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Shiraloo15.2 -- Opposites Attract
Book1: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susanna Cahalan
Book2: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
*American Wife is a Big Book at 555 pages and I am claiming 1 BB ticket*
15.3 -- Victoria Falls
Too Fast to Fall by Victoria Dahl
REQUIRED:Option 2 -- eBook is approved for length on the spreadsheet, line 2965
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
BBT: 1
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 110
BBT: 1
GO: 0
Repost of Post #354Oma1229
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
I chose Options #1 and #2
Option #1- Read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki-422 pages
Option #2-Option 2. Color Me Cool. Read a book that fits SRC guidelines from one of these listopias:
Graphic Novels that are Quality
Best Manga Art
The Little Prince by Joann Sfar-110 pages
This book is #516 on the Graphic Novels that are Quality
Total Points-80/965
Total Tasks- 6/56
Total Golden Oldie Books-(8
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
Laurah3030.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Behold the Dreamers25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
394 pages
Option 2 Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
264 pages
Total number of pages - 658
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 3
Brave5.1 - Only Natural: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
A Guide to Being Born: Stories by Ramona Ausubel
NATURAL
page count in my edition: 198 pages
Total points this post: 5
Total points: 70
perletwo25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better - Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
Manhattans & Murder
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
book 1 top pb ed 304 pgs + book 2 this ed 308 pgs = 612 pgs
Points this task: 25
Total points: 220
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 12
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siohban's task: It's A Love Story
Option 3: Happy Endings
Author initials in HAPPILY EVER AFTER
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75/965
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4/56
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved Player – Frugalitymom’s Task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 1: Fall is all about the pumpkin! Read a book with at least one pumpkin on the cover.
Read the kindle edition, which has the cover picture. PB reference edition (but no cover, although Amazon has the same cover as the kindle edition) here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden OldiesOption 2: Read a book with a cover that has either the TITLE lettering in yellow or a yellow OBJECT.
I read
. The title is in yellow.Task points:20
task points for challenge:55
Number of books read:3
Number of tasks completed:3
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
The Shining read 9/19, 5 stars
listened to audible version, MMPB version The Shining is 659 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 3
trishhartuk15.1 Climbing Everest
The Seven Summits (highest mountain peaks on each continent/major tectonic plate) are: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, and Vinson. Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors.
Seawitch, Kat Richardson
KilimanjiRo
Sentenced to Death, Lorna Barrett
eLBrus
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
Delicious Dee5.1 - Only Natural
Love Is the Best Medicine: What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles - Nick Trout - N, T found in NATURAL
5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl - found on pg2
Summary:
Points this Post: 10
Points overall: 75
Shawn H.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: Read a Book By Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
***** CLAIMING BIG TICKET BOOK (659 pages)*****
20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
***Post 19 in the group thread***
CLAIMING GOLDEN OLDIE (published in 1937)
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 55
Big Ticket Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Task: 20.1 Option 2 - Cozy Mystery - Killer Jam found on Page 6. Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
READ 60 Sept Oct. Nov
Read a book with 0, 1, or 9 pages
The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society by Barbara J. Zitwer Number of pages 271
Task 5
Total: 30
Task 10.10 - CountdownSeptember 1 is the 244th day of the year and November 30 is the 334th. Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
The Man in the High Castle
Pages: 259
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Task 30.3ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 3: ➜ Choose any of the 10 point challenges from The Winter 2016-2017 Challenge and read a book that fits that task.
Task 10.5 - Noel - Title and Author mush have No "L" in them:
Tower of Dawn Sarah J. Maas
Option 4: ➜ Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author. For example: I could read another book by T.J. Klune or Fredrik Backman.
Tower of Dawn
Previous 2017 5 star read: A Court of Wings and Ruin
I read 1 book that was 500+ pages that fit two tasks.
This book counts as a Big Book Ticket at 672 pages
Points this post: 30
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Points: 55
Diana K.Task 10.10 - Countdown. Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Stolen Beauty 320 pages
Task 15.1 Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors.
Puncak Jaya
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Kilimanjaro
Journeys on the Silk Road: A Desert Explorer, Buddha's Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World's Oldest Printed Book by Joyce Morgan
Task 25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between
Book 2 Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun
The Women in the Castle
Points this post: 50
Total points: 200
Susan W.15.8 NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of the lists provided. Indicate which list was used.
I read Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
It was on the Fiction Books About Writers list
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25.1 Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays. Read two books with a total of over 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2015
I read Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
It was published in November 2015
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title of at least four letters that matches a word in the name of a horse on the list provided.
I read Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Rising matches in Rising Fast
256 pages + 427 pages = 683 total pages
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 40
20.8 My Own Wonder of NatureOption #1: Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia Fine, first published on January 13, 2017.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1270
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Victoria Falls
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2
Book 1: Read a book with the word "water" intact in the title
by Yannick MurphyBook 2: Read a book written by an author named Victor
by Victor GischlerPoints this post: 15
Total points: 130
DebraJean5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits a 5,10, or 15 point Summer 2017 task
I am using Summer task 15.3 - Common Good. I read Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery whose last name starts with the common letter M.
This book was originally published in 1936 so I am also claiming one Golden Oldies ticket.
Because the book has a main page genre of Children's, here is the AR information:
Anne of Windy Poplars/Anne of Windy Willows
Montgomery, L.M.
AR Quiz No. 6653 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Kathy G.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Opt. 5- read a book that was published in at least 2 other
languages. (My lang. is English)
and also
and
.I think these are Italian and German.
Total Points- 70
KELLI KK30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
(B) Read one book over 500 pages that fulfills the requirements of two different tasks.
The book I chose was: A Court of Mist and Fury By: Sarah J Maas
It has 624 pages
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge! The Winter 2016-2017 Challenge was the first I participated in.
➜ Choose any of the 10 point challenges from The Winter 2016-2017 Challenge and read a book that fits that task.
Winter task I chose was:
10.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name
Option 4:
➜ Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
Here is a link to my 5 star review of Sarah J Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Readerboard name: Eerienight30.3- ElaineL's task: Time Flies
(B) Read one book over 500 pages that fulfills the requirements of two different tasks.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Option 2: A Sad Goodbye…- Read a book by an author whose initials (in any order) come from these letters: S, A, S, S, E, J, G and/or K.
Option 4: Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author. IT by Stephen King
5.4- Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1-15.4.
5.2 - Location, Location, Location The Alchemist 9/18/17 * Set in Egypt
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Kim O10.6 - Highway Patrol Read a book with a motorcycle on the cover.
Points this task: 10
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+ 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Marina H30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option B:
Book 1 - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 320 pages
Book 2 - I Crawl Through It 336 pages
Total pages: 656
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 4
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1Task 5.2 Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE location of a natural wonder: Australia;
The Profiler
Task 5.5 September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
The Sittaford Mystery 400 pages
Task 5.8 Under the Fall Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the fall season’s moons: "harvest"
A Harvest of Thorns: A Novel
Task 5.9 - Help Yourself
September is Self-Improvement Month. Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”.
Self-Help
MPG self help approved in help thread message 9
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 20
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1Task 10.9 Members Only
Read a book that is a Group Read during September thru November for any of your OTHER Goodreads groups or your "Real Life" reading groups.
Required: State the group.
The Humans
Read as part of Goodreads in leeds https://www.meetup.com/Good-Reads-in-...
Task 10.10 Countdown
September 1 is the 244th day of the year and November 30 is the 334th. Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Practical Magic pages 317
Task 15.1 Climbing Everest
a) The 53rd Parallel Carl Nordgren Summit Aconcagua
b) Better Off Wed Laura Durham Summit Denali
Task 15.3 Victoria Falls
Help Thread
Choose one of the following options.
Required: Indicate which option you chose when you post.
Option 2
Read a book with the word "water" or "fall" intact in the title/subtitle/series name. AND
written by an author named “Victoria”
Dead Water
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 70
Post #820.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile
Group Discussion post #21
Points this post:20
Total Points:130
Books read:11
Tasks Done:9
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1Task 20.3 Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters of WICKED in the title and/or author's name.
Required: Point out the letters when you post.
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
W in Wheel
I in bIvald
C in reCommend
K in broKen
E in brokEn
D in reaDers
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 90
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1Task 30. 6 Diana K's task: Fall Baking
This is a TWO book task. The page total of your two books must be at least 500 pages.
First, pick a baked good - National Trust Fruit Scones
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/reci...
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle.
The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy 256 pages
Ingredient is EGG
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes. MAKES 8 Scones
The Shack 248 pages
Total pages 504
Task 30.7 TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Choose two different subjects and read 1 book for each.
2. Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover.
approved in help thread message 6 3. Math: 2+2=4 Read a book with 4-word title.
Then She Was Gone
Task 30.8 Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
This is a two book task. Choose ONE of the options below and read a Book 1 and Book 2 from that option.
Books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Required: Indicate which option you chose and include any required information when you post.
Option B: BookRiot
Book 1: Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far).
Ill Will pages 480
Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels.
The Library at Mount Char number 3 page 1
Pages 388
total page count = 868
Points this post = 90
points to date = 180
VAL TX5.6 - Michaelmas - Read a book written by an author named “Michael” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Michael
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 115
Zach20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
I chose Option 5 and read the book
which also has editions in two other languages different than my mother tongue. See:
&
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Chelleann10:2 - The Bodyguard: Read a book with a word in the title in common with a word in a song title from the Bodyguard soundtrack.
Song Title: I Will Always Love You (Track #1)
Book Title:
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, by Sherman Alexie***
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya: Book with a hyphenated title/subtitle
Book:
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, by Katy Tur***
20.4: Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies: Book title with O, L, and D in it
Book:
Girls Made of Snow and Glass, by Melissa Bashardoust***
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam: (Sorry for your losses, SweetMelissa.)
Option A: An author with the name "Dennis."
Book:
Since We Fell, by Dennis Lehane***
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed 4
Books read: 4
10.3 - No BlindfoldI read The Paris Spy.
points: 70
books read: 5
tasks completed: 4
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 1834
CelesteR 5.2 - Location, Location, Location
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is half way located in China. Part of the story takes place in Ancient China where the Monkey King aims to become a God and be allowed into the high, celestial courts (a.k.a chinese boy trying to fit into American middle school).
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1.0
GN: 100+ requirement < 240 pgs.
pts/post - 5
tot. pts. - 35
Phantomswife10.1 - Rice is Nice
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these top ten rice producing countries: Vietnam
The Quiet American
10.3 - No Blindfold
Read a book with the word "spy" in the title, subtitle, or series name or with the genre “spy thriller” on its main book page.
A Legacy of Spies
10.9 - Members Only
Read a book that is a Group Read during September thru November for any of your OTHER Goodreads groups or your "Real Life" reading groups. Books shelved as "Currently Reading" or identified as a Group Read on the group's homepage work. You MUST be a member of the reading group.
I read Taps with https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/.... I am a member of this group.
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
A Gathering of Old Men
20.6 - 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
First...my sincere condolences to Melissa on her loss of her father and grandfather.
D) Finally, whenever anyone would ask Dad how he was doing, he would always reply "Life is good!" It is the phrase my siblings and I remember Dad by so we had it engraved on his grave marker. For this option, read a book with either the word LIFE or GOOD in the title. The word must match exactly. Subtitles are excluded.
I read The End of Your Life Book Club
20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile
I commented on this book in Message 22 of the group read thread.
Points this Post: 85
Total Points: 85
Books read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Laurah3025.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
394 pages
Option 2 Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
264 pages
Total number of pages - 658
Laurah3030.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Readerboard Name: Amarie10.4 - Read a book with main page "Science Fiction"
Book: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Pages: 599
*Collecting Big Book Ticket
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 125/965
Total Tasks Completed: 9/56
Total Books Read: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.2 - The Bodyguard
It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day is the song title, the book is The Lovely Bones read 9/19, common word is "Lovely"
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 3
Coralie5.1 Only Natural
Book by author whose initials are in nAturaL
Days of Ignorance by Laila Aljohani
10.3 No Blindfold
Book with genre “spy thriller”
The Tailor Of Panama
30.1 Wonders of 7
Option 1 – book written by an author whose initials can be found in the word SEven
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Option 2 – book with word in the title which has 7 letters – pushing
Pushing Ice
This post 45 points
Total to date 80 points
Anja30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
2. Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover.
The Time in Between by Kristen Ashley
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG.
Angel Creek by Linda Howard
Shelved as: Romance > Historical Romance 90 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 95
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 6
trishhartuk5.5 September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
The Secret, Kathi Daley (194pg)
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
Post #930.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge!
10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1916. Read a book about Shirley Jackson, a book by Shirley Jackson, or a book with the main page genre Horror.
The Midnight Club Horror on MPG - 224 pages
Option 4: Where Has the Year Gone?
Marked in Flesh 399 pages
My five star read was Written in Red
My Link
224+399=623/500 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:160
Books read:13
Tasks Done:10
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationCity of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Shannon South AfricaREPOST of msg 171 per msg 21 of Questions/Problems thread.
Camino Island is indeed set in Florida, not California as I claimed! But the book still qualifies for the task.
My apologies! My geography went a bit off-base there!
20.7 National Hispanic History Month
Option C: Book set in Florida
Camino Island by John Grisham
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 60
Shannon South Africa20.1 Pumpkin & Spice & Everything Nice
Option 2: Any book from a series on the list
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun
This book is on page 1 of the list, the series is The Cat Who ... series, and I confirm that this series is new to me.
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 80
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15.1 - Climbing Everest
Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors. The author initials for each book must be found in ONE peak, and you must "summit" two different peaks.
Peak: Puncak Jaya
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
Peak: Kilimanjaro
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Total Books: 7
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1