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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
Cait S5.6- Abstract Design
Read a book with an abstract cover design.
by Michael CartApproved on the help thread here
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 75
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden AgeOption C. The Golden Age is often used to refer to a Senior Citizen. Read a book that was first published after the author's 65th birthday. If there is more than one author, at least one needs to have reached their 65th birthday.
I read Harold Kushner wrote the book I read, Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life. Harold Kushner was born April 3, 1935, and wrote this book in 2015, when he was 80. His birthdate can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_...
Points: 115
Books read: 10
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
G.O.: 1
pages read: 3203
Mod
I read A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh - Ngaio ending in "o."
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
I chose option 1, and read Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, about the assassination of President James Garfield.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
I chose option 3 and read LaRose - 372 pages, so over 360.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 260
Susan W.10.10 Can You Read the Top Row? : Read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses on the cover.
I read
by CLAMPThe male character is wearing glasses.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 50
Pamela32655.8 - Summer Baby
Venetia by Georgette Heyer - First published in 1958 GOLDEN OLDIE
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
- Long book - 384 pages
- Older book - First published in 2000
- Series - Coalwood #1
Book 2: Shotgun Marriage by Danica Favorite
- Short book - 288 pages
- Newer book - First published in 2016
- Stand alone book
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1: A Match Made in Alaska by Belle Calhoune - Initals: BC
Book 2: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - Initials CB
BIG BOOK - 507 pages
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 380
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Mai10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names: Agatha
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
Request 1 GO Ticket (book first published 1941)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 4
Christine V20.10 - Group Reads
Beloved - I read this Kindle edition. Link to top MMP
I participated in the group discussion thread in Message 7.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
I chose Option 3.
I read The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz - 384 pages.
Previous point total: 150
New points this post: 20
Total points: 170
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Sara ITArepost
20.5 Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 1 — Read a book where an assassination or assassination plot is key to the story.
Ho lasciato entrare la tempesta by Hannah Kent (original title: Burial Rites)
From GR description of Burial Rites:
"A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829.
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution."
The book tells the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, a servant in northern Iceland who was condemned to death after the murder of two men, one of whom was her employer, and became the last woman put to death in Iceland.
trishhartuk30.4 Ava Catherine’s Task: Summer of the Gods
Option 3: Leo/Lion: Read a book with the theme of bravery or courage. Required: Explain how the book fits the task when you post.
The Martian, Andy Weir
Lost and alone on an alien planet, and never giving up hope sounds like bravery to me
(listed as agreed for option 3 in Help Thread message 2)
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition here
Option 4: June/Juno: Read a book written by a female author.
Probable Paws, Leighann Dobbs
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition here
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Total BB tickets: 2 [1,000+ x 0 (0 tickets); 750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 0 (0 tickets)]
Marina H20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
IL: UY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Nick KY5.4 In the Shadows.
I read David's Truth by Walter Brueggemann which has a Jewish protagonist.
20.4 Gibby’s Golden Age. Option B. Golden Age of SciFi writers –
I read The Mysterious Planet by Golden Age author Lester del Rey.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 280
KATIEGIRL25.3 - Make it Pretty
Option Five: A book by an author whose initials are in DOODLEPAINTING.
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Option Six: A book in which the first letter of the first word of the title is in your Readerboard name.
The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds
T from The is in KATIEGIRL.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Total tasks: 11
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
Jonquil20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
2.Signed books Tien’s signed books page 1 4th listing
Beyond Time
Laura N. Anile
Paperback, 308 pages 6/24
Points this post: 20
Total points: 460
Books posted: 40
Tasks complete: 38
Pages this post: 308
Total pages as of this post: 11034
Jonquil20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
"Here are ten of the UEA's well-known alumni: Wendy Jones (MA 2000)"
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals
Wendy Jones
Paperback, 263 pages 6/26
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Books posted: 41
Tasks complete: 39
Pages this post: 263
Total pages as of this post: 11297
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day. Help Thread
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
I read The Messenger. It has "crime" listed on its page.
Points: 125
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Tasks in progress: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 3555
Catherine TTask 10.7 - Give me your poor...
read a book from the list
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
#5 on list
Task 15.2 - Colours & Sounds
book 1: read a book with a word from the list in the title
The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings
colour: sapphire
652 pages - claiming 1BB ticket
book 2: read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
The Holy Thief by Ellis Peters
Task 20.6 - Gilmore Girls - A Year in the Life
option 3 - read a book with more than 360 pages
Domes of Fire by David Eddings
584 pages - claiming 1BB ticket
Task 25.3 - Make it Pretty
option 5 - read a book whose author initials are found in DOODLEPAINTING
A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters
E in doodle P in painting
option 6 - read a book whose title first letter is found in my readerboard name
The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters
title starts with a T, my readerboard name ends with a T
Task 25.4 - A Pair of Opposites
Short, part of a series, old: The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters (205 pages, #15 in series, first pub in 1988)
Long, standalone, new: The Museum of You by Carys Bray (400 pages, not in series, first pub in 2016)
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points this post: 75
2BB tickets this post
perletwo5.4 - In the Shadows - Read a book with a Jewish main character, about Jewish culture or about the Jewish experience, or one that is written by a Jewish author. Required: If the connection is not obvious, explain how your book fits the task when you post.
Sacred and Profane - The GR description doesn't go into this, but the Rina mentioned is an Orthodox Jew, and in a major subplot Decker is studying to convert to Orthodox Judaism with an eye towards marriage.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 405
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 20
Jonquil20.10 - Group Reads
Participated in discussion message 21
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
listened to the audiobook
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors Into a Family
Glenn Plaskin
Paperback, 272 pages 6/29
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Books posted: 42
Tasks complete: 40
Pages this post: 272
Total pages as of this post: 11569
Jen UT15.9 - Listen Up
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Points this post: 15
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Total points: 55
Elizabeth PTask 5.8 - Summer Baby
Book first published in 1958
The Witch Of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Published in 1958
AR Bookfind info:
BL: 5.7
AR Points: 9.0
Designation: MG
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 10
CHANDNI30.1 - 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.
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
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This Post: 30
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 15
Completed Tasks: 14
TIFFANY K15.8 - Commencement
Read a book with the genre "New Adult" on its main book page.
I read A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
And claiming 1 Big Book ticket for A Court of Mist and Fury (640 pages)
Previous Total: 50
Points This Post: 15
Current Total: 65
Previous Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Current Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Ava Catherine25.1 Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: Read a book that has one of the given body part pairs in the title. (eyes)
A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
Book 2: Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads.
The Tilted World by Tom Franklin
(Franklin's wife Beth Ann Fennelly is listed as a co-author on the main book page)
total=895
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - Action!
Book with adventure genre on main page
Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly
Currently it does not have childrens as a main page genre, I sincerely apologize if that changes before you record it like the last time. Thanks!
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 11
BARBARA ★20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A: How to Entice an Enchantress - Karen Hawkins 6/29
(EnticE)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Mary P20.4 - 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
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.1 A Different View
Found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list--#95(as of 6/29):The 19th Wife
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 5/1125
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20.5 - 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
Pauline Réage's real name is Anne Desclos (another pseudonym Dominique Aury)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 4
Post #630.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Mango) The Mango Season #3 on list
Apples) One Bad Apple page 1 #50 on list
Points this post: 30
Total Points:105
Books read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
Post #730.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in the 80's
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
Creating Rosie the Riveter first published 1984
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
Fire Touched published 2016
Points this post: 30
Total Points:135
Books read: 10
Tasks Done: 8
Ava Catherinerepost
25.4 MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1:
Behave by Andromeda Romano-Lax
long book: 400 pages,
recent: published March 1, 2016,
stand alone book
Book 2:
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
short book: 297 pages
older book: first published November, 1959
part of a series, #32 in the Hercule Poirot series
Elizabeth PTask 10.5 - But Watch Out - It's Hurricane Season!
Book with author who has the name ALEX
Bewitching by Alex Flinn
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 12
CleoDragon20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 1. Read a book where an assassination or assassination plot is key to the story. Books can be fiction or non-fiction.
Bullet to the Heart by Lea Griffith
The main character (bullet) is trained assasin
Points this task:20
Total:55
Cleo Dragon5.9 - Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
This book is on page 2 popular summer reading list
Points:5
Total:60
FANDURY15.3 - June, July and August
Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE. AND by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts (first, middle, other, last) with exactly 4 OR 6 letters in every part.
The Eloquence of Blood by Judith Rock
The title of the book has 4 words and the name of the author is composed of 6/4 letters.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.8: Happy BirthdayI read Home by Marilynne Robinson. This book is #2 in the Gilead series.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Complete: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Shiraloo25.11 -- Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
Book 1: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
REQUIRED: Second Floor; book is about a boy who steals a painting when a museum is blown up and then how he gets embroiled in a life of art forgery and crime.
*The Goldfinch is a Big Book (864 pages). Claiming 2 BBT*
Book 2: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
REQUIRED: Third Floor; book has 16 short stories. My favorite 5 were The Migrating Warblers, The Crow and the Lamb, The Cow and the Turkey, The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig, and The Vigilant Rabbit.
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
BBT: 2
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 225
BBT: 7
GO: 0
TASK NUMBER :10.10 - Can You Read the Top RowTASK DESCRIPTION: Cover shows glasses/sunglasses on face
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Maria Semple
DATE READ: 6/29/2016
REQUIRED INFO:
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160
Oma122930.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Required: State which list and, if the list has more than one page, which page your books can be found on when you post. Also, include your beautiful fruity covers.
Citrus List
by Joanne HarrisPage 1 of the Citrus List
Mango List
by Richard C. MoraisPage 1 on the Mango List
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1. Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential
Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund by Blaize Clement
Author's initials are B,C-288 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Author's initials are C, B-372 pages
Total Page Count-600
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship?
One Last Great Wickedness by David Stansfield
3) Nothing says I love you like ____________.
Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown
Total Points--235/1125
Completed Tasks-10/62
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Cindy FTask 20.6 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3: Book of choice > 360 pages
I read A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 415 pages
Points this post:20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kim A25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 4 - Read a book that is set in at least 2 different primary countries for significant portions of the book
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
*Takes place in many countries, but primarily the US and UK.
Option 5 - Read a book that has been turned into a movie
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
*IMDB Page
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 365
Cindy C.Task 20.1-Most Improved-Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book and spell out one word from the title using the symbols of the chemical elements.
We Fought Back: Teen Resisters of the Holocaust
Ba-Barium; C-Carbon; K-Potassium
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Task 25.6-Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 2: Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location. My book has events in Chicago, Florida, Kansas, and California.
The Ghost of Alcatraz
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in Joan Mitchell. My author's initials are EL.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Points this post: 45
Total points: 85
Total tasks: 4
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Reads
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family - post 22 in the discussion thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Andy P.Task 3 15.9 - Listen Up
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award
by Michael Crichton Won in 2016 for science fictionPoints this post: 15
Total points: 230
VAL TX20.10 - Group Reads - Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin - post 23 in the discussion thread
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 100
Delicious Dee5.2 - Cubism
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - #6 in the
The Chronicles of St Mary's series
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 270
Bluegrass PamTask 30.6 Generation Gap
Book 1 (first published in 1966): Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Book 2 (first published in 1937): Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
**I was born in the 1960s.**
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for Of Mice and Men(1937)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 65
GO this post & total: 1
Mod
I read Blackout. Adventure is no longer listed as a main page genre but it was verified in post 10 of the help thread.
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
I chose option B and read The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. John Wyndham is listed on the Prominent Golden Age Authors list.
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
For book 1, I read After You.
This book is long (410 pages), recent (published in 2015), and is #2 in a series.
For book 2, I read The Time Machine
This book is short (122 pages), older (first published in 1895), and is a stand-alone book.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 310
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TASK DESCRIPTION: Book told from Different Perspectives (from list)
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Maggie Stiefvater
DATE READ: 6/28/2016
REQUIRED INFO: #277 on list, Page 3
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 150