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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Kimber15.7 11/11
Unconquerable Callieby Deanne Smallwood
* double l's in Callie & Smallwood
Deanne Smallwood is a Goodreads Author
* ebook verification post 2562
This task: 15
# tasks completed: 10
total points: 215
GRA: 9
Kimber25.13 Dirty Dancing
Option A: Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews
Song: In The Still Of The Night
Option B: Grace Doll by Jennifer Laurens
Cast Member: Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Laurens is a Goodreads Author
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 11
Total points: 240
GRA: 10
Andy P.Task # 25.10 Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Option 1 Read a book set in a location where you'd have to travel to get to
Cool in Tucson by Elizabeth Gunn We have a second home in Tucson, though our primary home is in Michigan
Option 5 A book of choice
Evil in All Its Disguises by Hilary Davidson
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 505
10.8 - Summer ReadingBook from NPR's Summer Books 2012 - Gone Girl by ***Goodreads Author*** Gillian Flynn
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 170/1350
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
REPOST30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
Rolled a 1: Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Bookpage location: http://www.bookpage.com/the-book-case...
Rolled a 5: City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte (Goodreads author)
Author/Book is on the Good Minds Suggest page 1
Both authors are new to me
25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option 5: Read a book with a cover that is predominately (at least 50 percent) red, orange, or brown.
Option 6: read a book with a road vehicle on the cover
Points for this post: 25
Tasks Completed: 11
Points thus far: 215
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:(0) 500+(0) 750+(0) 1,000+ (0)
Option 5: Read a book with a cover that is predominately (at least 50 percent) red, orange, or brown.
Option 6: read a book with a road vehicle on the cover
Points for this post: 25
Tasks Completed: 11
Points thus far: 215
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:(0) 500+(0) 750+(0) 1,000+ (0)
Repost of 95625.7 jessica PDX's Task--Author or Title?:
A. Home Safe
by Elizabeth BergB. Ender's Game
bt Orson Scott CardSorry.
Point total 25 pt. 455 does not change.
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.10 Blister in the Sun
Song: "Good Feeling"
Word: Good
Good Fortune
Noni Carter is a GRA
15.10 No More Homework!
Free Read: Bared to You
Sylvia Day is a GRA
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 3: Mystery Genre What I Saw And How I Lied
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3: New to You Author
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Tahereh Mafi is a GRA
25.3 JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option 5 Red Cover:Catching Fire
Option 3 Lincoln,NE:Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
25.9 Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
Option 3 List # 166 as of 7/9:A Discovery of Witches
Option 5 Tagged YA AND Romance: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Deborah Harkness GRA
25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
Rolled a 3 & 4
Option 3 Recommendations: Elishia Yes I would recommend Moon Called
Option 4: Sugar Daddy
Lisa Kleypas is a GRA
Points Earned This Post: 140
Points Achieved to Date: 170/1350
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.1 -- The Black Tortoise and SnakeFer-De-Lance by Rex Stout
That's a snake on the cover!
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
5.5 50 years ago Blue on BlueColour word ‘black’
The Black Arrow read in Treasure Island; Kidnapped; The Black Arrow
30.1 Name Dropping
I rolled 4 and 5
4. Book by an author I would love to meet
Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières
5. Book with genre poetry on home page
In Watermelon Sugar
30.10 Book News Feed
I rolled a 2 and a 5
Option 2 – from the 2013 long list
Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany
Option 5 – suggested by Michael Connelly
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Both these authors were new to me.
Total points 655
30.8 A Summer Visit to the National ZooOption 5: This book is set in Asia in Nepal.
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan.
Conor Grennan is a Goodreads author.
Option 6: The main characters were born in Asia in Afghanistan. This book is on the top of the list "Most Read This Week--Asia" on 7/9/13.
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235
Tasks: 12
Books: 15
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
15.4- Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 - (400+ pages)
A Discovery of Witches - 579 pages
15.10 - No More Homework!
The Trouble With Magic
20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 2 - book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages
Double Shot
310 pages
20.3 The Blank Blank
The Night Circus
20.6 - They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky
option 3 - read a book with the genre Mystery
Chopping Spree
points this post: 90
total points to date: 115
Option 2 - (400+ pages)
A Discovery of Witches - 579 pages
15.10 - No More Homework!
The Trouble With Magic
20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 2 - book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages
Double Shot
310 pages
20.3 The Blank Blank
The Night Circus
20.6 - They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky
option 3 - read a book with the genre Mystery
Chopping Spree
points this post: 90
total points to date: 115
10.1 The Black Tortoise and Snake: 
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
10.9 -- Add It Up
Age Adds up to 6
Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story by J.R. Ward - ***** - 7/10/2013
Points for this post: 20
Total Points to Date: 240
Janice CA10.3 The Summer of '69...
first published: 1979
The Yellow on the Broom by Betsy Whyte
+10
total: 80
tasks: 5
books: 7
GR authors: 2
Oma122930.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Read two books, using two of the following options:
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,Florida
C) Say Yes To The Dress: Read a book with a dress on the cover. It does not have to be a wedding dress or any particular color, but it must be identifiable as a dress. Required: Include the cover when you post.
Whisper on the Wind
by Maureen LangClaiming Maureen Lang as Goodreads Author
Total Points-440
Total Tasks-27
Goodreads Authors-8
Big Books-1
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #5.3 – 30 years ago.
Read a book that has consecutive words beginning with the same letter in its title.
Together Tea by Marjan Kamali
Letter:T
** GR Ticket Claim: Marjan Kamali is a Goodreads Author **
Task #15.6 - As Seen On TV
Read a book that has been promoted on a television show.
Naked Heat by Richard Castle
This book has been promoted on the ABC television show, Castle.
See "Watch Castle ABC" on the book's cover.
OR
See my blog post: Castle's Novel As a Real-Life Marketing Tactic.
http://madhoydenish.blogspot.com/2013...
Task #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.
Blood and Groom by Jill Edmondson
Despite the jilted brides-to-be in this book, I think that Toronto would make for a beautiful lake wedding. Wedding ceremony at 1 King West. Honeymoon across the lake at Niagara Falls.
** GR Ticket Claim: Jill Edmondson is a Goodreads Author **
D) Something Old, Something New...:
Read a book that was first published from January 1, 2012 until the end of the challenge.
Fraction of Stone by Kelley Lynn (published March 4th 2013)
** GR Ticket Claim: Kelley Lynn is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 50 points
Total Points: 75 points
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Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Big books (500+) Tickets: 1
Lauren Marie20.6 They're Creepy and They're Kookiy
2) Morticia Addams ~read a book with the genre of Romance
I read
by Janet Evanovich, which has romance as a genre. Also, Janet is a goodreads author!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.7 Something New - Affliction by Laurell K. HamiltonOption 1 - book published July 2013
****Big Book**** 570 pgs
20.9 Whedonit - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Option 2 - Favorite Author
25.05 In The Gardens -
Option A Japanese Garden -
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
Author's initials are in TEA HOUSE
****GoodReads Author****
Option D The Sub Rosa Garden Shadow Rising by Yasmine Galenorn
Genre - Romance
****GoodReads Author****
25.14 The America's Cup
A. Sail by James Patterson
Option 1 - Book based around sailing voyage
****GoodReads Author****
B.
Black Ships by Jo GrahamOption 2 - Cover shows sails
****GoodReads Author****
30.05 History with Dialogue -
A. Serena by Ron Rash
Book is 400 pages and set in Appalachain Mtns in 1920's
B. Mountain Voices: A Legacy of the Blue Ridge and Great Smokies by Warren Moore
Book is 320 pages and is a non-fiction book about life in Appalachia
Points: 120
Tasks: 5
Books: 8
Pages: 2629
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 1
Total Points: 610
Total Tasks: 28
Total Books: 46
Total Pages: 16513
GR Authors: 32
Big Books: 1
Lindsey IL10.2 - Live Long and Prosper
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
10.7 - Blown Away
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
Erin
10.8 - Summer Reading
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall
20.9 - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 by Gail Carriger
option 2, book by favorite author
***Gail Carriger is a GoodReads author***
25.18 - Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
option 3, mystery
***500+ page big book***
Strider by Beverly Cleary
option 4, pet plays a large part
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax
***Wendy Wax is a GoodReads author***
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding
I got a W, and I rolled a 4 (female author) and 1 (male author)
Do I get 6x the points for all those W's in the first book? ;)
30.8 - Peebee’s Task: A Summer Visit to the National Zoo
Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
option 1, published between June 2012 and now
Half the book takes place in India, and the author was born in India.
***Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a GoodReads author***
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
option 6, Most Read This Week> Asia, accessed the list on 5/19, but I think the book is still there
Takes place in Japan, and the author was born in Japan.
30.9 - Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
"sense"
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
"sight"
***Nicholas Sparks is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post: 165
Total Points: 595
GoodReads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 43
Emmalita15.4 Get to the Finish Line
Sisterland: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Option 2: This book is 416 pages
This post: 15
Total points to date: 165
Goodread authors: 4
Big book tickets: 6
Total tasks completed: 8
Ashley FLTask 20.1 (All Things Peru!)
Option 3: Read a book related to an item on your personal bucket list. I read In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. In this book, the main character becomes a nun. In her Order, the nuns are required to spend most of their time at prayer and a significant amount of time is spent in silence. One of the things I would really like to do a silent retreat. I constantly wish for quiet and I think it would be a tough (but rewarding) exercise to be forced into silence for a period of time.
**This is a BIG BOOK at 672 pages, so I am claiming ONE BIG BOOK TICKET**
Task 30.3 -- R.E.L.A.X.
I chose:
Option R (Recommended book) and read Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire. This was recommended to me by a friend who thought it was a great summer read.
Option A (Acquire) and read Small Favor by Jim Butcher, which I borrowed from the library.
**Jim Butcher is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points: 50 (240 Points Total)
Goodreads Authors: 1 (9 Total)
Big Book Tickets: 1 (4 Total)
Andy P.Task # 30.10 Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
I rolled a 3 and a 4.
Option 3 2013 Tournament of Books from the pre tournament play round I chose
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Option 4 She Reads Current and Past Book Picks I chose
The Guest Book by Marybeth Whalen
Both of these authors are new to me.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535
Delicious Dee30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
1. Fibonacci Sequence - I was born in 1982
I read Fool for Love - Beth Ciotta (GR Author) (#1 in the Cupcake Lovers series) and Dark Embers (#1 in the Dragon's Heat series) - 1+1=2 which is the last number for the year I was born
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 475
GR Authors: 26
Big Books: 500 + (4)
Mod
10.6 -- Black Flag Day
I read Morality for Beautiful Girls. This book is set in Botswana, one of the countries with black on its flag.
15.1 - A Machiavellian Task
I chose to do option 4 twice, and read two books with "self help" as a main page genre. I read Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents and Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
Total points: 480
25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!1. Option A- Where in the World?
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
(historical fiction set in Japan)
2. Option B-Show Me The Money
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 9
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 15.7 - 11/11 To recognize 11/11, read a book with the same consecutive double letter pair found twice in any combination of title, subtitle or series title words or the author's names.
Required: Please identify the letter when you post
TT Rosetti Letter
The Rossetti Letter (Claire Donovan #1) (2007) by Christi Phillips (Hardcover, 383 pages)
170 + 15 = 185
Tasks Completed: 9
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 170 + 15 = 185
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4,494
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Post #1230.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option C: Read a book with a dress on the cover.
Deadly Forecast by Victoria Laurie
Option D: Read a book that was first published in 1987 or earlier
Murder Goes Mumming by Alisa Craig First published 1981
Victoria Laurie is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 30
Total to date: 215
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 17
Goodreads Author Total: 6
Lindy-Lane5.3- 30 years ago:
consecutive words in title:
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down by Neta JacksonPoints this post: 5
Total points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 8
Task 10.3 - The Summer of '69Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (Published in 1996)
Points this post: 10
Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- (500+)0; (750+)0; (1,000+)0
25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the BasesOption 2 - book with a one word title:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Option 3 - book mentioned in the Scavenger's Hunt Thread:
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
You can find the book mentioned in the list on page 3, right here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/mentio...
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
FANDURY10.6 -- Black Flag Day
Read a book set in a country that has the color black on its official flag.
Der Seelenbrecher by Sebastian Fitzek
This is a German book by a German author set in Berlin, Germany in a psychiatric clinic. Germany has black in its official flag.
I listened to the unabriged audio recording, but here is the paperback edition for length verification:
Der Seelenbrecher
Sebastian Fitzek is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task # 5.1 10 Years Ago Murder in Store by D.C. Brod
Task # 5.3 30 Years Ago
On Her Master's Secret Service by Lexi Blake
GR author
Secret Service (S-S)
Task # 5.9 90 Years Ago
by J.W. Bull Tomatoes in title and on cover
Task # 5.10 100 Years Ago
Mating Rituals by Zara Chase
Nominee – Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, Will Chase in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Task # 10.4 The Sunshine State
Dirty Little Secrets by Zara Chase
set in Florida
Task # 10.7 Blown Away
Take the Monkeys and Run by Karen Cantwell
GR author
Karen
Task # 10.8 Summer Reading
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
GR author
Task # 15.4 Get to the Finish Line
A Dom Is Forever by Lexi Blake
GR author
Option 2 - tortoise, 448 pgs
Task # 15.7 11/11
In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
OO twice in title
Task # 20.2 Family Vacations
Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr
Option 1 - family genre
Task # 20.6 They're Creepy and They're Kooky
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Option 2 - Morticia, romance genre
Task # 25.2 Trivial Pursuit-Summer of '94 ed
Dangerous Grounds by Shelli Stevens
GR author
Option 1 - Set in Seattle (90 mi away)
Missing by Sharon Sala
GR author
Option 4 - mystery genre
Task # 25.11 Explore Listopias
Starting book – Human and Freakn' by Eve Langlais
First book - Jungle Freakn' Bride by Eve Langlais
GR author
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/32...
Second book - Black Tide by Scarlet Day
GR author
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/29...
Task # 25.15 It's Barbeque Time
by Melody AnneGR author
Option A - fancy dress on cover
The Billionaire's Dance by Melody Anne
GR author
Option B - Billionaire Bachelors #2
Task # 30.3 Kickin' Back with the girls from RELAX
Are You Scared Yet? by Hunter Morgan
E – Monica is an evil serial killer (is there any other kind?)
by Bella Andre GR author
X - I'd like to wander down to that beach and read
This post: 225 points
Total to date: 315 points
Goodread authors this post: 11
Goodread authors to date: 15
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and EndingsRead 1 book from one of the following options:
Option 1: Beginnings
Summer in Canada means longer daylight hours! There is something so uplifting about waking up in the morning to sunshine! Read a book that has one of the following words in the title/subtitle: “light”, “daylight”, “morning”, “sunshine”, “sun” – no variations of these words allowed.
Key of Light by Nora Roberts - *** - 7/10/2013
This Post: 20 Points
Total Points to Date: 260
STACIE MITask 10.4 - The Sunshine State
I read a book that takes place in California:
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 by Susan Patron
Points this task: 10
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
Pages read: 7767
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 750+ (0)
Joanna T25.17 Metal!
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
One book option: Mass market paperback edition has 987 pages. (Found here: A Clash of Kings)
Option 1:Epic and Epic Fantasy are listed on the main page.
Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
GR: 1
BB: 3 (two from this post)
Jessica PDX25.17 - Lindsey IL's Task - Metal!
Option 5 - Visually appealing cover
by Christopher FowlerOption 6 - "Black" in title
by David MitchellPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 365
Repost:Task 10.3 - The Summer of '69
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (Published in 1996)
Points this post: 10
Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- (500+)0; (750+)0; (1,000+)0
5.10 100 Years Ago:Sweet Tea Revenge by Laura Childs
Author's first name: Laura
Tony Nominee: Laura Osnes for Best Actress, Musical
10.1 The Black Tortoise and Snake:
A Plague of Angels
by Sheri S. TepperThere is a dragon on the upper left of cover.
15.10 No More Homework:
by Laura AndersenToday's total: 30
Grand total: 485
5.9 – 90 years ago. Fruit in title(and on cover)
A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde+5 Points
30.5 – Sandy’s task: History with Dialogue
Both WWII pilots, both in prison camps. Was approved in the help thread as well:
Book 1 – Read a book with the genre “historical fiction” on its main page. / WWII
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Book 2 – Read a nonfiction book that relates to book 1. / WWII
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
+30 Points
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 230
Angie TX15.3 Left and Right
Option 1: Read two books, one A and one B.
A. left hand: Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass. Star is written with the left hand.
B. right hand: Howling at the Moon by Karen MacInerney. Moon is written with the right hand. Karen MacInerney is a GRA
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 19
GR Authors: 11 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Suzanne20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Help Thread
I love all things Joss Whedon. Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods - I've seen them all. So I'm very excited that this year there are 3 new Joss projects due to be released: Much Ado About Nothing, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and In Your Eyes. Read a book from ONE of the Joss inspired options below.
Option 2. ➜ In honour of favourites read a book by one of your favourite authors. Remember no rereads allowed!
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley - **** - 7/11/2013
Points for this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Jayme VA25.14 -- Amy C's task: The America's Cup
I chose the 500 pages+ option. This book is a big book with 532 pages.
Option 2: Sail on the cover:
by Clive Cussler and Paul KemprecosPaul Kemprecos is a goodreads author.
Total points: 245
GR Authors: Emma Straub, Kiera Cass, Ariel Djanikian, Kami Garcia, Gillian Flynn, Erik Larson, Paul Kemprecos
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Mod
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
option 1 light in title: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
option 2 one-word title: Medusa by Michael Dibdin
option 4 Pool Play- I started with a loser - La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind and looked for (and found) a winner at Readers Also Enjoyed:
La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language by Dianne Hales
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
option B- blue and white cover
Breath by Tim Wintonoption C- rose in title and cover
Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castelluccitotal = 615
15.7 -- 11/11I read The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva which is in the Gabriel Allon series -- 2 sets of double Ls.
This book is 512 pages -- claiming a big book ticket!
20.7 -- Something New
I read The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach who is a new author to me.
This book is coincidentally also 512 pages -- claiming a big book ticket!
Total Points: 70
Andy P.Task # 5.5 50 Years Ago
Read a book with one of the color words in the title/subtitle
The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
The color is green
Points this post: 5
Total points: 540
FANDURY25.15 -- Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!
Option A Read a book with a cover picturing someone in fancy clothing
by Simon R. GreenBook was approved in the help thread post 39
Option E Read a book with a predominately yellow cover
by Sarah PinboroughSarah Pinborough is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Shawn H.30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R - Recommended by a golfing buddy
by Tom CoyneA - Acquired from my local library (Roxborough Branch of Philadelphia's free library)
by Dennis Lehane***Dennis Lehane is a GR Author***
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 85
GR Authors: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
15.2 Good Luck Charms Read two books that fit with the theme of bridal traditions. I picked Options 3 and 4
Option 3: Borrow a book a goodreads friend rated 4 or 5 stars.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Desiree rated it 4 stars.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Option 4: Something Blue
by Sarah DessenSarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author
20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B: Read a book with a word in the title that is at least 4 letters long that can be found in the lyrics of the song "Pontoon"
I chose the world "like" and read
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 1: Read a book that has been inspired by another author's fictional story.
The Night Dance: A Retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" by Suzanne Weyn
This book is both a retelling of the fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and of the Arthurian legend with the girls mother being the lady in the lake and the man who solves the mystery being a night of the round table.
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
All right! I'm in the game. I'm not done yet (about a dozen tasks half-finished -_-), but here's where I'm at so far! Also, I'm not counting Big Books or GR Authors or anything.---
Ms Anderson
5.1 10 Years Ago
Panic by Sharon M. Draper
Initial = M.
5.2 20 Years Ago
Ménage à 3 Round 1
Numbers 3 and 1 are in the title
5.3 30 Years Ago
Torn Thread
Both words start with T
5.4 40 Years Ago
The frames of her glasses and the buttons on her vest are circles.
5.5 50 Years Ago
Blood Red Horse
Red is a color from the list
5.6 60 Years Ago
After the Train
After is a subordinating conjunction
5.7 70 Years Ago
Seven Days: Monday → Thursday / セブンデイズ
Monday and Thursday are both days of the week
5.8 80 Years Ago
Namesake, Volume 1 by Isabelle Melançon and Megan Lavey-Heaton
5.10 100 Years Ago
Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen: Invasion of the Optiklons by John Layman
John Lee Beatty was nominated for Best Scenic Design of a Play for his work on "The Nance"; John is the overlapping name
10.1 Black Tortoise and Snake
Underneath the megaphone on the right-hand side is one of the Crocs, who are anthropomorphic crocodiles in the world of the series. This book was also approved in the help thread.
10.2 Live Long and Prosper
Rose in Bloom
"Classics" is the first genre for the book
10.4 The Sunshine State
Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender
Takes place in San Francisco, California
10.5 Tortoise and Hare
Hold Fast
Fast is in the title
10.6 Black Flag Day
Parvana's Journey
Takes place in Afghanistan, which has a black stripe on the left third of its flag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_...
10.7 Blown Away
The Madness Vase by Andrea Gibson
Andrea is the 2013 name for "A" on the list
10.9 Add It Up
Stitches
My number is 1
10.10 Blister in the Sun
My Name Is Parvana
"My" from the song "Prove My Love"
15.2 Good Luck Charms
Option 2 (purchased between Jan 1 and May 17, 2013): Eden: It's an Endless World, Volume 1
I bought this back in April.
Option 4 (blue on cover):
The robot is blue
15.3 Left and Right
Dear Mom, in Ohio for a Year
"Dear" can be typed with just the left hand, while "Ohio" can be type with only the right
15.4 Get to the Finish Line
The Program
408 pages
15.5 Tour de France
Paris
Set entirely in Paris, France
15.7 11.11
Shortpacked!, Vol.3: Is Totally Gay by David Willis
Double Ls in both Totally and Willis
15.8 Battle of Gettysburg
Mine Eyes Have Seen
Civil War is on the main genre page
15.10 No More Homework!
セブンデイズ Friday → Sunday / Seven Days
20.1 All Things Peru
Option 2 (3 and 0 in page numbers): Hold Still
Has 230 pages
20.3 The Blank Blank
The Good Braider
20.8 Beginnings and Endings
Option B (word ends in k): The Dark Wife
Dark ends with a k
25.2 Summer of '94
Option 5 (outdoors on cover):
Option 6 (food on cover):
25.3 Summer Road Trip
Option 1 (road trip genre): Two-Way Street
Option 4 (initials in "gas"): Buried Onions by Gary Soto
25.4 Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 1 (any book): Gladiator: The Roman Fighter's Unofficial Manual
Option 6 (random from 10): Awake
25.5 In the Gardens
Option A (Japan setting): No One's Perfect
This book is about a disabled man's childhood and adulthood in Japan
Option D (romance genre): My Soul to Take
25.6 Off to the Mediterranean Sea
Option A (set in country on boarder; one-book option): Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
This book is set entirely in Italy and has 576 pages
25.14 The Americas Cup
Option 3 (published before 1851): The Three Musketeers
It was first published in 1844 and has 720 pages (so I can use the one-book option)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_mu...
25.19 School's Out Forever
Option A (history in other country): Blitz: The Diary of Edie Benson, London, 1940-1941
History is on the main page and it takes place in both England and Wales
Option D (any book): Mud City
30.5 History with Dialogue
Book 1 (fiction): Fateful, 328 pages
Book 2 (nf related to book 1): Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World, 352 pages
Both books are about passengers on the Titanic
Total: 495 points
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
10.3 -- The Summer of '69
I read The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks
It was published in 2009.
15.10 - No More Homework!
I read Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
25.16 -- Lois's task: Summer Shakespeare
Option 1: Read a play written by Shakespeare
I read A Midsummer Night's Dream
And I'm also attending an outdoor performance of The merchant of veNice this weekend.
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0