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5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans - Read a book with a tree on the cover
by Bill Bryson** Bill Bryson is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
GR authors this post: 1
GR authors to date: 2
HINA20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References -
Option 3: Falling for Mr. Wrong by Inara Scott. Approved For Length Message 4532
Book 3 in the Bencher Family Series and is not a re-read for me.
**Inara Scott is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 150
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Nick KY15.3 Is it Live…? I chose Option 2 -- one book which has a) 4 words in the title, and b) a 1st publication date between 1965 and 1979.
I read A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg, 1st pub’d in 1971.
25.10 Sirena’s Close-Up
Option 3. Supporting Actress. One of my favorite Oscar winning movies is 1975’s Network. It won 3 acting awards, Faye Dunaway’s Lead Actress, Peter Finch’s Lead Actor, and Beatrice Straight’s Supporting Actress (she only appeared in 3 scenes) – I read C. S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller by Beatrice Gormley, who shares a first name with Beatrice Straight.
Option 4. Song. I read a book by an author whose initials are in GLORYSELMA. -- Orpheus by G.R.S. Mead.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 185
BRAEGANTask# 30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: Redeployment by Phil Klay (main page genre Short Stories)
Option D: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (#5 on Feel Good Books List)
**John Green is a Goodreads Author**
POINTS:
This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Veronica W5.1 Read a book with a question mark “?", exclamation point “!" or elipsis “…” in the title or subtitle.
O Pioneers!
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
HINA25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day -
Option C: All Roar and No Bite by Celia Kyle.
Book was first published in March.
Option D: Faith, Honor & Freedom by Shannon Callahan. Approved For Length Message 4504
Freedom is in the Title.
**Celia Kyle is a goodreads author.**
**Shannon Callahan is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 175
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
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Andy P.Task #
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
A. Using the list above, AT LEAST ONE of the objects must appear on the cover (a baseball)
B. Books must be a Minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965
by Michael Lewis (317 pages) baseball on cover.Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
20.2 "Birth" in title/subtitleI listened to the audio book Genghis: Birth of an Empire.
The mmp is here: Genghis: Birth of an Empire
With 528 pages, this is a BB for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 20
Total w/this post: 230
GRA tickets this post:
Total w/this post: 10
Big Books this post: 1
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed: 14
Total books claimed: 18
Post: #724
Catherine TTask 25.3 - Ragnarok
book 1 - author's initials found in RAGNAROK
Anthem by Ayn Rand
book 2 - "Thor" can be found spelt out left to right in the title
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
THOR found in THe & cOlouR
Elizabeth B5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
exclamation point in the title Shiny!
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Finding Cinderella (rating 4.39 at 3/18/2015)
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. AESIR in the title/subtitle (In the dARknESs) In the Darkness
Book 2. VANIR in the title/subtitle (How to seduce A VampIRe (without really tryiNg)
How to Seduce a Vampire (Without Really Trying)
I enjoyed my AESIR book more.
15.4. Spring Reads
Option 2
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh (N,S found in SpriNg, published in 2014)
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Set in Iceland Last Rituals
Points: 55
Total points:70+55=125
HINA20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era -
Option 1:
Marrying for King's Millions by Maureen Child.Exactly 2 People on the Cover.
**Maureen Child is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 195
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jonquil20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 3: “thousand” in the title
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
Rob Thomas
Paperback, 324 pages 3/19
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
Books posted: 32
Tasks complete: 27
Pages this post: 324
Total pages as of this post: 9485
SAM ID5.2 - Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
read a book with a nine letter word in the title
The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
*required word: wed/nes/day
**Jason F. Wright is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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5.3 - Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
read a book with a GR rating of 3.5 or better
Love Unexpected by Jody Hedlund
*GR rating is 4.24 at time of posting, 3-19-15*
**Jody Hedlund is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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5.4 - Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
read a book with a tree on the cover
by Lisa Kleypas**Lisa Kleypas is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
read a book between 100 and 360 pages total
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes and Joe Layden
*the version I read was 259 pages*
**Joe Layden is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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Points: 20
Total Points: 20
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 0
Please ignore - incomplete post
Ana20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
by John Green. Found on page 1 of Child Narrator.***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 20
Total Points 130
Tasks Completed 7
Books Read 7
Total Pages 2252
GoodReads Author 6
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 1
Susan W. 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
I read The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The book has 224 pages
Points this post: 5
SHELLEY UT10.6 - Older Americans Month
L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
Points this task: 10
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
VAL TX20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Tyr (god of war) - Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists, Did Not Finish or Abandoned.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [Found on Page 3 of Did Not Finish shelf]
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 140
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesOPTION 1:
Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
A Broth of Betrayal by Connie Archer *Goodreads Author*
*book is not a re-read
OPTION 2:
Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay *Goodreads Author*
*book is not a re-read
TASK TOTALS
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.4 - Spring ReadsOption 2: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
first published in 2013 AND author’s initials (NG) can be found in the word SPRING
Points this post: 15
Season Total: 105
Kimber15.6 Tax Day
Keep the Change: A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Become the Guru of the Gratuity by Steve Dublanica
*ok by sandy msg 41 in help thread
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20.8 Getting to know SRC Challengers
Option 3: Son's name is Jake
Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon (goodreads author)
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Above tasks: 35 points
# tasks submitted to date: 4
GRA: 3
New total points: 55
Mod
I read When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror - the word "lie" in the title.
20.10. Group Reads
I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. My discussion post is post 23.
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
For my first book, I chose option C, and read The Expats, first published March 6, 2012.
For my second book, I chose option D and read Death in Elysium, with the word "death" in the title.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 155
Pamela326515.10. Would I Lie to You?
Small-Town Fireman by Allie Pleiter (Goodreads Author) - LIE in author's first name
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira - Mary Sutter is a midwife who wants to be a surgeon.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 310
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Kim O5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir Read a book with one of these modern symbols: a question mark “?", exclamation point “!" or elipsis “…” in the title or subtitle.
O Pioneers!
Points this task: 5
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10.9 - Over the Rainbow Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV." Middle initials may be ignored. Letters cannot be used more once.
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Points this task: 10
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15.4. Spring Reads -- Read TWO books one from Book 1 and one from Book 2 OR read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Stoker's Manuscript by Royce Prouty
Book 1 requirement: Read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5. This book was first published in 2013.
Book 2 requirement: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING. Middle initials can be disregarded; letters can only be used as many time as they are found in SPRING. (Royce Prouty)
Points this task: 15
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator or on the listopia Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows found on page 1 of the Child Narrator list.
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 20
Goodreads author ticket: 1
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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.
Light a Penny Candle (Candle is the item worth stealing)
The total pages are 592.
Points this task: 25
Big Books - 500+: 1
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30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 2: Post-Classical Era - Read a book written/composed during, set in or about the Post-Classical Era, from 200 AD to 1200 AD.
One Corpse Too Many, set in 1138
Option 4: 1700-1899 - Read a book written during, set in or about the time period from 1700 through 1899.
Cruel Music, set in 1740
Beverle Graves Myers is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 30
Goodreads author ticket: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Goodreads author tickets: 3
Big Books 500+: 1
Scooter&Siam10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
Read Villette - 573 pages
Claiming a big book ticket
Points: 10
Total: 30
GRA: 2
Big Book: 1
Tasks: 3
15.10 Would I Lie to You? True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
True Believer
Nicolas Sparks is a Goodreads Author.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 315
BARBARA ★5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Endsinger - Jay Kristoff (end / sin / ger) 3/18
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Hell on Wheels - Julie Ann Walker 3/19
(new to me author)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
165/1035 POINTS
SCHATZIE5.10: YGGDRASIL, THE GIANT TREE THAT ANCHORS
book of choice
Follow the River
I did the audio. Here is the link to the mmpb: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Points this post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 330
GRA: 10
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Amy O. Task #10.1 - Remarkable Women
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (about Catherine of Aragon)
Found on page 1 of the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list
**Philippa Gregory is a Goodreads author**
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 110 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7
15.7 - Pi Day:Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
Cursed by Fire- Book #1 in Blood & Magic Series
Danielle Annett is a GRA - 1 GRA Point
Points this post: 15
GRA this post:1
BB this post:0
Total points:170
Total GRA:7
Total BB:1
Task 5.9 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.
Entire book set in and around Los Angeles, California.
Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (Toby Peters #2) (1977) by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Hardcover, 197 pages)
70 + 05 = 75
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 70 + 05 = 75
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,231
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sandy MN15.8 Women in War
Home Front by Kristin Hannah Goodreads author
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2 - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Goodreads author
Option 4 - Sci Fi
The Martian by Andy Weir Goodreads author
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Favorite: Historical Fiction
Comanche Heart by Catherine Anderson
Least Favorite: Romance
Landline by Rainbow Rowell Goodreads Author
Total Points: 145
Total GR Authors: 8
LAUREN JODI15.1. Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book #1 - Book rated 4 or 5 stars
The Widow by Carla Neggers*
Sheila’s Review - 4 Stars
My rating: 3
Book #2 - Book rated 1 or 2 stars
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti*
Skandia’s Review - 2 Stars
My rating: 4
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 90/1035
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/59
Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 0
Catherine TTask 15.2 - Aesir v Vanir
book 1: title contains the letters AESIR
The Silver Chair by CS Lewis (ES in silver; AIR in chair)
IL: MY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
book 2: title contains the letters VANIR
Death of a Travelling Man by MC Beaton (all in travelling)
Preference? The Silver Chair
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total points = 280
Beth Robinson5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
read a book with 100-360 pages
Drawing Ideas: A Designer's Guide to Refining, Communicating, and Selling Your Concepts by Mark Baskinger and William Bardel
320 pages
This book is at least half solid text describing ways to think about and change using drawing as part of the design process.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
free choice
Wolverine: Three Months to Die Book 1
graphic novel
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Choose one of the Thor related options
Option 1: Read a book with the word thunder, lightning, or storm in the title, subtitle, or series name.
Lightning in a Bottle: The Proven System to Create New Ideas and Products That Work by David Minter and Michael Read
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Choose a Hel related option
Option 1: Read a book with the genre "Zombies" on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
Diana Rowland is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
READ 6020.10 Group Reads
Will Grayson Will GraysonWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
My post is number 18 in the discussion thread,
Points this challenge 20
Total points 45
Delicious Dee15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book A - One Dom to Love - Shayla Black (GR Author) - my friend Sassy gave it 5 stars (I gave it 1 and only then because the audiobook narrator was decent, but even he couldn't save the story
Book B - Double Full - Kindle Alexander (GR Author) - my friend Bitchie gave it 2 stars
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: 14
NICOLE OH25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1:
(approved in help thread)Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author.
Option 2: Double Fudge Brownie Murder(main page genre Mystery)
Joanne Fluke is a Goodreads author
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 3: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott- 1945 supporting actress winner was Anne Revere
Anne Lamott is a Goodreads author.
Option 4: Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver GLORY
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads author.
POINTS
This Post: 50
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
5.1 Asgard: The Home of the Aesir:What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe The question mark says it all. 30.3 Teri K's Task--Your Own Personal Tardis:
3. 1200-1699:
Amethyst by Lauren Royal takes place during Great London Fire in 1666.
4. 1700-1899:
How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman covers the last half of the 1800s.
Today's total: 35
Grand total: 250
Mary P10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquival
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 4:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (NOT re-read)
Found on page 1 of Did-Not-Finish shelf
THIS POST:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books: 1
GRA Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 22
Books: 29
GRA Tickets: 17
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
HINA25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day -
Option 1: Used Twice
Book 1: One Last Night by Melanie Milburne.
Author was born in Australia.
Book 2: The Wedding Ultimatum (Wedlocked!) by Helen Bianchin.
Author was born in New Zealand.
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 220
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Mod
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
? in title: Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names that History Left Behind by Harry Campbell
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Set in Norway: Yours Until Death by Gunnar Staalesen
15.10. Would I Lie to You?
Lie in title: The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
total = 210
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.I read How to Cure a Fanatic which is 104 pp. This book was approved on the help thread.
Points: 70
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 4
GR authors: 2
Big Books: 1(500)
pages read: 2496
Laura E10.4 May the fourth be with you (SF as a main page genre)
The 5th Wave By Rick Yancey
Points: 10
Totals
Points: 30
GRA: 1
Big Books: 500 (2)
Jonquil5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
US states- Hawaii--100%
The Parrot Talks In Chocolate
Everett Peacock
Paperback, 164 pages 3/20
Points this post: 5
Total points: 425
Books posted: 33
Tasks complete: 28
Pages this post: 164
Total pages as of this post: 9649
Kristen IA25.1 - Catherine's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: 1st to Die, by James Patterson, #1 in a series: Women's Murder Club, new-to-me, first published 2000, listened to audiobook, no English MMP listed, paperback is 462 pages
Book 2: Circle of Quilters, by Jennifer Chiaverini, #9 in series: Elm Creek Quilts, new-to-me, first published 2006, read hardcover, 320 pages
Both books are new-to-me.
Years first published: 2000, 2006
Total pages = 462 + 320 = 782
*James Patterson is a Goodreads Author*
*Jennifer Chiaverini is a Goodreads Author*
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 55/1035
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Andy P.Task # 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
by Arnaldur Indriðason (288 p.)Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
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10.1 - Remarkable Women
The Last Letter by Kathleen Shoop
Found this book on the 2nd page of the list. #130
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80