The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

WTG Sassafrass!

Sandy MN

30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store

I rolled a 3 and a 6

3. Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas 373 pages
**Goodreads Author**

6. Double the Pleasure by Lori Foster

**Goodreads Author**

Total Points: 485
Total GR Authors: 14

20.9 - Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation

I rolled a 1 and read Hattie Big Sky (* * *). *Kirby Larson is a Goodreads author.

25.6 - Denise NC’s Task: Fall Days and Nights

Book A: Cover with a fall day colour (yellow)
(* * *)

Book B: Cover with a fall night colour (white)
(* *)

30.6 - Donna Jo's task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.

A. My initials are P.T. so I read Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. (* * *) *Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads author.

D. My hair colour is black, so I read . (* * * *)

Points in this post: 75
Total points: 705
Goodreads authors: 16
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 58/87

Colleen MN

Completed Task 10.5.

I read The Blood of Flowers by Amita Amirrazvani.

10 points this task.
130 points so far

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

I choose two books from A:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn has five words in the title.

and

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao with a primarily white cover.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn qualifies as a big book at 502 pages.


Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 19
Number of pages: 840/6468
Goodreads Authors to date: 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane


Task 10.7 Hot off the Presses...read a book first published in 2011:

I read A Discovery of WitchesbyDeborah Harkness(this is a GRA)
579 pages [claiming a big book ticket] (11.1-11.5)

My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 315
Updated last on: 11.05.11
Total # of books read: 24
Total # of pages read: 8293
Total # of tasks completed: 16
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 9
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (2)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)

30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry

Steve Berry is a Goodreads Author.

Total points: 350

10.6 Big Game Hunter
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin*
*Michelle Hodkin is a goodreads author
452 pages

10.8 Readers also enjoyed
Damage by Anya Parrish (from Blood Wounds by Sarah Beth Pfeffer)

10.9 Words of Wisdom
This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
Change is happening with your life so go with the flow

10.10 Back to our roots
Room by Emma Donoghue*
*Emma Donoghue is a goodreads author

points=355

Boston Kate

20.6 Oh, the Horror!

One of my favorite horror movie villains is Freddy Krueger, so I chose option D and read a book with the word "dream" in the title.

Fever Dream

Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6

RACHEL CA: 410 pts total

10.01 IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Peony in Love by Lisa See (Lisa See is a GOODREADS author)

Points: 10
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 38
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

STACIE MI

Task 25.9 - Rite of Passage

For option B, I read:


Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison, which has a chair on the cover.

For option C, I read a book with the word "life" in the title:

Fact of Life #31 by Denise Vega

**Denise Vega is a Goodreads author!!**

Points this task: 25
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 44
Pages read: 11568
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

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

Book A: I chose option 1 and read a book with "island" in the title.

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Book B: I chose option 2 and read a book by Susan Hill. Ambrose Powell Hill was a confederate General.

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill

Points this post: 30
Total challenge points: 460
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

25.3 Game night

D. Mr. Green byRaina Telgemeier

1. Library Books Can Be Deceiving byJenn McKinlay
Main character is the head librarian

Raina Telgeier is a Goodreads Author

50.1 Haunted House

A. Creaky front door



byHarlan Coben
Door on cover

3. Harlan Coben has published more than 10 books, has written 64 distinct works.

B. Spooky Laughter

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris


2. I've never read David Sedaris before

E-4 Person who excites horror by cruelty

Thinner by Stephen King
The curse of the gypsy was cruel.

6. Book title made up of ONE word

Points this post: 75
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 5

Nickboy.

First of all, I am making a change in one of my earlier postings. I am removing The Ghost by Robert Harris from task 30.1 and replacing it with a book I just read, Honor Bound by Richard Harris, making the post for 30.1 look like this:

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

Book A. Option 2. Book has a train on the cover. The Railway Detective by Edward Marston, 288 pages

Book B. Option 2. Author has same last name as Union General Thomas M Harris. Honor Bound by Richard Harris, 256 pages

My total point count remains the same, and I’ve adjusted the page count for my own personal use.

Total Points: 610
Pages Read: 14,662
Big Books: 500+ (2) 1000+ (1)


Next, I am reporting on this week’s readings:


10.1 In their own words A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby, interviewed October, 2009, 352 pages

15.7 Beginnings and endings The Ghost by Robert Harris, title begins and ends with “t,” 416 pages

30.8 Head of the Class
Book 1. Favorite Subject: Literature -- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, #40 on the World Library List, 249 pages
Book 2. About a schoolteacher -- Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, 132 pages

Task Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 665
Pages Read: 15,881
Big Books: 500+ (2) 1000+ (1)

50.1 Let's Build A Haunted House!

1. Option A, a book with a door on the cover:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot
Also fits option 3: author has published more than 10 books. 20 books are listed in his Wikipedia entry, not counting omnibus editions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_He...

2. Option B, a funny book:
If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot
Also fits option 3, as above.

3. Option D, a collection of short stories:
Arabian Nights: A Selection by Anonymous
Also fits option 2, author is one you have never read before. I posted on the help thread and the task creator accepted that even though this author is anonymous, I know that I have not read anything else by this author, because I have not read any other ancient Arabian stories.

Points this post: 50
Total points: 775
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 63
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

CHRISTINE US

Task 25.5 Virtual safari

Book 1: Flamingo (pink cover)
by Liana Merrill

Book 2: Elephant (400+ pages)
by Harlan Coben

TOTAL: 440

ANGIE CA

First, I would like to move Lola and the Boy Next Door from 10.4 to 50.1. I do not have a replacement at this time.

50.1 Let's Build a Haunted House
Book 1: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Notes: A+1) Door in title. GoodReads Author. Already claimed a GRA ticket!

Book 2: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Notes: E3 + 5) Vampires. Sookie Stackhouse Series Book #7

Book 3: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Notes: H+4) Haunted Castle. 870 pages.
*2 BB Tickets*

This Post: 40 {+50, -10}
Total to Date: 510
GRA Tickets: 20
BB Tickets: 6
Books Read: 34

STACIE MI

Task 20.9 - Vegas Vacation

I rolled a 1 and needed to read a work of historical fiction. I read:

Patience, Princess Catherine by Carolyn Meyer

Points this task: 20
Total points: 620
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 45
Pages read: 11766
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

STACIE MI

Task 15.8 - Stormy Weather

I decided to read a book with a stormy weather word in the title, and using "storm," I read:

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

Points this task: 15
Total points: 635
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 46
Pages read: 11974
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Laurie ME:

30.6: Donna Jo's Task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please:

1. Option B: Date of Birth: 1961:

Agatha Christie - The Pale Horse (published in 1961)

2. Option F: Address: I live in Maine

Jennie Bentley - Spackled and Spooked

30.7: Jennifer N's Task: When I Was Young.

A. 5 Words in Title

Denise Swanson - Murder of a Creped Suzette

B. male lead is a Vampire

Katie Macalister - Much Ado about Vampires

Points this Post - 60.
Total Points - 785.

Katie Macalister is a goodreads author.

20.1 Most Improved Player - Hettie's task: Missing books
Prequel of Peter Pan =
Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
Cherish by Catherine Anderson – Word of the Day: 8/25/11

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's task: Refreshingly Short
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. LeGuin – my TBR list

20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
The MacGregor Grooms by Nora Roberts = 5 o’s with title & author

20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation
I rolled a 6 – chose option 3:
3. The Mirage:
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

Points This Post: 100
Total Points: 645

20.9- Vegas Vacation

I rolled a 6 and chose #4- I read a book that mostly takes place at sea and has lots of pirates- Making Waves by Tawna Fenske.

25.3- Game Night

E. Green Cover- I read Delicate Freakn' Flower by Eve Langlais

2. Food an integral part of story- I read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel.
It was Mr. Green in the dining room with the knife!

*Eve Langlais and Tawna Fenske are both GR Authors*


Points For Post- 45
Total Points- 390
GR Authors- 19
Total Tasks- 23

Delicious Dee

Last Post 1545

5.3 - It's Elemental
The Copper Bracelet - Jeffery Deaver (GR Author) - approved in the task help thread as exists in print in large print or in an anthology only

15.2. Back to school – English class
1. What You Can't See - Allison Brennan (GR Author)
2. Brothers of the Sea

25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
B. - Dance With Me - Heidi Cullinan (GR Author) - mc is a dancer and ballroom dancing/ballet features predominently in the book
C. - Life Lessons - Kaje Harper (GR Author)

25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time
A. - Option A - Catching Fire - I joined GR in 2009 which is the same year catching fire was released
B. - Option D - Bridge of Scarlet Leaves - Kristina McMorris (GR Author) - historical fiction set during WW2

50.1 Butterflycager's Task - Let's Build A Haunted House!
A. - Option F, Category 1 - The Geek Job - Eve Langlais (GR Author) - the mc is a scientist who is trying to find a cure for vampirism (not that he knows it)
B. - Option E(1,5), Category 1, 2) - Prey - Andrea Speed (GR Author)
C. - Option D, Category 2 - Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder - I've never read Harlan Corben before, and all of the authors who did contribute, I think i've only read one of them growing up (RL. Stein) - approved in the task help thread as meeting the category requirement

Total Points this Post: 120
Total Points in Challenge: 880
Books Read: 71
Tasks Completed: 49
GR Authors: 36
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Christie Guatemala

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

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

"Genius" was the word for 10/3/2010.

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170
Total Goodreads Authors: 4

KIM NY

15.6. Brrrrrrrrrrrr........... - Read a book with "ber" in the title. I read 77 Days in September by Ray Gorham.

20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Read a book with 5 or more O's in the title and author's name. I read A Touch of Greek by Tina Folsom. (The full title of the book is "A Touch of Greek - Out of Olympus #1). There are 7 O's included in the title, series name and author's name.


Total points in these posts: 35

Total points for challenge: 665

ANNA E

20.8 The Big 5 – oh!

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (There are 5 0's in the title and author name combined)

50.1 Let’s Build a Haunted House

Hear Our Voice: Women in the British Rabbinate by Sybil Sheridan (6 + D)
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn (4, Emperor was extremely wicked;2 + E)

by William Brodrick (5 + G)

Total Points this post: 70
Total Points this Challenge: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 11

Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

I would like to remove my book Stupid Fast from 15.10 - Roaming Wild and put it in 25.1 below. I have no replacement book for 15.10 at the moment.

25.1 -Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library

I borrowed Stupid Fast (* * *) from the public library for Option A and read The Moons of Jupiter (E,N,I,R) (* * *) for Option B.

25.7 - Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!

Option A1 - (* * *) (approved as a blue cover in the task help thread)

Option B2 - I am bringing Dandelion Wine (* * * *).

Points in this post: 50-15=35
Total points: 740
Goodreads authors: 16
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 61/86

TANYAPT

///*** Edit: I want to change the books for this task, so please ignore when you get to it ***///

25.2 - Read 2 books, each with 300 or more pages.

Books: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
*** Goodreads Author ***

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Leslie K

Challenge 30.4: Trusty Shellback

Book 1: Devil's Corner by Lisa Scottoline Scottolline is a goodreads author.

Book 2: Black Diamond Death by Cheryl Bradshaw Gemstone is Diamond.

Points this challenge: 30
Total Points: 345
GR Author, yes Total GR: 6
BB, no Total BB: 2

Jen UT

10.7 - Hot Off the Presses

Pumpkin Roll by Josi S. Kilpack

Total Points: 30
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 5

Boston Kate

30.7 When I Was Young

A. A Prayer for Owen Meany - Five words in title

B. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye - I would dress up as a Zombie for Halloween (it was approved in the help thread that the zombies would be considered main characters)

Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8

20.4 Author! Author! - Erin NY's task Series Lover
The Darkest Surrenderby Gena Showalter (Lords of the Underworld #8)published 9/27/11

Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

KAREN OZ

Task 20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling
Option C. The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles

Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!
Option D. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist

Task 30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments 1 by Cassandra Clare GR Author
Over Sea Under Stone: The Dark is Rising 1 by Susan Cooper

Task 50.1 Butterflycager's Task - Let's Build A Haunted House!
Option C /3: Spider’s Web by Agatha Christie
Option E / 2: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Option G / 5 : Grave Illusions: Jess Vandermire 1 by Lina Gardiner

Task 25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!
Book A / Option 1: The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel
the picture doesn’t show it too well but the borders around the book are in gold and it was mainly darker shade of blue rather than black

Book B / Option 2: Vodka doesn’t freeze by Leah Giarranto

Total this post: 145 points
Total to date:460 points

BJ Rose

I originally claimed Everything I Ever Wanted for Task #10.6 - I would like to move that to Task #10.9 and use another book for #10.6 as follows:

10.6 - Read a book 400 pages or longer
O'Rourke's Bride by Barbara Dan is 415 pages

10.9 - Words of Wisdom: My Virtual Fortune Cookie read: "Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing"
Everything I Ever Wanted by Jo Goodman

New points this post = 10

Total Points = 795

Tasks Completed = 43
Total Pages = 20,582
Goodreads Authors = 12
Big Books = (500+) = 2

Task 30.2 - Unique Fall Holidays

1 E. November is National Novel Writing Month: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Paranormal Romance) Author uses 3 names.

4 C. Dictionary Day: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Lacuna is my unknown word) Orange prize for fiction 2010 ****Big Book 508 pages***

Total Big Book tickets this post = 1
Total Big Books for Challenge = 14

Challenge total = 320

Readerboard Name: StacyCT

10.1 - In Their Own Words
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof

Task Points: 10


10.4 - Moniker Math
The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman (7 letters)

Task Points: 10


10.6 - Big Game Hunter
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (569 pages)

569 pages = 1 Big Book Ticket

Task Points: 10


20.8 - The BIG 5-oh!
Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office by Lynn Peril (3 o's in the title + 3 o's in the subtitle = 6 o's)

Task Points: 20


25.8 - Genre Studies
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson (SciFi - Steampunk)
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (SciFi - Alternate History)

Task Points: 25


30.7 - When I Was Young
A. The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam (5 words in the title)
B. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (I will dress up as Dorothy this year!)

Task Points: 30


50.1 - Let's Build A Haunted House
B. Spooky Laughter in the Hallway - Banana Hammock - A Harry McGlade Mystery by J.A. Konrath (1 - GR author)
E. Monster in the Closet - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (6 - title is 1 word)
F. Mad Scientist's Laboratory - The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (3 - Goodreads lists 673 distinct works by H.G. Wells)

Task Points: 50


Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points Earned: 155

Total Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 3255
GoodReads Authors: 1 (J.A. Konrath)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1), 750+(), 1000+()

Joy Marie

15.10 Roaming Wild
Read The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Total Points: 85

Erin B.

5.8 - S.O.N.

I read In Recovery: The Making of Mental Health Policy by Nora Jacobson.


10.4 - Moniker Math

I read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (5 letters, same as my readerboard name - Erin B.).

Points this post: 15
Total points: 85

ERIN C.

In Their Own Words

Zorro by Isabel Allende

Task Points: 10
Total points: 70
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2)

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

A - five words in the title
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (* * * * *)
*also works for B - I could dress up as any of the forgotten beasts, or Sybel the white-haired wizard herself :)

A - white cover
(* * * *)

Both books approved in task help thread.

Points in this post: 30
Total points: 770
Goodreads authors: 16
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 63/86

Rebekah
20.10 Group Read
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

+20 pts - Task
55pts - Grand total
Big Book (672pgs)

Finished 20.7
Read The Tinderbox by Minette Walters, oldest short book on TBR.
That's 175 points and 11 books.

CASSELM

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
"Halloween" -- word of the day 10/31/10

25.1 Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library
A. Nineteenth-Century Cities: Essays in the New Urban History by Stephan Thernstrom, borrowed from the UW-Whitewater library.

B. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, contains E A R L.

25.5 Valorie's task: SRC's Virtual Safari
5. Flamingo:

6. Zebra:

30. 3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket Ride
A: Main Street USA: Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

E: Liberty Square: Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead by Christine Wicker

Points this post: 100
Total: 320

AprilDT

15.3 Dead or alive

I flipped heads once and tails once.

The Fifth Queen by Ford Madox Ford. Died 1939

Big Book at 608 pages.

A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar

Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

Cindy F

Task 10.5 Blood Moon

I read Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories by Vincent Lam

Points this post: 10
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)

15.3 Dead or Alive

I flipped two heads so read books by two living authors.

The Mysterious Lady Law by ***Goodreads Author Robert Appleton*** ^^Preapproved for length in the e-book thread^^

and

The Tavernier Stones: A Novel by ***Stephen Parrish***

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

Leslie K

Challenge 25.6: Fall Days and Nights

Book A: City of Whispers by Marcia Muller day colors of red, orange and yellow colors

Book B: The Vault by Ruth Rendell Night colors of black....

Points this challenge: 25
Total points: 370
GR Authors, no Total GR Authors: 6
Big books, no, Total BB: 2

Hettie

15.3. Dead or alive
I got 2 heads so I have read 2 books by Anne Digby an author that is still alive.
Books read are
Summer Term at Trebizon and
Boy Trouble at Trebizon



15.5. I Can See My House From Here
The Curse of the Pharaohs
a book set in Egypt




25.5 - Valorie's task: SRC's Virtual Safari
1. African Lion: Read a book with a main character that is a king
The King's Speech - one of the main characters is King George VI

3. Crocodile: Read a book has the word 'crocodile' in the title/subtitle
Crocodile on the Sandbank


Previous points: 180
Points this post: 55
Total points: 235


Goodread authors this challenge: 2

AprilDT

20.7-Shorter is Sweeter

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

BJ Rose

2 new tasks

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

The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
there are 4 'o's in the title & 1 'o' in author's last name for a total of 5

25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time
A. Read one of the Most Popular books published when you joined Goodreads.
I joined in 2009, so I read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, which is #3 on the 2009 list

E. Bucket List - Read a book that has been lingering on your TBR list for at least a year.
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer has been on my TBR since 3.20.09

Claiming a Big Book for The Lost Symbol at 507 pages


New points this post = 45

Total Points = 840

Tasks Completed = 45
Total Pages = 21,763
Goodreads Authors = 12
Big Books = (500+) = 3