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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Emily Bookshelf20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 1 - inspired by the Snow Queen
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu, who is a GRA
Children's book > 300 pages
Goodread Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 50
Jessica PDX20.8 - Sue Q's Task - Beginnings and Endings
Option 2 - "Fork" ends in k.
by Bee WilsonPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Katie M5.1 -- 10 Years Ago
Ultramarine: Rewriting History 2 by E.M. Lynley
Approved in Msg. 2498
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 30 points
Task #5.4: 40 Years Ago (Music History)Read a book with a hoop or ring on the cover of the book.
Book:
by Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads author)There is a red ring around the word verity
Task #15.4: Get to the Finish Line
Option 2 - Tortoise: Read one book with at least 400 pages
Book: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin (Goodreads author)
This book has 424 pages.
Today's Points: 20
Cumulative Points: 40
Today's GR Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 5
20.8 Beginnings and EndingsOption 2: How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton, a Goodreads Author. "Think" ends with the letter K.
20.9 Whedonite
Option 1: Lost Girls by Alan Moore. The protagonists of this tale are Wendy, Dorothy, and Alice-- lifted from Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, and Alice in Wonderland, respectively.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1455
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
TANYAPT15.4 - Option #2 (1 book with 400+ pages)
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness (603 pages)
*** Big Book Ticket ***
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2)
Cindy FTask 25.3 Summer Road Trip
I read
by David Nicholls1 Book Option Option 2 Number in title "ONE"
Option 5 Orange Cover
>400 pages
Approved in help thread message 16
Points this post:25
Total points:55
Books read:4
Tasks completed:4
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 20.5 - Motorcycles and pontoon boats
Option B (word used = LET'S): Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Challenge total = 45
Ems (Ems Reviews Books)*Deleted due to error*
20.2 - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations - option 1.I read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. It has "family" listed on the main page.
**Garth Stein is a Goodreads author**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages read: 3031
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jennifer KS30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
L - Luscious Lemonade- Read a book with a beverage on the cover.
I read
by Tori CarringtonX-- X marks the spot.
I read
by Karen White. When the weather is nice I like sitting out in the morning and evening reading. This chair under the shade tree is perfect for that.Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1137
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Emily Bookshelf20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Option 2 - genre erotica
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 70
Delicious Dee10.4 -- The Sunshine State
Hidden Embers - set in New Mexico - outside Las Cruces
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 100
GR Authors: 3
Big Books:
Mel15.4 Get to the Finish Line
Option 2. Tortoise-Read 1 book at least 400 pages
Reached by Ally Condie
This book has 512 pages.
I pre-read less than 50% of this book prior to the challenge.
Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author
Claiming 1 big book ticket (500+pages)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1);750+(0);1000+(0)
10.1 The Black Tortoise and Snake
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters.15.7 11/11
This book has "oo" in the words "book" and "cookbook".
The Book Club Cookbook: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club's FavoriteBooks and Authors by Judy Gelman
Judy Gelman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0
BEKKA - 25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 EditionOption 1: For this task I read “Unearthly”
by Cynthia Hand, since its set in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which is in the same region where I live, in Eastern Idaho. Option 4: For this task, I read “Immortal City”
by Scott Speer, since it has “Mystery” listed as its genre on its main Goodreads page. Also, since Cynthia Hand is a Goodreads Author, I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 55
Pages Read this Challenge: 803
Total Pages Read to Date: 1448
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Sheila10.5 -- The Tortoise and the Hare
Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron10.8 -- Summer Reading
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 3: Bucket List - I have visiting exotic places on my bucket list. This book is set in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon and Cambodia which sound pretty exotic to me.
The Map of Lost Memories by Kim FayTotal Points = 210
I figured I at least needed to get on the board.Readerboard Name: Barbara★
5.3 –- 30 years ago - Lion's Heat - Lora Leigh (L-L in Lora Leigh) 6/7
5.10 –- 100 years ago - A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin 6/13
(Best Performance by an Actress in a featured role in a musical - Andrea Martin - Pippin)
***Claiming Big Book Ticket- 1060 pages***
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 10
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (1)
15.2 - Good Luck CharmsOption 1: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald published 1925
Option 2: Doll Bones by Holly Black added to my shelf April 16, 2013
***Claiming 1 Goodreads Author(HB)***
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.10 - 100 Years AgoTheodore Boone: The Activist by John Grisham John Shivers for Best Sound Design of a Musical (and he won)
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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5.5 50 Years Ago:A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald The MS color is Purple.
10.2 Live Long and Prosper:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Today's total: 15
Grand Total: 190
Task 25.15 - Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Using One 400+ page book that covers two options. This book has 529 pages.
Option D: Chicken. I've been 'chicken' to read this as the films are long and boring (to me!) and I didn't think I'd enjoy the book
Option F: Pizza. Sci Fi Fiction is an unconventional genre for me
*Claiming 500+ big book ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 529
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Joanna T15.6 As Seen on TV
Moneyball : The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
Seen on the Daily Show.
30.7 Scattergories SRC Style
Letter: B
Die rolls: 3, 4
Putting Food By by Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan, and Janet Greene
This book has 495 pages, so qualifies for the one book option -- "by" in the title, "beatrice" in female author's name.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 80
Total GRA: 1 (none this post)
Total BB: 1 (none this post)
15.9 - Mountains to Climb - book with "river" or "mountain" in titleShelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Bamaace83 - Family Vacations by
Option 2-family, vacation or reunion in title
The Spia Family Presses OnMary Leo
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 40/1350
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!
Option 2 - 3 & 0 in # of pages
Deadly Beloved by Max Allan Collins
203 pages
Max Allan Collins is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 85
Total Goodreads authors: 3
Total Big books: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.6 Elizabeth B's task: Off to the Mediterranean Sea
Option B two books set in countries set on the Mediterranean Sea
Book 1 set in Albania The General of the Dead Army by Ismail Kadaré (256 pages)
Book 2 set in Turkey The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay(296 pages)
Points this post: 25
Total points:140
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!Option 2: a book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages
Rogue Island by *Bruce DeSilva = 304 Pages
*Bruce DeSilva is a GR Author.
Points in This Task: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 304
Totals:
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 747
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews
Michael LA
15.9: Mountains to Climb
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
GR Authors:
Big Books:
15.9: Mountains to Climb
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
GR Authors:
Big Books:
30.6 - Ty's task: Reading Your 123sCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins (#2 in series)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (#3 in series)
Born in 1985 - 2+3 = 5
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.4 Bookin around the BasesOption 1: Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood by Binjamin Wilkomirski I read it while watching Yankees games
Option 2: Unwind by Neal Shusterman goodreads' author
Total points: 25
30.3- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.The Ask and the Answer (R- recommended to me by Dystopian book lists)
*The Ask and the Answer is over 500 pages
Rise of a Hero by Hilari Bell (A- acquired this from the library)
*Hilari Bell is a Goodreads author
*Rise of a Hero is over 500 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
Pages: 386
Option 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you.The book you choose must have 250+ pages.
Points this post:20
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
Pages: 386
Option 3. Read a book written by an author who is new to you.The book you choose must have 250+ pages.
Points this post:20
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road TripThe Knife of Never Letting Go (#2- published in July)
Monsters of Men (#5-red/orange cover)*Monsters of Men is over 500 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
10.8 Summer ReadingFrom the literary look ahead section:
You & Me: A Novel by Padgett Powell
10.9 Add it Up
My age adds up to 5
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore
25.6 Off to the Mediterranean Sea
Option A: Over 500 pages, set in France
Paris: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
***At 809 pages, this is a big book***
30.5 History with Dialogue
Book 1: Genre "Historical Fiction" on the book's main page
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
Book 2: Non-fiction book relating to book 1 (both books deal with Elizabeth I of England)
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey
***Philippa Gregory is a GR Author***
30.6 Reading Your 123s
Option 3: Author and pseudonym
Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
Twilight Eyes by Leigh Nichols (aka Dean Koontz)-approved in message 25 of HT
Post Total: 105
Season Total: 105
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things WeddingB) White Wedding: Read a book with a cover that is predominantly (more than 50%) white.
by Shanna Swendson (Goodreads Author)E) With This Ring: Read a book with the word "ring" found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
by Bernice L. McFadden (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 5
Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
JOLIE10.9 Add it Up
I'm 43, so 4+3=7. My book title with seven words is
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Coralie10.4 The Sunshine State
book set in Queensland
Hunting the Wild Pineapple
20.5 Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B word from lyrics in title – blue
Blue Sunflower Startle
20.7 Something New
Option 3 – a book written by an author who is new to me
Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was by Barry Hughart 278 pages
Total points 235
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank BlankThe Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Kathy G.15.5- Tour de France
Read a book by a French author
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
link to paperback:
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Total Points- 95
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- 0
10.2 - Live Long and ProsperExcellent Women
10.8 - Summer Reading
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
30.8 - Peebee’s Task: A Summer Visit to the National Zoo
Option 1 -
- approved in task help thread msg #73 (the adult is carrying a pink backpack on his back) - about 80% of the book is set in IndonesiaOption 4 (eating in title) - Shark's Fin And Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China - the author eats her way around China
Total books read: 9
Points in this post: 50
Big book tickets: 0
Total points accumulated: 100/1350
Delicious Dee15.1 - A Machiavellian Task
Option 2 - The Prince of Midnight- Laura Kinsale (GR Author)(Big Book 500+ pages, copy was 521 pages)
Option 5 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - 219k+ ratings
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500 + (1)
5.2 – 20 years ago. The Third Option by Vince Flynn GR Author
10.8 -- Summer Reading
The Stonecutter by Camilla Läckberg 565 pages
Total points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1)
BABBLING C -- post 29825.9 -- Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile Version -- Choose two movies and read a book each.
5. The Spectacular Now: Read a book tagged both "Young Adult" and "Romance" on the main page.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (338 pgs.) -- tagged as both Young Adult and Romance
*** Tahereh Mafi is a GRA ***
6. The Grandmaster: Read a book set in China (at least half the book needs to be set there).
The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin (280 pages) -- set in China during the Tang Dynasty
*** Jeannie Lin is a GRA ***
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,369
Books read this season: 4
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and EndingsOption 1: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
M. L. Stedman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
GR authors: 2
Angie TX5.2 20 Years Ago
Read a book with a number in the title
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James. E.L. James is a GR author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
GR Authors: 6 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Nick KY25.3 JennRenee's Summer Road Trip
Option 4. Fill up with gas. I read a book whose author's initials are found in GAS, Pastoralia by George Saunders.
Option 6. Get in your car and go! I read a book with the author's last name of "Ford": The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford.
25.7 Jessica PDX's Author or Title?
Book A. Author's name is in larger letters than the title: My choice is approved in the help thread, messages 2 and 22. I read
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry.Book B. Author's name is in smaller letters than the title. I read
On SF by Thomas M. Disch.Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 170
JeniferTask 20.1 All Things Peru
option 2: read a book with 3 and 0 in total page number
Awkward by Marni Bates (300 pages)
*Marni Bates is a Goodreads author*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
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Option 4: book with the genre Self-Help on its main book page
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
'Self-help' listed as #6 genre on main page.
Option 5: Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on its main book page
Room by Emma Donoghue
This book has 211 149 ratings (as of June 13, 2013)
15.10 - No More Homework!
Burned Alive: A Victim of the Law of Men by Souad
Gretchen Rubin and Emma Donoghue are both Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 190