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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
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
I used options 1 and 3.
1) What ended my last relationship? Zika: The Emerging Epidemic
3) Nothing says I love you like The Study of Seduction .
Previous point total: 95
New points this post: 30
Total points: 125
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.3 Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure."
by Michael CrichtonMain page adventure (305 users) action (76 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
5.4 - In the ShadowsRead a book with a Jewish main character, about Jewish culture or about the Jewish experience, or one that is written by a Jewish author.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
(the book is about the life of a Jewish girl in Boston during the first half of the 20th century)
20.1 - 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.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
word - Simon
S- Sulphur
I- Iodine
Mo- Molybdenum
N- Nitrogen
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
CEELEETask 5.1 A Different View
Read a book from the BOOKS WITH MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES list. Include the page numer of the list where the book is listed.
I chose THE MOONSTONE by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone
The book is sitting comfortably with a whole flock of narrators on Page 1 #45 on the list.
Total points for task: 5
Total books read for tasks: 1
Total Big Books tickets claimed for task. :0 only 415 pages.
Total Golden Oldie Tickets claimed for task: 1 Published originally in 1868.
***YAY! My first GO ticket ever!***
Total Tasks completed for Summer 2016 Challenge: 1
Total points for Summer 2016 Challenge: 5
Total books read for Summer 2016 Challenge: 1
Total Big Books Tickets claimed for Summer 2016 Challenge: 0
Total GO Tickets claimed for Summer 2016 Challenger: 1
Sheila20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Play With Fire by Dana StabenowThe word is PLAY
P - Phosphorus
La - Lanthanum
Y - Yttrium
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A:
Taking Eve by Iris JohansenEVE
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Factions
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Toddand
Option 5: The Film
Me Before You by Jojo Moyeshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2674426/?...
Total = 310
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
I chose options 3 and 4.
Option 3: I read The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley. According to the GR description, there are "dozens" of essays here (which is true since there's about 38).
Option 4: I read Superman: Earth One, Vol. 1 by J. Michael Straczynski. "Sequential Art > Graphic Novel" is a MPG.
Previous point total: 125
New points this post: 25
Total points: 150
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 9
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Reader Name: Daphne30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A1: Cover: Stars
&
B3: Published: 2003/7/8/11
The Man in the Picture
Published 2007
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230
Elizabeth PTask 30.3 - Wipe Out
Option Two - Book friend has rated 5 stars
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Friend: Jessica gave this 5 stars, link to her profile here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
Option Four - Book set in California
Boundless by Cynthia Hand
Set primarily at Stanford University in Southern California
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 8
Kim A25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option Two - Read a book that has a heart on the cover
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Option Five - Read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in DOODLEPAINTING.
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 300
TASK NUMBER :5.5 - Abstract NounsTASK DESCRIPTION: Word in Title is on Abstract Nouns List
BOOK #1 READ:
Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part-Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a SuperheroAUTHOR: Alex Gabriel
DATE READ: 6/26/2016
REQUIRED INFO: LOVE is on List | Approval for Not a Comic
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 145
Bluegrass Pam15.10 Lifelong Learning
Category: Literature and Language Arts
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Kim A25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Option 2 - Read a book whose cover is at least 50% purple
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
*Approved here
Option 3 - Read a book whose author's initals can be found in CANDYLAND
The Secret Sky by Atia Abawi
Points this post - 25
Total Points - 325
NICOLE OH5.8 - Summer Baby
A Secret Rage first published in 1984
10.3. Time for vacation
Anna and the French Kiss (almost 100% set in Paris)
10.8. Happy Birthday
The Good Girls (The Perfectionists #2)
15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Almost Perfect found on the Literature and Language Arts list
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 220
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 15
Jayme(the ghostreader)25.6 The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 4- Read a book with the author's initials found in Joan Mitchell The Black Swanby Mercedes Lackey
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Option 3- pick a word from the quote and read a book with that word in the title- I picked mirror so I read The Mermaid's Mirrorby L.K. Madigan
Books Read 3
Tasks Completed 2
Big Books 0
Task Points 25
Grand Total 45/1125
KATIEGIRL25.7 - Get Your Run On!
Option 1: A book with a swimmer on the cover.
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher
Approved on Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 5: A nonfiction book about an athlete with "Biography", "Autobiography" or "Memoir" as a main page genre.
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life by Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy was a football player in the NFL before becoming better known as an NFL coach. This book includes "Biography", "Autobiography" and "Memoir" as main page genres.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Total tasks: 10
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day. Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
Crime genre
20.6 - 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).
Fox Hunt (Lachlan Fox #1) by James Phelan
437 pages
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
1. Sydney Writer’s Festival:
Australians: Origins to Eureka (Australians #1) by Thomas Keneally
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER ticket (640 pages)
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship? A Murderous Procession
by Ariana Franklin
3) Nothing says I love you like The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER ticket (561 pages)
Post Total: 80
Goldien Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 155
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.1. Another Kind of Trip
Found on page 3 of list (at #209) --
Kindle edition I read: Around the World in Eighty Days
Most popular MMPB: Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Using Option 1 -- Herman Koch was an attending author
Kindle edition I read: Summer House with Swimming Pool
Most popular MMPB: Villa avec piscine
20.10 - Group Reads
Choose book from the three Group Read Options and after reading leave at least one post in the book's discussion thread
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family -- Link to my message in discussion thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
***SUMMARY***
Previous Points Claimed: 60
Points This Post: 50
Total Points Earned This Quarter: 110
SCHATZIE10.3: Time for vacation
---book set in top vacation destinations
LONDON
Prime Suspect
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10.6: June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
---crime as a main page genre
A Face in the Crowd
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25.11: Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
Book 1: 3rd floor - short stories
And Thereby Hangs a Tale
Book 2: 6th floor - book about a restaurant or chef
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
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Post Total: 45
Challenge TOTAL: 905
FANDURY20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
The word Shivers starts and ends with an S.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
JENNY H20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Read a book with a food item on the cover (Option B)
There are some minuscule apples in the apple tree on the cover.20.6 - Seasoned Reader
Read a book of your choice that consists of at least 360 pages (Option 3).
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson has 386 pages.
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Read two opposite books.
Book 1: Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson 1 - Long book (383 pages). 2 - Recent (first published 2015). 3 - Part of a series (Mistborn #5).
Book 2: Petersburgsnoveller by Nikolai Gogol. 1 - Short book (146 pages). 2 - Older (published 1946, originally 1848). 3 - Stand alone.
Points this post: 65
GO: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - Cubism
Reunion by Meg Cabot
This book is #3 in the Mediator series
Link to PB edition: Reunion
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Mai20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym
Story of O by Pauline Réage
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.6 - June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo
"Mystery > Crime" is a main page genre shelved by 31 users
Link to PB edition: Mörderische Angst
10.9 - Smile!
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
This book *had* humor showing as a main page genre and was verified in message #14 of the Task Help Thread
10.10 - Can You Read the Top Row?
The Devil Has Dimples by Pepper Phillips
The person on the cover is wearing sunglasses
Link to PB edition: The Devil Has Dimples
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.2 - Sweet Summer
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Option B - The cover has a food item "chocolate chips"
Link to MMP edition: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
20.9 - Celebrate Norwich!
The Green Road by Anne Enright
This book was written by Anne Enright (MA 1987) who was listed as one of the ten UEA's well-known alumni.
Link to PB edition: The Green Road
This post: 40 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Cindy FTask 20.1 Periodically Challenged
Spell out word from list of elements
My word FIRE
F-Fluorine
I-Iodine
RE-Rhenium
I read Angel Fire by Gerri Hill
Points this post:20
Total points:90
Tasks completed:6
Books read:7
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee5.7 - Purple Reign
Christmas in the Duke's Arms - duke's
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 245
15.5 - Summer in the CityRead a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban" such as urban legends, urban, urban-fantasy, urban-planning, urbanism.
One Foot in the Grave
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements sorted alphabetically by symbol, spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
My word is Monk = Mo ( Molybdenum) + N (Nitrogen) + K (Potassium)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Miss, Perregrine
Option D: Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs - RR
20.6 - 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).
11/22/63
No. of pages: 849
Points this post: 75 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Sandra5.9 - Summer Reading
Paper Towns by John Green
This book was on page #1 (position #3 on the page) of the list.
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen
The genre 'Mystery>Crime' can be found on the book's main page (third position with 97 users shelving it as this genre)
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 40
Kathy G.20.10 - Group Reads
My post here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin
Total Points- 95
Morgan Faeriesfolly10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2nd, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series. Series name and number must be indicated on Goodreads.
Sadie Walker is Stranded -- Madeleine Roux
Zombie #2
[POINTS]
Points: 10
Total Points: 250
15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate BloodOption 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A - Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title or subtitle
Blood Secrets a Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense
Book B - Blood Types: Read a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O
by Tom Bale
tOm BAle
*Both books are ARC's
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 2: Read a book from Patrick Lenton's list: THE RORY GILMORE READING CHALLENGE.
This is book # 254 on the list.
*Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as the book was first published in 1928.
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POINTS
Points This Post: 35
Points Total: 75
Golden Oldies: √
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 4
GO Total: 1
BB Total:
LAUREN JODI5.2 - Cubism
Angels Flight by Michael Connelly
Book #6 in the Harry Bosch series
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140/1125
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/62
Ava Catherine25.5 Dakimel's Task: An Homage to the Toast
Option A: Mallory Ortberg
Read a book by an author named in the Texts From Jane Eyre Reference List.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
#18 on list
Option B: Nicole Cliffe
Read a book from the first five pages of the Best Canadian Literature List.
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje #6, page 1
total=720
5.2 Cubism:Shades of Earth by Beth Revis Book #3
5.7 Purple Reign:
How the Duke Was Won by Lenora Bell
10.2 Bobble Heads:
A Million Suns by Beth Revis takes place on space ship.
15.8 Commencement:
Down London Road by Samantha Young
Today's total 35
Grand total 340
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.07 – Shorter is Sweeter: Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Book 1, Option 1: Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley which is #401 on page 5
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 95 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Ava Catherine30.9 Catherine T.'s task: Should We Stay or Should We Go?
Option 1: Stay
Book A: Read a book set at least 70% in the UK with a main page of horror or dystopia or post-apocalyptic.
Reaper's Legacy by Tim Lebbon
Science Fiction>Dystopia: 7 users
"Heroes and monsters class with government forces in an apocalyptic London." (from summary page)
Book B: Read a book at least 70% in a EU country. Book should not have any of the genres horror or dystopia.
The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere (set in Italy)
total=750
Ava Catherine30.8 Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Choose two options and read a book whose title would work for an answer.
1. What ended my last relationship? The Other Woman by Therese Bohman
2. In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage
total=780
Ava Catherine30.3 Dimrose's task: Wipe Out
Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title form the given list of surf song titles.
"Church" from "Church Key"
Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry
Option 4: Read a book set in a location of the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour. (France)
Peaches for Monsieur le Curé by Joanne Harris
total=810
Ava Catherine15.8 Commencement
Read a book with the genre "New Adult" on its main book page.
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
new adult: 1899 users
total=825
Shawn H. 20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2 - author who uses a pseudonym
End of Watch by Stephen King
Stephen King writes as Richard Bachman
Approved in Message 35 of Help Thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
GO Books: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Ava Catherine25.4 MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Option 2: Read a book that was published in 2011 or later. Behave by Andromeda Romano-Lax published March 1, 2016
Read an older book first published in 2010 or earlier.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
first published in 1899
total=850
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - Shakespeare 400
Option Two - Author uses a pseudonym
Bay of Sighs by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts also writes as JD Robb, mentioned on both author pages: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 9
Kim A15.5 - Summer in the City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban"
Captivate by Sylvia Day
*Genre verified here
Points this post - 15
Total Points - 340
Blueberry30.3 Wipe-out
Opt. 1: The Beach House
Word: Beach
Opt. 2: The Thirteenth Tale
GR friend: Odindaph
Pts: 30
Total pts: 90
Bookwrm526Task #30.8 - Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Choose two prompts and read a book whose title would work for an answer.
1) What ended my last relationship? Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet.
6) I got 99 problems but Where the Bodies Are Buried isn't one. (by Christopher Brookmyre.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 170
JUKKA20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Book with a word in the title that can be built out of elements in the periodic table.
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.
My word is "Season".
Se for Selenium
As for Arsenic
O for Oxygen
N for Nitrogen
25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1: Book whose title's first letters can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS.
SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police by Vox Day.
Book 2: Book with main page genre "Music" or "Dance".
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull has "Music".
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 235/1125
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 19/62
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One2016 Best Genre Fiction: Historical Fiction
Jam on the Vine: A Novel | LaShonda Katrice Barnett | 336 Pages | ★★★★ |
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Points This Post: 10
BB This Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 270/1125
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 2
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyJun 28, 2016
Task 10.1 Another Kind of Trip
1984 by George Orwell - read 6/21
- listed on page 1
, first published in 1948 requesting 1 GO ticket
Task 10.9 - Smile
Sunshine Hunter by Maddie Cochere - read 6/28
Task 20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Dangerous Faces: Vol. 1: Saratoga by Joseph Jammer Medina - read 6/27
My word is Faces
F Flourine
Ac Actinium
Es Einsteinium
Task 25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Option 2 -I chose the painting by PIcasso that portrays a series of women (kind of like a “pack”) that could be considered “sirens” that would tempt men to their death among the rocks. The book I read is titled “ Tempted by the pack”. - read 6/24
Tempted By the Pack by Anne Marsh
Option 3 - Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer- read 6/28
Task 30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1: Gemini/Twins - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - read 6/26
first published in 1813, requesting 1 GO ticket
Option 4: June/Juno - Rising Tide: Dark Innocence by Claudette Melanson- read 6/21
Points this Post: 95
Total Points to Date: 170
2 GO Tickets requested
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85