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5.4 - Best Laid PlansThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (213 pages)
Fall Task 2017 Task: 5.5 - September, October, November
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task 5.10 Born Free
read a book of your choice
Black Earth City: When Russia Ran Wild
Task 30.9 Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
. Either read two books or read one book that meets a page minimum of at least 500 pages. If you are reading two books, you may read two books from the same option or two books from two different options, and the 500 page minimum does not apply.
Option 3: Read a book that has inspired a tv series from the following list: Best TV Shows Based on Books.
Number 56 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Death at Victoria Dock
Death Before Wicket
Task 50.1 MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
REQUIRED: in your post, specify which zodiac sign you are. my zodiac sign is Rooster
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign. For example, if you are a rat you could read a book first published in 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, etc going back in multiples of 12.
The Evacuee Christmas published 2017 year of rooster
Book 2: Based on your own zodiac animal, read a book that matches the task from the list below.
Rooster. Read a book that includes a story-line about pregnancy or a baby. It must be mentioned in the Goodreads book description. e.g. Barefoot (mentions pregnancy and small children), Watermelon (mentions birth of a child), The Cry (mentions a baby).
Home approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the animal you used.
Monkey: Monkey years are all multiples of 12 — from 12 AD, through 1200 AD, etc. Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 12 (e.g. 300/12=25, 216/12=18).
The Moonglow Cafe 252 pages divided by 12 = 21
Points this post = 85
Points to date = 930
DANIELLE M30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (400 pages)
Book 2: Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen (288 pages)
400+288=688 pages total
288/4 = 72
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 2
30.10 By the NumbersBook 1: The Outsider - 111 pages
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1942
Book 2: 2666 - 898 pages, all numbers are divisible by 1
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets - 898 pages
Points this post = 30
Total points = 335
Big Book tickets = 5
Golden Oldies = 6
15.4 - Endangered AnimalsOption 2, a book whose author's initials are found in the name of an animal on the Ten Most Endangered Animals list AND has a title of at least two words in which the initial letter of each word of the title can be found in the name of a different animal from the list: Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand
E H in Northern Right Whale
W S in Western Lowland Gorilla
Points this post: 15
Total points: 505
Delicious Dee10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
The Single Undead Moms Club - Molly Harper - Molly is #30 on the top 100 list
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 1 - So Good - set in Maine
Points this Post 30
Total Points 455
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep - Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close15.3 -Hot or Cold? - Chose Option 2 - Read Night And Day
15.5 -New Beginnings - Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Read Ready Player One. I have not read this author before but loved this book!
15.7 - Groundhog Day - Read Tear Down and Die. Word used is "AND" .
20.1 Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task - Chose Option 2 - Read Killer in the Kitchen. Book is set in Maine.
20.3 Best Review - Ed's Task - Read Mrs. Miracle
25.2 Anne Booklady's Task -
Book 1 - Option 2 - Read Midnight Crossroad- Set in Midnight, Texas - 384 pg
Book 2-Option 3- read
] - 230 pgTOTAL 614 pg.
30.5 Diana K's Task - Chose Opt 3
Book 1 - Read
Word Used "PASTA"
Book 2- Read
Changed word used "PAST"
30.10 - Brooke TX's task -
Book 1- a book of my choice -
- pg 410Book 2 - Read
- 340 pgPoints this post: 175
Total Points: 260
ED30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 1- read a book with the letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O in the title and/or subtitle.
Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters by John Waters
letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O found in "CrAckpOt: the oBSessIoNs..."
Option 4-Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER
Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka
Initials "FK" found in stocKing stuFfer"
task=30
grand total=165
books completed=11
tasks completed =9
GO=5
BB=0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
fits the Southern category with a house with a porch on the cover, page number includes 24
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 720
Total Tasks: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
30.10 Brooke TX's taskBook 1: I read Anatomy of a Misfit in hardcover (336 pages).
Book 2: I read The Girls as an audiobook. The MMPB has 360 pages, which is evenly divisible by both 3 and 6.
336+360 = 696.
MIKE DENNIS25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats (2 different options; total of at least 550 pp.)
Book 1: Option 1, letters PURR or CHIRP in the Title:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, 247 pp.
Using CIR from Circumnavigated and HP from Ship spells CHIRP
Main page genre Children’s means we need AR data: IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
Book 2: Option 2, set in a place where Cougars can still be found:
Boneshaker is set in Seattle, Washington.
The only MMPB edition has 640 pp.
** Requesting a Big Book ticket for Boneshaker, please! **
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Current Post: Points: 25 GO: - BB: 1
Total: Points: 180 GO: - BB: 4
Tasks: 5.10, 20.5, 20.6,20.7, 25.2, 30.5, 30.6, 30.10, using 12 books.
BARBARA ★15.8 - World Animal Day
Heir to the Shadows - Ann Bishop (#173 on list) 1/29
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 2: Friday's Harbor - Diane Hammond (whale on the cover) 1/24
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 285
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
15.4 - Endangered AnimalsOption 2: Nothing Special by A.E. Via
N, S in javaN rhinoceroS and A, E, V in thE VAquita
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 348 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 390
Catherine TTask 10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
read a book with author name matching a listed name
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Jack is #24 on list
Task 30.2 - Prolific Pensmiths
read two books from authors who have published more than 25 books. one must be standalone
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
271 pages
I make Orczy to have published at least 40 books
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
301 pages
I make Atwood to have published at least 30 books
both books are over 250 pages
Total = 650
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
I chose Option 1: Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover
I read a book with a crocodile on the cover (above author name):
Points this task: 20
Winter 17/18:
Points Overall:195
Tasks Completed:13
Books Read:14
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?Fits a GR or BookRiot challenge - Read Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant. I am not a member of another GR challenge group, so, this fits Book Riot's challenge, #22, a book of short stories by a woman. https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-...
Points these task: 10
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8
Nick KY5.7 Power Pets! I read The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, 192 pp (2 digits from 1235, 1 and 2, are in the pagination.)
30.11 Andy P’s Is There a Pattern?
Book 1. Author’s name alternates consonants and vowels: I read Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates (middle name CAROL alternates consonants and vowels). 138 pp
Book 2. Word in title alternates consonants and vowels: I read The Jezebel Remedy by Martin Clark. (JEZEBEL alternates consonants and vowels.) 400 pp Total pp = 538 > required 501
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 655
perletwo10.9 - Good Dog! - Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count.
Died in the Wool
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It - Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
Dark in Death
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the letters in the title (not subtitle) of Book 1. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the title of Book 1.
The Devil Knows You're Dead - Dead, Dark In Death
The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
book 1 top pb ed 384 pgs + book 2 top pb ed 338 pgs = 722 pgs
Points this task: 40
Total points: 870
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 44
20.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People TogetherOption 4: Among the Living (MPG Fantasy)
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 154 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
trishhartuk30.5 Diana K’s Task: Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3: Travel. I can take the word travel and by adding a letter or changing a letter or dropping a letter I can make a new word such as travels, gravel or ravel.
Book 1: Read a book that includes a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle.
The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien
Book 2: Take that word and add one letter, change one letter or drop one letter to create a new word.
The Return of the King, JRR Tolkien
Changing the first letter of “Ring” gets to “King”
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
30.6 TessaVanessa’s Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 2: Read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads. Required: Post the number of works they have written.
Death at the President's Lodging, Michael Innes
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Golden Oldie: First published in 1936
Michael Innes is credited with 76 distinct works, of which the Sir John Appleby series accounts for 36 (https://www.goodreads.com/series/1037...).
Option 4: Time flies by. Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien
First published in 1954 (64 years ago)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – Death at the President’s Lodging was first published in 1936.
Big Book: No
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Cait S50.1- GONG XI FA CAI!
My Chinese Zodiac is the Snake.
Book #1
Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.
Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley
Book #2
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of art, science, psychology, health, or self-help.
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
Just in case, "Science" is a verified genre noted here
Book #3
Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal.
I chose the task based on the Goat "Read a book written by two or more authors. Anthologies with multiple authors included are fine."
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 240
30.6 Option 3: 25 letters in the title, no subtitles
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Option 4: published 25+ years ago.
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
First pub 1950
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255/1055
Tasks completed: 16/59
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton. Author initials, AH, appear in Hundred Acre wood.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read Half-Off Ragnarok. The top 3 MPGs all include Fantasy.
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
For my first book, I read World Without End. I read the kindle edition, but have linked to the MMPB edition - 1025 pages.
For my second book, I read Ashes of Honor - 353 pages.
Word is "Honor" -
HO in witHOt
N in eNd
OR in wORld
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
For book 1, I read The Virgin Suicides . I listened to the audiobook - the top MMPB has 222 pages - Virgin Suicides.
For book 2, I read a kindle ARC of The Woman in the Water. There is no MMPB or PB edition yet - the hardback edition has 320 pages - The Woman in the Water
320/2 = 160. 222 + 320 = 542 pages total.
Points this post: 85
Total points: 695
Mod
5.10 - Born Free
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1, romance genre: Beyond Reason by Kat Martin
Book 2, rings on cover:
For Time and All Eternities by Mette Ivie Harrison20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1, wild animal cover, monkey:
Monkeys Are Made Of Chocolate: Exotic And Unseen Costa Rica by Jack EwingPB: Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate: Exotic and Unseen Costa Rica
total = 975
Michelle GA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Read a book with a main page genre Regency. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
I read:
How to Woo a Wallflower by Christy Carlyle Approved HERE
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
For this option, choose a book from the list White as the Driven Snow.
I read:
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottREQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
{Page 1}
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts.: 33.0
***Little Women is a BIG BOOK (527 pages). Claiming 1 BB Ticket.***
***Little Women is a GOLDEN OLDIE (1862). Claiming 1 GO Ticket.***
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1, Option B.
Read a book from one of these “White” listopias:
I read:
Doctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakREQUIRED: From Ice & Snow list; Page 1
***Doctor Zhivago is a BIG BOOK (592 pages). Claiming 1 BB Ticket.***
Book 2, Option B.
Read a book from one of these Sun and Moon oriented listopias:
I read:
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. ClarkeREQUIRED: Solar System Opera list; Page 1
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book 1:
Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books (i.e., at least 26 books).
I read:
The Currents of Space by Isaac AsimovREQUIRED: Part of a series; 304 pages.
Book 2:
Read a book by either the same author OR by a different author who has published MORE than 25 books (at least 26).
I read:
The Gods Themselves by Isaac AsimovREQUIRED: Stand alone; 280 pages.
*Link to number of published works found HERE.
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Book 1, Option 3: What’s in a title?
For this option, read a book that has exactly 25 letters in the title.
I read:
The House Of Trembling Leaves by Julian LeesBook 2, Option 4: Time flies by. I know the last 25 years has for me.
Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
I read:
H is for Homicide by Sue GraftonREQUIRED: Published in 1991.
Points this post: 125
Total points: 305
Books posted: 26
Tasks complete: 22
Pages this post: 2,907
Total pages as of this post: 8,600
Golden Oldies: 1; Total = 1
Big Book: 2; Total = 3
Mod
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck, word letters ST
Book 2, ST backwards is TS: The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
I was born in the year of the OX.
Book 1, first published in Ox: 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, 1961:
First published in May 2009: Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan by Michael Booth
Book 2, title contains X: Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves by Kat Kinsman
Book 3, Tiger, stripes cover:
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finncover approved in HT post 21
total = 1055
Bookwrm526Task #25.1 - Hurricane Recovery
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in the phrase "JustonemoRe". I read The Die is Cast by Jenny Rogneby.
Option 3: Read a book where every letter in the word OPHELIA can be found in title, subtitle, and/or author's name. I read The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (tHEcOLlAPsIngempire).
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 525
Jasmiina F10.9 - Good Dog!:
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count: Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 by Ichigo Takano.
15.7 - Groundhog Day:
Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY: Undead and Unreturnable.
Word: and.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Joanne MITask 25.6 Winnie the Pooh Day
Option #1 Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD
All the Light We Cannot See
Author Anthony Doerr -intials AD can be for in Hundred Acre
Option #2 read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age
The Third Kingdom
Book is listed as Fanatsy on GR main page
Points this task 25
Total points 230
Task 30.9 Obsessions
Option #6
read one of the Outlander novels Option #6
Voyager
Qualifies for one book-page count over 500
points this task 30
Total points 260
perletwo10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby? - Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.
Yarned and Dangerous - knitting
Points this task: 10
Total points: 880
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 64
Tasks completed: 45
Mod
Readerboard name: D15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1: Romance genre
Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg
Book 2: Read a book with a ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover.
by Nancy GardenTask total=15
Season total=310
Readerboard name: D20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
I chose Option 4: author's first and last initials can be found in ACROBAT
The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown
acroBaT
Task total=20
Season total=330
DANIELLE M30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3
Book 1: Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Word chosen: STAY
Book 2: Say When by Elizabeth Berg
Subtracted the letter 'T' to get SAY
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 3
DANIELLE M20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan - 438 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 4
Creynard5.2 - Go Wild
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Set in Nebraska.
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
How to Knit a Love Song by Rachael Herron
My hobby is knitting.
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1 Option B: 1776 by David McCullough
#89 on page 1 of GR "Ice and Snow" list.
Book 2 Option B: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
#24 on page 1 of GR "Moon, Sun and Stars" list.
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
Book 1 Option 1: A Knights Bridge Christmas by Carla Neggers
Author's initials=C.N. huNdred aCre wood.
Book 2 Option 4: Story of O by Pauline Réage
On page 1 of the GR Listopia "Concealed Authorship".
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 1 Book 1: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
"Anna" is my palindrome.
Option 1 Book 2: All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan
"Cow" is my animal, found in cowboy.
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Book 1, Option 1: The Black Duke's Prize by Suzanne Enoch
Author's initials=S.E. SwEet sixteen
Book 2, Option 2: Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March
Meghan March has 27 distinct works listed on her GR author page.
Points this Post: 125
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 50
Chris MD20.2 RARE 18 London
Option 4: Regency is a stand-alone of embedded main page genre
Once a Rebel by Mary Jo Putney
Historical>Regency is listed as an MPG.
20.5 Let It Snow!
Option 3: Page numbers include 1, 9, 7, or 3
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood
This book has 164 pages.
30.6 25 Years and Counting
Option 2: Author has written at least 25 distinct works
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd
Charles Todd is listed in GR has having 63 distinct works. There are 30 separate titles on the first full page.
Option 4: Published in 1992 or before
Black Orchids by Rex Stout
This book was first published in 1942. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top-listed paperback has 192 pages.
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3
I completed 5.4 - Best Laid Plans with 10.10 - Countdown I read The Essence of Malice by Ashley Weaver
Points this Post: 5
Total Points:110
perletwo20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London - 2. Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place - first published 1/30/18
Points this task: 20
Total points: 900
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 65
Tasks completed: 46
Coralie5.10 Born Free
Secret Water
This book is not on ARBookFinder
10.7 What’s Your Favorite Hobby?
My favourite hobby is knitting so I read
Knit the Season
This post 15 points
Total to date 455 points
Post #2120.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 1: THE CAST
Secrets of Southern Girls RRR
Points this post:20
Total Points:410
Books read:29
Tasks Done:21
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4: Circus
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, TH found in TEACHER, initially published in 1891, claiming one GO ticket, I listened to the audible version Tess of the D'Urbervilles, the MMPB version Tess of the D'Urbervilles is 508 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 485
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 31
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 5
15.7 - Groundhog DayA book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY: Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
The word is Young
Points this post: 15
Total points: 520
Catherine TTask 10.5 - Best Books
read a book that was a GR Book of the Month
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
August 2010
season total = 660
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and CountingThis is a 2 book challenge. Select 2 different options from below and state which ones you choose when you post. No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used for this task.
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN
Swarm (Zeroes #2) by Scott Westerfeld, Deborah Biancotti, & Margo Lanagan
Scott Westerfeld's initials, SW, found in SWeet
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
The Harp in the South (Harp in the South #2) by Ruth Park
Published 1948 (70 years ago)
1x Golden Oldies Tix
50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
I was born in the year of the Monkey
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.
Man of Two Tribes (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte #21) by Arthur W. Upfield
Published 1956 which is year of Monkey
"Book 2: Based on your own zodiac animal, read a book that matches the task from the list below.
Monkey: Monkey years are all multiples of 12 — from 12 AD, through 1200 AD, etc. Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 12 (e.g. 300/12=25, 216/12=18)."
Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvinton
336 pages; 336/12=28
"Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the animal you used.
Goat: Goats work well as part of a team. Read a book written by two or more authors. Anthologies with multiple authors included are fine."
The Jester by James Patterson & Andrew Gross
1x Bigger is Better Tix (548 pages)
Total this Post: 80
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 610
FANDURY30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 2: Read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
According to Goodreads the author has 1334 distinct works.
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
Unnatural Causes by P.D. James
The book was first published 1967
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 22
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
ED30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Book 1- Read a book where all the letters in the title (not subtitle) can be found in the definition:
"lolcat ...
Candide by Voltaire
(first published January 1759)**I claim one GO Ticket**
Book 2-Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle).
So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance by Gabriel Zaid
task=30
grand total=195
books completed=13
tasks completed =10
GO=6
BB=0
READ 60 20.6 The Cast The Misfortune of Marion Palm
by Emily Culloton
The title has three M's
This post 20
Total points 140
Cindy C.Task 5.7-Read a book with at least 2 different digits from 1235. My book has 153 pages.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
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Task 20.5-Bigger is Better-DebraJean's Task: Let It Snow!
Option 3: Read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3. My book has 174 pages.
The Ultimate Burns Supper Book: A Practical (But Irreverent) Guide to Scotland's Greatest Celebration
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Task 20.6-Seasoned Reader-Lagullande's Task: It's Behind You!
Option 1: Read a book with all a title containing all the letters B, G, and D.
The Library at the Edge of the World
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Task 30.8-Sandy's Task: Anagram It
The word is Stars that can be made from the letters in the second title.
Book 1: The Cat Who Saw Stars 287 pages
Book 2: An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea 512 pages
287+512=799 pages
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Task 30.10-Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Origin 461 pages
Book 2: The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas- How a Cat Brought a Family the Gift of Love 288 pages
288/4=72; 288/6=48; 288/1=288
288+461=749
Points this post: 105
Total points: 150
Total tasks: 7
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5.7 - Power Pets - Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
Book has 293 pages.
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Points - 5
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Points - 290