The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 25.5 Valorie's Virtual Safari...pick out two different animals and read two books corresponding to the reading requirements for those animals:

Book #1: My animal was the crocodile (requirement of main character spends time in the water)and I chose to read The Music Of Dolphins by Karen Hesse181 pages (10.3)


Book #2: My animal was the flamingo (requirement of a mainly pink cover and the word flamingo in the title)and I chose to read Cat in a Flamingo Fedora by Carole Nelson Douglas [this is a GRA] 384 pages (10.21)

My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 245
Updated last on: 10.26.11
Total # of books read: 18
Total # of pages read: 5983
Total # of tasks completed: 12
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (1)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)

30.10 Christina's Task--Shopping at the School:
Rolled 3 & 5

A. 3 Marrying the Mistress by Joanna Trollope 352 pages

B. 5 The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe written as letters

50 Lets's Build a Haunted House:

A.5 Vanishing Act by Fern Michaels house on cover has a door showing. Book #14 of Sisterhood series

B.2 Coronation Summer by Angela Thirkell I enjoyed the snarky humor of this one, set in 1835; I'd never read any of Thirkell's books before, but she's going on my list.

E. The Robe of Skulls by Vivian French The main evil character certainly behaved in a monsterous way. I'd never read any books by French before.

Today's total: 80
Grand total: 1030

15.3 - Dead or Alive

I flipped two heads, so I read...
Faefever by Karen Marie Moning (* * *) and The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors by Francis X. Stork (* * *)

Points in this post: 15
Total points: 495
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 42/87

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 25.2 Sandy's Math Class...option #2 read two books each with 300 or more pages:

Book #1: I read Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella 384 pages (9.29)

Book #2: I read Left Neglectedby Lisa Genovathis is a GRA 324 pages (10.23)

My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 270
Updated last on: 10.26.11
Total # of books read: 20
Total # of pages read: 6696
Total # of tasks completed: 13
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 7
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (1)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)

Cindy F

Task 5.9 Back To School

Read Alex Award Winner Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok who is a Goodreads Author!

Points this post: 5
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)

Rosemary's task: Happiness is....A big library

A)The Shadow in the North Required: Gut the book at The Stewart Free Library

B)The Man in the Queue Required: A,N,I,E

190+25=215

Completed task 30.8

Read:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, in which the main character is a student during the WW2 period

Le Jeu du Fol by Monique Demagny which is set in France in 1472 during the war between the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy, so historical fiction

That's 6 books and 100 points

15.8. Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles

Points this post: 15
Total challenge points: 390
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Robert Liparulo, Tamora Pierce, Sarah Addison Allen, James Patterson, Joyce Maynard, Jennifer Haigh, Libba Bray, Ruta Sepetys, Lilith Saintcrow, Michelle Richmond, Christopher Buehlman
Big Books

10.10 Back To Our Roots

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

**Big Book 500+ pages**

**Audrey Niffenegger is a Goodreads Author**

Points this post: 10
Total points: 670
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 54
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

Um, apparently I’ve been slacking in posting my books! Sorry for the long post.

5.2 - Lat & Long

I live in the US (Western longitudes) and I read a book that took place in Europe (Eastern longitudes)

It All Began In Monte Carlo by Elizabeth Adler (384 p)

5.6 - Labor Day

The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Lost Loves, and Forgotten Histories by Sadia Shepard (364 p)

5.8 - S.O.N.

Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson (416 p)

10.5 - Blood Moon

The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire by Trisha Telep (408 pages) (short stories by different authors. Several of the authors are GRA).

20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling

B. I tripped over my own feet!

These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf (337 p)
Has feet on the cover:

Heather Gudenkauf is a GRA.

(And this was a timely task as I broke my pinky toe over the weekend by tripping over my MIL’s new carpet. Super embarrassing)

20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!

The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate (352 p)

There are 6 - "o's" in the title.

25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!

A. 3. Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan – it didn’t arrive in at the library in time! (304 p)

Lian Dolan is a GRA.

B. 2. English Tea Murder by Leslie Meier (265 p) – Tea is one of my favorite beverages, altho well behind wine…

30.1 Sheila’s Task - My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois

A. Option 2: 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York by Clifton Hood (352 p)

The cover has the interior of a train car:

B. Option 1: Black Wind by Clive Cussler (656 p) (Wind in title)

This is a BIG BOOK.

30.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty Shellback

A. Hot Target by Suzanne Brockmann (560 p) (SB)

This is a BIG BOOK

B. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (464 p)

Matthew Pearl is a GRA.

30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange Land

A. Rules of Vengeance by Christopher Reich (608 p) - born in Tokyo, lives in CA, book set in London, Africa, Europe

C. My Life in France by Julia Child (317 p) – US citizen (from Pasadena, my home!) who lived in France.

Points this Post: 180
Tasks Completed this Post: 10
Books Read this Post: 14
Pages Read this Post: 5787
GoodReads Authors this Post: 5
Big Books this Post: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Total Points: 400
Total Tasks Completed: 27
Total Books Read: 33
Total Pages Read: 13320
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

10.10 - Back to Our Roots

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denimby David Sedaris


Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

30.6 I'd Like to see your ID Please
Option B: I was born in 1980 The Bourne Identity was published in 1980. FInished 10/26 *576 pages long*
Option D: I have dark brown, nearly black hair Finished 9/3

30.9 Bookfest

I read The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman (a GoodReads Author), and The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Points this post: 30
Total points: 265
Tasks completed:18
Books read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

25.7 Hockey Night Party

A. Blue and Gold
I read by Alan Moore

B. I read by Alan Bradley goodreads author I would bring deviled eggs which I make with mustard.

Total points: 215

10.2 Queen of Denial

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

Task Points: 10
Total points: 55
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2)

ANGIE CA

30.7 When I was Young
Book: Vixen by Jillian Larkin
Notes: Option A- 5 letters in title.
Book: by Daniel H. Wilson
Notes: Option A- White cover.

This Post: 30
Total to Date: 470
GRA Tickets: 20
BB Tickets: 4
Books Read: 32

Laurie ME

20.10: Group Read:

Sarah Addison Allen - The Peach Keeper

Sarah Addison Allen is a goodread author

Points this post: 20.
Total Points: 665.

My first post this challenge:

I've finished:


20.4 Series Lovers Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle The 2011 book in this series is Murder by Mocha Holiday Grind was 8th in series.

25.2 It's as easy as 1,2,3
I chose option 1 and read Mittwinternacht: Ein Merrily-Watkins-Krimi by Phil Rickman It has 608 pages.

25.3 Game Night
For my first book I chose option E. Mrs Peacock and read which has a blue cover.
And for the second book I chose option 2. Knife in the Dining Room and read which is all about cooking.

25.6 Fall Days and Nights
Book A:
Book B: oh yeah I chose the cover option :)

25.7 Hockey Night Party
A. Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances I tried to read this for the last challenge and didn't get to it.
B. For dessert I'm bringing Cherry Cheesecake Murder.

30.7 When I was young
For A. I read Feuer by Wolfgang Hohlbein which has exactly five letters in the title.
For B. I read Mondspur by J.R. Ward since I could dress up as a vampire.

30.8 Head of the Class
Book A: My favorite subject is c:history and I read Die Spur der Hebamme by Sabine Ebert
Book B: I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling since it's about school and students. Although not a normal school :)

30.10 Shopping at the school store
My first die rolled 4 and I read Träume süß, mein Mädchen by Joy Fielding which has 416 pages.

My second die rolled 5 and I read Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love by Courtney Love which is in a diary format.

Tasks completed: 8
Points total: 210

Delicious Dee

Last Post 1158
5.4 - 54
Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence - Jo Dereske (GR Author) - 256 pages in the version I read

10.5 - Blood Moon
Bloodsucking Fiends

10.6 - Big Game Hunter
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love - Various (6 GR Authors in anthology)

10.8 - Readers Also Enjoyed
I, Omega - Kari Gregg (GR Author) - I used Make You Sweat for this one, however, since I selected it in early September, the readers also enjoyed has been completely repopulated with new release books

20.1 Most Improved Player - Hettie's task: Missing books
The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King (GR Author) - as a sequel to Sherlock Holmes

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!
Option B - Without Reservations

30.2 Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL’s task: Unique Fall Holidays
A. - National Novel Writing Month - Destiny Calls - Samantha Wayland (GR Author) - if I were to participate in NaNo I would probably write an erotic romance and I did in 2009 when I participated. - Claiming criteria A for this book
B. - National Dessert Day - Cake - Derekica Snake (GR Author) - Claiming criteria J for this book - book 1 in the Blood Nation series

Total Points this Post: 105
Total Points in Challenge: 655
Books Read: 53
Tasks Completed: 40
GR Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day

Witch & Wizard by James Patterson

Wizard was the word of the day on 7-31-11.

James Patterson is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 410
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Robert Liparulo, Tamora Pierce, Sarah Addison Allen, James Patterson*, Joyce Maynard, Jennifer Haigh, Libba Bray, Ruta Sepetys, Lilith Saintcrow, Michelle Richmond, Christopher Buehlman
Big Books

Sandy MN

15.8 Stormy Weather

Storm Born by Richelle Mead

**Goodreads Author**

Total Points: 455
Total GR Authors: 12

Nickboy.

25.6 Fall Days and Nights
Book 1. Cover is a Fall Day color – yellow and orange, Hexes by Tom Piccirilli, 368 pages
Book 2. Cover is a Fall Night color – The cover is predominantly night sky blue with white pinpoints of starlight. Brightness Falls From The Air by James Tiptree Jr. , 384 pages



Task Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 575
Pages Read: 13,454
Big Books: 500+ (1), 1000+ (1)

hpaddict

50.1 Let's Build a Haunted House

A/3 - front door, I haven't read David Eagleman before

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

B/3 - funny book, I haven't read Winston Groom before

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

E.4/3 - monster - horror through wickedness or cruelty, one of the main characters is a serial killer of widows (killed 23) and was hunting orphans to kill them too, I haven't read Davis Grubb before

The Night of The Hunter by Davis Grubb

this post = 50pts
challenge total = 190pts

20.6 - Oh, the Horror

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, a Goodreads author - 304 pages

Norman Bates! Hotel in the title

25.4 - Blood Diamonds

Book 1: The Black Book by Ian Rankin, a Diamond Dagger winner in 2005 - 352 pages

Book 2: The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith, a Goodreads author - 224 pages

Set in Africa.

25.5 - SRC's Virtual Safari

Trader (Newford Book 7) by Charles de Lint - 464 pages

Elephant - a book over 400 pages

Disgrace by J.M Coetzee - 220 pages


Zebra - mainly black and white cover. (There is a book cover there! It's mainly white.)

Points this Post: 90
Total Points: 360

Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 8746
Total GR Authors: 6
Total Big Books 500+: 2
Total Big Books 750+: 0
Total Big Books 1000+: 0

10.4 Moniker Math
There are 6 letters in my screen name (Sandra) so I read
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
She also has 6 letters in her last name.

Total points: 295

Amy J. wrote: "30.6 I'd Like to see your ID Please
Option B: I was born in 1980 The Bourne Identity was published in 1980. FInished 10/26 *576 pages long*
Option D: I have dark brown, nearly black ..."

Although I mentioned the page count for Bourne Identity I didn't specify that it was a BIG BOOK. so I'm doing that here.

Laurie ME

5.2: Lat & Long: I live in USA, northeast corner - country chosen - Scotland

Heather Graham - The Presence

Points this post - 5.
Total Points - 670.

Heather Graham is a goodreads author

Jodi TX

10.4 Moniker Math-

Assassins by Tim LaHaye


20.4 Author! Author!-

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
The Series is The Wolves of Mercy Falls

Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120

Gayle


Task 20.6: Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's Task: Oh the horror!

Read a book with "Dream" in the title.

Fever Dream by Douglas Preston

Task 25.1: Rosemary's Task: Happiness Is...A Big Library

1A: Borrowed from a lending library

An Irresistible Bachelor by Jessica Bird

1B: Contains exactly 4 different letters from the word ALEXANDRIA. Letters used: A, E, I, D

Time of Death by J.D. Robb

Task: 25.4: Nickboy's Task: Blood Diamonds!

4.1: A Diamond Dagger: Author is one of Crime Writers Diamond Dagger Award: Val McDermid

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid

4.2: A Red Diamond: set in South Africa

Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer

Points this Post:70

Total Points: 185

15.7 Begin/End

I read Sad Monsters: Growling on the Outside, Crying on the Inside by Frank Lesser (208 pgs; main title begins and ends with "S")

Points this post: 15
Total Point Earned: 150
Total Pages Read: 2639
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

STACIE MI

Task 20.2 - Word of the Day

"Wizard" was the word of the day on 7/31/11, so I read:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Points this task: 20
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 34
Pages read: 8935
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.10 Group Read The Peach Keeper Finished 10/27

This is a GoodReads Author.


Points to date: 335
Big Books 500+: 5
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 0
Good Read Authors: 7

BUTTERFLYCAGER

5.7 - African Safari - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (appears on the Africa list)


15.5. I Can See My House From Here - Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (set in Egypt)


30.1 Sheila’s Task - My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois

A - Option 1 -The Island by Heather Graham

B - Option 1 - Gone with the Windsors by Laurie Graham


Heather Graham is a Goodreads Author.


Points this post: 50
Total challenge points: 1005
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 78
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

KIM NY

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!

B. The Wolfman - I read Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater where the main male protagonist is a wolf.

Points for this post: 20
Total points for challenge: 520

15.3 flipped tails for both read Miracles by C.S. Lewis November 22, 1963
and Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe April 08, 1587

20.4 The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

20.9 Rolled a 4 Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

25.4 Option A - Lawrence Block 2004- read Hit Man by Lawrence Block (goodreads author)

and Pitch Hitter- read Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

Points this post: 80
Total Point Earned: 195/1100
Books Read: 16
Task Completed 11
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

15.6 Brrrr

Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent

Todays total: 15
Grand total: 1050

5.3 It's Elemental


Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean

5.4 Africa has 54 countries

Taken Somehow By Surprise by David Clewell -- it has 144 pages

5.7 African Safari

Infidel by Ayaan Ali -- it is on the Africa list

10.7 Hot Off The Presses

The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer

15.8 Stormy Weather

The Storm at the Door by Stefan Block

First post of this season
Total Points: 40

25.9 Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage

For this task, choose two options:

A. Read a non-fiction travel book.
I read a book by a travel writer who travelled to Machu Picchu:
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (2011) by Mark Adams (Hardcover, 333 pages)

AND

B. Read a book about dance
I read a book by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland about her life as a ballet dancer:
Dancing on My Grave (1986) by Gelsey Kirkland (Hardcover, 288 pages)

170 + 25 = 195




Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 170 + 25 = 195
Books read: 14
Pages Read: 4099
Read but not claimed: 10

Goodreads Authors: 5

10.7 Hot off the presses Making Waves published in August 2011 Finished 10/20

This is a correction to task 20.9 post 1382, in which I used two books instead of just one.


Points to date: 345
Big Books 500+: 5
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 0
Good Read Authors: 7

15.1 Bye Bye

I chose option B, one book. I chose the name Jeanne which was retired in 2004, and I am using the variant Jane which was approved on the help thread.

I read Old Filth by Jane Gardam, first published in 2004.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 55
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

Joanna T

25.1 Happiness Is...A Big Library

Book A: Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
I borrowed the audiobook version of this book from my public library.

Book B: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Includes I, R, L, E.
Heidi Durrow is a GR Author.

Task 25.5 Virtual Safari

Book 1: Crocodile
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox

Book 2: Zebra
Lovers by Roxy Harte

Roxy Harte is a GR Author.

Grand total: 240

15.6. Brrrrrrrrrrrr...........

Read a book with “ber” in its title.

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal

This Post: 15
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 28/61
Books Read: 43/87

AprilDT

30.7-Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young

A. Labor Day - Primarily white cover
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

B. Halloween Costume - Vampires were the main characters. I would wear fangs and silver knives (for hunting rogue vampires)
The Bite Before Christmas by Lynsay Sands

%^&*Eleanor Brown is a Goodreads author%^&*

Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Tammy AZ

10.7 Hot Off the Presses: The Bird Sisters Published in April 2011

Rebecca Rasmussen is a Goodreads author.

15.10 Roaming Wild:



Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 175

20.4 Erin NY Author, Author

Vengeance in Death (... in Death #6) by J.D. Robb 372 pages.

#41 in the series came out this fall.


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

15.9 Winter Clothes

I read )A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (104 pgs; hats/scarves on cover)



Points this post: 15
Total Point Earned: 165
Total Pages Read: 2743
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Dlmrose

15.3. Dead or alive

I rolled one of each-

Dead: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler- died March 29, 1959

alive: Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings of Jeopardy! fame

25.5 - Valorie's task: SRC's Virtual Safari

Book 1,

Option 2- elephant: Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark J. Owens


Book 2

Option 4. Wildebeast- beast in title: Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates

25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!

book A- Option 2- set in French-speaking Comoros: A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg

Book B- I'll bring vegetables and dip (healthy, non-fat!)

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

30.1 Sheila’s Task - My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois

A. Option 1- island: The Sugar Island by Ivonne Lamazares

B. Option 2- Union General: Just My Type: A Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield

James Garfield became the 20th President of the United States (1881)
Second President to die by assassination

30.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty Shellback

Book 1: initials KA: Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

Book 2: diamond in title: A Diamond in the Desert by Jo Tatchell

total 915

30.10 Shopping at the School Store

First Die - 6. Wildcard! Choose your book length

Cold in Hand by John Harvey

496 pages

Second Die - 2. Markers

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is a Goodreads Author

This Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Laurie Halse Anderson, Stephen Booth, Michael Connelly)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

10.8 Readers Also Enjoyed: I had recently read Changing the Game by Jaci Burton and use the Readers Also Enjoyed feature to get to Too Hot To Touch by Louisa Edwards
***Louisa Edwards is a Goodreads author***


10.9 Words of Wisdom: my fortune was-->Your heart is pure, your mind is clear, and your soul is devout and I read Body and Soul by Liz Andrews and Lena Matthews


10.10 Back to Our Roots: I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins which was on one of the The Next Best Book Club's bookshelves


15.1 Bye Bye: Dean was retired in 2007 so I read Mercy of These Bones by Vivean Dean which was published in 2007.


15.2 Back to School: I read Two to Love by Sophie Oak which has the homophones Two/To.
***Sophie Oak is a Goodreads Author***


15.5 I Can See My House From Here: I read Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase which is set in Egypt.


15.6 Brrrrrrrrrrrr...........: I read Remembering Christmas by Tom Mendicino. RemBERing


15.8 Stormy Weather I read Storm Born by Richelle Mead
***Richelle Mead is a Goodreads author***


Total Points this Post: 105
Total Points in Challenge: 1010
Books Read: 72
Tasks Completed: 49
GR Authors: 51
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(1)

10.10 Back to Our Roots

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

When I looked it up on Oct 24 it was on page 3, #14.

today's total 10
Grand total 1060