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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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5.1 - Only Natural
initials AL: A Sand County Almanac, And Sketches Here And There by Aldo Leopold
5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
From page 1, 75X : Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver
20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
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total = 340
Marina H30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Three consecutive vowels found in mysterious
First published 1920 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Book 2: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Y as the ONLY vowel in sky
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 8
Readerboard Name - LaureY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 2:
Required: List the page number of where you found the book AND state that the series is new to you.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The book is on page 1 of the list. This series is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Total Books: 10
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
perletwo25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS - Option 2: Read one book which fulfils two of the options offered, with a length of no less than 500 pages.
1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
2. Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld - I read it on Kindle, but the top mmp edition has 672 pages.
This also qualifies for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 15
BARBARA ★ 5.8 - Under the Fall Moon
Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo (harvest in title) 9/23
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25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Holiday 1: Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston (first published Nov 2015) 9/19
Holiday 2: Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas (Empire Rose - 1988 winner) 9/27
BIG BOOK = 693 pages
total pages: book 1 (339 pages) + book 2 (693 pages) = 1032 pages > 500 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 110
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.5 - September, October, November
Page numbers include a 0
Audio edition I listened to: All Is Not Forgotten
Most popular MMPB: Tout n'est pas perdu - 408 pp
15.1 - Climbing Everest
Two books where Author's initials found in one of the seven summits
★Book #1: Author's initials LA found in Denali
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
★Book #2: Author's initials JK found in Kilimanjaro
Audio edition I listened to: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Most popular MMPB: On the Road
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Author's initials found in HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Kindle edition I read: Quinn Gets His Kicks by L.H. Thomson
Paperback edition: Quinn Gets His Kicks
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 120
Points Earned this Post: 40
Total Points To Date: 160
Candy30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Read one book from two different options.
Page total must equal 500 pages or more.
No books with the main page genre of “children’s” or “kid’s” may be used
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston (372 pages)
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (400 pages)
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 100
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Suzannesea30.1 Ava Catherine's Task
Read two books with a page total of 500 or more.
Option 2 - Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
312 pages - Kitchen has 7 letters.
Option 3 - Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
246 pages - Maugham has 7 letters.
Points this post: 30
Total to date: 140
10.4 - It's a Fan ThingDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Science Fiction
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 1: Reading
Doomsday Book
"Book" found intact in title
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 578 pages
Option 5: Science
The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen Hawking
Initials in SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Total points: 40
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
readerboard: eerienight20.1- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 1: Read a book with at least one pumpkin on the cover.
by L. Frank BaumIL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
This post: 20
Total: 75/965
Tasks complete:4
Books read: 4
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is BetterBook 1, a book whose title contains a regular plural noun: Eighteen Acres by Nicolle Wallace, 336 pages
Book 2, a book whose title contains an irregular plural noun: First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower
paperback edition First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies 416 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 280
CelesteR5.9 - Self Help
The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story by Marie Kondō
Genre: Self-Help -> 15 users 4# category
GN: 100+ < 192 pages
Points/Post- 5
Total Points- 105
Oma122915.2 - Opposites Attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped. Middle initials should be ignored. The authors' names must use two different initial letters.
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
Total Points-105/965
Total Tasks- 9/56
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
10.10 - CountdownDreadnought by April Daniels (276 pp)
BTW - awesome book. Definitely recommend this one.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 11
Shiraloo10.6 -- Highway Patrol
While He Was Away by Karen Halvorsen Schreck
REQUIRED:
25.2 -- Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Book1: Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
REQUIRED: Option 1
Book2: Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal
REQUIRED: Option 5, from the list -- 32 Books Guaranteed to Make You Laugh Out Loud
Highest Ranking PB Book 1 : 304
Highest Ranking PB Book 2: 276
Total Pages = 580
CURRENT POST
Points: 35
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 200
BBT: 1
GO: 0
20.1 - Most Improved PlayerOption 2:
Ghostly Paws by Leighann Dobbs
Appears on page 4 of the Cozy Mystery list. This is a new series for me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Zach20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes and I chose to do Option 1: LONDON BRIDGE.
For this task I read A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemmingway.
A picture of its cover with the bridge can be found here:
Points this post: 20
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Total Points: 80
BBT: 0
GO: 1
SCHATZIE5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
---book from given Nature list
required: found on page 1
Silent Spring
pg. count link if needed: mmpb Silent Spring
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10.8 - Best Original Novel
---book from list of Man Booker Prize Nominees and Winners
The Underground Railroad
pg. count link if needed: pb (no mmpb) The Underground Railroad
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15.3 - Victoria Falls
Opt. 1, book 1: "fall" intact in title
Never Fall Down: A Boy Soldier's Story of Survival
pg. count link if needed: pb Never Fall Down
Opt 1, book 2: author has a "victoria" name
Deadly Ties by Vicki Hinze
pg count link if needed: pb Deadly Ties
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15.6 - Rio's Harbor
---body of water in title
Delta Lady: Memoir
pg. count link if needed: pb Delta Lady: A Memoir
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15.10 - Thrills and Chills
---thriller mpg
I Found You
--genre approved in msg 64 in genre verification thread
pg count link if needed: pb I Found You
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
---opt 3: author's initials in HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller
pg count link if needed: hc Quiet Until the Thaw
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Points this Post: 80
Challenge Total: 335
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 15.1 - Climbing Everest
Denali - Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes Vs Zombies by Ian Edginton read 9/23
Puncak Jaya - Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell read 9/28, listened to audio version, no MMPB version, paperback version Port Mortuary is 512 pages, claiming one BB ticket
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 24
BB Tickets: 8
GO Tickets: 4
PegW20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
This is a one book task. Choose one option, and state which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Fall is all about the pumpkin! Read a book with at least one pumpkin on the cover.
Curses! A F**ked Up Fairytale
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks completed: 9
Anja30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 2. Lisztomania. Read two books with music as a main page genre.
Turn the Page by Sydney Logan (Music 6 users)
Managed by Kristen Callihan (Music 85 users)
344+317=661 pages
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 210
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 11
MegSCL10.9 - Members Only
Read for my real life book club: The Museum of Modern Love
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
1. Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 125
BB tickets: 1
Coralie5.5 September, October, November
Book with 9 in number of pages
The Mad Ship 906 pages
20.5 The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1 – book by Stephen King
11.22.63
30.8 Stacks on Stacks
Option A: Tor.com
Book 1 – published by Tor
Last First Snow
Book 2: spaceship on cover
This post 55 points
Total to date 135 points
10.1 Rise is NiceArt Criticism set in San Francisco, California
Quotes from the book:
“I know this sounds really lame, but when I moved to San Francisco, I’d always fantasized about having brunch with people like Kitty and dishing art world gossip.” Loc. 146
“People tell themselves, this is California, how cold can it get?” loc. 603
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 232 pages.
25.5 Perletwo’s Task: Happy Returns
I chose Option 1 and read two books.
Book 1: Option 1 How to Walk Like a Man by Eli Easton (sEptEmber)
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 436 pages.
Book 2: Option 2 The Chimera Affair
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 297 pages (“7” is in the page count).
Total page count: 436 + 297 > 500 pages
Points this post: 35
Total points: 105
Christine V20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
This book was first published in 1934. ***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Lisa K10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
The SYFY channel an American basic cable and satellite television channel debuted 25 years ago on September 24, 1992. Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction". The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Echo
Points this post : 10
Total points so far : 20
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 2: The centerpiece this year is Sicilian Ghost Story. For this option read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the three countries Italy/France/Switzerland that produced this film.
The Patience of the Spider, Andrea Camilleri
100% set on/in Sicily (Italy)
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage MonthOption D: Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in LATINO LITERATURE. Minimum of 3-word title. All words count. Ignore subtitles / series names. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
I read The Lightning Thief.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Amy O.15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins (title begins with 'G')
Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir by Lisa F. Smith
This post: 15 points
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Big Books: 0
CelesteR 15.2 - Opposites Attract
Blue by
and Castle Mango, Vol. 1 by Narise Konohara
* On the Goodreads page for Blue - the artist is Kiriko Nananan not Nananan Kiriko. I tried to change this in the "add book/author" but now I can not find either version of the name. I will search and repost this. CELESTE.
GN: 100+ < 200-Castle Mango < 232-Blue
pts/post - 15
total:115
Cindy FTask 30.3 Time Flies
Option 2: Authors initials come from the letters S,A,S,S E,J,G and/or K.
(K,S) Fractured by Karin Slaughter
Option 3: Book fits 10 point challenge from Winter 16/17
Task 10.5 NOEL! No L in title or author name
Dead Aim by Iris Johansen
Points this post:30
Total points:75
Tasks completed:6
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - Fall Baking
The recipe I chose is Ellie Krieger's Cherry Ricotta Cheesecake (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/el...)
Option A: Read a book with an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle. I chose honey, and read A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (159pp).
Option E: Read a book that has a picture of your baked good on the cover. I read Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke (352pp)
.159+352=511
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 115
CelesteR - REPOSTED!15.2 - Opposites Attract
blueby Kiriko Nananan
and Castle Mango, Vol. 1 by Narise Konohara
GN: 100+ < 200-Castle Mango < 232-Blue
pts/post - 15
total:120
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy FilmfestOption 5: For this option read a book that has at least two edition on Goodreads, that are in another language than your mother language. These have to be two different languages, so for example two Spanish edition besides the English one will not work.
Required: Post links to the two foreign language editions in your post.
The book was: The Shack by William Paul Young
The language editions are: A Cabana & Koliba
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared read 9/29
Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 2: Inclusivity - found on the list - Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance, page 1
Saga, Vol. 1 read 9/29
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 26
BB Tickets: 8
GO Tickets: 4
30.8 Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on StacksI chose option B: BookRiot
Book 1: All Systems Red on BookRiot’s Best Books of 2017 (so far)-list
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 160 pages.
Book 2: Oryx and Crake on BookRiot’s 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels-list (#2)
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paper back edition has 464 pages.
Total page count: 160 + 464 = 624
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 135
15.10 – Thrills and ChillsMain page genre: HORROR
Dracula
I listened to the audio / MMP: Dracula - 528 p
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1897
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 528 pages
Genre confirmed in HELP thread
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Oma122925.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
I chose to read one book over 500 pages that will satisfy requirements for both holidays.
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015.
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
Enjoy this holiday by reading a book with a word in the title, NOT SUBTITLE, of at least four letters that is also a word in the name of a horse that has won the Melbourne Cup.
The Storm Sister by The Storm Sister
The name of the horse is Sister Olive
Claiming The Storm Sister as Big Book as it has 683 pages.
Total Points-130/965
Total Tasks- 10/56
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(1), 750+(),1000+()
LAUREN JODI10.1 - Rice is Nice
Option 1: Set in California
The Drop by Michael Connelly
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 115/965
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6/56
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I chose task 15.5: read a book where ALL of the letters UPC are found in the title and/or subtitle. I read After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry. U in the subtitle (Murder), PC in the title (Eclipse).
10.9 - Members Only
I read The Big F by Maggie Ann Martin. This was the September pick for my IRL book group at my bookstore, the Teen Book Group. This is the link to the event page on the store's FB page.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
I chose Option D. I read Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir by Jill Bialosky. "LIFE" is in the title.
Previous point total: 85
New points this post: 5+10+20
Total points: 120
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Kayla C10.9 Members Only
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Our Shared Shelf
15.1 Climbing Everest
Scrappy Little Nobody- Anna Kendrick (Kilimanjaro)
Room- Emma Donoghue (Denali)
20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option 2 from Non-Caucasian Protagonist in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
Cinder- Marissa Meyer
points this post: 40
total points: 40
GO: 0
BB: 0
Kayla C30.1 Ava Catherine's Task
Option 2: Dorothy Must Die- Danielle Paige 452 pages
Option 3: Fly a Little Higher- Laura Sobiech 288 pages
Total pages: 740
points this post: 30
total points: 70
GO: 0
BB: 0
Kathy G.10.9- Members Only
The Group I'm in is called:
Christian Fiction Devourers
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
I read:
The Lost Heiress by Roseanna M. White
Total Points- 120
Ava Catherine10.9 - 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.
The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown
Read as a member of YLTO: You'll Love This One...!! A book club and more (goodreads group) - September group read
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
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.
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt 328 pages SS=author's initials
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge! Choose any of the 10 point challenges from The Winter 2016-2017 Challenge and read a book that fits that task.
Winter 2016=2017 task:
10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?
Read a book about Shirley Jackson, a book by Shirley Jackson, or a book with the main page genre Horror.
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin 624 pages (biography of Shirley Jackson)
328+624=952 total pages>500
total=580
Delicious Dee10.8 - Best Original Novel
My Name Is Lucy Barton - Man Booker Prize Nominee in 2016
Summary:
Points this Post: 10
Points overall: 230
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7Option 1 Not Without Hope by Nick Schuyler 256 pages
Option 3 Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration by David Roberts 368 pages
Points this post: 30
Points: 30 + 240 = 270
BB: 1
GO: 1
VAL TX20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes - Read a book from ONE of the following options.
Option 3: ASHES, ASHES - Read a fiction book in which a plague or disease plays a significant role in the story.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 160
20.5 - Bigger is Better Option 5Ein Meer aus Tinte und Gold
Das Buch von Kelanna, Band 1: Ein Meer aus Tinte und Gold
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20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
2. Read a book with a cover that has either the TITLE lettering in yellow or a yellow OBJECT.
The yellow object is a steamboat
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
B) Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in HISPANIC HERITAGE.
The Red Queen by Philippa (P in hisPanic) Gregory (G in heritaGe)
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
2. Boy or girl? Read a book with one of the following gender neutral pronouns in the title/subtitle: It, Its, Itself, They, Them, Their, Theirs, Themselves. The word must match exactly, no variations.
I read Theirs Was the Kingdom
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1. To “Schmoop the Dude,” read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive), the original release date of the film.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell written by Susanna Clarke, published 2006
Option 4. The Luck o’ the Irish. Since the Dublin Literary Award figures into this Task, for this option read a book with “Ireland” or “Irish” as a GR main page genre. The genre may be embedded.
Brooklyn
Points This Post: 85
Total Points to Date: 170
Book Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10