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Spring/Summer 2015: Leaderboard and Completed Tasks
20.1 Group ReadThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Finished:5.1 - Passion for Posters
Agnes Cecilia by Maria Gripe 04/19/15
When I was a child I had a lot of porcelain dolls in my room that looked very life like... until I turned 12 and realized that they were creepy as f...
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.3 - Mother and Father's Day
The Emperor of Portugalia by Selma Lagerlöf (Father)
25.5 - Awareness
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Yellow)
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.7 - Choose your own Adventure:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan (Musical)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 13 + 3,5
Finished:5.7: I Want My MTV
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Song: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 5
Finished: 15.5 - Eat an Oreo Day - Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
25.1 - Spring Cleaning - In the Hand of the Goddess and The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
Task Points: 40
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 15
Currently Reading:
5.3 Pac-Man, Frogger and Pong: The Age of Videogames The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini
5.8 Published Date - Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
20.1 - Group Read - Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Task 15.4 Spring/Summer 2013: Blind Date: Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie MeierPoints This Post: 15
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 65
Finished:15.6 Dress Up Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
10.3. April Showers bring May Flowers: The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn April 14
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 205
15.2. Spring/Summer 2014: Like a Virgin: The 100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy Barrett April 16
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 220
Finished:5.3 Pac-Man, Frogger and Pong: The Age of Videogames The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini
5.8 Published Date - Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
20.1 - Group Read - Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 22
Completed Tasks: 18
Currently Reading:
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Finished:25.5 Awareness
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (red cover)
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (green, childhood depression)
10.6 Local Author
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (I grew up really close to her hometown)
Task Points: 35
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
Finished:15.2 Like A Virgin
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (22/04/2015)
15.5 Eat An Oreo Day
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (09/04/2015)
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 7
25.2. May the 4th be with you: Star Wars Day: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini April 25
AND
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn April 10
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 245
15.7. Fall/Winter 2012-2013: A'phabet Day AKA No "L" Day: Aunt Dimity and the Summer King by Nancy Atherton April 25
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 260
5.7. I Want My MTV: Bittersweet by Susan Wittig Albert April 26 (Bittersweet by Big Head Todd and the Monsters)
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 265
Task 25.7 Choose your own Adventure:Book 1: Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally (camp counselor)
Book 2: Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade (living on a ranch)
Points This Post: 25
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 90
Finished:5.2 - Sticker Books
Matilda by Roald Dahl (Books) 04/27/15
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.3 - Mother and Father's Day
The Emperor of Portugalia by Selma Lagerlöf (Father)
25.5 - Awareness
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Yellow)
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.7 - Choose your own Adventure:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan (Musical)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 14 + 3,5
Finished:25.1 Spring Cleaning:
Half Way Home by Hugh Howey
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol
25.6 Health Craze:
Informational: Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone
Fluff: The Gift of the Quoxxel by Richard Titus
Task points: 50
Total points: 155
Completed tasks: 10
Finished:20.1 Group Read
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 28/04/2015
Absolutely amazing novel.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 8
5.6. Wrestle Mania to Skating Rinks: Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura Hillenbrand April 27 (Track)
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 270
Finished: 10.1 - A Day at the Beach This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki (April 28)
15.8 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day A Million Suns by Beth Revis (April 26)
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 24
Completed Tasks: 20
Currently Reading
20.2 - 2015 is a Very Good Year - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
25.4 Birth Month and Order - The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (Read April 27) and Seeing Red by Frank Beddor
25.5 - Awareness - Watchmen by Alan Moore and Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (Read April 28)
25.6 - Health Craze - ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor and 1984 by George Orwell
Finished:5.8 - Published Date:
Ronja rövardotter (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter) by Astrid Lindgren (1981)
25.7 - Choose your own Adventure:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan (Musical Theatre)
The Martian by Andy Weir (Space Travel), 29/04/15
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.3 - Mother and Father's Day
The Emperor of Portugalia by Selma Lagerlöf (Father)
25.5 - Awareness
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Yellow)
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 5 + 25
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 16 + 3
15.4. Spring/Summer 2013: Blind Date: Science: A Discovery in Comics by Margreet de Heer April 29
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 285
15.7 Taken15.1 Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Czech Republic & Morocco)
25.3 A Great and Terrible Beauty (mother) and Days of Blood & Starlight (father)
Task Points: 55
Total Points: 195
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12
Finished:5.6 Wrestle Mania to Skating Rinks Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 290
Books Read: 25
Completed Tasks: 21
Currently Reading
20.2 - 2015 is a Very Good Year - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Read April 31)
25.4 Birth Month and Order - The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (Read April 27) and Seeing Red by Frank Beddor
25.5 - Awareness - Watchmen by Alan Moore and Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (Read April 28)
25.6 - Health Craze - ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor and 1984 by George Orwell
Finished:15.3 - Alliteration
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 05/05/15
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket 05/10/15
(Chose two books since they are about 170 pages each)
25.3 - Mother and Father's Day
The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes (MC is a single mother) 05/04/15
The Emperor of Portugalia by Selma Lagerlöf (MC is a father) 04/08/15
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.5 - Awareness
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Yellow)
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 15 + 25
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 18 + 2,5
3.15 Alliteration: Mullasta maan4.15 Blind date: The White Tiger my friend chose this for me
6.15 Dress-Up: Not Just for Kids Anymore: Viidakkokirja Who doesnt want to be child of the forest?
1.25 Spring Cleaning: The Wizard's Dilemma and A Wizard Alone by Diane Duane
2.25 May the 4th be with you: Forest of the Pygmies and The Canterburry Tales
5.25 Awareness:
for its red cover and Veronika Decides to Die for suicide prevention themeSubtotal: 120
Total task points: 60 + 120 = 180
Books read: 5 + 9 = 14
Task completed: 5 + 6 = 11
Finished:10.3 April Showers bring May Flowers
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. (1/5/15) Dandelion on the cover.
15.6 Dress Up
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (5/5/15)
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 130
Completed Tasks: 10
Task 15.3 Fall/Winter 2013-2014: Alliteration: The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference by Shaunti FeldhahnPoints This Post: 15
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points: 105
Finished:15.6 - Dress-Up
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie 05/09/15 (Stereotypical spy on the cover)
25.5 - Awareness
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Yellow) 03/06/15
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel (White) 05/07/15
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 15 + 25
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 20 + 2
Finished:10.3 April Showers: Champion by Marie Lu
25.1 A Few of my Favorite Things
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
And
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Total points: 40
Finished: 15.5 Eat an Oreo Day: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
15.7 A'phabet Day: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
Total points: 105
Books read: 12
Tasks complete: 8
Finished:15.2 Like a Virgin: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
15.5 Eat an Oreo Day: We the Living by Ayn Rand
25.3 Mother and Father's Day: March, Women, March by Lucinda Hawksley & Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America by Marcia Carlson
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Points: 55
Finished: 5.1 Passion for Posters
Saga, Volume 1
Saga, Volume 2
Saga, Volume 3
Saga, Volume 4
by Brian K. Vaughan
(Fairies/Creatures with Wings) (Counted these 4 Vol. together as one because they are each 145ish pages and graphics)
15.1 Road Trip The Complete PersepolisbyMarjane Satrapi (Iran and Austria)
25.4 Birth Month and Order The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (May Birthday)
and Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor (2nd child, 2nd book in The Looking Glass Wars Series)
25.5 Awareness Watchmen by Alan Moore (Yellow Cover, Hope, Support our Troops) and Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (Green, Earth Conservation)
Task Points: 70
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 31
Completed Tasks: 25
Working On:
20.2 2015 is a Very Good Year: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Finished)
20.2 Fall/Winter Challenge Winner Mickslibrarian challenge: 2015 is a very good year. C. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll March 21
AND
d. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen May 13
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 305
Task 25.3 Mother’s and Father’s Day: Book 1: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. by Rob Delaney
Book 2: 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: And Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father by W. Bruce Cameron
Points This Post: 25
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Points: 130
10.1. “A day at the beach”
The Chosen Prince by Diane Stanley May 11Task Points: 10
Total Points: 315
Finished: 5.7 - I Want My MTV - Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince and Empire State: A Love Story by Jason Shiga
Tomboy Krista Marie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFATH...
Empire State of Mind Jay Z and Alicia Keys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv_1L...
(Used two for this because it was fun to find the songs and because they are shorter graphics)
10.7 Memorial Day - Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell
(I don't know anyone closely who has passed away so I took a different spin on this. I read this in memory of my younger high school perfectionist self who worried too much)
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 33
Completed Tasks: 27
Finished: 25.6 Health Craze - Be More Chill and It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
(The second is the inspiring/informational story about a character who is working through his depression)
5.2 Sticker Books - Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
(Snowglobes!)
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 405
Books Read: 36
Completed Tasks: 29
Finished:5.1 Passion for Posters: Undeliverable by Rebecca A. Demarest (I collected and displayed postcards and vintage letters)
5.8 Published Date: Redwall by Brian Jacques
25.2 May the 4th be with you: Acts of Violence by Ross Harrison (set on a fictional planet) and September Sky by John A. Heldt (set in 1900)
25.3 Mother’s and Father’s Day: Sapient by Jerry Kaczmarowski (about a mother) and Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity by Gregory A. Boyd (about a father)
25.5 Awareness: How To Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis (purple) and How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman (red)
Task points: 85
Total points: 240
Completed tasks: 15
Finished: 20.2- 2015 is a Very Good Year Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Published by Knopf) and The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Alice in Wonderland spin-off)
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 425
Books Read: 38
Completed Tasks: 30
Benjamin15.2 - Like a Virgin - Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do about It
Task points: 15
Total points: 15
Task 15.6 Fall/Winter 2012-2013: Dress-Up: Not Just for Kids Anymore: A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert (a bride)
Points This Post: 15
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 145
*Kelly R.Finished:
5-1. I used to have a Veronica Mars poster in my room - The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (#1) by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham (3/30)
5-2. About something collectable - Veronica Mars DVDs/Books - Mr. Kiss & Tell (#2) by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham (3/31)
10-8. Posted my name to the thread; Picked Daisy & read a book that she rated 5 stars - The Name of the Wind (#1) by Patrick Rothfuss (4/25)
15-8. Title starts with an "R" - Red Seas Under Red Skies (#2) by Scott Lynch (4/27)
15-6. Has a character on the cover that could be a Halloween Costume - The Republic of Thieves (#3) by Scott Lynch (5/8)
25-5. Pick 2 colors. Read 1 book for each color. The book will have that color on the cover or be about the thing that color represents - 1) Purple; 2) Blue, on the covers - Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (3/26); The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (5/12)
25-2. Set somewhere far from where you live AND set at least 50 years ago - The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson (3/18) - set in England; Valour & Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal (5/15) - set in 1817.
15-1. Takes place in a state/country/province/city/etc. I have never visited - Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal (5/23) - characters travel to Germany & England (very briefly) & are mainly in Antigua/the West Indies (in 1818).
Total Points: 165/480
Books Finished: 18/43
Tasks Completed: 12/34
Finished5.7 - I Want My MTV:
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie 05/24/15 (Partners in Crime - The Strokes)
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 21 + 2
10.2. “A day at the park” The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John May 25 (wildlife park)
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 325
Finished:15.8 Rest in Pieces by Rita Mae Brown
25.6 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia (fluff) & Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (inspirational)
Task Points: 40
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14
Finished:5.3 - Pac-Man, Frogger and Pong: The age of videogames
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 05/27/15
The novel isn't about a game or a gamer, but in 1986 they made a video game based on the novel and in 2006 a video game for cellphones was made. In my opinion, that makes "The Colour of Magic" suitable for this category.
10.6 - Hometown (or close)
Tordyveln flyger i skymningen by Maria Gripe 05/27/15
The book takes place in a fictional small town situated in close proximity from a city where I'm offered a job and might move to after graduation.
Halfway Finished:
20.2 - Mickslibrarian Challenge
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25.1 - Spring Cleaning
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 04/02/15
25.6 - Health Craze
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Fluff)
25.8 - Favorite Things:
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Gothic Tales, Historical Fiction)
Task Points: 5 + 10
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 23 + 2
25.3. Mother’s and Father’s Day:Book 1: Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery March 14
AND
Book 2: Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 350
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5.4 - Movies Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Movie Blade Runner)
5.5 - The Clapper Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
10.3 - April Showers Bring May Flowers Imago by Octavia E. Butler
10.6 Hometown Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler
10.8 - Star Gazing Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
(Sanne rated it 5 stars, and does and awesome review of it!)
15.2 Like a Virgin Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
15.3 Alliteration We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
15.4 Blind Date Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
15.6 Dress Up The Giver by Lois Lowry
25.2 May the 4th Be with You We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
25.7 Choose Your Own Adventure Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix and In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
25.8 These Are a Few Of My Favorite Things Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Last Finished:
15.7 A'phabet Day Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13