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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
10.1
by Jenn Bennett (GR Author)There is a black dragon on the wall.
10.3
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman (GR Author)
The book was published in 2009.
10.4
Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett (GR Author)
The book is set in California.
10.6
A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn (GR Author)
This book is set in Kenya.
15.7
The Summer I Learned to Dive by Shannon McCrimmon (GR Author)
There are 2 MM's in "summer" and "McCrimmon."
20.1
Silver by Rhiannon Held (GR Author)
Option 2 - this book has 320 pages.
20.4
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn (GR Author)
Author's initials can be found in "Kristi." This is the author's debut novel and the first I've read.
20.5
Just One Wish by Janette Rallison (GR Author)
The word I used is "just."
20.7
A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins (GR Author)
Option 1 - book published in 2013.
25.4
Option 1
Losing It by Cora Carmack (GR Author)
Option 2
Tarnished by Rhiannon Held (GR Author)
Total points:160
GR Authors:11
10.2 -- Live Long and ProsperRead a book with the genre "Classics" listed on its main page.
by George OrwellPoints this post: 10
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 14
Books Read: 25
GR Authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 5.5 – 50 years ago
Read a book with one of the color words from Microsofts's Basic Color List in the title/subtitle of the book.
Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 90
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.6 They're Creepy and They're KookyOption 2B- Flower on the cover
by Alison Caiola goodreads' authorTotal points: 65
5.3 - 30 years ago.The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (EE)
5.6 - 60 years ago.
Because of Winn-Dixie
25.9 - Chaitra's task: Summer Movies... The Low Profile Version
Option 2 (horror) - The Long Walk
Option 5 (YA and romance) - Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
30.9 - Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
Option 2 (eyes) - A Pocketful of Eyes
Option 3 (sound) - A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
Total books read: 30
Points in this post: 65
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 325/1350
15.10 No More Homework!I read Salvage the Bones
Points: 165
books read: 13
Tasks completed: 9
GR authors: 5
Big Book tickets: 2
Pages read: 4509
FANDURY25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
Option A The font size for the author's name on the cover should be BIGGER than the smallest font size used in the title on the cover
by Simon R. GreenOption B The font size for the author's name on the cover should be SMALLER than the biggest font size used in the title on the cover
by Wil WheatonWil Wheaton is a Goodreads Author
Point this post: 25
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.2 JenBent's Task--Trivial pursuit1. Lion in title
The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert (I read an ARC with this ISBN)
6. Cover with boody of water
by James Salter Book okayed message 14 in thread.25.5 Bluemoon's Task--In the Gardens:
A. Japanese Garden:
Escape Out of Darkness by Anne Stuart Ann Stuart's initials are in Tea House.
Since I read the Kindle edition, here is the paper copy info :Escape Out of Darkness
D. Sub Rosa:
by Jamie M. Saul. The canoe and dock rest on sunset-colored water.Total: 50
Grand total: 435
25.18 Bekka's Task--Adventures @ Your Library:3. Author between Roth & Singerman:
by Courtney Miller Santo6. About Rea:ding
The New York Public Library's Books Of The Century by Elizabeth Diefendorf
29.19 Oma1229's Task--School's Out Forever:
2. Show Me the Money:
The Suitors
by Cécile David-Weill4. Teacher's Pet:
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Total: 50
Grand total:585
Emily Bookshelf30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option A - Acquired a book from the library
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Option X - Place that I would like to read -> Outdoors at sunset
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
541 pages BB Ticket
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 155
KAREN F5.4 40 Years Ago
With This Ring by Amanda Quick
The circle is the ring hanging on the chain:
**Amanda Quick is a Goodreads Author**
10.9 Add It Up
Adding my age eventually gets you a 2 so I read a book with a two word title:
Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
**Stacia Kane is a Goodreads Author**
20.1 All Things Peru
Option 2: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
305 Pages
**Faith Hunter is a Goodreads Author**
25.1 Winter in Melbourne
I did Option 3 twice
Book 1 - REBEL: Rebel with a Cause by Carol Arens
Book 2 - HEART: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh
**Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author**
25.2 Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Book 1 - Option 4: The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
Mystery genre on main book page
Book 2 - Option 6: West of Want by Laura Kaye
Water on the cover:
**Laura Kaye is a Goodreads Author**
25.7 Author or Title?
Book A: Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
Author name is bigger than title:
Book B: Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep
Title is bigger than author name:
**Jennifer Estep is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 85
Total Challenge Points: 240
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
15.3 - Left and RightOption 2- Read ONE book with a left-hand word AND a right-hand word in the title.
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
Left hand word: AFTER
Right hand word: LOOK
Total points: 80
Bouchra5.1 – 10 years ago
For this task I read Cabin Fever by B.M. Bower.
10.6 -- Black Flag Day
I read 24 Bones by Michael F. Stewart for this task. The book is set in Egypt, which is a country with the color black on its official flag. Although the Goodreads description only hints to the location, only one scene in the book is set outside of Egypt. The rest of the plot take place in the City of Bones, the pyramids at Giza, and a monastery in the desert.
Michael F. Stewart is a Goodreads Author.
This ebook was approved by Dlmrose in post #2546.
25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
Book A:
by Kathy ReichsBook B:
by Jason HuttJason Hutt is a Goodreads Author.
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
I rolled two dice and got 2 and 3.
Option 2: Phantom Universe by Laura Kreitzer
Option 3: Gen 1
Laura Kreitzer is a Goodreads Author.
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
Option 2:
Book 1: Void Star by J.P. Yager, 222 pages
Book 2: The Candle Star by Michelle Isenhoff, 168 pages
Michelle Isenhoff is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 100
Total Points: 470
Tasks Completed: 24
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 0
15.2 - Good Luck CharmsOption 1 - A book published before 1963:
Anne of the Island(first published 1915) by L.M. Montgomery
Option 5 - The sixth book in a series:
Sugar Cookie Murder(Hannah Swenson #6) by Joanne Fluke
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15.3 - Left and Right
Option 2 - A book with a left hand word - STARS, and a right hand word - LOOK, in the title:
The Stars Look Down by A.J. Cronin ***Big Book*** 604 pages
Total points 120
Kimber25.11 Explore Listopias
Start book (my favorite book) Anna and the French Kiss
There are tons of lists with this book. I'll include the #'s of both books just in case as I hope to be doing the links correctly...
from list Best Book Boyfriends http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10...
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi #117
(Anna... #32)
from list I Am In Love http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19...
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi #485
(Anna...#23)
Both books above I have read for the first time.
Tahereh Mafi is a GRA
This task: 25
# tasks complete to date: 12
Total points: 265
GRA: 11
Kimber25.9 The Low Profile Version
I chose:
Movie # 2, byzantium
(read a book with TWO female protagonists)
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Movie #6, washington, my home
(read a book set in Washington State)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Kristin Hannah is a GRA
Maria Semple is a GRA
This task: 25
tasks completed: 13
Total points: 290
GRA: 13
15.2 - Good luck charmOption 2: something new
Matched by Ally Condie *Goodreads Author*
Option 4: Something Blue
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 2: Book with a 3 and a 0 in total number of pages
Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb, 310 pages
Points this post: 35
Total Points- 65
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+)0; (750+)0; (1,000+)0
BRIAN25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
Option 2 - 'MARC' in author's name
The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution by Marcia Coyle (Goodreads author)
MARCia contains MARC
Option 4 - genre contains weird
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (Goodreads author)
The genres are Weird Fiction > New Weird as well as Fiction > Weird Fiction
At 623 pages this is also a Big Book
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 1-0-0
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and EndingsEndings: A book with a word ending in "k" in the title
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by (book ends in the letter K)Kathy Griffin
Points: 165
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 1
5.3The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The author's initials are M.M.
20.3
The Last Summer
25.5
Option A - book set in Japan for more than 50%
When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney (GR Author)
Option D - "romance" as genre
Hooked by Liz Fichera (GR Author)
25.6
Option A
The Time in Between
25.9
Option 2 - 2 female protagonists
Midnight City by J. Barton Mitchell (GR Author)
Option 5 - "young adult" and "romance" as genres
Golden by Jessi Kirby (GR Author)
25.13
Option A - song "I've had the time of my life" (word "life")
Still Life With Murder
Option D - book set in New York
Mafia Chic
25.17
Option 5 - appealing cover
by Amy Butler Greenfield (GR Author)Option 6 - "poetry" and "romance" as genres
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow (GR Author)
25.19
Option A
Coral Glynn
Option 4 - "teacher's pet"
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman (GR Author)
***I'm placing this book here since it can't be used for 10.3***
30.7
Eona by Alison Goodman (GR Author)
I drew an E with the random letter generator and I rolled a 2: female character's name (Eona) and a 3: title starts with E.
I chose the one book option- the book is more than 450 pages at 637 pages.
Points in this post:205
GR Authors in this post:8
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial FunOption 2- Kristi Passion for the Page
I read Don't Bite the Bridesmaid by Tiffany Allee *GR Author. This ebook is approved in thread message #2575. Author's initials are T,A - which are found in Kristi Passion for the Page.
Points this post- 20
Total Points- 205
GR Authors- 10
Delicious Dee5.3 – 30 years ago
The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society - Darien Gee (GR Author)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 495
GR Authors: 28
Big Books: 500 + (5)
Finally jumping on the Readerboard!10.9-Add It Up
My single digit was 3, so I read
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
20.1-Most Improved Player-All Things Peru!
Option 2, Read a Book that has a 3 and a 0 in the number of pages. This book has 304 pages.
Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
***Jennifer Finney Boylan is a GoodReads Author***
20.6-Seasoned Reader-They're Creepy and They're Kooky
Option 2
This book has Romance listed on its main page
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
20.9-Moderator's Pet-Whedonite
Option 2
Erik Larson is one of my favorite authors. I wish I could write history like that!
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
***Erik Larson is a GoodReads Author***
Total Books Read:4
Total Challenges Completed:4
Total Pages Read:1395
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:2
Total Points:70
20.4 Initial funOption 1: This author has an "E" and a "C" from my readerboard name. This is a new author for me.
Learning to Stay by Erin Celello.
She is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks: 13
Books: 16
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip2. Plan a date: Since this is the summer, read a book with the the numbers 6, 7, or 8 in the title or subtitle.
by Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)5. Fill up on snacks and load the playlist: Read a book with a cover that is predominately (at least 50 percent) red, orange, or brown.
by David SedarisPoints this post: 25
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 15
Books Read: 27
GR Authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleI drew B from the Random Letter Generator and rolled 1 and 5 on the dice.
1. male author name beginning with B:
A Place in Time: Twenty Stories of the Port William Membership by Wendell Berry
5. male character name beginning with B:
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
The main characters are Jim and Bob Burgess.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 350
25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!Option 2
Beloved- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988
Option 5
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?-GR: 4.03 and Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer- 92%
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 125
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 11
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things WeddingC) Say Yes To The Dress::
D) Something Old, Something New...Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (first published April 12th 1983)
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 155
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 13
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Nicki UKGosh I'm slow this season - lots of half tasks done!
30.3 Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R – RECOMMENDED
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
This was a Man Booker Prize winner and won the Costa Book of the Year, and as I like browsing UK award-winning lists for inspiration I am using them as my recommendation. Hope that's OK!
A - Acquire
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
Goodreads author
I acquired this from the library :)
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2702
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Shannon South AfricaTask 20.6 Option 2 - Flower on the cover
by Sarah BlakeTask points = 20
Challenge points = 40
Sarah Blake is a Goodreads Author
10.8 -- Summer ReadingFreshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters - Meredith Zeitlin, GR Author
15.6 - As Seen On TV
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman - Nora Ephron
#22 on the Colbert Report Book List
15.8 - The Battle of Gettysburg
11th Hour Rose - Melissa Blue
25.15 -- Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!
Option B & D: Lover Mine - J.R. Ward, big book at 656 pages
1 book option, 400+ pages, too chicken because sometimes J.R. Ward's writing can really, really make a reader (me) angry...
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option A: Rules of Entanglement - Gina L. Maxwell, GR Author
set in Hawaii
Option D: Fifth Grave Past the Light - Darynda Jones, GR Author
published July, 2013
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s
Option 1: birth year ends in 8 = 7 + 1
Dead Beat (Dresden Files #7) - Jim Butcher, GR Author, big book at 517 pages
Something Like Summer (Seasons #1) - Jay Bell, GR Author
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
Rolled letter M & the following numbers:
3. word: "me" in Destroy Me - Tahereh Mafi, GR Author
ebook approved @ line 294
5. male character: March (main character/commander/lovah/etc) in Killbox - Ann Aguirre, GR Author
Points this post: 155
Total points:695
GR Authors: 39
Big books: 500+ (2)
Nick KYFirst of all, I am going to do some shifting. I would like to take away We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler from Task 20.2. Bamaace83’s Family Vacation and replace it with Death and the Family Tree by Linda Berry, which fulfills Option 2, the word “”family” in the title.
There is no change in score with this substitution.
THEN…
I would like to add the following:
10.7 Blown Away I would like to move We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler here, as “Karen” is one of the 2013 hurricane names.
15.1 A Machiavellian Task. I opted to do option 3 twice, and I read two books with “philosophy” as a genre on their GR homepages.
Book 1: The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
Book 2: Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience by William P. Alston
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Metaphysical Club, 560 pages.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 615
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Elizabeth BTask 5.1 -- 10 years ago
Down to You by M. Leighton
Task 5.2 -- 20 years ago
One Dance with a Duke (There's the word one in the title)
Task 5.5 -- 50 years ago
Red Mist ("red")
Task 5.6 -- 60 years ago
Until Fountain Bridge ("until" is a subordinating conjunction )(e-book approved at post#2501)
Task 5.8 -- 80 years ago
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
Task 5.10 -- 100 years ago
Keeping Promise Rock by Amy Lane (Amy Morton is a nominee)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Total tasks: 6
Elizabeth BTask 10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Task 10.4 -- The Sunshine State
Diamond Bay (set in Florida)
Task 10.6 -- Black Flag Day
Swallows of Kabul, set in Afghanistan (has black color on its official flag)
(I read the greek edition Τα χελιδόνια της Καμπούλ)
Task 10.7 -- Blown Away
True by Erin McCarthy
(e-book, approved at post #2450)
"Erin" is one of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season names
Task 10.9 -- Add It Up
My age adds up to 1, so I read a book with an one word title Undeniable
Task 10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
Gone Country
matching words Gone (Gone daddy gone), country (Country death song)
Points this post: 60
Total points: 30+60=90
Total tasks: 12
Elizabeth BTask 15.2 -- Good Luck Charms
Option 2:Drawn Together (added 5/14/2013)
Option 5:One Sweet Ride (Play by Play series #6)
Task 15.10 - No More Homework!
Wild, Wicked, & Wanton
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90+30=120
Total tasks: 14
Elizabeth BTask 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2: Maisie Dobbs (309 pages)
Task 20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 1: If I Stay (genre: family)
Task 20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Governess Affair (already verified for length)
Task 20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Clear Water by Amy Lane (iniatials: A, L, can be found in my readerboard name)
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 2: Double Her Fantasy (genre: erotica)
Task 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3: Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens (new author)
Task 20.10 Group Reads
The Orphan Master's Son (post #3 at the discussion thread)
Points this post: 140
Total points: 120+140=260
Total tasks: 21
Elizabeth BTask 25.4 Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 2 (one word title): Blameless
Option 4: Started with Down to You, which was a loser and read The Proposition by Katie Ashley, which I thought would be a winner
Task 25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
Option B:
Option D (genre romance): Defying the Odds
Task 25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
Book A:
Book B:
Task 25.9 - Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
Option 1 (necklace):
Option 5: (young adult and romance genres)The Secret of Ella and Micha
Task 25.13 -- Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
Option A (the word is love)Love Irresistibly
Option D: Hot Head (set in New York)
Task 25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 4:The Best Man
Option 5: Life of Pi - GR: 3.84 and Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer : 88%
Task 25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
I rolled aces and read I Suck at Girls and Sh*t My Dad Says
Points this post: 175
Total points: 260+175=435
Total tasks: 28
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!Option 2) Read a book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (304 pgs)
Total Points = 100
REPOST
30.1 Name Dropping -
A. In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix
Rolled a 1 - #2 in series
****GoodReads Author****
B. Paternity by Scott Owens 72 pages AND For One Who Knows How to Own Land 100 pages by Scott Owens
Rolled a 5 - Poetry Genre
****GoodReads Author****
Points: 30
Tasks: 1
Books: 3
GR Authors: 2
Total Points: 685
Total Tasks: 31
Total Books: 52
Total Pages: 17901
GR Authors: 36
Big Books: 1
Task 5.1 - 10 years agoSounder by William H. Armstrong (author uses an initial)
Task 5.3 - 30 years ago
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (author's first/last names begin with same initial)
Task 5.10 - 100 years ago
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (John Shivers was nominated for Best Sound Design of a Musical)
*** John Connolly is a Goodreads author
Task 25.1 - Winter in Melbourne
Option 1. The Team (18 letters in title)
The Remains of the Day
Option 2. The Game ("Marq" in author name - approved in Task Help Thread)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Points this post: 40
Tasks completed this post: 4
GR authors this post: 1
Total challenge points: 65
Total tasks completed: 6
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 1
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru! Option 3: Read a book related to something on your bucket list.
Doorgeschoten by Mirjam Mous
I’d like to do (part of) my studies abroad. In this book, the main character moves from Holland to the US to study at a high school for a year.
25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 1: Read a book set in your region.
Lieve Céline by Hanna Bervoets
Set in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I live in the south of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a REALLY small country. I've heard it's the size of New York.
Option 4: Read a book with the genre "mystery" on its main page.
Tuesday's Gone by Nicci French
Points this post: 45
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.8 - BIG SKY COUNTRYOPTION 2 - CREEK IN THE TITLE - Greasewood Creek by Pamela Steele.
OPTION 4B - SNOW IN THE TITLE - The Snow Globe by Sheila Roberts.
Pamela Steele and Sheila Roberts are Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 490
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 16
BIG BOOKS - 6
HeatherJB5.10 – 100 years ago
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Nominee: Anna Louizos
Claiming Anna Godbersen as a Goodreads author
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
Name: windandthestars25.19- School is Out Forever
I read
and Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness.Notes: I chose options 2 and 4. Monsters of Men is 603 pages.
30.6- Read Your 123s
I read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
Notes: I chose option 2. The books have 352 (I read this edition) and 118 pages respectively. Max Brooks is a goodreads author.
30.10- Book News Feed
I read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan and The Winter Sea bySusanna Kearsley
Notes:I rolled a three and a four. Both authors were new to me. Both Robin Sloan and Susanna Kearsley are goodread's authors. The Winter Sea is 527 pages long.
Points this Post: 85
Total Points (out of 1350): 205
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Number of Books Read: 17
Total Number of GoodReads Authors: 9
Total Number of Big Book Tickets: 4
30.4 - Cindy AL - All things WeddingOption B - White Wedding - book with predominantly white cover - Death by Chocolate
by ***Goodreads Author*** Julie Anne Lindsey - book approved in help threadOption C - Say Yes to the Dress - dress on cover - Strictly Murder
by ***Goodreads Author*** Lynda Wilcox e-book approved post 2580 in the e-book threadPoints this post: 30
Total Points: 200/1350
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
5.9 90 Years AgoJersey Tomatoes are the Best
A tomato can be considered either a fruit or vegetable, depending on who you're talking to *_~
10.3 Summer of '69
Brian's Winter
This was originally published in 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%27...
15.1 Machiavellian Task
Option 5 (50k+ ratings): Hatchet
93458 ratings as of 5.18.13
Option 5 (50k+ ratings): Charlotte's Web
435929 ratings as of 7.7.13
15.9 Mountains to Climb
My Side of the Mountain
20.4 Initial Fun
Option 1 (use your readerboard name): Almost by Anne Eliot
A and E are both found in Anderson.
The author has only published two books, and this is the only one of hers that I have read.
25.12 What Comes Next?
Option 2 (alphabetical initials)
Book A: First Impressions by Marilyn Sachs
Book B: Orchards by Holly Thompson
S-->T
25.13 Dirty Dancing
Option 1 (word from song title): Me, Him, Them, & It
Word is "me" from track 16, "You Don't Own Me"
Option 2 (author's name matches actor's name): How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Name is "Jennifer," matching "Jennifer Grey," who played Baby in the film
30.3 Kick Back and Relax
Option R (recommended book): Level 2
Recommended to me by the librarian at the middle school where I work
Option A (borrowed book): My Soul to Save
I borrowed it from the library
Total: 145 + 495 (from earlier) = 640 points
10.2 Live Long and ProsperAn American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Classics listed as the first genre on book's main page
***At 859 pages, this is a Big Book***
10.6 Black Flag Day
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Book set in Kenya which has black on the flag
15.10 No More Homework
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
***Janet Evanovich is a GR Author***
25.2 Trivial Pursuit-Summer of '94 Edition
Option 5: Science and Nature
by M.L. StedmanThis was listed in the task examples
***M.L. Stedman is a GR Author***
Option 6: Body of Water on the cover
by Aimee MolloyThere is a large body of water beyond the beach upon which the women are walking on the cover
30.3 Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R-Recommended by a fellow St. Louis Cardinal fan while I was at Nationals Stadium earlier this season:
One Last Strike by Tony La Russa
A-Acquired from the library
The Same Sea by Amos Oz
30.9 Let's Be Sensible
Option 1: Sense
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Option 2: Eye
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Post Total: 120
Season Total: 540
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REPOST OF #1029
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
Option B- Read a book that has a predominatly blue AND white cover
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