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message 3201: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments
MEGSCL
10.4. Let's Go! Travel
Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands - travel is the top genre

TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 415
Tasks: 29
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 10
Books: 34


message 3202: by Melanie (new)

Melanie Greene (dakimel) | 816 comments Dakimel

25.2 - Andy P's task: Hats off to Translators

For book 1 I read My Brilliant Friend (trans from Italian)
For book 2 I read South of the Border, West of the Sun (trans from Japanese)

TALLY:
This post - 25 points
Total - 750


message 3203: by Christine (new)

Christine | 917 comments Christine V

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?

Things Fall Apart I read this Kindle edition. Link to MMP

Points this post: 5

Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1


message 3204: by Sanskriti (new)

Sanskriti Nagar | 86 comments 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment

Option 1: Katharine, the Virgin Widow
The book is set in England, UK, Europe whereas I live in Asia. This book is not a re-read for me.

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors
Big Books:

Tasks Completed: 1 (20.6)
Books Read: 1
Katharine, the Virgin Widow (Tudor Saga, #2) by Jean Plaidy


message 3205: by Sanskriti (new)

Sanskriti Nagar | 86 comments 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus

Option 2: The Boleyn Inheritance
Historical Fiction set in 1500s, Goodreads Author

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1)

Tasks Completed: 2 (20.1, 20.6)
Books Read: 2
Katharine, the Virgin Widow (Tudor Saga, #2) by Jean Plaidy The Boleyn Inheritance (The Tudor Court, #3) by Philippa Gregory


message 3206: by Sanskriti (new)

Sanskriti Nagar | 86 comments 20.4 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment

Option 1: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Set in France

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1)

Tasks Completed: 2 (20.1, 20.4, 20.6)
Books Read: 3
Katharine, the Virgin Widow (Tudor Saga, #2) by Jean Plaidy The Boleyn Inheritance (The Tudor Court, #3) by Philippa Gregory Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind


message 3207: by Catie (new)

Catie | 185 comments 15.6 My Way

Read a memoir or autobiography- a non-fiction account of the author's OWN personal life and experiences.

How To Be A Heroine: Or, what I’ve learned from reading too much by Samantha Ellis

Samantha Ellis is a Goodreads author

(approved for this task in message 66 of the help thread)

Points this post: 15
Points total: 165
Tasks completed: 7
GRA tickets total: 6
Big book tickets total: 3 - 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()


message 3208: by Jessica (new)

Jessica (jess0702) | 127 comments JESS PHILLY

10.9 Get to Know the Author
I read Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood, which is currently on page 1 of the author interviews section.

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105


message 3209: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 8947 comments Delicious Dee

20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
Option 1 - Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins (GR Author) - approximately 70% of the book is set in France/Spain, both of which are members of the EU


Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 970
Goodreads Authors: 58
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1


message 3210: by Lacy (new)

Lacy | 70 comments Lacy Susanne

5.4 - Erato

Read a book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce

Total points: 620
Books read: 45
Completed Tasks: 30
Pages Read: 13,300
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)


message 3211: by Cynthia (new)

Cynthia (cynthiabaxter) | 4 comments CYNBAXTER
30.5 – Sandy’s Task: Atlantis
Option 2. Read a book with the genre "utopia" or "dystopia" on its main page.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Option 3. Read a book the title or subtitle of which contains a word that matches exactly a word of 4 or more letters from the lyrics of Donovan's song Atlantis.

The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle*

A.G. Riddle is a GR Author
Points this Task: 30


message 3212: by Patricia (last edited Feb 11, 2015 06:41AM) (new)

Patricia | 680 comments 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!

Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd*

This book fits tasks 10.4 (travel genre on main page) & 10.9 (Sue Monk Kidd's Author Interview is on page 1).

*Goodreads Author*

Total Points = 155


message 3213: by Becks (new)

Becks (technicolorii) | 22 comments Becks

25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old

Option 1. Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- I have previously read Into Thin Air by the same author.

Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- I have never read a book by this author before.

Celeste Ng is a GRA.

Points this post: 25
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0

Total Points: 75
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0


message 3214: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (ebpnd17) | 811 comments Task 30.9 - You Are An Ironman

Option One: Book set in Maryland

Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

Option Four: Debut book by an author, first in a series

Tangled by Emma Chase

Emma Chase is a *Goodreads Author*

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks: 26
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 33


message 3215: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 15.7 - CREATURE FEATURE - Heart of the Dragon







25.4 - EGYPTIAN DEITIES

OPTION B - The Sun God Ra - Black Irish (Abbie Kearney, #1) by Stephan Talty


OPTION - The God Osiris - Birthday Party Murder which is #9 in the Lucy Stone Series. This is not a reread.






TOTAL POINTS - 715


message 3216: by Mary Beth (new)

Mary Beth (marybethbaker) | 134 comments Task: 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's Task

Read:
Option 2: Ask For It by Sylvia Day
Year of Setting: 1770 (Qualifies for Historical Fiction genre listing)

Points this task: 20
Total Points: 100


message 3217: by Shelley (new)

Shelley | 176 comments SHELLEY UT

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!

Option 3: On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy

On a Night Like This (Callaways, #1) by Barbara Freethy

Barbara Freethy is a goodreads author.


Points this task: 20
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 3218: by Lulu (last edited Feb 11, 2015 07:52AM) (new)

Lulu (robotwitch) Lulu


10.4. - Let's Go!

England, England by Julian Barnes

The second-to-last genre on the main page is "travel".


30.6. Twice the Fun

I rolled a 2, so I got: Option #2: AUTHOR

The Beetle by Richard Marsh

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

Both authors share the same first name, Richard.


30.7. Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care

I rolled a 1 and a 5.

Option #1: SATSUMA

Eros Unbound by Anaïs Nin by Anais Nin

Approved in post #54 of the Help Thread.

Option #4: LUXURY ITEM

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

This book is not a re-read, and is new to me. I have been meaning to read it for a long time.

Points this post: 70
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 3219: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School

Option 4: Read a book with a teacher or other school administrator (e.g., principal, counselor) as one of the main characters To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite by E.R. Braithwaite. Main character is a teacher.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 880


message 3220: by Bekka (new)

Bekka (froydis) | 492 comments BEKKA - 30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman

3. For this task, I finally read “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon, as I’ve been highly anticipating reading it for a while. There were a lot of people in front of me at the library!

5. For this task, I read “Throne of Glass” by Sarah J. Maas, since the letters SALT can be found in the title of the book.

Also, both Diana Gabaldon and Sarah J. Maas are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming two tickets for that.

And, “Outlander” is 850 pages, so I’m claiming a Big Book ticket for that.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 150
Pages Read this Challenge: 1254
Total Pages Read to Date: 3661
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()


message 3221: by Colette (new)

Colette Guerin (coletteguerin) | 187 comments ColetteG

Task 15.1 Returns and Exchanges

Book 1: The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar The Space Between Us The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar I read The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar and gave it 4 stars.The Weight of Heaven The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar

Book 2: The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri which was a "Reader's also enjoyed book from The Space Between Us--I gave 4stars to. Feb. 8th 2015 The Death of Vishnu The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar The Space Between UsThe Space Between Us

Task points 15


message 3222: by Mary (new)

Mary | 575 comments Mary P

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?

The Final Encore by Jeremy Asher.

Ebook approved for length - message 4369

Points this post: 5
Total points: 230


message 3223: by Robin (Saturndoo) (new)

Robin (Saturndoo) (robinsaturndoo) Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option 2 title or subtitle has two words that are conflicting or opposites--Found-Lost
Treasures Lost, Treasures Found

Treasures Lost, Treasures Found (Language of Love #40 - Purple Lilac) by Nora Roberts

20.10 - Group Reads
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) by Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity Discussion Post

GRA:Elizabeth Wein


Points Earned This Post: 40

Points Achieved to Date: 705/1045
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)


message 3224: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2062 comments 10.10. A New Blog for a New Year

Blog link: https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2014/06/03...

Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig

+10 Points
Grand Total: 405


message 3225: by Laura (new)

Laura | 109 comments Laura E


25.8 Merry Saturnalia

Book 1 (my choice)

The Farm by Tom Rob Smith

Book 2: option 1 (snow landscape on cover)

Deep Freeze by Lisa Jackson by Lisa Jackson
*Lisa Jackson is a Goodreads author.

Points: 25
Totals
Points: 275
GRA: 7
Big Books: 500 (1)


message 3226: by Hina (new)

Hina (hinaj) | 677 comments HINA

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

Promises in Death by J.D. Robb.
Mystery>Crime ~105 Users on Main Page


Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total:
Total Points: 985
Total Goodreads Authors: 50
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 3227: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cindyd) Cindy C.

Task 15.2-Roman Numerals

The Last American Vampire The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith Contains letters L, I, C, V, M

Exodus Exodus by Deborah Feldman Contains letters X, D
**Deborah Feldman is a Goodreads Author.**

Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
Total tasks: 10
GRA: 7
Big Books: (500+): 2


message 3228: by Nick (new)

Nick (doily) | 3392 comments Nick KY

10.4 Let’s Go! I read Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía by Chris Stewart with “Travel” as a GR genre.


30.9 DeeDee’s Ironman

Option 1. Road Trip. The book takes place in Tennessee. I read Last Wool and Testament, #1 in the Haunted Yarn Shop series by Molly MacRae.

Option 2. Friendship. I read a book from SRC moderator Sandy’s 5* list which is also #1 in a series, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, #1 in the Grier Family Series.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 820


message 3229: by Laura (new)

Laura (lent) | 122 comments Laura NT

25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book
Space I received this book from a free book drop-got for free (message 35-36 under task help verified this is ok).
Book B: Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.
Dead Until Dark

Points this task: 25
Total Points: 125


message 3230: by Ashley (new)

Ashley ASHLEY OZ

50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right

1) Close, But Not Quite

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Doesn't fit 30.2 Option 1 because it's not 300 pages long.

3) Jump on the Bandwagon
Pick a book from GoodReads Best Book of the Year 2014 nominees

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

Required
Catagory is Fiction. This is not a reread.

4) It's Your Last Chance
read a book which has "mythology" AND either "Greek" or "Roman" as genres

Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs

POINTS
This Post: 50
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 14


message 3231: by Marie-Anne (new)

Marie-Anne | 950 comments Reader name: Marie-Anne

Task 5.10: Muse of choice: Catseye by Andre Norton. Kids genre on main page allowed for this task.

Task 15.9: Public Enemy: Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle. Crime is listed as a genre on the main page. Other examples with embedded crime (i.e. mystery>crime ) were approved in the help thread (for example message 7). Cleo Cloyle is GR Author.

Task 20.7: Colors of Trivial Pursuit: The Bluejay Shaman by Lise McClendon. Two of the main characters in the story are professors of Anthropology at
the University of Montana. The whole story is centered around them. This is not mentioned in the GR description but can be found at other descriptions, including this site.

Task 30.8: Make your TBR List Say Uncle:
Option 4: An Oldie, but hopefully a goodie: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. The book was #2 oldest on my TBR list, date added feb 24, 2012. I joined GoodReads on the same date. Tess Gerritsen is a GR author.
Option 5: Guilty pleasures: Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke. Light hearted mysteries are my guilty pleasure, especially if they include cooking or knitting also. That's a quick-fix relax. Joanne Fluke is a GR author.

Totals this posting:
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;

Summary Totals:
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;


message 3232: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (ebpnd17) | 811 comments Elizabeth P

REPOST Task 30.9 - You Are An Ironman

Option One: Book set in Maryland

Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

Option Four: Debut book by an author, first in a series

Tangled by Emma Chase

Emma Chase is a *Goodreads Author*

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks: 26
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 33


message 3233: by Sirena (new)

Sirena (spthewife) | 298 comments 15.4 Ring in the New Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements. (Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015; Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1))

Happenstance by Jamie McGuire (#1 in the series; published May 9, 2014)

Task: 15
Total: 845


message 3234: by Blueberry (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 465 comments Blueberry Repost

Blueberry

20.6
opt. 1 Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.

I live in North America. This book is set in Europe.
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

This books is not a reread for me.

Pts this task: 20
Total pts: 235
Total books: 17


message 3235: by Bekka (new)

Bekka (froydis) | 492 comments BEKKA - 30.2 -- Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey

Both books read for this task are over 300 pages.

1. For this task, I read “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, since it has the genre Classics on its main Goodreads Page. It has 312 pages. (MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 11.0)

5. For this task, I read “Palace of Mirrors” by Margaret Peterson Haddix since it was published in a year with an 8: 2008. It has 320 pages. (MG; BL = 5.4; AR = 10.0)

Also, Margaret Peterson Haddix is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 180
Pages Read this Challenge: 632
Total Pages Read to Date: 4293
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()


message 3236: by Beth (new)

Beth Robinson (bethrobinson) Repost - Corrected order of tasks
Sorry, I missed that rule

Beth Robinson

Task 10.5 Older and Wiser - nonfiction
The Relationship Edge in Business: Connecting with Customers and Colleagues When It Counts by Jerry Acuff
I wanted to learn more about using people skills in a business setting.

Task 15.6 My Way - memoir or autobiography
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

Points this post: 25
Total points: 70


message 3237: by Beth (new)

Beth Robinson (bethrobinson) Beth Robinson

25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
(Read 2 books)

Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Stuff: The Things The World Is Made Of by Ivan Amato
Never read a book by this author before

Option 4: Read a book in a series that you have already started.
Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon by Richard Roberts
Book # 2 in a series. Read #1 before I was logging books on Goodreads again.


Points this post: 25
Total points: 95


message 3238: by Melissa (new)

Melissa (balletbookworm) | 915 comments Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM

15.4 Ring in the New
Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
Book 2: Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1)
I chose to read The Duke's Guide to Correct Behavior (Dukes Behaving Badly, #1) by Megan Frampton by Megan Frampton to satisfy both book requirements. It is the first book in the Dukes Behaving Badly series and first published on November 25, 2014, by Avon Romance.

**Megan Frampton is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**

Previous point total: 350
New points this post: 15
Total points: 365

New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 22

GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 12
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)


message 3239: by Amy (new)

Amy | 33 comments Amy N.
25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks: This is a TWO book task. Read a book from A AND a book from B.
Book A: This is your “wide-open” task. 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.

REQUIRED: State the source of the book when you post.
The Edge of Light Ann Shorey 1/26/15 Free ebook Claiming Goodreads author

Book B: This is your limited task. Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf

The Peach Keeper Sarah Addison Allen 2/11/15 Claiming Goodreads author

This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 3240: by Jessica (last edited Feb 11, 2015 06:33PM) (new)

Jessica (bookwrm526) | 2106 comments Bookwrm526

Task #30.8 - Make Your TBR List Say Uncle

option 1: read a book with the genre "books about books"; I read:
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester, and I had the genre verified in the task help thread, post 191

option 3: read a book about a main character who identifies as gay; I read
Hold Tight: A Novel by Christopher Bram

Points this post: 30
Total points for challenge: 370


message 3241: by Julia (new)

Julia (julia103) | 2719 comments Julia103

Task 15.8 - Under My Thumb
Bath Tangle Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer (approved in help thread, post 42)

Task 20.4 - The College Years
Option 1: While Still We Live by Helen MacInnes is set in Poland

Post total: 35 points
Challenge total points: 655
Total GRA: 15
Total BB tickets: 6


message 3242: by Marie-Anne (new)

Marie-Anne | 950 comments Reader name: Marie-Anne

Task 15.8: Under My Thumb: Academ's Fury
Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2) by Jim Butcher by Jim Butcher. There are several human hands with thumb visible on the cover page. Jim
Butcher is GR Author.

Task 30.6: Twice the Fun: I rolled a 6: same top genre.
Book 1: A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton.
Book 2: Family Practice by Charlene Weir.

Task 30.7: Hang the Christmas Stocking With Care: I rolled a 3 and a 4.
Option 3: Chocolate: Doem der verdenking by Agatha Christie. The authors initials are in Chocolate.
Option 4: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag Alan Bradley. I've have been wanting to read all the books in the Flavia de Luce series, and finally I got a copy of this book. This is a first read for me, not a reread. I am already looking forward to reading the third volume in the series. Alan Bradley is a GR author.

Totals this posting:
Total Points: 75
Books Read:5
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;

Summary Totals:
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;


message 3243: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (ebpnd17) | 811 comments Elizabeth P

Task 10.4 - Let's Go!

Book with genre travel on main page

Just This Once by Rosalind James

Rosalind James is a *Goodreads Author*
Approved in Genre Verification Thread post 453

Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 435
Total Tasks: 27
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 34


message 3244: by Amy (last edited Feb 11, 2015 10:30PM) (new)

Amy (azulaco) | 273 comments Amy O. - Repost (lacked required information first time I posted it)

Task #20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Song matched - O Holy Night
matches word "night" in title



This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 100 points

Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7


message 3245: by Pamela (new)

Pamela (pamela3265) | 952 comments Pamela3265

5.1 - Calliope

William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher - Poetry genre on main page.


25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group Books

Book 1: True Grit by Charles Portis - My book group read this book in February

Book 2: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - List generated on 2/11/15 - #42 on the World all time list.

The Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.R.
AR Quiz No. 511 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0


Points this post: 30
Total Points: 540
Goodreads Authors this post: o
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0


message 3246: by Amy (new)

Amy (azulaco) | 273 comments Amy O.

Task #5.6 - Melpomene
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
page 1, number 21 on the Causes of Ugly Crying list

** Jodi Picoult is a Goodreads author


Task #15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Inspiration: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Book 1: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Book 2: And When She Was Good by Laura Lippmann - found book on "readers also liked" list 2/09/14

**Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author
**Laura Lippmann is a Goodreads author


Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Stop That Slump!
The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband by David Finch
Author's name does not contain any of the letters in SLUMP

**David Finch is a Goodreads author


Task #25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 1. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Previously read My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Option 4. Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George
#18 in the Inspector Lynley series

**Jodi Picoult is a Goodreads author
**Just One Evil Act is a Big Book - 500+ pages


This post: 65 points
Total to Date = 165 points

Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11


message 3247: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Task 50.1 - Let's Start the New Year Off Right

1) Close, But Not Quite - Read a book you wanted to read for this challenge but that didn't quite fit the requirements for the task.
REQUIRED: Indicate which task the book almost works for, include all required information from the original task AND briefly explain why it didn't fit.

Doesn't fit 20.9 “S”, “L”, “U”, “M”, “P” because author name has “L”.

Bobcat and Other Stories (2013) by Rebecca Lee (Paperback, 209 pages)


3) Jump on the Bandwagon - Read a book from GoodReads Best Book of the Year 2014 nominees and winners.
REQUIRED: Name the category the book is listed in and state that it is not a reread when you post.

Not a re-read.
2014 Winner: Category HUMOR

Yes Please (2014) by Amy Poehler (Hardcover, 329 pages)


4) It's Your Last Chance - Read a book which has "mythology" AND either "Greek" or "Roman" as genres on the main page.

This one has "mythology" AND "Greek" as genres.

Persephone(Daughters of Zeus #1) (2012) by Kaitlin Bevis (Goodreads Author) (Kindle Edition, 203 pages)

**** Goodreads Author **** Kaitlin Bevis


300 + 50 = 350

Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 300 + 50 = 350
Books read: 27
Pages read: 8,189

Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 7

Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+


message 3248: by Kaity (new)

Kaity | 358 comments Kait

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3 - A book with a pink object, high-heeled shoe(s), or a bare-chested man on the cover.
Tangled by Emma Chase -- Bare chest on the cover

Tangled (Tangled, #1) by Emma Chase

Emma Chase is a GR Author.



Points This Post: 20
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0

Total Points: 475
Total GR Authors: 34
Total Big Book Tickets: 4


message 3249: by Sanskriti (new)

Sanskriti Nagar | 86 comments Reposting to claim GR Author Ticket..

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus

Option 2: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Historical Fiction set in 1500s, Goodreads Author

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1)

Tasks Completed: 2 (20.1, 20.6)
Books Read: 2
Katharine, the Virgin Widow (Tudor Saga, #2) by Jean Plaidy The Boleyn Inheritance (The Tudor Court, #3) by Philippa Gregory


message 3250: by Happy (new)

Happy (worldhasteeth) | 173 comments 25.8 -- Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!

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Book One: Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014: A Tor.Com Original Ebook only, approved for length in post 4353

Book Two: 3: Blindsight by Peter Watts has a main page genre of Science Fiction and is set in the Kuiper Belt, which is in the extreme outer edge of our solar system.
**Goodreads Author**



25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group Books

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1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King was a past SRC Group Reads book. It it not a re-read.

**Goodreads Author**

2. Brick Lane by Monica Ali was #19 on the UK "This Week" list generated Jan 24, 2015.

THIS POST:
Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 4
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]

TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 970
Tasks Completed: 57
Pages: 26216
Books: 76
GRA Tickets: 41
BB Tickets: [500+:7][750+:0][1000+:0]


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