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Most Points
**Linda C - 11
Amber - 1
Bethany - 14
Tessa - 9
**Marilyn - 5
Ayundabhuwana - 2
Most Pages
**Linda C - 2366
Amber - 322
Bethany - 4989
Tessa - 2361
Marilyn - 1605
Ayundabhuwana - 484
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If you didn't see my note in Questions & Comments for November. Please do so, it explains what happened. I'll be closing November's tasks on December 3 at midnight (central time).
Task 1.3 Christmas (12/25)Read a book whose author's initials (first &last) are in the word CHRISTMAS.
Kitty Cat (Age of Night, #1) – May Sage (4 stars) 12/1/17 [168]
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 168
1.4 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day (12/27)Read a book with snow on the cover -OR- has a predominately white cover (at less 75%)>show cover.
by Katherine Arden 12.06.17Pages 322
Points 1
Task 1.5 New Year's Eve (12/31)2018 is almost here! Read a book with the page count that has 2 out of the 4 numbers in 2018; such as 288, 420, 328, etc....
Through the Veil (Veil, #1) – Shiloh Walker (4 stars) 12/7/17 [312]
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 312
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 480
1.5 New Year's Eve (12/31)Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley
12/9/17
Points: 1
Pages: 240
Total points: 2
Total pages: 598
Task 1.6 Celebrate the Author Member's Choice: Diana SRead a book written by Debbie Macomber
A Cedar Cove Christmas (Cedar Cove, #8.5) – Debbie Macomber (3 stars) 12/12/17 [256] - mini review for extra point
Task 1.7 (Bethany's task) Give to Yourself
It's a stressful month. Give yourself the gift of reading whatever you want.
Flood Zone (Stormswept, #3) – Dana Mentink (2 stars) 12/11/17 [224]
Points these tasks: 2 + 1 for mini review
Pages these task: 480
Total Points: 5
Total Pages: 960
TESSATask 1.3 - Christmas - Author first & last initials in CHRISTMAS
Rudolfo Anaya / Rio Grande Fall ✔ - 05Dec17 (368 p)
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 368
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2.3 - Tessa BC - Sing, Sing, Sing
JOY to the world - Auth F or L in J O Y - JENSEN, Dean Queen of the Air: A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus ✔ - 11Dec17 (336 pg)
Angels We have Heard on HIGH - Title begins H I G H - Hillbilly Elegy: ✔ - 06Dec17 (272 p)
THIS TASK
points earned - 2
pages read - 608
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Total points earned to date - 3
Total pages read to date - 976
Task 1.2 (Amberly's task) Pick A GenreRead a book with Science Fiction as its main page genre.
Hidden (Northern Waste, #2) – Eve Kenin (4 stars) 12/15/17 2008 [309]
Points this tasks: 1
Pages this task: 309
Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 1269
2.2 Surprise MeRead Two Books
Thanks, Diana, for the picks!
1. Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson - 12/6/17 - 342 pages
2. I See You by Clare Mackintosh - 12/7/17 - 372 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 714
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 714
TESSA2.2 Surprise Me - Amber picked for me
✔ - 13Dec17 - 256 pg
✔ - 08Dec17 - 400 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 656
Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1632
1.5 New Year's Eve (12/31)2018 is almost here! Read a book with the page count that has 2 out of the 4 numbers in 2018; such as 288, 420, 328, etc....
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante--11/19/2017--320 pages
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 320
Total points - 3
Total pages - 1034
Task: 1.4 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day (12/27)Read a book with snow on the cover
(A Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery, #19) – Kate Kingsbury (4 stars) 12/21/17 [304]Points this tasks: 1
Pages this task: 304
Total Points: 7
Total Pages: 1573
1.3 Christmas (12/25)The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
12/22/17
Points: 1
Pages: 592
Total points: 3
Total pages: 1190
TESSATask 1.6 - Celebrate the Author - Debbie Macomber
Mr. Miracle ✔ – 12Dec17 - 256 p
REVIEW POSTED for 1 bonus point
THIS TASK
Points earned = 2
Pages read - 256
Total points earned to date = 7
Total pages read to date = 1888
3.1 (Linda C's task ) December Days to ObserveRead Three Books
1. Dec 6 – St Nicholas Day
Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai 12/19 (272 pgs) MC is a child.
2. Dec 17 – Wright Brothers Day
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 12/26 (228 pgs) MC was in the SAS (Special Air Service)
3. Dec 21 – Winter Solstice
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 12/13 (480 pgs)
Points: 3
Pages: 980
Total points: 6
Total pages: 2170
Ayunda's Points1.5 New Year's Eve
A book with the page count from at least 2 out of 2018.
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories by Alice Walker: 180 pgs.
1.7 Give to Yourself
Read whatever you want.
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma: 304 pgs.
Total points: 2
Total pages: 484
Task 2.3 (Tessa's task ) Sing, Sing, Sing!1. Joy to the World - Book by an author whose first or last name begins with J O Y
Under Water: A Natural Disaster Memoir – Owen Grimenstein (4 stars) 12/28/17 [125]
2. Angels We Have Heard on High - Title begins with H I G H
Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses (Scandalous Gentlemen of St James, #4.5) – Lorraine Heath (4 stars) 12/4/17 [160]
Points this tasks: 2
Pages this task: 285
Total Points: 9
Total Pages: 1858
1.2 (Amberly's task) Pick A GenreRead a book with Science Fiction as its main page genre.
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich--12/29/2017--267 pages
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 267
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1.7 (Bethany's task) Give to Yourself
It's a stressful month. Give yourself the gift of reading whatever you want.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah--12/12/2017--304 pages
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 304
Total Points - 5
Total Pages - 1605
Task 2.2 Surprise Me Dressed to Kill (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #4) – Lynn Cahoon (3 stars) 12/23/17 [204]
Dead with the Wind (A Southern Ladies Mystery, #2) – Miranda James (3 stars) 12/30/17 [304]
Points this tasks: 2
Pages this task: 508
Total Points: 11
Total Pages: 2366
1.7 (Bethany's task) Give to YourselfThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
12/27/17
Points: 1
Pages: 636
Total points: 7
Total pages: 2806
5.1 Merry & BrightA-Artful by Peter David 290 pgs. 12/29
N-Ness, Patrick, The Knife of Never Letting Go 479 pgs. 12/23
G-Gordon Korman, Restart 256 pgs. 12/5
E-The End of Oz by Danielle Paige 208 pgs. 12/13
L-Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill 212 pgs 12/6
Points: 5
Pages: 1445
Total points: 12
Total pages: 4251
TESSATask 1.5 New Year's Eve
Total page count includes two of these numbers: 2 0 1 8
The Turn of The Screw ✔ - 28Dec17 - 180 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 180
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Task 1.7 - Bethany - Give To Yourself
Reader's Choice
Catch Me If You Can ✔ 24Dec17 - 293 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 293 p
Total points earned to date - 9
Total pages read to date - 2361
2.3 (Tessa's task ) Sing, Sing, Sing!1. Dark Hollow by John Connolly 12/30 (398 pgs)
2. The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea 12/14 (340 pgs)
This is probably it for the new year. Happy 2018!
Points: 2
Pages: 738
Total points: 14
Total pages: 4989
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