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20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
Option 1) Chocolate Cake - Romance
Dreamwalker by Andrea Heltsley Listed as romance: paranormal romance
Andrea is a goodreads author
points for this post = 20
goodreads author 1 + 6 = 7
total points for challenge - 125

20.1 Fifty Shades of Whoa!
I read When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home that fulfills option 3 as it contains the word "you"
30.5 Beg, Borrow or Steal your way Around the World
My home country is the USA.
I went to Europe and read Sacred Hearts which was a STEAL since I got it from Dlmrose's read shelf.
Then I went to Africa with Cause Celeb which was a BORROW because I got it from my sister.
Points this post: 50
Total so far: 195

5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
I Am Half Sick Of Shadows by Alan Bradley (message #656)
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author.
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate
The Saturday Wife by Naomi Ragen
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand (cover shows people lounging on a beach)

15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth (#1 in The Witches of Eileanan series, and there are six in this series)
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author
Book A - My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
Book B - South of Broad by Pat Conroy
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Option E - A Cover Tune - The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips has birds on the cover.

Option G - It's Time I Had Some Time Alone - Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright - main character is a spinster who recently lost her father, and her sister has just moved to New York, leaving her alone in her little village in Canada.
Points this post: 100
Total challenge points: 1020
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 77
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0

25.8 GOING TO THE BALLPARK
Choosing,
B1. Food: Book originally written in German.
I read Herta Müller's The Hunger Angel: A Novel.
and
C2. The Men's Room: A short (100-200p) book written by a man.
I read Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending. It had 163 pages.
Points: 25
30.2 I'LL LEAVE MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO!
Choosing,
2. Happy Anniversary: Book with words Golden/Gate/Bridge in the title.
I read Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs.
and
6. Flower Power: Book with flowers on the cover.
I read Anuradha Roy's The Folded Earth: A Novel.
Points: 30
30.6 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
Choosing,
2. End of the World As We Know It: Book shelved as Dystopia.
I read Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.
and
5. A Cover Tune: Book with one of the things mentioned in the song on the cover.
I read Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. Candle is mentioned in the line "…Light a candle, light a motive…"
Points: 30
30.7 THE FINAL BATTLE
Choosing the match-up,
1. Batman vs. Joker.
Book with a main character orphaned before 18.
I read Indra Sinha's Animal's People: A Novel. Animal is orphaned a few days after his birth.
Book shelved as Humor.
I read Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic.
Points: 30
30.10 HONORING THE FLAG AND DAD
Choosing,
3. Book with Train/Rail/Railroad in the title.
I read Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan.
and
5. Book with Alternate History as a main Genre.
I read Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt.
The Years of Rice and Salt is a big book. My copy had 672 pages.
Points: 30
Points this post: 145
Total Points: 670
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 50
Total Pages Read: 15,911

Task 25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
OPTION 3: A funny book that I read is
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
OPTION 6: I read Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175

15.7 -- “The First Day of Summer” --
Borrower of the Night - Elizabeth Peters
(book 1 of series, 6 published as of 2008), (link to GRs series listing)
20.8 -- It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task -- Have Your Cake And Eat It Too! --

(Option 6 = title in white)
Lisa Unger is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
30.3 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Option A2 - The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan♥
(X in title)
Sarah Rees Brennan is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Option B1 - A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
(R & M in Rum)
Big Ticket item: A Game of Thrones, 835 pages
Points Earned This Post: 65
Points Achieved to Date: 490
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (4)
750+ (1)
1000+ (0)


Group 1, Option A...The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
(Main character was orphaned before age 18. It isn't mentioned in the GR description, here is a link to a library review mentioning Puck being an orphan...
http://www.sjpl.org/tags/scorpio-races)
Group 1, Option B...Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
(Genre “Humor” on main page)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 260

Option 1:

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Book A: Option 3:

Book B: Option 1:

Points for this Task: 50
Total Points: 145
Goal Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 6/60 (5.3, 20.8, 30.3, 30.7, 30.8, 30.11)
Tasks in Progress: 15.7, 25.5, 30.6, 30.10, 50.1
Goodreads Authors: 6 (P.C. Cast, Simone Elkeles, Jeaniene Frost, Rachel Hawkins, Tara Hudson, Claire Lezebnik)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()


A. Summertime Blues

B. Green Leaves of Summer

Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Big books total: 1
Goodreads author total: 1

I rolled a 6 and read:

Previous Points:260
New Points: 20
Total:280
total books:19
total events:12

25.3 Hands and Feet.....
1. Hands
Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq by Chris Coppola

(****)
***Chris Coppola is a Goodreads Author***
and
2. Feet
Cherry: A Memoir by Mary Karr

(****)
+25
total: 185
tasks: 9
books: 13
GR Authors: 4

A-3 - Pieces of Eight
Marked by Elisabeth Naughton
Naughton - 8 letters
B3 - Hangman’s Noose- Read any suspense or mystery book.
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Jeaniene Frost and Elisabeth Naughton are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
Goodreads Author: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

5.10 - Up, Up, and Away
The Blue Fairy Book
'AIR' in title - FAIRY
Points this post: 5
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 240


Points this post: 5
Total points: 310
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 1


1. A book by an author who has died since January 1st 1990:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams died May 11th 2001
Total points 290


I live in the UK.
B. Borrowed from the library:
Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Set in the USA (North America).
C: From the shelves of Kristi:
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Set in Spain (Europe).
Big book: 510 pages (1 ticket)
Points this post = 30
Total points = 555
Big Books = 4
Goodreads Authors = 9

5.4 Chemical Combo
two Ns and two Os
Say Nice Things about Detroit by Scott Lasser
Scott Lasser is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick
"Here's" is a contraction for "Here is."
MOVED from 30.9
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Option 5:
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth
The author of this non-fiction book, Ali Wentworth, has appeared as an actress in a number of TV shows and films.
REPLACING:
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick [moved to 10.6]
*****************************************
Points this post: 10
Total points: 860/1090
Goodreads Authors: 0/20
Big Books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
[Note to Mod: I am listed on the Readerboard with 860 already, but I believe that was incorrect and I am now at 860 with this addition.]

In post #885 I claimed Bared to You for task 25.1 Option E, I would like to replace it with:
Imprinted
by Darcy Sweet
ebook approved in post # 519
*SoliDly
New:
15.9. “Summer Nights”
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
*first published June 2nd 1956*
30.4 Vowel Prowl
Book A: Backstage Pass
by Olivia CunningGRA
*Backstage Pass Olivia Cunning*
Book B: Bared to You
by Sylvia Day
*Bared to You*
30.6 It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Option B:
Crossed
by Ally Condie
*shelved as dystopia
Option E:

*the cover shows a book covering the girl's face*
Points this post: 75
Total points: 870/1080
Tasks: 46
Books: 66
Goodreads authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500 (8), 750 (1)

15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure (253 p)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
5. Beach: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman (272 p)
Deborah Feldman is a Goodreads Author
Author found herself outside of her religion.
Points this Post: 35
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 525
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 670
Total Tasks Completed: 36
Total Books Read: 49
Total Pages Read: 17958
Total GoodReads Authors: 20
Total Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick.
Cover:

The angel on the cover can be carried by the wind.
Becca Fitzpatrick is a Gooderads author.
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Never - E V E
Veronica Rossi is a Goodreads author.
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Points this Post: 15
GoodReads Authors this Post: 2
Big Books this Post: None
Total Points: 20
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: None

30.3 Aye Aye Matey
A 1 I read Very Valentine Adriana Trigiani is a ***Goodreads Author ** . Much of the action takes place on Capri, an island off the coast of Italy. (the rest takes place on Manhattan, also technically an island)
B I read The Ocean Between Us The author, Susan Wiggs initials are in the word whiskey. In addition, she is a ***Goodreads author***
Total points: 265
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 18
GR authors: 5
Big books: 1(500)
Pages read: 8536

I read Brava, Valentine. On the cover,

Total points: 270
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 19
GR authors: 6
Big Books 1(500)
Pages read: 8536

10.2 - Eat an Oreo Day:
Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres by Stieg Larsson
Words with a sandwiched letter: "A-M-A-ban" and "muj-E-R-E-s".
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65
Tasks completed: 8
GR authors: 0
Big Books: 3 (500+)

Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
Travel Genre listed on Book's main page
15.3 Summer Romance
Option 2
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
20.1 50 Shades of Whoa!
Option 4: "Black" in title
Black Seconds by Karin Fossum
25.8 Let's Go to the Ballpark!
Option A1: I live in the Washington, DC metro area and so does David Freddoso according to the publisher
http://www.regnery.com/authorsDF.html
Gangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy by David Freddoso
D2: Non fiction book about Baseball
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof
Patrick deWitt
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 535

For this task, I read The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût who was born on June 15, 1888 as recorded here on her Goodreads page.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
3 Goodreads Authors: Vaddey Ratner, Andre Aciman, Alain de Botton
3 Big Book Tickets: (1) Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2) The Fires of Heaven (3) -

The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott
This book is mentioned in Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father which I read for task 5.9 - Summer Readers. Inheritance was Louisa May Alcott's first novel.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 1


Last Post 1352
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate
Wacky Wednesday - J.A. Rock (GR Author) - ebook only, length approved in msg 1126
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool
Ice Cold - Tess Gerritsen (GR Author) - set during the winter in Wyoming, a blizzard plays a huge role in the story
15.2. “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”
Book 1 - Breaking Cover - Kaje Harper
Book 2 - Aching for Always
according to the rhyming website Breaking and Aching rhyme
15.3. “Summer Romance”
Book 1- The City of Lovely Brothers - Anel Viz (GR Author)(Big Book Ticket – 500+ pages – print copy is 580)
Book 2 - The Governess Affair - Courtney Milan (GR Author) - title approved in the THT, ebook only, length approved line 517 in spreadsheet
25.1 Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You
Book 1- option A - Love Is Murder - Sandra Brown (GR Author)(Big Book Ticket – 500+ pages – book is 608)
Book 2 - option B -

25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Book 1- option 3 - American Visa – set in Bolivia
Book 2- option 5 - The Hollow - set in Hawkins Hollow, a fictional town in MD - http://www.librarything.com/place/Haw...
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Option 4
Book 1- Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein (GR Author) - one of the main characters is a female spy during WW2 who is captured during a mission to gain information about other German prisoners, approved in the THT
Book 2- One Small Thing - Piper Vaughn (GR Author) - 25 people have it shelved as romance
Total Points This Post: 130
Total Points Overall: 850
Books Completed: 69
Tasks Complete: 49
GR Authors: 46
Big Book Tickers: 500(4), 750(0), 1000(0)

I threw a 6 and picked option 2. I did not claim any points in the Spring challenge so I picked task 10.10 April Fool's Day - humor listed as a genre.
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Points this post = 20
Total points = 575
Big Books = 4
Goodreads Authors = 9


15.10 Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene
There's something really comforting about these oldies but goodies. They're kinda silly, but - still fun.
30.10 Honoring The Flag and My Dad
Option 2: 13 in title
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Archer
Option 4: College primary setting
Preservation by Rachel Wade
RACHEL WADE IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Above tasks: 45
tasks completed to date: 22
GR authors: 15
Total points: 405

Task 15.5. “Summer in the City”
I read a book that takes place in St. Petersburg in Russia. The book that I read is The Life of an Unknown Man: A Novel by Andreï Makine
Points this post: 15
Total points: 190

we have a lot of people who are starting to get close ;) lots in the 900's right now

I rolled a three and read

Along with claiming a goodreads author ticket I will be claiming a big book ticket as this book is 514 pages.
Previous Points:280
New Points: 20
Total:300
total books:20
total events:13
GRA tickets:9
Big book tickts:1

My Roll: 6 – Ten in the title
I read Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson, an author brand new to me.
+20 Points
30.5 Bluemoon’s task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
I live in the US
B. BORROW: Public Library / Caribbean/North America/Africa and approved in the help thread:
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
C. STEAL: Dlmrose’s Read Shelf / Luxemburg / Europe
The Expats: A Novel by Chris Pavone
+30 Points
Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 425

Option 1: "Moon" in the title.
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck.
Option 4: The author, Mia King, also writes under the name Darien Gee.
Table Manners.
Mia King is a Goodreads author.
Option 7: The song title "Life" is in the title of the book.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 455
Tasks: 21
Books: 29
Goodreads authors: 11
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee
I read Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More, set in England.
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
For my first book, I chose option 3, humor genre, and read I Suck at Girls.
For my second book, I chose option 6, and read Broken Harbour - just because I read the first 3 Dublin Murder Squad books during this challenge and was very eager to read the 4th!
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
I live in the US.
For my first book, I chose option 1, Beg. I got a recommendation from my daughter and read In The Woods, set in Europe (Ireland). A highly successful recommendation, since I went on to read the next 3 books in the series during this challenge!
For my second book, I chose option 2, Borrow. I borrowed The Making of The African Queen, or: How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind from the library. The book is set in Africa (Uganda and the former Belgian Congo).
total points: 790
I read Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More, set in England.
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
For my first book, I chose option 3, humor genre, and read I Suck at Girls.
For my second book, I chose option 6, and read Broken Harbour - just because I read the first 3 Dublin Murder Squad books during this challenge and was very eager to read the 4th!
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
I live in the US.
For my first book, I chose option 1, Beg. I got a recommendation from my daughter and read In The Woods, set in Europe (Ireland). A highly successful recommendation, since I went on to read the next 3 books in the series during this challenge!
For my second book, I chose option 2, Borrow. I borrowed The Making of The African Queen, or: How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind from the library. The book is set in Africa (Uganda and the former Belgian Congo).
total points: 790

5)Angel Food Cake - a book where the death of someone is an integral part of the story:
Death of a Dustman by M.C. Beaton
Total points 310


A. BEG- I read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. This book was recommended to me by my friend Elke in the Romance Readers Reading Challenges group in the Pick-It-For-Me August Monthly Challenge.
B. BORROW - I read Heart Signs byCari Quinn. I borrowed this ebook for Kindle from my friend Debb in Bookie Nookie's Erotic Lending Group.
Heart Signs is approved in the ebook thread in message 1363.
*Mitch Albom and Cari Quinn are both GR Authors*
Points This Post- 30
Total Points- 395
GR Authors- 17

Task: 25.1 I'm solidly behind you
U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

Meets Option B - book with solid color cover
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain Meets Option D - The Democratic Age Part III of Harold Bloom's Western Canon
Points this task: 25 Total Points: 140

Task: 15.5 - Summer in the City
The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark
This takes place in New York City
Points this task: 15 Total points: 155

50.1 Coralie's task: Moonshadow – the Musical
Option 4:
Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly
Sheila Connolly also writes by the name of Sarah Atwell.
Option 6:
The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
Epic Fantasy genre
Option 8:
The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn
Carola Dunn was born in the UK.
Sheila Connolly and Michael J. Sullivan are Goodreads authors.
Points this task: 50
Total Points: 410
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 1

Task: 5.4: Chemical Combo
Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham
Two N's and two O's in title and author.
Points this task: 5 Total points: 160

Task: 5.10 Up, up, and away
Death at the Fair by Frances McNamara
The word "air" is foundin "fair".
Points this task: 5 Total points: 165

Task: 10.2 Eat an oreo day
Death Benefit by Robin Cook
The letter "n" is between two "e"s
Points this task: 10 Total points: 175

Task 15.1- Colors of Summer!...read 2 books; 1 option from each Group:
Group A book...(read a book with a predominately blue cover):
I read

Group B book...(read a book with the word "green" in the title):
I read

Points earned for this task:15
Points Achieved to date: 425
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 8
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = 2
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Task: 10.4 Air Signs
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
The author's birthdate is 9 June 1956 - a Gemini
Points this task: 10 Total points: 185

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 28
Goodreads Author: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

Option 4...Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit by Mercedes Lackey
(Read a book with one of the following colors in the title or subtitle: white)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
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Home country: USA
A. Beg (from real life friend Liz) The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Europe)
C. Steal (from DLMRose) The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman (Asia)
***Claiming BIG BOOK TICKET for The Dovekeepers***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
Big books total: 1
Goodreads author total: 1