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babbling c20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option One: Tutor Time
My main volunteering job during the past two years has been at an elementary school, where I tutor K-3 graders in reading. I work one on one with 15 students for 20 minutes every day, which usually flies by because my kids are so awesome.
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
Half-Off Ragnarok -kindle - Half-Off Ragnarok- paperback pgs. 356 by Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is a GRA.
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total This Season
Points: 135
Completed Tasks: 8
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Books:
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Pages read this season: 3,018
Books read this season: 9
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
Laurajay20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4:
Found on the "did not finish" shelf on page 4
The Alchemist
***paulo coelho is a GR author***
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 155
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOPTION 1: Read a book by a single author whose last name ends in –ER
Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
Emma Hooper is a new author for me.
Emma Hooper is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 295
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 18
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods ShowdownBook 1: Aesir in Title The Playboy's Princess
The Playboy's Princess | Joy Fulcher | 234 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
Book 2: Vanir in Title: Reinventing Mona
Reinventing Mona | Jennifer Coburn | 314 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 540/1035
GR Authors: 28
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 13,627
Total Tasks Completed: 35/59
50.1 - Donna Jo - 1-2-3-Go!One word title - Fable by ***Goodreads Author Chanda Hahn
Second book in series - FableThe Wise Man's Fear by ***Goodreads Author Patrick Rothfuss. I listened to the audiobook, the MMP The Wise Man's Fear) is 1107 pages, so I'd like 3 Big Book tickets.
Three repeating letters in Author's name - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris who has 3 As and 3 Rs in her name.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 130/1035
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
30.4 - SPRING RENEWAL FOR YOUR READING IDEASBOOK 1 - Mystery Genre - Dying In the Wool
BOOK 2 - A Walk to Remember which was read by 1 friend and rated by 1 friend on April 27th when I chose it.
30.5 - EITHER YOU LIKE IT OR YOU DON'T
BOOK 1 - FAVORITE GENRE - Historical Fiction - The Garden on Sunset with 324 pages.
BOOK 2 - LEAST FAVORITE GENRE - Horror - Killing Mr. Griffin with 272 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 700
Task # 30.1 – Jonquil’s Task – Straight On Till MorningOption 1 – Ferris Wheel on Cover
✔ – 15April15*** Stephen King is a Goodreads Author ***
This is NOT a re-read.
Option 2 – Character makes a major career change
From Obit Writer to Prison Librarian
Running the Books ✔ – 01May15
*** Avi Steinberg is a Goodreads Author ***
This is NOT a re-read
Both books approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Leslie K25.2 Garden Quotes
Option 2: The Drop by Dennis Lehane Genre: Mystery
Option 4: The Maze Runner by James Dashner Genre: Science Fiction
Points this task: 25
Total points: 135
Amy O.Task 30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! -
Book 1: Inspiration author - David Finch (new to me in winter SRC). Found on FIE-FOQ shelf.
New book - The Goddess Lounge by Margaret Finnegan (new author to me).
**Margaret Finnegan is a Goodreads author**
Book 2: inspiration author - Amy Poehler (new to me in winter SRC). Found on PLA-QUH shelf.
new book - The Pushbutton Butterfly by Kin Platt (new author to me). This e-book has no hard copy listed on Goodreads, but was approved for length in the e-book verification thread on March 14, 2015, at message 4520.
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 180 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 11
Kimber15.1 Everything you think is right...or wrong?
Book 1: The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain (goodreads author)
link to sheila's review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2: Take the Monkeys and Run
by Karen Cantwell (goodreads author)
link to Sue T's review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This task: 15 points
# tasks completed: 23
GRA: 24
New total: 395
10.8 Published by Viking PressI read The Singing Tree
AR levels MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
The HB version was published by Viking Children's Books: The Singing Tree
New points this post: 10
Total w/this post: 935
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 4
Post: 2224
LOULOUTask 10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Read a book with >400 pages.
Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
Page count 448.
Task 15.7 Pi Day
Read a book that is 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
This is #1 in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and is listed as such on Goodreads.
This post:
Points: 25
GRA: 0
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 2
Overall:
Points: 175
GRA: 4
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 10
Cait S5.8- Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Children's genre info- MG: BL 5.5, AR pts 12.0
JK Rowling has also published under the name Robert Galbraith, whose Goodreads profile can be found here. More information can be found here if needed.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 535
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 31
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.Option 1: Disney Animated Movies - In honor of Disney animated movies, Read a book with a title (subtitles EXCLUDED) that contains a word* of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies.
The word white is contained in both the book title Helsinki White (Inspector Kari Vaara #3 by James Thompson) and the title of the animated Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler has the word humor in the main page genre list.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 14
50.11) A book with one-word title: Divergent by Veronica Roth (GR Author)
2a) A book that is number two in a series: Insurgent by Veronica Roth (GR Author) (BIG BOOK-525 pages)
3) A book written by an author with a letter that appears 3 and only 3 times in their name (LETTER E): Come Dancing by Leslie Wells (GR Author)
CURRENT POST
Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 70
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Dakimel10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
I read (listened to) One Plus One
(Viking: One Plus One)
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
for Option 3 I read Lord of a Thousand Nights
TALLY:
This post - 30
Total - 770
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
I chose Option 2.
I read
by Stephanie Laurens. This is the 22nd book in the long-running Cynster series, published on February 24th, 2015. The next book in the series is not published, yet (expected on May 26, 2015). (So I just managed to squeak it in here. Whew.)**Stephanie Laurens is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Previous point total: 415
New points this post: 20
Total points: 435
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 26
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 11
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Catherine TTask 15.9 - Better Put On a Heavy Coat!
Read a book set in a Nordic country
House of Evidence by Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson is set in Iceland
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Total points = 865
Kathy G.5.4- Midgard, "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
(cover picture- for trees)
Link to mass market paperback
Total Points- 70
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- (500+)- 1
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: A Slice of Murder by Chris Cavender (author name ends in ER)
This author is new to me.
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 385
Total GRA: 7
Total BB tickets: 1
trishhartuk30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**’s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Read a book that has your favourite genre on its main page.
A Taste Fur Murder, Dixie Lyle (353pg)
Cozies and urban fantasy are my two favourite genres, with my favourite cozies being animal and paranormal ones . This has all of Mystery > Cozy Mystery, Mystery > Paranormal Mystery, Fantasy > Urban Fantasy and Animals in its main-page genres.
Goodreads Author: No
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favourite genre on its main page.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green/David Leviathan (308pg)
Gay and lesbian (GLBT) is my least favourite genre and the furthest out of my comfort zone, so I wouldn't normally pick up a GLBT book unless it was also in a genre I liked. So this is a definite departure for me.
Goodreads Author: Yes. Both John Green and David Leviathan are GRAs
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Books: No
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 19
Total points: 445
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 0
LAUREN JODI15.7 Pi Day
Snowed in with the Boss by Jessica Andersen*
Book #3 in the Kenner County Crime Unit series
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 285/1035
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 23/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 0
CathyG25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
This is a 2 book task. Please choose 2 different options and read one book for each. Note: Books with genre "kids" or "children" are NOT allowed.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies - Read a book with a title (subtitles EXCLUDED) that contains a word* of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies.
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True,
True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
Goodreads Author
Approved line 2181
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.
There's Wild, Then There's You by M. Leighton
Goodreads Author
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
This is a TWO BOOK task.
2) choose one option and do it twice!
Option Three :: Defender of the Hawthorne
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
The All-Day Energy Diet: Double Your Energy in 7 Days by Yuri Elkaim
Goodreads Author
Azagoth by Larissa Ione
Goodreads Author
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Read 2 books from the following options. You MAY do the same option twice.
Required: Indicate the option(s).
Option 1: WHO?
Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand.
The Rosie Projectby Graeme Simsion
Kane's Mate by Hazel Gower
Approved post 4619
Goodreads Author
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts: read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
Wild Child by M. Leighton 126pp
Goodreads Author
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.
Lauren Bacall Lauren Dane
Broken Open
Points this post: 100
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500= ,750=0, 1000=0
Beth Robinson5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
Read a book with a wolf on the cover
I read: Faerietale by Stephanie Rabig
Stephanie Rabig is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
I read:
The Flash Omnibus, Volume 1 graphic novel collection
Goodreads page count is 448.
15.4. Spring Reads
Read one book that satisfies both A and B
A read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5
B. Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING.
I read:
The Greatest Sales Stories Ever Told: From the World's Best Salespeople by Robert Shook
Originally published 1995
R and S are in Spring
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 (for instance, nurses in battle zones).
I read:
Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker
(one of the example books in the task posting)
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 720
new GA this post - 1
Goodreads Authors total: 21
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jess Philly25.4 Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
For this task I chose option 1 and read The Secret History by Donna Tartt. The word Secret also appears in several Disney titles, including The Secret World of Arietty.
I also chose option 2, and read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, which has all the letters of Let It Go in the title.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 60
Victoria C.15.7 Pi Day
I read a book that is the 3rd in the Inspector Gamache series, The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny.
Total points to date: 150
GR authors: 5
Big book: 1
Cindy C.Task 25.5-Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
The Mercedes Coffin
I am pillaging a coffin and this edition has 560 pages.
**Big Book as it has 560 pages.**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Total tasks: 17
GRA: 6
Big Books: (500+): 3
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’tBook 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page.
All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins *Goodreads Author*
*Genre: Romance
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
*Genre: Science Fiction
TASK TOTALS
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 345
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kathy G.REPOST
5.4- Midgard, "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
by L.M. Montgomery(see cover picture- for trees above)
Bookfinder Info
Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged)
Montgomery, L.M.
AR Quiz No. 203 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
Link to mass market paperback
Total Points- 70
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- (500+)- 1
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading ChallengersI chose Option 2: Read a book in which the main character does a similar job to you...If you’re not working, or you are retired, parenting, or studying; read a book where the main character is also not working, retired, parenting, studying, or in your situation.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The main character is retired; I am retired. From synopsis on GR page:"Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years..."
Task total=20
Grand total=260
Margaret L (re-post)20.3: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It - Another!
Skin Game by Jim Butcher
Dresden Files, #15
This is not a re-read.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Anne (Booklady)20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
I choice Option 2 and I'm retired. The character, Harold Fry, is a retired salesman.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: RAGNAROK - KA are author's initials
Made to Be Broken by *Kelley Armstrong
*Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author*
Book 2: THOR = The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train by *Paula Hawkins
*Paula Hawkins is a Goodreads Author*
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1: Y somewhere in Title
**First Family by *David Baldacci
*David Baldacci is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: First Family is 656 Pages**
Option 3: Firefighters List - Last of #43's before No.61 Firefighters List
Firestorm by Nevada Barr
Points in These Tasks: 70
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 2048
Totals:
Total Points: 245
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 16/60
Total Books Read: 20
Total Pages Read in Spring 2015 SRC: 8585
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!For this task you will read TWO BOOKS by TWO AUTHORS WHO ARE NEW TO YOU
1. Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC.
The authors that inspired my choices were:
Kristina Ohlsson
Shelf: OCO-PAQ
Gabrielle Zevin
Shelf: YOV-ZZZ
Both authors were new to me. I read them for the first time during the Winter challenge.
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.
The new books I read, are:
Purge by Sofi Oksanen
Shelf: OCO-PAQ
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
Shelf: YOV-ZZZ
Both of this authors are also new to me.
Claiming a GRA ticket for Sofi Oksanen
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 185
GR Author: √
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 9
GRA Total: 4
BB Total: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK.
by Alex KavaRAGNAROK
Book 2.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.
ODIN
by Joe R. LansdaleCOLD IN JULY
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
Jasmiina F25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes:
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
Never Look Away: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay.
*Goodreads author*
Big Book ticket with 528 pages.
This book is new to me.
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction.
Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket by Justin Richards.
This book is new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 250
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:
10.10 - THE ODD COUPLE - Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat15.6 - TAX DAY
The Ten Percent Solution: Simple Steps to Improve Our Lives and Our World
From the main page description - doable solutions to both personal financial problems
25.10 - READY FOR THEIR CLOSE UP
OPTION 1 - SHORTS - Bridget with 160 pages.
OPTION 4 - GLORY/SELMA - Christy by Linda Lael Miller. LLM can be found in Glory/Selma.
TOTAL POINTS - 750
By Peakles30.3 Teri K's Task: Your Own Personal Targis
Option 3 - 1200 - 1699
The Valcourt Heiress by Catherine Coulter
Takes place in 1278.
From Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Valcourt-Heires...
***** Catherine Coulter is a GRA *****
Option 4 - 1700 - 1899
The American by Henry James
First published in 1876-77.
Total Points - 170
Total GRA - 6
Total BB - 1
Julie J15.7 Pi day
Her Mother's Hope
First in series
Big Book 500+ I used this ISBN 9781414318639 (but I don't know how to link it to this one and not the one Goodreads chose)
Goodreads Author
20.1
option 4 - "Did Not Finish" page 2
20.2
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
20.3
Rainbow Valley
option 3 book is not a re-read
Rainbow Valley
L: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
20.4
option 1 - two people on cover
25.10
option 1 A Grief Observed
option 4 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion initials GS
Points 120
Big Books 1
GRA 1
15.4 - Spring ReadsI chose the one book option and read Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts whose initials are found in the word SPRING. The book was originally published in 2013.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145/1035
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Mod
I read Burial Rites. Shortlisted for the 2014 Stella Prize.
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read Parable of the Sower. p.1, #76, on the Bechdel test list
For my second book, I chose option 3, and read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - initials KI found in ValKyrIe.
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
For my first book, I read One Kick by Chelsea Cain - initials CC.
For my second book, I read Close Call - initials of book title CC.
Points this post: 70
total points: 810
EMurphy25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for their Close-Up
Option 1 - Shorts: Read a book with 100-200 pages
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (184 pages)
Option 4 - Song: Read a book whose authors initials can be found in either GLORY and/or SELMA
The House of Hawthorne by Erika Robuck
**Erika Robuck is a GoodReads Author
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GR Author: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Totals:
Points: 75
Books Read: 7
GR Author: 3
BB Ticket +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
Kimber20.1 What's In a Name?
Love Unscripted by Tina Reber (goodreads author)
* page 3 on DNF list
30.6 Happy Equinox!
Option B:The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
* pb679 pages
Option D:The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher (goodreads author)
* #67 On Feel Good Books list
30.7 I Love My Library!
1 Wreckage by (new to me author)Emily Bleeker (goodreads author)
*new to me author Dec-Feb Charles Belfoure
*(BEL-BNZ)
2 Clarity by (new to me author) Loretta Lost (goodreads author)
*new to me author Dec-Feb Donna Mabry
*(LOG-MCC)
Above tasks: 80 points
# tasks submitted to date: 26
GRA: 28
Total: 475 points
perletwo20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References - Option 1: Scared of a Little Lightning? - Read a book with the word thunder, lightning, or storm in the title, subtitle, or series name. To keep things simple, plurals and possessives are okay, but no other variations will be accepted.
Storm Front
Points this task: 20
Total points: 445
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 19
Pamela326550.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Option 1: Sadie by Rebecca Belliston (Goodreads Author) - 337 pages
Option 2: Wagon Train Sweetheart by Lacy Williams (Goodreads Author) - #2 in Journey West series - 288 pages
Option 3: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner- 3 e's in Wallace Stegner - 335 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 850
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Vicki5.4 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Book with young adult genre
The Giver by Lois Lowry a GRA
7,562 users shelved as YA
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
a book with between 100-360 pages
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke a GRA
306 pages
This post:
10 pts
2 GRA
Total:
175 pts
10 GRA
Queenbee Darlene5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
YA genre on main page
Shelter (Mickey Bolitar #1) by Harlen Coben
Shelter
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book with AESIR in title/subtitle
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb (GRA) The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
and VANIR in title/subtitle
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming (GRA) The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Childrens genre listed on main page, but meets AR requirements - AR info:
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia
Fleming, Candace
AR Quiz No. 167384 EN Nonfiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Book Rating Rating: 3.0
Using period photographs, compelling primary-source material, and riveting text, this book shares the story of Russia's Nicholas II and his wife, who lived in opulence as World War I raged on. The text contains violence and racial slurs.
Also took poll, enjoyed VANIR book better - in case that is also a requirement
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 170
Goodreads Authors: 9
LAUREN JODI25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 1: The family business (Twice)
Book #1: Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Supernatural genre on the main page (211 users)
Book #2: Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost*
Supernatural genre on the main page (64 users)
Both books confirmed in post #28 of the genre verification thread
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 310/1035
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 24/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 0
Mai20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose last name ends in –ER
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
The author is new to me this season.
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Read a book with a title that contains a word in another Animated Disney movie title
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Disney movie: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Option 3: Book with genre "humor"
Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 18
GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
25.1 - Auntie Tattins ChallengeBook 1: In Honour of Master T - The first book in the Glasgow to Galilee series by a male author:
The Credit Draper by J. David Simons***Goodreads Author***
Book 2: In Honour of Miss T - The second book in the Kate Shugak series by a female author:
A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow***Goodreads Author***
I read the Kindle editions, here are the paperbacks for reference:
The Credit Draper 309 pages. First published 2008
A Fatal Thaw 198 pages. First published 1993
BOTH BOOKS ARE NEW TO ME
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGE IS 507
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF PAGES IS 111
THE DATES OF FIRST PUBLICATION ARE 15 YEARS APART
Total points 250
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Total Points 335
Tasks Completed 16
Books Read 20
Total Pages 6190
GoodReads Authors 14
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2