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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Winter 2014 Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts
25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIESBook A, name of a season in the title: Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
Book C, resurrecting a neglected series: Midnight Clear: A Novel by Kathy Hogan Trocheck, #7 in the Callahan Garrity series. This is not a reread.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
20.1 - Bea's Task: January and JanusOption 2: Choose a book with the main page genre of historical fiction.
Hild (560 pgs) by Nicola Griffith (GRA)
Setting: 7th Century AD
This Post
Points This Post: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 1
Total This Season:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 1
Pages: 560
Books: 1
Kristen IARe-post of Post 681 to add readerboard name
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
Read ONE book by an author whose name does NOT contain ANY of the letters in SLUMP.
Visions of Sugar Plums 12/9 (I listened to the audio CD version, but the paperback is 192 pages)
by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Catherine TTask 30.3 - Greek Key
option 2: Meander - read a book on the Best Twists list
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
This was #34 on the list, page one (on 19 Dec)
option 4: Pattern - read a book with an organised, repeating pattern on the cover
Guardians of the Night by Alan Russellpattern (repeated feathers) approved in task help message 112
5.5 Thalia Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.Rise of the Spider Goddess: An Annotated Novel (230 pgs) by Jim C. Hines (GRA)
This Post
Points This Post: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 0
Total This Season:
Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 1
Pages: 790
Books: 2
Elizabeth B5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Yours for Christmas (e-book only, approved @ post#4251)
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
Option B: A Hidden Fire
Option C: Pia Saves The Day (genre paranormal romance )
30.6 Elizabeth B's task
I rolled 6
Scent of Magic- genre fantasy
Murder of Crows- genre fantasy
Points:60
Total: 125+60=185
M1NKS25.9 - Narcissus & Echo
Narcissus:
A: The Diary of a Nobody (pages 176)- First sentence "Why should I not publish my diary?"
I have not read this book before
C:
(pages 349)I have not read this book before
Total page count 535
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Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 175
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 11
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!The Rhesus Chart (pgs 352) by Charles Stross (GRA) has main page genres Humor (task 5.5) and Spy Thriller (task 10.6)
Genres Humor and Espionage/Spy Thriller noted here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
THIS POST:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages: 352
Books: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages: 1142
Books: 3
GRA Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number TwelveOption B - Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella, whose birthday is 12/12.
Option D - To Wed a Scandalous Spy by Celeste Bradley - I was born in the year of the Horse.
Points: 190
25.1: Just to celebrate the New and the OldOption 1: Read a new-to-you book by an author you're read before.
Drug of Choice (John Lange is a pen name for Michael Crichton and I read Jurassic Park.)
Option Two: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Hillside Stranglers - I'd not read anything by Darcy O'Brien before.
30.2 Homer's Odyssey
Option 3: NOBODY
The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War by Yochi J. Dreazen (instructions say middle initials can be ignored)
Option 5: First Published in a year containing an 8
A Case of Need - first published in 1968
30.6 Twice the Fun
Rolled a 4: Publication Year must be the same.
Both from 2014:
If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission by Jo Piazza - Goodreads Author
and
Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston
30.8: Make your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 1: I Heard You Like Books
My Salinger Year Joanna Rakoff - Goodreads Author
Option 5: Guilty Pleasures - for me, it's YA that I read with my daughter.
The Fault in Our Stars John Green - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 115
Total points: 140
Goodreads Authors this post: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
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15.2 Roman Numerals - must include ICDLMVX in title/subtitleProximity: A Novel of the Navy's Elite Bomb Squad - letters I M X
Evil Intentions: How an Act of Kindness Led to Senseless Murder -
letters C D L V
Ronald Watkins - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
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Sarindre30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek Key
Option 1 - Lock on Cover
REQUIRED -
The Butterfly Sister by Amy Gail Hansen
****Amy Gail Hansen is a Goodreads Author****
Option 2 - Best Twist List
REQUIRED - Invisible Monsters Remix is number 50 on the list
Invisible Monsters Remix by Chuck Palahniuk
****Chuck Palahniuk is a Goodreads Author****
This Post
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Ticket: 0
Total this Season
Points: 85 / 1045
Tasks Completed: 5/60
Pages: 2071
Books: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
15.6 My Way: Read a memoir or an autobiographyExodus by Deborah Feldman - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
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HINA15.2 - Roman Numerals -
Book 1: Lover Be Mine by Nicole Jordan.
I, L, M, V
Book 2: Expectant Bride (Greek Tycoons) by Lynne Graham.
C, D, X
**Nicole Jordan is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 325
Total Goodreads Authors: 18
Total Big Book Tickets:
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30.7: Hang the Christmas Stockings With Care: rolled a 3 & a 4Option 3: Chocolate - Author initials can be found in CHOCOLATE
Artis Henderson - Unremarried Widow: A Memoir - Goodreads Author
Option 4: Luxury Item - a book you've wanted to read for a long time
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
My husband has been talking about this book for years and I finally got around to reading it for this challenge.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
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Boston Kate15.10 All I Want for Christmas is U
Undivided
"Undivided" begins with the letter "U"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
10.7. You Can Do It!: The most popular New Years resolutions typically involve losing weight and getting fit. These are also the most frequently abandoned resolutions. Read a book with the main page genres fitness, health, or diet/diets. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.The Insulin-Resistance Diet by Cheryle R. Hart, Mary Kay Grossman
(Main Page Genre is Health)
Task: 10
Total: 160
GRA: 4
Andy P.Task # 10.9. Get to Know the Author
Read a book written by an author interviewed by Goodreads
by Laura LippmanLaura Lippman is the 23rd author on page #1 of Author Interviews
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Elizabeth PTask 15.5 - California Dreamin'
Book set in California
The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton
Set in Hollywood
Alice Clayton is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 3
15.5 California Dreamin'Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloan (a GRA). Takes place in San Francisco.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad –The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. Takes place in The Netherlands, I live in North America.
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Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Big Books: 0 tickets
Total GR Authors: 1
MIMI MICHELEThe Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
25.6 Let It Snow:
Option A-In the Garden of Beasts-by Eric Larsen –a Good Reads Author
E and L found in Let It Snow
Option C-The Card Turner by Louis Sachar
Genre-Romance
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Didi30235.1: Who's Your Muse?
Read a book of your choice.
Killed at the Whim of a Hat
Colin Cotterill
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This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Sheila30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
Option 5. Hitting the Wall:
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson AND
Option 6. You Are An Ironman:
The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey Total Points 240
10.4. Let's Go!Read a book with the genre "travel" on its main page.
Pasta Imperfect by Maddy Hunter
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 155
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
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Becky P20.1- Most Improved Player-Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2- Main Page genre of historical fiction
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Set in the 1770's
***Diana Gabaldon is a GRA and The Fiery Cross is a BB*3 at 1443 pgs***
Points this post-20
Total Points-45
Total GRA-2
Total BB-7 500+(), 750+(2), 1000+(1)
15.4Book 1: Published March 1, 2014 - February 28, 2015.
The Auschwitz Escape, March 18, 2014
Joel C. Rosenberg is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Book 2: #1 in a series.
Their Frontier Family
Lyn Cote is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 550
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total w/this post: 20
Total tasks completed:29
Total books claimed: 43
Post #: 740
Kristi CO20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2, science fiction genre
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Takes place in an undisclosed time in the future (the US is no longer a country, other countries are now below sea level, people and animals are engineered, etc)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Bluegrass Pam10.5 Older and Wiser - Read a non-fiction book
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children byPo Bronson
I read this book to learn some new perspectives on children's development.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
10.5. Older and Wiser: Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about. REQUIRED: In your post, briefly explain the subject that you wanted to know more about.
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney
I read this book on my quest to read presidential biographies in order. I wanted to know more about Madison, as he was one of the founding fathers of whom I knew very little.
Task: 10
Total: 170
GRA: 4
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and JanusOption 2:
Widow's Tears by Susan Wittig Albert(1900)
Total Points = 260
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes Read ONE book that fits the requirements for two of this season's 5- or 10-point tasks.
I am using tasks 5.5 - Thalia and 5.9 - Urania
5.5 - Thalia - Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
Humor - 81 users
5.9 - Urania - Read a book with the name of a celestial object, defined as a natural object located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as the Moon, the Sun, an asteroid, a planet (excluding Earth), or stars, in the title or subtitle.
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Moon
Task total=20
Grand total=55
FANDURY20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
Afterparty by Daryl Gregory
I live in Germany on the continent Europe. This book is set in Canada and USA and so on the continent North-America.
This is not a re-read for me, but the first time I read the book.
Daryl Gregory is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
5.5 - Thalia - Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
Humor - 81 users
5.9 - Urania - Read a book with the name of a celestial object, defined as a natural object located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as the Moon, the Sun, an asteroid, a planet (excluding Earth), or stars, in the title or subtitle.
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Moon
Post total=10
Grand total=45
READ605.6 Causes of Ugly Crying book: Me Before You|15507958]
by Jojo Moyes
points for this: 5
total Point: 10
Sandy MN20.1 Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2 Historical Fiction
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield
20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
Winter Wonderland
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Goodreads Author
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Set in Europe, I live in North America
Us by David Nicholls
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
Total Points: 110
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Hana C.
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled a 2 and a 5.
2. Lump of coal: Read a non-fiction science book. The genre "Science" must appear on the book's main page.
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
5. Surprise: Read a book found on this list: Popular Classic Retellings Books.
This book is on page one of the list, and is #12.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled a 2 and a 5.
2. Lump of coal: Read a non-fiction science book. The genre "Science" must appear on the book's main page.
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
5. Surprise: Read a book found on this list: Popular Classic Retellings Books.
This book is on page one of the list, and is #12.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190
TracyN15.8 - Under My Thumb. Cover shows a thumb.
Watch How We Walk by Jennifer LoveGroveJennifer LoveGrove is a goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
REPOST OF 532Shopaholic Takes Manhattan[book:Confessions of a Shopaholic|9416
MIMIMICHELE
25.1 BOOK JUNKIE
Option 3-Start a series by a new to you author: CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC BY SOHPIE KINSELLA
THIS A NEW AUTHOR FOR ME
Option 4-Read a book in a series that you have already started: SHOPAHOLIC TAKES MANHATTEN BY
SOPHIE KINSELLA
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
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25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and OldOption 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
REQUIRED: State that the author is new to you. I read Billy Joel. The author, Fred Schruers is new to me.
Option 3: Start a series by a new-to-you author. This book must be listed as book #1 in a series on Goodreads.
REQUIRED: State that the author is new to you!
I read Code Name Verity. This is #1 in the series per Goodreads, and the author is new to me. Also the author, Elizabeth Wein is a ******Goodreads Author *******
Points: 90
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
GR authors: 2
Big Books: 1(500)
pages read: 2416
30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me…Dice Rolled 4,5
Option 4: Odysseus
Word Ship in the Title
The Shipwreck | Glynnis Campbell | 124 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
Option 5: Medusa
Horror Main Genre
Dawn | V.C. Andrews | 416 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ |
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This Task
Points: 30
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★180/1045 ★
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1
REPOST 733:15.5 California Dreamin'
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloan (a GRA). Takes place in San Francisco.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad –The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. Takes place in The Netherlands (Europe), I live in North America.
Both books are new to me.
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Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Big Books: 0 tickets
Total GR Authors: 1
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY10.3. National Days
Read a book set at least 50% in one of those countries, as noted on Winter National Days Country List.
The Dead of Night (Tomorrow #2) by John Marsden
This book is 100% set in Australia. The series is about a group of teenagers who "go bush" and when they come back home, they discover that Australia has been invaded. Setting listed here on GR main page for book #1. 'Cultural>Australia' is also currently on the main page genres.
I read the kindle edition, the mmpb edition has 304 pages.
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This Post: 10
Total Points: 200/1045
Books Read: 18
Completed Tasks: 16/59
Pages Read: 5150
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
SHELLEY UT10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth!
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Lee Child is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AKC RepostTask 25.2 Hats off to the Translators
Book 1 - A nod to the Romans - translated from French
Alex by
Pierre Lemaitre
Book 2 - And to the Greeks - translated from Japanese
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Points this task: 25
Total points: 100
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump! Author Name Does Not Have Any of The Letters SLUMP
Orchids in Moonlight | Patricia Hagan | 384 Pages | ♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★200/1045 ★
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1
BARBARA ★5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Live to See Tomorrow - Iris Johansen 12/4
15.7 Creature Feature
If There Be Dragons - Kay Hooper (dragons in title) 12/18
25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo I choose Narcissus.
Option A: Cross My Heart - James Patterson 12/19
First POV: I trudged through the dark... p3
Goodreads Author
***BIG BOOK*** - 544 pages
Option C: Flirting with Forever - Gwyn Cready 12/13
Goodreads Author
Authorization: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 45
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
145/1100 POINTS
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.6 Melpomene
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads author
#35 on the list for causes for ugly crying list, page 1
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Big Books: 0
Goodreads Authors: 1: Rainbow Rowell
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 15
babbling c25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIES
B.THE SUN GOD RA - For this option read a book with the image of a bird (any bird will do) on the cover.
Cockatiels at Seven-kindle - Cockatiels at Seven -paperback 301 pgs by Donna Andrews
Donna Andrews is a GRA.
C. THE GOD OSIRIS - For this option read a book that is first in a series that is new to you.
Yellowstone Heart Song -kindle - Yellowstone Heart Song -paperback 262 pgs by Peggy L. Henderson
Peggy L. Henderson is a GRA.
This is not a re-read. It is by a new-to-me author and is the 1st book in the Yellowstone Romance series.
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 5
Good Read Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,234
Books read this season: 7
******
Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
Teresa Jo25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Book 1, Option 3: Texas Trilogy #1; Author and series is new to me
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Book 2, Option 4: Texas Trilogy #2; Series already started
Texas Glory by Lorraine Heath
Note: Just to make things fun, if you choose Options 3 and 4 you can read books #1 and #2 in the same series....
This Post
Points: 25
Goodreads Author: No
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 365 / 1045 (34.92%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Books: 1
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Task #5.5: Thalia
Task Description: Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page. Genres may be stand alone or embedded
Book Edition: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
How Book Fits Task: On December 19th it had ‘Humor’ as a stand-alone genre
*Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket*
This Post
Points This Post: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 0
Total This Season
Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
GRA Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 0
Pages: 1453
Books: 4