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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
10.7 -- Blown AwayThe Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
Karen is on the list of 2013 Atlantic hurricane season names.
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option A: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
This book is mainly set in the Cinque Terre area of the Italian Riviera. It would be a beautiful setting for a destination wedding.
Option B: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Eleanor Brown is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 245
GR authors: 9
Lindy-Lane25.7- Author or Title?:
book A: author font bigger than title:
The Witness by Dee Hendersonbook B: author font smaller than title:
Six by Opal Carew* this is a Good Reads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 7
JOLIE20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky
Option 3—Pugsley: Read a book with the genre “Mystery” on its main page.
Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors (total): 3
Big books: 0
Task 25.15 - It's Barbecue Time!
One Book Option: (B & D) Tommo and Hawk***Big Book 675 pages*** by Bryce Courtenay
B. Middle book in The Potato Factory Trilogy.
D. I was afraid that it wouldn't be as good as the first in the series (partially based on reviews) and it wasn't as good - disappointed!
Total Big Book Tickets = 2
Challenge total = 180
25.1 - WINTER IN MELBOURNEOPTION 1 - THE TEAMS - 18 LETTERS IN THE TITLE - Goodbye to Yesterday.
OPTION 3 - THE CODE - STORM IN THE TITLE - The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges.
Robin Bridges is a Goodreads Author.
25.4 - BOOKIN' AROUND THE BASES
OPTION 2 - TEAMWORK - ONE WORD TITLE - Fever by Elizabeth Lowell.
OPTION 6 - HOMERUN DERBY - RANDOMLY GENERATED BOOK FROM LIST OF 10 - Untold Story byMonica Ali.
Elizabeth Lowell is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 395
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 13
BIG BOOKS - 6
Angie TX30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Scattergories SRC Style
I drew the letter R with the random letter generator. I rolled a 1: Male Author (first, middle, or last name) and a 4: Female Author (first, middle, or last name).
Roll 1 The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey
Roll 4 Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn. Deanna Raybourn is a GRA.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
GR Authors: 10 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
5.9-Read a book with a fruit on the cover.I read
by Theresa Weir . She is a Goodreads Author.Task Points: 5
Total Points: 140
GoodReads Authors: 7
Tasks Completed: 8
20.6 - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…OptionC - Wednesday - Black and White cover
I read Indignation
by Philip Roth. Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4831
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.7 - Something NewOption 3. A book by an author who is new to me:
Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears
Total points 90
Candace20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial fun
Alex by Adam J. Nicolai
Goodreads author
Option 1 - Author's first and last initials are found in my Readerboard name. This is a new-to-me author.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 65 points
I messed this up and will repost. Sorry.
15.4 - Get to the Finish LineOption 2 - Tortoise: book > 400 pages
Forteresse Digitale by Dan Brown // 447 pages
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 55 points
// GR Authors: 2
Janice CA10.10 Blister in the Sun....
song: prove my LOVE
Love Him Madly: An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison by Judy Huddleston
***Goodreads author***
+10
total: 70
tasks: 4
books: 6
GR authors: 2
DARCY20.2 Rookie at the Top--Family Vacations
Option #1--Family as genre
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 60
Tasks: 3
Big books: 500+(1)
AMY D.25.18 - Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 1 - Read a book that has to do with anything underground or underwater, digging into the ground or coming up through the ground or water, i.e., gardening, zombies, submarines, mining, etc.
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan Goodreads Author
(Zombies)
Option 3 - Alternately, read a book with the genre “Mystery,” “Thriller” or “Horror” on its main Goodreads page.
The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan Goodreads Author
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R - Read a book that has been RECOMMENDED to you.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Goodreads Author
As a librarian, I encounter about a million people who've read this. I finally caved when a coworker told me it "wasn't bad."
A - Acquire a book to read from a friend or from the library.
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James Goodreads Author
(Library e-book)
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
A. Destination Wedding - Read a book set in a place that you would think would make for a beautiful wedding.
She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes
Cape Town, South Africa - Mountains and ocean! One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
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).
Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox (Pub. April 1st, 2013)
Points this post: 85
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 3
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Emily Bookshelf15.9 Mountains to Climb
'mountain' in title
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
510 pages BB Ticket
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 125
20.8 It's My Birthday--Sue Q's Task--Beginnings and Endings:Using the Option 2 Ending in K portion, I read
Tuck by Stephen R. Lawhead
25.9 Chaitra's Task--Summer Movies--The Low Profile Version:
3. The Way, Way Back: Using Repeating words.
Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women by Thomas H. Pauly
The repeated words were His
(I didn't realize he had such an interesting life style.)
6. The Grandmaster; Using a favorite author
Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer (Listened to this, which I rarely do. It was well done by Michael Drew.)
25.10 Laurie ME's Task--My Summer Vacation:
5. Set on a ship or Boat:
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (much of the book takes place and revolved around the ight-man rowing team getting ready for the Olympics. Excellent book.)
5. Own Choice:
Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James
Today's Total: 70
Grand Total; 385
20.3 Nick KY's task: The Blank BlankThe Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
20.9 Piglett's task: Whedonite
Option 2.
Six Years by Harlan Coben (Harlan Coban is one of my favorite authors.)
20.10 Group reads
The Big Sleep by Raymond
Chandler
Post #22 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Jessica PDX25.13 - Deanna's Task - Dirty Dancing
Option A - The song is "Love Man."
by Henning MankellOption B - The character is Lisa Houseman.
by Lisa SeePoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 340
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial FunOption 1: The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
Sharon Owens is an author who is new to me. Her initials SO are found in my Readerboard name, Lois.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
5.10Law of the Mountain Man
William W. Johnstone
Tony nominee William Ivey Long
Best Costume Design musical
This task 5 points
Total points 180
25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the BasesOption 1. RULES-Have fun by reading a book of your choice
by Nick Hall (Goodreads Author) Option 6. HOMERUN DERBY- Pick your "home run" book.
by Michele Bardsley (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 25
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read: 20
GR Authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Emmalita20.2 Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Sisterland: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Option 1: Has Family in the genre on main page
20.8 It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Option 2: The word Park ends in a 'k'
Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Option 2: This book was written by one of my favorite authors and I haven't read it before.
This post: 60
Total points to date: 170
Goodread authors: 4
Big book tickets: 6
Total tasks completed: 8
DEANA25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
Option B: Blue and white cover
So Much Pretty
*** Cara Hoffman is a GRA ***
Option C: Rose on the cover
The Postmistress
*** Sarah Blake is a GRA ***
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This post
Points: 25
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
GRAs: 2
Big books: 0
Total
Points: 25
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
GRAs: 2
Big books: 0
15.4 - Get to the Finish LineOption 2: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
*** 722 pages, claiming one big book ticket ***
*** Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads Author ***
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 2: Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Points this post: 35
GRA this post: 1
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total points: 85
Total GRA: 3
Total big book tickets: 1
Delicious Dee5.2 – 20 years ago
Three to Tango - Chloe Cole (GR Author) - ebook only, approved conditionally for a 5 point task in msg 2529 of the verification thread
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 445
GR Authors: 25
Big Books: 500 + (4)
20.9 Whedonite 10th Anniversary by James Patterson / option 2 , favourite author
25.10 My summer vacation
The 9th Judgmentby James Patterson/ option 1, set in USA
The 8th Confession by James Patterson/ option 5, of my choice
Tasks points 45
Total points 270
SOELO10.2 Live Long and Prosper
which has Classics listed on the first page.
20.3 The Blank Blank
which is three words long and has The as the first word. Maggie Stiefvater is a GoodReads author.
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Previous Total: 125
Points this post: 30
Total so far: 155
GR Author Tickets: 4
Oma122920.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2 Read a book by an author who turns 30 this year (born in 1983) OR a book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages.
Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
This book has 304 pages.
Total Points-390
Total Tasks-25
Goodreads Authors-7
Big Books-1
STACIE MITask 15.6 - As Seen On TV
I read a book that was promoted on Oprah, as one of her Book Club picks:
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
Points this task: 15
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 20
Pages read: 6235
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 25.7 - Author or Title?
For Book A, I read a book where the author's name is bigger than the title:
Darkest Hour by Meg Cabot
For Book B, I read a book where the title is bigger than the author's name:
Crossed by Ally Condie
**Both Meg Cabot and Ally Condie are Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6951
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Oma122920.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B. Spending time on the pontoon boat: Read a book with a word from the lyrics of Pontoon in the title or subtitle.
Required: State the word used when you post.
The lyric that I used was ROPE
The Rope by Nevada Barr
Total Points-410
Total Tasks-26
Goodreads Authors-7
Big Books-1
STACIE MITask 30.7 - Scattergories SRC Style
My random letter is "N" and I rolled a 1 and a 6.
For 1, I read a book by a male author whose last name starts with N:
Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things by Ted Naifeh
For 6, I read a book from the series, A Need So Beautiful:
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
**Suzanne Young is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7346
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.2 – 20 years ago. First in subtitle:
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
+5 Points
25.10 — Laurie ME’s task: My Summer Vacation
1. Vinalhaven is an island:Read a book set in a location that is not close to where you live, a place you’d need to travel to get to.
London from Washington by Plane:
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
5. Finally, there are times that I just like to stay at home and do nothing special. Read a book of your own choice, just to please yourself.
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
+25 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 195
5.4 – 40 years ago. 
- H.D. Gordon, GR Authorbook approved in help thread; circle is red ring behind the flower/sword
10.1 -- The Black Tortoise and Snake
- Bianca D'Arc, GR Author15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 2: Lord of Ice - Gaelen Foley
417 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 1 (2013): Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi, GR Author
20.10 Group Reads
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
review comment here
25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 4 (mystery): For You - Kristen Ashley, GR Author
ebook approved @ 382
Option 6 (food):
- Tara Sivec, GR Author25.13 -- Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
Option A: Beautiful Girl - Shiloh Walker, GR Author
"girl" from Big Girls Don't Cry
Option B: The Seduction of Elliot McBride - Jennifer Ashley, GR Author
Jennifer same as Jennifer Grey
Points this post: 120
Total points:540
GR Authors: 32
BRIAN15.10 - No More Homework!
In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell (Goodreads author)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 3
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial FunOption 1 - Readerboard name Jecca
Midnight by Elisa Adams - she is a new to me author
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings
Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
Dark - ends with K
GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
1. Fibonacci Sequence - 9
No Rest for the Wicked #3 of Immortals after dark
+
Dark Desires After Dusk #6 of the Immortals after dark
= 9
Both by Kresley Cole
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
KarenKnits20.5 - Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B: Read a book with a word from the lyrics of Pontoon
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Contains the word floating
25.10 - My Summer Vacation
Option 1: Read a book set in a location that is not close to where you live (I live in Atlanta, GA)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Set in California
Option 5: Read a book of your own choice
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
25.11 - Explore Listopias
Starting book: Their Eyes Were Watching God
first list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14...
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
second list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/47...
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25.19 - School is Out Forever!
Option B: read a book that has a cover that is either green, gold, and/or silver
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
(approved in post #41 of help thread)Option D: any book
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
This post: 95
Challenge: 310
10.7 - Blown AwayThe Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin (Erin is a 2013 hurricane name)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
GR Author: 6
Big Ticket Books: 0
5.1-10 years ago
A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn
5.2- 20 years ago
The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts
5.3– 30 years ago
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidson
points this post: 15
total points : 15
A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn
5.2- 20 years ago
The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts
5.3– 30 years ago
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidson
points this post: 15
total points : 15
25.12 Chris MD's Task--What Comes Next?I chose option 2 and used last names beginning with R and S.
Book 1. What in God's Name by Simon Rich
Book 2.Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon
Today's total: 25
Grand Total: 410
Post #1025.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 4: Mystery on the main page.
What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
Option 5:Read a book with a picture of the outdoors on the cover.
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 155
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Goodreads Author Total: 3
Jennifer KS5.7 – 70 years ago.
I read The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton who is a Goodreads author
5.9 – 90 years ago
I read The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry who is a Goodreads author
10.1 -- The Black Tortoise and Snake
I read
by Barbara Graham who is a Goodreads authorPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 150/1350
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
GR Authors: 6
Pages: 4056
Big Book Tickets: 0
20.1 All things PeruOption 2: This book had 320 pages, so has a "3" and a "0" in the number of pages.
The Last Camellia: A Novel by Sarah Jio
Sarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
25.9 The Low Profile Version
Option 1: Jewelry on the cover (a necklace, probably pearls).
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne FowlerOption 2: This book has the genre "horror" on the GR main page.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 205
Tasks: 11
Books: 13
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
10.7 -- Blown AwayAndrea is a 2013 hurricane name
The Kid Table by Andrea Seigel
Andrea Seigel is a Goodreads Author
20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 2:Read a book with one of the following words in its title or subtitle: “family”, “vacation”, or “reunion”.
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
3. Going to see Macchu Picchu in Peru is one of the things on my bucket list. Read a book related to one of the items on your personal bucket list. Required: Identify how the book you choose is related to the item on your personal bucket list.
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth
As a kid I wanted to sing on Broadway and it has always been on my bucket list to sing on a Broadway stage. Kristin Chenoweth is a famous actress and singer on Broadway.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 1
Suzanne10.4 -- The Sunshine State
According to Wikipedia, the nickname "The Sunshine State" may refer to Florida, New Mexico, California, and South Dakota as well as Queensland, Australia. ➜
Read a book set in any of these locations. To qualify, at least 50% of the book must take place in an appropriate location. Required:If the location is not obvious in the Goodreads description of the book, explain the connection when you post.
Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love by Shirley Maclaine
Set in New Mexico
Jackie 15.4 "Get to the Finish Line"
Inferno by Dan Brown.
I chose the "fast" option. This book is more than 400 pages long.
20.7 "Something New"
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
This book was published in 2013.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 140
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20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun:
Option 2. If you find your own name to be too limiting, you may "borrow" one of our moderators' Readerboard names: Kristi Passion for the Page
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 7/2/2013
Task Points: 20 Points
Total Points: 210 Points