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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black TortoiseMansion 9. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King, 346 p.
#58 Best Murder Mysteries of All Time list
Laurie R. King is a Goodreads author.
Mansion 13. The Queen of Water by Laura Resau, 368 p.
Laura Resau is a Goodreads author.
Mansion 14. I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits, paperback edition 336 p.
borrowed from the public library
Anouk Markovits is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 965
GR authors: 34
15.9 Mountains to ClimbJust Over the Mountain by Robyn Carr
The word "mountain" is used in the title
15.10 - No More Homework!
Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3: Season Of Strangers by Kat Martin
This author is new to me, and the book has 432 pages
Total Points This Post: 50
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 0
Grand Total Points: 855/1350
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 41
Total Goodreads Authors: 33
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
15.3 - LEFT AND RIGHT - The Plum Tree. I would like to move this book from task 30.3. Tree is found on the left of the keyboard and Plum is found on the right.15.8 - THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker which has Military History > Civil War on the homepage.
30.3 - First book remains the same Once an Heiress. Moved The Plum Tree to task 15.3.
A - ACQUIRE FROM THE LIBRARY - Summer Blowout by Claire Cook which I borrowed from the library.
Claire Cook is a Goodreads Author
30.5 - HISTORY WITH DIALOGUE
BOOK 1 - Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer which has Historical Fiction on the home page and is 304 pages. This is a fictional account of Cleopatra's life.
BOOK 2 - Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff which is about Cleopatra and has 368 pages.
Carolyn Meyer and Stacy Schiff are both Goodreads Authors.
30.10 - BOOK NEWS FEED - I ROLLED A 3 AND A 6
3. Tournament of Books - Arcadia which was a finalist.
6. - World Book Night - US 2012 - Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 1085
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 38
BIG BOOKS - 6
Congrats to the finishers! C'mon coralie!!!
CathyG20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
2. Read a book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages.
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
Goodreads Author
309 pages
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
2)read a book with the genre of Romance or Erotica on its page.
Because You Are Mine: The Complete Novel by Beth Kery
Goodreads Author
25.13 -- Deanna's task: Dirty Dancing
For this task, read 2 books from 2 different options below.
Option A –
Read a book with a word from one of the soundtrack's song titles in the book's title or subtitle (series titles are excluded): Dirty Dancing Soundtrack. : Baby
Be My Baby
Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Goodreads Author
Option B – The Cast:
Read a book written by an author who has the same first or last name as one of the cast members or characters.
Cynthia Rhodes - Cynthia Eden
Avenging Angel
Goodreads Author
25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
TWO DIFFERENT options and read one book for each:
Option 1.
➜ Read a book that has to do with anything underground or underwater, digging into the ground or coming up through the ground or water
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Resistance fighters are referred to as “the underground” and most of their safe houses are underground.
Goodreads Author
Option 3.
➜ In honor of our ROT to SIN aisle, please read a book by an author with a last name who would be shelved on that aisle.
The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 90
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…Option 2 - Romance as genre
Speak Easy by Melanie Harlow (GR Author)
Ebook approved in message #2711
50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 12
by Veronica Roth (GR Author)There are buildings with rooftops at the bottom of the cover.
Mansion 13
The Duke's Tattoo by Miranda Davis (GR Author)
Ebook approved on line 1076 in the spreadsheet.
Mansion 14
The Perilous Gard
I got this book from my public library.
Points this post:70
Total points:1015
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 1: two books that equal >400pgs
Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
277 pages
Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
Ben H. Winters is a Goodreads Author.
316 pages
15.10 - No More Homework! - free choice
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Points this post: 30
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 515
Total Goodreads authors: 25
Total Big books: 3
KarenKnits20.3 - The Blank Blank
For this task read a book that has a three word title, the first word of which is "The."
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
20.9 - Whedonite
Option 2: read a book by one of your favourite authors
Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
30.4 - All Things Wedding
Option B: mostly white cover (this was approved in message 68 of the help thread)
A Question of UpbringingAnthony Powell
Option D: read a book that was first published in 1987 or earlier
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (published in 1963)
This post: 70
Challenge: 595
15.4 - Get to the Finish LineI chose Option 1- Hare: Read two or more books whose combined page count totals at least 400 pages.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford: 352 pages
Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach by Eric Maisel: 259 pages .
Total of 611 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 24
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 5
Big books: 0
Task 20.9 - Whedonite
Option 2 (favorite author): Mariana by Susanna Kearsley ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 16
final? Challenge total = 430
25.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean SeaOption A: The Name of the Rose* by Umberto Eco (536 pg)
Mediterranean Coastal Country setting = Italy
*Big Book Ticket 500+ pages*
Total Points = 250
BRIAN5.8 – 80 years ago.
Book with 2 authors
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson & Hugh Delehanty
15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 - 1 book over 400 pages
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
487 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
Books read: 31
Goodreads authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-0
STACIE MITask 10.10 - Blister in the Sun
I used the song title "Prove My Love" and using the word "love," I read:
Missed Connections: Love, Lost & Found by Sophie Blackall
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1160
Tasks completed: 63
Books read: 88
Pages read: 23031
Goodreads authors: 45
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0
STACIE MITask 20.9 - Whedonite
I did option 2 and read a book by one of my faves:
Who's Up for Some Bonding? by Bill Amend
Points this task: 20
Total points: 1180
Tasks completed: 64
Books read: 89
Pages read: 23159
Goodreads authors: 45
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 25.19Option 2: Show Me The Money - For this option please read a book that has a cover that is either green, gold, and/or silver. The cover should be at least 50% one or more of these colors. )
(most of cover is green) (title is silver)
Under Heaven (Under Heaven #1) (2010) by Guy Gavriel Kay (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 573 pages)
Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2011), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2011), Sunburst Award for Adult (2011),Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010)
**** Goodreads Author **** Guy Gavriel Kay
**** Big Books**** (573 pages) Under Heaven
Option 4: Teacher’s Pet - Choose any book to read that meets the SRC guidelines.)
If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend (2005) by Alison Pace (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 287 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Alison Pace
470 + 25 = 495
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 470 + 25 = 495
Books read: 34
Pages read: 12,708
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+
20.1 Stacy CT'S task: All Things Peru!Option #3 The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
Main character Lucy is a pianist. Learing to play Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 No.1 by Brahms is on my personal bucket list.
20.8 Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option #2 At Risk by Patricia Cornwell*GRA
Risk ends with "k"
25.3 JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option #1 Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
Road Trip is listed on main page.
Option #5
by Lloyd Alexander (orange cover)25.15 Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!
Option A Steak:
by Kiera Cass*GRA(fancy ball gown on cover)
Option C Hot Dogs: There is No DOG by Meg Rosoff
Points this post: 90
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 8
Repost #2090MAI
50.1 - Beth NC's task: Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 9: A book in this list: Best Murder Mysteries of All Time
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Mansion 10: Autobiography of an influential female
If You Ask Me by Betty White
Mansion 12: Book with a rooftop on the cover
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 655
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 52
GR Authors: 4
Alexis10.6 - Black Flag Day
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
The book is set in South Africa.
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 395 points
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Total Big Books (500+): 3
Oma12295.9 – 90 years ago.
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.
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari
Claiming Jennifer Gennari as Goodreads Author
25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
Option 1. Decide to take a road trip: Read a book with the genre "Road Trip" listed on its main page.
Guitar Highway Rose by Brigid Lowry
Option 5. Read a book with a cover that is predominately (at least 50 percent) red, orange, or brown.
by Gabrielle ZevinClaiming Gabrielle Zevin as Goodreads Author
Total Points-1090
Completed Tasks-57
Goodreads Authors-25
Big Books-1
10.3 The Summer of '69This book was published in 2009.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
Jamie Ford is a Goodreads author.
50.1 Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise
Mansion 8: The main character was a religious figure, Brother Cadfael.
The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters.
Mansion 12: This book has a rooftop on the cover. The house is on the lower right above the Ls in the author's last name.
Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
Mansion 14: This book was borrowed from the public library.
Inferno by Dan Brown
Points this post: 60
Total points: 535
Tasks: 26
Books: 37
Goodreads authors: 11
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1
MAI25.19 -- Oma1229's task: School is Out Forever!
Option B: A book with a gold cover
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Option 4: Teacher's Pet - any book meets the SRC guidelines
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell *Goodreads author*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 680
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 54
GR Authors: 5
Peebee5.9 – 90 years ago
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell
The title features the word "lemon."
Karen Russell is a Goodreads author.
10.8 -- Summer Reading
You & Me: A Novel by Padgett Powell
This book was listed in the "Literary Look Ahead" section on the NPR 2012 Summer Reading List.
10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics by Dan Savage
The title contains the word "love," also found in the song title "Prove My Love."
Dan Savage is a Goodreads author.
15.3 - Left and Right
Option 2: One Book, Two Words
How to Kill a Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartolo
"Star" is typed with the left hand only; "Kill" is typed with the right hand only.
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Points this post: 40
Total points: 1205/1350
Goodreads Authors: 2/39
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 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.
Mary, Called Magdalene(★★★★, 25 Aug '13)
The total no. of pages in the book is 630. Also counts for big books.
Points: 20
Total: 120/1350
Tasks: 6 (10.2|20.1|20.3|20.7|20.9|30.8)
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Books: 7
The Lightning Thief|The Children of Men|A Study in Scarlet|The Translator| The Rape of Nanking| The White QueenMary, Called Magdalene
Elizabeth BTask 25.14 -- Amy C's task: The America's Cup
Option 2:The Pirate Hunter(approved at msg#56 of the thread)
Option 3: The Scarlet Letter (first published at 1850)
Task 30.5 - Sandy's task: History with Dialogue
fiction: The Thread and non-fiction:Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950(approved at msg#134 of the thread)
Points this post:55
Total points: 1350
Total tasks:71
Coralie25.19 School is Out Forever
Option A – Where in the World?
Historical Fiction set in England
Smith
Option 4 – Teacher’s Pet
The Light Between Oceans
Total points 1325
Super Elizabeth--- Coralie-- Only a little to go!!!
:-)
REPOST10.9 -- 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.
Single digit= 1
by P.J. White Approved @ line # 113
Points this post: 10
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 34
Books Read: 52
GR Authors: 30
Big books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
REPOST30.10 - BOOK NEWS FEED - I ROLLED A 3 AND A 6
3. Tournament of Books - Arcadia by Lauren Groff which was a finalist.
6. - World Book Night - US 2012 - Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Lauren Groff and Laurie Halse Anderson are both new authors for me.
Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 1085
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 38
BIG BOOKS - 6
25.1 - Coralie - Winter in MelbourneOption 1 - The Teams - 18 letters in title The Forgotten Locket by ***Goodreads Author Lisa Mangum
Option 2 - The Game - Mark intact in author's name I am the Messenger by ***Goodreads Author Markus Zusak
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 400/1350
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 27
GoodReads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Jessica PDX25.7 - Jessica PDX's Task - Author or Title?
Book A:
by Robert CraisBook B:
by Zoë FerrarisPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 770
Alicia T15.8 The Battle of Gettysburg
I read The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. (Story takes place at Gettysburg.)
15.10 No More Homework! I read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 100
Elizabeth BRe-post
Task 25.14 -- Amy C's task: The America's Cup
Option 2:
(approved at msg#56 of the thread)Option 3: The Scarlet Letter (first published at 1850)
Total points: 1350
Total tasks:71
Mod
RANDY12S20.8 – Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings - I read Don't Know Jack by Diane Capri, where "Jack" in the title ends in "K". Diane Capri is a GR Author
20.9 - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
I chose option #2 and read a new book by one of my favorite Authors, Choke Point by Ridley Pearson
20.10 - Group Reads
I made a post in the Group reads discussion thread (#43) for The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
Step 1 - I got an "S" from the random letter generator.
Step 2 - On the roll of the dice I got a "1" (Male Author) and a "2" (Female character name).
Book 1 - I read The King's Deception by Steve Berry. "Steve" begins with "S". GR Author
Book 2 - I read Four to Score by Janet Evanovich. The main female character is "S"tephanie Plum. Janet Evanovich is a GR Author
Points this post = 90
Total points = 275
GR Authors this post = 3
Peebee25.14 The America's Cup
Option 1: Book About Sailing
My Old Man and the Sea by David Hays
This book is about a father and son's sailing voyage around Cape Horn.
Option 2: Sail On Cover
by Sarah VowellThe cover features a sailboat of the type used by the Puritans to come to America.
25.19 School Is Out Forever
Option 3: Woo-Hoo! Field Trip!
by Gary Marcus replacing Sight Reading: A Novel by Daphne Kalotay, moved to 30.9The cover features a guitar.
30.9 - Let's Be Sensible
Option 2
Sight Reading: A Novel by Daphne Kalotay
The title contains the word "sight."
Option 5
The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson
The title contains the word "tongue."
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Points this post: 55
Total points: 1260/1350
Goodreads Authors: 0/39
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
***REPOST #2257***LORI TX
5.4 40 Years Ago
A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
The ring is around the compass thing. Plus I would say the two sides of the infinity sign are hoops.
Points this post = 5
Total points = 220
LORI TX15.10 No More Homework!
Free Read
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Points this post = 15
Total points = 235
Mod
I read Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War - Civil War listed as main page genre.
25.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean Sea
I chose option A and read The Three Musketeers, set primarily in France, a Mediterranean coastal country, and with 656 pages.
Total points: 1275
Readerboard: JENBENT25.15 -- Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!
B. Hamburger - in a series between other books (book #2/7)
A Fountain Filled With Blood: A Mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Julia Spencer-Fleming is a Goodreads Author.
F. Pizza - not a genre I usually read (This is paranormal erotica, two genres I almost never read)
Power Trip by Miranda Baker (ebook only approved in msg 2719)
Miranda Baker is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 25
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 540
Total Goodreads authors: 27
Total Big books: 3
That's it for me this challenge. Thanks to mods & task creators!
Coralie25.10 My Summer Vacation
1. This book is set in France which takes a lot of travelling to get to from here in
Australia.
Ysabel
4. This book is set mostly on a boat.
The Riddle of the Sands
Total points 1350
Mod
Whoohoooo Elizabeth and Coralie!!!!
Task 10.10 -- Blister in the SunRead a book with a word from the album "Blister in the Sun".
#6 "Prove My Love" – 2:39
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (2013) by Adelle Waldman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 242 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Adelle Waldman
495 + 10 = 505
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 495 + 10 = 505
Books read: 35
Pages read: 12,950
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+
Katie M10.8 -- Summer Reading
Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 245 points
Task 20.7 - Something NewNOTE: The book you choose must have 250+ pages.
Option 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you.
Susan Isaacs is a new-to-me author
Any Place I Hang My Hat (2004) by Susan Isaacs(Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 382 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Susan Isaacs
505 + 20 = 525
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 505 + 20 = 525
Books read: 36
Pages read: 13,332
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(1) 1,000+
Chaitra15.8 The Battle of Gettysburg
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini. "Civil War" on the main page. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 15
25.6 Elizabeth B's Task: Off to the Mediterranean Sea
Option B: Book 1 - The Summer of Dead Toys: A Thriller by Antonio Hill. Set in Spain (northern shore of the Mediterranean). My copy had 368 pages.
Book 2 - Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud. Set in Morocco (southern shore of the Mediterranean). My copy had 192 pages.
Both books combined have 560 pages.
Points: 25
25.17 Lindsay IL's Task: Metal!
One book option.
Option 5: Symphonic - Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson. The word Dreams in the title is in Lunatica's album Fables and Dreams (#56 on the list). My copy had 1,276 pages (>750 p). Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 25
**Dust of Dreams is a big book. My copy had 1,276 pages.**
25.19 Oma1229's Task: School is Out Forever!
Option B: Show Me the Money - The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke. Silver cover. Approved in the Help Thread.
Option D: Teacher's Pet - The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls. Book of my choice.
Points: 25
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Points this Post: 90
Total Points: 1055/1350
Big Books: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(4)
Goodreads Author: 27
Tasks Completed: 58/71
Books Claimed: 80/103
Pages Read: 30,033
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Add numbers in current age until you get a single digit. ➜ Read a book that has that number of words in the title.
Single digit= 1
Points this post: 10
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 34
Books Read: 52
GR Authors: 30
Big books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)