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15.10 Sweet!
I read Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by
Dale E. Basye.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15

I finished 20.6: Seasoned Reader - Microhistory with the Ghost Map

This is my 6th book finished for the challenge.
5.5 All Around the World
The Midnight Man by Charlotte Mede
Points this post: 5
Total Points this challenge: 95
Goodreads Author: 2
The Midnight Man by Charlotte Mede
Points this post: 5
Total Points this challenge: 95
Goodreads Author: 2

20.10 Group Read
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
**Goodreads Author**
Posted comments in group read thread, comment #13
Total Points: 335
Total GR authors:12


5.2 That Bugs Me

Points: 5
Total Points: 5
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5.3 Round Here

Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Number of GR Authors: 2

5.8 Jump!
House Rules by Jodi Picoult 544 pages in the version I read. It is divisible by 4.
*** BIG Book
Points: 5
Total Points: 15
Number of GR Authors: 2
Number of Big Books: 1
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5.10 EARTH
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich - Last name begins with "E". *** GR Author
Points: 5
Total Points: 20
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 1
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10.4 Blue, White and the Black of Night

Points: 10
Total Points: 30
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 1

15.6 Read'Em Their Writes!
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly - Main Character, Harry Bosch is a police officer in California. *** GR Author
Points: 15
Total Points: 45
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 1
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20.3 Words Among Friends
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman -- TBSOCRAP: CRAP
Points: 20
Total Points: 65
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 1
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30.6 The Many Facets of EARTH
Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson -- Rolled 1: Three words in title. ***GR Author
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Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz - Rolled 6: Second in series. ***GR Author
Points: 30
Total Points: 95
Total GR Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 1
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30.7 Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover
I flipped 1 head and 1 tail.

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Points: 30
Total Points: 125
Total GR Authors: 8
Total Big Books: 1

The Soulkeepers by G.P. Ching (232 ratings)
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
This Post: 10
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26/77
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=3, 750 = 1x2, 1000=0


20.9 Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands

Points this post: 30
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

My Readerboardname is MoragEpona
10.2 As You Like It
Ashes
This book was recommended to me based on what I have on my "read-2011" shelf. It was a great recommendation, thank you goodreads.
I'd like to claim to a GRA Ticket, as Ilsa J. Bick is A Goodreads Author.
Task Points in this Post: 10
GRA Tickets in this post: 1
Total Points: 80
Total GRA Tickets: 4
Total BB Tickets: 0
Tasks done: 7
Books read: 7

Month: A. December, Choice 1
Read: The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Month: C. February, Choice 1
Read: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Claiming two Goodreads Author tickets for two books by Lev Grossman.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 45

Task: 5.7 Third Stone from the Sun
Book: The Knife of Never Letting Go
This is the first book in the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
Task: 30.6 The Many Facets of Earth
First Dice Roll = 1
Book: Monsters of Men
This is the third book in the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
Second Dice Roll = 6
Book: The Ask and the Answer
This is the second book in the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
Total Points: 65
Previous Reads
5.6 Other People Liked it why not me? - A Discovery of Witches
10.2 As You Like It - Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
15.6 Read 'em their writes - Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
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book 1: My THREE Lords by Juniper Bell
book 2: Wednesday NIGHTS with Jamie by Daisy Dexter Dobbs
***Juniper Bell is a goodreads author***
***Daisy Dexter Dobbs is a goodreads author***
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 470
Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 25
GR Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Coin Flip: 1 head, 1 tails
Cover I liked:

Cover I didn't like:

Goodreads Author: R.E. Washington
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 60
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker
"The Nutcracker" ballet is a holiday favorite for many families. It can involve casting hundreds of people, from young children to older adults, in a professional production. This task involves auditioning for one of these roles. No dancing is required, just read one book from the following options:
1. Clara and Fritz, the Stahlbaum children
Read a book where a child is a main character. For the purposes of this task, a child is defined as someone who is 18 years old or younger. Examples: The Hunger Games, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. In this book Harry Potter is the main character and he is eleven.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0

The Simple Truth by David Baldacci
The shelf that was used for the recommendation was my New York Times # 1 books shelf. I didn't feel this was one of Baldacci's better novels.
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Marigold (pain and grief): Read a book where death is central to the plot (murder mysteries would work well here).
Too Many Murders by Colleen McCullough
Death was a huge part of this book as it starts with 12 separate murders. I had wanted to read another book by Colleen McCullough ever since reading the Thorn Birds but just hadn't gotten around to it.
AND
Sweetbriar (simplicity): Read a book with a one word title. Subtitles may be ignored.
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney ***Goodreads author***
Total Points = 405
New Goodreads author = Lorena McCourtney

***REPOST***
5.3 Round Here

Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Number of GR Authors: 2

15.5 ALL SHINY AND NEW
Memoirs of a Reluctant Servant: Two years of Triumph and Sorrow in Liberia, Africa by Jerome Cabeen.
Published in May 2011.
20.4 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I chose option "5. Take a Trip/Vacation" and read The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
A friend is getting married in Barcelona, Spain and I would like to travel there to attend. The book takes place in Barcelona.
20.5 OFF TO WAR
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
This fits option B as it has "war" in the title.
Total Points: 55
Tasks done: 3
Pages read: 851

Twenty Boy Summer-This book takes place during the summer.
***Sarah Ockler is a Goodreads Author***
10.8 Hidden Gem
Grants Pass-This book had 54 ratings at the time of reading.
***The editor Jennifer Brozek is a Goodreads Author***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0




30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
For this task, you need to roll two dice and read 2 books. As well as meeting the criteria below, one of the books you read must have been published for the first time in or before 1975. The other should be first published after 1975.
I rolled a 3 and then a 4
Book A: {odd:3} author name contains double consonants and the book was first published before 1975:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Emmuska Orczy (Paperback, 271 pages)
Book B: {even:4} title name contains double consonants and the book was first published after 1975:
Something Missing (2009) by Matthew Dicks (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 294 pages)
***Goodreads Author*** Matthew Dicks
115 + 30 = 145

Tasks Completed: 7
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 115 + 30 = 145
Books read: 9
Pages Read: 3,105
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
20.2 Rookie on Top Option 1: The Children
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Aleksander and Deryn are both 15.
25.4 Sandy's Task: On this day in History
a. January #2 Native American as Main Character.
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Salamanca Tree Hiddle was a modern-day Native American who would prefer to be called an American Indian.
b. February #1 Witchcraft
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent about the Salem Witch Trials.
55 points this post
80 total points

20.5 - Bec's Task: Off to War
I chose Option A.

Points this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 345
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ - 1; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero

30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
First roll: 6 - read a book by an author with a name you really like

Second roll: 3 - read a book with a male on the cover.

Points for post: 30
Total points for challenge: 270

C- A book with twins Juliet by Anne Fortier The main character has a twin sister who helps her discover their true identity and solve the mystery of their family's past.
Total points: 80

5.10 E.A.R.T.H Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with one of the letters of Earth.
"Twelve Sharp" by Janet Evanovich. Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author.
Task Completed: 9
Books Completed:9
GR Authors: 3, Diane Chamberlain, Janet Evanovich
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 100/985



***Susan Firtik is a Goodreads author***
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 485
Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 26
GR Authors: 29
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

The Woman in Black (* * *) (160 pages)
10.3 - Here, There Be Dragons
Dealing with Dragons (* * *)
15.3 - Winter Wonderland
A - The Winter Sea (* * *) - 1 Big Book ticket (527 pages)
B - The Housekeeper and the Professor (* * *) - Mt. Fuji (Japan)
Tasks completed: 18/57
Books read: 20/77
Points claimed in this post: 30
Total points claimed: 210
GR authors to date: 1
BB tickets to date: 1


20.1 - BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Option B - Knit the Season.
Bernie Mcgill is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 90
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 1


I hope to live modestly, avoid cluttering up my home and wardrobe with things I don't need, and use my money to do things I really enjoy. The title says it all:
Live More, Spend Less: How to Change Your Spending Habits and Transform Your Life by Sarah Flower
Total points 165


30.5 Christmas Caroling
A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film by Jean Shepherd -- Song: We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Both have the word Christmas in them.
&
High Five by Janet Evanovich -- Song: Angels We Have Heard on High. Both have the word High in them. ***GR Author
Points: 30
Total Points: 155
Total GR Authors: 9
Total Big Books: 1

Red Rose - romance - Baby It's Cold Outside
Sweetbriar - one word title Destined
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 0

5.5. All Around the World

Goodreads Author
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?
2011 GR Choice Awards for Paranormal Fantasy

Goodreads Author
10.3 Here, There Be Dragons

Goodreads Author
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring!

Goodreads Author
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
Required: Post your anagram - lash

Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.8. Jump!
I read Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today - 288 pages - 4 X 72.
5.10. EARTH
I read Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - author's last name begins with E.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
I chose option A and read The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - word "English" in the subtitle.
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
I read Stories I Only Tell My Friends - word "I" in title.
Total points: 235
I read Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today - 288 pages - 4 X 72.
5.10. EARTH
I read Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - author's last name begins with E.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
I chose option A and read The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - word "English" in the subtitle.
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
I read Stories I Only Tell My Friends - word "I" in title.
Total points: 235

Sorry for posting a whole bunch a the same time; I just wanted to make sure I was actually going to commit myself to it since the last year has been so busy.
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5.1 The Latest Thing
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
5.3 Round Here

The apple on the cover is round.
5.6 Other People Liked It
Bad Island
Under GRChoice category "Graphic Novel"
5.7 Third Stone from the Sun
Runaway
Last book in Cabot's "Airhead" series
5.8 Jump!
What Katy Did at School
224 pgs (4x56)
10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
Was on my list since May 2010
10.2 As You Like It
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Recommended by GR based on "For My Students" shelf
10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
Rose
Must fight dragons in book
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring

Flower on cover
10.8 Hidden Gems
The War at Ellsmere
224 ratings as of 12.12.11 (when I read it)
10.9 Earth Signs
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2
Meyer was born on 12.24, making her a Capricorn
15.1 'Cause Knowledge Is Power
You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems about Boys
a) conjunction "and"
c) pronoun "you," "me"
15.2 Make It Work
a) The Lace Dowry
b)

15.3 Winter Wonderland
a) You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas (Christmas)
b) Wonderstruck (mostly takes place in New York City)
15.4 Go Green

Green cover and "Green" in title
15.5 All Shiny and New
Hidden
Published May 2011; first book read by author by me
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes
Gotham Central Vol. 2: Half a Life
Majority of characters, including the protagonist, are members of the Gotham Police Department
15.7 Directionally Challenged
Westminster Abby
"West" in title
15.9 Hark! The Harald Angels Sing
Green Angel
"Angel" in title
20.1 Baby, It's Cold Outside

c) Fire on cover
20.3 Words Among Friends
This is a Book
Word: Bait
20.4 Happy New Year
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
d) Save Money (borrowed from a friend)
20.5 Off to War
Batman: Battle for the Cowl
"Battle" in title
20.6 Microhistory
Salt: A World History
20.8 Me, Myself, and I
I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure
25.1 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Impulse (White Lilacs-YA)
I Love Him to Pieces (Red Rose-Romance)
25.3 A Series in Your Stocking
Pardon My French and French Kissmas (Christmas)
Both books are from the Students Across the Seven Seas series
25.6 Winter Fun and Games
a) Perfect: three of the four narrators are skiers, and many important scenes take place on the slopes
b) Girl Overboard: set in the Caribbean
25.8 Year in Review
5) Life Is Fine (set in Philadelphia)
6) Street Love (dated someone for most of the year who my friends were constantly urging me to break up with)
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
1) Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems: Pea soup
4) My Heavenly Hockey Club, Volume 1: My initials are "M. A."; the author's are "A. M."
Both authors are new to me
30.3 Simple Swaps
c) Ludie's Life and Batman: Gotham County Line (Life -> Line)
30.4 Double or Nothing
a) Every Thing on It (even: Shel Silverstein)
b) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (odd: Wonderful Wizard, of Oz)
30.5 Christmas Caroling
The Year of Goodbyes (Most Wonderful Time of the Year) and Courtney Crumrin and The Night Things (Silent Night)
30.6 Many Facets of Earth
1) Pieces of Georgia: 3-word title
5) The Forest of Hands and Teeth: read on my Kindle
30.7 Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover


Total: 605 points

5.8 Jump!
Number of pages divisible by 4
The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

30.4 Double or Nothing
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah Rolled 3. double consonants in authors last name. Published after 1975. ***GR Author
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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens. Rolled 3. consecutive letters in title. Originally published in 1852.
Points: 30
Total Points: 185
Total GR Authors: 10
Total Big Books: 1

15.4 Go Green

Meets Option A, Green in title & Option C, Green cover
(also okay'd as a one book option in the task thread)
This task: 15
# tasks completed: 11
Goodread authors: 6
Total points: 160

5.3 - Round Here...
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Round feature: Moon in upper right hand corner
Task Points = 5
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5.8 - Jump!
High Five by Janet Evanovich
(352 pages)
Task Points = 5
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10.1 - Climb Every Mountain
The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
on my TBR since August 4, 2009
Task Points = 10
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10.4 - Blue, White, and the Black of Night
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Task Points = 10
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15.5 - All Shiny and New
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
Task Points = 15
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15.10 - Sweet!
Beauty And The Black Sheep (The Moorehouse Legacy, #1) by Jessica Bird
Task Points = 15
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20.3 - Chris MD's Task: Words Among Friends
The Education of Madeline by Beth Williamson
Word: Mote
Task Points = 20
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Total Challenge Points as of 12/31/11 = 80


5.1 - It's the Latest Thing!

I am claiming a Big Book ticket for this one.
Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 350
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero

I chose option 1: 2 names pronounced the same but spelled different. Karen/Karin
Shameless by Karen Robards
AND
Martin Misunderstood by Karin Slaughter
Total Points = 430

Task 20.9 - Honoring the Grands
I chose option B and read a book with the word "grand" in the title:
How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew by Erin Bried
Points this task: 20
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3078
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 500
Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 27
GR Authors: 29
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Birthmarked #2: Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien*
Caragh O'Brain* is a goodreads author
The round thing is a monocle

10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

10.6 Can't wait til spring
The Healer #1: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder*
*Maria V. Snyder is a goodreads author

10.8 Hidden Gems
Delivered from Evil by Ron Franscell* (18 ratings)
*Ron Francell is a goodreads author
20.4 Happy New Year
Tomorrow #7: The Other Side of Dawn by John Marsden
#1 Book you own but haven't read yet
20.7 And they lived happily ever after
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin*
Option B
*Gretchen Rubin is a goodreads author
Points:195

3 new tasks
5.8. Jump! pages divisible by 4
The Incurable Matchmaker by Mary Balogh has 224 pages = 4x56
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes! Amelia Sachs is a NYPD police officer
The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is a Goodreads author
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
How to Treat a Lady by Karen Hawkins
Karen Hawkins is a Goodreads author
Points this post = 40
Total Points = 120
Tasks Completed = 9
Total Pages Read = 3564
Goodreads Authors = 2

Lord Peter Wimsey Series by Dorothy L Sayers
Book set during the holidays (New Year's Eve):
The Nine Tailors
Book not set during the holidays:
Hangman's Holiday
25.5 Movies Ruining The Book
Option C. GR rating 3.66, Rotten Tomatoes rating 89%
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Option D. GR rating 3.80, Rotten Tomatoes rating 39%
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Points this post: 50
Total points: 185
GR authors: 3
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks done: 12
Books read: 14

20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
How to Treat a Lady by Karen Hawkins
HTTAL spells THAT and HALT
Karen Hawkins is a Goodreads author

30.6 The Many Facets of Earth
Rolled a three and a five.
3 (featuring a cover-up):

I am claiming a Big Book Ticket for The Camel Club.
5 (common electrical terms):

Marie Bostwick is Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points this challenge: 220
Tasks completed: 11
Books read this challenge: 16
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 1
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This book has 608 pages, so the page count is evenly divisible by 4.
***I would like to claim a Big Book ticket for this book***
5.10-EARTH
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp
The author's first name begins with H.
10.10-The Winter Blues
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Total Books Read: 4
Total Challenges Completed: 4
Total Pages Read: 1639
Big Book Tickets:1
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 25