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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Emsreviewsbooks20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 1: I read The Morning Star by Robin Bridges. A plot to assassinate the tsar is central to the entire trilogy, but mostly this book.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 7
*will repost Calamity once I have approval*
Mary P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option C: Read a book with a food item in the title/subtitle.
Wild Raspberries by Connie Chappell
Points this task: 20
Total points: 105
Jonquil15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2
A) 4 words in TITLE magnolias moonlight and murder
B) author whose name is 4 OR 6 letters in every part Sara (4) Rosett (6)
Magnolias, Moonlight, and Murder
Sara Rosett
Hardcover, 288 pages 6/8
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Books posted: 25
Tasks complete: 22
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 6532
Jonquil15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Option 2
A) "blood" intact in title: True of Blood
B) author name contains A B O: BO nnie l A mer
True of Blood
Bonnie Lamer
Paperback, 234 pages 6/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Books posted: 26
Tasks complete: 24
Pages this post: 234
Total pages as of this post: 6766
Emsreviewsbooks25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: I read Wicked in Your ARMS by Sophie Jordan.
Book 2: I read Get It!: A Beauty, Style, and Wellness Guide to Getting Your “It” Together by Jacqueline Laurita and Jene Luciani.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 8
Post #420.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages (a page for each minute of the series).
Blood Ties 373 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points:50
Books read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
DAWN705.3 - Action!
True Grit by Charles Portis
Read MP genre "Adventure"
Tagged "Adventure" x 132
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5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Southern Pleasure by Kaylee Ryan
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
The word "pleasure" is on your abstract noun list under 'Showing Emotions or Feelings'.
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5.9 - Summer Reading
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Read book found on first 5 pages of 'Popular Summer Reading List Books'.
Found on page one.
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10.3 - Time for Vacation
The Ex by Alafair Burke
Read a book set at least 50% in Top 25 Vacation Destinations.
Set in New York City (#6 on the list).
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10.8 - Happy Birthday
Thursday's Children: A Frieda Klein Mystery by Nicci French
Read the 4th book in a series.
#4 Frieda Klein mystery series
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15.7 - See the Light
Eleven Days: An Unexpected Love by Lora Lindy
Read a book with a lighthouse on the cover.
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This Post: 50 points
Total to Date: 50 points
Creynard10.2. Bobble heads
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman
Set on a terraformed planet somewhere in the galaxy.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
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Tasks completed: 12
Pages read: 5,706
Nick KYI am going to make a substitution.
I am going to move Ocean of Sound by David Toop from 5.5 Abstract Design.
In its place I will put the book I just read, Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell, with an abstract cover:
There is no change in score for this substitution.
Total Points So Far: 115
Nick KY25.2 Perle Two’s Beach Music
Book 1. First letter of all title words in SWINGING MEDALLIONS (one word title is acceptable). I read Macbeth by William Shakespeare: swinging Medallions.
Book 2. “Music” as a GR genre. I read Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds by David Toop.
and
25.7 SpiderMac’s Get Your Run On – Opt 1 - Master the Art of Swimming: Raising Your Performance with the Alexander TechniqueMaster the Art of Swimming by Steven Shaw, a swimmer on the cover:
Opt 5 – biography of an athlete – Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong by Juliet Macur. (I listened to the audio version.)
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 165
LAVENDER10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre.
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Cindy FTask 10.5 It's Hurricane Season
Authors name matches 2016 Hurricane name: "Lisa"
I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Points this post:10
Total points:45
Tasks completed:3
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Shiraloo20.1 -- Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
REQUIRED: LIFE = Li -- Lithium; Fe -- Iron
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 125
BBT: 1
GO: 0
5.4 - In the ShadowsRead Night by Elie Wiesel. This fits all the criteria, as it is a memoir by a Jewish author about his experience as a young teen in a Nazi concentration camp.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D: author's first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES.: Read The Reluctant Psychic by Suzan Saxman. S and S are in 'Strawberries' twice.
Points these task: 25
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Jaclyn TX5.2 - Cubism
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #6 in a series.
Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper
Identified on Goodreads as #3 in the Jane Jameson series
5.3 - Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige
Main page genre of Adventure (25 users)
This post: 10
Total points: 15
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!Read a book by an alumnus of UAE's MA in Creative Writing.
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 155
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 4
HINA20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged -
Book 1: The Real Rio D'Aquila by Sandra Marton.
Word is Real.
Re - Rhenium
Al - Aluminium
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out -
Option 2: Smiley by Laurann Dohner.
GR friend: Dee rated it 5 Stars.
Option 4: Too Close for Comfort by Heidi Rice.
Setting in California.
Current post:
Points: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 215
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
trishhartuk30.1 Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: I will be spending a lot of time with my sister. So for this option, read a book with the word “sister” found intact in the TITLE (subtitles do not count).
The Case of the Sin City Sister, Lynne Hinton
About a nun (sister) looking for her biological sister in Las Vegas.
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition here
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds
mountain mARathon
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition here
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Total BB tickets: 2 [1,000+ x 0 (0 tickets); 750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 0 (0 tickets)]
loafer20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
found on page 1 of list
points: 20
total: 75
BB: 0
GO: 2
tasks completed: 5
SCHATZIE5.9: Summer Reading
--given list
I'm moving the book I originally used for this task and replacing it with:
Lolita
-this book is found on page 1 of the given list
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15.8: Commencement
---New Adult genre
A Court of Thorns and Roses
-approved in msg 15 of help thread
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25.10: M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Opt. 3: dystopia genre
Unwind
-approved in msg 40 of the help thread
Opt. 4: character struggling with mental illness
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-This book has a lot of characters dealing with mental illness
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Post Total: 40
Challenge Total: 530
Mod
10.8. Happy Birthday
#4, A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
15.7 - See the Light
lighthouse on the cover- in the center of the broken glass
The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith
Island =
I Iodine
S Sulfer
La Lanthanum
Nd Neodymium
total = 130
Delicious Dee25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1 - Dancing in the Duke's Arms - ARMS
Book 2 - Gena/Finn - written by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 200
Reader Name: Daphne5.9 - Summer Reading
1st 5 pages of Popular Summer Reading List
Unwind Page 5
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 160
Task 15.1 – Read Your Passion - Rio 2016Book 1 – Set in South America
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
Set in an unnamed South American country, that is apparently Columbia
Approved in HELP THREAD
Book 2 – SPORTS on main page
Playing for Pizza
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name that ENDS in O. I read: 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino.
Task #20.7 - The Queen of Crime
Option 1 - Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia. I read Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay from page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 35
Total points so far: 130
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 4. Slade House by David Mitchell
Horror genre
Total Points = 20
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeOPTION 2:
# 212.) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Total Points = 40
Ava Catherine30.2 Jonquil's Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Read a book set predominantly in one community during one season of the year.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
set in Green Town, Illinois, during the summer of 1928
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community during a different season of the year.
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
set in Green Town, Illinois, during October, 1928
total=425
Sheila15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A
Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruceand
Book B
Report For Murder by Val McDermid15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Option 2:
Necessary as Blood by Deborah CrombieTotal Points = 165 Points
BARBARA ★20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option A. The Darkest Torment - Gena Showalter 6/17
(mythology on main genre page)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Ava Catherine10.3 Time for Vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations.
London
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
total=435
****Reposted****30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 1: Since I was born and raised there, read a book with “coming of age” as a main page genre. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers - Genre verification for Coming of Age given in Message 131
**The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1940). I claim one GO ticket.**
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
The Winter Girl by Matt Marinovich whose initials M.M are found in the words.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 4
Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Ava Catherine10.1 Another Kind of Trip
Read a book from Best Reality Warping Fiction.
Page 1, # 19
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
total= 445
Ava Catherine15.9 Listen Up
Read a book that has won an Audie Award.
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
total=460
Mod
I read The Interestings, found on p.3, #282, of the Multiple Perspectives list.
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
I chose option A to fill in the sentence:
My ideal house or location to live would be A House in the Sky.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
I chose option C and read Dimestore: A Writer's Life, a memoir of Lee Smith who has written numerous novels.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 135
Ava Catherine20.4 Golden Oldie-Heather (Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option B: Read a book written by one of the authors who wrote during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: A Murder is Announced
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
page 1, # 20
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
total=500
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich! Read a book from a well know UAE alumni: Christie Watson
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away | Christie Watson | 438 Pages | ★★★★ |
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30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Read a book set in the same city: Cedar Cove, Washington
in two different seasons
Winter: 1225 Christmas Tree Lane | Debbie Macomber | 384 Pages | ★★★★ |
Summer: 1105 Yakima Street | Debbie Macomber | 366 Pages | ★★★★ |
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This Post
Points This Post: 50
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 150/1125
BB Total: 0
GO Total: 2
Kim A10.9. Smile
Read a book with Humor or Funny or Comedy as a main page genre.
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
*Genre verified here
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth (I was born in the 80s)
Phantoms by Dean Koontz
*First published in 1983
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade 30 years after your birth (2010s)
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
*First published in 2011
Points This Post - 40
Total Points - 220
TASK NUMBER :20.5 - Shakespeare 400TASK DESCRIPTION: Author uses a Pseudonym
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Laura Kaye
DATE READ: 6/19/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Option 2 - Author also writes under Laura Kamoie (per that author page "...before transitioning to a full-time career writing genre fiction as the New York Times bestselling author, Laura Kaye".
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Julia103Reposting to claim GO ticket. The points from this task are already credited.
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Shadow of Freedom 1-Long Book (no MMP, paperback has 464 pages). 2-Recent (published 2013). 3-Part of a series
Book 2: Lady Susan 1-short book (MMP has 125 pages. 2-Older (published 1871). 3-Stand alone
Claiming GO ticket for Lady Susan, originally published in 1871.
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 1
Total tasks completed: 3
Pamela326520.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
My word is Lady
La Lanthanum
Dy Dysprosium
The Express Rider's Lady by Stacy Henrie
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 1: Royal Rescue by Tammy Johnson - Princess Thea is being pursued by the same assassin who murdered her father, the king, fourteen years ago.
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: In Your Eyes by Ruth Axtell
Book 2: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
#1 - What ended my last relationship? Mail Order Mix-Up by Christine Johnson
#6 - I got 99 problems but An Unexpected Groom by Ruth Logan Herne isn't one of them
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-3 The Nanny's Secret Child by Lorraine Beatty - roBinaugusteLeventh
Option B-1:
by Lenora WorthPoints this post: 125
Total Points: 240
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CHANDNI20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book, and spell out one word of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
Beware That Girl by Teresa Toten
Word: That
Th - Thorium
At - Astatine
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 12
EmsreviewsbooksREPOST 20.2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D: I read Calamity by Brandon Sanderson. B and S both appear in strawberries.
(Of course it's not showing up now, but comic book genre override at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 12
Tasks Complete: 9
Emsreviewsbooks(I figured it was easier to do this as a separate post, where the previous one was a repost.)
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
I read a publisher's advance copy of Once a Soldier by Mary JO Putney.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 13
Tasks Complete: 10
Jonquil15.5 - Summer in the City
urban genre Fantasy > Urban Fantasy 143 users
Raising Innocence
Shannon Mayer
Paperback, 264 pages 6/20
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Books posted: 27
Tasks complete: 25
Pages this post: 264
Total pages as of this post: 7030
Jonquil15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
author has a name that ends in O--Shapiro
The Matzo Ball Heiress
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Paperback, 315 pages 6/3
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Books posted: 28
Tasks complete: 26
Pages this post: 315
Total pages as of this post: 7345
MaiREPOST #434
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option B: Book written by one of the authors during the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A color word in the title--gold
The Gold Bag
Carolyn Wells
Paperback, 212 pages 6/19
Book B musical instrument on cover- Didgeridoo
approved for length line 632
Death by Didgeridoo
Barbara Venkataraman
Kindle Edition, 111 pages 6/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
Books posted: 24
Tasks complete: 22
Pages this post: 323
Total pages as of this post: 6244