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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
JOLIE15.10 No More Homework!
Read a book of my choice:
Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors (total): 3
Big books: 0
Casselm25.3 JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option 4. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, whose initials can be found in the word GAS.
Option 5.
which is predominantly red.25.4 Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 1. I chose Yankee Doodle Dead by Carolyn Hart.
Option 6. I rolled a 6 and read the sixth book on my list which was Strange Red Cow: and Other Curious Classified Ads from the Past by Sara Bader.
25.11 Vi/Midu 's task: Explore Listopias
I started with Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor. From that book, I read:
1) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. I took it from the list Best Books of the 20th Century: http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=...
2) The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh. I took it from the list Comedy on The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17...
Points this post: 75
Total points: 100.
REPOST of Post #958This time with bookcovers
Task 25.18 -- Bekka's task: 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.
First-person narrator is an archeologist working in Israel. Major element of novel is an excavation beneath the home of a young Arab couple.
Drawing In the Dust (2009) by Zoe Klein (Paperback, 384 pages)
Option 6. ➜ For this option, read a book about the importance of reading, or where reading and books have a central role in the plot.
Specifically approved in the help thread for Option 6:
The Art Forger (2012) by B.A. Shapiro (Hardcover, 355 pages)
STACIE MITask 25.1 - Winter in Melbourne
I decided to do options 2 and 3.
For option 2, I read a book by an author who has "Marc" in their last name:
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
For option 3, I read a book with "heart" in the title:
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
**Melina Marchetta is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 28
Pages read: 8284
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.4 - Get to the Finish LineI chose the "hare" - 2 books that equal at least 400 pages.
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce 272 pages
&
In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce 256 pages
Claiming TWO GRA tickets for Tamora Pierce.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 125
GR Author: 8
Big Ticket Books: 0
15.8 - The Battle of GettysburgNow the Drum of War: Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War by Robert Roper
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500- 3, 750, 1000 pages
20.8 - BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGSOPTION 1 - LIGHT IN THE TITLE - Key of Light.
30.1 - NAME DROPPING
I ROLLED 1 & 2
1 - NEXT BOOK IN A SERIES I LIKE - The Pieces of Summer which is #4 in the series.
2 - TIME TRAVEL ON THE HOME PAGE - The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley which has SCIENCE FICTION > TIME TRAVEL on the home page.
Susanna Kearsley is a Goodreads Author
TOTAL POINTS - 445
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 14
BIG BOOKS - 6
Peebee20.8 Beginnings & Endings
Option 1: Beginnings
The Sunshine When She's Gone by Thea Goodman
The book title contains the word "sunshine."
20.9 Whedonite
Option 2:
Moranthology by Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran is definitely one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to read more of her work!
25.4 - Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 1. RULES
The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets by Diana Wagman
This book meets the general SRC guidelines. And the weekend I started it, I attended my first baseball game of the season: Nationals vs. Padres. Go Nats!
Option 2. SPORTSMANSHIP
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
This book has a one-word title.
Colum McCann is a Goodreads Author.
25.10 My Summer Vacation
Option 1 - travel
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
This book takes place in Spain, which I would need to travel to via airplane from my home in the Washington, DC area (US).
Option 2: staycation
Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
This book primarily took place in the Tsavo National Park in Kenya.
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Points this post: 90
Total points: 630/1350
Goodreads Authors: 1/18
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News FeedOption 2:
Read any book from the 2013 Long List.
by G. Willow Wilson (Goodreads Author) Option 5: Choose any books from Good Minds Suggest.
by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) Suggested by Joe Hill
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Candace25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option 5 - A cover that is predominantly orange.
by Mark HaddonOption 6 - A book with a road vehicle on the cover.
by Ray BlackstonThis post: 25 points
Total to date: 90 points
Suzanne5.9 – 90 years ago.
Read a book with the name of a fruit or vegetable in the title/subtitle, or a picture of a fruit or vegetable on the cover. Plurals and possessives are fine for the word in title/subtitle option, but no other variations. REQUIRED: If you choose the cover option, you must include the cover in your post.
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
This Post: 5 Points
Total to Date: 285 Points
Nick KY10.4 Sunshine State. I read a book set in New Mexico,
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors.25.9 Chaitra’s Summer Movies
Book 1. Because the summer movie Byzantium is a horror film, I read a book with “horror” as a GR genre: Deeper by James A. Moore.
Book 2. Because I love almost all Woody Allen movies, I felt I had to read a book for his new one, Blue Jasmine. I read a book from the “Multiple Perspectives” list (#83), She Ain't The One by Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison
25.10 Laurie ME’s Vacation.
Option 5. Read a book on the Hotels Motels Inns BnBs listopia. I read #62 Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel ed. by Dermot Bolger
Option 6. For my own sanity, I read a book of my choice,
An Improvised Life by Alan ArkinPoints This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 590
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Suzanne10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
Tortoises generally have lifespans comparable with those of human beings, and some individuals are known to have lived longer than 150 years. Because of this, they symbolize longevity in some cultures, such as China. ➜ Read a book with the genre "Classics" listed on its main page.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - **** - 7/12/2013
This Post: 10 Points
Total to Date: 295 Points
REPOST30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
Both authors are new to me.
Option 2:
Read any book from the 2013 Long List.
by G. Willow Wilson (Goodreads Author) Option 5: Choose any books from Good Minds Suggest.
by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) Suggested by Joe Hill
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sandy MN20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 2: Book by one of your favorite authors
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
Big Book 515 pages
Total Points:215
Total Big Books: (3)500;(1)750;(0)1000
STACIE MITask 5.5 - 50 Years Ago
I used the color "blue" and read:
Baby Blues 03: Guess Who Didn't Take A Nap? by Rick Kirkman
Points this task: 5
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 29
Pages read: 8412
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.9 - WHEDONITEOPTION 2 - BOOK BY A FAVORITE AUTHOR - A Revelation in Autumn by Wanda E. Brunstetter. Who the past few weeks has become a favorite author. I just started this series at the beginning of the challenge and if I can get my hands on the last installment I will probably finish it as well. Then I will probably start on another one of her series.
This book was published June 1, 2013 and I have not read it before.
TOTAL POINTS - 465
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 14
BIG BOOKS - 6
5.2 – 10 years ago.Initial in name: O.
Operation Oleander by Valerie O. Patterson
+5 Points
30.10 – Jayme VA’s task: Book News Feed
My Roll: 5 & 6
I had heard of these two authors, but never read anything by either, so they were new to me:
Option 5: How could we forget Goodreads?
Book by Manil Suri, an author on Good Minds Suggest:
The City of Devi by Manil Suri
Option 6: Dlmrose’s task introduced us to World Book Night: UK List:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
+30 Points
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 265
Reposted.
Oma122925.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
Option B- Read a book that has a predominatly blue AND white cover
The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine:by Barbara J. Suwyn
Option D Read a book with the genre ROMANCE listed on the book's homepage.
Trains and Lovers: A Novel by Alexander McCall Smith
Claiming Alexander McCall Smith as a Goodreads Author
Total Points-465
Total Tasks-24
Goodreads Authors-9
Big Books-1
Delicious Dee15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 1
Glass - Ellen Hopkins (GR Author)(Big Book Ticket 500+ pages, book was 681 pages)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 490
GR Authors: 27
Big Books: 500 + (5)
Post #1325.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 1: Have fun by reading a book of your choice that meets the standard SRC guidelines.
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Option 2: Read a book with a one word title.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Maggie Stiefvater is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 240
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 19
Goodreads Author Total: 7
Angie TX5.6 60 Years Ago
Read a book with a subordinating conjunction in the title/subtitle.
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James. Eloisa James is a GRA. "When" is a subordinating conjunction.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
GR Authors: 12 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Nancy NYTask 30.7 Scattegories SRC Style
Drew letter: M
Rolled 2 & 4
#2- Female character: Marah Ryan in Fly Away by GR author Kristin Hannah
#4- Female author: MacDonald, Patricia Stolen in the Night
TASK 30.8 - A Trip to the National Zoo
#4 - book w/ food on cover or title mentions food
Dumpling Days by GR author Grace Lin
#6 - book appears on most read this week tagged "Asia" 5/27/13
The Bungalow by GR author Sarah Jio
Points this post: 60
Total points: 185
Books: 14
Tasks: 8
GR authors: 12
Jayme(the ghostreader)25.2 Trivial Pursuit Summer of 94 Edition
Option 2 Entertainment-King
by Philippa GregoryPhilippa Gregory is a goodreads author.
Option 4 Arts and Literature-mystery in the genre-
by James PattersonJames Patterson is a goodreads author.
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3- James Patterson(2), Philippa Gregory
Big Books-0
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 45
5.8 - 80 years ago.A Presumption of Death: A New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery (approved on task help thread)
5.9 - 90 years ago.
(approved on task help thread)10.3 - The Summer of '69
Belle Prater's Boy (first published 1996)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 3 (Pugsley) - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (mystery)
Total books read: 24
Points in this post: 40
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 260/1350
DARCY20.9 Moderator's Pet--Pigletto's Task: Whedonite
Option #2: Favorite Author, No Re-reads
They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
(I loved Agatha Christie as a teenager but haven't read her in ages and didn't remember this one--fun to rediscover!)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Big book tickets: 500(1)
10.9 Add it up I read The Art of Forgetting by
Camille Noe Pagán
I'm 22 years old at the moment, so 2 + 2 = 4.
Camille Noe Paga is a Goodreads Author
30.7 Scattergories SRC style
I read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
This book fulfulls both requirements:
- The M for Word in Series name (Millennium)
- The G for Word in Title (Girl)
This is a big book (500+)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 1
JACKIE NC10.1 -- The Black Tortoise and Snake
by Margaret Weis15.10 - No More Homework!
Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
Rolled a 4 & 6
Option 4:
The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth Peters is my favorite author and I would love to meet her.
Option 6:
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was English.
Margaret Weis is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleI drew an 'I' and rolled a 5 and 6.
The Host by Stephenie Meyer - male character: Ian O'Shea
A Test Of Wills by Charles Todd - series name: Inspector Ian Rutledge #1
STACIE MITask 15.2 - Good Luck Charms
I did options 4 and 5.
For option 4, I read a book with a blue shirt and a blue pair of pants on the cover:
Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables: A FoxTrot Collection by Bill Amend
For 5, I read the 6th book in the Pretty Little Liars series:
Killer by Sara Shepard
**Sara Shepard is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 31
Pages read: 8864
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats -
Unbroken by Rachel CaineOption A Motorcycle on cover
****GoodReads Author****
Reading Goals -
A. Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind by Stephen Buchmann
Rolled a 1 - Nonfiction
B. Burn Out by Traci Hohenstein
Rolled a 3 - Recommended by daughter-in-law. It is a good fast read.
****GoodReads Author****
30.1 Name Dropping -
A. In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix
Rolled a 1 - #2 in series
****GoodReads Author****
B. Something Know the Moment: Poems 100 pages AND The Fractured World 80 pages by Scott Owens
Rolled a 5 - Poetry Genre
****GoodReads Author****
Points: 75
Tasks: 3
Books: 5
GR Authors: 4
Pages: 1388
Total Points: 685
Total Tasks: 31
Total Books: 51
Total Pages: 17901
GR Authors: 36
Big Books: 1
LDB20.9 WHEDONITE
Option 2 - One of my favorite authors is Dostoyevsky
Read The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Pages read: 957
Jennifer KS15.2 - Good Luck Charms
#3 Borrowed
I read The Round House by Louise Erdrich. KSmary rates it 4 stars.
#4 Something Blue
I read
by Susan Wittig Albert who is a Goodreads Author.Points this task: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4681
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.2 - 20 Years Ago
I read a book with the number 100 in the title:
100 Girls by Adam Gallardo
**Adam Gallardo is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 32
Pages read: 9040
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.3 -- The Summer of '69The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce. First published in 1986.
***Tamora Pierce is a GRA
15.7 - 11/11
Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce. "SS" in "Lioness" in title, AND "SS" in series title "Song of the LioneSS"
***Tamora Pierce is a GRA
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 150
GR Author: 10
Big Ticket Books: 0
10.9 -- Add It UpWhen adding up my age, I get the number 2. I read Executive Decision by Mandy M. Roth * GR Author. This book has 2 words in the title.
Points this post- 10
Total Points- 185
GR Authors- 9
Sheila20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 2:
Death's Excellent Vacation by Charlaine Harris20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings -
The Black Ice by Michael ConnellyTotal Points = 530
15.1 A Machiavellian TaskI used Option 3 - Politics or Philosophy genre on main page - twice.
I read the audio book (politics on main page, approved in help thread post 10) Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth. Paperback is here: Our Dumb World.
I also read the audio book (politics on main page) Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power. Paperback is here: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power.
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
BJ Rose3 new tasks
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 2: flowers on the cover
by Sherryl Woods25.8 - Karen GHHS's task: Big Sky Country
Option 3: Night Sky: I used the word 'moon'
by Sarah Addison AllenOption 4A: 'wild' in the title
Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh
25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Option 1: I live in California, USA, the book takes place in Ireland (which I want to visit) and New York, which we did fly to a few weeks ago
Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
Option 5: a book of my choice:
Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post = 70
Total Points = 190
Tasks Completed = 11
Total Pages Read = 5,907
Sandy MN20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Big Book 692 pages
Total Points:235
Total Big Books:(4)500;(1)750;(0)1000
Angie TX15.5 Tour de France
Read a book set in France. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. Stephanie Perkins is a GRA.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
GR Authors: 13 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 5 and read a good book, made into a good movie. Moneyball : The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. 4.21 GR rating; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
For my second book, I chose option 6 and read The Reader - reading and its importance is a significant plot point.
30.5 - Sandy's task: History with Dialogue
For my first book, I read Alice I Have Been, historical fiction as its top genre and 345 pages. That was based on the life of Alice Liddell, the real life Alice for whom Alice in Wonderland was written.
For my second book, I read The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created "Alice in Wonderland", 336 pages, for a nonfiction look at Lewis Carroll and his life.
Interesting - I got a very different picture of Lewis Carroll from the two books. And now I think I need to re-read Alice in Wonderland - it's been years!
30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
I rolled a 3 (Tournament of books) and a 4 (She Reads).
For my first book, I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette, a Tournament of Books finalist.
For my second book, I read The Lifeboat, on the list of 2012 She Reads book club selections.
Both of the authors, Maria Semple and Charlotte Rogan, were new authors for me.
New total: 565
Mod
5.9 – 90 years ago.
fruit in title: The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family by Jim Minick
10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
classic genre: Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
25.13 -- Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
option D- book set in NY: Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda Red Hook, Brooklyn
option E- set in 1960's: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger set in 1961
total = 655
10.4 -- The Sunshine StateEverglades - Florida
Acts of Nature by *Jonathon King
*Jonathon King is a Goodreads Author*
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Anne (Booklady)
Linwood Barclay is new to me.
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
Rolled Snake Eyes!
Selections approved in Help Tread #23
#8 in the Cedar Cove Series
8 Sandpiper Way by *Debbie Macomber
*Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author*
#18 in the Harry Bosch Series
The Black Box by *Michael Connelly
*Michael Connelly is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 60
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1413
Totals:
Total Points: 270
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 6596
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews
25.17 -- Lindsey IL’s Task: Metal!Option 1. A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay
The matching word is secret.
Tatiana de Rosnay is a Goodreads author.
Option 2. The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen, which is set in Saudi Arabia.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 300
GR authors: 9
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
B) White Wedding - Room
C) Say Yes To The Dress - Bride for a Night
points for this post:30
total points:150
B) White Wedding - Room
C) Say Yes To The Dress - Bride for a Night
points for this post:30
total points:150
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…Option 2 (romance):
A Single Thread: Cobbled Court Series, Book 1 by Marie Bostwick
Marie Bostwick is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
GR authors: 10
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Option 2: My book, The Elixir of Immortality, was 800 pages, which is well over the 400 stated in option 2. In addition, this makes it a *******Big Book ********
Points: 150
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 8
GR authors: 5
Big books: 2
Pages read: 4248