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message 1151: by Morgan (new)

Morgan (faeriesfolly) | 923 comments MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

25.5 Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage

REQUIRED: You can read 1 or 2 books, but the page total must be at least 500 pages. Title must contain something worth pillaging.

I'm taking a: Sapphire

Selection: Sapphire Blue (The Ruby Red Trilogy #2) -- Kerstin Gier

I listened to the audio, the PB has 354 pages.

REQUIRED: You can read 1 or 2 books, but the page total must be at least 500 pages. Title must contain something worth pillaging.

I'm taking an: Emerald

Selection: Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy #3) -- Kerstin Gier

I listened to the audio, the PB has 464 pages.

354 + 464 = 818 pages

[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 285/1035
Books Read: 23
Completed Tasks: 20/59
Pages Read: 6904
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]


message 1152: by Morgan (new)

Morgan (faeriesfolly) | 923 comments MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

25.7 Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season

REQUIRED: Option A: Read a book from this year’s Tournament of Books Rooster long-list. #2 on list.

Selection: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

I listened to the audio, the PB has 339 pages.

Emily St. John Mandel is a **GRA**

REQUIRED: Option B: Read (or listen to!) a nominee for a 2015 Audies award. Categories: AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR, HUMOR, & NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR

Selection: Yes Please by Amy Poehler

I listened to the audio, the PB has 329 pages.

[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 310/1035
Books Read: 25
Completed Tasks: 21/59
Pages Read: 7572
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]


message 1153: by Shauna (new)

Shauna | 160 comments 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.

Read a book with 100-360 pages
Seeing Stars by Vanessa Grant *Goodreads Author*
*253 Pages

TASK TOTALS
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:

CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 185
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 1154: by Kaity (new)

Kaity | 358 comments Kait

5.4 - Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
A book with a tree on the cover.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman -- Trees on cover -- Approved in help thread post #57

The Walking Dead, Vol. 02 Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman



Points This Post: 5
GR Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0

Total Points: 90
Total GR Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 0


message 1155: by Chris (new)

Chris (chrismd) | 1237 comments Chris MD


15.7 - Pi Day

The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan, who is a GoodReads author

This book is #1 in the Madeline Line Trilogy.


20.7 Relive Childhood Feelings

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley, who is a GoodReads author

I listened to the audiobook. The paperback version has 336 pages.

This book is listed on the first page of the "Child Narrator's" list. "Children's" is not listed among the book's main genres.


20.10 Group Read

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan, who are both GoodReads authors, claiming 1 author ticket.

My post is #28 in the discussion thread.

I listened to the audiobook. The paperback version has 310 pages.

25.2 Garden Quotes

Option 2: Main page genre of mystery.

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon, who is a GoodReads author

The book has "mystery" listed on the main genre page.

I listened to the audiobook. The paperback version has 320 pages.

I have not read this book before.

Option 3: Autobiography or memoir

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

This book has "Autobiography/Memoir" listed on the main genre page.

I listened to the audiobook. The paperback version has 314 pages.

I have not read this book before.

Points for this post: 15 + 20 + 20 + 25 = 80
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0


message 1156: by Jenifer (new)

Jenifer (jensamaha) | 355 comments Jenifer

Task 20.5 Love and Not Quite Love

Storm Front by Jim Butcher
*This is a new to me author*
Jim Butcher is a GR Author

Task 20.6 I Spy Spring With the Letter B
(umbrella)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear by Jacqueline Winspear
(page# 309)
Jacqueline Winspear is a GR Author

*I'm claiming two GR Author tickets*

Points this post= 40
Goodreads Author tickets this post = 2
Total Points = 175


message 1157: by Denise (new)

Denise | 471 comments 20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name

I chose Option 4: Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists Did Not Finish or Abandoned.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

It is on page 5 of the Abandoned list (#204 today).

Task total=20
Grand total=45


message 1158: by Pam (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) Bluegrass Pam

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves

Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.

Marta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayalby Sigrid Undset

On 3/31/15, the book’s rating was 3.81.

5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages.

Forests of the Night by David Stuart Davies

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 75

GR authors this post:0
GR authors to date:3


message 1159: by Denise (new)

Denise | 471 comments 25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes

I chose Option 1 and Option 2. Neither book was a re-read for me.


Option 1:Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum by Jill Alexander Essbaum (not a re-read) Lots of flowers on cover.



Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.

The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell (not a re-read)

Mystery 53 Users



Task total=25
Grand total=70


message 1160: by Melanie (last edited Mar 31, 2015 06:18PM) (new)

Melanie (ladybugh) | 286 comments MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.

Venetia by Georgette Heyer

Qualifier: Goodreads rating of 4.04.

Points this task: 5
Points Total: 60
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Author: 3
Big Books: 1


message 1161: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (ladybugh) | 286 comments MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 20.5 Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love

Option 1- LOVE: Read a book by a single author whose last name ends in –ER

Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

Qualifier: Last name is HoopER. Author is NEW to me.

Claiming GRA for Emma Hooper.

Points this task: 20
Points Total: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
GR Author: 4
Big Books: 1


message 1162: by Melanie (new)

Melanie Greene (dakimel) | 816 comments Dakimel

25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day

For option A I read Fives and Twenty-Fives
For option C I read Retreat to Love (length approved message 4555) :)

TALLY:
This task - 25 points
Total - 320


message 1163: by Beth (new)

Beth Robinson (bethrobinson) Beth Robinson

10.7 - Typhoid Mary
read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.

I read: A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London by Daniel Defoe
As of this evening it is #19 on page 1





15.10. Would I Lie to You?
Read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.

I read: Mrs. Lieutenant by Phyllis Zimbler Miller
LIE is the first three letters in Lieutenant

Phyllis Zimbler Miller is a GOODREADS AUTHOR





25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
choose two different options and read 1 book for each

Option 1. Read a book with the letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle.

I read Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution: A Celebration of Design from Art Silk to Nylon and Thinking Fibres by Susannah Handley

Option 3. read any book from one of the following Listopias upon which Fire Season falls

From the Real Man books list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
I read A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
which is currently #19 on the list




Points this post: 50
Total Points: 370

new GA this post - 1
Goodreads Authors total: 7
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 1164: by Sirena (new)

Sirena (spthewife) | 298 comments 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
I chose Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
So choose a series you have already started and enjoyed, and read the next book in it.

Sophomore Campaign by Frank Nappi (Goodreads Author)
**This book is not a re-read!**

Total: 345
GRA This Post: 1


message 1165: by LouLouReads (new)

LouLouReads | 221 comments LOULOU

25.5 Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage


Read one or two books with something in the title worthy of being nicked, pinched, or misappropriated. The total page count must be more than 500 pages.

Book 1: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Picture is the item worthy of being stolen, approved in message #2 of the help thread.

I read the free Kindle edition. The top listed mass market paperback (Le Portrait de Dorian Gray) has 277 pages.

Book 2: Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

Pearl is the item, approved in message #2 of the help thread.

Tracy Chevalier is a GOODREADS AUTHOR so I am claiming ONE GRA ticket.

The total page count is 525.

This post
Points: 25
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1

Overall
Points: 60
GRA: 2
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 3


message 1166: by Mai (last edited Apr 02, 2015 09:53PM) (new)

Mai (jeanphoenix) | 763 comments Mai

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes

Option 3: Read a memoir

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Option 4: Read a book with main page genre "Science Fiction"

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()


message 1167: by Donna (new)

Donna | 1271 comments SCHATZIE

10.2: BLAH, BLAH, BLAH DAY

400 page book

The Last Refuge
by Ben Coes ---> GR AUTHOR

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10.9: OVER THE RAINBOW

Author initials ROY G BIV

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
BY Genevieve Valentine



Points this post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 535
GRA: 19
BB (500)- 1
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0


message 1168: by Katrina (new)

Katrina (katmcv) | 455 comments 20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era

Option 1: Two people on the cover
Forever Too Far (Too Far, #3) by Abbi Glines by Abbi Glines *goodreads author*

Total Points: 160/1035
Books Read: 14
Completed Tasks: 13/59
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 0


message 1169: by Mickslibrarian (new)

Mickslibrarian | 285 comments 25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day

Option A: The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel March 31

AND

Option C: A Dash of Death by Claudia Bishop March 19 (published March 1, 1995)

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 1170: by Beth F (new)

Beth F | 669 comments 25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day

Option B - Pops!: Icy Treats for Everyone by Krystina Castella
Digits in 1821 = 128 pages

Option C - Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
Published in March 2012

Points: 185


message 1171: by mstan (last edited Mar 31, 2015 09:19PM) (new)

mstan | 868 comments 10.1 - Remarkable Women

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - #89 on p. 1

10.3 - Earth Day

Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout

10.9 - Over the Rainbow

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References

Option 3 (this book is new to me) - March: Book Two

20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love

The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker, who is new to me!

20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury

Option 1 - Revival, Vol. 4: Escape to Wisconsin (approved on task help thread)

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge

Both books are new to me.

Book 1 - The Martian (debut work; I read the kindle version and the paperback has 381 pages; first published 2014)

Book 2 - Year of the Griffin (#2 in series; I read the kindle version and the paperback has 400 pages; first published 2000)

Total pages=781

Points in this post: 115
Points so far:: 115


message 1172: by Mickslibrarian (new)

Mickslibrarian | 285 comments 20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love

Option 1 - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester March 27

This author is new to me.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 1173: by Mickslibrarian (new)

Mickslibrarian | 285 comments 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers

Option 1 - A Pinch of Poison by Claudia Bishop March 28 (This book is set in upstate New York, and I live in upstate NY)

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 1174: by Lois (new)

Lois | 2632 comments 15.6. Tax Day


A book about money, economics or finance: The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley


20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love

Option 1, author's name ends in -ER: The From-Aways by C.J. Hauser
The author is new to me this season.

Points this post: 35
Total points: 300


message 1175: by Elinaly (new)

Elinaly 5.5. 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

I read Raamatuvaras by Markus Zusak
(I read the translation into Estonian of the book The Book Thief)
genre is Young Adult

GR Author: Yes
Also claiming a BigBook ticket! (576 pages)

Points: 5

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Total points: 35
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: (500+): 2
Total Tasks Done: 6
Total Books Read: 6


message 1176: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 3382 comments Catherine T

Task 25.2 - Garden Quotes
option 2 - read a book with mystery / thriller genre
The Warrior by Ty Patterson

option 4 - read a book with science fiction genre
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

neither book is a reread

Task 25.10 - Ready for their Close-Up
option 1 - read a short book (less than 200 pages
Death of a Snob by MC Beaton (191 pages)

option 2 - read a book with author initials in GLORY SELMA
The Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand

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total points = 490


message 1177: by Ashley (new)

Ashley ASHLEY OZ

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

B. Books must be a Minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965.

Shadow Spell (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, #2) by Nora Roberts
Item: A Bird
Pages: 319

POINTS
This Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 20
Completed Tasks: 15


message 1178: by Lulu (last edited Apr 01, 2015 04:43AM) (new)

Lulu (robotwitch) Lulu

10.3. Earth Day

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

This book includes 'Environment' as a genre on the main page.

10.6. Older Americans Month

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle.

T.C. Boyle, according to his date of birth on his Goodreads profile, is currently 67, older than the 50 years-old requirement.

25.2. Garden Quotes

Option #1:
Even The Dogs by Jon McGregor by Jon McGregor

This book has multiple yellow flowers on the cover of the edition I read. This book was not a reread.

Option #2:
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

This book has 'Thriller' as a main page genre. This book was not a reread.

Points this post: 45
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 1179: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 1295 comments NICOLE OH

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!


Book 1:
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.

New to me last challenge was the author Elizabeth Silver who would be shelved on SHE-SKH. New to me author for this task, who is also on this shelf, is Graeme Simsion. This is my first time reading a book by him (but it won't be my last- I want to read the sequel for sure!)

Book 2:
The Everafter by Amy Huntley

New to me last challenge was the author Paula Hawkins, who would be shelved GRE-IAF. New to me author for this task is Amy Huntley.This was my first time reading a book by her.

Amy Huntley is a Goodreads author.


POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]



message 1180: by Jayme Pendergraft (new)

Jayme Pendergraft | 762 comments Jayme VA

15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

Set in Sweden.

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning

Book 1: The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch Jeff Hirsch, goodreads author.

Has a ferris wheel on the cover.

Book 2: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich, goodreads author.

Stephanie Plum was a lingerie buyer and now she's a bounty hunter. Approved in the help thread.

Neither of these books were re-reads.

Points this post: 45
Total points: 180
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)


message 1181: by Sunshine✰✰✰ (new)

Sunshine✰✰✰ | 318 comments 15.7.Pi Day
Hounded by Kevin Hearne 3/25/15
Iron Druid Chronicles 01

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Magic for a Price by Devon Monk 3/17/15 - Allie Beckstrom #9
~Not a re-read

20.5 - Bigger is Better – Chris Everest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1- LOVE
Outpost by Adam Baker 3/31/15
~New to me author



Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5


message 1182: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 20.5 - LOVE AND NOT QUITE LOVE

OPTION 1 - Beneath a Navajo Moon by Lisa Cox Carter




This author is new to me.






TOTAL POINTS - 280


message 1183: by Maryn (new)

Maryn | 87 comments 25.9 Y

Option One: book with the letter Y in the title/subtitle:
Mobile Library: A Novel

Option Three: Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout

Total Points: 225
Goodreads Author Tickets: 5


message 1184: by Melissa (new)

Melissa (balletbookworm) | 915 comments Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: My favorite genre is Romance.
I chose to read Four Nights With the Duke (Desperate Duchesses, #2) by Eloisa James by Eloisa James (Romance is the top two genres on the main page and the mass market paperback is 384 pages).
**Eloisa James is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**

Book 2: My least favorite genre is Business (ugh).
I chose to read So Good They Can't Ignore You Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport by Cal Newport (Business is the second genre on the main page and the trade paperback is 304 pages long).

Previous point total: 115
New points this post: 30
Total points: 145

New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 8

GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 3
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)


message 1185: by mstan (new)

mstan | 868 comments Repost

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge

Both books are new to me.

Book 1 - The Martian (debut work; I read the kindle version and the paperback has 381 pages; first published 2014)

Book 2 - Year of the Griffin (#2 in series; I read the kindle version and the paperback has 400 pages; first published 2000) - AR bookfinder rating: IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0

Total pages=781


message 1186: by Mary (new)

Mary | 575 comments Mary P

15.8 Women in War

Home Front Kristin Hannah

Points this post: 15
Total points: 205


message 1187: by Marina (new)

Marina | 428 comments Marina H

30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A - Short stories: Interpreter of Maladies
Option D - Feel good books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Points this post: 30
Total points:30


message 1188: by Happy (new)

Happy (worldhasteeth) | 173 comments 10.5 - Cinco de Mayo

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (NOT re-read) is set in Mexico

THIS POST:
Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books: 1
GRA Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]

TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 24
Books: 31
GRA Tickets: 18
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]


message 1189: by Catie (new)

Catie | 185 comments Repost of 1170 (remembering to include the cover this time!)

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B

My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

317 pages
Two birds visible on the front cover.

Points this post: 20
Points total: 20
Tasks completed total: 1
GRA total: 0
BB totals: 0 - 500+() 750+() 1000+()


message 1190: by Shelley (new)

Shelley | 176 comments SHELLEY UT

5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

The Overlook by Michael Connelly


Michael Connelly is a goodreads author.


Points this task: 5
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 1191: by Jonquil (new)

Jonquil | 1059 comments Jonquil

20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: most recently published in a series

Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4)
Patricia Briggs
Paperback, 368 pages 4/1
Published March 5th 2015

Points this post: 20
Total points: 585
Books posted: 48
Tasks complete: 40
Pages this post: 368
Total pages as of this post: 13932


message 1192: by Kim (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Kimber

15.9 Better Put On A Heavy Coat!

A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
*set in Sweden

This task: 15 points
# tasks submitted to date: 6
GRA: 4
New total points: 90


message 1193: by Hina (new)

Hina (hinaj) | 677 comments HINA

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! -

Book 1: The Nanny Proposition by Rachel Bailey.
Trisha Ashley was a new to me author in January which leads me to ANG-BAK. So now I can read a book by Rachel Bailey who is also a new to me author and falls in the range of ANG-BAK.

Book 2: Marriage at the Millionaire's Command by Anne Oliver.
Diana Palmer was a new to me author in February, which leads me to OCO-PAQ. So now I can read a book by Anne Oliver who is a new to me author.

**Rachel Bailey is a goodreads author.**

Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total:
Total Points: 320
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 1194: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Task 25.3 - Ragnarok

Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word
RAGNAROK

Yesterday's Kin (2014) by Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 192 pages)

** Nancy Kress is a Goodreads Author.**


Book 2. 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.
FREYR

FaREwell, DorothY PaRker

Farewell, Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker #1) (2013) by Ellen Meister (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 308 pages)

** Ellen Meister is a Goodreads Author.**


125 + 25 = 150

Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 125 + 25 = 150

Books read: 14
Pages read: 4,231

Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 06

Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+


message 1195: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era

Option Two: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition!

Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter.
Homicide in Hardcover (A Bibliophile Mystery, #1) by Kate Carlisle by Kate Carlisle
Two words begin with "H" Homicide and Hardcover.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 235


message 1196: by Melissa (last edited Apr 01, 2015 02:30PM) (new)

Melissa (athens1) | 5 comments Athens

Challenge 5.3

Read a book with a rating of 3.5 or higher.

The Longest Ride
Rating is 4.1

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1

Total Goodreads Authors: 1


message 1197: by Book Concierge (last edited Apr 01, 2015 02:08PM) (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments Task # 5.3 Alfheim

Read a book with a Goodreads average rating of 3.5 or higher

My Life in France ✔ – 24March15
When I chose the book to read (March 20) the average rating was 4.14


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Task # 20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Julia103’s Task – What’s in a Name

Option 4 – TRY – read a book from the DID NOT FINISH or ABANDONED list

The Orphan Master's Son ✔ – 30March15
(I listened to the audio / paperback is here: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson )

This was on page 2 of the DID NOT FINISH list

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Task # 30.2 – Dlmrose’s Task – Initial Impressions

Book 1 - any book by an author with at least two names
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie ✔ – 07March15
*** Ayana Mathis is a Goodreads Author ***

Book 2 – a book whose title words begin with the Book 1 author initials - A.M.
Arranged Marriage ✔ – 30March15
*** Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a Goodreads Author ***


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This Post: 55 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0


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30.7 I Love My Library!

Book 1: The author I read in the Winter Challenge was a new to me author, Beryl Markham.
The 2nd author I read for the Spring Challenge was also a new to me author, Wendy MacNaughton.
They are both found on the shelf [LOG-MCC]

Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words by Wendy MacNaughton


Book 2: The author I read in the Winter Challenge was a new to me author, Sue Monk Kidd.
The 2nd author I read for the Spring Challenge was also a new to me author, Cristina Baker Kline.
They are both found on the shelf [KHA-KON].

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Christina Baker Kline is a GRA.


Pts this task: 30
Total pts: 30
BB: 0
GRA: 1
Total books: 2


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5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons

Set in Japan: Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day

400+ pages, The Abduction by Jonathan Holt, 464 pages

10.8 - The Vikings are Coming

Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris by Ann Mah
Viking edition: Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris

total = 400


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Claire (proud-mum) | 1086 comments 30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t

Book 1: Cents And Sensibility by Maggie Alderson (Romance) (431 pages)

Book 2: Amy, My Daughter by Mitch Winehouse (Biography) (320 pages)


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