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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #5.5 – 50 years ago.
Read a book with one of the color words from Microsofts's Basic Color List in the title of the book.
The Red Dragon by L. Ron Hubbard
Color: Red
Points This Post: 5 points
Total Points: 10 points
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Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors Tickets:
Big books (500+) Tickets:
I would like to move a book. In post 288, I claimed Deeply Odd for task 30.6, I would like to replace this book with Fear Nothing also by Dean Koontz. No change in points or other pertinent information.
New Tasks
15.4 Get to the Finish Line
Option 1: Hare, book over 400 pages
A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon
***Joanna Hershon is a GR Author***
15.5 Tour de France
Read a book set in France-most of this book takes place in France
Lessons in French by Hilary Reyl
***Hilary Reyl is a GR Author***
25.9 Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
Option 1: A piece of jewelry on the cover-heart-shaped locket necklace at the top of the cover
Option 2: A book with 2 main female characters
This book is about Odalie (the other typist) and Rose's relationship-both female
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
***Suzanne Rindell is a GR Author***
25.10 My Summer Vacation
Option 1: A book set far away from my home
This book is set mostly in Zimbabwe and some in Kalamazoo (both of which are a good distance from my home outside of Washington, DC)
We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
Option 5: Any book
The Complete Poems by Emily Brontë
30.1 Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 4
Option 1: Read the next book in a series
Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
I have enjoyed several installments of the Odd Thomas series.
Option 4: An author I would like to meet: Hemingway, I think he would be an interesting person to meet.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Post Total: 110
Season Total: 215
oma1229Task 10.3-Summer of 69
Read a book that was first published in a year that ends with a '6' or'9'
Breaking Point by Martina Navratilova
This book was first published in 1996.
Total Points to Date-165
Total Tasks-10
Goodreads Author-1
Big Book-0
Oma1229Correction to Post #128
Lila Dare is a Goodreads Author. Claiming another Goodreads author
Oma 1229Revised Points and Information
Total Points-165
Total Tasks-10
Goodread Authors-2
Big Books-0
CHRISTINE L.Task 10.2: Live Long And Prosper
Genre:classic on the main page
I Capture the Castle
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Cold Dish
Points this task: 30
Total Points to Date - 110
Total Tasks - 7
Goodreads Author - 3
Big Book - 2
Total Books - 8
30.3- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.The Ask and the Answer (R- recommended to me by Dystopian book lists)
*The Ask and the Answer is over 500 pages
Rise of a Hero by Hilari Bell (A- acquired this from the library)
*Hilari Bell is a Goodreads author
*Rise of a Hero is over 500 pages
Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
30.71 book option
Rolled a 4 and 6
Letter S
The Crystal Cave
(For some reason the Arthurian saga part won't come up now as before?)
Mary Stewart
Page requirment met at 496
Book approved on posts 72/73
This task 30 points
Total points 85
Mod
I chose the one book option and read The Plum Tree. "Plum" is a right hand word, while "tree" is a left hand word.
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
I read The Kill Artist
25.16 -- Lois's task: Summer Shakespeare
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Hamlet.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Hamlet, from the perspective of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Total points: 260
5.5-50 years agoThe word "green" is in the subtitle of the book.
Kindred Spirit: A Biography of L. M. Montgomery, Creator of Anne of Green Gables by Catherine M. Andronik.
20.6 They're Creepy and They're Kooky
Option 3: Black and white cover.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams.Points this post: 25
Total points: 95
Tasks: 6
Books: 6
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Post #830.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
1. Fibonacci Sequence: Using the last digit of your birth year, read 2 books whose numeral placement in any series adds up to the last digit of your birth year.
Required: State the last digit of your birth year. 1981 use 10 as your total. 7+3=10
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson #7
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton An Aunt Dimity Mystery #3
Points this post: 30
Total to date: 105
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads Author Total: 2
AprilDT30.3- R. E. L. A. X.
R- Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Book club rec
A- The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel
Library
Bowen is GRA
Points this post= 30
Challenge total= 30
GRAs= 1
5.2 - 20 years ago.The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 - Little Women (400 pages exactly)
15.6 - As Seen On TV
East of Eden - as seen on Oprah's - 1 big book ticket (728 pages)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 1 (MStan) - Memento Mori by Muriel Spark (MS)
30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
I rolled 2 and 4. For '2', I read Life After Life (claiming 1 big book ticket for 529 pages) and for '4' I read Blackberry Winter. Both Kate Atkinson and Sarah Jio are new-to-me authors.
Total books read: 15
Points in this post: 85
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 185/1350
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 2 - romance genre
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
Tracey Garvis-Graves is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 125
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big books: 1
Coralie25.12 What Comes Next?
Option 2 Author’s A-B-C’s : Author’s last names ending G-H
Strait Is the Gate by André Gide
Deathworld 2 by Harry Harrison
30.9 Let’s Be Sensible
Option 1 ‘sense’
The Sense of an Ending
Option 5 ‘tongue’
Native Tongue
Total points 435
10.4 The Sunshine State:Graphic the Valley by Peter Brown Hoffmeister. This ARC was set in California.
25.15. Stacie MI's Task--It's Barbeque Time:
B. Middle book of Series: A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare. This is book #3 out of 4 so far.
E. Yellow Cover:
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't by Nate Silvertoday's total: 35
Grand total: 275
10.7 -- Blown AwayRead a book written by an author who shares one of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season names.
Andrea
by Andrea Cremer (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 6
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
FANDURY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2 Read a book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages
Doktor Glass by Thomas Brennan
This book has 320 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Oma1229Correction to post #128-Claiming Goodreads Author
Task 15.3-Left to Right
Option 2-Claimed one book with both left(tressed) word and right(kill)word in title.
Lila Dare is a Goodreads author
Tressed to Kill by Lila Dare
Total number of Goodreads authors-2
Katie M15.4 -- Get to the Finish Line
Option 2
High Fidelity by M. Chandler
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 70 points
20.3 - The Blank BlankA book with a three word title, the first word being 'the':
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier***Goodreads Author***
Total points 50
KAREN F5.5 50 Years Ago
India Black by Carol K. Carr
Color: Black
**Carol K. Carr is a Goodreads Author**
10.3 The Summer of '69
A Rogue's Proposal by Stephanie Laurens
First published in 1999.
**Stephanie Laurens is a Goodreads Author**
15.8 The Battle of Gettysburg
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Civil War genre appears on main book page.
20.6 They're Creepy and They're Kooky
Option 2: The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis
Romance genre on main book page.
**Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 50
Total Challenge Points: 115
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial FunOption 1: The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames who is a new-to-me author
*** Avery Aames is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 50
Total GRA: 2
Total big book tickets: 0
Sheila20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B. Spending time on the pontoon boat: The word is BLUE
Reach your hand down into the cooler
Don't drink it if the mountains aren't (blue)
The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
3) The children, Pugsley and Wednesday, (Mystery)
Head To Head by Linda LaddTotal Points = 375
30.2 Behind the NameI started with the name John (here's the tree) and read...
* Male Name John --
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
* Goodreads Author ticket *
* Female Name Jenni --
Prison Nation by Jenni Merritt
* Goodreads Author ticket *
New Total: 35
Jennifer KS25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
Option 1 – THE TEAMS
I read Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels
Option 3 THE CODE
I read Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke
Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
Tasks: 4
Books: 8
Pages: 2471
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.7 - 11/11Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
Double SS in title and author
GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
Double 1 rolled
1. Adam Baldwin and Jewel Staite:
Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter #2 in series
Approved post # 2522
and
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
GOODREADS AUTHORS X 2
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
Read a book with the genre Classics on its main page
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Points this post= 10
Total Points= 250
Sandy MN30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
Letter: C
Rolled 3 (word in title) and 4 (Female author)
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Goodreads Author and Big Book 568 pages
Total Points:120
Total GR Authors: 5
Total Big Books: (1)500;(0)750;(0)1000
Kathy G.15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
I chose Option 1- Read two books equal to 400 pages total.
(My books 189 + 217 = 406 pages
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
link to mass market paperback:
Hatchet
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Total Points- 190
Total Tasks- 11
Goodreads Authors- 5
Big Books- 0
BRIAN5.1 – 10 years ago (author uses initials)
All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories by E.L. Doctorow
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 1
Oma122915.5 - Tour de France
Read a book written by a French author (by birth or residence) or set in France including Corsica or any French overseas territory/region: Guadeloupe
Victoire: My Mother's Mother by Maryse Condé
Maryse Conde is a French author and the book takes place in the French Antilles in the Caribbean
Total Points-180
Total Tasks-11
Goodread Authors-2
Big Books-0
10.6 -- Black Flag Day
➜ read a book set in a country that has the color black on its official flag: this book is set in Germany
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
➜ read a book set in a country that has the color black on its official flag: this book is set in Germany
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee5.8 – 80 years ago
Bad Boys In Black Tie - Lori Foster (GR Author) - anthology with books by Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy and Morgan Leigh
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 265
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500 + (3)
10.3 The Summer of '69 Read a book originally published in a year ending in 6 or 9.
I read Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen which was published in 2009.
Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author
10.10 Blister in the Sun
Read a book that matches a word from a song title.
William & Kate: A Royal Love Story by James Clench
The word "Love" matches the song title "Prove My Love"
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
Emmalita25.2 JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Duma Key by Stephen King
Option 2: The author's last name is King.
Duma Key is a big book with 769 pages; claiming ticket
by Neil GaimanOption 6: This book has a body of water on the cover
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
This post: 25
Total points to date: 110
Goodread authors: 3
Big book tickets: 6
Total tasks completed: 5
oma122910.7 -- Blown Away
Read a book written by an author who shares one of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season names.
Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
The name I am using is Melissa.
Total Points-190
Total Tasks-12
Goodreads Authors-2
Big Books-0
Oma1229Correction to Post 543
Claiming Melissa de la Cruz as Goodreads Author
10.7 -- Blown Away
Read a book written by an author who shares one of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season names.
Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
The name I am using is Melissa.
Total Points-190
Total Tasks-12
Goodreads Authors-3
Big Books-0
Jessica PDX30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - Scattergories SRC Style
I drew an M, and rolled a 3 and a 6
by Robert Crais - "Minute" as my title word for #3
by Agatha Christie - "Miss Marple" is the series for #6Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 235
Shawn H.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New - Option 3 (Author new to me)
An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course by Oliver Horovitz
***Horovitz is a new author to me***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
GR Author: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Emily Bookshelf20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
3 word title with 'the'
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 90
Michelle WI15.6 As Seen on TV
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
from The Daily Show Reading Club
***** Neil Gaiman is a GR author *****
20.1 All Things Peru!
option 2: page count 302
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica
20.2 Family Vacations
option 1: family genre on main page
Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock
***** Elizabeth Flock is a GR author *****
20.3 The Blank Blank
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
30.7 Scattergories SRC Style
drew the letter H
rolled 1 and 6
1H (male author, H)
Play Dead by Harlan Coben
***** 560 pages = 1 BB ticket *****
6H (word in series, H)
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly (series name Mickey Haller)
***** 576 pages = 1 BB ticket *****
***** Michael Connelly is a GR author *****
Points this post: 105
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
Completed task 15.1 and read By the Light of the Moon by Dean Kootnz. Option B at 460 pagesCompleted Task 15.7 and read Forever Odd by Dean Kootnz. Double letter is D
Task points 30
Total points 30
Kathy G.5.10- 100 years ago
Tony Nominee- Patina Miller (for Pippin- Actress in a leading role of a musical)
The Misfits by Arthur Miller
Total Points- 195
Total Tasks- 12
Goodreads Authors- 5
Big Books- 0
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name DroppingI rolled 1 and 6:
1. The Last Place by Laura Lippman
This is #7 in the Tess Monaghan series.
Laura Lippman is a Goodreads author.
6. Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear, who was born and raised in England
Jacqueline Winspear is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
GR authors: 5
10.2 Live Long and ProsperThe Princess Bride lists "classics" on main page.
Task Points: 10
Number of Challenges Completed: 3
Number of Books Read: 3
Total Number of Points: 20
Jenn IL5.9 90 Years Ago
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell
***Goodreads Author***
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Ana's Task: Something New
Option 1. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose Mysteries set in Western US The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
My comments are recorded in message 19 of the help thread
Points this post= 20
Total points= 270
Andy P.Task # 25.1 Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
I chose to do Option 1 twice, two books with 18 letter titles by different authors
Book 1 They Have A Word For It by Howard Rheingold
Book 2 Ten Second Staircase: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher Fowler
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1. Fibonacci Sequence - 1957. 3 + 4 = 7
Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell Series#3
Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
Alex Cross Series#4
Cat & Mouse by *James Patterson
*James Patterson is a Goodreads Author.*
Points in This Task: 30
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 825
Totals:
Total Points: 115
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 2763
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