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15.8 International Workers DayI used The Queen Of Subtleties Can I move this book to 15.5 X Y & Z - the author is Suzannah Dunn - name containing Z.
Then for 15.8 International Workers Day can I use The Associate by John Grisham - the main character is an associate lawyer in a New York firm.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
TANYAPT20.6 rolled 5
Book: The Devotion of Suspect X, Keigo Higashino
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
GR Author: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights 3. Luck O The Irish
I read The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue who was born in Dublin.
The Sealed Letter
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads author.
5. Spring in German is "der Fruhling"
I read On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry which contains the letters de
On Canaan's Side
Points this task: 30
Total: 60
Laurie ME5.2: Get Caught Reading:
Jennifer Lee Carrell - Interred with Their Bones
Jennifer Lee Carrell is a goodreads author25.10: Mrs. Soule's Task: I Love a Happy Ending:
Option A; Winnie the Pooh: 2 Romance Novels
Hope Ramsey - Last Chance Beauty Queen
Hope Ramsey is a goodreads authorJulie Garwood - Murder List
Points this Post: 30.
Total Points: 460.
HettieTask 20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
B. May Flowers: I chose a book from the Books That Make You Laugh list
Mort (it is number 160 at the moment)
I found the book amusing and loved Death.
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a 5
5: Forensics
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
a book with fewer than 500 ratings on Goodreads
Into the Void
362 ratings when I chose it
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
5. Spring in German is “der Frühling”
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
li in literary
AND
6. Spring in Your Step- Read a book that is “scary” and makes you jump
Club Dead - sookie books approved in thread
Points this post: 90
REPLACING A BOOK30.2 - WHAT I WANTED TO BECOME MEETS WHAT I BECAME
A. WHAT I WANTED TO BE - Adam's Fall. I always wanted to do something in the medical field and this book features a physical therapist. This book is not changing
B. WHAT I BECAME - I became a medical technologist (work in a hospital lab drawing and testing blood samples). I would like to replace A Discovery of Witches with Sing Softly to Me (Center Point Premier Romance in which the main character is a nurse.
CLAIMING NEW TASK
30.8 - THE BREAKFAST CLUB
1. THE BRAIN - A Discovery of Witches which was 579 pages.
5. THE CRIMINAL - Bound which I borrowed from the libary and is on the pile to go back so I won't be labelled a criminal.
Donna Jo Napoli is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 665
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 17
BIG BOOKS - 1
Task 20.1 - Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves! I chose option #1 and read
which has been on my bookshelf for years! My stats:
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages Read : 1156
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX5.5 - Possession
by Thomas PerryPoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ - 4; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
by Charlaine HarrisPoints for this Task: 5
Total Points: 110
Goal Points: 335
Completed Tasks:5/61
Tasks in Progress: 25.10, 30.3
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Kelley Armstrong, Maureen Johnson, Richelle Mead, Laini Taylor)
Big Book Tickets: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
BABBLING C
5.2 Get Caught Reading - May is Get Caught Reading month. Read a book with an image of a book on the cover or the word "book" or "read" in the title or subtitle. Plurals, possessives, variations (booked, reading, reader, etc.) and compound words (cookbook, bookworm, bookshop, handbook, proofread, etc.) all work.
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 120
Completed Tasks: 6
Good Read Authors: 5
Big Books: 0
Cindy AL10.1 Happy B'Day, Dr. Seuss
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
"on" and "no"
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
25.3 Naming Things
Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez
"black"
Sirensong by Jenna Black
Marlene Perez is a Goodreads Author.
25.7 Cooking With Fire
by Meredith MiletiIce cream and blueberries are uncooked
by Joanne FlukeDevil's Food Cake is cooked.
Meredith Mileti is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 60
Total Points - 780/1090
Books - 54/85
Pages - 20204
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
MG30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
1. The Brain - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 662 pages Big Book & GR Author
4. The Princess - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater 2012 Printz Honor book GR Author
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245
GR Authors: 5
Big Ticket = (2)500+
Mod
book a - Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way by Lisi Harrison set in oregon.
book b -Putting Boys on the Ledgeby Stephanie Rowe (goodreads author)
30.5 Climbing the Family Tree
book a - Option C - Grandpa's name is James
read School's Out - Foreverby James Patterson (goodreads author)
book b- option D- The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne (goodreads author) 8 words in title.
30.7 Fire Elementals
Book a Option - book main character is a shapeshifter from human to wolf. Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer(goodreads author)
Book b Option 4 Romance read Stork by Wendy Delsol (goodreads author)
Points this Post: 90
Total points- 425
Tasks Completed: 22
Books read: 30
Pages Read : 11,035
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ANGIE CA5.6 SRC Recommends Redux
Book: Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Notes: I voted for THE HELP (and others). This book is #118.
15.9 Geek Pride Day
Book: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Notes: Colin is a child prodigy.
20.5 A Game of Books
Book: Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder
Notes: 4) Fantasy
This Post: 40
Total to Date: 280
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It: Lucifer's Daughter by Eve Langlais***Eve Langlais is a Goodreads Author***
10.6. Middle Name Pride Day: Wicked Lies by Trista ANN Michaels
15.6 They're On Fire: Lawe's Justice by Lora Leigh which was on the NYT Best Seller list 1/1/12 MMPB fiction #7
15.7 Spring Into Action! Trace of Fever by Lori Foster which has Action as a genre on the main pain.
***Lori Foster is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 45
Total Points in Challenge: 705
Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 35
GR Authors: 33
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
5.6 SRC Recommends ReduxRead: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, which was #30 when I picked it and has since moved up to #29
I voted for The Kite Runner and Memoirs of a Geisha.
**Cassandra Clare is a GRs Author**
Points this Post: 5
Total points- 275/1090
Tasks Completed: 16/62
Books read: 20
Pages Read : 6041
Minutes Listened To: 630
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Task 30.3 - Spring Delights
Option 2 - Spring Thing: Imperium by Robert Harris March 7 birthday.
Option 5 - Spring in German is “der Frühling”: The Water Seeker by Kimberly Willis Holt letters "er".
Challlenge total = 175
5.5 - PossessionTailchaser's Song (* * *)
5.6 - SRC Recommends Redux
Still Alice - #71 on the SRC list (* * *) - I recommended/added Genesis.
25.9 - Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option B - Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry (* * *) - published in 2008.
Option C - Rules of Civility (* * * *) - (New York Rangers) - set in NYC.
Tasks completed: 18/61
Books read: 22/86
Points claimed in this post: 35
Total points claimed: 295
10.3 Run or Ride? 
by Michael Morpurgo15.5 ....and XYZ
TuesdaYs at the Castle by Jessica DaY George
Jessica Day George is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big book tickets: 1
25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Rumors by Anna Godbersen
Stephanie Perkins is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 24
Goodreads Author: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
5.5 PossessionFate's Edge by Ilona Andrews
10.9. I’m On Fire!
Timeless by Gail Carriger
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......
365 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power: Tips. Exercises. Advice. by Carolyn Dean, Donna Raskin & Valentine Dmitriev
15.5 - ...... And XYZ
La Corda d'Oro, Volume 12 by Yuki Kure
15.6 - They're On Fire
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb - author on March 11, 2012 list
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 175
10.1 Happy Birthday Dr. SeussI read If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska, by Heather Lende (a GoodReads Author). The backwards word for "lived" is "devil"
Points this post:10
Total points: 85
Tasks completed:7
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Katie OH 30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Option 2: Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets (published May 6, 2003)
Option 5: Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body! by Jillian Michaels ('er' in the title or 'il' in the author's name)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money I rolled a 1: Mental health. I read The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, which was approved for this task on task help post #61.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.1 Clean those shelves...pick an option and read per the task for that option:
I chose option #1 (read any book you own as of March 1st) and I read
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton 320 pages (4.6) *I've owned most of the books in that mystery series for many years but have yet to read the all :)
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 320
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 1
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
JACKIE NC25.8. Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Category 1:
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke - won the award in 2005
Category 2: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke - nominee in 2006
Claim 3 big book tickets - book is 1006 pages
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 3
STACIE MITask 20.6 - She Works Hard For the Money
I rolled a 5 and read:
Heir of the Dog by Judi McCoy
The main character is investigating the murder of one of a homeless man that she was acquainted with.
**Judi McCoy is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 23
Pages read: 5992
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.2 Dewey Be DifferentBook 1: Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour by *Lynne Olson*
Classified in my library 940.54012
Book 2: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Classified in my library 155.232 by *Susan Cain*
*Lynne Olson and Susan Cain are Goodreads authors*
25.2 Out with the Old and It's Fire
I chose Option 1 for both books
Book 1 Taken by Robert Crais (First Name Starts with R)
Book 2 Work Song by Ivan Doig (First Name Starts with I)
Neither book is a re-read and Ivan Doig is a new author to me.
Post Total: 40
Grand Total: 135
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.3. Run or Ride? - The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
10.5. All Fired Up! - Labyrinth by Kate Mosse - murder in the name of religion is a subject that I get fired up about, and this book is about the crusade against the Cathars.
20.10 Group Reads - I read option C, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, and my post was #13.
Points this post: 40
Total challenge points: 470
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 35
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Kimber25.9 Red Hot
Option B: We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Armine Howarth
(this book was first published in 1954)
Option C: Promise Me by Harlen Coben
(this book was set in New Jersey - my husband's favorite hockey team is The NJ Devils)
This task: 25
tasks completed: 13
GR authors: 9
total: 260
big book: 1/500+
KimberREPOST
20.9 I Can't Wait For Spring!
Option 3 - spring words
Ain't No Sunshine by Leslie Dubois
LESLIE DUBOIS IS A GR AUTHOR
Please check my recorded points. Through post 750 I should be at 220 not 170. Following are the totals I should be up to post 750.
this task: 20
tasks completed: 11 through post 750
gr authors: 8
Total points: 220 through post 750, 260 at the current time.
Hope that is not confusing. Please let me know if your record still differs from mine.
I'd like to move some books around.15.8 - INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY - Please replace The Maid with The King's Fifth.
30.4 - BURING RING OF FIRE - Please replace The King's Fifth with Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble. The other book that I used to complete this task was The Foreigners set in Argentina.
Joy Preble is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 665
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 18
BIG BOOKS - 1
20.5 - A GAME OF BOOKS - I rolled a 5 and read The Maid which is about Joan of Arc. Most of the book talks of her forming and leading her army in France.25.12 - EASTER EGGS AND LEPRECHAUNS
A4 - YOUNG ADULT - Warriors in the Crossfire.
B4 - FRIENDS 5 STAR - 16 Lighthouse Road which my friend Jane rated 5 stars.
Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 710
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 19
BIG BOOKS - 1
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast ClubI chose:
The Jock: Shooting Stars: The Women of Pro Basketball by Bill Gutman
and
The Criminal: I borrowed War Dances by Sherman Alexie from my sister-in-law, who is also a friend of the author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Christie Guatemala25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option A: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer with 328 pages.
Option C: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery. Blue is in the title, for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1
15.1 Spring Forward:Book 1 - Spring Forward: I read Warrior's Woman which is set in 2139. You don't see that in the GR description, but it's in the amazon description.
http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Woman-...
Book 2 - Fall Back: I read The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux which is set in Medieval times.
***Jude Deveraux is a Goodreads Author***
20.10 Group Read: I read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and commented on post #15 in the discussion thread.
Total Points this Post: 35
Total Points in Challenge: 740
Books Read: 57
Tasks Completed: 37
GR Authors: 34
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
10.9. I’m On Fire! I'm hot to read The Mortal Instruments series!
Read: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
**Cassandra Clare is a GRs Author**
Points this Post: 10
Total points- 285/1090
Tasks Completed: 17/62
Books read: 21
Pages Read : 6494
Minutes Listened To: 630
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
10.6. Middle Name Pride DayGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 24
Goodreads Author: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
15.9- Geek Pride DayThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Approved on help thread.
***Alan Bradley is a GRA***
30.4-Burning Ring of Fire
Book 1: Mister Pipby Lloyd Jones
Set on an unamed island off the coast Papua New Guinea
Book 2: Breaking the Silence by Diane Chamberlain
*** Diane Chamberlain is a GRA***
30.6- Sometimes Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Option A
Book 1: Elephants' Graveyard by Karin McQuillan
Book 2: Don't Look Behind You!: A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos by Peter Allison
In the fiction book the main character runs her own Sarafi Guide tourist business. In the non-fiction book the author writes about his experiences as a safari guide.
Both books approved on help thread.
30.8- The Breakfast Club
3. The Basket Case: Murder in Plain Sight by Marta Perry
This was the March Read for the Women of Murder group
*** Marta Perry is a GRA***
5. The Criminal: Grid Lock by Sean Black
This book was a library book
*** Sean Black is a GRA***
Points claimed this post: 105
Total points:290
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read: 18
GRA tickets claimed:6
BB tickets claimed:2
SUZANNE VN20.8 Party Time
Unwanted: A Novel
The book had 119 ratings when I started and my rating brought the total to 130 ratings.
Points this post:20
Total points: 65
Completed 20.1 Listened to (audio book) They're Watching by Gregg Hurwitztask points 20
total points 50
30.4 Dlmrose's Task--Burning Ring of Fire:1. True Blue by Jane Smiley; set in northern California
2. The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey "ing" in Sleeping
30.7 Beth NC's Task--Fire Elementals:
1. About A Dragon by G.A. Aiken Dragons shift into people
5. The Dragon Who Loved Me by G.A. Aiken Dragon is in upper left corner.
Today's total: 60
Grand total: 535
Keltie Lee15.3 - We Go Together Like...
Option 2
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast
by Robin McKinley
25.7 Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
Book 1:
by Mandy Hubbard Goodreads Author
*has a baked cupcake on the cover*
Book 2:
by Amanda Marrone
*has an apple on the cover*
Points this post: 40
Total points: 395
Tasks: 24
Books: 33
Goodread authors: 13
Big Book Tickets 500: 3
Jessica PDX5.7 - I Love Paris in the Springtime
This one was approved in the task thread.
by Pamela DruckermanPoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 280
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ - 4; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
20.8 It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time! Read either a book with more than 50,000 ratings on Goodreads or a book with fewer than 500 ratings on Goodreads.
On the Floor by Aifric Campbell
This book has 4 ratings.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 210/1090
Tasks Completed: 18/61
Books Read: 28/86
20.1. Clean those shelves!The Day the World Ends: Poems by Ethan Coen
Option 3: Read any book first published in 2012.
This book was first published April 3, 2012.
30.2 “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”
Book 1: Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Goldacre is a journalist who exposes "bad science" in the media, and I grew up wanting to be a journalist. Approved in post 132.
Book 2: Dear Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
I was an economics major in college. Approved in post 127.
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 305
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 14
Total pages: 6,734
Total books: 19
5.10 Good Minds Suggest By the Featured Author Elizabeth Strout:
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
+5 Points
10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
Primavera by Francesca Lia Block
+10 Points
15.4 – ABC’s, 123’s ……
One book option: 13 and C
The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
+15 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 210
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Task 15.6: They're On Fire
The Litigators by John Grisham 352 pages
This appeared on the NYT Best Seller List on January 8, 2012
20.1: Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Option 1: Read any book that you own as of March 1.
I read Just the Way You Are by Barbara Freethy 384 pages
Purchased on October 12, 2011.
****Goodread's author****
Task 20.4: Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - to be continued....in Spring!
One Shot by Lee Child
Jack Reacher series #9. I read The Enemy by Lee Child (Jack Reacher #8) for Winter Challenge Task 30.7.
Task 20.5: Bigger is Better:Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
I rolled a 3: Read a book with "wolf" in the title.
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs 320 pages
Task 20.7: Shorter is Sweeter:Jayalalita's Task
The Myths, Legends, and Lore of Ireland by Ryan Hackney 258 pages
Points this post: 95
Total Points: 125