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Boston Kate5.10 EARTH
Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
Author Joe Hill - last name starts with "H"
15.10 Sweet!
Ella Enchanted
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
This is going to be my final post of the challenge. Thanks to all the Mods - this challenge was a ton of fun, as always!
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite GenresI read Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones. This book has Urban Fantasy on its main page.
I read Rent-A-Stud by Lynn LaFleur (pre-approved in ebook thread). This book has Romance on its main page.
Both books are part of series. *Darynda Jones is a GR Author*
Points this post- 25
Total Points- 455
GR Authors- 18
Janice CA15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing......
Angels in the Wilderness: The True Story of One Woman's Survival Against All Odds by Amy Racina
(***)
+15
total: 250
tasks: 17
books: 20
GR Authors: 5
Kathy G.15.10- Sweet!
Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson
Total Points- 240
Total Tasks- 12
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+)- 2
Task 25.2 Santa by any other name is...Option 3:
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
** 562 pages - Big Book ticket claimed
Call for the Dead by John Le Carré
Jonathan and John are approved on the Task Help Thread
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Task 25.3 A Series in Your Stocking
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Murder on the Links
Points this post: 50
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 1,0
Total points: 320
Total tasks completed: 23
Total number Big Books: 500(3) 750() 1000(1)
Total Big Book tickets: 6
Total GoodReads authors: 6
Jennifer N10.7 - Featuring Earth
The Road to Hell by Jackie Kessler
This is the second book in the Hell on Earth Series.
Total Points this Post: 10
Total Points to Date: 715
Task 10.8 - Hidden Gems
Your Wicked Ways by Eloisa James **GR Author**
Total GR Authors = 26
Challenge total = 795
Good going, everyone, and good luck to those who are on their last few books... you still have a few more days!! Will we get more than 10 25-point tasks this time round? :)Sorry I didn't respond to the congratulations some days back. For two challenges now I have finished my last book almost literally right before I left for the airport, so I wouldn't have to carry the half-finished library book with me on the plane when I planned to start new books. In Boston now on a work-related trip!
Sheila wrote: "Yea Helen. I hope our cheerleading helped!"Hey you guys -- all that cheerleading was super!! Thanks much!!
Good job Stacie!! Doesn't it feel great to be done. On to the next challenge.
RE-POST:30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 6 & a 1.
1. January is National Soup Month (USA):
The Princess & the Pea by Victoria Alexander - new-to-me author - (pea soup)
6.February 13th is Get a Different Name Day:
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neil – new-to-me author - I love the name Chloe
Total Points: 965
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the GrandsOption D - non-fiction religion
Four Views on Hell by Various Authors
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 985
congrats Stacie and Mrs. Soule!!if i can count, I think Mrs Soule is either the 10th or 11th 25 pointer ;) yay for a nice big scoring challenge next time
Yet another one crosses the finish line. Congratulations Mrs. soule
10.9 Earth Signs The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots by Carolly Erickson
Carolly Erickson is a Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) born on January 1st
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 37
Goodreads Authors total: 17
Big Book total : 500+ = 2
DebraTTask 20.5 Bigger is Better: Off to War
Regeneration by Pat Barker
Option A: Story set duing WWI
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 775 points
Goodreads Authors:15
Big Books: 500=4, 750=3, 1000=0
25.2 Santa by any other name is...well, still SantaI chose Option 3 (Sue, Susan):
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and
Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert - GR Author
Points: 25
Total Points: 460
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Big Books (500): 4
Total GR Authors: 9
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker 4. The Snow Queen and the Snow Flakes -- Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta (last name starts with S)
total points: 410
total books read: 32
total tasks completed: 25
Big Books 1 (750+)
GR authors: 3
pages read: 10,792
that's it for me this challenge! Congrats to all who finished and thank you to the mods for working so hard and keeping up the SRC! Gonna rest a couple days and get ready for the Spring Challenge!
KAREN F25.4 On This Day in History
A1 - "King" in the title: To Kiss a King by Maureen Child
C1 - Magic is central to the world and the plot: Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews
**Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
25.8 2011: The Year in Review
Option 3 - Book featuring the royal family: Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgianna is Queen Victoria's great-granddaughter
**Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads Author**
Option 5 - Occupy Protest Setting: No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
Book is set in Los Angeles which had an occupy protest.
**Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author**
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 5 & 3 and both of these authors were new-to-me.
5 - Boy Scout Day: The Fire Lord's Lover by Kathryne Kennedy
Badge: Fire Safety
3 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai
Man on the cover:
Pre-approved in the ebook thread
**Alisha Rai is a Goodreads Author**
30.6 Many Facets of Earth
Rolled 1 & 5
1 - Three Word Title: Canyons of Night by Jayne Castle
5 - Audiobook: Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
Points this Post: 110
Total Challenge Points: 770
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
DebraTTask 15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories by Pam Keesey
"Angel" in title
This post: points
Total to date: 790 points
Goodreads Authors:15
Big Books: 500=4, 750=3, 1000=0
I have completed task #30.4 Donna Jo's task, Double or Nothing, by reading the following booksBook A: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
My first die was EVEN. I rolled a 2. The author's first and last start with the letter "K." This book was first published in 1962.
Book B: The Devil's Tickets: A Vengeful Wife, a Fatal Hand, and a New A*merican A*ge by Gary M. Pomerantz
My second die was ODD. I rolled a 1. The title contains consecutive words that begin with the letter "A." This book was first published in 2009.
Total = 165 points
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: book that is also a television show or TV mini-series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
Masterpiece Theatre : Season 35
Bleak House (1853) by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1037 pages)
Book 2: For this task, read a book shelved as "Dystopia."
Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline (Hardcover, 374 pages)
Book 3: 6. read a book that was first published in the 1970s.
Entry to Elsewhen (1972) by John Brunner (Mass Market Paperbound, 172 pages)
***Big Book Ticket 1000+ ***Bleak House (1853) by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1037 pages)
510 + 50 = 560
Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this task: 50
Points thus far: 510 + 50 = 560
Books read: 39
Pages Read: 12,765
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750 +
(1) 1000 +
ALICIA T25.2 Santa By Any Other Name
For this task, I chose Option 2:
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
and
The Villa by Nora Roberts
Points this Post: 24
Total Points: 185
CathyG50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: The Girls Like... Read a book that is also a television show or TV mini-series. If the book is part of a series, any book in that series may be used.
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files - TV miniseries 2007
Goodreads Author
Book 2: The Boys Like... For this task, read a book shelved as "Dystopia."
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Goodreads Author
Book 3: Everyone Loves... Roll a die to determine which book you read for the last one. Required: State your die roll when you post. 2
2. Skyrim: read a novel shelved either "Fantasy" or "Adventure." Either fantasy OR adventure (or both) must appear as one of the genres on the book's main page.
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Points this post: 50
Total points: 840
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 61
Goodreads Authors: 33
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
BJ Rose2 new tasks
10.2 - GR Recommendations Shelves:
The Wicked Wyckerly by Patricia Rice
recommended from my 'A Regency' shelf
15.7 Directionally Challenged: Read a book with one of these words: north, south, east, west, map, globe, compass, chart in the title or subtitle
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
At 652 pages, Northern Lights is a Big Book
Points this post = 25
Total Points = 715
Tasks Completed = 41
Total Pages Read = 21,036
Goodreads Authors = 14
Big Books = 4 (500+)
GayleTask 25.3: Mrs. Soule's Task: A Series in Your Stocking
Christmas book in series:
The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan (Drake Sisters #2) 304 pages
Non Christmas book in same series:
Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan (Drake Sisters #3) 384 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 465
Thanks everyone!!! I've had a few ideas for tasks rolling around in my hears for a few days now, so I just have to get it all written out! Can't believe I actually finished a challenge!!
Cindy FTask 20.10 Group Read
I read The Beekeeper's ApprenticebyLaurie R. King who is a Goodreads Author!!! I posted a comment in the discussion thread #36.
Points this post:20
Total points:340
Taskd Completed:18
Books read:24
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
QueenarwenI've been reading and not near the computer, so haven't posted. I'll break it up, don't worry!
For 50.1 --
Book 1 - I read The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The Scarlet Pimpernel was a TV show and on the list from the task post.
Book 2 - I read The Hunger Games.
Book 3 - I read Cinder, since I rolled a 3. Marissa Meyer is a GR author.
For 25.1 I chose Marigold and read Murder Most Delectable. For Sweetbriar, I read Warlord.
For 25.4 I chose option A-1 and read Charming the Prince. Teresa Medeiros is a GR author.
I chose option B-1 and read The Dragon's Apprentice.
For 25.6 I read Saving Katya for book 1 (ice-skating and the Winter Olympics) and Mediterranean Heroes for book 2 (the Mediterranean is a warm vacation spot). Claire Delacroix is a GR author and the book is a BB - 592 pages.
For 25.9, I chose Option 5 - Romance and read With Every Breath. I also chose Option 6 - Historical Fiction and read Daughter of Joy.
QueenarwenFor 20.3 I read Too Long a Stranger and made the anagram LAST out of it.
For 20.7 I chose Option A and read Torrent: River of Time #3. The word was Time. Lisa Tawn Bergren is a GR author.
For 20.8 I read Blow Me Down. Katie MacAlister is a GR author.
For 15.1 I read Miranda and the Warrior for option A and Same Kind of Different as Me for option C.
For 15.6 I read Patty Jane's House of Curl. A retired policeman is one of the main characters -- he marries one of the two sisters who run the beauty parlor. Lorna Landvik is a GR author.
For 15.9 I read Angel of the Opera.
QueenarwenFor 10.1 I read Atlantis Awakening.
For 10.2 I read Fallen into the Pit, which was off my To Read recommendation page. It was slow starting but I enjoyed it after about a third of the book.
For 10.7 I read Virgin Earth. It is a BB with 661 pages.
For 10.9 I read Heart of the Dragon. The author was born January 1.
For 5.8 I read Every Living Thing, which was 384 pages.
For 5.9 I read Steamed. My friend Annette gave it one star. I enjoyed it and gave it three.
Jennifer N15.9 - Hark! The Harold Angel's Sing
Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points to Date: 730
15.3 Winter WonderlandBook 1:
(snowy winter scene on cover) - Big Book Book 2: The Faberge Egg - 7 Wonders of the Modern World = Golden Gate Bridge (setting is in San Francisco)
Points: 15
Total Points: 475
Total Books Read: 39
Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total Big Books (500): 5
Total GR Authors: 9
CHRISTINE USTask 15.4 Go Green
Book 1: Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs
Book 2: To Have and to Hold by Jane GREEN
TOTAL: 695
Points for these tasks: 55 Points thus far: 415
Goodreads Author: 0/3
Big Book Ticket: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
5.5 the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Published 1873
25.5
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
has 544 pages tomato rating 93% Gr rating 4.21
Flowers for Algernon
The book Flowers for Algernon has a Goodreads rating 3.86 & Tomatoes rated Charly at 71%
25.9 Option 3 Deal Breaker(Myron Bolitar, #1)
Option 6 Mistress of the Art of Death
ANGIE CA10.8 Hidden Gems
Book: That Voodoo You Do by Jodi Redford
Notes: It had 99 ratings when I chose it.
This Post: 10
Total to Date: 710
GRA Tickets: 27
BB Tickets: 2
Books Read: 51
➜ 5.1 -- It’s the Latest Thing! The Pianist which ends in -ist
➜ 5.8 -- Jump!
Remember When which has 440 pages.
Points this post: 10
Season Total: 125
15.10 Sweet - Any bookIt Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)
25.5 Movie..Book
Bridge to Terabithia Opt C. (3.88 / 84%)
Holes Opt D.(3.91/77%)
25.9 Genre..Series
Blameless by Gail Carriger (GR Author) (Opt 6 Historical Fiction - Parasol Protectorate #3)
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author) (Walllflower #1)
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays - Rolled a 2 & 5
Decked by Carol Higgins Clark (Cozy Mystery- new author to me)
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Froer(new author to me) Option 5 Boy Scout Badges art and science
Total Points this post: 95
Total Points/Challenge: 420
GR Authors this post: 3
50.0 For the Love of Middle SchoolGirls - Case Histories - This was made into a television show for PBS
Boys (Dystopian) - The Giver
I Rolled a 5 for my third book which is Call of Duty - Read a book that a friend is currently reading. I read Moloka'i which Lynne was reading on January 18th.
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 335
Making a book swap for 20.1previously used: Dangerous Grounds
new book:
by Melissa Shroeder **GR author**romance with couple on cover
30.1
2. Cozy mystery: Steamed by Jessica Park **GR author** and Susan Conant (New to me author)
3. Man on cover:
by Shelli Stevens (New to me author) **GR author** (previously claimed from task 20.1)25.1
Red rose (romance): Claimed by Shadow
Plumeria (first in series): A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister **GR author**
10.2
Millie's Fling
shelf: Freebies
Points this post: 65
Total points:345
Tasks complete: 22
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 19 (3 this post)
Big books: 500 = 1, 750 = 0, 1000 = 0
20.5 Off to WarInside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Directly relates to the Vietnam War
30.3 Small changes or Simple Swaps
1. Joy School by Elizabeth Berg
Swap the letter "J" in joy with a "b" to get boy
2. The Boy Who Couldn't Die by William Sleator
Points this post: 50
Total points: 405
Total tasks: 23
Books read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
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