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Most Points
☆☆Linda C - 8
Tessa - 1
Ulil - 1
••Amber - 7
••Marilyn - 7
Tessa - 6
Most Pages
Linda C - 1972
☆☆Tessa - 2392
Ulil - 400
Amber - 2184
••Marilyn - 2288
Task 1.7 (Tessa's task) Happy Birthday to MeRead a book first published in DECEMBER (any year)
No Place to Run (KGI, #2) – Maya Banks (4 stars) 12/1/19 [332] – publ Dec 2010
Task 2.3 (Linda C's Task) Fruitcake
1. Read a book with a fruit or a cake on the cover (show cover)
Wreath of Deception (Craft Corner, #1) – Mary Ellen Hughes (3 stars) 12/3/19 [272] – fruit on the wreath
2. Read a book with a character who is considered a little off (quote a line in the text or from the blurb that refers to this character's craziness)
Coup de Grace – Emma Jensen (4 stars) 12/2/19 [229] – Aunt Myrtle has developing dementia - “Myrtle's grasp of reality was a bit faulty at times; her hearing was not.”
Points these tasks - 3
Pages these tasks - 833
Total points - 3
Total pages - 833
TESSATask 1.1 - At Bethlehem
Author's last name begins with a letter in MANGER - N
NICHOLS, John / The Milagro Beanfield War ✔ - 04Dec19 - 456 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 456
Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 456
Scoreboard name : Ulil1.1 At Bethlehem
Read a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word MANGER.
Link to book AND Author : Circe by Madeline Miller
Date book was completed : 12/7/19
Points for this task : 1
Pages for this task : 400
Total Points : 1
Total Pages : 400
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Task 1.5 New Year's EveTake it easy and bring in the New Year by reading a book!
Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home – Nikki Boyd (2 stars) 12/13/19 [224]
Points this tasks - 1
Pages this tasks - 224
Total points - 4
Total pages - 1057
1.1 At BethlehemRead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word MANGER.
Reading Up a Storm by Eva Gates 12.06.19
pages 336
points 1
1.2 Listopia: (Amber's task) Best Books to Read When The Snow Is FallingRead a book listed in the list above. Tell us the page # and location#.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 12.10.19 pg 3 location 283
task pages 329
task points 1
total pages 665
total points 2
2.1 Surprise MeRead 2 books--Thanks Tessa!
1. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson--12/4/19--448 pages
2. Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom--12/6/19--256 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 704
Total points: 2
Total pages: 704
1.1 At BethlehemRead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word MANGER.
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood--12/12/19--199 pages
Point this task: 1
Pages this task: 199
Total points: 3
Total pages: 903
1.5 New Year's Eve Take it easy and bring in the New Year by reading a book!
(must be 100+ pages)
Careful What You Wish For by Hallie Ephron--12/1/19
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 288
Total points: 4
Total pages: 1191
TESSATask 2.4 - Tessa - My Favorite Things
Main page genre "Christmas" - There's Something about Christmas ✔ - 12Dec19 - 288 pg
Elephant on cover -
✔ - 08Dec19 - 319 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 607 pg
Total points earned to date - 3
Total pages read to date - 1063
Task 1.1 At BethlehemRead a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word MANGER.
Before We Were Free – Julia Alvarez (4 stars) 12/18/19 [175]
Points this tasks - 1
Pages this tasks - 175
Total points - 5
Total pages - 1232
Task 3.1 (Linda C's Task) Completing ChallengesPlease tell us what challenge each book was read for.
1. Arrivals and Arrests (Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy, #1) – Diana Xarissa (4 stars) 12/10/19 [230] read for GR Romance Readers Reading Challenges Group: A-Z Author Challenge – author's last name begins with X
2. Blood Jungle Ballet (Jungle Beat, #4) – John Enright (4 stars) 12/15/19 [284] – read for GR Nothing But Reading Challenges Group -The Ultimate International Reading Challenge - set in Samoa for Oceania region
3. A Zen for Murder (Mooseamuck Island Cozy Mystery, #1) – Leighann Dobbs (3 stars) 12/20/19 [226] – read for GR Romance Readers Reading Challenges Group: A-Z Book Challenge – book title starts with Z
Points this tasks - 3
Pages this tasks - 740
Total points - 8
Total pages - 1972
Three Point Task3.1 (Linda C's Task) Completing Challenges
Read 3 books
Please tell us what challenge each book was read for. (You might just spark an interest in a challenge for someone for next year!)
Read all three books for a Reindeer challenge in The Lost Challenges Group
1. Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 12.14.19
pages 400
2. One Day in December by Josie Silver 12.15.19
pages 390
3. Killer in the Carriage House by Sheila Connolly 12.03.19
pages 288
Task points 3
Task pages 1078
Total points 5
Total pages 1743
1.5 New Year's EveTake it easy and bring in the New Year by reading a book!
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 12.20.19
Task points 1
Task pages 330
Total points 6
Total pages 2073
1.3 Holly, Wreaths, & Christmas BellsHolly
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) RED cover. (show cover)
by Willow Monroe 12.28.19Task points 1
Task pages 111
Total points 7
Total pages 2184
TESSATask 2.3 - Linda C - Fruitcake
Author First & Last initials in FRUITCAKE - T.U.
Thrity Umrigar / The Story Hour ✔ - 15Dec19- 336 p
A character who is a little "off" .... Ahab (maybe more than a little ...LOL)
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale ✔ - 16Decf19 - 654 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 990 p
Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 2053 p
TESSATask 1.5 - New Year's Eve
Any book over 100 pg - From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home ✔ - 13Dec19 - 339 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 339 p
Total points earned to date - 6
Total pages read to date - 2392 pg
3.1 (Linda C's Task) Completing ChallengesRead 3 books
Read three books that help you make a challenge deadline.
* They can be for the same challenge or three different challenges. But they need to be for something that needs to be completed by the end of the year.
*If that still doesn't work for you, you may use this challenge and list three books you read this month that didn't work for any of the other tasks, therefore helping you reach a goal here.
1. The Guest Book by Sarah Blake--12/19/19--496 pages
2. A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré--12/31/19--264 pages
3. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett--12/31/19--337 pages
Points this task -3
Pages this task - 1097
Total points - 7
Total pages - 2288
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