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15.1 - Spring Forward
The first is set far in the future, while the second is set from 1968-1972.


I am claiming a Big Book ticket for this one.
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 610
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+ - 8; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero

You're welcome. Hope that helps to line up the covers side to side. LOL, took me awhile to figure it out. After the GR update, from what I've read we have to use the paragraph symbols to do it every time. So simple, now that I know it, lol.

25.3- Coralie's task: Naming things
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
***Sarah in title***
Claiming Goodreads Author
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
***Author's name is Sarah***
Claiming Goodreads Author
The Sugar Queen
(Hardcover to check pages - there wasn't
a mass market paperback)
Total Points- 250
Total Tasks- 12
Goodreads Authors- 8
Big Books (500+)- 2

30. 7 Fire Elementals
Option 2. Cleansing Fire--Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris, in which almost everyone loses their job and you watch them letting go of their office relationships and moving on.
Option 3. Lighting a Fire--Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish. I had been thinking about doing some vegetable gardening this year, and reading Little Heathens really motivated me to finally get down to planting it. Now let's just hope something grows...
30.8 The Breakfast Club
Option 3. Basketcase--Ulysses by James Joyce. I'm reading this as part of the Chicks on Lit chunky group read: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/2996
Option 5. The Criminal--Zelda by Nancy Milford, "borrowed" a very long time ago from an old friend.
Points in this post: 60
Total points: 325.
5.2 Get Caught Reading
I read
5.6 SRC Recommends Redux
I read Franny and Zooey, which is #280 on the list. I've added/voted for a bunch of books, but I most recently voted for Marcelo in the Real World.
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
I read Notting Hell, with "Hell" in the title.
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
An Arsonist's Guide To Writers' Homes In New England: A Novel. The title says it all!
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
I read The Red Pyramid - about Egyptian mythology and Egyptian gods.
New total: 885 points
I read

5.6 SRC Recommends Redux
I read Franny and Zooey, which is #280 on the list. I've added/voted for a bunch of books, but I most recently voted for Marcelo in the Real World.
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
I read Notting Hell, with "Hell" in the title.
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
An Arsonist's Guide To Writers' Homes In New England: A Novel. The title says it all!
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
I read The Red Pyramid - about Egyptian mythology and Egyptian gods.
New total: 885 points

I know how to line the Book Covers in a row ;D
Use the paragraph html before and after your Covers
cover, cover, cover then the
Can't close the or it disappears."
Thanks, Anne!
5.8 Long To Do List read Bad Blood by Mari Mancusi (GRA) on TBR since Feb 2011
25.3 Naming things read Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
and
Princess of Glassby Jessica Day George (GRA)
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 885
Tasks Completed: 46
Books read: 65
Pages Read : 21,887
GR Authors: 42
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.3 Naming things read Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
and
Princess of Glassby Jessica Day George (GRA)
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 885
Tasks Completed: 46
Books read: 65
Pages Read : 21,887
GR Authors: 42
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


I rolled a '4' - Targaryen "Fire and Blood"
I chose to read a book in the "fantasy" genre
A Game of Thrones (835 pages)
2 Big Book Tickets claimed
Task 20.9 - I Can't Wait for Spring
Option 2. FLOWER (flower on the cover)

Lisa See is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 40
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 2, 1
Total points: 165
Total tasks completed: 11
Total number Big Books: 500(1) 750(1) 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 3
Total GoodReads authors: 4

Task 15.8 - International Worker's Day!
I read a book with the profession "princess" in the title:
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
Points this task: 15
Total points: 940
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 93
Pages read: 19098
Goodreads authors: 26
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

One book option: This book has the number 84 and a word starting with C.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff.
20.3 Fiery Tunes
Song title: Fire and Ice
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman.
30.6 Sometimes Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Option A: I read one fiction and one nonfiction book about neuroscience. These books were approved in the help thread.
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova.
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads author.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 715
Tasks: 33
Books: 47
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500=1

I chose Option A: Winnie-the-Pooh
The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
I am claiming a GoodReads Author Ticket.
Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich
I am claiming a GoodReads Author Ticket.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
GRA Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books: (2) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) 1000+

The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
The title has Devil in the title and also features the devil.
10.9. I’m On Fire!
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
I've decided to read the Sisterhood books again and am really excited!
15.1 - Spring Forward
Spring Forward
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This is shelved as apocolyptic.
Fall Back
Giraffe: A Novel by J.M. Ledgard
Giraffe was published in 2006 and was set between 1971 and 1975.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 1045
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard**, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper****, Karen Levine, Richard Farr, Laurie Halse Anderson, Veronica Roth, Kelly O. McNees, Cheryl Strayed, Charlotte Rogan,Theresa Weir

Option A, number 2: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Listed as #115 on the list Books that Made You Cry
I've read this book dozens of times now, and certain parts never fail to get me. The part of the story (view spoiler) .
This is a reread.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 600
Total Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 26
Total pages: 13,429
Total books: 38

20.10 Group Reads
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author
Post in the Discussion thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Author tickets: 8

15.4 ABC 123's
703: How I Lost More Than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life by Nancy Makin
703 / AND - [Approved in Help Thread]
Points this post: 15
Total points: 260

Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art by Christopher Moore – set in Paris.
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
Girl Reading: A Novel by Katie Ward (337 p)
Katie Ward is a GRA.
10.5. All Fired Up!
Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe (336 p)
I plan and design transit systems and I’m passionate about providing transportation options to the car – so this was right up my alley!
10.9. I’m On Fire! Read a book that you're "hot" to read.
Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey (438 p)
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 4
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1514
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 735
Total Tasks Completed: 43
Total Books Read: 57
Total Pages Read: 20596
Total GoodReads Authors: 19
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

50.1- North to Alaska
1)The Yard by Alex Grecian AG in Beringstrait
2) The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill Mystery
3) Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia Fav genre Paranormal Big Book at 503 pgs
%^&*Garcia is a GRA%^&*
Points this post= 50
Challenge total= 470
Tasks completed= 18
Books read= 29
Goodreads Authors= 8
Big Books= 500 (4), 750 (1), 1000 (0)

Task: 10.9 Read a book that you're hot to read
Book: A Conspiracy of Friends
Task 20.6 She works hard for the money
Dice Roll: 5
Book: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Total Points: 270
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books 500+ pages: 3
Previous Reads
10.6 Middle Name Pride Day Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith
10.10 April Fools Day An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington
15.2 Dewey be Difference - Peter Kay the book and Ancient Civilisations of the Near East and Mediterraean
15.4 ABC's, 123's - 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
15.8 International Workers Day - The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich
20.3 Fiery Tunes - The Lake of Dreams
20.4 To be continued....in Spring - Voice of the Gods by Trudi Canavan
20.7 Happy Rama Navami - Old Greek Stories
20.9 Lucky Me - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
20.10 Group Reads Choice - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
25.6 Fire and Ice - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
25.11 Take to the Links - The Princess Bride and The Lady of the Rivers
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50.1 North to Alaska
Option 1: Authors initials are ‘R’ and ‘S.’
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
Rachel Simon is a Goodreads author
Option 2: a Mystery
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Option 3: diamond = white cover

Eleanor Brown is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0(less)

A. A book with Wedding in the title:
A Mourning Wedding by Carola Dunn
D. Book eight in a series:
A Lesson in Secrets(Maisie Dobbs #8) by Jacqueline Winspear
Total points 390
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Book 1: Option D - 8 word title
I read No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel
Book 2: Option B - first published in 1958
I read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Points this post: 30
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
GR authors: none
Big Books: The Prisoner / The Fugitive

Book 1: Read a fiction or non fiction book about the sinking of a luxury liner or other ship. It could be about the Titanic
I read a book about the musicians on the Titanic:
The Band That Played on: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic (2011) by Steve Turner (Hardcover, 259 pages)
Book 2: Read a fiction or nonfiction book about baseball
I read a book by a retired baseball player about steroid abuse by players of baseball:
Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball (2008) by José Canseco (Hardcover, 259 pages)
Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 490 + 25 = 515
Books read: 33
Pages read: 10,667
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Foul Play by Janet Evanovich
I am claiming a GoodReads Author Ticket.
As a child I wanted to be a vet - then I found out I was allergic to pretty much any animal with fur. The male lead in this book is a vet with his own practice.
Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich
I am claiming a GoodReads Author Ticket.
I'm currently at school working for a degree in Political Science. The main character of this book works at Capitol Hill as a press secretary and personal aid for politicians.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
GRA Tickets: 10
Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books: (2) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) 1000+

Embers of Hope, Flickers of Passion by Kristen James

Goodreads Author
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 5.2 Word book or read in title
The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 5.5 Book with possessive form in title
Caressa’s Knees by Annabel Joseph
Goodreads Author
Task # 5.7 Book set in France
Blackbird Fly by Lise McClendon
Goodreads Author
A young widow travels to France to fix up an ancestral home and finds herself.
Task # 5.8 to read list
Holding The Cards by Joey W. Hill
Task # 10.1 Word that spells another word backwards
A Killing Tide by P.J. Alderman
tide = edit
Task # 10.3 Horses on cover
For the Love of Anna by Dixie Lynn Dwyer

Task # 10.6 Middle name pride
Stacy's Destiny by Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Task # 10.7 Fuel to the fire, new authors
Candy, Corpses, and Classified Ads by JL Wilson
new author to me now, I was not in the winter challenge
Task # 10.8 Who, what, where, when, why, how in title
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
Goodreads Author
Task # 10.10 Humor as genre
Bloodstone by Barbra Annino
Goodreads Author
Task # 15.3 book with 2 commonly linked words in title
Cocked And Loaded by Desiree Holt
Task # 15.4 A,B,C's and 1,2,3's
Book 1 - Bound and Determined by Sierra Cartwright
Book 2 - One O'clock Jump: a swing town mystery for the young at heart by Lise McClendon
Goodreads Author
Task # 15.5 X, Y or Z in title or author
My Lady's Treasure by Catherine Kean
Goodreads Author
Task # 15.6 NY Times bestseller
Western Ties by Mari Carr and Jayne Rylon
Mari Carr is Goodreads Author
On 3/25/12 NYT list
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 15.8 Job in title
Always the Baker Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
Task # 15.9 Geek Pride day
The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston
Jessie Ann Ward is CEO/head geek of a software firm
Task # 15.10 Firefighter or arsonist
Absolute Liability by Jennifer Becton
Goodreads Author
Insurance investigators looking for an arsonist
This post: 190 points
Total to date: 190 points
Goodread authors this post: 9
Goodread authors to date: 9
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 18

Task 25.6 "Fire and Ice"!...flip a coin twice and read 2 books according to your flips:
Book #1(I flipped a tail and needed to read a book with the word desire in the title). I read

Book #2 (I flipped a tail again and needed to read a post-apocalyptic book). I read

Points earned for this task:25
Points Achieved to date: 755
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 7
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 4
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)

20.3 Fiery Tunes
Vampire Kisses: <b>Blood</b> Relatives, Vol. 1
by Ellen Schreiber
* song BLOOD FIRE WAR HATE approved in help thread message 16*
20.10 Group Reads
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
*discussion thread post #47*
25.6 Fire and Ice
Book 1: Tails
Silent Desires
by Julie KennerGoodreads Author
*desire in the title*
Book 2: Tails
Fever
by Lauren DeStefanoGoodreads Author
*shelved as Dystopia*
25.12 Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book 1:Option 4
Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives, Vol. 2
by Ellen Schreiber
*shelved at young adult*
Book 2:Option 4
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
*my friend JoDee rated this 5 stars, I however only gave it 2 stars*
30.3 Spring Delights
Option 3:
There You'll Find Me
by Jenny B. JonesGoodreads Author
*set in Ireland*
Option 5:
Kissing Coffins
by Ellen Schreiber
*derFruhling in Kissing Coffins*
Points this post: 120
Total points: 950
Tasks: 55
Books: 76
Goodread authors: 25
Big Book Tickets 500: 8

Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier
Option 1, own prior to March 1
Task # 20.2 April showers bring May flowers
The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston
Option B2, from Books that make you Laugh list #591, it has some seriously twisted southern characters with wacky extended family issues.
Task # 20.3 Fiery tunes
Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow
Goodreads Author
Song - FIRE and ICE
Task # 20.4 to be continued
Soul Hunger by Marisa Chenery
Goodreads Author
Ra's Chosen series #1
ebook approved post # 1086
Task # 20.5 Game of thrones
Hour of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair
Goodreads Author
Dice roll = 2, Lannister house and lions
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 20.6 Jennifer's jobs
The Look of Love by Bella Andre
Goodreads Author
Dice roll = 3, customer service, she worked as a waitress in a diner and as a tailor.
Task # 20.9 Signs of spring
Hawks Mountain by Elizabeth Sinclair

Goodreads Author
Option 1, bird
Task # 25.2 Out with old, in with new
Book 1 - Revenge by Mark Young

Goodreads Author
Option 2, orange cover, new to me author
Book 2 - Opal Fire by Barbra Annino
Goodreads Author
Option 3, FIRE in title
Task # 25.6 Fire and Ice
Secret Desires by Stormy Glenn
Goodreads Author
Book 1 – Tails - Title Desire
ebook approved @ line # 323
Loving Laney by Lorna Jean Roberts
Book 2 – Heads - Author Robert
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 25.7 Food
Sweet Baklava by Debby Mayne
Book 1 - cooked - baklava is baked
Key Lime Blues: A Wes Darling Mystery by Mike Jastrzebski
Goodreads Author
Book 2 - raw - limes are not cooked when used for juice in cocktails – mojito!
Task # 25.9 Hockey
Book 1 - The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston
Option B - first published in 2008
Book 2 - Panthers' Prey by Leah Brooke
Option C - Florida Panthers
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 25.10 Love romances
Option A - love romances
Book 1 - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
Book 2 - On the Run by Sue Fineman
ebook approved @ line # 272
Task # 25.11 Golf
Book 1 - Razor's Edge by Jayne Rylon
4 - the Wedge, favorite author
Book 2 - Surrendering to Summer by Kortny Alexander
Goodreads Author
5 - the Putter, short game, 166 pages
Task # 25.12 Spring Holidays
Falling for April by Lisa Plumley

Goodreads Author
Book A, option 1, pink cover
SOS by Barbara Arntsen
Book B, option 3, mystery
Task # 30.2 Careers
Night is Darkest by Jayne Rylon
Book 1, childhood dream- fiction, I wanted to be a nurse and the heroine is a nurse
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
Goodreads Author
Book 2, adult reality- fiction, I am retired – I actually became a nurse- and the main character is retired. Nursing was actually my 3rd career but I finally made it.
Task # 30.3 Spring delights
Book 1 - Sweet Perfection by Melinda Barron
Option 5, ""derFruhling", using er
ebook approved @ line # 369
Book 2 - Night Flight by Donna Ball
Goodreads Author
Option 6, scary – murder mystery with a rogue cop as a bad guy chasing the heroes through the forest
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 30.4 Ring of fire
Breanna by Karen Nichols
Book 1, set in Newport on Washington coast
ebook approved @ line # 68
Spring Rain by Jaci Burton
Goodreads Author
Book 2, "ing"
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 30.5 Family tree
Patton's Way by Jenny Penn
Goodreads Author
Book 1, option A, romance
Calamity Town by Ellery Queen
Book 2, option B, first published 1/1/1943
Task # 30.7 Fire elementals
Winter of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair
Goodreads Author
Book 1, option 1, shapeshifters, warriors Zeb and Shay transform from man to wolf
ebook approved post # 1082
Maddy's Oasis by Lizzy Ford
Goodreads Author
Book 2, option 4, romance
Task # 30.8 The Breakfast Club
Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler
Book 1, option 1, the brain - a big book (528 pages)
528 pgs, Berkley Trade pb - claiming Big Book ticket
Dark Side Night by Maryn Sinclair
Goodreads Author
Book 2, option 3, the basket case - Erotic Enchants group 5/14 to 5/20
ebook approved post # 1075
Task # 50.1 North to Alaska
The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston
Book 1, option 1, "SL"
Imagine by Jill Barnett

Goodreads Author
Book 2, option 3, blue cover
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
Goodreads Author
Book 3, option 6, set in Alaska
This post: 545 points
Total to date: 735 points
Goodread authors this post: 20
Goodread authors to date: 29
Big Books claimed: 500+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 54

Enemy Games by Marcella Burnard
Born December 8th (Sagittarius), as per Goodreads author page.
*** Marcella Burnard is a Goodreads Author ***
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Total points: 480 + 10 above = 490
GR Authors: 17 + 1 above = 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 23
Books read: 31

Suggested by John Lehrer (March 2012)
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
25.7 Cooking with Fire
Book 1: Cooked food: fried green tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Book 2: Not cooked: cucumbers
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert
***Susan Wittig Albert is a GR Author***
50.1 North to Alaska
Option 2: Murder on the main page
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Option 3: Ruby-Red Cover

Option 5: One of my favorite genres is Historical Fiction

Post Total: 80
Season Total: 860

10.9. I’m On Fire!
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5.4 The FIRE Within
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 56
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Option 1: The Brain

Option 5: Criminal
A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison (Borrowed from library)
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
Option 1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano (L and D in SEWARDSFOLLY)
*Lauren DeStefano is a goodreads author*
Option 2: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Mystery)
Option 3:

Points this post: 80
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 2

Thumped by Megan McCafferty (First published in 2012)
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris Currently has more than 50,000 ratings (over 94000 at the moment)
10.9. I’m On Fire! Read a book that you're "hot" to read
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris Really into this series so I was pretty hot to keep reading them!
Points this post: 50
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 2

20.4- To be continued...In the Spring
Hard Bitten Book #4 in Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill
I read Twice Bitten Book #3 for Task #25.4 in Winter challenge
%^&*Chloe Neill is a GRA%^&*
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 490
Tasks completed= 19
Books read= 30
Goodreads Authors= 9
Big Books= 500 (4), 750 (1), 1000 (0)

Option 2: One Moment by Kristina McBride = Finished 5/21/12
The main character lets go of her grief and anger(her boyfriend died) and starts over without him.
Option 6: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith = Finished 5/21/12
This book has 287 pages. It was ok'd by Sandy in the help thread
Previous Points: 220
This Task: 30
New Total: 250
Kristina McBride is a GR Author
Total Author Tickets = 10

25.9 Stacie MI's Task--Red Hot:
A. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier with 302 pages.
B. Exile's Honor by Mercedes Lackey first published in 2002.
35.8 Meghanly's Task--The Breakfast Club:
2. The Jock:
Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League by Martha Ackman Biography of pro baseball player.
5. The Criminal: August Folly by Angela Thirkell. I borrowed this book from my friend Claudia (and returned it the following week). Delightful book.
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 1090

15.4 ABC’s, 123’s ......
I chose the one book option.
My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House by Lillian Rogers Parks
(***)
+15
total: 180
tasks: 11
books: 14
GR Authors: 2

30.7 Fire Elementals
Option 4: Romance
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Option 5: Horse on cover

approved in Help thread message #62.
50 - North to Alaska
Option 2: Mystery

Janet Evanovich is a GR author. Claiming 1 author ticket.
Option 3: Blue Cover

Option 5: Favorite Genre=Young Adult
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Points for this post: 30 + 50 = 80
Total points: 325 + 80 = 405
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 24
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 3 500=1, 750=1, 1,000=0

I rolled a 1 and read the

***Big book ticket item @550 pages***
***Goodreads Author Markus Zusak ***
Stats:
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks Completed: 10
Books read: 12
Pages Read : 4633
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
1. Read any book that you own as of March 1
Read Die Laughing - I have owned this book for almost a year.
20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
I read The Oathbound for task 25.4 last season. I read Oathbreakers for this task. (Valdemar: Vows and Honor series books 1 and 2)
20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
Rolled a 4 and chose a fantasy book
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
I chose a fudge cupcake (cooked) for book 1 and an apple (not cooked) for book 2. Both as cover options


25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Book 1, 352 pages Magic's Pawn
Book 2, published 2002 Mistletoe and Murder
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book 1, Option 3 woman as the main character
Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday (Goodreads Author claim)
Book 2, Option 3 mystery
And Then There Were None
Previous point 235
Points this post 135
Total points 370

For Task 25.5. The Pitcher's Mom has been approved for length by Dlmrose in post 1091
Total points should be 705
25.5 Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago
Book 1: a fiction about the Titanic
Destined by Allison Kraft
Book 2: a fiction about baseball
The Pitcher's Mom by Heather Choat Davis
Allison Kraft is a GoodReads Author


25.8 Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Category 1: HUGO AWARD for Best Novel -- 1967 nominee
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Category 2: NEBULA AWARD for best novel -- 1967 winner
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Points this post = 50
Total points: 655 + 50 = 705
Goodreads Authors: 22 + 1 = 23
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0
Personal Goal: 600

Horse on the cover:

+10 Points
15.5 – …… And XYZ
Jazz - zz
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+15 Points
15.6 – They’re On Fire
Paperback Trade Fiction May 6, 13, and 20
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
+15 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 615
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10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert
Susan Wittig Albert is a Goodreads author.
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......
Angel with Two Faces by Nicola Upson
15.5 - ...... And XYZ
Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3