The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Sam F. - Time to try posting again. I apologize in advance if I make a mistake - I love to read, but I clearly didn't read the 'How to Post' post very well. Thank you for your patience and help!

5.8 – Kudokuten – Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs, A GRA - starts with K

5.10 – May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favour – Rumblefish

10.10 – Haiku: A Dog's Journey A Dog’s Journey: Another Novel for Humans by W. Bruce Cameron, A GRA – a 7 word title

15.1 – Yin & Yang
Book 1: White cover –
Book 2: Black cover – – by Chris Bohjalian, A GRA

15.3 – Now Appearing: Winter's Bone Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell - ONE book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements - a movie and an author whose name is the same as Daniel Radcliffe

15.7 – Birth of a Nation – The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - the word Old appears in the title

15.8 – Dearly Departed – Rebirth by Sophie Littlefield, A GRA - Science Fiction is listed as a main page genre.

20.5 – Bigger is Better: Dragon Kings
Option 1 – Bodies of Water - - cover shows a wave of the ocean

20.8 – Nickels & Dimes – UNESCO cities
Option 1 – Paula Spencer - is based in Dublin, Ireland

20.9 – Moderator’s Pet: Stampede Time
Option 2 – The Guardians by Andrew Pyper, A GRA- author has Stampede Parade

25.1 – Angel Book Junkie – 2 books in the same series
Book 1: Death du Jour (Temperence Brennan #2) by Kathy Reichs, A GRA
Book 2: Deadly Decisions (Temperence Brennan #3) by Kathy Reichs, A GRA

25.5 – Andy P’s Task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: The Long Walk Home by Will North, A GRA – Title of books is all straight letters
Book 2: What We All Long Forby Dionne Brand – Author's name is all all crooked letters

Points this post: 90
GRA this post: 8

Total points this challenge: 90
Total GRA: 8


Thanks!

10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire

Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller.

Jack of Spades by Joyce Carol Oates

Thriller 20 users
Horror 13 users

Task total=10
Grand total=455

Morgan Faeriesfolly **REPOST**

30.6 Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets

REQUIRED: Read a book, the title/subtitle of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from the title of one of these songs . Words must match exactly - no variations.

8. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)

Selection: Flying Too High
Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher #3) -- Kerry Greenwood

REQUIRED: Read a book whose author has the same initials as one of these Motown artists. The author's middle initial may be disregarded.

Stevie Wonder

Selection: Blue Noon (Midnighters #3) -- Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld is a **GRA**

156 + 378 = 534 pages (> 500)

[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 1010/1085
Books Read: 79
Completed Tasks: 58/61
Pages Read: 23433
Goodreads Authors: 47
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]

Delicious Dee

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 1 - Upside Down - Lia Riley (GR Author) - 6ppl have it shelved as young-adult

Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 745
Goodreads Authors: 45

Sam F. ** REPOST **

Task 15.3 – Now Appearing: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell - ONE book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements - A) The movie - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/ and B) the author has the same first name as Daniel Radcliffe.

15.7 - Birth of a Nation - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - book is completely based in Sweden as listed as a country on the Summer National Days Country list.

Points this post: 30

It will be easier to not post so many at once. Thank you for your help!

SarahBR

15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 1: by Meg Cabot A GRA. Approved on the help thread
Book 2: by John Green A GRA

30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
Book 1: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes A Good Reads Author
Book 2:Bind Me Before You Go by Harper Kincaid A GRA.
Title one Me Before You Is found within Bind Me Before You Go.

Points This Post: 45
GR Authors This Post:2

Total Points: 780
Total GR Authors: 39
Books Read:56
Big Book Tickets: 2

Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥

20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 1 Read a book that is identified as book #2 or #6 in a series on Goodreads--Series:Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag #2:Shawl-Straps



25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
Both books and both authors are new to me
Book 1 Asian-Indian--Bangladesh/Bengali:The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Book 2 Middle-Eastern/North African--Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan



30.2 Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
REQUIRED: Name or describe the celebration.
Book 1 group of people takes to the streets to celebrate--Neighborhood/Community summer block party:More Happy Than Not
Book 2 group of people takes to the streets to celebrate--Easter Egg Hunt/Easter Celebration:The Best of Me


GRA:Adam Silvera
GRA:Nicholas Sparks


Points Earned This Post:75

Points Achieved to Date: 355/1085
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Dakimel

5.5 - Fukurokuju
I read Parnasus On Wheels

10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
I read A Lily Among Thorns (Rose is an Atlantic storm name)

15.5 - Witch Hunt
I read The Magpie Lord

TALLY:
This post - 30 points
Total - 790

Sandi
Completed Tasks

10.1 - Summer Reading

Found on San Francisco Public Library 2014 Adult Summer Reading List -- Beautiful Ruins


25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best

Book #1 -- Using Option 1 where author was born under the sign of Leo (July 23 – August 22) -- Ray Bradbury was born August 22nd as shown on Goodreads author page.

ebook edition I read: Fahrenheit 451
Most popular MMPB edition: Fahrenheit 451

Book #2 -- Using Option 4 where on June 4th found book at #4 of the Best Crime & Mystery Books List --

Audio edition I listened to: Rebecca and Paperback edition I used to (sometimes) follow along: Rebecca


**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 290
Points Earned this Post: 35
Total Points To Date: 325

30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets


Book 1, a word in the title from the song title "Dancing in the Street": At the Corner of King Street by Mary Ellen Taylor, 368 pages

Book 2, author with same initials as Stevie Wonder: The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs, 368 pages

Combined page total: 736

Points this post: 30
Total points: 620

Catherine T

Task 15.1 - Yin & Yang
read a book with a white cover
by Catherine Bybee

read a book with a black cover
by Terry Pratchett
IL: UY

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points this post: 15
total points = 790

Readerboard Name: Elishia

25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
Read TWO books in the same series.
Task Approval
Campus Cravings Vol. 3: Back On Campus
Campus Cravings Vol. 4: Dorm Life

Ebook Approval

GRA Carol Lynne

Points Earned This Post:25

Points Achieved to Date: 390/1085
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Nick KY

20.2 Lauren Jodi’s X-Philes - Option 2. “Aliens” as GR genre. I read Alienated by Melissa Landers.

25.9 Elizabeth B’s Roll of the Dice -- Roll of 1 and 5. Books with 1 “I” and 5 “E’s.

Book with 1 “I.” I read The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux: the clearIng.

Book with 5 “E”s. I read One Heart: Universal Wisdom from the World's Scriptures by Bonnie Louise Kuchler: onE hEart univErsal wisdom from thE world’s scripturEs.


Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 980

Cait S

5.4- Ebisu
Read a book that has all of the letters in FISH or all of the letters in LUCK in its title/subtitle.

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption by Scott Simon

The word FISH is found in the title/subtitle.

Children's genre info: This book was approved as a "Not really for kid's" book here

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 410
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 22

5.1 - Benzaiten
Main Character is a Librarian

The Librarian Principle | Helena Hunting | 298 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author

♥ ♥ ♥ 
This Task : 
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 540/1085
GR Authors: 32
Big Books: (500+): 4 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 35/61

10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Book Set in Bahamas, Grenada, Trinidad Island

Quest and Crew | David Beaupre | 224 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author


♥ ♥ ♥ 
This Task : 
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 550/1085
GR Authors: 33
Big Books: (500+): 4 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 36/61

10.6. What is GR up to?

May 2015 list: #47
The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Total Points = 140

15.3 - Now Appearing

Book 1:
Book that has been made into a movie
IMBD Link

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne | 320 Pages | ♥♥ |

Book 2:
Author Name Matching Top Grossing Actors: Tom Hanks
Beyond Nostalgia | Tom Winton | 222 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author

♥ ♥ ♥ 
This Task : 
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 565/1085
GR Authors: 34
Big Books: (500+): 4 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 37/61

SweetMelissa

5.8 - Kudokuten
Can You Keep a Secret?, Sophie Kinsella, 6/12/15

10.1 - Summer Reading
The Martian, Andy Weir (GRA), 6/28/15
Required: Found on the San Francisco Public Library 2014 Adult Summer Reading List

10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks (GRA), 7/20/15

10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier, 6/29/15

10.4 - We miss you, Jane
Welcome to Harmony, Jodi Thomas (GRA), 8/8/15

10.8 - Ulysses, again!
The Yellow House, Patricia Falvey (GRA), 6/20/15

10.10 - Haiku!
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, 7/10/15

15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 1: Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys (GRA), 7/13/15
Book 2: The Hangman's Daughter, Oliver Potzsch (GRA), 7/20/15

15.3 - Now Appearing
The Call of the Wild, Jack London, 7/10/15, IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026164/?...
Actor: Jack Angel

15.4 - The Big O
Queen of Babble, Meg Cabot (GRA), 7/26/15

15.5 - Witch Hunt
Dance Upon the Air, Nora Roberts

15.7 - Birth of a Nation
Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters, 7/7/15
Required: Set in Egypt

15.9 - Take a Ride
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce, 8/4/15

15.10 - BBQ Time
Black and Blue, Anna Quindlen, 6/26/15

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
Option 1: The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett (GRA), 1008 pages (3 BBT), 7/29/15

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
Option 1: The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, 7/17/15, IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Required: Found on page 1

20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 3: The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough, 692 pages (1 BBT), 7/7/15

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 3: Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, 8/8/15
Required: Found on page 1

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 2: The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, 8/4/15

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 2: I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith, 8/5/15

25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, 7/7/15
Book 2: Dark Places, Gillian Flynn (GRA), 7/19/15

25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
Option A: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford (GRA), 7/16/15
Option C: Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty (GRA), 7/16/15

25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
Required: Rolled 3 and 2
Book 1: The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult (GRA), 6/25/15
Book 2: Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline (GRA), 6/10/15

25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
Option B (Fits task 1 and task 4 (found on first page) and is 599 pages long)
The Alienist, Caleb Carr, 599 pages (1 BBT), 8/6/15

25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 3: At the Water's Edge, Sara Gruen (GRA), 6/19/15
Option 4: The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan, Jenny Nordberg (GRA), 7/17/15

Points this post: 415
GRA this post: 15
BBT this post: 5
500 pages: 2
750 pages:
1000 pages: 1

Total Points: 415
Total GRA: 15
Total BBT: 5
500 pages: 2
750 pages:
1000 pages: 1

didi3023


20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
3) Choose and read a book found on Stories about Individuals with Disabilities.

Devil's Trill by Gerald Elias
(The protagonist is blind) - page 2 #62 on Stories about Individuals with Disabilities

CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: o
Big Book Tickets: o
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 375
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1

Lindy-Lane

task 30.1: american independence:

*book #1: book from "best american history books" list:
(6.2-8.3)
Truman [book #8 on page #1 of the list] by David McCullough
pages 1120 *claiming big book ticket

*book #2: title with one 4 letter word:
Cost by Roxana Robinson
pages 448

total pages read for task = 1,568 meeting requirement of 704+ pages


Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(1)

Tasks Completed: 15

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability

The book I read actually fulfills all 3 options. The book is about a deaf experience (living with deaf parents), the word 'deaf' is in the subtitle and it is found on Page One of Stories about Individuals with Disabilities. If I have to choose just one option though, I will go with option 1.

Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love by Myron Uhlberg

Total Points = 160

Devon

25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun

Option A: In the Garden- In honor of my husband read a book that you got for free.

I read Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, which I borrowed from the library.

Option C: For this option read a book where the authors initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING.

I read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★


5.4 - Ebisu
Luck Found in Title
Mama's Luck | Elise Lyons | 154 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

5.8 - Kudokuten
Female Author Name Starts with A K.

Hell and Determination | Kathleen Davies | 148 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author


★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
5.9 - Takarabune
Food on Cover



Cherry Cobbler: Book 2 of the Blackberry County Chronicles | JoHannah Reardon | 300 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author


★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

♥ ♥ ♥ 
This Task : 
Points: 15
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 580/1085
GR Authors: 37
Big Books: (500+): 4 (750+): 1 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 40/61
Tasks Completed: 5 (✔),

Scooter&Siam
5.9 - Takarabune
Read a book with something that can be eaten (by humans) on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post and identify the object.

Read by Sarah Jane Butfield - vegetables on cover

I'm claiming Sarah Jane Butfield as a GRA.

Points: 5
Total: 255
GRA: 9
Big Books: 1
Tasks: 19

Reader name: Marie-Anne

Task 10.3: Ghost stories by the campfire: A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley. The genre thriller is listed on the main page.

Task 20.2: The X-Philes: Bio Rescue by S.L. Viehl. The genre aliens is listed on the main page.

Task 20.3: Acronyms: Patient One by Leonard Goldberg. The first letters of the words in the title spell the word PO. This word is listed in the scrabble dictionary (verified through the link provided in the task), and defined as chamber pot.

Task 20.4: Happy Birthday - Option 1: The Case Is Closed by Patricia Wentworth. The book is #2 in the Miss Silver series.

Totals this posting:
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;

Summary Totals:
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0;

25.11 Summer in the City

Option 1: NYC: Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America by Kevin Cook

Option 4: India: Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Total points: 80

50.1 Three cheers for equality

Rage: A Love Story Julie Anne Peters - book 1. GLBT genre

Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Alan Cumming - book 2, option B, memoir by somebody who is GLBT

Lighthousekeeping Jeanette Winterson - book 3, option A, book written by GLBT author

Task points 50
Total points 305

Cait S

25.13- It's Not Usagi

Book #1- Option 2
For this option, read a book where a full moon can be seen on the cover.

by Veronica Blade **Veronica Blade is a Goodreads Author**

This book was approved on the help thread here

Book #2- Option 3
Read a book with a single girl/woman on the cover.

by Lisa Schroeder **Lisa Schroeder is a Goodreads Author**

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 435
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 23

Task 5.10 May The Gods Be Ever In Your favor

Read a book of your choice.

The Seven Lucky Gods will be pleased I read THE BEEKEEPER'S BALL by Susan Wiggs. I am pleased I read it too as it is a perfect summer book!

The Beekeeper's Ball

Ms Wiggs is a Goodreads author so i claim one author Ticket on this task.

Points for this Task: 5
Author Ticket claimed : 1

Total Number of tasks completed for the Summer Challenge: 2
Total points earned for the Summer Challenge: 10
Total Books read:2
Total Author Tickets claimed for Summer Challenge: 1
total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge: 0

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities

Read a book set at least 50% in a UNESCO City of Literature.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Set mainly in Prague.

Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 15
GRA: 4
Big book tickets: 2

10.1 - Summer Reading


A book from Gear Patrol 2015 Summer Reading List: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Points this post: 10
Total points: 630

10.2 - It's hurricane season again: Read a book whose author's first name matches the name of one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names.

Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick


10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire: Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller.

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author)


10.7 - Think about it: Read a nonfiction book with religion, spirituality, or philosophy listed as a main page genre.

Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything by Barbara Ehrenreich


Points This Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 150
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Sarah E

15.3 - Now Appearing

I read one book which fulfills both requirements

Kindle edition I read: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Most rated MMPB: Kidnapped

AR BookFinder: IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14.0

IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053994/?...

Robert Louis Stevenson shares a first name with no 19, Robert Downey, Jr.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 230

Marina H

50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!
Book 1: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Book 2 and 3:
Option A: De Gode Græd by E.M. Forster
Option C: Every Day by David Levithan

Points this post: 50
Total points: 385

25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi


Option 3: I read The Debt of Tamar: A Novel The author, Nicole Dweck is a *******GRA******


Option 4: I read Unfamiliar Fishes which has history listed on its main page, as it is a history of Hawaii.

Points: 225
Books read: 20
tasks completed: 15
GR authors: 11

CYNBAXTER
Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities

Book 1 - Option 1: The Blackhouse by Peter May* which is partially set in Edinburgh, Scotland
Author is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 410 points

GRA this post: 1
Total GRA to date: 15
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2

Blueberry

I'm using my one allowed 5 pt. book under with page count between 80 and 100.


5.10 Any book of your choice.

The Body by Stephen King

Stephen King is a GRA.


Pts this task: 5
Total pts: 300
Total books: 20
GRA: 8

Catherine T

Task 25.9 - Roll of the Dice
I rolled a 1 & 4
book 1 - title contains 1 O
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

book 2 - title contains 4 Es
Redeemed by PC & Kirsten Cast

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points this post = 25
total points = 815

Readerboard name:

15.10 - BBQ Time
I read Quicker Than the Eye by Ray Bradbury. Two "B"s in Bradbury, "Q" in Quicker.

Previous point total: 480
New points this post: 15
Total points: 495

New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 32

GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 18
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2

JUKKA

5.8 – Kudokuten
Book by female author with name starting with K.
We Have Always Fought by Kameron Hurley. Kameron Hurley is a Goodreads author.

10.10 - Haiku!
Book with five or seven words in title.
Haluatko diktaattoriksi? Maailman herruuden alkeet by André de Guillaume. This is the Finnish translation of "How to Rule the World: A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator".

25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: Book with every starting letter in title "straight".
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Patrick Rothfuss is a Goodreads author. The book has 1107 pages, claiming three BB tickets.

Book 2: Author's initials "crooked".
The War Nerd Dispatches by Gary Brecher.

Points This Post: 40
GR Authors This Post: 2
BB Tickets This Post: 3

Total Points: 535
Total GR Authors: 14
BB Tickets: 8
Books Read: 42

Mimi Michele

10.4 We Miss You Jane

Read a book who's author initial's can be found in Jane Austen

First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen


Sarah Addison Allen is a GR author.


25.13 Morgan's Faeriesfolly's task

Option 3 Read a book with a single woman on the cover

The Pocket Wife by Susan H. Crawford


Susan Crawford is a GR author

Option 5 Read a book with a counting number found in the title


Tell No Oneby Harlan Coben










Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 365
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

SweetMelissa

25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
Option A: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford (GRA), 7/16/15
Required: Free from library
Option C: Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty (GRA), 7/16/15

Points this post: 25
GRA this post: 2
BBT this post: 0
500 pages:
750 pages:
1000 pages:

Total Points: 415
Total GRA: 15
Total BBT: 5
500 pages: 2
750 pages:
1000 pages: 1

FANDURY

30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?

Option 2: Read a book with an author whose first name is Mary, Kathleen, or Donna OR choose an author whose last name begins with the letter A, or L, or O.

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Last name of the author begins with the letter L.

Erik Larson is a Goodreads Author!


Option 3: Read a book with the title written in solid red OR white OR blue lettering.

by Jamie Douglas-Home

The title of the book is solid white.


Points this post: 30
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(1)

SClosson

5.10 - May the Gods Be In Your Favor
Conviction by Corinne Michaels


10.10 - Haiku
Heaven Is Paved with Oreos by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
IL: MG+

5 words


20.2 - The X-Philes
Option 1:
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7.0

#45 on 1st page


25.2 - Summer's Bounty
Option #1:
Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Author's initials: RR in RhubaRb

Option #2:
by Erma Bombeck

Cherries in title and on cover


25.5 - Summer Fun
Option A:
Consolation by Corinne Michaels

Borrowed from library

Option C:
Kissing Under the Mistletoe by Marina Adair

Authors intials: MA in fAMily gathering


Points this Post: 85
Total Points: 590

SClosson

30.5 - Good Old Summertime?
Option #1:
Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger

Letters of SAUNA in title

Option #2:
by Marilyn Brant

Ice cream on cover (approved in help)


30.7 - Celebrating Summer
Option #1:
by Emma Chase

Wedding dress on cover (approved in help)

Option #3
On Folly Beach by Karen White

Beach vacations are always my favorite, especially in the Carolinas. I would like to visit Folly Beach sometime.


Points this Post:60
Total Points: 650

Melissah

20.4 - Happy Birthday!

Option 4 - The Kitchen Daughter

This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 120 points

Vicki

25.5 Summer Fun

Option A: A Free Book
Checkmate (I got it for my birthday) by Steven James a GRA

Option C: Author Initials in FAMILY GATHERING
The Beast House by Richard Laymon RL

This post:
25 pts
1 GRA

TOTAL:
330 pts
21 GRA

Cait S

10.9- Three Of A Kind?
Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings on the cover.

by Elle Saint James

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 445
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 24

SuzanneB

30.5-Good Old Summertime?

Option 1: title and subtitle must contain all the letters in SAUNA

PrActicAl claSsics: 50 reasoNs to reread 50 books yoU haven't touched since high school

Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School by Kevin Smokler

Option 2: Read a book with a baseball uniform, bat, ball, or mitt



Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Total tasks completed: 5