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SPRING CHALLENGE 2010
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Spring Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks
In Her Shoesby Jennifer Weiner***GOODREADS author****
Task: 10.10--a book with an accessory in the title
10 points
I am not positive that this was her first book, so if not, someone please feel free to correct me.The Friday Night Knitting Club
Knit Two
both by Kate Jacobs
Task: 25.2--first/second books by an author
I really preferred the first book...the development of the characters was much better in my opinion. It was neat in the second book to see Dakota growing up, etc., but I just did not feel like I learned as much about the characters in the second book as I did in the first.
25 points
U is for Undertowby Sue Grafton
Task: 20.6--book from favorite series
This is one of my favorite series. These books are an easy read...a little mystery, some humor, and every once in a while, a little romance. This is a lighter mystery read than Cornwell, Patterson, etc.
20 points
I have read the first two (and so far the only published) books by Sadie Jones. The first one, which won the Orange Prize, is called The Outcast and the second one which was published in paperback just this month is called Small Wars. I thought that both of the books were brilliant. She has a strong voice and despite some very dramatic and harrowing scenes in both books she tells them in a very down to earth and distant way. This adds to the drama. I preferred Small Wars as I felt that her voice was stronger and more confident in this than in The Outcast. It added to the suspense. I also think that Sadie Jones is brilliant at writing from a man's point of view which is often unusual with female authors! For these two books I'm claiming the points for task 25.2Previous Reads
5.2 A Book is Like a Garden in the Pocket - The Girl's Guide to Growing your Own by Alex Mitchell
5.4 In the News - The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
5.8 Dr Watson Calling - The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
5.9 I can Still do Something Lying in Bed - Magicians Guild by Judi Canavan
10.2 Three/Four/Five - The Rapture by Liz Jensen
10.4 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - We are all Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka
10.5 Freedom of the Press - The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larrson
10.6 And the Oscar Goes to... - Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
15.2 Anzac Day - The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville and An Ice-cream War by William Boyd
15.6 Friends and Friends of Friends - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
15.9 What's in a Name - A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute
20.2 Clean Sweep - Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
20.3 Best Review Contest, Mental Health - The Silver Linings Play Book by Matthew Quick
20.8 A Magical Birthday - The Novice by Trudi Canavan
25.3 Coming out of Hibernation - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
25.6 This Day in History - The Judgement of Nuremberg 1947 and Red Dust by Gillian Slovo
25.9 Spring Break - The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
30.3 Birth and Renewal - Blacklands by Belinder Bauer and Restoration by Rose Tremain
30.6 Character References - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield and Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H.Lawrence
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Congratualtions on finishing, Sandy.
10.2 Average rating 3/4/5: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (4.33 when started)POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 10
Total Points: 395/980
Tasks Completed: 24
For 30.2, A Texas Sized Task, I read What to Do about Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! andWe Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, both good non-fiction books from the Bluebonnet List. Then I read The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate from the Lonestar List. It was and excellent historical fiction and coming of age novel.New Points: 30
Total Points: 215
Phew! Made my goal. Congrats to all who have finished the challenged!
25.3 Read a book that somehow relates to a live event you attended.I read Too Close to Home , which I bought while I was attending the annual STC Summit earlier last week. Over 750 technical communicators attended the Summit, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Dallas, and one of the attendees posted a message on the message board offering to take anyone interested to a large independent bookstore, called Legacy Books. I bought this book on that trip, which inspired me to arrange my own trip to the largest used books bookstore in the area, Half-Price Books. Through my arranged outing, I ended up becoming friends with people from Manchester (England), Toronto (Canada), New Jersey, North Dakota, and New York. Overall, the three-day Summit was a fantastic experience and a great networking opportunity. =)
Total Points = 565
Mod
thanks! This was a lot of fun.
Just finished task 20.1 - read a funny book. I read A Year in Provence for this task. It was definitely a funny, quirky book!!This brings my total to 105.
Laura FL
Sandy wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Congratualtions on finishing, Sandy."thanks! This was a lot of fun."
Sandy, you're finished! I missed that post. So sorry!!!
Congratulations on an awesome accomplishment!!!
For 15.7, I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith. The word Pride doesn't actually have much relation to this book. The title is mostly there because it is a prequel to Pride and Prejudice, though they do stretch the relationship at one point and say one of the main characters' faults is his pride. Pride really is a deadly sin, however - it separates you from other people, and doesn't let you accept help, even when you need it.For 30.5, I read How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell AND Whip It by Shauna Cross. In the movie adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, one of the characters was voiced by Kristin Wiig. Kristin Wiig also starred in the movie adaptation of Whip It.
For 50.1, I rolled a 1 and a 6. Added together, that makes 7, which meant I could toss out the genres and read whatever I wanted. Yay! :) I chose to read Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart and Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen.
UPDATED TOTALS:
Points: 190
Tasks completed: 10
Tasks in progress: 5
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,339
Julie McVey30.2 - A. Someone Named Eva ~ Joan M. Wolf
B. When You Reach Me ~ Rebecca Stead
Total Points = 435 points
Total Books = 28 books
Total Pages = 7361 pages
Completed task 30.4A. (Land) Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson (this choice was approved by DLM Rose)
B. (Water) Dear Exile : The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean
Great Stuff!
Tasks Completed: 42/57
Books Read: 59
Pages Read: 17,993
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Mod
Congratulations on an awesome..."
Thanks, Petra!
5.9 Buddha by Depak Choprah5 points
Julie McVey10.9 - Water for Elephants ~ Sara Gruen
One of the main characters, Marlena, is the star of the equestrian act in a circus.
Total Points = 445 points
Total Books = 29 books
Total Pages = 7696 pages
Julie McVey25.5 - A. The Forgotten Garden ~ Kate Morton 560 pages
B. Three Little Words: A Memoir ~ Ashley Rhoades-Courter 320 pages
The Forgotten Garden = Big Book over 500 pages
Total Points = 470 points
Total Books = 31 books
Total Pages = 8576 pages
30.5 - Six Degrees of Separation. Book A: The Waves by Virginia Woolf. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, knew Henry James who was a close friend of Joseph Conrad who was a close friend of John Galsworthy. Book B: The Man of Property: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy.Pages read: 4517
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 13
Total Points: 320
Liz (Bklyn)
I'll try this one more time25.4 Diane's Task - Name Game
A. Lost It by Kristin Tracy - by first name is Tracy
C. Olive Kitteridge - by Elizabeth Strout - character's name in the title
20.2 - Rookie of the Season
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
(main character who cleans)
Tasks Completed - 14
Books Read - 19
Total Points - 265
Sandy wrote: "5.5 - "Whatever is popular deserves attention." I read Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrisonfrom the list of Popular Books published in 2003.
5.7 - March is Mental Ret..."
congrats, Sandy!
I completed Task 50.1 tonight. I rolled a 2 (Graphic Novel) and a 5 (Historical Fiction), which total 7, which is "toss out the genres; read anything you want". I decided to stick with these two genres for choosing books.
For the Graphic Novel, I read Blankets (Big Book ticket: 592 pgs) , which is the story of Craig Thompson's childhood, teenage years and early adulthood. Seems that the Graphic Novels I pick up are all memoirs.
I enjoyed this journey through Craig's early life. The graphics are expressive and to-the-point. One of the points I really enjoy about a graphic novel is how so much emotion and dilemma is shown in the graphics themselves. It's a wonderful media for emotional stories.
The guilt, belief and faith of his religious upbringing are poignant to this story and I like how Craig remained true to himself throughout.
The love story was sweet and very touching.
For the historical novel I read Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel.
I still have this listed as "currently reading" because I'll have to think about it for a day or so to come up with a rating for it.
It's superbly written with beautiful prose, enticing, slow (almost to the point of getting close to "boring" in places), subtle. No action actually occurs in this book and yet the story emerges and the tension & horror build. In the end, I enjoyed the journey, although parts of it were horrific.
Very different from Life of Pi, which has a positive spin to it. This one.....not so much.
Thank you, Ms Anderson, for the fun and creative task. I would have enjoyed it no matter what I rolled on the dice........even a romance (I think)...
25.7 - Ashley FL's Task - The Gods Must Be CrazyRead a book involving Greek and/or Roman gods. May be non-fiction or fiction. Half-blood Gods are fine.
Ex. Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel or Oh My Gods!: A Look-it-Up Guide to the Gods of Mythology
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Big thanks to Ashley! If not for this task, I might never think about picking up this wonderful book. It sounds totally banal in synopsis, but has totally superb narration.
Points: 90/490
Books: 8
Tasks: 8/57
Pages: 1,652
FOr the April Fool 20.1 task I have read The Audacity of Hype by Armando Iannucci. The title of this book is a satire of Obama's book The Audacity of Hope. The book was a satirical look at the state of the World today focussing on politics and popular culture. I enjoyed reading it and found it a very funny take on today's World. However I did find that some of the sections were a little long and I would have preferred it if he had kept each section in short sharp paragraphs. I have given this book 3 stars.Previous Reads
5.2 A Book is Like a Garden in the Pocket - The Girl's Guide to Growing your Own by Alex Mitchell
5.4 In the News - The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
5.8 Dr Watson Calling - The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
5.9 I can Still do Something Lying in Bed - Magicians Guild by Judi Canavan
10.2 Three/Four/Five - The Rapture by Liz Jensen
10.4 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - We are all Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka
10.5 Freedom of the Press - The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larrson
10.6 And the Oscar Goes to... - Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
15.2 Anzac Day - The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville and An Ice-cream War by William Boyd
15.6 Friends and Friends of Friends - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
15.9 What's in a Name - A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute
20.2 Clean Sweep - Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
20.3 Best Review Contest, Mental Health - The Silver Linings Play Book by Matthew Quick
20.8 A Magical Birthday - The Novice by Trudi Canavan
25.2 Fabulous Firsts or Superior Seconds - The Outcast by Sadie Jones and Small Wars by Sadie Jones
25.3 Coming out of Hibernation - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
25.6 This Day in History - The Judgement of Nuremberg 1947 and Red Dust by Gillian Slovo
25.9 Spring Break - The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
30.3 Birth and Renewal - Blacklands by Belinder Bauer and Restoration by Rose Tremain
30.6 Character References - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield and Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H.Lawrence
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Fearless FourteenTask: 20.1--read a humorous book & write a short review
You just have to love Stephanie Plum and her bumbling efforts in chasing bail skips! If her romantic interminglings with Joe and and Ranger don't get you, that crazy Grandma Mazur will! I have laughed until I cried at some of her escapades! If you want an easy, fun read, try the Stephanie Plum series!
20 points
A few more to add:10.2:
If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle, which had a rating of 3.54 when I began it.20.7:
Knit Two by Kate JacobsI have a huge amount of half-used balls of yarn, or spare balls that weren't quite needed, from past projects. Boy should those go!
30.3:
Published in 2010:
The Leadership Brain for Dummies (Wiley)With "Re-" in the Title:
A Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickTOTALS (I think)
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Points: 315
Books: 23
Pages: 8,172
Tasks: 15
Hello!I have finished Task 50.1 - Luck Be a Lady. I rolled a total of seven so tossed out my rolls and read:
The Broken Teaglass: A Novel by Emily Arsenault and
Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg.
The Broken Teaglass took a while to get going, for me, but the second half was very good. It would be of interest to anyone who likes words/dictionaries & mystery. Hurry Down Sunshine was excellent. Greenberg wrote about the summer his 15 year old (at the time) daughter suffered a manic psychosis. It was so well written and insightful.
# of Pages Read: 7157
# of Points Accrued: 295
# of Tasks Completed: 17
# of Books Read: 24
10.2 - Three/Four/FiveCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare is rated 4.45
20.6 - Supporting Goodreads Authors - Bridgit - Favorite Series
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
This series is about Sookie Stackhouse, a southern girl from Louisiana. She finds herself getting into all sorts of trouble, especially in her love life, with the supernatural world. HBO has made a series out of these books, although I think the books are much better.
Total Points = 390
10.7 Beware the Ides of March: If You Really Loved Me by Ann RuleTotal Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 16
Books by Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 2 (500+ and 750+)
Finished:25.1 Something You Really Want
Tomato Rhapsody by Adam Schell
I would like to grown more than one tomato this year. Since I moved to the Kansas City area I have never been able to get my tomato plants to produce a good crop.
30.3 Birth and Renewal:
A.
by Jerome Charyn. A novel for those people who always though Emily was way too bland for real life. (A better one, in my opinion, is
by Rose MacMurray)B.
by Christopher Merrill
10.1 Read a book with a picture of a tree on the cover OR with the word tree/trees in the title: Cross Country by James Patterson 10.2 Read a book whose average rating is a 3.45 (That must be the score when you start to read the book; if it changes while you are reading it, or when you post your task, the book will still count): Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes (avg rating 3.45 on 4/29/10)
Points: 20
Total Points: 95
Pages Read: 3717
Completed Tasks: 8
15.10Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy
My personal philosophy of life? I don't know, I hadn't really thought about it until now, but the first thing that pops into my head is that "everything is horrible" so lets start there and I'll update it sometime soon.
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Total books - 1
Total tasks - 1
Total points - 15
5.9 - reading a whole book in bed: Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression25.5 Leora's Task - Spring Cleaning, 850 pages of TBR list: The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hope, To the Lighthouse, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
TOTAL POINTS: 40/980
BOOKS READ: 8/76
COMPLETED TASKS: 3/57
Erin B.
20.5 - Just Joined In - Melaine - Read Across America (and the rest of the world)Read Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Kids' Top 100 The Giver by Lois Lowry Kids' Top 100 and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Celebrity List -- Bette Midler, Janet Reno --total of 644 pages Books Read: 36
Pages Read: 10497
Tasks Completed: 25
Tasks in Progress: 3
TOTAL POINTS: 345 + 10 = 35510.2 Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco by Calvin Trillin
It was 3.53 before I started. If you like food essays, give this one a read.
Completed Tasks
5.1 Still Life with Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer
5.2 Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart
5.6 Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
5.7 Making the Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa
5.9 Walking Dead by C. E. Murphy
10.1 Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint
10.4 Kitty’s House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
10.5 At Home in France by Ann Barry
10.8 Spin State by Chris Moriarty
10.9 Moving Target by Mercedes Lackey et al
10.10 Angus Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
15.9 Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
20.1 Dave Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry
20.3 The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
20.5 The Giver by Lois Lowry, Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
20.6 Roadkill by Rob Thurman
20.7 The Pleasure of Cooking for One by Judith Jones
20.8 Shalador’s Lady by Anne Bishop
25.1 Recipes from a American Herb Garden by Maggie Oster
25.4 (a) Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster (b) Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
25.9 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
50 Crazy Salad by Nora Ephron and The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny by Simon R. Green
Correction to a previous post:20.3 Love Walked In I LOVED this book. The mother of an 11 year old is bi-polar, and starts changing her behavior and disappearing. The book is about the effects of the mother is the throws of untreated illness.
I failed to say what I learned about bipolar disorder which was this - I often confuse bipolar disorder with schizophrenia, which is apparently common as people can be misdiagnosed as schizophrenic; however, bipolar is more about manic swings of highs and lows, rather than differing personalities.
New tasks:
10.7 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil This was the true crime task, and I was so happy to have finally read this book as I visited Savannah last year and it was referred to all of the time. I didn't quite remember all of the landmarks, but I enjoyed the book.
20.5 NEA lists, from the celebrity lists I choose Treasure Island which was Hector Alizondo's favorite book and Kidnapped which was a favorite of Justice Stephen Breyer (US Supreme Ct).
20.8 For the magic task I read Magyk which was very cute and quick.
Total points:460
Task 20.6 Favorite Series COMPLETEDRead a book from your favorite series.
I read Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...
Vampire Academy, a series I decided to try and definitely proofs to be incredibly entertain and unpredictable. The main character, Rose, is never boring and the story is getting better in every book. Particularly this one, #3, where Rose begins a journey at the end of the book, invites the reader to keep reading.
Task points: 20 points
My Total Challenge Points: 90 points
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Finished 20.3 Mental Health TaskI read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
I really enjoyed this sad story about a teenage girl who committed suicide. What interested me the most was how little of an impact her parents had on the story, which truly showed how absent they were from her life. The most important thing I learned from this book is that one event doesn't lead a teen to commit suicide. It's each event that piles on top the other that causes the despair to have a snowball effect.
I gave it 4 stars.
Total Points: 145 + 20 = 165
15.10 "Face the facts of being what you are..."A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
A personal philosophy I hold in life is that no woman should ever settle -- not for anything -- but especially not just to get married! I loved dating when I was younger, but was always careful not to get serious unless it was a special guy. I always support my single girlfriends who complain about being unattached while entering their 30s, because I know that being with one guy just to be with someone is not worth it in the end! 3/14/10
Note: I feel I should say here that the subject of these short stories are not AT ALL related to my personal philosophy, I was just drawn to the title for the purpose of this task. The title is a little bit misleading, considering I originally thought it was going to be a bunch of short stories for women about relationships. If you've read this author, you know how hilariously wrong I was.
20.1 April Fool
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
While this book was so scattered it was at times hard to read, I overall liked Carrie's message....that you have to keep your sense of humor no matter what and you can get through anything--including a gay man dying in your bed, manic-depression and electric shock therapy! I feel that the one-woman show this book is based on might be more entertaining because you get a could get a better sense of her personality. Her life stories were engaging and curious, but I wanted her to go a little deeper in to some of the things that happened to her--she's only scratching the surface to kee the story light and humorous. 4/17/10
20.3 Mental Health
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
Though his exact mental illness is never addressed, the madman in this book is locked up for murder, but deemed criminally insane so he resides in the mental asylum. I learned that just because you are insane and incapable of being socialized, you can still be incredibly bright and make contributions to society. 4/23/10
20.6 Favorite Series
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
I can't say I have a favorite series other than the Harry Potter books, but I didn't want to reread those for this challenge. Instead, I chose to start another wildly popular series. The first book in the Millenium series is about Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who gets in trouble with the law and takes some time off from his day job only to be sought out by a wealthy magnate to solve a past family mystery. Over a series of events, he eventually teams up with a young and alternative private investigator named Lisbeth Salander and together they solve the crime. I have already bought the second book and look forward to Lisbeth and Mikael working together for more cases! 4/4/10
20.7 Time to Declutter
Roses by Leila Meacham
My boyfriend attended a private dinner and ended up bringing home all the table arrangements, which were small boxes of beautiful red roses. However, we didn't really do anything with the centerpieces except plop them on our living room coffee table and watch them die. I finally cleaned out the flowers after reading the book--which is based on and old tradition of giving roses to members of each family for forgiveness. 3/29/10
**This was 609 pages and I'd like to claim a Big Book ticket for it**
20.9 A Really Cheesy Task
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
Used "American" cheese for this task. 3/29/10
Also, I would like to retract my 10 points for Night in task 10.5. I'll be using that book for another task and replacing that task with a different book once I read it.
I think that brings me to a revised total of 130 points.
Congratulations on finishing, Sandy!!! Awesome work!
30.5 PJ Reads's Task Six Degrees of Separation:Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (off my TBR shelf)
and
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
I've been admiring all the tricky six degrees others have come up with, but I went really simple on this one. Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for 2009, and Byatt was nominated for the same award in the same category in the same year (which Tanja okayed).
*I would like to claim an I Like Big Books ticket for this task. Technically I could claim one for either book, as both are over 500 pages, but I suppose I'll claim it for Byatt, since at 675 pages it was the slightly longer of the two.*
Number of Pages in Book(s): 1207
Challenges Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 2172
Total Points: 50
I finished task 25.8 by reading
by Robert C. O'Brien and
by Katie DiCamillo. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH was a reread for me. Tasks Completed: 14/27
Books Read: 21/57
New Total: 210
Finished several tasks this Week:10.2 - 345
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
15.1 Independantly Speaking
A. A wizard abroad by Diane Duane (Goodreads Author)
B. The Poet Slave of Cuba by Madeline Engle
15.2 Anzac Day
A. Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
B. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Totals:
Total Points: 500.00
Total Books: 35.00
Total Tasks: 22.00
Total Pages: 12036.00
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