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Mary P25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Option #2 (twice)
1: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
2: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Jamie NYCTask #20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option 1: Read a book with the word “midwife” in the title
The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman
Task #20.10 - Group Read
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
My post in the Group Discussion Msg 45
Task #30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: Read a collection of short stories with Anthologies as a main page genre
One Night Ever After by Tere Michaels, Elle Brownlee & Elizah J. Davis
Shelved as "Anthologies" by 26 users
Option D: Read a book from Feel Good Books
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
It is #39 on the list
Current
Points this post: 70
Books: 4
Tasks: 3
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Cumulative
Total Points: 910
Books: 72
Tasks: 50
Marina H10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Sandheden om Amelia
15.5. International Women's Day
Purple Hibiscus
Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize in 2004
15.7.Pi Day
The Prisoner of Heaven
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Offer uden ansigt
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Looking for Alaska
List: Did not finish, page 2
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 1: Soning
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
To Kill a Mockingbird
List: Child narrator, page 5
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 2: Schindler's List
Nominated and winner in 1993
Option 5: The Thing Around Your Neck
Number 72 on page 1
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1: Se aldrig væk
Book 2: Me Before You
Protagonist previously worked in a tea shop, but then starts working as caregiver for a disabled man
Both books are new to me
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Angels favorite genre: chick-lit
Book 2: Stoner least favorite genre: classics
Points this post: 200
Total points: 355
Catherine TTask 15.3 - Is it Live or is it Memorex?
I chose to do the one book option
read a book published between 1965 & 1979 with a four word title
The Looking Glass War by John le Carre
published in 1965
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total points = 1005
25,2 Garden Quotes-option 1-flowers on the cover-
option 2 mystery--
approved in ebook verf-6456 pts 25 tasks-5 books-6 total pts 75 neither are rereads
So, mods, please bear with me. I will start by apologizing for waiting so long to post. In March, i developed sciatica and foot drop with resulted in quick spinal surgery 4/1/15. I am still recovering and have been debating about posting. I have finally decided to do so. Thus the apology.5.5 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.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Genre = Young Adult
Jay Asher is a GR author.
Points: 5
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5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
Read a book with a wolf on the cover OR read a book with "wolf" in the title or subtitle.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
MMP Wolf Hall has 524 pages. Big Book ticket
Title = "wolf"
Points: 5
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5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages).
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Pages = 192
Points: 5
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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.
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts also writes as J.D. Robb, Jill March, and Sarah Hardesty
Points: 5
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5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Be eager to read and read a book of your choice.
World Without End by Ken Follett
Ken Follett is a GR Author.
Book had 1024 pages. 3 Big Book tickets
Points: 5
Total Points: 25
Total GR Authors: 2
Total BB Tickets: 4
5.7-HDome of dwarfts- read a book between 100-360 pagesAt Bertram's Hotel pts 6 tasks-6 books -7 total pts 80
15.5 International Women's DayRead a book that won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.
Found on list Baileys/Orange Prize: winner 2007
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book had 541 pages - Big Book Ticket
Points: 15
Total Points: 40
Total GR Authors: 2
Total BB Tickets: 5
10.5 Cinco de MayoRead a book by a Mexican author or that is set in Mexico.
The Years with Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes
[bookcover:The Years with Laura Diaz|182000
Can I claim a Big Book ticket? The GR metadata for my edition has no page count (it is 517 in my copy) but the Mass Market paperback has a count of 648. Hope this is enough info to qualify.
*Completed all 5 and 10 point tasks*
Total points: 165
Total tasks: 21
GR authors: 4
Big Book tickets: 2
15.8 Women in WarSoldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War by Helen Thorpe
20.1 What's in a Name
Option 2: Thor
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 4: He is my brother
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
(The MCs - Jim and Bob - are brothers.)
20.4 End of an Era
Option 2: Repetition, repetition, repetition!
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25.1 Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: Drown by Junot Díaz
This is the debut book by Junot Diaz (male author), and is NEW TO ME. First published in 1996 and has 208 pages.
Book 2: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
This is NOT the first book by Jane Smiley (female author), and is NEW TO ME. First published in 1991 and has 371 pages.
These books are published 5 years apart.
Total pages = 579; Difference in pages = 163
25.10 Ready for their close-up
Option 1: Shorts
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
166 pages
Option 5: Director
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
#10 on the first page of the immigrant experience list.
30.3 Your own personal tardis
Option 1: Ancient World
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
This is about and set in the time period (it's a biography of the historical person Jesus of Nazareth and the early writers of his story, circa approx. 0 CE to 100 CE).
Option 3: 1200-1699
King Lear by William Shakespeare
This is written during the time period (first published in 1604).
Points this post: 155
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) - (3) -
50.1 Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!THREE BOOK TASK
1. Read a book with a one-word title.
Djibouti by Elmore Leonard
Book has 279 pages.
2. Read a book that a) is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series. OR b) has a page count ending in 2.
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
Book has 352 pages (page count ends in 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.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Book had 26 discs.
MMPThe Goldfinch has 962 pages. 2 Big Book Tickets
Triple letter is T in author last name (Tartt)
Points: 50
Total Points: 90
Total GR Authors: 2
Total BB Tickets: 7
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial ImpressionsINITIALS = N. W.
BOOK 1: History of the Rain by Niall Williams
BOOK 2: Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
Niall Williams is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 355
GR Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 22
Shan50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Read 3 books
REQUIRED: when you post, identify the triple letter
1. Book with one word title.
Selection: Branded by Laura Wright (GR author)
2. Book that is #2 in a series
Selection: Satisfaction by K.M. Golland (GR author)
3. An author with a letter that appears 3, and only 3 times in their name
Selection: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh (GR author) Has 3 N's and 3 I's
Claiming all three GR authors
[POINTS]
This Post: 50
Total Points: 50/1060
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 1/60
Pages Read: 1178
Goodreads Authors:3
Total Big Book Tickets:0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Oma122930.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1
The Crack in the Lens by Steve Hockensmith
Steve Hockensmith= Initials S.H.
Book 2
7th Heaven by James Patterson
Seventh (7th) Heaven=title letters S.H.
Claiming both Steve Hockensmith and James Patterson as GR authors
Total Points-495/1060
Total Tasks Completed-30/60
Number of GR authors-(17)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
BlueberryI wish to delete post 2661 which was for task 15.7 for The Bat and change it to another book.
Blueberry15.7 read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
Fifty Shades of Grey which is #1 in the Fifty Shades series/
The author E.L. James is a GRA.
This book is a BB.
Pts this task: 15
Total pts: 285
GRA: 10
BB: 1
Blueberry25.1
Book 1, by a male author, #1 in a series:The Bat by Jo Nesbo, new-to-me, first published 1997, 369 pages
Book 2, by a female author, not first book or #1: Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James, #2 in the series, new-to-me, first published 2011, 532 pages. EL James is a GRA. This book is a BB.
Both books are new-to-me.
Years first published: 1997, 2011
Total pages = 369 + 532 = 901
Pts this task: 25
Total pts: 310
GRA: 11
BB: 2
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY10.7 Typhoid Mary
REQUIRED: In remembrance of Typhoid Mary, read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
(page 1, #56, 2/15/15)
Selection: Partials (Partials #1) -- Dan Wells
I read the kindle edition, the PB has 528 pages.
At 528 pages, it's good for **One Big Book Ticket**
Dan Wells is a **GRA**
20.4 Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
REQUIRED: Option Two: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition! Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter. Subtitles can be ignored.
Selection: Waistcoats & Weaponry Waistcoats and Weaponry (Finishing School #3) -- Gail Carriger
I read the kindle edition, the PB has 298 pages.
Gail Carriger is a **GRA**
25.12 Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
REQUIRED: Option A: read a book with the genre War (stand-alone or embedded) on the its main book page
I had this genre verified: Here.
Selection: Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy #2) -- Pierce Brown
I listened to the audiobook, the PB has 640 pages.
At 640 pages, it's good for **One Big Book Ticket**
Pierce Brown is a **GRA**
AND
REQUIRED: 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.
Selection: Early to Death, Early to Rise
Early to DEATH, Early to Rise (Madison Avery Trilogy #2) -- Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 10 + 20 + 25 = 55
Total Points: 870/1035
Books Read: 69
Completed Tasks: 51/59
Pages Read: 23566
Goodreads Authors: 47
Big Books: [500+: 7] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Victoria C.Task 5.7, Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, which is 173 pages.
Total points to date: 180
Goodreads authors: 7
Big book tickets: 2
(Edited to correct my totals)
10.1 - Remarkable Women Read a book found on the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list.Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw
#62 on page 1
Task: 10
Total: 880
Kimber20.5 Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Anderson Brower
*Kate Anderson Brower is a new to me author.
This task: 20 points
# tasks completed: 37
gra: 37
New total: 690
CHANDNI25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 2: Read a work that was made into an Oscar-NOMINATED adapted screenplay. Winning and losing nominees are allowed.
I read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
The film Apocalypse Now was nominated in 1979.
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.
I read Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook.
Eileen Heckart won in 1972.
Eileen Cook is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 330
Books Read: 26
Completed Tasks: 19
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
MEGSCL20.2 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.
The Midwife's Confession
**Diane Chamberlain is a GRA
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 475
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets: 12
RepostOption 2 (x2) - Equal Rites (#22 on pg. 1) and Fire and Hemlock (#44 on pg. 1) - IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17.0
Task 50.1- 1-2-3-Go!1. Read a book with a one-word title. All words count including "a", "an", and "the". Ignore subtitles and series titles.
Cloaked (2011) by Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 341 pages)
**Alex Flinn is a Goodreads Author.**
2. Read a book that is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series.
Suspense and Sensibility: Or, First Impressions Revisited(Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries #2) (2005) by Carrie Bebris (Hardcover, 301 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.
Next (2006) by Michael Crichton (Hardcover, 431 pages)
C: Michael Crichton
500 + 50 = 550
Tasks Completed: 29
Points for this post:50
Points thus far: 500 + 50 = 550
Books read: 45
Pages read: 13,700
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Post 2325.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1)Forbidden by Kelley Armstrong KA are in Ragnarok
Book 2)The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
THOR in order TH(the) O (of) U (usher)
Points this post:25
Total: 415
Books read: 32
Tasks Done:23
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!1. Book with a one-word title: Honolulu by Alan Brennert
2. #2 in a series: Early Warning by Jane Smiley
3. One letter repeats three times in the author's name (Marisa de los Santos): The Precious One: A Novel by Marisa de los Santos
Points this post: 50
Total points: 745
MADDIE20.10: Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
I am post #46 in the discussion thread.
Total Points: 65
Coralie5.5 Jotunheim, the home of the giants
Book with genre young adult
Freckles
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
15.6 Tax Day
Nickel and Dimed
This post 20 points
Total to date 775 points
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah DayThe Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
592 pages
*claiming one BB ticket*
*Jonathan Stroud is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1. Häpäisty by Karin Slaughter
Letter "Y" in title
*Karin Slaughter is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Option 2. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail Word "Peace" in subtitle
Points this post: 35
Points total: 395/1035
GRA total: 13
BB total: 6
Tasks completed: 26/59
Books read: 34
ASHLEY OZ50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Read a book with a one-word title.
Prodigy by Marie Lu
2. Read a book that b) has a page count ending in 2.
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
Pages: 322
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 Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The letter 'A' appears 3 times in Paula Hawkins
POINTS
This Post: 50
Total Points: 635
Books Read: 47
Completed Tasks: 33
Post 245.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
The Interrupted Tale 4.04 rating
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post:5
Total: 420
Books read: 33
Tasks Done:24
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People OutOption Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character.
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
Victoria Thompson is a GR Author.
MC Sarah Brandt is a midwife.
Points: 20
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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.
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a GR Author.
This was NOT a re-read for me.
Points: 20
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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
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Book was found on the list Child Narrator on page 1.
Points: 20
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20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 3: Read a book where the main character(s) has a dog.
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Points: 20
Total Points: 170
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1.
by Michael Koryta1st in Lincoln Perry Series
1st published in 2004
320 pages
not a reread
male author
Book 2.
by Andrea Kane3rd in Forensic Instincts Series
1st published in 2013
511 pages
not a reread
female author
total pages 320+ 511= 831
pub dates 2004, 2013
both books new to me
Book 1 1st in series, book 2 3rd in series
Points this post: 25
Total points:955
Completed task 5.3 The Apprentice by Tess Gerritssen. Has a rating of 4.12Completed task 5.8, Where She Went by Gayle Foreman has 264 Pages
task points 10
total points 30
Margaret L25.4 - Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
"Little" is found in the movie The Little Mermaid
Option 2: Frozen
Storming The Magic Kingdom: Wall Street, The Raiders And The Battle For Disney by John Taylor
L is found in "tayLor"; E, T in "ThE"; I, T in "sTormIng"; and G,O in "kinGdOm"
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks Completed: 11
JUKKA5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Author who also writes by another name.
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, who also writes as Sarah Monette.
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
All books must be at least 250 pages.
Book 1: Book with one-word title.
Darkwell by Douglas Niles. (345 pages)
Book 2, option b: Book with pagecount ending in 2.
Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard by Mark Finn, at 392 pages.
Book 3: Book by an author with three instances of a letter in his name.
The War Nerd by Gary Brecher. Three R's: GaRy BRecheR.
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 30
Margaret L10.2: Blah, Blah, Blah Day: book more than 400 pages
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
471 pages
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks Completed: 12
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesTWO BOOK TASK
OPTION 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
by Delia RosenFlowers are on the table.
OPTION 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
Ropedancer's Fall by M.K. Lorens
Genre = mystery
Points = 25
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25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
TWO BOOK TASK
Option 1. Read a book with the letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle.
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Heidi W. Durrow is a GR Author.
"Sky" contains a Y.
Option 3. For option 3, you may read Fire Season, or you may read Philip Connors’ newest book, released in Feb. 2015, All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found OR you may read any book from one of the following Listopias upon which Fire Season falls: Books Set in New Mexico, Real Man Books, Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners,
Firefighters.
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Book from "Firefighters" list #4.
Points: 25
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25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
TWO BOOK TASK
Option 1: Read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
Going Home by Robert Hitt Neill
Book has 178 pages.
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Author initials found in SELMA (MA).
Points: 25
Total Points: 245
Total GR Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
JeniferTask 5.10 Yggdrasil
book of choice: Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - for Life by David Perlmutter
Task 25.10 Ready for Their Close Up
Option 1: between 100-200 pages
Medium Dead: An Alexandra Gladstone Mystery by Paula Paul 188 pages
*Alexandra Gladstone is a GR author*
Option 3: best supporting actress: Anne Hathaway
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott
*Anne Lamott is a GR Author*
I am claiming 2 GR Author tickets for this post.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 360
Dakimel10.6 - Older Americans Month
I read West of Sunset
O'Nan is 54: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_...
15.5. International Women's Day
I read The Bees from the Bailey's 2015 short list
http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.u...
TALLY:
This post - 25 points
Total - 990
Task # 20.3 - BEST REVIEW – Cait S’s Task – Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 5 – A book that has been highly recommended
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child ✔ – 22May15
Several of my friends have been urging me to read this. It is a NOT a re-read.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 375 points
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.6 Tax Day
Never Too Late, Revised Edition: Take Control of Your Retirement and Your Future by Gail Vaz-Oxlade
Qualifier: Finance for retirement
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 325
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Author: 13
Big Books: 1
Susan W.5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Read a book with a nine letter word in the title.
I read Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman
Lis/ten/ing has nine letters
10.3 - Earth Day
Read a book with the genre "environment" on the main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
I read Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World by Holley Bishop
Environment is on the main page (Environment>Nature 12 users)
Points this post: 15
10.3 - Earth DaySummer World: A Season of Bounty by Bernd Heinrich
Points this post: 10
Grand Total: 795
Goodreads Authors: 31
Sarah ETask 30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit
Is on AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7.0
Has Short Stories as a main page genre.
I read the kindle edition. There is no MMPB, most rated paperback for page length is: The Book of Dragons
Option D: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Is on the Feel Good Books list at no 12.
I read a kindle edition. Most rated MMPB: The Princess Bride
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 325
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the DwarvesRead a book with 100-360 pages.
I read Superparadise: sonninpallit 2 by Ralf König
196 pages
10.6 Older Americans Month
Read a book written by an American author [ ] who was 50+ years old when they died.
I read Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck died in the age of 66 years
Points in this post: 15
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 7
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat!Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries
I read Kaikella rakkaudella – Sanoja seksuaalisuudesta ja sukupuolesta by Johanna Korhonen
The book is a collection of stories written by people living in Finland. Mostly they tell about their own lives, thus the book is set about 90% in Finland.
Points in this post: 15
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 8
Task # 50.1 – Donna Jo’s Task – 1,2,3 Go!Book 1 - One-word title
Maine ✔ – 22May15 - 388 pg
*** J. Courtney Sullivan is a Goodreads Author ***
Book 2 – Series book # 2
Funny Money ✔ – 21March15 - 336 pg
*** James Swain is a Goodreads Author ***
Book 3 - Auth has 3 letters repeating in name
Jenny Downham has 3 N’s jeNNy dowNham
Before I Die ✔ – 15May15 - 336 pg
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 425 points
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
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5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch is 192 pages long.
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Atlantia by Ally Condie, goodreads author.
Atlantia is shelved as sci-fi by 70 users.
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2: My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh is shelved by 17 users as "thriller."
Option 4: ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor, goodreads author.
ArchEnemy is shelved by 26 users as sci-fi.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 355
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)