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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Task 15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
This was a re-read for me and I liked it better the second time.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 15

20.10 Group Read
The Postman Always Rings Twice - my comment is HERE
Total Points: 105
카지노싸이트 Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)

Option 2 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga "white" & "tiger" in title
20.2 Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 3 The Husband List by Janet Evanovich*GRA
(romance)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1


Task 10.4 - Purple for peace
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory ***GR Author***
The standing figure is wearing purple.
Total GR Authors = 2
Challenge total = 20
15.3. Laughing in Ireland
I chose option 2 and read Round Ireland with a Fridge - set in Ireland and with the genre humor. Really fun book!
15.8. Batter Up!
Baseball is my favorite sport, regardless of season, so I readThe Art of Fielding.
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
I chose option 1 and read The Alchemist. My native language is English, and this was originally written in Portugese.
Total points: 105
I chose option 2 and read Round Ireland with a Fridge - set in Ireland and with the genre humor. Really fun book!
15.8. Batter Up!
Baseball is my favorite sport, regardless of season, so I readThe Art of Fielding.
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
I chose option 1 and read The Alchemist. My native language is English, and this was originally written in Portugese.
Total points: 105

10.4 Purple for Peace
Between the Lines by Tammara Webber

(purple sweater on the cover)
* Tammara Webber is a 카지노싸이트 Author *
15.7 Feeling possessive?
The Devil's Bones by Jefferson Bass
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 70/870
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0

Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents by Jane Isay
The matching word is children.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90

5.10 - Attention Grabber
Glow: A Story of Love, Cake, and What Life's Like 150 Pounds Later by Carlye Katz
Opening sentence: "I was fat for more than twenty-five years."
20.10 - Group Reads
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
discussion post
30.2 - For the Love of Reading
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
on 2013 US list
***Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a GoodReads author***
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
on 2013 UK & Ireland list
30.4 - What Are They All Talking about?
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
all-time, US, #28, 2/18/2013
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
this week, US, #11, 3/10/13
***John Green is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post:85
Total Points: 85
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6

Option 1: For this task I read “Wolf Hall”

Also, since this book is over 500 pages, I’m claiming my first big book ticket.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 50
Pages Read this Challenge: 532
Total Pages Read to Date: 1358
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 4
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

Read a book that has a white tiger or any other large or small cat on the cover.

Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

30.1 - Sheila/Kathy G's Task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2 - Part of a series

Option 3 - Shelved as mystery

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 110

Task 5.8 Cinco de Mayo
#5 in a Series
I read Speaking from Among the Bones by
Alan Bradley Who is a 카지노싸이트 Author!!
Points this post:5
Total points:15
Books Read:2
Tasks completed:2
카지노싸이트 Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale - Christine Bell, GR Author
set in Connecticut, US and London
ebook approved @line 986
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Liquid Lies - Hanna Martine, GR Author
"lies" is both a noun and verb
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
Silksinger - Laini Taylor, GR Author
5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
A Rogue by Any Other Name - Sarah MacLean, GR Author
My GR Buddy MountainKat's 5-star review
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 1: Amaury's Hellion - Tina Folsom, GR Author
"lion" found in "Hellion"
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
GR Authors: 5

1. March 14: National Pie Day: Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) based around food: making, selling, consuming.
The hero of this novel is a professional chef; and the heroine is a professional food writer at a magazine “like” Gourmet; and their respective professions is an important element in the novel.
The Last Chinese Chef (2007) by Nicole Mones (Hardcover, 278 pages) (카지노싸이트 Author)
**** 카지노싸이트 Author ****Nicole Mones
2. March 15: The Ides of March: Julius Caesar was assassinated this day in 44BCE. Read a book set in the ancient world (Ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt - basically prior to the common era or the birth of Jesus.)
This was a book of historical fiction, starring historical poet/singer Simonides who lived in Greece in the 6th Century BCE.
The Praise Singer (1978) by Mary Renault (Hardcover, 290 pages)
0 +25 =25
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 0 +25 =25
Books read: 2
Pages read: 568
Read but not claimed: 1
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Task #20.2: Pi Day
Option 1 - Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653).
Killer Stuff (Jane Wheel, #1) by Sharon Fiffer

Paperback, 336 pages
** Ticket Claim: Sharon Fiffer is a 카지노싸이트 Author **
Points This Post: 20 points
Total Points: 30 points
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카지노싸이트 Authors Tickets: 1
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2

20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5- Read a book that takes place in a country outside of your home country.
Alentejo Blue by Monica Ali
This book takes place in Portugal and my home country is USA
Points this post-20
Total Points to date -135

Option D: Thrift Shop II
This book was checked out from my local library.
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
This was 629 pages and qualifies for a 500+-page big book.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:7
GR Authors:2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

For this task, I read “Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Comics: Tales of the World’s Wildest Beats”

I read the Advance Readers Copy as an ebook, thanks to Netgalley.com. The book is listed on 카지노싸이트.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 55
Pages Read this Challenge: 143
Total Pages Read to Date: 1501
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 5
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

20.2 Pi Day
Option 1:
HHhH: A Novel by Laurent Binet, 336 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
Book 5 in the Lily Bard series
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
Book 5 in the Lily Bard series
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Task 20.4 DID YOU KNOW....
Option A: Hippo on cover(also in title!)
I read

Points this post:20
Total points:35
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
카지노싸이트 Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

15.8 Batter Up!
Fastball by V.K. Sykes
Approved for length in post 2097
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85/870
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C: Genre Romance
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia 카지노싸이트 Author and Big Book 563 pages
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
Option 4: Made me happy and kept me up late
The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead 카지노싸이트 Author
Total Points: 80
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: (1)500;(1)750;(0)1000


2. A collection of short stories by a single author (Dear Life: Stories, Building Stories)
Building Stories by Chris Ware
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45/870
Total Books Read: 5/70
Total Tasks Completed: 3/53
Pages Read: 2615

5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day
Tiger on cover:

**Alyssa Day is a 카지노싸이트 Author**
5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
I was super excited to read the latest by Patricia Briggs and wasn't disappointed.
20.3 Traveling in Time
Option 2: Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
Time Travel is listed on the main book page.
Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 40
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

For this task, I read “Princess of Glass”

Miranda: http://www.africa-eu.com/review/show/...
Ems: http://www.africa-eu.com/review/show/...
Also, Jessica Day George is a 카지노싸이트 Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 60
Pages Read this Challenge: 257
Total Pages Read to Date: 1758
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 6
카지노싸이트 Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

10.2 Angry Birds
If She Only Knew by Lisa Jackson
Thriller in genres
15.1. Follow the Leader
Book 1: Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
In Touch & Go Detective D.D. Warren is investigating the kidnapping of a teenage girl and while searching her bedroom she makes note of books on the book shelve. One of those books was Where the Red Fern Grows.
Book 2: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Total Points = 105

15.8 - Batter Up!
Calico Joe by John Grisham
Baseball is my favorite spring sport.
20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Option D: Thrift Shop II - Book was borrowed from my library.
This post: 35 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **

Option 1: The Ups and Downs of Being Dead by M.R. Cornelius
Option 3: Diary of a Mummy Misfit by Amanda Egan (Approved ebook - no. 264 on spreadsheet)

15.5 Hug a Tree
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 798
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle
Howl's Moving Castle byDiana Wynne Jones
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 15
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne
Two Vs in title (loVe and Valentine)
Teddy Wayne is a 카지노싸이트 author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Total 카지노싸이트 authors: 3
Total Big books: 0

Task 20.2 - Pi Day
I did option 3, I read a book shelved as "romance":
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
**Tahereh Mafi is a 카지노싸이트 author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Pages read: 1849
카지노싸이트 authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

5.10 -- Attention Grabber
The Breakaway by Michelle Davidson Argyle
First Line:
"The kidnapper looking down at Naomi held a book of poetry to his chest"
post #: 2
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages Read: 852
Leaderboard Name: Spantalian Joanne

Option 2: Part of a series
Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia *카지노싸이트 author* *One big book ticket, over 500 pages*
Option 5: Romance
Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik *goodreads author*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 100/870
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1

20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 3 Historical Fiction: The Dressmaker

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 6 National/International Landmark "Eiffel Tower: Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins is a GRA
Approval Post
Points Earned This Post: 40
Points Achieved to Date: 90/870
카지노싸이트 Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell (카지노싸이트 author)
Man is the word that is both a noun and a verb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books read: 3
카지노싸이트 authors: 2

For this task, I read “Princess of the Silver Woods”

Also, Jessica Day George is a 카지노싸이트 Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 70
Pages Read this Challenge: 322
Total Pages Read to Date: 2080
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 7
카지노싸이트 Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

5.5 - Spring Chicken
YA novel: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Tamora Pierce is a GRA
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points:: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.10 - Group Reads
Noir selection: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points:: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.3 - Traveling in Time
Persuasion by Jane Austen
option 1, classic
20.5 - Tournament of Books
Looking for Alaska by John Green
option 6, contemporary genre
***John Green is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 125
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7

Option 6, Eiffel Tower on the cover

Amy Plum is a 카지노싸이트 Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
카지노싸이트 Author: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

5.1 -- Go West!
Devil's Waltz - Jonathan Kellerman
***CLAIMING GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Total points - 5
Total Tasks - 1
카지노싸이트 Authors - 1
Big Books - (500+) - 0

5.9: Roll With It: rolled a 1; book from 2012
The Unholy by Heather Graham. Heahter Graham in a GRA.
10.3 March April May: D-B-D
Death by Diamonds by Annette Blair. Annette Blair is a GRA.
15.8: Batter Up! YAY baseball!
Francona: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona
15.10: Spring Break
Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole
20.4: Author! Author! Bluemoon's Task: DID YOU KNOW ...
Option C. Romance
Killing Kelly by Heather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 65
3 GRA.

repost from post 21
15.10 Spring Break
Reader's Choice: In the Hand of the Goddess
Tamora Pierce is a GRA
Points Earned This Post:15
Total Points:: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.3 - Bucket's Task - Traveling Through Time
Option 1 - originally published in 1950

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
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Task 20.10-Group Read
I chose The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
My post is # 18 on the discussion thread for this book
Points this Post-20
Total Points to Date-115