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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
NICOLE OH10.4. Surprise!
Indigo by Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris was mentioned in message 36 as a new author that someone discovered they liked through this challenge!
10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
Author initials: SD- Shaken not stirred
15.6 - The Fugitive
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
(main page genre THRILLER)
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
- teeth on cover- approved in task help thread
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2 Double Trouble: read a book with at least two words that begin with the same letter
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I ROLLED A 2 AND CHOSE-
Option 2: Things I Should Have Known
published on March 28th 2017
20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read:
The Underground Railroad
I commented in the discussion thread (message 15)
Points this post: 110
Total Points: 200
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Book Swop - Task 5-3 Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6
Please can i remove Touched by Magic from this task
original post 152 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
and replace with Cousin Bette first published in 1846
Can i also claim a Golden Oldies ticket for this book
Points total unchanged at 900
1 GO ticket
Total GO tickets = 5
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 30.6 First Friday
Option 1
Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
Touched by Magic first published July 1st 1996
Option 3
Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram
Aiding and Abetting - Tautogram
Points this post = 30
Total points for challenge = 930
Tasks this post = 1
Books this post = 2
Total tasks = 61
Total Books = 64
Task 5.7 – Medieval TimesFrom LIST: Popular Medieval Books – shelved at least 10 times as “Medieval”
Page 2 / Shelved 69 times as “medieval”
The Serpent's Tale
I listened to the audio / MMP: La rosa e il serpente
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
10.10 Gimme S'moreRead - Burning Bright by Nicholas Petrie
This book in new to me.
Previous book by this author that I read: The Drifter
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Stephanie12720.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 1 – Read a book first published between July 1974 and July 1989, inclusive.
Kiss of the Spiderwoman first published in 1976
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85/1270
Tasks completed: 7/67
Books read: 7
readerboard name: boromomboromom post 1048
Task 10.10 requires " 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."
Please repost this task with the required information.
A Skeleton in the Family previous book
The skeleton Haunts a House is a new to me book.
points this repost:10
sorry;)
readerboard name: boromom5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
What Belongs to You
points this post:5
total points: 50
Christine V5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Time and Chance Set >50% in England.
I read the Kindle edition. The top Paperback (no MMP available) Time and Chance lists a page count of 544 pages. ***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
5.7 - Medieval Times
Lionheart which is found on page 3 of the list.
I read the Kindle edition. The top Paperback (no MMP available) Lionheart lists a page count of 600 pages. ***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
10.4. Surprise!
Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman, who is named in Message 84 of the thread.
I read the Kindle edition. The top Paperback (no MMP available) Devil's Brood lists a page count of 730 pages. ***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: My Cousin Rachel
20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
Rolled 2, Option 2: Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Points this post: 60
Big Book Tickets this post: 3
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
MegSCL5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
All That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon
5.6 - Find Wisdom
Read a book with the name Sophia or a related name found in Behind the Name - Sophia in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
5.7 - Medieval Times
Read a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “medieval” from this list Popular Medieval Books
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England (page 1 - shelved 158 times)
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 95
BB tickets: 1
Jen UT10.4 - Surprise!
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Message 37 on the thread was a book by Brandon Sanderson
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 30
Pamela326525.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
Option 2: Audible Version Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes – Narrated by Roy McMillan
Paperback Version: Don Quixote
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1605
Big Book - 1023 pages
Option 3: “101 Things to do with Zucchini” by Cyndi Duncan and Georgie Patrick
Vegetable: Zucchini
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 220
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1
Blueberry25.3 Read one book that fulfills all the requirements for two different options and is at least 500 pages in length.
opt. 2 Read the first book in a New-To-You series. Someone Else's Love Story
This series is new to me.
opt. 3 Make an anagram with first letters of title words.
Someone Else's Love Story
The anagram is LESS.
Pts: 25
Total pts: 25
30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!You can help us celebrate by completing 2 of the following options. Because this will be a huge celebration, the total page count for the two options must be at least 600 pages.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the word.
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white. Both red and white MUST appear on the cover, however, it does not matter how much is red and how much is white, as long as the total is 50%. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 480
Total Tasks: 22
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
ElaineL30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
REQUIRED: State the option(s) you chose in your post.
600 page minimum...
I chose to read 2 books from Option 2: Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and/or I CHING.
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh (478 pages) AND Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (334 pages)
478 + 334 = 812 pages
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 950
Books read: 73
Tasks completed: 51
DIANE25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
Read 2 books.
Book 1: Read a derivative work.
Foe by J.M. Coetzee
In description: "J. M. Coetzee reimagines Daniel DeFoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe in Foe." "In an act of breathtaking imagination, J.M Coetzee radically reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe."
Book 2: Read the book that the first book was derived from.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
I am also claiming a GO TICKET. Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719.
Points Claimed this Post: 25
Total Points: 1065/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 18
Big Book Tickets: 5
Books Read: 78
Tasks Completed: 57/67
DIANE5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Book is set entirely in England.
I am also claiming a GO TICKET. Whose Body? was first published in 1923.
Points Claimed this Post: 5
Total Points: 1070/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 19
Big Book Tickets: 5
Books Read: 79
Tasks Completed: 58/67
Task 10.10 Gimme S’moreRead s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed.
I read a new-to-me book:
The Frozen Deep (1857) by Wilkie Collins (Paperback, 112 pages)
I previously read the following by Wilkie Collins:
The Woman in White
** The Frozen Deep is a Golden Oldie, published in 1857**
60 + 10 = 70
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 60 + 10 = 70
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,624
Read but not claimed: 09
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.3 - Highly recommended Option B : read a book that has more than 1000 GR reviews.
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
This book currently has 6,564 reviews.
Points this post : 20
Total points : 45
Big book tickets : 0
Golden Oldies tickets : 1
Tasks completed : 4
30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by BooksOption 1, reread a book last read a decade or more ago: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy, 592 pages
I originally read this book in the mid-1980s, and this was my first time rereading it. Maeve Binchy became one of my favorite writers. This book holds up, in my opinion, but it is not my favorite among her novels.
Option 3, a book with the main page genre World War II: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
paperback edition Paris Architect: A Novel, 384 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 255
CHANDNI5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 16
Completed Tasks: 14
Janice CA10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Author's initials can be found in "Shaken not stirreD".
Pigs in Clover by Simon Dawson
+10
total: 20
tasks: 2
books: 2
Catherine Twarning: some book changes in here! sorry!
Task 5.3 - Six Pack
read a book first published in 2016
Wrath by John Gwynne
I had previously claimed this book in task 25.11 (msg 1033)
672 pages - BB claimed already in msg 1033
Task 20.5 - SF, F, & WTF
I had previously claimed this task in msg 693 - I will be reusing that book...
read a Hugo finalist - Graphic Novel 2015
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
Task 20.6 - Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 3, and opted to do option 1 - read a book with a three word title
Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
I had previously claimed this book in 20.5 (msg 693)
Task 25.11 - Treasure Hunting
I had previously claimed this task in msg 1033 - I have changed the book in option 1
option 1 - chose a compass direction & read a book with title word initials that match
I chose North - N
NPCs by Drew Hayes
I had previously claimed this option with Wrath, now reused above
option 2 - roll 2 dice & read a book that is the dice total in series
I rolled 3 + 5 = 8
On the Way to Wedding by Julia Quinn
#8 in the Bridgertons series
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Two tasks changed (20.5, 25.11)
Two new tasks claimed (5.3, 20.6)
Total points = 580
RepostingJEN B
20.1: Wonder Woman
The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
Option 1 - This author also writes under the pseudonym Juliana Gray (information found here in author interview: http://www.thereadingcafe.com/an-inte...
It is also in the author's bio at the back of the book)
POINTS THIS POST: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 130
Sandra10.7. They Go Together
Paris for One and Other Stories
by Jojo MoyesNumber word is 'ONE'.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 185
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First FridayThis is a 2-book task.
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.
Option 3:Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram.
Book 1: Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat
-Published on July 1, 2017
Book 2: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Claiming a GO ticket for book 2. Originally published in Nov. 6, 1939
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 220/1270
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 1
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 13/67
25. 9 - MegSCL's Task: Your ObjectiveMy object is "apple"
Book 1: A Wedding in Apple Grove by C.H. Admirand
Book 2:
by Marissa MeyerPoints this post: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 19
Laurah3020.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
This book has more than 37000 reviews on GR.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTFOption A: Hugo Award book - Read Among Others by Jo Walton. This won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2012.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 4
ElaineL15.4 - Summer of Love
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 2: Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements. (Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy AND 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.)
Required: Identify the word used.
Like a Sparrow Through the Heart by Agatha Bird MPG: Fantasy; Word: Sparrow (musical group, The Sparrow)
ebook verified in line 1426 of the form)
15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 980
Books read: 75
Tasks completed: 53
Elizabeth PTask 5.9 - Isn't It Romantic?
Book with main page genre romance
Resistance on Ice by S.R. Grey
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 300
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 22
Nick KY10.2 Celebrate Alban Hefin I read The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth by John Michael Greer, a little over halfway down the first page of the Popular Druidry books list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 480
trishhartuk25.8 Chris MD’s Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
1. Presidents. Quincy is known as the “City of Presidents.” You can visit the birthplaces and burial spots of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Read a book the includes the LAST name of a U.S. president in either the title or the author’s name (subtitles may not be used).
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams shares a surname with the two Quincy presidents mentioned in the option description.
3. Dunkies. Read a book with a cover that shows a cup of coffee or tea or some kind of pastry (Cakes, muffins, donuts, cookies, all are good. Loaves or slices of bread are not).
Has a very delicious looking slice of chocolate cake on the front, middle right.
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
RepostJENNIFER NC
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
1001 Natural Remedies
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
Option 1
Farmer Boy Goes West
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
311 pages
(dirt road)
Option 4
The Red Tent
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
336 pages
The Red Tent
Points Claimed this Post: 35
Total Points: 185
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 7
NICOLE OH20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
Deacon Locke Went to Prom:
D, A in Deacon
R in Prom
K in Locke
Total this post: 20
Total Points this challenge: 220
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Bryony's Task: Enjoy the Journey
Option 2. Book 1. Page 1, 4th from the bottom is:
by John Steinbeck, shelved 7034 times as classicBook 2. Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least a year.
by Sarah JioOn my TBR shelf since 12/10/13
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Andy P.Repost of Post # 1301
Task # 20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
Tahoe Dark by Todd Borg
Dark is a word in the title.
5.1 A (Wo)Man of Letters Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science by Dave Levitan
10.5 National Martini Day
I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
15.3 Common Good
I chose option 2 (one book) and read Blackout by Connie Willis
Claiming a Big Books ticket - 610 pages
30.5 Inspired by Books
I chose to read 1 book to fulfill the task and chose option 3. I read All Clear by Connie Willis - 793 pages and WWII on main genre page
Claiming 2 Big Books tickets - 793 pages
New Total: 130
Diane25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
This is a two book task.
Book 1: Read a book in a series where the series name (in parentheses following the title/subtitle) is ONLY the name of the main protagonist.
Beat the Reaper (Peter Brown, #1) by Josh Bazell (295 pages)
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains either the first or last name, found intact, of the series name from book 1.
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd (288 pages)
Name: Peter
Meets minimum pages requirement of 500 pages: 295 + 288 = 583 pages.
Points Claimed this Post: 25
Total Points: 1095/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 19
Big Book Tickets: 5
Books Read: 81
Tasks Completed: 59/67
Sheila20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: 2,478 Reviews
The Reversal by Michael Connelly20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 1:
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF
Option B:
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves(Shetland Island #3)
There is a series on netflix called Shetland based upon this series of books and Ann Cleeves is listed in the writing credits.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396135/f...
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
Option 1: - I rolled a three
The Blood Whisperer by Zoë Sharp20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option#2-A
Gently French by Alan HunterPublished January 1973 by Cassell
Total Points = 635
perletwo30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here? - Book 1 Option B: Read a book either fiction or nonfiction about an immigrant.
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
approved here
Read a book with a cover that shows the type of transportation that immigrant used such as a ship, a plane, a pair of shoes. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post. REQUIRED: Explain in your post how your ancestor or the immigrant in book 1B arrived in this country.
Attention All Passengers: The Airlines' Dangerous Descent—And How To Reclaim Our Skies - De Prince describes the plane ride from Africa to the U.S.cover approved
Points this task: 30
Total points: 690
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 06
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 50
Tasks completed: 35
Brooke TXI have a couple of books I'd like to switch between tasks:
Throne of Jade from task 5.2 to task 25.9.
The End of All Things from task 25.10 to task 10.1.
All tasks are posted here in full.
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in England, Italy, Turkey, China, or Egypt. Set mostly in England:
10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
Book 1: Read a derivative work.
Book 2: Read the book that the first book was derived from.
25. 9 - MegSCL's Task: Your Objective
Book 1: Read a book with the name of an object in its title.
Book 2: Read a book with that same object pictured on its cover.
25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A2: Read a book with a main page genre of ‘science-fiction’ or ‘aliens’. Both author(s) and book are new to me.
Option B1: Read a book you also finished in the spring challenge of 2017. Read for task 15.3:
30.1 - 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.
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.
Points
This Post: 120
Total Points: 455
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 42
15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha ChaHelp Thread
Accordionist and bandleader Lawrence Welk hosted the musical variety TV program The Lawrence Welk Show. It made its national television debut on ABC Television on July 2, 1955. A famous "Welk-ism" was his trademark count-off, "A one and a two…,” See it on YouTube
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. I read Real Murders.which is #1 in the Aurora Teagarden series.
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. I read A Bone to Pick, which is #2 in the same series.
points: 215
books read: 19
tasks complete: 15
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 3
pages read: 6811
Brooklyn15.3 – Common Good
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first name begins with J, M, R, A, D, C and whose last name begins with R, M, W, B, C, S
Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon
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20.2 – Lake Lida Love
Option 1: Read a book first published between July 1974 and July 1989
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
First published in 1988
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25.3 – First Time for Everything
Book 1: Option 1
Read a debut book by a new-to-me author
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
This is her debut novel and this author was new to me when I read the book.
Book 2: Option 2
Read the first book in a new-to-me series
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
This series is new to me.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 165/1270
Tasks completed: 10/67
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Amber15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown
More than 50% of this book takes place in Jamaica, which is on the list. From the description: "from the streets and slums of Kingston in the 70s, ..., to a radically altered Jamaica in the 90s"
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
**A Brief History of Seven Killings is a Big Book (688 pgs), claiming 1 BB ticket.**
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
Book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK
pretty DeAdly, vol. 1: the shRiKe
Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick
25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
Book 1: book in a series where the series name is ONLY the name of the main protagonist
The series name is Jasper Dent.
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Book 2: book by a single author whose name contains either the first or last name, found intact, of the series name from book 1.
NAME: Jasper
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Points this post: 60
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sara G15.10 - Best Books
Elizabeth I by Margaret George
This was on the April 2011 list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option B THREE E’s, TWO R’s, TWO T’s, and ONE each of I, M and N.
My Badass Book of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live
Maria Morera JohnsonEs in couragEous, womEn, mE
Rs in couRageous, maRia
Ts in sainTs, To
I in saInts
M in My
N in saiNts
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 135
BB:2
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 7
Total Books read:7
Amy O.25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 1: debut book, or first book published by an author who is new to you
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson - 219 pages
Goodreads author data confirming that this was her first book: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
This author is new to me.
Option 2: No Mercy (Mercy Gunderson Mystery #1) by Lori G. Armstrong (309 pages)
This is the first book in a new-to-me series.
Total pages read: 219 + 309 = 528
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Diana K20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Opt. 2 Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter.
Love's Labor's Lost
25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
Opt. 1 read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
The Underground River by Martha Conway
Opt. 3 Read a book with strawberries and/or cream, and/or a picnic/picnic equipment being used for a picnic (e.g. blankets, hampers and picnic food, people sitting on the grass) on the cover.
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
Opt. 1 Read a book with one of the following objects on the cover: Pencil / Pen / Book / Classroom / Dirt.
(approved in post 32)Opt. 2 Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title or subtitle: MOUNTAIN, OCEAN, BRIDGE, HIKE, TRAIL.
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Points this post: 75
Total points: 555
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.9 Moderator's Pet - Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option 2: All the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in title/subtitle/author's name
Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple (259 pages)
30.13 JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes - Option C New house is awaiting us: Book 1: Book first published in 2017 that you have long anticipated The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
*It was released in January of 2017 and I finally got to listen to it on Audio...it was wonderful to listen to :)
Book 2: House or porch on cover
This Post:
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 50
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Books Read: 3
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Tasks Completed: 5
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