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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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SpiderMac5.1 A Different View
Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list.
I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
This book is #23 on page one of the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
**The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a Big Book (590 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
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5.4 In the Shadows
Read a book with a Jewish main character, about Jewish culture/experience, or written by a Jewish author.
I read The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
“…an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century.”
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5.9 Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
I read Lord of the Flies by William Golding
This book is #17 on page one of the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
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10.1 Another Kind of Trip
Read a book on the list Best Reality Warping Fiction.
I read Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
This book is #8 on page one of the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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10.4 Don't Leave Home Without One
Read a book from one of the two given lists.
I read Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
This book was listed as the winner for Historical Fiction on the 2016 Best Genre Fiction list.
http://www.ala.org/news/press-release...
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10.6 June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre.
I read Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
This book has the genre Mystery > Crime by 330 users.
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Points this post: 45
Golden oldies this post: 0
Big book tickets this post: 1
Points total: 45/1125
Golden oldies total: 0
Big book ticket total: 1
Tasks completed: 6/62
Books read: 6
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and WarcraftOption 1: Factions - Read a book with the main page genre of War. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Option 3: Class - read a book from the Different Perspective Books list or The Best Books That Change Narrators Every Chapter list.
Different Perspectives Book List – Page 3 – The Death Cure by James Dashner
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 13
Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
Oma122910.1. Another Kind of Trip
Read a book from Best Really Warping Fiction
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
This book was found on Page 1 of the Best Really Warping Fiction list.
Total Points--Total Points--560/1125
Completed Tasks-25/62
GO Books (3)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
READ 6015.3 June, July and August
Read a book with 4 exactly 4 words in the title. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Read a book by an author with 4 or 6 letters in their name A Hologram for the King by Dave (4) Eggers(6)
Points 15
Total Points 95
Kim A5.5 - Abstract Nouns - Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Deed to Death by D.B. Henson
*Abstract noun is "Death"
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 580
Dakimel20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
1: Spying in High Heels - page 12 of list
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
The Green Road by Anne Enright
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
1:
4: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
TALLY:
This post - 70 points
Total - 745
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25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1, hands: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman
Book 2, 2 authors: Second Sight by Philip R. Craigand William G. Tapply
25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
second floor, art theft: The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis by Simon Goodman
fourth floor, graphic novel: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Book 1, 1) What ended my last relationship? I Saw a Man
by Owen Sheers
Book 2, 2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir
by Chris Offutt
total = 940
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden AgeOption A. Read a book with a main page genre of "Mythology." Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
1. Read a book that has a cover showing a vibrant and colourful room.
Hourglass (Hourglass #1) by Myra McEntire
- approval on help thread3. Read a book with "Magic Realism" as a main-page genre.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 3: Leo/Lion
Kokoda by Paul Ham
Approval on help thread
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (602 pages)
Option 4: June/Juno
Journey's End by Jennifer Scoullar
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
"Option A: I’ve mostly been reading books that fit in my favorite genres. Read a book with a main page genre from the following list: Business, Christian, Classics, Fantasy, History or Historical Fiction, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction or Self-Help.
Required: Identify the main page genre."
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Genre: Classics
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES ticket (pub. 1513)
"Option E: I’ve been able to read some books that have been on my “To Read” list for a while. For this option, read a book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016, the start of the Summer 2016 challenge.
Required: Identify when the book was placed on your “To Read” list."
Nefarious Doings (Nell Forrest #1) by Ilsa Evans
added to tbr on Jan 5,2014
Option F: Since reading is fun for all of us or we wouldn’t be participating in the challenge, read any book of your choice.
My Career Goes Bung by Miles Franklin
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES ticket (pub. 1946)
Post Total: 125
Goldien Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 480
Reader name: Daphne10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Lists: 2016 Best Genre Fiction or 2015 Best Genre Fiction
Read-alikes and short list books may be used
Farmer in the Sky 2015 science fiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 600
Reader Name: Daphne20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
1: Best Cozy Mystery Series
Whose Body? Page 7
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 620
Emsreviewsbooks5.10 - School's Out!
I read a publisher's advance copy of A Harvest Passion by Emily Murdoch. I would like to use the 80-99 page exemption for this book.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 390
Books Read: 31
Tasks Complete: 24
BlueberryPartial repost of #1459 ONLY to get Golden Oldie pt.
50.1
Rebecca is a classic and a golden oldie. It was published in 1938.
Total GO pts: 2
Reader name: Daphne25.9 - Fandury's task
1: MPG: War
Under Pressure
2: Cover: Multiple races/humanoids
Points this post: 25
total points: 645
CHANDNI20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option B: Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live.
by Anthony Doerr[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 29
Completed Tasks: 24
Catherine TTask 15.3 - June, July and August
one book option: read a book with a four word title AND whose author names are 6 letters long
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
Task 20.8 - Authors in Real Life
read a book by an author off Tien's "signed copy" list
Liane Moriarty is on the list
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Catherine TTask 10.1 - Another Kind of Trip
read a book from the list
The Iron Heel by Jack London
#22 on the list on 27 Jul
Jonquil30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Option 2: Go
Book A: approved in Help Thread, set in Austria
Horror 880 users
Carmilla
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Paperback, 108 pages
Book B: set 100% in the UK
Broken Homes
Ben Aaronovitch
Paperback, 357 pages 7/26
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1045
Books posted: 82
Tasks complete: 60
Pages this post: 465
Total pages as of this post: 23832
Jonquil30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A-3: ROBINAUGUSTELEVE N T H
Darklands
Nancy Holzner
Mass Market Paperback, 324 pages 7/23
B-1: Malamute on cover
Brute Strength
Susan Conant
Paperback, 224 pages 6/11
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1075
Books posted: 84
Tasks complete: 61
Pages this post: 548
Total pages as of this post: 24380
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out1. The Playlist -
"Let's Go Trippin'":
Go: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
2. Hang 5 -
Goodreads friend: Estahli
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Total Points = 200
Jonquil50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Genres Romance and Fantasy
Reap & Repent
Lisa Medley
Paperback, 328 pages 7/18
Option B: Series after #1 (Oh. My. Gods. #2)
Goddess Boot Camp
Tera Lynn Childs
Hardcover, 264 pages 7/3
Option C: Published April 5th 2016
Shadow Rites
Faith Hunter
Mass Market Paperback, 348 pages 7/25
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1125
Books posted: 87
Tasks complete: 62
Pages this post: 940
Total pages as of this post: 25320
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Perhaps I shall post in the correct thread this time.Nick KY
25.4 MegSLC’s Pair of Opposites. -- I read two books.
Book 1. A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George is
Long, 462 pages
Older, first published in 1991, and
#4 in the Inspector Lynley series.
Book 2. The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal is
Small, 242 pages
Newer, first published in 2014, and
Stand alone.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 600
Jasmiina F5.10 - School's Out!:
Read a book of your choice:
Uncanny Inhumans, Vol. 1: Time Crush by Charles Soule.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
BARBARA ★10.6 - June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day
Death Angel - Linda Fairstein 7/26
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 385
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (2), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Kristi CO20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
My ideal house or location to live would be:
The Last Town by Blake Crouch
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Option 1: What ended my last relationship?
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Option 5: What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard?
A Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl
Points this post: 50
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Lisa MDTASKS COMPLETED:
5.4 In the Shadows: Jewish author
Open Heart by Elie Wiesel - (96 pages)
***Claiming: "One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task."
15.4 The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Option 2: "Blood" in title and "ABO" (blood types) in author's name.
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
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Tasks This Post: 2
Points This Post: 20
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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 18/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 345/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 24
TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading FunOption B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series.
Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
[book is #3 in the Kate Burkholder series]
Option C: Read a book first published in 2016.
Game Of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne by Christopher Andersen
[published 4/19/16]
Option F: Read any book of your choice.
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 50
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
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Total Points: 145
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Task 25.10 – M1nks – Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some …NOTE: per task description we MAY use the same option more than once
Option 1 – Cover shows VIBRANT Colorful room
Approved HERE
Approved HERE* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 315 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
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Read a book by one of the above listed authors,
Kazuo Ishiguro (MA 1980)
by Kazuo IshiguroPoints this post: 20
Total points: 530
Laura NT10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
Towards Zero
by Agatha Christie
Pacific:
Agatha
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Coralie20.6 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3 – A book of at least 360 pages
The Steep Approach to Garbadale 390 pages
25.3 Make it Pretty
Option Two Crazy Shapes – book with circles on cover
Option Five Doodle – book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in doodlepAintinG
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
This post 45 points
Total to date 460 points
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I read Invisible City - centered on the Hasidic community, also noted in the help thread as working for the task.
10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
I read Girl in Translation. Found on p. 1, #16, of the Immigrant Experience list.
10.8. Happy Birthday
I read Enter a Murderer, #2 in the Roderick Alleyn series.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
Cait S30.4- Summer Of The Gods
Book #1- Option 1
Read a book about brothers and/or sisters.
Parallel Visions by Cheryl Rainfield
Book #2- Option 4
Read a book written by a female author.
I Heart My Little A-Holes: A bunch of holy-crap moments no one ever told you about parenting by Karen Alpert
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 205
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
ESHAY25.1
Book 1: Body part pair in title
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
*Golden Oldie - published 1937*
Book 2: Two authors
You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity by Francis Chan and Lisa Chan
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
TARABLYTHE*repost
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series.
Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
[book is #3 in the Kate Burkholder series]
Option C: Read a book first published in 2016.
Game Of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne by Christopher Andersen
[published 4/19/16]
Option F: Read any book of your choice.
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 50
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
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Total Points: 145
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
MEGSCL10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
The Unknown Terrorist by RICHARD Flanagan
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
More Than This
My word is This
Th – Thorium
I – Iodine
S - Sulfur
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Read a book by a UAE Alum
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
TOTAL TO DATE:
points: 160
big book tickets: 1
READ 605.9 Summer Reading
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
It is number 2 on the list of summer popular reading list books as of July.
Points this post 5
Total points 100
Bluegrass PamTask 20.4 Golden Age
Option B: Author who wrote during the Golden Age of Science
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total GO: 1
Total BB: 1
KATIEGIRL15.8 - Commencement
A book with "New Adult" as a main page genre.
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
Total tasks: 18
BB total: 3
GO total: 1
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2. read a book with the word “sister” found intact in the TITLE
by Eleanor BrownOption 4. read a non-fiction book about military life in the US Armed Forces
by Jay Kopelman book approved in help threadPoints this post: 30
Total points: 560
Kim A50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option B - Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series
Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning
Option E - Read a book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016
Carrie by Stephen King
*Added to TBR on 9/30/12
Option F - Read any book of your choice
The First Wife by Erica Spindler
Points This Post - 50
Total Points - 630
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods Option 1: Gemini/Twins
➜ Read a book about brothers and/or sisters, or read a book with a bird(s) on the cover
Butterflies in November - Audur Ava Olafsdottir
There is a (dead) goose on the cover.
Option 4: June/Juno
➜ Read a book written by a female author.
Fool's Quest - Robin Hobb
**Fool's Quest has 744 pages, one big book ticket claimed**
Points this post: 30
Points total: 135
Tasks completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3 - 500+(3) 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 9
Pages read: 3476
Emsreviewsbooks30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 3: I read Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell. From the GR description: "But Lafayette, belonging to neither North nor South, to no political party or faction, was a walking, talking reminder of the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionary generation and what they wanted this country to be." The book is all about his bravery in coming to a country in revolution.
Option 4: I read a publisher's advance copy of A Date at the Altar: Marrying the Duke by Cathy Maxwell, who is female.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 420
Books Read: 33
Tasks Complete: 25
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of oppositesRead two books that are opposites.
Book 1. The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz :
1. 400 pages,
2. published 2015,
3. 4th in the Millenium Series started by Stieg Larson
Book 2. Blow Hot, Blow Cold by [author:Ellery Queen|41015:
1. 147 pages,
2. First published 1964
3. Not in a series
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 15
Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
5.8 Summer BabyI read News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1984.
10.6 Name Your Poison Day
I read Present Darkness by Malla Nunn -- crime is a main page genre
New Total: 140
TASK NUMBER :5.6 - Abstract DesignTASK DESCRIPTION: Book Cover has Abstract design
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Maya Banks
DATE READ: 7/28/2016
REQUIRED INFO:
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 380
TASK NUMBER :5.10 - School's OutTASK DESCRIPTION: Free Book
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Sabrina Paige
DATE READ: 7/26/2016
REQUIRED INFO:
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 385
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer Option D: Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES.
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad - her initials A.S. are found in the word strawberries.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 16
Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith which is the pseudonym of J. K. Rowling.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 17
Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
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50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: I’ve mostly been reading books that fit in my favourite genres. Read a book with a main page genre from the following list: Business, Christian, Classics, Fantasy, History or Historical Fiction, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction or Self-Help. Required: Identify the main page genre.
The Fifth Season, NK Jemisin
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Shelved as Fantasy by 1,500 users, Science Fiction by 159 users and Science Fiction > Dystopia by 89 users
Option B: I’ve been able to finish some series I had left hanging. For this option, read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series - the series number must be AFTER #1, so a book that is a prequel, 0.5 in a series, would not work. The book must be listed on Goodreads as a series (XYZ Series #).
A Treacherous Treasure (Mooseamuck Island Cozy Mystery, #3), Leighann Dobbs
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
(Also works for Option C as it was published on 6 February 2016)
Option E: Read a book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016, the start of the Summer 2016 challenge. Required: Identify when the book was placed on your “To Read” list.
The Aeronaut's Windlass, Jim Butcher
Added to my TBR list on 31 December 2015
Big Book: 630pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Big book: 1 - The Aeronaut’s Windlass is a big book (630pg)
Golden oldie: No
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 20
Golden oldies: 1
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]