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[Sheila]

Yea Rosemary! Congratulations

[Bluemoon]

BLUEMOON

20.6 - YOUNG ADULT SERIES - Everwild by Neal Shusterman which was 424 pages.

30.2 - GUILTY PLEASURES - Idol - David Cook - First Degree by David Rosenfelt and DWTS - Jennifer Grey - The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie.

Jennifer Crusie AND Neal Shusterman are Goodreads authors.


TOTAL POINTS - 610
GOODREAD AUTHORS - 13

[Cindie]

"He's like a drug for you, Bella."
— Stephenie Meyer

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Quips and Quotes

Based on the above quote, I read Nefertiti by Michelle Moran. Nefertiti rules over the Pharaoh as if she is his drug. Actually, she has that effect on almost all the characters, even the main one, Mutnodjmet. Eventually, Mut defies her sister for love, but not before she has paid a high price.

total points: 305
books read: 23
pages read: 8214

[Gayla]

20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

Read a book written by an author whose initials are in the following: J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y.

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

This Post: 20
Total Points: 595
Tasks Completed: 42/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

[Melanie]

Congrats Rosemary!!!

[Julie]

5.2 Circle of Friends
Water for Elephants

5.5 Brothers and Sisters
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters

10.7 Kuddle a Koala?
Grief Girl: My True Story
The author is from Australia

Points this task: 20
Total completed: 140
Tasks completed 13
Books Read: 13
Total Pages: 4530
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books 3 (500)

[Amanda]

5.2 Circle of Friends


Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Lauren DeStefano is a goodreads author


Total points this post - 5

Total points - 400
Tasks completed - 25
Pages read - 13223
Books read - 35
Goodreads authors - 13
Big books - 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[southpaw285]

WTG Rosemary! **high five**

[Sue]

WTG Rosemary!

[SandyC]

Sandy MN

Task 20.2 Rookie at the Top. Travelgirlut's Task: Random Words

My words were: fact, king, decoy, planet, nurse

I read King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry

Task 20.9. Lucky Me! Laurie's Task

Read a book that has one of the following words in its title: thief, murder, crime, criminal, exile, convict, robber or stolen

I read The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon

Task 25.3. Mrs. Soule's Task: A Better World

A. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb (main character is a police lieutenant)
B. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (author's memoir of his 30-year teaching career)

Total Points: 625

[Jennifer]

Task #15.2 - Blurb It - read one book that has a blurb from another author on it and a book by the author that provided the blurb

The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson has a quote on the back cover by Gayle Forman that reads "An addictive, romantic, heartbreaking and wise tale of one girl's epic loss--and equally epic self-discovery. Seriously, stop reading this blurb; start reading this book!"

I read Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Jandy Nelson in a Goodreads Author

This post:15 points
Total to Date = 265 points

[Tami]

25.5 Chose option B. tournament of Books list 2011.
Read Freedom by Jonathan Franzen and Room by Emma Donoghue. Emma Donoghue is a Goodread Author.

Points this task 25
GRA 1

[Katelin]

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes

"I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself. Movies show you the pink house. A good book tells you there's a pink house and lets you paint some of the finishing touches, maybe choose the roof style,park your own car out front."
— Karen Marie Moning (Darkfever)

I read the book that this quote came from:
Darkfever

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 130

[Isabell]

In post 1081 I claimed Sabriel by Garth Nix for task 25.1 (In My Backyard). I'd like to move that book to another task. Instead I'd like to use

Hercule Poirot rechnet ab (Poirot Investigates) by Agatha Christie

instead for option h (the short stories in this book were incorporated in the TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot).


For task 30.1 (Literature Map by Gender) I'd like to claim

Stardust by Neil Gaiman (214 pages)

** Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author **

along with the book I removed above:

Sabriel by Garth Nix.

Both books were my original choices for my task, when I entered J.K. Rowling into the literature map.


50, I need to know what happens next
I read a series of mysteries set in my hometown:

1. Russische Seelen
2. Zerfall
3. Stadtgrenze: Albach und Müller: der dritte Fall
All three books are by Veit Bronnenmeyer.



New points this post: 80
Total Points: 555/910
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 43
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(2), 1000+(0)

[Sandra]

10.7 Kuddle a Koala

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly

Matthew Reilly is an Australian author.

Total points: 325

[BJ Rose]

BJ Rose

2 new tasks

15.4 -- It's a Repeat
B. Read two books that have the same word in the title

By Design by Madeline Hunter
Summer By the Sea by Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs is a GoodReads Author

25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness
B. Read two books from the Tournament of Books list:
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - 2010 - 532 pages
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood - 2010

Margaret Atwood is a GoodReads Author

Big Book ticket for Wolf Hall at 532 pages

Total Points = 870

Tasks Completed = 52
Total Pages = 22,923
GoodReads Authors = 10
Big Books (500+) = 3

[Terri FL]

50 - "MsOPP (Julie)'s Task: "I Need to Know What Happens Next!" I chose the Chronicles of Narnia. It was a little confusing for the series order, but I used the accepted chronological order of the book's plots, not the order in which they were published. This is also the same order that goodreads shows the series.

Book A Read The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis. This is accepted as #1 in the series.

Book B Read Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe / the Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis. This is accepted as #2 in the series.

Book C Read The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis. This is accepted as #3 in the series.

Well, I'm slowly poking along. I should change my bunny to a snail!

Points for above tasks: 50
Tasks above completed: 1
Total tasks completed: 15/54
Points completed: 250/910
Books read & claimed: 22
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)

[Angela]

Angela NY

25.3. Mrs. Soule's Task: A Better World

Book A (fiction): The Constant Gardener (approved by task creator)

Book B (nonfiction): Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

This Post: 25
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 11
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Josalyn]

15.8 I read The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
It is told from three different perspectives.

Points this post: 15
total points: 180

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

5.5 I'm Tellin'

I read Father Knows Less Or: "Can I Cook My Sister?": One Dad's Quest to Answer His Son's Most Baffling Questions

Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections

I read Silver Birch, Blood Moon and Blood Moon. The combination fits both options.

Total points: 775

[N.]

20.8. The Night I Was Born

I read Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant, on which both a French and an Italian miniseries were based.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150

Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 2627
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Heather]

Heather KS

Finished task 20.1 Lassiez Les Bon by reading Raising Pure Teens by Jason Evert (initials J.E.)

New point total: 205

[Pamela]

5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie

Troublemaker: Book 1 by Janet Evanovich

112 pages

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Jana]

Jana
15.8 From a Different Perspective
I read Day of Tears by Julius Lester. It is a historical novel written in dialogue.

20.2 Random Generator
I read Luck of the Draw: A Crime Novel by Anthony J. Cardieri. The words from my random generator were: headline, draw, entrance, danger, card.


Points this post: 35
Total Points: 270

[Fran]

5.9- Shrimp on the Barbie

I read Graceful Submission by Melinda Barron.



Points for this task- 5
Total Points- 500
Goodreads Authors- 3
Tasks Completed- 32

[Erin]

20.3. Best Review Contest. Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day!

I read Possession by A.S. Byatt.

I am from the US, and the author is from the UK.

I am claiming a 500 page big books ticket. The book has 555 pages.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85

Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

[JennRenee, Moderator]

5.5 I'm Telling read
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Jackson Pearce is a goodreads author

15.5 Award Me read Room by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue is a goodreads author



Points this task 20 
Total points 790/910 

Tasks Completed: 45/54 
Books read: 59/71 
Total pages: 17070
GR Authors: 22

[Rebekah]

Task 5.3 Gimme Five
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall

+5pts - Task
+5 pts -Tarquin Hall is a Goodreads Author

Task 50 I need to know what happens next
I read from the Ladies No. 1 Detective series by Alexander McCall-Smith
Book #10 - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Book #11 The Double Comfort Safari Club
Book #12 The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

+50 pts - Task
+5 pts - Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author

Total for these tasks - 60 pts
Total for challenge - 60 pts

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 20.5 - Alliterative Authors Association

I read She's So Money by Cherry Cheva.

Points this task: 20
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 51
Pages read: 13470
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Riona]

20.10 Group Read
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

I have posted in the discussion thread - message #46



Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books: 22
Pages Read: 9,336
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(2), 1000+(0)

[Rebekah]

Task 5.5 - I'm Tellin'
Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler

+5 pts - Task

Task 15.5 - Award Me
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie 1981 Winner of ManBooker Prize

+15 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Big Book (560 pgs)

Total for these tasks - 25 pts
Total for Challenge - 85 pts

[Diane]

Diane

10.10. The Final Frontiers: Read a fantasy or science fiction book - Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham.

Total: 565

[Rebekah]

Task 15.9 In like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

+15 pts - Task

Task 20.5 Alliterative Authors Association
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

+20 pts - Task

Total for these tasks - 35 pts
Total for Challenge - 120 pts

[Jackie]

25.1 In My Back Yard

Option C "a builder or having building work done"- Fatal Fixer-Upper by Jennie Bentley/Jenna Bennett. The main character is renovating a house she inherited.

Option F "someone working on his or her health"- Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward. The main character is recovering from a broken spine.

**Jennie Bentley is a GR author**

Task Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 315

[Gayla]

25.4. Helen's Task: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters

The Science Fiction Writer's Association yearly designates one author as a life master for his/her body of work. This is titled "The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award". Choose one of these authors and read one of his/her novels.

Marsbound by Joe Haldeman

Joe Haldeman won the Grand Master Award in 2010.

The World Fantasy Convention presents the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Choose one of these authors and read one of his/her novels.

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

This Post: 25
Total Points: 620
Tasks Completed: 43/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

[Kathy G.]

Kathy G.

25.1 In My Backyard

Option A) An anchor - "on a ship"
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Option G) A needle and thread - "Main character is in a sewing circle throughout the book"
Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
***Claiming Goodreads Author***

Total Tasks- 9
Total Points - 145
Goodreads Authors - 1
Big Books- (500+) - 1

[Danielle Louise]

Danielle Louise

10.4 -- Elementary, my dear Watson
A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 2351
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+

[Joanna]

Joanna T

20.2 Random Words
My words were gown, poem, headache, valley, carousel.

Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972 and The Dream of a Common Language: Poems, 1974-1977 by Adrienne Rich

Grand total: 375

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Jayme(the ghostreader)

Completed 5.9 Shrimp On the Barbie-"Among The Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book was 170pp.

Tasks Completed 18
Books Read: 23
GR Authors: 2, (Neal Shusterman, Holly Black)
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 280

[Rachel]

RACHEL CA: 330 points total

20.04 THE ROYAL WEDDING

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Points: 20
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Beth F]

15.4 - It's a Repeat
1: Graveyard Games by Sheri Leigh, a Goodreads author

2: Private Games by Tawny Taylor, a Goodreads author.

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Points Claiming: 15
Total Points: 320

[Sue]

30.3 Yours, Mine and Ours

a) Run for Your Life by ***Goodreads author James Patterson***

b) The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - relationship between a man and his stepmother is crucial to the plot.

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 44
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

[Valorie]

10.1. Sing Out:
Your Cheatin' Heart by Nancy Bartholomew (Goodreads author). The main character is a country western singer in a band. (The harmonica player is also a main character).

10.6. Respect Your Elders:
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov. Originally published in 1956.

25.1. Coralie's Task: In my Backyard
Option G: Needle & Thread
Crewel World by Monica Ferris (Needlepoint mystery)
Option I: Television Studio
Last Writes by Laura Levine. Main character is working at a television studio as a writer.

25.2. Sandy's Task: Your Bucket List
Taking a trip to visit New York is on my bucket list. So I read The Strain by Chuck Hogan, which takes place in New York. (I am claiming a big book ticket - 585 pgs)
I read Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, which was on the 1001 books list.

Total Points This Post: 70
Total Tasks This Post: 4
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 620/910
Total Books Read: 48
Tasks Completed: 37/54
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Books: 2

[Diane]

Diane

20.8. It's My Birthday. Jayme VA's Task: The Night I was Born - Read a book that was later made into a mini series. This must be a miniseries, not a regular television series - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Pillars of the Earth Is a Big Book (1076 pgs)

Total: 585

[Jennifer]

Jennifer KS

5.10 Kia Ora: I read The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larson. I speak English and it was written in Swedish originally.

I am claiming a big book ticket, my copy had 724 pages.


Points this task 5
Total 380
Tasks Done 32
Books read 34
Pages 11928
Big Book Ticket 3

[Patricia]

15.8 -- From a Different Perspective

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Each chapter alternates between letters and excerpts from the books each character is writing.

Total points = 375

[Kristen]

KRISTEN MA

10.10 THE FINAL FRONTIERS - Gone by Lisa McMann. ***Lisa McMann is a GOODREADS AUTHOR. I would like to claim a goodreads ticket.

20.5 BIGGER IS BETTER - RACHEL RENEE'S TASK - ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS ASSOCIATION - Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. *** Sara Shepard is a GOODREADS AUTHOR. I would like to claim a goodreads ticket.

25.2 SANDY'S TASK - YOUR BUCKET LIST:

A. I want to go to Ireland - Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes. This book takes place in Ireland. *** This book had 564 pages. I would like to claim a BIG BOOKS TICKET.***

B. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

50 Msopp (JULIE)'S TASK: I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT -

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb

Total Points: 325
Task Completed: 18
Books Read: 25
Total Pages: 9391
Goodreads Author Books: 3
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (2), 1000+(0)

[Katie]

Katie OH

20.6. Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult Series

Disney after Dark by Ridley Pearson (336 pages) & The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (283 pages)

Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections

Option A: Cooking Up Murder by Miranda Bliss & Murder on the Menu by Miranda Bliss

Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 15.7 - Lab Lit

I read Swimming Without a Net by MaryJanice Davidson. Both the main character, Fred the Mermaid, and one of her love interests, Thomas, are marine biologists.

Points this task: 15
Total points: 695
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 52
Pages read: 13741
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Rebekah]

Task 15.8 From a different perspective
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Some chapters are from the child's point of view, some are letters from his grandfather, some from POV of his grandmother and the other from an elderly neighbor.

+15 pts - Task

Task 20.4 Royal Wedding

Complete Sonnets byWilliam Shakespeare

+20 pts - Task

Total pts for these tasks - 35 pts
Grand total - 155 pts