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15.5 All Shiny and NewBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson.
Published 4/28/11. S.J Watson is a new-to-me author, and is also a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 540
Tasks: 26
Books: 36
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 500=1
CASSELM20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages: A Novel by Sara Rath. I made the word LASH.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Joy Marie20.3 Words Among Friends
Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
TCIOTDITNT = TINT
Total Points:190
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
For this task, read a book with a title/subtitle containing one of the following words: me, myself, or I.
Then She Found Me (1990) by Elinor Lipman (Paperback, 307 pages)
310 + 20 = 330
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 310 + 20 = 330
Books read: 24
Pages Read: 7,727
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
Deyara➜ Task #5.3 - Round Here......
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris
The moon is round - over half visible behind the car.
➜ Task #10.1 - Climb Every Mountain
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Added Nov 2010
Points this post: 15 points
Total to Date = 90 points
GR Authors: 1
Laurie ME5.6: Other People Liked It, Why Not Me? Picked in fiction catagory
Sarah Allen Addison - The Peach Keeper
Sarah Allen Addison is a goodreads author
10.4: Blue, White and the Black of Night:
Spencer Baum - The Homecoming Masquerade
Spencer Baum is a goodreads author
Points this Post: 15.
Total Points: 670
STACIE MITask 10.5 - It's Summer Somewhere
I read:
Up Over Down Under by Micol Ostow
Half the book takes place in Australia and was approved in the task help thread.
**Micol Ostow is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 52
Pages read: 13340
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
hpaddict30.4 Double or Nothing
A)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobsrolled a 5, odd number = double letters in author's name, Harriet
book originally published in 1860
B)
The Mummy by Anne Ricerolled a 2, even number = double letters in title, Mummy
book originally published in 1989
this post = 30
challenge total = 305
goodreads authors = 2
big books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=0
TASK 5.7 - Part of a TrilogyCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.3 - Winter WonderlandA. Winter
A book with a Christmas theme - and a snowy winter scene on the cover:
The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
B.Wonderland
A book set at the site of a world wonder:
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
The book is set in San Francisco, for the Golden Gate Bridge, but about half of it consists of LuLing's memories of growing up in China, for the Great Wall.
Total points 355
Laurie MERePost
10.4: Blue, White and the Black of Night:
Spencer Baum - The Homecoming Masquerade
Spencer Baum is a goodreads author
Points this Post: 10.
Total Points: 670
5.9. Trash to treasure. Using the “read” list for any of your GR friends, find a book that your friend gave only 1 or 2 stars, but that sounds like a book you might like. This should be a book that you’ve never read before. Required: Name the friend whose list you used.
Optional: Was someone else’s trash your treasure?
If you're looking for GR friends, check out this thread on the SRC: Looking for Goodreads Friends
Room - Emma Donoghue
Friends: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/38...
Yvonne rated Room 1* & I rated it 5*.
MASANOBU20.4 Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
Option 2: Quit Smoking
El color de la magia by Terry Pratchett.
(There's a fire covering the upper half of the cover and a torch next to the best seller tag)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Big Books: 5 [750 (1), 1000 (1)]
Goodreads Authors: 2
20. 3 Words among friends The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Soffer
T S O S = TOSS
Task point 20
Total points 320
Total tasks 15
Total books 23
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.10. EARTH - The Fairy Bible: The Definitive Guide to the World of Fairies by Teresa Moorey
10.2 As You Like It: Farthing by Jo Walton, which was recommended based on my Science Fiction shelf. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I want to read the rest in the series.
25.6 - Laurie ME's task: Winter Fun and Games
Book 1 - Snow Angels by James Thompson (takes place in Finland and was approved in the help thread)
Book 2 - Beach Trip by Cathy Holton (takes place at a North Carolina beach house)
Cathy Holton and James Thompson are Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 40
Total challenge points: 890
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 68
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
Alice GTask 5.1 It's the Latest Thing
Book: The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
Task 5.3 Round Here
Book: The Last Werewolf
It has a round moon on the cover.
Task 5.8 Jump
Book: The Auschwitz Violin
It has 128 pages which divided by 4 equals 31
Total Points: 150
Previous Reads
5.4 Call it a Goal - Greek Island Hopping 2011
5.6 Other People Liked it why not me? - A Discovery of Witches
5.7 Third Stone from the Sun - The Knife of Never Letting go
5.10 E.A.R.T.H - Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill
10.2 As You Like It - Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
10.3 Here be the Dragons - Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
15.5 All Shiny and New - The Woman In Silk by R.J.Gadney
15.6 Read 'em their writes - Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
15.8 What's Indie Next - The cellist of Sarajevo
20.3 Word among Friends - Tiny Sunbirds Far Away by Christie Watson
30.6 The Many Facets of Eart - Monsters of Men and The Ask and the Answer
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Keltie Lee10.2 As You Like It
Play with Me (Forbidden Fantasies #15)
by Leslie Kelly *Goodreads Author*
*recommended off my winter challenge 2011-12 read shelf*
10.7 Featuring Earth
Here on Earth
by Alice Hoffman
25.7 Name Train
Book 1: After Dark
by Wendy Etherington
Book 2: Shadowland
by Alyson Noel *Goodreads Author*
Keltie LeE- Wendy EtheringtoN- Alyson Noel
25.8 The Year in Review
Task 3: The Royal Wedding
Another Wild Wedding Night
by Leslie Kelly *Goodreads Author*
*the book takes place at a wedding reception
Task 6: What do you remember best
The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extrardinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science
by Jill Price
*I decided to go back to school as a psychology major, so I read a book is listed under the genre of psychology
Points this post: 70
Total points: 735
Tasks: 43
Books: 57
Goodread authors: 29
Alice GTask: 20.5 Off to War
Book: War Horse
This book is set in World War 1
Total Points: 170
Previous Reads
5.1 It's the Latest Thing - The Hypnotist by Lars Keplar
5.3 Round Here - The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
5.4 Call it a Goal - Greek Island Hopping 2011
5.6 Other People Liked it why not me? - A Discovery of Witches
5.7 Third Stone from the Sun - The Knife of Never Letting go
5.8 Jump - The Auschwitz Violin
5.10 E.A.R.T.H - Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill
10.2 As You Like It - Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
10.3 Here be the Dragons - Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
15.5 All Shiny and New - The Woman In Silk by R.J.Gadney
15.6 Read 'em their writes - Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
15.8 What's Indie Next - The cellist of Sarajevo
20.3 Word among Friends - Tiny Sunbirds Far Away by Christie Watson
30.6 The Many Facets of Eart - Monsters of Men and The Ask and the Answer
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KIM NY5.9. Trash to treasure: Fallen by Lauren Kate.
My goodreads friend Tashawndia Abel gave it 2 stars.
Points this post: 5
Total points for challenge: 725
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays2. The Cat Who Blew the Whistle
Lilian Jackson Braun
5. Thunder Dog: A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
Michael Hingson
Dog care
Hingson is a goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total points this challenge: 245
GRA: 4
Mod
read The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (goodreads author)
and And Then Everything Unraveled by Jennifer Sturman (goodreads author)
added N to word the to create then
Points this Post: 40
Total points- 850
Tasks Completed: 44
Books read: 59
Pages Read : 20,169
GR Authors: 33
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX50.1 - Ms. Anderson's Task: For the Love of Middle School
The Girls Like:
by Kenneth GrahameThis was made into a TV series in the 1980s.
The Boys Like:
by Meg RosoffEverybody Likes:
I rolled a 2 - Fantasy/Adventure
by China Miéville (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 50
Total Challenge Points: 880
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
name: Suzannetask:5.10. EARTH
Read a book by an author whose last name begins H.
by Susan Hilltask points: 305
Laurie ME15.6: Read 'Em Their Writes!
Ngaio Marsh - Killer Dolphin
20.7: Shorter is Sweeter: Stacie MI's Task: And They Lived Happily Ever After:
Samantha Hunter - Once Burned
Points this Post: 35.
Total Points: 705.
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays I rolled a 3 and a 5. Both authors were new to me.
3- Man on cover:
by Heidi BettsHeidi Betts is a goodreads author.
5- Boy Scout Merit Badge word: American: All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard, part of The Lying Game series.
Sara Shepard is a goodreads author
Book 2: Far North by Marcel Theroux (shelved as dystopia)
Book 3: Rolled a 2: shelved as fantasy: 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz
Points this task: 80
Total Points: 545
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**, Heidi Betts
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
I rolled a "1" and a "4".
1. Read a book written by an author with 3 letters in their first or last name.
Miss Pym Disposes (1946) by Josephine Tey (Paperback, 238 pages)
4. Read a biography or autobiography and learn about someone else’s reality.
Then Again(2011) by Diane Keaton (Hardcover, 268 pages)
330 + 30 = 360
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 330 + 30 = 360
Books read: 26
Pages Read: 8,233
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
15.1 Cause Knowledge Is PowerEat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
This books meets two options for the task
Option A - contains the coordinating conjunction "and"
Option D - contains an exclamation mark in the title
15.6 Read Them Their Writes
A Highland Christmas by M. C. Beaton
This is one of a Hamish Macbeth series about a Scottish constable.
25.7 Name Train
Mary's Son by Darryl Nyznyk
Blockade Billy by Stephen King
The name train goes like this:
1. my readerboard name is Helen - ends in N
2. The first book is by Darryl Nyznyk - last name begins with N and ends with K
3. The 2nd book is by Stephen King whose last name begins with K
Total Points = 695
Total Tasks = 43
Total Books = 57
Total Pages = 14,010
30.5 - Christmas CarollingBooks with words in the titles from carols:
Mistletoe and Holly
and
O Come All Ye Faithful
Mistletoe and Murder by Carola Dunn
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Total points 385
Sandy MN10.2 As You Like It
Shelf:Vampires
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
**Goodreads Author**
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Fallen by Lauren Kate
**Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 645
Total GR Authors: 21
Jen UT15.1 - Cause Knowledge is Power!
A.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
B. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 7
25.5 Movies-I picked option C-Larger than Life and read Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (was okayed for use in the help thread). The book had 3.88 rating on GoodReads and a 84% on RottenTomatoes.
I also picked option D-In the Eyes of the Beholder, and read Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz. The GoodReads rating was 3.41 and a 35% on RottenTomatoes.
Points this post:25
Total points: 330
Tasks completed:16
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Finished!!15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power
Option 2 One book that fits two Categories: A Conjunction "But" and C Pronouns "Nothing" and "You"
Nothing But You: Love Stories from the "New Yorker"
Today's total: 15
Grand total: 985
Kimber 15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo
This task: 15
tasks completed: 27
total points: 455
GR Authors: 12
BB: 1/750+,2/500+
15.10 Sweet!I read A Feast for Crows
For this I claim a 750+ big book ticket as it has 849 pages
Points for this task: 15
Points so far: 120
Mod
Points this Post: 20
Total points- 860
Tasks Completed: 47
Books read: 64
Pages Read : 20,537
GR Authors: 33
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.6 - WINTER FUN AND GAMESA. Snow Angels by James Thompson
B. Annie John which takes place in Antigua.
James Thompson is a Goodreads author.
30.3 - SIMPLE CHANGES OR SWAPS
A. The Solemn Lantern Maker: A Novel
B. Let Them Eat Cake by Sandra Byrd
Took "the" from the first book and added an "M" to make "them"
Sandra Byrd is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 430
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 13
BIG BOOKS - 3
Look forward to your great task Donna Jo! Congratulations.
Amanda A5.3 - Round Here...
by Diana PalmerThe picture is round.
5.4 - Let's Call It A Goal!
I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down by Jennifer Hudson
My goal is to lose weight.
5.5 - All Around the World
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas [Goodreads Author]
5.10 - EARTH
The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
10.1 - Climb Every Mountain
Tempting by Susan Mallery [GR Author]
10.8 - Hidden Gems
Hidden by Kelley Armstrong [GR Author]
158 ratings on 1/11
15.2 - Make It Work
Option B:
by Delilah Marvelle [GR Author]
by Rachel Vincent [GR Author]15.10 - Sweet!
Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman
25.4 - Sandy’s Task: On This Day in History
December - Option 1
Atlantis Unleashed by Alyssa Day
Main character is a prince of Atlantis
February - Option 1
Motor City Fae by Cindy Spencer Pape
25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
Option C: 3.74/90%
The Descendants: A Novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings [GR Author]
Option D: 3.77/73%
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan [GR Author]
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Amanda --> Amor Towles --> Sandra Brown
Book 1 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Book 2 - A Whole New Light by Sandra Brown [GR Author]
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
Rolled 2 and 3
Option 2 - It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake
New to me author
Option 3 -
by Maya BanksNew to me author
Points this post: 175
Total points: 700
GR Authors: 31 (8 this post)
Mod
I read The End of the Wasp Season
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
I used choice C (twins) and read The Night Circus. The twins Poppet and Widget are important characters in the book.
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Since the last letter of my readerboard name is "y," I read The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff for my first book. For my second book, I used the "f" from the end of Yovanoff, and read Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
My first book was And Then the Roof Caved in: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees. I subtracted the apostrophe from "Street's" and read Mean Streets
New total: 715
5.7. Third stone from the sun.Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
White Lilacs (youthful innocence): Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson *A Goodreads Author*
Marigold (pain and grief): Strawberry Shortcake
Murder by Joanne Fluke
Points this task: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Boston Kate5.7 Third Stone From the Sun
Specials
third book in "Uglies" series
30.4 Double or Nothing
Book A: rolled a 3 (odd)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
"tt" in Stockett
Book B: rolled a 4 (even)
Emma
"mm" in Emma
Points this post: 35
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
5.10. EARTHBriar Rose by Robert Coover - Robert begins with R.
10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
by Michelle Cooper10.8 Hidden Gems
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett - As of posting, has 218 ratings.
15.10 Sweet!
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
20.1 Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Option C. Curl Up by the Fire:
by Susanne Dunlap - There is a flame in the lantern.20.2 The Nutcracker
Option 2. Herr Drosselmeyer, a toymaker and magician: Madeleine is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
20.5 Off to War
Option A: The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies - Involves WWII.
20.6 Microhistory!
The Natural History of Unicorns by Chris Lavers
25.1 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Sweetbriar: Wonderland by Tommy Kovac
Plumeria: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper - First book in The Dark is Rising sequence.
25.4 On This Day in History
B. January
Option 1: Pride and Prejudice by Nancy Butler - "Prejudice" contains the word ice.
C. February
Option 1: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - Magic and sorcery are crucial to the plot.
25.7 Name Train
Book 1: The last letter of my Readerboard name is A, so I read Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams, whose surname begins with A.
Book 2: The last letter of Adams is S, so I read The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, whose first name begins with S.
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
Book 1: I rolled a 2 and read Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood, whom I have never read before.
Book 2: I rolled a 5 and used the badge Art and read The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice, who is also a new author to me.
30.2 One Author - Two Series
Book 1: Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Book 2: Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book 1: I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
Book 2: Using Option C. I swapped the "r" in "fire" for a "v" to make "five" and read Five Children and It by E. Nesbit.
30.4 Double or Nothing
Book A: I rolled a 2 and read Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day by Winifred Watson, which was published in 1938.
Book B: I rolled another 2 and read Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier, which was published in 2009.
30.6 The Many Facets of EARTH
Book 1: I rolled a 2 and read
by Douglas Adams.Book 2: I rolled a 5 and used the term "live" and read How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff.
30.7 Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
I rolled two heads.
Book 1:
by Art CorriveauBook 2:
by Michelle CooperTotal Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 27
Pages Read: 7338
STACIE MITask 10.2 - As You Like It
Using my Graphic Novel shelf, I was recommended and read:
Kick-Ass by Mark Millar
Goodreads did an excellent job with that recommendation. I loved it!
Points this task: 10
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 53
Pages read: 13548
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Thanks, Sheila and Katrina. I've got to put my thinking cap on for a task for this Spring.
STACIE MITask 50.1 - For the Love of Middle School
For Book 1, I read a book that a popular AMC show is based on:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman
For Book 2, I read:
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4: Safeword by Brian K. Vaughan
For Book 3, I rolled a 2 and read:
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Points this task: 50
Total points: 705
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 56
Pages read: 14082
Goodreads authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX25.3 - Mrs. Soule's Task: A Series in Your Stocking
by Terry Pratchett
by Terry PratchettPoints this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 905
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Mrs. Pollifax is a CIA agent.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 18
Number of pages: 224/5891
Goodreads Authors to date: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0