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Cait S15.4- Spring Reads
Book #1
Read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5.
Red Hill by Jamie McGuire **Jamie McGuire is a Goodreads Author**
Book #2
Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING.
The Search by Nora Roberts
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket for The Search, 521 pages.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 19
25.1 Auntie Tattin's ChallengeBook 1, by a male author, debut work, new to me:
Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan - 200 pages, published 1997
Book 2, by a female author, not first book or #1: Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns first published 2013, 400 pages
Both books are new to me.
First published 1997, 2013.
200 + 400 = 600 total pages.
Total Points: 255
GRA: 6
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY ✤✤5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead✤✤
REQUIRED: Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym. (Mira Grant and Seanan McGuire are both the same author.)
Selection: Indexing (Indexing #1) -- Seanan McGuire
I listened to the audiobook, the PB has 404 pages.
Seanan McGuire is a **GRA**
✤✤10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day✤✤
REQUIRED: Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
Selection: The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1) -- James Patterson
I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB has 413 pages.
James Patterson is a **GRA**
✤✤15.1 Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?✤✤
REQUIRED: Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars. (Cerri's review -- HERE) (she's right!)
Selection: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act -- Kieron Gillen
REQUIRED: Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars. (Cerri's review -- HERE) (she's not far off!)
Selection: Insurgent (Divergent #2) -- Veronica Roth
At 525 pages, this is good for one **BB TICKET**
Veronica Roth is a **GRA**
✤✤20.5 Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love✤✤
REQUIRED: Option 1- LOVE: 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
Selection: Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) -- Faith HuntER
I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB has 320 pages.
Faith Hunter is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 5 + 10 + 15 + 20
Total Points: 360/1035
Books Read: 30
Completed Tasks: 25/59
Pages Read: 9378
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Elizabeth B15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Option 1.
A. a book with 4 words in the title/subtitle
One in a Million
B. a book first published between 1965 and 1979
1970/Fadeout
15.10. Would I Lie to You?
a book with LIE in author's name.
Deep by KyLIE Scott
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1:
Book 2: He's So Fine, the heroine was an actor and now is a vintage store owner
Points:60
Total points: 425+60=485
Kim O30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Book 2: Using the initials from the author of Book 1, read a book where the title (excluding subtitle) is comprised of words beginning with the letters of the author's initials
The Memorist
M.J. Rose is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 30
Goodreads author ticket: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Goodreads authors: 5
Erin ATX15.10. Would I Lie to You?
The Truth About Dating by Julie Christensen **GR Author**
Lie found in author's first name Ju*lie*
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 100
Total GR Authors: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Big Books: 0
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirWuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
Books read 2
Challenges completed 2
Total Points 5
pages read 697
Susan W.5.4 Midgard
Read a book with a tree on the cover. Include the cover in your post.
I read
by Veronica Roth** Veronica Roth is a GRA **
** Claiming a Big Book Ticket. This book has 525 pages **
Points this post: 5
Andy P.Task # 15.4. Spring Reads
One book option
Read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5. AND read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING
by Ridley Pearson Book was first published in 2014, sPRingPoints this post: 15
Total points: 310
FANDURY15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Option 2: Read a book with 4 words in the title/subtitle and that's been first published between 1965 and 1979 (inclusive).
Picnic At Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
This book has 4 words in the title and was first published 1967.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
*REPOST*5.5 Jotunheim, Home of the Giants
Read a book with the genre Young Adult
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
IL: MY - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14.0 AR Bookfinder UK
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameChoose one of these options:
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 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.
You must finish the book (smiley).
Required: State the shelf and the page on which your book appeared.
I read All the Light We Cannot See, which was on page 7 of the Abandoned shelf. Anthony Doerr is a ****Goodreads Author****** and this book is over 500 pp so it is a *******big book ********
and yes I finished it! :)
points: 120
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 7
GR authors: 5
Big books: 2(500)
pages read: 3704
10.8 - The Vikings are ComingViking Press: West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan
I listened to this edition West of Sunset
Points this post: 10
Total points: 355
JUKKA15.1. Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1: Book a friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Friend's review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2: Book a friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. Friend's review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1: Book set at least 50% in city/state/county/province where I live.
Juhannustanssit by Hannu Salama, set in the Pirkanmaa region, where I live. (Technically, at the time of writing, it was in the Province of Nyland and Tavastehus, which would also apply. The title of the novel translates as "Midsummer Dances".)
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Book with page count between 100 and 200.
Yksinäisyys ja uhma: esseitä kirjallisuudesta by Erno Paasilinna, 127 pages. The title of the book translates as "Solitude and Defiance: Essays on Literature".
Option 4: Book whose author's initials are in GLORY and/or SELMA.
Helkavirsiä I-II by Eino Leino. The book is known in English as "Whitsongs".
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 17
20.4 Author! Author!--Elizabeth P's Task--End of an Era:Option 1: Tutor Time:
by Lisa O'DonnellToday's total: 20
Grand total: 510
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.10 Group Read
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talkingby Susan Cain
I commented in post 28 of the group read discussion.
Susan Cain is a Goodreads author
Books read:7
Tasks Completed: 6
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 3: Ally Condie, Lisa Genova, Susan Cain
Tasks Points: 20
Grand Total: 55/1050
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 25.1 Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Qualifier: Written by a man, first in the Sherlock Holmes Series
Book 2: An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
Qualifier: Written by a woman, stand alone novel (not part of a series) and is not her debut novel.
Claiming GRA for Simone St. James
Points this task: 25
Points Total: 125
Tasks Completed: 8
GR Author: 6
Big Books: 1
Dakimel5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
I read
(tree silhouettes under the moon)25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
For option 2 I read The Girl on the Train
For option 4 I read
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
For option A I read Rooster contendor A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel
For option B I listened to Audies Fiction nominee Us (but it won't win.)
TALLY:
This post - 55
Total - 400
MEGSCL5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Young adult genre on main page. On the Jellicoe Road
**Melina Marchetta is a GRA
10.6 - Older Americans Month
Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older OR who was 50 years old or older when they died.
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb who was born in Connecticut in October 1950
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 150
Tasks: 13
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 11
Books: 14
SAM ID5.10 - Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Read a book of your choice
Arranged by Catherine McKenzie
**Catherine McKenzie is a GR author, 1 ticket**
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15.2 - Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1: Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title
After a Fashion by Jen Turano
*AftER a faShIon*
Book 2: Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title
Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
*loVe IN the AfteRnoon*
**Lisa Kleypas is a GR author, 1 ticket**
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15.7 - Pi Day
Read a book that is 3, 1 or 4 in a series
When Strangers Marry by Lisa Kleypas
*1st in the Vallerands series*
**Lisa Kleypas is a GR author, 1 ticket**
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20.3 - Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Opt 3: read the next book in a series (not the first).
A Most Peculiar Circumstance by Jen Turano
*this book is not a re-read, #2 in the Ladies of Distinction series*
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20.4 - End of an Era
Opt 1: Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
by Donna Hatch**Donna Hatch is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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Points: 75 points
Total Points: 110
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 0
LAUREN JODI5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Read a book with "!", "?" or "..." in the title
What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie*
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 165/1035
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 0
Mod
15.8 Women in War
Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military by Tanya Biank
examines "the professional and personal challenges that confront female soldiers from the combat zone to the home front"
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
option 3, next in series: The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall, a new-to-me book
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
The Underside of Joy by Seré Prince Halverson, blossom on the cover, 307 pages25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1, male author, #1 in series: The Wolves of Savernake by Edward Marston, first published 1993, 242 pages, a new-to-me book
Book 2, female author, #10 in series: Die Easy by Zoë Sharp, first published 2012, 398 pages, a new-to-me book
Both books are new-to-me
First published 1993, 2012
242 pages + 398 pages = 640 pages
total = 555
Jasmiina F20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love:
Option 1- LOVE: 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
Elämän tikapuilla by Anne Tyler.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Reads
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain (GR Author) - I commented in post 29 of the thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 325
Goodreads Authors: 22
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the HumansDeath of a Valentine by M.C. Beaton - per tree on cover
M.C. Beaton is a Goodreads author.
10.10 - The Odd Couple
The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman - per author’s name “Neil”
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 2: Thor
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - per DoROTHy
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: most recently published
Still the One by Jill Shalvis - latest in Animal Magnetism series
Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 55
Grand Total: 210
Goodreads Authors: 10
Mod
I read Goodhouse, with Science Fiction as a main page genre.
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
I chose to do option 1 twice.
My first book was Dear Committee Members, number 18 on the Tournament of Books long list.
My second book was Euphoria, #11 on the list.
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
For my first book, I read Bad Science, a GR recommendation based on my science/math shelf.
For my second book, I read Child 44. Found on my Popular Books Among My Friends list on 3/15, 1 friend read, 1 friend rated.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 460
Laura NT10.6 - Older Americans Month
Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older
Touchstone by Melanie Rawn
According to her GR page:
born in The United States June 12, 1954
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Elizabeth BRe-post
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1:
Book 2: He's So Fine, the heroine was an actor and now is a vintage store owner
Both books are not rereads but new-to-me.
Elizabeth B5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston, who also writes as G.A. Aiken
15.5. International Women's Day
Old Filth shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize (2005)
Points:20
Total=485+20=505
MIMI MICHELEMimi Michele
10.9 Over The Rainbow
Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon
Authors initials found in ROY G BIV=B and R
Finding Jake
This a GoodReads author.
CURRENT POST
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 220
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY **REPOSTING 20.5 for missing task info**
✤✤20.5 Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love✤✤
REQUIRED: Option 1- LOVE: 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
Selection: Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) -- Faith HuntER
This author is NEW to me.
I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB has 320 pages.
Faith Hunter is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 360/1035
Books Read: 30
Completed Tasks: 25/59
Pages Read: 9378
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Mary P15.10. Would I Lie to You?
The Psalmist: A Bowers and Hunter Mystery by James Lilliefors
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates
The current rating is: 3.88
Link to PB edition: Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard
5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero
Book contains 333 pages
5.10 - Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Cross My Heart by Abigail Strom
Link to PB edition: Cross My Heart
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
M1NKS10.8 - The Vikings are Coming - Read a book published by Viking Press - Drop City -
I claim one Big Book Ticket - 528 pages
(Hardcover published by Viking Adult - Drop City)
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 265
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 19
Jamie NYCTask #5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
9 letter word: Rom / anc / ing
Points this post: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
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Total Points: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
HINA 10.10 - The Odd Couple - Read a book that contains Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The Secret Passion of Simon Blackwell by Samantha James.
Simon in the Title.
**Samantha James is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 330
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jamie NYCTask #5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
Read a book with "wolf" in the title
Strength of the Wolf by Kendall McKenna
Task #5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages
Of Dreams and Ceremonies by Julie Bozza. It has 132 pages
Task #10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page
Duet by Eden Winters
It is shelved as Science Fiction > Time Travel by 8 users
Points this post: 20
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
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Total Points: 25
Books: 4
Tasks: 4
Kristi CO10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
The Bees by Laline Paull
Laline Paull is a goodreads author
10.6 - Older Americans Month
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison (born on 2/18/31)
15.7 Pi Day
Broken Harbor by Tana French (4th book in series)
Tana French is a goodreads author
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Didi302330.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Read one book from each of the options. Books must be at least 250 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page.
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey
Paperback, 256 pages
Best Crime & Mystery Books (Crime)
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback by George Plimpton
Paperback, 368 pages
Best (American) Football Books) Football
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
HINA 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers -
Option 1: Body Check by Elle Kennedy.
I live in Chicago, IL and the book is 100% set in Chicago, IL as well.
**Elle Kennedy is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 350
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Didi302330.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
1. Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC. 2. For each author, select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves.
State the authors that inspired your choices, and that those authors were new-to-you in December-February: Larry Watson/WAI-WHA/new to me and Alex Marwood/LOG-MCC/new to me.
Goodbye, Wisconsin by Glenway Wescott new to me
The Floating Book by M.R. Lovric new to me, 544 pages
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
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30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
1. Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC. 2. For each author, select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves.
State the authors that inspired your choices, and that those authors were new-to-you in December-February: Larry Watson/WAI-WHA/new to me and Alex Marwood/LOG-MCC/new to me.
Goodbye, Wisconsin by Glenway Wescott new to me
The Floating Book: A Novel of Venice by M.R. Lovric new to me
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 60
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jamie NYCTask #10.7 - Typhoid Mary
Read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín. It is #128 on Page 2 of the referenced list. (It was #112 when I picked the book)
Task #15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
It was rated 5 stars by my GR Friend Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel (Oh My Shelves), her review
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars
Power Play: Awakening by Rachel Haimowitz
It was rated 2 stars by by GR Friend Susan A, her review
Task #15.4. Spring Reads
Option 2: Read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5 AND whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING.
Spark by Posy Roberts
It was first published in September, 2013, the author's initials are P, S, both found in SPring
Task #15.7.Pi Day
Read a book that is number 3 in a series
Aria by Shira Anthony, it is #3 in the Blue Notes series and is identified as such on GR
Task #20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4
Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists Did Not Finish or Abandoned
Rush by Maya Banks
It is on Page 9 of the "Did Not Finish" list, and I did finish it although it wasn't easy.
Points this post: 75
Books: 6
Tasks: 5
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Total Points: 100
Books: 10
Tasks: 9
Janice CA5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
nine letter word: "Holocaust"
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer
+5
total: 25
tasks: 2
books: 2
Didi302330.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1 Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
Tilt-a-Whirl
by Chris Grabenstein(not a re-read)/ Chris Grabenstein is a Goodreads author
Book 2 Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
by Dorothy Gilman (not a re-read) The protagonist changed career from retired volunteer to spy.CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 90
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Didi302330.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
For this task you will read two books composed or written during, set in, or about, the time period given.
Option 1 Ancient World
Read a book written/composed during, set in or about the Ancient World, before 200 AD.
The Erotic Poems by Ovid
Written before 200 AD
Option 2 Post-Classical Era
Read a book written/composed during, set in or about the Post-Classical Era, from 200 AD to 1200 AD.
Empires Besieged, AD 200-600 by Time-Life Books
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 120
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons - read a book set (at least 50%) in a country found in the Ring of Fire.I read
by Isabel Allende
(I read the translation into Estonian of the book Daughter of Fortune)
Setting: Valparaíso (Chile) and California (United States).
GR Author: Yes
Points: 5
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Total points: 40
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: (500+): 2
Total Tasks Done: 7
Total Books Read: 7
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 4: Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists Did Not Finish or Abandoned.
Required: State the shelf and the page on which your book appeared.
by Anthony Doerr From list Did Not Finish on Page 5
*Anthony Doerr is a Goodreads Author
BB Ticket: 544 pages
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Total Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Tasks completed: 5
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
Didi30235.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
4.12 of 5 stars 4/7/15
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 125
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.3 Earth Day:No Impact Man by Colin Beavan
15.9 Better put on a Heavy Coat:
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen Takes place in Denmark and Norway.
25.2 Schatze's Task -- Garden Quotes:
Option 1. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
by Laura Ingalls WilderOption 2. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
These books were not re-reads for me (nor will they ever be).
Today's total: 50
Grand total: 560
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand Goodreads author
10.6 - Older Americans Month
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway died at age 60
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 3 - My son's name is Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
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Pieces of Me by Ann Garner Goodreads author
Book 2 - THOR
Beneath A Blood Red Moon
Total Points:235
Total GR Authors: 12