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SPRING CHALLENGE 2012: FIRE
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Cindy AL5.8 Too Long To-Do:
The Hour of Dust and Ashes by Kelly Gay
Kelly Gay is a Goodreads Author
15.6 They're On Fire:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
NYT Best Seller List for Paperback Trade Fiction, January 8.
Kathryn Stockett is a Goodreads Author
I want to claim one Big Book Ticket.
Points in this post - 20
Total Points - 1015/1090
Books - 80/85
Pages - 29209
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)
Mod
15.7 - Spring Into Action!
Havoc by Jack Du Brul
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
option 3- published March 20, 2012- Stay Close by Harlan Coben
25.1 Jessica PDX’s Task: This One Goes Out to the One I Love
Book 1: lyrics from 1979- "around" last line "As you see there's no one around": The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book 2: lyrics from 33- "language" first line "Speak to me in a language I can hear": The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
Option 3: Irons 25000+ ratings: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion with 33,117 ratings
Option 5: putter: The Odds: A Love Story by Stewart O'Nan 179 pages
30.6 Delicious Dee's task:Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
Option B- 2 non-fiction related to other tasks
For 30.8 I read The Lacuna artist Frida Kahlo is a character in the novel I wanted to know more about so I read: The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo
For 10.1 I read War at Home PI Smokey Dalton's investigation takes him into the 1968 student protests in NY, I wanted to know more about SDS and the Weathermen- both groups are mentioned in the novel- so I read: Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen by Mark Rudd
total 845
Sheila
25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option B: Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase by Michael Connelly
Published in 2008
AND
Option C: Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Set in New Jersey for the New Jersey Devils
Total Points = 1010
PUTTERPAL20.2- April Showers
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella Option B #3- The main character's name is Poppy
20.3- Fiery tunes
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Song- Set the World on Fire
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 140
50.1. North to AlaskaOption 3: sapphire: The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne
Approved in post 10 of the help thread.
Option 5: The Stand by Stephen King
Science fiction is my favorite genre and is listed as a genre for this book.
This is a big book at 1,152 pages.
Option: 6: Steam Laundry by Nicole Stellon O'Donnell
Nicole Stellon O'Donnell is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 475
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 20
Total pages: 11,145
Total books: 30
15.6 - They're on Fire I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
Higgins Clark was on the New York Times Bestseller List the week of April 22, 2012
20.2 Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's task - April Showers
Option B: May Flowers
2: Forensics: Books that Make You Laugh
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
50.1 Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
Option 1: The Bride's Baby by Liz Fielding -- L and F are in SEWARDS FOLLY
Option 3: Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You by Alice Munro -cover is blue
Option 5: Second Sight Dating by Marianne Stephens - listed as romance by 31 users as of 04/21/2012
Liz Fielding is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 85
Total points: 345 + 85 = 430
Goodreads Authors: 13 +1 =14
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
Goodreads does not have my edition - it is blue with two peaches on it.
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.9 I'm On Fire -
by Philippa Gregory. I chose this because I wanted to read it for a long time and it is a popular book.Task +10
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11
Big Book (0) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) +1000
GR Authors: 2 Tamora Pierce, Veronica Roth
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 125
30.1 We Didn't Start the FireI picked 1961 for the year. The two die roll was 1 and 3.
For #1, I read a book about Adolf Eichmann.
Eichmann and the Holocaust by Hannah Arendt.
For #3, I read a book by an author who died during my year. Hemingway committed suicide on 7/2/61.
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 485
Tasks: 24
Books: 32
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1
30.7 Fire Elementals Option 4: Fifty Shades Freed (Romance in the main categories)
Option 6: Dead Reckoning (336 Pages)
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 245
MICHELLE VA10.9 I'm On Fire!
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
*Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author*
15.9 Geek Pride Day
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Science/technology listed as a genre for it
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 70
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
5.10 - Good Minds SuggestA Good Fall (* * *) - The author Ha Jin is featured on Good Minds Suggest.
10.8 - I Have A Question
How To Breathe Underwater: Stories (* * *)
20.10 - Group Reads
The Night Circus (* *) - post #39
Tasks completed: 27/61
Books read: 34/86
Points claimed in this post: 35
Total points claimed: 440
10.10 April Fools DayI've Got Your Number
Has humour listed as a genre
20.8 Party Time
One Dog At A Time: Saving The Strays Of Helmand An Inspiring True Story
It has 111 ratings - less than 500.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0
Claiming Goodreads author ticket for 20.8 please - Pen Farthing is a GRA.
20.1 Clean Those Shelves! Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Option 2: I read the AUDIO version.
20.4 To Be Continued
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins
I read The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) during the winter challenge.
40 points this post
185 total points
hpaddict30.7 Fire Elements
2.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself by Olaudah Equiano - "cleansed" of slavery by working for and purchasing his own freedom in 1760s - moderator approved6.
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury- 406 pages, ends in 6this post = 30
challenge total = 260
Goodreads authors = 1
Bog Book: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Laurie ME10.3: Run or Ride: setting of the book is Boston:
Laurie Breton - Final Exit
20.2: Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers: Option B choice 3:
Iris Johansen - Pandora's Daughter
25.5: Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago:
1. Robert W. Walker - Titanic 2012
2. Jerry Remy - Watching Baseball
Points this Post: 55.
Total Points: 785.
Boston Kate10.1 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
"are" spelled backward is "era"
15.5 ...And XYZ
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
"x" and "y" in "extremely"
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Shuga's completed challenges: 80 pts 05.14.20125 Points:
5.5 Possession~ Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck 04.16.2012
5.7 I love Paris in the Springtime~
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by lauren willig 03.01.2012
10 Points:
10.9 I'm On Fire~ Tempting Evil 05.14.2012
15 Points:
15.1 Spring Forward~ The Deception of the Emerald Ring 05.22.2012
20 Points:
20.1 Most Improved~ Anyone But You by colleen houck 04.25.2012
20.4 Author!Author!~ Dark Magic 04.22.2012
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter~ Cinder 05.03.2012]
ERIN B.15.9 - Geek Pride Day
I read Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century by W.F. Bynum.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
STACIE MITask 25.2 - Out with the Old, In with the New...and It's Fire
I decided to do options 1 and 2.
For option 1, I read a book by an author whose last name begins with R:
Love is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison
For option 2, I read a book with a cover that is mainly red:
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
Points this task: 25
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 42
Pages read: 10616
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 Fiery TunesThe Path of Ascent by Juan Riboldi
This shares the word "path" with the song "Path of Endless Fire." This was approved in message 26 of the help thread.
Juan Riboldi is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 495
Total Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 21
Total pages: 11,393
Total books: 31
15.7- Spring Into ActionI read On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves, which lists 'Adventure' on the book's home page shelves.
30.4- Burning Ring of Fire
1. I read Odalisque by Annabel Joseph, which takes place in California
2. I read Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson, which has 'ing' in the title.
*R.L. Mathewson,Annabel Joseph, and Tracey Garvis-Graves are all GR Authors*
Points This Post- 45
Total Points- 410
GR Authors- 22
STACIE MITask 25.10 - I Love a Happy Ending!
I decided to do Option 2 and to read two "Tigger" books, both of which were added before March 1, 2012:
Runaways, Vol. 4: True Believers by Brian K. Vaughan
and
Ex Machina, Vol. 2: Tag by Brian K. Vaughan
Points this task: 25
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 44
Pages read: 10888
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
50.1 North to AlaskaOption 2
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart.
-> Mystery is listed as the second genre on the book's main page.
** Trenton Lee Stewart is a GoodReads author.
Option 3
Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare.
->
= Ruby Red.** Pamela Clare by a GoodReads author.
Option 5
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray.
--> Listed as FANTASY by 1,799 users.
** Libba Bray is a GoodReads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+=0 ; 750+=0 ; 1,000+=0
Nick KYFirst I need to replace a book in 30.4. Ring of Fire I am taking away A Place Beyond: Finding Home in Arctic Alaska by Nick Jans, and I am replacing it with another book with “ing” in the title: The New Nineteenth Century: Feminist Readings of Underread Victorian Fiction ed by Barbara Harman, 328 pages
(The other book for 30.4 was Valley of the Lost by Vicki Delany, set in British Columbia. It stays put.)
There is no score change with this substitution.
NEXT, I am posting
50.1 North to Alaska
a Option 1 -- Author’s initials are in “BERINGSTRAIT”: The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot, 108 pages
b. Option 2 – Mystery: Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley. 240 pages
c. Option 6: -- Takes place in Alaska/Alaskan author: A Place Beyond: Finding Home in Arctic Alaska by Nick Jans, (switched from 30.4/no additional page nos)
Task Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 820
Total Pages: 18,118
Big Books: 750+ (1)
25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and LeprechaunsBook A: Option 3: Sparkly (woman as main character)
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Book B: Option 2: Four Leaf Clover(Action/Adventure)
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper is shelved as action.
Susan Cooper is a goodreads author
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 740
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard**, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper****, Karen Levine, Richard Farr, Laurie Halse Anderson
Jessica PDX30.4 - DLMRose's Task - Burning Ring of Fire
This is set in California
by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
by Caroline KnappPoints this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 500
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+ - 5; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.1 Spring Forward!...read 2 books (one set at least 30 years in the future [dystopia]; one set at least 30 years in the past):
Book #1 (forward): I read
(dystopia)When She Woke by Hillary Jordan [this is a GRA] 352 pages (4.25)Book #2 (past): I read
(set in the 1840's)A Hearth in Candlewood by Delia Parr 317 pages (4.26)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 455
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 3
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Cindy AL50.1 North to Alaska
Notorious Rake, Innocent Lady (Prentiss/Ramsden Families #2) by Bronwyn Scott
Option #1 Initials "B" and "S"
Jess LoureyOption #3 green cover
by Seanan McGuireOption #5 favorite genre is fantasy
Seanan McGuire is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 50
Total Points - 1065/1090
Books - 83/85
Pages - 29497
Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)
25.1. Jessica PDX’s Task: This One Goes Out to the One I Love Book A: Fiction
1979: Published in 1979
Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen
Book B: 33 Nonfiction: From the Song
"Graceful swans of never topple to the earth": Earth
Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth by Jay Hosler
+ 25 Points
Grand Total: 385
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce
The main focus of the book is a series of fires set by an arsonist. Some scenes are even written out of the arsonist's point of view.
Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads author.
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Total points: 410
GR authors: 6
Big Book tickets: 8 (6x500+, 1x750+)
STACIE MITask 25.1 - This One Goes Out to the One I Love
For book A, I decided to use a word from the song, found in line 11, "Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below," using the word "Forgotten." I read:
Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Lisa A. Shiel
For book B, I decided to use a word from the song, found in line 6, "Tomorrow's just an excuse away," using the word "Tomorrow." I read:
Ultimate X-Men - Volume 1: The Tomorrow People by Mark Millar
**Lisa A. Shiel is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 46
Pages read: 11223
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.7 Fuel to the FireThe Way We Were by Marcia Willett
I read Willett's The Prodigal Wife for last Winter's 25.2. She was new to me then.
15.10 Where There's Smoke:
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin. One of the main plot set-ups is a fire at Glastonbury Abbey.
20.3 Chris MD's Task--Fiery Tunes:
Rain of Fire by Linda Jacobs
I used the song "Fire and Rain"
Today's total: 45
Grand total: 800
Jennifer N5.7 - I Love Paris in the Spring Time
Dark Legend by Christine Feehan
This book takes place in France.
5.8 - Too Long To-Do List
Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
I bought this book well over a year ago at a used book sale but I wasn't able to read it because I didn't have the first 4 books. I finally got to it.
10.3 - Run or Ride?
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
This book takes place in Boston.
10.6 - Middle Name Pride Day
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Middle name - Carson
20.8 - Party Time!
Tiger by Laurann Dohner
This book had 255 ratings when I started it. It was approved in the e-books only thread.
30.4 - Burning Ring of Fire
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer and Trust in Advertising by Victoria Michaels
Midnight Sun was approved in the help thread and Trust in Advertising has an ing in the title.
Total Points this Post: 80
Total Points to Date: 370
Marie-Anne20.4 To be continued ... in Spring! Quilt as Desired by Arlene Sachitano. Finished 4/27/2012. This is the first book in a new series for me, as I did not participate in the Winter challenge.
This post:
Points this post: 20.
Totals:
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 3
5.3 Get Caught ReadingHow to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster
10.6 Middle Name Pride Day
On the Fringe by Courtney King Walker*
*Courtney King Walker is a goodreads author
10.10 April Fool's Day
I've Got Your Number by Sophia Kinsella
30.4 Burning Ring of Fire
Book #1: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James*
*E. L. James is a goodreads author
Set in Washington state
Book #2: Defending Jacob by William Landay*
*William Landay is a goodreads author
ING in title
Points=230
GayleTask 15.8: International Worker's Day
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Profession: Retired Major in British service.
*****Goodread's Author*****
Task 15.10: Where There's Smoke.... Book that features a firefighter.
On the Line by Kathryn Shay
Task 25.6: Keltie Lee's Task: Fire and Ice
Book 1: Heads: Book that has the word fire in the title
Winter Fire (Maxwells, #2) by Elizabeth Lowell
****Goodread's Author*****
Book 2: Heads: Written by an author with the name Robert
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Task 25.9: Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
A: Read a book with a 2 or a 3 in the page total:
Dark Of The Moon by John Sandford 384 pages
B: Book published in 2008
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child 416 pages
Task 30.2: Sassafrass's Task
1: Wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up.
Whiskey Rebellion by Liliana Hart Main character is a high school history teacher.
****Goodread's Author****
2: central character was a teacher as was I.
All For One by Ryne Douglas Pearson
****Goodread's Author****
Task 30.3: Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Spring Delights
Option 2: Author born in a Spring month:
American Assassin by Vince Flynn Vince Flynn was born on April 6, 1966.
Option 4: Two Lips on cover
by Joanna Bourne****Goodread's Author****
Points this post: 140
Total Points: 360
STACIE MITask 25.5 - 100 Years Ago
For book 1, I read a book about a shipwreck:
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
For book 2, I read:
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
Both books were approved in the task help thread.
Points this task: 35
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 48
Pages read: 11495
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Mod
I get all worked up about political differences and the lack of rational discourse now about our differences. I read The Righteous Mind I hoped this book would shed some light on the subject, but not so much.
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
For my first book (cooked food), I read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
For my second book (raw food), I read
. I'm not sure exactly what the greens on the cover are, but they look like some sort of salad greens to me and I would eat them raw.30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
For my first book, I chose option 2 (author with spring birthday), and read Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell, born March 4, 1953.
For my second book, I chose option 5 and read Shutter Island, with the consecutive letters "er" in the title. The book would also work quite well for option 6 - pretty creepy book!
Total points: 525
Casselm30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
B. Embers by Sándor Márai was published in 1942.
D. The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West by Lesley Poling-Kempes, has eight letters in the title.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 265
Finished20.5 Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
The Heretic Queen by Michelle MOran - option 1 / royal plot
Task points 20
Total points 295
15.10 Where There's SmokeGrave Goods - a fire is central to the story. Approved in help thread post #15
Points: 15
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20.10 Group Read
The Night Circus - audiobook
There is no MMP but the paperback (ISBN 0385535503) has 387p.
Post #38
Points: 20
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25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Category 1: HUGO AWARD
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card - 1989 Nominee
Category 2: NEBULA AWARD
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card - 1990 Nominee
This book meets the one book option.
Points: 25
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Total Points: 340
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Books: (500) - 2
12 new tasks:5.2 Get Caught Reading:
Provoke Me by Cari Quinn***Cari Quinn is a Goodreads Author***
5.6 SRC Recommends Redux: I voted for "The Color Purple", "The Shining", and "Sugar Daddy" and I read The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen which was #86 on the list when I chose it (it's #74 now)
***Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author***
10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World” I read Son of the Revolution which is about a young man who fights in the revolutionary war and gets captured by the Red Coats and takes place 1781-1783.
10.7 Fuel to the Fire: I read Deceptive Attraction by Tara Lain. This author was new to me in the winter.
***Tara Lain is a Goodreads Author***
10.8. I Have a Question: I read WHEN the Heart Falls by Kimberly Lewis
***Kimberly Lewis is a Goodreads Author***
10.10. April Fools Day! I read Bite My Fire by Mary Hughes which has humor listed as a genre on the main page.
***Mary Hughes is a Goodreads Author***
15.3 We Go Together Like... I read Sex, Gossip and Rock & Roll by Nicola Marsh (rock and roll)
***Nicola Marsh is a Goodreads Author***
15.4 ABC’s, 123’s ...... I read Three Fur All
(number 3, word All) by Crymsyn Hart
***Crymsyn Hart is a Goodreads Author***
15.10 Where There's Smoke....... I read Brotherhood of Fire by Elizabeth Moore which features firefighters as the main characters.
***Elizabeth Moore is a Goodreads Author***
20.5. A Game of Books:I rolled a 2 and read
Hell's Revenge by Eve Langlais which has a red and yellow/gold cover (approved in the help task thread).***Eve Langlais is a Goodreads Author***
25.7 Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics:
Book 1: I read
The Real Werewives of Vampire County by multiple authors including Angie Fox and it has a pie on the cover***Angie Fox is a Goodreads Author***
Book 2: I read
Cait and the Devil by Annabel Joseph which has apples on the cover***Annabel Joseph is a Goodreads Author***
50.1 North to Alaska:
Book 1: I chose option 1 and read Invitation to Scandal by Bronwen Evans which has the author initials BE which are located in BERINGSTRAIT.
***Bronwen Evans is a Goodreads Author***
Book 2: I chose option 5 and read Glitter Baby by Susan Elizabeth Phillips which is a book from my favorite genre, Romance. (158 users shelved it as Romance on the main page)
***Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a Goodreads Author***
Book 3: I chose option 6 and read Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian which is set in Alaska
***Lara Adrian is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 190
Total Points in Challenge: 1090
Books Read: 84
Tasks Completed: 61
GR Authors: 57
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
**If everything is posted correctly, this should be it for me. Thanks to mods for another great challenge. I can't wait for summer!**
Cindy AL5.10 Good Minds Suggest:
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Recommended by Sarah Dessen
20.5 A Game of Books:
Tricked by Kevin Hearne
I rolled a 4 and chose a fantasy book.
Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 25
Total Points - 1090/1090
Books - 85/85
Pages - 30155
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)
I think I'm finished, I may never finish again! Thank you mods and everyone have a great summer!
Congratulations Cindy and Sassafrass. That was a marathon wasn't it?
I love to see people finish! Neat!!!
Sheila
30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 4 - Romance
The Kiss by Danielle Steel
AND
Option 6 - page # ends in 7
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
467 pages
Total Points = 1040
Alright Sheila, you're right there!Congrats Cindy AL!
Yep Sassafrass, just Cindy's 50 pointer to go!Just 3 weeks until the summer tasks magically appear! Can you believe it?
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Task 15.9 Geek Pride Day
I read The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 by Mary Roach
Points this post:15
Total points:220
Tasks completed:15
Books read:17
Goodreads Authors:3
Big books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)