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15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
I read:
This book is set in Sweden
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 45
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Big Books:
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Tasks Completed: 3
GRA Total: 1
BB Total:
EMurphy25.1 - Catherine T’s Task: Auntie Tattin’s Challenge:
Book 1: A book written by a man that was either the debut published work by the author or the first in a series
American Gods by Neil Gaiman published in 2005
*Neil Gaiman is a GR Author
BB Ticket - 656 pages
Book 2: A book written by a woman that is NEITHER the debut published work by the author NOR the first book in the series
True to Form by Elizabeth Berg published in 2003, 265 pages
This Post:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GR Author: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
Total:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Author: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
15.8 Women in War Sand Queen by Helen Benedict
From GR Description:
"Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison...Like any soldier, Kate must face the daily threats of combat duty, but as a woman, she is in equal danger from the predatory men in her unit."
Helen Benedict is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 285
Pamela326515.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1: Cowboy Seeks a Bride by Louise M. Gouge (Goodreads Author) S E A R I
Book 2: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Goodreads Author) I R V A N
15.5. International Women's Day
Home by Marilynne Robinson - Orange Prize for Fiction 2009
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: The Host by Stephenie Meyer - Did Not Finish List
BIG BOOK at 620 pages
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Lean Forward Into Your Life: Begin Each Day as If It Were on Purpose by Mary Anne Radmacher (Goodreads Author) - The author is new to me.
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 255
Goodreads Authors this post: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
10.6 - Older Americans MonthRead a book written by an American author who was 50 years old or older when they died.
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
CURRENT POST
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Jonquil15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
100% in Norway
since blurb is not specific, approved message 15
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Caveman
Jorn Lier Horst
Paperback, 352 pages 3/15
Points this post: 15
Total points: 350
Books posted: 26
Tasks complete: 22
Pages this post: 352
Total pages as of this post: 7674
Jonquil10.6 - Older Americans Month
52 Steps To Murder
Steve Demaree
Kindle Edition, 229 pages 3/16
approved for length message 4494
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Age not indicated in profile:
http://www.morrisbookshop.com/local-b... "Steve was born in Lexington in 1948"
"Steve Demaree, 58, of Lexington, decided six years ago to interrupt a traditional career in sales to devote himself full-time to writing and selling his self-published books." - See more at: http://bizlex.com/2012/03/local-autho...
verified message 15 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 360
Books posted: 27
Tasks complete: 23
Pages this post: 229
Total pages as of this post: 7903
SCHATZIE10.10: THE ODD COUPLE
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
--I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb version (no mmpb): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
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25.5: NIKKI'S VIKING PILLAGE
BOOK 1:
req'd: item - horse & pages - 256
Chosen by a Horse: How a Broken Horse Fixed a Broken Heart
--I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb version (no mmpb): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
BOOK 2:
req'd: item - feast & pages 372
Skeletons at the Feast
by Chris Bohjalian ---> GR AUTHOR
256 + 372 = 628 pgs.
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Points this post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 285
GRA: 8
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading ChallengersOption 3: I have three adult children, Adam, Elizabeth, and Susannah; and an English cocker spaniel named Jack.
Until the Real Thing Comes Along by Elizabeth Berg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Ana15.5. International Women's Day
Found on Orange Prize for New Writers
byMeg Rosoff.***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 15
Total Points 90
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 5
Total Pages 1620
GoodReads Author 4
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 1
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah DayI read The Fair Fight: A Novel by Anna Freeman
480 pgs
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Total:
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
LAUREN JODI5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Reader’s Choice
Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45/1035
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/59
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Catherine TTask 30.6 - Happy Equinox
option A: read a book of short stories
Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov
short stories genre on main page
option B: read a book longer than 500 pages
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
608 pages; IL - UY
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total points = 240
20.2 Midwives Help People OutOption One: The Midwife's Here! The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain's Longest Serving Midwives
Total:
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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15.2 Aesir vs. VanirAesir:
Secrets of Millionaire Moms: Learn How They Turned Great Ideas Into Booming Businesses--And How You Can Too
Vanir:
Keeping It Civil: The Case of the Pre-nup and the Porsche & Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer - Goodreads Author
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
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20.4 - End of an EraOption Two: Flirting with Felicity - Goodreads Author
Total Points: 70
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jayme VA5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Still Alice by Lisa Genova, goodreads author.
Still Alice has a rating of 4.28.
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 2 Post-Classical Era: Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Captive Queen is about Eleanor of Aquitaine, who lived in the mid- to late 1100's. This book takes place almost completely from 1150-1190's. Here's a link to Eleanor's Wikipedia bio.
Option 4 1700-1899: Washington Square by Henry James
Washington Square was written in the 1800's as it was published in 1880.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 75
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
This post is to claim BB tickets ONLY. No new points.Points originally claimed in post #553.
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Burned
**Burned is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 39
Total points to date = 155 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Cindy FTask 5.1 Asgard, the Home of Aesir
? in title : Shall We Tell the President?by Jeffrey Archer
Points this post:5
Total points:10
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
MIMI MICHELEMimi Michele
15.10 Tell A Lie Day Read a book with Lie intact in the title or author’s name.
I read “Lie Still” by Julia Heaberlin
Lie Still
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
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+:
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Before She Dies by Mary BurtonI read the kindle book. The link to ppb is
Before She Dies Paperback, 416 pages
Total Points = 305
Amy N. 25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 1: “Planting a flower’s like opening a book, because either way you are starting something,”-- Nora Roberts.
Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
OPTION 3: “Gardens are a form of autobiography,” -- Robert Dash.
Read an autobiography or memoir. This must be a non-fiction account about the author’s own life.
Option 1: The Pastor's Wife by Jennifer AlLee Claiming Goodreads author 3/10/15
Option 3: No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen 3/6/15
These are not re-reads for me.
This Task: 25
Total points: 40
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
500+: 0
750+: 0
1000+: 0
Amy N. I made a mistake in my previous post so this is my repost. Forgot to include the cover. Sorry for the mishap.
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 1: “Planting a flower’s like opening a book, because either way you are starting something,”-- Nora Roberts.
Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
OPTION 3: “Gardens are a form of autobiography,” -- Robert Dash.
Read an autobiography or memoir. This must be a non-fiction account about the author’s own life.
Option 1:
by Jennifer AlLee Claiming Goodreads author 3/10/15Option 3:No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen 3/6/15
These are not re-reads for me.
This Task: 25
Total points: 40
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
500+: 0
750+: 0
1000+: 0
Lulu20.4. End of an Era
Option #1: Tutor Time
by Richard YatesThere are exactly 2 people featured on the cover of my edition, a man and a woman.
20.9. Hell Hath No Fury
Option #3:
Kidnap in the Caribbean by Lauren St. John
Dog in GR description, verified on post #21 of the help thread.
AR Bookfinder UK stats:
IL: MY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 40Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Erin NY25.10
Option 1: Book with 100-200 pages
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
Option 4 Author Initials is gloRy and/or selMa
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
* Richelle Mead is a goodreads author
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 6
Tasks in progress: 3
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 4,094
Mary P5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
The story is set in Portland Oregon.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Lacy Stewart10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah day
Love Slave for Two by Tymber Dalton
444pages
15.7 - Pi Day
Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair (SRC ebook Verification #422)
(Masters of the Shadowlands, #1)
20.3 - Best review - Cait S's Task: Thinly veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It--Another!
Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost
*Not a re-read
20.4 - Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option one: Tutor Time
Skye O'Malley
by Bertrice Small20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's task: getting to know seasonal reading challengers
Option 3: Do you have any pets or kids
Torch Ginger by Toby Neal
Past cat: Ginger
20.9 - Moderator's pet - Kait's task: hel hath fury
Option 2:
Seducing the Spy by Celeste Bradley (royal four, #4) last book in the series
Total points this post: 105
Total points: 105
Mod
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
wolf in title: Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
15.5. International Women's Day
Baileys/Orange Prize shortlist 2014: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
option 2, Thor/Roth: The Unknowns by Gabriel Roth
total = 175
SHELLEY UT5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-upI chose Options 3 and 4.
Option 3: read a book where the author shares their first name with an actress who has WON an Academy Award for Best Support Actress.
The Convalescent by Jessica Anthony
Jessica Lange 1982
Option 4: Song: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.
How to be both by Ali Smith
SELMA
Task total=25
Grand total=25
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
read a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated
I chose the two book option.
Book 1 Apple Tree Yard: A Novel by Louise Doughty(336 p.) item being pillaged=apples
Book 2. The Maltese Manuscript by Joanne Dobson (275 p.) item being pillaged=manuscript
Both books approved here here
Total page count: 611
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
Erin ATX5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Helen of Sparta by Amalia Carosella **GR Author**
On 3/17/15 rating was 3.77
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 35
Total GR Authors: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Big Books: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOption 1:
by Amy Poehler 03/17/2015The author's name, Poehler, ends in ER. She is a new-to-me author.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Totals:
Total Points: 60
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Tasks Done: 3
Total Books Read: 3
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
I just finished and enjoyed Book 1 of Les Rougons-Marquart, so on to Book 2 in the series. This is not a re-read:
The Kill by Émile Zola
+20 Points
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies: The Secret World of Arrietty / Secret
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
Option 2: Frozen: Letters in "let it go" ThE assassInatiOn of marGareT thatcher hiLary mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel
+25 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 130
BARBARA ★15.4. Spring Reads ~ Option 1
A. Revenant - Larissa Ione (published 2014) 3/14
Goodreads Author
B. Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter (G & S in spring) 3/3
Goodreads Author
20.4 - Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 1: Crimson - Jordan Summers (two people on cover) 3/16
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
140/1035 POINTS
Jenifer20.1 What's in a Name?
option 4: TYR/Did Not Finish List, page 1
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors this post:
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
15.7.Pi Day--Missed completion on Pi day :(
--Read
--this is book three in the Pendergast series
Points= 15
Total points=55
Victoria C15.6 Tax Day
I read the nonfiction book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis.
I'm not too organized with my spreadsheet and tallies yet, so we will just say that is 15 points.
READ605.5 the Home of Giants , read a book with the genre young adult on the main page:
Hollow CityHollow Cityby Ransom Riggs
This is listed as young adult
Points: 5
Total Points: 20
SCHATZIE10.7: TYPHOID MARY
Year of Wonders
req'd: page 1 of the Apocalypse by Epidemic list - (#8)
Points this post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 295
GRA: 8
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
READ 605.3 Home of the Light Elves
Need to read a book with a GR rating of at least 3.5
I read Stone MattressStone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood
On 3/17/2015 it had a GR rating of 3.98
Points: 5
Total points : 25
15.7 Pi Day Across the Universe by Beth Revis
#1 in Across the Universe series
Beth Revis is a Goodreads Author.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 300
MEGSCL10.10 - The Odd Couple
Read a book that contains Simon in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
Children of Liberty by Paullina Simons
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 60
Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books: 6
SCHATZIE5.3: ALFHEIM, THE HOME OF THE LIGHT ELVES
req'd: date found - 3/13/2015 [current rating: 3.97]
Skeletons at the Feast
by Chris Bohjalian ---> GR AUTHOR
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25.12: ELIZABETH'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
opt. C: first published in March of any year
Poisoned Ground: A Rachel Goddard Mystery
by Sandra Parshall ---> GR AUTHOR
first published in March 2014
opt. D: word "death" in title
The Mapping of Love and Death
by Jacqueline Winspear ---> GR AUTHOR
Points this post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 300
GRA: 10
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV."
I chose to read
by Brooke Gladstone. B and G are found in ROY G BIVPrevious point total: 20
New points this post: 10
Total points: 30
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 2
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Pamela326520.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
The Host by Stephenie Meyer - Page 1 of Did Not Finish List
BIG BOOK at 620 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author) - Page 4 of Child Narrator List
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Task 10.6 - Older Americans MonthRead a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older OR who was 50 years old or older when they died.
Born to Exile (Tales of Alaric the Minstrel #1) (1978) by Phyllis Eisenstein (Paperback, 251 pages)
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1175
Phyllis Eisenstein
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthdate: 26 February 1946
35 + 10 = 45
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 35 + 10 = 45
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,375
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 25.10 -: Ready for Their Close-upOption 3: Supporting Actress: For this task, read a book where the author shares their first name with an actress who has WON an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Names must match EXACTLY.
Required: Name the actress.
Actress: Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Parker Stories (1933) by Dorothy Parker (Hardcover, 386 pages)
Option 4: Song: For this task, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.
SELMA
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (2014) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 273 pages)
** Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author.**
45 + 25 = 70
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 45 + 25 = 70
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,034
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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I read Why? Because We Still Like You: An Oral History of the Mickey Mouse Club, with a question mark in the title.
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons. I read The Strange Library, set in Japan. This is my one 5 pointer with <100 pages - 96 pages.
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
I read A Tale for the Time Being, published by Viking.
This post: 20
Total points: 95