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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)

For this task, I read “

Also, Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 240
Pages Read this Challenge: 325
Total Pages Read to Date: 6108
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()


20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the Group Reads selections, and make a post in the discussion thread.
I read The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
My post is number 28 in the book's discussion thread.
25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
Book 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

Book 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.

25.9 -- Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
5. The Spectacular Now
Read a book that has been made into a movie -OR- read a book tagged both "Young Adult" and "Romance" on the main page.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: made into a movie and been tagged "Young adult" and "Romance"
6. The Grandmaster
Read a book that is written by one of your favorite authors
I read Point Omega by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo's one of my favorite authors.
25.16 -- Lois's task: Summer Shakespeare
Option 1: Read a play written by Shakespeare.
I read A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Option 4: Read a book in which a character has a Shakespearean name
In Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Peter Wiggins has the Shakespearean name Peter
15.2 - Good Luck Charms
Option 1: Read a book first published in or before 1963
I read The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, which was first published in 1947
Read a book with something blue on the cover
I read

Points This Post: 110
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 18
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0

4 new tasks
20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 1: Family is listed as a genre on the main page
Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr
20.2 - 20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
Three-word title with 'The' as the first word:
The Seductive One by Susan Mallery
25.4 - Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 1: Book of my choice
A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey
Option 2: One-word title:

30.9 - Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
Option 2: sight: Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Option 6: touch: The Touch Of Fire by Linda Howard
Points this post = 95
Total Points = 285
Tasks Completed = 115
Total Pages Read = 7,961

The Photo Album by K. B. Dixon
5.7 – 70 years ago
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 405
GR authors: 14

Roll two dice and read a book that corresponds to the options that come up. If you roll the same number twice, do the same option twice.
I rolled a 1 and a 6.
1. ➜ Read the next book in a series you like. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads (series title, book #) and be at least book #2 in the series.
This is book #2 in the series:
Sky Coyote (The Company #2) (1999) by Kage Baker (Paperback, 292 pages)
6. ➜ Read a book by an author (living or dead) who is British or Scottish by birth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumer_Go...
Rumer Godden was born in Sussex, England
An Episode of Sparrows (1955) by Rumer Godden (Paperback, 248 pages)
210 + 30 = 240
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 210 + 30 = 240
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,755
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

10.2- Live Long and Prosper
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
10.9- Add it up
I just turned 37. 3+7=10, 1+0=1
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
20.1- All things Peru
Option 2- 320 pages
Let Them Eat Cake by Sandra Byrd
20.2- Family Vacations
Option 1-
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand
20.9- Whedonite
Option 2- a favorite author
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 80

15.4 Get to the Finish Line
Option 2: One book at least 400 pages
Break No Bones
I read the ebook, but the paperback version is 445 pages
20.8 Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings
Jurassic Park
"park" ends in the letter "k"
Points this post: 35
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4

10.6 -- Black Flag Day
PM'd author about location confirmation. She said the entire book is set in Croatia, specifically the island of Hvar and the town of Vrboska.
Looking for Adventure by Valentina Heart
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 105 points

25.8 - Karen GHHS's task: Big Sky Country
Option 3: Star in title
Star of the Morning by Lynn Kurland
Option 6: Set in Seattle, Washington
The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 305
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24
Goodreads Author Total: 8

I started with:
No Rest for the Wicked - one of my new favorite series!
Used Best Adult Paranormal list
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#21
Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole
Then I used Steamy Paranormal Romance:
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#23
Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
GOODREADS AUTHOR x2
25.15 -- Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!
B - Hamburger
Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole
This is book is #11 in the Immortals after dark series and there are 13 books in the series.
BIG BOOK - 515 pages
C - Hot Dogs
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Kresley Cole is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Task 30.8 A Summer Visit to the National Zoo
Option 2:I read Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
Claiming 1 BB Ticket 663pages Set in Asia(Vietnam)
Option 3:

Points this post:30
Total points:225
Books read:15
Tasks Completed:10
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Option 2 - Tortoise: Read one book with at least 400 pages.
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire

433 pages
Total points: 95

These Granite Islands: A Novel by Sarah Stonich
Sarah Stonich is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 195
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500- 3, 750, 1000 pages


This book is on the first page of the NPR list, under "Laughing Matters"
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones.
20.7 Something New
Option 3: I read a book by an author who is new to me. (This book has 486 pages.)
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.
Helene Wecker is a Goodreads author.
25.5 In the Gardens
Option C: This book has roses on the cover.

This is a Big Book of 529 pages.
Option D: This book has water on the cover.

30.2 Behind the Name
I used the name "Pat" as the starting point name.
Book 1: Male author named "Pat"
My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
Book 2: Female author named "Pat"
Regeneration by Pat Barker
Points this post: 85
Total points: 340
Tasks: 17
Books: 22
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0

Mansion 8: And Then There Were None (Mrs.Brent is super religious)
Mansion 9: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Murder Mystery)
Mansion 14: The Body Finder (Borrowed from the Brookfield Public Library)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 6

Option B:

Option C:

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 12
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 6

Option 2:

Option 4: Silverfin
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 14
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 6

Option 2
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
added to my to-read list February 17, 2013
Sarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
Option 4
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

The girl on the cover is wearing blue overalls.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
GR authors: 15

Option 1
We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter
I attended an Orioles vs. Yankees game at Camden Yards.
Option 2
Gold by Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 445
GR authors: 16

Task 5.2 20 Years Ago
Number in the Title I read Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Points this post:5
Total points:230
Books read:16
Tasks completed:11
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

25.11 Vi/Midu’s Listopias
My starting book was Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors, which I just read and loved! It is on the following listopias:
Books Set in New Mexico
From this listopia I read #32, Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman
and
Real Man Books
From this listopia I read #86 Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way by Bruce Campbell
25.18 Bekka’s Library Adventures
Book 1: Option 5. Good book into a Good movie. I read Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. 3.89 GR rating, 98% Rotten Tom’s Critics,
Book 2: Option 6. Reading has a central role in the plot. I read Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan about a British Intelligence officer recruited, because of her love of books, to see if a young author will be good for propaganda purposes. It was on the “Most Read This Week” list, July 10, in the genre “Books about Books.”
25.20 Sarah the Librarian’s Reading Goals
Book 1: Roll of 2. Mount TBR. I read Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher, on my tbr list since 11/5/2010, it was #12 in order by “date added” on my Mount TBR. And it’s a GREAT book, well worth the wait!
Book 2: Roll of 3. Recommend. I read All the Beautiful Sinners by Stephen Graham Jones, recommended personally to me by GR member Ipswich (in another bookclub with me).
Points This Post: 75
Total Points So Far: 775
Big Books: 500+ (2)

False Mermaid by Erin Hart. Hurricane named Erin
10.10 Blister in the Sun: (an appropriate one to read now as my legs are peeling from my first sunburn in 40+ years--spent too much time on that Forida beach with not enough sunscreen.)
Prove the Nameless by Terence Faherty. The word Prove from the song Prove My Love
today's total: 20
grand Total: 765

Option 2: Entertainment - a book with KING intact in the author's name:
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Option 4: Arts and Literature - a book with the genre Mystery on its main page:
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear
Total points 160


25.13 -- Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
Option A – The Music: Big Girls Don't Cry (Cry)

AND
Option B – The Cast: (Johnny Castle)

30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 6
Option 1 - Read the next book in a series you like

AND
Option 6 - Scottish Author

Total Points = 900

***GoodReads Author****
***Big Book 505 pages***
5.3 30 Years Ago - Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper
5.6 60 Years Ago - Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
10.2 Live Long and Prosper -
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
15.2 Good Luck Charm -
A.

Option 4: Blue on cover
***GoodReads Author****
B. The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman
Option 5: 6th in Series
25.1 Winter in Melbourne
A. Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Option 1: 18 letters in title
B. Heart of Evil by Heather Graham
Option 3
***GoodReads Author***
Points: 65
Tasks: 6
Books: 8
Pages: 2831
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 1
Total Points: 940
Total Books: 72
Total Tasks: 46
Total Pages: 25305
GR Authors: 42
Big Books: 2

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.

Points this post: 5
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 20
Books Read: 33
GR Authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
Rolled 1 and 5.
1-nonfiction: read any nonfiction book: I read Living with Stroke: A Guide for Families by Richard C. Senelick.
5-new and hot: read any book with a publication date that falls during the summer challenge - that is, June 1 - August 31, 2013: I read Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones. It was published July 9, 2013.
Also, Darynda Jones is a Goodreads author!
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

5.3 30 Years Ago
Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

15.9 Mountains to Climb
River Run by Deirdre Black

20.8 Beginnings and Endings
Option 2 -- Black Dawn by Rachel Caine

Points this post = 40
Total points = 70
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15.5 - Tour de France
French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley by Linda Kovic-Skow
25.9 -- Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
option 3 book with a repeating word- talk, about
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
option 5 "Young Adult" and "Romance"
Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
I rolled a 1 and 2
option 1 non-fiction
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris
option 2 Mount TBR added Oct 20 2009
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
total = 900
15.5 - Tour de France
French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley by Linda Kovic-Skow
25.9 -- Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version
option 3 book with a repeating word- talk, about
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
option 5 "Young Adult" and "Romance"
Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
I rolled a 1 and 2
option 1 non-fiction
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris
option 2 Mount TBR added Oct 20 2009
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
total = 900

Option C (dress on cover):

Option D (published pre-1988): The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (published 1920)
Meg Cabot is a Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


And

Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 15
Goodreads Author: 10
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Task 10.2 Live Long and Prosper
"Classics Genre": The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
Points this post:10
Total points:240
Books read:17
Tasks completed:12
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
Random Letter = P, Dice Roll = 3,6
3 - Word in title - Cry For Passion - Robin Schone (GR Author)
6 - word in series - Heart of Obsidian - Nalini Singh (GR Author) - the Psy-Changling series
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 705
GR Authors: 41
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (1)

Mansion 9: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Murder Mystery)
Mansion 12:

Mansion 14: The Body Finder (Borrowed from the Brookfield Public Library)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 6

Option C:

Option D: And Then There Were None (first published in 1939- earlier than 1987)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 12
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 6

Option 2: Romance genre
Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb
(Romance > Romantic Suspense)
Points this post: 20
Total Points- 105
Total Tasks- 8
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+)0; (750+)0; (1,000+)0

30.7 - Scattergories SRC Style
Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
I drew an E with the random letter generator
I rolled a 1: Male author ELMORE Leonard
and a 5: Male character name is ELLIOT Rosewater
25.12 -- Chris MD’s task: What Comes Next?
Option 2. Author A-B-C’s: Read a book of your choice, then using the author’s last name, read a book by an author whose last name starts with the next letter in the alphabet.
My books: Nashville Chrome by Rick Bass and Worth Dying For by Lee Child
Points this post: 55
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Goodreads authors (total): 3
Big books: 0

25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 3 - author is between ROT and SIN
The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
SILbert is between ROT and SIN
Option 5 - Good book (3.5 and up) becomes a good movie (75% and up)
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
book rating - 4.07; movie rating - 94%
Points this task: 25
Total points: 200
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-0

For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 260
Pages Read this Challenge: 457
Total Pages Read to Date: 6565
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()


Proceed with Caution by Betsy Brannon Green
Double EE's found in title and author.
25.18 Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
Option 1-
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks*GRA
The story is about mermaids (underwater).
Option 6-

(Books on cover)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 3

A. Japanese - Set in Japan
Manazuru by Hiromi Kawakami
B. Blue and White garden - World War II
Trapeze by Simon Mawer
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25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
A: Author Bigger

***Claiming BIG BOOK ticket***
B: Title Bigger

***Amy Jen Su is a GRA***
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 200
GR Author: 11
Big Ticket Books: 1

10.1 The Black Tortoise and Snake
Read a book with any type of reptile pictured on the cover.

10.3 The Summer of '96
Read a book that was first published in a year that ends in 6 or 9.
Hattie Big Sky byKirby Larson was published in 2006. Kirby Larson is a GRA.
15.10 No More Homework!
Read a book of your choice.
The Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois Ruby
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Pigletto's Task: Whedonite
Option 2: Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas. Lisa Kleypas is a GRA and one of my favorite authors.
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 25
GR Authors: 15 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0

MANSION 8 - RELIGIOUS MAIN CHARACTER - Obedience. The main character is a nun.
MANSION 12 - ROOFTOP - ROOFTOP ON COVER -


MANSION 14 - WALL - BOOK BORROWED FROM THE LIBRARY - Salting Roses by Lorelle Marinello which I borrowed from the public library.
Lorelle Marinello is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 630
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 19
BIG BOOKS - 6


Task # 20.3 Best Review: Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
Read a book with a three word title, the first word of which is "The"
The Portland Laugher by Earl Emerson
Points this task: 20
Total points: 690

25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
I chose the one book option and read
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, which is 404 pages long.
Option 3: Included in the city list is Lincoln, Illinois.
Option 6: Exactly matches the car name Lincoln.
Michael Connelly is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
GR Authors: Emma Straub, Kiera Cass, Ariel Djanikian, Kami Garcia, Gillian Flynn, Erik Larson, Paul Kemprecos, Marissa Meyer*, Marci Nault, Michael Connelly
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)

C. The Rose Garden -For this garden read a book with at least one rose on the cover or with the word "ROSE" found intact in the title, subtitle, or author's name.

D. The Sub Rosa Garden -read a book with the genre ROMANCE listed on the book's homepage.

591 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 21
Books Read: 35
GR Authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Saturday
Task 10.6 - Black Flag Day (Egypt) https://www.cia.gov/library/publicati...
The Wedding Song
Here is the link to the Amazon page. The Editorial Review confirms the book is set in Cairo: http://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Song-Na...
Task 20.6 - They're Creepy and They're Kooky
Option 3, in honor of Pugsley (mystery genre)
Death on the Nile
Points this post: 35
Tasks completed this post: 3
Total challenge points: 100
Total tasks completed: 9
Total Goodreads authors: 1

Task: 20.10 Group Read
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Discussion posting number 29
Points this task: 20
Total points: 170
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Task # 30.1 Ms. Anderson's task: Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 2
Option 1
Read the next book in a series you like
Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger, which is #11. I had just finished
Heaven's Keep which is #9 and had already read Vermilion Drift which is 10 so #11 was the next one I hadn't read
Option 2 Read a book with the genre time travel on the book's main page To Say Nothing of the Dogby Connie Willis Time travel is listed on the book's main page
Points this task: 30
Total points: 670