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Randi15.10 Roaming Wild
I read Pride by Rachel Vincent who is a GoodReads Author **claiming 1 GR Author ticket**
Points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 105
Total Pages Read: 3050
Total Books Read: 8
GoodRead Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Boston Kate10.4 Moniker Math
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
My readerboard name (Boston Kate) has ten letters, as does Konigsburg.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Kathy G.20.10- Group Reads-
The Peach Keeper: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
****Posted in Discussion- #23***
Claiming Goodreads Author
Total Points- 105
Total Tasks- 7
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books (500+)- 1
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Boys that Biteby Mari Mancusi - One of the main characters is a vampire. Can dress as a vampire for Halloween.
Mari Mancusi is a goodreads author
30.8 Head of the Class Chosen Subject: Math
Department Nineteenby Will Hill (number in the title)
Pages: 537 pages claiming big book ticket
and
Chosen by P.C. Cast (takes place at the House of Night a school for vampires.
Points this Post: 60
Total points- 285
Tasks Completed: 15
Books read: 20
Pages Read : 5,558
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.2 Back to Classhomophone four/for
The Big Four by Agatha Christie and
A Cold Day for Murder by ***Goodreads author Dana Stabenow***
20.10 Group Read
The Peach Keeper by ***Goodreads author Sarah Addison Allen***
Comment #24 on the discussion thread
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Repost of 54225.6 Fall days and nights
Days
- this is the edition I readNights
No change in points, GR authors or Big Books
5.7 African Safari Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey15.9 Get Out the Winter Clothes
by by Peter AbrahamsPoints this post: 20
Total Point Earned: 75/1000
Books Read: 6/77
Task Completed 4 /57
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Janice CA20.8 The Big 5-Oh.....
Don't Kiss Them Good-bye by Allison DuBois
3 stars
There are 5 "o"s among the title and author's name.
+20
total: 75
tasks: 5
books: 5
GR Authors: 1
RACHEL CA: 125 pts total15.10 ROAMING WILD
The Wind in the Willows: 75th Anniversary Edition by Kenneth Grahame
An old favorite. I love all the color and black and white illustrations in this edition.
Points: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.7 Beginnings and Endings: Taken by Midnight (begins and ends in "T") by Lara Adrian***Lara Adrian is a Goodreads Author***
25.5 Virtual Safari:
Option #1 (lion): I read Noahby Jacquelyn Frank Noah is the King of the Demons
Option #5 (flamingo): I read
by Eden Bradley , Eve Berlin***Jacquelyn Frank is a Goodreads author***
***Eve Berlin is a Goodreads author***
25.9 Rite of Passage:
Option A (go): I read Go Fetch! by Shelly Laurenston
Option C (the gifts): I read Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian (it has 18 letters)
***Lara Adrian is a Goodreads author***
30.4 Trusty Shellback:
book 1: I read Midnight Sins by Lora Leigh
book 2: I read Amethyst Dreams and chose Amethyst (my birthstone) as my choice of gemstone
Total Points this Post: 95
Total Points in Challenge: 425
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 18
GR Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
KIM NY30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store:
Book 1 (rolled a 3): Read a book between 300-399 pages- Marysvale by Jared Southwick.
Book 2 (rolled a 5): Journal (Diary format)- Sarah's Diary byTshombe Kelly.
Total points this post: 30
Total points for challenge: 215
JACKIE NC10.2 Queen of Denial
Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 80
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
Leslie KTask 15.7 Beginnings and endings
Summer Secrets by Barbara Freethy Freethy is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Goodreads author: yes Total 1
Big book: no Total 0
Leslie KTask 20.1: Missing Books
The Wind Done Gone: A Novel by Alice Randall
Book is a fill-in for Gone With the Wind
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Goodreads author: no Total: 1
Big book: no Total: 0
Leslie KTask 25.2: It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Option 1: 960 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 60
Goodreads author: no Total: 1
Big book: Yes, 960 pages Total: 1
Leslie KTask 25.3: Game Night
Book 1: Colonel Mustard
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Jack Reacher is a retired Army Major
Book 2: Wrench in the lounge
Bad Luck And Trouble by Lee Child
Jack Reacher and friends, former colleagues, work together towards a goal
Points this task: 25
Total points: 85
Goodreads author: No, Total: 1
Big book: Book 2, yes, 512 pages Total: 2
Leslie KTask 30.10: Shopping at the school store
First die 3: 384 pages
The Hard Way by Lee Child
Second die: 5 Book is written in journal/diary format
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
Points this task: 30
Total points: 115
Goodreads author: no Total: 1
Big book: no, Total: 2
15.7 - Beginnings and Endings
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho *(Goodreads Author)*
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Author: 1
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho *(Goodreads Author)*
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Author: 1
10.9 Words of Wisdom My Virtual Cookie saying: Simplicity and Clarity should be your theme in Dress.
The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean
30.6 Donna Jo's Task: I'd like to See Your I.D.
D. Hair Color:
by Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author.
Big Ticket Book: The Blind Assassin is 521 pages long.
E. Height: I am 60 inches tall.
, The Kills is the 6th in Linda Fairstein's Alexandra Cooper Series. Big Ticket Book: The Kills is 512 pages long.
Task Points in this Post: 40
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Ticket Books in this Task: 2
Pages Read in this Task: 1337
Total Points: 155
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Ticket Books: 500=(2), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Pages Read in the Fall 2011 SRC: 4588
Reviews Available: Anne (Booklady) 2011 Challenge Reviews
5.5- Read a book published in July 2010, or 2011.
I read Linger by Maggie Stiefvater.
This book was published July 2010.
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads Author
Points this task: 5
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Task 25.5 SRC's Virtual Safari2. African Elephant--Read a big book over 400 pages.
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton is 473 pages.
6. Zebra--Read a book with a mainly white and black cover. I read the approved book,
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Points this task: 25
Total points: 165
Tasks: 11
Books: 12
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
10.6 Big Game Hunter 10 Years of Point Horror by Richie Tankersley Cusick
There are 688 pages in this book.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 35
Task Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
10.7- Hot off the pressesI read Click: An Online Love Story by Lisa Becker which was published in 2011.
Points For Post- 10
Total Points- 130
GR Authors- 4
Total Tasks- 10
Finished:10.5 Blood Moon
Blood: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War by Peter Kadzis (editor)
20.8 It's My Birthday-Lisa MD's Task--The Big 5 oh
Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth
20.9 Lucky Me!-Task--Vegas Vacation:
I rolled a 5 so for the Excalibur I read
Keys to the Castle by Donna Ball
25.8 Mrs Soule's Task--Genre Studies:
I picked Fantasy for my genre, so
A. Elfpunk (I so love the name of this category)
Except the Queen by Jane Yolen
B. Unicorns
Operation Luna by Poul Anderson
Today's total: 75
Grand total: 440
Completed 20.10 read the peach keeper by sarah addison allen. Review post #26.Task points 20
Total points 30
GayleTask 20.9: Lucky Me!
I rolled a 3 so The Mirage for me!
Under Witch Moon by Maria E. Schneider
Maria Schneider is a Goodread's Author.
Task 20.10: Group Read: "Magical Realism"
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Message posted in the discussion: #25
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodread's Author.
Task 30.10: Christina's Task
10.1: I rolled a 3: Read a book between 300-399 pages.
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb 352 pages
10.2: I rolled a 4: Read a book from the did not finish list.
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell 464 pages
Points Earned this post: 70
Total Points: 115
5.2 Lat & LongThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
This book is set in South America (Chile, although it's not named in the book) in the southern hemisphere, and I live in the UK in the northern hemisphere.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Joanna T20.5 Falling
Option D: Last published book in a series
Vow of Silence by Roxy Harte
This is #6 in the Chronicles of Surrender series.
Roxy Harte is a GR Author.
20.8 Big Five-Oh
Repost of 556, now including proper readerboard name
You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know by Heather Sellers
There are 6 "Os" in the title.
Grand total: 80
5.2-Lat and LongTitus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
This book takes place in Rome, in the eastern hemisphere. I live in Maryland in the western hemisphere.
10.4-Moniker Math
Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays byDavid Ball
My Readerboard name is Asho (4 letters) and Ball's last name is also 4 letters.
10.1-Back to Our Roots
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Total Books Read: 7
Total Challenges Completed: 7
Total Pages Read: 2176
Big Book Tickets:1
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 55
5.4: 54Death on Beacon hill(259 pages) by P.B. Ryan
5.5: Birth of a Nation
A Bucket of Ashes by P.B. Ryan
15.5: I Can See My House From Here
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson**GR Author**
20.2: Angie CA's Task: Word of the Day
Devil's Advocate (4/4/11) Tempt the Devil by Connie Mason
25.1: Rosemary's Task: Happiness is ... A Big Library
Book A: The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks(checked out from library)
Book B: The Curse of the Holy Pail (ELAI) by Sue Ann Jaffarian**GR Author**
25.3: Beth NC's Task: Game Night
Professor Plum: The Witch of Agnesi (teacher) by Robert Spiller
Revolver in Study:
(approved in thread for ebooks without print editions) by Sue FinemanPoints this Post 95
Total Points 320/1100
Tasks Completed 18/61
Books Read 31/86
Total Pages Read 10047
Goodreads Author 11
Big Books 0
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.8 S.O.N.
The Cat Who Saw Stars by Lilian Jackson Braun
15.3 Dead or Alive
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (Death in 2011)
TTYL by Lauren Myracle
25.2 Sandy's Task: Math Class-It's as Easy as 1-2-3
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore 416 pgs
Fudge Cupcake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery by Joanne Fluke
Total Points this Post 45
Readerboard Name Cheryl TX25.3 Beth NC's Task: Game Night
Option C Mrs. White--White Cover
1st Grave on the Right by Darymnda Jones
Option 2 Knife in the Dining Room--Knife on Cover
Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson
30.1 Sheila's Task: My Hometown, Rock Island, IL
The Transcontinental Railroad in American History by R. Conrad Stein
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
30.2 Cheyrl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Fall Holidays
Option 3 Criteria B, H
The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jsckson Braun
The Nastiest Thing I have ever pulled out of my fridge was a banana. THis author died in 2011 and there is dessert (Bananas) on the coverOption 5, Criteria I
A Dog Named Christmas by Greg Kincaid
A Dog Named Christmas
This was a adopted dog and there is a dog on the cover.
30.3 Dlmrose's Task: E-Ticket Ride
Option A The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Option B Belle: The Re-Telling of Beauty and the Beast by Cameron Dokey
30.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty Shellback
The Dog Rules: 14 Secrets to Developing the Dog You Want
Dark Sapphire by Lisa Jackson
30.9 Kate S's Task: Bookfest!
The Girl in the Green Raincoat: A Tess Monaghan Novel by Laura Lippman
Jake Reinvented by Gordon Korman
30.10 Christina's Task: Shopping at the School Store
1st Die was 3 300-399 pages
2nd Grave on the Lest by Darynda Jones
2nd die 4 2* or less
Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian I originally gave this book a 2*--I would probably bump that score up to at least a 3. It is not her best work
Total points this post: 205
Sandy MN20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!
Option B: The Wolfman
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Total points: 165
BUTTERFLYCAGER15.8. Stormy Weather - Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Just My Type: A Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield
Five o's total - 4 in subtitle and one in author's first name.
30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange Land
A. Reimaginings:
The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith
This book is set in Botswana, and Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe.
C. Estrangement:
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
This graphic novel is set in Iran, where Satrapi was born, but she now lives in France.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 65
Total challenge points: 515
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 38
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
I had this all done last night and then the site was down and it didn't post, so here's my latest update take two!5.8 – S.O.N.
son in Morrison
The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison
+5 Points
15.5. I Can See My House From Here
Cairo by G. Willow Wilson, a Goodreads Author
+ 15 Points
+ 1 Goodreads Author
20.9 Lucky Me! – Jayme VA’s task: Vegas Vacation
My Roll: 2 Circus Circus! You get to visit the big top! Read a book in which an animal or a clown is a main character or is central to the plot/book’s focus.
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
+20 Points
25.2 – Sandy’s Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
2. 300 X 2 = FINISHED
Read 2 books, each with 300 or more pages.
Palestine: The Special Edition by Joe Sacco, 320 pgs.
The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain by Melanie Little, 312 pgs.
+25 Points
30.10 – Christina’s task: Shopping at the School Store:
My Roll: 6 & 2
First Die: Wildcard! 304 pages
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
Second Die: Markers
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
+30 Points
Points this Post: 95
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total: 180
5.4 - 54 Africa has 54 countries. Read a book that has a 5 or 4 in the total number of pages (423, 354, and 215 are examples). The edition you read must contain a 5 or 4 in the number of pages listed for that edition on Goodreads. Required: Please be sure to link to the edition that you actually read when you post.The Help - 451 pages
BJ Rose2 new tasks
5.6 - Labor Day Read a book in which a profession can be found in the author’s name - the profession is miller
A Wanted Man by Linda Lael Miller
20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling
C. It was icy out and I slipped! - Read a book from the Ice and Snow list
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound by Nancy Atherton
Points this post = 25
Total Points = 325
Tasks Completed = 19
Total Pages = 8034
Goodreads Authors = 7
Big Books = 0
Ann20.4 Series Lover
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
1) I Am Half-Sick of Shadows released 2011
2) released 2009
3)374 pages
4)Flavia de Luce Series #1
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Books: 500(1)
Jodi230.8 Jenn Renee's task: Head of the Class
Book A – Pick your favorite subject…
Lunch – Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Book B – Read a book about any kind of school. Non-fiction books about teaching or education work for this option as well.
Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 11
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 135
30.10: Shopping at the school store:first roll=1 (100-200 pages) The Diary of a Nobody
by George Grossmith 176 pagessecond roll=3 (non-fiction subject I want to learn about)
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices by Mosab Hassan YousefChallenge total: 190 points
ERIN C.Here's a repost of # 436...sorry I forgot my initial!!
5.7 African Safari
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
This was #3 on the Africa list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.6 Labor DayThe Prestige by Christopher Priest
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
10.1--In Their Own WordsThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Vanessa Diffenbaugh was interviewed by Goodreads Voice in the August 2011 Debut Author Snapshot.
She is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 175
Tasks: 12
Books: 13
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
10.7 Hot Off the PressesBake Sale by Sara Varon
20.5 Falling
E: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ****GR Author****
20.8 The Big 5-oh
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Contains 5 "o's" using title and subtitle.
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 135
GR Authors: 3
Big Books 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
10.9 - Words of Wisdom:My fortune cookie had the phrase: Look forward to great fortune and a new lease on life
So I read Still Life by Louise Penny
15.4. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!
For book A: I read The Kill by Allison Brennan **Goodreads Author**
which fit the summer task 5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.
For Book B: Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard which was added to my TBR in August 2011
Total Points = 465
New Goodreads Author = Allison Brennan
Laurie ME15.2: Back to School: English Class: too/to
Lynette Eason - Too Close to Home
Points this post - 15.
Total Points - 330.
20.3- Music Around The FireA. I read Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor. This book and the word "times" was pre-approved.
*Laini Taylor is a GR Author*
Points For Post- 20
Total Points- 150
GR Authors- 5
Total Tasks- 11
Joanna T30.6 ID Please
Option D (same hair color - brown):
by Tymber DaltonTymber Dalton is a GR author.
Option E (height in centimeters = 165):
Cries of Penance by Roxy Harte
This is book 5 in the Chronicles of Surrender series.
Roxy Harte is a GR author.
Grand total = 110
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20.8 The BIG 5-oh!
Book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling
Notes: 5 O's using title, series name, and author.
*1 BB Ticket* [734 pages]
This Post: 20
Total to Date: 305
GRA Tickets: 10
BB Tickets: 3
Books Read: 19