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Option 3: Just Desserts by Mary Daheim
Option 5: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
Total points: 345
Total GRA: 12
Total big book tickets: 1

25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!
Option 1 - HF set outside U.S.
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline WinspearGoodreads Author
Option 2 - Green Cover

Total Points: 485
Total GR Authors: 16

Choose two of the following options as we revisit my favourite summer, 1994, and remember what made it so great!
Option 4: Arts & Literature
Read a book with the genre "mystery" on its main page.
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #3) (1980) by Ellis Peters (Hardcover, 224 pages)
Option 6: Sports & Leisure
Read a book with a body of water on the cover.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 181 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Neil Gaiman
425 + 25 = 450
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 425 + 25 = 450
Books read: 31
Pages read: 11,573
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+

Task 15.10: No More Homework! Book of choice:
The Treasure Hunt Club by Michael Scott Clifton. Claim: GR author ticket for Michael Scott Clifton.
Task 20.4: Initial Fun.
Option 2: Author initials in "Sandy" readerboard name: Quilter's Knot by Arlene Sachitano. Initials SA are in SAndy.
Task 20.10: Group Read.
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. Posted a review and contributed to the discussion board (#22).
Task 30.4: All Things Wedding
Option B: White Wedding: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. The cover is more than 50% white. Claim: GR author ticket.

Option D: Something Old, ...: Contract On The President by John Crosby. I own a copy of this book. The copyright of the book and my copy of the book is from 1973.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 415 ***Yeah! My first time over 400 points! ***
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 17
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+ 2; 750+: 1

I’m 60 and 6+0 = 6 words including the subtitle:
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
+10 Points
15.8 – The Battle of Gettysburg:
Civil War on main page:
Wilderness by Lance Weller
+15 Points
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 825

Now You See Her by Linda Howard (now)
Total points: 350
Total GRA: 12
Total big book tickets: 1

Task # 15.10 No More Homework!
Read a book of your choice
The House on the Cliff byCharlotte Williams
Task # 25.13 Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
Option A the Music: Read a book with a word from the soundtrack's sound titles in the book's title
Shadow Baby by Alison McGhee . The word baby in the book's title matches the word baby in the song Hey, Baby
Option D. The Setting: Read a book set in New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania
The Old Turk's Load byGregory Gibson
This book is set primarily in New Jersey and New York. The book also works for Option E as it is set in 1967
Points this post:40
Total points: 1315

Task 15.10 No More Homework
Book of Choice: Sharp: My Story of Madness, Cutting, and How I Reclaimed My Life by David Fitzpatrick
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(1)

20.9 Whedonite
Option 2: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
New book by one of my favorite authors. Not a re-read.
**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author**
25.11 Explore Listopias
Starting Book: Any Duchess Will Do
Book 1: Sweet Revenge by Zoe Archer
#96 on the 2013 Historical Romance (January - June) List.
**Zoe Archer is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
#17 on the Can't Wait Books of 2013 list.
**Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
25.16 Summer Shakespeare
Option 3: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Approved in the Help Thread. The blurb is vague but all reviews mention the link to Macbeth.
Option 4: The Virtuoso (Duke's Obsession, #3) by Grace Burrowes
Main male character's name is Valentine.
30.6 Reading Your 123's
Option 1 - Fibonacci Sequence
My birth year ends in 6.
Book 1: Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher
Book #5 of the Codex Alera
**Jim Butcher is a Goodreads Author**
640 Pages - 1 Big Book Ticket
Book 2: Against the Wind by Kat Martin
Book #1 of the Raines of Wind Canyon
5 + 1 = 6
Points this Post: 100
Total Challenge Points: 570
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)

20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 1. The author's initials must be found in any order in your Readerboard name. Only author's first and last names will be used (ignore middle names).
The Christmas Glassby Marci Alborghetti
My readerboard name is Oma1229. The author's initials are M.A.
Marci Alborghetti is a new author for me.
Total Points-985
Completed Tasks-49
Goodreads Authors-21
Big Books-1

20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 1:
A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams
Author's initials: EA - JACKIE NC
This is a "new to me" author.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 425
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets:

20.4 Ann A’s Initial fun Read a book whose author’s initials are in your Readername. I read The Remnant by Christy Kenneally. C-K are in NICK KY, sequentially even.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1350
Big Books: 500+ (3)
Whew!
Finished!

Task 20.7 - Something New
I did option 3 and read a book by an author that is new to me:
Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren
Points this task: 20
Total points: 1065
Tasks completed: 58
Books read: 80
Pages read: 21280
Goodreads authors: 43
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Read a book from ONE of the Joss inspired options below.
Option 2 In honour of favourites read a book by one of your favourite authors. Remember no rereads allowed!
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Claiming Isabel Allende as Goodreads Author
Total Points-1005
Completed Tasks-50
Goodreads Authors-22
Big Books-1

10.9 -- Add It Up
Add numbers in current age until you get a single digit. ➜ Read a book that has that number of words in the title.
The single digit was 2
Until Forever by Johanna Lindsey
Total Points-1015
Completed Tasks-51
Goodreads Authors-22
Big Books-1

5.7 – 70 years ago.
Read a book with a day of the week in the title/subtitle. Plural and possessive forms of the word works, no other variations.
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
Total Points-1020
Completed Tasks-52
Goodreads Authors-22
Big Books-1

5.10 – 100 years ago
Tony Nominee - Tony Shalhoub for featured actor in a play
The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games by Tony Perrottet
***Goodreads Author***
+5
total: 240
tasks: 14
books: 19
GR authors: 4

Task 15.10 No More Homework!
I read These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Points this post:15
Total points:325
Books read:22
Tasks completed:17
Goodreads Authors:6
Big books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Karen
The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
Song - Her Television
Word - Her
Red and Her Wolf by Marie Hall
Approved #821
GOODREADS AUTHOR
15.10 - No More Homework!
Amaury's Hellion by Tina Folsom
GOODREADS AUTHOR
50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 12: Rooftop (rooftop or cemetery)

Mansion 13: Encampment (word prince)
Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
*I stole this book from my completed task 25.11 BUT I read another book that took its spot see below*
Mansion 14: Wall (borrowed from the library)
Wicked Road to Hell by Juliana Stone
GOODREADS AUTHORS X 3
25.11 -- Vi/Midu 's task: Explore Listopias
**this is the task I took the book from, so I am reposting it because I read a book to take the spot of the one I stole - It does not count for points because I already claimed them.**
I started with No Rest for the Wicked and had read Pleasure of a Dark Prince from the "Steamy Paranormal Romance" list.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8055.Steamy_Paranormal_Romance#7715664
I replaced it with
Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
This book is on the same list and the Author is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)

30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
R - Read a book that has been RECOMMENDED to you.
Required: Tell us how this book was "recommended"--- could be from a person, book list, blog, web site or other.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Goodreads Author
A - Acquire a book to read from a friend or from the library.
Required: Tell us where you got your book.
Atlantis Redeemed by Alyssa Day
Goodreads Author
Checked out of the library
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Read two books, using two of the following options:
A) Destination Wedding: Read a book set in a place that you would think would make for a beautiful wedding.
Rocky Mountain HavenVivian Arend
Beautiful setting: Rocky Mountains
Goodreads Author
D) Something Old, Something New...: read a book that was first published in 1987 or earlier or from January 1, 2012 until the end of the challenge (August 31, 2013).
Howl For It by Cynthia Eden and Shelly Laurenston
Goodreads Author
Published Aug. 2012
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
HOW TO PLAY:
Step 1: Draw a random letter using the following link: Random Letter Generator M
Step 2: Roll two dice - Roll here – 6/4
4. Female Author (first, middle, or last name; no initials)
Fever by Maya Banks
6. Word in Series Name
Highlander Most Wanted(Montgomeries and Armstrongs) by Maya Banks
30.10 - Jayme VA's task: Book News Feed
Roll 2 dice. Both authors of the books you choose must be new to you. 5/4
Overall requirements: State which numbers your rolled and confirm that both authors are new-to-you when you post.
Option 4: For this option, choose a book from their list of current and past book club selections. If you want to wait and use one of the summer selection, you can do that, too!
Wallflower in BloomClaire Cook
Goodreads Author – new to me
Option 5: Choose any books from Good Minds Suggest. You can choose the author's own book, featured at the top of the page, or one of the books he or she suggests. Required: Tell us the author you started with when you post your task.
Lauren Willig suggested Trade Wind by M.M. Kaye – new to me
Points this post: 120
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0

Task 25.11 Explore Listopias
I started with It Had to Be You, one of my favorite books.
I used the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12... and read Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson (#432)
From the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/57... I read Sex, Lies, and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson (#75)
Both of these were new to me (not re-reads)
Task 30.10 Book News Feed I rolled 1 and 2
Option 1 (From "The Book Case") I read The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy http://www.bookpage.com/the-book-case...
Option 2 (2013 Long List for Women's Prize for Fiction) I read The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
**M.L. Stedman is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points: 55 (585 Total)
Big Book Tickets: 5 Total
Goodreads Authors: 1 (22 Total)

5.1 - 10 years ago
Killer Honeymoon by G.A. McKevett
The author who uses an initial as part of his or her Goodreads name - G.A.
5.6 - 60 years ago
If the Shoe Fits by Stephanie Rowe
The title contains a subordinating conjunction - if.
5.8 - 80 years ago
The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty by Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson
Read a book with more than one author - co-authors.
5.10 - 100 years ago
Of Triton by Anna Banks
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 - Anna Louizos (Best Scenic Design of a Musical)
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **

10.3 - The Summer of '69
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Book that was first published in a year that ends in 6 or 9 - first published in 2009
10.4 - The Sunshine State
Footprints in the Sand by Mary Jane Clark
The book takes place in Florida (Sarasota, Florida)
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **

25.2 - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 4 - Arts & Leisure
Bloodstone by Barbra Annino
Read a book with the genre "mystery" on its main page - shelved as mystery by 46 people
Option 6: Sports & Leisure
Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates
Cover has sweet & delicious food items on the cover - cookies, pies, cupcakes, etc.

25.4 - Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 2. SPORTSMANSHIP
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Book contains 1 word title
Option 4. POOL PLAY
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
Started with Gone Girl which was a winner. Selected the book from the 2nd page, anticipating a loser.
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **

Option 3 = word, Life is repeated
**Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
**Big Book: Life After Life is 544 Pages**
Option 4 = color and flower in title
Roses Are Red by *James Patterson
*James Patterson is Goodread Author*
30.9 - Andy P's task: Let's Be Sensible
1. Sense
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
2. Sight or Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
Points in This Task: 55
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1535

Totals:
Total Points: 505
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 33
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 12,903
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews

For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 700
Pages Read this Challenge: 455
Total Pages Read to Date: 17098
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 51
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()


1. Read a book set in Peru or written by a Peruvian author (by birth or residence).
Mario Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian author.
Death in the Andes (1993) by Mario Vargas Llosa, (Translator: Edith Grossman) (Hardcover, 275 pages)
450 + 20 = 470
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 450 + 20 = 470
Books read: 32
Pages read: 11,848
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+

5.2 – 20 years ago.
Read a book with a number in its title/subtitle. The number can be in numeral form or spelled out, and ordinal numbers will work – so, for example, a title containing “37,” “Three,” or “Third” would work.
The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho
Claiming Paul Coelho as Goodreads Author
Total Points-1025
Completed Tasks-53
Goodreads Authors-22
Big Books-1

20.4 Ann A’s Initial fun Read a book whose author’s initials are in your Readername. I read The Remnant by Christy Kenneally. C-K are in NICK KY, sequentially even.
And Christy Kenneally is a NEW TO ME author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1350
Big Books: 500+ (3)
Barring anything else,
Whew!
Finished!

50.1- Seven Mansions!
Choose 3 different Mansions & read 3 books:
Mansion #9: book found on list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/27... #113:

*this is a GRA
Mansion #12- rooftop on book cover:

Mansion #14-borrowed from public library:

*this is a GRA
Points this post: 50
Total points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 16

25.10 Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Whodunnit? by Anthony Zuiker
Option 3: In this book, a group of 10 strangers come together in an estate for a short period of time.
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Option 5: I chose this book just because I was interested in reading it.
Matthew Quick is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
And Sons by David Gilbert
Option R: This book was recommended when I read the review in EW.
Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Option A: I acquired this book from the library.
This post: 55
Total points to date: 345
Goodread authors: 6
Big book tickets: 7
Total tasks completed: 15

25.10 -- Laurie ME's task: My Summer Vacation
Option 1: Read a book set in a location that is not close to where you live.
Required: Book set in Red Fox, New Mexico. I live in Oregon.
Red Fox by Karina Halle
Option 5: Read a book of your own choice
Darkhouse by Karina Halle
Karina Halle is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 565
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 42
Goodreads Author Total: 18
Nick wrote: "Nick KY REPOST
20.4 Ann A’s Initial fun Read a book whose author’s initials are in your Readername. I read The Remnant by Christy Kenneally. C-K are in NICK KY, sequentially even.
And Christy Ken..."
Congrats, Nick! Fall Task 25.1
20.4 Ann A’s Initial fun Read a book whose author’s initials are in your Readername. I read The Remnant by Christy Kenneally. C-K are in NICK KY, sequentially even.
And Christy Ken..."
Congrats, Nick! Fall Task 25.1

Option 1- "Something Old" represents the continuity of the past moving to the future. Read a book first published in or before 1963.

first published 1937
Option 2 - "Something New" represents optimism for the future.
Read a book you added to your To-Read shelf or that you purchased between January 1, 2013 and May 17, 2013.

Added May 14, 2013
Points this post: 15
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 33
Books Read: 51
GR Authors: 30
Big books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM - They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 3 - Mystery as Genre The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto - Whedonite
Option 2 - new-to-me book by a favorite author Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 375/1350
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 25
GoodReads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()

25.17 -- Lindsey IL’s Task: Metal!
Option 1: Power: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones has Epic and High Fantasy on its main page. I am doing the one book option, as this has 835 pages.
Claiming big book ticket- 835 pages.
25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!
Option 1: Where in the World?
The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams is set mostly in Egypt and lists historical fiction on its main page.
Option 4: Teacher's Pet
Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand
Elin Hilderbrand is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 615
GR Authors: Emma Straub, Kiera Cass, Ariel Djanikian, Kami Garcia, Gillian Flynn, Erik Larson, Paul Kemprecos, Marissa Meyer*, Marci Nault, Michael Connelly, Ruth Ozeki, Mary Alice Monroe, Ted Dekker, Adrienne McDonnell, Elin Hildebrand
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)

30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option B Read a book with a cover that is predominantly (more than 50%) white.

Option D: Read a book that was first published in 1987 or earlier or from January 1, 2012 until the end of the challenge (August 31, 2013).
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
This book was first published 25th July 2013
Ben Aaronovitch is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 525
Books Read: 35
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Points this post: 10
Total points: 890

REPOST of Message 2192
Task 30.10 Book News Feed I rolled 1 and 2
Option 1 (From "The Book Case") I read The 5th Wave by Rick Yancyhttp://www.bookpage.com/the-book-case...
Option 2 (2013 Long List for Women's Prize for Fiction) I read The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
**M.L. Stedman is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Both of these authors were new to me.
The Light Between Oceans
The 5th Wave
Points: 30 (585 Total)
Big Book Tickets: 5 Total
Goodreads Authors: 1 (22 Total)

Task 25.11 - Explore Listopias
My starting book was Speaking from Among the Bones
From the Fascinating Titles list (http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35...), I read #29:
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
From the I AM IN LOVE !!! list (http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19...), I read #10:
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
**Erin Dionne is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1090
Tasks completed: 59
Books read: 82
Pages read: 21941
Goodreads authors: 43
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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Read one book from one option that is 750+ pages.
5. Symphonic - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches a word of 5 or more letters in an album title or band name on the list.
#36 Estatic Fear: A Sombre Dance (1999)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5) (2011) by George R.R. Martin (Hardcover, 1017 pages)
**** Big Books**** 1017 pages A Dance with Dragons
400 + 25 = 425
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 400 + 25 = 425
Books read: 29
Pages read: 11,168
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+