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[BJ Rose]

BJ Rose

2 new tasks

10.2 -- Read a book that involves extraterrestrial beings on Earth or humans that have traveled outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

Across the Universe by Beth Revis
takes place on a spaceship - this book was used as an example in the task

Beth Revis is a Goodreads Author

30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon

A. Non-fiction book about astronomy: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown- the author is an astronomer and really drew me into his searches

B. Science fiction novel that features space travel:
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card - takes place in Battle School on a space station


Points this post = 40

Total Points = 290

Tasks Completed = 20
Pages Read = 8211
GR Authors = 4
Big Books: (500+) = 1

[Dionisia]

This is a bit of a long post, sorry! I have completed the following tasks...

5.1 "At the Shore"
Heroic Measures: A Novel by Jill Ciment**
The entire story takes place on the island of Manhattan.

5.4 "S U M M M M M M E R"
A.L.I.E.E.E.N.: Archives of Lost Issues and Earthly Editions of Extraterrestrial Novelties by Lewis Trondheim
The letter E is repeated consecutively in the book's title.

5.8 "But No Shoplifting!"
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells**
I borrowed this book from the library.

10.4 "Here Kitty, Kitty"
Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations by Jeffrey Brown**

10.6 "Gay Pride"
Rent Girl by Michelle Tea
This is an illustrated memoir. The author is a lesbian.

10.9 "Around the Campfire"
Seven Deadly Pleasures by Michael Aronovitz
This is a collection of spooky stories.

15.8 "Up In the Air"
Good as Lily by Derek Kirk Kim
The author's initials match the country code for Denmark. DK is the country code for Denmark.

20.2 "NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word"
I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections by Julia Wertz**
This book fits Option A. Connections is eleven letters long.

20.3 "Happy, Happy, Happy"
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
Reading books makes me happy. This book in particular is all about reading and the love of books. I highly recommend it. It was a fantastic read!

**Julia Wertz, Jeffrey Brown, Dan Wells, and Jill Ciment are all Goodreads Authors .

Total = 100 points
Goodreads Authors = 4

[Beth F]

10.6 – Gay Pride - Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart

Several characters in this book are lesbians, including the main character. The author is also very well-known and successful in the sub-genre of gay mysteries.

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Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 260

[Coralie]

Coralie
5.4 S U M M M M M E R
Caddie Woodlawn

5.7 Don’t Stop Reading
Voices

10.2 Phone Home
Speaker for the Dead

20.7 A Trip to the Past
Gone With The Wind

Total points 435

[[deleted user]]

Stacey

15.4 Summer Shorts
A: Welcome to the Monkey House
B: M (preapproved in the task thread)

20.3 Happy, Happy
Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life (because reading and discussing women's studies texts makes me happy!)
Goodreads Author

30.8 Summer Solstice
A: A Dance with Dragons, the longest book on my TBR list
(Big Book, at 1000+ pages)
B: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, the shortest on my TBR list.

New points: 65
Total points: 315

[Cindie]

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!

A. I read The Fire by Katherine Neville. The main character does nothing but globe-trot, from America to Russia to Albania, for starters.

B. I read Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowel

total points: 235
total books read: 18
tasks completed: 13
pages read: 6138

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 30.2 - A.K.A.

Meg Cabot used to use the pseudonym Jenny Carroll, so I read:

Abandon by Meg Cabot

and

Shadowland by Jenny Carroll

Points this task: 30
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 36
Pages read: 9037
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

15.3 In The Eurozone
A. I read Pied Piper, set in France, a country that uses the Euro.
AND
B. I read Notes from a Small Island, set in the United Kingdom, which does not use the Euro.

30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
A. I read Rocket Boys, nonfiction about people involved in the space program,
AND
B. I read Zoe's Tale, science fiction which involved several space voyages.

Total points: 640

[Ms.soule]

25.1 -- Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?
A. Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
B. Amazing Grace by Megan Shull by Megan Shull – heroine is tennis pro

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
7. Jolly Rancher Ice Pop – Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin
8. Big Dipper Cone – Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher

Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 435
Total Goodreads Authors: 10

[mstan]

5.6 - As American As....

Hot Water (* *)

10.7 - It’s Been a Year Already??!!

Life, After (July 2010, #154) (* * *)
*Sarah Darer Littman is a Goodreads author.

15.9 - Pulling Weeds

Running with Scissors (lowest rating on my to-read shelf) (* * *)

25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present

August: Osage County (2008, Drama) (* * * *) and A Visit from the Goon Squad (2011, Non-Fiction) (* * *)

Points this post: 55
Total points: 720
Tasks completed: 44/57
Books: 59/77
Pages: 16,270
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 5

[Tammy AZ]

Tammy AZ

15.5 - Mind the Gap: Consent To Kill - The 6th out of twelve Mitch Rapp series

30.4 - Miss Opps Summer in Europe:
1) Set in Europe The Redbreast (Norway)
2) Summer in Title Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy

Consent to Kill is a BIG BOOK with 704 pages

Post Total: 45
Grand Total: 160

[Sandie]

30.9 Vacation Time!

A A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (UK & Italy)

B Mr.Golightly's Holiday by Salley Vickers

This Post: 30
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Kelley Armstrong, Dan Walsh, Sandy James, Kate Sherwood)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

[Paul]

aka Metshaft

25.3 Icecream Truck


For option 8 - read a si-fi book, I read

For option 9 - book about sports I read

New points 25

Total 95

[Paul]

Aka Metshaft

20.5 I read .

It's set in Belfast in Northern Ireland, which being 40 mins away, is the closest city to where I grew up. Many of the settings are familiar to me.

Also, two of the main characters are father and daughter & I have family who still live there.

New points 20

Total points - 115

[Tess]

TESS

5.1 At the Shore

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

***Libba Bray is Goodreads Author***

10.9 Around the Campfire

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

One of the main characters is a ghost.

***Audrey Niffenegger is a Goodreads Author***

20.7-A Trip to the Past

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

***Libba Bray is Goodreads Author***

Total Points: 60
Tasks Complete: 5
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Book tickets: 0

[Mary Beth]

Task 15.7: The Readers Have Chosen

Read: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Category: Favorite Book of 2010

Big Book Qualification: 766 pages

Points this Task: 15
Previous Points: 90
Current Points: 105

[Michael]

20.1 Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Option 3: 1977

Points this post: 20
Total Point Earned: 120/1000
Books Read: 12/77
Task Completed 10 /57
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

[Joy Marie]

Joy Marie

20.8 It's My Birthday

Read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

****Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author****

Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2698

[Alice]

Alice G

I've just got back from a holiday in Majorca and I read quite a bit while away so I've got a few tasks to post.

Task: 10.9 Around the Campfire

Book: The Turn of the Screw

Task 20.1 Birthday Time!

Option 2, My birthday is on the 1st of the month.

Book: One Day

Task 20.6 Summer Reading

Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad

I read this book while lying on the beach in Majorca!

Task 25.3 The Ice-cream Truck

Option 1 Bubble Gum Bar Book: Dirty Work
Option 5 Bullet Firecracker Pop: The Twisted Heart

Task 30.2 AKA

Book 1: Portobello by Ruth Rendell
Book 2: The Minotaur: A Novel by Barbara Vine

Total Points: 270

Previous Reads
5.4 SUMMMMMMER - Great House by Nicole Krauss
5.9 The Long and The Short of It - Ravens by George Dawes Green
5.10 Summer Fun - Dave Gorman vs The Rest of the World

10.1 For Real? - Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
10.10 Gimme S'more - Generation A by Douglas Coupland

15.5 Mind the Gap - Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camelleri
15.9 Pulling Weeds - Rescue by Anita Shreve

20.4 Focus on My Favourite Goodreads Author - Death and the Penguin by Andrea Kurkov
20.5 Family Reunion - The Bed I Made by Lucie Whitehouse
20.7 A Trip to the Past - Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant

30.8 Summer Solstice - Memory of Love and Where or When by Anita Shreve


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[Sarah]

sclosson

10.3 - Spare Me
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Plane crashed on a remote island with nothing but beauty supplies and people trying to kill you? No thanks!

Points: 10
Total Points: 195
Tasks Complete: 11

[Ellen]

EllenCA

15.5 - Mind the Gap: I read The Carnivorous Carnival (number 9 in the series) by Lemony Snicket.

Total points: 80 Points
Completed Tasks: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Jayne, Moderator Emeritus]

Task #25.3 - The Ice Cream Truck

Book #1 (Big Dipper Cone - SciFi) - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Book #2 (Big Dipper Cone - Fantasy) - Black Swan Rising by Lee Carroll

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Gayla]

15.1 Beware of Thorns

Read TWO books that fit any of the options. For this task, you MAY use the same option twice.

I used option D (author named Rose or a variation of Rose) for both books.

Restoration by Rose Tremain

Becoming George Sand by Rosalind Brackenbury

This Post: 15
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 27/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

[Rosemary]

30.9 Vacation Time
A: False Colors by Alex Beecroft
Characters travel from England to Gibraltar and Jamaica
** Alex Beecroft is a Goodreads Author **
B: Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff
Includes the word 'sun' in title

Points for this post: 30
Total Points: 765
Tasks Completed: 46
Books Read: 61
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

[[deleted user]]

15.2 Summer Stock
A: Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford
B: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

New points: 15
Total points: 330

[Erin]

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

For this task, I read number 1 - The Hunger Games and number 6 - The Virgin Suicides

Points this post 25
Total Point Earned: 45
Books Read: 4
Task Completed 3
Good Read Authours:0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

[JennRenee, Moderator]

30.3  If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
read Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by by Rob Reger and Spain or Shine by by Michelle Jellen



Points this Post: 30
Total points- 690
Tasks Completed: 39/57
Books read: 52/77
Total pages: 15995
GR Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Leslie]

Leslie K

Task 20.2 NETHERLANDS is an eleven letter word

Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark

Option A: the word "association" has 11 letters

Points this task: 20
TotalPoints: 255

[Sheila]

What did you think of Guilt by Association Leslie? I watched Marcia Clark for many hours during the OJ trial.

[Leslie]

Leslie K

Task 25.5: U. S. Patriots

Book 1:
Legal Tender by Lisa Scottoline
Author born in Pennsylvania

Book 2:
The Enemy by Lee Child
Hero is military personnel

Points this task: 25
Total Points: 280

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 15.9 - Pulling Weeds

I read

Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley

At the start of the challenge, this book was the 47th lowest rated on my TBR shelf.

**Tonya Hurley is a Goodreads author**

Points this task: 15
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 25
Books read:37
Pages read: 9365
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Stacie]

STACIE Mi

Task 15.3 - In the Eurozone

For my country that uses the Euro, I picked Ireland and I read:

Why I Let My Hair Grow Out by Maryrose Wood

For my country that does not use the Euro, I picked the United Kingdom and I read:

Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

Points this task: 15
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 39
Pages read: 9798
Goodreads authors: 7
Big book: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Lisa]

Lisa MD

COMPLETED TASKS:

10.6 Gay Pride
one of the main characters is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered OR word “rainbow” in the title
❀ Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult READ 7.18.11


15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
any book you choose
❀ The Little Known by Janice Daugharty READ 7.20.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR


30.2 Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A.
pseudonyms➔ two books written by the same author but under different names - (Ellery Adams/JB Stanley)

❀ A Killer Plot by JB Stanley/Ellery Adams READ 6.28.11
written as Ellery Adams
GOODREADS AUTHOR

❀ Carbs & Cadavers by JB Stanley/Ellery Adams READ 7.24.11
written as JB Stanley
GOODREADS AUTHOR

*********************************************************************




TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 22/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 320/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 12
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]

[Laura]

LDB

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

BIG BOOK - 576 pages

Total Points: 15
Total Pages: 576

[Fran]

10.9 Around The Campfire

I read The Ghost on My Couch by L.A. Gilbert. This ebook was pre-approved in the ebook thread.


Points for this task- 10
Total Points- 320
Books Read- 25
GR Authors- 10

[Beth F]

5.9 – The Long and the Short of It - The Magical Worlds of Narnia: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts by David Colbert, a Goodreads author.

GR does not have my exact edition. My copy was 186 pages long, including the bibliography and notes. GR has the same ISBN listed with 208 pages.

However, I found this listing from Amazon which is the same ISBN/edition and has the same number of pages as the version I read.

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Points Claiming: 5
Total Points: 265

[Jen]

Jen UT

15.10 - Summertime, and the Reading is Easy

Forest Born by Shannon Hale

Total Points: 70
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8

[Amy W]

20.10 Group Read

I read Bitten by Kelley Armstrong. My post in the book discussion is #29.

30.1 Best Friends and Lovers

A. I read These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf (Goodreads Author). One of my best friends in high school was named Heather.

B. I read a book with exactly seven letters in the title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz.

30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure

For my first book, I started with Neil Gaiman and chose an author I had never read before (Option 1). I read Storm Front by Jim Butcher.

I enjoyed the book, but didn't want to read another by that author for this task, so I chose Option B for my second book. I put Jim Butcher's name in the Literature Map and read The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan.

30.9 Vacation Time

A. I read One Day by David Nicholls. One of the main characters spends a portion of the book traveling around Europe. He spends time in Italy and France. Later in the book, the two main characters live in Paris for a while.

B. I read a book that contains the word 'sea': The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.

Points This Post: 110
Total Points: 290
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Shannon SA]

Shannon South Africa

10.10 Gimme S'more - an author I've read before

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

Task points = 10
Total points = 100

[Anna]

ANNA E

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A trip to the past

The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant (set in the 1970's)

25.6 Gayla's task: European Landmarks

1. The Lourve - I read The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (features an artist as a main character)
4. Cologne Cathedral - I read Miriam's Kitchen: A Memoir by Elizabeth Ehrlich (a book about Jewish history)

Total points this post: 45
Total points this challenge: 155

[Leora]

Readerboard Name: Leora

Completed Tasks:

10.5 What's Next? I put in Seven Up by Janet Evanovich and chose to read: Dirty Laundry by Toni Carrington

15.2 Summer Stock: A. Mommywood by Tori Spelling and B. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

15.3 In the Eurozone: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larsen, it takes place in Berlin, Germany and; The Charming Quirks of Others by Alexander McCall Smith, it takes place in Scotland.

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen: Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi. This was best biography/memoir for 2010.

15.8 Up In the Air: Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by MC Beaton. MC is the code for Monaco.

15.9 Pulling Weeds: Toys by James Patterson. This is rated 2.99 and my average rating is 3.42.

15.10 Summertime and the Reading is Easy: Night of the Living Dandelion by Kate Collins

20.4 Author Author Isabell's Task: I rolled a 2 and read,

by Rita Mae Brown. There is a dog on the cover but they also are important chracters in the book.

30.8 Summer Solstice Beth NC's Task: I chose Option 2 and read: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliff, it's 842 pages and; Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi it's 160 pages long.

30.9 Vacation Time Rosemary's Task: I chose to read 2 books that fulfill option A. There Goes the Bride by MC Beaton. Agatha Raison travels from Scotland to France and Turkey and also to England. And; Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs, Tempe travles from Canada to the US.

This brings my points total to 425!

[Nick]

Nickboy.

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past

Four Souls: A Novel by Louise Erdrich, published in 2004, takes place roughly a century before -- 224 pages

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 48
Pages Read: 14,189
Big Books: 500+ (5)

[Robin]

5.4 The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright

5.8 Will Work For Prom Dress by Aimee Ferris Goodreads Author Borrowed it from the library

10.5 Matched by Ally Condie 5-star bk was Spells by Aprilynne Pike

15.9Me, Myself, and Why by MaryJanice Davidson to read shelf

20.7 A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

25.4 The Cat Who Played Post Office #6 by Lilian Jackson Braun option 1
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen Goodreads Author option 2(orange)

30.3 The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Birmingham,West Midlands,England

30.5 How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Have Space Suit-Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlen

30.9 The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson Goodreads Author
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie

30.10 Used Winter Garden
Faerie Winter by Janni Lee Simner Goodreads Author
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Goodreads Author


Total Points: 440
GoodReads Authors:9

[[deleted user]]

Stacey

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside! (yellow cover)


New points: 10
Total points: 340

[Cindy]

Cindy F


Task 15.1 Beware The Thorns

read American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose LeebyKaren Abbott

Book fits option B it has Rose in the title and also option C it has two main characters with the name Rose; Gypsy Lee Rose and her mother Rose.

Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 190
Tasks completed to date: 13
Books read to date: 16
Goodreads Author books: 3
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

[Janet]

5.8 - But no shoplifting!

I would like to swap my previous book in this category to 20.2 - NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word. Title contains the word ridiculously which has 12 letters.

The Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Setting Up and Cooking in the Most Ridiculously Small Kitchen in the World--Your Own by Justin Spring - 240 pages

In it's place in 5.8, I wish to use Monica Ali's Untold Story: A Novel which I got from the library. - 256 pages

10.10 - Gimme S'More

Just One Look by Harlan Coben - 400 pages

15.10 - Summertime and the Reading is Easy

There but for the by Ali Smith - 384 pages


Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 415

Total Tasks Completed: 28
Total Books Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 10,124
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+(3);750+(0);1000+(0)

[Carla]

Carla

25.4 Color Me Happy

I rolled a 5: blue.
For option 1, I read by Roald Dahl.
For option 2, I read Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen.

Points this task 25
Total points 140
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 9
Total pages: 3030 + one audiobook
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

[Fran]

30.1- Best Friends and Lovers

A. My best friend for my entire childhood was Judy. I read Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. Judy Blume was a favorite for all of us girls during Junior High school and Elementary school, and I'm sure Judy loved this book as much as I did and still do.

B.2. I read How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper.


Points for this task- 30
Total Points- 350
Books Read- 27
GR Authors- 10

[Cindy AL]

Cindy AL


10.3 Spare Me:

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

I would not want to visit Fablehaven because of the high likelihood of the ignorant (me) getting transformed into something unpleasat, like a walrus.

15.6 Speak English!:

First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain

The word is "call" which is the equivalent in American English of "stop" as in "a train calls at this station every thirty minutes".

I would like to claim a Big Books ticket 500+

25.6 European Landmarks:

#6 Peace Palace - The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig (spies) and

#4 Cologne Cathedral - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (religious novel)

Lauren Willig is a Goodreads Author

I would like to claim a Big Books ticket, 500+ for Brede

Points in this post - 50
Total Points - 675/1000
Books - 52/79
Pages - 19629
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books:500+ - (4), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)

[Deedee]

15.2 Summer Stock Read TWO books, one A and one B
A Read a biography/autobiography/memoir of an actor, actress, or entertainment celebrity
I read a biography of silent film actress Clara Bow:
The "It" girl: The incredible story of Clara Bow (1976) by Joe Morella (Hardcover, 284 pages)

AND

B Read a play at least 80 pages long
I read:
Pygmalion (1914) by George Bernard Shaw (Paperback, 160 pages) - This play was made into the movie "My Fair Lady" starring Audrey Hepburn. The movie had singing and dancing, but the play had a better plot.

235 + 15 = 250




Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this task: 250
Points thus far: 235 + 15 = 250
Books read: 21
Pages Read: 6513
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +