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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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10.5. June 19 - National Martini DayVirals by Kathy Reichs
15.10 - Best Books
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey June 2015
Points this post: 25
Points total: 140
GO total: 0
BB total: 2
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?) - 500 pages
Book 1 - As the Pig Turns (Agatha Raisin #22) read 6/28, 292 pages
Book 2 - The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories by Agatha Christie read 6/27, 224 pages (paperback edition)
Total pages read = 518 pages
Name: AGATHA
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 300/1270
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 24
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 1
CHANDNI15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, Music or a genre that contains History or Historical.
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.
I used the word "Snow".
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Book approved here
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 11
LAUREN JODI20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option #1: Heroine is a nurse
Chilled by Kendra Elliot
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235/1270
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11/67
Catherine TTask 25.7 - Strawberries and Cream
option 1 - read a book with author initials in CREAM
Candidate by Rachel E. Carter
intitals REC
option 2 - read a book with two authors
Black Bottom Murder by Carol Durand and Summer Prescott
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total points = 305
5.5 - June, July, AugustRead a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
I Swear
288 pages
Point this post: 5
Total points: 25
Readerboard: SAM M20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
I chose Option 3 – Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words MONOPOLY or TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie - ARC received from published via edelweiss
Salman Rushdie = TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115/1270
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mod
5.6 - Find Wisdom
Sophie author: A Bad Day for Scandal by Sophie Littlefield
10.7. They Go Together
Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
option 3, mountain in title: Mountain Lines: A Journey through the French Alps by Jonathan Arlan, 264 pages
option 5, food and drink genre: 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line by Eric Ripert, 247 pages
total = 410
CYNBAXTER# 15.07 – Don't Leave Fingerprints
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown: Brazil…
Book: At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen – the setting is the Brazilian Rain Forest
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 15 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
DIANE10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
Read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...".
The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria.
Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 775/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 41/67
15.3 - Common GoodOption 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name begins with: J, M, R, A, D, C.
The Gender Games by Juno Dawson
The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name begins with: R, M, W, B, C, S.
Saving Alex by Alex Cooper
Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Brooklyn20.3 – Highly Recommended
Option B: Read a book which has at least 1,000 Goodreads reviews.
The Magnolia Story by Chip Gaines
This book has over 2,900 reviews at the time of this post.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45/1270
Tasks completed: 3/67
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies tickets:
Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Last One Home by Debbie Macomber
Author's first and last unitials can be found in MeDieval
Link to PB edition: Last One Home
5.3 - Six Pack
A Girl's Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber
This book was first published in 2016 - publication date
Link to PB edition: A Girl's Guide to Moving on
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - Lean on Me
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
The word "lean" (LEAN) appears intact in the title
Link to MMP edition: Lean Mean Thirteen
10.5 - National Martini Day
The Devil's Dreamcatcher by Donna Hosie
The author's initials can be found in the phrase sHaken not stirreD
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
JUKKA30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Option 1: Book whose author's initials are in IN IT FOR THE BOOKS.
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
Option 4: Book whose author's initials are in GRAND PRIZE WINNER.
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman. The relevant paperback edition clocks in at over 500 pages, so I'll claim a Big Book ticket.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 215/1270
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/67
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name MAZZA130.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
For this task choose one of the following three options and read two books for that option. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the option that you chose.
OPTION A. An old house ready to go for the sale
Book 1 -
Read a book with the word old, forgotten, broken, unused in the title/subtitle. The words must match exactly.
The Old Tile House
Book 2
Read a book with Retelling as a main page genre – the genre may be stand alone or embedded
Beauty MPG retelling
Points this post = 30
Total Points to date = 590
Tasks this post = 1
Boks this post = 2
Tasks to date = 44
Books to date = 39
SweetMelissa10.1 - Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series
Mississippi Blood, Greg Iles, 6/15/17
Required: #6 in series
BBT: 1 (704 pgs)
10.6 - Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you. REQUIRED: State the year in which your person is listed.
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Irin Carmon, 6/3/17
Required: on the list in 2015
15.10 - Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists. Required: State the date of the list
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, John Tiffany, 6/17/17
Required: on July 2016 list
20.1 - 1 Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. For example, Nora Roberts also writes as J.D. Robb, J.K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith and Stephen King as Richard Bachman. REQUIRED: If the author's GR profile does not mention their pseudonym, please provide a link to the information when posting. Your book may be written under any of the pseudonyms (or the real name) used by the author
Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King, 6/28/17
20.3 - Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, 6/10/17
Required: 13475 reviews on 6/6/17
BBT: 1 (531 pgs)
25.6 -
Book 1: Read a derivative work. It can be a reworking, satire, tribute, adaptation, non-fiction, analysis, fan fiction, or an imagined continuation by a different author It should NOT be an "official" sequel, though
Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood, 6/11/17
Book 2: Read the book that the first book was derived from REQUIRED: Explain the relation between the books if it's not obvious in the goodreads description.
The Tempest, William Shakespeare, 6/6/17
GO: 1 (published 1610)
30.4
Book 1: read a book of your choice written by a single author
The Night the Lights Went Out, Karen White, 406 pgs, 6/9/17
Book 2: Read a book with at least one word in the title/subtitle that begins with each of the initials of the author of book 1. All initials in the book 1 author's name must be used. Articles (a, an, the) and conjunctions (and, but, or) cannot be used
What She Knew, Gilly Macmillan, 512 pgs, 6/3/17
BBT: 1 (512 pgs)
Required: 500+ pages: 406 + 512 = 918 pgs
This post:
Points = 130
BBT = 3
GO = 1
Total:
Points = 130
BBT = 3
GO = 1
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the AuthorBook 1: The Lovers of Algeria by Anouar Benmalek ~ 288 pages
Book 2: What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves by Benjamin K. Bergen ~ 288 pages
Book 1 author initials = AB; "About" beginning with A; "Brains" beginning with B; total page count = 576 pages
Total Points: 15 + 30 = 45
PegW30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's Counting
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE of at least 2 words where every word in the title has the same number of letters.
I read The Bat Each word 3 letters
Book 2: Using the letter count of a word from Book 1’s title, read a book with that number of words in the TITLE.
I read Worst Fears Realized Has 3 words for a Title.
Total Points this post-30
Total Points -65
Tasks Completed - 5
5.10 Book of choiceSaga, Vol. 7 by Brian K. Vaughan
30.3 Option 2:
Book 1: Shelved classics >2000 times - Page 1 of list
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
(449 pgs) IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
*Claim GO ticket, pub 1898*
Book 2: on your TBR for at least a year.
Dubliners by James Joyce (207 pgs)
*claim GO ticket, pub 1914*
449+207=656 pgs total
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 95/1270
Tasks completed: 6/67
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.1 A Woman of Letters
Author whose initials are in medival
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Total BB: 0
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 35/1270
DIANE10.10. Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed. REQUIRED: Include in your post a link to another book you've previously read by that author AND state that this book is new to you.
Jingala: A Novel About Africa by Legson Kayira.
This book is new to me. I have previously read The Detainee, also by Legson Kayira.
Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 785/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 42/67
5.2 Location, Location, Location I read Thursday's Child by Nicci French - set entirely in England (River Thames map on page 1 of book)
5.4 Best Laid Plans
I read Friday on My Mind by Nicci French - fits spring task 10.9 with a MPG of mystery
5.9 Isn't it Romantic?
I read Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
by Jaye Robin Brown
15.6 The Fugitive
I read After the Crash by Michel Bussi
20.6 Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 5 and chose option 1
I read How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France - 5 words in title
20.9 Happy Retirement
I chose option A and read The Ex by Alafair Burke - main character Olivia Randall is a criminal defense attorney
Total Points: 70
25.6Book 1: reworking...or an imagined continuation by a different author.
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Book 2: the work that the first book was derived from.
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
*Claiming GO ticket, pub 1887*
The two books are approved here, messages 80/81
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 120/1270
Tasks completed: 7/67
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time REQUIRED: State the number you rolled and the option you choose.
I rolled a 1.
Option 1: Printing Press: Ultimately giving us the gift of books! In honor of this invention, read a book with the number of words in the title you rolled. Only the title can be used, no subtitles. Words are separated by spaces.
I read Swell
points: 135
books read: 11
tasks completed: 9
Big Books: 3
pages read: 4179
10.1. - Seven or Six?Let It Sew by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 13
5.1 - A (Wo)Man of LettersOperation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indriðason
author initial, AI, found in medIevAl
5.3 - Six Pack
False Hearts by Laura Lam
published in 2016
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 1: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
The Golden City (Fourth Realm #3) by John Twelve Hawks
if needed, here's the wikipedia entry noting this as pseudonym: John Twelve Hawks
30.3 - Bryony's Task: Enjoy the Journey
"Option 2:
Book one:Read a book that has been shelved as 'classics' at least 2,000 times on this Goodreads list. "
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
page 4 (shelved 2507 times)
251 pages
Book two: Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least a year.
Jade Island (Donovan #2) by Elizabeth Lowell
On my TBR since Dec '15
372 pages
Total pages read: 623 pages
Total this Post: 60
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 280
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.3 - Common Good
Option 2
Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith
Robert E. BarronPoints this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 30
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 2
Total Books read: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 3
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family SecretsPoints this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 50
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 3
Total Books read: 3
Anne (Booklady)15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Thriller 117 Users
The Survivor by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn (Series Creator)
Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
The total page count for the two books should be 500 or more pages.
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word AUGUST Or in the word BONUS
Bonus = SB Sandra Byrd
Bon Appetit by Sandra Byrd 336 pages
Book 2: read a book whose title(subtitles are excluded) contains ALL the letters in the word PARTY. The letters do NOT have to be consecutive although they may be.
Scrapbooking = PAR
Society = TY
The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee 448 pages
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
For the two book option, you can choose two different options or read two books that fulfill the same option and the total number of pages read must be at least 600.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER".
Grand = DA Dorothy Allison
Prize = ER Estelle Ryan
Book 1: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison 336 pages
Book 2: The Gauguin Connection: A Genevieve Lenard Novel by Estelle Ryan 423 pages
Points in These Tasks: 75
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1931
Totals:
Total Points: 235 /1270
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 15/67
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read in Summer 2017 SRC: 7059
Readerboard name: MELLY15.6 - The Fugitive: In this US TV series, a doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. The series finale in which Dr. Kimble's fate was revealed aired on August 2, 1967 and holds the third rank for the all-time highest U.S. television household share, at 72%.
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 10.1 Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
In the Shade of the Monkey Puzzle Tree
Greek village series #6
Points this post = 10
Total points to date 600
Tasks and books this post = 1
Tasks to date = 45
Books to date = 40
10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Task: read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Book: Living with the Dead
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Task: read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Book: Living with the Dead
Author: Kelley Armstrong
FANDURY30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL.
The Children's Home by Charles Lambert
The initals of the author CL can be found in sesquiCentenniaL.
I read the kindle version but the paperback has 208 pages: The Children's Home
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white.
by Anthony HorowitzI read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 464 pages: Magpie Murders
208 + 464 = 672 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of ChangesC. New house is awaiting us.
Book 1 - We have been anticipating this house since January when we signed our contract. We are now just about 2 months from moving in.
Read a book first published in 2017 that you have long anticipated.
I read Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign
Book 2- Our favorite things about the new house… the wonderful big back porch and simple front porch. This is the first house I had with either front or back porch. I am super excited to move in and start reading on my porches.
Read a book with a house or a porch on the cover.
I read
This book was approved on the help thread.
Points: 165
books read: 12
tasks completed:10
Big Books: 3
pages read: 4637
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly RecommendedOption B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
I listened to the audio book, but posted link to most popular paperback version.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis which has over 11,000 reviews
Total points this post:20
total challenge points:70
HINA5.6 - Find Wisdom - A Passionate Endeavor by Sophia Nash.
Author's first name is Sophia.
10.7. They Go Together -
Bought: One Bride by Miranda Lee. One: Number word on the cover.
15.9 - Slaying Dragons - Call of the Dragon by Elianne Adams.
Dragon in the title.
Current post:
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 205
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Sara GTask 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in Either the word AUGUST OR in the word BONUS, NOT a combination of both words. ALL initials count so if an author writes under initials plus last name, all THREE initials must be found in the target word.
Mark of the Lion by Suzanne Arruda
AUGUST
I read the Kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 346 pages.
Book 2. Calendar Boy Sammy is a Miniature Poodle who is very smart but like many poodles he has little interest in learning a new skill unless it is fun.. So, read a book whose title(subtitles are excluded) contains ALL the letters in the word PARTY
The letters do NOT have to be consecutive although they may be.
The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives by Sasha Abramsky
The American Way of Poverty
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback has 368 pages.
346 + 368 = 714 pages, 714 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
HINA 25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything -
Option 2: Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks.
The Montgomerys and Armstrongs series # 1 AND the series is new to me.
Option 3: Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks.
Letters: S O A H L - Anagram: Lash or Shoal.
mmpb = 372 pages + mmpb = 323 pages = 695 total pages.
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 230
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Diana KI would like to replace The Invisible Bridge in task 30.5 with
The Glass Room also for Option 3 - read a book with a Main Page Genre WWII. It has 405 pages which added up with the 288 pages in my book 1 At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe is still over 600 pages total.
Thanks!
Diana KTask 25.8 Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 2 Read a book with hotel, motel, inn, restaurant, or diner in the title.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Option 3
There's a plate of pastries in top row at right next to flower and2 pies in the bottom rowPoints this post: 25
Total points: 350
Readerboard Name - LaureY30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky
Option 3: Read a book that a) you checked out from a library and b) is set at least 50% in Canada.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
*I checked this book out of the library*
* I claim a Big Book ticket for this book as it was 521 pages long*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
Total Books: 16
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
perletwo30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday - 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.
Arts & Entertainments - first printed 7/1/14
option 3: Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram (a text in which all words start with the same letter).
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Points this task: 30
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 06
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 28
Brooklyn25.7 – TrishHartUK’s Task: Strawberries and Cream
Option 1:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
RW in STRAWBERRIES
Option 2
Read a book with 2 authors.
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper
Points this post: 25
Total points: 70/1270
Tasks completed: 4/67
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Sandra15.6 - The Fugitive
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The genre 'thriller' appears on the books main page.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 105
Dakimel5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
Deeper In Sin
10.10. Gimme S’more
The Passenger - this is new-to-me; I read https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... by the same author
15.10 - Best Books
Swimming Lessons - from February 2017 list
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
2: No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
3: The Night Ocean
TALLY:
This post - 60 points
Total - 275
Andy P.Task # 10.9. In Case You Missed Them
Read a book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016
by Noah Hawley (second column , fifth book down.)Points this post: 10
Total points: 210
15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
Book 1:
An Unkindness of Ravens by Ruth Rendelland
Book 2:
A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton15.3 - Common Good
Option 2:
The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 1:
Book 1:
Blackberry Winter by Sarah JioAND
Book 2:
Heat Storm by Richard Castle(Canned Heat - Heat)
15.5 - Scan It
Capitol Murder by William Bernhardt15.6 - The Fugitive
The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Black Jasmine by Toby Neal(set in Hawaii)
15.10 - Best Books
Try Not to Breathe by Holly SeddonFebruary 2016
Total Points = 265
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?August is Romance Awareness Month. Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Romance” or “Romantic”.
I read A Sea Change which has romance as an MPG. I'm counting this as my one 80-99 page book for this season's challenge.
Points claimed this post: 5
Total points: 130
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
Big book tickets: 1
Golden oldie tickets: 2
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10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport
shaKen not stirreD
Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 765/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 40/67