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[Julia]

Julia L.

Task 5.8
Terpsichore
Read a book featuring a dancer, approved post #50

Swan vol. 1
Ariyoshi Kyoko

Points in this post: 5
Total points: 5
Number of books: 1

[Melanie]

Dakimel

5.2 – Clio

I read The Black Dudley Murder (Historical Mystery)

10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth!

I read Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer (Spy Thriller - Espionage)

TALLY:
This post - 15 points
Total - 50

[Cindie]

20.10 Group Reads

I read Candy Cane Murder and posted on the discussion thread.

All 3 authors: Joanne FlukeJoanne Fluke and Laura Levine are ****GR authors *****

Points: 35
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
GR authors: 3
Pages read: 670

[Tara]

10.9 Getting to Know the Author

Read a book by an author featured in GR Author Interviews

by Colleen Hoover

**Colleen Hoover Found on Page 1**
**Link to Interview
**E Book Approval

***Colleen Hoover is a GR Author***

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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 10

Totals:
Tasks Completed:2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total Points: 25

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[Jonquil]

Jonquil
30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me

Rolled 6 and 2

Task 2: Orpheus and Eurydice
Genre romance
Merry and Bright 329 pages 12/4
by Jill Shalvis (Goodreads Author)

Task 6: Cupid and Psyche
candle on cover
Candlelight Christmas 336 pp 12/5
by Susan Wiggs (Goodreads Author)



Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Books posted 5
Tasks complete 3
Goodreads authors this post: 2
Total goodreads authors: 4

[Christine]

Christine V

20.9 - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (audio edition)
Link to Paperback (no MMP available)

544 pages **Claiming Big Book Ticket**
Anthony Doerr is a Goodreads Author **Claiming GRA Ticket**

Points this post: 20

Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

[Sarindre]

Sarindre

5.7 Polyhymnia

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

*****Paulo Coelho is a Goodreads Author*****

10.1 A Random Trip Back in Time

REQUIRED - Rolled a 7

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

15.8 Under My Thumb 

Required -

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta


This Post
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Ticket: 0

Total this Season
Points: 30 / 1045
Tasks Completed: 3/60
Pages: 942
Books: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

[Cordelia]

AKC

Task 30.8 Morgan Faeriefolly's task: Make your TBR say UNCLE

Option 2: Red all over - verified post 127
Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh


GR author

Option 5 : Guilty pleasures
Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh


Points this task: 30
Total points: 45

GR authors: 1

[Cynthia]

CYNBAXTER:

15.4 Ring in the New
Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015 and is identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1)

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Danielle Paige is a GR Author

Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: (500) 1; (750) 0; (1000) 0
Total Books Read: 1

[Kaity]

Kait

5.1 - Calliope
A book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page.
Rumble by Ellen Hopkins -- Poetry on main page with 35 users

Ellen Hopkins is a GR Author.
Rumble qualifies for 1 BB Ticket at 560 pages.


5.4 - Erato
A book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Seducing Lauren by Kristen Proby -- #2 in the Love Under the Big Sky series

Kristen Proby is a GR Author.



Points This Post: 10
GR Authors This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1

Total Points: 20
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 2

[Jessica]

JESS PHILLY

15.6 My Way
I read A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson, which is a memoir.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 15

[Teri-K]

20.3 Word from a Christmas Song.
The shared word is "home" from the song "I'll be Home for Christmas".
Finding Home, 256 pages.
Irene Hannon is a GRA.

20.7 Option 2: Required Reading in High School list. 
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
From pg 1, #31

20.9 Author's name without letters SLUMP.
Hidden Talents, by Jayne Ann Krentz.
Krentz is a GRA.

New points this post:60  
Total w/this post: 155  

GRA tickets this post: 2 
Total w/this post: 5

Total tasks completed:10 
Total books claimed: 11
Post #: 113

[Nicola]

M1NKS

20.10 - Group Reads

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen

1 x Goodreads Author as Neil Gaimen is a Goodreads author



POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 35
GR Author: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 2

[Shelley]

SHELLEY UT

5.1 - Calliope

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Ellen Hopkins is a goodreads author.

This book is over 500 pages.


Points this task: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Book of My Choice

Knight | Kristen Ashley | ♥♥♥♥♥ | 284 Pages | GR Author

♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+:
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★45/1045 ★
Tasks Completed: ★5/59★
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+:

[Dee]

Delicious Dee

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
Ivan - Roxie Rivera (GR Author) - none of the letters from SLUMP appear in the author's name

Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 40
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:

[Margie]

Readerboard Name: Margie Van

REPOST (message 91 on this thread & message 13 on questions/problems thread)

For task 20.10 Group Read

Candy Cane Murder
Participated in the Group Discussion
CLAIMING GRA: Joanne Fluke

Total points: 20
GRA: 1

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

babbling c


15.8 Under My Thumb
February 18th is Thumb Appreciation Day. Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb. The hand must not be covered with a glove, mitt, etc. The hand must be easily identifiable and the thumb MUST be included.

Wish Upon a Snowflake kindle - Wish Upon a Snowflake: The Christmas Duchess\Russian Winter Nights\A Shocking Proposition - paperback 288 pgs by Christine Merrill Linda Skye Elizabeth Rolls
Christine Merrill is a GRA.


Man's thumb is resting on woman's neck/jaw.


THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0

Total This Season
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0

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Pages read this season: 288
Books read this season: 1

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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)

[Shauna]

20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …

Read a book whose TITLE shares a word with the title of one of my favorite Christmas Songs.

'Twas the Night After Christmas by Sabrina Jeffries *Goodreads Author*
*Song: White Christmas
*Word: Christmas
*Pages: 416

Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 40

Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

[Jonquil]

Jonquil

10.8. Our Friends in Tuxedos
author's initials can be found in the word "penguin" PNE
P. N. Elrod
Lifeblood 208 pages 12/5

Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Books posted 6
Tasks complete 4
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors: 4

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

15.8 Under My Thumb
Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb. The hand must not be covered with a glove, mitt, etc. The hand must be easily identifiable and the thumb MUST be included.


(most literal cover ever. lol.)

Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant.

Michael Grant is a **Goodreads Author**

[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 35/1045
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 4/59
Pages Read: 979
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

[Prajakta]

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
Tasks used : 10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time - I Rolled 4 so year comes to 2011
10.9. Get to Know the Author - Richelle Mead was interviewed - page no 4
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author

Points this post:20
Total points: 20
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 1
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

[Val]

VAL TX

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment - Pick ONE option and read a book that fits its criteria.

Option 1: Far Abroad - Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
The book is not a reread for me. I live in North America, the book is set in Europe (Iceland).
Hannah Kent is GR Author.

Current:
Points - 20
GR Authors - 1

Total:
Points - 30
GR Authors - 2
BB Tickets - 0

[Melanie]

MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 5.10 Who's your muse

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee

Qualifier: Book of my choice.
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7.0

Claiming GRA for Karen Foxlee

Points this task: 5
Points Total: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 0

[Beth F]

20.10 Group Read: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, a Goodreads author. - Comment #18 on the discussion thread.

Points: 50

[Jasmiina]

Jasmiina F


10.9. Get to Know the Author: Read a book written by an author interviewed by Goodreads.
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King *Claiming a big book ticket for 672 pages* *Goodreads author*
The interview is on the 1st page

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

[Sheila]

Sheila


5.5 - Thalia
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M.C. Beaton




10.9. Get to Know the Author
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
(page 1)


Total Points - 35

[Christine]

Christine V

20.6 - Alicia T's task: Deployment - Option 1: Far Abroad

A Christmas Carol (audio edition) - Link to MMP

I live in North America. This book is set in Europe. Setting (London) is confirmed in the first sentence of this SparkNotes page.
This book is not a reread for me.


Points this post: 20

Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

[Gea]

Gea

15.5 California Dreamin'
Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in California. The setting should be evident in the title, description, metadata, or on the main book page.
Raphael by D.B. Reynolds (Goodreads Author)


POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 15
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 1

[Laura]

Laura E


5.2 Clio (genre historical fiction on the main page)

Coming of the Storm by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

*Kathleen O'Neal Gear is a Goodreads author

Points this post: 5
Totals
Points: 10
GRA: 1
Big Books: 0

[Megan]

MEGUNDER

20.10 Group Read
Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke

My review is post6 on the discussion page.

I read the Kindle edition. The hardcover has 388 pages.


[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 25

Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Pages Read: 601

[Nicola]

M1NKS


15.9 Public Enemy - Read a book with the genre "crime" on its main book page.

Five Little Pigs


POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 50
GR Author: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 3

[Hannah]

HANNAH THE BLONDE

15.5 California Dreamin'

The Age of Miracles - metadata lists location as San Diego, California. More than 50% of the book takes place in California.

Karen Thompson Walker is a GRA.

This Post:
Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

Totals:
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Books Read: 1

Total Points: 15

[Margaret]

Margaret L

25.1: New and Old

Option 1: A new book by an author you've read before.
Hope to Die by James Patterson.
Previously, I read Along Came a Spider by James Patterson

Option 4: A book in a series you already started
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files series, #10

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 1

[Jonquil]

Jonquil

20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling … book whose TITLE shares a word with the title of one of my favorite Christmas Songs

Song title: “Angels We Have Heard On High” Match word: “Angels”

Angels at the Table: A Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy Christmas Story 256 pages 12/6
by Debbie Macomber (Goodreads Author)

Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Books posted: 7
Tasks complete: 5
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 5

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

25.3 Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks

Book A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book – this can be a library book, a free ebook, a book you got as a gift, or a book you already owned before December 1, 2014.

I got my book from the library.

Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Bryan Lee O'Malley is a **Goodreads Author**

Book B: Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.

Bossypants by Tina Fey

I listened to the audiobook, the mmpb has 250 pages.

(I also rated it 5 stars which bodes well for everything else I added from that shelf that I hadn't read yet.)

[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 60/1045
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 5/59
Pages Read: 1552
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

[Jonquil]

Jonquil

10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth!
genre "espionage" or "spy thriller."

The Spy Who Came for Christmas 256 pages 12/6
by David Morrell (Goodreads Author)

Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Books posted: 8
Tasks complete: 6
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 6

[Cat]

Catherine T

Task 25.1: New and Old

Option 1: A new book by an author you've read before.
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
This book is new to me; I have previously read Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Option 4: A book in a series you already started
Iron Kissed, book 3 in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs.

Task 30.6: Twice the Fun

I rolled a 3: Series
read two books with the same word in their title (same series is OK)
I read two books from the Mercy Thompson series:
Bone Crossed and Silver Borne both by Patricia Briggs

[Cheryl]

CherylZ

Task #5.2 - Historical Fiction

The Inheritorsby William Golding

Goodreads Author -no
Big Book ticket - no

This Post
Points: 5

Total Points: 5
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 0

[Aleksandra]

30.6 Twice the fun

option 3, name Anne, series "Anne of Green Gables "
Anne of the Island L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Windy Poplars L.M. Montgomery


Task points 30
Total points 30

[Cat]

Catherine T

Task 10.2: A New Year & A New Number
Read a book whose page count is made up from the digits in 2015
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
105 pages

[[deleted user]]

15.9 Public Enemy --Read a book with the genre "crime" on its main book page.


Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes

by
Susan Elmore

This book is a true crime book and currently has "crime " listed on its main page .

Points - 15
*Susan Elmore is a GRA *

__________________________
Total points -15
GRA-1

[Cait S]

Cait S

10.8- Our Friends in Tuxedos
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word "penguin."

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman **Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author**

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 3

[Teresa Jo]

Teresa Jo

25.8 Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book One: My choice: Suddenly a Spy by Heather Huffman

Goodreads Author Heather Huffman

Book Two: Science Fiction set primarily off of Earth: On Basilisk Station by David Weber
Story takes place in the Star Kingdom of Manticore
The book is listed on the AR Bookfinder ( IL:UG ) but does not have Children as a genre.

This Post
Points: 25
Goodreads Author: Yes
Big Books: No

Winter Totals
Total Points: 110 / 1045 (10.52%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 1

[Sheila]

20.10 Group Read
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

discussion post HERE





25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 1. L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone #12)

Older book by this author was
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
AND
Option 2: Delirious by Daniel Palmer
(author is new to me)



Total Points - 80

[Michele]

Mimi Michele

5.10 Who's Your Muse?

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon-Alexander McCall Smith

Point this post:5
Total points: 5
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

Total books read: 1

[SarahA]

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?

Slow Burn: Torrent by Bobby Adair

Point this post:5
Total points: 5
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:0
Total Big Book Tickets:0
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

Total books read: 1

[Teri-K]

20.10 Group Read
Candy Cane Murder
My comments on this book are post #8 in the Group Reads thread.
The authors, Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier and Laura Levine, are all GRAs, so I'm claiming one ticket for this book.

25.8
Book 1: Any SRC-eligible book
The Job
Both authors, Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, are GRAs, so that's 1 ticket for the book.

Book 2: Option 1- Outside winter landscape with snow. 


New points this post: 45 
Total w/this post: 200  

GRA tickets this post:2  
Total w/this post: 7

Total tasks completed:12 
Total books claimed: 14
Post #: 150

[Alex]

RockyNook

5.5 - Thalia - read a book with "humor" genre on main page

Slightly Single - Wendy Markham

Genre Verification thread post #135

Wendy Markham is a Goodreads Author

Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+

[Dee]

Delicious Dee

5.2 - Clio
Mortal Heart - 201ppl have it shelved as historical fiction (as of 12/6)

Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 45
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: