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10.3 – Tell Me Where It HurtsStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Shelved as Medical
10.8 – Tax Day
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dara
Author’s initial in TAX DAY
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option A - Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Set in Texas
Points: 280
Readerboard: JENBENT5.2 - A Cultural Experience - author's initials in culTuRe
The Lucky Ones by Tiffany Reisz
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
2. “Initials”
The Antiques by Kris D'Agostino
A in D'Agostino - cApital not initial
5. “100+”
2 plays under 100 pages each, totaling over 100 pages combined
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis
71 pages
&
Winners and Losers by Marcus Youssef
96 pages
Points this post: 35
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 430
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
CathyG 5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
Rock Courtship by Nalini Singh
approved in spreadsheet line 2129
5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
Read a book that features cryptozoology, a cryptozoologist, or one or more cryptids from this list: Cryptids.
Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
Z by Larissa Ione
public library
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
\Heart of Steel by Cathryn Cade
approved for length 6819
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Russian Novel - A Gentleman in Moscow byAmor Towles
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 50
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 38
Big Book Ticket:
Golden Oldie Ticket:
Amber20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2 - Book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT - EJ are found in proJEct
Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 4 - MPG of Mythology
Circe by Madeline Miller
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 1 - Book that is set at least 50% in the location of one of the ten museums - this book is set in Los Angeles, CA, the home of the Grammy Museum (from the summary: "While in Los Angeles for Isaac’s funeral, Hazel realizes she’s not the only one searching for his life’s work")
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
Option 1 - Book with an ‘other role’ person named in the GR record whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase UNIDENTIFIED OTHERS - I listened to the Audible version with Robbie Daymond as a Narrator, the initials RD are found in uniDentified otheRs
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Option 2 - Book by an author whose GR-recorded name contains a capitalized letter somewhere OTHER than the first initials of the first and last name, and that letter must be found in the phrase CAPITAL NOT INITIAL - Michelle McNamara has a capital N in the middle of her last name, which is found in Not
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 2 - Book FIRST published in March of any year or FIRST published in 1904 - first published March 2017
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Option 3 - Book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX - TR are found in The loRax
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 115
Total points: 220
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Frugalitymom's Task Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History Option 2: Pick a fiction or non-fiction book that either covers Henry VIII, one of his wives, or one of his children.
The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen
Okayed in the help thread on April 21, 2018.
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 65
Total Books Read: 4
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Amy O.25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1: book that is #1 in series
Poison Study (Poison Study #1)
Option 3: book whose author's initials are in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning
Option 1, Book 1: nonfiction book with MPG of Science
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
This book is new to me.
Page count: 292 pages
Book 2: nonfiction book with a building on the cover
This book is new to me.
Page count from hardcover edition, I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering: 320 pages
Total page count: 292 pages + 320 pages = 612 pages
30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Option C, Book 1: book whose author is attending BookCon 2018
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Page count from paperback edition, The Hate U Give: 438 pages
Option C, Book 2: book set at least 50% in New York
In the Cut
Page count: 192 pages
Total page count: 438 + 192 = 630 pages
This post: 80
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 31
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Task 25.3 - 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 translator’s name MUST be present in the Goodreads main book record.
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea (2000) by Masaji Ishikawa; translated by Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown (Kindle Edition, 159 pages) [306.095193]
Book written in Japanese. I do not know Japanese.
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ C A RE F ULLY.
Crime and Poetry (A Magical Bookshop Mystery #1) (2016) by Amanda Flower (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 345 pages)
Pagecount: 159 + 345 = 504 > 501
270 + 25 = 295
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 270 + 25 = 295
Books read: 21
Pages read: 6,133
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 5.4 - Avanos Hair MuseumRead a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
Midas World (1983) by Frederik Pohl (Hardcover, SFBC, 276 pages)
295 + 05 = 300
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 295 + 05 = 300
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,409
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Catherine TTask 5.10 - From Your Collection
read a book of my choice
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Task 15.8 - The Red Baron
read a book with an airplane on the cover
The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts
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Season total = 780
Nick KY20.10 Group Read I read the selection in Non-Fiction On the Seven Seas, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. Comment in message 26 of the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 845
LAVENDER10.10 - 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.
Cape Town to Kruger: Backpacker Adventures in South Africa and Swaziland (World Travel Book 1) by John Dwyer Kindle I read
Cape Town to Kruger: Backpacker Adventures in South Africa and Swaziland (World Travel Book 1) 192 pages (Top paperback, No MMPB)
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25.01 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1: Read a book that is either #1 in the series or the last entry in a series.
Voices of Chaos (Starbridge #7) by A.C. Crispin and Ru Emerson 316 pages
Last entry in the Starbridge series
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
Redburn by Herman Melville 448 pages
HM in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published in 1849
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 34
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 5
Diana K.Task 20.9 C) Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE -or- FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE.
The Little Paris Bookshop
Points this post: 20
Total points: 825
CYNBAXTER# 10.09 – "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
Task: Read a non-fiction book written about or by a journalist.
Book 1: The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 305 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
CYNBAXTER# 5.04 – Avanos Hair Museum
Task: Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
Book 1:
The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel KrausPoints this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 310 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday Option D: NIOSA – Night in Old San Antonio
An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette
~ p. 5 ~ "We'll start with the fish tacos, the grouper rolls, and a small Caesar salad with a crab cake on the side."
~ 310 pages > 250 minimum
Total Points: 405 + 20 = 425
Sarah E30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1: #3 in a series
Grip of the Shadow Plague - 479 pages
Option 3:
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - 315 pages
479 + 315 = 794 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Jayme (the ghostreader)Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand5.10 book of choice
10.2 free for all
Here's to Usby Elin Hilderbrand
30.4 The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Option 3 3,4,5 at least 2 in the page number
Raspberry Danish Murder
By [author:Joanne Fluke|18819
Total 45 points
Grand total 60
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.5 - Pay the Piper.
Option 1: Read a book that takes place in one of the specified countries.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (507 p.)
**Takes place in England**
**I wish to claim 1 BB ticket and 1 GO ticket**
➸ Points: 125 of 290 (goal)
➸ Total Pages: 3,324
Kristen IA30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
This is a two book task. No books with the genre childrens or kids may be used. The books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Choose 2 books from 2 different options:
Required: Identify the options.
1. Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series. The series designation must be noted in the GR record.
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming - 399 pages
I listened to an audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
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.
The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian - 304 pages
I listened to an audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
399 + 304 = 703 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 275/930
Tasks Completed: 14/55
GO: 0
BB: 4
Diana K.Task 25.7 Option B. Not to Choose. – Relax! For this option, read two books by the same author
Blue Shoes and Happiness
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - The Classic Novel
Book 1, Option B: Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 and by an author with a long first or last name, which for the purposes of this task means eight or more letters. I read The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (9 letters in last name, first published 1794, 654pp).
Book 2, Option A: Read a novel first published between 1798 and 1837 and written by a female author. I read Emma by Jane Austen (first published 1815, 474pp).
Book 3, Option B: Read a novel first published between 1837 and 1901 and by a single author whose first and last name initials appear in VICTORIA REGINA. I read Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (first published 1862, 244pp).
654+474+244=1372
Points this post: 50
Total points so far: 735
Cindy FTask 15.3 Women's History Month
1 Book Option: Historical Genre written by a Woman
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Claim 1 BB Ticket 512 pages!
Points this post:15
Total points280
Tasks completed:18
Books read:21
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(5)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.1 - A Truth and A LieBook 1: Read a nonfiction book.
Book read: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
How it fits: MPG Nonfiction
Book 2: Read a book with any form of the word LIE in the title or subtitle.
Book read: The Lies of Locke Lamora
How it fits: The word lies in the title
Claiming 1 BB Ticket (MMPB Edition The Lies of Locke Lamora has 722 pages)
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 755
Books read: 57
Tasks completed: 45
BB Tickets: 13
GO Tickets: 2
Christine V15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: Circe by Madeline Miller
MPG "Historical" confirmed in message 25 of the task help thread.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
BARBARA ★ 10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay (#563) 5/22
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 645
15.3 - WOmen's History MonthBook 1 - MPG historical - The Highlander's Touch
Book 2 - Woman author - The Dark Highlander
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
Repost5.1 0
Book of choice
Summerlandby Elin Hilderbrand
10.2 free for all
Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand library book, it was free.
30.4 option 1 book:The Great Alone|34912895]
Approved in thread
Option 3
Raspberry Danish Murder by [author:Joanne Fluke|18819
3,4,5 in the page numbers. 304pp.
Task total 45
Grand total 60
Jayme (the ghostreader)Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber
20.5 option 3
First letters of title found in well behaved women seldom make history
Task Points 20
Grand total : 80
15.5 Won't You be my neighborCardigan sweater found in the title
True Colors by Kristin Hannah
Task points 15
Grand total 95
JUKKA5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Book whose title and subtitle contain the letters BAD ART.
Black Bolt, Vol. 1: Hard Time by Saladin Ahmed.
5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
Book that features a cryptid.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF by Amy Reeder has a dinosaur in New York.
15.7 - Spring Saints
Book by an author named David, Patrick, or George, or their cognates.
Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly Collection by Patricia Briggs.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3: Book with main page genre Science Fiction.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Points: 240/930
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Katrina H5.6 - Meguro Parasitological Museum
Read a book with at least 300 pages that was first published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 9.
I read The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin.
Published 2009
Page count 301 pages
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15.7 - Spring Saints
Read a book by an author named David, Patrick or George.
The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman.
*****
Points this post = 20
Total points = 80
Catherine TTask 15.7 - Spring Saints
read a book with an author named George
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Season total = 800
the end is in sight! can I do it???!
5.10 - From Your CollectionHelp Thread
Read a book of your choice. Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task. Required: If using this exemption, state that the book is not found in ARBookFinder.
I read The Husband Hour
points: 200
books read: 15
tasks completed: 13
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 5676
Nick KY25.2 Libraianish’s Roads n Rails
Opt. 1. I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The story takes place in Washington state, which I have never visited. 230 pp
Opt. 3. I read Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless, # 11 on the Tales on Track list. 386 pp
Total pp = 616 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 870
Diana K.Task 10.10 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
The Miracle at Speedy Motors takes place in Botswana
Points this post: 10
Total points: 860
Cait S20.7- Young Sheldon
Option 2
Read a book written by a single author who shares first and last name initials with these iconic Texans: SHJBSS.
All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Bookwrm526Task #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. I chose Black Licorice and read The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 750
Kayla C25.6 Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Option B: The Copenhagen Affair by Amulya Malladi
clAude Monet
Option C: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde
352 pages, contains 5 and 3
306 + 352 > 500
points this post: 25
total points: 450
10.1 – Let’s Learn SomethingSpectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk
Shelved as History and Cultural
15.3 – Women’s History Month
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Shelved as historical, written by a woman
POINTS: 25
Marina H20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 4: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
Published May 2017
513 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 620
Big book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 8
Tasks completed: 32
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe. I chose Italy and read The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths. The Goodreads blurb explains that the main character is on working holiday in Italy.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 765
Joanne MITask 15.2 Tale of Two Tates
Book one published before 2000-Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West Published in 1994
Book two-published after 1999-Winter of Ice and Iron -published 2017
Claiming one Big Books for Winter of Ice and Iron-561 pages
Points this task 15
Total points 335
BB this task 1
Total BB 12
Megs20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
OPTION 5: Red or Green?
For this task, read a book with the words “red” or “green”, as a standalone word, in the title or subtitle.
Red Glove by Holly Black
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Total Golden Oldies tickets: 2
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make HistoryOPTION 3: Read a book where the first letter of each word of the title and subtitle can be found in "Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History."
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
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.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
OPTION 3: Read a book that has won or been nominated for the Edgar Award.
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
Points this post: 50
TOTAL POINTS: 270
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); 1 (750+)
Total tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 16
5.2 - A Cultural ExperienceA book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE: Blue Skies by Robyn Carr
Points this post: 5
Total points: 730
15.9 - Find Your MuseRead a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title
The Book of Illusions - the, illusions
Points this post = 15
Total points = 425
5.1 - A Night at the MuseumBook with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM
Origin by Dan Brown
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60/930
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina - Tallinn1. The name Tallinn is Estonian - Read a book with at least 2 pairs of double letters in the title and/or subtitle.
Success Unwrapped Direct Sellers' A-Z Event Guide: to Stellar Sales, Committed Customers, Teams that Thrive by Shannon Ferraby
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80/930
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - Spring Saints
Read a book by an author named David, Patrick or George or any of the related names. I chose David and read Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems by David Rakoff.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 780
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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A book with main page genre Science Fiction: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
15.1 - A Truth and A Lie
Book 1, a non-fiction book: American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
Book 2, a book with any form of the word LIE in the title: One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline
Points this post: 25
Total points: 725