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Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.6 Labor Day
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
5.7 African Safari
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by A;exander McCall Smith
This book is on all the lists
10.5 Blood Moon
Blood Game by Iris Johansen
10.9 Words of Wisdom
Fortune - Your success in life must be earned with earnest efforts
Sins, Secrets, and Success by Carolyn Chambers Sanders
10.10 Back to Our Roots
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's Task: Word of the Day
Word is Yoga 06/04/2011
Fear and Yoga in New Jersey by Debra Galant
50.1 Butterflycager's Task - Let's Build a Haunted House
A Creaky Front Door
A Dorr in the Woods Book 1 Jimmy Fincher Saga by James Dashner Categories #1 GR Author, #3 14 Works, #5 Saga/Series, and #6 total words = 10
D Secret Passageway Behind the Library
Haunted Houses by Edrick Thay Categories #2, #3 15 books
G Cemetery in the Backyard Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Collected by Alvin Schwartz Categories #2, #3 49 books
This should finish me (I HOPE!)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.9 Kate's Bookfest!...read two books, each written by a different author who is scheduled to attend the National Book Festival in 2011:
Book #1: I chose to read
The Paris Vendettaby Steve Berry (who is scheduled to attend and is a GR Author)512 pages (10.10) Claiming a big book ticket for this book.
Book #2: I chose to read
The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman (who is scheduled to attend and is also a GR Author 224 pages (10.20)
My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 220
Updated last on: 10.22.11
Total # of books read: 16
Total # of pages read: 5418
Total # of tasks completed: 11
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (1)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling
E. I was staring up at a strange thing in the sky and lost my balance! (science fiction/fantasy)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 3702
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Good job Cheryl Tx., Congratulations!
25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party! Option A
1. Team colors are blue and gold.: The Blue Hour by T. Jefferson Parker
AND
Option B
B. Party Food!
1. 1. Appetizer or Dessert. I am going to bring Trail Mix so I read
Blood Trail by C.J. Box
Here is the link to my Trail Mix http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1633,...
Total Points = 990
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.10 - Women and Cats, Men and Dogs
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time
A. I joined GR in January 2010, and read
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
E. Bucket List - I read Spirits in the Wires by Charles de Lint
Beth Hoffman is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 30
Total challenge points: 955
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 74
Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
I don't know how you did it Cheryl. Congratulations!!!
JACKIE NC5.4 - 54
Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
256 pages
Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
ANGIE CA10.3 Headless Horseman
Book:
by Lisa Kleypas*GoodReads Author*
This Post: 10
Total to Date: 440
GRA Tickets: 19
BB Tickets: 4
Books Read: 30
25.5 SRC's Virtual SafariOption 1: Lion: has a king as a main character (King Arthur)
The Child Queen by Nancy McKenzie
Option 2: Elephant: read a book of 400+ pages
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Points this post: 25
Total points: 555
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 44
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Task 15.4 - It's not too late, but don't wait any longer!
A. Summer task 5.4 Summmmmmer: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
B. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski ***Big Book 576 pages***
Total Big Books = 11
Challenge total = 230
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752 pages -- 2bigbook
I'm not putting totals as I've posted since this one and don't want to confuse.
25.10 Fall Back in Time: B. time travel Dance of the Godsand
D. historical fiction The March
This task: 25
Season total: 480
10.3 - HEADLESS HORSEMAN - The Rebel Princess by Judith Koll Healey.15.8 - STORMY WEATHER - After The Storm by Janet Dailey
20.8 - THE BIG 5-OH - Died in the Wool (Torie O'Shea #10) byRett MacPherson. There are 4 O's in the title and series title and one O in the author's name for a total of 5.
25.3 - GAME NIGHT - I chose Mr. Green with a candlestick in the library and read The Chameleon's Shadow (green cover) and A Bone to Pick (librarian as main character).
TOTAL POINTS - 410
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS 3
20.8 The Big 5-0I read Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (A GoodReads Author). It has 5 "0"'s-4 in the title and 1 in the author's name.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Tasks completed:17
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Rebekah10.2 Queen of Denial
I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
Very moving!10 pts - This Post
35 pts - Total
Joy MarieCompleted 20.8 The Big 5-Oh!
Read Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
Has a total of 5 O's in the title and author's name.
Total Points: 70
5.3 It's Elemental: Heart of Goldby Lacy Williams who is a ***Goodreads Author***
task: 5
Season total: 485
20.5 Bigger is Better-FallingOption A: I was sick. Illness is a major part of the story (dementia).
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Refreshingly Short
Oldest book in my TBR list between 100-200 pages.
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka is 129 pages.
30.2 Unique Fall Holidays
Option 5: National Adoption Day. I read a book about a cat being adopted.
I. It has a picture of the animal on the cover.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron.Option 6: National Dessert Day. I read a book with the word "cake" in the title.
H. It hs a picture of a dessert on the cover.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderAimee Bender is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 480
Tasks: 28
Books: 35
Goodreads authors: 10
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Finished5.8 S.O.N.
Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Kooomson
Task points 5
Total points 215
Total tasks 13
Total books 18
5.5 Birth of a NationRead a book that was published in July (of any year).
Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way by Molly Birnbaum
This book was published on July 1, 2011.
This Post: 5
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 25/61
Books Read: 39/87
15.7 Beginnings and EndingsThe Cult by Anita Burgh
**Anita Burgh is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 45
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Laurie ME10.2: The Queen of Denial
Agatha Christie - Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 590
15.1 - Bye, bye!The name Joan was retired in 1988 so I read The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (* * *) and Fade (published in 1988) (* * * *).
30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt (* * * *) and Seaward by Susan Cooper (* * *)
Points in this post: 45
Total points: 470
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 39/87
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: E-ticket RideBook 1: A) Main Street USA - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book 2: C) Adventureland - The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 16
Number of pages: 573/5229
Goodreads Authors to date: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Colleen MNFinished Task 30.7
I read Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues
which works for A because there are 5 words in the title.I also read
The Year of Yes which also works for Part A because it has a mostly white cover.Points this post - 30
Total points - 120
5.7 African Safari:Amputated Memory by Werewere Liking
25.2. Sandy's Task--Math Class--It's as Easy as 1,2,3:
A. Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch by Nigel Slater
25.7 Bluemoon's task--Hockey Night Party!:
A.1. Blue or Gold in Title Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck
B.1. Dessert Not All Tarts are Apple by Pip Granger
30.4 Delicious Dee's Task--Trusty Shellback
A. Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England by Carolly Erickson Initials C E
B West with the Night by Beryl Markham Author's first name is Beryl
30.5 Mstan's Task--Stranger in a Strange Land:
B. Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson A sequel to Kidnapped, it was published in UK Catriona, US as David Balfour: Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad
C. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson Bryson was an American living in England for an extended time at the time he wrote this
Today's total: 115
Grand total: 865
STACIE MI25.4 - Blood Diamonds!
For Book 1, I read a book by an author who won in 2008:
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
For Book 2, I read a book that takes place in Botswana:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
**Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
Pages read: 6481
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.6 - Labor Day State Secrets by Linda Lael Miller
10.6 - Big Game Hunter
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card – 432 pgs
10.8 - Readers Also Enjoyed:
Ani's Raw Food Essentials by Ani Phyo - original book: The Gluten-Free Vegan: 150 Delicious Ways to Cook Allergy-Free-Without Dairy, Wheat or Meat
15.6. Brrrrrrrrrrrr...........
Cranberry Queen by Kathleen DeMarco
25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
B. The party:
It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
Goodreads Author: Julia Quinn
C. The gifts:
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life by Francine Jay
30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange Land
Book A: Reimaginings
Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh – born in New Zealand, important book settings include New York City & Beijing
Goodreads Author: Nalini Singh
Book B: Culture Shock
About A Dragon by G.A. Aiken – German = Dragon Dream
30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
Book A: Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
Goodreads Author: Colleen Houck
Book B: Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
Goodreads Author: Kazu Kibuishi
Points This Post: 125
Total Points: 575
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
STACIE MITask 30.2 - Unique Fall Holidays
I chose to do options 1 and 4.
If I were to write a novel, I would most likely write something in the young adult genre, so for option 1, I read:
The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau
This book met criteria A and G (if you look closely, there is a book in the suitcase).
For option 4, I read:
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
According to the book's handy dandy dictionary, nunga-nungas are "Basoomas. Girl's breasty business. Ellen's brother calls them nunga-nungas because he says that if you get hold of a girl's breast and pull it out and then let it go - it goes nunga-nunga-nunga. As I have said many, many times with great wisdomosity, there is something really wrong with boys." Hehehe!
This book met criteria F (it's written in diary format), I, and J.
**Laura Resau is a Goodreads author!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 27
Pages read: 6989
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.5 - Stranger in a Strange Land
I decided to do options A and B.
For A, I read a book that took place in China and various countries in Africa. The author is American:
To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story by Casey Scieszka
For B, I read:
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel by Louise Rennison
This book was published in England as: "...and That's When It Fell Off in My Hand."
Points this task: 30
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 29
Pages read: 7789
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nickboy.15.3 Dead or Alive
I flipped 1 tail and 1 head
I read Great Expectations by Kathy Acker, a wild, avant-garde writer who died much too early in 1997, 128 pages, and
I read A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George, a popular American writer of mysteries which take place in Britain, who is, lucky for us, still alive and writing, 432 pages
25.7 Hockey Night Party
Book A. Buffalo Sabres History Option 2. Originally written in French – Ondine by Jean Giraudoux, 155 pages
Book B. Party Food! Option 2 – I’ll bring the Cherry cokes – The Cherry Blossom Corpse by Robert Barnard, 256 pages
30.10 Shopping at the School Store
Book No. 1. I rolled a 5 – between 500 and 599 pages, The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates, 568 pages
Book No. 2. I rolled a 2 – Crayola Color in the title, Into the Green by Charles de Lint, 256 pages
Claiming one Big Book for The Gravedigger’s Daughter
Task Points this Post: 70
Total Points: 550
Pages Read: 12,702
Big Books: 500+ (1), 1000+ (1)
KAREN F5.1 Boo!
A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt
Black Cat & Witch's Hat on the cover:
25.3 Game Night
Book 1 - Mrs. Peacock: Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery
Blue Cover:
**Susan Mallery is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2 - Knife in the Dining Room: First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
Blade on the cover:
**Darynda Jones is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 385
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(1),1000+(0)
20.4 Series LoverSkinjacker Trilogy #3: Everfound by Neal Shusterman*
*Neal Shusterman is a goodreads author
*Big Book 500+ 512 pages
20.8 The Big 5-oh!
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbars Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks by Robin Dunbar
points=300
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.2 - Lat & Long
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith takes place in Botswana, Africa in the Southern Hemisphere; I live in the U.S. in the Northern Hemisphere
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author
15.5. I Can See My House From Here
Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters takes place in Egypt
25.4 Nickboy’s Task: Blood Diamonds! You need to read TWO books:
Book #1 – A Diamond Dagger! Read a book by one of the Crime Writers Association’s “Diamond Dagger” Winners (for lifetime achievement in writing crime fiction):
Cover Her Face by P.D. James who won in 1987
Book #2 – A Red Diamond!
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling takes place in India
Points this post = 45
Total Points = 590
Tasks Completed = 33
Total Pages = 15,851
Goodreads Authors = 10
Big Books = (500+) = 2
30.1 Shiela's Rock Island LinesBook 1: picture of train
The Thirty-Nine Steps. Note: This is not the correct edition. I could not get the add book to give me the right edition, but if you check out my review, you can clearly see the train on the cover and the edition I read had 160 pages, more than the other editions.Book 2: I picked General Stonewall Jackson of the Confederate States of America and read Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson
task-30
season total=515
25.8 - Mrs. soule's task: Genre StudiesMy favorite genre is Romance. I read two books within this genre-
1. Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye- shelved as Contemporary Romance (sub-genre)
2. Lily Mine by Annabel Joseph- shelved as Historical Romance (sub-genre)
*Annabel Joseph and Laura Kaye are both GR Authors*
Points For Post- 25
Total Points- 315
GR Authors- 17
Total Tasks- 20
Mod
I read
. Man on the cover is wearing a head covering.20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
The word of the day for 1/12/11 was "bedlam" so I read Bedlam's Edge
20.3 Best Review - Amanda VA's task: Music Around the Fire
I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (chamber music)
25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night
I accuse Mrs. Peacock with a revolver in the study!
Book 1 - blue cover - Foundation
Book 2 - non-fiction - At Home: A Short History of Private Life
total points: 495
Christie Guatemala20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
I rolled a six and picked option 4: Treasure Island. A large part of the book I read takes place on a river or an ocean.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
JACKIE NC10.4 - Moniker Math
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
8 letters in Christie and in JACKIE NC
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
15.4 It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer! It's not too late: I chose task 5.1 and read A Little Harmless Addiction by Melissa Schroeder which takes place on the islands of Hawaii.
Don't wait any longer: I read The Sacrifice by Samantha Sommersby which I added to my TBR on 8/13/11
***Melissa Schroeder is a Goodreads author***
***Samantha Sommersby is a Goodreads author***
20.2 Word of the Day: I used the word from 3/11/11 dominate and read Dare to Dominateby Claire Thompson
***Claire Thompson is a Goodreads author***
20.3 Music Around the Fire: I chose Option B and I read
by Cat Grant which shows a guitar on the cover.***Cat Grant is a Goodreads author***
20.6 Oh the Horror: I chose Option B and read Sanctuary by Cassidy Hunter which is about werewolves.
***Cassidy Hunter is a Goodreads author***
20.10 Group Read: I read The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen and made my comment at message #35.
***Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author***
Total Points this Post: 95
Total Points in Challenge: 905
Books Read: 64
Tasks Completed: 41
GR Authors: 48
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(1)
KIM NY30.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty Shellback
Book 1: Author's initial in SHELLBACK. I read Collide by Shelly Crane.
Book 2: Gemstone in title/author's name. I read The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos.
Total points for this post: 30
Total points for challenge: 495
Chris MD
25.2 Math Class
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
The story is 614 pages. (The GR record lists it as 656, but that includes the foreword.)
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
15.9. Get out the winter clothes Read a book with a picture of a hat, scarf or gloves/mittens on the cover.
by Mary Doria RussellThis Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 26/61
Books Read: 40/87
RACHEL CA: 355 pts total30.06 I'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR ID, PLEASE
C. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (cover is blue)
D. Understanding Your Moods When You're Expecting: Emotions, Mental Health, and Happiness -- Before, During, and After Pregnancy by Lucy J. Puryear (dark blonde)
Points: 30
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 31
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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