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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
10.6 - Black Flag DayA book set in Botswana, which has the colour black on its flag:
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
by Alexander McCall Smith **Goodreads Author**
Total Points 20
Emmalita15.5 Tour de France
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
This book takes place in France and is by a French author
Les Miserables is a big book with 959 pages; claiming ticket
20.6 Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…
Joyland by Stephen King
Option 3: Has Mystery genre on its main page
This post: 35
Total points to date: 85
Goodread authors: 2
Big book tickets: 4
Total tasks completed: 4
5.4 -- 40 Years Ago Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
(wheel on cover)Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.3 The Blank BlankThe Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
Reading Your 123s
1) Fibonacci Sequence: The last digit of my birth year is 5.
Guilt by Association (Rachel Knight #1) by Marcia Clark and
Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett #4) by C.J. Box
Vincent Lam and Marcia Clark are both GR Authors
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 50
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.3 - SUMMER ROAD TRIPI chose the one book option and read Tamed by a Laird.
OPTION 2 - First published June 2009
OPTION 4 - Initials in GAS
Book is 432 pages long.
TOTAL POINTS - 225
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 5
BIG BOOKS - 5
Jayme VA25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 Edition
Option 4: Arts & Literature: Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin has mystery on its main page.
Option 5: Science & Nature:
by Ariel DjanikianAriel Djanikian is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 100
GR Authors: Emma Straub, Kiera Cass, Ariel Djanikian
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleRandom Letter = O
Two dice = 3,4
One book option: Angle of Repose* by Wallace Stegner
569 pg, 3) Word with O = of, 4) Male Character with O = Oliver Ward
*Big Book Ticket 500+ pages*
Total Points = 30
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleMy random letter was H. I read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I rolled a 4 and a 5
4: Female Author: Hilary
5: Male Character: Henry VIII
I choose the one book option - the book is over 450 pages at 650 pages
CLAIMING ONE 500+ BIG BOOK TICKET (650 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Big Books: 500+ (1)
15.2 - Good Luck CharmsOption 2 - Read a book you added to your To-Read shelf or that you purchased between January 1, 2013 and May 17, 2013.
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine - *** - 6/19/2013 - Added February 26, 2013
Option 3 - Borrow a Goodreads friend's happiness and read a book that he or she has read and rated 4 or 5 stars.
Required: Please name the Goodreads friend when you post.
Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane - ***** - 6/4/2013 - Jeann
Delicious Dee20.8 – It’s My Birthday! - Sue Q's task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2 Crank - Ellen Hopkins (GR Author)(Big Book Ticket 500+ pages, 537 pages)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500 + (3)
TANYAPT20.6 - Option #3 - read a book with the genre Mystery or Crime or True Crime on its main page.
Snow White Must Die, Nele Neuhaus
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2)
KarenKnits20.2 - Family Vacations
Option 2: word "family" in title
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
30.1 - Name Dropping
rolled a 2 and a 6
Option 2: genre Time Travel
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Option 6: English author
Tono-Bungay by H.G. Wells
30.7 - Scattergories SRC Style
Drew an H, and rolled a 1 and a 3
Option 1: Dispatches by Michael Herr
Option 3: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
this post: 80
challenge: 125
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Stacy CT's task: All Things Peru!Option #2 - Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione
# of pages 380 (3 and 0)
GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B. Spending time on the pontoon boat - word "like"
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
*This is the first book I have read by her - but became hooked on her series*
GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
Double 1 rolled
1. Adam Baldwin and Jewel Staite:
Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter #2 in series
and:
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole #4 in series
GOODREADS AUTHORS X 2
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
Rolled letter D
Rolled #1 (Male author) and #3 (word in title)
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
BIG BOOK
Points this post: 120
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Coralie10.2 Live Long and Prosper
Book with the genre ‘Classics”
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
10.7 Blown Away
Atlantic hurricane season name Tanya
The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff
Read in A Confederation of Valor
15.3 Left and Right
Option 2 – 1 book, left hand word STREET, right hand word HILL
The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters Between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill 1952-73
Total points 270
20.9 WhedoniteOption 2: I read a book by one of my favorite authors.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult.
Jodi Picoult is a Goodreads author.
25.17 Metal
Option 3: This book has the word "horror" as a genre on the Goodreads main page. Since it is 849 pages, it qualifies for the "one book" option.
11/22/63 by Stephen King.
Big Book Tickets: This book is 849 pages long.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 70
Tasks: 4
Books: 4
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
10.8 -- Summer ReadingGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
GR authors: 3
JOLIE20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3: Author who is new to me.
Rococo byAdriana Trigiani
Claiming Goodreads Author for this post for Adriana Trigiani
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors (total): 3
Big Books: 0
Laurie ME5.3: 30 Years Ago:
The Maine Massacre by Janwillem Van de Wetering
5.4: 40 Years Ago Today: the yarn hangman's noose.
Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger..
..Mary Kruger is a GRA.5.6: 60 Years Ago Today:
After Dark by Beverly Barton
10.5: The Tortoise and The Hare: Fast!
Knit Fast, Die Young: A Knitting Mystery by Mary Kruger. Mary Kruger is a GRA.
20.4: Author! Author!: Ann A's Task: Initial Fun. LaUrie me.
Die for You by Lisa Unger
30.9: Andy P's Task: Let's Be Sensible:
1. Sense: Uncommon Sense by M. Margaret Neil
2. Sight: Sight Unseen by Kathy Clark. Kathy Clark is a GRA.
Points This Post: 75.
Total Points: 75.
3 GRA this post.
Task #10.4 -- The Sunshine State
Legend by Marie Lu
This book takes place in California.
Marie Lu is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 35 points
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Legend by Marie Lu
This book takes place in California.
Marie Lu is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 35 points
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Sheila10.4 -- The Sunshine State
When The Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellermanset in California
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 2: (favorite author)
NYPD Red by James PattersonTotal Points = 285
Meera25.20 -- Sarah the Librarian's task: Reading Goals
I rolled 1 and 6.
1: Nonfiction -
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
6: Series-ly -
Easy Prey by John Sandford This is #11 in series.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 40
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1)
Reposting to claim Big Ticket10.8 -- Summer Reading
The Stonecutter by Camilla Läckberg 565 pages Big Book
Total points: 40
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1)
Nick KY20.3 The Blank Blank I read
The Cobra Event by Richard Preston. (3 word title begins with “The.”)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 260
STACIE MITask 20.2 - Family Vacations:
I did option 2 and read a book with "Reunion" in the title:
Reunion by Meg Cabot
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1325
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.5 — The Tortoise and the HareStupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
+10 Points
20.1 – Most Improved Player – Stacy CT’s task: All Things Peru!
2. Read a book by an author who turns 30 this year (born in 1983) OR a book that has a 3 AND a 0 in the total number of pages:
304 pages:
We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
+20 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 110
Kathy G.10.4- The Sunshine State
***Set in Florida***
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
link to paperback:
Hoot
Total Points- 150
Total Tasks- 9
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- 0
STACIE MITask 10.3 - The Summer of '69
I read a book that was first published in December of 2009:
The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey
**Mike Carey is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1493
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.1- Ms Anderson - Name DroppingI rolled a 4 and a 1
4: Book by Author I would love to meet: Bossypants by Tina Fey - I'd like to know if she really is as funny as she seeems
1: Next book in a series I like: Deadly Valentine by Carolyn G. Hart
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70/1350
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Delicious Dee5.1 – 10 years ago.
A Sticky Wicket in Bollywood- T.A. Chase (GR Author) - ebook only, approved in msg 2506 of the verification thread
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 235
GR Authors: 11
Big Books: 500 + (3)
Andy P.Task # 10.5 The Tortoise and the Hare
Read a book with the word "slow" or "fast" in the title. Slow Kill by Michael McGarrity
Points this post= 10
Total points= 210
Task 5.4 - 40 years ago
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming
There are circles in the metal of the open gates of the cemetery.
Challenge total = 100
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleRandom letter: N
Rolled 5 & 6 - Male Character Name & Word in Series Name.
I read Deep Black by Andy McNab. The series name is Nick Stone, and the male character in the novel is Nick Stone. It has been approved here. As it is 512 pages, it satisfies the 1 book option.
**Deep Black is a big book at 512pgs**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3797
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 25.2 - Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 edition
Option 4 Arts & Literature (mystery genre): Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
Option 6 Sports & Leisure (pies on the cover): World of Pies by Karen Stolz
Challenge total = 125
Bec wrote: "30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleRandom letter: N
Rolled 5 & 6 - Male Character Name & Word in Series Name.
I read Deep Black by Andy McNab. The series name is Nick Stone, an..."
Congrats on the points. I have a few tasks that are half completed-1 book read out of 2, working on the second group of books. Hope to add some tasks soon!
Bec wrote: "30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC StyleRandom letter: N
Rolled 5 & 6 - Male Character Name & Word in Series Name.
I read Deep Black by Andy McNab. The series name is Nick Stone, an..."
Congrats on the points. I have a few tasks that are half completed-1 book read out of 2, working on the second group of books. Hope to add some tasks soon!
15.5 - Tour de FranceRaiders of the Lost Corset by Ellen Byerrum (Goodreads author)
Half of the book takes place in France
20.10 Group Reads
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - Audio version
Comment made in message #17
The Big Sleep - Paperback version
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.
Option A: Wicked City by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Goodreads author)
Aquired book from the library.
Option X: Secrets of the Lost Summer by Carla Neggers (Goodreads author)
Love to read a book out by a lake!
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
Option C: Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent (Goodreads author)
Woman on the cover is wearing a black dress.
Option D: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Book was published in March of 2013.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Scattergories SRC Style
One Book Option: Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison (Goodreads author)
I drew an H, and rolled a 4 and 6. Female author's last name begins with H, and the series title has a word that starts with an H.
BIG BOOK TICKET - 501 Pages
Total Points This Post: 125
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 5
Grand Total Points: 155/1350
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
STACIE MITask 15.7 - 11/11
I read:
Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
There is LL in the title and in the author's first name.
**Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads author!!**
**At 665 pages, Fallout qualifies as a Big Book!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Pages read: 2158
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CHRISTINE L.20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Pigletto's task: Whedonite
Option 2: Read a book by a favorite author:
Siege and Storm
Leigh Bardugo is a Goodreads Author
Points this task: 20
Total Points to Date - 60
Total Tasks - 4
Goodreads Author - 3
Big Book - 0
Total Books - 5
Angie TX5.3 30 Yrs Ago
Read a book that has an author whose first and last names begin with the same initial.
The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective. by Andy Andrews. Andy Andrews is a GR author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 7 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Mod
I read Life After Life: A Novel - "after" is a subordinating conjunction.
10.10 -- Blister in the Sun
I read Babylon by Bus: Or, the true story of two friends who gave up their valuable franchise selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Fenway to find meaning and adventure in Iraq, where theybecame employed by the Occupation in jobs for which they lacked qualificatio....
The word "bus" is in the song title "Waiting for the Bus."
25.17 -- Lindsey IL’s Task: Metal!
I chose option 2, and read one nonfiction book with "religion" listed as a genre, with more than 750 pages.
Arguably: Selected Essays, 816 pages.
Total points: 200
Coralie25.7 Author or Title?
Book A font of author’s name larger than title
Book B font of title larger than author’s name
Total points 295
Michael LA
5.4: 40 Years Ago
by Patrick Süskind
The circles are in the handles of the scissors.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
5.4: 40 Years Ago
by Patrick SüskindThe circles are in the handles of the scissors.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
25.2 - JenBent's task: Trivial Pursuit - Summer of '94 EditionOption 4: Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
Option 6:
Claiming Big Book Ticket: The Winter Sea is 527 pages long. Also, Susanna Kearsley is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500- 2, 750, 1000 pages
Laurie ME20.4: Author! Author! Ann A's Task: Initial Fun.
Lisa Unger - LaUrie me - Lisa Unger is a new to me author.
Die for You by Lisa Unger
Points this Post: 20.
Total Points: 75.
CHRISTINE L20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
I am using Kristi Passion for the PaGE's readerboard name to get the GE in George Eliot
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
Middlemarch is a Big Book of more than 750 pages, and is therefore eligible for 2 Big Book tickets.
Points this task: 20
Total Points to Date - 80
Total Tasks - 5
Goodreads Author - 3
Big Book - 2
Total Books - 6
20.4 Initial FunOption 2: KRISTI PASSION FOR THE PAGE
In Fashion: From Runway to Retail, Everything You Need to Know to Break Into the Fashion Industry by Annemarie Iverson.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 1791
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Angie TX20.3 Nick KY's Task: The Blank Bank
Read a book that has a three word title, the first word of which is "The".
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. Donalyn Miller is a GR author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 8 (Including this post)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Task 20.8 – Beginnings and EndingsOption 2: Endings
Read a book with any word in the title/subtitle that ends with the letter “k”.
Book
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (2013) edited by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) and Terri Windling (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 352 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Both of the editors, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, are goodreads authors; I’m claiming one ticket for this book
65 + 20 = 85
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 65 + 20 = 85
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1,901
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen (GR Author)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 210
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500 + (2)