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30.7 - Title Train


Last word in the title of the first book matches the first word in the title of the second book:

The Portuguese Escape by Ann Bridge

Escape by Barbara Delinsky

These were approved in the help thread.

Total Points 80

STESSE

30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
4. Tomorrowland: The Forsaken by Lisa Stasse (375 p)
Lisa M. Stasse is a GRA.
6. Main Street: Good Christian Bitches by Kim Gatlin (291 p)

Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 666
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 666
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books

4. Read a book with the genre "Humor" listed on its Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ home page.

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 2

MICHAEL LA

10.8 - Fall TV

How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written by Sterling Archer

My favorite show is (what could it possibly be?) Archer.


Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 25
GR Authors:
Big Books:

Total books: 3
Total pages: 721

Readerboard Name: SARAH COLE


Task #20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
I chose option 2, rolled a 4 and got 'Humor [homage to the Dell Line of comics, such as "Little Lulu"].'.

So I read A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby.



Task #20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations

I chose option 4 and read A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz which has "Fairy Tales" on its main genre page.

Claiming GR Author ticket for Adam Gidwitz.


Previous Points: 25
Points this Post: 40
Points to Date: 65
GR Author tickets claimed: 1

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Our Daily Bread by Lauren B. Davis


Lauren B. Davis is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author.


Points this task: 15
Total points:50

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

(reposted at 221)

10.2 Trick or Treat

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

I think Queen (or Pharaoh) of the Nile would make a fun costume.

15.7 Show Your Stripes

Q & A by Vikas Swarup

This book is set in India-a country where tigers are found.

20.6 The Doctor is Calling. . .

Option 3: A book about books (also fits option 2, as it was originally published in 1940)

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer Jerome Adler

Post Total: 45
Season Total: 80

10.9 - 9...10...11

For One More Day by Mitch Albom (208 P.) 2+8=10 (GR Author)

15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away

May the Road Rise Up to Meet You by Peter Troy

25 points this post
45 total points

1 GR Author

30.6 Reading through Disneyworld

Option 1 - Fantasyland - A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont

Eve Marie Mont is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author



Option 6 - Main Street - Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham



Total Points: 30

30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train

Family Pictures: A Novel by Sue Miller

Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt

Caroline Leavitt is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.

Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
GR authors: 2

Jennifer L.


10.1 - Show You Care, Be Aware - by Mary Kay Andrews


10.9 - 9...10...11... - The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb (434 pages...4+3+4=11)


Total Points Added = 20

Total Challenge Points = 20

30.5 Fall Shelf-Cleaning

Option #6: DMZ Vol. 12: The Five Nations of New York by Brian Wood.

(Brian Wood is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author.)

Option #7: Satori by Don Winslow.

At 500 pp., Satori is a Big Book.

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 85

Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1671
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

AprilDT

15.5- A Drop in the Bucket

The Lady is a Vamp #17 in the series

Points this post: 15 pts
Challenge total: 45 pts
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
GRA: 1 (Perry)
Big Books: 0 (500+); 0 (750+0; 0 (1000+)

STACIE MI

Task 25.1 - Food Network Star

I decided to do both options for Cupcake Wars.

For 1A, I read:


Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay

For 1B, I read a collection of three short stories:

Dead Over Heels by MaryJanice Davidson

Points this task: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 17
Pages read: 2980
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

5.1 - I Did It!
Read a book that contains the phrase "confession(s) of" in its title or subtitle.

by Laurie Viera Rigler (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)

Points this Post: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Readerboard ID : JENBENT

(Re-post of Post 211)

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Our Daily Bread by Lauren B. Davis


Lauren B. Davis is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author.


Points this task: 15
Total points:50

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

If you forget, you may post another message in the Completed Task thread explaining that you forgot to mention the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author (include the task number the book was read for and link to the book (or title and author (in bold)).

I just realized that I'm supposed to note that an author is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author, so I'm reposting now:

Message #13 - Task 10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware

Sweet Talk

Message #86 - Task 5.7 What's Your Name Again?

Sweet Spot

For both tasks I read a Susan Mallery book. She is a GRA.

Susan Mallery

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away

Red Sky at Morning by ***Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author Steve Wilson

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30/1110
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....

(using option 3 - "Books about Books")

Parnassus on Wheels - Christopher Morley

Points this post: 20

Total Points: 20/1110
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0) / 750+ (0) / 1000+ (0)

5.6 - An Apple a Day Apple Turnover Murder


5.9 - Colder AND Bigger! To the Nines (Good Reads Author)


5.10 - What Else Can I Read? Can You Keep a Secret? Read-Alikes: Mini-Shopaholic



Total Points Earned: 85/1110
Total Pages Read: 2647/29159
Total Books Read: 9/81
Good Read Authors:2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

MICHAEL LA

15.10 - Fun and Fancy Free

My Fake War by Andersen Prunty

Andersen Prunty is a goodreads author.


Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 40
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:

Total books: 4
Total pages: 848

Task 20.6 - The Doctor is Calling...

Option 1 (mystery listed as genre): The Next Always by Nora Roberts

Challenge total = 20

Readerboard Name: ♥Robin �

10.2 -- Trick or Treat!-Major character's occupation/state-of-being could be developed into a Halloween costume.

Chime



Halloween Costume: Witch- Major character is a witch.

Points Earned This Task:10

Points Achieved to Date: 100/1110
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Readerboard Name: Jill Renee

Task - 15.4 Bond, James Bond

ONE book that satisfies TWO options: Opt. 1 & 3

Option 1. The Spy Who Loved Me: Read a book with the genre "Spy Thriller" on its main book page

Option 3. The Best Bond?: Read a book by an author named James or Bond

The Devil Colony by James Rollins

Points this Task: 16 (15 + 1 for Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)

Total Points: 71

Books Read this Task: 1

Total Books Read: 5

Kimber

30.8 Fall Holidays

Option 3 (gaudy cover)
by Mary Kay Andrews

and

Option 4 (about a talk show host) - ok'd by task author post #109 in 30.8 task help

11: 59 by David Williams

DAVID WILLIAMS IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR

This task: 30
Tasks complete to date: 1
Goodread authors: 1
Total: 30

20.2 � Rookie On Top � Barbara★’s task: Calling All Animal Lovers

Option 3:Read a book where the main character has a pet (cat or dog only) that is integral to the story.

Aristotle finds his dog Leggs, a stray, and immediately bonds with him. Learning to care for the dog is an important part of this excellent coming of age story.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

+20 Points

20.3 � Best Review � Paul’s task: Homage to Comic Books

My Roll: 6 Classics I was born in 1953

Published in 1839:

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

+20 Points

Points this post: 40
Grand Total: 80

BJ Rose

2 new tasks

20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara�'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 3: Main character Max has a cat named Morpheus. Morpheus emotionally adopts other main character Sophia. Sophia is a Psy so doesn't deal well with emotions, and as a Sensitive she cannot handle touch, & Morpheus helps her with that. Also at one point, Morpheus alerts Max that Sophia is in danger.
Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh

30.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ - Good Friends
Book 1: from Sheila's shelf: Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
Book 2: from Kathy's shelf: Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix


Points this post = 50

Total Points = 60

Tasks Completed = 3
Pages read = 1264

ANGIE CA

10.9 9...10...11
Book: Legions by Karice Bolton
Notes: The paperback has 307 pages. 3+0+7=10

This Post: 10
Points to Date: 45

15.1 - See the Sea?

Book set in landlocked country - Mozart's Wife by Juliet Waldron - country = Austria

Book set in non-landlocked country - The Mountain Place of Knowledge by ***Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author Marshall Chamberlain - country = Belize

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45/1110
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

10.2 - Trick or Treat!
Egyptian god/goddess would make a fantastic costume... perhaps Bast!
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordian

15.5 - A Drop in the Bucket
Flawless (Pretty Little Liars #2) by Sara Sheperd
There are 11 published books in the PLL series, and another on the way!


Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages read: 874

10.9 9...10...11

This book has 136 pages. 1+3+6=10

The Cold War and Postwar America: 1946-1963 by Tim McNeese.

15.7 Show Your Stripes

The word "tiger" is in the title.

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua.

Points: 25
Tasks: 2
Books: 2

20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
Read a nonfiction book on a subject you were inspired to learn more about on a vacation or trip you’ve taken.

One of my favorite places to visit when I take a trip to NY is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. I always want to know more details about fashion history and the inner workings of these beautiful things, and the bookshop has some great works about costume and fashion history.

Fashion by Akiko Fukai, Kyoto Costume Institute

Note: This is a predominantly graphic/photography book and is 768 pages, so meets length requirements.


20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★’s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1: Read a book with a cat or dog on the cover.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London





Points this post = 40
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors = 0
Big Books = 0

Totals:
Points: 40
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0

Shannon South Africa

15.10 Fancy Free

Gold by Chris Cleave

Task points = 15
Total points = 15

Sheila


10.5 -- Time Warp

The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman


10.7 -- School Supplies

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

(cover approved #5 in help thread - boy laying down reading a book just below title)

**Note - when I went to school we needed books as our supplies, now I would probably need an iPad


10.9 -- 9...10...11

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

352 pages in paperback edition


Total Points = 165

Finished

15.10 Fancy free
The Great Escapeby Fiona Gibson

30. 2 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ- good friends
Fragileby Lisa Unger / from Sheila's bookshelf
The Space Between Usby Thrity Umrigar/ from Kathy's bookshelf

Tasks points 45
Total points 55

5.2 - Do It Again: I read A Table for Three which could also be used for 30.5 option 5


5.3 - Sail Away: I read Notorious in Nice which takes place on a chartered yacht/cruise ship


5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday: My birthday is on 2/23 so I read Irresistible which is on page 23 of completed summer tasks, post #1117


5.6 - An Apple a Day: I read A Pastry Princess (ebook verification thread #1405) as my homage to the Princess Apple


5.7 - What's Your Name Again? I read Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips because Susan is #7 on the top baby names list


5.8 - Festival of Lights: which has fire on the cover



5.9 - Colder AND Bigger! I read Cutting Loose which has 379 pages


15.4 Bond, James Bond: I chose the one book option and read Subject Seven by James A. Moore
which has options 2 & 3.


15.5- A Drop in the Bucket: Kissin' Tell which is book 13 in the Rough Riders series


20.3 Homage to Comic Books: I chose option 2 and had a die roll of 5 and read Start Me Up which has "mystery" on the main page


20.9 Fall Months: I chose option A and read Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak (last name starts with O)


30.12 A Tour of Melbourne, Australia:
Stop 3: I read Scored (ebook verification thread #1481) which features a main character who plays soccer (football) and another who is a sports journalist following the sport

Stop 5: I read Damaged Goods (ebook verification thread #1431) which although it just came out in 8/2012, it's been on my TBR since 3/7/11 because the publication date got delayed and delayed and delayed!



Total Points this Post: 135
Total Points in Challenge: 135
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12
****Not tracking Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors or Big Books this challenge****

5.5-By the Sea

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Total Books Read:1
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Total Pages Read: 343
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 5

10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware

- pink writing on the cover

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:

ANGIE CA

10.9 9...10...11
Book: Legions by Karice Bolton
Notes: The paperback has 307 pages. 3+0+7=10

This Post: 10
Points to Date: 45

5.2 - Do It Again: I read A Table for Three which could also be used for 30.5 option 2

Total Points this Post: 5
Total Points in Challenge: 135
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12
****Not tracking Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors or Big Books this challenge****

5.8 - Festival of Lights

- approved in task help thread msg #17

10.4 - Water Signs

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant - Anne Tyler's birthday is on Oct 25.

10.6 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Ham on Rye - pg. 1 of the list

Tasks completed: 9/61
Books read: 11
Points claimed in this post: 25
Total points claimed: 130

15.8 - 'Cause This is Thriller


A book with a word in the title from the song title "The Lady in My LIFE":

Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams


Total points 95

10.1 Show You Care:

Mistress of My Fate by Hallie Rubenhold. The lovely fan on the cover has pink vanes and tassel.



10.9 9...10...11:

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman has 531 pages, which add up to 9.

15.3 Bookends

I chose the one book option and read

The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs. The title begins and ends in T and the author's name begins and ends in S.

20.4 Author! Author!--Sarah the Librarian's Task:

1. Brother:
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross This book was okayed in message 11.

30.8 Laurie ME's Task--Fall Holiday:

1. Mayflower Day.

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani. both main characters immigrate in the early 1900s to the US from Italy.

5. Look for Circles Day.
The Pigeon Pie Mystery: A Novel by Julia Stuart. The circular items are the bicycle tires in the center foreground (under the word Novel).

30.12 Coralie's Task--A Tour of Melbourne, Australia:

Stop 2 Federation Square

The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart (which has a part of a chapter about a six-foot long worm from Australia)

Stop 12 Southbank and Yarra River

An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn which is book 3 of the Bridgerton series.

Today's total: 115
Grand total: 170

Sandy MN

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....

Option 4 - Genre Romance

Matched by Ally Condie

Total Points: 90

Dlmrose

5.6 - An Apple a Day

Apple variety: American Mother apple

American Visa by Juan De Recacoechea

10.8 -- Fall TV

A favorite tv show is

A Study in Sherlock by Laurie R. King and others

20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books

I chose option 2, I rolled a 1- Flora is 16

Under the Silk Cotton Tree: A Novel by Jean Buffong

total 85

Keltie Lee

5.3 - Sail Away

Killer Cruise by Jennifer Shaw
*the whole book takes place on a cruise ship*

30.11 Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten

Option 2B:
Love In The Corner Pocket by Marlene PerezGRA
*takes place in Laguna Beach, California. I visited there once a few summers ago. I am from Canada.*

Option 5A:
Just Listen by Sarah DessenGRA
*Sarah Dessen's books Someone Like You and That Summer were combined and made in the movie *

Points this post: 35
Total points: 165/1110
Tasks: 10
Books: 14
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 9

maybe third time is a charm....


5.2 - Do It Again: I read A Table for Three which could also be used for 30.5 option SIX (6, Seis, VI...)

Total Points this Post: 5
Total Points in Challenge: 135
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12
****Not tracking Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors or Big Books this challenge****

Kimber

30.12 A Tour Of Melbourne

Stop 7: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
*set on campus of Eastern College
*this book was downloaded to my kindle when I got it (the kindle from my husband, the book from my daughter)

Stop 9: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
*includes word 'land' in title
*download from public library

WILEY CASH IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR

This task: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Goodread authors: 2
TOTAL: 60

5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
I read The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. "Michael" is the 4th most popular boy's name from the past century.

20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
I chose option 3 and read Graceling, which has "Romance" listed as a genre on its main page.

30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
I rolled a 1 and a 6
For 1, read a play, I read The Glass Menagerie.
For 6, translated from another language, I read Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami. It was originally written in Japanese, a language which I neither speak nor read.

Total points: 55

20.3 Homage to Comic Books
I chose Option 2 and rolled a 5 -- mystery genre listed on the book's main page.

In The Woods by Tana French
**Big Book: 500+ pages**

I read the kindle edition linked above. If you need a physical edition for page # reference, there is no mass market pb for this book, but the regular paperback is here: In The Woods


Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books: 6
Pages Read: 2,178
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)