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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke (#9 on list)
AR Bookfind IL:MG - BL:5.4 - AR Pts:23
Points this post: +10
Total Points: 535

15.7 - Spring Saints - Read a book by an author named David, Patrick or George or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - David , Behind the Name - Patrick, Behind the Name - George such as Dave, Trisha,or Gina.
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
Points this task: 15
Total points: 750
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 40

I would like to shift The Passengers from task 5.2 to 25.3 please
5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Fragile
25.3 - 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.
The World According to Anna
Translated from Norwegian (which I don’t read) into English (which I do)
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
The Passengers By Eleanor Limprecht
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 680
BB tickets: 9

20.10 Group Read
A Gentleman in Moscow ; I posted in comment #14
50.1
1: The Eighteenth Century
(A) Read a novel whose title includes the name of its protagonist. Robinson Crusoe
394 pages, published 1719
**1 golden oldie
2: Romanticism
(A) Read a novel written by a female author. Frankenstein
288 pages, published 1818
**1 golden oldie
3: The Victorian Era
(A) Read a novel by either Charles Dickens or Thomas Hardy. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
518 pages, published 1891
**1 golden oldie and 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 750
BB tickets: 10
Golden Oldies; 3

Generated list:
Roscoe Bernard
Arlie Matthews
Charley Honeysett
Martin Benjaminson
Tracy Potter
Book 1: Read a book with an author with the same first name as the name generated.
Book read: Girl with a Pearl Earring
How it fits; Author's (Tracy Chevalier) first name is in the list.
Book 2: Read a book with an author with the same last name as the name generated.
Book read: The Hidden Village
How it fits: Author's (Imogen Matthews) last name is in the list.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 660
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 39
BB Tickets: 11
GO Tickets: 2

5.10 - From Your Collection:
Read a book of your choice:
The Flexible Body: Move better anywhere, anytime in 10 minutes a day by Roger Frampton.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+: 0

15.7 Spring Saints: author named David, Patrick or George or related
Pogue's Basics: Life: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying Your Day by David Pogue
✂- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Message 1885
Current Post: Points: 15 GO: - BB: -
Total: Points: 280 GO: 1 BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.4,5.10, 10.2,10.6, 15.2,15.4,15.7, 20.1,20.3,20.4,20.8--20.10,
25.1,25.6, 30.6 using 19 books.

Option 1
Sing, Unburied, Sing
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee
Option 2
The Underground Railroad
Pulitzer prize winner
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1
First Among Sequels - 365 pgs
#5 in the Thursday Next series
Option 3
Lincoln in the Bardo
343 pages
365 + 343 = 708, more than the required 600 pages
Total points: 255

15.9 - Find Your Muse
Read a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle.
3 letter word: and
9 letter word: wonderful
Final Departures: Weird and Wonderful Tales of Death, Funerals and Bereavement from Around the World by Barry Albin-Dyer
+15
total: 95
tasks: 5
books: 5

Task # 25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in any U.S. state that you've never visited,
The Weight of Silence by Heather GudenkaufSet in Iowa, a state that I have never been in(though my mother was born there) Iowa is listed as setting on book's main page (373 p.)
Option 3: Read a book from this train-themed Listopia:
Tales on Track Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith page 1 # 14 on list 256 p.
page count 373+256= 629>500 page requirement
Points this post: 25
Total points: 930

Read a book of your choice.
Book read: Magic Dreams, ebook is verified for length in line 1608
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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.
Book read: Magic Rises
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 680
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 41
BB Tickets: 11
GO Tickets: 2

25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in any U.S. state that you've never visited.
Dark Hollow by John Connolly
Book is set in Maine and I never been to Maine.
Option 3: Read a book from this train-themed Listopia:
Tales on Track
Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
Book is on page 1, #58 on the list
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 545
Books Read: 42
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

10.2 - Free For All
A Call to Vengeance. I borrowed this from the public library.
25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To Choose
Option A:
Good Minds Suggest by Laurie R King
Book 1: Mary Russell's War by Laurie R. King
Book 2: Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon
This is the first book of the Fools' Guild series suggested.
This post: 35 points
Challenge total points: 515
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 31

30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
randomized names: Hatty Varnham; Waylon Harford; Suzie Adcock; Cole Carter; Marleen Moses
Book A - Life Unaware - Cole Gibsen - COLE Carter
Book B - Thursdays at Coconuts - Beth Carter - Cole CARTER
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 520

20.9 Moderator's Pet-Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option 3: First letter of each title word can be found in BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
288 pages
This Task:
Books Read: 1
Points: 20
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Books Read: 12
Points: 190
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 8

Librarianish’s Task: Roads and Rails
Option 1: Set in any US state that you've never visited X by Sue Grafton
*Set in California and I have never visited
403 pages
Option 3: Train-themed Listopia 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie *Found on first page of List
288 pages
403+288=691 pages
This Task:
Books Read: 2
Points: 25
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Books Read: 14
Points: 215
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9

20.8 - 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.
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King.
Points this Post:20
Total Points: 295

repost
5.2 A Cultural Experience
The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco
CultuRe
10.3 Tell Me Where It Hurts
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
MPG noted in post 47
10.4 The Birds and the BeesDanielle Paige
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See
25.1 Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1The End of Oz by
last book in a series
and
Option 3 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
beware the ideS of March
points this post: 50
total points: 395

30.2 Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Option 1 Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen
MPG biography
Option 4 Final Girls by Riley Sager
SchwaRzwald
points this post: 30
total points: 425

5.2: A Cultural Experience : Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
Deep Roots By Ruthanna Emyrs
20.2: Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 4. Tallinn Legends: Read a book with a main page genre Mythology. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Circe by Madeline Miller
The second genre on Goodreads is Fantasy > Mythology.
20.6: Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 3. All About That Bass: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials (middle initials excluded) can be found in OCTOBASS.
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
25.6: Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
B. The Art Institute of Chicago.: Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET.
Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
C. The Field Museum of Natural History: Read a book whose number of pages includes the numbers 5 and 3.
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris - 325 pages in the hardcover edition.
Points this Post: 70
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 35

5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness(1995)
Book 2: Little Fires Everywhere
15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 4:

Points this post: 55
Total Points: 295

NICOLE OH
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
2. Leah on the Offbeat 4.34 rating (locked in on help thread)
3. In Search Of Us 384 pages (3 and 4)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 325

1: The Eighteenth Century
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
Option A: Read a novel whose title includes the name of its protagonist
Emmeline
First published in 1788, I am claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket
This book has 520 pages, I am claiming one Big Book Ticket
2: Romanticism
Read a novel first published between 1798 and 1837 (inclusive) AND fulfills either:
(A) Jane Austen is one of the most well known novelists of this period. Read a novel written by a female author.
Helen by Maria Edgeworth
First published in 1834, I am claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket
This book has 544 pages, I am claiming one Big Book Ticket
3: The Victorian Era
Read a novel first published between 1837 and 1901 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(B) This period is named after Queen Victoria. Read a novel by a single author whose first and last name initials appear in VICTORIA REGINA
Silas Marner by George Eliot
This book was first published in 1861, I am claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket
Total Page Number, 520+544+262=1,326
Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 505
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 4

**I want to transfer The Clocks: A Hercule Poirot Mystery from Task 5.1, and use it for Task 15.10 instead.**
5.1 - A Night at the Museum - book with MPG that starts wit letter in MUSEUM
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
MPG Mental Health
5.8 - The Museum of Sex - book with MPG of LGBT
Beauty Queens
10.6 - Want to See My Slides? - book with MPG of Science Fiction
The Power
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday! - book from Stories for Book Lovers listopia
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - found on page 1 of the list
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1 - first published between 1897 and 1999: The Thirteen Problems, first published 1932
**I claim one Golden Oldie ticket for The Thirteen Problems**
Book 2: book published after 2000 - The Clothes Make the Girl (Look Fat)?: Adventures and Agonies in Fashion, first published 2017
15.10 - Pay the Piper - book set in country that has bagpipes
The Clocks: A Hercule Poirot Mystery - set in England
This post: 60
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2

Option 2: a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1813
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20.7 Young Sheldon
Option 2: a single author who shares first and last name initials with these iconic Texans: SHJBSS
How to Make a Living as a Writer by James Scott Bell
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30.3 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 2: book first published in March of any year
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods (March 2009)
Option 3: author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX
Miss Julia Paints the Town by Ann B. Ross (AR)
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Points this post = 70
Total points = 380
Big Book tickets = 3
Golden Oldies = 12

15.6 - 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:
Apples Should Be Red by Penny Watson.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 310

Task 10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
read a book with doctors as MC
Broken Heart Syndrome by Susie Tate
the MCs are all doctors, and the story is set in hospital about their work, with romance thrown in too
Task 25.2 - Roads and Rails
option 1 - read a book set in a US state I've never visited
Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra
set in NY, I have never been
I listed to the audio; paperback 384pages
option 2 - read a book on the Road Trip list
Sins & Needles by Karina Halle
p3, #241
438pages
384+438 >500
Season total = 760

5.1 - A Night at the Museum
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
Genre: Mystery
15.9 - Find Your Muse
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Words: The (3), forgotten (9)
648 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
548 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 40
Total points: 600
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 8
Tasks completed: 31

Read a book that you got for free
Book read: Weil ich Layken liebe
How it fits: I've borrowed it from the library that doesn't have subscription fees.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 690
Books read: 52
Tasks completed: 42
BB Tickets: 11
GO Tickets: 2

20.1 Amber's Southwest opt. 2. Author’s inits in Manhattan ProjEct, I read The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels.
25.5 Meg SLCs Opt. B. Galleria Borghese
Book 1. Set at least 50% in Rome. I read The Silver Pigs: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery by Lindsey Davis. 95 of the 352 pp are in Britain, the rest in Rome. 95/352 = 27% in Britain, meaning 73% is in Rome.
Book 2. Set before 1800. I read The Monk Who Vanished by Peter Tremayne, set in Ireland in the year 666AD. 336 pp
Total pp = 688 > required 500.
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 825

Task 20.9 Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: First Letter of Each Title Word Found in BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE (T B O L)
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Claim 1 BB Ticket 561 pages
Points this post:20
Total points:265
Task completed:17
Books Read:20
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(4)750+(0)1000+(0)

OPTION 3: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Total Points = 210

5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Hold Back the Dark - Kay Hooper 5/9
BA in BAck
D in holD
AR in dARk
T in The
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15.7 - Spring Saints
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness 5/20
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 635

Task 25.2 Opt 1 Read a book set at least 50% in any U.S. state that you've never visited, i.e. never set your feet on the ground outside
The Bean Trees Most of the book takes place in Arizona, a state which I have never visited.
Option 3: Read a book from this train-themed Listopia:
The Girl on the Train It's on the first page
Points this post: 25
Total points: 805

25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book A - The Undertaker's Daughter - first published in Dannish - which I am in no way literate in
Book B - What We Find - Robyn Carr - RC found in READ CAREFULLY
Points This Post: 25
Points Overall: 545

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Single author initials in MANHA T TAN P ROJECT
Treasure Kills by Phil Truman
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Legends of Tsalagee
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 1: Grammy Museum - Los Angeles, California
$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal - 100% set in LA
Points this post: 40
Total points: 275

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 525
Total Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 4

15.6 - 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, Buttered Popcorn, Watermelon, Cherry, Cinnamon, Pear, Orange, Green Apple, Toasted Marshmallow, Blueberry, Coconut, Strawberry, Cotton Candy, Bubblegum, Root Beer, Peach, Coffee, GRAPE, Lemon, Red Apple
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
points: 15
total: 595
GO: 8
BB: 7
Tasks completed: 35

Option 1: Read a book that is either #1 in the series
Book read: The Shop on Blossom Street
How it fits: Blossom Street #1
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
Book read: After the Wedding
How it fits: Author's (Courtney Milan) initials are CM.
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25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Read 1 book that has over 500 pages from any one option.
Option B: Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET
Book read: Das Leuchten der Purpurinseln
How it fits: 672 pages, author's (Doris Cramer) initials are DC
Claiming 1 BB Ticket
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 740
Books read: 55
Tasks completed: 44
BB Tickets: 12
GO Tickets: 2

Mystery
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Please change Dracula from 5.5 to 15.2 book 1
15.2
Book 1: published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive). Dracula by Bram Stoker
*Claiming GO ticket, pub 1897*
Book 2: published since the year 2000 The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Pub 2013
Points this post: 20 (minus 5 for 5.5)
Total Points: 150/930
Tasks completed: 11/55
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
20.1
Option 2: initials in MANHATTAN PROJECT. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 185/930
Tasks completed: 14/55
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

Option 4: initials in WHITE SANDS
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
20.4
Option 4: initials in BEST DAY EVER
Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 225/930
Tasks completed: 16/55
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

Option 1: #3, 4, or 5 in a series
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Option 2: average rating consists solely of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255/930
Tasks completed: 17/55
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
The Henchmen of Zenda by K.J. Charles
10.10 - Africa Day
read a book set in a country that is a member of the African Union or by an author born or currently living in one of those countries.
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
I chose option 1 and option 3
Option 1
Read a book set at least 50% in any U.S. state that you've never visited, i.e. never set your feet on the ground outside.
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
(263 pages)
I have never been to Maryland or, indeed, America.
Option 3.
Read a book from this train-themed Listopia
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
(274 pages)
On page 1 of the list.
Murder on the Orient Express was first published in 1926 and so qualifies for 1 Golden Oldie ticket
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
I chose option 4 and option 5.
Opt. 4: Schwarzwald Museum
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD, middle initials can be ignored.
Ruthless by Alexis Abbott
Opt. 5: Alte Pinakothek
Read a book that is number 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 in a series. This must be clear from the metadata.
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
Cards on the Table was first published 1936 so is eligible for one Golden Oldie ticket
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
I chose option 1 and 3.
1.
Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series. The series designation must be noted in the GR record.
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
(349 pages)
3.
Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5. So, a book with 345 pages would work, as would a book with 432 pages
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(455 pages)
Lady Audley's Secret was first published in 1862 and so qualifies for 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points this post: 100
Total points: 350
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 5
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30

15.9 Find Your Muse
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - The (3), Chronicle (9)
25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
1: Hurts to Love You - most recent in series
3: Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
1: Idaho (320 pgs) - set 100% in Idaho, which is a state I've never visited
3: The Mystery of the Blue Train (317 pgs) - page 1 of list
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
2: Wild at Whiskey Creek by Julie Anne Long - qualifying 'A' from 'Anne' in CAPITAL
4: An Unnatural Vice (approved length, line 266)
TALLY:
This post - 90 points
Total - 800

Option 2: Read a book with a castle on the cover.

link to paperback: The Henchmen of Zenda
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD
An Amish Heirloom: A Legacy of Love, The Cedar Chest, The Treasured Book, A Midwife's Dream by Amy Clipston and others
Points this post = 30
Total points = 410
Big Book tickets = 3
Golden Oldies = 12
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Task # 5.10 - From Your Collection
Read a book of your choice.
The Wages of Sin by Kaite Welsh
Points this post: 5
Total points: 905