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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Jonquil25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Book 1 Option 1: WHO?
author born in Australia -- author approved message 2
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Memory Zero
Keri Arthur
Paperback, 400 pages 3/15
Book 2 Option 1: WHO?
author born in New Zealand
url https://www.goodreads.com/ShelleyMunro
Cat Burglar in Training
Shelley Munro
Kindle Edition, 287 pages 3/27
approved for length message 4509; listed on line 375 of
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/c...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530
Books posted: 42
Tasks complete: 35
Pages this post: 687
Total pages as of this post: 12189
Beth Robinson10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV."
Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future by Rohit Bhargava
Initials are R B
Rohit Bhargava is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Read one book that satisfies both A (4 words in the title/subtitle) and B (first published between 1965 and 1979).
Sword of the Demon by Richard A. Lupoff
earliest edition is Published January 1st 1976 by HarperCollins Publishers
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
complicated to summarize :(
Book 1, by a male author, #1 in a series:
Singer of Souls by Adam Stemple, new-to-me, first published 2005, 240 pages
Book 2, by a female author, not first book or #1: Spellcrossed by Barbara Ashford, new-to-me, first published 2012, 448 pages
Both books are new-to-me.
Years first published: 2005, 2012 (more than 2 years apart)
Total pages = 240 + 448 = 688 (more than 500 with one book at least 100 pages longer than the other)
Adam Stemple is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Barbara Ashford is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Read 2 from among 4 options
Option A: Read an collection of short stories
The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint
Option B: Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution by Tom Peters
Page count = 736 pages
Claiming BIG BOOK TICKET
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Use books read last season to pick fiction books by new-to-you authors this season
Last season I read Along Came a Demon by Linda Welch
Linda Welch was a new to me author
Welch is on shelf WAI - WHH
I picked and read Dreamlander by K M Weiland
Weiland is also between WAI - WHH
Weiland is a new-to-me author
Last season I read Centaur of the Crime by Michael Angel
Michael Angel was a new to me author
Angel is on the shelf ANG - BAK
I picked and read The Artisan: An Artistic Assassin Thriller by Dyal Bailey
Bailey is also between ANG - BAK
Bailey is a new-to-me author
Artisan is ebook only but was approved for me in message 4508
K. M. Weiland is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 110
Total Points: 320
Adding 4 goodreads authors and 1 big book ticket
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY15.8 Women in War
REQUIRED: Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area (for instance, nurses in battle zones).
Selection: Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity #2) by Elizabeth Wein
Rose is a transport pilot for the ATA in WW2. Most of the book consists of an account of her time spent in Ravensbrück and the aftermath. Approved in help thread.
Elizabeth Wein is a **GRA**
20.10 Group Read
REQUIRED: Read one of the selected group reads books for Spring and comment on the discussion thread.
message #25 in the discussion thread.
Selection: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking -- Susan Cain
I listened to the audioversion, the PB has 352 pages.
Susan Cain is a **GRA**
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This Post: 15 + 20 = 35
Total Points: 260/1035
Books Read: 21
Completed Tasks: 19/59
Pages Read: 6086
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
SCHATZIE5.9: MUSPELHEIM, THE HOME OF THE FIRE GIANTS AND DEMONS
Into the Wild
ring of fire: over 50% was set in Alaska
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10.5: CINCO DE MAYO
req'd: author born in Mexico and the story also takes place in Mexico.
The Devil's Highway: A True Story
by Luis Alberto Urrea ---> GR AUTHOR
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Points this post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 435
GRA: 14
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Amy N. 15.10. Would I Lie to You?
In honor of Tell a Lie day (April 4), read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Golden Lies by Barbara Freethy Claiming Goodreads Author. 3/26/15
This Task: 15
Total points: 70
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Author: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Big Ticket Books: 0
Kim O5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
The Giver
Also has Children's as a genre on its main page
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Lois Lowry is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 5
Goodreads author ticket: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Goodreads author tickets: 4
Big Books 500+: 1
Jonquil15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Carmen rated it 4 stars
Loves Music, Loves To Dance
Mary Higgins Clark
Paperback, 319 pages 3/27
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gail rated it 2 stars
Books Can Be Deceiving
Jenn McKinlay
Paperback, 269 pages 3/14
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
Books posted: 44
Tasks complete: 36
Pages this post: 588
Total pages as of this post: 12777
Post 710.3 - Earth Day
Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis Environment on main page and approved in help thread #6
Points this post:10
Total: 120
Books read: 10
Tasks Done:7
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.9 Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
book takes place in Hawaii.
Books read:5
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 1: Ally Condie
Tasks Points: 5
Grand Total: 30/1050
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1: I chose to read
by Sarah Cornwell. An amusement park is featured on the cover, showing a ferris wheel and roller coaster.**Sarah Cornwell is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Book 2: I chose to read
by Jojo Moyes. Lou loses her job as a waitress and takes a job as caregiver to a quadriplegic man. The book is listed on the approval post in the task help thread here.**Jojo Moyes is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Neither book was a re-read for me.
Previous point total: 85
New points this post: 30
Total points: 115
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 7
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total GRA: 2
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 2, ROTH in the author's name: Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy MysteryI choose to do Option Three :: Defender of the Hawthorne, twice
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
Book 1.-
by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
* * * Claiming a GRA ticket for this author
V-A-I are found in Valkyrie
Book 2.-
by Kazuo Ishiguro
K-I are found in Valkyrie
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POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 110
GR Author: √
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 6
GRA Total: 2
BB Total:
LAUREN JODI10.6 - Older Americans Month
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
As per her GR page, Elizabeth Peters was born in Canton, Illinois on September 29, 1927 and died August 8, 2013, aged 85
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 105/1035
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/59
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Elizabeth B20.9 Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 3: Read a book where the main character(s) has a dog. This information must be found in the Goodreads description for the book
Blind Faith
20.10 - Group Reads
I read Will Grayson, Will Grayson
My comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 40
Total points: 205+40=245
perletwo25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up - I always get excited to watch the Oscars because it often inspires me to see new movies and to try new genres - and now it has inspired this task. This is a two book task; so please pick two options and read one book for each. Required: Identify the options
Option 1: Shorts: My favorite category over the last several years has been Best Live Action Short. For this task, read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
The Lodger lists a page count of 150 pp.
Option 4: Song: This year, Common and John Legend delivered a very powerful and moving performance of their song "Glory" from the movie "Selma." For this task, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA. You can use letters from one or both words. Author middle initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as many times as they occur.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (SELMA)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 235
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 8
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading ChallengersOption 1. Where do you live?
Total Recall by Sara ParetskyI live in Illinois and this book is set in Chicago, Illinois
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Gold by Chris CleaveMass Market Paperback, 1, 334 pages is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
(treasure is gold)
AND
The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer ChiaveriniPaperback, 240 pages is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
(As a quilter I think I would be far more upset if someone pillaged my quilt than my gold)
Total Points = 525
Catherine TTask 25.6 - We're a Cozy Mystery
I did option one twice
Option One: The Family Business
read a book with supernatural genre
Marked and Betrayed both by PC & Kirstin Cast
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total points = 375
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead - Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.Required: State a pseudonym used by the author of your book.
I read Mõrv maasika-vahukooretordiga by Joanne Fluke.
I read the translation into Estonian of the book Strawberry Shortcake Murder
Joanne Fluke uses many other writer-names (pseudonyms), the list of other names can be found HERE:
F.Ex.Kathryn Kirkwood, Jo Gibson, Gina Jackson.
The book I read was written under her real name.
GR Author: Yes
Points: 5
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Total points: 30
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Books: (500+): 1
Total Tasks Done: 5
Total Books Read: 5
EMurphy25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
**Neil Gaiman is a GoodReads Author
**Big Book Ticket (656 pages)
Book 2: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Both Books are new to me
Years First Published: 2001; 1934
Total Pages: 656 + 322 = 978 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GR Author: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
Total:
Points: 50
Books Read: 5
GR Author: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
Catherine TTask 30.5 - You Either Like it Or You Don’t
each book to be at least 250 pages
book 1: read a book with my favourite genre.
Favourite genre: fantasy
Chosen by PC & Kirstin Cast
322 pages
book 2: read a book with my least favourite genre.
Least favourite genre: christian
Mere Christianity Gift Edition by CS Lewis
352 pages
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total points = 405
25.3 - Andy P's Task: RagnarokRagnarok is a series of future events, including a great battle which ultimately results in the death of a number of major gods.
This is a two book task
Note: Books with the genre children's or kids may NOT be used for this task.
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK. I read The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani who is a *********GR Author ************
Book 2. Book 2. God's name: TYR -- letters found sequentially in the title -- Ten Years lateR -- I read Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives
Ten YeaRs later
Points: 100
Books read: 9
tasks completed: 6
GR authors: 4
Big books: 1(500)
pages read: 3168
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an EraOption One: Tutor Time: 2 people on cover
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck+20 Points
Grand Total: 155
Bluegrass Pam5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country found in the Ring of Fire.
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
This book is set in Malaysia.
** Author is a Goodreads author.**
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
GR authors this post:1
GR authors to date:3
Mod
I read Tell the Wolves I'm Home, with the plural form of "wolf" in the title.
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
I read The Midwife's Tale. It fits both options - "midwife" in title and the main character is a midwife.
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
For book 1, I read The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande. Initials AG are in Ragnarok.
For book 2, I chose the god Thor, and read The Forgotten. The Forgotten.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 275
FROOT25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts
Insanity
185 pages
Option 3: Supporting Actress
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
2005 - Rachel Weisz
Total Points: 25
FROOT25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
Portraits of Celina - Mistery
OPTION 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction
The Martian
Both first read
Total points: 50
Dakimel5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
I read Heart of the Storm (This is my one 5-point short book)
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
For AESIR I read The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
For VANIR I read Divorced, Desperate and Delicious
(I preferred Aesir)
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
I read for option 3 The Dream Thieves - it's not a reread.
TALLY:
This post - 40 points
Total - 275
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris
208 pages
*** Charlaine Harris is a Goodreads Author ***
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Malled to Death by Laura DiSilverio
*** Laura DiSilverio is a Goodreads Author***
Total points: 25
Total GRA: 2
Nick KY5.7 Nidalvallir, home of the Dwarves I read Woody Allen: A Life in Film by Richard Schickel, 224 pages.
20.1 Julia 103’s What’s in a Name?
Opt 2. THOR rearranges to ROTH. I read The Professor Of Desire by Philip Roth.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 280
Lindy-Lanetask 20.6: i spy:
* bloom (flower)on cover & 300+ pages with # sequence from 03/07/1965
Because You're Mine by Lisa Kleypaspages 376
**this is a GRA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 4
Oma12295.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Total Points-160/1060
Total Tasks Completed-13/60
Number of GR authors-(7)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
SCHATZIE15.5: INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
req'd: This book is found on the list of Orange Prize for New Writers
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
by Ann Weisgarber ---> GR AUTHOR
Points this post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 450
GRA: 15
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Catherine TTask 5.5 - Jotunheim
read a book with young adult genre
Untamed by PC & Kirstin Cast
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total points = 410
30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’tBook 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page:
Historical Fiction: This wasn't my favorite example of the genre, but it has 28 shelvings and is 304 pages long:
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page: Christian by 18 users and 399 pages (Jan Karon and Anne Lamott are pretty much the only authors I've ever liked in this genre):
In the Company of Others by Jan Karon
+30 Points
Grand Total: 165
Hopefully, the third time's the charm!
SAM ID5.1 - Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Read a book with "..." in the title
From Notting Hill with Love... Actually by Ali McNamara
**Ali McNamara is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Read a book with the young adult genre
Slammed by Colleen Hoover
**Colleen Hoover is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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5.6 - Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
Read a book with the word "wolf" in the title
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
Points: 15
Total Points: 35
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 0
Julia103Task 15.7.Pi Day
And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander is #1 in the Lady Emily series
Tasha Alexander is a Goodreads author.
Post total: 15 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total points: 160
Total GRA: 3
Total BB tickets: 1
5.5 JotunheimI read The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun Hutchinson - YA genre on main page
Claiming a GRA Ticket for Shaun Hutchinson
25.9 Nick KY's Task: Y
I chose option 1 and read Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools by David L. Kirp - y in "System"
I also chose option 3 and read Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
25.10 Ready for Their Close-Up
I chose option 3 and read Symbiont by Mira Grant - shares her name (Mira) with Mira Sorvino (1995)
Claiming a Big Books Ticket for Symbiont at 518 pages
I also chose option 5 and read The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - #2 on page 1 of the list
New Total: 110
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.Option 1: Disney Animated Movies. Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies.
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger and the movie The Jungle BOOK.
Holsinger is a Goodreads Author.
Option 3: Lightheartedness. Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde. Humor is the #5 genre on the main page.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
10.3 - Earth DayEnvironment: Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
Mod
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie Mallowan who also wrote as Agatha Christie
15.4. Spring Reads
option 2, first published 2014 and author initials SR: The Lost Empress by Steve Robinson
PB: The Lost Empress
15.7.Pi Day
#14 in series: Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
option 1, 128 pages: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
option 2, 2011 winner: The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
total = 325
Jonquil5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Goodreads rating at or above 3.50
3.56 · rating details · 142 ratings · 17 reviews 3/28/15
Ting-A-Ling
Mike Faricy
Kindle Edition, 223 pages 3/28
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
approved for length message 4546
Points this post: 5
Total points: 550
Books posted: 45
Tasks complete: 37
Pages this post: 223
Total pages as of this post: 13000
Kait15.2 - Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1 - A book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Playing by the Greek's Rules by Sarah Morgan -- Playing by the Greek's Rules
Sarah Morgan is a GR Author.
Book 2 - A book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands -- Single White Vampire; Vanir got my vote in the poll
Lynsay Sands is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 15
GR Authors This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 85
Total GR Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Pamela326530.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Small-Town Billionaire by Renee Andrews (Goodreads Author) - Recommendation based on my romance shelf
Book 2: The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer - Read by 2 friends - Found on list on 2/15/15.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 355
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”Option 1.
Dirty Little Secrets by Liliana HartAND
Option 3.
Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman(Number 32 on the Books Set in New Mexico list)
Total Points = 550
Amanda D. 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1: Where do you live?
Read a book set in (at least 50%) the city or state/county/province where you currently live, or a book by an author who was born or currently lives in your city/state/county/province.
Required: state where you live and how the book fits the task. If using the author option the Goodreads profile should indicate the place or include a reference when you post.
I live and go to school in Boston. Several characters in the book live/work in Boston and escape to Nantucket for a wedding.
This book was an ARC from the publisher. Read the ebook version, but it's available in hardcover.
Ever After: A Nantucket Brides Novel by Jude Deveraux
Points this post: 20
Total Points (not including this post): 35
SCHATZIE20.3: BEST REVIEW – CAITS’ MARVEL REFERENCES
Opt. 5: read a highly recommended book
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr ---> GR AUTHOR
Req’d: this is not a re-read for me
531 pages: bb qualifier
Points this post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 470
GRA: 16
BB (500)- 1
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
MEGSCL5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
The Silver Linings Playbook has 289 pages
**Matthew Quick is a Goodreads author
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
May 4th is Star Wars day. Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page.
Time and Time Again has Science Fiction as the top genre
**528pp = 1 big book ticket
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3 1200-1699
Read a book written during, set in or about the time period from 1200 through 1699.
Canterbury Tales is a revised version of Chaucer’s original, written in modern English. Like the original The Canterbury Tales, it is set in the 14th century.
Option 4 1700-1899
Read a book written during, set in or about the time period from 1700 through 1899.
The Count of Monte Cristo was first published in 1844
**1276pp = 3 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 110
Tasks: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 10
Books: 11
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!Last season I read:
The Finnish Line by Linda Gerber Shelf: GAB-GIE
and
The Mapmaker's War by Ronlyn Domingue Shelf: DEW-DUL
Both of these authors were new-to-me last season.
BOOK ONE:
Shelf: GAB-GIE
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
BOOK TWO
Shelf: DEW-DUL
All the Light We Cannot See (BIG BOOK 544pp All the Light We Cannot See)
by Anthony Doerr (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
Both Lisa Genova and Anthony Doerr are new-to-me authors.
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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Points: 30
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 60
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country found in the Ring of Fire
Friends--And Then Some by Debbie Macomber *Goodreads Author*
*Set in San Francisco, CA
TASK TOTALS
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 180
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: