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message 351: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4194 comments Andy P.
Task # 5.1 - A Different View

Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes by Jojo MoyesFound on page 3 #5 from top

Points this post: 5
Total points: 120


message 352: by Ems Loves to Read (last edited Jun 16, 2016 11:09AM) (new)

Ems Loves to Read (esondie) | -33 comments Emsreviewsbooks

5.7 - Purple Reign

I read a publisher's advance copy of The Virgin and the Viscount by Charis Michaels.

10.8. Happy Birthday

I read Dark Passage by Mary Jo Putney. #2 in the Dark Mirror series.

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4


message 353: by EShay (new)

EShay Fagan (eshay11) | 569 comments ESHAY

5.10
Book of choice
Spider-Gwen, Vol. 0: Most Wanted? by Jason Latour

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 354: by Melissa (new)

Melissa (balletbookworm) | 915 comments Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM

10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
I read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green by John Green (paperback) - approved here.

Previous point total: 85
New points this post: 10
Total points: 95

New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 7

GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0


message 355: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 1295 comments NICOLE OH

5.10 - School's Out!

A Hundred Hours of Night: I am using the exemption. This book is NOT found in ARBookFinder.

15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2 (one book option)

You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour
Title= 4 words, Author, Nina (4 letters), Lacour (6 letters)

15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Option 2 (one book option)

Blood Roses by Francesca Lia Block (blood in title; abo in author name)

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 2:

The Outsiders
Rated UG so meets SRC req; position #221 on the list
I have read 134/339 on the Rory Gilmore reading list (now that I added this one)

Points this post: 55
Total Points: 130
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9



message 356: by Sandi (new)

Sandi Barnes | 548 comments Sandi
Completed Tasks

10.9. Smile

Humor as main page genre

Kindle edition I read: Year of the Chick
Paperback edition: Year of the Chick

15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko

Author Name (Jojo Moyes) ends in O -- JoJo

Kindle edition I read: The Girl You Left Behind
Most popular paperback edition: The Girl You Left Behind


***SUMMARY***
Previous Points Claimed: 35
Points This Post: 25
Total Points Earned This Quarter: 60


message 357: by Pia (new)

Pia 15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O

La estirpe del silencio by Sandra Lorenzano

by Sandra Lorenzano

The author's last name, lorenzanO ends in O

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25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music

Book 1) Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS.

Die of Shame by Mark Billingham
Die of Shame

Swinging meDalliOns

Book 2)
Option B. Read a book set at least 50% in North Carolina or South Carolina.

Death of the Mountain by George Duncan

The book is set in the town of Twin Pines, NC

* Both books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 40
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Total:


message 358: by Tara (new)

Tara | 391 comments TASK NUMBER :30.7 - Forwards & Backwards
TASK DESCRIPTION: Author Initials Consecutive, then in Reverse

BOOK #1 READ: Abandon by Blake Crouch
AUTHOR: Blake Crouch
DATE READ: 6/12/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Author BC

BOOK #2 READ: Throttle Me (Men of Inked, #1) by Chelle Bliss
AUTHOR: Chelle Bliss
DATE READ: 6/16/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Author CB

TOTAL PAGES : 437 + 284 = 721 (minimum 500 required)
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 30

Total Points: 115



message 359: by Ava Catherine (last edited Jun 16, 2016 03:14PM) (new)

Ava Catherine | 1544 comments Ava Catherine

10.10 Can You Read the Top Row?
Read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses.
The Girls by Emma Cline The Girls by Emma Cline

15.2 Colors and Sounds
Book A: Read a book with a color word in the title or subtitle.
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
color word=grey

Book B: Read a book with an image of a musical instrument on the cover.
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks

15.10 Lifelong Learning
I read a book from the category Arts and Humanities.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

total=360


Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 845 comments babbling C

5.1 - A Different View

Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list.
Required: State which page the book you chose can be found on when you post.

Wives and Daughters - audiobook Wives and Daughters - paperback pgs 720 by Elizabeth Gaskell
pg1, #64
this is a Golden Oldie: pub 1865
this is a Big Book: 720 pags.

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

10.1. Another Kind of Trip
Abstract art has been described as a departure from reality. Read a book from Best Reality Warping Fiction

The Eyre Affair -Audiobook The Eyre Affair paperback - pg 375 by Jasper Fforde
pg 1, #36

The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde

10.2. Bobble heads
To celebrate Miro's round headed characters who look as if they're wearing astronaut helmets, read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth.

Fortune's Pawn - kindle Sternenschiff: Die Paradox-Saga - Band 1 - paperback pg 448 by Rachel Bach

Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) by Rachel Bach


10.8. Happy Birthday
July 4 is America's 240th birthday. Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series. Series name and number must be indicated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

Murder of Crows - kindle Murder of Crows - paperback pgs. 413 by Anne Bishop
book 2 in the Others series

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer

This is a ONE book task. You have 5 options:

Required: State which option you chose when you post.

Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter. I get that not all books are as cool as Oreo but I still love that particular idea. Ex: Explosive Eighteen ~ Explosive

Newlywed Dead- kindle Newlywed Dead -paperbook pg 276 Nancy J. Parra
word: dead (it also has food on the cover)

Newlywed Dead (Perfect Proposals Mystery #3) by Nancy J. Parra


25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
1. One book must be long (300 pages or more) and one must be short (less than 300 pages)
2. One book must be recent (first published in 2011 or later) and one must be older (first published in 2010 or earlier)
3. One book must be part of a series (any number) and one must be stand-alone

The Masqueraders - audio Masqueraders - paperback pg 314 by Georgette Heyer
long 314 pages
stand alone
older, 1928
this is a Golden Oldie: 1928

The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer

The Grim Steeper -kindle The Grim Steeper paperback pg 284 by Amanda Cooper
short 284
#3 in the teapot collector Mystery series
recent, 2016

The Grim Steeper (Teapot Collector Mystery, #3) by Amanda Cooper


THIS POST
Points: 80
Completed Tasks: 6
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 1

Total This Season
Points: 80/1125
Completed Tasks: 6/62
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 2,830
Books read this season: 7


message 361: by Megs (new)

Megs (meganlikesbooks) | 90 comments Megs

10.8 Happy Birthday
Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series. Series name and number must be indicated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger (#4 in Finishing School)

Points this post: 10

TOTAL POINTS: 10


message 362: by Tien (last edited Jun 16, 2016 04:39PM) (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 2243 comments 5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Noun: DELIGHT
Serpent's DELIGHT by Ruth Park

5.10 - School's Out!
What the Raven Saw by Samantha-Ellen Bound
Not found on AR Bookfinder

10.1. Another Kind of Trip
The Iron Heel by Jack London
Page 1 of list (#22)
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES ticket (pub. 1908)

15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A - Read a book with a color in the title
Yellow by Megan Jacobson

Book B - Read a book with an image of a musical instrument on the cover.
The Other Side of Summer by Emily Gale
The Other Side of Summer by Emily Gale -girl is holding a guitar

Post Total: 35
Goldien Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: -
Season Total: 75



message 363: by Cait S (new)

Cait S | 738 comments Cait S

20.1- Periodically Challenged
Read one book, and using this list spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Bones:
B- Boron
O- Oxygen
Ne- Neon
S- Sulfur

Big Book Ticket: Claiming 1 ticket for Bag of Bones, which is 529 pages long.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 2


message 364: by Cindy (new)

Cindy | 964 comments Cindy F

Task 5.6 Abstract Design

I read Diary of An Expat in Singapore by Jennifer Gargiulo by Jennifer Gargiulo

Verified in help threaed message #37

Points this post:5
Total points:35
Tasks completed:2
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 365: by Bridgett (last edited Jun 16, 2016 07:36PM) (new)

Bridgett (brikie) | 5 comments 5.10: School's Out!

Read a book of your choice.

I read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Complete: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0


message 366: by Donna (new)

Donna | 1271 comments SCHATZIE

5.6: Abstract Design
---book with an abstract cover design

A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
A Free Man A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi by Aman Sethi
-approved in msg 2 of help thread

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15.5: Summer in the City
---"urban" in genre

Blood Rites

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20.7: Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
---opt. 3: fictional book about a serial killer

Bones Never Lie
(I think the metadata makes this clear that it features a serial killer. There are two killers in this one, both having killed multiple people with significant breaks between the killings.)

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20.9: Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
---book written by an author on given list

At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier


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Post Total: 60
Challenge Total: 405


message 367: by Christi (new)

Christi Reynard | 406 comments Creynard

30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go
Option 1: Stay

Book 1: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Set in the U.K. with a main page genre of "Horror".

Book 2: Frenched by Melanie Harlow
More than 70% in a EU country (France)

Points this post: 30
Total points: 110

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Tasks completed: 8
Pages read: 4,386


message 368: by Sandra (new)

Sandra (sandra72) | 714 comments Sandra

5.2 - Cubism

Champion by Marie Lu

This is book #3 of the Legend series.

Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 25


message 369: by Mary (new)

Mary | 575 comments Mary P

20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challengedHis Witness To Evil by Autumn Jordon
My word is His
H - hydrogen
I - iodine
S - sulfur

Points this task: 20
Total points: 85


message 370: by Andy (new)

Andy Plonka (plonkaac) | 4194 comments Andy P.
Task # 10.1. Another Kind of Trip

Read a book from The Best Reality Warping Fiction List
The Last Dragonslayer (The Chronicles of Kazam, #1) by Jasper Fforde by Jasper Fforde Page 1 # 51 on list

Points this post: 10
Total points: 130


message 371: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 1634 comments Post #3

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer

Option D: Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES.

Grange House by Sarah Blake

StrawBerries


Points this post: 20
Total Points:30
Books read: 3
Tasks Done: 3


message 372: by Andrea (last edited Jun 17, 2016 02:58PM) (new)

Andrea loafer

5.1 - A Different View
Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list.

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
found on page 1, #45 of list

orig. published in 1868, this is a "Golden Oldie"


points: 5

total: 35
BB: 0
GO: 1
tasks completed: 3


message 373: by Darlene (new)

Darlene | 656 comments Queen Bee Darlene

10.10 Can You Read The Top Row: Read book with persons w/glasses on cover

Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott Every Day I Fight Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott

10 points

20.1 Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged: spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements. (one word title ok, can reuse symbols)
Confessions by Kanae Minato Confessions by Kanae Minato
Co - Cobalt
N - Nitrogen
Fe - Iron
S - Sulfur
S - Sulfur
I - Iodine
O - Oxygen
N - Nitrogen
S - Sulfur

20 points

Points this post: 30

Total Points: 55


message 374: by Kim (new)

Kim Anderson (kimmatski) | 204 comments Kim A

5.9 - Summer Reading

Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.

Book - The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
How it Fits - Found on page 3 (at the bottom)

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 95


message 375: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne (perletwo) | 1586 comments perletwo


25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites -
For this task you need to read two books that are opposites. To be considered opposites: 1. One book must be long (300 pages or more) and one must be short (less than 300 pages); 2. One book must be recent (first published in 2011 or later) and one must be older (first published in 2010 or earlier); 3. One book must be part of a series (any number) and one must be stand-alone


Death Notes by Ruth Rendell
First printed in 1981; #11 in the Inspector Wexford series; 224 pages

Armada by Ernest Cline
First printed in 2015; stand-alone (but I'd love a sequel!); 349 pages



Points this task: 25
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 15


message 376: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (ebpnd17) | 776 comments Elizabeth P

Task 15.8 - Commencement
Book with New Adult genre on main page

Pucked Over by Helena Hunting

Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4


message 377: by Sheila (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments

10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Dead Watch by John Sandford Dead Watch by John Sandford


10.8. Happy Birthday
Chesapeake Blue (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #4) by Nora Roberts Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
(Chesapeake Bay Saga #4)


10.9. Smile
Manhunt  by Janet Evanovich Manhunt by Janet Evanovich


10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
Angelica's Smile by Andrea Camilleri Angelica's Smile by Andrea Camilleri


Total Points = 135 Points



message 378: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2014 comments 5.4 - In the Shadows

Includes a Jewish main character and a section in the concentration camps during WWII:

The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFadden

+5 Points

5.9 - Summer Reading

Page 4 of the list:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

+5 Points

10.2. Bobble heads

Most of the book takes place in space or on the moon:

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

+10 Points

20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged

My word is Began

Be - Berrylium
Ga - Gallium
N - Nitrogen

Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

+20 Points

Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 40


message 379: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 941 comments Readerboard Name: JamminJenny
Jun 17, 2016

Task 5.10 - School’s Out
Slow Cooker Cookbook: 101 Delicious and Simple Slow Cooker Recipes - approved for length in post #5662

Task 10.3. Time for vacation
The Mystery of the Yellow Room - set in Paris, France - read 6/13

Task 30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1. The Master and Margarita (published 1966) - read 6/11
Book 2. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (published 1997) - read 6/17
Born in the 1960s

Points this post: 45
Total Points to Date: 75


message 380: by Donna (new)

Donna | 1271 comments SCHATZIE

5.3: Action!
---book with genre of action or adventure

438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
-approved in msg 37 of help thread

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25.7: SpiderMac's task - Get Your Run On!

Opt. 3: word "run" in title
Desert Run

Opt. 5: nonfiction biography/memoir
You Are an Ironman: How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Tr iathlon
--approved in msg 2 of help thread

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25.9: Fandury's task - Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft

Option 1: war as main page genre
A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

Option 2: 2 different races(ethnicity) on cover
The Force Awakens
The Force Awakens (Star Wars) by Alan Dean Foster

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Post Total: 55 pts
Challenge Total: 460


Angel **Book Junkie** 5.1 - A Different View
#2 on Books with Multiple Perspectives List

A Tale of Two Cities | A Tale of Two Cities | 416 Pages | ★★� | Golden Oldies Book First Published 1859
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10.1 - Another Kind of Trip
#6 Page 1 on Best Reality Warping Fiction List

1984 | 1984 | 268 Pages | ★★� | Golden Oldies Book First Published 1949

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10.2 - Bobble Heads
Book Set in Mars (Another Planet)

The Mars Imperative | Mark Terence Chapman | 276 Pages | ★★ |
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This Post
Points This Post: 25
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
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Total Points
Total Points: 55/1125
BB Total: 0
GO Total: 2


message 382: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne | 70 comments Whimsie

20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option B: Read a book with a food item on the cover.
Pride's Spell (Sin du Jour, #3) by Matt Wallace Pride's Spell by Matt Wallace
Popcorn is on the cover

20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 4 Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," as a Main Page genre. (It can be stand-alone or embedded)
Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace
Fantasy>Urban Fantasy is a Main Page genre

20.6: Seasoned Reader
Option 4 Read a book with the word spring, summer, autumn, fall or winter in the title...
Summer in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk
"Summer" is in title

25.6 The Last Abstract Expressionist
(Two books - two different options)
Option 2Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location.
Throne of Jade Naomi Novik
Book starts in England and about the first third is set there. The MC then journeys to China, and the last half is set there.
From Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ description: "an angry Chinese delegation vows to reclaim the remarkable beast. But Laurence refuses to cooperate. Facing the gallows for his defiance, Laurence has no choice but to accompany Temeraire back to the Far Eastâ€�"...

Option 4 Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence
joan MitcheLl

30.8 Cards Against Humanity
1) What ended my last relationship? Dreams of Distant Shores

6) I got 99 problems but Parasite isn't one.

Points this post: 115
Total points: 130


message 383: by Mai (new)

Mai (jeanphoenix) | 722 comments Mai

10.3. Time for vacation

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

London

Request 1 GO Ticket (first published 1893)

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 2


message 384: by Chandni (new)

Chandni (chandnin31) | 484 comments CHANDNI

5.5 - Abstract Nouns

Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.

Memories of Ash by Intisar Khanani

[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 11


message 385: by Elishia (new)

Elishia | 128 comments Readerboard Name: Elishia

20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400

Read ONE book which matches one of the following options.

Option 4. "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" (Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1): Witches seem to be popular characters in Urban Fantasy and Horror, as well as Cozy Mysteries. Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre. The genre can be stand-alone or embedded.
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman Fantasy > Paranormal and Fantasy > Supernatural

30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Born 1982

Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1988
Book 2. Read a book from the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
An Amish Miracle by Beth Wiseman 2013

Points Earned This Post: 50

Points Achieved to Date: 80/1125
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)


message 386: by Deana (new)

Deana (ablotial) | 276 comments DEANA

15.3 - June, July and August
OPTION 2: One book option
Girl on a Wire (4 words in title)
by Gwenda Bond (6/4)

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THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 15

TOTALS:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 15


message 387: by Dee (last edited Jun 18, 2016 06:46AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 8816 comments Delicious Dee

10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Because of Miss Bridgerton - author - Julia Quinn from the Atlantic storm list

25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1 - Protecting His Own - series book (Masters of shadowlands #11); released 2011 or later (2016); less than 300 pgs (262)
Book 2 - Slave To Love - stand-alone; released 2010 or earler (2007); more than 300pgs (318)

Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 175


message 388: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Harris | 81 comments MelissaH

5.9 - Summer Reading
Thirteen Reasons Why
Page 1 of list

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60

Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 4


message 389: by Tara (new)

Tara | 27 comments TARABLYTHE

15.5 - Summer in the City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban" such as urban legends, urban, urban-fantasy, urban-planning, urbanism. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

[book has urban fantasy as a main page genre]

Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
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Total Points: 35
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0


message 390: by Christi (new)

Christi Reynard | 406 comments Creynard

10.8. Happy Birthday


Charged by Jay Crownover
2nd book in the Saints of Denver series

Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
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Tasks completed: 9
Pages read: 4,747


message 391: by Nick (last edited Jun 18, 2016 09:12AM) (new)

Nick (doily) | 3310 comments Nick KY

5.6 Abstract Design. I read Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds by David Toop, which has a pretty abstract cover: Ocean of Sound Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds by David Toop

10.2 Bobbleheads. I read Martian Time-slip by Philip K. Dick, set on Mars.

Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 115


message 392: by Katie (last edited Jun 18, 2016 09:28AM) (new)

Katie | 241 comments KATIEGIRL

30.4 - Summer of the Gods

Option 1: A book with birds on the cover.
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Option 4: A book by a female author.
Where I Lost Her by T. Greenwood

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 1
BB Total: 0
GO Total: 0


message 393: by Katie (new)

Katie | 241 comments KATIEGIRL

10.2 - Bobble Heads

A book set in outer space or on another planet.
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
This book is set on the spaceship Godspeed in outer space.

Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Total tasks: 2
BB total: 0
GO total: 0


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Christi Reynard | 406 comments Creynard

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life


Option 3: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

Bourdain has also written the mystery novel Bone in the Throat

Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
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Total tasks: 10
Total pages read: 5,028


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Heather(Gibby) (heather-gibby) | 1260 comments 10.2. Bobble heads
read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth
The Martian Chronicles which is set on Mars

Claiming Golden Oldie, first published in 1950

Points this post : 10
Total Points: 60

GO's this post: 1
Total GO: 2

BB's: 2


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Lauren (laurenjberman) LAUREN JODI

15.5 - Summer in the City

Urban Fantasy genre on the main page (788 users).

One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire

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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 90/1125
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/62


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Ems Loves to Read (esondie) | -33 comments Emsreviewsbooks

30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)

1) What ended my last relationship? Mail Order Doctor by Cynthia Woolf

6) I got 99 problems but A Scot in the Dark isn’t one. (by Sarah MacLean, and I read a publisher's advance copy)

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 5


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Wanda (wanda71) | 1770 comments Oma1229

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime

REQUIRED: State the option you chose when posting
I chose Option 1


Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED

Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia. Be careful as it is possible that some of the books do not meet the SRC rules.

Back to the Bedroomby Janet Evanovich-

This book is found on page 10 of Best Cozy Mystery Series List

Total Points--75/1125
Completed Tasks--4/62
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()



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Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments 5.10 School's out:

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson



10.6 June 8 Is Name Your Poison Day:

Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters



10,10 Can You Read the Top Row?:

American Housewife: Stories by American Housewife Stories by Helen Ellis by Helen Ellis



20.7 Shorter Is Sweeter:

1. From the Best Cozy Mystery list page 1 #28
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters by Elizabeth Peters


Today's total: 45
Grand total: 145


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Jonquil | 1059 comments Jonquil

10.9. Smile
Humor 2 users

Diva Las Vegas
Eileen Davidson
Paperback, 304 pages 6/18

Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Books posted: 19
Tasks complete: 19
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 5025


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