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[Tanya]

TANYA D

50.1- On the Mend

Option 2. Armchair Travel
Read a book I have read in my past travels that fits SRC guidelines. REQUIRED: Identify the post number in which your title or author is found.

In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner which was found in Post #4- Cambodia (322 pgs)

Option 3. Variations in Theme.
Read a book with a title that describes your summer or current state of affairs. REQUIRED: Briefly explain how this title applies to you.
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (399 pgs)

I traveled to Kenya for work in the first week of August, and on the last day was able to go on a Safari. I was partially reading this book while on the plane there/back.

CLAIMING GOLDEN OLDIES TICKET for Out of Africa, which was published in 1937

Option 6: Physical Therapy
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in PHYSICAL THERAPY.

The Travelers by Chris Pavone (448 pgs)

Previous points: 220
Points this post: 50
Total points: 270
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1

[Nick]

Nick KY

25.5 KatieGirl’s Whole 30

Option 1. It Starts With Food. I read The Food Lover's Garden: Amazing Edibles You Will Love to Grow and Eat by Mark Diacono, with “Food and Drink” as a GR genre.

Option 2. The Whole 30. I read The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity by Jeffrey Burton Russell, which has none of the 5 given genres (Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Historical) on its genre list.


30.2 Ava Catherine’s Celebrate Summer

Book 1. Option 3, “Environment” as a GR genre. I read The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan.

Book 2. Option 4. Author’s inits in vACation, I read The Hollow: A Play by Agatha Christie.

Points This Post: 55
Total Points So Far: 1105

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

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. Numerals, symbols, punctuation marks within words and other characters count as letters.
--> Akata Witch
--> 5 letters each

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. All words count including articles. Numerals and symbols such as “&” count as words. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored.
--> 7 Brides for 7 Bodies
--> 5 words

30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1
Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
--> The Missing Ink
--> Published July 7th 2009

option 3
Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram
--> Pretty in Ink
verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Points]
This post: 30 + 30
Total: 565

[Bryony]

20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended

Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews. You can find the number of reviews under the author's name, at the far right hand side.

I read The Man in the High Castle which has 7672 Goodreads reviews

Points claimed this post: 20
Total points: 430
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 30
Big book tickets: 4
Golden oldie tickets: 3

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend

324p + 345p + 311p = 980p

Option 3. Variations in Theme
Read a book with a title that describes your summer or current state of affairs. The title can range anywhere from a one-word title to a complete sentence. REQUIRED: Briefly explain how this title applies to you.
--> Ink Flamingos
--> This was my first summer since moving to Florida (always makes me think of flamingos) and I'm currently looking for an artist(s) to do two book-related tattoos that I've decided on. :D

Option 5: KHP, or Kitty Healing Powers
Read a book either with a picture of a cat on the cover or with the stand-alone word “cat” found in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work but no other variations. REQUIRED: If using a picture, include the book cover in your post.
-->
--> Cat's Claw
--> Cat in title and on cover

Option 6: Physical Therapy
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in PHYSICAL THERAPY. Middle name initials may be ignored.
--> Sweet Venom
--> Tera Lynn Childs ( PHYSICAL THERAPY )

[Points]
This post: 50
Total: 615

[Tess]

TessaVanessa

Challenge 30.4 Sandy’s Task: Follow the Author
Book 1: read a book of your choice written by a single author.
I read Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott. 513 p.

Book 2: For 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.
I read Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till Simeon's story: An eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till by Simeon Wright. 160 p.

Challenge 30.7 TessaVanessa’s Task: My favorite things
Option 2: Read a book from this Goodreads list on WWII fiction.
I read The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy. 416 pages. Found on page 2 of the list, book # 130

Option 5: Read a book with one of the top 100 dog names as the author’s first or last name.
I read The Middle Ground by Zoe Whittall. 128 pages. Name #11

Points this post: 60
Total points: 1270
Tasks completed: 67
Books read: 97
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 7

AND I’m DONE!!!! I thought there was no way I would complete this challenge, let alone finish before the early finisher cutoff date.

[Amy]

Readboard Name: Amarie

Challenge 50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend
Read one book for each of 3 options AND your books must total at least 801 pages.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose in your post. Cover tasks require that you include the cover in your post.

Option 4: Healing and Recovery - REQUIRED: State the list page and number of the book.
I read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Found on page 1, book 1 of the Medicine and Literature List
Page Count: 320 pages

Option 5: KHP, or Kitty Healing Powers
I read Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Page Count: 306

Option 6: Physical Therapy
I read The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Page Count: 325

Total Page Count: 951

Points this post: 50
Total points: 75/1270
Tasks completed: 3/67
Books read: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

[Anna]

Anna K

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston! (1 book task)
Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the words HARVARD and/or MIT.
Alone on the Wall, by Alex Honnold (A and H both found in HARVARD)

20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder (1 book task)
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK (altogether or split in various words)
A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park, by Edward O. Wilson (“D” from “Window,” “A” from article “A,” “R” from “Eternity,” and “K” from “Walk.”)

Points this post: 40
Points this challenge: 205

[Jennifer]

JENNIFER NC

5.5 - June, July, August

The Last Neanderthal
by Claire Cameron
288 pages

Points Claimed this Post: 5
Total Points: 400
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 17

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting

Option 1: Which direction?
Using the title only, the first letter of each word in the title must match the letters of one of the abbreviations used for compass directions.
N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, W, WSW, WNW, NW, NNW. One word titles are allowed.
--> Shockaholic

Option 3: X marks the spot
Read a book with an X found somewhere in the title, subtitle, or author's name. One qualifying author will work if there are multiple authors.
--> Exile for Dreamers
--> Exile for Dreamers

[Points]
This post: 25
Total: 640

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Jayme(the ghostreader)
20.10 Group Read
Station Elevenby Emily St. John Mandel

Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8
Total BB: 0
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 75/1270

[Andy]

Andy P
Task # 10.10. Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before
by Charlotte Elkins and Aaron Elkins
I read and used it here
This is a book that is new to me even though it is the first in the series.
Co-authors were approved in message 6 of help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1010

[Terri FL]

30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer

Option 1 - Book with a plant on the cover- Read Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery. There are trees on the mountain in the background, mainly on the right of the cover.



Option 3 - MPG of environment or nature- Read The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures by William deBuys. As of this posting, both Environment and Nature were MPG's. Hope that doesn't change!

Points these task: 30
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 10

[Cindy]

Cindy C.

Task 15.5-Scan It: Read a book where all of the letters UPC are found in the title/subtitle.

The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Final Adventures of Norton, the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Human
--------------------------------------------------------

Task 20.3-Best Review-Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended

Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews. My book has 5,740 reviews as of 3:24 pm PDT today.

**Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets as this book has 1070 pages.**

Drums of Autumn

Points this post: 35
Total points: 335
Big Book tickets: 8

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Congratulations, TessaVanessa! Task 30.7 in the Fall Challenge is yours!

[Melanie]

Dakimel

10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (pg 11 of list)

10.6. Get Inspired
A Life in Parts - Bryan Cranston in 2013

15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
1: Unfinished Business
2: Sinful Scottish Laird

15.4 - Summer of Love
Options 1
1: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
2: Every Little Thing - EVERY

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
2: Ride Rough

20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
3: (I rolled a 2)

20.10 Group Read 
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

25.1 Justme's Task: Peace Corps
1: The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (252 pages - my area is education in Ecuador & I will use this to help teach English idioms and connections between various languages)
2: Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (352 pgs)

25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
1: Forged in Desire by Brenda Jackson (Andrew Jackson)
6: The Burning Page - from my library - I also read (also from my library) The Invisible Library & The Masked City

25. 9 - MegSCL's Task: Your Objective
1: The Bachelor's Bed - BED
2:

25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
A2: ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa (all new to me - book & author)
B2: Beloved (I first read it in 1988 - when I was 17)

25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
3: Pansies by Alexis Hall
4: Bayou Wolf

30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's Counting
1: Sugar Daddy - 5 letters
2: Always and Forever, Lara Jean - 5 words

30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
1: Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien (480 pgs)
2: And Then Comes Marriage (352 pgs)
Madeline / Marriage & Thien / Then

30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
1: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (343 pgs) - from AUGUST
2: Scrappy Little Nobody (275 pgs)

30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
2: The Masked City (2015 - 340 pgs)
4: The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein (326 pages)

TALLY:
This post - 355 points
Total - 945

[Morgan]

RE-POST -- MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

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. Numerals, symbols, punctuation marks within words and other characters count as letters.
--> Akata Witch
--> 5 letters each
--> MG+

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. All words count including articles. Numerals and symbols such as “&” count as words. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored.
--> 7 Brides for 7 Bodies
--> 5 words

[Points]
This post: 30
Total: 640

[Marie-Anne]

Reader name: Marie-Anne

Task 15.8: Sink your teeth into this: The Problem Child by Michael Buckley. The teeth are in the mouth of the monster.

Task 30.6: First Friday - Option 1: Let There Be Blood by Jane Jakeman, first published July 3rd.
Option 3 : The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert. The title exceeds 2 words and contains the alliteration Darling Dahlias.

Task 30.9: Rising Seniors - Option 1: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines, has books on the cover. Page count: 308
Option 3 : Death at Rainy Mountain by Mardi Oakley Medawar. The title contains the word MOUNTAIN. Page count: 288
Both books are more than 200 pages in length.

Task 30.12: Canada 150 - Option 1: Pinned for Murder by Elisabeth Lynn Casey. Author initials are in sEsquiCentenniaL.
Option 3 : Moonheart by Charles de Lint. The book is set nearly entirely in Ottawa, Canada. Checked it out from a library.
Total number of pages: 278 + 447 = 725, more than 600 required pages.

Totals this posting:
Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0

Summary Totals:
Points: 170
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 1; 1000+: 0

[JC]

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Machine Man

Challenge Total = 405

[Shanna_redwind]

25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 3 Natural Selection

Option 5 Tarzan of the Apes Main page adventure
Claiming a GO for Tarzan. First published 1912

560 + 25 = 585
BB 4
GO 1+1=2

[Brave]

Brave

20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended:
I chose option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews. You can find the number of reviews under the author's name, at the far right hand side.

Sabriel by Garth Nix
IL: MG+
Page count in my edition: 491 pages

This book had 5,649 reviews at time of posting.

Total points this post: 20
Total points: 135

Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
500+: 1
750+: 0
1000+: 0

[Amy]

Amy FL

Repost:

10.7. They Go Together
(Three and Second - approved in message 23)
Approved for length in post 6379 of the ebook verification thread

Points this post: 10
Total points: 50

[Lauren]

LAUREN JODI

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love

Option 3: Author initials in TRIVIAL PURSUIT

Montana Vet by Ann Roth

~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550/1270
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 24/67

[Lois]

30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?


Book 1, Option A: a book set in a country where one of my ancestors came from: Ballroom on Magnolia Street by Sharon Owens
Some of my ancestors came to the US from Ireland.

Book 2, a book with a cover that shows the mode of transportation by which my ancestor travelled to reach this country: The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe

My immigrant ancestors came to the US by ship.

Points this post: 30
Total points: 625

[Lauren]

LAUREN JODI

25.12 - Amanda A's Task - Passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone

Option 3: Author initials in OLD FAITHFUL

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

Option 4: Native American Protagonist

Cold Reign by Faith Hunter
Required: Jane Yellowrock is of Cherokee descent
Quote from page 16: "My kind? Cherokee?"

~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 575/1270
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 25/67

[Cat]

Catherine T

Task 25.4 - Hi! My name is (what?)
book 1 - read a book with MC name as series name
Skinwalker by Faith Hunter
series: Jane Yellowrock - https://www.goodreads.com/series/1614...
320 pages

book 2 - read a book with author name matching one of book 1 series name
matching JANE
Love and Freindship: And Other Youthful Writings by Jane Austen
512 pages - claiming BB

320+512>500 pages

Season total = 1095

[Ann A]

5.3 - Six Pack
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Published in 2016

5.4- Best Laid Plans
The Turn of the Screw
Using Spring 2017 Task 10.3 - Aim High: This book has 12,046 5-star ratings, which is more than the required 1,454

*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1898

Total points: 135
Total Golden Oldies: 3

[Jasmiina]

Jasmiina F


15.6 - The Fugitive:
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller:
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs.


Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0

[Ann A]

10.7 - They Go Together

Number word is 'Three'

15.6 - The Fugitive
Ill Will
Thriller genre

20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: The Nightingale
This book has 37,227 reviews, which is more than the required 1000

*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 535 pages

Total points: 180
Total Big Book tickets: 3

[Bryony]

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial

Option 2(B): Read a book in which 45 or 91 is intact in the total page count.

I read The Old Man and the Sea which is 145 pages long.

Points claimed this post: 20
Total points: 450
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 31
Big book tickets: 4
Golden oldie tickets: 3

[Andrea]

loafer

25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A: Unexpected pleasures
Option 3: read a book written by an author from this list:

Nobel Prize in Literature winners

Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
winner 2006
I have never read this book or any by this author

For option B, a book you have read
Option 2: revisiting childhood love
Re-read a book you have read before you were 18 and loved, but haven’t read since.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I read this book prior to age 18 and not since
first published in 1925, it is a "Golden Oldie"

points: 25

total: 605
BB: 6
GO: 7
tasks completed: 31

[Cat]

Catherine T

Task 10.6 - Get Inspired
read a memoir by/about one of the listed individuals
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Malala was listed in 2013, 2014, 2015

[Daire]

Reader board name: DAIRE

10.7 Number word on cover
Two Nights by Kathy Reichs

15.3 (Option 2) First initial - J/M/R/A/D/C, Second initial - R/M/W/B/C/S
The No Spend Year: How I spent less and lived more by Michelle Mcgagh

25.3
Book 1: Debut book or first book by new-to-me author (this is both)
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Book 2: First book in new-to-me series (this is)
Whiskey Sour(Jack Daniels #1) by J.A. Konrath

25.5
Book 1: Food as main page genre
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones

Book 2: Genre is not mystery, romance, fantasy, sci fi or historical
The Art of Whimsical Stitching: Creative Stitch Techniques and Inspiring Projects by Joanne Sharpe

Points this post: 75
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0

[Cynthia]

CYNBAXTER

# 20.07 – SHORTER IS SWEETER: Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial

Task: Reading a book with SURVIVAL as a main page genre

Option 3: Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford

Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 40 points

BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0

[Dee]

Delicious Dee

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Spring 2017 task - 15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Lock In - shelved as science fiction by 1500+ people

Points this Post: 5
Points Overall: 695
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (1)

[Andy]

Andy P.
Task # 10.6. Get Inspired
Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you
by Temple Grandin
Listed on 2010 list under Heroes (#5 on list)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1010

[Andy]

Andy P
Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 3.
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words TRIVIAL PURSUIT
by Sara Paretsky
TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1030

[Kevin]

20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder

Read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK.

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth by Matthew Algeo.

the pResiDent is A sicK man

Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

[Deborah]

Post #20

50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend

Option 1. Must Move.
Swimming Lessons 350 pages

Option 5: KHP, or Kitty Healing Powers
Faux Paw 336 pages

Option 6: Physical Therapy
Forgiveness and Permission by C.L. Stone 406 pages
CLS in PHYSICAL

350+336+406=1092/801 pages

Points this post:50
Total Points:480
Books read:35
Tasks Done:26

[Sara]

Sara G

25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream

Strawberries and cream are one of the things that sum up the summer for me, be it in a picnic, or at an outdoor concert or sporting event, or just as a feel-good food when it’s raining (which it often does in summer in Britain!). This is a two-book task. Choose two options and read one book from each of your chosen options.
REQUIRED: State the options that you chose.

Option 1: Strawberries and cream are a simple pleasure, so to start simply, read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM. One qualifying author in a book with multiple authors works.

Time and Time Again by Ben Elton
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

Option 2: Strawberries and cream are a great combination. Read a book with two authors either writing under both names (like Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö), or using a single name (like Victoria Abbot, which is a combined pen name for Victoria Maffini and Mary Jane Maffini). REQUIRED: For two authors writing under a single name, please include a link to the GR author page (or some other source) which clarifies this.

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Points this post: 25
Total points: 735

[Bridgit]

5.1 - MEDIEVAL - The Neon Lawyer Victor Methos

15.3 - Read One Book that satisfies options A and B:
Option A - First Name starts with (J, M, R, A, D, C)
Option B - Last Name starts with( R, M, W, B, C, S)
The Banished of Muirwood Jeff Wheeler

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 435

[Sarah]

Sarah E

15.9 - Slaying Dragons

Dragon Blood
I listened to the audio, MMP is Dragon Blood

20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended

Option B

The Elite
21,797 reviews at time of posting

Points this post: 35
Total points: 250

[Amy]

Amy FL

15.3 - Common Good
Option 2: Golden Prey by John Sandford (JS)

15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 2: The Dry Grass of August - Historical and Grass (The Grass Roots)

15.5 – Scan It
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (the life-Changing magic of tidying UP)

15.6 – The Fugitive
Her Final Breath

15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Most Dangerous Place (set in Miami, FL, USA)

15.10 - Best Books
Black-Eyed Susans (August 2015)

Points this post: 90
Total points: 140

[Lagullande]

30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
OPTION 2: Read a book from one of the lists about family relationships.

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (305 pages)
On page 2 of the Best Family Sagas list.

OPTION 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white.

by Joshua Ferris
(337 pages)


30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
OPTION 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase "IN IT FOR THE BOOKS."

The Weight of All Things by Sandra Benitez
(239 pages)

OPTION 2: Read a book with both a 1 and a 5 found in the first published year.

The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories by Anthony Marra, pub 2015
(384 pages)



Points this post: 60
TOTAL POINTS: 310
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)

Total tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 19

[Claire]

10.10. Gimme S’more

The Break by Marian Keyes - new to me, NOT a reread.

Watermelon by Marian Keyes- previously read by same author

[BZMoney]

5.5 - June, July, August read a book with # 6, 7, or 8

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

5.2 - Location, Location, Location a book in England

84, Charing Cross Road

5.9 - Isn't it Romantic?

Brooklyn

10.10 - Gimme S'more read a book by an author I've read before

Songs of Willow Frost - New to me

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - previously read

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
I read Seeing Red, with the summer moon word "red" in the title.

10.10. Gimme S’more
I read Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris. This book was new to me, but I have read many books by this author, most recently A Fool and His Honey.

50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend

For my first book, I chose option 1, and read This Fight Is Our Fight - 352 pages. The verb "fight" was approved in the help thread, post 74.

For my second book, I chose option 4, and read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I listened to the audiobook - the MMPB is 501 pages - Un jardin dans les Appalaches. The book is found on p. 3 of the Medicine and Literature list - currently number 227.

For my third book, I chose option 6 and read On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder - 128 pages. Author initials TS found in phySical Therapy.

Total pages - 352 + 501 + 128 = 981, exceeding the required 801 pages.

Points this post: 65
Total points: 925

[BZMoney]

20.3 - Best Review

Option B: >1000 reviews
Our Endless Numbered Days

20.4 - Golden Oldies

Option 2: Book on New England Books listopia
The Red Garden

20.5 - Bigger is Better

Option B: Short Story collection
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

20.6 - Seasoned Reader

Option 1: Printing Press
I rolled a 4, so read a book with 4 words in the title
A Cure for Suicide

Points this post: 80
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0

[Paula]

PAULA S

10.1 Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
Inspector Alan Grant #6

10.3 read a book in which the word "lean" appears intact in the title/subtitle or author's name by Eleanor Porter, IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
Pollyanna was first published in 1912. I claim 1 GO ticket.

10.8 read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...".
The Girl Who Lied


Points this post: 30
GO this post: 1

Total points this season: 100
Total GO this season: 3

[Cindie]

50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend

Option 2. Armchair Travel
I read Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha. Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong BuddhaThis book was from your Post #4. it was 224 pp

Option 3. Variations in Theme.


Read a book with a title that describes your summer or current state of affairs. The title can range anywhere from a one-word title to a complete sentence. REQUIRED: Briefly explain how this title applies to you.

I read House of Spies, House of Spieswhich is what I feel like this summer, trying to convince people to do things (the kids, that is) by seeing what they are trying to do in secret and gently guiding them into what I want them to be doing. This books is a ******BIG BOOK**** at 528 pages.

Option 6: Physical Therapy
After surgery, I thought the pain would soon become a thing of the past, as with other surgeries I had in the past. Wrong! A “perk” of orthopedic surgery is aggressive physical therapy. It is extremely helpful and often extremely painful.

Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in PHYSICAL THERAPY. 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.

I read Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens, by Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickenswhose initials are found in the words Physical Therapy ("E" and "I") This book had 348 pp.

214 _+528 + 348 = 1,090 which is more than 801 pp

Points: 310
tasks completed: 19
books read: 25
Big Books: 4
pages read: 8813