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Kimber20.2 THE NUTCRACKER
Option 4: Snowqueen & the Snowflakes
Rachel Simon The Story of Beautiful Girl
RACHEL SIMON IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 20
# tasks complete: 22
total points: 350
GR authors 10
Kimber30.7 Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover
Rolled one head and one tail
cover 1 like:
by Jennifer McMahoncover 2 don't like:
JENNIFER MCMAHON IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 30
# tasks completed: 23
total points: 350
GR authors: 11
JESS M20.4 - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
1.Get Fit/Lose Weight: knocked some lbs off my "owned TBR" pile by reading The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this Post:20
Total Points:100
Big Books: 500+=1
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!! option 4. Save Money/Manage Debt: I read a kindle freebie
Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens
Jennifer Laurens is a Goodreads Author
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
Goodreads Authors total: 10
Big Book total : 500+ = 1
Debra TCorrected totals
Total to date: 375 points
Goodreads Authors:10
Big Books: 500=2, 750=2, 1000=0
30.6 The Many Faces of EarthI rolled a 1-Read a book with 3 words in the Title. I read Best Kept Secret: A Novel by Amy Hatvany, a GoodReads Author.
I also rolled a 2-Read a book with a brown cover. I read
by Chris Licht.Points this post:30
Total points: 240
Tasks completed:12
Books read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing Rolled a 5 (read a book by an author whose name contains double consonants): The Secret Garden (originally published in 1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
and
Rolled a 2 (read a book with double letters in the title): Promises to Keep (published in 2010) by Jane Green
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 16
Number of pages: 352+298/5391
Goodreads Authors to date: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School1 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, a Goodreads author.
Was a tv program on BBC Two in 1996. Book was an adaptation following the program.
2 - Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn, a Goodreads author.
Shelved as dystopia on the book's main page.
3 - I Used to Know That by Caroline Taggart
I rolled a 1. This book has 176 pages.
Total Points: 350
GRA: 9
10.9 Earth Signs: Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben whose birthday is January 4th, a Capricorn.Winter Total: 815
25.1 Flowers: Book 1 Marigold for pain and grief: Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War by Sam R. WatkinsBook 2 Hibiscus for beautiful cover:
Yellow Crocus: A Novel by Laila IbrahimWinter total: 840
hpaddict30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Biting the Sun by Tanith LeeC - switched the "f" in fun to the "s" in sun
this post = 30
challenge total = 260
Goodreads authors = 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1, 1000=0
20.6 Microhistory!Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer (Approved in task help thread)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 815/985
Tasks Completed: 43/57
Books Read: 60/77
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
5.3 Round Here...I read
, which has peaches (round) on its cover.Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among FriendsI read A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold so taking the letters A S B and G you can make the word BAGS!
For this book I claim a 500+ big book ticket as it has 637 pages
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 105
30.1 – Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)’s Task: Unique Winter Holidays My Roll: 1 and 4
1. January is National Soup Month (USA): Winter Melon Soup
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow
4. January 31st is National Backward Day: KB becomes BK
Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
+30 Points
30.4 – Donna Jo’s task: Double or Nothing
My Roll: 4 & 2
Book A. If the first die is even, read a book whose author’s first and last names start with the same letter.
To Siberia by Per Petterson (1996)
Book B. If the second die is even, read a book with double letters in the title.
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
(1945)
+30 Points
Points this Post: 60
Grand Total: 510
25.9 -- Denise NC’s task: My Favorite GenresOption 2 – Urban Fantasy - Dreamfever (Fever #4) by Karen Marie Moning
Option 5 – Romance - Conspiracy Game (GhostWalkers #4) by Christine Feehan
Points this post: 25
Season Total: 55
5.2 - That bugs me!A book with an insect on the cover - a butterfly, top right:
Letters To Alice On First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon
20.1 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
B. Put on your Woolies
A fictional book featuring knitting:
A Deadly Yarn by Maggie Sefton
Total points 325
Mod
15.10 Sweet!
Lonely Planet Kiwi Tracks by Andrew Stevenson
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book 1- Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
Bay swap B for S= Say
Book 2- Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: The Girls Like.. Based on Torchwood:
Torchwood: The House That Jack Built by Guy Adams
Book 2: The Boys Like... The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Book 3: Everyone Loves... Rolled a 1: Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid 148 pages
total 985
pages read 22293
average rating 3.41
25.8 - Gayla's Task: 2011: The Year in ReviewI chose to read Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman for task 1.
For task 2, I read I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore, which the movie by the same name was based on.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Mod
Sheila wrote: "Congrats dlmrose!"
thanks!
15.10 Sweet!Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
This Post: 15
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Michele Hauf)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Dlmrose wrote: "Dlmrose15.10 Sweet!
Lonely Planet Kiwi Tracks by Andrew Stevenson
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book 1- Thunder Bay by [auth..."
Congratulations, Dlmrose! :)
Readerboard Name: Pam30.2 One Author - Two Series
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich This is #6 in her Stephanie Plum Series ***GR AUTHOR
and
Full House by Janet Evanovich. This is book #1 in her Full series ***GR AUTHOR
Points: 30
Total Points: 285
Total GR Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 2
10.5 It's summer somewhereI read Good Christian Bitches
Amanda moves back to her home town of Dallas, TX during the summer.points: 275
books read: 23
tasks completed: 21
GR authors: 2
Big Books 1 (750+)
pages read: 8321
15.10 Sweet! Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig
(242 pgs)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 9
Total pages read: 2727
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
SOELO20.2 The Nutcracker
I tried out for the role of the Stahlbaum children by reading a book with a main character under 18: Scumble Ledger Kale is 13.
25.6 Winter Fun and Games
For book 1, I read Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary wherein the characters spend a lot of time hiking in the snowy Canadian Rockies. For book 2, I read Keys to the Demon Prison where the last half of the book takes place in the Bermuda Triangle.
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
First I read A Tale of Two Cities and then I used option C and swapped the L in Tale with a K to get the word Take and read Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World.
Points in this post: 75
Points so far: 290
5.8 Jump!Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (228 pages, divisible by 4)
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 820/985
Tasks Completed: 43/57
Books Read: 60/77
Goodreads Authors: 33
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
Jessica PDX10.3 - Here, There Be Dragons
by Jo WaltonPoints this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 780
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
completed 10.5 it's summer somewhere-listened to Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay. it takes place in Julytask points: 10
total points: 55
REPOST OF MESSAGE 1859 with issues corrected30.1 Unique Winter Holidays - rolled a 2 & 6
2. Cuddle Up with Cozy Mystery - new author to me
Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini by Sue Ann Jafferian -- #2 in the "A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery" series
6. Get a Different Name - new author to me - Choose a first name that you like
Death By Sarcasm by Dani Amore -- both the first and last names are definitely different but cute
Correction: Book is an ebook - approved for use with a projected print length of 151 pages per message 686 in "E-Book Verification"
****Sue Ann Jaffarian is a Goodreads Author ****
****Dani Amore is a Goodreads Author ****
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
1. Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
2.Told after supper
by Jerome K. JeromeOption C - switched the "g" in Gold to "t" for Told
Correction: Changed a wrong edition of this book to the correct edition with a number of pages = 206
Points Today = 60
Total Points = 560
Total Tasks = 35
Total Books = 47
Total Pages = 12,255
Task 15.6 - Read 'em their writes!
Storm Front by Jim Butcher **GR Author**
Karrin Murphy is a police detective and a main character.
Total GR Authors = 17
Challenge total = 550
Keltie Lee10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
by Stephenie Meyer
*has been sitting on my shelf since 2010*
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 (Twilight: The Graphic Novel, #2)
by Stephenie Meyer
*in the Graphic Novels & Comics section*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 595
Tasks: 35
Books: 44
Goodread authors: 22
ERIN C.10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Added to TBR list 08/16/2010
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 11
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
15.5 All Shiny and NewI read Open City by Teju Cole which was published on February 8, 2011. Teju Cole is a new-to-me author!
Points this post - 15
Total points - 155
Books read - 9
Tasks completed - 9
Goodreads Authors - Rebecca Skloot, Anthony Doerr
Big Books - 500+ (In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower), 750+ (0), 1000+ (The Shadow Rising)
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task: A Series in Your Stocking
Celebrate the holiday season by reading one Christmas/Winter Holiday book from a normally non-Christmas/holiday series AND read a non-Christmas/holiday book from the same series.
Hercule Poirot’s series listed as an example.
Christmas/Winter Holiday book
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot #20) (1938) by Agatha Christie (Paperback, 244 pages)
Non-Christmas/Winter Holiday book
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot #5) (1927) by Agatha Christie (Paperback, 208 pages)
240 + 25 = 265
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 240 + 25 = 265
Books read: 19
Pages Read: 5,779
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Mod
15.5 All Shiny and New read The Future of Usby Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler published November 2011 both new to me authors
25.7 The Name Train read The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer and Wired by Robin Wasserman (goodreads auuthor
30.7 Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover flipped 2 heads to covers I love
read
by Bree Despain (goodreads author) and
by Maureen Johnson Points this Post: 80
Total points- 725
Tasks Completed: 41
Books read: 55
Pages Read : 17,614
GR Authors: 25
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Sandy MN15.3 Winter Wonderland:
A. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
**706 pages, claiming Big Book Ticket**
B. Empire State Building - Set in New York City
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Total Points: 575
Big Book Tickets: (4)500; (1)750; (0) 1000
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker
4. The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes
Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with one of these letters S, N, O, W.
Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations #1-2) (2011) by Michael J. Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 692 pages)
****Goodoreads Author****Michael J. Sullivan
****Big Books Ticket****692 pages****
265 + 20 = 285
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Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 265 + 20 = 285
Books read: 20
Pages Read: 6,471
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.3 Here, There Be Dragons:
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines (The dragon in this book is named Straum, and he is pictured on the cover.)
Jim C. Hines is a Goodreads Author.
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: A Kiss Before the Apocalypse by Thomas E. Sniegoski (Main character, Remy Chandler, is an angel.)
Points this post: 25
Total challenge points: 780
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 58
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
5.8 - Jump! I read Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie, which has 224 pages. 224 divided by 4 is 56.
Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Repost:30.1 – Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)’s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
My Roll: 1 and 4
Cara Chow was a new author for me. I loved the book, but it is her only book so far, so I read Beth Kephart who was also new to me.
1. January is National Soup Month (USA): Winter Melon Soup
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow
4. January 31st is National Backward Day: KB becomes BK
Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
+30 Points
Grand Total: 510
Liora20.3 Words Among Friends
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón ---- TSOTW = TOWSThe Shadow of the Wind is 500 pages, so I am asking for one Big Book ticket for this one.
25.6 Winter Fun and Games
Book 1 -
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (in this mystery, a woman is murdered while watching a curling match on a frozen lake in midwinter.)Book 2 -
Sacred and Profane by Faye Kellerman (this book takes place in the Los Angeles, California and in the nearby foothills.) Points this post: 45
Total points this challenge: 465
Tasks completed: 21
Books read this challenge: 32
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Books: 3
AprilDT50.1- For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: The Girls Like...Les liaisons dangereuses (2003 TV Mini-series)
Book 2: The Boys Like...Brave New World
Book 3: Everyone Loves... Rolled a 2 "Fantasy" Out of Oz Big Book Ticket 568 pgs
Points this post: 50
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big books: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
name: SuzanneTask 15.10 Sweet
by Chevy Stevenstotal points:280
Christie Guatemala50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: Legend by Marie Lu
Marie Lu is a Goodreads author.
Book 3:
by Muriel BarberyI rolled a 3.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 270
Goodreads Authors: 5
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25.7 Name Train
Book 1: Richelle Mead Bloodlines
RICHELLE MEAD IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Book 2: Ellis O'Neal The False Princess
ELLIS O'NEAL IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 21
total points: 330
GR authors: 9