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Most Points
Linda C - 10
**Tessa - 7
Cathy - 2
Amber - 5
Diana S - 3
Marilyn - 2
Most Pages
Linda C - 3569
**Tessa - 2895
Cathy - 688
Amber - 1685
Diana S - 922
Marilyn - 688
2.2 (Tessa's task) We Bought A Zoo1. Japanese Macaques
b) Live in matrilineal societies - Read a book featuring a Mother / daughter relationship
The New Hope Cafe - Dawn Atkins (3 stars) 2/2/19 [288] - Cara and her daughter, Beth Ann, are on the run
2. Snow Leopards
b) Endangered, with fewer than 10,000 alive in the wile - read a book with fewer than 10,000 ratings on GR.
X-Treme Dating - Cathy McDavid (4 stars) 2/6/19 [189] - 31 ratings
Points - 2
Pages - 477
Total points - 2
Total pages - 477
Task 1.5 (Amber's task) Listopia: Books That Everyone Should Read At Least OnceRead a book listed in Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once Tell us the page # and location #.
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (2 stars) 2/9/19 [293] - page 3, #320
Points - 1
Pages - 293
Total points - 3
Total pages - 770
TESSATask 1.1: Chinese New Year - Read a book whose author's LAST name initial is in PIG
Philip Gulley / For Everything a Season ✔ - 06Feb19 - 224 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 224 p
Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 224
Task 1.4 Valentine's DayRead a book with: Hearts, Flowers, Chocolates, or Jewelry on the cover
Kimmery Martin
02/10/19
Points-1
Pages-352
1.6 Favorite AuthorThis month's author is Stuart Woods
Read one of his books: Stuart Woods Booklist
Tell us what you thought of the book you read (3 or 4 sentences
Orchid Beach
02/14/19
Meet Holly Barker the new Chief of police of Orchid Beach, Florida. Check out how she became the new Chief and on her first day on the job how needs to solve the murder of one of her colleagues. A very easy and interesting read will be willing to read the rest of the series.
Points-1
Pages-336
Total Points - 2
Total Pages - 688
1.4 Valentine's Day (2/14)Read a book with: Hearts, Flowers, Chocolates, or Jewelry on the cover. (show the cover).
by Kevin Kwan (kind of hard to see but girl is wearing a diamond necklace) 02.08.19Pages 378
Points 1
2.4 (Amber's task) Wacky HolidaysRead Two Books
1. National Pizza Day (Feb 9) & Plum Pudding Day (Feb 12)
Read a book where the MC owns or works at some sort of eatery (tell us what type it is)
Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke (MC owns a bakery) 02.13.19
pages 310
2. Walking the Dog (Feb 22) & International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day (Feb 23)
Read a book with a dog on the cover (show cover)
by Krista Davis 02.01.19pages 289
Task pages 599
Task points 2
Total pages 977
Total points 3
TESSATask 1.5: Listopia - Amber - Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
Page 10, # 970
The End of the Affair ✔ - 15Feb19 - 160 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 160 p
Total points earned to date - 2
total pages read to date - 384 pg
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This month's author is Stuart Woods
Read one of his books: Stuart Woods Booklist
Tell us what you thought of the book you read (3 or 4 sentences
Orchid Beach
02..."
Hi Cathy,
Glad you were able to join us this month! :D
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MPG: FAIRY TALES
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (2/3/19) 323 pp. ★★★★
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 323
✔1.4 Valentine's Day
Cover: Hearts, Flowers, Chocolates, Jewelry
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (2/10/19) 288 pp. ★★★★Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 288
✔1.6 Favorite Author
Unbound by Stuart Woods (2/17/19) 311 pp. ★★★★
I have always enjoyed the Stone Barrington series. I especially love it when Teddy Faye shows up . And of course, the Russian had to show up too. It was suspenseful, humorous, and a punch of new characters to get to know. :)
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 311
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 922
2.1 Surprise MeRead two books
1. Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt--2/2/19--288 p.
2. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton --2/21/19--400 p.
Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 688
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 688
TESSATask 2.1 - Surprise Me - Linda C picked for me
✔ - 06Feb18 - 393 pg
✔ - 20Feb19 - 328 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 721
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Task 2.2 - We Bought a Zoo - Japanese Macaque and Snow leopard
Japanese Macaque - Listen to an autiobook - A Breath of Snow and Ashes ✔ - 14Feb19 (58 discs!)
Hardcover: A Breath of Snow and Ashes - 980 p
Snow Leopard - Fewer than 10,000 ratings - 6269 ratings (when I chose it) - I Was Anastasia ✔ - 23 Feb19 - 432 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 1412
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Total points earned to date: 6 points
Total pages read to date: 2517 pages
Task 5.1 Frosty Beverage In February, We will be celebrating National Drink Wine Day (2/18) and Polar Bear Day (2/27)
For this month, spell-out: DRINK or POLAR
D - Dark Rapture – Logan Fox (3 stars) 2/16/19 [822]
R - Robin D. Owens - Heart Mate (Celta's Heartmates, #1) (4 stars) 2/26/19 [340]
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels, #10) (5 stars) 2/10/19 [336]
N – Neels, Betty - Year's Happy Ending (3 stars) 2/25/19 [216]
K - Kadin (Dragons of Riddich, #1) – Mel Teshco (3 stars) 2/12/19 [101]
Points - 5
Pages - 1815
Total points - 8
Total pages - 2585
TESSA1.4 Valentine's Day
Read a book with: Jewelry on the cover
✔ - 26Feb19(kind of hard to see but girl is wearing a necklace and chandelier earrings)
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 378 pg
Total points earned to date - 7
Total pages read to date - 2895 pg
2.2 (Tessa's task) We Bought A ZooTwo Books
This month we're learning some fun facts about our Japanese Macaques and Snow Leopards
Japanese Macaques
Communicate orally, via "coos" and other vocalizations - Listen to an audio book
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 02.23.19
Pages 512
Snow Leopards
2015 was official designated the International Year of the Snow Leopard - Read a book first published in 2015
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander 02.21.19
Pages 196
Task points 2
Task pages 708
Total points 5
Total pages 1685
2.1 Surprise MeThe Summer Before the War – Helen Simonson (4 stars) 2/28/19 [512]
Finders Keepers – Linnea Sinclair (5 stars) 2/4/19 [472]
Points - 2
Pages - 984
Total points - 10
Total pages - 3569
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