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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
Task # 10.5 – Cinco de MayoRead a book set in Mexico
The Goldsmith's Daughter ✔ – 18May15
Help thread approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 350 points
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Dakimel10.3 - Earth Day
I read H is for Hawk
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: Linger
Book 2: The Elite (Book 2 in series)
Book 3: Find Me (3 a's in Laura Vandenberg)
TALLY:
This post - 60 points
Total - 965
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kait - Hel Hath Fury Option 2: last/most recently published in series
Reign by ***Goodreads Author Chanda Hahn
Book 5 in the series is due out in June.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 210/1035
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Repost of 260830.1- Jonquil - Straight on Till Morning
Book One: Ferris Wheel on cover Four: A Divergent Collection
by ***Goodreads Author Veronica RothBook 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.
Both books are new-to-me.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190/1035
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
20.1 Most Improved PlayerOption 4: Book found on page 6 of "Did Not Finish" list.
Neverwhere
*Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 Moderator's Pet
Option 3: Main Character has a dog.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
(Book approved in Help Thread, message 2.)
*Garth Stein is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 165
Total Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: 1]
Andy P.Task # 50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Read a book with a one-word title.
by David Sedaris2. Read a book that is #2 in a series
by Michael Koryta (Lincoln Perry #2)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
by Betty Webb BETTY WEBBPoints this post: 50
Total points: 910
Mod
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥Correction Post for Post #2820
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1 one-word title:Doc
Book 2B page count ending in 2--312 pages:O God of Players: The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs
Book 3 author with a letter that appears 3 times in his/her name--Letter "E" or Letter "S": Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
GRA:Mary Doria Russell
GRA:Jesse Andrews
Points Earned This Post:50
Points Achieved to Date: /
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥Correction Post for 2817
25.2 Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Books are not re-reads
Option 1 Flower/Flowers on cover(on hat):Secrets of Sloane House
Option 2 Genre Mystery:The Secret Life of Violet Grant
GRA:Beatriz Williams
Big Book Ticket:649 pages
Points Earned This Post:25
Points Achieved to Date: 400/
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Beth Robinson25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option A: read a book with the genre War (stand-alone or embedded) on the its main book page
I read: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Option D: read a book with one of these three words: freedom, or, death in the title or subtitle.
I read: Death of a Darklord by Laurell Hamilton
Laurell Hamilton is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations.
I read: The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization by Tom Kelley
It was recommended in the automatically generated BUSINESS shelf.
Book 2: Go to the Friends icon....
I read: Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
on 4/24 it was popular with 1 friend, Bea (but I only have 13 on Goodreads, so nothing was more than one friend)
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 940
+ 1 Goodreads author
Goodreads Authors total: 23
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cait S10.3- Earth Day
Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page.
Fire In The Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean by Osha Gray Davidson
Environment was verified here
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 640
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 40
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers 1. Where do you live? Read a book set in (at least 50%) the city or state/county/province where you currently live, or a book by an author who was born or currently lives in your city/state/county/province.
I live in Minnesota. Stalking Mary by Goodreads author Eileen Bridgeman Biernat was approved for the state of Minnesota in message #56.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 15
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOption 1- LOVE: Read a book by a single author (no co-authors or books by multiple contributors) whose last name (name in the last position) ends in –ER
Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder by Goodreads author Amy E. Butcher. This author is new to me.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 16
Ana15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
by Henning Mankell.Points this Post 15
Total Points 595
Tasks Completed 27
Books Read 39
Total Pages 12067
GoodReads Authors 28
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 3
perletwo20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era - Option One: Tutor Time - Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and RollPoints this task: 20
Total points: 620
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 31
Kristen IA30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Read one book from each of the following options. Books must be at least 250 pages.
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 - Romance
Virgin River by Robyn Carr - 432 pages
******Robyn Carr is a Goodreads Author******
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page - Self Help
Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley - 256 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 255/1035
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 14/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!1. Read a book with a one-word title
I read:
(470 pages)
2. Read a book that has a page count ending in 2
I read:
which has 512 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
I read:
(278 pages)
by Christina Baker Kline
Triple letter is I as in chrIstIna baker klIne
Claiming a BB ticket for
as it's 512 pages longClaiming a GR author ticket for Christina Baker Kline
POINTS
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 260
GR Author: √
Big Books: √
500 (X) 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 11
GRA Total: 6
BB Total: 2
Task 15.1 Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
Dlmrose rated it 4*
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (2011) by Ken Jennings (Hardcover, 276 pages)
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
Dlmrose rated it 2*
Murder on the Eiffel Tower (Victor Legris #1) (2003) by Claude Izner; translated by Isabel Reid (Paperback, 292 pages)
465 + 15 = 480
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 465 + 15 = 480
Books read: 41
Pages read: 12,359
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.3 - Thinly Veiled Marvel References2: Science and Magic
Read a book with the genre science, science fiction, or magical realism on it’s main page. Genres may stand alone or be embedded.
The Time Travel Journals: Shipbuilder (The Time Travel Journals #1) (2011) by Marlene Dotterer (Goodreads Author) Kindle Edition, 268 pages)
**Marlene Dotterer is a Goodreads Author.**
480 + 20 = 500
Tasks Completed: 28
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 480 + 20 = 500
Books read: 42
Pages read: 12,627
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ASHLEY OZ30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Go to Recommendations, at the top of the GR page. Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations.
Legend by Marie Lu
Based on "Dymocks" shelf
Book 2: Go to the Friends icon at the top of the GR page - Read a book from that list
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
1 friend was reading on 28/2/15
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 585
Books Read: 44
Completed Tasks: 32
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an EraOption One: Tutor Time - two people on cover
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Points this post: 20
Grand Total: 750
Goodreads Authors: 31
Adria30.5: Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Favorite genre: Nonfiction
Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel
Least favorite genre: Romance
Kathryn in the Court of Six Queens
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
NIKKI5.3 Alfheim
Book rated 3.74 on Goodreads
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
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10.1 Remarkable Women
Found on Page 2, #148 of the list
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
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10.4 May the Fourth
Book has Science Fiction in Genre
The Children of Men by P.D. James
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15.1 Everything you think is right.. and wrong
Book 1 – My friend Shawn rated this book 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Book 2 – My friend Kate S’s rated this book 2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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20.3 Best Review
Option 2 – Book has Science Fiction as a Genre
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
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20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 2 I FINISHED ULYSSES !!! - Stupid book, the arrogant ranting of a twat….
Ulysses by James Joyce
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25.2 Shatzies Task
Option 2 Has Crime. Mystery & Suspense as Genre – not a re-read
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Option 3 Autobiography, not a re-read
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
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25.8 Anzac Day
Option 1 Author is an Australian
The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin
Option 2 Book has War as a standalone Genre
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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30.1 Jonquils Task
Book 1 – Ferris Wheel on the front, on approved list. Not a re-read
Blind Faith
by Ben EltonBook 2 – Author went from Actor to Teacher for a year. Book on approved book task list. Not a re-read
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High by Tony Danza
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30.4 Sandy’s Task
Book 1 – 16/4 Shelf – “Winter 2015 Challenge Shelf” – Recommended book .
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Book 2 – 16/4 Friends Popular Books. 2 Friends read it, 1 rated it 4*
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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50.1 Donna Jo’s Task
Book 1 – Single word title (603p)
Shift by Hugh Howey
Book 2 – Book is 2nd in Series (293p)
Something Wicked This Way Comes & A Sound of Thunder byRay Bradbury
Book 3- 3 R’s in Authors name (352p)
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower
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Previous Total 645
This Post 240
New Total 885
5.1 - ASGARD - Isn't It Rich?5.5 - JOTUNHEIM - Belzhar which has Young Adult on the main page.
5.7 - NIDVAELLIR - 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas which has 272 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 955
Lindy-Lanetask 50.1: 1,2,3-go!: *3 books, each at least 250 pages:
**book #1: one word title:
Justice by Faye Kellerman 465 pages
**book #2: book is #2 of a series:
Whispers in the Wind (wild west wind #2) by Lauraine Snelling 352 pages
*this is a GRA
**book #3: author has letter in name that appears 3x's and only 3x's
The Other Woman by Jane Green 389 pages
letter appearing 3x's is "E"
*this is a GRA
Points this post: 50
Total points: 245
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(3) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 14
Elizabeth PTask 25.2 - Garden Quotes
Option One: Flower on the cover
by Paige ToonThis book was new to me.
Option Four: Main page genre science fiction
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
Caragh M. O'Brien is a *Goodreads Author*
This book was new to me.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 11
trishhartuk25.12 Elizabeth B’s Task: Independence Day
Greek Independence Day is celebrated annually in Greece on March 25, commemorating the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821...For this task you should choose and read two books, each from a different option: Required: Indicate the options.
Option C: read a book that was first published in March of any year.
The Corpse with the Silver Tongue, Cathy Ace
Published March 6th 2012 by TouchWood Editions
Goodreads Author: Yes, Cathy Ace is a Goodreads Author
Option D: read a book with one of these three words: freedom, or, death in the title or subtitle. Possessives and plurals are allowed but no other variations.
Posted To DEATH, Dean James
Goodreads Author: No
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
GRAs: 1
Tasks completed: 25
Total points: 540 - Yayy! made it halfway
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: (500+) 1
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Nikki’s Task: A Viking Pillage
If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle*
Item pillaged: Books (On approved list in post #2)
290 Pages
Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris*
Item pillaged: Serpents (animals approved in task description)
368 Pages
Total pages: 658
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 525/1035
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 34/59
Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 37
Big Books: 0
Andy P.Task #
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator
by Claire Cameron This book is # 8 on the Child Narrator list on 5/20/15Points this post: 20
Total points: 930
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOption 1 - LOVE: The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
I've never read anything by Robert B. ParkER before. He's a new-to-me author. Loved the book, though, so it won't be my last. Thanks, Chris!
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 310
Cait S10.7- Typhoid Mary
Read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
Human Instincts by Ioana Visan **Ioana Visan is a Goodreads Author**
This is found on Page 1, #12 on the list.
It appears in ebook format only but was approved for length and can be found on line 907 of the spreadsheet.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 650
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 41
Susan W.10.4 May The Fourth Be With You
Read a book with science fiction on its main page.
I read Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn
Science Fiction is on the main page (257 Users)
** Drew Karpyshyn is a GRA **
Points this post: 10
JeniferTask 5.4 Midgard
Still Life by Louise Penny
tree on coverTask 25.3 Ragnarok
book 1: author's initials KA found in Ragnarok
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
book 2: Tyr found in title
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 330
NICOLE OH50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Torch - 322 pages
Cheryl Strayed is a Goodreads author.
2. After Ever After (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #2) - 272 pages AR Bookfinder Info: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
3. Heartless by Sara Shepard (Triple Letter is A)- 274
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads author.
POINTS
This Post: 50
Total Points: 680
Books Read: 51
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
LOULOUTask 5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree that Anchors the World
Free choice.
When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones
Task 20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: If He Be Worthy
Read a book that you've heard a lot about.
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch.
REQUIRED: This is not a reread for me.
Ben Aaronovitch is a GOODREADS AUTHOR and I am claiming ONE GRA TICKET.
This post:
Points: 25
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 2
In total:
Points: 235
GRA: 6
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 15
LORI TX25.2 GARDEN QUOTES
OPTION 2 - Unwholly by Neal Shusterman (Thriller)
OPTION 4 - Angel by James Patterson
Both books are new to me.
Points this post = 25
Total points = 75
Delicious Dee25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1 - Breaking All the Rules: An Erotic Novella - Cynthia Sax (GR Author) - print length is 197pgs
Option 3 - Adam - Jennifer Ashley (GR Author) - Jennifer for Jennifer Hudson (2006)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 840
Goodreads Authors: 53
Bluegrass Pam5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir – Nine letter word in title
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Nine letter word is colorless.
50.1 Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: One letter title:
Sarah by Orson Scott Card
Book 2: Second in a series:
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson
Book 3: Author's name has a triple letter:
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madnessby Susannah Cahalan
***Susannah Cahalan is a Goodreads Author***
Triple letter is N.
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 240
GR authors this post: 1
GR authors to date: 6
Kimber50.1 1-2-3 go!
Book 1: Hidden by Kendra Elliott (goodreads author)
*pb 383 pages
Book 2: Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond (goodreads author)
*pb 372 pages
Book 3: Clarity 3 by Loretta Lost (goodreads author)
*pb 278 pages
* triple letter = T
This task: 50 points
# tasks completed to date: 36
GRA: 37
New Total: 670 points
NIKKIREPOST - from 2853 (Sorry, wrong booklink for Something Wicked)
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50.1 Donna Jo’s Task
Book 1 – Single word title (603p)
Shift by Hugh Howey
Book 2 – Book is 2nd in Series (293p)
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Book 3- 3 R’s in Authors name (352p)
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower
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BARBARA ★10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Skybreaker - Kenneth Oppel (science fiction, MG+) 5/15
Goodreads Author
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15.5. International Women's Day
Burial Rites - Hannah Kent 5/20
(shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, 2014)
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25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2: Think of a Number - John Verdon (mystery,crime) 4/1
NOT A REREAD!
Option 4: Baby - J.K. Accinni (science fiction) 5/3
NOT A REREAD!
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25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 1: Asylum - Madeleine Roux (supernatural genre) 5/5
Goodreads Author
Option 3: Bound by Night - Larissa Ione (vaLkryIe) 3/27
Goodreads Author
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30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Curtain - Agatha Christie (author A-C) 4/2
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Armageddon Cometh- J.K. Accinni (title A-C) 5/7
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30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Warrior's Redemption - Melissa Mayhue (romance) 3/22
Goodreads Author
Book 2: The Fall - Bethany Griffin (Horror) 5/10
Goodreads Author
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30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
A: Angels' Flight - Nalini Singh (anthology) 3/23
Goodreads Author
B: The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones - Jack Wolf (560 pages) 4/28
Goodreads Author
Big Book: 560 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 165
Total Points: 560
Goodreads Authors: 37
Big Books - 500+: (5)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
560/1035 POINTS
Post 225.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Gifted by Kelley Armstrong
Approved in E-book verification #4653
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post:5
Total: 390
Books read: 30
Tasks Done:22
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans--Required:Include the cover
book with a tree on the cover:The Woman In Black
10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
book that is at least 400 pages long--431 pages:This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11.0
15.6 Tax Day
nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance--Economics:Rich Dad, Poor Dad
25.9 Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1 letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle--in the word Cry:Cry Silent Tears: The Heartbreaking Survival Story of a Small Mute Boy Who Overcame Unbearable Suffering and Found His Voice Again
Option 3 #32 on the Real Man Books List:Sh*t My Dad Says
Points Earned This Post:55
Points Achieved to Date:455/1035
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (3)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirA 9-letter word in the title: Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes by Roisin Meaney
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
A book with 100-360 pages: Georgia's Kitchen by Jenny Nelson, 336 pages
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
A book set in the Ring of Fire: The Look of Love by Sarah Jio, set in Seattle, Washington
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
A book of choice: A Question of Honor: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd
Points this post: 20
Total points: 695
M1NKS5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants - Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page
Anne of Avonlea
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 525
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 37
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna - set in Finland
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option One: “birth” in the title
Life After Birth: What Even Your Friends Won't Tell You About Motherhood by Kate Figes
Points this post: 35
Grand Total: 785
Goodreads Authors: 31
Task: 15.10 - Would I Lie to You?Read: The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 75
Leslie K5.7 Home of the dwarves
Repost of 2542 - I accidentally repeated the author and title of the previous post. Duh!
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Book has 337 pages in it
Points this task: 5
Total points: 230
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was born in Devon. I currently live in Devon.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 295
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15.10. Would I Lie to You?
In honor of Tell a Lie day (April 4), read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author’s name.
Leave a Message for WilLIE, Marcia Muller
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 24
Total points: 515
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: (500+) 1