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5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Rating 3.84
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Page 1 of Apocalypse by Epidemic list #5
This Post: 15 points
Total to date: 55 points
ASHLEY OZ25.5 - 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.
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
To Steal: Throne
Page Count: 404
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
To Steal: Crown
Page Count: 418
Total Pages: 822
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 9
ASHLEY OZ5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Rating is 3.99 on 21/03/2015
POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 10
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesRated at or above 3.50: Last One Home: A Novel by Debbie Macomber, rated 4.01 when I selected it yesterday.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155
Julia103Task 10.6 - Older Americans Month
The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin (birthdate May 13, 1944)
Task 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option 1: The Midwife's Advice (it actually fits both options)
716 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Post total: 30 points, 1 BB ticket
Challenge total points: 115
Total GRA: 2
Total BB tickets: 1
Task #30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!Book 1:
Black Lies by Alessandra Torre
New to me author
Inspired by Samantha Towle who was an author new to me in the Winter Challenge
Shelf: THO - TWD
Book 2:
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
New to me author
Inspired by S.L. Jennings who was an author new to me in the Winter Challenge
Shelf: IAG - JGZ
Points this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath FuryOption 3: Suspect by Robert Crais
Scott and Maggie are K9 partners. They work, train, eat, play, and live together.
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 125
SCHATZIE20.2: ROOKIE AT THE TOP - MARYN'S MIDWIVES
opt. 1: the word birth in the title
The Birth of Venus
Points this post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 350
GRA: 10
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.1 Everything That is Right Or Wrong
Both books were from Colleen D's bookshelf.
4 or 5 star book Flowers for Algernonby Daniel Keyes
Colleen rated it 4 stars
1 or 2 star book
The Dinnerby Herman Koch
Colleen rated it 2 stars.
Books read:4
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 1: Ally Condie
Tasks Points: 15
Grand Total: 25/1050
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 2: Thor (god of thunder)
The letters in THOR also spell ROTH. Read a book where ROTH is intact in the author’s name.
I read:
by Philip Roth
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POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 65
GR Author:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 4
GRA Total: 1
BB Total:
Amy O. Task #20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option 1 - book with "birth" in the title
The Birth House by Ami McKay
**Ami McKay is a Goodreads author**
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 130 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8
Ana20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1
by Lauren Oliver. Author is new to me and ends in ER.***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 20
Total Points 150
Tasks Completed 8
Books Read 8
Total Pages 2693
GoodReads Authors 7
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 1
Dakimel5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
I read For the Love of Pete
written by Elizabeth Hoyt w/a Julia Harper
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
For book 1 I read The Rosie Effect
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
&
For book 2 I read The Rosie Project
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Between the Sheets
Last season, Mallory Ortberg was a new-to-me author, and I found new-to-me Molly O'Keefe on shelf oco-paq
&
Baby for Keeps
Last season, Emily St. John Mandel was a new-to-me author (St. John is her middle name), and I found new-to-me Janice Maynard on shelf log-mcc
TALLY:
This task: 50 points
Total: 235
Post 625.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies
Using Sofia The First: Once Upon A Princess
First Frost
Option 3: Lightheartedness
Kiss and Spell Humor on main page
Points this post:25
Total: 110
Books read: 9
Tasks Done:6
10.6 - Older Americans MonthDon't Look Twice by Andrew Gross
Andrew Gross's birth year (1952) is not mentioned on his GR page, but it is stated in Wikipedia. Link to web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_G...
*Andrew Gross is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 2: Tappakaa Peter Pan
*595 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
OPTION 4: Champion by Marie Lu
*Marie Lu is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Neither of the books is a reread for me.
Points this post: 35
Points total: 45/1035
GRA total: 2
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 4/59
Books read: 5
15.4. Spring ReadsOption 1
Live to See Tomorrow by Iris JohansenAND
Option 2
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Two: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition!
Cold Cold Heart by Tami HoagTotal Points = 350
FANDURY20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Using the list, AT LEAST ONE of the objects must appear on the cover and books must be a Minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965.
by Jacqueline WinspearNo MMP version, the most popular paperback is 309 pages: Maisie Dobbs
On the cover is a Bumbershoot (Umbrella).
Jacqueline Winspear is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.7 - Relive Childhood FeelingsCurrently #69 on the Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist list:
I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill
Total points 95
OHMYMY 20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option One: Tutor Time
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
by Nadia HashimiPOINTS
This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
Jayme VA15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1: Saving Grace by Jane Green, Goodreads author.
SAvIng GRacE has AESIR in the title.
Book 2: My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto by Jen Lancaster
My FAIR Lazy: ONe Reality TeleVision Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto has VANIR in the title/subtitle.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
NICOLE OHCorrection to post 755:
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1:
(approved in help thread)
This book was not a re-read for me.
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author.
Option 2: Double Fudge Brownie Murder (main page genre mystery)
This book was not a re-read for me.
Joanne Fluke is a Goodreads author.
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Repost from post 77815.1 Everything That You Think Is Right or Wrong
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Becky rated it 5 stars. Her review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Dinnerby Herman Koch
Colleen D rated it 2 stars. Her review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Books read:4
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 1: Ally Condie
Tasks Points: 15
Grand Total: 25/1050
Catherine TTask 15.1 - Everything You Think is Right ... or Wrong?
book 1: rated 5 star by Richard
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
IL: UY
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
book 2: rated 1 star by Richard
Chocolate Girls by Annie Murray
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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total points: 295
Cait S30.5- You Either Like It Or You Don't
Read one book from each of the following options.
Book #1- Favorite genre
Genre: Science Fiction
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker **Karen Thompson Walker is a Goodreads Author**
Book #2- Least favorite genre
Genre: Romance
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick **Matthew Quick is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 11
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 4: Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson March 20
This book is not a re-read.
Randy Henderson is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Beth Robinson20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option One: Read a book with the word “midwife” or “birth” in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations.
The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses and Historians ed by Cynthia C. Kelly
Has "birth" in the subtitle
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 210
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Laura E10.1 Remarkable Women (Remarkable historical women in fiction list)
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
*Listed on page 2 #103
*Melanie Benjamin is a goodreads author
Points: 10
Totals
points: 40
GRA: 2
BB: 500 (2)
Task # 20.1 - GROUP READOption 3 – YA GLBT fiction
Will Grayson, Will Grayson ✔ – 20March15
*** John Green is a Goodreads Author ***
Discussion thread participation: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 3: This Book, I Like It
Darned if You Do
Not A Reread
25.12 - Elizabeth's B's Task: Independence Day
Option B - Read a book with the number of Pages consisting of digits found in 1821
Maid of Murder
281 Pages
Option D - Read a book with freedom, or, death in the title or subtitle
Murder, She Wrote: Death of a Blue Blood
Total Points 45
FANDURY20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Read a book by a single author (no co-authors or books by multiple contributors) whose last name (name in the last position) ends in –ER
by Andrew PyperThe Name of the Author ends with ER: pypER
This is my first book by this author, so he is new to me.
Andrew Pyper is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
NICOLE OH30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
BOOK 1: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga- author initials B.L.
Barry Lyga is a Goodreads author.
BOOK 2: Beautiful Lies Title letters B.L.
Lisa Unger is a Goodreads author.
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
30.2 Initial ImpressionsBook 1: Author's initials
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.
Book 2: Title begins with previous initials - TP.
I read the e-book of The Proposal.
The mmp is here: The Proposal.
New points this post: 30
Total w/this post: 260
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books claimed: 20
Post: #804
Pamela326515.8 Women in War
Jenna's Cowboy Hero by Brenda Minton (Goodreads Author) - Jenna is recovering from a leg amputation after her convoy was attacked while serving in Iraq.
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A.J. Hartley (Goodreads Author) and David Hewson
No print edition - Ebook verified on line 785 of SRC ebook Verification spreadsheet
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 340
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Kimber10.6 Older Americans Month
The Collector by Nora Roberts
* Nora Roberts' birthdate and birthplace are listed on this book's main GR page.
Total: 10 points
# tasks submitted to date: 5
GRA: 3
New Total: 65
30.6 Happy Equinox!Option A: This book has the genre "essays" on the GR main page.
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson
Option B: This book has 739 pages.
The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914 by Margaret MacMillan
This is a Big Book of 739 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 1(>500)
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 4: Tyr (god of war) The letters in TYR also spell TRY. Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists Did Not Finish or Abandoned.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell is on page 3 of the shelving list “Did Not Finish”. Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
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.
Lucifer's Tears by James Thompson takes place in Helsinki, Finland.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY 20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
REQUIRED: Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Choose a series you have already started and enjoyed, and read the next book in it. Re-reads are NOT allowed. Books must be listed as a series number higher than 1 on Goodreads. Any other number is acceptable, wherever you are at with the series is fine. *graphic novels are okay*
Not a re-read
Selection: Saga, Volume 3 (Saga #13-18) by Brian K. Vaughan
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/1035
Books Read: 15
Completed Tasks: 14/59
Pages Read: 3978
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
SCHATZIE10.1: REMARKABLE WOMEN
The Heretic Queen
by Michelle Moran ---> GR AUTHOR
req'd: the 10th one on page 1
Points this post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 360
GRA: 11
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY25.3 Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
REQUIRED: BOOK ONE: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK.
Selection: Hero (Woodcutter Sisters #2) -- Aletha Kontis
I read the kindle edition, the PB has 320 pages.
Aletha Kontis is a **GRA**
AND
REQUIRED: BOOK TWO: Using ALL the letters in ONE of the following gods' names read a book whose TITLE (excluding subtitle) includes the name's letters IN ORDER. Thor, Odin, Freyr, Loki, Tyr
Selection: The Cure for Dreaming -- Cat Winters
(THOR is found in order in the title)
THe Cure fOR Dreaming
Cat Winters is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 185/1035
Books Read: 17
Completed Tasks: 15/59
Pages Read: 4650
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Amy O. Task #5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Desire by Amanda Quick
Amanda Quick is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz
**Amanda Quick is a Goodreads author**
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 135 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9
Jasmiina F5.5 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.
My Little Monster 5 by Robico.
Young Adult genre
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
LAUREN JODI5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker*
# of Pages: 349
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 95/1035
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
Coralie5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the home of the humans
Book with a tree on the cover
5.6 Svartalfheim, the home of the Dark Elves
Book with the word 'wolf' in the title
Steppenwolf (approved in the help thread)
10.7 Typhoid Mary
From page 1 of the list #11
The Year of the Flood
15.9 Better Put on a heavy Coat
Book set in Norway
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes
This post 35 points
Total to date 85 points
10.3 Earth DayI've read Findings by Kathleen Jamie
Non-fiction and Environment as main page genres
This post
Points: 10
Challenge Totals
Total points: 10/1035
Tasks completed: 1/59
Pages read: 190
*Not claiming tickets this challenge*
Cait S30.6- Happy Equinox!
Choose two of the options below.
Book #1- Option A
Read an collection of short stories with Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays as a main page genre.
South of No North by Charles Bukowski
Book #2- Option D
Read a book from this list of Feel Good Books.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn
This is book #8 on the list.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 12
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath FuryDreaming Spies by Laurie R. King ***GRA*** (NOT re-read)
#13 in Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series - most recently published of series in February 2015
THIS POST:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 23
Books: 30
GRA Tickets: 18
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
Jasmiina F30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!:
Pick new authors from last SRC and select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves.
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
*Goodreads author*
Inspired by Harper Lee, LAN-LEN. Harper Lee and Victoria Laurie were both new to me.
The Court by Elizabeth Walker.
Big Book ticket with 608 pages
Inspired by H.G. Wells, WAI-WHH. H. G. Wells and Elizabeth Walker were both new to me.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 80
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Mimi Michele25.7 Garden Quotes
Task 1 Flower on book cover
Travels with My Aunt by Graham Green
Travels With My Aunt
Task 2 Crime in the main genre
Death by the Book
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 130
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
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15.1. Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
REQUIRED: Friend 4-star review is here: Tim's Review
Book 2: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
REQUIRED: Friend 1-star review is here: Becki's Review
*Jeff VanderMeer is a GRA*
*Gillian Flynn is a GRA*
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 170
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: