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message 2251: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cindyd) Cindy C.

Task 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages. My book had 214 pages.

I Wrote This For You and Only You I Wrote This For You and Only You by pleasefindthis

**pleasefindthis is a Goodreads Author.**

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Task 30.5-Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like It Or You Don't

Book 1: Memoir is my favorite genre.

The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels The Pioneer Woman Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond

Book 2: Graphic Novels is my least favorite genre.

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Hyperbole and a Half Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

Points this post: 35
Total points: 355
Total tasks: 19
GRA: 7
Big Books: (500+): 3


message 2252: by Cathy (last edited May 04, 2015 04:25PM) (new)

Cathy Galloway | 1077 comments CathyG
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Choose one of these options:
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 4: Tyr (god of war)
The letters in TYR also spell TRY
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
pg3 Did Not Finish shelf
Goodreads Author

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.
My Fair Succubi by Jill Myles
not a re-read
Goodreads Author

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.
The Wild Ones (The Wild Ones, #1) by M. Leighton by M. Leighton
Goodreads Author

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
3. Do you have any pets or kids?
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) or author’s name (first, middle, or last) that includes your child’s or pet’s name..
Master of Shadows by Lynn Viehl
Lynn Viehl (Lynn is my daughter’s 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
Succubi Are Forever by Jill Myles
Last book in the series
Goodreads Author

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 4: Song: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.
True by Erin McCarthy
Goodreads Author


Points this post: 125

Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500= ,750=0, 1000=0


message 2253: by Michele (new)

Michele Mimi Michele

25.1 Catherine T’s Task

Book 1-by a male author, #1 in a series
The Last Policeman by Ben Winters. Is #1 in The Last Policeman Series. New to me book. first published in 2012, 336 pages

The Last Policeman Ben H. Winters

Ben Winters is a GR Author


Book 2-by a female author, not a first book or #1 in a series
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman, not a first book, new to me,
First published in 2005, 211 pages

The Ice Queen Alice Hoffman

Both books new to me
Years first published 2012, 2005
Pages 336+211=545


CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 335
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 2254: by Ronda (new)

Ronda Wingo (rondasue27) | 107 comments 15.10 Would I Lie to You?
Keep Dancing by Leslie Wells (GR Author)

20.3 Option 5: If He Be Worthy
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (NOT a reread)
(and it was definitely worth the hype!)

CURRENT POST
Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1


message 2255: by Melody (new)

Melody (melodyclayton) | 10 comments LARS

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t

Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page.

I love reading cookbooks

Basic to Brilliant, Y'all: 150 Refined Southern Recipes and Ways to Dress Them Up for Company

Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.

War novels are (were) my least favorite...this book changed my mind.

Johnny Got His Gun

points this post: 30
total points: 51


message 2256: by Pamela (new)

Pamela (pamela3265) | 952 comments Pamela3265

10.9 - Over the Rainbow

For Momma's Sake by Bonnie Gardner (Goodreads Author)


15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?

Book 1: Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans - Rated 4 stars by Johana Hart https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Book 2: Heat Wave by Richard Castle - Rated 2 stars by KSMary https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...


25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes

Option 1: Second Chance Reunion by Merrillee Whren by Merrillee Whren (Goodreads Author)- Red flowers planted around fountain

Option 2: Royal Wedding Threat (Protecting The Crown #5) by Rachelle McCalla by Rachelle McCalla (Goodreads Author)


Points this post: 50
Total Points: 900
Goodreads Authors this post: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 39
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0


message 2257: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments MEGSCL

5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)

25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1: WHO?
Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan was born in Australia

Option 2: WHAT?
Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page.
The Nightingale
*Kristin Hannah is a GRA

30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
A: Read an collection of short stories
The Bodysurfers

D. Read a book from this list of Feel Good Books.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is number 4 on the list

TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 11


message 2258: by Vicki Willis (last edited May 04, 2015 08:48PM) (new)

Vicki Willis | 166 comments Vicki

REPOST
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants

The Giver by Lois Lowry a GRA
Shelved as YA by 7,575
IL: MG BL: 5.7 AR: 7.0

This post:
5 pts
1 GRA

TOTAL:
180 pts
10 GRA


message 2259: by Vicki Willis (new)

Vicki Willis | 166 comments Vicki

25.12 Independence Day

Option A: Genre WAR (29 users shelved as war)
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole GRA

Option C: A book first published in March (March 1, 2013)
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

This post:
25 pts
1 GRA

TOTAL:
205 pts
11 GRA


message 2260: by Ana (new)

Ana | 410 comments Ana
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1 (Fantasy)
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer by Marissa Meyer.
***GoodReads Author***
Book 2 (Poetry)
Trigger Warning Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman.
***GoodReads Author***

Points this Post 30
Total Points 365

Tasks Completed 17
Books Read 22
Total Pages 6952
GoodReads Authors 16

Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2


message 2261: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne (perletwo) | 1586 comments perletwo

5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves -
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

I read the Kindle edition, but this link is to the corresponding paperback edition, which lists a page count of 288.

Points this task: 5
Total points: 475
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 22


message 2262: by Coralie (new)

Coralie Coralie

15.3 Is It Live or Is It Memorax
Book with 4 words in title AND published between 1965 and 1979
A Fringe Of Leaves published 1976

20.5 Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1 – book by new to me author whose last name ends –ER
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster



This post 35 points

Total to date 595 points


message 2263: by mstan (new)

mstan | 868 comments 5.2 - Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir

The Invention of Curried Sausage ('invention'=9-letter word)

15.7 - Pi Day

The Moving Finger (#4)

20.4 - Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era

Option 2 - A Single Shot

Points in this post: 40
Points so far:: 155


message 2264: by Jasmiina (new)

Jasmiina F (slipperbunny) | 529 comments Jasmiina F


30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t:

Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page:

An Apple for the Creature by Charlaine Harris.
Genre: fantasy.

Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page:
Hitler's Women by Guido Knopp.
Genre: history

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:


message 2265: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments Task # 15.1 - Everything You Think is Right … or Wrong?

Book 1 – Book rated 4-5* by a GR friend
All Four Stars ✔ – 22March15
Brittany rated it 5***** - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG / BL: 6.0 / AR: 9.0
*** Tara Dairman is a Goodreads Author ***

Book 2 – Book rated 1-2* by a GR friend
A Cold Day For Murder ✔ – 03May15
Chaitra rated it 1* - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
*** Dana Stabenow is a Goodreads Author ***


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 235 points
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0


message 2266: by Sirena (new)

Sirena (spthewife) | 298 comments 25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge

1. Read a book written by a man* that was either the debut published work by the author or the first in a series written by the author. The series must be identified on GR as (series #1).
The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Frank Nappi (**Goodreads Author)
Published: 2008
Pages: 304

2. Read a book written by a woman* that is NEITHER the debut published work by the author NOR the first book in a series. If reading a book in a series beyond book #1, the series must be identified on GR as (series #).

Bloodstone by Barbara Annino (**Goodreads Author)
Published: 2011
Pages: 332

Both books are new to me.
Published: 2008, 2011
Total Pages: 304+332=636


Task: 25
Total: 645
GRA This Post: 2


message 2267: by Kristi (new)

Kristi (kristilarson) | 548 comments Kristi CO

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings

on page 1 of the Child Narrator list:
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

M.R. Carey is a goodreads author

Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0


message 2268: by Cindy (new)

Cindy | 987 comments Cindy F

Task 25.12 Independence Day

Option B: # of pages found in 1821: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr 218 pages

Option D: "death" in title: Death of Rileyby Rhys Bowen Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!

Points this post:25
Total Points:105
Tasks completed:10
Books Read:11
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)


message 2269: by Mary (new)

Mary | 575 comments Mary P

30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions

Book 1: Surviving Raine by Shay Savage
Shay Savage = Initials S.S

Book 2: Sanders' Starfish by Tara C Allred
Sanders Starfish = Title Words S.S

Points this post: 30
Total points: 540


message 2270: by Ronda (new)

Ronda Wingo (rondasue27) | 107 comments 5.7 Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino (336 pages)

CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 110
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1


message 2271: by Sirena (new)

Sirena (spthewife) | 298 comments 25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day Read 2 books.

Option 2: Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (**509 pages; 1 Big Book Ticket) (War: 68 users)

Option 4: Read a book first published between 1914 and 1918 inclusive.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (Published in 1916)

Task: 25
Total: 670
Big Books This Task: 1


message 2272: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 8947 comments Delicious Dee

10.6 - Older Americans Month
Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell (GR Author) - Ann Maxwell (aka Elizabeth Lowell) was born April, 1944 in Wisconsin Wikipedia entry

Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 585
Goodreads Authors: 37


message 2273: by Meghan (new)

Meghan (meghanly) | 336 comments 25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
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 Fever by Megan Abbott *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
This book appears as #10 on the list.

Option B:
Read (or listen to!) a nominee for a 2015 Audies award.
Required: Identify the category or the number on the list.

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
This book was found in the Classics category.

This Post: 25
Total: 455
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 11076


message 2274: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (elizabeth_greece) | 1160 comments Elizabeth B

20.6 Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
A Blossom on the cover and 596 pg
Soaring (Magdalene, #2) by Kristen Ashley , 596 pg

P:25
Total:830


message 2275: by Nicola (new)

Nicola | 1360 comments M1NKS

20.8 - Getting to Know

1. Where do you live?
London Fields - I live in London


POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 385
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 27


message 2276: by Nicola (new)

Nicola | 1360 comments M1NKS

30.1 - Straight on Till Morning
1. Blind Faith by Ben Elton
2. Tipping the Velvet - Career change from Oyster girl to showbiz dresser

Both books are not rereads for me


POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 415
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 28


message 2277: by Midu (new)

Midu Hadi | 902 comments 30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning

Book 1 Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman by Neal Stephenson


******Neal Stephenson is a Goodreads Author******

Book 2 Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) by Janet Evanovich by Janet Evanovich
******Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author******
REQUIRED: List the protagonist’s previous career and their new occupation.
Unemployed to Bounty Hunter

REQUIRED: State that neither book is a re-read when you post.
Neither is a re-read.

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30/1035
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 01/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 2


message 2278: by Midu (new)

Midu Hadi | 902 comments 30.2 - Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions

Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names.
The Darkest Seduction (Lords of the Underworld, #9) by Gena Showalter by Gena Showalter
=Initials G.S.
******Gena Showalter is a Goodreads Author******


Book 2: Using the initials from the author of Book 1, read a book where the title is comprised of words beginning with the letters of the author's initials.
Going Shogun by Ernie Lindsey by Ernie Lindsey
Title letters G.S.
******Ernie Lindsey is a Goodreads Author******

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 60/1035
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 02/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 4


message 2279: by Sirena (new)

Sirena (spthewife) | 298 comments 25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
I chose options 1 and 2.

Option 1. Read a book with the letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Option 2. Read a book with “peace” found intact in a word in the title or subtitle, OR a book from the Popular Peace Books list.
Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers by Michael G. Long

Task: 25
Total: 695


message 2280: by Midu (last edited May 05, 2015 11:50AM) (new)

Midu Hadi | 902 comments 30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis

Book 1
Option 1 Ancient World
Read a book written/composed during, set in or about the Ancient World, before 200 AD.
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman by Alice Hoffman
Set in 70CE

Book 2
Option 4 1700-1899
Read a book written during, set in or about the time period from 1700 through 1899.
Tempt Me at Twilight (The Hathaways, #3) by Lisa Kleypas by Lisa Kleypas
Set in 1852

******Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author******

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90/1035
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 03/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 01
Total Goodreads Authors: 5


message 2281: by Midu (last edited May 05, 2015 12:04PM) (new)

Midu Hadi | 902 comments 30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas

Book 1: Read a book recommended by GR.
Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) by Ilona Andrews by Ilona Andrews
Required: Tell which of your shelves or genres the recommendation was based on.
Shelf: Read In 2015 (7/3/15)
******Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author******

Book 2: Read a book from that list.
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger by Kody Keplinger

REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of friends who read the book and the date on which you found the book on the list.
1 friend (28/02/15)

******Kody Keplinger is a Goodreads Author******

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 120/1035
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 04/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 7


message 2282: by Midu (last edited May 05, 2015 12:04PM) (new)

Midu Hadi | 902 comments 30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t


Using this list of genres:
Art, Biography, Business, Chick Lit, Children's, Christian, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Gay And Lesbian (GLBT), Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Humor/Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non Fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science Fiction, Self Help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, Young Adult
The genres may be stand alone or embedded.

Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page.
Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #3) by Mark Lawrence by Mark Lawrence
******Mark Lawrence is a Goodreads Author******
Required: State the Genre for each option.
Fantasy

Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Bones of Faerie (Bones of Faerie, #1) by Janni Lee Simner by Janni Lee Simner
******Janni Lee Simner is a Goodreads Author******
Required: State the Genre for each option.
Young Adult

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150/1035
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 05/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 9


message 2283: by Midu (new)

Midu Hadi | 902 comments 30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!


REQUIRED: List which options you have chosen.
A & B
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.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell by Karen Russell
******Karen Russell is a Goodreads Author******

B: Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Red Phoenix (Dark Heavens, #2) by Kylie Chan by Kylie Chan
******Kylie Chan is a Goodreads Author******
563 pages

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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 180/1035
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 06/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 11


message 2284: by Amanda (new)

Amanda D. (tinyminx) | 31 comments Amanda D.

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. Series and publication information must be on Goodreads (Series #).
Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff (ARC - Nightsong Trilogy #1)

Points this post: 20
Total points (not including this post): 80


message 2285: by Cait S (new)

Cait S | 738 comments Cait S

10.4- May The Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page.

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine **Sarah Fine is a Goodreads Author**

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 570
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 34


message 2286: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out

Option One: Read a book with the word “midwife” or “birth” in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work.
The Secrets of Midwives by Sally Hepworth by Sally Hepworth

Points this post: 20
Total points: 640


message 2287: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury

Option 3: Read a book where the main character(s) has a dog.
The Dog Who Saved Me by Susan Wilson by Susan Wilson
Book approved under message 2 option 3 of help thread

Points this post: 20
Total points: 660


message 2288: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 1295 comments NICOLE OH

10.6 - Older Americans Month


The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand by Elizabeth Berg (born in 1948 as supported by Goodreads metadata)

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name

Option 4: On the Road listed on the Did Not Finish shelf, page 2

POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 575
Books Read: 42
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]



message 2289: by Val (new)

Val | 435 comments VAL TX

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves - Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Rating is at 3.59 as of May 5, 2015.
Jesse Andrews is GR Author.


5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds - Read a book of your choice.
Persuasion by Jane Austen


This post:
Points - 10
GR Authors - 1

Total:
Points - 190
GR Authors - 2


message 2290: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 10.1 - REMARKABLE WOMEN - Mary, Bloody Mary currently #206 on page 3 of the list.





10.2 - BLAH, BLAH, BLAH DAY - Under Heaven which has 576 pages.


*****I am moving this book from task 30.6******






10.4 - MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU - Lionboy


ARBookfinder - IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12.0








30.6 - HAPPY EQUINOX

*****REPLACING A BOOK*****

OPTION C - A Catered Murder (A Mystery with Recipes, #1) by Isis Crawford


OPTION D - The Sky is Everywhere which is #10 on the list. This is replacing Under Heaven which was moved to 10.2.






TOTAL POINTS - 780


message 2291: by Blueberry (last edited May 05, 2015 02:55PM) (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 465 comments Blueberry

20.5
opt. 1 Read a book by a single author thAT ends in –ER.

Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism by Kamran Nazeer
This author is new to me.

Pts. this task: 20
Total pts: 110
Total books psted: 7


message 2292: by Blueberry (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 465 comments Blueberry

25.2
opt. 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen

opt 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”. Gray Mountain. John Grisham is a GRA.

Pts this task: 25
Total pts: 135
Total books psted: 9
Total GRA: 4

These books are not rereads.


message 2293: by Kim (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Kimber

25.3 Ragnarok

Book 1: The Luxe by Anna Godberson

Book 2: The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (goodreads author)
*THOR THe ghOst and the gRaveyard

This task: 25 points
# tasks submitted to date: 27
GRA: 29
Total: 500 points


message 2294: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2062 comments 10.1 - Remarkable Women

Page 1, #66:

Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman

+10 Points

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?

Book 1 - Hadley, 5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Book 2 – DeeDee, 2 Stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

+15 Points

Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 475


Angel **Book Junkie** 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings

Page 2 of Child Narrator

We Are All Welcome Here | Elizabeth Berg | ♥♥♥ | 224 Pages |

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This Task :
Points:20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 560/1035
GR Authors: 28
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 13,851
Total Tasks Completed: 36/59


message 2296: by Katrina (new)

Katrina (katmcv) | 455 comments 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi 144 pages

20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love

Option 1: author surname ends in ER. This is a new to me author. The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger *goodreads author*

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t

Both books are over 250 pages.

Favourite genre: Romance Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella 479 pages

Least favourite genre: Business SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt 270 pages


Total Points: 235/1035
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 17/59
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 0


message 2297: by Cathy (new)

Cathy Galloway | 1077 comments REPOST
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
3. Do you have any pets or kids?
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) or author’s name (first, middle, or last) that includes your child’s or pet’s name..
Master of Shadows by Lynn Viehl
Lynn Viehl (Lynn is my daughter’s name)
Approved post 4619


message 2298: by Connie (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments 20.2 Midwives Help People Out

Option One: The word "midwife" is in the title.

The Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Daynard

Jodi Daynard is a Goodreads author.

20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers

Option 1: I live in Connecticut. The author lives in New Milford, CT.

www.route6walk.com/Route6Book.html See description of Joe Hurley on lower left part of page.

Ten Million Steps on Route 6: A Fresh Look at America & Americans from Cape Cod to California by Joe Hurley

25.5 A Viking Pillage

Guns are being pillaged. Page count 606 pages.

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

At 606 pages, this is a BIG BOOK.

Points this post: 65
Total points: 210
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 2 (500)


message 2299: by Ana (new)

Ana | 410 comments Ana
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
The Line (The Line, #1) by Teri Hall by Teri Hall. Matsuri Hino new last season. Shelf GRE-IAF. Hall new this season.
***GoodReads Author***
Don't Die, Dragonfly (The Seer, #1) by Linda Joy Singleton by Linda Joy Singleton. Diane Setterfield new last season. Shelf SAY-SHD. Singleton new this season.
***GoodReads Author***

Points this Post 30
Total Points 395

Tasks Completed 18
Books Read 24
Total Pages 7403
GoodReads Authors 18

Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2


message 2300: by Cat (last edited May 06, 2015 01:34AM) (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 3382 comments Catherine T

Task 20.2 - Midwives Help People Out
option 1- read a book with "midwife" in the title

An Unlikely Nurse & Midwife by Anne Reavill

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total points = 885


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