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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Kristi CO20.3 The Blank Blank
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol is a Big Book at 509 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Post #210.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
Read a book with the genre "Classics" listed on its main page
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Points this post: 10
Total to date: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
monkeytoe5.1 – 10 years ago.
Read a book by an author who uses an initial as part of his or her Goodreads name. D. E. Stevenson
Miss Buncle Married
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15/1350
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Sheilaegads I hit "The Wall" on my very first post of the season - not a good sign.
Repost of 5.1 – 10 years ago.
Whiskey Sour by J.A. KonrathTotal Points = 25
20.5 - MOTORCYCLES AND PONTOON BOATSOPTION 2 - Dark Water by Laura McNeal. The first line in the song is "Back this hitch up into the WATER" I matched the word Water in the book title.
Laura McNeal is a Goodreads author.
25.17 - METAL!
OPTION 5 - SYMPHONIC - COVER I FIND APPEALING -
by Ken Follett. This book fits the one book option as it is 1000 pages long.
is a Big Book at 1000 pages.Ken Follett is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 45
GOODREADS AUTHOR - 2
BIG BOOKS - 1
20.10 Group ReadsThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
My comment Post #3
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
FIONA (TITCH)15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
OPTION 2
Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer - Derek Landy This was 603 page book.
***Derek Landy is a GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kathy G.15.10- No More Homework! (Book of my choice)
The Capture by Kathryn Lasky
Total Points- 55
Total Tasks- 4
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
5.4 40 Years AgoThe ring on the front is a circle.
by Leigh MichaelsLeigh Michaels is a Goodreads Author.
30.8 Peebee's Task: A Summer Visit to the National Zoo
Option 3: Fishing Cats
This book was set during the WWII. It is set in Seattle's Japantown. It talks about how a Chinese boy meets a Japan girl and learns of the struggles Japanese people are going through during the war. It was approved on the help task, message 52.
by Jamie FordJamie Ford is a Goodreads Author.
Option 6:
This book is set primarily in Afghanistan. It also speaks of the Taliban and the September 11 attack. I found this book on the Popular Asia Books list. It was number 7 on June 2.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
30.9 Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
Option 5: Taste
A Taste of the Forbidden by Carole Mortimer
Option 6: Touch
Touch Me Now by Donna Hill
Donna Hill is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jayme VA10.4 -- The Sunshine State
The majority of Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub takes place in California.
Emma Straub is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
GR Authors: Emma Straub
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Suzanne5.2 – 20 years ago:
Read a book with a number in its title/subtitle:
Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Access 2007 by Faithe Wempen - *** - 6/4/2013
Total Points- 10
Total Tasks- 2
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.9 Mountains to Climb - MOUNTAINS in title
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R - Recommended by blog: Typographical Era
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
This is a Big Book - 599 pgs
A - Acquired from the library
Twisted by Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 45
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Books this post: 1
Total points: 45
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Total Big books: 1
Nick KY10.1 The Black Tortoise and Snake I read Dark Verses and Light by Thomas M. Disch, with a snake on the cover
.10.2 Live Long and Prosper I read Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, with “Classics” as a genre on its GR homepage.
10.3 Summer of ‘69 I read Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey, originally published in 1919 (ends with digit “9”)
25.16 Lois’ Summer Shakespeare. I read a book for Option 1 – a play by William Shakespeare,
The Winter's Tale.And I read a book for option 2 – a book about William Shakespeare, Shakespeare Without Women, Dympna Callaghan, ed.
Points in this Post: 55
Total Points So Far: 70
20.2 Bamaace83's task: Family VacationsOption 1- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Genre "Family" is on the main page.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Ems (Ems Reviews Books)15.10 - No More Homework!
I read Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson for this task.
Ingrid Paulson is a GR Author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 15
Tasks Complete: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
5.4 – 40 years ago.
5.8 – 80 years ago.
Claiming Goodread Authors Tickets for Laura Levine and Leslie Meier
5.9 – 90 years ago.
10.4 -- The Sunshine State I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader (takes place in florida)
Claiming Goodread Authors Ticket forKieran Scott
10.10 -- Blister in the Sun Confessions of a Shopaholic (I Picked the tittle Confessions)
Total Points Earned: 35/1350
Total Pages Read: 1683/37807
Total Books Read: 5/105
Good Read Authors:3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Sandy MN20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Goodreads Author
Total Points: 20
Total GR Authors: 1
Sheila5.4 – 40 years ago.
The Ranger by Ace Atkinsapproved in help thread #4. It looks like the circle is a gun barrel.
5.5 – 50 years ago.
True Blue by David BaldacciTotal Points = 35
Lindsey IL15.9 - Mountains to Climb
The Farthest-Away Mountain by Lynne Reid Banks
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Name Dropping
Frostbite: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead
option 4, I'd like to meet Richelle Mead.
***Richelle Mead is a GoodReads author***
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
option 6, British author
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 105
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Post #310.1 -- The Black Tortoise and Snake
Read a book with any type of reptile (turtle, snake, lizard, alligator, etc) pictured on the cover.
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post: 10
Total to date: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Author: 0
Lindsey ILCORRECTING TASK 5.8
5.8 - nothing there now since book didn't work, moving book to 15.10...
15.10 - No More Homework!
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 by Stephenie Meyer
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Coralie5.4 40 years ago Will it go round in Circles
The glasses frames are round.
10.6 Black Flag Day
As Germany has black in its flag I read a book set in Germany.
Emil And The Three Twins
20.10 Group Reads
Post #5 on discussion thread.
The Big Sleep
25.14 The America’s Cup
I went for the one book over 500 pages option.
Option 2 – a book with sails on the cover
681 pagesTotal points 60
Shawn H.5.5 – 50 years ago. (Color in Title)
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
**Blue being the Color**
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task--Scattergories SRC StyleI ended up with a P and categories 1 and 5.
1.Male Author Our Lady Of Darkness by Peter Tremayne. Author name Peter
5. Male character Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer Character name is Peregrine Taverner okayed post 82
Today's Total: 30
Grand total: 55
15.7 - 11/11Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales by Ellen Datlow (Double Ls)
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Oma1229Task 30.1-Name-Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 4
Option 1 Read a book that is the next in a series that you like.
Eulalia! by Brian Jacques
Option 4 Read a book by an author that you would like to meet.
Inferno by Dan Brown
Total Points to Date-55
Total Tasks-4
Goodreads Author-1
Big Book-0
Oma1229Task 15.8-Battle of Gettysburg
Read a book related to the U.S. Civil War. The genre Civil War must appear on the main book page.
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
Total Points to Date-
Total Tasks-5
Goodreads Author-1
Big Book-0
Oma1229Please disregard post #79. I did not realize that I had previously posted it.
Sorry for the mistake!! Point total is 70 points.
Post #78 should reflect total points of 70
Jessica PDX30.2 - DLMRose's Task - Behind the Name
My starting name was Dennis.
by Dennis Lehane
by Denise KiernanPoints this Post: 30
Total Points: 60
5.2 – 20 years ago. (number in title or sub-title)I read Top 10: The Forty-Niners, which has the number "10" (ten) in the title..
5.3 – 30 years ago. (consecutive words in title that start with the same letter).
I read Justice League of America, Vol. 1: The Tornado's Path. The first two words in the title start with the letter "T".
I claim a Goodreads author (Brad Meltzer).
5.8 - 80 years ago. (more than one author)
I read Justice League: Cry for Justice, which has four authors: James Robinson, Sterling Gates, Len Wein, Mark Waid.
I claim a Goodreads author (Sterling Gates).
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books Read: 3
Goodread Author Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
FIONA (TITCH)15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
OPTION 2
Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer - Derek Landy This was 603 page book.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping2. Read a book with the genre Time Travel on its main page.
by Spider Robinson 4. Read a book by an author (living or dead) that you'd love to meet.
by Steven Brust (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 30
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.6 As Seen on TVI read Inferno, which was seen on The Colbert Report: week of May 13, 2013. http://www.colbertreportbooklist.com/
Points: 30
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
GR Authors: 2
Pages read: 1140
Reposting Task 5.45.4 – 40 years ago.
Cover has a doughnut on ut which is round Total Points Earned: 35/1350
Total Pages Read: 1683/37807
Total Books Read: 5/105
Good Read Authors:2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Lindy-Lane25.2- Trivial Pursuit
option #4: read a mystery genre:
The Colorado Kid by Stephen Kingoption #6: book with sweet on cover:
Deadly Beloved by Jane Haddam*wedding cake on cover
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 1
Lindy-Lane20.5- Motorcycles & Pontoon
option B: word from song lyric:
Though Mountains Fall by Dale Cramer*word is mountains
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 2
Suzanne5.10 – 100 years ago:
Read 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:
Nora Ephron:
The Witness by Nora Roberts - ***** - 6/6/2013
Total Points- 15
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Shawn H.****Reposting for Post 75******* (Changing Task)
15.10 - No More Homework!
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
GR Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
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5.7 – 70 years ago. “Sunday, Monday, or Always”
Tuesday in title: Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván
10.8 -- Summer Reading
NPR's Lesser-Known Lit: Seeking Summer's Hidden Gems
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
10.9 -- Add It Up
I am a 6: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
25.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean Sea
One book option, 500+ set in France: The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley, 544 pages
total = 50
5.1 – 10 years ago
Read a book by an author who uses an initial as part of his or her Goodreads name
Emerald Fire by A. Catherine Noon
A. Catherine Noon is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
GR authors: 1
Read a book by an author who uses an initial as part of his or her Goodreads name
Emerald Fire by A. Catherine Noon
A. Catherine Noon is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
GR authors: 1
FIONA (TITCH)10.2 - Live Long and Prosper
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.1 Good Luck Charms2. Something new:
The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
I purchased this for my Nook at the end of April when I found out we'd be reading it for our June 29 Book Group.
6. Silver Sixpence
Midst Toil and Tribulation by [author:David Weber|10517
This is book 6 of the Safehold series.
Today's total: 15
Grand total: 70
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.1 Option 2-- 3 & 0 in total number of pages: 300 pages
Point of Retreat
Colleen Hoover GRA
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 25/1350
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
REPOSTING 5.2 to claim GRA Point5.2 - Twenty years ago
Number in title, ordinals count
First Test by Tamora Pierce
***Tamora Pierce is a Good Reads Author
5.10 - 100 years ago
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
"Laura" is also the name of Tony nominee Laura Osnes.
***Laura Lee Gulledge is a GRA
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
GR Author: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
JeniferTask 20.3 The Blank Blank
The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes
*Linda Barnes is a Goodreads author*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Post #45.2 – 20 years ago.
Read a book with a number in its title/subtitle
Boy21 by Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total to date: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Author: 1
Reposting due to not putting BB ticketFIONA (TITCH)
15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
OPTION 2
Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer - Derek Landy
***BB ticket***
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Sheila10.3 -- The Summer of '69
Evidence by Jonathan KellermanFirst published in 2009
15.3 - Left and Right
Option A: Celebrate the power of the left hand. Word is target
The Target by Catherine CoulterOption B: Since 87% of the population is right-handed. Word is upon
Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 - Tortoise: Read one book with at least 400 pages.
Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews (I read the large print version. Here is the link to the paperback version for page count purposes.ppb Summer Rental
Total Points = 75
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Book #5 from the Oprah's Book Club List, seen on Oprah Show
Big Book, 544 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)