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10.7 Featuring Earth: Read a book with the word "EARTH" in the title, subtitle, or series title
All the Traps of Earth and other stories (1962) by Clifford D. Simak (Hardcover, 287 pages)
300 + 10 = 310

Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 300 + 10 = 310
Books read: 23
Pages Read: 7,420
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

Task 30.4 I rolled a 3 and a 5, so:
Book A (author whose name contains double consonants), I read Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett (two r, two t), **Lorna Barrett is ..."
From Post 2004 (above), I forgot to mention that
My Man Jeeves was published before 1975 and Sentenced to Death was published after 1975. Sorry!

Task 50.1 (For the Love of Middle School)
For Book 1 (book that is also a TV series), I read Dexter Is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay. Actually, I listened to it on audio. Creepy!
For Book 2 (dystopian), I read Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (recommended to me *by* my middle schooler!). This is shelved as Dystopian on the main page.
For Book 3 I rolled a 1 (short book) and read two novellas in the same series: Winning the Wallflower: A Novella (50 pgs) and Storming the Castle (67 pages) by Eloisa James. In the eBook length verification thread, these total 117 pages.
**Eloisa James is a Goodreads Author -- since both novellas are by her, can I count this as one Goodreads Author credit??**
450 previous points plus 50 points = 500 points total
14 Previous Goodreads Authors plus one = 15 Total Goodreads Authors

Set during American Civil War
15.9 HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING - Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur
***GR Author***
20.1 BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE -
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Option F - Nip from FlasK - Dark Rum
20.8 ITS ALL ABOUT ME, MYSELF AND I - I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
25.5 MOVIES RUINING THE BOOK -
A. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Option C Book rated 3.88 Movied rated 94%
B. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Option D Book rated 3.83 Movie rated 52%
Points: 85
Tasks: 5
Books: 6
Pages: 1991
GR Authors: 1
Total Points: 825
Total Tasks: 50
Total Books: 68
Total Pages: 27436
GR Authors: 25
Big Books 500+: 7
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 1
20.7 - And They Lived Happily Ever After
Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins
(Option B: "After")
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1x 500
Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins
(Option B: "After")
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1x 500

20.10 Group Read - I read The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and my post is #19.
Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 850
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 64
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
20.8 and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
readThe Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
50.1 For the Love of Middle School
Book A read Twistedby Sara Shepard (goodreads author) part of the Pretty Little Liars series
Book B read
The Death Cure by James Dashner (goodrads author)
Book C rolled 2 read City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare (goodreads author) for fantasy
Points this Post: 70
Total points- 810
Tasks Completed: 45
Books read: 61
Pages Read : 19,542
GR Authors: 31
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
readThe Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
50.1 For the Love of Middle School
Book A read Twistedby Sara Shepard (goodreads author) part of the Pretty Little Liars series
Book B read
The Death Cure by James Dashner (goodrads author)
Book C rolled 2 read City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare (goodreads author) for fantasy
Points this Post: 70
Total points- 810
Tasks Completed: 45
Books read: 61
Pages Read : 19,542
GR Authors: 31
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


50.1 For the love of middle school
book 1 Flawless by Sara Shepard
book 2 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
book 3, option 5 from Bea's shelf The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Task points 50
Total points 300
Total tasks 14
Total books 22

Last Post 1816
10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Hot Pursuit - the book has been on the pile since it was released in 2009
25.4 - Sandy’s Task: On This Day in History
A. - January, Choice 1 - Body and Soul - Jordan Castillo Price - Price - (GR Author)
B. - February, Choice 1 - Sweet Magik - Penny Watson (GR Author) - Elves uses bad magic against Santa because he doesn't like some stuff that happened and ends up causing a lot of trouble
25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
A. - Option B - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - 4.12 (rating)/ 45% (Rotten Tomatoes) - moving book originally here (Water for Elephants) to another task
B. - Option D - P.S. I Love You - 3.84 (rating)/ 23% (Rotten Tomatoes) - (Big Book Ticket 500+ pages, book is 512 pages)
25.6 - Laurie ME's task: Winter Fun and Games
A. Offside Pass and Between the Pipes - Stephani Hecht (GR Author)
B. Swimming with the Dead - set in the British Virgin Islands
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
A. - rolled a 6 - Taurus: All That You Do
B. - rolled a 2 -


Total Points This Post: 90 (plus 25 for a task change)
Total Points Overall: 840
Books Completed: 70
Tasks Complete: 47
GR Authors: 40
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(0)

15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!:
A. Conjunction Junction: For Everything by Rae Spencer.
C. Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla- Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt.
Points this post: 15
Total Points for Challenge: 720

Task 20.4 Author! Author! I chose catagory 4: Save Money / Manage Debt. I read A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I downloaded this book for free on my Kindle.
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed:4

I tried out for the Snow Queen and the Snowflakes and read a book by an author whose last name begins with one of these letters S, N, O, W.
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Points this post: 20
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 17
Number of pages: 276/5667
Goodreads Authors to date: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

50. MS Anderson's Task--For the Love of Middle School:
A. The Girls Like:
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
B. The Boys Like:
Yarn by Jon Armstrong
C. Everyone Likes: I rolled a 1 for a short book
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez 106 pages
Point total does not change.

The Christmas Shoppe

10.9 Earth Signs
Bookmarked For Death by Lorna Barrett - the author is a Capricorn - born on Dec 31
**** Lorna Barrett is a Goodreads Author****
15.4 Go Green
Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living

20.8 It's My Birthday -- It's All About Me (Myself and I)
I, Robot By Isaac Asimov -- has I in the title
30.2 One Author - Two Series I chose two books by M.C. Beaton
Book 1 -As The Pig Turns -- #22 in the Agatha Raisin series
Book 2 - Death of a Gossip -- #1 in the Hamish Macbeth series
Total Points = 640
Tasks = 40
Books = 53
Pages = 13,264

5.8. Jump!
The Third Secret by Steve Berry GR Author
400 pages
5.9. Trash to treasure.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Using Lynne's list - she rated it with 1 star and I closely agree
5.10. EARTH
The Court of the Air:Jackelian 1 by Stephen Hunt GR Author
Big Book Ticket: 500+ pages
10.1 Climb Every Mountain:
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
10.5 It’s Summer Somewhere:
Coonardoo by Katharine Susannah Prichard
set in Australia
10.7 Featuring Earth:
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
10.8 Hidden Gems
Split: Makedde Vanderwall 2 by Tara Moss GR Author 206 ratings
10.10 The Winter Blues
City of Ashes: The Mortal Instruments 2 by Cassandra Clare GR Author
15.8 What’s IndieNext?
January 2011
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
Option 5 - UK & France
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
KAREN OZ
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Gulliver's Travel by Jonathan Swift
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
Rolled 6 & 2 (both authors NEW to me)
For 6: Fetish: Makedde Vanderwall 1 by Tara Moss GR Author
For 2: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener: Agatha Raisin 3 by M.C. Beaton I know it's book 3 but it is NEW author to me - I know, I skipped the first TWO books!
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Option a: The ---> Then
Watch the World Burn: Jill Jackson 4 by Leah Giarratano
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas Carolling
Chose "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Infinite Days: Vampire Queen 1 by Rebecca Maizel GR Author
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
Tossed 2 tails


Not very interesing covers!
Total this post: 245 points
Total to date: 515 points

The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
400 pages: evenly divisible by 4.
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night

Blue Cover
10.10 The Winter Blues
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
I've been dying to read this book ever since a friend recommended it to me. It definitely gave me a pick-up from the winter blahs!
25 points this post
265 total points.

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 855/985
Tasks Completed: 46/57
Books Read: 63/77
Goodreads Authors: 35Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Word: FOIST, meaning to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably
Alternatively it makes the word FITS but it's not nearly as cool.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

D. Snuggle up with your Honey

Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 22
Goodreads Author Tickets: 16
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

For A Die Seidenstickerin Roman ( The Silk Embroiderer) Don't know if the word embroiderer exists but there is no english translation of this book.
For B

Total Points: 300

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
PSILY = LIPS
Big book - 512 pages
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors total: 11
Big Book total : 500+ = 2

I decided to go for the toymaker and so I read

Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 200
Goal Total Points: 325
Completed Tasks: 10/57 (15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.9, 20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 20.8, 30.1, 30.5)
Tasks in Progress: 25.8, 30.3, 30.6, 30.7, 50.1
Pages Read: 2526
Books Read: 14/77
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Suzanne Jenkins, Susan Mallery)
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()

F. The Gin & Chowder Club
Nan Parson Rossiter
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215
GRA: 3

Book 1: 10th Anniversary by James Patterson
The TV series the Women's Murder Club was based on this series. Approved on help thread.
Book 2: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Shelved as Dystopian
Book 3: I rolled a 3 . The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain - Has baby shoes on cover. Approved on help thread

Points this post: 50
Total points:440
Total tasks:23
Total books: 32

task points 10
total points 65

Task 15.5 All Shiny and New
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
Never read author, published 1/1/11
Task 20.2 Rookie at the Top: The Nutcracker
The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
Option 1: Features a child as a main character.
This post: 35 points
Total to date: 505 points
Goodreads Authors:12
Big Books: 500=2, 750=3, 1000=0


The Lying Game and Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Both are the first books in the series of the same name. The third book in The Lying Game series came out today.
Sara Shepard is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 465
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson, James Patterson*, Chevy Stevens, Jillian Lauren, Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Skloot, Janet Evanovich*, Lauren Oliver, Chris Bohjalian, Sara Shepard*
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

5.4. Let’s Call it a Goal!
Read a book that involves something you’d like to do in 2012, a goal or an aspiration or even a faint hope!
REQUIRED: Tell us what your goal is, and if it's not obvious, explain how the book relates to it. Learn to cook
Can't Stand The Heat by Louisa Edwards
Goodreads Author
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War
For this task you read one book from either option A or option B.
Option B: Read a book that has one of these words in the title or subtitle: war, battle, front or soldier.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Goodreads Author
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20.10 Group Read
Read one of the following Group Read Selections and make at least one post in the discussion thread for that book.
Category: "Steampunk"- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Post #27
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Points this post: 45
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 39
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

15.3 Winter Wonderland
A. Winter
Ex-mas
by Kate Brian
*set at Christmas time*
B. Wonderland
Remember Me?
by Sophie Kinsella
*set in London where The Clock Tower (Big Ben)is located. One of the Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World*
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!
The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
*narrator is Bucky Bleichert a detective and cop in L.A.*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 665
Tasks: 39
Books: 51
Goodread authors: 26

5.6 - Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?
Favorite Book of 2011: Divergent by Veronica Roth
5.10 - EARTH
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 6

I read Summer at Seaside Cove by Jacquie D'Alessandro. A goal of mine would be to rent a beachside cottage for the summer and get away from all of my responsibilities back home- an awesome vacation!
5.7- Part of a trilogy/or #3 in series
I read Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James.
10.9- Earth Signs
I read Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally. The author's birthday is 4/29/82, stated on her GR bio.
15.9- Mark! The Herald Angels Sing
I read Heaven by Jet Mykles.
30.1- Unique Winter Holidays- I rolled 1,3
1. soup- I read Chicken Soup for the Soul: Woman to Woman: Women Sharing Their Stories of Hope, Humor, and Inspiration by Jack Canfield.
3. male on cover- I read

Both of these authors new to me.
10.1- Climb Every Mountain
I read Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh, which was on my GR tbr for over one year.
*Miranda Kenneally,E.L. James and Jet Mykles are all GR Authors*
Points this post- 75
Total Points- 410
GR Authors- 15

I Picked option 1 with first names Marsha and Marcia
A. The Darcys & the Bingleys: A Tale of Two Gentlemen's Marriages to Two Most Devoted Sisters by Marsha Altman
B. The Prodigal Wife by Marcia Willett
Today's Total: 25
Grand Total: 970

In Post #1822 (page 37), I claimed His Mistress by Christmas for Task #10.10 - I would like to replace that with Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt is a Goodreads Author
10.9 Earth Signs Read an author who was born under an Earth sign. For the purposes of this task, we will use the following dates: Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)
His Mistress by Christmas by Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander was born on December 22 & is a Capricorn
Points this post = 10
Total Points = 590
Tasks Completed = 33
Total Pages Read = 16,720
Goodreads Authors = 12
Bog Books = 1 (500+)


The round thing is the glass ball the girl is breaking out of (approved in the help thread)
+5 Points
10.6 Can’t Wait ‘Til Spring!
Flowers on the cover (dead, but once beautiful, I'm sure;)

+ 10 Points
Points this Post: 15
Grand Total: 545

20.8 ...and it's all about me (myself & I)
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
This task: 20
# tasks completed: 24
total points: 400
GR authors: 11
Big Book: 1/750+,2/500+

Kimber
15.1 Cause Knowledge Is Power
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
B. Superlative Adjective = BEST
C. Pronoun = ME
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 25
Total points: 415

10.3 Here be Dragons

10.7 Featuring Earth

Task Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 725
Pages Read: 17,762
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)

Option B: Happily Ever After (read a book with one of the following words: happily, ever, after):
Everneath by Brodi Ashton (Everneath was approved in the 20.7 Task Help Discussion)
**Brodi Ashton is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

I chose option A and went from The to Then


Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 230
Goal Total Points: 325
Completed Tasks: 11/57 (15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.9, 20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 20.8, 30.1, 30.3, 30.5)
Tasks in Progress: 25.8, 30.6, 30.7, 50.1
Pages Read: 2937
Books Read: 12/77
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Suzanne Jenkins, Susan Mallery, Elizabeth Scott)
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()


I flipped heads and tails.
Cover I liked:

Cover I didn't like:

Total points: 165

25.1 Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Marigold - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
(mystery about an unsolved murder)
Red Rose - Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (romance)
Stephanie Perkins is a Goodreads author
This task: 25
tasks completed: 26
total points: 440
GR authors: 12

25.2 Santa by any other name is..... well, still Santa
Option #1 - Read two books by two different authors with a first or last name that could be pronounced the same way but that are spelled differently
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base(Jacobsen, Annie)
The 7th Victim (Jacobson, Alan)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 12
Books Read: 17

Book A: Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Set during the Christmas holiday.
Book B: Dark Predator by Christine Feehan
Machu Picchu: Book is set in Peru
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads author)
OGAAT = GOAT
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
Option A: Murder Passes the Buck by Deb Baker (Goodreads author)
Main character is 66 years old.
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review
Option 3: Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen (Goodreads author)
Main character is trying to solve a murder that involves the Queen & Prince of England.
Option 5: Truthseeker by C.E. Murphy (Goodreads author)
Occupy Boston: Book takes place in Boston
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book 1: The Taker by Alma Katsu (Goodreads author)
Book 2: Devil Take Me by Anna J. Evans
Taker-r=Take
Total Points This Post: 110
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 5
Grand Total Points: 415/985
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 23/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
25.5 "Movies-Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since. . .
Option C GR-3.73 Rotten Tomatoes-97% (1968 Version)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Option D GR 3.91 Rotten Tomatoes-37%
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
***Audrey Niffenegger is a GR Author***
***The Time Traveler's Wife is a Big Book at 518 pgs***
30.4 Double or Nothing
First Roll: 6-Author's first and last name start with the same letter
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill-published 2004
Second Roll: 3
Title contains consecutive words beginning with the same letter
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons-published 1932
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 630
Tasks Completed: 32/57

Stitches by David Small
This book has been on my TBR list since 2009. Well over a year. So glad I finally got to it. Really good book!
Total = 80 points




Task 50.1 - For the love of middle school
Book 1: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman **GR Author**
Book 2: Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody **GR Author**
Book 3 (die roll 5): Cristen was currently reading The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley **GR Author**
GR Authors this post = 3
Total GR Authors = 21
Challenge total = 615

Completed Tasks:
5.10 EARTH The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
10.9 Earth Signs Four to Score by Janet Evanovich Janet Evanovich's birthday is April 22. This is listed in her GR profile. *****Janet Evanovich is a GRA*****
30.2 One Author- Two Series It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn This is book 7 in her bridgerton series. Splendid by Julia Quinn This is book 1 in the Splendid trilogy. *****Julia Quinn is a GRA.*****
Points this post: 45
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 14
Goodreads Authors: 9

A. Twisted by Sara Shepard - Pretty Little Liars series
*Sara Shepard is a goodreads author*
B. Matched by Ally Condie - Dystopian
C. Rolled a 5:
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Friend Sky was reading this on the 17th of Jan.
*Jennifer E. Smith is a goodreads author*
Points this post: 50
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Published August 2011, new to me author
*Kendare Blake is a goodreads author*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
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5.8. Jump! - Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco, which has 292 pages.
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes! - Lucifer's Tears by James Thompson (Main character, Kari Vaara, is a Finnish police officer.)
James Thompson and Mark Del Franco are both Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 830
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 63
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0