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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2015
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Summer Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.8 Dearly departed
The Humans by Matt Haig
Qualifier: Science Fiction / Fantasy genre
Claiming GRA for Matt Haig
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 120
Tasks Completed: 8
GR Author: 6
Big Books: 0
JeniferTask 20.5 Dragon Kings
option 1: body of water
Whisper Beach by Shelley Noble
**Shelley Noble is a GR Author = 1 GRA ticket**
Points This Post: 20
GRA This Post: 1
BB Ticket This Post:
Total Points: 180
Total GRA: 8
Total BBT: 1
Kimber25.13 It's Not Usagi
Option 2:
by Pat Conroy* full moon on cover
Option 5: Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline (goodreads author)
* # in title
This task: 25 points
# tasks completed: 3
Goodreads authors: 3
New total: 60 points
Elizabeth PTask 20.9 - It's Stampede Time!
Option Two: Author's initials in STAMPEDE PARADE
Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
20.6 Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability Option 3: Choose and read a book found on Stories about Individuals with Disabilities.
Required: Identify on which page of the list your book can be found when you post.
Page 1, Number 9
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Goodreads Author Jodi Picoult
Big Books >613 pages< House Rules
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon KingsOption 2 - Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill, a Goodreads author
Main page genre = Shapeshifters
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
Option 5 - Miss Amelia Lands a Duke by Sandy Raven, a Goodreads author
Two people facing each other, 130 pages
Option 6 - Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill, a Goodreads author
Third in a series, 355 pages
130 + 355 = 485 (phew!)
POINTS: 150
M1NKS5.2 - Bishamonten - Read a book with the genre "Crime" listed as a main page genre.
The Innocence of Father Brown
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
1. the title and subtitle of the book you read must contain all the letters in SAUNA,
Unseen Academicals - 540 pages
*I claim one Big Book Ticket
3. Classic genre book published before 1956
The Pilgrim's Progress
POINTS
Points This Post: 35
Points Total: 195
GR Author:
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 12
Catherine TTask 15.4 - The Big O
One book option: read a book with romance genre AND a word beginning with "O" in the title
A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K Hamilton (Of)
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points this post: 15
total points = 180
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.Heart-Shaped Box
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
Full House by Maeve Binchy, set in Dublin and Maeve Binchy was born in the county of Dublin
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 1 - The Giver by Lois Lowry IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
*Lois Lowry is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Points this post: 40
Points total: 90/1085
GRA total: 3
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 7/61
Books read: 7
Becky P30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
Option 2
Rosemary for Remembrance by Christine Arness
Option 3
by Selena Laurence***Selena Laurence is a GRA***
Points this post-30
Total Points-150
Total GRA-7
Total BB-
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I read Real Murders. The main character is a librarian.
10.7. Think about it......
I read In Defense of a Liberal Education, nonfiction, philosophy is the 4th genre listed on the main page.
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
I read
- clock on the cover.Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
FANDURY5.2 - Bishamonten
Read a book with the genre "Crime" listed as a main page genre.
Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
This book has the main page Genre Mystery > Crime
Ben H. Winters is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard name: Kelly B20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS:
Read one book with a title that consists of two or more words where the first letters of each word in the title spell an English word that is not a proper noun.
Sharp Objects (spells SO)
Points this task:20
Total points:25
20.3 - ACRONYMS - Friends Like Us = FLU25.11 - SUMMER IN THE CITY
OPTION 3 - SPORTS - White Satin
OPTION 5 - ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - The Goldfinch
TOTAL POINTS - 130
5.6 - Hotei"Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre:
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
+5 Points
5.9 - Takarabune
Oranges on the cover:
The Weight of Oranges/Miner's Pond by Anne Michaels+5 Points
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
Atlantic Hurricane Names: Kate
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
+10 Points
10.7. Think about it......
Main page genre - Philosophy (39 users):
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
+10 Points
15.9 - Take a Ride
Read a book with a name in the title or subtitle (Ava Lavender):
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
+15 Points
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
➜ Read a book with Food or Cooking as a main page genre. Genres may be stand-alone or embedded (Food - 26 users):
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
+20 Points
Points this Post: 65
Grand Total: 75
Elizabeth B25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science and writing
Option 1: Instant Gratification the main protagonist is a doctor
Option 2: One Small Thing the main protagonist is an author
Points: 25
Total points: 130/1085
Readerboard name JAIR25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Two book task: Choose two different options & state your options in post.
Opt:3 - Lone female on cover
Madapple by Christina Meldrum -- GRA --Opt:5 - Spelled-out number in title
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich -- GRA --
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 85
Books Read this Post: 2
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Authors this Post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book(s) this Post : 0
Total Big Book(s): 0
15.5 Genre paranormal, embedded OK I read The Restorer which is listed as fantasy > paranormal.
At 524 pages it's a BB for 1 ticket.
Sharon Hinck's a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 180
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 4
Big Books this post: 1
Total w/this post: 3
Post: 633
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!Option 1: #2 in Series.
The Vincent Brothers | Abbi Glines | 296 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 130/1085
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 12/61
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for RelaxingOption 1: #4 on My TBR list -- Had this book since November 2011
Highway to Vengeance: A Thomas Highway Novel | Brian Springer | 264 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 150/1085
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 13/61
Jonquil15.8 - Dearly Departed
Science Fiction > Time Travel 150 users
Fantasy 74 users
Out of Time: A Paranormal Romance
Monique Martin
6/16 Paperback, 294 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Books posted: 30
Tasks complete: 28
Pages this post: 294
Total pages as of this post: 7869
Jonquil 15.9 - Take a Ride
First and surname
Daisy McDare and the Deadly Legal Affair
K.M. Morgan
6/16 Kindle Edition, 154 pages
approved for length message 4700
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Books posted: 31
Tasks complete: 29
Pages this post: 154
Total pages as of this post: 8023
Meghanly10.9 - Three of a Kind?
The number three is significant in many mythologies and religions. Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
by Alice Hoffman (One woman, two birds)*Claiming BB Ticket - 504 pages*
10.10 - Haiku!
A haiku is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables in 3 lines - 5-7-5. Read a book with a title consisting of 5 or 7 words. Subtitles can be used or ignored.
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (5 words)
This Post: 20
Total: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0) 1
Total Pages Read: 872
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.Horror And Thriller on Main Page
Kiss Me or Die | Scott Nicholson | 289 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author
This Task :
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 160/1085
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 14/61
15.5 - Witch Hunt Read a book with the genre paranormal on its main page. Obsidian Curse by Barbara Anino (Goodreads author)
15.8 - Dearly Departed Read a book with Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres.
The Wrath of the Just by Manel Loureiro
15.10 - BBQ Time Read a book with the letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen, by Susan Bordo (Goodreads Author)20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS Read one book with a title that consists of two or more words where the first letters of each word in the title spell an English word that is not a proper noun.
Whatever It Takes, by Paul Tough (Goodreads Author) (*WIT*)25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty 2 books
Option 1: Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the word RHUBARB.
Emerald Isle by Barbara Anino (Goodreads author)
Option 3: Read a book that has the genre Nutrition or Food as a main genre.
The Whole 30: The official 30-day guide to total health and food freedom by Dallas Hartwig, Melissa Hartwig (Goodreads Author)
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 4: Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre of 'History'.
Moscow, December 25th, 1991 by Coner O'Clery
Option 5: read a book with a counting NUMBER found in the TITLE.
Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith
Tasks: 115
Total: 355
GRA Tickets: 5
15.2 - OutfoxedBook 1: #1 in Series
Sempre | J.M. Darhower | 528 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ | Big Book Ticket AND GR Author
Book 2: Heaven in Title
Just Like Heaven | Steven Slavick | 163 Pages | ♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 175/1085
GR Authors: 11
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 15/61
perletwo20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings - Option 4: Cardinal directions - For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in one of the cardinal directions. Both initials (first and last) must be found in the same directional word. Letters may be used only as many times as they occur in the name of the direction. Middle initials should be ignored. Hyphenated names count as one name.
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis - WEst
Points this task: 20
Total points: 380
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 19
CMFRUIN20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Read ONE book from the four options provided. I chose option Option 4, which required reading a book with a cover that is predominately blue or pink.
I read Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof. The cover of this book is predominately blue.
Martha Woodroof is a Goodreads Author
POINTS
This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - Jurōjin
Read a book that has the word OLD found intact in the title
by Tracy KidderPoints this post: 5
Total points: 140
Mod
5.4 - Ebisu
luck in title: Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West by Bryce Andrews
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
Atlantic name Bill: Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Clegg
I read an ARC
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
option 1, #6 in series: The Precipice: A Novel by Paul Doiron
total = 180
SHELLEY UT15.4 - The Big O
Obsession by Jennifer Lyon
This fulfills both requirements.
This ebooks was approved for length on line 1336.
Jennifer Lyon is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Dakimel5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
I read The Unmapped Sea
book is not found in ARBookFinder
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month
I read The Book of Night Women
TALLY:
This post - 15 points
Total - 255
25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the DiceFrequencies of the letters in the English language:
1 - E - 12.51%
2 - T - 9.25%
ROLLED: 2, 1
For Book 1- use the first number you rolled as the number of occurrences of the letter and the second number to select the letter from the list (from 1-6)
*2 E’s
Back in the Game by Lori Wilde *Goodreads Author*
For Book 2- Switch the 2 numbers you rolled. The second number now determines the number of occurrences and the first number identifies the letter on the list
*1 T
Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts
TASK TOTALS
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.9 Take a RideRead a book with a name in the title
The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne
Goodreads Author? No
20.1 Summer is for Relaxing
Option 2: Read a book that has a season in the title
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Goodreads Author? Yes
30.7 Celebrating Summer
Book 1 Option 2 - Family Reunion, Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word REUNION
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Goodreads Author? Yes
Book 2 Option 3 - Vacation, Read a book set in a place you would like to go on vacation
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Set in France, I'd like to vacation there!
Goodreads Author: Yes
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Points this post: 65
Cumulative points: 65
GR Authors this post: 3
Cumulative GR Authors: 3
Jonquil15.10 - BBQ Time
Becoming Quinn Brett Battles
Becoming Quinn
Brett Battles
6/18 Paperback, 216 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Books posted: 32
Tasks complete: 30
Pages this post: 216
Total pages as of this post: 8239
MEGSCL15.10 - BBQ Time
Read a book with the letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
BB in title, Q in author name
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
B. Is a ONE book option:
The Alienist is 599 pages long and approved in the help thread
1. My mom’s western astrological sign is LEO. Read a book by an author who was born under the sign of LEO (July 23 – August 22).
Caleb Carr Born on August 2
4. My mom loves a good mystery! Read a book from the Best Crime & Mystery Books List
It's # 12 on the Best Crime & Mystery Books
**599 pages = 1 bb ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Coralie10.6 What is GR up to?
#200 on the March 2015 list
Mistborn: The Final Empire which is the first book in the boxed set of the Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set
15.3 Now Appearing
1 book option – book made into a movie http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/myste... by an author sharing a name –#23 Michael Caine
The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
25.2 Summer's Bounty
I chose to do option 1 twice and read two books with author's initials in rHuBArB.
Tithe by Holly Black
Non-Stop by Brian W. Aldiss
This post 50 points
Total to date 100 points
Blueberry20.9 option 1: Read a book that has a cowboy hat on the cover.
Raylan
Pts this task: 20
Total pts: 80
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre "Science Fiction" or "Young Adult"
Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Goodreads Author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Christine V20.10 - Group Reads
The Ghost Bride - I read this Kindle edition. Link to Paperback (no MMP available)
Link to my post in the discussion thread here.
Yangsze Choo is a Goodreads Author. ***Claiming GRA Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
SCHATZIE15.4: THE BIG O
---word that starts with O in the title - "of"
---genre - romance
the one book option:
Daughter of Fortune
20.6: SEASONED READER - BRIKIE'S ABILITY/DISABILITY
opt. 3: this book is found on page 1, #45 on the list.
Peace Like a River
Points this post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 500
BB(500) - 3
BB(750) - 0
BB(1000) - 0
Jonquil20.1 Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
Option 2: Summer in the title
Six Moon Summer
S.M. Reine
6/18 Paperback, 198 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Books posted: 33
Tasks complete: 31
Pages this post: 198
Total pages as of this post: 8437
Post #525.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
Book 1 - The Dragon
I reread Over Sea, Under Stone
IL: MY - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Book 2 - Honouring your dealer
The Borrower
Book is about a children's librarian and her relationship with a 10 year old boy who loves books and is always asking for recommendations(this is where describing the relationship with myself ends), and then they kidnap each other.
Here's to the Public library system and to all school librarians who put of with kids who never seem to leave(like me).
Points this post:25
Total: 100
Books read: 8
Tasks Done:7
Catherine TTask 15.5 - Witch Hunt
read a book with paranormal genre
Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K Hamilton
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points this post = 15
total points = 195
Jess Philly20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
For this task I chose option 2, and read The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black. This has a main page genre of fantasy.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Elizabeth B25.3 Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1:Instant Temptation (I, T straight letters)
Book 2: Pup by SJD Peterson, author's initials S J D P all crooked letters
Points: 25
Total: 170
Catherine TTask 20.1 - Summer is for Relaxing
option 1 - read a book from my oldest 10 TBR titles
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
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points this post = 20
total points = 215
Lindy-Lanetask 5.1: benzaiten:
* gr description of a librarian main character:
Murder Past Due by Miranda James
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time - Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least two words. Exclude subtitles. Book 2: Read a book where the complete title from Book 1 is found within the title of Book 2.
>The title from Book 1 must match EXACTLY i.e. no plurals or possessives, no intervening or additional words.
Already Dead
But He Was Already Dead When I Got There
Points this task: 30
Total points: 360
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 18