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Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: Read a book without a person on the cover
Book:

Author: Julius Falconer
Date Read: 01/19/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Without a person on the cover
Next Planet or the Sun: Jupiter

Task: Read a book by an author that is new to you.
Book: The Moonstone
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date Read: 1-22-20
How My Book Fit the Task: First book I've read by WIlkie Collins
Next Planet or the Sun: Random!

Planet or the Sun:---SUN---
Task:The Sun is gradually becoming hotter. Read a book with a person on the cover that you consider hot.
Book:---TRIP---
Author:T. Torrest
Date Read:---Jan/22/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Okay, I couldn't see a book with Sean Connery or Tom Selleck etc. this is one of the two audio books I had and it was tortous to listen to. Not my style at all but I believe if I was 60 years younger I would think him hot.
Next Planet or the Sun---done with the sun, Mercury next please

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun:
Task #3: Read a spin-off book
Book: Dangerously Divine - Deborah Blake
Date Read: 1/22
How Book Fits Task: A spin-off of the Baba Yaga series
Next Planet or the Sun: Mars

Planet: Jupiter
Task: Read a book with 400+ pages
Title:

Author: Hope Ramsay
Date Read: 01/22/2019
How it fits: 416 pages
Next Planet: Saturn

Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Task: Science Fiction set in Great Britian
Book: A Symphony of Echoes
Author: Jodi Taylor
Date Read: 24/1
How My Book Fit the Task: Based in rural England near Rushford, also about Time travelling historians.
Next Planet or the Sun: Uranus

LaurLa in the JetStar 6000
Planet or the Sun: PLUTO
Task: 3. Read a book with a author's name starts with 'C' or 'T'.
Book: Protecting the Enemy ~ Samantha Chase
Date Read: 01.24 ★★★
How it fits: author LN C
Next Planet Jupiter

The Sun
Task: Read a science fiction book.
Book: Solar Storm: Episode 1: IMPACT
Author: Marcus Richardson
Date Read: 1/23/20
How My Book Fit the Task: This is a science fiction book. A CME (coronal mass ejection) - has knocked out all electricity.
Solar Storm Episode 1 IMPACT by Marcus Richardson
Next Planet: Mars

Planet or the Sun:---Mercury
Task: --- 5. Read the 1st book in a series.
Book;---Cobra
Author:---Timothy Zahnn
Date Read:Jan/25/20
How My Book Fit the Task: 1st book in series.
Next Planet or the Sun; ---Mercury

LaurLa in the JetStar 6000
Planet or the Sun: JUPITER
Task: 3. Read a book from start to finish within 6 days.
Book: Huge Deal ~ Lauren Layne
Date Read: 01.25 ★★★★
How it fits: started 1/24; finished 1/25
Next Planet Venus

Task: Read a book that has more than 1,886 ratings.
Book: The Mystery of the Blue Train
Author: Agatha Christie
Date Read: 1-25-20
How My Book Fit the Task: Book has 31,000 ratings
Next Planet or the Sun: Random!

Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task:read a sci-fi book and no people on cover
Book: Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date Read: 25/1
How My Book Fit the Task: dystopian future, helicopter cars, earbugs for tv, 3d tv, anomatronic dogs
Next Planet or the Sun: Saturn

Planet or the Sun:---Mercury
Task:-- 4--Read a book first published in 2010
Book:--The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: ---Rebecca Skloot
Date Read:Jan/25/20
How My Book Fit the Task: published in 2010
Next Planet or the Sun:---Mercury

Planet or the Sun:---Mercury
Task:--3.Read a standalone book.
Book:--=The Last Teacher
Author:---Allen Lee
Date Read:---Jan /26/20
How My Book Fit the Task: Standalone book
Next Planet or the Sun:---Mecury

Planet: Saturn
Task: Read a book that was published in July.
Title:

Author: Nancy McGovern
Date Read: 01/25/2020
How it fits: D.O.P. - 07/28/2016
Next Planet/the Sun: Sun

Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Task: Read a science fiction book
Book: A Closed and Common Orbit
Author: Becky Chambers
Date Read: 1/26/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Uranus

Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Task: 1. Read a science fiction book.
Book:

Date Read: 1/2/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun: Soooo cold, need to head back towards the warm Sun so to Uranus next.

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Mars
Task #1 & 5: Read a science fiction book. AND Read the 4th book in a series.
Book: Thirteen Rising - Romina Russell
Date Read: 1/26
How Book Fits Task: MPG science fiction AND #4 in series
Next Planet or the Sun: the Sun
Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Saturn
Task: 2. Read a book where the main character is married
Book: The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice
Author: Abigail Reynolds
Date Read: 1/26/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: the main characters get married
Next Planet or the Sun: random (Thanks, Jada.)
Planet or the Sun: Saturn
Task: 2. Read a book where the main character is married
Book: The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice
Author: Abigail Reynolds
Date Read: 1/26/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: the main characters get married
Next Planet or the Sun: random (Thanks, Jada.)

Planet or the Sun:---Mercury
Task:--2. Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar --------=System. Read a book that has 150 - 199 pages.
Book:---The Intern
Author:---Dale Wiley
Date Read:Jan/27/20
How My Book Fit the Task: ---158 pages
Next Planet or the Sun-----Venus
Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Mars
Task: Read a historical book.
Book: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
Author: Candice Millard
Date Read: 1/28/20
How My Book Fit the Task: This book recounts Winston Churchill's role in the second Boer War and gives a good overview of that war and the makings of the nation of South Africa. Highly recommended.
Next Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Planet or the Sun: Mars
Task: Read a historical book.
Book: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Author: Candice Millard
Date Read: 1/28/20
How My Book Fit the Task: This book recounts Winston Churchill's role in the second Boer War and gives a good overview of that war and the makings of the nation of South Africa. Highly recommended.
Next Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Pluto
Task: #3 Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Read a book with a author's name starts with 'C' or 'T'.
Book: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
Author: Christopher Clark
Date Read: 25 January 2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Author's first and last name start with C
Next Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Planet or the Sun: Pluto
Task: #3 Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Read a book with a author's name starts with 'C' or 'T'.
Book: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
Author: Christopher Clark
Date Read: 25 January 2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Author's first and last name start with C
Next Planet or the Sun: Uranus

Planet or the Sun: Jupiter
Task: 2. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. Read a book with 400+ pages.
Book: To Honor You Call Us
Author: H. Paul Honsinger
Date Read: 27 January 2020
How My Book Fit the Task: 455 pages
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Mars please

Planet or the Sun:---Venus--
Task:2. Venus is shrouded by an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds. Read a book with clouds on the cover.
Book:---Auld Acquaintance
Author:Ruth Hay
Date Read:---Jan/28/20
How My Book Fit the Task: cloud on cover
Next Planet or the Sun:Venus---3

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The Sun
Task: Read a book that has been shelved as 'Mythology'
Title:

Author: Kevin Hearne
Date Read: 01/28/2020
How it fits: MPG - Mythology
Next Planet: Pluto

LaurLa in the JetStar 6000
Planet or the Sun: VENUS
Task: 5. Read the 2nd book in a series
Book: Unbeautifully ~ Madeline Sheehan
Date Read: 01.29 ★★★★
How it fits: #2 Undeniable series
Next Planet Uranus

Planet or the Sun: Mars
Task: Read a science fiction book.
Book: Herbert, Frank - Der Herr des Wüstenplaneten (Dune Messiah)
Date Read: January 29, 2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Sci-Fi classic - Second book to the Dune Trilogy
Next Planet or the Sun: Earth

Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: 4. The Uranian system has a unique configuration because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways. Its north and south poles, therefore, lie where most other planets have their equators. Read a book set in a different hemisphere than you.
Book: La bella salvaje
Author: Philip Pullman
Date Read: January 30
How My Book Fit the Task: set in the northern hemisphere, I'm from the southern hemisphere
Next Planet or the Sun: Saturn

Laila Jane in the Nightflyer
Planet: Venus
Task: Read a book with clouds on the cover
Book: The Family Next Door
Author: Sally Hepworth
Date Read: 01/25/20
How It Fits: Clouds on the cover
Next Planet: Earth

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Planet: Pluto
Task: Read a book with an author's name starts with 'C' or 'T'.
Book:

Author: Cora Harrison
Date Read: 01/30/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Author's Name starts with 'C'
Next Planet: Neptune

Planet or the Sun:---Venus ----3
Task: 3.---Read a book set during a battle or war.
Book: ----The War Planners---
Author: ---Andrew Watts--
Date Read:---Jan/30/20
How My Book Fit the Task:-- War planned and attacks started
next Planet or the Sun:------Venus ---4

Planet or the Sun: Mercury
Task: 1, 3
Book: Zero Bomb
Author: M.T. Hill
Date Read: 1/29/20
How My Book Fit the Task: 1- science fiction, 3- stand alone novel
Next Planet or the Sun: Venus

Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: 3. In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as an almost featureless planet. Read a book without a person on the cover.
Book:

Date Read: 1/30/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: no people
Next Planet or the Sun: Still cold, need to head back towards the warmer planets, on to Saturn
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post your new tasks. I'm visiting my daughter and her family in a different state. My time (and a computer) is not my own :)
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Planet or the Sun:---Sun
Task:
3. The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star. Read a book whose title begins with a 'G'
Book:---Gone the Next
Author:---Ben Rehder
Date Read:---Jan/21/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: Book begins with G
Next Planet or the Sun:---Last one for the SUN-#2 Hot