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Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Sandra10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Runner by Patrick Lee
This book is on the 2015 Best Genre Fiction list: Adrenaline - Short List.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 60
Sandra20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Ruby by Cynthia Bond
Ruby:
Ru - Ruthenium
B - Boron
Y - Yttrium
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 80
Sandra20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option A: Read a book with a title that could evoke your response to the following question:
My ideal house or location to live would be _____________.
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 100
Nick KY50.1 - Pamela3265's Summer Reading Fun I read
Option A: Tales of the Taoist Immortals by Eva Wong
"Religion" and "Fantasy" as GR genres
Option B: The Spirit Woman by Margaret Coel
#6 in the Wind Reservation series
Option F: Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship by Eleanor Mannikka
My choice
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 935
REPOST25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Unbreak My Heart by Nicole Jacquelyn
Option 5: Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
IMDB
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Read a book from two different lists below.
Book 1. Pomegranates on cover.
by Sue Monk KiddBook 2.Citrus on Cover
by Stephen R. BownP.1 #22Points this post: 30
Total points:860
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation GapBook 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Published in 1976
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
The Crimes of Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders Re-Examined by Paul Roland. Published in 2006.
Points this tasks: 30
Total points: 275
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 11
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of SummerA-3: My Birthday is August 11!!!!! Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH. Middle names can be ignored.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
B-3: July 3-August 11 is 20 days before and 20 days after the conjunction of the sun and Sirius. Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Points this tasks: 30
Total points: 305
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 12
Cindy FTask 50.1 Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Main page genre "Historical Fiction"
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
Option B: Part of a series not #1
Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George
Option F: Book of choice
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Points this post:50
Total points:270
Tasks completed:15
Books read:20
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 4. ...Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre. The genre can be stand-alone or embedded.
The Immortal Circus by A.R. Kahler
This book has all Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, and Supernatural on the main page!
15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both A and B.
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
4 words in the title. Author's name is 4/6 letters.
10.8. Happy Birthday
July 4 is America's 240th 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.
World After by Susan Ee
Points these tasks: 45
Total points: 350
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 15
perletwo20.10 - Group Reads - Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season. REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Middlesex
Commented on discussion thread
Though I read the kindle edition, the mass market paperback edition has 596 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 940
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 69
Tasks completed: 46
Andy P.Task 3 25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
First Floor: You’re in Paris!
Read a book set at least 50% of the time in Paris.
by Ernest Hemingway set in ParisSecond Floor: You’re surrounded by great art!
by Peter Carey book is on the list for Art Fraud and Theft (#13)Points this post: 25
Total points: 885
DebraJean10.6. Name your poison
The Cuckoo's Calling
Genre is mystery->crime
Points this post - 10
Total points - 145
Dakimel10.7 "Give me your tired, your poor........"
American Born Chinese - page 2
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
option A: The Guest Room - I never have to be responsible for broken fridges or rotting eaves again (home ownership is quite a trial this month. Why can't someone else take care of everything!)
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
1: Sweetgirl: A Novel
3: 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
1: My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas (304 pages)
2: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (368 pages)
TALLY:
This post - 90 points
Total - 905
Catherine T Task 5.10 - School's Out
Read a book of my choice
Death Wore Brown Shorts by Audrey Claire
Task 15.1 - Rio
Book 1 - read a book set in South America
Temple by Matthew Reilly
Set in Peru
Book 2 - read a book with Sports MPG
Taking Shots by Toni Aleo
Task 15.6 - Picasso, Miro, etc
Read a book with author name ending in O
Tyler by Jo Raven
EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better-TrishHartUK's Task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2: Author who uses a pseudonym
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne
**JK Rowling also writes under the name Robert Galbraith
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Total:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
BB Tickets +500: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Lisa MDTASKS COMPLETED:
10.10 Can You Read the Top Row?
The Girls by Emma Cline
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3 - features a serial killer
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
25.1 Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: Title task - "fingers" in title
The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death by Annie Kagan
Book 2: Author task - 2 authors
My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
30.1 Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Book 1: Option 1 - Coming of Age
Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen
on the list of approved books in the task help thread
Book 2: Option 3 - Author initials found in MOUNTAINMARATHON
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
30.8 Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Book 1: What ended my last relationship?
Adultery by Paulo Coelho
Book 2: You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with________every day.
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
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Tasks This Post: 5
Points This Post: 115
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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 29/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 540/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 39
TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1
loafer30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1. Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir by Bill Clegg - BC, 256 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
Ruby by Cynthia Bond CB, 368 pages
points: 30
total: 425
BB: 2
GO: 4
tasks completed: 24
10.1. Another Kind of TripThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft
Page 2, #189
*GO = first published in 1927*
Points this post: 10
Total: 540
Mod
Kait25.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Option 3 - A book whose author's initials can be found in CANDYLAND.
Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson -- CANDYLAND
Option 4 - A book set at least 50% in Illinois or Nevada.
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher -- Entirely set in Illinois
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 170
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Chris MDDON'T COUNT 25.3 - I ALREADY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH IT. WORKING ON A FIX
25.3 Make It Pretty
Option 5: Doodle
Author's initials found in doodlePAinting
Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 329 pages.
Option 6: Signature
First letter/number of the first word in the title matches any letter/number in your Readerboard name
chris Md
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life by Hal Elrod
30.3 Wipe Out
Option 1: The Playlist
A word from a title in Best Surf Songs list matches word in book title
Song: Surf City by Jan and Dean
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 453 pages.
option 2: Hang 10
A book that a friend has rated 5 stars
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
My friend Julia rated it 5 stars on March 30, 2014.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 441 pages.
30.10 The Dog Days of Summer
Option A2: Title includes "star" or "starry"
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 497 pages.
Option B3: Book first published in 2003
Dissolution by C. J. Sansom
Points for this post: 25 + 30 + 30 = 85
Total points: 85 + 265 = 350
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 26
Golden Oldies: 4
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Mary P30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in 1960
Book 1: Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
First published in 1963
Book 2: Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
First published in 1932
**Tobacco Road is a Golden Oldie ( first published in 1932 ) Claiming 1 GO Ticket.**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 430
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
BARBARA ★5.8 - Summer Baby
Dead Heat - Linda Barnes (published 1984) 8/11
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 470
30.8 1) What ended my last relationship? Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
6) I got 99 problems but The Day I Killed James isn’t one .
Pts: 30
Total pts: 445
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract ExpressionistO-1: Soundless by Richelle Mead
(Fei Jing, the main character, is a painter)
O-2: The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
*Half of the story is told in Mapleton, NY. The other half is mainly in California*
Points this post: 25
Total: 565
Readerboard name: Witchygal30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Choose two options below and read a book whose title would work for an answer. The answer can be serious, sarcastic or funny.
Book 1:
What ended my last relationship? The Secret Heiress By Luke Devenish.
Book 2:
In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne.
Points: 30
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Statistics for this post
Books read: 2
Points: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 27
Points: 455
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 25.3 - Make it PrettyOption One Crazy Colors: Read a book that has ONLY colors from the rainbow on the cover. No black, white, or gray allowed. For the purposes of this task, the colors will be determined by the TinEye Color Extractor.
Mr. Splitfoot (2016) by Samantha Hunt (Hardcover, 322 pages)
Option Six Signature: Read a book in which the first letter of the first word in the title matches any letter in your Readerboard name.
Deedee
Deathworld (Deathworld #1) (1960) by Harry Harrison (Paperback, 137 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1961)
300 + 25 = 325
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 300 + 25 = 325
Books read: 25
Pages read: 7,466
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read The Natural Way of Things - Science Fiction>Dystopia is the 2d main page genre.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - from the GR description: "In her new book, FURIOUSLY HAPPY, Jenny explores her lifelong battle with mental illness."
30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
For my first book, I read Still Life, set in Three Pines, Quebec, in fall.
For my second book, I read A Fatal Grace, set in Three Pines in the winter.
These were noted in the Help Thread, post 3.
30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
I chose option 1.
For book A, a book set in the UK with a main page genre of "horror," I read The Midwich Cuckoos - horror is the 3d listed main page genre.
For book B, set in an EU country with none of the listed main page genres, I read Fatal Remedies - book is set in Italy, with none of the listed excluded genres.
Points this post: 85
Total points: 865
Task 30.5 – Daphne – A Season of Growth and ColorOption 3 – Mango
cover on list – pg 1, # 4 -
I listened to the audiobook: The Hundred-Foot Journey / MMP: The Hundred-Foot Journey
Option 5 – Apple
Pg 1, # 51 -
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 465 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
15.10 - Lifelong LearningThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
First book on the "History and Culture" list
IL: UG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 6.0
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1: Gemini/Twins:
Bird on cover
Option 4: June/Juno:
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
female author
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1:
I, Robot
First published in 1950. I was born in the 1950's.
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1950.
Book 2:
Main Street
First published in 1920, which is in the decade 30 years before my birth.
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1920.
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 560 pages.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 190
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
perletwo15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood - Book A - Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
The Blood-Dimmed Tide
Book B - Blood Types: Read a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O.
Puss 'n Cahoots by Rita Mae Brown
Points this task: 15
Total points: 955
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 71
Tasks completed: 47
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation GapBook 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
I was born during the 1960s.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - first published in 1963
Book 2. Read a book from the decade 30 years after your birth.
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson - first published in 1995
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 26
Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
15.7 - See the LightLighthouse on cover:
Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson+15 Points
15.8 - Commencement
Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle
+15 Points
15.10 - Lifelong Learning
List: Literature and Language Arts
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
+15 Points
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4. "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" (Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1): Witches seem to be popular characters in Urban Fantasy and Horror, as well as Cozy Mysteries. Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre. The genre can be stand-alone or embedded.
Horror on the main page:
End of Watch by Stephen King
+20 Points
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.
List # 276
The Shining by Stephen King
+20 Points
25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option Three | Flowers
Everyone loves flowers, right? Right! To put flowers on your painting, read a book that has a flower name in the title.
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Option Six | Signature
Every great artist has got to sign his or her painting! To put your signature on your painting, read a book in which the first letter of the first word in the title matches any letter in your Readerboard name.
micheLe:
LaRose by Louise Erdrich
+25 Points
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: Read a book (fiction or non fiction) about a woman artist. She can be a musician, performing artist, or visual artist.
Female MC is a visual artist:
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
Joan miTchell
Snow Angels by James Thompson
+25 Points
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship?
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse
6) I got 99 problems but the __________________ isn’t one .
Son of a Gun by Anne de Graaf
+30 Points
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A Options--Are you Sirius?
A-3: My Birthday is August 11!!!!! Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH. Middle names can be ignored: AS
The Swan Book by Alexis Wright
B Options--Gone to the Dogs
B-3: July 3-August 11 is 20 days before and 20 days after the conjunction of the sun and Sirius. Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
2011
Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9.0
+30 Points
Points this Post: 195
Grand Total: 590
Bluegrass Pam20.1 Periodically Challenged
Ship Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett
Word is FEVER.
Fe- Iron
V- Vanadium
Er- Erbium
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Chris MDHopefully, you got the note on #1956 and did not count task 25.3.
Meanwhile, I need to make a change to Task 30.10.
Please remove Under the Wide and Starry Sky. I'll replace it later in this post.
New task claimed:
30.1 North to Alaska
Option 2: Word SISTER found intact in the title
The Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 416 pages.
Option 3: Author's initials found in mouNtain maratHon
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 497 pages.
UPDATED Task 30.10 The Dog Days of Summer
Option A3: Author's intials in robinaugustEleventH
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life by Hal Elrod
Option B3: Book first published in 2003
Dissolution by C. J. Sansom
Updated total points: 355
Cait S15.5- Summer In The City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban".
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 290
Big Book Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 19
loafer15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B -
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
title = 4 words
author = 6 letters/4 letters
at 525 pages, this is a "Big Book"
points: 15
total: 440
BB: 3
GO: 4
tasks completed: 25
15.2 - Colors and SoundsBook A - Read a book with a color word in the title
A Perfect Red
Book B - Read a book with an image of a musical instrument on the cover
Whale Music20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2: Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym
Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts who also writes as J.D. Robb
Total points this post: 35
Total challenge points: 305
BB's: 2
GO's: 4
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!Author's name matches a 2016 Atlantic hurricane name:The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Points this post: 10
Total points: 525
Pamela326530.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in 1970.
Book 1: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters - First published in 1975
Book 2: Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl - First published in 1946 - GOLDEN OLDIE
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 845
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CathyG 10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations
Mister Black by P.T. Michelle
Mister Black is set in New York City
15.1 - Live Your Passion - Rio 2016
Read 2 books, one book A and one book B.
Book A- Read a book set at least 50% in South America
Last Spy Standing by Dana Marton
The entire book is set in the jungles of South America
AND
Book B - Read a book with the genre Sports and Games, Sports or Sports Romance on its main book page.
A Fighter's Desire: Part One by L.P. Dover
approved 5714
15.3 - June, July and August
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE.
AND
Book B- Read a book by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts (first, middle, other, last) with exactly 4 OR 6 letters in every part. One qualifying contributor in a book by multiple authors works.
Or
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book
The Promise of Love by Lori Foster
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Read 2 books from 2 different options. Required: Identify the options when you post.
1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles: Best Surf Songs. You and Your Heart
Required: State the word you used. Heart
Heart of Stone by Cathryn Cade
approved 5714
2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Hard To Handle by Lori Foster
Rated 5 stars by Dawn
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Choose two options below and read a book whose title would work for an answer. The answer can be serious, sarcastic or funny. Required: Include the question with your answer in it when you post so we can all enjoy your answer choice.
1) What ended my last relationship? The Selkie Spell by Sophie Moss
3) Nothing says I love you like A Variety of Chains by Christine Blackthorn
Points this post:100
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 42
Big Book Tickets: 1
CHRISTINE USTask 5.10 School's Out
Festive in Death by JD Robb
Task 10.1 Another Kind of Trip
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
on 5/24/16, this book was on Page 1 book #36
Task 20.5 Shakespeare 400
Concealed in Death by JD Robb
JD Robb is the pseudonym for Nora Roberts, option #2
Total: 35
Kristen IA10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
Triptih by Karin Slaughter
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB version for page count
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Read ONE book which matches one of the following options.
Required: Specify the option you used when you post.
Option 5. Read a book with either red or white rose(s), or a red cross on a white background somewhere on the cover. For example, the International Red Cross or a Templar cross would work. However, the full Union Jack will NOT as it didn’t come into common usage until after Shakespeare died.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Belle by Robin McKinley
I read an ebook and have linked to the MMPB version for page count and the ebook for the cover
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
In honor of this magnificent first lady of crime, read ONE book from the option of your choice.
REQUIRED: State the option you chose when posting.
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia. Be careful as it is possible that some of the books do not meet the SRC rules.
Required: State which page of the list the book can be found on when you post.
A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris
Page #1, Book #69 on the list
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
This is a two book task. Read one book that fits the criteria for Book 1 and another that fulfills the requirements for Book 2.
Book 1 is a Title task. 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.
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB version for page count
Book 2 is an Author** task. Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads. There must be two names listed in the author credits.
Step On a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Read 2 books from 2 different options. Required: Identify the options when you post.
Option 2 Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the name of your GR friend.
Untraceable by Laura Griffin
Connie N. gave it 5 stars
Option 4. Read a book set in a location of the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour: Australia, Brazil, Fiji, South Africa, Tahiti/French Polynesia, California USA, France, Portugal, Hawaii USA.
Smart Girl by Rachel Hollis
Required: Identify the setting if it is not evident in the book's Goodreads description or metadata.
The setting is Los Angeles, CA.
This review indicates the California setting
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
This is a two book task.
I was born in the 1970s
Book 1. (1970-1979) - Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker (first published 1973)
Book 2. (2000-2009) - Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian (first published 2004)
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB version for page count
Required: State the decade of your birth when posting.
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Points this post: 135
Total Points: 340/1125
Books Read: 23
Tasks Complete: 16
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
perletwo15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko - Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O. The name may appear in any position.
A Brew to a Kill by Cleo Coyle
Points this task: 15
Total points: 970
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 72
Tasks completed: 48
Brooke TX5.6 - Abstract Design
Read a book with an abstract cover design. Approved in help thread post 146:
5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A - Read a book with a color word in the title or subtitle from this list of colors. With "Black" in the title:
Book B - Read a book with an image of a musical instrument on the cover.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 575
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 53
Repost:25.3 Make It Pretty
Option 1:
by Caroline KepnesOption 6: All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
A is in my Reader Name
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 300
REPOST25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Empower (The Violet Eden Chapters #5) by Jessica Shirvington
464 pages / pub. 2014 / part of a series
Book 2: The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by Lori Schiller & Amanda Bennett
288 pages / pub. 1994 / stand alone
Post Total: 25
Goldien Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 505
15.9 - Listen UpIlluminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2016)
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (599 pages)
15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Literature and Language Arts
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4. Read a book with "Supernatural" as a main-page genre.
Betrayed (House of Night #2) by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 3: AND
Belle: A Retelling of "Beauty AND the Beast" by Cameron Dokey
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
Sang Pemimpi (Tetralogy Laskar Pelangi #2) by Andrea Hirata
Andrea Hirata found in joAn mitcHell
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A-3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH.
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
Ivan Goncharov found in robInauGusteleventh
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (567 pages)
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES ticket (pub. 1859)
B-3: Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
Close Your Eyes (Kendra Michaels #1) by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen
Published 2011
Post Total: 105
Goldien Oldies: 7
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 610
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch
Atlantic - Richard
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 50