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message 2501: by Nick (new)

Nick (doily) | 3392 comments Nick KY

5.8 Niflheim, the home of the dead. I read The Whites by Harry Brandt, pen name of Richard Price.

Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 775


message 2502: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1804 comments Sarah E

Task 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References

Option 5: I have heard a lot about Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver.

Kindle edition I read: Before I Fall
Mass Market Paperback edition: Before I Fall

This was a new to me book and not a reread.

Points this task: 20
Total Points: 185


message 2503: by Nicola (last edited May 12, 2015 09:41AM) (new)

Nicola | 1360 comments M1NKS

10.1 - Remarkable Women - Page 1
The Penelopiad
I claim 1 x GoodReads Author

10.3 - Earth Day - Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page.
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
I claim 1 x GoodReads Author

POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 450
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 32


message 2504: by Sandy, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Sandy | 16893 comments Mod
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
I read Day Shift - 320 pages.

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
I read The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett . Bunny on cover, 357 pages.

25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day

I used option 2, standalone genre "war" on main page, twice.
For my first book, I read The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan - "war" is the 3d listed genre.
For my second book, I read Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - "war" is the 5th listed genre.

Points this post: 50
Total points: 940


message 2505: by Ronda (new)

Ronda Wingo (rondasue27) | 107 comments 25.2
Option 1: a flower or flowers on cover
Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge (GR Author)
Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge
ebook verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Option 3: autobiography/memoir
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl

CURRENT POST
Points: 25
GR Authors: 1

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 150
GR Authors: 7
Big books: 1


message 2506: by Christine (new)

Christine (christinemfruin) REPOST OF 1740 to include link to book - please update my total points to 60

CMFRUIN

20.10 Group Reads

I read Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts by Susan Cain. I posted my thoughts about the book in the discussion thread.

Susan Cain is a Goodreads author.

[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2


message 2507: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 1667 comments Post 21

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out

Option Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character. This can be fiction or non-fiction.

Murder on Astor Place Main character is a midwife.

Points this post:20
Total: 385
Books read: 29
Tasks Done:21


message 2508: by Kim (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Kimber

15.10 Would I Lie to You?

The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen (goodreads author)

*"lie" in author's name

This task: 15 points
# tasks submitted to date: 31
GRA: 30
Total: 560


message 2509: by Jamie (new)

Jamie | 421 comments Jamie NYC

Task #10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day

April 17th is Blah, Blah, Blah Day. Read a book that is at least 400 pages long

Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

Current
Points this post: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1

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

Cumulative
Total Points: 765
Books: 62
Tasks: 44


message 2510: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) | 1770 comments Oma1229

25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage

Read a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated.

#1-Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris-368 pages and the item is a blackberry
Approved in post 117 in Help

Claiming Joanne Harris as GR author

#2-Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" by Debbie Viguié-208 pages and the items are Pearls.

Claiming Debbie Viguie as GR author

25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day

I chose Options A and C

Option A: read a book with the genre War (stand-alone or embedded) on the its main book page

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Claiming Kristin Hannah as GR author

Option C: read a book that was first published in March of any year.
Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans by Joanne DeMaio

Claiming Joanne DeMaio as GR author

Total Points-430/1060
Total Tasks Completed-27/60
Number of GR authors-(15)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()



message 2511: by Jasmiina (new)

Jasmiina F (slipperbunny) | 529 comments Jasmiina F


50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!:

1. Read a book with a one-word title.:

Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women by Nancy Madore.
*Goodreads author*
Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women is a subtitle.

2. Read a book that is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series.:
Insurgent by Veronica Roth.
Big Book ticket with 525 pages.

3. Read a book written by an author with a letter that appears 3, and only 3, times in his/her name as it appears on Goodreads.:
The October Country by Ray Bradbury.
Letter R.

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 330
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 3
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:


message 2512: by JennRenee, Moderator (new)

JennRenee (jennreneeread) | 2904 comments Mod
***repost from post 2555***

20.5 Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
option 1- author last name ends in ER
read by Scot Gardner

The author is new to me.


message 2513: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1579 comments 15.8 - Women in War

Woman serving in combat area

Code Name Verity by ***Goodreads Author Elizabeth Wein

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160/1035
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)


message 2514: by Michele (last edited May 12, 2015 03:17PM) (new)

Michele Mimi Michele

20.4 Author, Author

Option 1-Read a book with exactly 2 people on the cover

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

My Life Next Door Huntley Fitzpatrick
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick


She is a GR Author

CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
____________________________

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 405
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 2515: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2062 comments 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir

9 letters: Brilliant:

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

+5 Points

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves

Rating: 4.21:

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

+5 Points

5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans

The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer

+5 Points

10.3 - Earth Day

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

+10 Points

15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!

Set in Sweden:

One Step Behind by Henning Mankell

+15 Points

Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 515


message 2516: by Vicki (new)

Vicki L (legacy9487) | 58 comments Readerboard name: Vicki L.

Task 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Yellowstone Heart Song 10 letter word

Goodreads Author Peggy L. Henderson

Total points for this task: 5
GRA tix: 1


message 2517: by Kristina Simon (new)

Kristina Simon (kristinasimon) | 11205 comments 50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!

1. Rekindled by Kaylea Cross
one word title; 258 pages

2. The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
book #2 in the Blue Heron series; 441 pages

3. Nobody's Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann has 3 "L"s: Libby Fischer Hellmann; 350 pages

Points this post: 50
Season Total: 275


message 2518: by Cindy (new)

Cindy | 987 comments Cindy F

Task 50.1 1-2-3-Go!

1. One word title: Artifactsby Mary Anna Evans WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR! >250pages

2. #22 in a series: Flesh and Bloodby Patricia Cornwell WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR! >250pages

3. 3 E's in authors name: The Care and Management of Liesby Jacqueline Winspear WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR! >250pages

All confirmed in task help thread!

Points this post:50
Total points:195
Tasks completed:13
Books read:17
Goodreads Authors:11
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)


message 2519: by Pamela (new)

Pamela (pamela3265) | 952 comments Pamela3265

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves

Wells : Time Machine by H. G Wells - 3.84 stars on 5/11/15


10.3 - Earth Day

The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns


Points this post: 15
Total Points: 960
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
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 2520: by Susan (new)

Susan | 217 comments Susan W.

15.7 Pi Day

In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series. NOTE: The book must be identified as a series on GR.

I read The Tyrant's Law by Daniel Abraham

This book is number three in The Dagger and the Coin series. (It's listed as book #3 on the GR page)

20.8 Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers

Choose one of the options listed and read one book.

Option one: Where do you live?

I read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

I live in Illinois and the book is set entirely in Chicago, Illinois.

Points this post: 35


message 2521: by Chandni (new)

Chandni (chandnin31) | 507 comments CHANDNI

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

I read Promethea, Vol. 3 by Alan Moore.

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

I read 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
This is on the Did Not Finish Shelf on page 5.

Jay Asher is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.

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.

I read Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein.

This book is not a re-read for me.

Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.

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.

I read Best Friends through Eternity by Sylvia McNicoll by Sylvia McNicoll.

Sylvia McNicoll is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator or on the listopias Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist or Juvenile Narrators

I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

This is on page 1 of the Child Narrator list.

Markus Zusak is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.

The Book Thief has 550 pages - **Claiming one Big Books ticket**

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.

I read Promethea, Vol. 5 by Alan Moore.

[POINTS]
This Post: 115
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 12
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]


message 2522: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments MEGSCL

10.7 - Typhoid Mary
Read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
The Pesthouse is number 50 (p1)

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
A. Bumbershoot/Umbrella on cover AND B. 396 pages
**Jamie Ford is a GRA

TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 400
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 11


message 2523: by Louise (new)

Louise | 226 comments Louise B

10.3 Earth Day
A book with "environment" on main page

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson


20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
I chose option 4: He is my brother

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson


25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
I chose options 3 (memoir) and 4 (genre of science fiction)

Option3: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Kenyon Webster

Option 4: All Clear by Connie Willis - claiming 1 BB ticket as this book is 641 pages.


25.3 Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: author's initials can be found in RAGNAROK
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson

Book 2: "ODIN" is spelled out in book title:
The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James (Goodreads author)
the Other siDe of mIdNight

Points this post: 80
Total points to date: 370
Tasks completed to date:19
GRA this post: 1
GRA to date: 13
BB (+500 pages) this post: 1
BB to date: 2


message 2524: by Louise (last edited May 13, 2015 07:22AM) (new)

Louise | 226 comments Louise B

25.4 Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology
I chose options 1 and 3.

Option 1: Read a book with a word in title which is also in title of an animated Disney movie

Shared word: Time
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
Disney Movie: Melody Time (1948)

Option 2: Lightheartedness - a book with "humour" or "funny" on main page.

Shadow Roll by Ki Longfellow (Goodreads author)

Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 395
Tasks completed to date:20
GRA this post: 1
GRA to date: 14
BB (+500 pages) this post: 0
BB to date: 2


message 2525: by Coralie (new)

Coralie Coralie

5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Word with nine letters in the title – Charlotte
Charlotte Temple

20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1. Where do you live?
I live in Melbourne. This book is set about a mile from where I live. The author was born and lives in Melbourne.
Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood


This post 25 points

Total to date 685 points


message 2526: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Task 15.10 Would I Lie to You?
Read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.

Charlie

First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen (2014) by Charlie Lovett (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 308 pages)

** Charlie Lovett is a Goodreads Author.**


425 + 15 = 440

Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 425 + 15 = 440
Books read: 37
Pages read: 11,273

Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 13

Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+


message 2527: by Lauren (new)

Lauren (laurenjberman) LAUREN JODI

10.9 - Over the Rainbow

Tangled Up In You by Rachel Gibson

The initials of the author RG are found in Roy G biv

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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 430/1035
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 30/59


message 2528: by LouLouReads (new)

LouLouReads | 221 comments LOULOU

Task 25.10 Ready for their Close-Up!


Option 1. Shorts: Read a book with between 100 and 200 pages.

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Page count 192.

Option 4: Song. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.

The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell

Suzanne Rindell is a GOODREADS AUTHOR and I am claiming ONE GRA ticket.

This post:
Points: 25
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1

Overall:
Points: 205
GRA: 5
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 12


message 2529: by TMBookluvr (last edited May 13, 2015 05:34AM) (new)

TMBookluvr (tmb1981) | 271 comments Completed 5.8 and read The Long Walk by Richard Bachman....aka Stephen King

completed 15.7 pi day and read The Sinner by tess gerristsen. This is book 3.


task points 20
total points 20


message 2530: by Ms.soule (new)

Ms.soule (mrssoule) 5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozecki - set in Japan and British Columbia - Note: book swap! Formerly used this one for 20.7.

Ruth Ozeki is a Goodreads author.


10.1 - Remarkable Women
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare - #16 on list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...


20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey- pg 1 of the Child Narrator shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

M.R. Carey is a Goodreads author.


25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A: Rooster Tournament of Book
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - #35 on the long list

Paula Hawkins is a Goodreads author.

Option B: Audies
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan - in Humor category


Points this post: 60
Grand Total: 605
Goodreads Authors: 26


message 2531: by Devon (new)

Devon | 41 comments Devon

25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.

Option 1: Disney Animated Movies -Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies.

I read Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy. The movie is Where the Toys Come From.

Option 3: Lightheartedness -Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.

I read Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg


message 2532: by Louise (new)

Louise | 226 comments Louise B

REPOST

25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
I chose options 3 (memoir) and 4 (science fiction)

Option 3: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Kenyon Webster
This is not a reread for me.

Option 4: All Clear by Connie Willis. Claiming 1 BB ticket (641 pages).
This is not a reread for me.

Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 395
Tasks completed to date:20
GRA this post: 0
GRA to date: 14
BB (+500 pages) this post: 1
BB to date: 2


message 2533: by Melanie (new)

Melanie Greene (dakimel) | 816 comments Dakimel

15.8 Women in War
I read Maisie Dobbs

25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
For option 1, I read Seducing Phoebe
(Flockton was born in Perth: http://www.nicoleflockton.com/uncateg...
http://www.nicoleflockton.com/uncateg...)
For option 2, I read Headed for Trouble

TALLY:
This post - 40 points
Total - 880


message 2534: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1579 comments 30.1- Jonquil - Straight on Till Morning

Book One: Ferris Wheel on cover Four: A Divergent Collection Four A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth by ***Goodreads Author Veronica Roth

Book Two: Character undergoes major career change Cooking the Books by ***Goodreads Author Bonnie S. Calhoun - character previously worked in cyber crimes, now owns a bookstore.

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190/1035
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)


message 2535: by MJ (new)

MJ | 130 comments 5.4 Middle Earth
Trees on cover A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

25.2 Garden Quotes
Option 1: Flowers on cover How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh by Thich Nhat Hanh
Option 2: Thriller/Crime/Suspense all on main genre page Dare Me by Megan Abbott by Megan Abbott
***GRA***

CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
____________________________

TOTAL
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:


message 2536: by Jukka (new)

Jukka Särkijärvi (nitessine) | 718 comments JUKKA

Reposting again, if I might get this right this time...

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 3: Autobiography or memoir.
We Did Porn by Zak Smith

Option 4: Science fiction.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Both books were new to me.

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 26


message 2537: by Camilla (new)

Camilla | 501 comments 5.6 Svartalfheim
The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson
*James Patterson is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*

50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Gone by James Patterson
I listened to the audio cd; no MMP available, link to paperback Gone, 416 pages
*James Patterson is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
2. b) Unnatural Causes 272 pages
3. Kurganin varjot by Risto Isomäki 3 x I 349 pages

Points this post: 55
Points total: 360/1035
GRA total: 11
BB total: 5
Tasks completed: 24/59
Books read: 31


message 2538: by Mary (new)

Mary | 575 comments Mary P

30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis

Option #3: The Irish Princess by Karen Harper

Option #4: The Notorious Mrs. Winston by Mary Mackey

Points this post: 30
Total points: 570


message 2539: by Shelley (new)

Shelley | 176 comments SHELLEY UT

10.7 - Typhoid Mary

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

located on page 2

Veronica Roth is a goodreads author.

This is a big book.


Points this task: 10
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 23
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 2540: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 10.7 - Typhoid Mary

In remembrance of Typhoid Mary, read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
A Journal of the Plague Year  by Daniel Defoe by Daniel Defoe
Book is # 20 on the list (first page) as of 5/13/15

Points this post: 10
Total points: 735


message 2541: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4207 comments Andy P.
Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love

Option 1- LOVE
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1) by Robert B. Parker by Robert B. Parker
I have never read a book by Robert B. Parker until this one, but it will not be the last.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 755


message 2542: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie | 400 comments Stephanie127

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

Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Giovanni's Room

Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Pale View of Hills

Points this post: 15
Total points: 55


message 2543: by Darlene (new)

Darlene | 656 comments Queenbee Darlene

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes

Option 2: Mystery Genre: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (GRA)
The Girl on the Train

and Option 4: Science Fiction Genre: Lock In by John Scalzi (GRA) Lock In

CURRENT POST
Points: 25

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 195
Goodreads Authors: 11


message 2544: by Kim (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Kimber

5.3 Alfheim
The Language of Hoofbeats by Catherine Ryan Hyde (goodreads author)
*rated 4.01

25.1 Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: Alex by Adam J. Nicolai (goodreads author)
*book is new to me
*first published 2011
*Pb 294 pages
*man/debut
Book 2: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (goodreads author)
*book is new to me
*first published 2013
*pb 480 pgs
*woman/not debut or 1st in series

*both books new to me
*pub dates: 2011, 2013
*page total = 294 + 480 = 774

Above tasks 30 points
# completed tasks: 33
GRA: 33
New total: 590


message 2545: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments Task # 15.9 - Better Put on a Heavy Coat

Read a book set in a Nordic Country - set 100% in ICELAND
Burial Rites ✔ – 18Mar15
*** Hannah Kent is a Goodreads Author ***


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Task # 25.8 – Coralie’s Task – Anzac Day

Option 1 – WHO – Author born in Australia
The Narrow Road to the Deep North ✔ – 12May15
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania, Australia per his Goodreads profile

Option 2 – WHAT – “War” as a standalone genre
His Majesty's Dragon ✔ – 05Mar15
GENRE thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Naomi Novik is a Goodreads Author ***


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


This Post: 40 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2


message 2546: by Ronda (last edited May 13, 2015 02:04PM) (new)

Ronda Wingo (rondasue27) | 107 comments 5.10 Book of your choice
The Perfect Letter by Chris Harrison

CURRENT POST
Points: 5

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Points: 130
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 1

*edited cumulative total to reflect readerboard/issues with previous claim**


message 2547: by Ronda (new)

Ronda Wingo (rondasue27) | 107 comments 5.3 - GR rating at or above 3.5
Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge (GR Author)
rating 3.86 on 13 May 2015

10.2 - at least 400 pages long
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl

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Points: 15
GR Authors: 1

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Points: 145
GR Authors: 7
Big books: 1


message 2548: by Blueberry (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 465 comments Blueberry
25.1

Option 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 Bat
First published 1997.

Option 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.
The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd is a GRA.
First published 2014.

Both books are new to me.
369 pgs + 384 pgs = 753 pgs.

Pts. this task: 25
Total pts: 160
GRA: 5
Total books: 11


message 2549: by Blueberry (last edited May 13, 2015 03:15PM) (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 465 comments Blueberry

20.8

Opt. 1: Read a book set in (at least 50%) the city or state/county/province where you currently live.
Suspect
I live in California, the book is set in Los Angeles, CA.

Pts this task: 20
Total pts: 180
Total books: 12


message 2550: by Blueberry (last edited May 13, 2015 03:14PM) (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 465 comments Blueberry

20.7 Read a book found on the listopia Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist. It was #13.
The Shadow of the Wind

Pts this post: 20
Total pts: 200
Total books: 13


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