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5.2 That Bugs MeLadybugs and Fireflies by GoodReads Author Cheryl Alldredge
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
10.5 - It’s Summer SomewhereThe Murder Of Bindy Mackenzie (* * *) - this book is set in Australia
15.5 - All Shiny and New
This Is Not Your City (* * * *) - my first time reading something by Caitlin Horrocks
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
I rolled 6 and 4 - both even -
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (LL) (after 1975) (* * *) and My Man Jeeves ('ee') (1919) (* * *)
Tasks completed: 15/57
Books read: 16/77
Points claimed in this post: 55
Total points claimed: 180
GR authors to date: 1
jennbunny25.1 Rachel Lee's Task: Where have all the flowers gone?
Red Rose (true love): Read a romance. The genre Romance must appear on the book's main page: Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley (paranormal romance)
Sweetbriar (simplicity): Read a book with a one word title. Subtitles may be ignored: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is a GR Author
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this task: 25
Points so far: 80
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
jennbunny15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!
What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
John is the main character of the book and he is an active homicide detective.
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this task: 15
Points so far: 95
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3 Round Here... (repost)The Taste of Salt
Martha Southgate
The oval object is the one at the top of the pile.
Martha Southgate is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
25.7 Name TrainBook 1: my readerboard name ends with I so i read Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Ibsen starts with I).
Book 2: Ibsen ends with N so i read Little Birds by Anaïs Nin(last name starts with N).
Total Points: 140/985
Tasks Completed: 6/57
Books Read: 11/73+
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
jennbunny20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Stacie MI's task: And They Lived Happily Ever After
Option B: Happily Ever After ~ Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Happily, Ever, After. Plurals, possessives, and compound words work. Variations will also work for this option (i.e. "happy" will work for "happily").
The Happiness Project (library ebook) by Gretchen Rubin is a GR Author (Title approved in task help message 2 by Stacie)
Tasks Completed: 7
Points for this task: 20
Points so far: 115
Books read: 8
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing1 - Twas The Night by Sandra Hill, Kate Holmes and Trish Jensen
Rolled a 3 (odd) - double consonants in author's name (Hill). Published in 2001.
2 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Rolled a 1 (odd) - consecutive words with same letter in title. Published in 1843.
Total Points: 205
GRA: 4
Kimber25.8 Gayla's Task
Option 2: Read Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakely-Cartwright
Movie by the same name released 3/11/11
SARAH BLAKELY -CARTWRIGHT IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Option 3: Read The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
okay'd by Gayla in the help thread post 72
This task: 25
Total: 120
GR authors: 6
25.2 Jenn Renee's Task
Option 1: Read
A Kiss in Time by Alex **FLINN**
&
Sharp Objects by Gillian **FLYNN*
This task: 25
# tasks completed total: 10
GR authors: 6
Big book: 1/500+
Total points: 145
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
Christmas with Tucker by Greg Kincaid has a mainly white cover.25.3 A Series In Your Stocking
I read a Christmas book, and a non-holiday book from the Virgin River Series by Robyn Carr.
A Virgin River Christmas
Wild Man Creek
Points this post: 35
Total points: 210
Tasks: 11
Books: 14
Goodreads authors: 3
Coralie5.2 That bugs me!
Night of the Golden Butterfly
5.8 Jump
Tehanu 208 pages
10.3 Here, there be dragons
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
Total points 165
10.7 Featuring EarthA Homemade Christmas: Creative Ideas for an EARTH-Friendly, Frugal, Festive Holiday byTina Barseghian
20.3 Words Among Friends
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
TBOM=TOMB
20.9 Honoring the Grands
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
Main character Gaby (the bride), is a 54 year-old grandmother
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodread Authors: 1
Big Book Tickest: 2
10.8 Hidden GemsSunset's One-Block Feast: 100 Recipes Using 40 Made-from-Scratch Ingredients Straight from Your Backyard by Margo True (6 ratings)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.9 Earth Signs
Janet Evanovich April 22 "Eleven On Top".
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author.
Task Completed: 8
Books Completed:8
GR Authors: 2, Diane Chamberlain, Janet Evanovich
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 95/985
KAREN OZTask 5.5. All Around the World
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (pub 1886)
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
The Associate by John Grisham
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!:
Black Ice: Jill Jackson 3 by Leah Giarratano
Main character (Detective Sergeant Jill Jackson) is a police detective in Sydney
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
The Final Confessions of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
T F C O M S --> MOST
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Stacie MI's task: And They Lived Happily Ever After
Option B
After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
Rolled 1 & 1 (ie. 2 Odd numbers)
Book A. Voodoo Doll: Jill Jackson 2 by Leah Giarratano -Pub. 2008
Book B. We of the Never Never by Aeneas Gunn (pen name) also known as Jeannie Gunn -Pub. 1908
10.3 Here, There Be Dragons:
Dragonflight: Pern: Dragonrider of Pern 1 by Anne McCaffrey
25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
Option A (4.24 & 90%)
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally"
Option D (3.60 & 38% for '98 adaptation)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens"
Total this post: 135 points
Total to date: 135 points
5.2. That bugs me! Read a book with an insect on the cover or in the title ("firefly") or subtitle.
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen
This Post: 5
Total Points: 125/985
Tasks Completed: 14/57
Books Read: 14/79
Task 25.4 Sandy's Task On this day in history.A December 1. Read a book with the word prince in the title
C February 1. Read a book about magic.
Task 25 points
Both these Harry Potter books are over 500 pages long so claiming Big Book Points 500 (2)
5.2 That Bugs me!
Read a book with a butterfly on the cover.
Task 5 points
Lisa Genoa is a Goodreads Author GR author 1
10.4 Blue, WHite and the Black of Night
Cover that has blue, white and black on it.
Task points 10
25.1 Rachel Lee's Task Wherehave all the flowers gone.
Marigold (pain and grief) Read a book where death is central.
Sweetbriar (simplicity) Read a book with a one word title.
Task 25 points
Total Points 65
GR author (1)
Big Book Tickets 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Tasks done 4
Books Read 6
Jodi230.7 Don’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover
2 heads – read two books with covers that I love
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books Read: 6
MG25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 3. Mystery:
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Option 5. Romance:
Seeking Love (The Barbara Cartland Pink Collection #36) by Barbara Cartland
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 10
GR Authors: 3
5.3 Ruby Red
the clock at the bottom is the round thing5.6 A Discovery of Witches
(GR Author) category was paranormal fantasy5.10 Austenland
(GR Author)10.1 One for the Money
(GR Author) on my TBR list10.4 Donut Days
(GR Author)10.5 Dead Is So Last Year
(GR Author) takes place during summer vacation from school10.6 Murder With Peacocks
10.8 Attack of the Vampire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales
has 85 ratings15.1 You're Old, I'm Old . . . Get Used to It!
Options C & D one book fits 2 options15.9 Coffeehouse Angel
(GR Author)20.4 The Apprentice
borrowed from the library20.8 I See You Everywhere
25.8 Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
option 1The Wedding Letters
option 325.9 Dead and Gone
Glazed Murder
chose options 2 & 330.6 Goddess Boot Camp
(GR Author) rolled a 1Sparkling Cyanide
rolled a 5 audio booktotal points: 215
total GR Authors: 7
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.8 Jump!...read a book with a number of pages that are evenly divisible by four:
I read
Ten Little Bloodhounds by Virginia Lanier 352 pages /4=88(12.20)
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 80
Updated last on: 12.28.11
Total # of books read: 8
Total # of pages read: 2,743
Total # of tasks completed: 7
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside I chose option C. Curl Up by the Fire and read
The Brutal Telling
by Louise Penny Total Points = 360
5.2. That bugs me!
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 1 Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 60
Books read: 2/4
Goodreads Author: 1/1
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
Book A. The first die was odd, read a an author whose name contains double consonants.
Rolled 3- The Bells: A Novel by Richard Harvell a GoodReads author, Published June 28th 2011 (ll)
Book B. The second die was even, book with double letters in the title.
Rolled a 4 –Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, (dd) (first published 1922)
hpaddict15.6 Read Em Their Writes
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Ffordemoderator approved for alternate universe cop
20.2 The Nutcracker
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blumoption #1 - child aged 3-7
20.3 Words Among Friends
The Face Behind The Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America by Donna Gehrke-WhiteTFBTVTELOMWA = WOMBAT
total this post = 55
challenge total = 65
big books: 500 = 0, 700 = 1, 1000 = 0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.6 Read'em Their Writes!...read a book with a police officer/law enforcer as a significant character:
I read
Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr363 pages (12.21)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 95
Updated last on: 12.28.11
Total # of books read: 9
Total # of pages read: 3,106
Total # of tasks completed: 8
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.1 - Baby, It’s Cold Outside
A. Drink a Hot Beverage –For this option read a book, fiction or non-fiction, where the title or subtitle contain the words English or Breakfast.
Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English (2010) by Natasha Solomons (Hardcover, 357 pages)
95 + 20 = 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 95 + 20 = 115
Books read: 7
Pages Read: 2,540
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Angie TXCompleted Tasks:
5.7 Third stone from the sun
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich (Janet Evanovich is a GR author.)
10.7 Featuring Earth
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
25.3 Mrs. Soule's Task: A Series in Your Stocking
I read The Christmas Cookie Killer from A Fresh Baked Mystery series by Livia J. Washburn. And I also read Murder by the Slice from the same series. (Livia J Washburn is a GR author.)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 6
Liora30.5 Christmas Carolling
Book 1:
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas (Christmas is Coming)Book 2:
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt (Little Drummer Boy)Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points this challenge: 155
Tasks completed: 8
Books read this challenge: 11
Goodreads authors: 3
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!I read Anyone But You by Jennifer Cruise(Goodreads Author)
This book fits two categories
A. Conjunction Junction (contains the word but)
C. Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (contains the pronoun you)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Tasks: 10
Books: 11
Goodread authors: 3
10.2 As You Like Itread Amphigorey Also, which was recommended based on my "Fantasy" shelf. gorey is a genius. :)
Total Points: 150/985
Tasks Completed: 7/57
Books Read: 12/73+
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name: StacyCT5.5 - All Around the World
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
Published in 1865
Task Points: 5
5.7 - Third Stone from the Sun
Specials by Scott Westerfeld (#3 in the Uglies series)
Task Points: 5
10.9 - Earth Signs
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
HG Wells was born on September 21,1866, a Virgo.
Task Points: 10
15.1 - 'Cause Knowledge is Power
Mom Still Likes You Best: The Unfinished Business Between Siblings by Jane Isay
This book fits the conditions for B (superlative adjective = Best) and for C (pronoun = You).
Task Points: 15
20.9 - Honoring the Grands
D. Christotainment: Selling Jesus through Popular Culture by Shirley R. Steinberg
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 3289
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Margaret Atwood)
Readerboard Name: Jess Philly20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
I read The Eye of the World. The 5 letters of the book (not the series)are TEOTW, so I made the anagram TOTE.
Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 20
Task 20.1 - Baby, it's cold outside
Option C, Curl up by the fire (flame on cover): I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
Challenge total = 275
Being sick over Christmas Holiday has only one advantage - I had time to read!!!10.1 CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN - Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods
Added to TBR 6/10
10.2 AS YOU LIKE IT - Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
Recommended from Southern Fiction Shelf. It was not my favorite, but it was good.
10.9 EARTH SIGNS - Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati
Pen Name of Rosina Lippi whose bday is Jan 14
***GR Author***
***Big Book 688 pages***
15.2 MAKE IT WORK -
A.
by Karen EssexOption B
***GR Author***
B.
by Sara DonatiOption B
***GR Author***
***Big Book 576 pages***
15.5 ALL SHINY AND NEW - Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Published May 2011
15.6 READ EM THEIR WRITES - The Enemy by Lee Child
Jack Reacher is Military Police
20.7 AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost
Option A "time"
***GR Author***
30.2 ONE AUTHOR - TWO SERIES -
A. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
***GR Author***
B. The Poet by Michael Connelly
***GR Author***
***Big Book 608 pages***
30.4 DOUBLE OR NOTHING -
A. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Rolled a 1 - Odd - Double consanants Published in 1966
B. Breathless by Dean Koontz
Rolled a 6 - Double letters in title Published in 2009
Points: 155
Tasks: 9
Books: 12
Pages: 5482
GR Authors: 6
Big Books 500+: 3
Total Points: 385
Total Tasks: 32
Total Books: 23
Total Pages: 12939
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+: 4
Big Books: 750+: 1
20.10 - Group ReadThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Post 12 in the discussion thread.
Total points 145
Mod
5.1. It’s the Latest Thing!
" -ist" in title
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
5.7. Third stone from the sun.
Paddy Meehan #3
Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina
15.5 All Shiny and New
published June 14, 2011
Lime Creek: Fiction by new-to-me author Joe Henry
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
angel in title
The Angel Makers by Jessica Gregson
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
I rolled double 4's- both even
A. Author with same letters- G's
The Quiet American by Graham Greene first published in 1955
B. Double letters in title- d's and t's
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka first published in 2011
total 230
Keltie Lee15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!
I read Anyone But You by Jennifer Cruise(Goodreads Author)
This book fits two categories
A. Conjunction Junction (contains the word but)
C. Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (contains the pronoun you)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Tasks: 10
Books: 11
Goodread authors: 3
AprilDT10.8- Hidden Gems
Brewster's Millions Only 49 ratings on 12/28/2011
Points this task: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Heather KSFinished task 15.10 Sweet! (pick any book)
I read Consoling the Heart of Jesus
New point total: 55
Heather KSFinished task 15.3 Winter Wonderland
A. Winter: Read a book with "winter" in the title/subtitle, set in winter, with a snowy winter scene on the cover, or with a winter holiday (December-February) theme: Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, etc.
I read Remembering Christmas: A Novel
And
B. Wonderland: Read a book set in the location of a World Wonder
New York City works for The Empire State Building, Toronto works for The CN Tower, London works for Big Ben
I read The London Train my world wonder is Big Ben. The book is set in London.
Also, Dan Walsh is a Goodreads author
New point total: 70
30.5 Christmas CarollingCarol - The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
Wonderful by Jill Barnett
One Day by David Nicholls
This Post: 30
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Michele Hauf)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
KIM NY15.8 What’s IndieNext?
The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard.
This book was on the Indie Next list in September 2010.
Points this post: 15
Total points for challenge: 230
CHRISTINE USTask 5.10 EARTH
The Presence by Heather Graham
Heather starts with a "H"
***Heather Graham is a GR author
Task 10.8 Hidden Gems
Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
The book had 412 ratings when I selected it. It currently has 433.
Task 25.3 Series in your Stocking
Christmas Book: Candy Cane Murder
non-Christmas Book: Carrot Cake Murder
Both books are part of the Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke
TOTAL: 130
Completed 20.6 - Microhistory.I read Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
10.2 As You Like It: Princess Ai Volume 1 by Misaho Kujiradou & Courtney Love - Manga Shelf suggestion, it was okay
10.9 Earth Signs
Making Money by Terry Pratchett – April 28 birthday (Taurus)
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
I rolled a 3 & a 2.
Book A - Odd
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs – published 2007
Book B – Even
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morely – published 1918
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 160
ERIN C.10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
by Louise PennyPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 5
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Task 30.5 - Christmas Carolling
For Silent Night I read: Night by Elie Wiesel
For The Little Drummer Boy I read: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Challenge total = 305
KIRA30.6
I rolled a 5&6
5) I read Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver as an eBook.
6) Then I read The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong. It's the 2nd book in the "Darkest Powers" series.
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 55
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I rolled 2 5s. Both books were approved on help thread.
Book A:(odd) The Lincoln Lawyerby Michael Connelly.(Pub 2005) Connelly has a double n & double l
Book B:(odd) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.(Pub 1843)
Both Christmas & Carol begin with a C
This Post: 30
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9