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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
Book 1: I read Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie.
Book 2: I read Three Theban Plays by Sophocles. Because the playscript of Antigone is not greater than 100 pages on it's own, I read the entirety of this edition which contains all three Theban plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Home Fire is a re-working/re-telling of Sophocles's play Antigone - it's not in the GR blurb, but the connection is mentioned in many reviews/commentary. This link is to the Guardian review.
Previous point total: 480
New points this post: 25
Total points: 505
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 32
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Readingboard name KELLI KK**20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: Read a book with at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews
Shadowland 2,120 reviews
**15.3 - Common Good
Book 1: First name initial: J, M, R, A, D, C.
Book 2: Last name initial: R, M, W, B, C, S.
Option 2: One book that fulfills both requirements Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J. k. Rowling
**10.10. Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before.
Book I've previously read: The Maze Runner
New to me book: The Fever Code
**5.5 - June, July, August
Number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Blue is for Nightmares 284 Pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 50
Repost20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option C: Read a book with a FEMALE main character who is retired:
1222 Main character is retired from the police
Points this post 20
500 + 20 = 520
BB 4
GO 1
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time TechnologiesI rolled a 4
Option 1: Printing Press
The Lathe of Heaven
520 + 20 = 540
BB 4
GO 1
Anna KTask 15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This - read a book with teeth on the cover
, "Socialism is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China, by Lijia ZhangPoints this post: 15
Points this challenge: 165
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 Celebrate Alban Hefin
Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books.
I read The Awakening by L.J. Smith. It is found on p.3
Challenge 20.10 Group Reads
I read Station Eleven. My review can be found at post 23 on the discussion thread.
Challenge 25.10 BellaGBear’s task: Old love and new love
Option A1: to find the good in bad
I read the The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender. It can be found on Poorly Rated Books #53. This is the first time I have read this book and the first time I’ve heard of this author.
Option B2: revisiting childhood love
Re-read a book you have read before you were 18 and loved, but haven’t read since.
I read Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. I first read this in Jr. High (1981-1983) I remember being so intrigued by the story line. At that age I couldn’t believe something like that could happen. I really enjoyed re-reading it.
Challenge 30.9 Dakimel’s task: Rising seniors
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase SENIOR YEAR.
I read The House of HawthorneHouse of Hawthorne by Erica Robuck. 403 pages
Option 5: Read a book with the main page genre Food and Drink, Cooking, or Health.
I read It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell. 240 pages. It has Food and Drink as a genre. Genre verified in Post 102.
Points this post: 85
Total points: 1210
Tasks completed: 65
Books read: 93
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 7
Brooke TX5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
Read a book with a word in the title from the names used to describe the summer moons: strawberry, rose, red, hay, hot, thunder, buffalo, green, grass, corn, sturgeon.
15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 2: Read one book with a main page genre of Fantasy, Music, or History/Historical and 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. With "snow" in the title:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 1070
Completed Tasks: 59
Books Read: 89
BARBARA ★25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
Option 1: Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean 8/3
(C & D in strawberries anD Cream)
Option 2: Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 8/14
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30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Option 1: The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella 6/3
(IN IT FOR THE BOOKS)
Option 2: Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets - Mary McHugh 8/7
(published August 25, 2015)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (432 pages) + Book 2 (352 pages) = 774 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 675
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
10.10. Gimme S’more
Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why Itoften Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? by Jen Lancaster
This book was new to me.
I previously read Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by the same author.
30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
Option B1: white dress on cover
by Kiera CassOption B2:
by Donna AndrewsDA in MRANDMRS
Points this post: 45
Total points: 50
Christine V5.3 - Six Pack
Rocannon's World, first published in 1966. <-- This link is to the top MMP. I actually read it in the following collected edition: Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
Cindy FTask 5.3 Six Pack
Year published contains a 6!
Eleven Hours Pamela Erens
Published in 2016
Points this post:5
Total points:85
Tasks completed:7
Books read:8
Golden oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY20.2 Brooklyn’s Lake Lida Love Opt. 3 – author’s inits in trivIAl pursuit – I read The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1050
KELLI KK**20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
For this task, 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 Darkest Minds
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Queen Bee Darlene50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend
Option 1) Present tense action verb in title/sub -
Run by Ann Patchett Run
Option 3) Title describes your summer or current state of affairs -
Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong Rest in Peach
Visited family in Georgia (The peach state) this summer - title describes it perfectly.
Option 5) Picture of a cat on cover or "cat" found in title/sub
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
Cat is sitting on the steps in front of the house.Run - 304 pages
Rest in Peach - 304 pages
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven - 365 pages
Also requires minimum 801 pages - my 3 books equal 973 pages
50 points
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 285
CathyG 15.3 - Common Good
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name as it appears on Goodreads begins with a letter that appears on this list of the most common initial letters in first names in English: J, M, R, A, D, C.
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name as it appears on Goodreads begins with a letter that appears on this list of the most common initial letters in last names in English: R, M, W, B, C, S.
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Unbroken by Maya Banks
25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
1. Presidents.
For this task, read a book the includes the LAST name of a U.S. president in either the title or the author’s name
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
6. Library.
Read a book by an author that you’ve read at least twice before AND that you borrowed from your local library.
REQUIRED: Include in your post links to two books by this author that you have read before and state that you borrowed this book from the library.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
I borrowed this book from the Livonia Civic Center Library
The Fledgling Handbook 101 by P.C. Cast
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.
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12.0
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.
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
For this task, you may read 1 or 2 books, but you must read a minimum of 600 pages. If you read 2 books, they may come from the same option
2. Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and/or I CHING
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger 326pp
Silver Silence by Nalini Singh 464 pp
Points this post: 100
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 33
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie Ticket: 0
Brooke TXI have a few books I'd like to move around:
The End of All Things from Task 10.1 to Task 15.3.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim from Task 15.3 to Task 10.1.
Hammers on Bone from Task 15.3 to Task 50.1.
All tasks are posted here in full.
10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
15.3 - Common Good
Option 2: Read ONE book written by an author whose FIRST name begins with J, M, R, A, D, or C and LAST name begins with R, M, W, B, C, or S.
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
Book 1: Read a book of your choice written by a single author.
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.
50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend
Option 1: Read a book with a present-tense action verb in the title or subtitle. With verb "hammers":
Option 3: Read a book with a title that describes your summer or current state of affairs. Running a summer reading program at a public library while short-staffed and under-funded has left me feeling "three parts dead" by the time I get home most days:
Option 6: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in PHYSICAL THERAPY.
Points
This Post: 105
Total Points: 1150
Completed Tasks: 61
Books Read: 90
Sara ITA10.1 - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
Il crocevia delle Tre Vedove (The Night at the Crossroads) by Georges Simenon
Maigret #7
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Maigret e la casa delle tre vedove (154 pages)
** Il crocevia delle Tre Vedove is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1931). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 230
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 7
JENNIFER NC15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 1
Book 1
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
(Fantasy)
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
Book 2
The Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Collection: The Lost Cases
by Tim Dedopulos
224 pages
Word used: Tim
15.6 - The Fugitive
The Shadow of Your Smile
by Mary Higgins Clark
319 pages
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B
The Last Neanderthal
by Claire Cameron
1039 ratings
288 pages
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
Option 1:
The Reckoning
by Beverly Lewis
288 pages
Rolled a 2
Points Claimed this Post: 70
Total Points: 415
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 17
Cindy FTask 10.10 Gimme S'more
Read a book by an author you have red before.
I read 7th Heaven by Kate Calloway
This book is new to me and I previously read 6th Sense by Kate Calloway same author!!
Points this post:10
Total points:95
Tasks completed:8
Books read:9
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2. Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter.
by Archer Mayor Proof and Positive both begin with a P.Points this post: 20
Total points: 1000
5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware finished 07/09/17 5pts10.10 Gimme S'more Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke finished 07/22/17 I have been going through the series and this is the third book. The second book Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke I used for task 5.8 on post #1185. 10 pts This book is new to me.
Date: 08/15/17
Points in this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks: 5.10 and 10.10
Total # Tasks: 5
Pages read this post: 650
Total pages read: 1574
Number of books this post: 2
Total of books read:5
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 10.6 Get Inspired First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies, Michelle Obama, 2013, read 8/14
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 890/1270
Books Read: 70
Tasks Completed: 53
GO Tickets: 9
BB Tickets: 6
15.7 - DON'T LEAVE FINGERPRINTSHAWAII - Island of Flowers
30.8 - WHERE AM I FROM AND HOW DID I GET HERE
BOOK 1 - OPTION A - ENGLAND - Lady Fortescue Steps Out which is set in England where some of my ancestors hail from.
OPTION B -
. Not really sure when my ancestors immigrated but my great grandfather was born in the US in 1898 so I am pretty sure that they came by boat.TOTAL POINTS - 880
Emsreviewsbooks5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
I read The Midnight Star by Marie Lu.
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White. The description mentions London as the setting, and the series title is Shadows over England.
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 3: I read 101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home: A Nerdy Farm Wife's All-Natural DIY Projects Using Commonly Found Herbs, Flowers & Other Plants by Jan Berry. Health is the third genre on the book's main page.
25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 2: I read The House by the Lake by Ella Carey.
Option 3: I read a publisher's advance copy of Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses by Lorraine Heath. I had it approved for length at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 23
Tasks Complete: 21
Catherine T Task 30.12 - Canada 150!
Option 1 - read a book with author initials in SESQUICENTENNIAL
A Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin
initials AN
166 pages
Option 4 - read a book with cover at least 50% red & white
Crosstalk by Connie Willis
(Crosstalk has been claimed elsewhere, but since replaced)
498 pages
166+498>600
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.5: National Martini Day: The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman. The author initials AH are in SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
Task 25.3: First time for everything - 1 book option: The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma. The book has 611 pages. The book has 611 pages. At 611 pages, claim a Big Book ticket. The book fits the following options:
Option 2: The book is the first book in the Trilogia Victoriana series, a new-to-me series.
Option 3: The title first letters are T M O T, which forms an anagram M O T T, verified in the on scrabble.com. It is a noun, meaning A stand of trees, especially in the southwestern US or historically, a mound forming the site of a castle or camp.
Task 30.10: Calendar Boy - Book 1: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. The author's initials BS are in BONUS. I read the ebook version. The paperback book has 763 pages. At 763 pages, claim a 2 Big Book tickets.
Book 2 : The Probability of Murder by Ada Madison. All the letters of PARTY are in the title The PRobAbilitY of murder.
The total page count = 763+304 = 1,067, more than 500 pages required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 1; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 1; 1000+: 0
NICOLE OH25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 1: Presidents
The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson (President Andrew Jackson)
Option 6: Library
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
I borrowed this book from my library (shout-out Columbus Libraries!) and I have read almost everything by this author (and had lunch and dinner with him at a conference for English teachers). These two other books I have read by him go together:
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
After Ever After
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1: Plants
(living plants on cover- also approved in help thread)Option 5: Personal Growth
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Featured on page 4 of the list, book number 303
POINTS THIS POST=55
TOTAL POINTS= 435
Mod
I read Elsewhere. #6 in the Borderland series.
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
I read
- nice set of teeth on Wolfboy, in the lower right corner.25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read The Graveyard Book. I listened to, and linked to, the audiobook, narrated by Neil Gaiman, whose initials are found in "GardeNing. The MMPB, for page purposes, is El libro del cementerio.
Childrens is a main page genre. ARBF data is MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
For my second book, I chose option C (vegetable in title) and read The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 860
perletwo25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home - 1. Presidents. For this task, 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).
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (= Woodrow Wilson)
2. HoJo’s. Read a book with hotel, motel, inn, restaurant, or diner in the title.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1075
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 09
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 79
Tasks completed: 54
Task 20.5 - Option B Read a media tie-in novel.
REQUIRED: State the other media property that the the book is a tie-in with.
“Media property” = DOCTOR WHO
Doctor Who: Plague City (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #65) (2017) by Jonathan Morris (Hardcover, 250 pages)
325 + 20 = 345
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 325 + 20 = 345
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7,310
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.8 - Under the Summer MoonRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the summer season’s moons: strawberry, rose (relating to the flower or the color), red, hay, hot, thunder, buffalo, green, grass, corn, sturgeon.
Buffalo Soldier (2017) by Maurice Broaddus (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 144 pages)
345 + 05 = 350
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 345 + 05 = 350
Books read: 25
Pages read: 7,454
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - My Favorite Things
Option 1: Read a book with all of the letters of JUNETEENTH in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name. I read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson (JN in Jenny, ET in let's, ETEN in pretend, H in this, U in true) (318pp).
Option 5: Read a book with one of the top 100 dog names as the author's first or last name. I chose Lucy (#2 on the female list) and read The Ice Cave: A Woman’s Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic by Lucy Jane Bledsoe (182 pp).
318+182=500pp (required book total be "500 pages or more")
Points this post: 50
Total points so far: 455
Amy FL10.1. - Seven or Six?
Goodbye to the Dead (#7 in Jonathan Stride series)
10.6. Get Inspired
Around the Way Girl (Taraji P. Henson - 2016)
10.7. They Go Together
(Three and Second - approved in message 23)10.9. In Case You Missed Them
The Second Life of Nick Mason
10.10. Gimme S’more
The Black Book (James Patterson book that's new to me; Patterson books I've read)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
15.5 - Scan ItRead a book where ALL of the letters UPC are found in the title and/or subtitle.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 715
Total Tasks: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
5.10- Your Own 8th WonderRead a book of your choice.
Seeds of Revenge
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 720
Total Tasks: 31
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
5.5 - June, July, AugustArchie, Vol. 3 (176 pages)
5.9 - Isn't It Romantic?
Younger
10.5 - National Martini Day
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now by Ryan North
10.10 - Gimme S'more
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 2: Squirrel You Know It's True by Ryan North
-- This book is new to me, and I've previously read The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by the same author.
15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale (Archie 2015 - #1)
Book 2: Archie, Vol. 2 (Archie 2015 - #2)
15.3 - Common Good
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 & Book 2 Requirements:
She-Hulk, Volume 2: Disorderly Conduct by Charles Soule
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 4: I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It
20.3 - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: 1000+ Reviews
A Court of Wings and Ruin
20.4 - Kristi CO's Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 3: Genre is science
Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome
20.6 - Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 6, and then picked Option 1 (number of words in title):
This Is What Happy Looks Like
20.8 - Nick KY's Task: Dark Age Wonder
She-Hulk, Volume 1: Law and Disorder
*sequential art/comics may be used for this task, per task creator
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Happy Retirement
Option B: Letters of RETIREMENT in title/subtitle/author:
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
30.2 - Ava Catherine's Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1: Plants (living plant on cover)
The Killing Lessons
Option 4: Vacation (author's initials in VACATION)
Atlantia by Ally Condie
Total Points: 205
Coralie5.4 Best Laid Plans
Using 15.3A – author’s initials in National Library week
Madselin by Norah Lofts
50.1 On the Mend
Option 4: Healing and Recovery
From page 5, number 474
The Tiger's Wife 338 pages
Option 5: KHP, or Kitty Healing Powers
Book with ‘cat’ in the title
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd 331 pages
Option 6: Physical Therapy
Book by an author whose initials can be found in Physical therapy
In The Wake by Per Petterson 208 pages
338 + 331 + 208 = 877 pages
This post 55 points
Total to date 1115 points
PAULA S5.1 Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13.0 Louisa May Alcott LMA all found in MedivAL. This book was first published 1874; I claim 1 GO ticket.5.2 Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
the book is 100% set in England, in the "tiny English village of Tillyhenge". The book has been approved for length in the Ebook Verification Thread.5.4 Read a book that fits one of the Spring 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
fits Sprint task 5.9, mpg mystery5.5 Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
376 pages (IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15.0)5.6 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.
Author Sophie5.10 Read a book of your choice. Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task.
this children's book is not in AR Boookfinder
Points this task: 30
GO this task: 1
Total points this season: 70
Total GO this season: 2
5.4 Best Laid PlansRead a book that fits one of the Spring Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. No Task 5.4 or 5.10. I used 10.7 Mad for Plaid.
by Molly MacRaePoints: 5
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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.
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Page count = 356.
Points: 5
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5.7 Medieval Times
Read a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “medieval” from this list Popular Medieval Books.
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Found on page 1, listed 88 times.
Points: 5
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5.9 Isn't It Romantic?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Romance” or “Romantic”.
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
MPG Romance - 772 users
Points: 5
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5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 25
10.1 Seven or Six?Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris
This is #7 in the Aurora Teagarden series.
Points: 10
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10.2 Celebrate Alban Hefin
Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books.
Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
Found on page 1.
Points: 10
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10.8 "The (Fill in the Blank) Who..."
Read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...".
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block
Points: 10
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10.10 Gimme S'more
Read s'more by an author you've read before.
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
This book was NEW TO ME.
I have been reading the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of which The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first book.
Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 65
15.6 The FugitiveRead a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
MPG Thriller.
Points: 15
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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.
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
Found on page 1, shelved 438 times as dragons.
Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 95
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time TechnologiesOption 1: Printing Press: Read a book with the number of words in the title you rolled.
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman by Tessa Arlen
I rolled a 5. There are 5 words in the title.
Points: 20
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20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Nick KY's Task: Dark Age Wonder
Read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK.
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
D found in Riddle
A & R found in Labyrinth
K found in Crack
Points: 20
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20.10 Group Reads
Southern Literature
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Posted in thread #5 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 155
25.9 MegSCL's Task: Your ObjectiveBook 1: Read a book with the name of an object in its title.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Object = doorway
Book 2: Read a book with that same object pictured on its cover.
by Alexander McCall SmithApproved in thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 180
30.13 JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of ChangesOption B. Book 1: Read a book with a white dress, bowtie, gold band, diamond ring, or cake /cake slice on the cover.
by Laura ChildsCake on cover.
Option B. Book 2: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS - middle initials can be ignored.
by Robert SchultzAuthor initials RS found in MRANDMRS.
Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 210
LAUREN JODI25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 1: New to Me Author
Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning
This author is new to me.
# pages: 344
Option 2: New to Me Series
The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
Book #1 in the Crown's Spies series
This series is new to me.
# pages: 360
Total page #: 704
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 530/1270
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 23/67
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - On the Mend
Option 1 - Read a book with a present-tense action verb that requires active use of the limbs in motion in the title. I read Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro and the Olympic Dream by Juliana Barbassa (336pp).
Option 2 - Read a book by an author she has read in her travels (found in posts 14-16). I picked Edwidge Danticat from Haiti in post #15, and read Haiti Noir. Because she is the editor and a contributor, rather than the sole author, I had this approved in the task help thread (posts 40 and 42). (300pp).
Option 6 - Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in PHYSICALTHERAPY. I read A Perfect Crime by A Yi (208pp).
336+300+208 = 844pp
Points this post: 50
Total points so far: 505
Cait S20.7- Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option 2
Read a book in which 45 or 91 is intact in the total page count.
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
Children's Genre Info: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 15.0
Points This Post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 235
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Book 1: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (4 letters in DEAD and WAKE)
Book 2: The Girl in Blue (4 words)
Challenge Total = 385