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message 2601: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 25.7 - Hannelore’s Task: Hoi! Nice to meet you!

Read a book by an author who has one name part that is a palindrome
How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment—The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life by Sophie Hannah
Hannah is a palindrome
Option 3. Read a book from one of the following lists:
Art & Artists in Fiction
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham found on page 1 # 28 on list as of 8/22/22
Points this post: 25
Total points: 910


message 2602: by Marie (UK) (last edited Aug 22, 2022 08:20AM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 3940 comments MAZZA1
30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.


Your books should total 500 pages or more:
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)

The Hanging Garden 409 pages
ThE hanGIng gaRden

Opt. 3. 2008 – Read any book first published in 2008.

Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee
258 pages
This book is non-fiction and I am claiming 1 xIAF ticket

409+258 = 667 pages exceeds requirements

points this post = 30
Points to date = 965
IAF ticketshis post =1
IAF tickets total = 7



message 2603: by Kim (new)

Kim | 762 comments Kim O

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”

Option 1: ABC - Read one book where the first word of the title begins with either the letter A, B, or C.

All About Love: New Visions (non-fiction)

Option 2: 123 - Read one book which is either number 1,2, or 3 in a series.

The Big Sleep Golden Oldie -- first published February 6th, 1939

Option 3: Do Re Mi - Read one book with either “do,” “re,” or “mi” found intact in a title word.

The Bohemians Bohemians (mi)

Points this task: 50
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 130
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 3
It's a Fact: 4


message 2604: by Siobhan (new)

Siobhan J | 409 comments 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3
Read a book that is first in a series.

American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera

BB tickets overall: 3
IAF tickets overall: 2
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 320


message 2605: by Lauren (new)

Lauren (laurenjberman) LAUREN JODI

10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old

Into the Night by Cynthia Eden

Song: Don't Stay Out All Night

~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 585/1050
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 36/59


message 2606: by Kim (new)

Kim | 762 comments Kim O

5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor Read a book that does not contain the word "the" in its title, and that is not part of a series (no return!).

Letters of Note: Dogs (non-fiction)

Points this task: 5
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 130
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 3
It's a Fact: 4


message 2607: by Jukka (new)

Jukka Särkijärvi (nitessine) | 718 comments JUKKA

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”
Book 1: Book whose title begins with A, B, or C.
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson. The first word of the title is "Being", the letter is B.

Book 2: Number 1, 2, or 3 in a series.
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher is #1 of the Saint of Steel trilogy.

Book 3: Book with "do", "re", or "mi" intact in the title.
Sinisten ympyröiden mies by Fred Vargas. The word "mies" contains "mi".

Total Points: 490/1050
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 31/59
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 5


message 2608: by Marie (UK) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 3940 comments MAZZA1
10.3 - Press Play


Read a book that has WON an Audie Award.

Clap When You Land Audie award for Multi Voiced performance 2021

points this post = 10
points to date = 975



message 2609: by Emily (new)

Emily | 782 comments Boston Kate

20.3 The Other Side of the Rainbow

Option 1: Leah on the Offbeat

author Becky Albertalli's initials found in L FRANK BAUM


Points this post: 20
Total points: 145


message 2610: by Aprilleigh (new)

Aprilleigh (aprilleighlauer) | 1261 comments APRILLEIGH

5.5 - Making the World Go Round



Read a book with a monetary unit intact in the title.

Like a Bad PENNY at Christmas by Sara Barton
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)

PENNY is a monetary unit currently used in the U.S. and elsewhere.


TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (280)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (25)
Total Tasks: 25


message 2611: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars
Option 2
Hardheaded (Deep in the Heart, #1) by Kim Law
Hardheaded by Kim Law
Date Read: 4/8
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Author initials KL - pInK ukele

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2612: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Option 1

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Date Read: 6/17
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Author Initials MB - l frank BauM

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2613: by Louise (last edited Aug 22, 2022 02:38PM) (new)

Louise 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option B
Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2) by Sara Barnard
Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard
Date Read: 6/10
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: MPG LGBT

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2614: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Book Concierge’s Task: Family Vacations
Option C
Her Final Breath (Tracy Crosswhite, #2) by Robert Dugoni
Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni
Date Read: 6/22
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Male Author Initials RD - RoaD trip

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2615: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.6 - It's a Fact - Trishhartuk's Task: Hugos Season
Option 1
The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams
The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: MPG Fantasy

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2616: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Poppy the three-legged dog

A Proper Companion (Regency Companions #1) by Louise M. Gouge
A Proper Companion by Louise M. Gouge
Date Read: 6/21
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: A Proper Companion 3 P's in title

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2617: by Ronda (last edited Aug 22, 2022 02:58PM) (new)

Ronda Wingo (rondasue27) | 107 comments Current points: 350

30.6 - Nick KY’s Task: The White Tiger.
Your books should total 500 pages or more: 354+256=610pages total
Opt. 2. Tiger – Read a book with the letters “T I G E R” in the title. (Subtitles excluded.)
Daylighters (Morganville #15) by Rachel Caine (354 pages)
Opt. 3. 2008 – Read any book first published in 2008.
Small Town Scandal (Taming the Tulanes #1) by Kay Stockham (256 pages, paperback)

Points this post: 30
Total points: 380


message 2618: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lucy Bookworm's Task: Flying the Flag
Option 2
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
Date Read: 8/13
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: 3 people on cover The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2619: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - CynBaxter's Task - The Underscore
Option 3

Kiss A Cowboy (Kiss A Cowboy Series #1) by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Kiss A Cowboy by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Date Read: 6/2
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Kiss A Cowboy Series #1

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2620: by Marie (UK) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 3940 comments MAZZA1
15.10 – Location, Location, Locations


Read a book from this list - 100 Mystery and Thriller Recommendations by Setting

Death at the Voyager Hotel

REQUIRED: Specify the setting location of the list in which your book was found. - " In a hotel Room"

Points this post = 15
Points to date = 990



message 2621: by Michelle (last edited Aug 22, 2022 03:12PM) (new)

Michelle (michellesoleil) | 361 comments Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska

30.4- Dlmrose's Task: Sinistromanual.

Read two books from two different options.

Option 2. Read a book shelved as sinister.*

Verity by Colleen Hoover (336 p.)
* Found on Page 1

Option 3. Read a book with the word LEFT in the title.

Left: A Love Story by Mary Hogan (256 p.)


Verity by Colleen Hoover Left A Love Story by Mary Hogan


➸ Total Points: 120
➸ Total Pages: 2,913


message 2622: by Julia (new)

Julia (julia103) | 2719 comments Julia103

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Paul's Task: Dancing With the Stars

Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom (MPG Music)

This is non-fiction - claiming one It's A Fact ticket

This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 790
BB: 13
GO: 2
NF: 4
All 5 point and 10 point tasks completed
Tasks Completed: 48
Books read: 63


message 2623: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments MEGSCL
15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!

Book 1 - The Prince and the Dressmaker
IL: MG+
Book 2 - A Million Things

TOTAL
900 points
5 big book - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Golden Oldie


message 2624: by Janice (new)

Janice  | 713 comments Janice CA

5.9 - Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor

Read a book that does not contain the word "the" in its title, and that is not part of a series.

Harem Scare'm by Rosemary Taylor

+5
total: 70
tasks: 7
books: 7


message 2625: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Task 25.6 - Niagara Falls

Option 2: Louis Tussaud
Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.

This book was set 100% in the U. K.

A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8) (2011) by Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 321 pages)


Option 4: The Cadillac Motel
Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitles) found on this list of car parts: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...

Car Part:
SUN visor

Klara and the Sun (2021) by Kazuo Ishiguro (male) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 303 pages)


275 + 25 = 300

Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 275 + 25 = 300
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,731

Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01

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


message 2626: by Kathy KS (new)

Kathy KS | 2381 comments Kathy KS

10.2 - What A Drag It Is Getting Old

Read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle from a song title from the setlist.
Required: State the song : Don't Stay Out All Night
Night Hawk: A Western Story by Stephen Overholser
******
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 725
Tasks completed: 35/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7


message 2627: by Lois (new)

Lois | 2632 comments 30.1 - Katrisa's Task: I Love Santa Fe!


Option 2, a book with the word SILVER intact in title/subtitle/series title: Finding Our Forever by Brenda Novak (Silver Springs #1)

Option 3, a cover that is at least 75% blue and/or green: The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery
The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery
70.6 % Blue
5.6 % Green
2.5 % Blue
2.1 % Green
Total=80.8%


Points this post: 30
Total points: 865


message 2628: by Lucy-Bookworm, Moderator (last edited Aug 23, 2022 01:44AM) (new)

Lucy-Bookworm | 828 comments Mod
replacement for #2608

25.10 - Jen K's Task: Malawi and Zambia
2 books
Option 1:read a book that is #1 in a series
The Ops Room Girls
This is Book #1 in The Women's Auxiliary Air Force series

Option 2: Read a book in which the name of a month is found in either the title or the author’s name.
A History of British Royal Jubilees
The book is written by JUNE Woolerton - the month JUNE in her name
I received this book as an Advance reader copy but the paperback is now released
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket

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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 335 + 25 = 360/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 18
* * * * * * *
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 11 + 1 = 12


message 2629: by Tess (new)

Tess (tessavanessa) | 2114 comments TessaVanessa

Challenge 15.8 There's More than One of Us

Knot Guilty by Betty Hechtmann

Toads: a KNOT

Points this post: 15
Total points: 900/1050
Tasks completed: 51/59
Books read: 70


message 2630: by Amy (new)

Amy Bracco | 856 comments Amy B

25.1 - MegSCL's Task: Best and Worst of the Spring Challenge
This is a two book challenge, read one book for Book 1 and one for Book 2.

Book 1 - use your favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May) - Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that is the same as a word in the title (no subtitles) of your favourite book. The title can be any number of words. The matching word must be at least 3 letters long; "the" and "and" are not allowed. Words must match exactly.

Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet (Born)

Book 2 - use your least favourite book read during the spring challenge period (March, April, May): American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

REQUIRED: link to your least favourite book of the spring period

Option 2 - read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that is the same as a word in the title (no subtitles) of your least favourite book. The title can be any number of words. The matching word must be at least 3 letters long; "the" and "and" are not allowed. Words must match exactly.

The Quiet American by Graham Greene (American)

This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 505 Points


message 2631: by Kim, Moderator (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 1043 comments Mod
XBM

15.1 – If I were King of the Forest!

Book 1 – Read a book with King, Queen, Princess, or Prince in its title
The Queen's Gambit. Walter Tevis

Book 2 – Read a book with “Lion” found intact in a word in its title (not subtitle)
Crossing the Lion. Cynthia Baxter


Points this post: 15
Total points: 955/1050
Tasks completed: 51/59
Books read: 67
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11


message 2632: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Hickman (lbhick) | 1527 comments Lisa MD

15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!

Read a book with a MPG of Adventure or Action.

🦁West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

MPG: Adventure
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
372 pages

🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️


Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 770/1050
Total Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 38/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10


message 2633: by Lucy-Bookworm, Moderator (last edited Aug 23, 2022 08:20AM) (new)

Lucy-Bookworm | 828 comments Mod
30.7 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: Doublejs Doubled
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG genre of World War II or Horror.
Witch 13
This has a MPG of Horror

Option 5: Read a book with the word RED in the title.
The Red House Mystery
This has the word RED in RED house Mystery

This book was first published in 1922 so I claim a "Golden Oldie" ticket

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 360 + 30 = 390/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 19
* * * * * * *
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 = 1
It's a Fact: 12


message 2634: by Lucy-Bookworm, Moderator (last edited Aug 23, 2022 08:21AM) (new)

Lucy-Bookworm | 828 comments Mod
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
The Land, The Land
This book is set entirely in Yorkshire, England

Option 4: Read a book with a word in the title found on this list of car parts: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart

This book title has the word TURN which is found in TURN signal

(one of a two word phrase is permitted under the rules - Two word phrases can be broken up. For example, "Baby" can be used on its own from "Baby Seat")

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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 390 + 25 = 415/1050
Total Tasks Completed: 20
* * * * * * *
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 12


message 2635: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1804 comments Sarah E

30.8 - Tien’s Task: Drinks to keep you Warm


Option 2: The Killer in the Choir
MPG Crime AND “kill” found intact in title
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Killer in the Choir - 248 pages

Option 3: Emma by Alexander McCall Smith - 368 pages
MPG Romance, author initials in neStle coMplete chocolAte

248 + 368 = 616 pages

Total Points: 140


message 2636: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1804 comments Sarah E

15.3 – Just Call Me Judy


Option 2 - one book

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is El caso Christie

Author initials in GarlaND
Title initials in frAnCes eThel

Total Points: 155


message 2637: by Heather(Gibby) (last edited Aug 23, 2022 10:59AM) (new)

Heather(Gibby) (heather-gibby) | 1307 comments 15.2 – The Long and the Short of It

Book 1 – Read a short book – 100-200 pages.
I read and ebook edition of The Stepford Wives 191 pages
Book 2 – Read a long book – at least 400 pages.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 519 pages

New Points: 15
Total points: 495
IF: 5


message 2638: by Mai (new)

Mai (jeanphoenix) | 763 comments Mai

50.1 Lisa MD: “I’M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT OUT”

(B) Read three books which meet the task requirement for each of the letters mentioned in Option 1

Option 1: ABC - 3 books where the first word of the title begins with A, B, and C respectively. Total pages = 892

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee

480 pages; *Claim 1 NF Ticket*

Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside by Xiaowei Wang

256 pages; *Claim 1 NF Ticket*

Can Science Make Sense of Life? by Sheila Jasanoff

156 pages; *Claim 1 NF Ticket*

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 855
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 68
NF Tickets: 38
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 2


message 2639: by Kim, Moderator (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 1043 comments Mod
XBM

25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Niagara Falls

Option 2 – Read a book set at least 50% in the U.K.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer

Option 4 – Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitles) found on this list of car parts (light)
The Light Over London. Julia Kelly

Points this post: 25
Total points: 980/1050
Tasks completed: 52/59
Books read: 69
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
It's a Fact ticket: 11


message 2640: by Marie (UK) (last edited Aug 23, 2022 12:21PM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 3940 comments MAZZA1
15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!


Read a book from this list:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

When Dad Killed Mom on page 4 of the list

points this post = 15
Points to date -1005



message 2641: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Hickman (lbhick) | 1527 comments Lisa MD

10.9 - Her Majesty

Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

🦁Those Girls by Chevy Stevens

Setting: Canada 100% - In book description
400 pages

🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️


Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 780/1050
Total Books Read: 57
Tasks Completed: 39/59
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 10


message 2642: by Barbara ★ (new)

Barbara ★ | 1573 comments Barbara ★

25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Just a Dandy-Lion
Option 2: Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
All Murders Final! - Sherry Harris 8/23

Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE
Apple Die - Chelsea Thomas 7/16
(C & T in beTCha)

Points this task: 25
Total points: 765
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)


message 2643: by Shawn (new)

Shawn | 297 comments Shawn H.


20.3 - Best Review-Kathy KS's Task: The Other Side of the Rainbow


Option 1. Author Initials in L FRANK BAUM


The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

***MA in l frAnk bauM***

Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
Its a Fact: 1


message 2644: by Louise (new)

Louise 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Julia103's Task: A Group of Prides
Option B

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Date Read: 7/13
Rating: 5*
How It Fits: MPG Queer

Claiming 1 BB ticket: 612pgs

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2645: by Louise (last edited Aug 23, 2022 03:41PM) (new)

Louise 15.7 – If You Don’t Want Me to Read It, I Surely Will!
Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses by James Joyce
Date Read: 8/18
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: #83 on list page 1

Claiming 2 BB tickets: 783pgs

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2646: by Louise (new)

Louise 15.6. Leo the Lion
Waking the Beast (Awakening Pride, #1) by Lacey Thorn
Waking the Beast by Lacey Thorn
Date Read: 6/22
Rating: 2*
How It Fits: Author initials LT - Leo The lion

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2647: by Louise (new)

Louise 15.5 – Of Course I'm Brave, I've Got a Medal!
African Dawn (African Sky, #2) by Tony Park
African Dawn by Tony Park
Date Read: 7/4
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: MPG Action

Claiming 1 BB Ticket - 511pgs

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0


message 2648: by Kathy KS (last edited Aug 23, 2022 04:10PM) (new)

Kathy KS | 2381 comments Kathy KS

**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.

5.5 - Making the World Go Round

Read a book in which a monetary unit is found intact in the title or subtitle. REQUIRED: Specify the monetary unit that you are using, the country in which is is/was used, and the title/subtitle word in which it is found.
Tracing Your European Roots by W. Daniel Quillen
Word: Euro in EUROpean
"The euro is the official currency of 19 out of the 27 member states of the European Union." "The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by four European microstates that are not EU members,[13] the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo."-- Wikipedia

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25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…

Option A – The Degree and my Cohort
Book 1 – Read a book with all the words in the title starting with letters found in GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LEADERSHIP.
"I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice, by Joe Starita
IAAM=... InforMAtion leAdership

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Book 2 – Read a book set at least 75% in one of the following countries:... United Kingdom...
A Far Cry from Kensington, by Muriel Spark
>75% SETTING: England (United Kingdom)

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25.9 - Dee's Task: It's Graduation Time…

choose either Option A, B, C and read book 1 AND book 2 from that option.
Option B – The Capstone
Book 1 - Read a book where all the letters ISRP appear in the Authors name.
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
ISRP=murIel SPaRk

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Book 2 - Read a book that is 4, 5, or 6 in a series
Tracing Your European Roots by W. Daniel Quillen
SERIES: Quillen's Essentials of Genealogy #4

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