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Read two books
Book 1. Author's initials in RAGNAROK
I read Musta morsian by Arno Kotro
The initials AK: rAgnaroK
Book 2. A gods' name found in the title
I read Älä katso taaksesi! by Karin Fossum
LOKI: äLä katsO taaKsesI
Points in this post: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9

Task 25.4 -Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales & to Disney's Animated Movies
Option 1: Read a book with a title that contains a word from a title of a Disney movie. The Disney movie I choose is Beauty & the Beast.
Truth and Beauty

Option 2: Read a book where all the letters in Let It Go appear in any combination with the title and author's name. (GOod bEnITo alan LighTman)
Good Benito Alan Lightman

Points this post: 25
Total points: 515
Total tasks: 27
GRA: 13
Big Books: (500+): 3

25.9 Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1. Read a book with the letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle.
Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Option 3. Read any book from one of the following Listopias upon which Fire Season falls.
Books Set in New Mexico - #35
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
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.
Worlds of the Imperium by Keith Laumer, 184 pages
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.
Dorothy Malone won in 1956.
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Each book must be at least 250 pages
1. Read a book with a one-word title.
Mariana by Susanna Kearsley, 352 pages
2. Read a book that
a) is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series.
Anne of Green Gables #2
AR Book Finder info: IL - MG, BL - 8.6, AR Pts - 16.0
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery, 282 pages
3. 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.
LEE StrobEl
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel, 397 pages
Points this Post: 100
Points to Date: 500

TWO BOOK TASK - Neither book is a re-read.
OPTION 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.

Flowers 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

Option 3, author's initials in VALKYRIE: A Touch of Stardust: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Option 3, author's initials in VALKYRIE: The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
Points this post: 25
Total points: 770

15.5 International Women's Day
REQUIRED: Read 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.
(Bailey's/Orange Prize for Fiction (won in 2012))
Selection: The Song of Achilles -- Madeline Miller
Madeline Miller is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 885/1035
Books Read: 70
Completed Tasks: 52/59
Pages Read: 23944
Goodreads Authors: 48
Big Books: [500+: 7] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
Points this post: 10
Total Points so far : 30

REPOST of a Repost from earlier mistake:
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2: Mystery Genre: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (GRA) Book is New to me
The Girl on the Train
and Option 4: Science Fiction Genre: Lock In by John Scalzi (GRA) Book is New to me
Lock In
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 13

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
#1 in series, new-to-me, first published 1979, 216 pages
Book Two: Read a book written by a woman* that is NEITHER the debut published work by the author NOR the first book in a series.
Champion by Marie Lu
#3 in series, new-to-me, first published 2013, 369 pages
Both books are new-to-me.
Years first published: 1979, 2013
Total pages = 216 + 369 = 585
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 660
Books Read: 49
Completed Tasks: 34

5.2 Vanaheim, The Home of the Vanir - Book with 9 letter word in title
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's
5 points
20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task
Option 3: series you have started, read another in that series: Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger (The Diaries #2) by V.C. Andrews. Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger
This book is new to me.
20 points
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 260
Goodreads Authors: 13

20.4
Opt. 1: Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
The Vacationers

Emma Straub is a GRA.
Pts this task: 20
Total pts: 315
GRA: 12
BB: 3

Task 5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
A Man Without Breath
Book is set 50% in Russia (as well as Germany).
Points for this task: 5

Task 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Yellowstone Heart Song 262 pages
GRA: Peggy L. Henderson
Points for this task: 5
GRA ticket: 1

Read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
Obsidian Mirror (Chronoptika #1) (2012) by Catherine Fisher (Hardcover, 378 pages)
550 + 05 = 555
Tasks Completed: 30
Points for this post:05
Points thus far: 550 + 05 = 555
Books read: 46
Pages read: 14,078
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Goodreads rating at or above 3.5: Not Cool:The Hipster Elite and Their War on You by Greg Gutfeld
Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You
Rating of 3.92 as of today
5 points
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. REad a book with page number between 100-360.
As the Pig Turns by M.C. Beaton (GRA) Page count 292
As the Pig Turns
5 points
CURRENT POST
Points: 10
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 270
Goodreads Authors: 14

Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill
The book's rating is 4.05.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
This book is short, with 126 pages.
10.6 Older American's Month
The Unvanquished by William Faulkner
William Faulkner was 65 years old when he died.
50.1 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: One word title. This book has 272 pages.
Aquarium by David Vann
David Vann is a Goodreads author.
Book 2 b: This book has a page count ending in 2 at 272 pages.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin is a Goodreads author.
Book 3: This author has 3 As and 3 Rs in her name.
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
bARbARA kingsolveR
Points this post: 70
Total points: 320
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 2 (500)

15.8 Women in War - Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area (for instance, nurses in battle zones). The book may involve a specific woman or be a more general book about women who serve(d) in a combat area. The book may be fiction or nonfiction.
A Duty To The Dead - Series heroine Bess Crawford is at the time of this book serving as a nursing sister in World War I; after being injured in the sinking of the Brittanic, on which she was tending wounded soldiers headed home, she uses her medical leave to deliver a patient's deathbed message and unravel a family mystery before being sent back to duty in France.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 635
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 32

Option 5 – A book that has been highly recommended
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child ✔ – 22May15
Moving this book to:
Task # 25.2 – Schatzie’s Task – Garden Quotes
Option 1 – Flowers on cover

(on the shelf at the top, and at the base of each tree)
Option 3 – Autobiography/ memoir
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child ✔ – 22May15
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This Post: 25 points MINUS 20 points from post 2922
Total points to date: 430 points
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2

20.6 I Spy Spring with the Letter B
Sweet Tea and Secrets

*blossoms, 360 pages
This task: 20
# tasks submitted: 38
GRA: 38
New total: 710 points

5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
The Leopard I read this audio edition - link to MMP
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

15.1 - EVERYTHING YOU THINK IS RIGHT OR WRONG
BOOK 1 - The Things They Carried which was rated 5* by Kristina Simon.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
BOOK 2 - Bloodroot which was rated 1* by Donna Jo.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
15.2 - AESIR VS VANIR
AESIR - And the Winner-weds!
VANIR - Harry Lipkin, Private Eye
TOTAL POINTS - 990

Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.:
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Read a book that is next in a series you've already started and enjoyed:
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
This was a new book to me- not a re-read
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book on the list of Child Narrators:
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
From the list of books shelved as Child Narrators (this one was on the first page, about 2/3 of the way down the page).
This post: 55
Total this season: 100

5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
The Whiskey Rebels

***david Liss is a GR author***
**The Whiskey Rebels is a BB 519 pages**
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 210
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 4

50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: I chose to read

Book 2: I chose to read/listen to

**Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Book 3: I chose to read

**Lynsay Sands is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Previous point total: 475
New points this post: 50
Total points: 525
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 31
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total GRA: 14
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2

5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
I read Nicolette: A Novel Novel by Robert ZendRobert Zend.
Nicolette is a nine letter word.
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 27
Completed Tasks: 20
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]

AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book: Insatiable: Porn - A Love Story by Asa Akira
20.4-Read a book whose author’s first and last name (name in the last position) initials are in the word VOLUNTEER
Sweet by Emmy Laybourne GR AUTHOR
5.5-Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson GR AUTHOR
Points this post: 40
Total Points:160
GR Authors: 7

50.1 Donna Jo's Task
1. Book with one word title: Prudence by David Trever
2.Has a page count ending in 2: Gerald's Game by Stephen King Page count 332
3.author with letter that appears 3 timesThe Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth bErg. the E appears three times.
This post: 50 points
prev.points 100
Total ; 150

task 5.3: alfheim: book with gr rating of 3.50+:
Something Blue by Emily Giffin * gr rating as of 5.20.15 was 3.91
*this is a GRA
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(3) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 15

BOOK 1 - The Things They Carried rated 5 stars by Kristina.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BOOK 2 - Bloodroot rated 1 star by Donna Jo.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
TOTAL POINTS - 990

1. Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC.
Douglas Adams AAA-ANF
Diana Wynne Jones JHA-KAR
Both Were New To Me
2. For each author, select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves.


Both Were New To Me
Peter Ackroyd and Karl Schroeder are both Goodreads Authors
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 285/1035
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 10/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 17

5.3 Home of the Light Elves
Cat O' Nine Tales: And Other Storiesby Jeffrey Archer
Rating of 3.65 as of 5/17/15
Books read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 7: Ally Condie, Lisa Genova, Susan Cain, Joanne Fluke, Anita Diamant, Stephanie Perkins, Sue Monk Kidd
Tasks Points: 5
Grand Total: 150/1035

Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Tropic of Serpents: Memoir by Lady Trent
AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
For this task you will read TWO BOOKS by TWO AUTHORS WHO ARE NEW TO YOU
1. Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC. The books may have been fiction or non-fiction.
2. For each author, select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves.
Book 1: Based on Winter SRC Read - Just This Once by Rosalind James - GRE-IAF
Rosalind James was a new author to me during the Winter SRC
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
******Joshilyn Jackson is a new author to me and is a Goodreads Author******
Book 2: Based on Winter SRC Read - Made to Crave by Lysa TerKeurst - STO-THN
Lysa TerKeurst was a new author to me during the Winter SRC
The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer
******Sarah Strohmeyer is a new author to me and is a Goodreads Author******
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 285/1035
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 15/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 18

15.6. Tax Day : Read a non fiction book about money
Kindle edition I read: Rescue your finances
Paperback edition: Make Your Money Work
The kindle edition has no GR description, but the paperback does. There is also one review with a description.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
This book takes palce in Japan.
Task: 5
Total: 885

5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
Read a book with a wolf on the cover

Points this post:5
Total: 425
Books read: 3
Tasks Done:25

25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage

Goodreads Author
Big Book: 598 pages
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25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day - Option 1
Book 1: Beneath a Rising Moon - Keri Arthur (Australian author) 5/22
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Beneath a Darkening Moon - Keri Arthur (Australian author) 5/23
Goodreads Author
Author Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 610
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Books - 500+: (6)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
610/1035 POINTS

20.10 Group Reads
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , Susan Cain
My thoughts are in message #43 in the discussion thread
GRA: Yes, Susan Cain is a Goodreads author
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 26
Total points: 560
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: (500+) 1

Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page.

Karl Schroeder is a Goodreads Author
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 265/1035
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 10/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 01
Total Goodreads Authors: 16

TWO BOOK TASK - Neither book is a re-read.
Book 1: Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.

Book 2: Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change.
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a GR Author.
Protagonist was a lingerie buyer originally but is now a bail bond enforcement agent.
Both books were approved in the thread.
Points: 30
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30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
TWO BOOK TASK
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.
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Genre = Short Stories
D. Read a book from this list of Feel Good Books. REQUIRED: State the ranking of the book you’ve chosen.
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks is a GR Author.
Book was #16 on list.
Points: 30
Total Points: 305
Total GR Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 7

1. Read a book with a one-word title. All words count including "a", "an", and "the". Ignore subtitles and series titles.
Joyland by Stephen King. King is a Goodreads Author. The mass market paperback is 320 pages.
2. Read a book that
a) is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series. NOTE: The book must be identified as a book in a series on Goodreads.
The Dante Connection (Genevieve Lenard #2) by Estelle Ryan. Ryan is a Goodreads author.
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.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. douglAs AdAms. Three As.
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 5
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 12

5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes by Roisin Meaney
The 9-letter word is semi-sweet.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 770

LIE intact in author's name: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Julie
Points this post: 15
Total points: 785

Task # 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.

Option 5 Director
read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list

Points this post: 25
Total points: 1010

Option 1: Love - new to me author whose last name ends in er
Yes Please by Amy Poehler who is a new-to-me author
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230/1035
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat! - Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
The Hidden Child is set in Sweden.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 650
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 33

Dust by Arthur Slade, a Goodreads author
Science fiction
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat
Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey
Set in Norway
Points: 315

Task # 25.2 – Schatzie’s Task – Garden Quotes
Option 1 – Flowers on cover

(on the shelf at the top, and at the base of each tree)
Book is not a re-read
Option 3 – Autobiography/ memoir
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child ✔ – 22May15
Book is not a re-read
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This Post: 25 points MINUS 20 points from post 2922
Total points to date: 430 points
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2

10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
Read a book set in Mexico or written by a Mexican author (by birth or by residence).
I read Tangle in Tijuana: Miss Adventure #1 by Lilla Zuckerman.
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 28
Completed Tasks: 21
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
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Task # 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.
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Both books over 250 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 985