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Lacy Susanne15.5 - Northern Lights
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
On the first page of Popular Norse Mythology Books.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks
by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles This book fits Summer task #10.7 which requires a written out ordinal number on the cover, in this case, onePoints this post: 5
Total points: 85
Diana K.Task 30.1 Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the word SEVEN
A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Another Brooklyn
352 + 177 = 529 pages
Readerboard Name: DianaAKTask 10.10 Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
This book is listed as having 324 pages on Goodreads.
Task 15.6 Rio's Harbor
Read a book with the name of a natural water body found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list in the title/subtitle.
Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Lake is found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 2
Cindy C.Task 30.1-Ava Catherine's task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words of the title. My book has 209 pages.
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his last name. My author's last name is Goodman. My book has 368 pages
The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis
209+368=567 pages
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Task 30.7-TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 3: Read a book with a 4-word title and one word must be 4 letters long.
The Hearts We Sold
Option 4: Read a book with Historical as a main page genre. Historical is present as of 4:08 pm PDT today.
Virgins: An Outlander Short Story
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Total tasks: 2
loafer30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
mmpb: Bois sauvage 309 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
mmpb: A Room with a View 211 pages
first published in 1908, it is a "golden oldie"
309 + 211 = 520
points: 30
total: 85
BB: 1
GO: 2
tasks completed: 5
Suzannesea25.3 Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Read Book 1 and Book 2. Each book must have a word in the title/subtitle that can be found in the poems linked and have been written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the poet's name. Words must be at least three letters long and exact matches.
Book 1: Ode of Remembrance by Laurence Binion
Not My Father's Son by AlanCumming
Not is found in the first line of Stanza 4 of Ode of Remembrance: "They shall not grow old. . ."
Alan Cumming's initials A and C appear in the poet's name: LAurenCe Binion.
Book 2: To Autumn by John Keats
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Summer is found in the last line of the poem's first stanza: "For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells."
Helen Simonson's initials H and S appear in the poet's name JoHn KeatS.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.1 - Rice is Nice
The Cabin read 9/15, set in Mississippi and Louisiana
Location #541 "He could go north into Mississippi. He could go west, east, or south and still be in Louisiana."
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 13
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 3
PegW10.6 - Highway Patrol
Read a book with a motorcycle (a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals) on the cover.
On the Move: A Life
by Oliver SacksPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Readerboard name: D20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
I chose Option A): Read a book set at least 50% in one of these Spanish-speaking countries.
Country: Spain, 100%
Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene 255 pages
Post total=20
Season total=60
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - Opposites Attract
Book 1 - The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion
Author's initials are G S
Book 2 - C Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Author's initials are S G
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Sara G30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
Book 1: Read a book with one of the words of this task’s title (excluding “of”)--SIX, DEGREES, SEPARATION--in the title of the book.
The Separation by Christopher Priest
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 496 pages.
Book 2: Read a book related to Book 1 by one of the following degrees of separation.
A) Read a book written by an author with the same first or last name as Book 1's author.
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
Both authors have the first name Christopher.
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback edition here has 496 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
Anne (Booklady)30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Read one book from two different options.Page total must equal 500 pages or more.
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title = HANGING
**The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen is 512 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name = ESTELLE
The Dante Connection by Estelle Ryan is 360 pages
**Big Book Ticket: The Hanging Girl is 512 Pages**
Total Pages: 872
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Choose two tasks from the choices below and: (A) Read two books with a total of over 500 pages that fit two different tasks OR (B) Read one book over 500 pages that fulfills the requirements of two different tasks.
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 = JA, Jane Austen
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.
I chose: 10.1. Let's Follow Up
Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
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by Jane Austen 560 pages*Golden Oldie Ticket: Mansfield Park was 1st published in 1814.*
**Big Book Ticket: Mansfield Park is 560 Pages.**
Claiming B - 1 Book since Mansfield Park fits 2 opts and is over 500 pages.
Points in These Tasks: 60
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 2
Pages Read in This Post: 1,432
Totals:
Total Points: 230/965
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 12/56
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read in Fall 2017 SRC: 5,855
Task 20.3 – Best Review – Sam M – The Secret HistoryOption 3: All letters of W I C K E D in title and/or author’s name
W & D in Townsend / I & C in Jacinda / K & E in Monkey
Jacinda Townsend / Saint Monkey
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Ava Catherine10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
total=270
Ava Catherine20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1: The Secret History is thought of as a contemporary literary mystery; read it or any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
page 1, #44 on list
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
total=290
Ava Catherine25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 320 pages
regular plural noun=brothers
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun.
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines 214 pages
irregular plural noun=men
320+214=534 pages
total=315
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 15.3 - Victoria Falls
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2
Book 1: Into the Water read 9/13, 5 stars
Book 2: Angel & Faith: Where the River Meets the Sea by Victor Gischler read 9/16, 5 stars
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 3
Readerboard Name - LaureY
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Total Books: 5
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Shannon South Africa5.5 September, October, November
Page count includes 0, 1 or 9
Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing: Revised Edition by Libbie Hawker
Page count: 108
Task total: 5
Challenge total: 50
Shannon South Africa5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
My choice
No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 55
Shannon South Africa5.9 Help Yourself
Main page genre contains "self-help"
The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life by
Martha N. Beck
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 60
Siobhan20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
I chose option 1
1
Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
Shadows Till Sunrise by Chris Marie Green
O L D = Shadows Till Sunrise
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Katrina H5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
Set in Alaska.
On 24th November Yasmin and her deaf daughter Ruby arrived in Alaska.
My reading record: The Quality of Silence - Audible
Points
This post: 5
Total: 5
LAUREN JODI15.1 - Climbing Everest
Book 1: Aconcagua
Dark Debt by Chloe Neill
Book 2: Everest
Hunt Her Down by Roxanne St. Claire
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55/965
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/56
Christine V25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1: Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier, first published in 2001. The top MMP, Kind Van De Profetie, has a page count of 573 pages. ***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
Option 3: The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am, which was shortlisted in 2013.
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 2 (one book option): The Confessions of Young Nero I read the indicated audio edition. The top Paperback (no MMP available), The Confessions of Young Nero, has a page count of 845 pages, satisfying Option 2. ***Claiming two Big Book Tickets*** It also satisfies requirements for Option 3 because it is a fictionalized account of the life of the Roman Emperor Nero, who lived from 37-68 AD.
Points this post: 50
Big Book Tickets this post: 3
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
10.1 - Rice is NiceRead a book set at least 50% in ONE of these top ten rice producing countries: China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Brazil, Japan or top rice-producing US states: Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas.
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Set in Louisiana
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Anja20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: Read a book that has at least two edition on Goodreads, that are in another language than your mother language.
Paper Princess by Erin Watt
Mother language: Slovene
Foreign languages: English, Spanish, German, Czech, etc.
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 65
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 5
Maddie O.30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: a book with ALL of the letters from the month of APRIL found in the title
I read Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (Agatha raisin and the weLsPRIng of death)
Option 4: Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
I read Tower of Dawn. My 5-star review of Empire of Storms can be found here
Points this post: 30
Points total: 75
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
5.2 Location Location Location I read Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay - set about 80% in Nepal
5.4 Best Laid Plans
I read One by Sarah Crossan - fits task 10.7 (number word written out on the cover)
5.8 Under the Fall Moon
I read The Fox was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller - word is "hunter"
10.10 Countdown
I read Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould - 256 pages
15.10 Thrills and Chills
I read Asylum by Madeleine Roux - mpg "horror"
New Total: 80
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History Option 3: "Wicked" in title/author's name. i read Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson anothEr brooKlyn, jaCquelIne WooDson
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 50 /965
Tasks Total: 2 /56
FANDURY10.6 - Highway Patrol
Read a book with a motorcycle (a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals) on the cover.
by Ewan McGregorPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Post #725.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
1) Rituals by Kelley Armstrong 496 pages
2) Dengeki Daisy , Vol. 16 192 pages
Best Manga Art: First book in series is listed on page 1 currently #22 Electric Daisy, Vol. 1
496 + 192=688 pages
Points this post:25
Total Points:110
Books read:10
Tasks Done:8
Shiraloo20.5 -- Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertelli
REQUIRED: Option 5
Dutch = De Voordelen van Onbeantwoorde Liefde
Portugese = Os 27 Crushes de Molly
30.3 -- ElaineL's Task: Time Flies
Book1: The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
REQUIRED: Option 2
Book2: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
REQUIRED: Option 4 -- the other 5 star book is Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach (link here)
Pagecount Book 1 = 368
Pagecount Book 2 = 303
Total Pages = 671
CURRENT POST
Points: 50
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 80
BBT: 0
GO: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 .
by Owen Laukkanen 162 pagesPoints this Post: 5
Total points: 90
Ava Catherine15.7 - Sea Life
Read a book with a sea creature featured on the cover or one in which a sea creature features prominently in the plot.
Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs
by Judith S. Weiscrab on the cover
total=330
Ava Catherine20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 3: The Director's Spotlight this year is the film Jungle.
For this option I read a book from the following list:
Non-fiction Disaster Books. (page 1; #12)
The Circus Fire: a True Story by Stewart O'Nan
total=350
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History Option 1: The Secret History is thought of as a contemporary literary mystery; read it or any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
I read Case Histories by Kate Atkinson which appears on page one of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Requested readerboard name: Lisa30.3- 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 9/17/17 *****
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
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
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.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Dakimel10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Hard-Hearted Highlander
10.10 - Countdown
An Extraordinary Union (263 pages)
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Glass Houses
20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmiest
5: Crooked Kingdom - La Cité Corrompue - Răzbunarea ciorilor
English is my native language
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
1: Selfie by Amy Lane (420 pgs)
2: Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way (160 pages - page 1 of Graphic Novels list has the first in this series)
TALLY:
This post - 100 points
Total - 100
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationDenmark:
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
+5 Points
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Horror on main page:
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
+15 Points
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.
Title in Yellow
Rooms by Lauren Oliver+20 Task
30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
500 Pages: 801 + 320 = 1121 Pages
Option 1: Listamania / Rory Gilmore Reading List
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, 801 Pages
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, 320 Pages
+30 Points
Points this Post: 70
Grand Total: 130
Christy T10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
272 pagesPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Brave5.4 - Best Laid Plans: Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
I chose:
SUMMER TASK 5.6 - Find Wisdom: Read a book with the name Sophia or a related name found in Behind the Name - Sophia in the title, subtitle or author's name.
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
Author's first name is Sophie, which is on the Behind the Name list.
page count in my edition: 439 pages
Total points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Cait S25.5- Happy Returns
Book #1- Option 1
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
House Broken by Sonja Yoerg
Book #2- Option 2
Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons
Page Total: 670
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 55
15.10 - Thrills and Chills Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
The Running Man
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
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Total new points: 35
Total challenge points: 35
5.2 Location, Location, LocationBrazil
The Head of the Saint by Socorro Acioli
5.4 Best Laid Plans
Summer task 5.5 June, July, August Pages with a 6 7 or 8
360 Pages
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
Points this post: 10
Total Points : 10
5.10 Your Own 8th WonderKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
10.1 Rice is NiceSetting: China
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
10.8 Best Original Novel
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 35
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Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
The Red Notebook - 159 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1