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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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EMurphy20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game - MPG Romance that is #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least 3 published books Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
*#1 in the series with 3 books
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 310
Books Read: 21
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 12
Truitt_T30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
This is a two book task.
Options 1 and 2
Task: Option 1 - COME ON DOWN: Title from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
Paperback: Chaos Terminal
CHAOS: COme on down, you're tHe next conteStAnt
Task: Book 2- PRICING GAMES: Game name in book title/author
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Ann Older
Paperback: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
PLINKO: the ImPOsitioN of unecessary obstacLes malKa ann older
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 770 / 1085
Truitt_T50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
This is a three book task,750+ pages.
Option 3 - MPG Fantasy
Task: Book 1
The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards
Paperback: The Hanged Man
383 pages
Task: Book 2
The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards
Paperback: The Hourglass Throne
373 pages
Task: Book 3
The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
Paperback: The Poisoner's Ring
368 pages
All books are MPG Fantasy.
1124 total pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 820 / 1085
MAZZA115.2 -It's A Match
Read two book each with a different single author, whose first or last name match. Names must match in placement.
The Hotel Louise Mumford
A Bird in Winter Louise Doughty
Points this post = 15
Points to date 895
MAZZA125.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Option 1: Road Trip
Read a book with a cover over 50% red OR over 50% white according to Tineye.
The Vaster Wilds 272 pages
"The Vaster Wilds TINEYE
56.2 % #f4f2e3 White
10.0 % #c78f41 Brown
7.6 % #314427 Green
5.2 % #26150a Brown
4.7 % #70823a Green
4.5 % #ddba7f Brown
4.2 % #3c6734 Green
2.9 % #a9ab8c Grey
2.6 % #7f3e1c Brown
Option 3: Egypt and Uganda
Read a book where all the letters found in the phrase “The Nile” are found in the title,
Murder on the Lusitania 272 pages
murdEr oN THE LusItania
272 + 272 = 544 pages and exceeds requirements
points this post = 25
Points to date = 920
MAZZA130.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Task 1:
Read a book that has a four letter or more word in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the author's name.
The Book of Fire ALL letters of FIRE in author name
Christy Lefteri
Task 2:
Read a book with an author whose first or last name is at least 4 letters long. Use the letters in the title (not subtitle) to spell the author's first or last name.
The Devil You Know
Neil Lancaster
All letters of NEIL in title
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 950
Neil Lancaster
LoraTask: 5.7 Trust Nobody
Book/Author: To Love a Spy: A Regency Spy Romance / Laura Beers
How it fits: MPG Espionage
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 515
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Lisa MD25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
I picked the genre: Thriller, and both books I read have the MPG: thriller.
Bk 1: All Letters of Genre in Title, Subtitle and/or Author's Name
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
405 pgs
Thriller in REsuRrcTIon waLk - micHaeL
Bk 2: First Letter of Each Title Word in Genre Name
The Last Exchange by Charles Martin
356 pgs
TLE found in ThrilLEr
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 415 / 1100
Total Books Read: 32
Total Tasks Completed: 26 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee10.8 - Spring Forward
The Good, the Bad and the History - book is new to me and i've read the previous 13 books in the series; claiming 1 big book ticket for 500+pgs - the paperback is 509pgs
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 860
Big Book Ticket: 2
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
LoraTask: 15.2 -It's A Match
Book 1:
Book/Author: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen / Julie Powell
Book 2:
Book/Author: My Own Best Enemy / Julie Christianson
How it fits: both authors have first name of Julie
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 530
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Truitt_T30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
This is a two book task.
Task: Book 1 - Nonfiction - Matching word MURDER
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Paperback: Les Naufragés du Wager
Task: Book 2 - Fiction - Matching word MURDER
Murder and Mayhem by Rhys Ford
Paperback: Murder and Mayhem
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 850 / 1085
Karen DTask 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Book: The Wicked Redhead, finished 5/16. #2 in The Wicked City series.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 825
Karen DTask 10.1 - Tick Tock
Book:
, finished 5/16Points this task: 10
Total points: 835
Amy B25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Choose two of the following options.
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Cities I've Never Lived In by Sara Majka
Option 2: For a long time, all the books she read were composed solely of 3-letter words. Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters (subtitles excluded)
The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 650 Points
trishhartuk15.4 Category Is…
Option 1. Book 1: Category Same Name - Read a book with an author that shares a first or last name with one the hosts...JOHN LESLIE
Starter Villain, John Scalzi
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (262pg)
John matches John Leslie
Book 2: Spin the wheel and read a book with the corresponding MPG.
I spun ROMANCE
The Red Scholar's Wake, Aliette de Bodard
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (336pg)
Romance is the second MPG
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 595
Tasks Completed:35
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
20.10 Group ReadsRead one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2024 season.
I chose Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon.
Post Number 12 in Discussion Thread on May 17
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 496p (Vintage)
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 270
It's A Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”Read two books from two different options; state the options.
Option 1: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake.
Cover shows mushrooms.
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 225p (Random House Trade Paperbacks)
**I’d like to claim 1 IAF ticket
Option 4: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim.
PARIS spelled from “SPRIng hAs sprung"
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 305p (Berkley)
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Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 295
It's A Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
CORRECTION to post 2018 (new post includes the cover of the book, not just the link).25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”
Read two books from two different options; state the options.
Option 1:
by Merlin Sheldrake.Cover shows mushrooms.
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 225p (Random House Trade Paperbacks)
**I’d like to claim 1 IAF ticket
Option 4: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim.
PARIS spelled from “SPRIng hAs sprung"
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 305p (Berkley)
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Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 295
It's A Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Truitt_T25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
This is a two book task.
Options 1 and 4
Task: Option 1 - Hidden Musical Instruments
Season's Change by Cait Nary
Approved for length here.
HANG: season's cHANGe
Musical instrument Hang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(i...
Task: Options 4 - Body Parts
Rockstar Hearts by Eden Finley
Paperback: Rockstar Hearts: Cash Me Outside Duet
EAR: rockstar hEARts
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 875 / 1085
Joanne MI15.4 Category Is...
Option 1-Book 1 Same Letter
Sharpe's Fortress
Book 2:
Spin the wheel-spin produced Non-Fiction
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 15
IAF this task 1
Season Total 340
IAF 7
BB'S 2
Mod
Read two book each with a different single author, whose first or last name match. Names must match in placement.
read That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
and
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
points this post 15
total points 825
trishhartuk15.8 Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
Murder at the Bookstore, Sue Minix
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (326pg)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed:36
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden ShotOption 3: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title that can be made from ‘BOB MONKHOUSE’
I chose Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim.
Word used is BOOK…BOb mOnKhouse
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 304p (Berkley)
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 315
It's A Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family FunOption 1: MPG Humour
I chose Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 320p (Minotaur Books)
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 335
It's A Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsOption B: Read a book where the author’s first and last initial can be found in one of the show titles: “Bowling For Dollars” or “Duckpins and Dollars.”
I chose Rebel Rising: The 2024 New York Times bestseller, by the scene-stealing star of Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect by Rebel Wilson
Initials R W can be found in “boWling foR dollars”
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb or paperback but hardcover 336p (HarperCollins)
**I’d like to claim 1 IAF ticket
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 355
It's A Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Mod
15.4 - Category Is....
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1
Category Same Letter: Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter (T)
Spin the wheel: https://wheelofnames.com/fep-n25 and read a book with the corresponding MPG (Crime/Mystery)
The Hotel Nantucket. Elin Hilderbrand
Points: 15
Total points: 780/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 39/61
20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsOption 2: Read a nonfiction book with MPG Biography, Science, or War.
I chose PAGEBOY by Elliot Page
MPG: Biography
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 288p (ED TENDENCIAS)
**I’d like to claim 1 IAF ticket
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 375
It's A Fact Tickets: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
MAZZA120.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Read a book with MPG Romance that is #1, #2, or #3 in a series that has at least 3 published books in the series.
Silence
First of a series of 3 with MPG Romance
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 970
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: State the options.
Option 2: PRICING GAMES: Read a book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in one of these games.
Required: State the game you are using.
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
the game is BONKERS; BORiS pastErNaK
I listened to the audible version, the MMPB version is 510 pages long, claiming 1 BB ticket
Option 4: Read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover. It can be a live animal or a drawing as long as you can tell it is a cat or dog.
Required: Post the cover.
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 385
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 5
Angela IL25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books.
Stalked by Brian Freeman-5/17
Option 2: Read a book that shows a coastline on the cover. It must show a beach/shoreline and water.
The Fury by Alex Michaelides-3/3
Cover approved in help thread message 42
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 16
babbling c 5.4 What's In A Name?
Read a book by a single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
The Gorgon Agenda - kindle The Gorgon Agenda - paperback pg. 320 by Lisa Shearin
CARL LINNAEUS
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 195/1110
Completed Tasks: 13/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 5,282
Books read this season: 14
Amy B25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
For this task, you’ll may read books that meet 2 of the different options. Your minimum page count must exceed 500pgs (so 501+)
No graphic novels, no childrens books. All books must be by a single author.
Option 2: Read a book by an author found on my Bee Hive shelf – you may read a specific book that is on my list, or any other book by the author.
Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham (277 pages)
Option 3: Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive. Initials must be in the order they appear
KS, SM, JG, LW, KV, LM, LB, BM, AS, SD, DF
The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay (337 pages)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 675 Points
Readerboard name: Mel S5.10 - All The Information Is On The Task
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Graphic novel, 296pg
This post: 5pts
This season: 740pts
Total books: 53
Total tasks: 41
Theresa10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Rose or Code can both be made from letters in the phrase
Points this post - 10
Total points - 90
Theresa10.10 - World Bee Day
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
B in both title and Author's name
Points this post - 10
Total points - 100
ROBIN15.4 Wheel of Fortune
Book 1:
Category Same Name: Read a book with an author that shares a first or last name with one these hosts, VANNA WHITE, PAT SAJAK, RYAN SEACREST, NICKY CAMPBELL, BRADLEY WALSH, JOHN LESLIE, ERNIE SIGLEY, JOHN BURGESS, TONY BARBER, ROB ELLIOTT, STEVE OEMCKE, LARRY EMDUR, TIM CAMPBELL.
Fire, Burn! - John Dickson Carr matches John Leslie - read ebook, linked mmpb
Book 2:
Spin the wheel: https://wheelofnames.com/fep-n25 and read a book with the corresponding MPG
I got Suspense/Thriller - Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide - has both Suspense and Thriller as MPG
Points this post: 15
Total points: 670
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:8
babbling c 15.3 X's and O's
Option 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream - kindle Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream - mass market paperback pgs. 310 by Diane Kelly
TAXES
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
Valley of Silence - audible Valley Of Silence - mass market paperback pg. 323 by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts|
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 210/1110
Completed Tasks: 14/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 5,915
Books read this season: 16
ROBIN P50.1 Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration through Reading
Option 2 - Intercontinental Travel - 750 pages
1. A Most Agreeable Murder - Europe/England - 352 p
2. One Foot in Eden - North America/USA - 214 p
3. The Mountain in the Sea - Asia/Vietnam - 456 p
Total pages 1022
Points this post: 50
Total points: 720
BB:3 GO:2 IAF: 8
Barbara ★15.3 - X's and O's
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
In a Fix - Linda Grimes 4/24
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett 5/17
(O in rObert, O in jacksOn)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 610
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Janice CA20.9 - Card Game Memories
Option 2: Read a book where the number of pages does not include digits 2 through 6.
Night stalks the mansion: A true story of one family's ghostly adventure by Harold Cameron
pages 178
+20
total: 60
tasks: 3
books: 3
LoraTask: 15.7 Let's Break!
Book/Author: The Baron's Daughter / Laura Beers
How it fits: the MCs take a trip from London to an English seaside village in order to solve a political intrigue
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 545
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
LoraTask: 15.8 Readers Unite!
Book/Author: A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting / Sophie Irwin
How it fits: book silhouettes on the cover
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 560
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?Pacific Vortex! (Dirk Pitt #1) by Clive Cussler
Total this Post:5
Season Total: 650
Mod
25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 2: Good Luck - Read a book where a leading character is/becomes pregnant.
The Sweet Gum Tree. Katherine Allred
Option 4: New Beginnings - Read a book where the author’s first & last initials can be found in the job titles I might be holding here soon…ACTOR
My Kind of Christmas. Robyn Carr
Points: 25
Total points: 805/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 40/61
Julia1035.2 What Goes Around...
Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood
I borrowed this from the public library.
This book is non-fiction (a memoir) so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 515
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 36
Karen DTask 25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1:
, finished 5/3Option 3:
, finished 5/18Points this task: 25
Total points: 860
Lisa MD50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option A: Road Trip - Same continent - 3 different cities or towns
Lost Hills
240 pgs
Los Angeles, CA
The House Is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
376 pgs
Richmond, VA
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman
355 pgs
Staten Island, NY
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 465 / 1100
Total Books Read: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 27 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 6
Andy P.Task # 25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Op. 1. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the List: Books that Should be Made Into Movies
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Page 1 #47 as of 5/18/24
Option 4. Read a book where the author’s first & last initials can be found in the job titles I might be holding here soon…ACTOR
Murder on the Caronia by Conrad Allen CA in Actor
Points this post: 25
Total points: 470
MAZZA130.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces - February 19-March 20
Book 1: Read a book from a series with at least 12 published works.
Murder on the Brighton Express 310 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the word MOON in the title
Moon Road 368 pages
310 + 368 = 678 pages exceeds requirements
points this post = 30
Points to date = 1,000
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30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
This is a two book task.
Option 1
Task: Book 1 - 70% in Oceania
Off Balance by Jay Hogan
Paperback: Off Balance
Set in New Zealand - see GR precis.
Task: Book 2- Author born in nation in Oceania.
Can't Say Goodbye by Eden Finley
Paperback: Can't Say Goodbye
Eden Finley calls herself " Australian girl" on her GR author page.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 740 / 1085