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message 101: by Connie (last edited Sep 05, 2011 09:55PM) (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments 5.8-S.O.N.

Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson.
He is a 카지노싸이트 author.

15.10-Roaming Wild

The Prime Origins Guide to Exploring Kruger: Your Key to Unlocking Africa's Wildlife Treasure

Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
카지노싸이트 authors: 1
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 102: by Shannon SA (new)

Shannon SA (shannonsa) Shannon South Africa

10.2 Queen of Denial

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Task points = 10
Total points - 10


message 103: by Laurie (new)

Laurie | 910 comments Laurie ME

5.1: Boo!

Hex A Witch and Angel Tale by Ramona Wray by Ramona Wray

5.9: Back to School: The Alex Awards winner 2007:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield byDiane Setterfield

10.3: Headless Horseman:

Undead and Unwed (Undead, #1) by MaryJanice Davidson by MaryJanice Davidson

Ramona Wray is a Goodread author.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 20


message 104: by Beth F (new)

Beth F | 669 comments 15.1 - Bye, bye!

His at Night by Sherry Thomas, a 카지노싸이트 author.
Published in 2010, the same year the hurricane name Tomas was retired.

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Points Claiming: 15
Total Points: 30


message 105: by SandyC (last edited Sep 06, 2011 06:03AM) (new)

SandyC (sandyc88) | 406 comments Sandy MN

25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!

Option A
#3 Book I didn't get to in last challenge

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Option B
#1 I would bring Paula Deen's Peach & Blueberry Cobbler!
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

카지노싸이트 Author

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

Book A, Option 1
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

카지노싸이트 Author

Book B, Option 2
Union General Thomas Maley Harris
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Total Points: 75
Total GR Authors:3


message 106: by Sarah (new)

Sarah  (sarahelaine) | 67 comments 5.4 54

Junky by William S. Burroughs

There are 158 pages in this book.

Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Task Completed: 1
Books Read: 1




message 107: by Susan (new)

Susan | 680 comments 5.8- S.O.N

I read The Sweet By and By: A Novel by Todd Johnson* (a GoodReads Author).

Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed:
Books read: 3
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 108: by Kim D (new)

Kim D (kdimattia) | 195 comments KimD

10.7-Hot of the Presses

I read Bossypants by Tina Fey.

Total Points: 10


message 109: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 20.10 Group Read

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Posted on thread, post #2

Alan Bradley is a 카지노싸이트 Author

Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 110: by Angela (new)

Angela (ohme_ohmy) | 40 comments Angela NY

20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling

I chose option D. and read Where She Went by Gayle Forman which is the latest/second book in a series.

This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
카지노싸이트 Authors:
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 111: by Sheila (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation


I rolled a 4 so I read

Back to Sullivan's Island by Dorthea Benton Frank

Total Points = 95


message 112: by Alice (new)

Alice (aliceg) | 424 comments Alice G

Task: 10.4 Moniker Math

My readerboard name (Alice G) has 5 letters

Book: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

Total Points: 20


message 113: by Fran (new)

Fran | 730 comments 10.2- Queen of Denial

I read No Going Home by T.A. Chase.

10.8- Readers Also Enjoyed
I previously read and loved Attachments and used that book to find what readers of that book enjoyed. When I first looked it up at least a week ago, Seven Exes Are Eight Too Many by Heather Wardell was listed. I read this book and really enjoyed it.

*Heather Wardell* is a GR Author


Points For Post- 20
Total Points- 25
GR Authors- 1
Total Tasks- 3


message 114: by Nick (last edited Sep 06, 2011 02:17PM) (new)

Nick (doily) | 3350 comments Nickboy.




25.1 Rosemary’s Task. Happiness is…A Big Library.
Book A – Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism by Richard Fantina, borrowed from a lending library, 224 pages
Book B -- Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain, without the subtitle the letters from ALEXANDRIA are (A,R,E,D), 215 pages


Task Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 35
Pages Read: 1,128


message 115: by Butterflycager (new)

Butterflycager | 322 comments BUTTERFLYCAGER

15.1 Bye, bye!

My retired hurricane name was Donna, which was retired in 1960. I chose the two-book option.


A Year on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, which was published in 1960.

Donna Ball is a 카지노싸이트 Author.


Points this post: 15
Total challenge points: 75
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
카지노싸이트 Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0


message 116: by Colleen (new)

Colleen | 38 comments Colleen MN

Finished Task 10.6

I read "Peter and the Starcatchers" Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1) by Dave Barry by Dave Barry. The edition I read was 464 pages.

Points this post: 10

Total points: 20


message 117: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 25.1 Big Library

A: borrowed from library
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

B: Down with Skool! (D,N,I,L)

Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 118: by Riona (new)

Riona (rionafaith) 25.2 Math Class
I chose to read one book that was over 600 pages.
The Passage by Justin Cronin

**This is a Big Book at 784 pages, so I'd like 2 Big Book tickets please**



Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books: 2
Pages Read: 992
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)




message 119: by Liora (new)

Liora (chinquapin) | 0 comments Liora


20.3 Music Around the Fire


Option A: The Bells: A Novel The Bells A Novel by Richard Harvell by Richard Harvell
Richard Harvell is a 카지노싸이트 Author

20:5 Falling
Option B: I tripped over my own feet! Petticoat Ranch Petticoat Ranch (Lassoed in Texas #1) by Mary Connealy by Mary Connealy
Mary Connealy is a 카지노싸이트 Author


Points this post: 40
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 120: by Kim (new)

Kim D’Arcy | -1 comments KIM NY

15.10. Roaming Wild

I read Wicked Games by Jill Myles for this challenge.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 50


message 121: by Danielle Louise (new)

Danielle Louise (daniellelouise) | 83 comments Danielle Louise

15.10 -- Roaming Wild
Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece: Dip-Dyeing, Hand-Painting, Tie-Dyeing, and Other Creative Techniques by Gail Callahan

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 608
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)




message 122: by JennRenee, Moderator (new)

JennRenee (jennreneeread) | 2850 comments Mod
5.1 Boo! read The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

15.2  Back to school – English class 
read Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson


Points this Post: 20
Total points- 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages Read : 890
GR Authors:
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)





message 123: by Jensownzoo (new)

Jensownzoo | 125 comments TOTAL POINTS = 40

20.7 Aquatic Turtles by David T. Kirkpatrick


message 124: by A_Vishous_Fan (last edited Sep 06, 2011 09:07PM) (new)

A_Vishous_Fan | 10 comments 5.1 - Boo!

Scared Stiff Scared Stiff by Annelise Ryan
On the cover it has a skeleton and a pumpkin

5.4 - 54: Ecstasy
This book had 156 pages
카지노싸이트 Author



Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read:492
카지노싸이트 authors:1


message 125: by Laurie (new)

Laurie | 910 comments Laurie ME

15.3 Dead or Alive: I had 2 tails: 2 dead authors:

1. Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer by Georgette Heyer died 7/4/1974

2. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #10) by Dorothy L. Sayers by Dorothy L. Sayers died 12/17/1957

Points this post - 15
Total: 35.


message 126: by Jensownzoo (new)

Jensownzoo | 125 comments TOTAL POINTS = 45

5.10 Love Is the Best Medicine What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles by Nick Trout by Dr. Nick Trout


message 127: by Salem (new)

Salem  | 43 comments 5.9 Back to School

The Higher Power of Lucky from the Newbery Award list.

Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 128: by Connie (last edited Sep 07, 2011 07:23AM) (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments 5.2 Lat and Long

I live in the United States. This book takes place in the Belgium Congo and Uganda.
The Making of The African Queen, or: How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

20.9 Lucky Me

Die roll=1 for historical fiction. This book takes place in the 19th Century.
Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier is a 카지노싸이트 author.



Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
카지노싸이트 authors: 2

Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 129: by Sheila (last edited Sep 07, 2011 08:36AM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 5.7 - African Safari

Little Bee by Chris Cleave 카지노싸이트 Author

This was on the Africa list

Total Points = 100
New 카지노싸이트 Author = Chris Cleave



message 130: by Butterflycager (new)

Butterflycager | 322 comments BUTTERFLYCAGER


5.5 Birth of a Nation

A Taste of the Nightlife by Sarah Zettel

Published in July 2011.


20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's task: Refreshingly Short

I read The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys. It was 192 pages, and it was on my TBR list.


Points this post: 25
Total challenge points: 100
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
카지노싸이트 Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0


message 131: by Jae (last edited Sep 07, 2011 09:20AM) (new)

Jae 5.6 Labor Day: I read Heist Society by Ally Carter (last name Carter)


Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 0


message 132: by Tanya Patrice (last edited Sep 07, 2011 09:38AM) (new)

Tanya Patrice (tanyapatrice) | 150 comments Username: TANYAPT

Task: 20.9 Option 2. Read a book in which an animal is central to the plot/book's focus.
Book: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
(werewolves play a prominent role and is one of the main characters)
*** 카지노싸이트 Author ***

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 133: by [deleted user] (new)

Tasks

5.1) Boo! Real Vampires Get Lucky

10.1) In Their Own Words. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

5+10=15


message 134: by [deleted user] (new)

Task

20.5) Bigger is Better option D Fallout

15+20=35


message 135: by ❉⊰Gayle⊱❉ (new)

❉⊰Gayle⊱❉ (ziastar) | 59 comments Gayle



A Land of Ash by David Dalglish 124 pages

This was on my TBR list on my Kindle. Since I haven't added all of my TBR list to 카지노싸이트 yet, I also found this on my friend Patricia's TBR list.

David Dalglish is a Goodread's Author.

Points this post: 20

Total Points: 20


message 136: by Aleksandra (new)

Aleksandra (aleksandrakonwa) | 752 comments Finished:

10.4 Moniker Math
A Scattered Lifeby Karen McQuestion
Aleksandra and McQuestion both 10 letters

30.5 Stranger in a Strange Land
option ANever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (author born in Japan, book set up in UK)
option CThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KUndera (Czeh but live in France and book is set up in Czech)

Task points 40
Total points 50
Total tasks 3
Total books 4


message 137: by Karen Michele (last edited Sep 07, 2011 02:19PM) (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2046 comments I'm working on some 2 book tasks, too, but it's time to get on the board!

10.3 – Headless Horseman

I've had this one on my TBR for a long time, and found one with a cover that is headless!

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

+10 Points

15.8. Stormy Weather

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

+15 Points

Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 25


message 138: by ❉⊰Gayle⊱❉ (new)

❉⊰Gayle⊱❉ (ziastar) | 59 comments Gayle

Task 25.3: Beth NC's task: Game Night

Book 1, Option F: Professor Plum

Violet Dawn by Brandilyn Collins 336 pages

Cover is a shade of purple.

Brandilyn Collins is a Goodread's Author.

Book 2: Option 6:

Wicked Game by Wicked Game 443 pages

The book centers around high school friends who come back together after bones are found at their old school. Two renew an old relationship.

Points this post: 25

Total points: 45


message 139: by Sheila (last edited Sep 07, 2011 03:33PM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 20.1 Most Improved Player - Hettie's task: Missing books

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

approved in help thread #21 as a prequel to Jane Eyre

Total Points = 120


message 140: by Janice (new)

Janice  | 711 comments Janice CA

10.7 Hot Off The Presses....

The book I read was published in August 2011.

Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
3.5 stars

+10
total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1


message 141: by Joanna (new)

Joanna (walker) | 433 comments Joanna T

20.2 Word of the Day
I chose the word "submissive" which was the word of the day on Sept. 8, 2010.

Submissive Desires by Carolyn Faulkner

(Though I read the kindle version, there is a paperback version of this book with 168 pages.)

Grand total: 20


message 142: by N. (new)

N. (nonodisco) | 202 comments 20.2 Word of the Day

I read Death Is Not an Option: Stories by Suzanne Rivecca. 'Option' was the daily buzzword on 6/16/2011.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20

Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 222
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 143: by Randi (new)

Randi (mrsrandimoulton) | 254 comments Randi

30.2 - Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL's task: Unique Fall Holidays

5A: National Adoption Day: Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, ***who is a GR Author***. Criteria - author with 3 names; a little girl is adopted in this book.

4F: National Dictionary Day: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Criteria - word used: "peregrine." I knew the noun definition, but not that it could also be used as an adjective. The word used in the title uses the noun (bird) definition. Book uses untraditional material in the form of photographs throughout the book.

Points this task: 30
Total Point Earned: 30
Total Pages Read: 577
Total Books Read: 2
GoodRead Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 144: by Beth F (last edited Sep 07, 2011 06:34PM) (new)

Beth F | 669 comments 20.7 - Refreshingly Short

Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things: The Unusual Book of Euphemisms by Linda Berdoll
Has 144 pages. I used my 'owned-and-unread' tbr shelf which is always nice to chip away at.

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25.1 - Happiness Is...A Big Library

1 - Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
Borrowed from my local library.

2 - Play Dead by Anne Frasier
ALEXANDRIA = L, A, D, E

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Points Claiming: 45
Total Points: 75


message 145: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Hodges Young | 306 comments Jennifer KS

10.1 - In Their Own Words: I read Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane

Points this task 10
Total Points 45
Pages 1383


message 146: by JennRenee, Moderator (new)

JennRenee (jennreneeread) | 2850 comments Mod
15.7 Beginnings and Endings read The Gift
by James Patterson, James Patterson is a goodreads author


Points this Post: 15
Total points- 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 5
Pages Read : 1,210
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 147: by Salem (new)

Salem  | 43 comments 15.7. Beginnings and endings

You Are My Only by Beth Kephart - Advanced Reader Copy

Beth Kephart is a 카지노싸이트 author.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 148: by Sassafrass (new)

Sassafrass (sass-a-frass) | 891 comments 5.6 Labor Day Three to Play by Kris Cook. Profession is a cook.
***Kris Cook is a goodreads author



15.5 Dead or Alive I got two heads so I did two authors who are alive: Rough Play by Christina Crooks and Damien by Jacquelyn Frank
***Christina Crooks is a goodreads author
***Jacquelyn Frank is a goodreads author


30.1 My Home Town, Rock Island, Illinois: Book A, Option 1, Rock Me by Cherrie Lynn--with word "rock" in title and Book B, Option 1, Dancing with Venus by Roscoe James--has the word "with" in the title
***Cherrie Lynn is a 카지노싸이트 author
***Roscoe James is a goodreads author


30.6 I'd Like to See Your ID, Please: Option C--I have brown eyes so I read Bad Case of Loving You Bad Case of Loving You by Laney Cairo by Lainey Cairo and Option F--I was born in Pennsylvania, USA so I read Ice Cream on the Side by Wren Boudreau which was set in small town, PA, outside of Philadelphia.
***Wren Boudreau is a goodreads author


30.7 When I Was Young: Part A -- The One That Got Away by Rhianne Aile and Madeline Urban ( the book has 5 words in the title) and Part B-- I'd dress up like a vampire, so I read Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian.
***Lara Adrian is a goodreads author


Total Points this Post: 110
Total Points in Challenge: 110
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)


message 149: by Jayme(theghostreader) (last edited Sep 07, 2011 09:12PM) (new)

Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3038 comments Jayme(the ghostreader)

I completed task 15.1 Bye, Bye. The retired hurricane name I chose was Janet. So I read "High Five" by Janet Evanovich. Janet Evanovich is a 카지노싸이트 author.

Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Big Books 500+, 750+, 1000+
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2 Janet Evanovitch
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 15/1100


message 150: by Angie (new)

Angie (pinkindle) | 587 comments ANGIE CA

20.7 Refreshingly Short
Book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Notes: The Kindle edition has no page count, so the MMP is 183 pages. I added this to my TBR on 7/20/11.

30.2 Unique Fall Holidays
Book 1: Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) by Richelle Mead
Notes: 2+A) My favorite book is Succubus Revealed also by Richelle Mead.
*GoodReads Author*
Book 2: Angelina's Bachelors: A Novel with Food by Brian O'Reilly
Notes: 6+F) "Food" in title, and recipes in the book.

30.8 Head of the Class
Book 1: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Notes: B) Non-Fiction 카지노싸이트.
Book 2: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Notes: "Academy" in title.
*GoodReads Author*

This Post: 80
Total to Date: 150
GRA Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 0
Books Read: 9


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