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30.7 Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!TWO BOOK TASK by TWO AUTHORS WHO ARE NEW TO YOU
1. Inspiration: Katie Mettner MEL-MIS New author to me December - February
The House of Widows by Askold Melnyczuk
Askold Melnyczuk is a New Author to me.
2. Inspiration: Elizabeth Wein WAI-WHH New author to me December - February
Judgment Call by Suzy Wetlaufer
Suzy Wetlaufer is a New Author to me.
Points: 30
Total Points: 335
Total GR Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 4: Tyr (god of war)
All the Light We Cannot See
As of this posting, this book was near the bottom of page 3 of the Did Not Finish list
Total points for the season: 315
That's it for me this time around. Thanks once again to the Marvelous Mods and the Terrific Task Creators!
Task # 20.9 - MODERATOR’S PET – Kait – Hell Hath FuryOption 2 – Most recently published in a series – this is the 2nd (and last) book in the Code Name verity series
Rose Under Fire ✔ – 11Mar15
I listened to audio / paperback has 471 pg - Rose Under Fire
*** Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 490 points
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
MEGSCL15.8 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
Monstrous Regiment approved in task help thread
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 490
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets: 12
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MELANIE CTASK NAME: 50.1 Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Task choices were approved in task message 72.
Book 1: Book with a one word title
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Qualifier: one word title, 370 pages.
Book 2: Read a book that a) is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series.
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
Qualifier: # 2 in the Temeraire series, 398 pages
Book 3: Read a book written by an author with a letter that appears 3 times
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Qualifier: Triple letter = E, 480 pages
Claiming GRA for Neil Gaiman, Naomi Novik and Elizabeth Wein
Points this task: 50
Points Total: 425
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Author: 18
Big Books: 1
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
REQUIRED: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page. (Science Fiction)
Selection: Of Metal and Wishes (Of Metal and Wishes #1) -- Sarah Fine
I read the kindle edition, the PB has 352 pages.
Sarah Fine is a **GRA**
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REQUIRED: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page. (Non-fiction)
Selection: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence -- Amy Sedaris
I listened to the audio version, the PB has 304 pages.
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This Post: 30
Total Points: 950/1035
Books Read: 75
Completed Tasks: 55/59
Pages Read: 25791
Goodreads Authors: 51
Big Books: [500+: 8] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
((Sorry for the double posts earlier...I don't know if it was goodreads or my computer or both. >.< ))
Amy FL5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Mightier Than the Sword (mightIER thAn the Sword (AESIR)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (sisteRhood of the trAVelINg pants (VANIR): IL: UG
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
The Lathe of Heaven (approved in task message #6 for Meg)
15.7.Pi Day
Night Pleasures (#1 in series)
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Option 2: science)
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 1:
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver Option 1: Ashley Weaver (author is new to me)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Judas Child (#36 on Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist list - page 1 of 1)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
One Mile Under by Andrew Gross (Option 3: my son is named Andrew)
Points this post: 150
Total points: 225
5.1 - Asgard, the Home of the AesirCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 2 - I am a teacher so I read Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, which is about education.
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
The Bone Clocks - clocks; 595 pages (approved in task help thread)
Points in this post: 50
Points so far:: 320
perletwo20.7 - 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
Life of Pi can be found on page 1 of the Child Narrator list.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 745
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 38
SPANTALIAN JOANNE5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/20/15Points: 5
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 5
SPANTALIAN JOANNE5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/21/15Points: 5
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 10
SPANTALIAN JOANNE5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
~ by Darren Shan, 5/4/15Points: 5
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 15
SPANTALIAN JOANNE10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
~ by Darren Shan, 5/4/15Points: 10
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 25
SPANTALIAN JOANNE20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 1: Read a book with the genre "Zombies" on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
~ by Jonathan Maberry, 3/7/15Points: 20
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 45
SPANTALIAN JOANNE20.3 - 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
Required: State that this book is not a re-read for you= THIS IS NOT A RE-READ FOR ME
~ by Amy Tintera, 3/17/15Points: 20
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 65
SPANTALIAN JOANNE10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Read a book that is at least 400 pages long
~ by Kevin Richey, 4/15/15Points: 10
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 75
SPANTALIAN JOANNE25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Required: State your chosen option(s) when posting.
2) choose one option and do it twice!
Option Three :: Defender of the Hawthorne
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
~ by Lauren Kate, 3/21/15
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/4/15Points: 25
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 100
SPANTALIAN JOANNE25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts: For this task, read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
~ by Jamie Campbell, 4/7/15Option 4: Song: For this task, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA
~ by Kylie Scott, 5/23/15Points: 25
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 125
SPANTALIAN JOANNE30.5 - 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: ROMANCE
~ by Kylie Scott, 5/3/15Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page: MUSIC
~ by Kylie Scott, 5/26/15Required: State the Genre for each option.
Points: 30
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 155
SPANTALIAN JOANNE5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Required: Ratings can change so note the date and rating when you select your book. Include the information if the rating has dro, pped below 3.5 by the time you post your book.
ON MAY 28, 2015, THE RATING FOR THIS BOOK IS 4.11
~ by Darren Shan, 5/3/15Points: 5
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 160
SPANTALIAN JOANNE50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 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.
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/27/152. 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 series information is in parentheses after the title - Book Title (Series #4).
~ by Kylie Scott, 5/18/153. 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 Sarah Rees Brennan, 5/11/15Required: when you post, identify the triple letter: THIS AUTHOR HAS MANY TRIPLEL LETTER IN HER NAME BUT I"LL USE THE 3 A'S.
Points: 50
# of Tasks: 1
Total Points: 210
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.2 Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1: I read
Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight
by Kelly Sue DeConnick. A and I are in Captain, E and R are in Marvel, and S is found in Pursuit.**Kelly Sue DeConnick is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Book 2: I read
Captain Marvel, Vol. 2: Down
by Kelly Sue DeConnick. A, I, and N are in Captain and R and V are found in Marvel.**Kelly Sue DeConnick is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Previous point total: 565
New points this post: 15
Total points: 580
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 35
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total GRA: 18
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the home of the humansThere are trees on the cover of this book (a forest of tree trunks with faint smaller trees in back)
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich5.10 Yggdrasil, the giant tree that anchors the worlds
Read a book of your choice.
When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Good reads authors: 4
Big books: 2
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥25.6 Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Choose one option and do it twice!
Option One 'Supernatural' in the main page genres:A Witch Before Dying
A Cast-Off Coven
Genre Verification
GRA:Juliet Blackwell
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1 "Favorite Genre"--Historical Fiction 288 pages:The Shunning
Book 2 "Least Favorite Genre"--Poetry 272 pages: Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Points Earned This Post:55
Points Achieved to Date: 585/1035
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.10 - Group Reads11/22/63
**This book had 849 pages. I claim two Big Book Tickets
**Stephen King is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 6
Christine V10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Bring Up the Bodies I read this Kindle edition. The Paperback lists a page count of 482 pages (no MMP available).
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Elizabeth B15.8 Women in War
A Duty To The Dead, book approved at the task thread, the heroine is a nurse during the Great War
Points:15
Total:1035
Becky P5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
The Truth As He Knows It by A.M. Arthur 289 pgs
The Truth as He Knows It (Edition Read)
***A.M. Arthur is a GRA***
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
by J.H. Knight***J.H. Knight is a GRA***
Points this post-25
Total Points-115
Total GRA-6
Total BB- 1
Jasmiina F15.5. International Women's Day:
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:
Small Island by Andrea Levy.
*Big Book ticket with 560 pages.*
From the list Baileys/Orange Prize
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 380
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 4
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:
15.4. Spring ReadsOption 2
Read one book that satisfies both A and B above (read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5. AND read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING).
Turning Angel by Greg Iles
(Originally published January 1st, 2005, Initials G.I. found in sprInG)
*Claiming BB Ticket - 672 pages*
This Post: 15
Total: 570
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 41
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 14400
Task # 5.2 VannaheimNine-letter word in title - MOUNTAINS
And the Mountains Echoed ✔ – 28May15
I listened to the audio / paperback: And the Mountains Echoed
*** Khaled Hosseini is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 495 points
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
trishhartuk10.6 - Older Americans Month
May is also Older Americans Month. Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older OR who was 50 years old or older when they died.
Kindness Goes Unpunished, Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on 16 January 1961, making him 54 years old. He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.
Read the kindle version. PB reference edition: Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Longmire Mystery
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 30
Total points: 620
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: (500+) 1
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. A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland by Charles Lachman (Goodreads Author)
Task: 15
Total: 1010
GRA Ticket: 1
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 3: So choose a series you have already started and enjoyed, and read the next book in it.
Required: State that this book is not a re-read for you.
Not a re-read.
by Ilona Andrews Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285/1035
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 11/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 01
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Sarah E25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option C: Published in March 2014
Kindle edition I read: William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
Hardcover edition (no MMPB or PB): William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
Option D: Death in the title or subtitle
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 395
Cindy FTask 20.2 Midwives Help People Out
Option 1: "birth" in title...Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born by Tina Cassidy
Points this post:20
Total points:250
Tasks completed:17
Books read:21
Goodreads Authors:13
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
Nick KY15.5 International Women's Day
I read The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale, shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize for New Writers.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 845
This will do it for me for this challenge. I wanted to get to all the wonderful challenges that the finishers from last time created, for they were all great, but events did not allow me to do so. So it's on to Summer Reading.
Congrats to everyone who has completed this challenge!
My Scorecard for Spring 2015RB Name: LIST_ADDICT
5.1: Asgard, the home of the Aesir
A title with a'?', an '!', or an '...' in the title
Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings
5.3: Alfheim, The Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a GR rating over 3.5
15 Seconds by Andrew Gross
On 14th May, Goodreads rating is 3.69
20.1: Julia103's Task - What's in a Name?
Option 4: Tyr (God of War)
The letters in TYR also spell TRY. Read a book that appears in the first 10 pages of the Did Not Finish or Abandoned shelves of Goodreads listopia.
Did Not Finish, page 3
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
20.3: Best Review - Cait S's Task: thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2: Read a book with a genre science, science fiction or magical realism on its main GR page
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Genre: Magical Realism.
20.4: Author! Author! Elizabeth P' Task: End of an Era
Option 2: Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Read a book with at least three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter.
Good Girl Gone Bad by Karin Tabke
20.5: Bigger is Better - Chris Everest's Task - Love and Not Quite Love
I'd have loved option 2 but it takes me longer than three months to get through Ulysses. So ...
Option 1: LOVE - read a book whose author's name ends in -ER.
This author is new to me this season.
The Sins of the Fathers by Matthew ScuddER
Total Points to date and cumulative for the Challenge: 90
Jen UT5.10 - Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Total Points: 45
Total Books Read: 8
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the WorldsOrganized for Homicide by Ritter Ames
*** Ritter Ames is a Goodreads Author ***
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1) Perfect by Sara Shepard
*** Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author ***
2a) Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - #2 in series
*** Darynda Jones is a Goodreads Author ***
3)Shunned and Dangerous by Laura Bradford
3 A's (or 3 R's) in author's name
Points this post: 55
GRA this post: 3
Total points: 140
Total GRA: 6
Total big book tickets: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.10 - Ready for Their Close-up
Book 1 - The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith
Option 1: The MMP of this book (I read the ebook) has 163 pages. Link to MMP copy - Sourdough Wars
Book 2 - Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
Option 3: The author shares her first name with Linda Hunt who won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Cait S5.3- Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Magic Can Be Murder by Vivian Vande Velde
As of 5/29/2015, this book had a 3.57 rating.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 730
Goodreads Authors: 39
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 44
NARUMON10.4 May the Fourth be With You
Task: Read a book with "Science Fiction" as main page genre
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Main page: Science Fiction 8460 users
20.5 Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Book by single author whose last name ends with -ER
Oxygen by Andrew Miller
25.9 Y
Option 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains "Y"
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. The subtitle contains Y in LYRIC.
Option 3: Read a book from list containing the book Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
1984 by George Orwell is on the approved list "Real Man Books" and is found in position #2 (page 1).
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 10 + 20 + 25 = 55
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Books: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 545 + 55 = 600
Goodreads Author: 28 + 0 = 29
Big Books: 4 + 0 = 4
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TASK NAME: 20.4 Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 3: So Many Hours! Read a book whose author’s first and last name initials are in the word VOLUNTEER.
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
Qualifier: L and O are in the word volunteer
Claiming GRA for Lauren Oliver
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Post #678
TASK NAME: 10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Qualifier: Book is over 400 pages at 531 pages
Claiming GRA for Anthony Doerr
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TASK NAME: 25.1 Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1:
Shadow of the Serpent by David Ashton
Qualifier: Written by a man, first in the Inspector McLevy series, new to me, 240 pages, published in 2007
Book 2:
An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
Qualifier: Published March 2013, new to me, written by a woman, stand alone novel not her debut, 368 pages
Claiming GRA for Simone St. James
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Post # 2198
TASK NAME: 30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names
The Table of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips
Qualifier: M.P. are the initials.
Book 2: Using the initials from the author of Book 1, read a book where the title (excluding subtitle) is comprised of words beginning with the letters of the author's initials
Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen
Qualifier: Mrs. Poe
Claiming GRA for Lynn Cullen and Marie Phillips
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Post # 2475
TASK NAME: 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
Qualifier: Popular child narrator books page 1 / also #69 in Adult Fiction with Child Protagonist
Claiming GRA for Alan Bradley
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