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Katie OH 10.3 Run or Ride?
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0
5.2 Get Caught ReadingMay 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. Required: Please include a link to the title or cover (preferred) when you post.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Points this Post: 5
Total points- 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
The first week of March is National Procrastination Week, but since it's been postponed until next season...work on that to-read pile. Read one of the books that have been on your to-read pile for too long.
Loose Ends by Neal Bowers
Points this Post: 5
Total points- 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.3. Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery Tunes
Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” has been burning up the charts, which got me thinking about how many song titles include the word “fire.” For this task, you will select a song with the word “fire” in the TITLE, and then read a book where any of the MAIN words from the song title also appear in the book’s title or subtitle (series titles are not allowed).
REQUIRED: Include the song title you used in your post.
*Song Title: COLD FIRE
Book I Read: ICE COLD BY TESS GERRITSEN *A Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 20
Total points- 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
I love series and lately it seems a lot of the books I read seems to be a part of some kind of trilogy or series.
For this task choose ONE book that is the next book in a series from which you read and claimed points for any task during the Winter Challenge 2011 -2012.
Required: Include the name of the book and series that you read during the Winter Challenge when you post.
*WINTER CHALLENGE I READ LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS (SOOKIE STACKHOUSE #2) FOR TASK 25.9
*SPRING CHALLENGE I READ DEAD TO THE WORLD (SOOKIE STACKHOUSE #3)
Points this Post: 20
Total points- 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do ItBlue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 5
Total points: 245 + 5 = 250
Goodreads Authors: 10 +1 =11
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
Casselm10.8 I Have a Question
Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild by Lee Sandlin. 'When' is the question word in the title.
15.5 .....And XYZ
Story of the Wreck of the Titanic by Marshall Everett. There is a 'Y' at the end of Story.
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Option 3: Luck O' The Irish Paddy Clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle. The book is set in Ireland and Roddy Doyle was born in Ireland.
Option 6: Spring in Your Step Haunting Tales edited by Barbara Ireson. I love older ghost stories--they always give me a chill.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 235.
Task 20.4 - To be continued...in Spring!
For the Winter challenge I read Dark Lover, so for Spring I read:
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
Challenge total = 220
25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!I went with Winnie-the-Pooh:
by Elizabeth Chandler
by Janette OkePoints for this Task: 25
Total Points: 165
Goal Points: 335
Completed Tasks:7/61
Tasks in Progress: 25.11, 3o.5
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Kelley Armstrong, Maureen Johnson, Richelle Mead, Sarah Mlynowski, Laini Taylor)
Big Book Tickets: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
30.3 Spring Delights 2. Spring Thing
About That Night by Julie James.
-> Book was published in April.
**Julie James is a GoodReads author.
4. Tulips
Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare.
->
**Pamela Clare is a GoodReads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+=0 ; 750+=0 ; 1,000+=0
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire Book 1, California - Hollywood Scandals by Gemma Halliday
Gemma Halliday is a Goodreads Author
Book 2, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 29
Goodreads Author: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task: Happy Rama Navami!Märchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826 by Wilhelm Hauff (Paperback edition counts 132 pages; English translation has the title The Oriental Story Book)
This is book contains several fairy tales by German author Wilhelm Hauff.
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Total points: 335
GR author tickets: 5
Big Book tickets: 4 (500+)
5.2 - Get Caught Reading!
(*)15.9 - Geek Pride Day
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (* * * *) - approved in msg #5 of task help thread
30.5 - Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
Option B - Farewell My Lovely (* * *) - first published 1940
Option D - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (* * *) - 8 words ('part-time' approved as one word in msg #20 of task help thread)
Tasks completed: 21/61
Books read: 26/86
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 345
15.3 We Go Together Like...One Book Option: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweetby Jamie Ford
Bitter & Sweet approved on help thread
***Jamie Ford is a GRA***
25.10- I Love A Happy Ending
Option A:
1. Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward
2. Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Both shelves as Romance
***BB ticket claimed for Lover Reborn***
Points claimed this post:40
Total points claimed:330
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read:21
GRA tickets claimed:7
BB tickets claimed: 3
DebraTTask 25.11 Kate S's task
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Option 3, The Irons: Book has over 227,000 ratings
February Dragon by Colin Thiele
Option 5, The Putter: 162 pages
Task 30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task
Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery by David Robinson
Option 5: "DE" in the word "death" in the title
Kwaidan: Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
Ghost stories always send tingles down my spine and make me jump. These Japanese ghost stories were pretty good... in one case a man was challenged to bite a stone after he was decapitated... his head flew off and his head landed and he bit the stone, fiercely. Wouldn't that make you jump?
This post: 55 points
Total to date: 365 points
Goodreads Authors:8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
KAREN F10.7 Fuel to the Fire
Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks
Maya Banks was a new to me author in the Winter Challenge. This is the next book in the trilogy.
25.9 Red Hot
Book 1: Option B - A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
Published in 2008.
**Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: Option C - Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
Set in Boulder, CO home state of the Colorado Avalanche (even though I'm from the Boston area I have a soft spot for the Avalanche since that's where Ray Bourque finally got his Stanley Cup)
30.5 Climbing the Family Tree
Book 1: A - Romance: The Soldier (Duke's Obsession, #2 ) by Grace Burrowes
Book 2: D - Book #8 in the Women of the Otherworld series: Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
**Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 65
Total Challenge Points: 395
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.6. Middle Name Pride Day Raintree: Haunted (Raintree Series, #2) by Linda Winstead Jones
15.2 - Dewey be Different
Book A:
125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes by Judith Finlayson – 641.5636
Book B:
Decorating Kids' Rooms: From Baby to Teen by Mary Wynn Ryan – 747.77
25.8. Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
BookA:: HUGO AWARD
Neuromancer by William Gibson – 1985 winner
Book B: NEBULA AWARD
Neuromancer by William Gibson – 1985 winner
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 280
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.5 Climbing the Family Tree...choose 2 options and read 1 book from each:
I chose option A (read a book with "romance" listed as one of the genres on the book's main page) and I read
Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr 373 pages (4.13)I also chose option C (using your grandparent's first name [in my case my Dad's mother Mary] and read a book whose author has the exact same first name) and I read
The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh 399 pages (4.15)Points earned for this task:30
Points Achieved to date: 400
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 2
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.3 - Let's Hear It For the Boys
I decided to use the book list for one of my male friends, Sean Quirk, and I read:
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Points this task: 5
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Pages read: 7583
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.4 - Dlmrose - Burning Ring of FireBook 1 - set in California and Washington State - River's End by Nora Roberts
Book 2 - Chasing Mona Lisa by ***Goodreads author Tricia Goyer***
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255/1090
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
15.6 They're On FireSheltering Hearts
Robyn Carr was on the New York Times Bestseller List the week of January 15, 2012
Points this post = 15
Total points: 250 + 15 = 265
Goodreads Authors: 11 + 0 =11
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
30.3 Spring DelightsOption 1-Read a book with an actual photo on the cover.
I read
by Melissa Senate (a GoodReads Author).Option 6-Spring in your step
I read a mystery Hush by Kate White.
Points this post:30
Total points: 195
Tasks completed:11
Books read: 17
Tasks part done:2
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.3 Linked TogetherBoy Girl Boy
15.10 Fire in Plot
Petals in the Ashes
The Great London Fire of 1666 is a major plot point
20.5 Game of Books
Rolled a 3, and the cover is gray and white
25.1 To the One I Love
1. Where We Going, Daddy?: Life with Two Sons Unlike Any Other ("Where" is in line 9 of "1979"; the book is nonfiction)
2. Ready Player One ("Ready" is in line 20 of "Thirty-Three")
30.1 We Didn't Start the Fire
My year was 1983
4. So You Want to Be a Wizard (published in '83)
6. At Risk (a main character contracts AIDS)
30.2 Want to Be
1. Little by Little: A Writer's Education (always wanted to be an author; this memoir talks about how Jean Little became a published author)
2. The Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers (I'm a teacher now)
30.8 Breakfast Club
4. A Step from Heaven (Prinz Award Winner 2002)
5. Boyfriends with Girlfriends (borrowed from the library)
Total: 165 + 450 (from earlier) = 615 points
10.1. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! For this task I read A Wrinkle in Time. The word time spelled backwards is emit!
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 85
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 6
Pages Read : 2250
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Keltie Lee5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
*from SRC member Joseph-Daniel's booklist*
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
Sophie & Carter
by Chelsea Fine Goodreads Author
*has been on my list since I heard about it last year*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 450
Tasks: 28
Books: 38
Goodread authors: 15
Big Book Tickets 500: 3
Reader name: Marie-Anne** REPOST after reader name set up **
5.1 Silhouette on the Shade:
Pussyfoot by Carole Nelson Douglas. Goodreads author claim: Carole Nelson Douglas.
5.2 Get Caught Reading: Darke
by Angie Sage.5.5 Possession: Death's Bright Angel by Janet Neel.
5.7 I Love Paris in the Spring Time: Read La Guinguette à Deux Sous by Georges Simenon in french, in an omnibus edition Maigret À La Campagne: La Guinguette À Deux Sous. Le Charretier De La Providence. Le Fou De Bergerac. Maigret À Vichy. Monsieur Gallet, Décédé. Maigret Se Fâche.
5.8 Too Long To-Do-List: Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Reader name: Marie-Anne** Repost after reader name setup **
10.6 Middle Name Pride Day: Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson.
10.7 Fuel to the Fire: Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard. I am new to goodreads, and this is a new author to me now.
Goodreads author claim: Shirley Damsgaard
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Goodreads Authors total: 2
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Reader Name: Marie-Anne** Repost after reader name setup **
15.8 International Worker's Day: Biggie and the Poisoned Politician: A Mystery by Nancy Bell.
25.2 Out with the Old, In with the New: Book 1: Option 1: Author's last name starts with I: Deadly Advice by Roberta Isleib. Book 2: Meets both option 1 and option 2:
The Sign by Raymond Khoury.Points this post: 40
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors total: 2
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
BUTTERFLYCAGER15.7 - Spring Into Action! - The Marks Of Cain by Tom Knox
25.8. Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
1. Hugo Award (nominee 2002) - Passage by Connie Willis
2. Nebula Award (nominee 2002) - Passage by Connie Willis
Passage is 780 pages and is therefore a Big Book.
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A, Easter Eggs, Option 3, Sparkly - True Confections: A Novel by Katharine Weber (The main character is a woman named Alice Tatnall Ziplinsky.)
Book B, Leprechauns, Option 3, Mystery - Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole
Katharine Weber is a Goodreads Author.
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: We Didn't Start the Fire
I chose 1956. I rolled two 2's, so I read two books by authors born in 1956. The GR author information pages list 1956 as birth years for both of them.
Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean
Hitched by Carol Higgins Clark
30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 2 - Transformation - Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman (The main character is a ballerina who gets injured and must learn how to live without being in the spotlight. She also inherits a house in Tasmania from her grandmother, moves there, and spends a lot of time cleaning out all the stuff left in the house.)
Option 4 - Romance - The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall
Wildflower Hill is 544 pages and therefore a Big Book.
Points this post: 125
Total challenge points: 595 points
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 43
Big Books: 500=1, 750=3, 1000=0
Goodreads Authors: 10
15.4 ABCs, 123 - I read one book22 Britannia Road by *Amanda Hodgkinson*.
* Amanda Hodgkinson is a GR author
30.6 Sometimes Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
Book 1 - Jackdaws - about women SOE agents parachuting into occupied France prior to D-Day.
Book 2 - Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have... Violette Szabo was a real life woman who worked for the SOE and parachuted into France multiple times during WW II. I've had this book around forever and I bought it after I read Jackdaws for the first time. This task was perfect for me - I love to read the real story behind fictional stories.
30.8 The Breakfast Club
Book 1: The Jock - The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game which is about both a sport (football) and an athlete (Michael Oher).
Book 2: The Criminal - The Rope. I checked this book out of the library.
Post Total: 75
Grand Total: 210
Amanda A10.4 - Fire Signs
Sutton's Way by Diana Palmer
Author's Birthdate - December 11th
20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
Option B, #3 (author with the name of a flower):
Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber (GRA)
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
Fever by Joan Swan (GRA)
167 ratings
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
The Wedge - The Summer Garden by Sherryl Woods
The Putter - War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (165 pages)
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A - Option 4 (Young Adult):
Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Book B - Option 1 (green cover):
by Tess Gerritsen (GRA)30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: We Didn't Start the Fire
Year chosen - 1977
Dice Rolled - 2 and 4
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh (GRA)
Born in 1977
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
First published in 1977
30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
Option A (Romance) - It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn (GRA)
Option D - Hide and Seek (Sisterhood, #8) by Fern Michaels
30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 1 - Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur (GRA)
Riley Jenson can transform from a human into a werewolf
Option 6 - The Man Within by Lora Leigh
236 pages
Points this post: 210
Total Points: 310
GRA: 11 (6 this post)
Sheila25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
I chose Option A:
Winnie-the-Pooh - and read 2 romance novels.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
AND
When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
I chose 2. The Woods-designed for long fairway shots; rarely made of wood any longer and therefore becoming a "classical" term and/or club. Read a book from this list: Must Read Classics and read:
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott which was #361 on the must read classics list.
AND
Option 4. The Wedge-my favorite club, used in many different tricky situations. My wedge is my utility club and most dependable. Re-read an old favorite or a new book by an favorite author and read:
Seizure by Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs is one of my favorite authors and I have now read ALL of her published novels.
Total Points = 570
MariyaTask 20.10 Group Reads option B
I read
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
25.8. Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/NomineesCategory 1: 1970 HUGO AWARD WINNER for Best Novel, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Category 2: 1969 NEBULA AWARD WINNER for Best Novel, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Total Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 18
Total pages: 9,251
Total books: 26
15.7 – Spring Into Action!The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
+ 15 Points
30.5 Donna Jo’s task: Climbing the Family Tree
B. Published in 1959
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
D. Book 8 in the Series (Ladies #1 Detective Series)
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
+30 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 350
30.7 - Fire ElementalsI chose:
Option 4 - Romance genre on book's main page
Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard
*** Marcella Burnard is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 6 - Number of Pages ends in 6 or 7
Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres. The hardcover I read had 256 pages.
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Total points: 210 + 30 above = 240
GR Authors: 4 + 1 above = 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 11
Books read: 15
Cindy AL25.6 Fire and Ice:
I rolled Heads and Heads
Playing With Fire by Katie MacAlister ("fire" in the title) and
The Next Always by Nora Roberts (author's name is "Roberts")
Katie MacAlister is a Goodreads Author
30.1 We Didn't Start the Fire:
My year was 1983 and I rolled a 2 & a 5
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Color Purple won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 and
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini was born in 1983.
I want to claim 2 Big Book Tickets for Inheritance (849 pages)
Points in this post - 55
Total Points - 915/1090
Books - 67/85
Pages - 24593
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)
20.6 My task! She Works Hard for the MoneyI rolled a 4- Wildlife biologist. Life of Pi by Yann Martel about being stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger.
Total points: 65
STACIE MITask 25.4 - More Fun With Words - With a Twist!
For my first book, I read:
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides by The Oatmeal
FVGRTPADITMAOUG - I made the word "APART" and read:
And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibensky
**Arlaina Tibensky is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 30
Pages read: 7997
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.3. Run or Ride? Willing Victim by Cara McKenna which is set in Boston ***Cara McKenna is a Goodreads Author***15.8 - International Worker’s Day: Doctor's Delight
25.4 More Fun with Words - With a Twist!
Book 1: I started with Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas which has the letters STWOM which I made the word MOST and then read
Book 2: His MOST Important Win by Cynthia Thomason
***Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author***
***Cynthia Thomason is a Goodreads Author***
25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees:
Category 1 2010 HUGO Award winner--The City and the City by China Miéville
Category 2 2010 Nebula Award nominee--The City and the City
***China Miéville is a Goodreads Author***
25.11 Take to the Links!
Option 4-The Wedge: Secrets in the Marriage Bed by Nalini Singh which is new to me by the author who happens to be a favorite of mine.
***Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author***
Option 5-The Putter: Bound by Marriage by Nalini Singh which has 187 pages.
***Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 100
Total Points in Challenge: 900
Books Read: 69
Tasks Completed: 46
GR Authors: 43
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
20.4 To be continued...in Spring!I read the book Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kelpas during the Winter Challenge 2011-12. I just read the next "Friday Harbor" book:
Rainshadow Road byLisa Kelpas.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
Tasks: 21
Books: 26
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1
10.10 April Fool's Day Good Grief by Lolly Winston (A humorous book about the process of grieving.)
15.9 Geek Pride Day (SCIENCE)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
This book is about the science of cell research.
Rebecca Skloot is a GR Author
30.8 The Breakfast Club
#1. The Brain: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak ( Big Book: 550 pgs.)
Markus Zusak is a GR Author
#2. The Criminal: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (Borrowed from the public library)
55 points this post
145 total points
2 GR Authors
1 Big Book
SUZANNE VN15.2 - Dewey Be Different
Book 1 Perfectly Yourself: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness - Call Number 158.1
Book 2 A Life-Giving Way: A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict - Call Number 255.106
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Heather KSFinished task 15.2 Dewey Be Different.
I read Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of "To Kill a Mockingbird" call #813.54 and We Pray: Living in God's Presence call #248.32
New point total: 15
Heather KSFinished task 15.5 ....and XYZ
I read Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward
New point total: 30
Heather KS Finished task 20.1 Clean those shelves!
I read Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life
This book fit option 1
New point total: 50
Heather KSFinished task 25.9 Red Hot
I read Defending Jacob Option A-it has 421 pages... a 2 is in the number of pages.
I read The Big Skinny: How I Changed My Fattitude Option B it was published in 2008
Both Carol Lay and William Landay are Goodreads Authors
New point total: 75
10.3. Run or Ride?
by Maggie Stiefvater**Maggie Stiefvater is a GRs Author.**
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
Option 3: A Currently Reading Book
Read:
by Khaled Hosseinithis books is currently being read in Coffee & Books Group
Option 5: Beg, Borrow, Steal
Read:
by Dan Wells (Borrowed from library)**Dan Wells is a GRs Author**
Points this Post: 40
Total points- 385/1090
Tasks Completed: 22/62
Books read: 29
Pages Read : 9350
Minutes Listened To: 630
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1x2), 1000+(0)
10.5 Fired Up!Fat Shame by Amy Erdman Farrell
Subject obesity (book is about this topic)
20.3 Firey Tunes
The Girl who Was on Fire by Leah Wilson*
*Leah Wilson is a goodreads author
30.7 Fire Elements
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James*
*E. L. James is a goodreads author
#6 6 or 7 as last page number (356 pages)
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James*
*E. L James is a goodreads author
#4 Romance
Points: 175
Heather KSFinished task 30.2 What I want to be meets what I became
I read Boundaries in Marriage. I wanted to be a counselor when I grew up. This book has much to do with marriage counseling and how we can take what we learn in counseling and apply it to our lives.
I read Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement I am a teacher now. This book was about great classroom instructional strategies.
New point total: 105
Heather KSFinished task 30.3 Spring Delights
Option 1: I read Raising Great Kids - Parenting with Grace and Truth
There is a photo on the cover.Option 5:
I used the rF from der Frühling.New point total: 135
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 4-Romance. I read Seven Year Switch by Claire Cook (a GoodReads Author).
Option 6-book that ends in a 6 or 7 in page count. I read Such A Pretty Face by Cathy Lamb (a GoodReads Author). There are 467 pages.
Points this post:30
Total points: 165
Tasks completed:10
Books read: 16
Tasks part done:3
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0