The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

5.2 Sun, Sea and Pirates!

I read Fair Game by Stephen Leather

Which was about Somali Pirates!

***Big Book 544pg***



10.1 For Real

I read The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon.



10.9 - Around the Campfire

I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

***Nail Gaiman is a Goodreads Author***



15.5 - Mind the Gap

I read Secrets to Die For by L.J. Sellers Number 2 in the series.

***L.J Sellers is a Goodreads Author***



15.10 - Summer Time and The Reading is easy

I read The Sex Club: A Detective Jackson Mystery by L.J. Sellers

***L.J Sellers is a Goodreads Author***




20.6 - Summer Reading

I read Hard Landing by Stephen Leather. I did this while sipping cocktails by the pool while in Bali!



Points this post: 75
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Books: 10
Pages: 3434
Big Book tickets: 2
Goodreads authors: 3

10.10 Gimme S’more

Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed.

Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt

Previously, I read Coming Back to Me by the same author.

This Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 32/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

BJ Rose

1 new task

30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
A. Read a book with a day of the week: Thursday
Thursdays At Eight by Debbie Macomber
B. Read a book with the name of a European city, region, or country in title
The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer Corinth was approved in the Help thread

Points this post = 30

Total Points = 485

Tasks Completed = 30
Pages Read = 13,779
GR Authors = 7
Big Books: (500+) = 1

10.3 - Spare Me


State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Having read this I'm even more convinced than before that I do not want to visit the Amazon jungle - too hot, too wet, snakes, horrible diseases! I loved the book though!


Total points to date 325

STACIE MI

Task 10.2 - Phone Home

I read a book about an alien invasion:

Pod by Stephen Wallenfels

Points this task: 10
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 49
Pages read: 12735
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

LDB

20.6 Summer Reading
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
I love to travel (one of the few times I have for dedicated reading) and love to sit outside and read during the summer. I read this while traveling to a friends wedding and while sitting outside during the trip.

Total Points: 35
Pages Read: 680

Task #10.4 - Here Kitty Kitty

Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

** Carrie Vaughn is a Goodreads Author **

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Emmalita

30.5 Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon

A. Non-fiction book about astronomy

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

B. Science Fiction book about space travel from Earth to outer space

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

30.9 Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!

A. Book about travel from one country to another. The author travels to many, many countries during this book including England, Japan, Turkey and many others.

The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

B. Book with the word beach in the title

The Beach House by James Patterson

James Patterson is a Goodreads author

This post: 60 points
Total points to Date: 285 points
Goodread authors: 6
Total tasks completed: 13

5.8 But No Shoplifting
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
I borrowed this book from a friend.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author

Points for this post: 5
Total Points: 825
Tasks Completed: 50
Books Read: 66
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure SRC Style
I entered John Grisham into the map and chose Option 2: A book I have never read by an author I have previously read: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
and Option A: read another book by the same author: Innocent

50.1 Hodge Podge
D: A friend (Jayme) rated The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 5 stars
***Alexander McCall Smith is a GR author***
This book fulfills criteria 2 (GR Author) and 3 (book #1 in a series)

I: Added to my TBR shelf since the beginning of this challenge but before this task posted: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan & Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
***This is a Big Book at 576 pages***

I: Added to my TBR shelf since the beginning of this challenge but before this task posted: Known and Unknown by Donald Rumsfeld
***This is also a Big Book at 726 pages***
This book also fulfills criteria 1 as it is over 700 pages

Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 730
Tasks Completed: 45/57

25.4 Color Me Happy

I rolled a 6- Purple

4. I read The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. The main character's name is Violet.

5. Genre- Fantasy/Paranormal. I read Candy Houses by Shiloh Walker. This is an ebook pre-approved in the ebook thread.

*Kimberly Derting and Shiloh Walker are GR Authors*

Points for this task-25
Total Points- 455
Books Read- 34
GR Authors- 16

20.2 read Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

20.7 Read The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory

30.3 A read The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie and
B. read A Death In Vienna by Daniel Silva

30.2 Read Northern Lights by Nora Roberts and
read
Haunted in Death by J.D. Robb

5.8 Listened to One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp a digital audio book borrowed from my local library.

Points these tasks: 105

Emmalita

50.1 Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Fits option C - One word title
Fits requirement 2 - a Goodreads author

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Fits option B - book with ratings greater than 4.3
Requirement 1 - book greater than 700 pages
Requirement 3 - book that is a part of a series

A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Fits H - more than 25K ratings
The other two took care of requirements 1, 2 and 3

Jennifer Egan and Daniel H. Wilson are both Goodreads authors

Game of Thrones is a big book with 864 pages

This post: 50 points
Total points to Date: 335 points
Goodread authors: 8
Big Book tickets: 2
Total tasks completed: 14

Leslie NJ

5.1 At the Shore: Silver Girl

10.1 For Real? Soulless

Gail Carriger**is a GR author

10.10 Gimme S'More: Joy For Beginners

Erica Bauermeister** is a GR author

15.8 Up in the Air: Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

(country code AL = Albania)

20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy: The Happiness Project. This is a book about happiness in general.

Gretchen Rubin ** is a GR author

20.5 Family Reunion: Option D. Please Look After Mom is about siblings who are looking for their mom who is missing.

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck: Scribblers: Before I Go to Sleep. The main character is a published author.

**S.J. Watson is a GR author.

Rainbow Cone: Beauty Queens.

**Libba Bray is a GR author.

30.1 Best Friends and Lovers: A. The First Husband: A Novel by Laura Dave; one of my best friend's in high school was named Laura.

**Laura Dave is a GR author.

B. Option 2: Things I Want My Daughters to Know; a seven-letter title


This post: 135 points

Total to Date = 325 points

KIM NY

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

1. Bubble Gum Bar - I read by Amanda Hocking which is a YA paranormal book. AND...

4. Rainbow Snow Cone - I read also by Amanda Hocking which has a main character named Milo who is homosexual.


Points this post: 25
Total points: 170

15.2 - Summer Stock
A) Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks
A Reality TV Show is filmed in this book
B) Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence

20.9 - Summerthing Better
The Romanovs by Robert K. Massie
I am going to visit Russia in a few months to visit family. This book helped me learn move about the history of the area and how it shaped the lives of my relatives there.

25.1 - Tennis, Anyone?
A) A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
The word stroke appears in the title of this book.
B) The Thrill of Victory by Sandra Brown
The main character in this book is a Tennis Pro.

Sandra Brown is a Goodreads Author

25.4 - Color Me Happy....
Purple
Option 1 - by Kelley Armstrong
The cover of Personal Demon is mainly purple.
Option 5 - by Amanda Hocking
Ascend is a Fantasy/Paranormal book.

Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
Amanda Hocking is a Goodreads Author

25.5 - U.S. Patriots
A) Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Maria V. Snyder was born in Pennsylvania.
B) Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
One of the main characters is retired military.

Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author

25.6 - European Landmarks
Option 3 - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Option 4 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Total Points this Post: 135
Total Points to Date: 865

10.2 Phone Home

Read a book that involves extraterrestrial beings on Earth or humans that have traveled outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

This Post: 10
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 33/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

STACIE MI

Task 5.7 - Don't Stop Reading

I read Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

Points this task: 5
Total points: 670
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 50
Pages read: 12915
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

30.2 AKA

I read Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb and Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts.

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Laurie ME

5.9: The Long and Short of It:

Kate Mosse - Labyrinth
508 pages; BT

10.8: Baby, It's Hot Outside:

Kerstin Gier - Ruby Red
322 pages

10.10: Gimme S'more:

Linda Howard - Up Close and Dangerous
352 pages

15.10 Summer Time and The Reading is Easy:

Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
644 pages; BT


20.6: Seasoned Reader: Heather KS's task: Summer reading: read book on Ferry on the way over to Vinalhaven (read several more while on vacation on the island)

Nora Roberts - Tribute
433 pages

25.5: Christine US's task: US Patriots:

1. Pennsylvania author: Dean Koontz - Lightning
384 pages

2. Military/former military H/h: hero served in Afghanistan
Karen Rose - You Belong To Me
494 pages

30.7: Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure - SRC style: (chosen author: Nora Roberts)

1. Option 1: Sandra Brown - White Hot
448 pages; GR

2. Option B: Julia Quinn - Its in His Kiss
368 pages; GR

This post:
Books read: 8
Pages read: 3601
Points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Good read authors: 2
Big Ticket books: 2

Total, to date:
Books read: 21
Pages read: 8672
Tasks completed: 21
Total points: 340
Good Read authors: 3
Big Ticket books: 3

Labyrinth for 515 pages
for 645 pages
- goodreads author
- goodreads author


from previous postings -
- goodreads author
- for 752 pages

30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice


I chose Option 1.

My dark book:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Light book:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling


Points for this task: 30
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 23

Coralie
20.8 Female Author’s of Sci-Fi
Woman on the Edge of Time

Total points 600

20.9 Lucky Me!

The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

I am really terrible with money management, this book was really helpful!

Points for this task: 20
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 26 (a bit different from my last post, I miscounted somewhere!)

KAREN F

10.5 What's Next

I used Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney as my 5* book. From the list I then read:

Face the Fire by Nora Roberts

20.7 A Trip to the Past

And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke

Points this post: 30

Total Challenge Points: 325

20.10 Group Read
B Historical fiction Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran



Total Points 30
Claiming Goodreads Author ticket for Michelle Moran

ERIN C.

10.10 Gimme S'More

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

I'm a big fan of the quick, easy reads of Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files!

Task: +10

15.5 Mind the Gap

The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters

#2 in the Amelia Peabody series, and one of the many books in the middle!

Task: +15


Points this Post:25
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 12
GoodRead Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

Tammy AZ

10.3 Spare Me - No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 I can truly say I never want to visit either Pakistan or climb K2.

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck - I chose the Bullet Firecracker Pop for both and read
Live Wire and The Sentry

Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 225

Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise

15.7 - The Readers Have Chosen
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, which won for non-fiction
Rebecca Skloot is a GoodReads Author


Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1815
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)

10.1 -- For Real?
Avalon Revisited by O.M. Grey (Goodreads author)

10.6 -- Gay Pride
Wolf Tales VI by Kate Douglas (Goodreads author)
All the characters are bisexual

25.1 -- Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?
Book 1: Spy Games by Gina Robinson (Goodreads author)
Book 2: Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
First Die (6): As You Like It (humorous book)
Bingo Barge Murder by Jessie Chandler (Goodreads author)
Second Die (4): Hamlet (Murder Mystery)
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris

50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge
Category D : Friend Rated 5 Stars - Heather
Criteria 1: 700+ pages
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Big Book Ticket)
Category H: 25K+ ratings on Goodreads
Criteria 3: Part of a series
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Category I: Added to TBR during challenge (added on June 1st)
Criteria 2: Goodreads Author
Death on Tour by Janice Hamrick (Goodreads author)

Total Points This Post: 125
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 5
Grand Total Points: 740/1000
Total Books Read: 58
Tasks Completed: 44/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2

Finished:

5.1 At the Shore:

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle: A Novel by Monique Roffey set in Trinidad; okayed in help thread

Today's totals 20
Grand total 800

15.9 Pulling Weeds


Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World by Naomi S. Baron (My ebook version had 313 pages.

Today's total: 20
Grand total: 800

Emmalita

REPOST to correct the classification of requirement for Visit to the Goon Squad

50.1 Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Fits option C - One word title
Fits requirement 2 - a Goodreads author

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Fits option B - book with ratings greater than 4.3
Requirement 1 - book greater than 700 pages
Requirement 3 - book that is a part of a series

A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Fits option D - I have a friend (Erin) who rated it 5 stars
The other two took care of requirements 1, 2 and 3

Jennifer Egan and Daniel H. Wilson are both Goodreads authors

Game of Thrones is a big book with 864 pages

This post: 50 points
Total points to Date: 335 points
Goodread authors: 8
Big Book tickets: 2
Total tasks completed: 14

25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks
For this task, choose two different European destinations from this list and "visit" them by reading a book appropriate to the setting.

1. The Louvre is one of the great art museums of the world. To visit it, read a book about art history, a biography of an artist, or a novel that features an artist as a major character.

The Moon and Sixpence (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham (Paperback, 224 pages)

5. Stonehenge is a mysterious prehistoric stone monument. To visit Stonehenge, read a work of non-fiction about or a novel set in the ancient world.

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (2001) by Anthony Everitt (Paperback, 364 pages)

340 + 25 = 365





Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 340 + 25 = 365
Books read: 30
Pages Read: 9212

Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

KIM NY

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy - I read Flutterby Amanda Hocking.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 185

Hettie

10.5 -- What’s Next?
Title of 5 star book entered: Moving Mars
Book read for challenge: Ringworld



20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A: The Hypochondriac's Handbook: A Disease for Every Occasion, an Illness for Every Symptom
Word with more than 11 letters




30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
Option A:Two Chalet School Girls in India Travelled from Austria to India and then back to Austria
Option B:Sea Swept
Contains word sea


Precious point total: 255
Total this post: 60
Total points: 315

25.2. Pulitzer prize winner.
Novel. Olive Kitteridge.
History. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Total point so far: 220

Stacey

10.6 Gay Pride
Fingersmith

20.2 Netherlands is an 11 Letter Word
Thunderball (11 letters)

30.3 If It's Tuesday...
A: "Day" in the title
Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
B: Name of European City
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

30.10 Half and Half
Book from the spring challenge list: Spy Glass
A: The Spy Who Loved Me
B: The Girl with Glass Feet

New points: 90
Total points: 455

5.4 Summmmmer
I read Election by Tom Perrotta

25.1 Tennis, Anyone?

Book 1 - I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (key word "game")

Book 2 - I read Sudden Death by Rita Mae Brown - the main character is a pro tennis player

30.8 Summer Equinox
Dark Book - Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell - found on the "Quality Dark Fiction" list

Light Book - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - found on the "Light But Not Too Dumb" list

*I'd like to claim a Big Book ticket for Harry Potter at 870 pages*

New Total: 465

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag

Read a book set in Canada or by a Canadian author.

The Sentimentalists by Johanna Shively Skibsrud

This Post: 5
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 34/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

RACHEL CA: 355 pts total

15.10 SUMMERTIME, AND THE READING IS EASY

The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall

Points: 15
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 29
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Delicious Dee

Last Post 1675

5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES! - Finished
Tsunami Blue - Gayle Ann Williams (GR Author) - in a world where Tsunami's have destroyed everything known, Runners are Pirates who raid what is left of uplander's, killing, pillaging etc - approved in the task help thread

5.6. As American As....
Hot Head - Damon Suede (GR Author)

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A - The Information Officer: A Novel - Information has 11 letters

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
Option D - The Quilter's Legacy - Sylvia's mother died while she was still young (9), and years later after being estranged from her family for 40+ years, she tries to find out what happened to heirloom quilts that her mother had made during her lifetime - told as flashbacks between present day and significant events in her mothers life - my only disappointment, you don't ever actually find out (at least in this book) what happened to cause their estrangement

50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge
A. Option D (friend rated 5 star) - Kushiel's Dart - 700+ pages (MMPB is 1015); Jacqueline Carey Goodreads Author; Part of a series (Kushiel's Legacy #1)
B. Option A (author read previously and liked) The Doomsday Key - Part of a series (Sigma Force #6); James Rollins GR Author
C. Option A - Change of Heart - part of a series (Change of Heart #1); Mary Calmes GR Author

Total Points this Post: 100
Total Points in Challenge: 1000
Books Read: 77
Tasks Completed: 57
GR Authors: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

5.4-SUMMMMMMMER

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Double Ls in "Gladwell"

15.10-Summertime, and the Reading is Easy-Read Any Book
Complete Book Of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Rev.), The by Sheila Kitzinger


Total Books Read: 6
Total Challenges Completed: 6
Total Pages Read: 2340
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 80

Way to go Dee!

10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty - by Jennifer L. Holm

25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
Fiction 2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is a Goodreads Author
Drama 1991 - Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon

25.5 - Christine US's task: U.S. Patriots
Book 1 - Bossypants by Tina Fey
Book 2 - Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
Option 1 - Cool Summer Books List - Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Option 2 - Takes Place in Summer - I Am the Wallpaper by Mark Peter Hughes

50.1 -- Emily Kate's Task: Hodge Podge
Category E - The Passage by Justin Cronin fits criteria #1 (book over 700 pages) and criteria #3 (part of a series)
Claiming big book ticket
Category A - Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich fits criteria #2 (Goodreads author)
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
Category A - The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne, all criteria met by other books
Erin Dionne is a Goodreads Author

Total Points: 715
Tasks Completed: 41
Pages Read: 14904
Books Read:53
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets (2) 500

Congrats Dee! :)

Lisa MD

COMPLETED TASKS:

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag
set in Canada or by a Canadian author

❀ Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens READ 7.31.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR


10.2 Phone Home E.T.
involves extraterrestrial beings on Earth or humans that have traveled outside of Earth’s atmosphere

❀ The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson READ 8.3.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR


30.6 Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
Rolled 6 & 2

6. As You Like It - read a book written by a comedian or a humorous book
❀ Bossypants by Tina Fey READ 6.13.11

2. Midsummer's Night Dream - Read a fantasy, sci-fi, or paranormal novel.
❀ The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan READ 8.8.11

*********************************************************************




TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 27/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 32
TOTAL POINTS: 415/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 17
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R

Valiant by Holly Black

Two l's in Holly

*Holly Black is a Goodreads author*


Points this post: 5
Total Points: 670
Total Tasks Completed: 37
Total Books Read: 49
Total GoodReads Authors: 18
Big book tickets: 4

15.3 In The Eurozone

set in Germany (Quedlinburg) & German author: Du süße sanfte Mörderin by Helga Glaesener (paperback edition counts 429 pages)

author born in Warwickshire, England: Tod im Tal der Heiden/ Valley of the Shadow by Peter Tremayne (paperback edition counts 416 pages)


Total points: 250

Task 5.8 But No Shoplifting

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

Received as an ARC from Librarything.

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90


Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read:2217
Total GoodReads Authors: 4

Nickboy.

5.2 Pirates! The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack by James Nelson, 416 pages

20.1 Birthday Time!
Option 3. Book published the year I was born. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, currently # 2 on the GR Popular books list from 1958, 190 pages

30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers falls on the list of books read in the last challenge.

A. Read a book with the first word in the title, but not the second.
Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon by Colin Burgess, Kate Doolan, and Bert Vis, 272 pages

B. Read a book with the second word in the title, but not the first.
Strange Angels by Kathe Koja, 356 pages

Task Points: 55
Total Points: 755
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 63
Pages Read: 19,101
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)

10.10 The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong


15.5 The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (Second book in a published trilogy)


Total Points: 205