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Jessica PDX25.2 - Jenn Renee's Task: Santa by Any Other Name
I chose Option 3:
by Ace Atkins
by Kate AtkinsonPoints this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 950
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
20.5 OFF TO WAR - The Road From Chapel Hill by Joanna C. ScottBook was set during and after the American Civil War
20.10 GROUP READ - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Review posted
***GR Author***
30.7 DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER -
Got 2 tails
A.
by Jennifer McMahonThe little girl on the cover looks defiant but so sad, it bothers me.
***GR Author***
B.
by Tim WaggonerCover is creepy and cold, and book was not much different.
***GR Author***
Points: 70
Tasks: 3
Books: 4
Pages: 1372
GR Authors: 3
Total Points: 895
Total Tasks: 53
Total Books: 72
Total Pages: 28808
GR Authors: 28
Big Books 500+: 7
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 1
Nick KY15.3.a. Winter Cover
Close Range by Annie Proulx, 288 pagesb. World Wonder Location
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie -- Amazon link for page number verification: http://www.amazon.com/Witness-Prosecu... -- takes place very near to Big Ben in London, 114 pages.15.8 What’s Indie Next?
Ballistics by Billy Collins is on the Spring 2009 Poetry list. 115 pages15.10 Sweet!
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet, 112 pagesTask Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 800
Pages Read: 18,867
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)
GayleTask 30.3: Dlmrose's Task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book of Choice:
by Teresa Medeiros****Teresa Medeiros is a Goodread's author.****
2nd Book: Yours - s = Your
by Louise Voss, Mark EdwardsPoints this Post: 30
TANYAPT20.1 C
Book: Divergent, Veronica Roth
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
GR Author: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
TANYAPT30.1 rolled double 6 (both authors are new to me)
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (like the name Elizabeth)
You Are Free: Stories by Danzy Senna
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
GR Author: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
TANYAPT25.8 - option 5 (set in Chicago - 1 of the cities were Occupy Wall Street protests has occurred)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
*** Goodreads Author (one of the co-authors) ***
option 6 (I found love in 2011 and this book is about love)
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
GR Author: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
GayleTask 5.3: Round Here....
Book with something round or oval on the cover. Bullseye!
by Lee ChildTask 20.2: Rookie at the Top - Connie's Task: The Nutcracker Option 2: Contains magical realism
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Task 20.4: Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Happy New Year! Option 1: Get Fit/Lose Weight: non fiction book
The New Sonoma Diet by Connie Guttersen
Task 30.2: Sheila's Task: One Author - Two Series
Book 1: The Drop by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #16)
Book 2: The Poet by Michael Connelly (Jack McEvoy #1)
****Michael Connelly is a Goodread's author.****
Task 30.4: Donna Jo's Task: Double or Nothing
I rolled a 3 so I read:
Secretariat: The Making Of A Champion by William Nack Authoor's name contains double consonants (double L) This book was published in 1975.
I rolled a 4 so I read:
Borrowed Time by C.J. Lyons Double letters in the title (double R)
****C.J. Lyons is a Goodread's author.****
Points this post: 105
Total Points: 330
5.4. Let’s Call it a Goal! Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks
My goal is to read more feminist classics and have a stronger working knowledge of its theoretical underpinnings.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 360
Total GR Author tickets: 7
Big Book tickets: 5
Finished30.7 Dont judge book by its cover
book cover I like
by Roxane Tepfer Sanford. I like black and white photo of lighthousebook cover I do not like
Roxane Tepfer Sanford. In my opinion is pretty common cover and do not work with title.Task points 30
Total points 350
Total tasks 16
Total books 25
15.10-Sweet!Never Knowingby Chevy Stevens
20.6-Microhistory!
Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Approved on help thread
20.10- Group Read
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
I'm post #20 on the discussion thread.
Points this post: 55
Points so far:495
Tasks Completed: 26
Books read:35
Kathy G.5.3. Round Here......
by Beverly Cleary*** The round things are the wheels on the motorcycle***
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1-
by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson***This was a Movie and a TV show***
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/
Book 2-
by Scott Westerfeld***Dystopian***
Book 3-
by Susan Cooper**** Rolled a 3- The boy on the steps has shoes and the rider of the horse has a shoe****
Claiming Goodreads author for Susan Cooper
Total Points- 185
Total Tasks- 8
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- (500+) 2
Kimber10.7 Featuring Earth
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Cynthia Hand is a Goodreads Author
This task: 10
# tasks completed: 28
Total points: 465
GR authors: 13
Kimber 30.4 Double or Nothing
Rolled 2 odd numbers (5 & 1)
Book A: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
(double consonants in name - ss)
Deborah Harkness is a GR Author. This book is 579 pages.
Book B: Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton
(book with consecutive words that begin with same letter - SS)
This task: 30
# tasks completed: 29
Total points: 495
GR authors: 14
Big Book: 1/750+, 3/500+
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTHI rolled a 5 and a 6:
5: Electronic book
I read One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
6: 2nd, 6th, or 10th in a series
I read The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1 - TV Series
I read Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
Book 2 - Dystopia
I read Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Book 3 - I rolled a 2: Skyrim:"Fantasy" or "Adventure."
I read Virals by Kathy Reichs
Grand Total: 165
15.8 - What's Indie Next?The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory - appeared on the Oct. 2008 list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 29
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
10.7 Featuring Earth: Earth-Shattering Poems by Liz Rosenberg
+10 Points
15.4 Go Green: Is it easy being green?
B. Read a book by an author named “green”- “green” should be found intact in any name
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
C. Read a book with a green cover
Rip Tide by Kat Falls+15 Points
15.5 All Shiny and New:
Published in 2011 and a new author for me:
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
+15 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 585
hpaddict20.1 Baby, It's Cold Outside!
Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenC = candle flame
this post = 20
challenge total = 325
goodreads authors = 2
big books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=0
Joanna T15.10 Sweet!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline is a GR Author.
20.4 Happy New Year
Option 4: Save Money
I got this as an audiobook from the library.
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
20.6 Microhistory!
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
This post: 55
Grand total: 290
CathyG30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
I rolled 2/2
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.
Book A. If the first die is even, read a book whose author's first and last names start with the same letter
Clive Cussler – Iceberg
Published in 1975
Book B. If the second die is even, read a book with double letters in the title (Ex: A Room with a View).
Heartless by Gail Carriger
Published 2011
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 635
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 46
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Jennifer N.10.10 - The Winter Blues
Nauti Intentions by Lora Leigh
15.1 - Cause Knowledge is Power
His Darkest Hunger by Juliana Stone*
His=Pronoun
Darkest=Superlative Adjective
*Juliana Stone is a Goodreads Author
15.10 - Sweet!
Nauti Dreams by Lora Leigh
25.1 - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Red Rose - Romance
Never Enough by Lauren Dane
Sweetbriar - 1 word title
Slade by Laurann Dohner
25.3 - A Series In Your Stocking
The Magical Christmas Cat by Lora Leigh
Aiden's Charity by Lora Leigh
25.7 - The Name Train
Using R from Jennifer - Unknown by Rachel Caine
Using L from Rachel - Nauti Deceptions by Lora Leigh
30.5 - Christmas Carolling
O' Come all Ye Faithful - Jacob's Faith by Lora Leigh
Christmas is Coming - Coming Undone by Lauren Dane
30.7 - Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover - 1 Heads + 1 Tales
Book Cover I dislike:
by Kelly MedingBook Cover I like:
by Jennifer AshleyTotal Points This Post: 175
Total Points to Date: 575
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ I want to apologize for the volume of tasks posted here. I have been traveling and access to the internet has been limited.
5.7. Third Stone from the Sun
Vampireville by Ellen Schreiber
10.10. The Winter Blues
If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
15.5. All Shiny and New
Bright's Passage by Josh Ritter
Book was published in June 2011 and Josh Ritter is a new-to-me author.
15.10. Sweet!
The Talk Show Murders: A Billy Blessing Novel by Al Roker
20.3. Words Among Friends
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Men I've Dated by Shane Bolks
Anagram - ADMIT
20.6 Microhistory
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond
25.3. A Series in Your Stocking
Book 1 - Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Christmas)
Book 2 - Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke (non-Christmas)
25.9. My Favorite Genre
Book 1 - Kissing Coffins by Ellen Schreiber (Option 1 - Young Adult)
Book 2 - Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair (Option 4 - Mystery)
30.2. Two Series
Book 1 - Undone by Karin Slaughter
Book 2 - Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
This post: 165 points
Total points to date: 350 points
Tasks completed: 21
**Electing to not track Goodreads Authors and Big Books this challenge**
STACIE MITask 30.7 - Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
I flipped two tails and read two books with covers that didn't appeal to me.
by MaryJanice Davidson - I'm really not fond of the cartoon-ish coverand
by Scott Westerfeld - it doesn't look so here, but the cover is really out of focus and unappealingPoints this task: 30
Total points: 770
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 61
Pages read: 15680
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays I rolled a 3 & a 4.
3: Male on cover
by Edmund Morris4. My initials are MJ, so my author's are JM
by Jenny McPhee***Claiming GR Author Ticket*** for Jenny McPhee
Both are new-to-me authors.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 390
Total GR Author tickets: 8
Big Book tickets: 5
5.10 author name starts with "E"Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep **GR author**
15.10 Free choice
Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn **GR author**
20.3 anagram: hill
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot **GR author**
20.9 D. Christian fiction
Always the Wedding Planner Never the Bride
Points this post: 60
Total points: 280
Tasks complete: 19
Books read: 21
Goodreads authors: 16 (3 this post)
Big books: 500 = 1, 750 = 0, 1000 = 0
20.4 Author! Author! - Happy New Year!! 4. Save Money/Manage Debt: Read a book with a mainly green cover, a non-fiction book about saving money or managing debt, or a book you got for free (from the library, a book swap, as a gift, free download, etc.).
I read: The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro which was a library book.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Update of post 169520.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
D. Snuggle up with your Honey
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Books read : 5
Tasks completed : 5
Total points : 95
I am moving some things around in this post.25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Book 1 My readerboard name is Jayme VA so I read an author whose name begins with A. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Book 2 I used the S from Brashares and read The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks whose last name begins with S.
For task 25.9 My Favorite Genres I am replacing The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with Flawless by Sara Shepard goodreads author. This book is shelved as young adult. (my other book for this task was The Power of Six by Pitticus Lore)
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 570
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
Jodi250.1 For the Love of Middle School
Book #1 / Option A: Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Once, Upon, Time
Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
Book #2 / Option 1 (YA) Read a book that is 1st in a series
The Hunger Games
Book #3 / Rolled a 1: Read a short book (between 100-200 pages)
Keesha's House (116 pages)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read: 20
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite GenresOption 3 – Mystery: Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Option 4 – Adventure / Thriller: One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
Total points: 120
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle SchoolBook 1: The Girls Like...
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Book 2: The Boys Like...
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Book 3: Everyone Loves...
2. Skyrim
First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 7
Total points: 170
Delicious Dee
Last Post 2049
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!
The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History - approved in the THT, a microhistory about how the study of history has changed over the years - there was even a chapter devoted to microhistories
20.10 Group Read
Leviathan - post 35 is my brief review
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review
A. - Option 2 - Water for Elephants - moved from 25.5 to here - 25.5 already re-posted
B. - Option 5 - The Sinner - set in Boston, Massachsetts - the site of Occupy Boston - Tess Gerritsen (GR Author)
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
A. - rolled 2 - The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse - Hermann Hesse - while this edition was published in 2009, it was originally published in 1955 and approved in the THT msg 53
B. - rolled 6 - Starfall - Chris Quinton (GR Author) - LL in the title to meet the task requirement
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas Carolling
A. - Away in the Manger - Shying Away - Kate Sherwood (GR Author)
B. - Little Drummer Boy - A Little Harmless Addiction - Melissa Schroeder (GR Author)
Total Points This Post: 125
Total Points Overall: 965
Books Completed: 78
Tasks Complete: 52
GR Authors: 44
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(0)
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School 1. Girls love...I read
2. Boys love...I read
and I rolled a 5, so I read the book my friend Jane was reading on January 25th, which was a pleasant reread for me:
Total points: 345
KRISTEN TX10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
10.8 Hidden Gems
More Sand in My Bra: Funny Women Write from the Road, Again!
This book has 78 ratingsTotal Points: 20
DebraTTask 20.7
Once... by James Herbert
Option A: "Once"
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 595 points
Goodreads Authors:13
Big Books: 500=3, 750=3, 1000=0
15.3- Winter Wonderland:A.
(one of the authors, C.E. Murphy is a GR author)B.
(M.C. Moore is a GR author) The book is set in New York (Empire State Building)Points this post: 15
Total Points: 530
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 45
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
AprilDT25.4-On This Day in History
A.December
2.Book with moon on cover Twice Bitten
by Chloe Neill Moon in backgroundC.February
2.One word same in book title and St. Pepper song title.
by Ransom Riggs and song "She's Leaving Home" Both have HOME in title%^&*Chloe Neill is a Goodreads Author%^&*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big books: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
10.10 The Winter BluesI read Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster. This was a funny book-very much a book to push aside the winter blues.
Points this post:10
Total points: 360
Tasks completed:19
Books read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Keltie Lee5.7. Third stone from the sun
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
*first in the hunger games trilogy*
25.3 A Series in Your Stocking
Book 1: Last Christmas
by Kate Brian
Book 2: The Book of Spells
by Kate Brian
*both books are in the Private series*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
Tasks: 49
Books: 65
Goodread authors: 32
Sandy MN15.8 What’s IndieNext?
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton.
This book appears on the November 2010 Indie Next List
**562 pages -- Claiming big book ticket**
Total Points: 660
Total Big Books: (4)500; (1)750; (0)1000
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!Blood Country by Mary Logue
The main character is a deputy sheriff.
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 120 points
Finished25.6 Winter fun and games
book 1 Snow by Orhan Pamuk
book 2 The Last Summer by Ann Brashares
Task points 25
Total points 375
Total tasks 17
Total books 25
5.4 Southern Living Big Book of Cupcakes: Little cakes that will make you Happy
I would like to open a cupcake store.5.7 First Grave on the Right
GRAuthor5.8 The Devil, the Banshee and Me
pages-192/4=4810.10 Radiance
GRAuthor15.5 My Year with Eleanor
25.7 Shimmer
Dreamland
readerboard name-robiN-alyson Noel-noel-alysoN 2GRAuthor
Points this post-65
Total points-280
GRAuthors this post-4
Total GRAuthors-11
Chris MD20.5 Off to War
Option A: Book about a real war
Vietnam #1: I Pledge Allegiance by Chris Lynch
25.2 Santa by Any Other Name
Option 3: One author's name is a nickname for the other. Jamie is a nickname for James. (And Jamie Ford is a man.)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
James Dashner and Jamie Ford are both GR authors. Claiming 2 author tickets.
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
Rolled 2: Cozy Mystery
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Rolled 1: Book with the name of a soup in title. (Stone soup is on the Wikipedia list)
Cutting for Stoneby Abraham Verghese
This book is 541 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket
Points for this post: 75
Total points: 315 + 75 = 390
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500=3, 750=0, 1,000=0
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 31
Goodreads Authors total: 12
Big Book total : 500+ = 2
10.10 Reading a book you've been dying to readGingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
15.10 Sweet!: Read a book of your choice
Sugar and Spice by Fern Michaels
20.8 It's My Birthday -ME (Myself, and I)
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
Total Points: 210
Mod
read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (goodreads author)
20.2 Nutcracker option 1- read Heist Society by Ally Carter
Main character is 15
Points this Post: 25
Total points- 900
Tasks Completed: 50
Books read: 68
Pages Read : 21,938
GR Authors: 35
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX10.7 - Featuring Earth
by Jules VernePoints this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 960
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Mod
I read A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
For my first book, I chose Marigold (death) and read Murder in the Raw.
For my second book, I chose Sweetbriar (one word title) and read Lunatics: A Novel (Noted in help thread that subtitles need not be included)
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review
For my first book I chose option 1, and read Stone Arabia, from the NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2011.
For my 2nd book, I chose option 2, and read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The final Harry Potter movie was released July 15, 2011.
Total points: 840
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.10 Sweet! (read a book of your choice)
Feed by Mira Grant
The book is MY pick, which fits the task requirement
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65/985
Tasks completed: 7/57
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0