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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - (Super)Heroes
Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
This book has a main page genre “Comics > Superheroes” shelved by 21 users
25.3 - Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
I flipped a "Tails" = USSR
Book 1 - The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Option 2 - This book is about Pluto and has been shelved as 카지노싸이트 > Astronomy by 77 users.
Pluto was approved as astronomy in Message #13 of the task help thread.
Link to PB edition - The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
Book 2 - Private Berlin by James Patterson
Option 4 - I used "Berlin" from the Hasselhoff quote - "I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Check-Point Charlie."
Link to PB edition - Private Berlin
This post: 45 points
Total points to date: 655 points
Tasks completed: 33
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
DIANE L5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover.
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
Found on page 1 at position 25.
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell. I read the ebook.
Here is the default paperback edition.
Tobacco Road
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings.
LUNCH from Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), (1875)
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Canada
In the Shadow of the Glacier by Vicki Delany. This is the audiobook version I listened to.
The paperback is here.
In the Shadow of the Glacier.
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name is the same as the first, middle, or last name of a U.S. Vice-President.
VP: Harry S. Truman
I read Deathworld 1 from an omnibus edition of the trilogy.
The Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison
This is the paperback edition of the book by itself.
Deathworld 1
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option C - Martin Ramirez: Read a book with a cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child), a horseback rider (on a horse), or a train.
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett, 378 pages20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose name is "Rose," "Mary," or "Rosemary."
Rituals by Mary Anna Evans
My favorite seasoning is cumin.
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 2: USS Arizona Memorial - read a book set between 1941 – 1945
This book is set in the weeks just following the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941 and early 1942.
Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub
Option 3: Glacier Bay National Park - read a book whose author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING.
The Plague by Albert Camus
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both of these authors are new to me.
Book 1: public library book: I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary by Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
Book 2: my aunt gave me a sackful of her books at Thanksgiving: Once upon a Summer by Janette Oke
Points this post: 130
Points to date: 580
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park SystemOption 2: USS Arizona Memorial –read a book set between 1941 – 1945, the years the U.S. was involved in World War II.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Option 6: The Statue of Liberty National Monument –read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
Required: State which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
Page 2 – And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Points this post: 25
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 485
Books Read: 30
Tasks Complete: 20
Big Book tickets Total: 6
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Julia10310.10. Jump!
At All Costs has 880 pages
Claiming two BB tickets
This post: 10 points
Challenge total points: 575
BB: 16
GO: 2
Completed tasks: 27
10.10. Jump! read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4. When you post, indicate the total number of pages in your book, and be sure that you've linked to the right edition of your book.
Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page – 304 pages / 4 = 76
Points this post: 10
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 495
Books Read: 31
Tasks Complete: 21
Big Book tickets Total: 6
Golden Oldies Total: 1
perletwo25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland - 2. I feel cozy, snuggled inside with my blanket and hot cocoa. Read a book with "Cozy Mystery" as a main genre. This genre may stand alone or be embedded.
Sweet Tea Revenge
5. Holiday cheer keeps me young at heart. Read a book off of the Winter Break for YA list. Required: Identify which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
Let it Snow - page 1 of above list
Points this task: 25
Total points: 975
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 73
Tasks completed: 50
15.5 That’s So RandomRead a book with a word from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Title 1: Trembling Legend
Title 2: The Dwindling Dreams
Title 3: Past of Voyage
Title 4: The Something's Dreaming
Title 5: The Misty of the Ashes
Title 6: Boy in the Thorns
Read Boy Meets Boyby David Levithan
Points this post: 15
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 510
Books Read: 32
Tasks Complete: 22
Big Book tickets Total: 6
Golden Oldies Total: 1
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro Read a book of your choice.
The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
Points this post: 5
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 33
Tasks Complete: 23
Big Book tickets Total: 6
Golden Oldies Total: 1
I'm not going to able to finish my 3rd book for the 50 Point Task tonight.I want to thank the Mods for their outstanding work this season and congratulations to all of the finishers! :-)
HINA15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You -
Option 2: The Star King by Susan Grant.
카지노싸이트 Fiction ~26 Users as main page genre AND star in title.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 990
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
**My last post. As always thank you mods for all your efforts. Congrats to all the finishers!
Task 30.2 – Jonquil – You Think You Saw What?Inspiration Image 1:
This is a classic still life so I read
Still Life
Inspiration Image 2:
When I look at this cozy little bedroom I think of both sadness/depression (because it was Van Gogh’s bedroom) and dreaming, so I read
Dream When You're Feeling Blue
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 520 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
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And that's it for me for this season!
Karrie 5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
What better way to spend a rainy day than curled up with a good book? Read a book of your choice.
War Horse
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Read a book with all the letters L, O, S, T in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
My First Ladies: Twenty-Five Years As the White House Chief Floral Designer Nancy Clarke
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 1: choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books)
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "카지노싸이트 Fiction"
Uprooted
b) Read a book that is identified on 카지노싸이트 as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)
Cress Lunar Chronicles #3
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
This is a two book task. Select two different options and read a book for each.
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 1. For this option read a book in which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA. The title must be at least two words long.
Undermajordomo Minor
Option 4.For this option, read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'S IT WORTH.
The Forever Queen Helen Hollick
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 3 - Venice For this option, read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
Isaac AsimovOption 5 - Siena For this option, read a book with 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined.
Luckiest Girl Alive25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
This is a TWO book task. However, due to your wild bohemian nature you can choose to repeat an option if you wish.
Required: State which option(s) you chose when you post.
Option 3. Required: State what activity your book celebrates when you post.
Violet is a writer and Finch is a song writer.
All the Bright Places
Option 4 Required: Explain how your book fits when you post.
Levana was an evil queen that was oppressing and using the people of Luna for her own evil plans. She created a group of soldiers by manipulating their DNA to make them like wolves. They were then controlled with mind control. This was against their will. One of the wolves breaks free and joins a group to fight against the evil queen.
Scarlet
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
1. Winter just smells good. For this option, read a book that has one of these things pictured on the cover: apple, pie, fireplace or campfire, or an outside winter scene. To be considered a winter scene, one of the following things should be shown: snow, ice, or bare trees. Ex:
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage
288 pages4. The cold winter chill just feels good after a hot Texas summer and fall. Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
824 pages30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
They had animals in the zoo that they bought. They had to take care of them, the zoo would have boon sold and some of the animals would have been destroyed if they had not bought it. They also prevented the destruction or "culling" of several of the animals by finding them new homes or changing exhibits.Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
The Only Good Yankee
total 405 points
Kim O50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
Book A: Read a book that is 4th in a series AND that has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on 카지노싸이트.
Another Man's Moccasins
Book B: Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004.
The Book Stops Here First published in 2008
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first, middle or last).
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Points this task: 50
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 4
Books read: 36
Kim O*REPOST OF POST 3083 *
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
1. Great Art: Read a book whose author shares initials (middle initials may be ignored) with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800.
The Crossing (Claude Monet)
3. Great Location: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Subtitles may be ignored.
The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic
Both books are new to me.
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 4
Books read: 36
Mel5.2-The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover
by Cassandra Clare20.10- Group Reads
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Carly5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
This book is on Page 4 of the Popular Satire Books list.
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
John Green shares a first name with many Vice-Presidents including John Tyler, John Adams, and John C. Calhoun.
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
This book is new to me and not a re-read.
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Come Hell or Highball by Maia Chance
This book is the first in the Discreet Retrieval Agency series.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and 카지노싸이트
Option C: Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon
Louisiana Longshot is the 1st book in the Miss Fortune Mystery series.
I haven't read any of the books in this series until this one.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
Tasks in Progress: 0
Pages Read: 1563
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Elizabeth PI'd like to reassign Three Little Words from task 15.10 to task 25.1 and enter a new book for task 15.10
Task 15.10 - A Reason to Party (Reassigned)
Book that is 1, 2, or 12 in a series
Sweet Spot by Susan Mallery
#2 in Bakery Sisters Series
Task 25.1 - Art of Reading
Option One: Cover has people participating in outdoor activity
by Susan MalleryGoing to the beach, probably on a date
Option Two: Cover has moon or sun
by Nora RobertsMoon in the top left portion of cover
New Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 715
Total Tasks: 35
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 53
Thank you for another fantastic challenge! This makes reading even better, which I honestly didn't think was possible. On to the spring!
Amy FL25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 1: Winterkill (Wyoming)
Option 3: The Promise by Robert Crais (glaCieR calving)
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Option 1:
(approved in message 2)Option 4: The Color Purple - woman oppressed by her abusive husband and society (approved in message 2)
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 4: Winter (one book option - 824 pages)
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Stay Awake by Dan Chaon
Book 2: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (194 pages)
Points this post: 105
Total Points: 775
Kristen IA***Remove The America Ground by Nathan Dylan Goodwin from Task #30.1***
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover. Cover figure should have no visible clothing OR have exposed body parts that would normally be covered by a bikini or swim trunks OR exhibit assumed nudity (i.e., covered by a towel, bedding, or other obstructing (non-clothing) object). There must be enough of the body shows to establish nudity or partially-nudity.
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB version
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
2015 is running out! Catch up on your reading by reading a book from Popular Books 2015.
REQUIRED: Indicate the number of your book on the list
Hero by Samantha Young (#112 on the list)
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB version
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
This is a two book task. Read two books from two different options below.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose when posting.
3. Holiday Vacation: This year, I'm using my holiday time off to visit some old college friends in the city where we went to school: Chicago. In honor of the Second City, read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover. REQUIRED: Include cover when posting.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
4. New Year's Eve: Finally, it all comes to an end on New Year's Eve. Celebrate the ending of another year by reading the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books. The book must be identified on 카지노싸이트 as part of a series.
REQUIRED: Include a link to the series 카지노싸이트 page in your post.
The America Ground by Nathan Dylan Goodwin (The Forensic Genealogist #3)
The Forensic Genealogist
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
This is a two book task. Pick two different options and read a book for each.
Required: State the options you chose when posting and supply any additional requirements asked for in the individual options.
Option 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART. Middle initials may be ignored.
The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
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Points this Post: 70-30=40
Total Points: 485/1185
Tasks Completed: 28/65
Total Books Read: 35/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 1
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie BonanzaI rolled 10 and 16.
For 10, I chose The Little Drummer Boy: Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf
For 16, I chose The Year Without a Santa Claus: The Dog Year by Ann Wertz Garvin
Both authors are new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 730
That's it! Thank you, moderators!!
Pamela326520.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2: Out of Sorts by Aurelie Valognes
Originally published in French; my native language is English.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 1: The Forest Ranger's Promise by Leigh Bale - Set in Wyoming
Option 3: A Practical Partnership by Lily George - GLacier calving
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
Option 1: Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Found on page 1
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1845
Option 4: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhig - Found on page 1 of list
50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
Book A: A Family for the Soldier by Carolyne Aarsen - Lone Star Cowboy League #4
Book B: A Daddy for Her Triplets by Deb Kastner - Published in 2016
Book C: Rancher for the Holidays by Myra Johnson
Points this post: 145
Total Points: 765
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 9
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 3
Big Books - 1000+:
5.10 The Jumbo Book Of Gardening by Karyn Morris
Book not found in ARBookFinder.
25.9
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Louise Erdrich is a new author to me.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
It will be far too late to correct this post if anything is wrong, but worth a try for a few points. :-)5.1-Pont Boieldieu in Rouen
Read a book of your choice
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
10.8-Hey, We Were There, Too!
Read a book by an author whose name is the same as a Vice President
Apparently William Wheeler was VP in 1877, so I read
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
15.10 A Reason to Party
A book that is #1, #2, or #12 in a series
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
It is Book #1 in the Colours of Madeleine series
20.2-The Cameron Crazies
I chose Option 1, a book with a Duke Blue cover
by Anthony Doerr***I would like to claim a Big Books ticket, as this book is 530 pages***
Challenges Completed: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Points: 50
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30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1 304 pages
Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
Option 4 286 pages Main page genre Holiday > Christmas
Total pages 590
Points this post: 230
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 13
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0