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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Michael LA
10.10: Blister in the Sun
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Used the word "good," which appears in the song "Good Feeling."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
GR Authors:
Big Books:
10.10: Blister in the Sun
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Used the word "good," which appears in the song "Good Feeling."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
GR Authors:
Big Books:
MARIA HELENA5.1 10 years ago
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker
****** K.A. Tucker is a Goodreads Author ******
20.6 Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Only Mine by Susan Mallery (genre romance)
****** Susan Mallery is a Goodreads Author ******
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 40/1350
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
FIONA (TITCH)25.11 -- Vi/Midu 's task: Explore Listopias
I read Hyde - Lauren Stewart = This is at http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/29... & http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11...
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer = http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/29... @ number 43
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer = http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11... @ number 100
***BB ticket***: New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
I'm on the board, Yay!30.8 - Peebee’s Task: A Summer Visit to the National Zoo
Option 3: Impetuous Innocent by Stephanie Laurens (Goodreads author)
Author was born in Sri Lanka & cover shows horse near water.
Option 5: Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
Antagonist was born in Japan, last 1/2 of book takes place in Japan, and cover shows mountains.
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Tasks This Post: 1
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 30/1350
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
15.7 - 11/11 13 Little Blue Envelopes Double Letters are tt in the tittle and in the series tittle.Maureen Johnson is also a good reads author
20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats Something Blue I picked option 2 and the word blue is in the song.
Emily Giffin is also a good reads author
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
The Rescue I picked Morticia Adams (option 2 Romance as Genre)
Nicholas Sparks is a good reads author
Claiming 3 more goodread author tickets
Total Points Earned: 90/1350
Total Pages Read: 2709/37807
Total Books Read: 8/105
Good Read Authors:5
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Jayme VA15.8 - The Battle of Gettysburg
The Healing by Jonathan Odell is shelved as Civil War.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
GR Authors: Emma Straub
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Christine L.10.6 - Black Flag Day
His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal takes place (more than 50%) in Germany.
Susan Elia MacNeal is a GR author
Points this task: 10
Total Points to Date - 35
Total Tasks - 2
Goodreads Author - 2
Big Book - 0
Total Books - 3
Coralie5.3 30 years ago Duran Duran
A book by an author whose first and last initials are the same
The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline by Lois Lowry
30.4 All Things Wedding
Option B – White Wedding – predominantly white cover
Option E – With this Ring – ring in title
Ring o'roses
30.7 Scattergories SRC style
Random letter – E, numbers rolled 3 and 4
3. Word in title beginning with E
Tales From Earthsea
4. Female author with name beginning in E
The October Child by Eleanor Spence
Total points 125
KAREN F5.10 100 Years Ago
Driving Her Crazy by Amy Andrews
Amy Morton is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
**Amy Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
20.7 Something New
Option 1: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
First published in May 2013
Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Jennifer KSDLMRose's task: Behind the Name
I started with the name Robert
I read Sixkill by Robert B Parker then I If You Can't Stand the Heat by Robin Allen she is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
25.17 Metal! Option 1: Genre is Epic Fantasy
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
This book is 807 pages. I am claiming 2 Big Book Tickets.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
GRA Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
20.2 Family VacationsI chose option 1, and read Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg. The genre "family" is on the book's main page.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 25
GoodReads Authors:
Tasks Completed: 2
BRIAN10.4 -- The Sunshine State
Gideon's Corpse by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
While the book starts in NY and ends near Washington DC, the vast majority of the book takes places in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 1
15.10 - No More Homework!
Fahrenheit 451
25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
Book A: 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.
Points this post:40
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0
Fahrenheit 451
25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?
Book A: 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.
Points this post:40
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0
Karen Oz5.6 – 60 years ago.
“Now”: Paddington: Here and Now (Paddington Bear) by Michael Bond
10.6 -- Black Flag Day
I chose Egypt: The Quest (Ancient Egypt #4) by Wilbur A. Smith Big Book Ticket (504 pages)
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
Rolled 3 & 3: Read 2 Marvel Graphic Novels
Storm TPB by Eric Jerome Dickey
Oz: Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz (Marvel’s Oz Comics series #4) by Eric Shanower GR Author
Points this post: 45
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
GR authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.2 -- Live Long and ProsperDracula by Bram Stoker
'Classics' genre listed #1 on main page.
Claiming a Big Book ticket (512 pages)
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 15
15.3 - Left and RightOption 2- Read ONE book with a left-hand word (option A) AND a right-hand word (option B):
Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin
Left-hand word is 'after', right-hand word is 'look'.
Approved in post #4 of Task Help thread.
15.5 - Tour de France
The Tenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper
The book takes place in Ruac and Paris, France.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 45
25.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean SeaOption A: Read a book with at least 500 pages, set in a any of the countries on the Mediterranean Coastal Countries list:
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Book takes place in Italy and has 569 pages.
Approved in post #23 of Task Help thread.
Claiming a Big Book ticket (569 pages).
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 70
30.5 - Sandy's task: History with DialogueBook #1: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
'Historical Fiction' listed as #4 on main page.
Book has 464 pages.
Book #2: Templars: History And Myth: From Solomon's Temple To The Freemasons by Michael Haag
'Non-fiction" listed as #2 on main page.
Book has 384 pages.
Both books have been approved in post #2 and #70 of Task help thread.
Both of these books go into the history of the Templar Knights.
30.8 - Peebee’s Task: A Summer Visit to the National Zoo
Book #1: Option 5 (Red Pandas):
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon KrakauerThis book takes place in Nepal and has a mountain on the cover.
Book #2: Option 6 (Giant Pandas)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo
This book is #21 on the 'Popular Asia Books' list.
http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/asia
Points this post: 60
Total points to date: 130
30.2 - DLMRose's task: Behind the NameSelected the name John.
Book 1: Read a book by a male author with a first name on that tree.
by Jon S. Lewis Book 2: Read a book by a female author with a first name on that tree.
by Nina Berry (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY5.2 20 years ago – Can’t Help Falling in Love I read Grasses of a Thousand Colors by Wallace Shawn, with a number in the title.
15.7 11/11 I read On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry, with 2 consecutive “A’s” in “Canaan’s” and 2 consecutive “R’s” in “Barry.”
25.14 Amy C’s America’s Cup
Option 2. Read a book with a sail on the cover. I read Act of Mercy by Peter Tremayne
.Option 3. Read a book first published before 1851. I read Zofloya: or The Moor by Charlotte Dacre
, first pub'd in 1806.Points in this Post: 45
Total Points so Far: 115
Emmalita25.3 JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
by Stephen KingThis book satisfies Option 2 because it has the number 6 in the title and Option 6 because there is a car on the cover. This book is over 400 pages long so it qualifies to satisfy both options.
11-22-63 is a big book with 880 pages; claiming ticket
25.4 Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Option 1: book of my choice
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
Drive by Daniel Pink
Option 2: This book has a one word title.
Daniel Pink is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
This post: 50
Total points to date: 50
Goodread authors: 2
Big book tickets: 2
Total tasks completed: 2
Sheila5.8 – 80 years ago.
Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In by T. Jefferson Parker et al.Repost - 15.2 - Good Luck Charms - Option 2 - "Something New" represents optimism for the future. - added May 2, 2013
Dead Reckoning by Linda CastilloAND
Option 4 - "Something Blue"
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth HaynesTitle is Blue
Total Points = 120
Joanna T15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 2:I listened to the unabridged audiobook (this edition: Identical).
For page count, please see this paperback (Identical) with 565 pages.
This book is by Ellen Hopkins.
Ellen Hopkins is a GR author.
This is a big book with 565 pages.
20.5 Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B:An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Word from Pontoon: Floatin'/Floating
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
GR Auth: 1
BB tickets: 1
Task 30.5 - Sandy's task: History with DialogueFor this task you will read 2 books. Each book must contain at least 300 pages.
Book 1 – Read a book with the genre “historical fiction” on its main page.
Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories #3) (2013) by Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 368 pages)
The Author’s Note (p. 355):
“1816 was known, historically, as ‘The Year Without a Summer’. In 1815, the volcano Tambora blew up in the East Indies. This was the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history.”
In the story, the unseasonably cold summer of 1816 was blamed on a group called the “coldmongers”.
**** Goodreads Author ****Mary Robinette Kowal
Book 2 – Read a nonfiction book that relates to book 1.
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History (2013) by William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman (Hardcover, 338 pages)
10 + 30 = 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 10 + 30 = 40
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1,015
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sandy MN20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 2: Author's initials found in Dlmrose
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Goodreads Author
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 3: Genre Mystery on main page
The Diviners by Libba Bray Goodreads Author and Big Book 578 pages
Total Points: 80
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: (1)500;(0)750;(0)1000
5.9 90 Years AgoCream of Kohlrabi
by Floyd Skloot has both veggie word in title and picture of Kohlrabis on the cover.These short stories are to be savored slowly.
10.9 Add it Up:
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone which add up to 8 (7+1)/ 8 words in title.
I had a terrible time with this--for some reason I kept thinking I had to read a book with nine words and only caught it as I started to enter it here last week. Obviously, the mind is the first to go.
Today's total: 15
Grand total: 150
Sandy MN10.7 Blown Away
Hurricane Name: Karen
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Total Points: 90
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: (1)500;(0)750;(0)1000
JOLIE5.3—30 Years Ago
Title with same starting letter in consecutive words=The Letter M
Maine Massacre by Janwillem Van de Wetering
Tasks completed: 2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
15.6 – As Seen On TVI actually caught this interview on the Colbert Report:
Inferno by Dan Brown
+15 Points
20.2 – Rookie At the Top – Bamaace83′s task: Family Vacations
Option 1: Read a book with the genre “Family” on the main page:
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Family: 29 Users
Childrens but 368 pages long
+ 20 Points
20.5 – Bigger is Better – CathyG’s task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B. Spending time on the pontoon boat: word "black"
Black Helicopters by Blythe Woolston
+20 Points
Points this Post: 55
Grand Total: 55
I completed:10.8 Summer Reading by reading
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 10
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0
Lindsey IL10.9 - Add It Up
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
My age reduced to the number 2
***Richelle Mead is a GoodReads author***
15.2 - Good Luck Charms
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
option 2, added this book to my to-read list on 5/7/13
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
option 5, 6th book in series
***500+ page big book ticket****
***Richelle Mead is a GoodReads author***
20.2 - Bamaace83's Task: Family Vacations
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
option 1, family genre
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 160
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 14
Angie TX10.8 Summer Reading
NPR's Summer Reading List 2012
I read A Night Like This by Julia Quinn who is a GoodReads author.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 2 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
repost 15120.7 Something new
Please Look After Mother by Shin Kyong-Sook
Link to book from library:
https://prism.talis.com/rotherham/ite...
My got 261 pages
Task points 20
Total points 65
Coralie15.6 As Seen on TV
Mentioned on Jennifer Byrne presents…http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday...
Knots and Crosses
20.6 They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky
Option 2 Morticia – a book with genre romance
The Green Dwarf: A Tale of the Perfect Tense
25.18 Adventures @ your library
Option 1 A book to do with underground – much of this book takes place underground.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Option 4 A pet plays a major role in
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Total points 185
Nick KY20.6 Seasoned Reader: CASSELM’s Creepy and Kooky
Option 3. In honor of Wednesday Adams, I read a book with a black-and-white cover:
Chronicles, Volume 1 by Bob Dylan
Points this Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 135
Chaitra5.9 90 Years Ago
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker. Plum on the cover. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 5
10.1 The Black Tortoise and Snake
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. Dragon on the cover. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 10
10.4 The Sunshine State
Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett. Set in San Carmelita, California.
Points: 10
15.7 11/11
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. Letter pair "oo" in both Book and Brooks.
Points: 15
15.10 No More Homework!
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. Book of my choice.
Points: 15
20.4 Ann A's Task - Initial Fun
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Author initials SL present in DLMRose's name.
Points: 20
**The Lies of Locke Lamora is a big book. The Mass Market Paperback Edition has 719 pages. (I read the Kindle edition).**
**Scott Lynch is a Goodreads Author.**
30.6 Ty's Task - Read Your 123s
Option 1. Book 1: Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger - A Knitting Mystery #1.
Book 2: Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay - Library Lover's Mystery #2.
I was born in 1983 - #1 + #2 = 3.
Points: 30
**Mary Kruger is a Goodreads Author.**
***
Points this Post: 105
Total Points: 105/1350
Big Books: 500(1), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 2
Tasks Completed: 7/71
Books Claimed: 8/103
Pages Read: 2,775
Sheila10.1 -- The Black Tortoise and Snake
Death Benefit by Robin Cooksnakes on cover approved in help thread
Total Points = 150
Mod
I chose option B, and read Sleight of Hand. The word "hand" is in the 17th line of the lyrics of Pontoon.
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
I chose option 2 and read The South Beach Diet Super Quick Cookbook: 175 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less. The word "quick" ends in the letter "k."
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
I chose option 2, and read Over My Head, the latest book by Charles de Lint, one of my favorite authors.
Total: 105 points
20.1 All Things Peru!Option 2: Richard Yates: A Novel by Tao Lin-- who, born July 2, 1983, turns 30 this year. Tao Lin is a Goodreads Author.
(Birthdate reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Lin)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 439
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.17 -- Lindsey IL’s Task: Metal!I chose option 1. I decided to just read one book for it, choosing to read an epic/high fantasy. This edition has 761 pages.
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Task 25.4 - Bookin' around the bases
Option 2 Sportsmanship (one word title): Blameless by Gail Carriger ***GR Author***
Option 6 Home run derby (random top 10): Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 2
Challenge total = 25
Candace20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
Option 3 - genre Mystery listed on book's main page
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 20 points
Nancy NYTask #25.4 - Bookin' Around the Bases
Option #1: Rules - Read book of your choice while @ baseball game
Read Mothers and Daughters by Rae Meadows while watching my son's T-ball Game, the Cavaliers
Option #2: Sportsmanship - Read book with one word title
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Marissa Meyer is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Emily Bookshelf25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option 5 - predominately brown cover
One book @ 410 pages
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 25
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 25
Kimber20.3 The Blank Blank
The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall
This Task: 20
# tasks completed: 1
Total: 20
Andy P.Task #15.3 Left and Right
Option 2 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
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2
Out of Focus - Nancy Naigle (GR Author) - book had 320 pages, 3 and 0 appear in that
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: