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Sandy wrote: "Jayme VA wrote: "Wow! So many books for the next challenge! Biggest one ever?"

Whoops - my math was really off - which is why I use a spreadsheet for the challenge itself! Bad things can happen w..."

I think ms Anderson and I estimated 110 assuming 20 25 pointers...

5.9 Roll With It

Resubmit: I needed a book from 2010. I rolled a 3.

Hidden Pleasures by Brenda Jackson



10.1 Less is More

Lessons Learned by Nora Roberts

10.2 Angry Birds

Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts


10.8 Pedal to the Metal


Copper Lake Confidential by Marilyn Pappano


Points this post: 35
Total points: 800
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 66
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author: 35
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)


I didn't finish but 800 points is awesome considering this was my first attempt at these and I started closer to the middle of March! I am so looking forward to the summer challenge. I will totally finish summer! Great job everyone. :)

BRIAN

5.1 -- Go West!

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The book takes place across the United States

Points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Books read: 35
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 8
Big Book tickets: 3

Oma1229

Task 10.3-March April May

Read a book with a title where the beginning letters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

Total Points to Date-870

WOO-HOO I finished

Thanks to all the hard work on the part of all the moderators and your help. This was my second challenge attempt but my first time to finish.

Bring on the Summer Challenge!!!!

FANDURY

15.10. Spring Break

Take a break and relax with any book of your choice

Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery by Lou Anders

This is a Big Book with the Paperback edition having 522 pages.

Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery


Points this Post: 15
Total points: 410
Books read: 26
Total Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Can't wait to see your task, Wanda!!! :-D

Congrats Wanda!!

Congrats to all the finishers! This will be my final post of the challenge. As always, a huge "Thank You!" to the Mods and task creators.

10.3 March April May - title with A-B-A Pattern

Death by Drowning by ***Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author Abigail Keam***

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 455/870
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 33
GoodReads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

Ana

5.9 If I grow up
I rolled a 4

by Todd Strasser. It was published in 2009.

Points this Post 5
Total Points 525

Tasks Completed 26
Books Read 38
Total Pages 11505
GoodReads Author 20
Big Books 500+(2)

Task 10.8 - Pedal to the Metal

The Silver Linings Playbook (metal in title)

*** Matthew Quick is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author

Task 20.2 - Pi Day
Option 1: Pi Day

In Cold Blood - 343 pages (in 3.141592653)

Points this post: 30
Tasks completed this post: 2
GR authors this post: 1

Final total challenge points: 530
Total tasks completed: 30
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(1)
Total Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 10

That's it for me! Congrats to the finishers and all participants. Kudos to the task creators (and they ARE creative!) and a HUGE thank you to the Mods.

Congrats, Wanda!!

Ana

5.7 Someone to Fall Back On

by Meg Cabot. I have enjoyed all of her books.

She is a GoodReads author.

Points this Post 5
Total Points 530

Tasks Completed 27
Books Read 39
Total Pages 11821
GoodReads Author 21
Big Books 500+(2)

WOWZA!! I'm offline for a few days traveling and man oh man look at all the finishers.

Congratulations everyone and good reading for the summer.

Task 5.6 Hope Springs Eternal

Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card




Task 20.4 - Did you know?

Option C (Romance genre):These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner

Points this post = 25

Final Challenge total = 610

Jayme(the ghostreader)
30.4 What are They All Talking About
Option 1 by Jodi Picoult

On the Most Popular to Date List(March 1, 2013)
Jodi Picoult is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

Option 2 by Janet Evanovich
Most Read
Janet Evanovich is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author.

Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 3, Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian, Jodi Picoult, Janet Evanovich
Grand Total: 105
Big Book 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 1

20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day

Option 1: Wealth Warrior: The Personal Prosperity Revolution by Steve Chandler

Page #s: 236

All three numbers can be found in: 3.141592653

Points this post: 20
Total post: 20

I kind of forgot I was participating until today and couldn't bear to think that I wouldn't be on the readerboard at all for this season.

lol Kara!!

Last post for this challenge. Thank you!

15.3 - Laughing in Ireland

Option 1:
A. Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley
B. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris

30.1 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: It's Spring Cleaning Time
Option 3: Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
Option 5: The Bad Miss Bennet: A Novel by Jean Burnett

Jacqueline Winspear is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.

Points this post: 45
Total Points: 350
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 8
Big Books: 1

Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.


Task #5.2 -- It's In Their Genes

Read a book that has a pair of one of the least common letters in the English language- Y- in the author name.

Custer by Larry McMurtry




Task #5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty

Read a book that has a small cat on the cover.

Enchanted Night by Steven Millhauser

Small black cat crossing the street (to the left of the words A Novella)




Task #5.5 -- Spring Chicken

Read a YA book.

Glimmers by Barbara Brooke



** Ticket Claim: Barbara Brooke is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author **


Task #5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal

Read a book by an author that has disappointed you in the past, but who you are willing to give another chance.

Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich



** Ticket Claim: Janet Evanovich is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author **


Task #5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On

Read a book by a favorite author; one that rarely, if ever, disappoints.

Twenty Fathoms Down by L. Ron Hubbard




Task #5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo

Read a book that a GRs friend rated 5 stars.

Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris



My friend Kimberley's gave it 5 stars: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


Task #5.9 -- Roll With It

I rolled a 3. This book was published in 2010.

Hope Is My Absolute by Alexandra Tesluk




Task #5.10 -- Attention Grabber

Read a book with a first sentence that really grabs your attention.

The Rock Star in Seat 3A by Jill Kargman



"I've never done heroin, but that moment of running to see him again, I felt like a junkie sprinting to meet her dealer, waiting to cook up the smack in the spoon, tie the tourniquet on my arm, fill the needle slowly, close my eyes softly, and surrender my soul to utter bliss once more."



Points This Post: 40 points
Total Points: 350 points

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Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 26


Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors Tickets: 8
Big books (500+) Tickets: 1

Kathy G. wrote: "Hip Hip Yeah for Lindsey and Lois-
Almost there Evana and Bekka.
:-)"

Thanks for the cheers!
Thank you SO much to the moderators who make this fun challenge possible. You are very much appreciated!

6 hours to go - I wonder if anyone else will squeeze in under the wire ;)

Katie M


25.3 -- Nikki's task: Come Play with me!

Option 1

Monopoly:
Unexpected Guest by Andy Eisenberg

Chess: The King's Harem by Megan Derr

This post: 25 points
Total to Date: 650 points

hpaddict

25.3 Come Play With Me

options 2 & 4

The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett

Big Book = 543 pages

25.8 Springy Ideas!

option 2 - AprilDT gave this book 4 starshttp://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

option 6 - Stephenie Meyer's quote "My life was an unending, unchanging midnight. It must, by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?"

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Big Book = 756 pages

this post = 50
final challenge total = 445
Big Books = (4) 500, (4) 750, (0) 1000
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author = 1

JACKIE NC

15.9. In Camelot
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 540
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets:

Kristi CO

20.3 Traveling in Time
Option 1.
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (first published in 1955)

Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 27
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=1

10.4 Purple for Peace
Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine
See cover for purple.

20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The author shares their first and last initial with a finalist: MM.

*Marissa Meyer is a GR author.

Points this post: 30
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

MELANIE M

Sorry for posting all at once! I just got all my books organized for the challenge...

5 POINT TASKS

5.1 Go West!
Lover Mine by JR Ward 4/7 - 5*
This book is set in New York state, in the Western hemisphere
615p - 1 Big Book Ticket

5.2 it's in their genes
Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston 3/16 - 5* (379p)
There are two Ys in this title/author combo, and the book was approved in the help thread, post #37.

5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty!
Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston 3/27 - 4.5* (308p)
There's a tiger head in the background.

5.4 Spring up, fall down
Broken at Love by Lyla Payne 3/22 - 3* (338p)
"love" is both a verb and a noun
Lyla Payne is a GR author

5.5 Spring Chicken
Going Under by Georgia Cates 3/21 - 2* (222p)
This book is shelved under the YA genre
Georgia Cates is a GR author

5.6 Hope Springs
Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines 5/21 - 4* (306p)
I had tried the first of her Sea Breeze books, and had a horrible time getting through the editing errors.
Abbi Glines is a GR author.

5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts 5/27 - 4.5* (335p)
Nora Roberts, a.k.a. JD Robb, is one of my favorite authors.

5.8 Cinco de Mayo
Lover Unbound by JR Ward 4/5 - 5* (502p)
This is the 5th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
502p: 1 Big Book Ticket

5.9 Roll With It
Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover 5/3 - 4.5* (215p)
The book was published in February 2012. I rolled a 1
Colleen Hoover is a GR author

5.10 Attention Grabber
1st sentence: "Getting married was murder."
Immortal in Death by JD Robb 5/15 - 5* (345p)

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IN THIS POST
GR author tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3565 pages
Tasks Completed: 10
Points Completed: 50

TOTAL
Tasks Completed: 10
Points Completed: 50
GR author tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 10
Total Pages: 3565p

MELANIE M

10 POINT TASKS

10.1 Less is More
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover 3/9 - 5* (391p)
Colleen Hoover is a GR author

10.2 ANGRY BIRDS
Naked in Death by JD Robb 5/13 - 5* (306p)
The genre "thriller" is on the main page

10.3 March April May
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban 3/3 - 4.5* (315p)
Abigail Roux is a GR author

10.4 Purple for Peace
Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan" by Cameron Dokey 5/31 - 4*(224p)


10.5 Piece of Cake
Savour the Moment by Nora Roberts 5/27 - 4* (416p)
Laurel, the main female character, is the chef in a wedding planning company.

10.6 Storm Chasers
Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston 3/26 - 4* (213p)
This book is set in Texas, which is a "Tornado Alley" state

10.7 Chosen by You
Slammed by Colleen Hoover 5/3 - 5* (214p)
Colleen Hoover is a GR author

10.9 Feeling Lucky
I rolled a 14, and on post #694, found:
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts 5/27 - 4* (333p)

10.10 Above Average
Beauty From Pain by Georgia Cates 3/20 - 4.5* (377p)
My average rating is 4.23, and this book has a 4.52 rating.
Georgia Cates is a GR author

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IN THIS POST
GR author tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2789 pages
Tasks Completed: 9
Points Completed: 90

TOTAL
Tasks Completed: 19
Points Completed: 140
GR author tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 19
Total Pages: 6354p

MELANIE M

15 POINT TASKS

15.1 Follow the Leader
1. Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan 3/2 - 4* (291p)
Sarah Wendell is a GR author
This book mentions a number of romance novels, including:
2. The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood 3/4 - 5* (360p)

15.2 Vernal Equinox
These books each have 332 pages
1. Wait for You by J. Lynn 3/20 - 4.5* (332p)
J.Lynn/Jennifer Armentrout is a GR author
2. Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan 3/25 - 3.5* (332p)

15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger
1. Vision in White by Nora Roberts 5/27 - 5* (325p)
2. Eye of the Tiger by Diana Palmer 4/9 - 3* (192p)

15.5 Hug a Tree
Go Fetch! by Shelly Laurenston 3/26 - 4* (221p)


15.6 Let's all go to the Lobby
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 4/27 - 3.5* (168p)

15.7 Feeling Possessive
Lily's Mistake by Pamela Ann 3/19 - 2* (158p)
Pamela Ann is a GR author

15.8 Batter Up
The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston 5/4 - 5* (380p)
Ice hockey is one of my favorite winter/spring sports, and I loved watching the World Cup match between my two countries, Switzerland and the USA, two weeks ago:)

15.10 Spring Break
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis 4/22 - 5* (311p)
Jill Shalvis is a GR author

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IN THIS POST
GR author tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 3070 pages
Tasks Completed: 8
Points Completed: 120

TOTAL
Tasks Completed: 27
Points Completed: 260
GR author tickets: 12
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 30
Total Pages: 9424p

MELANIE M

20 POINT TASKS

20.1 Again! Again!
It Was You by Anna Cruise 3/19 - 3* (344p)
Anna Cruise is a GR author

20.2 Pi Day
Option 1: Charade by Nyrae Dawn 3/16 - 3* (245p)
Nyrae Dawn is a GR author

20.3 Travelling in Time
Option 1: The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist by Dorothy Day 3/7 - 3.5* (288p)
Published in 1952

20.4 Did you know...
Option C - "romance" genre: Lover Eternal by JR Ward 4/3 - 5* (441p)

20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
Leo by Mia Sheridan (initials MS) 3/24 - 3* (193p)
Mia Sheridan is a GR author

20.6 Messing Around
Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas 3/6 - 5* (373p)
Lisa Kleypas is a GR author


20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5: set in Australia
Give Me Love by Kate McCarthy 3/22 - 4.5* (328p)
Kate McCarthy is a GR author

20.8 March On!
Option 1: White Lion's Lady by Tina St. John 4/23 - 5* (320p)

20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option F: The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston 3/27 - 4.5* (325p)


20.10 Group Reads
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 4/7 - 4* (116p)

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IN THIS POST
GR author tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 2973 pages
Tasks Completed: 10
Points Completed: 200

TOTAL
Tasks Completed: 37
Points Completed: 460
GR author tickets: 17
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 40
Total Pages: 12'397 p

MELANIE M

25 POINT TASKS

25.1 Anchors Aweigh
Option 3: Lover Revealed by JR Ward 4/4 - 5* (455p)
Published in March 2007
Option 5: author initials in LSD - Forever Black by Sandi Lynn 3/17 - 3* (278p)
Sandi Lynn is a GR author

25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 3: set on a boat
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban 3/3 - 5* (314p)
Abigail Roux is a GR author
Option 2: the female character is an assassin sent to kill the hero's king.
Black Lion's Bride by Tina St. John 4/24 - 5* (320p)

25.3 Come Play With Me!
Option 4: Four Word Title
Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley 5/6 - 3* (369p)
Katie Ashley is a GR author
Option 1: there's the building of a courthouse on the cover
Glory in Death by JD Robb 5/14 - 5* (296p)


25.4 Read-A-Thon Time!
Option 1: this book is 137 pages long - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett 3/26 - 3* (137p)
Sawyer Bennett is a GR author
Option 4: this is my one of my favorite books ever! - Lover Awakened by JR Ward 4/4 - 5* (434p)

25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger
1.A Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase 3/4 - 5* (313p)

2.B author initials H and M : Damaged by H.M. Ward 5/23 - 3.5* (341p)
H.M. Ward is a GR author

25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts
Option 2: This Girl by Colleen Hoover 5/5 - 4* (256p)
Colleen Hoover is a GR author
Option 3: words beginning with W and G
Rape: Weapon of War and Genocide by John K. Roth 4/27 - 4* (320p)

25.7 Judge A Book by its Cover
Option A - body parts missing
1. Lover Avenged by JR Ward 4/7 - 5* (527p)
527p - Big Book Ticket
2. Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde 5/18 - 3.5* (285p)
Joanna Wylde is a GR author


25.8 Springy Ideas
Option 4: audiobook version of Trouble in High Heels by Christina Dodd 4/30 - 4* (400p)
Option 6: "If any guy breaks your heart or treats you like shit, I will bust him apart with my bare hands and leave his broken, bloody body for the sun."
Lover Enshrined by JR Ward 4/6 - 4* (534p)
534p - Big Book Ticket claimed

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IN THIS POST
GR author tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 16
Pages Read: 5579 p
Tasks Completed: 8
Points Completed: 200

TOTAL
Tasks Completed: 45
Points Completed: 660
GR author tickets: 24
Big Book Tickets: 4
Books Read: 56
Total Pages: 17'976 p

MELANIE M

30 POINT TASKS

30.1 Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2: Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban 3/2 - 4.5* (348p)
Abigail Roux is a GR author
Option 5: "romance" genre Beautifully Damaged by L.A. Fiore 3/16 - 4.5* (345p)

30.2 For the Love of Reading
A. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis 3/16 - 4* (213p)
B. The Baboons Who Went This Way and That by Alexander McCall Smith 5/29 - 3* (164p)
Alexander McCall Smith is a GR author

30.4 What Are They All Talking About
A. Month of March, US : Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire 4/2 - 5* (433p)
B. Most Read this year: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 3/16 - 4.5* (319p)


50 POINT TASK
50.1 Two Truths and a Lie
1. I am one of four children: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 5/28 - 3* (154p)
2. I live next door to a farm: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 5/30 - 5* (184p)
3. I also grew up outside the United States: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 5/30 - 4* (256p)

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IN THIS POST
GR author tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2232 p
Tasks Completed: 4
Points Completed: 140

TOTAL
Tasks Completed: 49
Points Completed: 800
GR author tickets: 26
Big Book Tickets: 4
Books Read: 65
Total Pages: 20'208 p

PUTTERPAL

30.4- What are they all talking about?
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Most Read this year, #21, May 31st
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Popular Book Club this week, #35, Apr 6th

Points this post- 30
Total Points- 510

SARAH THE LIBRARIAN

15.3. Laughing in Ireland
A: Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
Takes place in the Irish countryside/Dublin.
B: Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath
"Humor" is listed on the book's main page.

25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
1A: by Khaled Hosseini
The silhouette on the cover was approved in the help thread, post 157.
2A: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is one of the authors who appears on the Literature Map of Khaled Hosseini.

Points this post: 40
Total points: 870
Tasks completed: 53
GRA: 38
Big Books 500+(4), 750+ (), 1000+(1)

Barring any mistakes, this should finish me for the challenge! I can't believe I finished!! Thank you mods!

Congrats Sarah!! Dayam Melanie I thought you were going to finish it :)

Repost of post #2776

30.2 - Dlmrose's task: For the love of reading

A - Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
B - The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Total books read: 55
Points in this post: 30
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 710/870

Lol Dee.. I wish, but even for me, four books is a lot in three hours;) I'll finish the next one:) I'll have more free time!;)

Haha!!

Congratulations Sarah!

Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.


Task #10.1 Less is More

Read a book with "less" found intact in a word in the title.

7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis by Bill George




Task #10.2 Angry Birds

Read a book with the genre "Horror" on its main book page.

Dark Prophecy by Anthony E. Zuiker



** Ticket Claim: Anthony E. Zuiker is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author **


Task #15.7. Feeling possessive?

Read a book with a possessive noun in its title.

Possessive noun: Ladies'

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith



** Ticket Claim: Alexander McCall Smith is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author **


Task #20.1 - Most Improved Player

Read a book that shares a title word in common with one of the following titles that she can't get enough of: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Matching word: You

I Just Want You to Know by Kate Gosselin




Task #20.9 - Moderator's Pet

Option D: Thrift Shop II: Select a book that came to you used: from the library.

Good Hair by Benilde Little




Points This Post: 75 points
Total Points: 425 points

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Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 31


Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors Tickets: 10
Big books (500+) Tickets: 1

This is my last post. Congrats to all the finishers, and a big THANKS to all the mods!!!!

5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Every Last Secret: A Mystery by Linda Rodriguez (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author)
The word "Last" can be used as both noun and verb.

10.1 Less is More
Dead and Dateless by Kimberly Raye

Total Points This Post: 15
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 755/870
Total Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 41
Total Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3

CathyG
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
For this challenge you are to read either:
Option 1- 2 books from different games
OR
Option 2- One book of 350+ pages that plays 2 games

Game 3 - Eye Spy
Read a book whose title and subtitle contains 2 or more of any of these words "I, spy, with, my, little, eye, something, beginning, with"

Game 4 - Connect 4.
read a book with exactly 4 words in its title AND subtitle if it appears on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
My Wicked Little Lies by Victoria Alexander


25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Choose two different options and read one book from each:
C. Read a book whose author’s name OR words in the title/subtitle begin with any two or more of the letters WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

The Storm and the Splendor by Jennifer Blake
Storm and
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

D. Read a book set in Savannah, Georgia.

Savannah Purchase by Jane Aiken Hodge


30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!

Option 2: reading any book that is part of a series. The series must be identified on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. For this task, a series is defined as at least 3 published books in the series as of March 1, 2013

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs


Option 6: you read any book that you choose.
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

Points this post: 80

Total points: 785
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 60
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 33
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0

15.7 Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz

50.1 Approved by Ms. Anderson in post 105:
A: I hate snakes: The Viper's Nest by Peter Lerangis
B: I kept a diary in middle school as well The Last Straw by Peter Lerangis
C: I am a Star Wars Nut Darth Paper Strikes Backby Tom Angleberger (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)

Total Points: 265
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 16
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

SOELO
5.5 Spring Chicken
I read which has the genre Young Adult on its main page.

20.5 The Tournament of Books
For option 3, I read which has Historical Fiction on its main page. Philippa Gregory is a GoodReads Author as well.

25.4 It's Read-a-thon Time
For option 2, I read which has Childrens on its main page and is 304 pages long.
For Option 3, I read which has humor on its main page. It is also 607 pages, so I am claiming one BB ticket for it.

Points this post: 50
Total so far: 310
GR tickets: 6
BB tickets: 5

Alexis

Task #20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day

Sabriel by Garth Nix for Option 1 Pi Day. Sabriel has 491 pages.

Task #30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy

The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers for Option 3: initials WM

The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart for Option 4: author's name is Mary

Task #50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (I have big feet like Nancy/Mac.)


Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (I was a tree in my school's production of Wizard of Oz too)

The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins by H.P. Newquist (I am a hemophiliac.)

This post: 100 points
Total to Date = 425 points
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 4
Total Big Books (500+): 1

Emily Bookshelf

10.2 - Angry Birds
Genre - thriller

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 0

Total Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 310

Congrats, Sarah!

15.10
I read Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (***claiming GRA ticket***)


20.6
Option 4: I read The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson. This book made me happy.

Katie M


25.5 -- Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger

Book 1
Option A -

Seducing C.C. by Ariel Tachna

Book 2
Option B -
Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison

This post: 25 points
Total to Date: 675 points

Great job finishers! Only 45 mins. to go.
:-)