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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler.
Points:
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0

10.5- I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the show's stars or season 1 guest stars.
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Jim C. Hines matches Jim Nabors.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 190

15.4 - Stranger Things
Option 1:
Book 1: Fear the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy (A & I in strAnger thIngs) 9/28
Book 2: Foul Play - Janet Evanovich (pub 1989) 10/21
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15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Pig Island - Mo Hayder (MPG horror) 11/12
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 4: The Persian Always Meows Twice - Eileen Watkins 10/26
SA in AlwayS
M in Meows
H in tHe
AIN in persIAN
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20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 3: Highland Wolf Pact - Selena Kitt 10/31
W in Wolf
I in hIghland
C in paCt
K in Kitt
E in sElena
D in highlanD
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1: The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths (pub January 6, 2015) 10/30
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30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 3: Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross (mist has 4 letters) 9/13
Option 5: Kinked - Thea Harrison (TH in scientific meTHod) 11/13
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 120
Total Points: 415

20.6- In Memoriam
Option C
Read a book with a garden goodie on the cover.

(The garden goodies being the two large flowers near the bottom of the cover.)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 210

Task 5.7 – Breath of Fresh Air
From LIST: Popular NATURE books / and / shelved at least 3 times as “nature”
Page # 2 / Shelved 65 times
All Creatures Great and Small
I listened to the audio / MMP: All Creatures Great and Small – 437 p
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 395 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 6

50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Book 1:
Option 1: Read a book that does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
Dark Matter
Book 2:
Option 2: Fantasy
A Wrinkle in Time
Book 3:
Option 5: SCIENCE FICTION
America America by Ethan Canin
Points:
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0

Conquer two different summits by reading two books by two different authors. The author's initials for each book must be found in each of two different peaks.
I chose Denali and Aconcagua.
Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker
Death on the Nile

Task # 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title
Proving Ground by Peter Blauner(357 p.) 7 letters in proving
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada (320 p.) 7 letters in Shimada
Page count 320 +357= 677>500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 860

The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) by Rick Riordan
Page 1 of Popular Norse Mythology Books
1x Bigger is Better Tix (528 pages)
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Glory in Death (In Death #2) by J.D. Robb
25.4 - Andy P's task: I didn't think I would finish the Summer Challenge but…
Book 1. Read a book whose title contains the following letters IDRETF, which stands for I Didn't Really Expect To Finish. Books with subtitles may NOT be used for this task.
The Far Side of the Sun by Kate Furnivall
IDRETF found in ThE FaR sIDe
390 pages
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose complete initials are found in ARDUOUS. If an author uses a middle initial, it must also be found in ARDUOUS. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the target word.
Kakadu Sunset (The Porter Sisters #1) by Annie Seaton
author's initials, AS, found in ArduouS
336 pages
Total pages read: 726
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 725

Option 1: Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson, found on page 1 of the list.
30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 2: Music.
The John Lennon Letters by John Lennon
That Close by Suggs
Points this post: 50
Points in total: 285
Tasks completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 3

Option 4: Read a book where all the letters of SAMHAIN can be found in the title.
The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4) (2002) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 191 pages)
S: S chool
A: K a lahari
M: M en
H; Kala h ari
A: Kal a hari
I: Kalahar i
N: Me n
260 + 20 = 280
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 260 + 20 = 280
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,794
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
(first published 1766)**I claim one GO ticket**
Post Total=5
Season Total= 500
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 35
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 17

15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Read a book about a writer from the list Fiction Books About Writers. Found on page 1:

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 4: Read a book where all the letters of SAMHAIN can be found in the title.

30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 4: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG.

Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.

Points
This Post: 65
Total Points: 865
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 71

A book with a hyphenated word in the title: The Ex-Debutante by Linda Francis Lee
Points this post: 10
Total points: 670

10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction".
Hunter's Claim by S.E. Smith
Science Fiction 109 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 580
Big Books: 500(3) 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 32

50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
OPTION 1: Read a book that does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
OPTION 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy.
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens
I read a Kindle edition. The top MMP edition is Lo stregato e il patto col fantasma. Fantasia di Natale
*This is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1848)*
OPTION 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.

(Bus - approved in message 19 of help thread)
Points this post: 50
TOTAL POINTS: 345
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 20

10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction".
Paradox Bound by Peter Clines
Book has th Main Page Genre Science Fiction.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 1: Read a book that is set entirely before 1900.
Weaver's Lament by Emma Newman
The book is set around 1850. The year is not mentioned in the discription for this part of the series, but for Book 1 it is mentioned that it is 1850 and the second book is set only shortly after the events in book 1: Brother’s Ruin
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

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.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood


20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option C - Treachery in Death - set entirely in New York
Summary:
Points this Post: 20
Points overall: 570

20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Option 1 : Kvinderne på slottet by Jessica Shattuck
Letters OLD found in title
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Also published in Italian and Portuguese
First published in 1927 - claiming 1 GO ticket
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
Letters from APRIL found in title - 287 pages
First published 1932 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 3: Inconceivable by Ben Elton
Task 10.6 - the author was a new author to me in 2016
Points this post: 70
Total points: 405
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 10
Tasks completed: 19

25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Read two books with a total over 500 pages, one for each holiday, OR read one book over 500 pages, satisfying both holidays.
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
This is our newest holiday. It was first introduced in 2015.
Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015.
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback edition has 544 pages.
**The Invasion of the Tearling is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
I used this recipe Pumpkin Cream Cheese Roll.
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle.
The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End by Duncan Barrett
The recipe calls for 1 cup sugar.
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes. The order must be the same. For example, the linked recipe makes 12 servings so a book with 126 pages or 312 would both work.
Mata Hari's Last Dance by Michelle Moran
I read the Kindle edition, but the paperback has 288 pages. This recipe makes 8 servings.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 685
5.3 - Oh... Craps
I read The Daughter of Time, first published in 1951.
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane - word "ocean" in the title.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
I chose option 3 and read Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta. Author initials, TP, found in
haPpily ever afTer.
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
For my first book, I read The Sympathizer, first published in 2015. 371 pages.
For my second book, I read One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. The 1937 winner of the Melbourne Cup was called "The Trump." 352 pages.
371 + 352 = 723 pages, exceeding required minimum.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 965
I read The Daughter of Time, first published in 1951.
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane - word "ocean" in the title.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
I chose option 3 and read Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta. Author initials, TP, found in
haPpily ever afTer.
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
For my first book, I read The Sympathizer, first published in 2015. 371 pages.
For my second book, I read One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. The 1937 winner of the Melbourne Cup was called "The Trump." 352 pages.
371 + 352 = 723 pages, exceeding required minimum.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 965

2. Read a book with a cover that has either the TITLE lettering in yellow or a yellow OBJECT.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Parts of the Pachinko machine on the cover are yellow
Total Points = 140

The Saboteur by Andrew Gross
Takes place in Norway
10.10 Countdown
The Woman From Prague by Rob Hart
Total Pages 320
25.4 I Didn't Think I Would Finish
Book 1 - The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
The chIlD FindER
Book 2 - Sting-Ray Afternoons by Steve Rushin
30.3 Time Flies
Option 2: Off Rock by Kieran Shea
Author Initials S & K
Option 3: 10.2 from Winter Challenge Ring, Sing, Bling
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.” No variations allowed.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Post Total: 70
Grand Total: 145

Cuckoo Song
Horror MPG: 265 users
Points
this post:15
total:95

20.5 Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option #5: at least two editions on Goodreads, that are in another language than your mother language.
I listened to the audiobook. The link to the paperback is: Beartown
Published in two other languages: Björnstad (Swedish) and Бьорнстад (Russian)
English is my native language.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145

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.
REQUIRED: State which options you chose and provide a link to your recipe or indicate you've used the recipe linked in the task when you post.
I used the recipe linked in the task.
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle. "Salt"
The Salt House by Lisa Duffy - 304 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes. The order must be the same.
"12 servings"
Ό,τι βρεις, δικό σου by Stephen King - 512 pages
I listened to the audiobook (Finders Keepers) and have linked to the MMPB edition above.
*****I claim 1 BB Ticket - 512 pages*****
304 + 512 = 816 total pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 400/965
Tasks Completed: 21/56
GO: 1
BB: 2

15.3 - VICTORIA FALLS - OPTION 1
BOOK 1 - FALL - Free Fall
BOOK 2 - Sofie Metropolis by Tori Carrington
TOTAL POINTS - 760

Repost from message 2103
The moderator has not reviewed my post yet, but I realized I did not include the cover
10.6 - Highway Patrol

Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 965
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 8
Books Read: 75
Tasks Completed: 56
Apologies for the error! I also corrected my "total points" log. How could I forget that?! :)

5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air - Read a book that has been shelved as "nature" at least 3 times from this list Popular Nature Books Required: State the page.
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession - list page 4
Points this task: 05
Total points: 855
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 47

Task # 5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice
The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines by Donald R. Kirsch
Points this post"5
Total points: 865

Read two books with a total over 500 pages, one for each holiday, OR read one book over 500 pages, satisfying both holidays.
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
This is our newest holiday. It was first introduced in 2015.
Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015. I read All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir. This book was published in 2015 and is 310 pages. In 1905, the horse winner was named Blue Spec
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
This is our biggest horse race in Australia.
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. It does not have to be the complete name but the word must match exactly, no variations.
Required: Name the horse you used when you post.
I read The Mystery of the Blue Train which has 225 pages.
This book was published 1928 which makes this a *****Golden Oldie****
These pages 225+ 310+ 535
points: 230
books read: 18
tasks completed: 13
task in progress: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
pages read: 6469

5.9 - Help Yourself
The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better
15.4 - Stranger Things
1-1: The Idiot
1-2: An Artist of the Floating World
25.4 - Andy P's task: I didn't think I would finish the Summer Challenge but...
1: Lost and Found Sisters (371 pgs)
2: Lickety Split by Damon Suede (286 pgs)
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Wonders of 7
2: Black Rainbow - RAINBOW] (288 pgs)
3: Love Will Always Remember by Tracey Livesay (384 pgs)
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
1: Grace and the Fever
2: Shadowhouse Fall
3:

TALLY:
This post - 125 points
Total - 840

20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1: The Just City
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)

30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2
Thieving Weasels

320 pages Weasels has 7 letters
Option 3

320 pages
Points this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 270
BB:0
GO:1
Total Task completed: 13
Total Books read: 16

30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 2: A Sad Goodbye…
The Book of Dahlia

Elisa Albert
276 pages
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge!
Using 10.3.They're Old!

240 pages
Points this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 300
BB:0
GO:1
Total Task completed: 14
Total Books read: 18

Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the show's stars
The Cat of the Baskervilles by Vicki Delany
Vicki Lawrence
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 490
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0

A book with a word in the title from the names used by Native American tribes to describe the fall season's moons ("harvest"): The Cherry Harvest: A Novel by Lucy Sanna
Points this post: 5
Total points: 675

30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 2: A Sad Goodbye…: Read a book by an author whose initials come from these letters: S, A, S, S, E, J, G and/or K.
Option 4: Where Has the Year Gone?: Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
Complicated by Kristen Ashley (574 pages - claiming big book ticket)
I have read Three Wishes by Kristen Ashley in October (review found here)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 610
Big Books: 500(4) 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 33

15.3 Victoria Falls
option 1: 1 book with the word fall or water in title, 1 book written by Victoria or derivative
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
and
This Savage Song by Victoria Shwab
20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 1: read a book by Stephen King or MPG Horror
Dracula by Bram Stoker
*Claiming 1 GO ticket, Dracula first published in 1897*
25.1 Coraline's Task
Read 2 books, 500+ pages
Book 1: a book published in 2015
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra
448 pages
published May 26, 2015
Book 2: a book including at least 4 letters from a Melbourne Cup winner's name in the title
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Hariku Murakami
188 pages
Horse- What A Nuisance, 1985 winner
word- WHAT
448 + 188 > 500
points this post: 60
total points: 645
GO: 1
BB: 3

5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
That Month in Tuscany
10.1 - Rice is Nice
The Hideaway
Set at least 50% in Louisiana
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
The Martian
Main page genre science fiction
10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Season 1 Guest Star-John Davidson
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
"so-called"
10.9 - Members Only
The Toughest Indian in the World
Real-life book club (no web presence)
10.10 - Countdown
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
326 pages
20.1 - Most Improved Player
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Option 2-page 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top
The Demon in the Freezer
Option 3-author's first and last initials found in Happily Ever After
20.3 - Best Review
The Sign of Four
Option 1-page 2
20.4 – Golden Oldies
The Quiche of Death
Option 2-yellow quiche
20.5 - Bigger is Better
NOS4A2
Option 1-main genre horror
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
The Roanoke Girls
Option b-author w/ first and last initials in Hispanic Heritage
Points This Post: 185
Total Points: 185
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 13

25.5 Perletwo’s Task: Happy Returns
I went with Option 1 – Read two books for two of the options offered, with a total length of no less than 500 pages.
1. Mine is a September birthday. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
Gilt by Association, Tamar Myers (256pg)
sepTeMber twenty-five
2. I will be turning 47 this fall! Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
Maximum Bob, Elmore Leonard (272pg)
Total pages: 256 + 272 = 528pg
Points this Task:25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)

15.4 - Stranger Things
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Option 2: First letters of title found in "Stranger Things" AND first published in 80s (1982)
15.5 - Northern Lights
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Page 7 of Popular Norse Mythology Books.
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass
Main page genre - "Thriller"
Books this post: 3
Total Books: 9
Points this post:45
Total points:155
BB Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2

Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero.
288 pages
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 205
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 10
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
15.7 - Sea Life
Read a book with a sea creature featured on the cover.

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
D) For this option, read a book with either the word LIFE or GOOD in the title. The word must match exactly.
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
Points this post: 40
Total points: 440

Into the Wild - Page 1
10.4 - Fan Thing - Genre of Science Fiction - Battle Cruiser by B.V. Larson
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
Option B- hispAnic heritaGe - The Last Paradise by Antonio Garrido
Points this Post: 35
Total Points; 405
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20.10 Group Reads
I read The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History and posted on the group discussion thread here.
Points:
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0