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Updated: #22
Most Points
Bethany - 4
••Linda C - 5
Diana S - 2
Tessa - 3
☆☆Amber - 10
Marilyn - 3
Linda C - 4
Mickslibrarian - 1
Most Pages
••Bethany - 1570
Linda C - 1347
Diana S - 767
Tessa - 1007
☆☆ Amber - 3099
Marilyn - 1100
Linda C - 979
Mickslibrarian - 102
Task: 1.5 Kite FlyingRead a book that has the letters K•I •T•E in its title (no sub-titles).
The King's Hounds – Martin Jensen (4stars) 3/3/20 [272]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 272
Total points - 1
Total pages - 272
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e. SNAKES (brown cover)
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (3/10/20) 335 pp ☆☆☆☆Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 335
TESSATask 2.4 - March Madness (It's the only March Madness we'll get this year ...😥
1st Letter of Each Title Word in BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - T O R - The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20 - 336 pg
Final Four - Total pages includes a '4' in the last position - Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20 - 304 pg
THIS TASK
Total points earned - 2
Total pages read - 640 pg
Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 640 pg
1.3 St. Patrick's DaySHAMROCKS
Read a book with a predominately (50%+) GREEN cover (show cover).
by M.C. Beaton 03.13.20points 1
pages 198
1.5 Kite FlyingRead a book that has the letters K•I •T•E in its title (no sub- titles).
by Allyson K. Abbott 03.19.20task points 1
task pages 376
total points 2
total pages 574
1.3 St. Patrick's DayComplete one of the following tasks:
c. GOLD at the end of the rainbow
Read a book with a predominantly (50%+) GOLD/YELLOW cover (show cover)
Conviction by Denise Mina--3/26/19--376 pagesPoints this task: 1
Pages this task: 376
Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 376
2.1 Surprise MeRead 2 Books
Thanks, Tessa, for the picks:
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell--3/7/20--388 pages
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman--3/27/20--336 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 724
Total points: 3
Total pages: 1100
1.1 At Niagara FallsRead a book whose author's LAST name initial is in the word BARRELS.
Crime and Nourishment by Miranda Sweet 03.26.20
Task points 1
Task pages 252
Total points 3
Total pages 826
2.2 Reading Through the AlphabetRead 2 books
1. Letter V
Read a book with a title that starts with the Letter V (exclude A, An, or The)
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg 03.23.20
pages 176
2. Letter W
Read a book with a title that starts with the Letter W (exclude A, An, The)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 03.14.20
pages 519
Task points 2
Task pages 695
Total points 5
Total pages 1521
3.1 (Amber's Task) Step Out Of Your Comfort ZoneRead 3 Books
I am part of a IRL Book Club. We take turns picking the monthly book and everyone has different taste. This has caused me to read some of my all-time favorite books that are not a genre I would normally have picked myself.
Read 3 books each from a different MPG genre. Tell us what the genre is of each.
Dead and Berried by Karen MacInerney 03.11.20 (mystery)
pages 312
We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle by Celia Rivenbark 03.25.20 (humor)
pages 288
The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis 03.28.20 (historical fiction)
pages 368
Task points 3
Task pages 968
Total points 8
Total pages 2489
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Author's Initals: Graham Brown
The Pharaoh's Secret by Graham Brown & Clive Cussler
(3/29/20) 432 pp. 3.5 ☆☆☆
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 432
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 767
Since I last posted I spent some time in the hospital and rehab. Home now and trying to catch up with entering data. I did plenty of reading. Just have to see if anything fits.
Task 1.3 St. Patrick's DayComplete one of the following tasks:
e. SNAKES
Read a book with a predominantly (50%+) BROWN (show cover).
The Sourdough Wars(Rebecca Schwartz, #2) – Julie Smith (3 stars) 3/18/20 [180] – brown 56%
Task 2.4 (Tessa's task) March Madness
1.Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in: BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. All words count. 3-word minimum.
Perfection's Honeymoon from Hell II (Honeymoon from Hell, #2) – R. L. Mathewson 3/27/20 [108]
2. Final Four: Read a book whose total page count includes a '4' in the LAST position ... e.g.394 or 204
The Ghost and Patrick Tomlinson (The Ghost and Romance, #3) – Jeanne Savery (4 stars) 3/16/20 [174]
Task 3.1 (Amber's Task) Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Read 3 books each from a different MPG genre. Tell us what the genre is of each.
1. Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine – Lea Wait (5 stars) 3/15/20 [221] - Biography-memoir
2. Shades of Earl Grey (Tea Shop Mystery, #3) – Laura Childs (3 stars) 3/11/20 [242] - Mystery
3. A Woman Is No Man – Etaf Rum (4stars) 3/2/20 2019 [336] – Contemporary Fiction
Points these tasks - 6
Pages these tasks - 1357
total points - 7
total pages - 1629
TESSATask 1.3 St Patrick's Day
Cover color: BLACK
/ Tom Wolfe ✔ - 28Mar20 - 367 pTHIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 367
Total points earned to date - 3
Total pages read to date - 1007 pg
c. GOLD at the end of the rainbow
by Katherine Arden 3/28Points: 1
Pages: 384
Surprise Me Task
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 403 pgs 3/15
by Dexter Palmer 319 pgs 3/30Points: 2
Pages: 722
Total points: 4
Total pages: 1570
2.3 (Amber's task) March BirthdaysRead 2 books
1. My sister's birthday is March 6.
Read a book about sisters.
They don't have to be MC but both have to be characters in the story, not just mention they have a sister(s).
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 03.06.20 (just realized I finished this on my sister's birthday. such an odd coincidence.)
pages 342
2. One of my nephew's will be turning 11 on March 31st.
Read a book with MPG Children's.
Mary Poppins Comes Back by P.L. Travers 03.30.20
pages 268
task points 2
task pages 610
total points 10
total pages 3099
1.3 St. Patrick's Daye. SNAKES
Read a book with a predominantly (50%+) BROWN cover
The Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919 by Deborah Kops March 28Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 102
Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 102
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Complete one of the following tasks:
e. SNAKES
Read a book with a predominantly (50%+) BROWN (show cover).
[book:The Sourdough W..."
Sorry Linda, I couldn't count task 2.4. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT doesn't have a P, H, or a F. : (
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I'm glad you're out of the hospital and at home now. Hope you are resting comfortably. Get well soon!
Diana
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