 3 words where all words in the title start with the same letter. This includes articles (a, an, the) and conjunctions (and, but, or). Subtitles should be ignored.
Saving Saffron Sweeting by Pauline Wiles
Points this post: 25
Total points: 300
10.7. They Go TogetherCombine the two and read a book that has a number word on the cover. The number must be written out, not a numeral, and it may be an ordinal number.
The Sign of FourThe Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Total tasks: 3
Kim ATask 25.9 - MegSCL's Task: Your Objective
*Object - Dog
Book 1: Read a book with the name of an object in its title
Dog Medicine by Julie Barton
Book 2: Read a book with that same object pictured on its cover
Murder at the Mansion by Janet Finsilver
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 120
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate SummerThis is a two book task. Read one book from each of two different options.
Option 1: Plants
Look for a book that celebrates the abundance of nature in summer. Read a book with a living plant (tree, flower, fruit growing on plant) on the cover. The plant must be shown in nature or living in a pot (with roots) to qualify.
Option 4: Vacation
Summer is vacation time! Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in VACATION. Middle name initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine names. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
Death Sits Down to Dinner by Tessa Arlen
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
15.4 - Summer of LoveOption 1: Two books
Book 1: Bound by Kate Sparkes (main page genre Fantasy)
Book 2: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead. Word used is "blues" (Steve Miller Blues Band).
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 10
15.3 - Common GoodOption 2: one book
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Phantomswife20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 1 –Read a book first published between July 1974 and July 1989, inclusive.
The Loving Cup published October 29, 1984
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 185
Books completed: 12
Tasks completed: 8
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read A Most Unlikely Duke by Sophie Barnes (mass market paperback). It is set entirely in London, England (unfortunately, my digital galley expired, so I can't type in a quote, but the book opens in the St. Giles neighborhood then the rest of the book is set at the family houses in Mayfair).
10.1. - Seven or Six?
I read Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt (mass market paperback), the sixth book in the Maiden Lane series.
10.10. Gimme S’more
I read Bliss by Lynsay Sands. I have not read Bliss before but I have read a lot of Sands's previous books including Devil of the Highlands .
20.10 - Group Reads
I read the Modern True Crime selection, Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (paperback). I commented in the discussion thread here.
Previous point total: 205
New points this post: 5+10+10+20
Total points: 250
New tasks completed in this post: 4
Total tasks: 17
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
CHANDNI20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
This book has over 4000 reviews.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 10
Coralie10.7 They Go Together
The number 4 written on cover (at bottom)
20.8 Dark Age Wonder
Book with title containing all the letters in DARK
D in comeDy
A in A
R in minoR
K in Key
Comedy in a Minor Key
30.10 Calendar Boy
Book 1 – Book by author whose initials can be found in auGuSt
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Book 2 – book with title containing all the letters in the word PARTY
P, A, R in weaPonARy
T in waisTcoats
Y in weaponrY
Waistcoats & Weaponry
30.12 Canada 150!
Option 1 – book by an author whose initials are found in SesquiCentennial
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13.0
Option 2 from page 4 of Best Books About Family Relationships
Frederica
This post 90 points
Total to date 325 points
Marina H15.10 - Best BooksThe Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
Date of list: June 2014
30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Option 1: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Set in New york
Option 2: Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jakcson
Published in 2017
Points this post: 45
Total points: 165
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Catherine TTask 5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
read a book with author initials in MEDIEVAL
Long Time No See by Ed McBain
initials EM
Task 20.2 - Lake Lida Love
option 3 - read a book with author initials in TRIVIAL
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
initials AT
Task 30.13 - A Busy Year of Changes
option C1 - read a book published in 2017 and much anticipated
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
pub May 2017, latest in a series, I have been waiting and pounced (full disclosure: some pre-reading - I stopped at 47% though, and finished in June)
option C2 - read a book with house(s) on the cover
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
- if you enlarge you can see the mansion houses of Mayfair, London======
points this post = 55; total points = 260
trishhartuk20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
For this task, read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK.
All the biRDs in the sKy, Charlie Jane Anders
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
Catherine TJust decided that I'd like to collect Big Book tickets, so reposting tasks in order to claim, please!
Task 15.3 - Common Good
one book option - read a book with author initials matching the set requirements
Golden Ageby Jane Smiley
JS meet the requirements
704 pages - claiming BB ticket
Task 20.1 - Wonder Woman
option 1 - read a book by an author with a pseudonym
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith is famously JK Rowling
574 pages - claiming BB ticket
Task 30.13 - A Busy Year of Changes
option C1 - read a book published in 2017 and much anticipated
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
pub May 2017, latest in a series, I have been waiting and pounced (full disclosure: some pre-reading - I stopped at 47% though, and finished in June)
699 pages - claiming BB ticket
option C2 - read a book with house(s) on the cover
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
- if you enlarge you can see the mansion houses of Mayfair, LondonTask 30.14 - SRC vs. SRC
one book option - option 2 - read a book published in 2015 and over 600 pages
Ruin by John Gwynne
672 pages - claiming BB ticket
4 BB tickets claimed
Mod
I chose option A and read Ancillary Justice, winner of the 2014 Hugo for Best Novel (noted in the GR main page Literary Awards info)
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
I chose the one book option and read The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - I listened to the audiobook but linked to the top MMPB - 722 pages, so over the required 500 page minimum.
This book actually fits all three options -
1. it's his debut work, according to the GR description and his author page, and he's a new author for me.
2. it's the first book in a new to me series - Gentleman Bastard #1.
3. the word TOLL can be made from the initial letters of the words of the title: TLOLL - TOLL.
25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
For my first book, I read House of Names, which is a retelling of my second book, The Oresteian Trilogy.
In case the relationship isn't clear enough from the GR description, here's a link to a review in The Guardian, "brilliant retelling of a Greek Tragedy."
Points this post: 70
Total points: 210
Catherine TTask 20.3 - Highly Recommended
option B - read a book with more that 1,000 reviews
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
1,670 reviews @time of posting
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total points = 280
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Wonder Woman
Option 1: Secret Identity - Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. I read 11/22/63 by Stephen King, who also writes under the name Richard Bachman.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 175
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?A book with the genre of 'Romance' - Read Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. I had this book confirmed for the genre in post 12 of the genre verification thread -
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points these task: 5
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 3
Jennifer NC30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Book 1 Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
Takes place mainly in New York, as can be seen in the book summary.
Book 2 Death at Victoria Dock
Published 1992
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 3
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder WomanOption 2: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Red Rising
85 + 20 = 105
BB 3
PegW5.3 - Six Pack
Only 6 of the 7 medieval wonders still exist today, and the words Medieval and the term Middle Ages did not become popular until the Enlightenment beginning in the 1600’s. Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
I read The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter which was published in 2016.
Total Points this post-5
Total Points -35
Tasks Completed - 4
DIANE10.4. Surprise!
Read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin.
This book was mentioned by two different people in the thread.
Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 755/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 53
Tasks Completed: 39/67
Task 30.8 – Diana K – Where Am I From and How Did I Get Here?Option 1B – Fiction about Immigrant experience
The Lowland
APPROVED in help thread
Option 2 – Cover image is mode of transportation for immigrant in Book 1
- Airplane on lower rightI listened to the audio / MMP: Catch 22
APPROVED in help thread
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Readerboard: SAM M15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
The Fellowship of the Ring
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Whole numbers only. The book may be in the same series as Book 1 or in a different series.
The Two Towers
15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Read a book with the word "Dragon" in the title or subtitle or that has been shelved at least 3 times as dragons on this list of Popular Dragons Books.
The Hobbit - is listed as Children's, AR Bookfinder rating is UG
found on pg 1 of the list of Popular Dragon Books
★★ The Hobbit is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1937. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for this book ★★
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95/1270
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Lusie5.4 - Summer of Love
Read a book that fits one of the Spring 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10.
I have chosen:
Spring Challenge 2017 task 5.1- Thoroughly Modern
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN.
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
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Points this post: 5
Total Points: 95/1270
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
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20.8 - Nick KY's Task: Dark Age Wonder Read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK.
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Daughter
dAughter
kingmakeR's
Kingmaker's
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 115
Total Books Read: 6
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
ElaineL30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
REQUIRED: state the options you chose in your post.
Two Book Task...
Book 1: Option 1 -Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year. The publication date must be stated in the Goodreads record.
Seduced by the Tide by Sean Michael Publication Date: June 26, 2017 (ebook verified
here)
Book 2: Option 2 - read a book from the first 2 pages of any of these lists:
Catholic Fiction
Notable Atheist Books
Wicca and other Pagan based Fiction
REQUIRED: State the list and the page number on which your book is found when posting your completed task.
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen #12, page 1 from Wicca and other Pagan based Fiction
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 620
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 35
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF
Option A: The Hugo Awards ceremony will be held at Worldcon on August 11th. Read a book that has been a Hugo Award finalist, past or present.
A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Hugo award nominee/finalist for Best Novel (2017).
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
CEELEETask 20.10 Group Reads
Read one book from the Group Reads task and post your opinion in the book's Discussion thread.
I chose KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
My very lengthy opinion of the book can be found in the Discussion thread at #18.
I really liked this book and got a lot from it! :) Thank you SRC for having it as one of the Group Read choices for Nonfiction this summer!
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total BB Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points Earned for Summer Challenge: 20
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge: 1
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge: 1
Total BB Tickets Claimed for Challenge: 0
Total GO Books claimed for Challenge: 0
10.10. Gimme S’more
Task: Read s'more by an author you've read before.
Author: Gail Carriger
Book Read: Waistcoats & Weaponry - this book was new to me
Book Previously Read: Soulless
Task: Read s'more by an author you've read before.
Author: Gail Carriger
Book Read: Waistcoats & Weaponry - this book was new to me
Book Previously Read: Soulless
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationRead a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
I read All These Lonely People which is set in England, as confirmed by this quote on page 73: "It wasn't long before Father McKenzie was moved to a parish in England." (The plot takes place after he has moved to England.)
Points claimed this post: 5
Total points: 125
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Big book tickets: 1
Golden oldie tickets: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
I read A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr. It is set in the United Kingdom (England)
Challenge 5.3 Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
I read The Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan. It was first published 6/14/2016.
Challenge 10.1 Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
I read Raging Heat by Richard Castle. It is #6 in the Nikki Heat series.
Challenge 10.4 Surprise!
Read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was mentioned in post 17 on the Best Books you accidentally read list.
Challenge 25.12 Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 2: read a book with one of the following types of water features in the title: lake, river, creek, geyser or waterfall.
I read The Lake of Dead Languages by Carole Goodman.
Option 3: read a book where an author’s initials can be found in “OLD FAITHFUL”.
I read Tell on You by Freda Hansburg.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 28
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
perletwo30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books - Books with the main page genres of Graphic Novels/Manga/Comics are allowed for this task as long as they meet SRC requirements.
1. Re-read a book you last read a decade or more ago, to see how you or it has changed over time. REQUIRED: state that it's a reread and that you've not read it for at least a decade.
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Uncanny X-Men
I read these comic books when they were released monthly in 1980, and they were impactful then in ways that are still rippling through the X-Men titles today (2012's "Avengers Vs. X-Men" event centered on how the next Phoenix Force host should be prepared to prevent a repeat of the Dark Phoenix Saga).
Reading it as a single tale in one volume is interesting. The Byrne/Austin art team is at the top of its game in these issues, but this way I can see the deterioration of the art in the last chapter (FedExed pages were stolen, & the artists had to re-create them quickly under intense deadline pressure.)
2. Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and/or I CHING. You can use both phrases - Graham Greene would be acceptable, for instance, using 1 G from "Goes" and 1 G from "Ching."
Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman
For this task, you may read 1 or 2 books, but you must read a minimum of 600 pages.
book 1 top pb ed 200 pgs + book 2 top pb ed 462 pgs = 662 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 480
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 05
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 26
5.5 - June, July, AugustReap What You Sew by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 12
Jennifer NC30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1
Dragonfly in Amber
(first published July 1st 1992)
**Dragonfly in Amber is a Big Book (743 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Option 3 Alliteration
Framework for Marketing Management, 5/e
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 120
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 4
loafer15.4 - Summer of Love
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, Music or a genre that contains History or Historical.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's name from this list of performers who appeared at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
mpg = Fantasy
word = Magic (Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band)
points: 15
total: 270
BB: 4
GO: 3
tasks completed: 14
Diana K10.1 Seven or Six? Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
A Pocket Full of Rye Miss Marple #7
20.6 Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies. I rolled a 2.
Option 2 The Little French Bistro publ in 2017
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
perletwo20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder - read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK. The letters may be altogether in one word, or in various words split between the title and/or subtitle as recorded on GR.
The Crime at Black Dudley
First printed in 1929, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 06
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 27
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!Option 2, a book from New England Books Listopia, p. 1 #84: Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Amanda D.5.5 - June, July, August - Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7, or 8.
Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra by Kevin Panetta - 136 pages.
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything - Option 1: Read a debut book or the first book published by an author who is New-To-You.
Debut/New to You - Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick.
It's her first published book and Entertainment Weekly labeled it as her "debut compilation of personal essays."
Option 2: Read the first book in a New-To-You series.
Radiance by Grace Draven
First in the Radiance series.
Points this post: 30
Total points (not including this post): 0
Ava Catherine15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Read a book that has been shelved at least 3 times as dragons on this list of Popular Dragons Books.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
children's main page genre; AR designation: IL: UG
Page 1 of list Popular Dragons Books: shelved 873 times as dragons
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 2 and selected option 3.
Option 3: If you rolled a 1, 2, or 3 read a book with a piece of clothing on the cover made of white fabric.
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
total=660
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
Read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK.
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Kingmaker's Daughter=DARK
total=680
Ava Catherine25.1 Justme's Task: Peace Corps
Your 2 books must have a combined page total greater than 400 pages (that is, at least 401 pages.
Option 2: Read one of the 600+ books that I have rated 5* on GR (following SRC normal rules). Justme's Read Bookshelf.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 370 pages
page 3 on bookshelf list
Option 3: Read a book about their service experiences written by a Volunteer of a specific service group and note which group.
The Mountain School by Greg Alder
The author writes about his experiences in education (teacher) in the Peace Corps in Africa.
pages 266
370+266=636 total pages
total=705
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1, a living plant on the cover: The Promise by Robyn Carr
Option 4, author's initials in VACATION: Cooking for Picasso by Camille Aubray
Points this post: 30
Total points: 155