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20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOption 1- LOVE:
Midnight Caller by Leslie TentlerAuthor is new to me
❏ 25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option B:
The Christmas Light by Donna VanLiereAND
Option B:
Missing You by Harlan CobenBoth books are from the 2015 Audies Nominations list
Total Points = 270
Nikki B10.6 Older Americans Month: Read a book by an American author who is over 50 years old
It
Stephen King is born in 1947, making him more than 50 years old
http://stephenking.com/the_author.html
Claiming 1 GR author ticket for Stephen King
Claiming 3 BB tickets as the book is 1116 pages long
Total Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 110
Total GR tickets: 6
Total BB tickets: 6
Catherine TTask 5.8 - Niflheim
read a book by an author with a pseudonym
A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
MC Beaton is a pseudonym of Marion Chesney, who also writes as Ann Fairfax (amongst others)
Task 25.12 - Independence Day
Option B - read a book with page numbers found in 1821
The Last Battle by CS Lewis
page count: 211; IL: MY - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7.0
Option D - read a book with "death" in the title
Death of a Hussy by MC Beaton
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Total points: 190
5.6 Svartalfheim: Home of the Dark ElvesThe Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity by Cristina Eisenberg As copy I read was on Kindle, this is the link to the hardcover The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity
Both the title and cover have wolves
10.4 May the Fourth be with You:
by Andy Weir (Really good book)25.9 Nick KYs task: "Y":
1.
by W. Daniel Quillen. There is a y in family and in library. 3. I chose the first part of this option and read
by Philip ConnorsToday's total: 40
Grand total: 150
Lindy-Lanetask 5.1: asgard:
*? in title:
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 1
10.2 - Book over 400 pagesFair Play is 464 pages long.
Deeanne Gist is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 10
Total w/this post: 145
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 6
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 10
Total books claimed: 12
Post: #519
10.5 - Cinco de MayoSet in Comala, Mexico and author born in Mexico:
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
+10 Points
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 3: Supporting Actress: Anne Baxter/Anne Sexton:
Transformations by Anne Sexton
Option 4: Song: selMA / Maya Angelou
The Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou
+25 Points
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 85
REPOST25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option B:
The Christmas Light by Donna VanLierenominated in INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED FICTION from the 2015 Audies Nominations list
AND
Option B:
Missing You by Harlan Cobennominated in MYSTERY from the 2015 Audies Nominations list
Total Points = 270
DEANA10.10 - The Odd Couple
Author named Neil
The Graveyard Book IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
by Neil Gaiman GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
OPTION 2: Three word title, two words beginning with the same letter (I)
Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 30
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 30
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15.3 - Is it Live or is it Memorex?Option 2: Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck
Ignoring the subtitle, there are 4 words in the title AND the book was first published in 1969
Points this post: 15
Season Total: 50
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir - read a book with one of these three modern symbols: ?, ! or … in the title.
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
I read the translation into Estonian (Title: Vahid! Vahid!)
Points: 5
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Total points: 10
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Books: (500+): -
Total Tasks Done: 2
Total Books Read: 2
25.2 Garden quotes 
Alice Walker - option 1, flower on the coverThe Murder on the Links Agatha Christie - option 2, crime
Task points 25
Total points 25
Oma122910.1 - Remarkable Women
Read a book found on the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
This book is found on the 1st page(Book #26) of the Remarkable Historical Women Fiction List.
Claiming Margaret Atwood as GR author
Total Points-70/1060
Total Tasks Completed-7/60
Number of GR authors-(4)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
VAL TX20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 3 - Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) or author’s name (first, middle, or last) that includes your child’s or pet’s name.
My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke
["Lucky" is my dog's name.]
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 120
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Reached by Ally Condie
The genre "Young Adult" is listed on the main page.
Ally Condie is a GoodReads author.
[POINTS]
This post: 5
Total points: 10
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
MEGSCL10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
A book over 400 pages. The Miniaturist I listened to the audio but the paperback is 438pp.
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series
Edge of Eternity is the 3rd and final book in the Century Trilogy
**Ken Follett is a GRA
**1098 pages = 3 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 45
Tasks: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books: 4
BEKKA - 25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-upOption 3: For this task, I read “
” by Jennifer E. Smith, since the author shares her first name with two Best Supporting Actresses: Jennifer Connelly (2001) and Jennifer Hudson (2006). Option 4: For this task, I read “
” by Greer Macallister, since the author’s initials can be found in GLORY and SELMA. Also, both Jennifer E. Smith and Greer Macallister are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming a ticket for each of them.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 25
Pages Read this Challenge: 657
Total Pages Read to Date: 657
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions Book 1: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks Initials NS
Book 2: Native Son N at the beginning of native and S at the beginning of son
Claiming Goodreads Authour ticket for Nicholas Sparks
Total Points Earned: 125/1035
Total Pages Read: 3250/27045
Total Books Read: 9/81
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
SCHATZIE20.5: BIGGER IS BETTER - CHRIS'S LOVE AND NOT QUITE LOVE
opt. 1: author's last name ends in 'ER'
Justice for Sara
by Erica Spindler ---> GR AUTHOR
req'd: This author is new to me.
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20.7: SHORTER IS SWEETER - BELLAGBEAR'S RELIVE CHILDHOOD FEELINGS
Speaking from Among the Bones
by Alan Bradley ---> GR AUTHOR
req'd: list-Adult Fiction with Child Protagonist - pg 1. #58
Points this post: 40
Total Challenge Points: 250
GRA: 7
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
READ 605.2 Nine letter word in the title
GhostwalkGhostwalkby Rebecca Stott
the nine letter word is Ghostwalk
Points this post: 5
total points: 15
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Science Fiction is a main page genre (shelved by 280 users)
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
BEKKA - 15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!Option 2: For this task, I read “
” by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, since it is set entirely in Finland. Also, Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen is a Goodreads Author so I’m claiming a ticket for him.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 40
Pages Read this Challenge: 343
Total Pages Read to Date: 1000
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
amandab1975Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Flame by Amy Kathleen Ryan ( genre Young Adult )
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
M1NKS10.5 - Cinco de Mayo - Read a book set in Mexico or written by a Mexican author (by birth or by residence)
Queer - Set in Mexico City
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 70
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 5
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allenapple on cover
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Rosary Girls by Richard MontanariAND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna AndrewsTotal Points = 290
LAUREN JODI20.3 Best Review - Cait S’s Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Chased by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon*
Series: Moonlight #2
This is not a re-read for me.
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40/1035
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Shiraloo25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
REQUIRED: I chose options 1 and 5
Option 1: Shorts
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide
REQUIRED: Book is 144 pages (between 100-200)
Option 5: Director
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
REQUIRED: Found on the Immigrant Experience list, position 11 on page 1.
*Jean Kwok is a GRA*
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Mary P5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
by Suzanne WrightPoints this post:5
Total points: 60
Delicious Dee15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
AESIR - Our Totally, Ridiculous, Made-up Christmas Relationship - Brittainy C. Cherry (GR Author) - R in Our; A in Totally, SI in Ridiculous and E in Made-Up
VANIR - Loving Mr. Daniels - Brittainy C. Cherry (GR Author) - VN in loving, R in Mr, AI in Daniels
I preferred AESIR, although VANIR was good as well
15.10. Would I Lie to You?
A Little Harmless Lie - Melissa Schroeder (GR Author)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 10
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
REQUIRED: Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
Shelved as Young Adult by 751 users
Shelved as Young Adult > Teen by 97 users
Selection: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica #1) -- Beth Fantaskey
I read the kindle version, the mmpb has 448 pages.
Beth Fantaskey is a **GRA**
10.6 Older Americans Month
REQUIRED: Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older.
(Charlaine Harris was born November 25, 1951 in Tunica, Mississippi, The United States)
Selection: Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse #13) -- Charlaine Harris
I read the kindle version, the mmpb has 306 pages.
30.4 Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
REQUIRED: Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations.
I had to go to the page based on my Horror shelf, because I use this feature regularly to find new books. (So I'd already added most things I thought I'd like.)
Selection: Kraken -- China Miéville
I listened to the audiobook, the pb has 481 pages.
China Miéville is a **GRA**
REQUIRED: Go to the Friends icon at the top of the GR page (the symbol is on the right, with 2 people, next to your inbox symbol). Click on that icon. On the upper right, you'll see 3 tabs: "Friends", "Popular Books", "Add Friends" - click on the tab "Popular Books" to see a list of "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month." Read a book from that list - note that the list will change during the course of the challenge, so jot down the date you found the book and include it in your post.
2/18 -- 1 friend read/rated
Selection: Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) -- Sarah J. Maas
Sarah J. Maas is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 5 + 10 + 30 = 45
Total Points: 115/1035
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 11/59
Pages Read: 3562
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
15.4 Spring Reads Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
Option 2:
- First published in 2013
- Author Initials: N.R. (SPRING)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 240
Julia103Task 20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Twilight is on page 1 of the Abandoned shelf.
(235 people shelved this. I would have joined them if not reading it for a challenge.)
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 85
Total GRA: 2
Total BB: 0
Margaret L20.5: Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Author's name ends in "ER"
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Margaret L25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A: Tournament of Books
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
#20 on the list
Option A: Tournament of Books
Silence Once Begun by JEsse Ball
#21 on the list
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 2
M1NKS 10.7 - Typhoid Mary
Love in the Time of Cholera - Found on page one
10.9 - Over the Rainbow - Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV."
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 90
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 7
NicoleS15.5 International Women's Day
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt was shortlisted for Bailey's Prize in 2014.
*Claim BB ticket-771 pages
Points this Task: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Tickets: 1
Total Points: 40
Nikki5.1 Asgard
Book has a ! in the title
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
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5.2 Vanaheim
Man / sfi / eld has 9 letters
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
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5.5 Jotumheim
Book has an apple on the front
The Cider House Rules
by John Irving_________________________________________________
5.6 Svartalfheim
Book has wolf in title, one of the examples given
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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10.3 Earth Day
Book has Environment/Nature as genre
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
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15.6 Tax Day
Book is about getting paid what you are worth
Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski
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15.7 Pi Day
Book is #4 in series
Running Blind by Lee Child
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15.10 Would I lie to you
Flies has the word Lies
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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20.4 Author Author
Option 1 – Two people on cover
Yellow Crocus
by Laila Ibrahim_________________________________________________
25.4 Hinas Task
Option 1 – Book contains life – matches A Bugs Life 1998
The Life by Martina Cole
Option 2 – Title contains the letters to Let it Go
How the Girl Guides Won the War by Janie Hampton
First Post – Total = 120
JeniferTask 20.2 Midwives Help People Out
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth
Task 30.5 You Either Like It or You Don't
Book 1: My favorite genre is Historical Fiction
Timeless by Gail Carriger
*Gail Carriger is a GR Author.*
Book 2: My least favorite genre is Non-Fiction
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
*Douglas Preston is a GR Author.*
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 50
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
30.6 - Name: Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!Option A - Read an collection of short stories with Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays as a main page genre.
The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard- Short Stories is a main page genre (verified message #98 in Genre Verification Thread)
Kiera Cass is a GRA - 1 GRA point
Option B - Read a book with at least 500 pages
Burned - Burned has 512 pages in the Hardcover (no paperback yet) = 1 BB Point also
Karen Marie Moning is a GRA - 1 GRA point
Points this post: 30
GRA this post:2
BB this post:1
Total points:150
Total GRA:6
Total BB:1
15.6 Tax Day Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget by David Wessel
From the GR Description:
"In a sweeping narrative about the people and the politics behind the budget, Wessel looks at the 2011 fiscal year (which ended September 30) to see where all the money was actually spent, and why the budget process has grown wildly out of control."
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 255
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Book 1: AESIR in the title: Crocodile on the Sandbank
I listened to the audio book: Crocodile on the Sandbank.
The most popular is here: La sfida della mummia.
Book 2: VANIR in the title: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
I listened to the audio book: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance.
There is no mmp, the pb is here: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance.
Lois McMaster Bujold is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 160
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 7
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 11
Total books claimed: 14
Post: # 555
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
REQUIRED: Read a book with 100-360 pages.
Selection: The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After -- Robert Kirkman
136 pages.
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
REQUIRED: Option 1: Read a book with the genre "Zombies" on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded. (graphic novels allowed)
Shelved as Horror > Zombies by 68 users.
Selection: The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War -- Robert Kirkman
[POINTS]
This Post: 5 + 20 = 25
Total Points: 140/1035
Books Read: 14
Completed Tasks: 13/59
Pages Read: 3834
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
10.8 - The Vikings are ComingBook published by Viking Press
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15/1035
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesRead a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
GR rating of 4.07 on 15/3/15.
Current Post: 5
Total Points: 20
GR authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Cait S20.3- Thinly Veiled Marvel References
This is a one book task so choose one of the following options.
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Choose a series you have already started and enjoyed, and read the next book in it.
Requiem by Lauren Oliver **Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author**
This book was not a re-read for me.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 9
15.6. Tax Day Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
Book about economics, approved in the help thread.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 120/1035
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 10/59
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter BPavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck
There are blossoms (flowers) on the cover, approved in message 2 of the help thread, and the book has 316 pages, a number which can be found in the number sequence, 03/07/1965.
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 70
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat! Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Setting: Denmark
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 270
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10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
a book set in Mexico Weekend Boyfriend (e-book only, approved here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20.2 - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option B: Murder in Chelsea
The main character Sarah Brandt is a midwife.
Points:30
Total:40+30=70