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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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Janice CA10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Read a book shelved under "crime" on its main page.
Warden: Texas Prison Life and Death from the Inside Out by Jim Willett
+10
total: 35
tasks: 3
books: 3
Oldies: 2
Sara ITA10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations
World's Best Vacation Spots
Quartetto in autunno by Barbara Pym (original title: Quartet in Autumn)
Book set in London
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 195
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 3
Mary P25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre of War.
Abuse by Nikki Sex
Option 3: Read a book from https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank
Page 2, #183
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
SandiCompleted Tasks
15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A - book with a color (from list) in the title -- Using "Red"
Kindle edition I read: Red Fox | Paperback edition: Red Fox
Book B - image of a musical instrument on the cover
Book cover is from Kindle edition I read. Paperback edition: Never Say Never
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Using Option 4 where the main page genre "Paranormal" appears several times
Kindle edition I read: Dead Sky Morning | Paperback edition: Dead Sky Morning
***SUMMARY***
Previous Points Claimed: 160
Points This Post: 35
Total Points Earned This Quarter: 195
10.8 Happy BirthdayRead the 2nd book in a series
Savage Run by C.J. Box
20.3 Terri FL Task: New home
Option B-Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live:
Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand
On the beach anywhere, but Nantucket would be great.
20.6 Gilmore Girls
Option 4-Read a book with winter, summer, autumn or spring in the title
Summer Breeze: A Novel by Nancy Thayer
CHANDNI30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Citrus on the Cover:
by Karen Russell- page 1Apples on the Cover:
by R.C. Lewis - page 1[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 24
Completed Tasks: 21
perletwo15.5 - Summer in the City - Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban" such as urban legends, urban, urban-fantasy, urban-planning, urbanism. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Ghost Story MP genre fantasy>urban fantasy
Points this task: 15
Total points: 625
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 31
Task 10.3 – Time for VacationBook set 50% or more in one of Top Vacation Spots – #2 PARIS, France
Lunch in Paris
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it PrettyOption 3, a flower in the title: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Option 4, a book with more than one author: In Search of Ancient Ireland: The Origins of the Irish from Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English by Carmel McCaffrey and Leo Eaton
Points this post: 25
Total points: 230
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyDate: July 17, 2015
Task 5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Evil Intentions: How an Act of Kindness Led to Senseless Murder by Ronald Watkins abstract noun is evil - read 7/16
Task 25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar - read 6/23
Option 3: That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White & Zombies by Rob E. Boley (word from quote is that) - read 7/7
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 255
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Task 10.6 "Name Your Poison" day. Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
Mad Hatter's Holiday (Sergeant Cribb #4) (1973) by Peter Lovesey (Paperback, 192 pages)
Genre verified Here
120 + 10 = 130
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 120 + 10 = 130
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,313
Read but not claimed: 09
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Chris MD30.6 Generation Gap
I was born in the 1960s.
Book 1: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
This book was first published in 1968.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 329 pages.
Book from three decades earlier
Book 2: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
This book was first published in 1938.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 234 pages.
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for this book.
Points for this post: 30
Total points: 30 + 130 = 160
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 3
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
VAL TX20.1 - 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.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
My word is Never
Ne - Neon
V - Vanadium
Er - Erbium
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 125
CHANDNI30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity
Choose two options below and read a book whose title would work for an answer.
2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for Free Love.
by Annelies Pool
4)You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with Dark Places every day.
by Gillian Flynn
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 26
Completed Tasks: 22
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe OutOption 1, a word in the title from Best Surf Songs: The Beach Trees by Karen White
The word is "Beach" from "My Beach"-Surf Punks
Option 2, a 5-star rating from a GR friend: White Collar Girl by Renee Rosen
GR friend is Susannah
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260
LAUREN JODI30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-1: Stars on cover
Breathe by Kristen Ashley
***This is a big book (656 pages)***
Confirmed in post #10 of the task help thread.
Option B-3: Published in 2007
Marked by Moonlight by Sharie Kohler
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 190/1125
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11/62
Big Book Ticket: 1
Elizabeth B15.3
Book A- Read a book with exactly 6 words in the TITLE
How to Walk Like a Man, ebook only, approved at msg#5695
Book B- Read a book by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts (first, middle, other, last) with exactly 4 letters in every part
Tara Lain Knave of Broken Hearts
20.2
Option C: food item (fish) in the title
Fish Stick Fridays
25.2
Book 1: a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS.
Dirty (meDallions)
Book 2:
B. set in South Carolina Power Play
Points: 60
Total points: 275+60=335
Catherine TTask 25.10 - Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
option 2: retitle one of the abstract works
de Kooning's Woman I is an impressive body in bits & pieces - A God in Ruins (by Kate Atkinson)
560 pages - claiming BB ticket
option 4: read a book with MC with mental health issues
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
identified in the task text as a possible
Creynard15.1 - Live Your Passion - Rio 2016
Book A: Private Rio by James Patterson
Set at least 50% in South America.
Book B: Derby Girl by Shauna Cross
Sports and Games main page genre
15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Option 2: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
***Written in My Own Heart's Blood is 825 pages long. Claiming 2 BB tickets.***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
Big Books this post: 2
Total Big Books: 3
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Tasks completed: 28/62
Books read: 41
Pages: 13,694
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Tien’s task: Authors in Real Life
I love meeting authors! Pick ONE of the following option and read 1 book:
Option 3: Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir of an author. This author must have published at least one book that is not related to him/herself.
Come, Tell Me How You Live, Agatha Christie (Mallowan)
While Christie is obviously much better known as a mystery writer, this is about her experiences and reminiscences of archaeological digs with her husband in Syria in the 1930s. Shelved as Autobiography > Memoir by 39 users, and as Biography by another 32 users
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – Come, Tell Me How You Live was first published in 1946
Big Book: No
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 18
Golden oldies: 1
Total BB tickets: 3 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 1 (1 ticket)]
Reader name: Daphne30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
1: One community in one season
Sanctuary Sparrow Spring in Shrewsbury 1140
2: Same community in different season
The Virgin in the Ice Winter in Shrewsbury 1139
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity
1) What ended my last relationship?One Corpse Too Many
4)You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with The Curse of the Wendigo every day.
30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Option 1: Stay
A: Dolly - English Fens
B: The Shadow of the Wind - Spain
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 435
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.06 – June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Book 1: "Crime" as a main page genre.
End of Watch by Stephen King
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 135 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Mai25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1) First letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS.
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Book 2)
A. Read a book with the GR main page genre "Music" or "Dance";
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 24
Golden Oldies: 5
5.10 - School's Out!Free choice - read Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. This was first published in 1890, so, I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
15.8 - Commencement
Read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. This was verified as 'New Adult' in the genre verification thread, message 124.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8
Shawn H.10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
#4 on the Immigrant Experience list
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
ATLANTIS
At -Astatine
La-Lanthanum
N-Nitrogen
Ti-Titanium
S- Sulfur
***Claiming Big Book Ticket - 640 pages***
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 75
Big Ticket Books: 1
Golden Oldies:0
Nick KY25.11 Amanda A’s and Karen’s Centre Pompidou
I went to the 3rd floor of the Centre Pompidou and read a collection of essays: The Best American Essays 1991, ed. Joyce Carol Oates. (includes essays by, among others, Amy Tan, Woody Allen, Margaret Atwood, John Updike, and Mario Vargas Llosa)
Then I went to the Fifth Floor of the Centre Pompidou and read a book 1st published in 1962 (between 1960 and 1972): We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 480
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and BackwardsBook 1. Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
288 pg.
Book 2. Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
Room by Emma Donoghue
321 pg.
Combined page count = 609 pg.
Total Points = 155
Mindy J10.2 Bobble heads (posting with AR info - original post #1191)
Have Space Suit—Will Travel
MG - AR Points 12.0 - Book Level 5.9
15.5 Summer in the City - Frost Burned
20.1 Periodically Challenged - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
My word was Life
Li-Lithium
Fe - Iron
20.5 Bigger is Better - ThrisHartUK's taks: Shakespeare 400
Option 4 - Night Broken
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life - Option 2 Fahrenheit 451
Previous Points - 10
Total Points - 95
Jonquil25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
First Floor: You’re in Paris! set 100% in Paris
The Cavalier of the Apocalypse
Susanne Alleyn
Hardcover, 285 pages 7/14
Sixth Floor: Eat at the restaurant and relax - pastry chef owns "hipster urban cafe"
A Trifle Dead
Livia Day
Paperback, 370 pages 6/17
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775
Books posted: 64
Tasks complete: 51
Pages this post: 655
Total pages as of this post: 18319
Andy PTask # 15.1 - Live Your Passion - Rio 2016
Book A- Read a book set at least 50% in South America:
by Tahir Shah Set more than 50% in PeruBook B - Read a book with the genre Sports and Games, Sports or Sports Romance on its main book page.
by William Nack Sports and Games>Sports (45 users) on main pagePoints this post: 15
Total points: 335
TASK NUMBER :10.8 - Happy BirthdayTASK DESCRIPTION: Read book #2 in Series
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Karina Halle
DATE READ: 7/17/2016
REQUIRED INFO: #2 in Experiment in Terror Series
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 270
Andy P.Task # 15.7 - See the Light
by Virginia Woolf Lighthouse in titlePoints this post: 15
Total points: 350
Laura NT10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations
The English Patient
This book takes place at least 50% in Florence (or right outside).
Florence is #4 on the top 25 vacation destinations.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and RothkoValheen kasvot by Jarkko Sipilä
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 3:
are: All The Dead Are Here
Option 4: Kuubalainen Kuuba by Antti Halinen initials AH
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: Secrets of the Sisterhood
Approved for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories by Hilary Mantel initials HM
I listened to the audio, link to MMPB The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A Options--Are you Sirius?
A-3: Hiekka kukkii by Asta Särs initials AS
B Options--Gone to the Dogs
B-1:
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available)
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
Points this post: 100
Points total: 240
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Readerboard Name: Scooter&Siam5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain: A 24 Hour Journal of What's Happening in Your Brain as You Sleep, Dream, Wake Up, Eat, Work, Play, Fight, Love, Worry, Compete, Hope, Make Important Decisions, Age, and Change
Worry is the abstract noun.
Points: 5
Total: 40
Emsreviewsbooks10.3. Time for vacation
I read a publisher's advance copy of The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath. It is set in London, which is #7 on the World's Best Vacation Spot list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 28
Tasks Complete: 22
Sara ITA5.2 - Cubism
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #6 in a series.
Ventimila leghe sotto i mari by Jules Verne (English edition: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)
Series: Extraordinary Voyages, #6
*** Ventimila leghe sotto i mari is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1870). Claiming 1 GO ticket. ***
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 200
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 3
Andy P.Task 3 10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses (on his or her eyes) on the cover
by T.E. Woods person adjusting sunglasses on cover.book approved for length here; here
Points this post: 10
Total points: 360
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements to spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title
Word is Islands
I Iodine
S Sulfur
LA Lanthanum
N Nitrogen
DS Darmstadtium
Points this post: 20
Total points; 380
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1. . Read a book that has one of the following body part pairs in the TITLE- eyes
by Michael RobothamBook 2. Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads.
by James Rollins and Grant BlackwoodPoints this post: 25
Total points: 405
15.3 - June, July and AugustI chose option 2 - book whose title is 4 or 6 words with author whose name has 4 or 6 letters in each part
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130/1125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
CleoDragonTask 5.7 - Purple Reign
Read a book with one of the following royal ranks in the title/subtitle: Emperor, Empress, King, Queen, Prince. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
Book: Prince of Wolves
Date read: 07/18/16
How it fits: Prince in the title
Point this post: 5
Total: 65
CleoDragonTask 10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series. Series name and number must be indicated on Goodreads.
Book: Magic Study
Date read:06/23/16
How it fits: 2nd in Study series.
Points this post: 10
Total: 75
Coralie10.3 Time for Vacation
Book set in New York City
World's Fair
20.1 Periodically Challenged
Using the word Assassin's and ignoring punctuation
As – arsenic
S – sulphur
As – arsenic
Si – silicon
N – nitrogen
S – sulphur
Assassin's Apprentice
30.3 Wipe Out
Option 1. The Playlist – I used the word 'city' and read
City of Pearl
Option 2. Hang 5 – My friend Rosemary gave 5 stars to
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
This post 60 points
Total to date 380 points
Oma122925.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1 Read a book that has one of the following body part pairs in the TITLE (subtitles are excluded): Eyes, Ears, Arms, Hands, Fingers, Legs, Feet, Toes, Kidneys. Please notice that the word MUST be plural because it is a pair.
Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross
The word in the title is Eyes
Book 2 Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads. There must be two names listed in the author credits.
The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Total Points--Total Points--485/1125
Completed Tasks-21/62
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Dakimel15.9 - Listen Up
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
4: X - by Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon - this version of the book lists both authors! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
6: Double Blind
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A3: Always on My Mind by Bella Andre
B3: Without a Trace (2008)
TALLY:
This post - 70 points
Total - 510
Kim A20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house - Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live
Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Half a King - 1) Long (336); 2) Recent (Pub 2014); 3) Series (Shattered Sea #1)
Book 2: Fahrenheit 451 - 1) Short (227 pages); 2) Older (1953); 3) Standalone
Points This Post - 45
Total Points - 540
5.5 - Abstract NounsTiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions
Abstract noun is 'Wisdom'
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
Only one word is required, but I can spell the whole title:
F - Fluorine
I - Iodine
RE - Rhenium
SE - Selenium
AS - Arsenic
O - Oxygen
N - Nitrogen
Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
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25.3 Maya's Make it Pretty
Option 2 -- Square on Cover. I read The Stranger: Humanity and the Absurd by English Showalter --
Option 6 -- 1st letter of the first word is in my SRC moniker. I read Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality by Chris Grosso.
Optional -- I am not sure that this fits the criteria for the optional, but I will post it anyway. In college, I had a roommate who hated the print of Paul Klee's "Sinbad the Sailor" which I had on our wall.
Here it is: http://kerrisdalegallery.com/print/kl...
In revenge, he put up a print of Escher's "Ascending and Descending," but I really did not mind it. (http://www.readingthepictures.org/201...)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 455