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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Task 10.9 -- Add It Up
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
I will turn 35 in July. 3+5=8. This book has 8 words in the title.
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 4
Bib Books: 0
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
I will turn 35 in July. 3+5=8. This book has 8 words in the title.
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 4
Bib Books: 0
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask: 25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 2: Entertainment
Read a book with "lion", "king", "ace", or "pet" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
Option 4: Arts & Literature
Read a book with the genre "mystery" on its main page.
Cover Her Face by P.D. James
Points this Task: 25
Total Points this Task: 70
Books Read this Task: 2
Total Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Kathy G.10.1- The Black Tortoise and Snake
Dragon on the cover
by L.R.W. Lee***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Link to Paperback:
Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon's Fury
Total Points- 225
Total Tasks- 15
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books- 0
15.2 Good Luck Charms
Option #2: "Something New"-- added to my TBR on May 4, 2013.
Option #4: "Something Blue."
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 2547
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something NewOption 3, an author who is new to me:
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Jayme VA20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 3: Inferno by Dan Brown has mystery on its main page.
25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 1: Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan is all about zombies.
Option 3: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn is shelved as horror.
Gillian Flynn is a goodreads author.
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 4.
Option 1: Beautiful Redemption is the 4th book in the series by Kami Garcia
Kami Garcia is a goodreads author.
Option 4: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury I would have loved the chance to meet this legend!
Points this post: 75
Total points: 175
GR Authors: Emma Straub, Kiera Cass, Ariel Djanikian, Kami Garcia, Gillian Flynn
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 10.8 Summer Reading
From NPR's Summer Books 2012: The Complete List
Recommended by Maureen Corrigan( Book Party for One)
I read the last book on her list.
The Red House by Mark Haddon
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 305
Delicious Dee25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Option 1 - The Wanderer (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...) - Robyn Carr - book set in Oregon and I live in Maryland - so opposite side of the country
Option 2 - Joyland (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...) - Stephen King - set at a carnival in the 1960's - approved in the THT
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 310
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500 + (3)
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Suzanne15.4 - Get to the Finish Line: Option 1: Read two or more books whose combined page count totals at least 400 pages:
Book 1: Red Lily by Nora Roberts - ***** - 6/25/2013 - 351 Pages
Book 2: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine - *** - 6/26/2013 - 348 Pages
Total Points: 110
Kim L20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 1
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
This book is based on Red Riding Hood.
Marissa Meyer is a Goodreads author.
Total Points: 20
Katie M5.4 -- 40 years ago
There is a ring on the lower right side of the cover.
Hot Water by Lex Valentine
Approved in Msg. 2535
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 75 points
Delicious Dee10.3 -- The Summer of '69
Magic in the Shadows - Devon Monk (GR Author) - book first published October 2009
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 320
GR Authors: 15
Big Books: 500 + (3)
Joanna T20.9 Whedonite
Option 2 (Favorite Author):Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
This is not a reread, though Naomi Nye is one of my favorite authors (since she did a poetry workshop at my elementary school some 20+ years ago).
Note: this book is marked as a Children's book, but it has 272 pages, so is allowed for this task.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
GRA: 1
BB: 1
Readerboard Name: Barbara★10.9 -- Add It Up - Everbound - Brodi Ashton 6/25
(I'm 46, so 4+6=10, 1+0=1, so one word title)
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
20.8 –- It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings -
Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney (dark ends in K) 6/25
25.17 -- Lindsey IL’s Task: Metal!
Option 2: Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters (set in Egypt) 6/11
Option 3: Deeply Odd - Dean Koont (horror) 6/17
30.7 -- Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
(Letter chosen = K)/(Dice Roll = 1,4)
Book 1: This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel♥ (rolled 1, male author starts with K) 6/26
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Book 2: The Guardian - Sherrilyn Kenyon (rolled 4, female author starts with K) 6/18
Points Earned This Post: 85
Points Achieved to Date: 140
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (1)
25.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean SeaSelection approved. Help thread post #34
Option A: Read a book with at least 500 pages, set in a any of the countries on the Mediterranean Coastal Countries list.
Set in Palestine and is 566 Pages.
**The Haj by Leon Uris
**Big Book -The Haj is 566 Pages.**
Points in This Task: 25
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 566
Totals:
Total Points: 140
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 3329
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews
Coralie5.8 80 years ago
Book with more than one author
A House to Let by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins among others
30.2 Behind the Name
Taking Pat as starting name, male name Patrick, female name Patricia
The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis
Total points 470
Jennifer KS5.3 – 30 years ago
I read The Celtic Crow Murders by Patricia La Barbera who is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 2895
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.3 - 30 years ago
by Geraldine Brooks consecutive "c"'s in the title.5.4 – 40 years ago
Circle on cover
by Aimee Bender. There is a ring on the top of the cage.***Aimee Bender is a GRA***
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
GR Author: 5
Big Ticket Books: 0
20.7 - SOMETHING NEWOPTION 3 - AUTHOR THAT IS NEW TO ME - My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt. This is my first book by this author.
TOTAL POINTS - 290
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 6
BIG BOOKS - 6
STACIE MITask 25.4 - Bookin' Around the Bases
I decided to do options 4 and 5.
For option 4, I recently read Also Known As and thought it was a loser, so I read what I thought would be a winner (and it was!):
OCD, the Dude, and Me by Lauren Roedy Vaughn
For option 5, I read a book with someone playing the piano on the cover, something that requires a lot of practice:
The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
Points this task: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4900
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Oma122920.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Read 1 book from one of the following options:
Option 2: Endings
Read a book with any word in the title/subtitle that ends with the letter “k”.
Look to the East by Maureen Lang
Total Points-270
Total Tasks-15
Claiming Goodreads Author-Maureen Lang
Goodreads Authors-4
Big Books-1
30.5Book one
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
GOODREADS AUTHOR Michelle Moran
Pages 446
Book two
Marie-Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter
Pages 418
This task 30 points
Total points 115
25.15 -- Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!Option A: The Innocents by Francesca Segal
Francesca Segal is a Goodreads author.
Option B: By a Spider's Thread, #8 of 11 in the Tess Monaghan series, by Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
GR authors: 7
Chaitra - ## Repost!! ##Per Message #89 on Problems thread. Original Post #591.
30.10 Jayme VA's Task - Book News Feed
Rolled 1 and 3.
Option 1. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Featured in The Book Page's What We're Reading Wednesday.
Option 3: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. A selection from the Pre Tournament Playoff Round of the Tournament of Books.
Both Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Kevin Powers are authors I've not read before.
Points: 30
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 195/1350
Big Books: 500(1), 750(1), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 4
Tasks Completed: 12/71
Books Claimed: 14/103
Pages Read: 5,197
Laurie ME5.1: 10 Years Ago Today: William W. Johnstone
Butch Cassidy the Lost Years by William W. Johnstone
5:2: 20 Years Ago Today: 30
30 Pieces of Silver by Carolyn McCray. Carolyn McCray is a GRA.
10.6: Black Flag Day: Kenya
Death in Kenya by M.M. Kaye
10.9: Add it Up! Age: 52 = 7.
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin
Points this Post: 30.
Total Points: 105.
1 GRA this Post.
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.2 20 years
Read a book with a number in the title
2nd Chance by James Patterson.
James Patterson is a goodreads author
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1 James Patterson
Big Books-0
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 5
KimberREPOST
20.4 Initial Fun
Grave's End: A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado
E,M in my readerboard name, Elaine Mercado is a new to me author
This task: 20
Tasks complete to date: 7
Total points: 150
GRA: 5
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #15.2 – Good Luck Charms
OPTION 3: Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 4 or 5 stars.
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Marylyn rated it 5 stars.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16...
** GRA Ticket Claim: Kami Garcia is a Goodreads Author **
** Big Book (500+) Ticket Claim: Beautiful Creatures is 528 pages. **
OPTION 4: Read a book with something blue on the cover.
Dead Guy's Stuff by Sharon Fiffer
There is a blue poker chip on the cover.
** GRA Ticket Claim: Sharon Fiffer is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 15 points
Total Points: 25 points
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Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 2
Big Book (500+) Tickets: 1
20.2 - FAMILY VACATIONSOPTION 1 - FAMILY ON HOMEPAGE - My Louisiana Sky.
TOTAL POINTS - 290
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 6
BIG BOOKS - 6
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: They're creepy and they're kooky...
Option 3: Children Pugsley - mystery genre: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb is a mystery genre.
Task 20.7: Something new.
Option 3: Author new to me: Enchanted No More by Robin D. Owens. This is the first book I've read by this author. It has 425 pages.
Claim: GR author ticket.
Task 30.3: Kicking back with the girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option R: Recommend book:The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Recommend to me by my GR friend Wendy, who gave it 5 stars. Claim: GR author ticket.
Option X: X marks the spot: Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman. This mystery plays in the 4-corners area, partially in the Navaho nation and partially at the Zuni pueblo. I have visited both areas, and they are among my favorite places. There are many place where I would love to (and I have!) sit and read.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ 0;
Finished20.5 Motorcycles and pontoon boats
The Boat House Pamela Oldfield - option B / word "boat" in title
25.15 It's barbecue time
James Patterson - option E / yellow cover The 5th Horseman James Patterson - option B/ 5th in Women's Murder Club Series
30.5 History with dialogue
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks / historical fiction about plague in England in 1666
A Journal of the Plague Year Daniel Defoe / non - fiction about plague in England in 1666
Tasks points 75
Total points 150
Suzanne5.8 – 80 years ago.
Read a book with more than one author - co-authors, collection of stories by different authors, etc. GR must list more than one author - 2 people writing under one pseudonym will not work for this task. An "author" is the writer of a book, an editor of a collection of articles or stories, or a contributing writer in a collection. An illustrator, translator, artist, etc. is not considered an "author."
Written by P.C. Cast and her dauther Kristin Cast
Chosen by P.C. Cast - **** - 6/27/2013
Tasks Points: 5
Total Points: 115 Points
FANDURY25.9 -- Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
Option 2 Read a book tagged "Horror" on the main page
A Matter Of Blood by Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Pinborough is a Goodreads author.
Option 6 Read a book that is written by one of your favorite authors
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is my all-time favourite author and this was again a great book.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 30.9 Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
Option 3 Sound The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie
Option 5 Taste The Taste of Wormwood by
Keith McCarthy
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 335
Sheila15.8 - The Battle of Gettysburg
White Doves At Morning by James Lee BurkeFrom the Civil War Historical Fiction/Mysteries list
Total Points = 455
Jessica PDX20.10 - Group Read
Post #8 in the discussion thread.
by Adam JohnsonPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 255
15.3 Left and RightOption 1:
Left: Bread
Bread Alone by Judi Hendricks
Right: Look
She Makes It Look Easy: A Novel by Marybeth Whalen
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 2: NEW
Page Count: 286
Abigail's New Hope by Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis is a Goodreads Author.
30.6 Ty's Task: Reading Your 123's
Option 1: I was born in 1983. So my series numbers had to add up to 3.
1st in Series:
Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods
2nd in Series:
A Slice Of Heaven by Sherryl Woods
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks: 15
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.6 – 60 years agoRead a book with a subordinating conjunction in the title.
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson (before is a subordinating conjunction)
SJ Watson is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 1 (500+)
Oma122930.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option A- Destination Wedding: Read a book set in a place that you would think would make for a beautiful wedding. Required: Identify the "beautiful" setting in your post.
Disney at Dawn by Ridley
Pearson
The beautiful setting is Disney World in Orlando, Fl.
D) Something Old, Something New...: Read a book that was first published in 1987 or earlier or from January 1, 2012 until the end of the challenge (August 31, 2013).
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut by Dorothy Sharp Carter
This book was first published on September 1, 1987
Total Points-300
Total Tasks-16
Goodreads Authors-4
Big Books-1
Kathy G.15.2- Good Luck Charms
Option 3 - Something New
Ms. Anderson rated this book 4 stars.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Holes by Louis Sachar
Option 4- Something Blue
I used the Blue Sky- was approved in the
help thread--- (see message #2)
by Kathryn LaskyLink to paperback-
The Journey
Total Points- 240
Total Tasks- 17
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books- 0
Task 20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter
Option 1: Read a book first published in 2013.
Prodigy by Marie Lu
This book was first published in 2013.
Marie Lu is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 80 points
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 5
Bib Books: 0
Option 1: Read a book first published in 2013.
Prodigy by Marie Lu
This book was first published in 2013.
Marie Lu is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 80 points
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 5
Bib Books: 0
Shannon South Africa20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
NOTE: The book you choose must have 250+ pages.
Option 1. Read a book first published in 2013.
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
416pp
Published 2013
Task points = 20
Challenge points = 20
DARCY20.6 Creepy and Kooky
Option #2--Flower on the cover
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
**Claiming big book ticket**
519pp
Task points: 20
Total points to date: 20
Tasks completed: 1
(originally posted as DMB--reposting to reflect readerboard name)
Jessica PDX30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's Task - Kicking Back with the Girls from RELAX
This book was recommended to me by my husband.
by Mary RoachI acquired this book from my library.
by Lee ChildPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 285
15.4 Get to The Finish LineI chose Option 2: Tortoise and read Me Before You which has 480 pages.
20.7 Something New
I did Option 3 - Author Who Is New to You and read
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel who is a new author to me. It has 407 pages.
Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 85
Suzanne20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
I joined SRC this spring and really enjoyed the tasks set out for me. So in the spirit of trying something new, choose one of the following options and read ONE book.
Option 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you.
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper - ***** - 6/28/2013
Total Points: 135
25.19 School Is Out Forever!
Option #2, a book with a gold cover.
Option #4, free choice.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 2918
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.4 – 40 years agoThe Red House by Mark Haddon
The ring is the top part of a house key.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
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I read This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith *GR Author. Author uses an E in GR name.
15.5 - Tour de France
I read Blue Notes by Shira Anthony *GR Author. This books is set in France.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
2. Favorite Author- I read Until Fountain Bridge by Samantha Young *GR Author. Samantha Young is a favorite author of mine. This ebook approved in line 1173 of spreadsheet.
Points this post- 40
Total Points- 125
GR Authors- 7