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meghanly - you can do it!!!
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there are quite a few people in the 900's who I'm hoping finish
5.5 All Around the WorldThe Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this task: 5
Total points so far: 20
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 700=0, 1000=0
Meghanly, read fast--you can do it.
CathyG5.3. Round Here......
read a book with something round or oval on the cover. At least half of the circular object must show on the cover of the book.
REQUIRED: post a picture of the cover and point out the "round thing"
by Kresley ColeGoodreads Author
Along the left edge of the cover is a silver on black pattern including several round star bursts.
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10.7 Featuring Earth: Read a book with the word "EARTH" in the title, subtitle, or series title. As long as all the letters in the word "earth" appear intact, the book will work.
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 650
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 48
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker Clara and Fritz, the Stahlbaum children –
Chosen
by Denise Grover Swank - *Goodreads Author
One of the main characters is Jake and he is 5
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
15.5 All Shiny and New
by John GreenPoints this post: 15
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 27
Goodreads Author Tickets: 19
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
SOELO20.5 - Off to War
I used option A and read
which is about the Iranian Revolution and the ensuing Iran/Iraq war.Points this post: 20
Points so far: 310
Jessica PDX5.3 - Round Here
The "round thing" is the crystal ball.
by Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 965
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Task 25.4 - On this day in history
A. December - Option 1: The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue
C. February - Option 2: "With a Little Help from my Friends" - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Challenge total = 685
5.10 EARTHThe Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge & Justin Taylor (178 pgs)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 15
Total pages read: 4435
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
15.6 Read 'Em Their WritesThe Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Detectives Moore and Rizzoli
***Tess Gerritsen is a GR Author***
20.2 The Nutcracker
Option 4: The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
20.10 Group Read
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Post #35 in group discussion
***Laurie R. King is a GR Author***
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 735
Tasks Completed: 42/57
10.7- Featuring EARTH:
Cynthia Hand (Goodreads Author)Points this post: 10
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 47
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.4 Happy New Year!Option 4: Save Money/Manage Debt
I got this book for free from the library.
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 620
Tasks: 30
Books: 42
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500=1
STACIE MITask 30.4 - Double or Nothing
For book 1, I rolled a 1 and read:
River Secrets by Shannon Hale (published after 1975)
For book 2, I rolled a 3 and read:
The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson (published in 1975)
**Shannon Hale is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 830
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 65
Pages read: 16592
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
finished20.7 And they lived happilly after
All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins
word "ever" in title
Task points 20
Total points 395
Total tasks 18
Total points 28
10.1 Climb Every MountainGoing Bovine by Libba Bray
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
This book has been on my mental TBR list since it won the Printz award a few years ago.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 980/985
Tasks Completed: 56/57
Books Read: 76/77
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
ONE book left!!!!!!!
20.3 - Words Among FriendsHouse of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah
Anagram from the first letters of the title:
House Of The Mosque
HOTM - MOTH
Total points 450
Come on, Meghanly! You can do it!!!
DebraTTask 30.2 One Author - Two Series
Dead Until Dark and
Grave Sight
Two different series, both first in each series, both by same author, Charlaine Harris
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 625 points
Goodreads Authors:13
Big Books: 500=3, 750=3, 1000=0
Cindy F Task 50.1 For The Love Of Middle School
Book 1 The Girls like.... The Surgeonby Tess Gerritsen Rizzoli and Isles is a TV show. Tess Gerritsenis a goodreads author!!
Book 2 The Boys like.... Lord of the Flies by William Golding for Dystopia genre.
Book 3 Everyone likes... Rolled a 2 Skyrim and read
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 50
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cindy Freposting 2362 with links for books
Task 50.1
Book 1 The Surgeonby Tess Gerritsen
Book 2 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Book 3 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Sorry about that totals on last post. 1 goodreads author for Tess Gerritsen
Nick KY5.9 Trash to Treasure Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, My GR friend Kathryn only gave this 2 stars, and I pretty much agree with her. I wanted to like this book better and make it a “treasure” from her “trash” – but in the end I thought she was correct. 272 pages
10.9 Earth Signs Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag --now this is the type of New York Intellectualism I can get into, just as topical 45 years later as it was when first written -- birthday of Jan 16 – Capricorn, 274 pages
Task Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 835
Pages Read: 19,598
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)
DONE!!!!!Time for sleep now...stayed up all last night to finish beore work today......!!!!!!
5.7 THIRD STONE FROM THE EARTH - Wild Cat by Jennifer Ashley
Third book in Shifters Unbound series
***GR Author***
10.7 FEATURING EARTH - Nowhere Else on Earth by Josephine Humphreys
25.6 WINTER FUN AND GAMES -
A. Winter Study by Nevada Barr
Park ranger alone on an island without electricity in middle of winter studying wolves.
B. Nightwalker by Heather Graham
Set in Vegas a great place to escape the winter blues
***GR Author***
50.1 FOR THE LOVE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL -
A. THE GIRLS LIKE: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
TV Show - Dresden Files on Sci-fi in 2007
***GR Author***
B. THE BOYS LIKE: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Shelved as Dystopian
***GR Author***
C. EVERYONE LOVES: Primal Bonds by Jennifer Ashley
Rolled a 2 - Fantasy Book
***GR Author***
Points: 90
Tasks: 4
Books: 7
Pages: 2609
GR Authors: 5
Total Points: 985
Total Tasks: 57
Total Books: 79
Total Pages: 31,417
GR Authors: 33
Big Books 500+: 7
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 1
Great Challenge !!!!!!!
Many thanks to our awesome moderators and the fantastic task creators. Looking forward to the next challenge!!
20.3 Words Among Friendsi read Into the Beautiful North: A Novel, four words in title (disregarding "a novel"), first letters can be arranged into the word BINT....not a nice word, but it's a word! :) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...
Luis Alberto Urrea is a Goodreads Author!
Total Points: 450/985
Tasks Completed: 21/57
Books Read: 35/76
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Laurie ME15.7: Directionally Challenged:
Heather Terrell - The Map Thief
25.3 Mrs. Soule's Task: A Series in Your Stocking:
A. Kerrelyn Sparks - All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire
B. Kerrelyn Sparks - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire
Points this Post: 40.
Total Points: 840.
10.10 The Winter BluesThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
20.1 Baby, It's Cold Outside
Option A - Drink a Hot Beverage: Book with the term "breakfast" in title
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast by Bill Richardson
25.8 The Year in Review
Option 3: Wedding as a central event
Miss Julia Throws a Wedding by Ann B. Ross
Option 6: I remember most - moving to a new condo after 40 years in one house; now selling that house
Buyers Are Liars & Sellers Are Too: A Lighthearted Look at the Truth about Buying and Selling Your Home by Richard Courtney
Total Points = 880
Total Tasks = 51
Total Books = 70
Total Pages = 18,047
Sassafrass wrote: "Great job, Beth!"Thanks
STACIE MITask 15.10 - Sweet!
I read:
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Points this task: 15
Total points: 845
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 66
Pages read: 16973
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
EllenCAFor task 20.1 I choose option F.
Gold Tequila was on the list - so I read The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper.
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed:5
Task 5.2 That bugs me! (insect on cover: butterfly)
Lisa Genova is a GoodReads author
Task 15.10 Sweet! (Book of choice)
Townie
Points this post: 20
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0,1
Total points: 270
Total tasks completed: 21
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750() 1000(1)
Total Big Book tickets: 5
Total GoodReads authors: 6
congrats Beth!! Whee for another 30 pointer
Congrats Dee and Beth! Meganly - I know you can do it!
30.2 - Sheila - One Author, Two SeriesEvan's Gate (Constable Evan Evans #8) and Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries #1) both by Rhys Bowen
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 32
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Michelle WI20.6 Microhistory
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 215
GayleTask 30.2: Sheila's Task: One Author - Two Series"
The Drop by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #16)
The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #3)
****Michael Connelly is a Goodread's author.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 370
GayleTask 30.7: Delicious Dee's Task: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
I rolled heads: cover I liked.
by Lee ChildI'm drawn to books with black, red and white. Add in the fact that it's another in the Jack Reacher series, and I'm a happy camper.
I rolled tails: cover I disliked:
by Stieg LarssonThis cover has almost no color to attract me. Gray is not one of my favorites, and it has insects on the cover. If I hadn't already read the other two books in the series and knew what I was looking at, this cover would not have gotten my attention and my money.
****Big Book Ticket: 672 pages according to GR
Whether I liked the cover or not, I enjoyed both books.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 400
CHRiSTINE USTask 10.9 Earth Signs
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
MHC's birthday is 12/24, making her a Capricorn
Task 20.1 It's Cold Outside
Option B: The Friday Night Knitting Club
Task 25.9 favorite Genres
YA: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Historical Fiction: The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
***CW Gortner is a GR author
Task 50.1
Boys: dystopia - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Girls: TV Show "Rizzoli & Isles" - The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
Both: Uggs -
by Katherine Center***Katherine Center is a GR author
TOTAL: 625
QueenarwenFor 30.6 I rolled a 3 and a 5. I read The Ninth Daughter for #3
, as stated in the task help thread, and Dragon in Chains for #5
-- the word I chose was "chain", from the term "daisy chain".
ANGIE CA10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring
Book:
by Amanda HockingNotes: Flowers on the cover.
*GoodReads Author*
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes
Book: Giving Chase by Lauren Dane
Notes: Shane Chase is the sheriff. Paperback is 189 pages.
20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
Book: Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Notes: B) "Ever" in title.
*GoodReads Author*
This Post: 45
Total to Date: 660
GRA Tickets: 24
BB Tickets: 2
Books Read: 46
Go everyone! Let's have more 30-point tasks! You have 3 hours left :)
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? BookA. Red Rose (true love):
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
Book B: Plumeria (new beginnings): Read the first book in a series.
The Greyfriar by Clay & Susan Griffith
25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
Option A: Made the Grade A
Matilda by Roald Dahl (4.20/90%) – approved per General Questions board message #110
Option D: In the Eyes of the Beholder
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (3.83/52%)
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Mrs.soule->Eileen Wilks->Singh, Nalini
Book 1
Night of No Return (A Year of Loving Dangerously) by Eileen Wilks
Book 2
Angels of Darkness by Nalini Singh, Sharon Shinn, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook – approved per task board message 69
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 1 – Young Adult – Skip Beat!, Vol. 1by Yoshiki Nakamura
Option 3 – Mystery - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Points This Post: 100
Total Points: 810
CathyG25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
For this task, you have to read two books based on two of the following choices. Each book must fit a different option. Please read the instructions below carefully:
Option A: Made the Grade A Read a book that has received a 3.95 rating or higher on Goodreads AND whose movie adaptation has received an 80% rating or higher on Rottentomatoes.com's TomatoMeter.
The Princess Bride (4.18/96%) by William Goldman
Option B: Stay Home; Read The Book Read a book whose rating is 3.95 or higher on Goodreads, BUT whose movie adaptation has been rated at 79% or lower on Rottentomatoes.com's TomatoMeter.
Stardust (3.96 /76%) by Neil Gaimon
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 50
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Coralie20.1 Baby It’s Cold Outside
Option c Curl up by the Fire
Total points 870
Jessica PDX5.10 - EARTH
by Georgette HeyerPoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 970
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
5.5 All around the World The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate SummerscaleTotal Points: 985/985
Tasks Completed: 57/57
Books Read: 77/77
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
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