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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Jayme VA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2: The Cherry Cola Book Club by Ashton Lee has 304 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
GR Authors: Emma Straub
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler-- I posted message 7 in the discussion thread.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 231
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
30.6 - Ty's Task: Reading Your 123s The Divide by Elizabeth Kay The Divide, #1
AND
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce Fairytale Retellings, #1
Option 1: 1982 - 1 + 1 = 2
***Claiming 2 Goodreads Author***
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 10.5 -- The Tortoise and the HareRead a book with the word "fast" or "slow" intact in the title, subtitle, series, or author's name.
The Dead Travel Fast (2010) by Deanna Raybourn (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 309 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Deanna Raybourn
0 + 10 = 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 0 + 10 = 10
Books read: 1
Pages read: 309
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.9 – 90 years ago. Read a book with a fruit or vegetable on the cover or in the title
I chose the title option and read Big Mango by Jake Needham.
**Jake Needham is a Goodreads Author**
20.5 - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B -read a book with a word from the lyrics of Pontoon in the title or subtitle.
I read First Into Action: A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS by Duncan Falconer, which had the word INTO in the title, which can be found in the song Pontoon.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1942
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.5 50 years ago Book with a basic color in the title
Color: Green
Book: Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
5.6 60 years ago
Subordinating conjunctions
Conjunction: that
Book: That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
Oma1229Task 30.2-Behind the Name
I started with the name John for my first book.
Book 1
Booked To Die by John Dunning
Book 2
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jean is the name found in a pink box under the family name of John
Total Points to Date-100
Total Tasks-6
Goodreads Author-1
Big Book-0
5.7 70 Years Ago:Good Man Friday by Barbara Hambly
Day of the week: Friday
15.5 Tour de France:
Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin
20.3Best Review--Nick KY's Task--The Blank Blank:
The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
Today's post: 40
Grand total: 110
monkeytoe25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
Read 2 books BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS from the following options. You MAY do the same option twice.
Option 1 – THE TEAMS
read a book with 18 letters in the title
Galahad at Blandings
Option 4 THE ALTERNATIVE
Read a book with WEIRD as part of the genres on the main Goodreads page.
Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
15.7 - 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.
The Two Mrs. Abbotts
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 55/1350
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
5.7 - 70 years agoDay of week in title/subtitle - The Wednesday Sisters by ***Goodreads Author Meg Waite Clayton.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/1350
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
KarenKnits15.10 - No More Homework!
Read a book of your choice.
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
I pre-read less than 49% of this book a few days before the challenge started. It's a monster (945 pages).
30.3 - Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option "R" - recommended to me by the Bookrageous Podcast
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Option "A" - Borrowed from a friend
Railsea by China Miéville
Points this post: 45
Points for Challenge: 45
Delicious Dee25.12 -- Chris MD's task: What Comes Next?
Option 1
Kade - Cheyenne McCray (GR Author) - Armed and Dangerous #3
Line of Fire - Jo Davis (GR Author) - Firefighters of Station Five #4
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
GR Authors: 2
Big Books:
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.1 10 years ago
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
E.L. James GRA
Big Book Ticket 532 pages
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 30/1350
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.10 Group ReadsI chose the The Big Sleep and posted in message 8 on the discussion boards.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
25.2 JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 5:
by C.H. AdmirandC.H. Admirand is a Goodreads Author.
Option 6:
by Farrah Rochon25.4 Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 1:
I enjoy watching my Braves play baseball. While reading this book, the Braves beat the Pirates 5-0 and Teheran almost had a perfect game.
A Baby in the Bargain by Victoria Pade
Option 5:
He is running in a track meet on the cover.
by Neal BascombPoints this post: 70
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.4 - Get to the Finish LineOption 2: Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews
The paperback version has 464 pages.
Savannah Breeze
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
5.660 years ago
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
WHO....the subordinating conjunction
Sarah Addison Allen
Is a goodreads author
This task 5 points
Total points 40
Ana30.1 Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 4
Option 1
by Rachel Caine. It is the 10th in the series and I am still reading them.Option 4
by James Patterson. I love all his books doesn't matter the genre. I wouldn't mind meeting him.He is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 30
Total Points 30
Tasks Completed 1
Books Read 2
Total Pages 606
GoodReads Author 1
Big Books 0
Finished10.1 The black tortoise and the snake
by MOhammed Hannif - snake on coverTask points 10
Total points 10
Post #55.5 – 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.
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 5
Total to date: 45
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Author: 1
BABBLING C10.3 -- The Summer of '69: Read a book that was first published in a year that ends in 6 or 9.
The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay (391 pages) - published in 2009
*** Kelly Gay is a GRA ***
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New. NOTE: The book you choose must have 250+ pages.
Option 1 . Read a book first published in 2013.
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh (360 pages) - published 4 June 2013
*** Nalini Singh is a GRA ***
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 751
Books read this season: 2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something NewOption 3: Read a book written by an author who is new to you
Eve and Adam by Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate
Michael Grant is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 20 points
// GR Authors: 1
Sandy MN20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3: Author New to Me
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Goodreads Author
Total Points: 40
Total GR Authors: 2
FANDURY30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
For this I rolled a 3 and a 6.
Option 3 Read a graphic novel
I looked for a Marvel one, but I have already read all Marvel graphic novels I own, so I went with a DC one (but I stayed at least within the superhero theme)
Infinite Crisis by Geoff Johns
Option 6 Read a book by an author (living or dead) who is English or Scottish by birth.
Cast, in Order of Disappearance by Simon Brett
Simon Brett was born in Worchester Park, Surrey, UK in 1945, so a very English author writing very English mysteries.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Oma1229Task 15.3-Left to Right
Option 2-Read ONE book with a left-hand word (option A) AND a right-hand word (option B) in the title or subtitle. Both words must be at least 4 letters long.
Tressed to Kill by Lila Dare
The left handed word is Tressed.
The right handed word is Kill
Total Points to Date-115
Total Tasks-7
Goodreads Author-1
Big Book-0
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 15.10 No More Homework
School's Out: Read a book of your choice
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.2 – 20 years ago. Read a book with a number in its title. I read Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. E.L. James is a Goodreads Author so I'd like to claim that, additionally I'd like to claim a Big Book as the book was 514 pages.
Points this post: 05
Total points: 05
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Mod
I read Thinking, Fast and Slow - both "fast" and "slow" in title!
15.6 - As Seen On TV
I read Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream by Neil Young. Young appeared on the Daily Show on 11/28/12 to promote the book.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed...
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
I chose option 2 and read a book with both a 3 and a 0 in the number of pages - The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less. 320 pages.
Total points: 45
5.8 - 80 years agoA book with more than one author.
Guys Read: Funny Business by Jon Scieszka, Adam Rex, and more (short stories collection)
Adam Rex is a goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 0
Jessica PDX30.4 - Cindy AL's Task - All Things Wedding
Option D - First published 7/10/12
by Ben H. WintersOption E - "Ring" in title
by Georgette HeyerPoints this Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Andy P.Task # 25.14 Stacie MI's task: It's Barbecue Time!
I chose the 1 book option, combining
Options B Hamburger, a series book sandwiched between and # 2 and 4 in the series
Option D Chicken long length intimidates
Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler
Claiming a big book ticket 500+ pages (528 pages)
Approved message 35 in help thread for this task
Points this post 25
Total points: 55
Andy P.Task # 30.2 Dlm Rose's task: Behind the Name
Book 1 The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry
Book 2 The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day by Thomasina Beck
Approved in message 16 of help thread for this task
Sheila10.7 -- Blown Away
The Poison Tree by Erin KellyThe name is Erin
15.2 - Good Luck Charms - Option 2 - "Something New" represents optimism for the future. - added May 2, 2013
Dead Reckoning by Linda Castillo15.10 - No More Homework!
A Perfect Evil by Alex KavaTotal Points = 115
Angie TX15.2 Good Luck Charms
Option 1: "Something Old" The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. It was published in 1961.
Option 4: "Something Blue"
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Jessica PDX20.1 - Stacy CT's Task - All Things Peru
Option 2 - 3 and 0 in page count
by Tasha AlexanderPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
**Reposting with Correct Edition**5.2 – 20 years ago
Read a book with a number in its title. I read Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. E.L. James is a Goodreads Author so I'd like to claim that, additionally I'd like to claim a Big Book as the book was 514 pages.
Points this post: 05
Total points: 05
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Rudy10.3 The Summer of 69 Dark Places byGillian Flynn published 2009
15.2 Good Luck Charms
Option 1 Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild originally published in 1937
Option 4
byKathy Reichs15.4 Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts 496 pages
Points this post 40
Task 3
Books read 4
5.3- 30 years ago.•Read a book that has consecutive words beginning with the same letter:
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
This post: 5
Total to Date: 5
Task #5.6 - 60 years ago
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
The book title contains the subordinating conjunction "after".
Task 15.1 - A Machiavellian Task
I chose Option 5 for both books. Both these books have over 50,000 ratings.
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
The book title contains the subordinating conjunction "after".
Task 15.1 - A Machiavellian Task
I chose Option 5 for both books. Both these books have over 50,000 ratings.
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
first post!5.1 – 10 years ago.
When We Collide - A.L. Jackson, GR Author
5.3 – 30 years ago.
The Boss’s Fake Fiancee - Inara Scott, GR Author
ebook approved @926
5.5 – 50 years ago.
Half Black Soul - H.D. Gordon, GR Author
5.6 – 60 years ago.
Night After Night... - Kathy Lyons
conjunction: after
10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
Never Love a Highlander - Maya Banks
"love" from Prove My Love
15.7 - 11/11
Assignment: Baby (9 To 5) - Jessica Hart, GR Author
SS in title and author name
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Ungrateful Governess - Mary Balogh
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 2: Caine's Reckoning - Sarah McCarty
SM in DLMROSE, new-to-me author
Points this post: 85
Total points: 85
GR Authors: 4
JOLIE20.1 - 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.
My chosen book has 320 pages:
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0
BRIAN10.9 -- Add It Up
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (Goodreads author)
I'm 30, so 3+0=3 word title.
15.6 - As Seen On TV
I am America by Stephen Colbert
The book was promoted on both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2 - a 3 and 0 in the total pages
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
There is 309 pages in the book.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
BEKKA - 30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.Option R: For this task I read “Dark Triumph”
by R.L. LaFevers. It was recommended by my friend Emily, who gave it 5 stars on Goodreads. Option A: For this task, I read “Skinny”
by Donna Cooner. I checked this book out of the library. Also, both R.L. LaFevers and Donna Cooner are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming two tickets for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 30
Pages Read this Challenge: 645
Total Pages Read to Date: 645
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
SpantalianJoanne5.10 – 100 years ago
Read a book with an author whose first or last name is the same as the first or last name of one of the individual nominees for a Tony Award
Nominee: Laura Osnes~ Roger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella
Author First name is Laura
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read: 330
Mod
5.8 – 80 years ago. Stormy Weather co-authors
Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
10.1 -- The Black Tortoise and Snake
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
one book 400+ that meets 2 options
option 3 map on cover
option 4 initials in GAS: SG
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Simon Garfield, 464 pages
total = 90
5.1 - 10 years ago.The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
5.7 - 70 years ago.
The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
10.4 - The Sunshine State
Cannery Row - set in California
10.10 - Blister in the Sun
Level Up - "Add it UP" (Level UP - approved in task help thread msg #9)
20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 1 - The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (approved in task help thread)
Total books read: 5
Points in this post: 50
Big book tickets: 0
Total points accumulated: 50/1350
5.2 20 Years Ago:One Pink Rose by Julie Garwood
20.6 Seasoned Reader--Casselm'sTask--They're Creepy and They're Kooky:
1. Gomez-- History genre:
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
Today's total: 25
Grand total: 135
15.10 No more homework The Next Always by Nora Roberts
20.2 Family vacation
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards / option 1, family genre
20.7 Something new
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin/ option 3, Kyung-Sook Shin is a new author for me and book is 250+ pages
Tasks points 55
Total points 65
Janice CA20.7 Something New.....
Option 3: An author who is new to me
pages: 304
American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True
+20
total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1
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TOTAL POINTS - 65
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 3