Monthly Challenges discussion

Please post the tasks you have completed in this thread.

The following format is greatly appreciated:

Scoreboard name (if different from GR name)
Task # and Title
Link to book AND Author
Date book was completed
Points for this task
Pages for this task
Total Points
Total Pages
Rating (optional)
Review (optional)
Total Books (optional)

Scoreboard
Updated: post #27

Most Points
••Tessa - 10
Linda C - 16
Marilyn - 6
••Bethany - 10
Amber - 9


Most Pages
Tessa - 3704
Linda C - 5363
Marilyn - 2131
•• Bethany - 3870
Amber - 2909

Task 2.3 - Tessa - Mother's Day

Main character is a mother: Clare Cosi in Murder Most Frothy ✔ - 03May19 - 247 p

Author initials in SNAPDRAGON - A.S. - Amy Stewart / Girl Waits with Gun ✔ - 03May19 - 408 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 655 p

Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 655 pg

Task 2.1 Surprise Me

Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) – Marissa Meyer (4 stars) 5/6/19 [464]
Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #10) – Nancy Atherton (4 stars) 5/7/19 [274]

points this task - 2
pages this task - 738

total points - 2
total pages - 738

Task 1.7 (Amber's task) May the Force Be With You

Read the 4th book in a series, set in space or with stars on the cover (show cover)
Rees (Tales of the Shareem, #1) – Allyson James (3 stars) 5/1/19 [243] – set in space

points this task - 1
pages this task - 243

total points - 3
total pages - 981

2.5 (Bethany's task) Welcome Baby Jude!
Read two books
I had my baby boy at the end of March! Let's celebrate!

Congratulations, Bethany!

1. Read a book that you can read a little bit at a time or one-handed. Either a book of short stories or poems, or an audiobook or ebook.
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler (audio version)--5/10/19--513 pages

2. Read a book where the title or author's first or last name begins with J U D E
The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (coauthor)--5/10/19--400 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 913

Total points: 2
Total pages: 913

TESSA

Task 2.5 - Bethany - Welcome, baby Jude!

1) A book you can read one-handed (e.g. audio) - I listened to Hissy Fit ✔ - 08May19
(Page numbers from hardcover: Hissy Fit - 420 p)

2) A book whose title begins with a letter in JUDE
A Deadly Grind ✔ - 04May19 - 293 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 713 pg


Total points earned to date - 4 points
Total pages read to date - 1368 pages

2.5 (Bethany's task) Welcome Baby Jude!
1. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben audiobook 5/10/19 (288 pgs)
2. A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly 5/3/19 (464 pgs)

Points: 2
Pages: 752

Task 1.3 Read through the Alphabet
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "D"
Delicious! - Ruth Reichl (4 stars) 5/15/19 [392]

points this task - 1
pages this task - 392

total points - 4
total pages - 1373

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Thanks, LInda C. for the picks:

1. 1984 by George Orwell--5/18/19--237 pages

2. The Leavers by Lisa Ko--5/5/19--352 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 589

Total points: 4
Total pages: 1502

Task 2.2 (Linda C's task) Celebrating Families
1. Brothers & Sisters Day (5/2)
Read a book featuring siblings.
Claimed (Brides of the Kindred, #1) – Evangeline Anderson (2 stars) 5/19/19 [321] - Olivia and Sophia are twins
2. Visit your Relatives Day (5/18)
Read a book where a character visits a relative(s)
Windigo Twilight (Great Lakes Legends, #1) – Colleen Rhoads (2 stars) 5/3/19 [256] – Becca visits her grandmother and cousin in MI

points this task - 2
pages this task - 577

total points - 6
total pages - 1950

2.2 (Linda C's task) Celebrating Familes
1. Brothers & Sisters Day (5/2)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 5/19/19 (323 pgs)
2. Visit your Relatives Day (5/18)
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka 5/11/19 (392 pgs)

Points: 2
Pages: 715

Total points: 4
Total pages: 1467

Task 2.5 (Bethany's task) Welcome Baby Jude!

1. Read a book that you can read a little bit at a time or one-handed. Either a book of short stories or poems, or an audiobook or ebook.
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) – Marissa Meyer (4 stars) 5/18/19 [560] - ebook

2. Read a book where the title or author's first or last name begins with J U D E
Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces – Miles J. Unger (4 stars) 5/26/19 [432] - author last name begins with U

points this task - 2
pages this task - 992

total points - 8
total pages - 2942

TESSA

Task 1.1 - May Flowers
Flowers on the cover: ✔ - 20May19 - 288 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 288

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Task 2.4 - Amber - Binge Watching
Set in Great Britain - The Great Train Robbery ✔ - 25May19 - 266 p

Takes place between 1908 and 1928 - set in 1914-1915 Divining Women ✔ - 13May19 - 240 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 506

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Total points earned to date: 7
Total pages read to date: 2162 pg

TESSA

Task 3.2 - Bethany - Dominoes
Any book: Little Town on the Prairie ✔ - 11May19 - 307 p

Book with at least one page number same as book 1: # 7 - Turning Angel ✔ - 20May19 - 672 pg

Book with at least one page number same as book 2: # 6 - Hero of the Empire ✔ - 23May19 - 563 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 3
Pages read - 1542


Total points earned to date - 10
Total pages read to date - 3704

3.2 (Bethany's task) Dominoes
1. The Woman in the Woods by John Connolly 5/17/19 (496 pgs)
2. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 5/9/19 (446 pgs) #6
3. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 5/27/19 (247 pgs) #4

Points: 3
Pages: 1189

Total points: 7
Total pages: 2656

3.2 (Bethany's task) Dominoes
Read three books

1. Read any book you like.

The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick05.26.19
pages 352

2. Your second book must contain one page number that is the same as your first book.

Them Bones]05.20.19
pages 336

3. The third book must contain one number that is the same as your second book. You may not reuse the same number.

Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris 05.24.19
pages 306

Task points 3
Task pages 994

1.1 May Flowers
Read a book with flowers on the cover (show cover) or the name of a flower in the title.

by Elizabeth Lynn Casey 05.12.19

Task points 1
Task pages 304

Total points 4
Total pages 1298

1.3 Read through the Alphabet
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "D"

Dae's Christmas Past by Joyce Lavene 05.25.19

Task points 1
Task pages 279

Total points 5
Total pages 1577

1.4 Prom Night
Now let's be honest . . . Prom is ALL about the DRESS.
Read a book where the dress is predominant part of the cover (show cover).

by Laura Durham 05.12.19

Task points 1
Task pages 234

Total points 6
Total pages 1811

1.6 (Amber's task) Favorite Author
This month's Author is: Liane Moriarty
Read one of her books: Books by Liane Moriarty
Tell us what you thought about the book you read (3 or 4 sentences).

by Liane Moriarty 05.14.19
This is one of my favorite authors. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I had heard it wasn't as good as some others but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love how her plots are very realistic but something you wouldn't really think of ever happening.

Task points 1
Task pages 453

Total points 7
Total pages 2264

Task 3.2 (Bethany's task) Dominoes

1. Read any book you like.
Hospitality and Homicide ( A Tourist Trap Mystery, #8) – Lynn Cahoon (3 stars) 5/13/19 2017 CA [217]
2. Your second book must contain one page number that is the same as your first book.
Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends (a Happy Hoofers Mystery, #4) – Mary McHugh (2 stars) 5/25/19 [352] – number 2
3. The third book must contain one number that is the same as your second book.
His Lordship's Holiday Surprise – Kate Huntington (3 stars) 5/28/19 [256] – number 5

points this task - 3
pages this task - 825

total points - 11
total pages - 3767

2.2 (Linda C's task) Celebrating Familes
Read two books

1. Brothers & Sisters Day (5/2)
Read a book featuring siblings.
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman Michael's twin sister flies to New Guinea when her brother disappears to help with the search--5/29/19--322 pages

2. Visit your Relatives Day (5/18)
Read a book where the author's (first and last) can be found in RELATIVES.
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke--5/17/19--307 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 629

Total points: 6
Total pages: 2131

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Little Fires Everywhere byCeleste Ng 05.03.19

pages 338

Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke 05.30.19

pages 307

Task pages 645
Task pionts 2

Total pages 2909
Total points 9

Task 3.1 (Tessa's task) Congratulations Graduate!

1. Her initials are B.E.
Read a book by an author whose first or last initial is either B or E.
Her Man of Affairs – Elizabeth Mansfield (3 stars) 5/28/19 [219]

2. A true millennial, she was born in 2000
Read a book whose total page count includes both a 2 and a 0
The Best Of Black Lace 2 – Kerri Sharp (2 stars) 5/23/19 [320]

3. She's a cross-country runner
Read a book whose title BEGINS with a letter in RUNNER.
River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6) – Patricia Briggs (5 stars) 5/30/19 [291]

points this task - 3
pages this task - 830

total points - 14
total pages - 4597

3.1 (Tessa's task) Congratulations Graduate!
1. Her initials are B.E.
The Child Thief by Brom
5/30/19 (476 pgs)
2. A true millenial, she was born in 2000
A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland 5/17/19 (320 pgs)
3. Read a book whose title BEGINS with a letter in RUNNER.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond 5/31/19 (418 pgs)

Points: 3
Pages: 1214

Total points: 10
Total pages: 3870

Task 2.3 (Tessa's task) Mother's Day
1. Read a book where the MC is a mother.
The Christmas Cookie Killer (Fresh-baked Mystery, #3) – Livia J. Washburn (3 stars) 5/31/19 [298]
2. Read a book whose author's First AND Last initials are in SNAPDRAGON
The American Heiress – Daisy Goodwin (2 stars) 5/21/19 [468]

points this task - 2
pages this task - 766

total points - 16
total pages - 5363

This is the first month ever that every book I read got counted. In the past I've always had a number of them that didn't fit anywhere.