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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
5.10- 100 years agoRanger's Apprentice book 1 The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Tony nominee: John Lee Beatty
Points this post: 5
Total Points- 20
Total Tasks- 4
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- (500+)0; (750+)0; (1,000+)0
KarenKnits25.15 - It's Barbeque Time!
Genre “Comics” may be used for this task
Option B: read a book that is "sandwiched" in a series
Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor by John Layman
Option E: read a book with a predominately yellow cover (approved in post #36 of help thread)
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
25.17 - Metal!
1) read a book with a word from one of my favorite band names - blind
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
3) read a book with the genre horror on the book’s main page
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
This Post: 50
Challenge: 215
5.1 10 Years AgoIndelible Love - Emily's Story by D.W. Cee
Ebook verification post 2542
10.4 The Sunshine State
California: Running for a congress seat in California
More than Rivals by Mary Whitney
Mary Whitney is a Goodreads Author.
10.9 Add It Up
My single digit number is 3. I am 30 years old.
Always and Forever by Farrah Rochan
20.8 Karen GHHS's Task: Big Sky Country
Option 2:
River: Book approved on question thread post 40.
Riversong by Tess Thompson
Tess Thompson is Goodreads Author.
Option 3:
Star
Five Star Attraction by Jacquelin Thomas
25.12 Chris MD's task: What Comes Next?
Option 6: Spring/Summer
A Promise of Spring by Mary Balogh
Honeysuckle Summer by Sherryl Woods
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 365
Total Tasks: 20
Books Read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Angie TX5.10 Read a book with an author whose first or last name is the same as the firt or last name of one of the individual norminees for a Tony Award.
Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke. Laura Osnes was nominated for her performance in Rodger & Hammerstein's Cinderella.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
GR Authors: 8 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsI chose "Mysteries set in the Western US" and read The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. My post is number 21 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130/1350
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
15.7 11/11 - Alex Cross, Run by James PattersonSS in cross in title and in cross in series name
****GoodReads Author****
25.7 Author or Title -
A.
Unintended Consequences by Stuart WoodsAuthor name is larger font than title.
B.
Guilty Wives by James PattersonTitle font is bigger than author's name
****GoodReads Author****
25.18 Adventures at your Library -
A. Under The Lake by Stuart Woods
Option 1: Plot centers around town under the lake
B. Rules Of Prey by John Sandford
Option 3: Book would be filed between rot and sin
Points: 65
Tasks: 3
Books: 5
GR Author: 2
Total Points: 390
Total Tasks: 19
Total Books: 31
GR Authors: 24
JOLIE30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option R - Read a book that has been RECOMMENDED to you.
The Freshour Cylinders by Speer Morgan I found a recommendation for it while looking for books set in Arkansas on the Internet at this site:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/67853
Option L - Luscious Lemonade- Read a book with a beverage on the cover.
Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage by Michael R. Veach
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors (total): 3
Big Books: 0
Jennifer KS5.6 – 60 years ago.
I read The Kind of Love That Saves You by Amy Yurk.
That is my subordinating conjunction
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks: 7
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 3
Pages: 3120
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.10 – 100 years agoRead a book with an author whose first or last name is the same as the first or last name of one of the individual nominees for a Tony Award
Laurie Metcalf was nominated for a Tony Award
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.2Option 1
The 19th Wife
BIG BOOK 514 PAGES
Set in Utah
David Ebershoff
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Option 4
The Madman's Daughter
Megan Shepherd
GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task 25 points
Total points 170
AprilDT25.15- It's Barbeque Time
A. and D. Steak and Chicken. Ball gown and page length made me chicken
Forever Amber
Points this post: 25
Challenge total: 55
Candace5.3 - 30 Years Ago
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Author's first and last names begin with the same initial.
This post: 5 points
Total to date: 45 points
Jackie10.3 "The Summer of '69"
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Bone Crossed was published in 2009.
15.7 "11/11"
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
The title and the author's last name has consecutive double letters.
20.6 "They're Creepy and They're Kooky"
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
I used option 2 "Morticia." The genre "Romance" is found on the book's main page.
30.6 "Reading Your 123s"
Blood Bound and River Marked both by Patricia Briggs
The last number of the year I was born is 8. The books are number 2 and 6 of the series consecutively.
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 75
Post #925.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 1:Read a book that has to do with anything underground
Underworld by Catherine MacPhail
Option 6: Read a book about the importance of reading, or where reading and books have a central role in the plot.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Robin Sloan GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Goodreads Author Total: 3
20.6 They're Creepy and They're Kooky-I chose option 2, and read a book with a flower on the cover. I read
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, who is a Goodreads Author.Task Points: 20
Total Points: 135
GoodReads Authors: 6
Tasks Completed: 7
20.6-They're Creepy & They're Kooky3.Private Down Under: by James Patterson- Shelved as Mystery
James Patterson is a GoodReads Author***
20.7-Something New
1.Crime of Privilege by Walter Walker- Published in 2013
25.3-Trivial Pursuit -Summer of 94 Edition
4. Hotwire by Alex Kava
Shelved as Mystery
5. Damaged by Alex Kava
- Outdoors on cover25.3-Summer Road Trip
2/5- Unseen by Karin Slaughter
Book has 400 pages, the cover is mainly red & it was first published in July. Approved post #29 of help thread
***Karin Slaughter is a GoodReads Author***
25.4-Bookin Around The Bases
1. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce- Book of my choice. Unfortunately being in the UK we don't have baseball games although I am hoping to catch the Tampa Bay Rays when I am in Florida in August.
4. Tiny Sunbirds, Far Awayby Christie Watson
I chose
as my loser book as I only rated it 2 stars.I picked this book from page 2 of readers also enjoyed & thought it looked like it was a potential winner and it was.***Christie Watson is a GoodReads Author***
30.1- Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 & 4
1. Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box
Book #4 in the Joe Pickett series
4. Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs
One of my favourite authors & I love the tv show as well. Would love to meet her.
30.3- Kickin Back With The Girls From R.E.L.A.X
L. Rum Punch Regrets by Anne Kemp
- Drink on the coverX. The Newcomer by Robyn Carr
- I love the sea & that just looks like a perfect place to read to me***Anne Kemp is a GoodReads Author***
30.4- All Things Wedding
C.Wedding Belles by Beth Albright
- Dress on coverD. Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann- First published July 2012
***Beth Albright is a GoodReads Author***
Points this post:205
Total Points:205
Books Read:13
Tasks Completed:8
GRAs:5
BBs:0
DARCY20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Option #1--Book first published in 2013 (book must be 250pp+)
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
Published 7 May 2013, 288 pp
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500(1)
Leslie K15.3 Left and Right
Left hand: Stealing Faces by Michael Prescott. FACES is typed with the left hand.
Right Hand: Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell. UPON is typed with the right hand.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Suzanne20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
In honor of my favorite fictional family, pick ONE option from the choices below:
Option 2) Morticia Addams was one of my idols as a child. Her dedication to her family and her marriage, as well as her talents at gardening made her fascinating. In honor of Morticia and Gomez’s undying love, read a book with the genre of Romance or Erotica on its page. Any subgenre of Romance or Erotica is acceptable as long as one of those two genres appears on the book’s main page:
Storming the Castle by Eloisa James - ***** - 6/28/2013
Points: 20 Points
Total Points: 155 Points
Leslie K15.5 Tour de France
Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
While the book starts out in Austria, the majority of the book takes place in France. It goes up to the time that Louis becomes king. I hope there is a sequel.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Leslie K15.10 No more homework
12th of Never by James Patterson
A book of my choice by one of my favorite authors.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Leslie K20.7 Something new
Option 1: Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance
This book was published in 2013 and has 304 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total pints: 65
Leslie K25.7 Author or title
Book A:
Last Breath by Michael Prescott
The font for the author is bigger than the title
Book B: Fire And Ice by J.A. Jance
The font of the title is bigger than the author
Points this task: 25
Total points: 90
Leslie K30.3 Back with the girls from RELAX
R. Inferno by Dan Brown
This book was recommended by my brother-in-law
A. Kinsey and Me: Stories by Sue Grafton I got this book from the Library.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
Leslie K30.5 History with Dialog
Book 1: The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
This book had 405 pages and is the historical novel of Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Book 2: Loss of Eden: A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Joyce Milton This book has 528 pages and is a non-fiction biography of the Lindberghs.
The connection between the two is that they are both about the same people. The biography was interesting but very slow reading. The novel was a fast read but, if the biography is correct, the novel took a lot of liberties....poetic license I suppose.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 150
REPOSTING for BIG BOOK TicketsAprilDT
25.15- It's Barbeque Time
A. and D. Steak and Chicken. Ball gown and page length made me chicken
Forever Amber
Points this post: 25
Challenge total: 55
Big Book at 972 pgs
Big Book tickets= 2
Mel15.10 No More Homework!
Tempted by His Kiss by Tracy Anne Warren
25.3 JennRenee's Task: Summer Road Trip
option 1. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
option 5.
by Tracy Anne WarrenMorgan Matson is a Goodreads author
Total this post: 40
Total points: 55
Books read: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Sandy MN20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 1: Genre "Family"
Three Junes by Julia Glass
Total Points: 195
20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon BoatsOption B: Open House by Elizabeth Berg
The word is open from the line "Out here in the open..."
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
JACKIE NC10.3 -- The Summer of '69
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
Published in 2009
25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 4:
Sweet Silver Blues by Glen Cook
Mystery genre
Option 6:
by Joanne Fluke30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option R:
Truly, Madly by Heather Webber
Recommended by Goodreads friend, Christina
Option L:
by Cleo CoyleBeverage on cover
Heather Webber and Cleo Coyle are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
Joanna T15.10 No More Homework
Feeding A Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, From Kansas City To Cuzco by Calvin Trillin
30.3 Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Book 1: Option R
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
Recommended by my husband.
Book 2: Option A
Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems, 2004-2006 by Adrienne Rich
Borrowed from the library.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 145
GRA: 1
BB: 1
15.10. No More Homework!The Get Rich Quick Club by Dan Gutman
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task #20.4: Initial FunRead ONE book by an author that is NEW TO YOU:
Option 1: The author's initials must be found in any order in your Readerboard name
Readerboad name: Carolyn
Book: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler is a new author to me.
Today's Points: 20
Cumulative Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Kathy G.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 3- One of things on my bucket list is to visit
Ireland. So, this book is set in Ireland-
Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
Total Points- 270
Total Tasks- 19
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books- 0
BJ Rose4 new tasks
5.1 – 10 years ago.
Read a book by an author who uses an initial as part of his or her Goodreads name.
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
5.4 – 40 years ago.
Read a book that goes round in circles
by Tracy Anne Warren ( approved in HT #54)5.8 – 80 years ago.
Read a book with more than one author
Royal Bridesmaids by Stephanie Laurens, Gaelen Foley & Loretta Chase
25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
Read 2 books BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS from the following options.
Option 1: 18 letters in title:Surprising Lord Jack by Sally MacKenzie
Option 3: 'rebellion' in title (included as one of the examples in the task)
Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara
Points this post = 40
Total Points = 40
Tasks Completed = 4
Total Pages Read = 1,897
30.8 - Peebee - A Summer Visit to the National ZooOption 5 - Red Panda -Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye
. The book takes place primarily in India, where the main character was born, and is mostly set up to and during the Sepoy rebellion of 1857. At 803 pages, I'm claiming two Big Book tickets.6 - Giant Pandas - Most Read This Week - Asia - Shanghai Girls by ***Goodreads Author Lisa See. Main characters born in China and book is #3 on the list today.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 160/1350
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
OOPS - double post by accident.
Suzanne15.3 - Left and Right: Option 1, Read TWO books, one A and one B:
Option A: FEAR:
Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden - ** - 6/30/2013
Option B: LILY:
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson - ***** - 6/23/2013
Points for this post: 15
Total Points: 170
Mod
30 years ago.
Consecutive title words begin with S: Specimen Song: A Gabriel Du Pre Mystery by Peter Bowen
25.8 - Karen GHHS's task: Big Sky Country
option 1 set in Montana: Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
option 5 goat in title: Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
option 1 Fibonacci Sequence- birth year 1- using 10
book 1: Involuntary Witness (Guido Guerrieri #1) by Gianrico Carofiglio
book 2: Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #9) by Jacqueline Winspear
total = 405
SClossonTask #15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Option 2: This book is 487 pages.
Task #15.5 - Tour de France
Peaches for Father Francis by Joanne Harris
Takes place in the French village of Lansquenet
Task #15.6 - As Seem On TV
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Oprah's Book Club Picks
Task #20.2 - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler
Option 1: Genre of "Family" on main page
Task #20.7 - Ana's task: Something New
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (377 pages)
Option 3: Author is new to me
Task #20.10 - Group Read
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Post #9
Task #30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
Rolled 4: The Meryl Streep Movie Club by Mia March
2012 Book Club pick
Rolled 6: Room by Emma Donoghue
2012 UK List
This post: 135
Total to Date: 135
Oma122925.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Option 1-Read a book set in a location that is not close to where you live.
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard by Susan Wittig Albert
Required I live in Florida and this book is set in the Lake District of Great Britain.
Claiming Susan Albert as Goodreads author
Option 5 Read a book of your choice.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Total Points-305
Total Tasks-17
Goodreads Authors-5
Big Books-1
Kimber25.15 It's Barbecue Time!
I chose to read one book with 400+ pages that fits 2 options:
Boundless - for page number verification = 438
- to show coverOption A: Cover picturing someone with fancy clothing
&
Option D: I waited forever for this book to come out, however when it finally did it took me 6 months to read it because I was afraid of how it was going to end. Both of her love interests were equally great - who was going to end up hurt?? Either way I was afraid I would hate it. (I didn't end up hating it!!)
CYNTHIA HAND IS A GRA
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 8
Total: 175 points
GRA: 6
20.2 - FAMILY VACATIONSOPTION 2 - FAMILY IN THE TITLE - Family Affair by Debbie Macomber.
Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author.
30.3 - R.E.L.A.X
L - BEVERAGE ON COVER -
by Elizabeth Boyce. Approved in post 2487 of the verification thread.A - ACQUIRE FROM THE LIBRARY -
by Ellen Marie Wiseman.Elizabeth Boyce and Ellen Marie Wiseman are both Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 345
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 11
BIG BOOKS - 6
Repost of #60315.7 - 11/11
Same consecutive letter pair found twice A Cutthroat Business by ***Goodreads Author Jenna Bennett - Double T in Cutthroat and Bennett
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160/1350
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Kimber25.19 School is out forever!
Option 1: 'historical fiction' on main gr page and set outside the US
The Burning of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel
**set in Scotland
Option 2: book with silver cover
by Ally CondieJEN MCCONNEL IS A GRA
ALLY CONDIE IS A GRA
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 9
Total points: 200
Gra: 8
Mod
I read True Blue - blue is one of the colors on the Basic Color List.
10.7 -- Blown Away
I read Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell. Karen is one of the names on the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Atl...
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
I generated the letter "C" and rolled a 3 (word in title) and a 4 (female author name).
I read Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin. "Charles" is the word in the title, "Claire" is the female author's name, and the book has 527 pages, so this has more than 450 pages and works for the one book option.
total points: 370
Angie TX20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's Task: Something New
I chose option 3: Read a book written by an author who is new to you.
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey. This is my first Rick Yancey read.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
GR Authors: 8 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
10.2 - Live Long and ProsperJacob's Room by Virginia Woolf - listed as "classic" on main page.
10.8 - NPR Summer List
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
***NK Jemisin is a GRA
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
GR Author: 6
Big Ticket Books: 0
25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer VacationOption 1: Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
I live in Wisconsin, this book is set in Italy.
Option 5: Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
Lisa Tawn Bergren and Sarah Porter are BOTH goodreads authors.
Total points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 1 (500+)
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Points this Post: 5
Total points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 5
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)