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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2015
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Summer Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Julia10325.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
Option 1: The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
Option 1: The Menace from Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
(author initials in RHUBARB, task allows same option twice, help thread post #2 allows same author twice)
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein (author initials are straight)
Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads Author
Book 2: Panic! by John Creasey (author initials crooked)
Post total: 50 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total points: 225
Total GRA: 6
Total BB tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 11
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 5.7 Jurōjin
Counting By 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
Qualifier: OLD in Goldberg
Claiming GRA for Holly Goldberg Sloan
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 270
Tasks Completed: 17
GR Author: 13
Big Books: 0
25.3 Crooked LetterBook 1: Title all straight letters
The Wood's Edge
Lori Benton is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Book 2: Title all crooked letters
I read the e-book Spring Rain
There is no mmp, the pb is Spring Rain
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 390
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 18
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 4
Post: 1230
Ava Catherine10.4 We Miss You, Jane.
Jane Austen's Initials
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
10.7 Think About It…
Man and His Symbols by C.G. Jung
15.2 Outfoxed
Book 1: Ross Poldark by Winston Graham (The Poldark Saga #1)
Book 2: Saints at the River by Ron Rash
15.3 Now Appearing
Book 1: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fried...
Book 2: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Unabridged IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Robert Downey, Jr. #19 on the list
20.4 Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 4: Read a book whose title contains a word beginning with the letter K.
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
25.2 Shiraloo's task: Summer's Bounty
Option 1: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Option 3: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Points this Post: 95
Total Points: 280
Post #85.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Skip Beat!, Vol. 34
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 1:Read a book that is identified as book #2 or #6 in a series on Goodreads
Murder on Marble Row Gaslight mystery #6
Points this post:25
Total: 165
Books read: 13
Tasks Done:11
Catherine TTask 15.7 - Birth of a Nation
read a book set on the Isle of Man (country from the list)
Safe House by Chris Ewan
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points this post - 15
total points = 390
KAZ KOMO25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Option 2 - Read a book from the first 300 titles on the Best Zombies Books list - Warm Bodies Isaac Marion
Option 3 - Read a book about university student life or with a character attending college - Fangirl Rainbow Rowell
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 105
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total GRA Tickets: 3
Ava Catherine10.8 Ulysses, again!
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride book is set in Ireland
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 290
NIKKI10.6 What is GR up to
Book #19 on March list
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
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20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 1 - book was top of my GR TBR list for 3+ years
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
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20.4 Author Author
Option 1 - book is 2nd in series
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
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20.6 Seasoned Reader
Option 1 - one of the main protagonists is deaf & dumb
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... - Nick Andros
The Stand by Stephen King
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Option 1 - book has YA as main genre
Looking for Alaska by John Green
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25.13 Morgan Faeriesfollys
Option 4 - Book has history as a main genre
The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy by Charles Fishman
Option 5 - book has number in title
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
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Previous Total - 170
This Post - 115
New Total - 285
Coralie5.6 Hotei
Non-fiction book with genre 'humor'
Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers
10.2 It's hurricane season again!
From the Pacific hurricane names – Terry
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
15.5 Witch Hunt
Book with paranormal on its main page
The Hellbound Heart
This post 30 points
Total to date 170 points
FANDURY10.8 - Ulysses, again!
Read a book set at least 50% in Ireland (either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland) or written by an author who was born or currently lives in Ireland.
Valley of the Shadow by Peter Tremayne
This book is set completely in Irland.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
READ605.7 the word OLD intact in title or author
The HeistThe Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee G-OLD-berg.
Points this post; 5
Total points 35
READ 605.5 Books about Books
My Ideal Bookshelf
edited by Thesslly La ForcePoints this post: 5
Total points ; 35
Shiraloo10.10 - Haiku!
Ain't Too Proud to Beg by Chicki Brown
REQUIRED: approved in ebook verification post 4658
*Chicki Brown is a GRA*
15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book1: The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
REQUIRED: Approved by task author in help thread;
Book2: Epileptic by David B.
REQUIRED: Approved by task author in help thread;
*Jojo Moyes is a GRA*
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
Book1: Sweet Girl by Cristin Harber
REQUIRED: Girl = 4-letter word from My Girl; First Paperback = 180 pages
Book2: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
REQUIRED: Initials of author match Stevie Wonder; First Paperback = 576 pages
180 + 576 = 756 total pages
*Cristin Harber is a GRA*
CURRENT POST
Points: 55
Goodreads Authors: 3
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 430
Goodreads Authors: 18
Mary P15.2 - Outfoxed
Book #1: Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
**J.R. Ward is a Goodreads Author**
***Lover Unbound is a Big Book ( 502 pgs ). Claiming 1 BB Ticket.***
Book #2: The Thunder Lord by Kathryn Le Veque
**Kathryn Le Veque is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Goodreads Authors: 14
BB Tickets: 7
Becky P Repost for 121815.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 1
by Pauline Wiles***Pauline Wiles is a GRA***
Book 2
by Amy CrookEbook approved for length line 2290
***Amy Crook is a GRA***
Points this post-15
Total Points-190
Total GRA-11
Total BB-
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?This is a TWO book task. Read one book from two different options:
3) School’s Not Out For Summer – Read a book about university student life or with a main character attending college. The campus life in question is for that of a student, not anyone else on campus (such as a professor or administrator) and campus life must be an important part of the text.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Goodreads Author Jon Krakauer (listed as an example)
4) Music History – The summer course is on music history. Read a book with an instrument on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
by Goodreads Author Susanne DunlapPoints This Post: 25
GR Authors This Post: 2
Total Points:150
Total GR Authors: 7
Books Read: 10
Challenges Posted: 7
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!From Pacific Hurricane Names: Sandra
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Task total=10
Grand total=200
25.10 Option B
by J.K. Rowling Goodreads lists JK Rowling's birthday as July 31, so she is a Leo. Dumbledore is on the cover and his hair is silver/gray.AR Bookfinder info:IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
I would also like to claim this as a Big Book. I read the audiobook edition, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; the Mass-Market paperback Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is listed as having 768 pages. Did I do that right?
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55
BB 750: 1
CAtherine TTask 30.2 - Taking it to the Streets
I chose to do option 1 twice
read, and explain why, a book that is set in a magical place
Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K Hamilton - set in faerie, with all sorts of magic flying about
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - set in India, which I find magical as a heady mix of really exotic culture, country & people
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points this post = 30
total points = 420
Ava Catherine Repost
genre children's is present on main page
Task 25.5: Option B (Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun)
IL:UG -- BL:5.7. AR pts:16.0
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
LAUREN JODI15.8 - Dearly Departed
Fantasy genre on the main page (88 users) - Confirmed in post #20 of the task help thread
Double Cross by Carolyn Crane*
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 155/1085
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10/61
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 0
Blueberry10.4 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in JANE AUSTEN.
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich.
Janet Evanovich is a GRA.
Pts: 10
Total pts: 120
Total books:7
GRA: 3
Andy P.Task # 10.6. What is GR up to?
Read a book from the March 2015 list
by David RobertsThis book is # 45 on the March 2015 list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 2. Read a book whose author's initial can be found in the phrase STAMPEDE PARADE.
by Michael Sears STAMPEDE PARADEPoints this post: 20
Total points: 285
25.10 My Mom is the BestOption 1: Writer is a Leo
Faro's Daughter
Georgette Heyer was born Aug. 16.
Option 3: Genre Military
I read the Kindle book Sleeping with the Boss
There is no mmp, the pb is Sleeping with the Boss
Marissa Clarke is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 415
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 19
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 4
Post: 1254
Ava Catherine 15.5 Witch Hunt
Read a book with genre paranormal on its main page.
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
Current post: 15
Cumulative points: 305
Ava Catherine 15.9 Take a Ride
Read a book with a name in the title or subtitle. Include first and last names or title/honorific and name.
Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf by Norah Vincent
Current post: 15
Cumulative points: 320
Ava Catherine 25.6 Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Option1: On the job training: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Esther Greenwood is a college student from Massachusetts who has been awarded a month-long internship as a guest editor for a fashion magazine in NYC.
Option 3: School's Not Out For Summer:
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
Current post: 25
Cumulative points: 345
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
My comments are in post #19 of the discussion thread.
Sue Monk Kidd is a Goodreads Author.
Post total: 20 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total points: 245
Total GRA: 7
Total BB tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Delicious Dee25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Book A - Option 2 -
Book B - Option 3 -
- Teresa Medeiros (GR Author)Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 290
Goodreads Authors: 17
Lulu20.10. Group Reads
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
I posted in the discussion thread, post #20, talking about how I felt about the book (which was that I enjoyed!)
**Mary Roach is a Goodreads Author**
30.3. Going My Way?
Option 2
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The author’s last name begins with an A.
**Katherine Addison is a Goodreads Author**
Option 3
by Connie WillisThis book’s cover has the title written in solid red.
**Claiming one 500+ Big Book Ticket**
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jasmiina F20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!:
Option 2: Read a book whose author's initial can be found in the phrase STAMPEDE PARADE:
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 250
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
READ 60Task 10.7 Non-fiction religion
The Gospel According to Thomas by Harold BloomThe Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
Points this post ; 10
Total Points; 45
Ava Catherine 5.7 Jurojin
Read a book that has the word OLD found intact in the title or author's name.
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
25.1 Angel**Book Junkie**'s task: In A Series
Read two books in the same series.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17) by Agatha Christie
Current post: 30
Cumulative points: 375
Ava Catherine 5.4 Ebisu
Read a book that has all the letters in FISH in the title/ subtitle.
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
The Finkler Question
Current post: 5
Cumulative points: 380
Coralie5.4 Ebisu
All the letters of FISH in title
F in of, I and S in music, H in chance
The Music of Chance
30.3 Going My Way?
Option 3: solid white title
Option 4 Book with 'train' in title
Train Dreams
This post 35 points
Total to date 205 points
Hana C.
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
Option 2: Shapeshifting: read a book with the main page genre “Shapeshifters”.
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
Points this Post: 20
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Total Points: 235
Total GRA: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 15/61
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
Option 2: Shapeshifting: read a book with the main page genre “Shapeshifters”.
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
Points this Post: 20
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Total Points: 235
Total GRA: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 15/61
Morgan Faeriesfolly15.6 Rock Around the Clock
REQUIRED: Read a book with a clock face on the cover. The display may be analog or digital; a pocketwatch, wristwatch, alarm clock, grandfather clock, building clock, etc. but the clock hands or the time must be visible.
Required: Include the cover
The G of "touching" in the title is a clock face. Numbers included and the "hands" are both pointing to midnight.
Selection:
Touching Darkness (Midnighters #2) -- Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 465/1085
Books Read: 39
Completed Tasks: 32/61
Pages Read: 10828
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
babbling c5.3 - Daikokuten
Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: money.
Swan for the Money- kindle - Swan for the Money - paperback 352 pgs. by Donna Andrews
Donna Andrews is a GRA.
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total This Season
Points: 130
Completed Tasks: 10
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Books:
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Pages read this season: 4,302
Books read this season: 10
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
5.6 - HoteiThe Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny by Peter McGraw
Points for this post: 5
Total Points: 75
Ava Catherine 15.6 Rock Around the Clock
Read a book with a clock face on the cover.
The Laws of Murder by Charles Finch
Current post: 15
Cumulative points: 395
15.4 - The Big ORead ONE book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Verification for Romance
O in Our in title
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
+15 Points
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 2: read a book where a full moon can be seen on the cover.
AR Info: IL: UG
The Girl Who Married the Moon: Tales from Native North America by Joseph BruchacOption 3: read a book with a single girl/woman on the cover:
N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto+25 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 305
perletwo30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer -
Option 1 – June Wedding: Since June is a popular month for weddings, read a book with a wedding dress/veil, wedding cake, church (or other religious building such as a mosque or synagogue), or a floral bouquet on the cover. Required: Include the cover when you post and, if it's not obvious, identify the wedding-related object.
The Sins of the Fathers - church spire. Approved here on the help thread.Option 2 – Family Reunion: For this option, read a book whose authors initials can be found in the word REUNION. Letters may be used as many times as they are found in REUNION. Middle initials may be ignored.
Two for Sorrow by Nicola Upson
Points this task: 30
Total points: 530
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 25
5.5 - Fukurokuju: Read a book with the genre "Books About Books" listed as a main page genre.The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
5.6 - Hotei: Read a nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
5.7 - Jurōjin: Read a book that has the word OLD found intact in the title/subtitle or in the author's name.
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older (Goodreads Author)
Points This Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!Option 4: My only two nieces, Kimberlyn and Kaitlyn, celebrate their birthdays in July and August, respectively. Read a book whose title/subtitle (excluding series titles) contains a word beginning with the letter K.
This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers
"Kenn" begins with a K.
With 832 pages, this is a (very) big book, two tickets claimed.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book total: 3 - 500(1) 750(1) 1000()
Goodreads Author total: 1
Pages read: 2643
Doing Dewey20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations - Option 1 - genre Sci-Fi or YA
Station Eleven
This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Totals:
Total: 155/1085
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 7/61
Ava Catherine5.5 Fukurokuju
Read a book with the genre "Books About Books" listed as a main page genre.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Current post: 5
Cumulative Points: 400
JeniferTask 30.5 Good Old Summertime
option 1: SAUNA in title
Tuesday Falling by S. Williams
option 2: ice cream on cover
I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
Points This Post: 30
GRA This Post:
BB Ticket This Post:
Total Points: 280
Total GRA: 11
Total BBT: 1
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5.2 Bishamonten
The Falls by Ian Rankin
10.3 Ghost stories around the campfire
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
20.5 Bigger is Better-Camilla's task:Dragon Kings
Option 3: Royalty and palaces
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
IL:MG+ -BL:5.2- ARpts: 17.0
20.9 Moderator's Pet-Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 4: Read a book with Food or Cooking as a main page genre.
My Life in France by Julia Child
25.5 Bluemoon's task:Summer Fun
Option A In the Garden and Option B On the Water
Option A: The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor
A friend gave this book to me.
Option B: Book has a boat on the cover
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Points this post: 80
Total points: 185