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Reading through Time - Constant Traveler15.4: Agnes Grey - Ann Bronte
+25 points
15.3: A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
+25 points
10.4 - One Hit Wonders: The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie (only novel published)
+ 10 Task Points
Task Points: 10
20.1 - Monsterfest: The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike
+ 20 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (10.5 - Eastwick)
+ 10 Canon Points
Task Points: 35
20.5 - Freedom Season: As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner (Mississippi)
+ 20 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (10.3 9/25 bday)
+ 10 Canon Points
Task Points: 40
New Points: 130
Grand Total: 555
Jane from BC wrote: "10.1 Football Season - word 'tiger' in the book titleThe Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
+10 task
+5 Combo - fits Task 20.8 as it is a..."
Hi Krista,
I found the book fascinating. It has several genres all rolled into one that appeal to me - animals & ecosystems; history; and man vs. nature/survival tales. The book is very well researched and I enjoyed the authour's narrative non-fiction writing style.
It is not simply the true tale of a man-eating tiger, but the story of the people, history, and ecology of this remote region of Siberia. The complexities of animal conservation vs. the subsistence livelihood of the people in this isolated area for whom tiger poaching is a windfall (with China along the border eager for tiger parts) are covered extensively. The book is populated with a variety of trappers, poachers, loggers and conservations who play a role in the tale. Vaillant aptly describes these various men (yes it is a man's world out is the far eastern tiaga of Siberia.) (I did find myself getting some of the Russian names muddled.)
There are a couple of spots where Vaillant drags things out a bit, but for me it didn't detract from the book. I highly recommend it.
Jane
20.1 MonsterfestGhost Town by Richard W. Jennings Lexile 1000
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 10.2 Literature Map Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Total Task 25
20.10 Mystery Solution
I used solution C
Dracula by Bram Stoker
+20 Task
+10 Combo Also fits 10.10 Group Reads, 10.3 Author Birthday 11/08
Task Total 30
20.2 Banned Book
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also Fits 10.3 Author Brithday 11/11
TAsk Total 25
Slaughterhouse-FiveDracula
10.3 Author Birthdays
Poor Little Bitch Girl
Poor Little Bitch Girl by Jackie Collins 10/04
Queen of the Night: A Novel of Suspense
10.3 Author Birthdays
Queen of the Night by J. A. Jance 10.27
Task +10
Task Total 10
First Impressions
10.3 Author Birthdays
First Impressions by Nora Roberts 10/10
+10 Task
Task Total 10
In for the Kill
10.3 Author Birthdays
In for the Kill by John Lutz 09/11
+10 Task
Task Total 10
To Rome With Love10.5 City Lights
To ROme with Love by Debra White Smith
+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Seven Sisters Series)
Task Total 15
A Touch of Dead
10.8 Moon in Title or on Cover
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fitsd 10.3 Author Buirthdays 11/25
Task Total 15
20.2 Banned Book WeekForever by Judy Blume Lexile Not Available
The Earth. My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Lexile Not Available
The Giver by Lois Lowry Lexile 760
The Lovely Bones by ALice Sebold
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
To Kill a MOchingbird by Harper Lee
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Lexile 1010
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Alice in Charge by Phyllis Reynolds Naylore Lexile Not Available
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
+240 Task
Task Total 240
Animal Farm20.4 Vegetable/Starch in Title or Set on a Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.2
Task Total 25
The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest (Mollie Katzen's Classic Cooking
20.4 The New Enchanted Broccoli FOrest by Mollie Katzen
+20 Task
Task Total 20
War and Peas
War and Peas by Mollie Churchill
+20 Task
Task Total 20
20.5 American Civil War or set in Southern AmericaThe Civil War in Documents by Rachel Filene Seidman
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
Custer: The COntroversial Life of George Armstrong Custer by Jeffry D. Wert
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
American Experience: Slavery in America by Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.10
+ 5 JUmbo 552 pages
Task Total 30
The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the CIvil War Edited by Kenneth W. Howell
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
Tried by War : Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
How the South COuld Have Won the Civil War by Bevin Alexander
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo ALso fits 20.8
Task Total 25
The Third Texas Calvary in the Civil War by Douglas Hale
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West by Steve E. Woodworth
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
10.9 Published in English in More Than One Title
Little Bee by Chris Cleave Also Published as The Other Hand
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Cheryl wrote: "20.2 Banned Book Week: Catcher in the Rye"
+10 Combo points (20.4 Title contains starch, 10.4 Only novel by J.D.S.)
+10 Canon points
Rebekah wrote: "20.10 Late One NightDracula by Bram Stoker
I used Option A - Best gothic Novel
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.10 group reads)
+10 Canon
35 pts -Task Total
275 pts - G..."
How far back can we go to add points we forgot? I forgot the fall birthday on Dracula.
Rebekah wrote: "RTT - 4th book in order 1801-1850Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë pub 1847
Task 10.4 One hit wonders
[book:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|27285..."
I forgot to add combo points for harvest season on this one too.
RtT - Constant Traveler15.6 1701-1750 Moll Flanders, pub 1722
+20 Task
+10 RtT Bonus
Task total = 30
Grand Total = 500
Cheryl, your Grand Total through Message #617 (plus Msg 671) = 690That includes the addition of Paradise Lost to the RtT challenge (see Msg 671). With the addition of this book you have completed the RtT challenge as a Time Leaper.
The 60 point Time Leaper completion bonus is included in your Grand Totat score shown above.
In Msg 618 -- Cheryl wrote: "10.2 Literature MapThe Clique by Lisi Harrison Lexile 790...
Anyone But You by Lara M.
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 725
..........
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott AKA Kate Brian Lexile 750
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 785....
--and--
Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian Lexile 720
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 820 ..."
Hi Cheryl: You're using two books by the same author here. For this task you can only use the author once.
I'm not adding the points for the second Kate Brian book you posted. I didn't find Kieran Scott on your author's Literature Map. So I'm adding points for that book using Kate Brian as the author.
If you can find another place to use Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian please add it in a mew message. Thanks!
In Msg 622 -- Cheryl wrote: "10.3 Author BirthdaysDeath of a Stranger by Anne Perry 10/28...
C. J.'s Fate by Kay Hooper 10/30
+1o Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.7 (1984)
Task Total 15
Grand Total 870
A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 11/18
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 880
Burnout by Marcia Muller 09/28
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 10.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 895
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Hi Cheryl:
What is your source for Kay Hooper's birthday? Goodreads shows it as Jan 1st (maybe because they don't know it?). And Wikipedia doesn't have it either. I'm not going to add points for this book. When you can provide a source that shows that she has a Fall birthday, please repost this book in a new message.
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.7 (1984)
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The Handmaid's Tale is on a Banned Books list so I'm adding 5 Combo points for Task 20.2.
A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 11/18
+10 Task
+5 Combo (Task 20.2 Banned Books)
Task Total 15
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Burn Out is #25 in the Sharon McCone series. I'm adding 5 Series Style points for this book.
Burnout by Marcia Muller 09/28
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 10.8
+ 5 Series
Task Total 20
In Msg 623 -- Cheryl wrote: "10.6 Author MemoirsNow I See The Moon by Elaine Hall ...
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10.8 Moon Over Water by Debbie Macomber
+10 Task
+ 0 Combo
Task Total 10
Grand Total 1050
..."
I'm not adding these points for Moon Over Water. You've already claimed points for this book in Msg #622.
+10 Task
+ 0 Combo
Task Total 10
Grand Total 1050
In Msg 624 - Cheryl wrote: "20.1 Halloween Adjective+20 Task
+ 0 COmbo
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1080
Duplicate post for the same book. See Msg 618. (Already used for Task 10.2 Literature Map.) No more points added for this book.
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Death of a Witch by M. C. Beaton
+20 Task
+ 5 Series (#25 Hamish Macbeth) Added Series Points for this title
Task Total 25
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Devil in the Detail by Clare Curzon
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1120
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+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1140
This book doesn't work for Task 20.2. 'Monster' is not an approved title word. No points were added for this title. If you can fit it in another task, please post it in a new message.
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The Devil by Ken Bruen
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1160
..."
Hi Cheryl: New Grand Total = 1010
Through Msg 673 with all my additions, corrections and deletions figured in.
Liz M wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "20.2 Banned Book Week: Catcher in the Rye"
+10 Combo points (20.4 Title contains starch, 10.4 Only novel by J.D.S.)
+10 Canon points"
Thank you Liz!!
Krista wrote: "In Msg 622 -- Cheryl wrote: "10.3 Author BirthdaysDeath of a Stranger by Anne Perry 10/28...
C. J.'s Fate by Kay Hooper 10/30
+1o Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.7 (1984)
Task Total 15
G..."
There was a website that was on the task so clicked on it and her name came up as having a birthday on October 30. I printed out that list and have it at home but I swear that is what the paper said. Hold these points and let me re-check that. Thanks
In Msg 668 -- Rebekah wrote: "20.8 Just the FactsWhy Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years by Jimmy Carter
Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years by Jimmy Carter
+20 - Task
+15 - Combo(10.3 Oct 1, 10.6 memoirs of farming,naval officer,nuclear sub capt,sm bus owner,Ga state legis.,Ga Governor 20.5 Georgia)
+5 - Series(followed by 3 more books of memoirs about Presidency, Peacemaker,Humanitarian)
40 Task Total
420 Grand Total
..."
Hi Rebekah: In Mgs 664 your Grand Total = 430.
With the addition of these 40 points
New Grand Total = 470
(Not the 420 you have shown here...)
In Msg 677 - Rebekah wrote: "RtT - Constant Traveler15.3 - 1850-1900
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Pub 1880, Lex 960
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
+25 Task Total
445 - Grand Total
..."
Adjusted Grand Total = 495
See addition error note in the message above.
According to the Author Birthday Directory link that was included in the task, Kay Hooper AKA Kay Robbins has a birthday on OCtober 30
Cheryl wrote: "According to the Author Birthday Directory link that was included in the task, Kay Hooper AKA Kay Robbins has a birthday on OCtober 30"Quite correct.
Erin wrote: "20.3 The Season of Shorter DaysAdrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival 2000 Edited by Clint Willis
+20 Task points
+5 Combo (20.8 @ 360pp...."
Grand Total = 555
(Not 550 as shown here. You earned 5 Combo points for The Awakening. See my note from Nov. 7th.)
In Msg 684 - Rebekah wrote: Task 20.8 - Just the Facts Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jason Hawesand Grant Wilson
+20 Task
+10 Combo(10.6 Work Memoir,20.3 about 37 "case histories" written alternatively between the two authors)
+ 5 (This is the second book on the Ghost Hunting series)
35 pts Task Total
480 Grand Total
..."
Sorry, I don't think qualifies as a book in a series.
Adjust Grand Total through this book = 525
Rebekah wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.8 - Just the FactsSeeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jason Hawesand [auth..."
I'm crossing out the series points on this. The more I think about it, two books would be a sequel rather than a series since the third book is targeting a younger audience. My conscience is making me go on and on about this. (smile)
In Msg 687 - Erin wrote: "ERIN MN20.5 - Freedom Season ...
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25+20+20 = 65
TOTAL POINTS = 210
..."
Adjusted Grand Total = 230
Starting Grand Total from last points update = 165.
165 + 65 = 230.
Wa-hoo you have more points. :-)
RtT 1751 - 1800 5th stopThe Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1766)
+15 Task
+10 Constant Traveler
+25 pts Task Total
Task 20.7 Re-unification
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote (pub 1965 USA)
+20 pts Task
+15 pts Combo (10.3 Sept 30, 20.2 banned books, 20.8 non fiction)
+10 canon
+45 pts Task Total
+25 pts
+45 pts
+70 pts for total of above two tasks
595 pts Grand Total
Cheryl wrote: "According to the Author Birthday Directory link that was included in the task, Kay Hooper AKA Kay Robbins has a birthday on OCtober 30"Okay. Thanks for the information. I'll go back to your original post to try and find how you scored this book. In the future, if you could please repost your points for a book that I've disallowed that will make my life a bit easier. Thanks.
New Grand Total after addition of this book = 1025
(Total for your books up to Msg 675.)
Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.8 - Just the FactsSeeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society by [author:Jason Hawes|..."
Krista you were too fast for me! (smile)
Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.8 - Just the FactsSeeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society by
Krista you were too fast for me! (smile)
..."
But at least we're in agreement. :-)
Krista wrote: "In Msg 668 -- Rebekah wrote: "20.8 Just the FactsWhy Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years by Jimmy Carter
..."
I'm Sorry, Krista!
This is why my husband balances the checkbook and takes care of all our finances. I don't know how much it will help but I'll use a calculator next time. Often I even type in the numbers wrong!
I hate making this more difficult for you but thanks for keeping everything straight!
In Msg 711 -- Cheryl wrote: "20.2 Banned Book WeekForever by Judy Blume Lexile Not Available
The Giver by Lois Lowry Lexile 760
The Love..."
Already claimed points for the Carolyn Mackler book for Task 10.2 (Literature Map). Can't claim it twice.
In Msg 701 -- nsfancy wrote: "Task 15.10 RtT Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi (1999)Task points 15
+10 Style
And this completes my journey as a constant traveller so I will claim my 100 point bonus.
Total points 905
Thanks Sam, I really enjoyed this trip through the centuries!
..."
Way to go! I'm always happy to add those completion bonus points. Glad to hear you enjoyed Reading through Time! -Krista
In Msg 707 -- Sam wrote: "Reading through Time - Constant Traveler... 20.5 - Freedom Season: As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner (Mississippi)
+ 20 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (10.3 9/25 bday)
+ 10 Canon Points
Task Points:
New Points: 130
Grand Total: 555..."
"As I Lay Dying"
Task Points = 35
Funny thing though --- your Grand Total of 555 is correct. :-)
In Msg 716 -- Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.10 Late One NightDracula by Bram Stoker
I used Option A - Best gothic Novel
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.10 group reads)
+10 Canon
35 pts -Task Total
How far back can we go to add points we forgot? I forgot the fall birthday on Dracula.
..."
+5 Combo (Task 10.3, Fall Birthdays)
Adjusted Grand Total = 590
In Msg 717 -- Rebekah wrote: "RTT - 4th book in order 1801-1850 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë pub 1847 ...
I forgot to add combo points for harvest season on this one too.
..."
Hi Rebekah:
This is for a RtT task, it doesn't earn any Combo points.
In Msg 735 -- Rebekah wrote: "RtT 1751 - 1800 5th stopThe Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1766)....
+25 pts
+45 pts
+70 pts for total of above two tasks
595 pts Grand Total
..."
Hi Rebekah:
With the two books added in this message, by my tally your Adjusted Grand Total = 660
Task 20.1 Mosterfest Redux Part B: Death of a Witch by M.C. Beaton+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Hamish Macbeth #25)
Task Total = 25
Task 20.3 Season of Shorter Days: Many Bloody Returns edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthday, Charlaine Harris 11/25, and 20.1 Part A) Bloody = Halloween adjective)
Task Total = 30
That completes all 20 Tasks in the RwS categories! I finally got through enough tasks to earn a bonus!
+100 RwS Finish Bonus
New Grand Total = 695
In Msg 675 -- Cheryl wrote: "Readerboard Name Cheryl TXI am going to post some more but I have no idea how many points I have, so I will just post the task amount ....
20.1 Halloween Adjective or Ward ...
Monster High by Lisi Harrison Lexile not Available
+20 Task
Task TOtal 20
..."
Hi Cheryl: Monster High doesn't work for Task 20.1. Monster isn't being used an an adjective in this title (Part A), and it's not an approved title word (Part B)
No points were added for this book.
Grand Total after all eligible books from Msg 675 were added = 1180
"In Msg 717 -- Rebekah wrote: "RTT...10.4 One hit wonders..."Krista wrote: "This is for a RtT task, it doesn't earn any Combo points. "
Krista,
I believe the combo points were for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which Rebekah first posted in msg #699 & quoted in msg 717.
Liz M wrote: ""In Msg 717 -- Rebekah wrote: "RTT...10.4 One hit wonders..."Krista wrote: "This is for a RtT task, it doesn't earn any Combo points. "
Krista,
I believe the combo points were for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which Rebekah first posted in msg #699 & quoted in msg 717...."
Doh! Well that would make much more sense! I'll add in those 5 combo points when I tally up the points again. Thanks for the info Liz! (It's been a long scorekeeping day, as you can tell from the plethora of notes from me.) :-)
10.3 Fall BirthdaysThe Slap by Christos Tsiolkas His birthday is October 25, 1965
Task Total: 10
10.6 What a Way to Make a Living
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - This is about Alison Arngrims childhood and mainly about growing up on the set of "Little House on the Prairie"
Task Total: 10
20.2 Banned Book Week -
Speak This is number 60 on ALA Top 100 Challenged Books of 2000-2009.
Task: 20
Combo: 5 (Ms. Anderson's b-day is October 21)
Task Total: 25
20.9 Scandinavian Noir
Faceless Killers Takes place in Sweden
Task: 20
Series: 5 - First in the Wallander series
LIT: 10 - Translated from Swedish
Task Total: 35
New Point Total: 195
Liz M wrote: ""In Msg 717 -- Rebekah wrote: "RTT...10.4 One hit wonders..."Krista wrote: "This is for a RtT task, it doesn't earn any Combo points. "
Krista,
I believe the combo points were for The Guernsey..."
Thanks again, Liz!
You're a wonder, Krista
20.5 Freedom Season (Set in the South)I read The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty for 20 points.
20 points
+ 5 combo (20.7-published in 1969, United States)
=25 task points
Total RWS Points: 490
20.4 Vegetable/Starch in Title or Takes place on a FarnThe Man Corn Murders by Lou Allin Man Corn Murders
+20 Task
Task Total 20
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffers and Annie Barrows
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Full of Beans - 75 Exciting Tasty Recipes by Brooke Dojny Full of Beans: 75 Exciting, Tasty Recipes
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Carrots Love Tomatoes - Secret Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by Louise Riotte
Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
+20 Task
Task Total 20
The Amazing Legume - Cooking with Lentils, Beans, adn Peas by Alice Jenner
The Amazing Legume
+20 Task
Task Total 20
20.6 Hispanic Author MonthHarvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzalez Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Author is from Pnce, Puerto Rico
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
The History of the Incas by Alfred Metraux
The Author is from Argentina
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Total Task 25
The Rhythm of Success by Emilio Estefan
Author is from Cuba
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also Fits 20.8
Task Total 25
20.7 Berlin Wall DatesIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Originally Published 1965
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antartic Expedition by Carolyn Alexander
+20 Task
Task Total 20
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
+20 Task
+ 5 Also Fits 10.4 One Hit Wonders
Task TOtal 25
20.9 Scandinavian Noir
Ice Moon by Jan Costin Wagner
+20 Task
Task Total 20
I think that if everything counts now I have claimed points for every task and finished Reading Through TIme. Is that correct???
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
+10 task
+5 Combo - fits Task 20.8 as it is a..."
Hi Jane:
How did you like this book? I have it on my TBR shelf. I'd be interested to hear what you thought of it.
Thanks! -Krista