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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Winter 2014 Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts
Gea20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - Read a book with the genre "Romance" on the goodread’s main page.
New to me book: Penmort Castle by Kristen Ashley (Goodreads Author) (Romance - 171 users) length approved here
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
Read ONE book whose TITLE shares a word with the title of one of my favorite Christmas Songs. The word must be 4 or more letters long. The word must match exactly – NO variations.
Christmas Time Is Here - TIME - Maybe This Time by Chantal Fernando (Goodreads Author)
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled 3 and 4.
3. Read a book whose author initials can be found in "CHOCOLATE." All initials count and letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the word "CHOCOLATE."
Tied to the Tycoon by Chloe Cox (Goodreads Author)
4. Read a book that you've wanted to read for a long time.
New to me book: Craving Resurrection by Nicole Jacquelyn (Goodreads Author) length approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 70
Points Total: 455
GR Author: 27
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 25
M1NKS10.7. You Can Do It!
Eat Less Crap Lose That Fat
30.8 Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
2. Red All Over
5. Guilty Pleasures
I've read and re-read her books so many times...
POINTS
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 460
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 29
Laura E10.4 Let's Go (travel as a main page genre)
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Points: 10
Totals
Points: 230
GRA: 6
Big Books: 500 (1)
JUKKA10.5. Older and Wiser
Nonfiction book about something I wanted to learn more about. Realismi länsimaisen kirjallisuuden historiassa by Pekka Vartiainen. The title translates as "Realism in the History of Western Literature", which is also what I wanted to know about (got an exam to pass).
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 20
Repost to state that I rolled a 2 and a 5.30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me…
Option 2 - What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries, a Goodreads author.
Option 5 - Pale Immortal by Anne Frasier
Points: 560
Jamie NYC25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
Option B: Hearts Under Fire by Kelly Wyre who is a GRA
Option C: Just What He Wanted by HelenKay Dimon who is a GRA
It was shelved by 14 users as "Romance"
The eBook was approved in Msg 4355 of the Group's Verification thread
Points this post: 25
GRA: 2
Tasks: 1
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Total Points: 390
GRA: 26
Tasks: 26
Books: 32
15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships(view spoiler)
Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander is set in ITALY and the author has the name ALEXANDER.
***Goodreads Author***
15.5 California Dreamin'
(view spoiler)
Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad is set in Los Angeles, California
THIS POST:
Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 795
Tasks Completed: 50
Pages: 20582
Books: 63
GRA Tickets: 32
BB Tickets: [500+:6][750+:0][1000+:0]
Delicious Dee15.2 - Roman Numerals
Book A - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - Paid- I, D; College - C, L; Novel - V; Musical - M; Sex - X
Book B - Wed at Leisure - Sabrina Darby (GR Author) - Wed - D
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 840
Goodreads Authors: 51
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1
ColetteGTask 10.9 Get to Know the Author
Amy Tan The Valley of Amazement on page 2 of Author interviews.
The Valley of Amazement
10 points for task
Goodreads author
BBook: 608 pages
HINA10.1 - A Random Trip Back in Time - Generated a 2. 2015-2 = 2013
Chained by Evangeline Anderson.
book first published in 2013
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 895
Total Goodreads Authors: 46
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CherylZTask #15.8 – Under My Thumb
The Paying Guestsby Sarah Waters
Goodreads Author -no
Big Book ticket - yes
This Post
Points: 15
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 2
HINA15.8 Under My Thumb - Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb.
His Most Exquisite Conquest by Emma Darcy.Hand and Thumb on Cover
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 910
Total Goodreads Authors: 46
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Task 10.5. Older and WiserI've read Lars Svendsen's A Philosophy of Boredom
non-fiction as main page genre
I wanted to read a philosophical account of boredom, and this book discusses boredom from a phenomenological point of view (Heidegger, mostly).
This post
Points: 10
Challenge Totals
Total points: 125/1045
Tasks completed: 7/59
Pages read: 2873
*Not claiming tickets this challenge*
10.4 Let's Go!Read a book with the genre "travel" on its main page.
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
*THIS POST*
Points: 10
Big Books: 0
GRA: 0
***
Total point: 65
Tasks: 5
Total GRA: 3
Total Big Books: 500+:(0) 750+:(0) 1000+:(0)
Elizabeth PTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Post 50 in group discussion thread
Elizabeth Wein is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 370
Total Tasks: 23
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 29
Elizabeth B25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
Option A: 12th in the Midnight Breed series Crave The Night
Option D: rabbit on cover
25.8 -- Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book1: my choice Touch & Geaux
Book2:
OPt1: winter landscape with snow on cover
Points:5
Total: 785+50=835
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.3 - Euterpe
Read a book with an identifiable musical instrument on the cover.
I chose to read
by Steven Johnson. There's a man playing the clarinet in the lower right of the cover (approved here).Previous point total: 305
New points this post: 5
Total points: 310
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 18
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Jasmiina F25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo:
*My choice is Narcissus*
A. Read a book that is written in first person.
Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler.
"I laughed and eagerly perused the sticky plastic menu."
C. Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover.
by Siri Hustvedt.Total number of pages is 521 and both books are new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 355
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Task # 5.4 EratoWord “love” intact in the title
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories ✔ – 27 Jan 15
Task # 30.6 – Elizabeth B’s task – Twice the Fun
Roll 1 die and read 2 books that correspond to the number you rolled.
I rolled a 1
Option 1 – Read two books with the same word in the title – word HOUSE
The Sugar House ✔ – 20 Jan 15
*** Laura Lippman is a Goodreads Author ***
The House Girl ✔ – 2 Feb 15
*** Tara Conklin is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 35 points
Total points to date: 295 points
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right Option 1: Book does NOT fit 30.9 because it is #2 in Series.
Rusty Nailed | Alice Clayton | 223 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
Option 2: I started this book on September 10, 2013 but put it on my will-try-again later Shelf so I finished it for this challenge. Not a Re-Read
Be All | Marie Wathen | 336 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
Option 3: Book on Romance of Goodreads Best Book of the Year 2014 - Nominee Best Romance Books of 2014
Ugly Love | Colleen Hoover | 322 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 50
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 930/1045 ★
GR Authors: 53
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1
Completed Tasks: ✔(5), ✔(25), ✔(50),
Dakimel5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
I read The Secret Place
25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIES
For option A I read That Summer
For option B I listened to
which was approved in message 59 in the help thread, with the note that I should give y'all the close up so the bird on the zebra isn't totally hard to see:
30.2 -- Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey
For option 2 I read A Sort of Homecoming: A Novel, which was approved for length in message 34 of the help thread.
For option 6 I listened to the audio of
(the paperback version Once Upon a Time, There Was You has 304 pages.)TALLY:
This post - 60 points
Total - 640
10.9. Get to Know the AuthorAuthor: Emma McLaughlin Page 2 of Author Interviews
The First Affair: A Novel | Emma McLaughlin | 256 Pages | ♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 940/1045 ★
GR Authors: 54
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1
Completed Tasks: ✔(5), ✔(10), ✔(25), ✔(50),
Coralie10.6 Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth!
Book with genre 'spy thriller'
Our Kind of Traitor
25.1 New and Old
Option 1 A new book by an old author
I had previously read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest but this is the first time I have read
Clementine
Option 2 A new author
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert whom I have never read before.
This post 35 points
Total to date 745 points
Lindy-Lanetask 25.3: mrs. soule's 2 types:
*book a:free challenge book:
from my local library:
Angel's Advocate by Mary Stanton
this is a GRA
*book b: book from mrs. soule's 5 star shelf:
from page #2 on that shelf:
Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene
this is a GRA
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 11
Margaret L25.4: Egyptian Deities
Option B: Sun God Ra: Book with bird on the cover
by Marlon JamesOption D: The Goddess Isis: Magic as a home page genre
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Fantasy>Magic is a home page genre.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks Completed: 11
CYNBAXTER5.6 - Melpomene
Read a book found on the https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4....
REQUIRED: State which the number the book is at the list and what page it is on when you post.
Thirteen Reasons Why which is #46, on the first page of the Ugly Crying List and is written by Jay Asher
Jay Asher is a GR Author
Points for this task: 05
TracyN30.2 Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey
Option 3: Authors initials found in the word NOBODY.
The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
Option 5: Book has 24 in the date published.
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Published 9/24/13
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
Mod
I chose option 3, and read Silver Sparrow. Young Adult>Coming of Age is listed as a main page genre with 14 users. Genre was also approved in HT, post 3
30.2 -- Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler. Author initials, OB, found in NOBODY, disregarding the middle initial as stated in the task. 310 pages, so meets the minimum page requirement.
For my second book, I chose option 6, and read
- ship in water on cover. 333 pages, so meets minimum page requirements.30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the Fun
I rolled a 6, so needed to read two books with the same top genre on the main page.
For my first book, I read
. For my second book, I read
.Both books have the top genre "Mystery."
Points this post: 80
Total points: 920
SCHATZIE25.2: ANDY P'S HATS OFF TO TRANSLATORS
BOOK 1: Love in the Time of Cholera
originally published in Spanish
BOOK 2: Norwegian Wood
originally published in Japanese
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 825
Total GRA: 31
BB-500: 2
BB-750: 2
BB-1000: 0
Cindy C.Task 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 2 Assigned Reading
This is found on page 1 #27 on the list.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Total tasks: 9
GRA: 6
Big Books: (500+): 2
Oma122920.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
1. Read a book which is set at least 50% in a country that is part of European Union. To make things a bit more interesting, the United Kingdom can NOT be used for this task.
Edelweiss. by Madge Swindells
Book Setting: This book takes place in Germany and the Czech Republic from September 1937 to May 1945
Claiming Edelweiss. as Big Book-500+ pages
Total Points- 270/1045
Number of Tasks Completed 17/59
Number of GR authors-(10)
Number of Big Books- 500 pages (1) 750+pages (1)
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10.5 Older and WiserSmoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Really interesting nonfiction about death and the funeral industry, for which I've always had a morbid curiosity.
*THIS POST*
Points: 10
Big Books: 0
GRA: 0
***
Total points: 75
Tasks: 6
Total GRA: 3
Total Big Books: 500+:(0) 750+:(0) 1000+:(0)
30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's NeighbourhoodOption A, body of water in the title: Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
Option C, body of water on the cover: The Summer Girls: Book One of the Lowcountry Summer Trilogy by Mary Alice Monroe
Points this post: 30
Total points: 555
ASHLEY OZ25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
Narcissus
B. Read a book that has the word “I,” “me,” or “my” as a stand-alone word in the title or subtitle.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
This book is new to me.
C. Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover.
Awaken by Meg Cabot
This book is new to me.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
POINTS
This Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 16
Completed Tasks: 13
ASHLEY OZ30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the Fun
I rolled a 4.
4. PUBLICATION YEAR: Read 2 books that were first published in the same year
The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark
Gray Mountain by John Grisham
Both books were published in 2014.
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 18
Completed Tasks: 14
Kait20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3 - A book with the genre "Romance" on the goodread’s main page.
A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare -- Romance on main page with 540 users; This was not a reread
Tessa Dare is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 20
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 410
Total GR Authors: 30
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Catherine TTask 50.1 - Let's Start the New Year Off Right
option 1 - Close But Not Quite
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
I was going to read this for task 20.4 (opt 2), but it does not have main page genre economics, only because of the different tagging terms used by readers. If the variants of "econ", "business-economics", "economics-business" were amalgamated, economics would be a main page genre.
This choice has been approved in the help thread (msg 44)
option 3 - Jump on the Bandwagon
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
The Miniaturist was a nominee in the Historical Fiction category of the 2014 GoodReads Choice Awards
This is not a reread
option 5 - Be Resolved
Level Up Your Day: How to Maximize the 6 Essential Areas of Your Daily Routine by SJ Scott & Rebecca Livermore
I want to become more productive in 2015, and this book is all about how to take small steps towards productivity in all areas of your life (not just work)
This is not a reread.
This e-book has been approved for length in message 4329.
*REPOST!*Dobbs
25.9 Narcissus and Echo
I chose Narcissus
Opt. 1: a book written in the first person
"Clare: It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's ok."
The Time Traveler's Wife
This is NOT a re-read!
Audrey Niffenegger is a GoodReads Author!
Opt. 3: a book with one person on the cover
The Girl with All the Gifts
This is NOT a re-read!
MR Carey is a GoodReads Author!
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 190
Total GR Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Dobbs25.4 Egyptian Dieties
Opt. B the sun god Ra: a book with a bird on the cover
Acceptance
Jeff Vandermeer is a GoodReads Author!
Opt. C the god Osiris: a book that is first in a series
The Hunger Games
This is NOT a re-read!
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 220
Total GR Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+
Catherine TTask 5.10 - Choose Your Muse
free choice book
The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
ASHLEY V15.8 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.
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown
**Harriet Brown is a Goodreads Author**
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 280
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
ASHLEY V5.5 - Thalia
Muse Thalia is the muse of comedy and is always depicted holding a theatrical comedy mask. Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
White Girl Problems by Babe Walker
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 285
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
FANDURY10.8. Our Friends in Tuxedos
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word "penguin."
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
The initals of the author NG can be found in peNGuin.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 365
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
Jamie NYCTask #15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
Book 1: Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl
"Victoria" is on the Roman Mythology names list
Book 2: Teach Me Tonightby Neil S. Plakcy who is a GRA
The book is set in Tunisia which is on the Mediterranean. It is listed as part of a series set in Tunisia on the MM Group's "outside of US" listing
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This was Book #3 but the précis for Book #1 Three Wrong Turns in the Desert includes the Tunisian setting
From the moment he sees handsome Liam McCullough showering behind a Tunisian bar, ESL teacher Aidan Greene...
The reviews for the #3 book also mention the Tunisian setting.
Points this post: 15
GRA: 1
Tasks: 1
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Total Points: 405
GRA: 27
Tasks: 27
Books: 34
Scooter&Siam 20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
Read ONE book whose TITLE shares a word with the title of one of my favorite Christmas Songs. The word must be 4 or more letters long. The word must match exactly – NO variations. Note – you may only use the book’s TITLE – NO subtitles or series names.
Required: Book must be a minimum of 250 pages. State the song title and the word you are matching when you post.
NOTE: ebooks without print versions cannot be used for tasks requiring a specific number of pages. If you read an ebook or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.
My 10 favorite Christmas songs (in alphabetical order):
Angels We Have Heard On High
Christmas Time Is Here
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Joy to the World
O Holy Night
Santa Baby
Silver Bells
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Words you can match:
Angels, Baby, Beginning, Bells, Christmas, Have, Heard, Here, High, Holy, Home, Like, Look, Night, Santa, Silver, Time, White, Winter, Wonderland, World
Read In the Land of the Long White Cloud - Kindle version -- paperback -- 667 pages -- Big Book
Song: White Christmas; matching the word White
Totals
This Post: 20
Totals: 130
GRA: 4
Big Books: 2
Tasks: 11
Jenn Cavanaugh10.7 You Can Do It! – Genre: Genre: Fitness/ Health/ Diet(s)
I read Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, which has a main page genre of Health
*** Michael Pollan = GRA ***
30.6 Twice the Fun – I rolled a 1: matching word in title (MUSEUM)
I read The Museum Of Unconditional Surrender and The Museum of Extraordinary Things
30.9 You are an Ironman
Option 2: unknown friend favorite
I read A Million Open Doors(1st in the Giraut series), rated 4* by Victoria Gaile, whom I have not met in RL. Her review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Option 4: debut book
I read Marie Lu’s first book, Legend (1st in the Legend series)
*** Marie Lu = GRA ***
This Post
Points This Post: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
GRA Tickets: 2
Total This Season
Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 18
GRA Tickets: 11
BB Tickets: 2 x 500+
25.1 - NEW AND OLDOPTION 1 - Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs. This book is NOT a reread. Previously I have read The Apple Orchard by the same author.
OPTION 2 - The Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon who is a new author for me.
25.5 - LUCKY NUMBER TWELVE
OPTION 1 - Nighthawk's Child which is #12 in the Wed in Whitehorn series.
OPTION 4 - I am a monkey -
.TOTAL POINTS - 675
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right1) Close, But Not Quite: Almost works for 30.5 Atlantis, Option #1. The "Atlantis connection" must be evident from the book's main page (description, metadata, etc.) "Close" doesn't work - i.e., Atlantia, Atlanta, etc.
Atlantia by Ally Condie
2) Try, Try Again: I tried this book about a year ago and set it aside because it was short and I figured I could get back to it and finish it easily, but then I never did. It is not a reread other than the first 25 pages or so.
Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis by Ali Smith
3) Jump on the Bandwagon: Listed as a nominee in the Fiction category. This is not a reread for me.
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
+50 Points
Grand Total: 355
MIMI MICHELE5.2 Clio
Maggie Now by Betty Smith
Historical Fiction
Maggie Now
Current post: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Previous Point Total: 160
New Total-165
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Out of the Easy (other topics)
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5.5 Thalia
Book with Comedy in Genre
The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde
5.6 Melpomene
Book found #10 page 1 of the Causes of Ugly Crying list
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
15.4 Ring in the New
Book satisfies both options – Published 2/5/14 and is No 1 in series
Sweet Addiction by J. Daniels
20.4 Author Author
Option 4 Book is #17 Page 1 on ex-Pats list
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
20.10 Group Reads
Post #36 in discussion
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
25.2 Andy P’s Task
Book 1 – Romance Language, book originally published in Spanish
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Book 2 – Different Alphabet – book originally published in Russian
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
25.6 Let it Snow
Option A – Authors initials can be found in let it snOW
The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde
Option B – Book with fire in title (one of the examples)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
This Post = 115
Previous total = 605
New total = 720
(not doing GR's and BB's)