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Finished Shakespeare's Caliban: A Cultural History for 15.3 "Feeling Possessive".

Total # of points - 35

Finished: task 15.2 Above Average
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Total Points: 15

Finally on the board...

Finished 5.6 Cinco de Mayo: The World Without Us

Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1

Just finished The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak for "5.3 Hot Reads" for 5 points. This book was found on this list: One Day Best Summer Reads

New Total: 110 points

Just finished Heartbreak, Tennesseefor 5.1 Blind Date for 5 points.

Total points: 10

Just finished Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion for 10.4 'Attention Grabber' for 10 points.

New total: 105 points

Just a few more days and I will be back more! I should have the leaderboard updated by Monday. ***fingers crossed***

Finished Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context for 20.2 Over 700 Club.

Total # of points - 55

Finished task 16 Lighthouse Road for 15.2 Above Average for 15 points.

Total points: 25

Finished Flowers for Algernon (Campfire) and Girl in Translation (Family Travelling; sort of interpreted it as travelling to another country and adjusting there) for task (25.5)


Total: 45

*Kelly R.

Finished:
5-6. #5 in a series as identified on GRs OR that a GRs' friend rated 5 stars - Timeless by Gail Carriger (4/10)
5-7. Something purple on the cover (lavender & shades of purple work) - The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (4/25)
5-8. Set in winter OR w/ snow or ice (any form- ice cubes, ice skating rink, etc) on the cover - The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris (5/2)
10-1. Read 3 plays by one playwright - The Beauty Queen of Lenane (4/29); The Lonesome West (4/29); The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh (5/5)
10-4. An opening sentence that really grabbed my attention - Gone by Michael Grant (4/1)
15-1. Author that has disappointed you in the past, but who you are willing to give another chance - The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (4/16)
15-2. Find a book rating average on my profile & read a book w/ a rating at/above that # (as of 4/1/13: 3.96 average rating) - Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (4/28)

Total Points: 65/520
Books Finished: 9/48
Tasks Completed: 7/36

Finished I've Got Your Numberfor 5.6 Cinco de Mayo for 5 points.

Total points: 30

Finished Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate for Task 10.5 for 10 points. (The book is set in Texas.)

Tasks Finished: 6
Books Finished: 7
Points Total: 65

just finished "The Nine Lives of Chloe King " by Liz Braswell.

Task: The Over 700 Club
Points: 20

Ashley L.

Finished 5.3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone from this list. http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11...

Tasks Finished: 4
Books Read:7
Total Points: 40

Finished
5.1 Blind Date: Right Next Door
15.3 Feeling Possessive: Hemingway's Girl

Total points: 25
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3

Emily G.

Finished:
5.2 Is that a fact? Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
5.4 Spring Cleaning: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming (The Republic of Thieves has been on my TBR the longest but Mr. Lynch has yet to publish. I'm waiting!!!)
5.7 Purple for peace: Beautiful Creatures

10.7 Roadtrip: American Gods

15.2 Above Average: The Hobbit

20.3 Eat an oreo: Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West (I-D-I)
20.2 Histories mysteries: And Then There Were None

Total points: 80

Finished The Lightning Thief for Task 10.7 Roadtrip!


Tasks completed:3
Total points: 40

◈Heather◈ wrote: "Finished: task 15.2 Above Average
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Total Points: 15"

There are 2 Heathers, so in future posts, please post you last initial. Thanks.

Finished Task 5.3 Save the Date by Jenny B. Jones (Chick Lit on the Beach #643) for 5 points.

Tasks Finished: 7
Books Finished: 8
Points Total: 70

Just finished Lullabies for Little Criminals for 20.3 'Eat an oreo day' for 20 points.

New total: 125 points

Hoping I have more luck getting through tasks for this challenge than I did for the last one! :-)

FInished:
10.5 Storm Chasers: The Color Purple
25.8 Take a Vacation (I rolled 1 for both): Gone Girl and That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 2
Points total: 35

Finished Dead Ever After for Task 10.8 A Chain is as Strong as Its Weakest Link

Tasks completed: 4
Total Points: 50

Finished 20.1 Group Read: Life of Pi

Total Points: 45
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4

Finished Crossedfor 5.4 Spring Cleaning.

Total Points: 35

Just finished Room by Emma Donoghue [Campfire "talked about"] and MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche [S'mores "not a real word"] for "25.5 Let's Go Camping" for 25 points.

New Total: 135 points

Finished Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World for 5.1.

Total: 50 points

Just finished Operation Bonnet: A Novel for option 1 of "25.4 School's Out for Summer", partnered with A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League for option 2 of 25.4! +25

Also finished Feeling Sorry for Celia for "25.8 Take A Vacation" (rolled a 5 - set in Australia) partnered with One Day (rolled a 3 - romantic)! +25

New total: 65 points

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Just finished The Great Gatsby for 5.4.

Tasks completed 2
Total points 15

20.3 Eat an Oreo Day: The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti (The "sandwich" is "s-e-s" in Obsession)

10.6 Broke and Bookish: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Link to Broke and Bookish review: http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/2...

Tasks Finished: 3
Books Read: 4
Total Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 55

Just finished 15.4Long Hard Ridemy sport was PBR (Professional Bull Riding) got to love living in Colorado and Wyoming!

Tasks Finished: 5
Books Read:8
Total Points: 55

Finished Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for 5.8: Air Conditioned Cool for 5 points.

Finished Tell the Wolves I'm Home for 10.4: Attention Grabber for 10 points.

Finished Gone Girl and When Will There Be Good News? for 25.4: Schools Out For Summer for 25 points.

Task Complete: 5
New Total Points: 80

5.3 - Hot Reads

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The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - May 18

Task Points: 5
Total Points: 5

5.6 - Cinco de Mayo

Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce, #5) April 15

Task Points: 5
Total Points: 10

5.7 Purple for Peace

Splendid by Julia Quinn April 18

Task Points: 5
Points Points: 15

5.8 Air Conditioned Cool

I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (Set during Christmas) April 14

Task Points: 5
Total Points: 20

10.2 Salute to Silliness

You Can't Have My Planet, But Take My Brother, Please by James Mihaley May 20

Task Points: 10
Total Points: 30

10.3 May Day

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein April 25

Task Points: 10
Total Points: 40

10.4 Attention Grabber

Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande May 12

Task Points: 10
Total Points: 50

Finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for 20.2 the over 700 club

Tasks completed 3
Updated points 35

15.3 Feeling Possessive?

The Tutor's Daughter by Julie Klassen April 29

Task Points: 15
Total Points: 65

10.5 Storm Chasers

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool May 12

Task Points 10
Total Points 75

20.3 Eat an Oreo Day

Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans April 16 (e-v-e)

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 95

Just finished The Custom of the Country & How To Be Free (-RY & -REE) for task 25.1 "Those lazy hazy crazy days...' for 25 points.

New total: 150 points

Finished: task 5.7 Purple for Peace
Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey


Total Points: 20

Finished Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen for 5.5 "Island Time".

Total # of points - 60

I just finished reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke and Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James for 25.5 Let's Go Camping. And Eggs by Jerry Spinelli for 15.7 Easter Egg Hunt

Total Points 75
Completed Tasks 5

Ashley M

Finished:

5.1. Blind Date: Walking Across Egypt - I picked at random from the Half Price Books Clearance section!

5.2. Is That A Fact?: Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course


5.6. Cinco de Mayo: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within - rated 5 stars by my friend Zoe.

5.3. Hot Reads: From Huff Post's Summer List - The Fault in Our Stars

10.2. National Do-Dah Day(salute to silliness): Bossypants

10.8. A Chain is Only as Strong as its Weakest Link: The Great Failure: A Bartender, A Monk, and My Unlikely Path to Truth

20.1. Group Read: The Night Circus

20.4. Histories Mysteries: Asesinato en el Orient Express

25.5. Lets go Camping: 
     2. Kitchen
     4. Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story

15.2. Above Average: Scarlet - My average is 3.88 and Scarlet is 4.34

25.1. Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer: Lady of Pleasure and Slightly Shady



Books Read: 18
Tasks Finished: 13
Total points: 175

Finished A Storm of Swords for task 20.2 The Over 700 Club

Tasks completed: 5
Total points: 70