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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Task 5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters - Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL

The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 695

Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler. There's a c on each of the lists.
25.3 First time for everything
Reading one book for this task. Options 1 and 3. Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup I think this is his only book.
TYAS= Stay.
Claiming a Golden Oldie for Twelve Years a Slave.
40 points this post
1 Golden Oldie
615 + 40 = 655
BB 4
GO 2 +1 = 3

I previously posted the book Attachments for Task 20.4. I'd like to substitute the book Manic: A Memoir instead.
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 3: nonfiction book with Health as a main page genre
Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 23

5.5 - June, July, August - book with 6, 7, or 8 in page count
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 374 pages in the edition I read (linked)
10.10. Gimme S’more - book by author you've previously read
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
This book is new to me. I previously read her book Landline. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
This post: 15 points
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25

5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (MedievAL)
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Sacrifice (set in London, England)
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
The Lizard Cage - 10.1: li"Z"ard
5.5 - June, July, August
Never Let You Go (406 pages)
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
Words in Deep Blue (Romance)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165

Option 1: Set in WY, ID, MT -or- in Yellowstone Park
Death in Yellowstone
Option 3: Author’s initials in OLD FATHFUL - L.F.
Linda Fairstein / Final Jeopardy
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 660 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4

20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 2: Read a book found on the first five pages of the New England Books listopia.
--> Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink
--> page 2
[Points]
This post: 20
Total: 725

15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha - Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Just Desserts (Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #1)
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Stalking The Angel (Elvis Cole #2)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 1185
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 10
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 88
Tasks completed: 59

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 or different options.
307p + 308p = 615p > 600p
2. Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and I CHING
--> Day Shift
--> Charlaine Harris ( I CHING )
--> 307p
2. Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and I CHING
--> Night Shift
--> Charlaine Harris ( I CHING )
--> 308p
[Points]
This post: 30
Total: 755

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live by Todd Tucker, whose initials can be found in TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)

15.4 – Summer of Love
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of fantasy and with a word in the title from the list of performers who performed at the festival.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
MPG of fantasy
Band is “Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band”
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15.9 – Slaying Dragons
Read a book with the word “dragon” in the title/subtitle or that has been shelved “dragons” at least 3x on the “popular dragons books” list.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Found on page 1, shelved “dragons” over 880 times
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25.8 – Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 1: Read a book with the last name of a President in the title or author’s name.
The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane
Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President.
Option 3: Read a book with a cup of coffee or pastry on the cover.

Pie/cake on cover (approved in the help thread)
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25.11 – Treasure Hunting
Option 2: Roll 2 dice and read a book that is the same number in a series as the number rolled.
Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries #4)
I rolled a 4
Option 3: Read a book with an “x” in the title/subtitle or in the author’s name
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
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Points this post: 80
Total points: 445/1270
Tasks completed: 24/67
Books read: 33
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

As You Like It
263 pages
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - Published in 1599
5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
10.9 - In Case You Missed Them
Commonwealth
Total points: 200
Total Golden Oldies: 4

10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 1
Shopaholic Abroad by Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella is the pseudonym of Madeleine Wickham
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is L'accro du shopping à Manhattan
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330

Task # 15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in “ness”

Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in ‘ful”

Points this post: 15
Total points: 1110

Task # Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a four.
Option 1 Read a book with the number of words in the title you rolled

Points this post: 20
Total points:1130

Book 1: Option A: set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from.
The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg
My great grandparents were from Sweden.
Book 2: cover that shows the type of transportation that immigrant used such as a ship, a plane, a pair of shoes. Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö

My great grandparents came to the US at the turn of the 20th century and came by ship.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 570/1270
Tasks completed: 27/67
Books Read: 43
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books:500+(4)750+(0)1000+(0)

Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books.
The Celtic Twilight which appears on page two of the list.
I read an ebook. The top PB (there is no MMPB) is 128 pages (The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore).
The original publication date is 1893 so I'm requesting one Golden Oldie ticket please.
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 515
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 37
Big book tickets: 4
Golden oldie tickets: 6

Option 2 - Rolled 1
The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone - first published 2015

Repost of 2302
10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
Alban Hefin is the term often used by Druids for the Summer Solstice (June 21). Stonehenge, one of the wonders of the medieval world, is often thought to be connected with the Druids, and people flock there on June 21 to celebrate. Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books. REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found.
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
IL:MG-BL5.2-AR Points 7.0
This book is found on page 17 of the Popular Druid Books

15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton
IL: MY - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9.0
Claiming The Island of Adventure as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1944
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Whole numbers only. The book may be in the same series as Book 1 or in a different series.
The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton
IL: MY - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
Claiming The Castle of Adventure as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1946
Total Points-555/1270
Total Tasks- 36/67
Total Golden Oldie Books-(8)
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(1),1000+()

**5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters**
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
**5.2 - Location, Location, Location**
Bridget Jones's Diary
Set more than 50% in London England
**5.3 - Six Pack**
The Merchant of Venice
Published 1596
**5.4 - Best Laid Plans**
5.1 - authors initials in MODERN
Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson
**5.5 - June, July, August**
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
328 pages
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25 points this post
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25 points total

20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
I chose Option #3
Option 3:
Read a non-fiction book with one of the following main page genres: Biology, Business, Chemistry, Health, Nature, or Science.
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
Total Points-575/1270
Total Tasks- 37/67
Total Golden Oldie Books-(8)
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(1),1000+()

**5.6 - Find Wisdom**
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
**5.7 - Medieval Times**
The Pillars of the Earth
Page 1 of list
**5.8 - Under the Summer Moon**
The Hunt for Red October
**5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?**
Pride and Prejudice
**5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder**
Persuasion
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25 points this post
50 points total
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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.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
D and R=Murder
A=Chocolate
K=Cookie
Total Points-595/1270
Total Tasks- 38/67
Total Golden Oldie Books-(8)
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(1),1000+()

Task 30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes (Option B)
Book 1 - Read a book with a white dress on the cover

Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Book 2 - Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Points This Post - 30
Total Points - 725

**10.1. - Seven or Six?**
Roses are Red
**10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin**
Outlander
Page 2
**10.3. - Lean on Me**
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
**10.4. Surprise!**
The Bell Jar
**10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day**
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
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50 points this post
150 points total
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**10.6. Get Inspired**
My Life by Bill Clinton
On list 2010
**10.7. They Go Together**

**10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."**
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
**10.9. In Case You Missed Them**
The Girls
**10.10. Gimme S’more**
New read - Northanger Abbey
Previously read Pride and Prejudice
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50 points this post
150 points total
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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. I read A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco by Suzanna Clarke, whose initials are found in 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.
I read A Question of Honor by Charles Todd. Charles and Caroline Todd write under the pen name Charles Todd .
points: 335
Books read: 26
tasks completed: 21
Big Books: 3
pages read: 9459

Option 2, a book with the word "lake" in the title: The House by the Lake by Ella Carey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 705

Option 1 The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Option 2 The Bear
630 + 25 = 655
BB 4
GO 3

30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option1
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Option 3
Alliteration

Points this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 300
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 13
Total Books read: 17

5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
Read 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. Plurals, possessives, verb forms (as in thundering), hyphenated words (red-hot) and compound words that preserve the meaning of the word work.
NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition.
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
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. Required: If using this exemption, state that the book is not found in ARBookFinder.
Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books. REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found.
Midnight's Master by Donna Grant
Page 1 of the list
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition.
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. REQUIRED: State the year in which your person is listed.
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal
Years - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2010
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
For this task find and read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...". Examples: The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Man Who Sold the Moon.
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
10.9. In Case You Missed Them
Read a book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016.
Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown: Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, Florida USA, Hawaii USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
The Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
15.10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
Required: State the date of the list.
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Listed August 2012
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 210/1270
Tasks Completed: 21/67
BB: 0
GO: 0

BARBARA ★
30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Option 1: The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22
(SESQUICENTENNIAL)
BIG BOOK: 575 pages
Option 4: Blood of the Dark Moon - Adrianne Brennan 8/13

Approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (575 pages) + Book 2 (220 pages) = 795 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 755

5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Huntingtower
10.5 National Martini Day
Book by author whose initials can be found in Shaken not stirred
The Evening of the Holiday by Shirley Hazzard
20.4 Bound for Boston
Option 2 – from page 3 of New England books at number 207
We Have Always Lived In The Castle
This post 35 points
Total to date 1210 points

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:
Käärmeitten kesä by Virpi Hämeen-Anttila.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
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

5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
The Anger of God by Paul Doherty
Book is set in London, England.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 32
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(4)750+(0)1000+(0)

Task 15.1 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
book 1 - read a book with title word ending in -ness
Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
book 2 - read a book with title word ending in -ful
A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang
Task 25.1 - Peace Corps
option 1 - read a non-fiction book related to country & area of service
I chose Cameroon / Education
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy
This is relevant as it describes techniques that help reduce anxiety before tests etc and boosts performance & confidence - really useful in classroom (and in Youth Development, another Cameroon service area)
293 pages
option 2 - read a book rated 5* by Justme
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
352 pages
293+352>401 pages

5.3 - Six Pack
Blood Vow by J.R. Ward
Published 12/6/16
5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Murder by Mocha by Cleo Coyle
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Option 1: Buried Heart by Kate Elliott - 448 Pages
KE found in THE BOOKS
Option 4: Wildfire by Ilona Andrews - 391 Pages
IA found in GRAND PRIZE
839 Total Pages
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 435

15.6 - The Fugitive: Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Page count in my edition: 361 pages
Total points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
500+: 1
750+: 0
1000+: 0

Task # 25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A 1
Read a book on the first three pages of one of these lists:
Favorite Poorly-Rated Books
# 41 On List as of 8/24/17:

Option B 3. Read a book from the first 3 pages of this list: Popular to Reread Books.
# 15 On list:

This book was a reread for me, though I found some bits in it that I either ignored or interpreted in another way the first time around, so a worthwhile reread.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1155

15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
The Lady of the Rivers
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series.
Bring Up the Bodies
30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
Option B.
Book 1 - Read a book with a white dress, bowtie, gold band, diamond ring, or cake /cake slice on the cover.

Book 2-
Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS :
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 46

15.6 - The Fugitive - Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Strangers on a Train
I read the kindle edition, but the top mmp eds. are 349 pgs for a French-language edition and 256 pages for an English-language edition.
Also, first printed in 1950, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 1200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 11
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 89
Tasks completed: 60

30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
Option B
Book 1: Cake on the cover

Book 2: Author initials in MRANDMRS
The Rock by Robert Daws
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360

Task 15.1 A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: First in a series: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
Book 2: Second in a series: The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James
Points this post:15
Total points:115
Tasks completed:10
Books read:12
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A2: MPG of Science Fiction
Plus One by Elizabeth Fama
This was a new to me book and the first book I have read by Elizabeth Fama
I listened to the audio but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Option B2: The Last Battle
This was a reread. I last read this book when I was under 18 and I have loved revisiting the whole Narnia series.
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385

15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
Read a book with teeth on the cover.

Wisconsin Vamp 310 pages (Paperback, No MMPB)
Teeth on the cover
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 34
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6

Task # 15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller
.

Thriller>Mystery Thriller (12 users) on main page
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 1170

Task 5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
Points this post: 5
total points: 5
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A book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B, a book that has at least 1000 Goodreads reviews: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (4,441 reviews)
30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Book 1, a book set in Oregon: One Wish by Robyn Carr
Book 2, a book first published in 2017: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Points this post: 60
Total points: 685