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Marie-Anne30.3 Spring Delights:
Book 1: Option 1: Photo-op: The Inheritor by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Book 2: Option 5: Spring in German is “der Frühling”- use 2 consecutive letters: Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs.
The consecutive letters "de" (and "der" ) appear in the title Gunpowder Green.
This post:
Points this post: 30
Totals
Total Points: 150
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 3
Keltie Lee20.4 To be continued .... in Spring!
Private
by Kate Brian
*In the winter challenge I read The Book of Spells and Last Christmas
the two prequels in the Private series, so I read book 1*
25.5 100 Years Ago
Book 1: Fateful
by Claudia Gray
*takes place on the Titanic*
Book 2: Boys Of Summer
by Julie Leto
*about the owner, the coach, and the pitcher of a baseball team on the verge of being sold*
Points this post: 45
Total points: 555
Tasks: 34
Books: 47
Goodread authors: 17
Big Book Tickets 500: 4
repost20.1 - Clean those shelves Option 1 Book that you own as of March 1 Hurt People Hurt People
points this post 20
Total points 235
Tasks completed 12
30.4 Burning ring of fire Book 1 Sidda Lee Walker escapes the wrath of her mother and spends much of the book hiding in an Oregon Cabin. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Book 2 ING intact in any word The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
points this post 30
Total points 265
Tasks completed 13
5.3 Let's Hear it for the BoysUsed friend Ed Lynskey's shelves
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
***Tom Franklin is a GR Author***
25.4 More Fun with Words-With a Twist
Book 1: A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
Gives me the letters AHATEOTW, used the word "THAT"
Book 2: That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
30.7 Fire Elementals
Option 2: Main Character lets go of her old life as a Lady of the Night to become a "respectable wife"
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
Option 5: Lion on the Cover
by Brad Thor***Brad Thor is a GR Author***
***Lions of Lucerne is a Big Book at 512 pages***
Post Total:60
Season Total: 530
5.4 - THE FIRE WITHIN - Wait for Me5.6 - SRC RECOMMENDS REDUX - The Art of Racing in the Rain. I voted for The Goose Girl, The Hunger Games, The Thirteenth Tale, and Water for Elephants.
Garth Stein is a Goodreads author.
5.7 - I LOVE PARIS IN THE SPRING - Bon Appetit: A Novel by Sandra Byrd.
Sandra Byrd is a Goodreads author.
5.8 - TOO LONG TO DO LIST - 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber which has been on my TBR since 2010.
Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads author.
15.1 - SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK
SPRING FORWARD - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline which takes place in 2044.
FALL BACK - Down the Yukon which takes place in 1898.
Ernest Cline is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 940
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 30
BIG BOOKS - 2
CathyG#Task 20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
REQUIRED: Indicate which option you chose.
B. May Flowers
2. Is included on one of these lists:
Books That Make You Laugh
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
I thought that Betsy, the main character, was very funny.
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#25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things
Read two books.
Book 1 must have a name in the title or a word that you could use for a name.
Book 2 must be written by an author with that name. It can be the first, last or middle name of the author but the first book must have the entire name in the title. The word and the name must match exactly. The only variations allowed are possessives.
Rachel Gibson See Jane Score / Jane Feather The Diamond Slipper
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#30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
Read 2 books, one from each of the following options:
Read a book set in a country located in the Ring of Fire
Required: Please identify the setting if it is not clear in the Goodreads book description.
The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks Set in Columbia
Book 2: Read a book with "ING" found intact in any word in the title or subtitle.
The Laughing Corpse by Laurel Hamilton
Points this post: 75
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 41
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=1
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys - from Nick KY's bookshelf: What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen
10.7. Fuel to the Fire - this author is new to me now: The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney
15.10 - Where There's Smoke....... - The Book Of Fires by Jane Borodale
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
4. The Wedge - new book by favorite author - Awakening by S.J. Bolton
5. The Putter - 100-200 pages - F in Exams: The Funniest Test Paper Blunders by Richard Benson - 127 pages
S.J. Bolton is a Goodreads Author.
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
4. The Princess - read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, which was a Printz Honor Book in 2000.
5. The Criminal - The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty, which was a library book.
Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 85
Total challenge points: 865
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 63
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books: 500=1, 750=3, 1000=0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.10 I Love A Happy Ending!...since I love romance novels I picked Option A (Winnie-the-Pooh) and read 2 romance novels:
Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel 369 pages (4.17)
Sugar Creek by Toni Blake[this is a GRA] 372 pages (4.28)Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 480
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 5
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 3
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Delicious Dee
Last Post: 1187
5.5 Possession
Fortune's Sharp Adversity - Angel Martinez (GR Author)
5.10 Good Minds Suggest
The Night Ferry - Recommended by Laurie R. King – Sep 2011 Good Minds Suggestion
15.1 - Spring Forward
Book 1 - Portrait in Death - set in 2059 NYC
Book 2 - A Private Gentleman - Heidi Cullinan (GR Author) - set in 1800’s
15.2 - Dewey be Different
Book 1 - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - 612 DD
Book 2 - Playing the Moldovans at Tennis - 947 DD
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Option 1 - Moonlight Becomes You - Piper Vaughn (GR Author) - purchased in November 2011
Task 20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
Opton A.1 - 1222: A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel - Approved in the THT – set during a blizzard of apocalyptic proportions
25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things
Book 1 - Knight of Pleasure - Simone Anderson (GR Author) - Knight in title
Book 2 - The Cross of Sins - Geoffrey Knight (GR Author) - Knight in author’s name
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
Book A - Option 4 - Rainshadow Road - Lisa Kleypas (GR Author) - over the years I have pretty much read all of Lisa Kleypas’s books, so I’m glad I could fit her new one into the challenge
Book B - Option 5 - Story of a Girl - H/C was less than 200 pages
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
Book A - The Dark Bride - Set in Colombia
Book B - Something for Santa - A.K.M. Miles (GR Author) - ing in something
Total Points This Post: 160
Total Points Overall: 680
Books Completed: 57
Tasks Complete: 41
GR Authors: 30
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)
MariyaTask 15.7 - Spring Into Action!
I read
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Sheila
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
Option 1: Authors initials are in Beringstrait
Touching Stars by Emilie Richards
Option 2: mystery
Simple Genius by David Baldacci
Option 5: My favorite genre is mystery
A Duty To The Dead by Charles Todd
Rated Mystery by 170 users - Five star book
Total Points = 1090
**This should do it for me this season. Thanks so much Kristi, Dlmrose, and Sandy. All your hard work is very much appreciated.
I found some great new books and new authors this season but the best thing I found this season was a new friend. Thanks so much Kathy G.
TJ30.5 Climbing the Family Tree
Option A- Romance
Option D-Eight in the Title
(Goodreads Author) Option 6 Chinese Astrology
347 pages
Task 30.8 The Breakfast Club
Option 3: Basket Case
No Boys Allowed-Reading Group
Option 5: The Criminal
(Good Reads Author)Borrowed from library
Points this post: 90
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
SUZANNE VN10.4 Fire Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagitarious
Guilty Wives by James Patterson
James Patterson was born 3/22, making him an Aries.
James Patterson is also a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
BJ Rose3 new tasks
20.3. Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery Tunes
I used the song 'Fire and Ice' and read Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads Author
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A - I used Option #3: woman as a main character
A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber
Lydia Hoffman is a cancer survivor who runs a yarn shop & teaches knitting lessons to women who become her friends
Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author
Book B - I used Option #4 & read a 5* book from my GR friend Melissa B
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
Option 1: NR for Nora Roberts is found in BERING STRAIT
Captivated by Nora Roberts
Option 2: Mystery is listed as 2nd genre on book's main page
The Dead Room by Heather Graham
Heather Graham is a Goodreads Author
Option 5: My favorite genre: Romance is listed on the book's main page with 33 users
Tempt Me If You Can by Janet Chapman
Points this post = 95
Total Points = 630
Tasks Completed = 34
Total Pages = 13,581
GR Authors = 15
Big Books (500+) = 1
Sheila-- Your GREAT!!! :-)Congrats!
50.1 - North to AlaskaOption 1 - Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian (initials L.A. in SEWARDSFOLLY)
*** Lara Adrian is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 3 -
by Anya Bast. Green cover, approved in help thread.*** Anya Bast is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 5 - Dark Descendant by Jenna Black. My favourite genre is urban fantasy, which is listed by 173 people on the main page.
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Total points: 300 + 50 above = 350
GR Authors: 7 + 2 above = 9
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 15
Books read: 21
5.2 Get Caught Reading The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader by Eric Burns
10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World”
The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton
15.8 - International Worker’s Day
This Duchess of Mine by Eloisa James
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
Trial by Fire by Jo Davis
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Option 2 – Audio Book
Fancy Pants: Only in Gooding Series, Book 1 by Cathie Marie Hake
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 400
10.3 Run or Ride 
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo20.5 A Game of Books
Option #1. Baratheon: Book has a black & Gold cover.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri30 points this post
215 total points
Major kudos to our EARLY finishers!! Great reading, Sassafrass, Sheila and Cindy AL! Can't wait to see your summer tasks!
Reposting post #1284 for task 50.1 only. I am adding customer image of my book cover, as approved in tasks with ?'s.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.http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-med...
5.8 - Too Long To-Do ListTangerine (* * *) - This book has been on my to-read list since Feb 2011.
10.7 - Fuel to the Fire
Brat Farrar (* * * *) - I first read a book of Josephine Tey's - The Man in the Queue - in the Winter Challenge 2011-12.
10.9 - I’m On Fire!
Sideways Stories From Wayside School (* * * * *) - I've been wanting to read this funny book by Louis Sachar for quite a while!
Tasks completed: 30/61
Books read: 37/86
Points claimed in this post: 25
Total points claimed: 465
Laurie ME5.3: Let's Hear it For the Boys: from Joseph-Daniel's list:
Lynsay Sands - The Husband Hunt
10.4: Fire Signs: born 8/3
Linda Howard - Dying to Please
20.5: Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task: A Game of Books: rolled a 6: chose a mystery book:
Heather Graham - Ghost Night
Heather Graham is a goodreads author
Points this Post: 35.
Total Points: 820.
15.2 Dewey Classa.The Diary of Anne Frank: And Related Readings (812)
b. Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America (964.3)
15.5 XYZ
Icefire by Chris d'LaceY
20.6 Works Hard
2 (teacher): Eternal Spring
Most of the narrators and characters are students in these short stories, and there are some teachers, as well. It was approved for length in the ebook help thread.
25.5 100 Years Ago
a. Destined (about the Titanic)
b. Samurai Shortstop (about baseball)
30.5 Family Tree
a (romance): Remembrance
b (published in 1952): David Starr, Space Ranger
30.7 Fire Elementals
4 (romance): My Life Undecided
5 (dragon in story): The Fire Eternal
Total: 135 + 615 (from before) = 750 points
5.9 - The Devil Made Me Do ItDevil's Luck by Carolyn Crane
This book was approved in the e-book verification thread for 5-pt tasks.
*** Carolyn Crane is a Goodreads Author ***
15.5 .... And XYZ
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian Vaughan, Pia Guerre, Jose Marzan Jr.
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Total points: 350 + 20 above = 370
GR Authors: 9 + 1 above = 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 17
Books read: 23
30.6 Delicious Dee's task:Sometimes truth is stranger than fictionOption A
If you choose this option, you will read one fiction book and one non-fiction book.
1. Pick a fiction book of your choice
Taft 2012: A Novel (2012) by Jason Heller (Paperback, 256 pages)
2. Read a non-fiction book that in some way relates to the book you read for part 1.
William Howard Taft: An Intimate History (1981) by Judith Icke Anderson (Paperback, 280 pages)
REQUIRED: In your post, explain the connection between the two books.
Taft 2012: A Novel is a satire of modern politics. The premise: on the day that President Wilson is to be inaugurated as President of the United States, President Taft falls down; when he gets up, it is 2012. From the summary: “He is William Howard Taft . . . and he was already president a hundred years ago. So what on earth is he doing alive and well and considering a running mate in 2012?”
William Howard Taft: An Intimate History is a biography of President Taft.
So ….. the connection between the two books is: President Taft.
215 + 30 = 245
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 215 + 30 = 245
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5,013
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.1 We didn't start the Fire!...from the "We Didn't Start the Fire" page I picked the year 1984. I rolled a 3 & 4 on the dice roller. I read:
Die #3 (read a book by an author who died during your year):
Quaker Reader by Jessamyn West *died 2/24/1984 ; 538 pages [claiming a big book ticket] (3.27-4.20)Die #4 (read a book first published during your year):
Sullivan's Woman by Nora Roberts *published 1984 ; 219 pages (4.29)Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 510
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 5
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 4
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.7 - Fire Elementals
I decided to do options 5 and 6.
For option 5, I read a book where the main character is a draki, meaning she has the ability to transform into a dragon:
Vanish by Sophie Jordan
For option 6, I read a book with 136 pages:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before by Robert Kirkman
**Sophie Jordan is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 50
Pages read: 11925
Goodreads authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
I forgot to claim a Goodreads Author ticket for Alexander McCall Smith, so may I do that now please?I read A Conspiracy of Friends - post 1271
Keltie Lee15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......
Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2012
by Wendy Lefkon
*title has a number and a word that starts with B*
25.9 Red Hot
Option A: Gimme a Call
by Sarah Mlynowski Goodreads Author
*has 320 pages
Option C: Dream Factory
by Brad Barkley
*set in Florida, home of the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning*
Points this post: 40
Total points: 595
Tasks: 36
Books: 50
Goodread authors: 18
Big Book Tickets 500: 4
15.8 - International Worker’s DayThe King of Attolia (* * * *) - This book has been on my to-read list since Feb 2011.
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire
Option 1 - Quaking by Kathryn Erksine (* * *)
Option 2 -
(* * *) - approved as a yellow/orange cover in post #19 of help thread30.7 - Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 2 - The Country Girls (* * *) - approved in post #23 of help thread - the female protagonist leaves her alcoholic father and former life behind in the countryside and moves to Dublin
Option 4 - This is Shyness (* * *) - romance listed as one of main genres
Tasks completed: 33/61
Books read: 42/86
Points claimed in this post: 70
Total points claimed: 535
STACIE MITask 15.4 - ABC's, 123's...
I read one book with a number and a word that started with B:
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Points this task: 15
Total points: 615
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 51
Pages read: 12175
Goodreads authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Christie Guatemala30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 1: The Magician King by Lev Grossman--Julia transforms from a human into a dryad.
Lev Grossman is a Goodreads author.
Option 6: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads author.
20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
Option A, number 2: The Shack by William P. Young
This book is from the list Books that Made You Cry. This book is sad because a man's daughter is kidnapped and murdered.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 270
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 500=1
25.2. Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fireoption 1 Birthright by Nora Roberts
option 2 - red cover
by Robyn CarrRobyn Carr is new-to-me author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 32
Goodreads Author: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
Chris MD15.4 ABCs and 123s
The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby
15.6 They're On Fire
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Paperback nonfiction bestsellers list - March 18
20.1 Clean Those Shelves
Option 1 - Bought this book last summer at a library book sale.
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
Sharon Kay Penman is a GRA. Claiming 1 author ticket.
20.2 April Showers
Option 3 - main character has the name of the a flower. The princess's name is Buttercup.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
20.8 Party Time
A book with less than 500 ratings. As of today, this book only has 175 ratings.
Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason by Joyce Atkinson
30.3 Spring Delights
Option 1 - Photograph
The photo on the cover of the book was approved in the help thread messages #39–41
by Stephen KingBook has 849 pages. Claiming TWO big book tickets.
Option 3 - Green cover
The cover of this book was approved in the help thread messages #85-86
by Scott Westerfield30.8 The Breakfast Club
Option 1 - Over 500 pages
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Book is 579 pages. Claiming 1 big book ticket.
Deborah Harkness is a GRA. Claiming 1 author ticket.
Option 5 - beg, borrow or steal a book
Book was borrowed from the library.
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Hillary Jordan is a GRA. Claiming 1 author ticket.
Points for this post: 15 + 15 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 30 + 30 = 150
Total points: 90 + 150 = 240
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 3 500=1, 750=1, 1,000=0
Hettie15.9 - Geek Pride Day
Science book - Does Anything Eat Wasps?
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
Greek myths - The Lightning Thief
20.10 Group Reads
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Post 18 in discussion thread
30.2 Sassafrass's task: “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”...
Book 1
I wanted to be a vet
Vet on Call
Book 2
I work as a medical professional so I read about another medical professional, a doctor
Trust Me I'm a (Junior) Doctor
30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
5 - Dragon on the cover
AND
6 - Read a book where the number of pages ends in a 6 or a 7
Death by Darjeeling with 256 pages
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
3. The Basket Case: Read a “Currently Reading” book choice for a group you are a part of on Goodreads.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
March selection from Scifi and Fantasy bookclub
AND
5. The Criminal: Beg, borrow or steal
Dead to the World - borrowed from a friend
Previous points: 90
Points this post: 145
Total points: 235
Mod
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall on my TBR since August, 2009
15.9 - Geek Pride Day
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
I rolled a 1: Baratheon- deer in title:
Late For Tea At The Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family by Tamara Chalabi
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
option 2- Spring Thing- book published in a spring month- March 2011
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
option 3- Luck o the Irish- green cover
Slash And Burn by Colin Cotterill30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
option A- April in title: Broken April by Ismail Kadaré
option C- my father's father was named Edward: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
total 945
Cindy FTask 5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys
I readBlood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chefby Gabrielle Hamilton
It came from Michael Kindness's list
Points this post:5
Total points:225
Tasks completed:16
Books read:18
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
ALICIA T30.8 The Breakfast Club
I chose:
Option 1: The Brain- I read The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. The edition in the link (the one that I read) was 646 pages.
Option 5: The Criminal: I checked this book out of the library: The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 80
BABBLING C
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
1)Use these names to find the initials of your author. Read a book whose author's initials are in these letters: BERINGSTRAIT, SEWARDSFOLLY.
The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams (GRA)
2) Mystery, Alaska. In honor of this movie, read a mystery. Required: mystery must be listed as a genre on the book's main Goodreads page.
Sweet Revenge by Andrea Penrose
4) Read a book with one of the words in the title: mountain, hike, zip, line, wild, life, whale, watch, white, water, airplane/plane, rail, road, sled, dog, snow, glacier, BEAR! Plurals and possessives are OK, no compound words or other variations.
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (GRA)
THIS POST
Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 210
Completed Tasks: 9
Good Read Authors: 11
Big Books: 0
10.4- Fire SignsNight Embraceby Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon was born on December 11th 1965. This makes her a Saggitarius
20.5- A Game of Books
I rolled a 6
Cheetah Chase by Karin McQuillan- This is shelved as a Mystery.
25.12- Easter Eggs & Leprechauns
Book A, Option 3- The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner- The main character in this book is a female- Jo Beckett.
Book B, Option 3- Take the Bait by S.W. Hubbard- This book is shelved as a mystery.
***S.W. Hubbard is a GRA***
50.1- North To Alaska
2. The Night Season by Chelsea Cain- Shelved as a Mystery
5. Stay Close by Harlan Coben- My favourite genre is mystery/thriller books & Harlan Coben is one of my all time favourite authors
6. Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon- This book is set in Alaska & GR as the setting listed as Alaska.
Points claimed this post: 105
Total points:435
Tasks completed:19
Books read:28
GRA Tickets claimed:8
BB tickets claimed:3
Emmalita20.4 Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
Naked in Death by JD Robb
I didn't read a series in the Winter challenge, so I started the In Death Series with book one.
This post: 20 points
Total points to Date: 80 points
Goodread authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total tasks completed: 4
Task 30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
Book 1: Read a book set in a country located in the Ring of Fire BRAZIL
Southwesterly Wind (Inspector Espinosa #3) (1999) by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza; translated by Benjamin
Moser (Hardcover, 242 pages)
Set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Book 2: Read a book with "ING" found intact in any word in the title.
Changing Vision (Web Shifters, #2) (2000) by Julie E. Czerneda (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 484 pages)
****Goodreads Author**** Julie E. Czerneda
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 245 + 30 = 275
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,739
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!Option 1: Bird in title: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option A: 3 and 2 in page total
The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico is 312 pages long.
Option B: Published in 2008
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Points this task: 45
Total Points: 785
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard**, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper****, Karen Levine, Richard Farr, Laurie Halse Anderson
AprilDT30.7 Fire Elementals
1.Paranormal/Urban Fantasy- Vampire (Phineas McKinney) was bitten by werewolf and now hybrid of two Wanted: Undead or Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks
4.Romance listed as genre- The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
%^&*Sundaresan is a goodreads author%^&*
Points this post= 30
Challenge total= 255
Tasks completed= 10
Books read= 16
Goodreads Authors= 5
Big Books= 500 (2), 750 (1), 1000 (0)
Nick KYFirst, I would like to move Underworld by Don DeLillofrom 5.10 to 5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It since “Underworld” is one of the listed common synonyms.
Then I would like to add for 5.10 Good Minds Suggest The Art of Fielding: A Novel by Chad Harbach, who is one of the GR “Good Minds.” – In fact it was Harbach who had Underworld on his suggested reading list. 544 pages
I would like to claim 1 Big Book for The Art of Fielding.
Task Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 825
Total Pages: 18,662
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1)
10.4 Fire SignsFroi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta
Melina Marchetta was born on March 25.
25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
I picked Option A.
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
Total Points: 65
Michelle WI50.1 North to Alaska
option 1: The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen ***** (T and G appear in BERINGSTRAIT)
option 2: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (mystery genre)
option 3:
by Chelsea Cain (cover is red)***** Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads author *****
points this post: 50
total points: 290
tasks completed: 13
Goodreads authors: 7
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Task 10.7 Fuel to the Fire
The Tudor Secret by C.W. Gortner
This author was new to me in the Winter challenge.
***C.W. Gortner is a GR author
TOTAL: 290