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3.1 - Mickslibrarian
2.4 - Linda C
2.5 - Bethany
2.3 - Linda C
1.7 - Mickslibrarian
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Updated: #46
Most Points
*Read-A-Thon Points
*Susan - 10 + 5 = 15
☆☆*Mickslibrarian -15 + 5 = 20
••*Linda C - 12 + 4 = 16
••*Bethany - 11 + 5 = 16
*Amber - 7 + 2 = 9
Tessa - 10
Marilyn - 5
* Diana S - 0 + 1 = 1
Most Pages
Susan - 2989
••Mickslibrarian - 4442
☆☆Linda C - 4640
Bethany - 613
Amber - 2247
Tessa - 3351
Marilyn - 1685
1.5 BUZZWORDApril's word SPACE
Read a book that has a SPACE-RELATED word in its title
Such as: space, galaxy, stars, moon, planet, earth, sun etc.....
Where the Forest Meets the Stars Glendy Vanderah 2021-04-03 304 pp.
• Date: 2021-04-03
• Task Points: 1
• Task Pages: 304
• TOTAL POINTS: 1
• TOTAL PAGES: 304
2.4 (Tessa's Task) CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE!1. A speaking character who is a nurse or doctor - Tell us the name of the character.
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams 4/4/21 277 p. (Dr. Lydgate is the village doctor)
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2. A speaking character who is in the military (active, reserves or veteran) - Tell us the name of the character.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams 4/5/21 287 p. (Mr. Lachlan is a retired Army Ranger)
Task points: 2
Task pages: 564
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 564
1.7 (Tessa's Task) FULLY VACCINATED! - Read a book where the main character travels to a different city to visit with family or friends. (Tell where they travel to.)Death Brings a Shadow by Rosemary Simpson 4/6/21 311 p. (Prudence travels from New York to Georgia for her friend's wedding)
Task points: 1
Task pages: 311
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 875
1.3 FIND A RAINBOW DAYColors of the Rainbow - RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, and VIOLET.
Choose one of the Colors above and read a book that has your chosen color (predominantly 50%+) cover.
YELLOW
Immoral (Jonathan Stride #1) Brian Freeman 2021-04-07, 409 pp.
• Date: 2021-04-07
• Task Points: 1
• Task Pages: 409
• TOTAL POINTS: 2
• TOTAL PAGES: 713
Task 1.3 FIND A RAINBOW DAYColors of the Rainbow
RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, and VIOLET.
Choose one of the Colors above and read a book that has your chosen color (predominantly 50%+) cover.
Kraken – China Mieville (2 stars) 4/1/21 [529] - BLUETask 1.4 BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAY
Read a book with a 4 in page count.
After Forever Ends – Melodie Ramone (5 stars) 4/2/21 [564]
Points these tasks - 2
Pages these tasks - 1093
Total points - 2
Total Pages - 1093
Task 1.6 READING THROUGH THE ALPHABET: LETTER IRead a book that starts with the Letter I (exclude A, An, or The)
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1) – Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (4 stars) 4/4/21 [624]
Task 1.8 FIXER UPPER
Project Manager: Diana S - Project: KITCHEN
Choose one of the following tasks:
a. Remodeling the Kitchen
Read a book whose Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in the word KITCHEN
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) – Charlaine Harris (3 stars) 4/7/21 [312]
Points these tasks - 2
Pages these tasks - 936
Total points - 4
Total Pages - 2029
2.2 ANIMAL CRACKERS1. Zoo Lover's Day (No Squirrels)
by C Pam Zhang 4/7 288 pgs2. National Pet Day
by Matt Haig 4/3 325 pgs (dog's name is Abraham).Points: 2
Pages: 613
1.4 BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAY - Read a book with a 4 in page count.The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander 4/10/21 304 p.
Task points: 1
Task pages: 304
Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 1179
1.1 TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAY - Read a book whose Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in the word TITANICA Terrible Beauty by Tasha Alexander 4/11/21 304 p.
Task points: 1
Task pages: 304
Total Points: 5
Total Pages: 1483
Task 3.1 (Linda C's Task) CELEBRATE LIBRARIES1. Read a book about books or a book where the title includes the word BOOK
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading – Sara Nelson (3 stars) 4/4/21 [242]
2. Read a book with a character who goes to a library - tell us how
Enclave (Razorland, #1) – Ann Aguirre (4 stars) 4/10/21 [261] – Deuce & Fade go to the NY Public Library to learn about the apocalypse
3. Read a book where the Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in the word LIBRARY
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) – Leigh Bardugo (3 stars) 4/9/21 [479]
Points this task - 3
Pages this task - 982
Total points - 7
Total Pages - 3011
1.1 TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAYRead a book whose Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in the word TITANIC -OR- a SHIP on the cover (No Boats) show cover.
MY SHIP:
Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom Iain Ballantyne 2021-04-08, 114 pp.
• Date: 2021-04-08
• Task Points: 1
• Task Pages: 114
• TOTAL POINTS: 3
• TOTAL PAGES: 827
1.8 FIXER UPPERProject Manager: Diana S - Project: KITCHEN
b. Counter Tops & Island: Granite/Marble
Read a book with a mountain(s) on the cover (show cover).
Cut to Love (Aspen Ridge #8) Jill Haymaker 257 pp. 2021-04-14
• Date: 2021-04-08
• Task Points: 1
• Task Pages: 257
• TOTAL POINTS: 4
• TOTAL PAGES: 1084
1.8 FIXER UPPER: c. Appliances: New Stove & Refrigerator: Stainless Steel - Read a book with the word Stove or Refrigerator in text (give sentence & page #) Death in St. Petersburg by Tasha Alexander 4/14/21 291 p. (They were gathered, not in Lev's little room but in the shop itself, next to a warm stove around which they had pulled wooden chairs. pg. 145)
Task points: 1
Task pages: 291
Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 1774
.8 FIXER UPPERProject Manager: Diana S - Project: KITCHEN
a. Remodeling the Kitchen
Read a book whose Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in the word KITCHEN
Brownie Points for Murder by Nicole Ellis 04.13.21
Task points 1
Task pages 258
Total points 2
Total pages 616
1.7 (Tessa's Task) FULLY VACCINATED!Now that we are all fully vaccinated I can visit my family in Texas, and even enjoy a hug with my brothers!
Read a book where the main character (MC) travels to a different city to visit with family or friends. (Tell where they travel to.)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 04.06.21 (one of the characters travels from CA back home to LA)
Task points 1
Task pages 343
Total points 3
Total pages 959
1.4 BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAYMusic Man - Barbershop Quarter
Read a book that is 4th in a series -OR- with a 4 in page count.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 04.16.21
Task points 1
Task pages 394
Total points 4
Total pages 1353
TESSA- NEVERMIND .... switching some books around
TESSATask 1.7 - Tessa - I'm Vaccinated!
Maverick and his mother travel 3 hours by car from Atlanta to visit his father in Prison ... they are allowed one hug
Concrete Rose ✔ - 03Apr21 - 360 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 360 pg
Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 360 pg
TESSATask 2.4 - Tessa - Congratulations, Graduate!
1) Speaking character is a doctor: Ash is a surgeon in The Midnight Library ✔ - 17April21 - 288 pg
2) Speaking character was in military: Antonio joins the Italian Army and fights in WW2 in The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna ✔ - 02April21 - 464 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 752 pg
Total points earned to date - 3
Total pages read to date - 1112 pg
TESSATask 1.8 FIXER UPPER - Kitchen remodel
"Refrigerator" in text
pg 107 - "Shelly had to stock his refrigerator with prepared foods…"
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End ✔ - 15April21 - 282 pg
THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 282 pg
Total points earned to date - 4
Total pages read to date - 1394
Task 2.4 (Tessa's Task) CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE!1. A speaking character who is a nurse or doctor - Tell us the name of the character.
What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1) – C. S. Harris (4 stars) 4/8/21 [410] – Dr. Paul Gibson
2. A speaking character who is in the military (active, reserves or veteran) - Tell us the name of the character.
The Mane Event (Pride #1) - Shelly Laurenston (3 stars) 4/18/21 [401] – Mace has just gotten out of the Navy SEALs
Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 811
Total points - 9
Total Pages - 3822
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE Book 1: Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams 4/23/21 289 p.
AND
Book 2: Murder in the Secret Garden by Ellery Adams 4/18/21 304 p.
Task points: 2
Task pages: 593
Total Points: 8
Total Pages: 2367
1.4 BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAYMusic Man - Barbershop Quarter
Read a book with a 4 in page count.
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore--410 pages--4/8/21
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1.8 FIXER UPPER
Project Manager: Diana S - Project: KITCHEN
c. Appliances: New Stove & Refrigerator: Stainless Steel
Read a book with the word Stove or Refrigerator in text (give sentence & page #)
Westering Women by Sandra Dallas
loc. 545--"Now she went to the stove and poured tea into the cups." --4/23/21--336 pages
Total points: 2
Total pages: 746
1.5 BUZZWORD - Read a book that has a SPACE-RELATED word in its title.Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie 4/24/21 272 p.
Task points: 1
Task pages: 272
Total Points: 9
Total Pages: 2639
5.1 WORLD CIRCUS DAYTAMER
TThis Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More by Uma Naidoo 4/20, 384 pgs
Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders 4/24, 232 pgs
MThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie 4/24, 121 pgs
Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me 4/16 256 pgs
Robert Ressler, Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI 4/21, 289 pgs
Points: 5
Pages: 1282
Total points: 7
Total pages: 1895
3.1 (Linda C's Task) CELEBRATE LIBRARIESThe Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson 4/10, 256 pgs
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (Main character is a librarian of the pack-horse librarians) 4/23 309 pgs
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron 4/23, 280 pgs
Points: 3
Pages: 845
Total points: 10
Total pages: 2740
3.1 (Linda C's Task) CELEBRATE LIBRARIES1. Read a book about books or a book where the title includes the word BOOK
2. Read a book with a character affiliated with a library or who goes to a library - tell us how
3. Read a book where the Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in the word LIBRARY
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan 257 pp. 2021-04-13
Death Overdue (The Haunted Library Mysteries #1) Allison Brook 336 pp. 2021-04-24
The Snake Tattoo (Carlotta Carlyle #2) Linda Barnes 290 pp. 2021-04-23
• Date: 2021-04-24
• Task Points: 3
• Task Pages: 290 336 257
• TOTAL POINTS: 7
• TOTAL PAGES: 1084
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNERead 2 Books
#2- Elsewhere - Dean Koontz 368 pp. 2021-04-23
#4- Heartbreak Bay (Stillhouse Lake #5) Rachel Caine 2021-04-24 336 pp.
• Date: 2021-04-24
• Task Points: 2
• Task Pages: 704
• TOTAL POINTS: 9
• TOTAL PAGES: 1788
1.6 READING THROUGH THE ALPHABET: LETTER IRead a book that starts with the Letter I
Invasion (Alien Invasion #1) - Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant 2026-04-24, 318 pp.
• Date: 2021-04-24
• Task Points: 1
• Task Pages: 318
• TOTAL POINTS: 10
• TOTAL PAGES: 2106
Susan, msg 15 and 31 have the same number of pages. I think you forgot to add in the pages earned in msg 31.
Be sure you get all your credits 🙂
1.3 FIND A RAINBOW DAY
by Isabella Maldonado 4/26, 352 pgsPoints:1
Pages: 352
Total points: 11
Total pages: 3092
5.1 WORLD CIRCUS DAY - TAMERT - Tasha Alexander's Uneasy Lies the Crown 4/17/21 304 p.
A - Alexander, Tasha - The Counterfeit Heiress 4/8/21 288 p.
M - Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams 4/25/21 320 p.
E - Ellery Adams' Murder in the Storybook Cottage 4/26/21 304 p.
R - Resolution at Midnight, A by Shelley Noble 4/2/21 368 p.
Task points: 5
Task pages: 1584
Total Points: 14
Total Pages: 4223
Task 1.7 (Tessa's Task) FULLY VACCINATED!Read a book where the main character (MC) travels to a different city to visit with family or friends. (Tell where they travel to.)
Teach Me To Love - Kari Trumbo (3 stars) 4/26/21 [148] - MC goes to stay with friend after her husband dies - Tinton, SD to Belle Fourche, SD
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 148
Total points - 10
Total Pages - 3970
Task 2.2 ANIMAL CRACKERS1. Zoo Lover's Day (No Squirrels)
Read a book zoo animal(s) on the cover (show cover).
Raven's Shadow - Patricia Briggs (4 stars) 4/24/21 [334] - panther on cover2. National Pet Day
Read a book whose MC has a pet (Tell us the Pet's name).
A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron (4 stars) 4/26/21 [336] - pet is named Bailey
Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 670
Total points - 12
Total Pages - 4640
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1. Read a book about books or a book where the title includes the word BOOK
2. Read a book with a character affiliated with a library or who goes to a libra..."
Oh No! .......
TOTAL PAGES - forgot to add pages
#31 should be - 1967
#32 " " - 2671
#33. " " - 2989
1.2 MAIN PAGE GENRE (MPG) - a. Children's Book Day: Read a book with a MPG: CHILDRENThe BFG by Roald Dahl 4/11/21 219 p.
Task points: 1
Task pages: 219
Total Points: 15
Total Pages: 4442
2.1 WHEEL OF FORTUNERead 2 Books
#2--The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich--4/12/21--453 pages
#4--The Cold Millions by Jess Walter--4/27/21--342 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 795 pages
Total points: 4
Total pages: 1541
1.2 MAIN PAGE GENRE (MPG)(Choose One)
b. Great Poetry Reading Day
Read a book with a MPG: POETRY
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes--4/28/21--144 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 144
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1685
1.1 TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAYRead a book with a SHIP on the cover (No Boats) show cover.
by Daphne du Maurier 04.30.21Task points 1
Task pages 320
Total points 5
Total pages 1673
2.3 (Linda C's) NATIONAL HUMOR MONTHRead 2 books that are tagged HUMOR or FUNNY
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross 04.25.21
pages 288
Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball 04.21.21
pages 286
Task points 2
Task pages 574
Total points 7
Total points 2247
TESSATask 1.1 - Titanic Day
Author initials in TITANIC - I A
Isabel Allende / Eva Luna ✔ - 24Apr21 - 307 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 307 pg
Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1701
TESSATask 5.1 - World Circus Day
S - SHAPIRO, Barbara A. / The Art Forger ✔ - 24Apr21 - 384 p
W - Weight of Heaven ✔ - 07Apr21 - 400 pg
O - O'NAN, Stewart / City of Secrets ✔ - 04Apr21 - 194 p
R - Robert L Stevenson / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ✔ - 13Apr21 - 224 pg
D - Douglas Stuart / Shuggie Bain ✔ - 14Apr21 - 448 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 5
Pages read - 1650 pg
Total points earned to date - 10
Total pages read to date - 3351 pg
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