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Ana (Repost)20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3
by Matsuri Hino*Not a Reread
*3rd in the series
*It was approved in message 28 by Cait.
Points this Post 20
Total Points 20
Tasks Completed 1
Books Read 1
Total Pages 196
GoodReads Author 0
Big Book Tickets 0
CEELEETask 5.1
Read a book with a modern symbol ?, !, or "..." in its title.
I chose ? and the book Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Remember Me?
Total Points for this Task: 5
Total Author Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points for the Challenge: 5
Total Author tickets claimed: 0
Total Big Book tickets claimed: 0
Bluegrass Pam20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Two: Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter.
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
GR authors this post:0
GR authors to date:1
Kait25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1 - A book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand..
Willing Captive by Belle Aurora -- Belle Aurora's profile states that she was born in Adelaide, Australia
Belle Aurora is a GR Author.
Option 1 - A book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand..
The Perfect Waltz by Anne Gracie -- An interview with Anne Gracie states that she was born in Australia -- Approved in help thread post #32
Anne Gracie is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 25
GR Authors This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 50
Total GR Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
ASHLEY V15.7.Pi Day
In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
**Jeff VanderMeer is a Goodreads Author**
Book is #1 in Southern Reach series.
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.7 Pi DayChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith - #1 in series
Claiming a Big Book ticket for Child 44 at 528 pages
20.5 Love and Not Quite Love
I chose option 1 (love) and read All Fall Down by Ally Carter -- Ally Carter is a new author to me
Claiming a GRA ticket for Ally Carter
New Total: 35
LOULOU15.2 Aesir vs Vanir Gods Showdown
a) Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle.
b) Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle.
a) The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Letters: The Miniaturist
b) The Life and Death of St. Kilda: The moving story of a vanished island community by Tom Steel
Letters: The Life and Death of St. Kilda: The moving story of a vanished island community
This post
Points: 15
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall
Points: 35
GRA: 0
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 2
MEGSCL5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
read a book with "wolf" in the title
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Carol Rifka Brunt is a gra
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 15
Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books: 2
5.1 Asgard, Home of the Aesir.Read a book with one of these three modern symbols: a question mark “?", exclamation point “!" or elipsis “…” in the title or subtitle.
When Will There Be Good News?
Total this post: 5
Current total: 15
GRA: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Kathy G.20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3- This is book #2 in a series
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
link to paperback:
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
***Claiming Goodreads Author for Alexander McCall Smith***
Total Points- 20
Total Tasks- 1
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 0
BARBARA ★5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Son of No One - Sherrilyn Kenyon 3/9
(rating 4.09 on 3/10)
Goodreads Author
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
SEAL of Honor - Tonya Burrows 3/10
(set in Bogota, Colombia)
Goodreads Author
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Playing to Win - Jaci Burton 3/4
Goodreads Author
15.7.Pi Day
So Damn Lucky - Deborah Coonts 3/8
(Lucky O'Toole #3)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
105/1035 POINTS
Scooter&Siam 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle. Only letters count, ignore hyphens, apostrophes or other punctuation.
Required: identify the word
Read American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum.
The word is lightning.
I am claiming Howard Blum as a GR author.
Totals:
This post: 5
Overall: 5
GRA: 1
Big Books: 0
Tasks: 1
RockyNook25.2 - Garden Quotes
option 2: "thriller" genre:
Miramont's Ghost - Elizabeth Hall
Option 4: "science fiction" genre
Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi
Elizabeth Hall is a Goodreads Author
Neither of these books are re-reads.
This post:
25 points
1 GRA ticket
Total:
30 points
2 GRA tickets
**READERBOARD NAME DENISE M**Task 5.3: Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
As of time of this post (10:13 PM on 3/10/15), the GoodReads rating for this book is 3.61 stars.
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
GoodReads Authors: 0
SCHATZIE5.7: NIDAVELLIR, THE HOME OF THE DWARVES
book with 100-360 pgs.
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson ----> GR AUTHOR
208 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 140
GRA: 3
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Beth Robinson20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Spring item on cover (list provided) and certain number of pages
I read:
Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree
There's a bunny on the cover
and the book was approved for use in the help thread at the bottom of post 2.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
HINA20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name -
Option 2: Taming the Beast by Heather Grothaus.
Roth in author's last name. Grothaus.
**Heather Grothaus is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 100
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
REPOST20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings The Fault in Our Stars is on this list Child Narrator On Page # 1
Claiming Goodreads Author ticket for John Green
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods ShowdownBook 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book. AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Book 1: No Hard Feelings by Marta TandoriClaiming Goodreads author 3/1/15
Book 2: Taming the Takeover Tycoon by Robyn Grady 3/9/15
I preferred book 1. Aesir
Points:
This Task: 15
Total points: 15
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
500+: 0
750+: 0
1000+: 0
Pamela326520.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)391 Pages
Blossom (flower) on cover
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Found on Page 1 of the "Child Narrator" shelf list
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 185
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love:Option 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. The book must be by an author who is new to you.
Shattered Secrets- Harper end in -ER. Karen Harper is a new-to-me author. Karen Harper is a GRA. 1 GRA point.
Points this post: 20
GRA this post:1
BB this post:0
Total points:100
Total GRA:3
Total BB:0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers:3. Do you have any pets or kids?
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) or author’s name (first, middle, or last) that includes your child’s or pet’s name.
Sea of Shadows- The word Shadows in the title - our first cat was named Shadow
Kelley Armstrong is a GRA - 1 GRA point.
Points this post: 20
GRA this post:1
BB this post:0
Total points:120
Total GRA:4
Total BB:0
Mai20.10 - Group Reads
Young Adult LGBT Fiction:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green *Goodreads author*
I posted in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.4 - End of an EraOption Two: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition! The title (ignoring the subtitle) has three words two of which begin with the same letter - D:
Diamonds at Dinner: My Life as a Lady's Maid in a 1930s Stately Home by Hilda Newman
Total points 40
Catherine TTask 25.4 - Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
option 1: Disney Animated Movies
read a book which has a 3+ letter word in common with a Disney cartoon
I used The Black Cauldron, which shares "black" with
Bellman & Black by Diane Settefield
option 4: Cinderella
read a book which has a shoe (showing shank&heel or space between shank&heel) on the cover
by Marissa Meyer=======
total points: 135
Jasmiina F5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves:
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Old Boy, Vol. 4 by Garon Tsuchiya.
15.7.Pi Day:
read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
House of Mystery, Vol. 3: The Space Between by Matthew Sturges
*Goodreads author*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
REPOSTKathy G.
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3- #2 in a series
This book is new to me and not a reread
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
link to paperback:
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
***Claiming Goodreads Author for Alexander McCall Smith***
Total Points- 20
Total Tasks- 1
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 0
ASHLEY OZ30.5 - 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.
Fave genre: Contemporary
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Least fave genre: Romance
Before I Go by Colleen Oakley
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 6
READ 60 10.7 Typhoid Mary:
The Brief History of the DeadThe Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
It is on Page 1 #59 of the Apocalypse by Epidemic
Points this post 10
Jonquil10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Don't Let Go
Michelle Gagnon
Hardcover, 352 pages 3/10
Science Fiction 11 users
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Books posted: 15
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post: 352
Total pages as of this post: 4654
Jonquil20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Slow Heat
Jill Shalvis
Mass Market Paperback, 315 pages 3/10
Baseball in left hand
over 300 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Books posted: 16
Tasks complete: 13
Pages this post: 315
Total pages as of this post: 4969
Task: 5.3 - Alfheim, Home of the Light ElvesRead: Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Catherine TTask 30.5 - Either You Like it Or You Don't
book 1: read a book with my favourite genre = fantasy
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
IL: MY - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
book 2: read a book with my least favourite genre = christian
The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
IL: MY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
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total points = 165
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate by M.C. BeatonI read the kindle version.
The ppb link is here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
The Girl in the Woods by Gregg OlsenTotal Points - 200
Cait S20.9- Hel Hath Fury
Read one book from the following options.
Option 1
Read a book with the genre "Zombies" on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or be embedded.
Outpost by Ann Aguirre **Ann Aguirre is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Elizabeth B5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
nine letter word in the title (the word is 'chemistry')
Perfect Chemistry
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
a tree on the cover
20.7 -BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
The Invention of Wings found in the list Child Narrator (1st page)
Points:30
Total:10+30=40
Mary P5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
by Diana AndersonApproved for length: message #4497
Points this post: 5
Total points:45
Jayme VA20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: If He Be Worthy: The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian, goodreads author.
This book was highly recommended to me and is not a re-read.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers1. Where do you live?
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder.
I currently live in Germany and the book takes place in Germany.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
ColetteGRepost of #345 left G of my user name
Task 20.4 Author Author
Option #3 So many hours! read a book whose first and last initials are in the word VOLUNTEER
Death of a Murderer by Rupert Thomson
Author: Rupert Thomson R and T are both in volunteer.
20 pts for task.
Thank you.
Delicious Dee5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Forgotten Sins - Rebecca Zanetti (GR Author) - FOR/GOT/TEN
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 5
Jonquil25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option B:
Book 1
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
Narrated by Peter Altschuler; Penguin Random House Audio
Paperback, 368 pages
http://www.audiopub.org/Audies15/2015...
page 2
BUSINESS/EDUCATIONAL Nominee
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
page 1 #16 on 2/26
Book 2
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About
Dave Barry
Narrated by Dave Barry; Penguin Random House Audio
Paperback, 240 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
page 1 #2 on 3/10
HUMOR nominee
Listened to both books
Peter Altschuler held my attention for all 13 hours--well done Peter
Dave Barry was Dave Barry, so it was also a nice diversion
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Books posted: 18
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 608
Total pages as of this post: 5577
Susan W.10.8 The Vikings are Coming
Read a book published by Viking Press. You may read any edition but you must link to the edition that indicates Viking published it at one time.
I read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
This is the Penguin paperback edition so here is a link to the hardcover published by Viking Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
(I hope I did this right!)
Points this post: 10
Shawn H.5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
**Any book I choose**
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
***Option 2 - Science Fiction***
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
****217 Users shelved as Science Fiction****
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
GR Authors: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Task 5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the HumansRead a book with a tree on the cover
Required:Include the cover
In a German Pension (1911) by Katherine Mansfield (Paperback, 128 pages)
05 + 05 = 10
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 05 + 05 = 10
Books read: 02
Pages read: 260
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Becky P25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1- One Day by David Nicholls
Option 3- Hot Head by Damon Suede
***Damon Suede is a GRA***
This was book two on the list Firefighters
Points this post-25
Total Points-70
Total GRA-1
Total BB-1
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BOOK 1 - Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride which has 575 pages and was published in 2005. This is the first book in a series.
BOOK 2 - Father's Day Murder by Leslie Meier which has 256 pages and was published in 2003. This is the tenth book in the series.
Both books are new to me.
Published in 2003 and 2005
575 + 256 = 831 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 65