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message 1051: by Angela Sunshine (last edited Jan 08, 2011 04:36PM) (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) 30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young

A. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma: stand alone/romance (418 pages)
This book is about a "forbidden" love between siblings in high school and how their family life plays into their feelings
B. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer: series/paranormal (454 pages)
This book is about two wolf packs (who are also human teens) and how they relate to each other and and their role as new leaders

Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 14


message 1052: by Sheila (last edited Jan 08, 2011 05:42PM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11

The Collectors by David Baldacci Oldest on TBR in top 10 after sort and I have read David Baldacci before.

The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer New author to me in newest 11 on TBR

Michael Palmer is a Goodreads Author

Total Points = 870 Points





message 1053: by Hannah (new)

Hannah (goodquietkitty) 20.3 Frosty the Snowman

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The female protagonist discovers that she has magical powers.

Brandon Sanderson is a GR Author

The book was 544 pages, so I am claiming a Big Book Ticket


Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Total tasks complete: 5


message 1054: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) 20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman

The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan

This is about a girl who, at 16, discovers she is half-mermaid and has to choose between living above or below the sea.

Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 15


message 1055: by Deedee (last edited Jan 08, 2011 09:16PM) (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments DeeDee
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11

A. Out with the Old:
I've had this one on my TBR almost from the day it first came out:
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1) (1983) by Terry Pratchett (Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages)
This is the first of this series. I've read later books in the series (most recently Going Postal ) and now I've gone back and read the first book in the series. The later books are much better IMHO.

AND

B. In with the New:
I came across this book last month while I was checking out another goodreads group:
The Flanders Panel (1990) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Paperback, 295 pages)
Completely new author to me as well as a new book. When I started reading it, The Flanders Panel was one of the 11 most recently added TBR books to my list.


170 + 30 = 200





Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 170 + 30 = 200
Books read: 16
Pages Read: 5341
Goodreads Authors: 2

Read but not claimed: 2


message 1056: by Meagan (new)

Meagan (mmbell) | 315 comments 20.5 Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky

Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 21
Books read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)





message 1057: by Literally (new)

Literally Jen (vampsita) Repost because I forgot Readerboard Name: Jennifer UT

5.10 About the Author
The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax. **The main character and her 3 best friends are all published authors.**

15.9 Warm Up
Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
**This takes place on Selkie Island, which is part of Georgia. The book has a very southern feel to it from the setting, foods, and culture (think debutante balls, dresses, parties, etc.).**
Aimee Friedman is a Goodreads author.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 4


message 1058: by Literally (new)

Literally Jen (vampsita) Readerboard Name: Jennifer UT

30.3 HO! HO! HO!

A. Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately **95% of the book is set in Afghanistan.**
Roberta Gately is a Goodreads author.

B. The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball by Risa Green
Risa Green is a Goodreads author.

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 6


message 1059: by [deleted user] (new)

15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
(From the "The movie was better than the book" list)

New points: 15
Total points: 270


message 1060: by Kate (new)

Kate Cooley Kate.x

25.3 Reflections on 2010.
A positive memory I had in 2010 was buying my first flat, this has made me feel settled and I've loved having my friends and family around to enough it with me. So I read "Snoop" by Sam Gosling, which is about snooping around peoples homes and what their stuff says about them.
In 2010 I also began reading a series of book by MC Beaton, so I read "Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener" by MC Beaton.

Total points = 195


message 1061: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 741 comments Diane

25.5 -- Valorie's task - SRC Tea Ceremony

For Part A: Please choose a tea flavor listed and read the corresponding type of book:

2. Gunpowder Green Tea: Read a true crime, suspense, western, or mystery novel: Plum Spooky (A Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novel, #4) by Janet Evanovich.

Part B: Read a book that has the word "Tea" in the title: Out S(TEA)ling Horses by Per Petterson.

Total Points: 535/975
Tasks Completed: 33/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 43
Goodreads Authors: 4 (James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

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message 1062: by Fran (new)

Fran | 730 comments 5.6- Over 25,000 GR ratings-

I read All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris- this book has 33,052 ratings.


Previous Points- 360
Points for this task- 5
Total Points- 365
Goodreads Authors- 8


message 1063: by Denise (new)

Denise | 213 comments Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 5.1 Short and Sweet

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

108 Pages / 5 Points


Task 5.6 It's All in the Numbers

The Giver by Lois Lowry

179 Pages / 5 Points


Task 15.10 Keep it Simple

Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

Amanda Hocking is a Goodreads Author.

312 Pages / 15 Points


Task 20.4 Game On

I rolled a 2 - Role Playing Games - Science Fiction or Fantasy

Torn by Hocking, Amanda

Amanda Hocking is a Goodreads Author

332 Pages / 20 Points


Task 20.10 Group Read

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

I posted Message #22 in the discussion.

441 Pages / 20 Points

Thanks.


message 1064: by Susan (new)

Susan | 682 comments Trying 30.8 again-Spirit of the Season.

I read A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay. "ASIA" is found the the author's name.

I also read The Blessings of the Animals: A Novel by Katrina Kittle. "ASIA" is found the title.

Both of the authors are "GoodReads Authors".

Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books:
Total Pages: 4178


message 1065: by Wendy UK (new)

 Wendy  UK (wendyuk) | 724 comments 20.3 - Frosty the Snowman


Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf

Approved in the help thread: Orlando changes from man to woman.


Total points to date 245





message 1066: by abbey sophia (new)

abbey sophia (abbeysophia) | 9 comments ** Hello lovely moderators! I would like to mention that my name is currently spelled incorrectly on the readerboard. It's spelled "Abby" when it should be "Abbey." I hope it won't be too much of an inconvenience to ask for it to be changed.

Anyhow, onto the tasks!

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Task 25.5 - SRC Tea Ceremony

A. Kyoto Lemon Tea: Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
*this is a 'big book' at 665 pages

B. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta

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Points claimed in this post: 25
Total points to date: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 1


message 1067: by Kristine (new)

Kristine (kc0217) | 22 comments Task Completed:

5.3 -- Starts With... – Waiter Rant – Steve Dublanica

Total: 60 points


message 1068: by Audiaa (new)

Audiaa | 99 comments 5.3 Starts with...
Matched by Ally Condie

10.5 Dragon Dance
Morganville Vampires #8: Ghost House by Rachel Caine

20.4 Video Games - Rolled 2 read science fiction
Pathfinder* by Orson Scott Card
*Big Book 500+ (672 pages)

20.7 Christmas Fuzzies
Seductive Poison by Debbie Layton (sad book)

25.5 Tea Ceremony
A) Anita Blake #16: Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Option 3 Supernatural Character
B) Steal this Book by Abbie Hoffman

Points 235


message 1069: by Erin (last edited Jan 09, 2011 10:09AM) (new)

Erin Erin B.

Task 5.6 - It's All in the Numbers

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30


message 1070: by Helen (last edited Jan 09, 2011 11:15AM) (new)

Helen Southall (hsouthall) | 356 comments 5.8 New Beginnings - first book in new-to-me serial

The Spellman Files
by Lisa Lutz - I will definitely read more in this series.


10.6 Cookie Exchange - the word cookie is in title

The Christmas Cookie Club: A Novel
by Ann Pearlman

Excellent book, lots of good recipes, information about ingredients and good plot about friendships over time.

30.8 In the Spirit of the Season - Dice roll = 2,5

2. A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry -- Book from a favorite genre - Christmas books - ASIA in title A ChrIStmAs Journey

5. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe -- Book I have been dying to read and couldn't fit into challenge - ASIA in title The PhySIck Book of DeliverAnce DAne


Lisa Lutz is a Goodreads author.

Points this task 45

Total Points = 265
Total Tasks = 18
Total Books = 23
Total Pages = 5452

Goodreads Authors = 2


message 1071: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) 20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life

A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

This is a book set in the countryside of IL during the depression. Two kids from Chicago visit their grandmother in the country every summer. Grandma Dowdel is certainly unconventional... She tells whoppers, schemes to catch and scare the heck out of local hoodlums, breaks the law by stealing the sheriff's boat to fish on private property and more. But under all her gruff and eccentric behavior is a kind-hearted old lady. Those fish are fried up and given to the drifters looking for work. She's a bit of a Robin Hood!

Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 16


message 1072: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Hodges Young | 306 comments Jennifer KS

10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!

Fit and Fabulous after 40 by Denise Austin

Points this task 10
Total Points 155
Task done 14
Books Read 14

Fit and Fabulous After 40 A 5-Part Program for Turning Back the Clock by Denise Austin


message 1073: by Carla (new)

Carla (carlajones) | 93 comments Carla

20.5 -- Bigger is Better - unconvential woman

I read Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso. The unconvential woman in this story was Judith - she fought tooth and nail against the tyranny of her father and the so-called rules of the society of her time.

Points: 20
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Pages: 2409
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()


message 1074: by Nancy (new)

Nancy | 138 comments 5.2 Singles Awareness Day

Galore

New points: 5
Total points: 10


message 1075: by Gayla (new)

Gayla Bassham (sophronisba) | 64 comments 30.3 DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO!

For this task, read 2 books:
A) In honour of Santa’s legendary home, read a book in which the major setting is in one of the following cold winter countries:

Afghanistan, Andorra, Antarctica, Austria , Belarus, Bosnia & Herzeqovina, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Greenland, Liechtenstein, Republic of Macedonia, Nepal, Pakistan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia , Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland

The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight by Gina Ochsner

The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight is set in Russia . (You're shocked, I'm sure.)

Gina Ochsner is a GoodReads Author.

B) In honour of Santa's Spirit of Christmas, read a book whose title contains one of the following words:

Spirit, Magic, Give, List, Good, Peace, Christmas, Naughty, Nice, Present, Secret, Wonder, Love , Believe, Belief, Joy, Care, Gift

Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom

This Post: 30
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 20
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 1076: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Hodges Young | 306 comments Jennifer KS

10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance

Blood Trail by Tanya Huff

Vicki Nelson hunts down the person killing a family of werewolves.

points this task 10
total points 165
Task done 15
Books read 15


message 1077: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Hodges Young | 306 comments Jennifer KS

20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman

Blood Price by Tanya Huff

Vicki Nelson get help from Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of Henry the VIII who is a vampire.

Points this task 20
Total Points 185
Tasks done 16
Books read 16


message 1078: by Tami (new)

Tami | 296 comments 5.5 Read Tiger Eyesby Judy Blume.

Points 5
total points 205


message 1079: by Lindsey (last edited Jan 09, 2011 06:03PM) (new)

Lindsey (mamamunky) | 185 comments I'm LindseyMa and I completed 2 tasks.

Task 20.5 (Bigger is better) - I read Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran. The book is about obviously, Cleopatra's daughter, who was most definitely an extraordinary woman. The book was great for any historical fiction lovers out there. The author is a Goodreads' author.

Task 10.8 (Promise Her Everything...) - I read Shanghai Girls Shanghai Girls by Lisa See by Lisa See, who is a Goodreads' author.

Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Pages: 2937 pages
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total Points: 140


message 1080: by Donna Jo (last edited Jan 09, 2011 06:31PM) (new)

Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments Finished:

15.1 Time After Time

A. Gilgamesh: A Novel (2001) by Joan London 272pp Set between 1918 and 1947 in Australia and Armenia.

B. The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margaret Atwood 434 pp Okayed in help thread

15.5 Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia

The Things They Carried (1990) by Tim O'Brien 246 pp. Vietnam War

25.3 Christine US' task Refections on 2010

A. During the summer of 2010 I made three trips to Wisconsin with my friend Mary, first for her mother's 100th birthday party, the following month for her mother's funeral, and then in August for Mary's oldest sister's 60th wedding anniversary. I felt more or less adopted by a terrific extended family. So I read a book about life in Wisconsin, written quite close to where Mary's family live.

Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting (2009) by Michael Perry 350 pp.

B. Your Scandalous Ways (2008) by Loretta Chase 284 pp
I first read Loretta Chase for the Fall 2010 challenge.

30.7 Emily Kate's Task--Forever Young

A. A Sudden Wild Magic (1992) by Diana Wynne Jones 412 pp. fantasy This stand alone was in the YA dept of my local library. I think it was there because so many books she's written have been for YA's and it has that same fantasy feel to it.

B. My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War (2008) by L.A. Meyer 436pp #8 in Bloody Jack Series. Historical fiction set during early 1800's with teen-aged heroine.

Total 848 pp.

Today's total: 85
Grand total: 555


message 1082: by Sandy, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Sandy | 16893 comments Mod
5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning

I read The Lost Hero, the first book in the new Rick Riordan series.

Total points: 280


message 1083: by Lahni (new)

Lahni | 312 comments 20.2 Winter Flowers Day

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- has the word "flower" in title

25.2 Thank You Moderators

1. The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley - Sandy's list

2. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman - Dlmrose's list


30.4 By the Numbers

A. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - I have an even birth year.

B. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali - My single digit was 7.


Points This Post: 75
Total Points: 280

Total Tasks Completed:16
Total Books Read: 19
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)


message 1084: by Pam (new)

Pam (pammylee76) | 49 comments Pam

20.4: Author! Author!

I rolled a 4, so I read Columbine by Dave Cullen. It won an Edgar Award in 2010 for Best Crime Fact.

Dave Cullen is a Goodreads Author.

Points: 20
Total Points: 155
GR Authors: 4


message 1085: by Leigh Ann (last edited Jan 10, 2011 06:32AM) (new)

Leigh Ann (leighannflyingonsilverwings) I'm jumping into this challenge late so I'm trying to work in some that I've read since it started.

5.3 -- Starts With... ~ Hot Six

5.9 -- Noel, Noel ~ Seven Up

10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... ~ Plum Lovin' (A Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novel, #2) by Janet Evanovich

10.9 Serial Killer ~ Last Sacrifice

*Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author!!
15.10 - Keep it Simple ~ Hard Eight

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not ~ To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, #9) by Janet Evanovich

30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers ~ A. I was born in 1979 Eleven on Top & B. (#3) Ten Big Ones

95/975 Points


message 1086: by Laurie (new)

Laurie (limegreen) | 87 comments Task 30.9 - Happy 80th Birthday!
Part A:
BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara Published in 1935

Part B:
We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor

My mother would have liked this book as it contains much about life in the Midwest - I grew up in the Midwest and she lived there all of her life

Total Points This Task: 30
Points to Date: 105
Pages this task:656
Total pages to date:2,464
Big books to date: 1 (500+)


message 1087: by [deleted user] (new)

5.8 - Here's To A New Beginning
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (GR Author)

15.10 - Keep It Simple
Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton (Big Book = 547 pages)

20.2 - Winter Flowers Day
Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton (Big Book = 644 pages)
("Narcissus" is the flower name)


Points for this post: 40
Total Points: 135
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 1088: by N. (new)

N. (nonodisco) | 202 comments 10.6 Cookie Exchange

Inspired by animal crackers (according to the task help thread, they count as cookies), I read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 130

Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 1969
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 1089: by Jason (new)

Jason | 60 comments Jason

20.8 It's My Birthday: Erin MN's task-Inauguration Day

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Points: 20
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 1090: by Ceinwin (new)

Ceinwin | 19 comments 15.9 - Warm up

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

Task points : 15

Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Complete: 6
Total Books Read: 7
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Goodreads Authors 1





message 1091: by Alice (new)

Alice (aliceg) | 424 comments Alice G

Task: 30.4 - By the Numbers

Book A - (my birth year ends in an odd number) The Man Who Disappeared by Clare Morrall

Book B - (The single digit number I got was 2) Ellis Island

Total Points: 220

Previous Books
5.10 About the Author - The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

10.9 Serial Killer - The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
10.10 Top Ten Lists - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

15.10 Keep it Simple - Dancing Backwards by Salley Vickers

20.6 The Twenty-tens - Twenty-one Locks by Laura Burton
20.7 The Christmas Fuzzies - No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
20.10 Group Read - The Giver by Lois Lowry

30.2 Alphabetically Speaking - Little Constructions by Anna Burns and Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho! - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad and I Love You Goodbye
30.7 Forever Young - Artemis Fowl and the Altantis Complex Eoin Colfer and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Alice in Time by Penelope Bush


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message 1092: by Terri FL (new)

Terri FL (territhemuse) | 615 comments 10.2 - "Orient Express" Read Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. This was primarily set in Moscow, Russia (Well, actually in the former Soviet Union).

20.5 - "Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task " Read No Evil Star: Selected Essays, Interviews, and Prose by Anne Sexton. I started reading about Anne Sexton when my son had to do his college English project on her. She is very unconventional, especially for her time and it's been fascinating reading more about her!

Points for above tasks: 30
Tasks above completed: 2
Total tasks completed: 10/56
Points completed: 180
Books read & claimed: 12
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)





message 1093: by Terri (last edited Jan 10, 2011 06:33AM) (new)

Terri (terrilovescrows) TERRI DC
5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning

The Joiner King by Troy Dennison

Big Book


message 1094: by JennRenee, Moderator (new)

JennRenee (jennreneeread) | 2907 comments Mod
30.6 Looking for a Few Good... Authors
I rolled a 2 and a 6 and used Stephenie Meyer as my Author.

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight was published 2005

I read Disney after Dark by Ridley Pearson, published 2005

Using the Literature Map, I was led to Richelle Mead and read Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author.

Points this post: 30

Total points: 125


Tasks Completed: 7
Books read:8
Total pages: 3094
GR Authors: 4

Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 1095: by Sheila (last edited Jan 10, 2011 07:29AM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 25.5 -- Valorie's task - SRC Tea Ceremony

Part A: 2. Gunpowder Green Tea: Read a true crime, suspense, western, or mystery novel.

Rough Justice by Lisa Scottoline

AND

Part B: Stealing with Style by Emyl Jenkins

Total Points = 895 Points




message 1096: by Rachael (last edited Jan 10, 2011 08:22AM) (new)

Rachael | 21 comments Rachael

Task #5.9: Noel, Noel

Four to Score by Janet Evanovich

Task #25.3: Reflection on 2010.
Part A: Read a book that relates to a positive experience. The positive experience for me in 2010 was realizing who my true friends are and taking joy in their friendship.

The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble

Part B: Another book by an author read in 2010 for the first time.
The first book I read by Dorothea Benton Frank was Shem Creek and the beginning of the year. For this task I chose Plantation by the same author. I have never read her books before 2010 and am excited to read others by her.


Plantation by Dorothea Benton Frank


Task 30.4: By the Numbers
Part A: The last digit of my birthyear is odd (ends in 1), so I read a book by Janet Evanovich

High Five by Janet Evanovich

Part B: All the digits of my phone number add to 1. So I read a book with a one-word title

Room Emma Donoghue

Points this post: 60
Tasks completed this post: 3

Total points = 60
Total completed tasks: 3
Total books read: 5


message 1097: by RedSycamore (last edited Jan 10, 2011 09:29AM) (new)

RedSycamore | 441 comments Task #5.5 -- Blast from the Past

Life, the Universe and Everything
(First Published 1982)

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Task #10.9 -- Serial Killer

Fever Dream

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Task #10.10 -- Top Ten Lists

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

(Charles Yu's Top 10 Time Travel Books)

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This Post:
25 points
(3 Tasks)


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Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
Pages: 4077
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0)x1, 750+(1)x2, 1000+(1)x3


message 1098: by Stesse (new)

Stesse | 270 comments STESSE

Over the holidays, I flew from LA to Argentina to Rapa Nui, back to Santiago, then down to Patagonia, back to Buenos Aires, and then home – I had a LOT of reading time en route!

5.2 -- Singles Awareness Day
Fatherland by Robert Harris (380 p.)

5.3 -- Starts With...
Maybe This Christmas by Janet Dailey (347 p.)

5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside
Frostbite by Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy #4) (327 p.)
Richelle Mead is a GoodReads Author.

5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) by Richelle Mead (332 p.)
Richelle Mead is a GoodReads Author.

10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Mead (443 p.)
Richelle Mead is a GoodReads Author.
Mythical creature = vampire

10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
Smitten by Janet Evanovich
Smitten by Janet Evanovich (250 p.)

15.1. Time After Time
A. Historical: Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters (436 p.)
B. Future: Justin Cronin's The Passage (766 p.) This is a Big Book.

15.3. From A... to Z
A. Read a book whose title begins with the letter "A" - Elizabeth Gage's Against All Odds (555 p.) This is a Big Book.
AND
B. Read a book whose title or author's name contains the letter Z - The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama (291 p.)

15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
My pet peeve is when people born with a golden spoon in their mouths, ie, privileged, feel that they are entitled to special treatment from ME!
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters (490 p.)

20.5 Bigger Is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters (458 p.)
Amelia Peabody is quite unconventional, as is her adopted daughter & daughter in law, Nefret.

20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day
Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston (494 p.)
President Lincoln

25.1 -- Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
Elizabeth Peters: Trojan Gold (363 p.) and Naked Once More (360 p.)
genre = silly mysteries.

Points this Post: 150
Tasks Completed this Post: 12
Books Read this Post: 15
Pages Read this Post: 6396
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)


Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 28
Total Pages Read: 10688
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)


message 1099: by Kim (last edited Jan 10, 2011 10:04AM) (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Readerboard Name: Kimber

30.3 Ho! Ho! HO!

Part A: Read "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larson. Set in Sweden. Claim big book at 590 pages.

Part B: Read "Eat, Pray, Love' by Elizabeth Gilbert. Word 'Love' in title

This task: 30
Tasks completed: 11
Total points earned: 155
Goodread Authors: 2
Big Book: 2/500+


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kiki (keekers) | 815 comments 30.9 Happy 80th Birthday!
A. As I Lay Dying published in 1935
B. A Lesson Before Dying i don't know about ALL mothers, but i know that MY mother would love this book. in fact, i'll be sending it to her soon! :)

Books Read: 23/ 74+
Points Completed: 300/975
Tasks Completed: 13





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