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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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10.1 - Climb Every MountainThe Hijack by Duncan Falconer
has been on my tbr list for over three years!
10.4 - Blue, White and the Black of Night
Judgement and Wrath by Matt Hilton
Cover is primarily blue.
10.8 - Hidden Gems
The Deceived by Brett Battles - has 277 ratings.
^^^Brett Battles is a Goodreads author^^^
20.3 - Words Among Friends
The Circuit: An Ex-SAS Soldier's True Account of One of the Most Powerful and Secretive Industries Spawned by the War on Terror by Bob Shepherd
Anagram = PASTA.
^^^Bob Shepherd is a Goodreads author^^^
20.4 - Happy New Year!
The Bestseller by Stephen Leather Option 1 - lose weight.
I brought this book as soon as it came out, but haven't got around to reading it until now.
The Bestseller is an ebook and has been approved in the verification thread msg 558
^^^Stephen Leather is a goodreads author^^^
20.5 - Off to War!
Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
A story about WWII POWs that were held in the Pacific/Japan.
25.1 - Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Marigold - The Eyewitness by Stephen Leather which is about a man who works to identify dead bodies, hunting down an eyewitness to ethnic cleansing. Lots of murder and death.
^^^Stephen Leather is a goodreads author^^^
Sweet Briar - Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes has a one word title.
***Matterhorn is a big book – 600pgs***
25.5 – Movies – Ruining the book since…
Made the Grade: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Book is rated 4.04 and the 1946 film rates a 96% rotten tomatoes score.
Stay Home, Read the Book: The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver. Book is rated 4.08 and the movie a 28%!
^^^Jeffery Deaver is a Goodreads author^^^
And I have to agree with both judgements of the books & movies.
25.9 - My Favourite Genres
#4 - The Operative by Duncan Falconer which is popular shelved as adventure/thriller
**BIG BOOK 544pgs***
#3 - Nothing to Lose by Lee Child which is shelved as mystery
30.4 - Double or Nothing
Book 1 - Dice is Odd - The Interrogator by J.J. Cooper. Double O in Cooper.
Book 2 - Dice is Even - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Published 1954. Double L in Fellowship.
***Big book 535pgs***
30.1 - Unique Winter Holidays ( Or for us Aussies... SUMMER HOLIDAYS!)
I rolled a 5 and a 3
Option 3: The First Commandment by Brad Thor and this book has a picture of a man on it... a man holding guns... which some might think is sexy...
^^^Brad Thor is a goodreads author^^^
Option 5: Tenth Man Down by Chris Ryan in which the hero has to demonstrate WILDERNESS SURVIVAL which is a boy-scout skill.
Task points in this post: 225
Total points: 275
Total tasks: 13
Total books: 19
Pages: 7878
Goodreads Authors: 7 tickets
Big books: 500(4) , 750 (0), 1000 (0)
Good for you, Meghanly, coming in under the gun.
LDBHonoring the Grands
I chose option A and read This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The book focuses on Johnson Sirleaf who is a senior citizen at 73 years old and is a grandmother.
Total points: 115
Pages Read: 1,685
Books Read: 6
Tasks Done: 6
10.6
by Melissa Marr (Goodreads Author)20.2 Option 1 Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz main character under 18
50.1
Book 1- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin I want to claim 2 Big Book Ticket 835 pages
Book 2- Fever Crumb vy Philip Reeve
Book 3- Rolled a 2 The Mark by Jen Nadol (Goodreads Author)
Points this Post: 80
Total points- 200
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 15
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Jodi220.2 – The Nutcracker
1. Clara and Fritz, the Stahlbaum children
Read a book where a child is a main character. For the purposes of this task, a child is defined as someone who is 18 years old or younger.
Everything I Was
50.1 – For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: The Girls Like...
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: The Boys Like...
For this task, read a book shelved as "Dystopia."
The Hunger Games
Book 3: Everyone Loves...
Rolled a 1: Read a short book (between 100-200 pages)
Keesha's House
Points this post: 70
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 15
Books Read: 23
Jessica PDX10.5 - It's Summer Somewhere!
by Greg MarinovichThis is a memoir by conflict photographers in South Africa during the end of apartheid.
One more book to go, and I'm not letting myself look at the new tasks until I'm done to give me that boost to finish!
Points this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 980
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends Shadow of the Soul = Toss
Shadows of the Soul
by Angelique Armae
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Kimber25.5 MStan's task
Option A: Tell No One by Harlan Coben
made into a French film called Nis le Dis a Personne
Book Rating on GR 4.02/Tomatometer Rating 93%
(this book/film was okay'd by mstan on 25.5 help thread)
Option B: Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton
made into movie called Soul Surfer
Book rating on goodreads 4.14/Tomatometer Rating 46%
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 29
total points: 490
gr authors: 13
BB: 1/750+, 2/500+
20.4. Happy New Year!!
by Amélie Northomb
127 Pages. Option 4. This book has a green cover.
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
364 Pages. Option #3: the cover has a male on it
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
294 Pages. Option #6: I’ve always thought Jenna is a lovely name; I think it comes from when I was younger, and I used to watch Balto with worrying frequency. I would love to be called this.
30.4 Double or Nothing
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
259 Pages. Rolled even. Could use either the double ‘n’ or the double ‘rr’ in the author’s name.
Ann Aguirre is a Goodreads Author.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
181 Pages. Rolled second dice even. Using the double ‘n’ in ‘Running’.
30.5 Christmas Carolling
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
286 Pages. Using the word ‘little’ from ‘Little Drummer Boy’.
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author.
Red Glove by Holly Black
263 Pages. Using the word ‘red’ from ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’.
Holly Black is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 110
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 10
Pages: 2,746
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 25.5 - Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since...
I decided to do options A and B
For A, I read:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
It has a Goodreads rating of 4.29 and Rotten Tomatoes rating of 80%.
For B, I read:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
It has a Goodreads rating of 4.07 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 47%.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 870
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 68
Pages read: 17506
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.7. Third stone from the sunLinger - second book in the Wolves Of Mercy Falls trilogy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ 1, 750+ 0, 1000+ 0
Sandy MN10.9 Earth Signs
Diana Gabaldon's birthday is January 11
Outlander
**Big Book - 850 pages and a Goodreads Author**
10.10 The Winter Blues
This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
**Goodreads Author**
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Practical Magic by
Alice Hoffman
Total Points: 705
Total GR Authors:23
Total Big Books: (4)500; (2)750; (0)1000
Kimber25.4 On This Day In History
Option A -
by Susan Beth Pfeffer(moon on cover)
Option B - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
(word from Sgt Pepper's - With A Little HELP From My Friends)
Kathryn Stockett is a goodreads author
This task: 25
# tasks complete: 30
total points: 515
gr authors: 14
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of NightBook with mainly blue, black or white cover:
by Gaby Rodriguez10.8 Hidden Gems
Book with less than 1,000 ratings:
Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast (377 ratings)
15.5 All Shiny and New
Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey (published 12/8/11 and a new-to-me author)
**Mary Lindsey is a Goodreads Author**
20.4 Author! Author! – Valorie’s task: Happy New Year!!
Option 4: Save Money/Manage Debt (book that was free):
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand (I borrowed it from the public library)
**Cynthia Hand is a Goodreads Author**
25.9 Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Select 2 different genres:
Option 1 – Young Adult:
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
**Lauren DeStefano is a Goodreads Author**
Option 2 – Urban Fantasy:
Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead
**Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Kimber 25.9 My Favorite Genres
Genre 2: Urban Fantasy - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads Author & A Discovery of Witches is a Big Book at 579 pages
Genre 3: Mystery - V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 31
Total points: 540
GR authors: 15
Big book: 1/750+, 3/500+
KIM NY5.3. Round Here...... I read
by Ella James. The moon is the round thing on the cover._______________________________________________________
15.3 Winter Wonderland:
Book A: I read
by Lisa Mondello. It is based on the Christmas holiday.Book B: I read
by Juliette Sobanet. It is set in Paris where the world wonder, the Eiffel Tower is._______________________________________________________
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!: I read
by Karen Rose.The main male character is JD Fitzpatrick who is a homocide detective.
Points this post: 35
Total points for challenge: 760
Jodi225.9 - My Favorite Genres
Option 1 (YA) 1st in series
Among the Hidden
Option 3 (mystery) 1st in series
Bubba and the Dead Woman
Points this post: 25
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 16
Books Read: 25
I have completed task #15.3 Winter Wonderland by reading the following books....
by Shane Jones**This book was selected for Option A because of the snowy winter scene on the cover.
Paris vs New York by Vahram Muratyan
I would like to move this book from #15.5 to #15.3 Option B. It is set in Paris, the home of the Eiffel Tower.
I have also completed task #20.3 Words Among Friends by reading
The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness by Mark Rowlands
This book has more than four words in the title. I used the first letters of the title words to create the anagram WALL.
**Shane Jones is a Goodreads Author .
Total = 100 points
JESS M20.8 - Dionisia's Task - ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170
GR authors: 1
Big Books: 1
I have completed task #15.10 Sweet! by reading The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves by Robert Kirkman
Total = 115 points
20.4 Happy New YearResolution 4: Save Money, I borrowed this book from the library
Straight Man by Richard Russo
20.6 Microhistory
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
25.9 My Favorite Genres
Option 1: Young Adult
Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire
Option 3: Mystery
Double Tap by Steve Martini
Post Total: 65
Season Grand Total: 800
Task 15.10 - Sweet!
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 22
Challenge total = 700
Readerboard Name: StacyCT30.1 - Unique Winter Holidays
3.
by Josh Swiller4. Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves (My initials are SR)
Both Josh Swiller and Rick Steves are both new-to-me authors.
Task Points: 30
15.5 All Shiny and New
The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer (Published 4/5/2011)
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 31
Pages Read: 8765
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Margaret Atwood; Lev Grossman; Lisa See)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Jessica PDXToo late to make a 30-pointer, but I'm finished!
5.5 - All Around the World
by Tasha Alexander (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 985
Total Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Alright, Jessica PDX! Congrats on the finish. Can't wait to see your task.
ERIN C.15.10 Sweet!
Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115
Tasks completed: 12
STACIE MITask 10.10 - The Winter Blues
I read:
The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 880
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 69
Pages read: 17698
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
10.9 Earth Signs
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Evanovich's birthday is April 22, making her a Taurus
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
15.10 Sweet!
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
For this task, I rolled 5 & 6.
5. Read a book in electronic format -- High Five by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
6. - Read a book that is 6th in a series -- Hot Six (Stephanie Plum #6) by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 3584
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?Book 1, Hollyhock: Ambition
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
My goal is to graduate soon and work in a hospital as a respiratory therapist.
Book 2, Pulumeria: New Beginnings
Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard (Goodreads author).
First book in a series
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task: A Series in Your Stocking
Book 1: Damsel Under Stress by Shanna Swendson
Story takes place during the Christmas/New Year holidays
Book 2: Don't Hex with Texas by Shanna Swendson
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
Rolled 6: Different Name
and Falling, Fly by Skyler White (Goodreads author)
Rolled 2: Cuddle Up (Cozy Mystery)
Better Off Wed by Laura Durham
Both authors are new to me
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
TV Show: True Blood
Book 2: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Book 3: Rolled 2 - Skyrim
Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handeland
Total Points This Post: 130
Total Tasks This Post: 4
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 545/985
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 27/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.10 Group Read-"Leviathan" by Scott Westfield
Task Completed: 20
Books Completed:19
GR Authors: 10, Diane Chamberlain, Janet Evanovich(7), Kami Garcia with Margaret Stohl, Alexander McCall Smith,
Big Books: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 235
name:Suzannetask50.1
#1 Made for TV Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
#2 shelved "Dystopia" The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins
#3 opt. 5 Friend's current reading shelf :Date Feb 2'12 friend: KSMary Holesby Loius Sachar
total points :355
Laurie ME5.9: Trash to Treasure: from Onyx's list: Not a treasure, but not too bad.
Linda Joy Singleton - Dead Girl in Love
10.1: Climb Every Mountain:
Donna White Glaser - The Enemy We Know
Donna White Glaser is a Goodread Author
25.5: Mstan's Tasks: Movies - Ruining (Advertising!) the Book Since ...
A. Option C: 100% and 3.93 rating
L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of OZ
B. Option A: 89% and 3.95 rating
Richard Hooker - MASH
Points This Post: 40.
Total Points: 880.
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Santa by any other name is..... well, still SantaOption 1 - The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell (* * *) and Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (* * *)
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Option 1 - Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 (* * *) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (* * *) (Added 'e' to 'on' to make 'one'.)
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
The Girls Like... Ring for Jeeves (* *) - Jeeves & Wooster was made into a TV series
The Boys Like... China Mountain Zhang (* * * *) - dystopia
Everybody Loves... Tuck Everlasting (* * *) - rolled a '6' - this book was published in 1975
Tasks completed: 54/57
Books read: 72/77
Points claimed in this post: 105
Total points claimed: 915
GR authors to date: 12
BB tickets to date: 2
DEANAArg, I wrote this all out last night and GR ate it when I hit submit. Finally getting around to typing it again. Hrmpf.
Task 15.1
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
This (very long) book title contains words in two categories, A and C:
[Conjunction Junction] AND
[Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla] YOU
Task 15.10
The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives
What better book to choose as my valentine than one about sex? (Actually it's more about DNA than sex, but very interesting book!)
Task 25.1
Flower: White Lilacs (Young adult book)
The Book Thief
** Markus Zusak is a GR author **
Flower: Hibiscus (beautiful cover)
Don't Breathe a Word
I love this cover, her eyes are just stunning!
** Jennifer McMahon is a GR author **
Task 30.7
I rolled 2 tails.
The Book of Tomorrow
Ugh. This cover tells me absolutely nothing about the book at all. Not only that, but it's pink and sparkley and girly and just not something I would pick up on my own volition (I read this as a group read for another group). The book ended up being a cute fluff read, nothing special, but not awful -- about what I expected from the cover.
I am the Messenger
** Markus Zusak is a GR author **
I very much dislike the color scheme on this cover, very bland and boring, would not catch my attention at all. Not only that, but I found the guy and the cards to be a bit creepy. Once again, I wouldn't have picked this up except I read it for a group read. I ended up liking this book a lot more than the cover, though it will never be a "favorite" book.
Points claimed in this post: 85
Points Total: 150
GRA Points claimed: 3
Mod
I read Saving Fish from Drowning It's been on my GR TBR since February 2010, but the book has been sitting on my physical bookshelf for much longer. Yay for finally reading it!
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas Carolling
My first book was Christmas is Murder -many choices for the Christmas carol, but let's say "The Christmas Song."
My second book was Rock & Roll Homicide - Christmas carol is "Jingle Bell Rock."
New total: 880
30.1 - Unique Winter HolidaysI rolled 3 and 5
3. A book with a (red hot!) male on the cover:
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
(this edition came up when I put in the ISBN number - Goodreads says it's a hardback in Spanish! I actually read a Penguin paperback, in English, with this cover)
5.A book whose title contains a word found in the name of a Boy Scout merit badge - First Aid:
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
Total points 480
Jayme(the ghostreader)I made a post on the Leviathan group read thread at post 38. I didn't have time to include it when I posted last night.
50.1 For the Love of Middle SchoolBook 1
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris (True Blood)
Book 2
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Book 3 - rolled a 6
See How They Run by James Patterson first published in 1979
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author
This Post: 50
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Michele Hauf, James Patterson)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.5 All Shiny and New: Essential Children's Rooms by Terence Conran
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
I got 2 tails.
Book A: Convincing Alex (Stanislaskis #4) by Nora Roberts
Book B: Passion's Law by Ruth Ryan Langan
Actually both were pretty bad – 90s style romances with uber-macho males and wilting females who gradually find their own strength but still end up with the macho who just wanted to protect, blah blah blah.
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 855
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.1 Unique Winter Holidays...roll 2 dice. read 2 books by one or two new-to-you authors that corresponds to the numbers rolled:
Book 1: I rolled a #6 (different name day - a first name you really like). I like the first name of Julie (thanks to Bobby Sherman's song "Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me?...showing my age here :) so I read
Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy (this is a GRA and a new for me author) 383 pages (2.8)Book 2: I rolled a #2 (cuddle up day - read a cozy mystery). I really enjoyed the author of my first book, so I decided to read another by the same author, but picked one from another series that she writes. I read
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (this is a GRA) 336 pages (2.13)Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 450
Updated last on: 2.19.12
Total # of books read: 34
Total # of pages read: 11,851
Total # of tasks completed: 26
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 9
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (3)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.5 Christmas Carolling - Angels We have Heard on High - Trouble in High Heels by Christina Dodd; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Key To Midnight by Dean Koontz
30.7 Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover - 2 heads - cover I like - Lethally Blond (Bailey Wiggins #5) By Kate White; The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
15.10 Sweet - book of your choice - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stein Larsson
20.2 The Nutcracker - 4. The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes - read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with S, N, O, W - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Steig Larsson
Points this Post: 95
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 25
GR Author: 2
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.7 Name Train... read 2 books:
Book 1: using the last letter of your readerboard name, read a book whose author's first, middle, or last name begins with that letter. The last letter of my readerboard name is "e" so I read
Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Tales by Emily Bearn 256 pages (2.14)Book 2: read a book whose author's first, middle, or last name begins with the last letter of the previous author's first, middle, or last name. I read
Skin Deep (O'Hurley's Return) (O'Hurleys #3) by Nora Roberts 335 pages (2.15)Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 475
Updated last on: 2.19.12
Total # of books read: 36
Total # of pages read: 12,442
Total # of tasks completed: 27
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 9
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (3)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Repost of task 30.4 from post 129830.4 Double or Nothing - first die - odd - book by an author whose name contains double consonants - William Faulkner - The Mansion 1955; second die - even read a book with double letters in the title - Fatal Error (Ali Reynolds #6 by JA Jance)
The MansionFatal Error
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 25
GR Author: 2
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.6 Many Facets of Earth... roll 2 dice; read 2 books that corresponds to the numbers rolled:
I rolled a #5 (Earth can refer to a connection between an electrical circuit/device and the Earth). I chose to listen to an audiobook for Book #1 and read
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (this is a GRA) 305 pages (2.11)I also rolled a #1 (Earth is the third planet from the sun; read a book whose author has three letters in their name). I read (for Book #2)
The Moai Murders by Lyn Hamilton 261 pages (2.17)Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 505
Updated last on: 2.19.12
Total # of books read: 38
Total # of pages read: 13,008
Total # of tasks completed: 28
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 10
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (3)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.1 Baby, It's Cold OutsideD Snuggle up with your Honey
by Sarah MorganSarah Morgan is a Goodreads Author
This Post: 20
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Michele Hauf, James Patterson, Sarah Morgan)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
ERIN B.5.10. EARTH
I read Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy by Shane Hamilton.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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50.1 For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: The Girls Like...
Double Love
by Francine Pascal
*approved in task help thread message 41*
Book 2: The Boys Like...
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
Book 3: Everyone Loves...
I rolled a four
Breakaway
by Deirdre Martin
*about a NHL hockey player*
Points this post: 50
Total points: 900
Tasks: 52
Books: 70
Goodread authors: 32