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Cindy FTask 30.2 What I want to be "meets" What did I become!
Book 1: Growing up I wanted to be a teacher so I read Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay
Book 2: I am a Nurse si I read Behind the Veil: An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia by Lydia Laube
Points this post:30
Total points:40
Tasks completed:2
Books read:3
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 20.9 - I can't wait for spring!
Option 4 (green cover): Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See **GR Author**
Total GR Authors = 1
Challenge total = 30
10.3 Run or Ride?Book about horses, horse on cover. Or book set in Boston
Points this post:10
Total points:10
Tasks completed:1
Books read:1
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Lav 10.9 I'm on Fire! A book you're "hot" to read.
Living Dead Girl
I'd been wanting to read this book for a while.
Points: 10
Total points: 15
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring! Option 4. COLORS: Read a book with the main cover color of yellow, red, orange, pink, salmon, apricot, purple, lilac, green or cream.
by P.D. JamesThis Post: 20
Total Points: 35/1090
Tasks Completed: 4/61
Books Read: 4/86
STACIE MITask 5.2 - Get Caught Reading
I read a book with a book on the cover and with the word "book" in the title:
Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages by Michael Popek
**Michael Popek is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 4
Books read:4
Pages read: 924
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX20.1 - Jen C's Task: Clean Those Shelves!
Option 1 - I owned this book prior to March 1, 2012:
by Ian RankinPoints this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 25
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ - 1; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
10.1. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Peter Pan pan can be changed to napTotal Point Earned: 25/1025
Total Pages Read: 869/29158
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
5.7 I Love Paris in the Spring TimeThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
***At 598 pages, this is a big book***
10.10 April Fool's Day!
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Category 1: Hugo Award
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin-Winner 1975
Category 2: Nebula Award
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin-Winner 1975
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 40
Tasks Completed: 3/61
Suzanne*repost*
Task 20.10 Group read
by Veronica RothShe is a GoodReads author
total points: 20
GoodReads Author : 1
30.4 Ring of fire:Book 1 set in Mexico: Barbarous Mexico by John Turner
Book 2 contains 'ing': The Gathering by Anne Enright
Spring total: 50 points
10.5 - All Fired Up!Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It (* * * *) - I am passionate about promoting reading in all schools - the title of the book is quite self-explanatory :)
20.1 - Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Flat-Out Love (* * *) - Option 1 (I own this on my kindle)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
Deerskin (* * * * *) - loved this retelling of "Donkey Skin" by Charles Perrault (approved in task help thread - post #56)
Tasks completed: 3/61
Books read: 3/86
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 50
15.6 - They're On FireFirefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah appeared on NY Times Bestseller Hardcover Fiction list, February 19th
Kristin Hannah is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
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I read: The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
Task 15.5 ...And XYZ
I read: Good-Bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
Chunky has a 'Y'
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
20.1 Option 1 This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer25.2
Option 1 Author names starts with letter R Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
Option 4
by William NicholsonPoints this Post: 45
Total points- 45
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Alice GTask: 25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners
Category 1 book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
This book won the Hugo Award in 2002.
Category 2 book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
This book also won the Nebula award in 2003.
GoodReads Author Ticket: Neil Gaiman is a GoodReads author.
Big Book Ticket: This book is 656 pages long.
Total Points: 25
Jennifer L.5.2 - Get Caught Reading - The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
The skull on the cover is sitting on a book. The book cover picture is really small here on goodreads, so you can find a bigger picture here:
10.10 - April Fool's - Bite Me by Christopher Moore
20.4 - To Be Continued...In Spring - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, the first book in the "Study" series
I didn't compete in the Winter Challenge so I had to start a new series for this task.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Nick KY10.9 I’m on Fire The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft ed by John Pelan, 480 pages
15.4 ABC’s and 123’s
Book 1: word in title begins with “A B or C� � I read two plays for page length, both with titles having a word beginning with “B� Betrayal, 41 pages, and The Birthday Party, 87 pages, both by Harold Pinter, totaling 128 pages.
Book 2: number in title � The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, 176 pages
Task Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 55
Total Pages: 2,325
Big Books: 750+ (1)
15.7 Spring Into Action!The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Genre "Action" on book's main page)
With 650 pages, this is a big book. Also, Brent Weeks is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author.
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Big Book tickets: 1 (500+)
GR authors: 1
20.1 Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean thos shelves!Option 2: audiobook
Die Jesuitin von Lissabon by Titus Müller (paperback edition has 463 pages)
20.4 Author! Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued ... in Spring!
I listened to the audiobook of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in the Winter Challenge (message #2674 in completed tasks), so I listened to the next book for this task:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (paperback edition has 636 pages; the editions page doesn't list any English Mass Market Paperback edition)
With 636 pages this also qualifies for a big book.
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Points this post:40
Total points:55
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+)
GR authors: 1
Sandy MN20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
Write that book already!: The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now by Sam Barry
This book had 42 ratings.
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author
Total Points: 110
Total GR Authors: 2
5.8 Too Long To-Do List Read: No Rest for the Wicked, Kresley Cole 3/7/12
Requirement: On TBR list for 11 months
Pages:356
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
Jessica PDX20.7 - Jaylalita's Task: Happy Rama Navami!
This is a retelling of the Greek myth of Odysseus from Penelope's perspective.
by Margaret Atwood (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)Points this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 45
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ - 1; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
20.8 It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time! Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
book had 324 918 ratings when I selected it
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.8. I Have a Question - Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way by Molly Birnbaum
10.10. April Fools Day! - What's the Number For 911?: America's Wackiest 911 Calls by Leland Gregory
Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3 Let's Hear It For The BoysThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson From Nick KY's books
5.4 The FIRE Within
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
10.4 Fire Signs
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Jackson's birthday: 14 December
25.12 Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book One Option 3:
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg The main character is a girl.
Book Two: Option 1
by Barry DenenbergPoints this post: 45
Total Points: 65
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Lavinia15.3 We Go Together Like...
I'm Going To Live My Life Like a Jimmy Buffett Song
and
Haunted in Death
(Life and Death)
Note: I read Haunted in Death as it appears in Three in Death; it was approved for length here.
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 50
15.8 - INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY - The Maid by Kimberly Cutter.Kimberly Cutter is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.
TOTAL POINTS - 50
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 0
15.6 They're On FireI read A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), currently the #18 Bestseller on the NYT Trade Paperback bestseller list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 274
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 20.4 Author! Author!Improper Seduction by Mary Wine
Book #1 in the "English Tudor" series (Did not participate in Winter Challenge)
Task 20.8 It's My Birthday!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by
Douglas Adams
Currently has 304,484 ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
Points this Post: 40
Total points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Sheila5.2 Get Caught Reading
Booked to Die by John Dunning
15.2 - Dewey be Different
I, Steve: Steve Jobs, in His Own Words by Steve Jobs
call number Biography 081 from the 000's
Food To Die For: Secrets From Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen by Patricia Cornwell
call number Cookbooks 641.5 from the 600's
Total Points = 100
TANYAPT20.9 option 3 (spring word: "day")
Book: Radiant Days by Michael A. FitzGerald
*** Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author ***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
TANYAPT20.1 option 2 (audiobook)
Book: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 The FIRE Within- Read a book with the LETTERS F, I, R, E in the title
Never Bite a Boy on the First Date
Never Bite a Boy on the First Date (2009) by Tamara Summers (Mass Market Paperback, 280 pages)
15 + 05 = 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this task: 05
Points thus far: 15 + 05 = 20
Books read: 2
Pages Read: 486
Read but not claimed: 1
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring! Option 4: Colors: The main color of the book cover is yellow, red, orange, pink, salmon, apricot, purple, lilac, green or cream.
I picked Orange.
Read:
by Louise RennisonPoints this Post: 20
Total points- 60/1090
Tasks Completed: 3/62
Books read: 4
Pages Read : 938
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.3 Spring DelightsOption 3: i read Skippy Dies, which has a green cover
, takes place in ireland, AND is written by an irish author! an irish trifecta! :) i LOVED this book.Option 4: i read Shortcomings, which has two pairs of lips on the cover
.Total points: 30/1090
Tasks Completed: 1/61
Books read: 2/83ish
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Michelle WI15.6 They're On Fire
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich (number 11 on January 8, 2012)
Janet Evanovich is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author
points this post: 15
total points: 30
tasks completed: 2
goodreads authors: 1
Mariya5.1 Silhouette on the Shade
I read
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.
Rolled a 1 - One of the main characters has kleptomania and is in a therapy session during the first chapter.
Total Points: 25
GRA: 2
20.8 It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!Todesfrauen by Jan Beinßen
Mine was the first rating for the book; clearly less than 500 ratings.
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Points this post:20
Total points:75
GR authors: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (500 +)
10.6. Middle Name Pride DayDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty.
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Option 2 - Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey was first published in April.
Option 3 - Green cover:
by Sara ShepardAlex Flinn, Janet Lee Carey and Sara Shephard are goodreads authors.
Points this task: 60
Total Points: 105
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard, Janet Lee Carey
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Getting downshifted to nights has increased my reading time!! That would be the only good thing about it.30.4 - BURNING RING OF FIRE
The Foreigners set in Argentina
The King's Fifth
TOTAL POINTS - 80
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 0
ERIN C.5.8 Too Long To-Do List
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
This book has been in my TBR pile for over a year, I was glad to finally get to read it!!
Jim Butcher is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Mod
and The Power of Sixby Pitticus Lore
15.5 ... And XYZ read The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge series name is Iron Codex 512 Pages claiming big book ticket.
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 45
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 6
Pages Read : 2,678
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MICHELLE VA10.1 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seus!
Room by Emma Donoghue
Room = Moor
*Emma Donoghue is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Thanks!
25.5. Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago Book 1: The Watch That Ends The Night: Voices From The Titanic by Allan Wolf
Interesting book - Everyone from John Jacob Astor to the Iceberg has a story to tell about that fateful night.
Book 2: Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
Cute book of poetry from the view of a player sidelined by illness.
(approved in help thread # 56)
Total Points = 125
Christie Guatemala15.9 - Geek Pride Day
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 2
Carly20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
Option 3: Spring Words
Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs
"Green" is one of the approved words.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 494
10.7 - Fuel to the FireA book by an author I first read during the winter challenge:
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh **Big Book** 552 pages
I read Sea of Poppies during the winter challenge, that was the first book by Amitav Ghosh that I've read.
Total points 25
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Task 5.2 Get Caught Reading
I read
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1