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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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15.10 Would I lie to you?:The Lie by Petra Hammesfahr
25.1 Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Task:
1. Men:
Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour
2.Women:
Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Both books are new to me
Published 1976 and 2013
Pages:162 + 448 = 610
Today's total: 40
Grand Total: 415
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
by Helen Humphreys (260 pages)-----------------------------------------
Total Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 3
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books (500):
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
Lindy-Lanetask 5.5: jotunheim:
* apple on cover
One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly**this is a GRA
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 6
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial ImpressionsBook 1:
The Heat of the Moon by Sandra Parshallinitials S P
AND
Book 2:
Silent Partner by Jonathan KellermanTitle S P
Total Points - 650
amandab197520.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4 - Did Not Finish
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 1
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath FuryOption 3
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.3 Live or Memorex? I chose Option 1.
Book A: 4 words in title
Of Silk and Steam
Bec McMaster is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Book B: Published between 1965-1979
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Published in 1966.
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 475
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 16
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 29
Total books claimed: 37
Post: 1292
5.8 Author writes under another name The Last Camel Died at Noon
Elizabeth Peters also writes as Barbara Michaels and Barbara Mertz.
30.3 Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3: 1200-1699
The Promise of Peace
This book is set in the 1300's.
Option 4: 1700-1899
The Deeds of the Disturber
Set in Victorian England, 1896 to be exact.
New points this post: 35
Total w/this post: 510
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 16
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 29
Total books claimed: 37
Post:1293
Jonquil20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 1: Scared of a Little Lightning? Storm in title
This is the first time I have read this book.
Any Port in a Storm
Elaine Orr
Paperback, 195 pages 4/3
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645
Books posted: 52
Tasks complete: 43
Pages this post: 195
Total pages as of this post: 14897
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20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
option 2, 2 repeating letters in 3 word title: Boom, Bust, Exodus: The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities by Chad Broughton
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A, TOB #26: Redeployment by Phil Klay
Option B, Non-fiction category: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1, recommended based on my Travel genre: Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India by Madhur Jaffrey
Book 2, found on 3/13 read by 1 friend (Deedee) : Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood
total = 475
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesI chose option 5 and read Dare Me by Megan Abbott. This was a new to me book that was recommended to me a lot.
Claiming a GRA ticket for Megan Abbott
25.2 Garden Quotes
I chose option 2 and read Zero Day by David Baldacci - crime on main page, not a reread for me
I also chose option 3 and read Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling - memoir, not a reread
Claiming a GRA ticket for David Baldacci
25.7 Awards Season
I chose option A twice and read Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (#12 on list)
and
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (#2 on list)
Claiming 2 GRA tickets for Jeff VanderMeer and Emily St. John Mandel
New Total: 180
Jonquil25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1. “Y” in the title
A Dark And Stormy Night
Jeanne M. Dams 4/3
Paperback, 192 pages
Option 3. you may read Fire Season
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
Philip Connors
Paperback, 272 pages 3/17
Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
Books posted: 54
Tasks complete: 44
Pages this post: 464
Total pages as of this post: 15361
Beth Robinson15.6. Tax Day
Read a nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance.
I read:
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George
approved in help thread message 10
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rose George is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator or on the listopias Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist or Juvenile Narrators
I read:
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Tonight it is #39 on the Juvenile Narrators list (different cover, starry blue)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Homer Hickam is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Choose one of four options
Option 2. What do you do for work?
I'm a Technical Customer Service Engineer and my career overall is in materials engineering.
I read: Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
The book is a collection of essays for an engineering magazine about challenges engineers have faced in the past.
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 425
new GA this post - 2
Goodreads Authors total: 9
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Veronica W5.7 Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages) The Death Cure by
James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Total GRA: 2
SCHATZIE15.8: WOMEN IN WAR
Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
Points this post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 595
GRA: 20
BB (500)- 1
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood FeelingsPopular Child Narrator, 1st page: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
25.2 - Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
Option 3: Read an autobiography or memoir:
Cleaning House by Kay Wills Wyma
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Neither book was a re-read for me.
This post: 25
Total this season: 25
30.5 You Either Like It Or You Don't Book 1: Favorite genre = Fantasy
A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith
(I read the ebook; the Paperback version has 480 pages.)
Sherwood Smith is a Goodreads Author.
Book 2: Least favorite genre = Sports
Invictus by John Carlin
(I read the Kindle edition; the Paperback version has 288 pages.)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 435
Blueberry (repost of 1099)30.7 I Love My Library!
Book 1: The author I read in the Winter Challenge was a new to me author, Grady Hendrix.
The 2nd author I read for the Spring Challenge was also a new to me author, Polly Horvath.
They are both found on the shelf [GRE-IAF]
The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
This is a young adult book. The AR Bookfinder info is IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8.0
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
LAUREN JODI20.4 Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 1: Tutor Time
Two people on cover:
Night Betrayed by Joss Ware
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/1035
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12/59
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Delicious Dee5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Baked Fresh - Annabeth Albert (GR Author) - set in Portland, Oregon; ebook only approved 4568 of the thread
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 19
SCHATZIE15.1: EVERYTHING YOU THINK IS RIGHT…OR WRONG?
Book 1: GR Friend 4 or 5 star:
Life After Life
Here is the link to my GR friend's review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb version (no mmpb as of yet): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
622 pages = BB TICKET
Book 2: GR Friend 1 or 2 star:
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
by Jenny Wingfield ----> GR AUTHOR
Here is the link to my GR friend's review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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15.2: AESIR VS. VANIR GODS SHOWDOWN
Book 1: AESIR
Jessica Rules the Dark Side
by Beth Fantaskey ----> GR AUTHOR
Book 2: VANIR
Knife of Never Letting Go, The
*** I PREFERRED THE VANIR BOOK
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15.3: IS IT LIVE OR IS IT MEMOREX?
4 words in title and first pub. Between 1965 and 1979
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett-----------> GR AUTHOR
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15.7: PI DAY
#4 in a series
Bleed for Me
by Michael Robotham -------->GR AUTHOR
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25.1: CATHERINE T’S AUNTIE TATTIN
Req’d: both books are new to me:
Req’d: published - 1979 & 2012
Req’d: pages – 643 + 260 = 903
Book 1:
Kane and Abel
#1 in series – pub. 1979 – 643 pages
BB TICKET
Book 2:
Hidden
by Sophie Jordan -----------> GR AUTHOR
#3 in series – pub. 2012 – 260 pages
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25.3: ANDY P’s RAGNAROK
Book 1: author's initials in rAGnarok
Bloodroot
by Amy Greene -----------> GR AUTHOR
I did the audio...here is the link to the pb (no mmpb):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Book 2: TYR -- ciTY of staiRs
City of Stairs
by Robert Jackson Bennett ----> GR AUTHOR
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25.6: MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY’s COZY MYSTERY
Opt. 2: Bechdel Test
Req’d: pg. 1 position 9
Terrier
Tamora Pierce ---- > GR AUTHOR
I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb (no mmpb):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
582 pages = BB Ticket
Opt. 3: initials in vaLkyriE
We Were Liars
byE. Lockhart ---- > GR AUTHOR
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25.8: CORALIE’S ANZAC DAY
Opt. 1 : New Zealand/Australian author
The Rosie Effect
by Graeme Simsion – born in New Zealand
Opt. 1.: New Zealand/Auatralian author
Bitter Greens
by Kate Forsyth --- > GR AUTHOR
Born in Australia
I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb (no mmpb): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
576 pages = BB TICKET
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25.9: NICK KY’S “Y”
Opt. 1: y in the title
Be Careful What You Wish For
Opt. 3: REAL MAN BOOKS Listopia -- #69
The Outsiders
IL: UG
By S.E. Hinton --- > GR AUTHOR
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25.10: SIRENA’S CLOSE-UP
Opt. 4: Song – author's initials in s E l M a
Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness
byMark Epstein
Opt. 5: Director – Immigrant experience
The Namesake
Req’d: found on pg. 1, position 2
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30.1: JONQUIL’S STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING
Book 1: Ferris Wheel on cover
Whistling Past the Graveyard
By Susan Crandall--- > GR AUTHOR
Req’d: not a re-read
Book 2: Career Change
Silence for the Dead
By Simone St. James--- > GR AUTHOR
Req’d: not a re-read AND she was a factory worker on the run from her family… she falsifies papers to work as a nurse
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30.3: TERI’S OWN PERSONAL TARDIS
Opt. 3: 1200-1699
Twelfth Night
Written in this time period and first pub. 1601
Opt. 4: 1700-1899
Song in a Strange Land
Set in the 1700’s
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30.4: SANDY’S SPRING RENEWAL
Book 1: recommendation from my CONTEMPORARY SHELF
Jasper Jones
Book 2: 2 friends have read this – found on 3/13/15
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins ---- > GR AUTHOR
I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb (no mmpb): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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30.5: ANGEL **BOOK JUNKIE**’S YOU EITHER LIKE IT OR YOU DON’T
Book 1: fav. – non fiction genre
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Book 2: least fav. – romance genre
One Plus One
byJojo Moyes -------- > GR AUTHOR
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30.6: HAPPY’S EQUINOX
Opt. A: short stories
Cat O' Nine Tales: And Other Stories
Opt. D: feel good book list
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Req’d: pg. 1, position 4.
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30.7: DELICIOUS DEE’S LIBRARY
Book 1:
Inspired by: Vaddey Ratner who was NEW TO ME in February 2015 – found on shelf (QUI-RIB)
The Serpent and the Pearl
by Kate Quinn --- > GR AUTHOR
**** NEW TO ME AUTHOR *****
Book 2:
Inspired by: Dorothy Gilman who was NEW TO ME in February 2015 – found on shelf (GIF-GOT)
Black Girl Lost
************ BLACK GIRL LOST
by Donald Goines – NEW TO ME AUTHOR
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Points this post: 390
Total Challenge Points: 985
GRA: 36
BB (500)- 5
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
30.3 - YOUR OWN PERSONAL TARDISOPTION 3 - Highland Destiny which is set in the mid 15th century. Here is another link to the book stating the time period Highland Destiny.
OPTION 4 - The Invention of Wings which is set in the early 19th century.
TOTAL POINTS - 310
Shiraloo20.4 - Elizabeth P's Task: End of An Era
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
REQUIRED: Option 1. Cover of the edition I read --
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 355
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
NARUMON15.2 Aesir vs Vanir Gods Showdown
Task 1: Title/Subtitle contains AESIR
Almost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman. Title contains: Almost Famous Women: Stories
**** Megan Mayhew Bergman is a Goodreads Author ****
Task 2: Title/Subtitle contains VANIR
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton. The title contains: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
****Leslye Walton is a Goodreads Author****
TOTAL IN POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Book: 0
TOTAL SO FAR
Points: 130 + 15 = 145
Goodreads Author: 6+2 = 8
Big Book: 0+0 = 0
Elizabeth B10.6 - Older Americans Month
a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. Patterson is 68 years old (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pa...).
20.3 - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: To the Edge, new to me book - recommended to me
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
I did option 3 twice
I read Kaleidoscope and The Will by Kristen Ashley, her initials K, A can be found in VALKYRIE
25.7 Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
I did option 2 twice
I listened to Curtsies & Conspiracies(Category:Teen)
and The Bridges of Madison County (category: romance)
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Instant Attraction (IA - Ilona Andrews)
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
Points: 110
Total points: 315+110=425
10.7 Typhoid MaryI read Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
On Page 1 position 8
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets:
Big Books -
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Total:
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
ANGIE CA5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Book: The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey
Notes: Young Adult genre.
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1: Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
Notes: AESIR in title.
Book 2: Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies by Rob Yeung
Notes: VANIR in title.
15.10. Would I Lie to You?
Book: grl2grl by Julie Anne Peters
Notes: Author name: juLIE.
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
Notes: 1) I used my Young Adult shelf.
Book 2: This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Notes: 2) 1 friend on 3/1/15.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1: New Math is Murder by Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa
Notes: Melissa Bourbon Ramirez was new to me last SRC. She's on the QUI-RIB shelf. This was my first book by Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa.
Book 2: Dreams of Gray by Maurice Lawless
Notes: Erin Jade Lange was new to me last SRC. She's on the LAN-LEN shelf. This was my first book by Maurice Lawless.
This Post: 95
Points to Date: 430
NicoleS5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves- The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
*Jordan Belfort is a Goodreads author
*BB ticket-528 pages
Points this Task: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books Tickets: 3
Total Points: 75
30.5 Like it Or You Don’t Book 1: Favorite genre "Historical Fiction"
The Truest Pleasure is 380 pages.
Book 2: Least favorite genre "Sports"
The Kid from Tomkinsville is 300 pages.
New points this post: 30
Total w/this post: 535
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 16
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 29
Total books claimed: 38
Post: 1315
20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly veiled Marvel ReferencesGraphic novels allowed
Option 4: He Is My Brother
Read a book where one of the main characters is someone's brother or has a brother.
I read Zahran paratiisi by Amir, English version: Zahra's Paradise
The story is about two brothers and their mom.
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
ESHAY5.3
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50
Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
It is rated 4.22
This post: 5
Total: 25
Tasks: 2
GR Authors:
Big Books:
500: 750: 1000:
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesRead a book with a GR rating at or above 3.5
I read Beach boys by Ralf König, rating 4.0
15.8 Women in War
Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engaged in military combat.
I read Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 5
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.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (set entirely in Iceland)
Hannah Kent is a Goodreads author, one ticket claimed
Points this post: 15
Points total: 35
Tasks completed: 2
GRA total: 1
BB totals: 0 - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
10.6 - Older Americans MonthRead a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older
by James Ellroy (born 1948 in Los Angeles, California)----------------------------
Total Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks completed: 4
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books (500):
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.Book 1:
Speak No Evil by Allison Brennanrecommendation based on my on pc shelf on 2/17/15
AND
Book 2:
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson1 friend on 4/2/15
Total Points = 680
Marina H20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2 - last published book in a series Løvetæmmeren
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Jasmiina F10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You:
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page.
World Trigger, Vol. 1 by Daisuke Ashihara.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 120
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
25.9 "Y" Option 1: "Y" in title
Under a Blackberry Moon
Serena B. Miller is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Option 3: 4 lists
Falling for the Fireman
Firefighters list #150
Allie Pleiter is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 560
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total w/this post: 18
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 30
Total books claimed: 40
Post: 1326
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1. Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
by Alan Brennert. Ferris wheel and roller coaster in background. This book is not a rereadBook 2. Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change
by CB McKenzie This book is not a reread. Book is approved in message 2 of help thread under Book 2. Main character's previous career = rodeo rider, current profession= private detective.Points this post: 30
Total points; 260
Jonquil25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1. author whose initials are in RAGNAROK R A
If You Can't Stand the Heat
Robin Allen
Paperback, 272 pages 3/28
Book 2. Thor
A Thousand Words for Stranger
A Thousand Words for Stranger
Julie E. Czerneda
Paperback, 368 pages 4/4
Points this post: 25
Total points: 695
Books posted: 56
Tasks complete: 45
Pages this post: 640
Total pages as of this post: 16001
Andy P.Task # 30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1. Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations
by Erin Kelly.This was recommended as Adult Fiction, one of my shelvesBook 2. "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.
by John Scalzi two friends had read this book by 2/23/15Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
Schatzie15.2: AESIR VS. VANIR GODS SHOWDOWN
Book 1: AESIR
Jessica Rules the Dark Side
by Beth Fantaskey ----> GR AUTHOR
Book 2: VANIR
Never Again Good-bye
*** I PREFERRED THE AESIR BOOK
Points this post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 985
GRA: 36
BB (500)- 5
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery2) choose one option and do it twice!
I chose to do Option 3: twice
Option 3:
Vanished by Kendra ElliotAND
Option 3:
Pursuit by Karen RobardsTotal Points = 705
15.7 - Pi Day Book that is 1, 3, or 4 in seriesUnEnchanted by ***Goodreads Author Chanda Hahn
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30/1035
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Jonquil30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1 Ferris wheel
Mistress of Magic
Heather Graham
Paperback, 256 pages 3/15
Book 2 Main character (fictional) was an IT Vice President, saw her boyfriend's murder, entered witness protection, now owns/runs Moore Time as a personal concierge. Frankly, she's so scattered I can't understand how she succeeded in either of those occupations.
Buying Time
Kelly Cochran
Paperback, 306 pages 4/4
This is the first time I read each of these books.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 725
Books posted: 58
Tasks complete: 46
Pages this post: 562
Total pages as of this post: 16563
Kimber15.2 AESIR vs VANIR Gods Showdown
Book 1 AESIR - Obama's Enemies List: How Barack Obama Intimidated America and Stole the Election by Floyd Brown
Book 2 VANIR - Very Bad Things by Ilsa Madden Mills (Goodreads Author)
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20.10 Group Read
11/22/63 by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
*discussion thread post #25
*big book at 849 pages (if applicable with Group Reads)
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Above tasks: 35 points
# tasks completed: 9
GRA: 7
New total points: 140
Coralie25.9 "Y"
Option 1 A book with the letter "Y" in the title (in eYes)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Option 3 #24 on the Real Man Books list
The Maltese Falcon
25.12 Independence Day
Option A – genre 'war'
The Ghost Brigades
Option B – number of pages consisting of digits found in 1821.
Everyman (182 pages)
This post 50 points
Total to date 240 points
Sandy--ignore--I left the number of pages off
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Read a book of your choice.
I read Seitsemän enoa by Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen (78 pages) and
Kerttu ja Hannu: runoja by Riina Katajavuori (72 pages).
Both are books of poetry and combined together they have 150 pages.
Points in this post: 5
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