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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-byeNever 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
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
I chose to read
Wolf in White Van
by John Darnielle. "Wolf" is in the title.Previous point total: 150
New points this post: 5
Total points: 155
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 10
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 3
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day:Read 2 books from the following options. You MAY do the same option twice.
Option 1: WHO?
Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand.
BOOK 1 -Hope's Reign
BOOK 2 - Providence Unveiled (Memory's Wake Trilogy)
Both books are by Selina Fenech. Selina Fenech was born in australia. Clearly stated on Goodreads page
Selina Fenech is a GRA - 2 GRA Points.
Points this post: 25
GRA this post:2
BB this post:0
Total points:220
Total GRA:11
Total BB:1
25.10- Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up:Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts: For this task, read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
Craved by an Alpha- 122 pages in the paperback.
Felicity Heaton is a GRA - 1 GRA Point.
Option 3: Supporting Actress: Read a book where the author shares their first name with an actress who has WON an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Spider’s Revenge - Jennifer Hudson won Best Supporting Acctress in 2006 for Dreamgirls. Author is Jennifer Estep - 1st name matches exactly.
Jennifer Estep is a GRA - 1 GRA Point.
Points this post: 25
GRA this post:2
BB this post:0
Total points: 245
Total GRA: 13
Total BB: 1
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds. / Be eager to read and read a book of your choiceLover at Last by Good Reads Author J.R. Ward
Points this post: 5
GRA this post: 1
BB this post 500+ for 1 ticket
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Total Points: 5/1035
Completed task: 1/59
Books read: 1
Pages read: 620
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+:0
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day/Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.Lover Eternal by GRA J.R. Ward
449 pgs
15.7 Pi Day/In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
Lover Awakened by GRA J.R. Ward
448 pgs book number 3 in series
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
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.
this book is not a re-read
The King by GRA J.R. Ward
620 pgs bb ticket
book number 12 in series
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era/ Option One:
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
Lover Unleashed by GRA J.R. Ward
548 pgs bb ticket
Points this post: 65
GRA this post: 4
BB this post (2)500+ for 2 ticket
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Total Points: 70/1035
Completed task: 5/59
Books read: 5
Pages read: 2685
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+:0
FANDURY25.5 - 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.
In the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. Valente
I'm pillaging coin and spice from this.
The book was approved in the help threasd in post 102
I read the Kindle Version, but the paperback is 516 pages: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
I claim one big book ticket for this!
Catherynne M. Valente is a Goodreads Author!
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: Read an collection of short stories (essays, novellas, or a mixture are also acceptable) with Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays as a main page genre.
Academic Exercises by K.J. Parker
This book has Short Stories as a genre on the main page.
I read the Kindle Version but the Hardcover is 536 pages: Academic Exercises
I claim one big book ticket for this!
Option B: Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Rogues by George R.R. Martin
I read the Kindle version but the paperback has 832 pages: Rogues
I claim 2 big book tickets for this!
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
Mary P20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option #2
Hannah, Delivered by Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Jasmiina F10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day:
Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
Snuff by Terry Pratchett.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
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+:
Margaret L30.6: Happy Equinox!
Option A: Short stories
Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher has "Short Stories" as main page genre
Option B: Book over 500 pages
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell: 640 pages
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Delicious Dee25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1 -
- Catherine Bybee (GR Author) - flowers on the coverOption 4 - The Harvest: Taken - M.A. Church (GR Author) - 34ppl have it shelved as science-fiction as of April 5th
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Goodreads Authors: 21
10.1 Remarkable WomenI completed Parlor Games by Maryka Biaggio
Page 1 position 85
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1 Maryka Biaggio is a GRA
Big Book Tickets:
Big Books -
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Total:
Total Points: 65
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 6
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jonquil10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Only hardcover book is out: exactly 400 engaging pages
A String of Beads
Thomas Perry
Hardcover, 400 pages 4/5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 735
Books posted: 59
Tasks complete: 47
Pages this post: 400
Total pages as of this post: 16963
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds Yggdrasil survives Ragnarok and two humans, Lif (life) and Lifthrasir (Eager-for-Life) who hid within the tree survive to renew the human race. Be eager to read and read a book of your choice.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 95
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.Option 2: Frozen - In recognition of my nephew's favorite song. Read a book where ALL the letters in "Let It Go" (EGILTTO) appear in any combination of the book's title (subtitles EXCLUDED) and/or author's first or last name. Middle names and initials should be ignored. The letters may appear more often in the title and/or names, but all 7 (2 T's) letters must appear at least once.
How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position by Tabish Khair
how to fight islamist terror from the missionary position
Option 3: Lightheartedness - Disney movies provide a lighthearted mood for its audience with a good story and a little humor. Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 25
Points total: 60
Tasks completed: 3
GRA total: 1
BB totals: 0 - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Okay, I think I have all the info this time around.20.5 Bigger Is Better--ChrisEverest's Task--Love and Not Quite Love:
Option 1: Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner. Gortner is a new author for me--and very readable.
25.5 Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage:
I looted two gems for an amber and an emerald:
1. I read Amber MMPB Amber by Lauren Royal 416 pp.
2. I read Emerald MMPB
Emerald by Lauren Royal
416 pp.
total pages 416 + 416 = 832
Today's total points: 45
Grand total: 420
Task 25.7 - Awards SeasonThis is a two-book task. You MAY do the same option twice. REQUIRED: Identify the option(s).
Option A:
Read a book from this year’s Tournament of Books Rooster long-list.
Required: State the book's number on the list.
On April 05, 2015: #06 on the list.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013) by Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel (Hardcover, 386 pages)
Option A:
Read a book from this year’s Tournament of Books Rooster long-list.
Required: State the book's number on the list.
The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit (2013) by Graham Joyce (Hardcover, 278 pages)
On April 05, 2015: #59 on the list.
150 + 25 = 175
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 150 + 25 = 175
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4,895
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 06
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Pamela326510.7 - Typhoid Mary
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
On page 1 of Apocalypse by Epidemic List
The Secret Garden (Unabridged)
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
AR Quiz No. 78 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
15.4. Spring Reads
Option 2: Would-Be Wilderness Wife by Regina Scott (Goodreads Author) - Published in 2015
15.8 Women in War
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: Remembering Isaac: The Wise and Joyful Potter of Niederbipp by Ben Behunin - Remembering Isaac #1 – New to me – Published in 2009 – 453 pages
Book 2: The Fireman's Secret by Jessica Keller - Goose Harbor series #2 - New to me - Published in 2015 – 224 pages
Both books are new to me
Years published: 2009, 2015
Pages: 453 + 224 = 677
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option C: The Daddy List by Dewanna Pace - Published March 1, 2015
Option D: The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points That Saved the World by Chris Stewart, Ted Stewart - Freedom in title
Points this post: 90
Total Points: 475
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.7 NidavellirMy Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
Book has 320 pages.
25.1 Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1 - Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon. First published in 2015.
272 pages
Book 2 - Faithful Place by Tana French. This book is 3rd in a series. First published in 2010.
400 pages.
Both books are new to me.
Years first published: 2010, 2015
Total Pages: 672
Bryan Reardon is a Goodreads author
Tana French is a Goodreads author
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 60
Delicious Dee5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher (GR Author) - 5000+ ppl have it shelved as Young Adult
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 22
Mimi Michele30.7 I Love My Library
Both these authors were new to me in the Winter Reading Challenge-December 2014-February 2015:
Girl on the Train-PAULA HAWKINS
Landline-RAINBOW ROWELL
From these two authors, I picked the following shelves from the chart listed:
Hawkins-GRE-IAF
Rowell-ROB-RUA
From these shelf I picked theses two new to me authors who fell in the range of each shelf :
GRE-IAF Etta, Otto, Russell and James by Etta HOOPER
Etta Hooper is a Good Reads author
Etta and Otto and Russell and James: A Novel
ROB-RUA The Up and Comer by Howard ROUGHAN
The Up and Comer
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 210
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
FROOT20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series. Series and publication information must be on Goodreads (Series #). Whole numbers only.
The Ruby Circle (bloodlines #6) - last book in the serie
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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
Total in this post: 40
TOTAL POINTS
90
Becks5.9 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 or in the US states - Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California...
Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas
The story takes place in fictional Neptune, California.
Points this post: 5
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 25
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0, 750+: 0, 1000+: 0
15.8 Women in WarI read the Kindle version of A Duty To The Dead
There is no mmp, the pb is here: A Duty To The Dead
This book was approved for this task in the help thread post #2.
Charles Todd is a GRA for 1 ticket.
25.12 Independence Day
Option C: First published in March
I listened to the audio book Lion in the Valley
The mmp is here: Lion in the Valley
Option D: "Death" in title/subtitle
Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
New points this post: 40
Total w/this post: 600
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 19
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 32
Total books claimed: 43
Post: 1362
Alexis5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear by Robert Kirkman
som/eth/ing
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe
***Kurtis J. Wiebe is a GR Author***
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick
***Kelly Sue DeConnick is a GR Author***
15.5. International Women's Day
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Baileys/Orange Prize List
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
GR Authors this post: 2
Total GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Delicious Dee**REPOST**
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1 -
- Catherine Bybee (GR Author) - flowers on the cover; new to me bookOption 4 - The Harvest: Taken - M.A. Church (GR Author) - 34ppl have it shelved as science-fiction as of April 5th; new to me book
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Goodreads Authors: 21
Alexis20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Chew, Vol. 9: Chicken Tenders by John Layman
This is not a re-read for me.
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 1: The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After by Robert Kirkman
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2: Ghost Story by Peter Straub
This is not a re-read for me.
***Peter Straub is a GR author***
Option 3:
#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
This is not a re-read for me.
***Sophia Amoruso is a GR author***
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 95
GR Authors this post: 2
Total GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
30.6 Happy's Task--Happy Equinox!:A. Collection of short stories
The Shell Collector: Stories by Anthony Doerr
B. Book of at least 500 pages.
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Book has 512 pages
Today's total: 30
Grand total: 490
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOption 1: Author that has a name that ends in -ER
Author is E. Archer
Geek Fantasy Novel
Vicki20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: Highly Recommended Book
Joyland by Stephen King a GRA
This was NOT a reread for me
Total:
75 pts
4 GRA
Bluegrass Pam20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul: Inspector Singh #2 by Shamini Flint ** Shamini Flint is a Goodreads author**
This book is number 2 in a series I’ve started and is not a re-read.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
GR authors this post: 1
GR authors to date:5
Julie P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kait's Task - Hel Hath Fury
Option 2
Requirement: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series.
All Fall Down by Ally Carter
*Book #1 in Embassy Row Series*
*Ally Carter is a Goodreads Author*
Points this task: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages read: 568
Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day About That Man by Sherryl Woods
I read the ebook version; no page total listed for MMP edition; paperback edition is 408 pages.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 445
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath FuryOption 2, most recently published book in a series: A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs #11) by Jacqueline Winspear
Points this post: 20
Total points: 345
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Book with a Goodreads rating of 3.5 or higher -- Book currently has a 3.99 rating
Kindle edition I read: The Savage Blood
Paperback edition: The Savage Blood
15.5. International Women's Day
List found on: -- Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- 2004 Shortlist -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
Kindle edition I read: Oryx and Crake
Most popular MMPB: Oryx and Crake
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Items worthy of being pillaged -- Pearl and Money
Total Page Count: 592
Book #1 - Pearl in title
Kindle edition I read: The Pearl Savage
Paperback edition: The Pearl Savage -- 272 pp
Book #2 - Money in title -- One for the Money -- 320 pp
***Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 40
Points Earned this Post: 45
Total Points To Date: 95
Shiraloo15.7.Pi Day
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
REQUIRED: This is #4 in the Outlander Series.
*Diana Gabaldon is a GRA*
*Drums of Autumn is a BBT at 1070 pages (claiming 3 tickets)*
20.3 - Best Review — Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Sexy Berkeley by Dani Lovell
REQUIRED: Option 5; this is not a re-read. Was recommended highly by a romance group I’m in…it was just ok.
*Dani Lovell is a GRA*
20.6 - Seasoned Reader — Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
REQUIRED: Cover has bumbershoot (umbrella).
Page numbers in hardcover edition = 357.*Beatriz Williams is a GRA*
CURRENT POST
Points: 55
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 410
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 3
Jasmiina F20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era:
Option 2: Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter.
Search for Senna by Katherine Applegate.
*Goodreads author*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Post 820.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2) Station Eleven Science Fiction on main page
Points this post:20
Total: 140
Books read: 11
Tasks Done:8
M1NKS5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir - Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle.
Our Lady of the Assassins
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 250
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 17
M1NKS5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves - Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
As a Man Grows Older
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 255
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 18
Jonquil15.7.Pi Day
And The Earth Moved: (Amber Reed CCIA Mystery Book 1)
And The Earth Moved
Zanna Mackenzie
Kindle Edition, 230 pages 4/6
approved for length message 4495
Points this post: 15
Total points: 750
Books posted: 60
Tasks complete: 48
Pages this post: 230
Total pages as of this post: 17193
25.1 - Catherine's Task: Auntie Tattin's ChallengeBook 1, by a male author, #1 in a series: Red Rising by Pierce Brown, new-to-me, first published 2013, 382 pages
*Claiming GRA Ticket*
Book 2, by a female author, not first book or #1: The End of Everything by Megan Abbott, new-to-me, first published 2011, 256 pages
*Claiming GRA Ticket*
Both books are new-to-me.
Years first published: 2011, 2013
Total pages = 382 + 256 = 638
25.4 Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
Option 3: Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan
*Claiming GRA Ticket*
Option 4: Read a book with the cover that shows a shoe(s) with high heels. The shoe(s) must show the shank and heel or the space between the shank and heel.
by Danielle Paige (Approved on task help thread)*Claiming GRA Ticket*
This Post: 50
Total: 235
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 5936
Nick KY10.5 Cinqo de Maio. Set in Mexico, I read Almost Never by Daniel Sada.
25.4 Hina’s Fairy Tales
Option 2: Frozen -- I read Uncharted TerriTORI by Tori Spelling.
LET in Tori spELling
IT in terrITori
G in spellinG
O in territOri
Option 3: Lighthearted -- I read Woody Allen and Philosophy: You Mean My Whole Fallacy Is Wrong? ed by Mark T. Conard, “humor” as a GR genre. Genre OK’d in post 85 of the Genre Verification thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
25.5 Nikki’s Viking Pillage
I read two books with pillagable items “ivory” and/or “gold” in the title.
Book 1: I read Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants by John Frederick Walker, 304 pages.
Book 2: I read Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck, 240 pages.
Total Pages = 544 pages
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 340
MB20.3 best review - option 3 - read next book in a series
Heartless by Gail Carriger #4 in the series - not a reread for me 374 pgs
20.9 hel hath fury - option 2 - most recently published book in a series -
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishopbook # 3, next book in series not out until 2016. 400 pgs
25.5 a Viking pillage - item that is steal worthy on cover
by Ally Condie 298 pages. I would steal the beautiful shell. 
by Gail Carriger386 pages. I would steal the hot air balloons (and if this is too big then I would take the ruffly awesome parasol)total pages together 684
25.8 anzac day - option 1 - who - author born in Australia
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 470 pgs
option 2 - what - book with war as genre
The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi 434 pgs
25.10 ready for the closeup - option 3 supporting actress
1945 - Anne Revere Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop 448 pages
option 4 - authors initials found in GLORY - Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers R, L 444 pages
Points this post 115
total points 115
Books read 8
Tasks completed 5
total pages read 3254
30.7 - I LOVE MY LIBRARYBOOK 1 - New to me in Winter Challenge - Annie Garrett which led me to the shelf GAB - GIE so I read Blood of the Prodigal by P.L. Gaus who is a new author for me.
BOOK 2 - New to me in Winter Challenge - Heather Graham which led me to the shelf GOU - GRD so I read The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham who is a new author for me.
TOTAL POINTS - 340
ColetteGTask 10.9 Over the Rainbow A book written by an author whose initials can be found intials ROY G BIV.
Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma
Both I and B are in ROY G BIV
10 points for task
Jayme VA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, goodreads author.
This is #25 on page 1 of the Child Narrator List.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Mary P20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option #2
The Chieftain's Curse by Frances Housden
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
BOOK REPLACEMENT:I originally used "The Picture of Dorian Gray," by Oscar Wilde for task 25.3. I would like to use "The Monkey Gramarian," by Octavio Paz instead, reserving Dorian Gray for a future post.
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK.
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Book 2: THOR:
THe MOnkey GRammarian by Octavio PazNo new points; no new GRA tickets; no new Big Book Tickets.
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TASK NAME: 20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series
Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris
Qualifier: Latest book in the Sebastian St. Cyr series.
Claiming GRA for C.S. Harris
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
GR Author: 5
Big Books: 1