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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999
- 1945Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000
- 201325.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning
Read a book with a main page genre of History, Science or Biography
read a book with a building on the cover
25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To Choose
Option B-
Book 1. Read a FICTION book with one of these Spring color words in the title Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, or Purple.
Book 2. Read a fiction or nonfiction book by the same author as Book 1.
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
Names generated: Apollo Anderson, Attila Peters, Victoria Grant, Kiera Jernigan, Randolph Lurie
Book 1: Read a book with an author with the same first name as the name generated.
Book 2: Read a book with an author with the same last name as the name generated.
30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who is attending TLA 2018 found on this list: Authors at TLA.
Book 2: Read a book found on this list of books by Texas Authors.
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50.1 - Booklover's Task: The Classic Novel (Books approved by creator of task in help forum)
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills
Read a novel by an author with a long first or last name (Jonathan)
Read a novel first published between 1798 and 1837 (inclusive) AND fulfills
Read a novel written by a female author. (Mary Shelley)
Read a novel first published between 1837 and 1901 (inclusive), AND fulfills
Read a novel by either Charles Dickens or Thomas Hardy.
Points this post: 175
Points to date: 500
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MARY CIPORAH20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon (Option 3)
✿ A book written by a single author with a first name of one of Sheldon's family members: Mary (mom), George (dad and brother), Missy (sister), or Constance (Meemaw).
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (320 pages)
...double points for my name also being Mary? 🤗
...no? Okay. 😭
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New points: 20
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 18
Pages read: 6,311
Cait S20.1- Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
MARY CIPORAHThis post is to claim Golden Oldie tickets ONLY. No new points.
Points originally claimed in post #1034.
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes (Option 3)
✿ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (first published in 1813)
**I'd like to claim one GO ticket.**
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GOs this post: 1
Total GOs to date: 1
New points: 0
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 18
Pages read: 6,311
Task 25.4 – Catherine T - Museums for LearningREQUIRED: 500+ pages: 352 + 398 = 750 p
REQUIRED: Must be NONfiction and NEW to me
Book 1: MPG HISTORY – This is a new-to-me book
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese - 352 p
Book 2: Building on the cover – This is a new-to-me Nonfiction book
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town - 398 p
BOTH approved in HELP thread
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 265 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
perletwo20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams - Option 3 - Read a book where the author's first and last name initials (middle initials excluded) can be found in OCTOBASS.
Long Gone by Alafair Burke
Points this task: 20
Total points: 580
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 30
Marina H25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1: Back to the Bedroom by Janet Evanovich
#1 in series
Option 3: Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Initials found in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
First published 1936 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 420
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Tasks completed: 22
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 From your collection
Read a book of your choice.
I read The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki.
Challenge 20.10 Group Reads
I read Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Post #19 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
Tasks completed: 52
Books read: 69
Big Book tickets: 0
Danibean20.2 - Tallinn: This is a one book task. Pick any option. Option 3: Read a book with some type of food on the cover.
I read
by Julie Powell25.2 - Roads and Rails: This is a two-book task, and the total number of pages must be no less than 500. Pick two different options, one book for each.
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in any U.S. state that you've never visited.
I read Winter's Boneby Daniel Woodrell. It is set in Missouri, and I have never visited Missouri.
Option 3: Read a book from this train-themed Listopia: Tales on the Track
I read Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha Christie. It is located on page 1 of the list.
This Post:
Points - 45
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 3
Tasks Complete - 2
Totals:
Points - 575
BB Tickets - 4
GO Tickets - 1
Books Read - 40
Tasks Complete - 36
Diana K.Task 5.2 Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
No Man's Land (verified for length on 4/25) byChrystyna Lucyk-Berger
Task 30.1 Opt 2 Read a book that has won or been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize award.
Gilead
Opt 3. Read a book that has won or been nominated for the Edgar award.
Girl in the Blue Coat
Points this post: 35
Total points: 485
ED5.1 - A Night at the Museum-Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM. Genres may be stand alone or embedded
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
Genre- Memoir on Main Page
Points This Post: 5
Total Points 310
Tasks Completed: 18
Books completed=22
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 12
5.10 - From Your CollectionThe Runaway - this book is not found in ARBookFinder.
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1872
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25.7 - To Choose or Not To Choose
I chose Option B.
Book 1: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie - Blue in the title
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1928
Book 2 by the same author: Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1934
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Points this post = 30
Total points = 265
Big Book tickets = 3
Golden Oldies = 12
trishhartuk15.8 - The Red Baron
Read a book with an airplane on the cover
Approved for a plane on the cover in help thread message #32: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 32
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Queen Bee Darlene25.2 Librarianish's Task: Roads and Rails
Option 1: Book set in a state I've never visited
Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay Buttercream Bump Off 212 pages,
Set in Arizona which I have never visited
Option 2: Read a book from this road trip-themed Listopia:
Young Adult Road Trip Novels
Paper Towns by John Green Paper Towns
305 pages #2 on list
Minimum pages: 500 212 + 305 = 517
25 points
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 385
Andy P.Task # 30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
1. Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
The Intrusions by Stav Sherez
#3 in Carrigan and Miller series (340 p.)
3. Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5. Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings (304 p.)
page count 340+ 304= 644
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in MIS(TER) ROGER’(S N)EIGHBORHOO(D) and/or (CA)RDIGA(N) SWEATER.
Transcend by Jewel E Ann
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase M(A)NHATTAN PROJE(C)T
The Maiden by Celia Aaron
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Opt. 4
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCH(W)ARZWA(L)D, middle initials can be ignored.
Crazy Madly Deeply by Lily White
*Approved for length 6730
Opt. 5
Read a book that is number 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 in a series
Razr: A Demonica Underworld Novella by Larissa Ione (Demonica #15)
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 2: Birthday - book published in March of any year
Ride Dirty by Laura Kaye
Published March 13, 2018
Option 3: The Lorax
>Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in (T)HE (L)ORAX.
Middle name initials may be ignored.
Inferno: Part 1 by T.K. Leigh
Points this post: 95
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
loafer20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Short Story Collection - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
my post is #20 in the discussion thread
points: 20
total: 460
GO: 5
BB: 4
tasks completed: 27
loafer25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1: Read a book originally written in a language other than the one or ones in which you are literate that has been translated into a language that you can read.
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 152 pgs
originally written in Japanese, which I cannot read or understand, and translated to English, which I can.
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
mmpb: الآمال الكبيرة
420 pgs
reaD Ccarefully
first published in 1860, this is a "golden oldie"
________
152 + 420 > 500 pages
points: 25
total: 485
GO: 6
BB: 4
tasks completed: 28
Post #1320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
3)
Cheddar Off DeadPoints this post:20
Total Points:325
Books read:22
Tasks Done: 18
LAVENDER20.08 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1: Read a book that is #1, #5, or #10 in a series.
It Started With a Kiss (Sequoia Lake, #1) by Marina Adair Kindle I read
It Started With a Kiss (Sequoia Lake, #1) Top paperback (NO MMPB) 284 pages
#1 in a series
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
Oops sorry for claiming a book twice.So I would like to cancel where I claimed The Mystery of the Blue Train for task 10.5 in post 1055, and the GO ticket I claimed there, and then ...
25.7 - To Choose or Not To Choose
I chose Option B.
Book 1: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie - Blue in the title
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1928
Book 2 by the same author: Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1934
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Points this post = 25-10
Total points = 255
Big Book tickets = 3
Golden Oldies = 11
Sarah E25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 1
Book 1: The Deeds of the Disturber - over 50% set in London
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is The Deeds of the Disturber
Book 2: The Owl Killers
I listened to the audio, MMP is Les Âges sombres with 768 pages
768 pages, I claim 2 BB tickets.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
BB tickets this post: 2
Total BB tickets: 3
Repost of Message 1374 with the correct edition for Under the Dragon's Tail
Andy P.
Task # 30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
1. Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
The Intrusions by Stav Sherez
#3 in Carrigan and Miller series (340 p.)
3. Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5. Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings (304 p.)
page count 340+ 304= 644
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470
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I read The Singer's Gun. I listened to the audiobook - the MMPB is On Ne Joue Pas Avec La Mort. The MMPB has 333 pages. First published April 6, 2009, a year containing 2 and 9.
15.9 - Find Your Muse
I read The Truth According to Us. I read the kindle edition - here's the MMPB- Le secret de la manufacture de chaussettes inusables.
"the" - 3 letters
"acc/ord/ing" - 9 letters
30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
I chose option B
For book 1, a Nebula winner or nominee, I read Bellwether, a 1997 nominee for Best Novel. I read the kindle edition - the top MMPB is Oveja mansa - 285 pages.
For book 2, all title words with same initial letter, I read Memory Man. I listened to the audiobook - the top MMPB is Memory Man - 510 pages.
Total pages: 285 + 510 = 795, exceeding required page amount.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 660
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. SeussOption 1: The Cat in the Hat
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley
~ cat on the coverOption 4: Travel
Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything by Simon Majumdar
~ main page genre Travel
Total Points: 270 + 30 = 300
Bookwrm526Task 5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM. Genres may be stand alone or embedded. I read Fateful Mornings by Tom Bouman, which has a main page genre Mystery.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 450
REPOSTING....BARBARA ★
10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc. explain
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black - E.B. Hudspeth 3/3
(borrowed from library)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 460
BARBARA ★ 5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE
The Landing - Colin Taber (C&T in (C)ul(T)ure) 4/24
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 465
Amy O.15.3 -Women’s History Month - one book with main page genre including "Historical" and written by a woman
The Regency by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - main page genre Historical
**Claiming 1 BB ticket - book is 586 pages**
15.9 - Find Your Muse - book with both a 3-letter word and 9-letter word in title
Her Dark Curiosity
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 3: book with flowers on cover
Death of a Mad Hatter30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Opt. 1: book with main page genre of Biography
Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It
Opt. 5: book that is #14 in series
The Campaigners - #14 in The Morland Dynasty
**Claiming 1 BB ticket - book is 580 pages**
This post: 80
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Coralie10.10 Africa Day
Book by author born in Ghana, Africa
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
20.5 well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3 – first letter of each word in title and subtitle found in welL behAved women selDom make hIstory
As I Lay Dying
20.8 Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 2 – book first published in a year containing the numbers 1 and 5
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances published 2015
This post 50 points
Total to date 445 points
Stephanie12715.3 -Women’s History Month-Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre that includes "history" or "historical".
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by a woman.
Human Acts by Han Kang
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60/930
Tasks completed: 4/55
Books read: 4
Amy O.**I want to transfer The Clocks from Task 5.1, and use it for this task instead.**
25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 1: book set at least 50% in London
The Clocks
Option 3: book set at least 50% in New York City
The Princess Diaries
This post: 25
Total points: 275 - 5 + 20 = 290
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
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Read a book with a main page genre of History, Science or Biography
Read a book with a building on the cover.
Both of these books are new to me
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 500
READ 60 task Happy Birthday 30.3
option 4 travel Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life Daniel Klein. This was approved by task writer.
option 1
Lilian Jackson Braun
Points 30
READ 60 Task 5.9
by John Buchan page 1 of list
Points 5
READ 6015.1 A Truth and a Lie
1.
by Jessica Bruder 2.
by Karen McNanus the word lying
Points 15
ERICA PA15.6 - Oh, Beans!
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of the most popular Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors: Black Licorice.
I read The Black Moth.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
1. Read a book with at least 2 pairs of double letters in the title and/or subtitle.
I read This Book Is Full of Spiders.
20.10 - Group Reads
I read Her Body and Other Parties.
Post Points: 55
Total Points: 310
Sheila30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1:
Snap Judgment by Marcia Clark(Samantha Brinkman #3)
Paperback, 460 pages
and
Option 3:
Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb(Mass Market Paperback, 347 pages)
30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Option C: BEA
Book 1:
No Man's Land by David BaldacciMass Market Paperback, 528 pages
and
Book 2:
Power Play by Catherine CoulterWashington, DC
Paperback, 464 pages
Total Points = 655
Nick KY10.8 Tax Day I readMuck, Sweat Gears: A Celebration of Cycling by Alan Anderson, inits in tAxdAy.
15.10 Pay the PiperI read Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth by Hermann Hesse, set in Germany, one of the bagpipe countires. Setting not mentioned in GR data, but here’s a link to confirm: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/demian/...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 545
25.7 Nick KY's Task: To Choose or Not to ChooseOption A.
Good Minds Suggest Author: Terese Marie Mailhot
Heart Berries: A Memoir, by Terese Marie Mailhot
Mailhot's suggested book:
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, by Sherman Alexie
This post: +25
Total: 370
LAVENDER20.01 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
White Jacket by Herman Melville 411 pages
HM is found in MANHATTAN PROJECT
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published in 1849.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 5.8 - The Museum of Sex
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World - MPG Feminism
Task 10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers MPG Medicine
Task 25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Option 1: The Long Winter set in SD where I have never been, originally published in 1940, claiming 1 GO ticket
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10.0
Option 2: - Paranoid Park - listed on page 3
Task 25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 3. The Met, New York City
Book 1 - Hamilton: The Revolution set in NYC
Book 2 - The Lullaby Girl set in British Columbia, Pacific Islands off the coast of Canada
Task 25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Option B. The Art Institute of Chicago.
Banana Whip Safari Trip by Nancy McGovern (NM in MONET), approved for length in message #6800
Option C. The Field Museum of Natural History
Unraveled - 253 pages in the version I read
Task 30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Opt. 4: Schwarzwald Museum: - Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz AH in SCHWARZWALD
Opt. 5: Alte Pinakothek: - Death of a Scriptwriter - #14 in Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series
Points this post: 120
Total points: 605
Books read: 48
Tasks completed: 39
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and/or CARDIGAN SWEATER.
Disgrace
30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...
Option 1.Read a book that has won or been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Option 2. Read a book that has won or been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize award
The Sympathizer
Total New Points: 45
Total Challenge Points: 205
BB: 3
GO: 1
Ed15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?- Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and/or CARDIGAN SWEATER
Embers by Sándor Márai
(first published 1942) **I Clain 1 GO Ticket**
Embers found in MiStER rogEr's neighBorhood
Points This Post: 15
Total Points 325
Tasks Completed: 19
Books completed=23
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 13
Post #1420.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Veiled Passages by Terri Reid
TR in MANHATTAN PROJECT
Points this post:20
Total Points:345
Books read:23
Tasks Done: 19
perletwo20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day - Option 4: The Joy - For this option read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER. Middle initials may be ignored. One qualifying author in a book with two co-authors would work.
Money in the Morgue: The New Inspector Alleyn Mystery by Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy
Points this task: 20
Total points: 600
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 31
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Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999
Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning
Read a book with a main page genre of History, Science or Biography
read a book with a building on the cover
25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To Choose
Option B-
Book 1. Read a FICTION book with one of these Spring color words in the title Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, or Purple.
Book 2. Read a fiction or nonfiction book by the same author as Book 1.
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
Names generated: Apollo Anderson, Attila Peters, Victoria Grant, Kiera Jernigan, Randolph Lurie
Book 1: Read a book with an author with the same first name as the name generated.
Book 2: Read a book with an author with the same last name as the name generated.
30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who is attending TLA 2018 found on this list: Authors at TLA.
Book 2: Read a book found on this list of books by Texas Authors.
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50.1 - Booklover's Task: The Classic Novel (Books approved by creator of task in help forum)
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills
Read a novel by an author with a long first or last name (Jonathan)
Read a novel first published between 1798 and 1837 (inclusive) AND fulfills
Read a novel written by a female author. (Mary Shelley)
Read a novel first published between 1837 and 1901 (inclusive), AND fulfills
Read a novel by either Charles Dickens or Thomas Hardy.