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Orange Prize for New Writers 2010 - Shortlist
The Book of Fires | Jane Borodale | 406 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
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This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 320/1035
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 7876
Total Tasks Completed:20/59

Option 2: 4 words in title AND First Published in 1974
A Bridge Too Far | Cornelius Ryan | ♥♥♥♥ | 603 Pages | Big Book Ticket
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This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 335/1035
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 8479
Total Tasks Completed:21/59

Published by Viking Books
The Golden Spiders | Rex Stout | 150 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ |
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This Task :
Points: 10
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 345/1035
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 8629
Total Tasks Completed:22/59

20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury 1: Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series.
George RR Martin- The Sworn Sword- Hedge Knight (II)
The Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword
Points This Post: 20/1060
Total Points: 45/1060
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Goodreads Authors: 1

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 2: Mystery 16 users
Thriller > Mystery Thriller 2 users
The Lanvin Murders
Angela M. Sanders
Paperback, 298 pages 4/10
OPTION 3: memoir
If You Ask Me: And of Course You Won't
Betty White
Paperback, 272 pages 3/25
This was the first time I read each of these books.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 785
Books posted: 63
Tasks complete: 50
Pages this post: 570
Total pages as of this post: 18003

25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option C:
(first published March 3rd 2015)
Terminal
Kathy Reichs
Paperback, 400 pages 4/6
Option D: death in the title
Tangled to Death
J.M. Griffin
Paperback, 188 pages 4/10
Points this post: 25
Total points: 810
Books posted: 65
Tasks complete: 51
Pages this post: 588
Total pages as of this post: 18591

Anne (Booklady)
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants - Apple on Cover

*Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author*
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
448 Pages - Birdman by Mo Hayder
15.7.Pi Day - 4th in Evan Delaney series
Crosscut by *Meg Gardiner
*Meg Gardiner is a Goodreads Author*
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: several GR friends recommended new to me book
**The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
**Big Book: The House at Riverton is 599 Pages**
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Both Books are not re-reads
Option 1: Flower on Cover

*Melina Marchetta is a Goodreads Author*
Option 2: Thriller 42 users
The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Chose the 1 book option - new to me & 608 pages
2 married scientists steal something of significance from Plum Island - nat'l security matter
**Plum Island by *Nelson DeMille
*Nelson DeMille is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: Plum Island is 608 Pages**
Points in These Tasks: 100
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 4
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 2
Pages Read in This Post: 3920
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Totals:
Total Points: 100
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 7/60
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read in Spring 2015 SRC: 4358

10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV."
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
**Ruth Ozeki is a GRA
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 180
Tasks: 15
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 11
Books: 16

15.8- Women in War
Home Front by Kristin Hannah
***Claiming Goodreads Author for Kristin Hannah***
Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- 0

5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves. - Read a book with a wolf on the cover OR read a book with "wolf" in the title or subtitle .
Steppenwolf
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 280
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 21

30.7 - I Love My Library!
1. WAI - WHH
* The Optimist's Daughter Welty- Last season, new author
* Infinite Jest Wallace 1079 pages - This season, new author
I claim 3 x Big Book Ticket for this book
2. DEW - DUL
* The Nun Diderot. Last season, new author
* Democracy Didion - This season, new author
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 310
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 22
10.6 - Older Americans Month
I read 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, so is over 50.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_...
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
For my first book, I chose option 3, and read Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, who shares a first name with Celeste Holm, 1947 winner for Best Supporting Actress.
For my second book, I read At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen. Her initials are found in Glory and Selma.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1 - in the Winter Challenge, I read Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline, a new to me author. Her name is found on the KHA-KON shelf.
For this task, I read The Unquiet Dead: A Novel by Ausma Zehanat Khan, also found on that shelf and also a new author for me.
Book 2 - in the winter challenge, I read My Life: A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro, a new to me author. His name is found on the CAN-CHD list.
For this task, I read The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, also found on that shelf and also a new to me author.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 525
I read 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, so is over 50.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_...
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
For my first book, I chose option 3, and read Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, who shares a first name with Celeste Holm, 1947 winner for Best Supporting Actress.
For my second book, I read At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen. Her initials are found in Glory and Selma.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1 - in the Winter Challenge, I read Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline, a new to me author. Her name is found on the KHA-KON shelf.
For this task, I read The Unquiet Dead: A Novel by Ausma Zehanat Khan, also found on that shelf and also a new author for me.
Book 2 - in the winter challenge, I read My Life: A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro, a new to me author. His name is found on the CAN-CHD list.
For this task, I read The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, also found on that shelf and also a new to me author.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 525

Option 3 - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Jon Stewart March 14
AND
Option 4 -

Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Using A/B together
They Never Came Home
AR Bookfinder IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
4 words in title (A)
First published 1968 (B)
Points this post:15
Total: 195
Books read: 16
Tasks Done:11

Task 25.9 - Y
option 1 - read a book with Y in the title
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
IL: MY - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
option 2 - read a book on the Popular Peace Books list
A Long Way Gone: The True Story Of A Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah
I found this on the 2nd page (about halfway down) on 9 March
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total points = 605

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
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Randall Munroe new in winter
K.M. Morgan new in spring
Daisy McDare and the Deadly Art Affair
Kindle Edition, 151 pages 4/11
approved for length message 4587
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J.C. Daniels new in winter
Waverly Curtis new in spring
Dial C For Chihuahua
Paperback, 343 pages 4/8
Points this post: 30
Total points: 840
Books posted: 67
Tasks complete: 52
Pages this post: 494
Total pages as of this post: 19085

Option 2: WHAT? War 147 users
Redeployment by Phil Klay
Option 3: WHERE? 100% in Turkey
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
+25 Points
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Go to Recommendations: Required: Tell which of your shelves or genres the recommendation was based on:
My Non Western Shelf, selected 3/8/15
The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato
Book 2: Found 4/1/15: 1 friend read, 1 friend rated
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+30 Points
Points this Post: 55
Grand Total: 290

Read a book published by Viking Press.
You may read any edition, but you must link to the edition that indicates Viking published the book at one time.
Here is the edition Published by Viking Penguin:
In Dubious Battle
And here is the edition I read:
In Dubious Battle (1936) by John Steinbeck (Paperback, 355 pages)
175 + 10 = 185
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 175 + 10 = 185
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,250
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 06
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Task # 30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3 1200-1699

Option 4 1700-1899

Points thi post 30
Total points: 355

Task #
15.8 Women in War
Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area

Points this post: 15
Total points: 370

Task 5.6 - Svartalfheim
read a book with wolves on the cover / in the title
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

IL: MY - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7.0
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total points = 610

In remembrance of Typhoid Mary, read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list. Required: State which page of the list the book is found on when you post.
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, #27 on the list (first page)
Emily St. John Mandel is a Goodreads author, one ticket claimed.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 70
Tasks completed: 4
GRA total: 2
BB totals: 0 - 500+() 750+() 1000+()

10.9 Over the Rainbow Author's Initials from ROYGBIV -- I read Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol: A Mystery by Gyles Brandreth, "GB" in ROYGBIV.
25.1 Catherine’s Auntie Tattin
Book 1. Male Author.
1st book in a series.
1st pub’d in 2007.
368 pages.
The author is new to me.
The book I read which meets all these criteria is Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery by Gyles Brandreth.
Book 2. Female Author.
Not the 1st book in a series.
1st pub’d in 1996, 11 years earlier than the first book.
136 pages – well more than 100 pages fewer than book 1, and
together the page count is over 500: 368+136=504.
The author is new to me.
The book I read which meets all these criteria is The Christmas Letters by Lee Smith.
Publication Dates: 1996, 2007
Total Page Count: 504 pages
Points this Post: 35
Total Points so Far: 405

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Saving Saffron Sweeting by Pauline Wiles
REQUIRED: Favorite Genre is Chick Lit.
*Pauline Wiles is a GRA*
Book 2: The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
REQUIRED: Least Favorite Genre is Non-Fiction (although this book was phenomenal)
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 475
Total Goodreads Authors: 23
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 3

Read a book with a tree on the cover.
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 12
GR authors: 3
Big Books: 0

Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series:

This post: 20
Total this season: 45

20.4: End of an Era
Option 1: Tutor Time: Exactly 2 people on cover

25.9: Y
Option 1: "Y" in the title
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
Option 2: Book on "Popular Peace Books" list
A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
On page 1, accessed 4/11/15
Points This Post: 20+25= 45
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks Completed: 6

5.1 Asgard, the Home of Aesir
Read a book with ?, ! or ... in the title
Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction by John Sutherland
10.8 The Vikings are Coming
Read a book published by Viking Press
Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects by Neil MacGregor
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 90
Tasks completed to date:6
GRA this post: 0
GRA to date: 2

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 book must be written by a single author, no co-authors or books with multiple contributors. All author name initials must be found, including middle names or initials. Please notice the letter R and A are the only ones that can be used twice.
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
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. The letters do not need to be consecutive, but must appear in the title in order from left to right.
Thor - ****Odin**** - Freyr - Loki - Tyr

Points this task: 25
Total points: 285
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 10

20.10 Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan ( both GR Authors )
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 75
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

20.7 Relive Childhood Feelings
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott (gra)
*found on page 3 of Child Narrator list
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25.5 A Viking Pillage
Opal Fire by Barbra Annino (GRA) pb236pgs
Bloodstone by Barbra Annino pb296pgs
*pillagable items - opal, bloodstone
*total pages = 532
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Above tasks: 45 points
# tasks submitted: 12
GRA: 10
New Total points: 205

Option 2 Post-Classical Era - The Physician by Noah Gordon. I read the Kindle edition, the paperback (The Physician) is 713 pages, so I'm claiming a big book. Set in the 11th Century.
Option 4 1700-1899 - Trail of Thread: A Woman's Westward Journey by ***Goodreads Author Linda K. Hubalek. Set in 1854.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 65/1035
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

20.4 End of an Era
Option 2 Repetition, Repetition, Repetition!
Three words in title, two starting with same letter – TrT
The Red Tree 9780451462763
30.2 Initial Impressions
Book 1 Between Friends by Amos Oz
using initials AO
Book 2 Among Others
This post 50 points
Total to date 315 points

10.8 The Vikings are Coming
I read Faithful Place by Tana French published by Penguin Viking Adult.
Tana French is a Goodreads author.
Total points to date: 25
Goodreads author tickets: 1

15.4 Spring Reads
Option 1
A. published in a year ending in 3,4,5
Black Irish by Stephen Talty
Stephan Talty is a Goodreads author.
B. book that satisfies author's initials in SPRING
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
Total points to date: 40
Goodreads author tickets: 3

Option 4: He Is My Brother - Deathwish by Dana Marton
From the book's description: "the number one suspect is her boss's brother." The suspect is the female lead's love interest. He's a main character.
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 210

25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Read a book between 100-200 pages
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (159 pages).
Option 3: Author's first name is the same as a winner of Best Supporting Actress
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman, who shares her first name with Alice Brady who won the award in 1937.
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Task 1: Read a book whose author has at least two parts to their name
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (author has first and last name, with initials MC).
Task 2: Read a book with words comprised of the author's initials
Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W.Gortner
**** C.W. Gortner is a Goodreads Author ****
TOTAL IN THIS POST
Points: 25 + 30 = 55
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Books: 0
OVERALL TOTAL:
Points: 145 + 55 = 200
Goodreads Author: 8 + 1 = 9
Big Book Ticket: 0 + 0 = 0

10.7 - Typhoid Mary
Lock In is on page 1 of the list (#45)
John Scalzi is a Goodreads author.
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1: As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg set in Ancient World (during Roman control of Palestine)
Option 4:
A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander set in time period between 1700 - 1899 (Victorian England)
Tasha Alexander is a Goodreads Author
Post total: 40 points, 2 GRA
Challenge total points: 200
Total GRA: 5
Total BB tickets: 1

Anne (Booklady)
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Chose the 1 book option - new to me & 608 pages
2 married scientists steal "the Plum" that has Nat'l security significance from Plum Island
**Plum Island by *Nelson DeMille
*Nelson DeMille is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: Plum Island is 608 Pages**
Points in These Tasks: 25
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 608
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Totals:
Total Points: 100
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 7/60
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read in Spring 2015 SRC: 4358

10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
Read a book published by Viking Press.
The Invention of Wings Published January 7th 2014 by Viking
**Sue Monk Kidd is a GRA
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 190
Tasks: 16
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 11
Books: 17

25.6 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 2. Read a book on the Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test list.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
This is currently 7th, found on the first page of the list.
Option 3. Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Margaret Atwood is a GOODREADS AUTHOR and I am therefore claiming ONE GRA ticket.
This post:
Points: 25
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall:
Points: 115
GRA: 3
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 6

Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.

20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter. Subtitles can be ignored.

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
*E. Lockhart is a Goodreads Author
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Total Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 80
Tasks completed: 7
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):

Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.

Read on 29 March 2015
Average rating was 3.75
*Emma Healey is a Goodreads Author
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Total Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 85
Tasks completed: 8
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):

30.7 I Love my Library!
Book 1

Welcome to Braggsville
T. Geronimo Johnson is a new to me author and was found on the JHA-KAR shelf, because I read Live from the Afrikan Resistance! by El Jones in the winter SRC.
T. Geronimo Johnson is a GoodReads Author!
Book 2.

Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng is a new to me author and was found on the MUR-OCN shelf, because I read Napier's Bones by Derryl Murphy in the winter SRC.
Celeste Ng is a GoodReads Author!
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

5.3 Alfheim

How to Build a Girl
Rating is 3.68
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

5.10 Yggdrasil

Mr. Kiss and Tell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

10.7 Typhoid Mary

Oryx and Crake
This is #7 on page one of the list
Margaret Atwood is a GoodReads Author!
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Total GR Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Last in series
Scream For Me: A Novel of the Night Hunter by Cynthia Eden*
Final book in the For Me series.
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185/1035
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 0

Prosecco Pink by Traci Andrighetti >> prosecco (approved in help thread)
Using Prosecco Pink for page count: 273 pages
*** Traci Andrighetti is a Goodreads Author ***
Assaulted Pretzel by Laura Bradford >> pretzel (approved in help thread)
Using Assaulted Pretzel for page count: 288 pages
Total points: 50
Total GRA: 2
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The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio | William J. Bernstein | 316 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
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This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 305/1035
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 7470
Total Tasks Completed:19/59