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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Christine L.Task # 30.6: Reading Your 123's
I chose option 1:
Fibonacci Sequence - the using the last digit of your birth year, read 2 books whose numeral placement in any series adds up to the last digit of your birth year. Books must be identified as a series on GRs (Series name, #).
My birth year is 1966, so my number is "6"
I read:
Siege and Storm (The Grisha # 2)
and
Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables #4)
Points this task: 30
Total Points to Date - 65
Total Tasks - 3
Goodreads Author - 3
Big Book - 0
Total Books - 5
Emily Bookshelf - Repost of 20010.2 - Live Long and Prosper
Genre Classics
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 10
Post #610.6 -- Black Flag Day
Read a book set in a country that has the color black on its official flag.
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Set in Egypt
Points this post: 10
Total to date: 55
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Author Total: 1
Ems (Ems Reviews Books)5.1 10 Years Ago
I read Wait for You by J. Lynn for this task.
J. Lynn is the pseudonym for Jennifer L. Armentrout.
5.4 - 40 Years Ago
I read
by Sarah M. Eden for this task.The oval shape is in the title of the book.
Points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 25
Tasks Complete: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
Kathy G.25.5 - Bluemoon's task: In the Gardens
***Both of my books were approved in the
help thread***
Option B- Blue and White cover.
by Nancy Werlin***Claiming Goodreads Author***
link to paperback:
Impossible
Option D- Water on the Cover
by James Patterson***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Total Points- 80
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- 0
Angie TX30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and 3.
For roll 1 I read The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley. This is book 3 in the series and Jennifer Ashley is a Goodreads author.
For roll 3 I read Cairo by G. Willow Wilson who is also a GR author.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 4 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Jessica PDX25.3 - JennRenee's Task - Summer Road Trip
I chose one book that satisfied option 2 (first published in August 2012) and option 5 (red cover), longer than 400 pages.
by Lee ChildPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 135
25.14 - THE AMERICA'S CUP - I chose the one book option.OPTION 2 -
which has a sail on the cover and is 532 pages long.
is a big book at 532 pages.TOTAL POINTS - 90
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 4
Delicious Dee25.8 - Karen GHHS's task: Big Sky Country
Option 1 - Dylan - set in the fictional town of Stillwater Springs, Montana
Option 6 - Ironman - set in Spokane, Washington
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 70
GR Authors: 3
Big Books:
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 1 - family genre
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Ayana Mathis is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 65
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Total Big books: 1
5.9 - 90 years agoFruit on the cover
by Lucy Knisley (she's eating an olive)***Lucy Knisley is a GRA
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
GR Author: 3
Big Ticket Books: 0
Katie M15.10 -- No More Homework!
Foxe Hunt by Haley Walsh
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 15 points
25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading GoalsI rolled a 1 and a 3.
For the 1, I read Standing Up: A Memoir of a Funny (Not Always) Life
For 3, I read A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn. THis will be published this summer. This book was recommended to me by GR friend, Lisa Freeman.
points: 55
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 3
pages read: 2333
GR authors: 2
TANYAPT20.8 – Option #2 - Read a book with any word in the title/subtitle that ends with the letter “k”
The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness.
536 pages - Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1)
TANYAPT20.7 – Option 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you.
Breathe, Sarah Crossan
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1)
Angie TX5.9 90 Yrs Ago
Read a book with the name of a fruit or vegtable in the title.
How It Happened in Peach Hill by Marthe Jocelyn. Marthe Jocelyn is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 5 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
25.7 - Jessica PDX's task: Author or Title?Book A:
Book B:
Sarah Allison Addison is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
20.1 All Things PeruI chose option 2, and read a book that had a 3 and a 0 in the total pages. I read One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf (a GoodReads Author). The copy I read has 370 pages.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 45
GoodReads Authors: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
5.3 – 30 years agoIs This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
GR authors: 1
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 1 - Navigating Early - first published January 8, 2013, book had 300+ pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
GR Authors: 3
Big Books:
STEFU15.10 - No More Homework
Say Cheese and Die! by R.L. Stine
This is my freebie
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSEL M's Task: They're creepy and they're kooky
Option 3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
The genres Mystery AND Crime are listed on the main page.
25.15 - Stacie MI's Task: It's Barbeque Time!
Option D. Chicken AND Option F. Pizza
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
This book is 400+ pages and fulfills two options:
Option D - I have been too "Chicken" to read this book for a long time. Mostly, I was intimidated by the "biblical" style of it. (I was right to be intimidated, because it was a difficult book to get through!).
Option F - This was an unconventional book for me because I don't read much High Fantasy. Most of the books I read are Horror or Science Fiction.
Points This Post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Cindy FTask 5.4 40 Years Ago
I read
by Jacqueline Winspear Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!Circle on cover is the pipe on the ship, approved in help thread!
Points this post:5
Total points:30
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.1 Name DroppingOption 3 (graphic novel): Torso by Brian Michael Bendis.
Option 4 (a book by an author I'd love to meet): Damned by Chuck Palahniuk.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 975
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Ana30.2 Behind the Name
I used Julie as the start name.
1.
by Julius Lester2.
by Julie Kagawa.She is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 30
Total Points 60
Tasks Completed 2
Books Read 4
Total Pages 1109
GoodReads Author 2
Big Books 0
20.10 Group ReadsThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Post #2 in Discussion Thread.
Points in This Task: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 443
Totals:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 443
Review Available.
Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews
* Tried to get Ticker to publish, but it won't.
BucketTask 20.3: The Blank Blank
I read The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: -
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) - (3) -
Emily Bookshelf20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3 - New author
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 30
5.8 80 Years AgoA Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters It includes stories by multiple authors
20.10 Group Read
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. I recorded some thoughts on this in comment 12.
Today's total: 25
Grand total: 175
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s - Option 2: Prime Number.I read The Keys of Hell by Jack Higgins. It has 272 pages, which are all prime numbers.
For the second book I read Dark Winter by Andy McNab which has 496 pages, which are all non-prime.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2710
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.3 – Left and RightOption 2- Read ONE book with a left-hand word (option A) AND a right-hand word (option B) in the title or subtitle:
Left: After and Right: Look
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
+15 Points
Grand Total: 70
Mod
5.5 – 50 years ago. Blue on Blue
color white in title: The White Bird Passes by Jessie Kesson
10.5 -- The Tortoise and the Hare
slow in title: Slow Kill by Michael McGarrity
15.7 - 11/11
Tout Sweet: Hanging Up My High Heels for a New Life in France by Karen Wheeler
EE in title swEEt, subtitle hEEls, author's name whEEler
total = 120
Katie M10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
Song Title: Add it Up
Bottled Up by Andrew Grey
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 25 points
10.10 -- Blister in the SunI read Wanted by Her Lost Love by Maya Banks. Song #6 on album is "Prove My Love".
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
2. Romance on home page- I read Down to You by M. Leighton * GR Author.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Fits option 1 & 3- published in 2013 and new author for me- I read Tangled by Emma Chase * GR Author
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Endings- I read Rock and a Hard Place by Jane Davitt *GR Author. Ebook approved in message #2492 of thread. 'Rock' in title ends in letter 'k'.
Points this post- 70
Total Points- 70
GR Authors- 3
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…Option 3: Pugsley - Mystery
Deux fois n'est pas coutume by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 40 points
// GR Authors: 2
Sheila10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley10.9 -- Add It Up
My single digit was 8
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. BeatonTotal Points = 170
TANYAPT20.4 Option #2 – choosing initials from "Kristi Passion for the Page"
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan
Initials: RS (new to me author)
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1)
I completed:5.2 20 years ago
by reading:
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones. The number is "Fourth".
Darynda Jones is a GR Author.
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 15
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
GR Authors:1
JOLIE20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: A book with a title word that ends with K
Camelback Falls by Jon Talton
Points this post: 20
Completed tasks: 3
Total points: 45
Book Books: 0
Goodreads Authors: 0
Ana25.2 Trivial Pursuit
Option 1
by Gayle Forman. The book is set in Oregon. I live in Oregon.Option 4
by Meg Cabot. It is a Mystery.She is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 25
Total Points 85
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read 6
Total Pages 1649
GoodReads Author 3
Big Books 0
15.7 - 11/11 I read Purple Passion by Sindra van Yssel *GR Author. There is an 'SS' in Passion and an 'SS' in Yssel. Ebook approved in message #2495.
Points this post- 15
Total Points- 85
GR Authors- 4
LAUREL CA15.5 Task: Tour de France
The setting must be in France or other French territories.
I read Spirit of Lost Angels
She is a Goodreads author.
There are only 2 editions listed on GR.
There is the Kindle edition, which I read and the paperback, which has 378 pages
The entire book is set in France, during the time of the French Revolution.
15 points
I have 0 points since this is my very first post, ever!
Task completed: 1
Number of books read: 1Spirit of Lost AngelsLiza Perrat
25.20 - READING GOALS - I rolled Snake Eyes (Double 1's) - TWO NON-FICTION BOOKSBOOK 1 - Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.
BOOK 2 - If You Ask Me.
TOTAL POINTS - 115
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 4
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…opt. 2) Morticia Addams - romance
Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn
Cherrie Lynn is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
FANDURY20.5 - Bigger is Better - 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.
The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green
The word from the pontoon song is "black" found in the line: Try to keep it steady as you recline on your black intertube
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123s1. Fibonacci Sequence:
Read 2 books whose numeral placement in any series adds up to the last digit of your birth year.
by Rachel Caine (Outcast Season #2) 
by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan #3) 545 pages
Birth Year: 1985
2+3=5
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
JENNA S20.1 - Most improved player - Stacy CT's task: All things Peru
Option 2
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
This book has 430 pages, so 3 and 0 are both present.
20.6 - Seasoned reader - CASSELM's task: They're creepy and they're kooky
Option 2
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Romance is listed as a genre.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 – 10 years agoJungleland: A True Story of Adventure, Obsession, and the Deadly Search for the Lost White City by Christopher S. Stewart
5.3 – 30 years ago
Fodor's Guide to The Da Vinci Code: On the Trail of the Bestselling Novel by Jennifer Paull
The words 'to' and 'the' as well as 'the' and 'trail' start with the letter T.
Approved in post #9 of the Task Help thread.
5.4 – 40 years ago
Beside the Sea
by Véronique OlmiThe circle around the pails and and sand on beach like windows.
Approved in post #2 and #114 in the Task help thread.
5.10 – 100 years ago
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Amy Kathleen Ryan has same first name as Amy Morton (nominated for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?')
Approved in post #16 of task Help thread.
Christopher S. Stewart and Amy Kathleen Ryan are both Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 150
10.4 -- The Sunshine StatePrivate by James Patterson
Book takes place in Los Angeles, California
James Patterson is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 160
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Task # 30.3 Shelia/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option R- a book recommended to you
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro Recommended via book news feed, option 4 current and past book club suggestions
Option A. a book acquired from a friend
Dark Tide: A Novel by Elizabeth Haynes
Given to me to review for The Mystery Reader website