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Spring/Summer 2013: Leader Board and Completed Tasks
Emily G. Finished10.5 Storm Chasers: Dark Places
15.3 Feeling Possessive: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
20.2 The over 700 club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
25.2 Follow the Leader: Canada by Richard Ford mentioned The Great Gatsby
Total points: 150
25.5 Let's Go CampingOption 1 - S'Mores: Storybound by Marissa Burt (Storybound has red squiggly) April 21
Option 2 - Campfire: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (On a whole bunch of best of 2012 lists) May 27
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 140
25.4 School's Out For SummerOption 1 - School's Out for Summer: The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (set in summer) May 2
Option 4 - No More Pencils: Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn (Victoria is a governess) May 4
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 165
10.7 RoadtripDairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (D.J. takes a trip to Milwaukee with her brother)
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 175
5.5 Island TimeMinx by Julia Quinn (Great Britain is an island) April 7
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 180
15.2: Above Average (my rating is 3.53)Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn (rating 3.82) April 7
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 195
Just finished A: Mudbound & B: Damage for 25.3 "For the Love of Reading" for 25 pointsNew total: 175 points
10.4 (Attention Grabber): I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith10.6 (Broke and Bookish): If I Stay by Gayle Forman
New Total: 40
20.2 The Over 700 Club: World Without End by Ken FollettTasks Finished: 4
Books Read: 5
Total Points this Task: 20
Total Challenge Points: 75
Finished Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea for Task 10.2 June 4th, is National Do-Dah Day (Salute To Silliness)Tasks completed: 6
Total points: 80
Finished task 25.3 for 25 points. I read Still Alice (US Book List) and The Secret Scripture (UK Book List).Total Points: 75
Just finished I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan for task 10.2. "June 4th, is National Do-Dah Day (Salute To Silliness)" for 10 points.New total = 185 points
Finished 25.6 Heroes and She-roes: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption & Tatiana and AlexanderTotal Points: 70
Books Read: 7
Tasks completed: 5
Finished Task 15.7
by Julie Klassen (there is a bonnet on the cover) for 15 points.Tasks Finished: 8
Books Finished: 9
Points Total: 85
Finished 15.1 Hope Springs Eternal: The Old Man and the SeaTotal points: 85
Books Read: 8
Tasks completed: 6
25.4 School's Out for Summer: Option 3: School's blown to pieces: Read a book in which a bomb or explosion of some type is a significant aspect. UnWholly by Neal Shusterman; one of the main characters is a former "clapper" who has infected their blood with an explosive chemical which causes them to explode when they clap their hands.
Option 2: School's out forever: Read a book in which the main characters are beginning a new job or career.
An Imperfect Lens: A Novel by Anne Roiphe; Louise is a new disease researcher sent to Egypt to discover the cause of cholera.
Tasks Finished: 5
Books Read: 7
Points this Task: 25
Challenge Total: 100
*Kelly R.Finished:
5-3. Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor (5/9); POST: Beach Reads 2012 - GS List - http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19...
10-3. The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson (6/1)
10-5. Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy ["Tornado Alley" - Chicago, Illinois] (5/15)
10-7. Poison Flower by Thomas Perry (5/23)
Total Points: 100/520
Books Finished: 15/48
Tasks Completed: 11/36
Just finished Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls by David Scott Diffrient and David Lavery for "20.3 Eat an Oreo Day" for 20 points.New Total: 155 points
*Kelly R.Finished:
25-4. From 2 different options: Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson (6/9) - Option 1) Takes place during the summer, or while the main character is on vacation; Requiem by Lauren Oliver (5/15) - Option 3) A bomb or explosion of some type is a significant aspect
10-8. Pick an author that I've already read: Craig Johnson. Look through his book ratings on GR & pick the one w/ the lowest rating: Junkyard Dogs. Do you think it really is the author's "weakest" book? How does it add to their canon of work? - Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson (6/9); POST: I think that this is not Johnson's "weakest" book. I think it is more enjoyable than a couple of his other Longmire books (I really dislike Another Man's Moccasins and Hell is Empty). Junkyard Dogs adds to the canon of characters and rounds out the portrait of the county where Walt is sheriff.
Total Points: 135/520
Books Finished: 18/48
Tasks Completed: 13/36
Just finished: 15.2: Copper Sun for 15 points.
10.3 Sharp Objects for 10 points.
5.3 Shadow and Bone for 5 points.
5.1 The Careful Use of Compliments for 5 points.
Task Completed: 9
Total Points: 115
Finished Task 10.6 Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern for 10 points.Tasks Finished: 9
Books Finished: 10
Points Total: 95
Previous total: 65 points Paper Towns by John Green for 10.7 Roadtrip! +10
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling for 10.2 National Do-Dah Day +10
Sophie's World by Joestein Gaarder for 15.1 Hope Springs Eternal +15
and finally, for 25.2 Follow the Leader, I read Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare which a few times mentioned Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. I just finished ATOTC and my heart broke. +25
Current total: 125 points
Completed tasks: 7
Books read: 10
Finished Task 20.4 The Message in the Hollow Oak by Carolyn Keene (published in 1972) for 20 points.Tasks Finished: 10
Books Finished: 11
Points Total: 115
5.2. Is That a Fact?Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson April 19
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 215
*Kelly R.Finished:
15-7. Under the Dome by Stephen King (6/12)
- cross on the churchTotal Points: 150/520
Books Finished: 19/48
Tasks Completed: 14/36
Finished: Task 20.4 Histories Mysteries: The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse(about an unsolved crime)
Total Points: 40
Finished Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam by Fred Donner for 20.3 "Eat an Oreo" with E-V-E.Total # of points - 80
25.3 - For the Love of ReadingUS List - Theodore Boone: The Activist by John Grisham June 14
UK List - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde June 17
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 240
Finished 25.3 For the Love of Reading: 10th Anniversary & Lost in a Good BookTotal Points: 115
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 8
Finished Task 25.8 for 25 points. I rolled and got Asia and Foodie Vacation.Asia) Stolen Woman by Kimberly Rae
Foodie Vacation) The Secret's in the Sauce: A Novel by Linda Evans Shepherd
Tasks Finished: 11
Books Finished: 13
Points Total: 140
15.7. Easter Egg HuntLittle Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
(bonnet on the cover) June 18Task Points: 15
Total Points: 255
Just Finished 15.2 Above average. Outlanderby Diana Gabaldonbook rating 4.09 my average rating is 3.46. Tasks Finished: 6
Books Read:9
Total Points: 70
Finished The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History for 5.2 "Is That A Fact?" (5pts) Finished An Abundance of Katherines for 10.4 "Attention Grabbers" (10pts)
Finished Going Bovine for 10.7 "Road Trip!" (10pts)
Finished What Good Is God?: In Search of a Faith That Matters for 10.6 "Habemus Papam" (15pts)
Tasks Completed: 9
New Points: 40
Total Points: 100
Just finished Jane Eyre & Benito Cereno for task 15.5. If Huck could do it... for 15 points.New total = 210
Since I joined late, here's some catch-up back to April 1st:15.3 The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd (15pts)
20.2 A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (20pts)
20.3 Sarah by J.T. LeRoy (20pts)
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 55
5.1 (Blind Date): Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Tayler15.4 (Batter Up!): Changing The Game by Jaci Burton (baseball)
New Total: 60
25.8 Take a Vacation: I rolled a 2 (South America) and a 5 (Foodie).South America: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Foodie: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Tasks Finished: 6
Books Read: 9
Points this Task: 25
Challenge Total: 125
15.4 - Batter UpSeabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand (horse racing) June 28
Task points: 15
Total points: 270
Finished The Time Machine for task 10.8, worth 10 points.Finished The Cider House Rules for task 20.2, worth 20 points.
New Total: 145
Finished Task 25.5 for 25 points.Option 2) Always the Baker, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
Option 3) Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Tasks Finished: 12
Books Finished: 15
Points Total: 165
*Kelly R.Finished:
15-6. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (6/29)
20-2. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (6/25)
Total Points: 185/520
Books Finished: 22/48
Tasks Completed: 16/36
25.1. Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of SummerTroll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales by Ellen Datlow June 5
AND
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt July 1
Rhyme: Eye and Fly
Task points: 25
Total points: 295
Ashley M.Finished:
10.6. Broke and Bookish: Outlander
15.8. Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir which was reviewed by Julia Cameron who wrote The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
20.3. Eat an Oreo a Day: Caravan
25.2. Follow The Leader - The Tightrope Walker mentions The Maze in the Heart of the Castle as the favorite book of the protagonist.
Books Read: 24
Tasks Finished: 17
Total points: 245
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs May 25
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 115