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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
trishhartuk30.2 Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here…
Book 1: Read a book set predominantly (at least 80%) in one community during one season of the year: spring, summer, fall or winter.
The Spirit Woman, Margaret Coel
Set in Autumn/Fall (starting date “It was November. The twelfth month in the Arapaho Way, the Moon when the Rivers Start to Freeze.” - duration three weeks), Northern hemisphere dates.
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community set during a different season of the year.
The Shadow Dancer, Margaret Coel
Set in late-Spring (starting date “It was the last Monday in May, the Moon When the Ponies Shed their Shaggy Hair.”- duration four days, with an epilogue one week later), Northern hemisphere dates.
Both books are set around the Arapaho and Shoshone communities on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, which was confirmed as an acceptable community in message #23 of the task help thread.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 29
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
FANDURY25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option 5: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in DOODLEPAINTING.
Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
The initials of the author DG can be found in DoodlepaintinG.
Option 6: Read a book in which the first letter/number of the first word in the title matches any letter/number in your Readerboard name.
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
The first letter of the title A can be found in fAndury.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 450
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kristen IA15.8 - Commencement
Read a book with the genre "New Adult" on its main book page.
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
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Points this post: 15
Total Points: 400/1125
Books Read: 27
Tasks Complete: 19
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
TASK NUMBER :5.2 - CubismTASK DESCRIPTION: Book #3 or #6 in series
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Karina Halle
DATE READ: 8/18/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Book #3 in Experiment in Terror Series
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 450
Kim ATask 5.6 - Abstract Design - Read a book with an abstract cover design
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
*Verified here
Task 15.10 - Lifelong Learning - Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories:
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
*From "Literature and Language Arts"
Task 25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist (REPOST)
Option 3 - Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 3 letters that can also be found in this quote from Mitchell.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling
*Matching word = "and"
***Apparently "Childrens" keeps popping up and disappearing for this one. As of right now, it's not there, so I'm going to post again. The book is not in AR Book Finder yet, so hopefully it doesn't pop back in there!
Option 4 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Points This Post - 45
Total Points - 830
Nick KY30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Option 1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles: Best Surf Songs.
Required: State the word you used. -- I read Out of Mormonism: A Woman's True Story by Judy Robertson -- The word is "Out" from the song title "Wipe Out."
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. I read a book which my GR friend Olivia gave 5 stars, PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren :
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1020
trishhartuk15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B:
Book A- Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE.
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.
If the Shoe Kills, Lynn Cahoon
Read the kindle edition. The only print edition I can find on GR is here.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 660
Tasks completed: 30
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
Laura NT20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym. You may read a book written under the author's real name, or his/her pseudonym. If the book has multiple authors, then only one needs to use a pseudonym.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
JK Rowling uses a pseudonym: Robert Galbraith
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Talulah A – Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeOption 3 – Reader’s Choice – Any book over 360 pages long
The Nightingale - 440 pg
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 530 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.25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1. Factions
Read a book with the main page genre of War.
by Maureen Jennings War>WWII>3 usersOption 3 Class
#27 (shared with several other books) of Changes narrators every chapter list
by Ken FollettPoints this post: 25
Total points: 990
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe OutI am totally certain I already posted this task, but I can't see it on the thread so I must have messed up. If I've already posted this, my apologies for being dense!
1. The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles: Best Surf Songs. And, At, Of, The may NOT be used. Words must match exactly. The list is also in post 2 of the Help Thread.
Required: State the word you used.
Tel Aviv Noir edited by Etgar Keret
Word is "Noir" from "Guitar Noir."
2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the name of your GR friend.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
My friend's name is Stacey Edgar, although she only uses her first name on GR.
Points this post: 30
Points in total: 495
Golden Oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 4
perletwo15.10 - Lifelong Learning - Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is on the Science and Technology list.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 1040
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 79
Tasks completed: 55
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 2. "What's in a name? that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet" (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2): Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.
I read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. This book was written by J.K. Rowling, who also writes under the name Robert GalbraithRobert Galbraith (Pseudonym), J.K. Rowling.
Points: 325
Books read: 26
tasks completed: 19
GO: 3
Big books: 2
pages read: 9072
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.02 – Rookie at the Top: Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Book 1, Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
Orfeo by Richard Powers
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 290 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
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I read Death Turns a Trick - the abstract noun is "death," found on the 3d part of the list - "More Examples of Abstract Nouns."
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
I chose option A and read The Hollow, found on page 11 of the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia. Number on list as of posting is 1067.
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read The Last Child - plot is about a boy trying to find out what happened to his missing sister, and the GR description makes it clear that this led him into dangerous situations, requiring much courage on his part.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith, a female author.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 1095
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. Read a book with a title which you think would make a good name for the painting.
Required: Include the real name of the painting that provided the inspiration for your title and explain how the title fits the painting when you post.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne - IL: MG - BL: 10.0 - AR Pts: 28.0
Painting: Kasimir Malevich Black Square – It looks like something I imagine I would see at the bottom of the sea floor
I claim one GO ticket for 20000 Leagues Under the Sea as it was first published in 1870.
Option 4. Read a book about mental health or read a book which has a character who is struggling with mental health issues.
Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life by Melody Moezzi– author documents her struggles with bipolar disorder.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Read: 31
Oldies: 5
Big Books: 0
15.3 - June, July and AugustOption 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.
Here Comes the Sun Exactly 4 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.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
4/4
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
20.4 - Golden Oldie
I chose option C-book published after the author's 65th birthday
Crow Fair: Stories, written by Thomas McGuane and published on 3/3/15. He was born on 12/11/39 (on his GR author page), making him 75 when this book was published.
20.5 -Bigger is Better
I chose Option 2: Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym. I read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two, written by J.K. Rowling, who also publishes under the name Robert Galbraith
Total points this post: 70
50.1 - Summer Reading FunOption A: Brave Enough has Self-Help as a MPG
Option C: Relief Map was published in 2016
Option F: How to Be a Victorian
Points this post: 50
Total points: 120
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KassandraTask #20.7: Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
# books required: 1
Option 1: Book must be on Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
Book read: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
Required info: Book is #5 on the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia, on page 1.
Task #50.1: Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
# books required: 3
Choose 3 options:
Option A: 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.
Book read: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Author: Laurie R. King
Required info: Main page genre Historical Fiction
Option E: Read a book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016.
Book read: Mania
Author: Craig Larsen
Required info: Added to "To Read" list on March 21, 2016
Option F: Read any book of your choice.
Book read: Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
Author: K.C. Constantine
Required info: Read a book of my choice!
Points this post: 70
Total points: 150
McquaidTask #5.5 - Abstract Nouns - Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
I read Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter. This book fits this task because the word "grief" is on the abstract noun list provided under the second heading, "Showing Emotions/Feelings."
Task #5.10 - School's Out - Read a book of your choice.
I read When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Points for this post: 10
Total points: 10
Jasmiina F5.3 - Action!:
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure.":
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor, Vol 1: Weapons of Past Destruction by Cavan Scott.
5.5 - Abstract Nouns:
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle:
Love Stage!! 1 by Eiki Eiki.
Word: Love.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Kim ATask 10.2 - Bobble heads - Read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth
The 100 by Kass Morgan
*"Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface."
***Half of the book takes place on Earth and the other half takes place on the spaceships.
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 840
BARBARA ★15.3 - June, July and August
Book A- Of Silk and Steam - Bec McMasters (4 word title) 8/20
Book B- Circle of Death - Keri (4) Arthur (6) 8/18
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 485
loafer30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Book1/Option 3:
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
MOUNTAIN MARATHON
Book 2/Option 4:
Read a non-fiction book about military life in the US Armed Forces.
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell
points: 30
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50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Book 1/Option A:
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.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Genre: Classics
I listened to audiobook/read kindle but link is to MMPB
At 510 pages, the MMPB is a "Big Book"
Published in 1814, it is a "Golden Oldie"
Book 2/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.
Defending Jacob by William Landay
I added this book to my TBR list on March 19,2015
Book 3/Option F:
Read any book of your choice.
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
I listened to the audiobook -link is to MMPB, and at 552 pages it is a "Big Book"
points: 50
total: 520
BB: 5
GO: 5
tasks completed: 27
loafer5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
points: 5
total: 525
BB: 5
GO: 5
tasks completed: 28
CANDY50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: 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.
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
*Main Page Genre: Fantasy*
**Royal Assassin is a Big Book (752 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Option B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
*Assassin's Quest is #3 in the Farseer Trilogy*
**Assassin's Quest is a Big Book (757 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Option C: Read a book first published in 2016
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
*The Serpent King was published March 8, 2016*
Points: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 4
Total Points: 150
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Scooter&Siam Task 5.6 - Read Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play -
- circle on coverTask 20.6 - Option 3: Book with at least 360 pages. Read The Queen's Daughter - 373 pages
Points: 25
Total: 125
Kim ATask 15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A - Read a book with a color word in the title or subtitle
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
Book B - Read a book with an image of a musical instrument on the cover
Country by Danielle Steel
*Guitar on Cover
Points This Post - 15
Total Points - 855
LAUREN JODI50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Romance
Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase
Romance genre on the main page (507 users)
Option B: Not 1st in series
Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
Series: The Gamblers #2
Option F: Book of My Choice
A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 380/1125
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 18/62
Pamela326510.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather - Found on page 1 (currently #25)
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1913
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 925
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
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I read I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood.
25.5 - Dakimel’s Task: An Homage to The Toast
For my first book, I chose option A and read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Christie is one of the authors listed on the Texts from Jane Eyre Reference List.
For my second book, I chose option B and read Station Eleven, found on page 2 of the Best Canadian Literature list. Currently #146 on the list.
Total this post: 30
Total: 1125
Jen UT20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option A: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Points this post: 20
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Total points: 200
Blueberry25.9
Opt. 1 Read a book with the main page genre of War.
La's Orchestra Saves the World
Opt. 5 Read a book that has been turned into a movie.
I Am Legend
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
PtsL 25
Total Pts: 470
5.10 - School's Out!Read a book of your choice.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - JK Rowling
This book is not found on AR Bookfinder but (intermittently) has MPG "Childrens"
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: 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.
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Fantasy, Historical Fiction and Romance are MPGs
Option D: I’ve also been able to re-read some old favorites. With some of these books, I’ve found that my opinion of the book has changed. For this option, read a book that you have read previously and rated three stars or more.
Lady Chatterley's Lover - DH Lawrence
Originally read in (I think) 2006, and given 4 stars when I first added it to Goodreads. My rating remains the same for the moment, though 23 year old me had a very different experience of reading the book than 12/13 year old me did!
**First published in 1928, one Golden Oldie ticket claimed**
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.
The Bees - Laline Paull
Points this post: 55
Points total: 225
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 - 500+(3) 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5877
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25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach musicOption 1, first letter of each word of the title found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS: One Week In December by Holly Chamberlin
Option 2B, a book set at least 50% in South Carolina: Plantation by Dorothea Benton Frank
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
McquaidTask #5.2 - Cubism - Read a book that is number 3 or 6 in a series.
For this task, I read Big Boned by Meg Cabot, which is number 3 in the Heather Wells series.
Task #10.4 - Don't Leave Home Without One - Read a book from the 2016 or 2015 Best Genre Fiction List.
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen: This book can be found on the 2015 Best Genre Fiction List under Fantasy on the Short List.
Task #10.7 - "Give me your tired, your poor,..." - Read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: The book can be found on the first page of the list (book #4)
Task #10.8 - Happy Birthday - Read the 2nd, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th book in a series.
Callander Square by Anne Perry: This book is the second book in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Series.
Task #10.10 - Can You Read the Top Row? - Read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses on the cover.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple:
Points for this post: 45
Total points: 55
MelissaH20.6 - Gilmore Girls
Option 3
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner
388 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 135
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 8
perletwo25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou - Third Floor: Read a collection of short stories or essays. This may be a single author collection or an anthology that includes many authors. There must be at least five stories/essays in the collection. Required: If the number of short stories/essays is not indicated in the book's description on GRs, provide a list of at least 5 stories contained within the collection.
Kinsey and Me: Stories
Sixth Floor: Read a book about a restaurant and/or a chef.
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1065
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 81
Tasks completed: 56
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyDate: August 20, 2016
Task 30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Option 1: Stay
Book A: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - read 8/20
AND
Book B: Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky - read 7/23
Points this post: 30
Total Points to date: 585
5.3 - Action!Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure
It was shelved as "Adventure" by 6 users
Genre was verified here
* This book was an ARC
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10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2d, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th book in a series.
This is Book # 2 in the DCI Erika Foster Series
* This book was an ARC
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15.7 - See the Light
Read a book with the word "lighthouse" in the title, subtitle or series name OR with a lighthouse on the cover.
* This book was an ARC
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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.
Mansfield Park
P = Phosphorus/Ar = Argon/K = Potassium
Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was originally published in 1814
Claiming a big book ticket as this book has 507 pages
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25.4 - MegSCL's task: A Pair of Opposites
Read two books that are opposites.
Book 1:
128 pages
Published in 2016
Stand alone
*This book was an ARC
Book 2:
522 pages
Published in 2003
Book 5 in the Harry Hole Series
* Claiming a Big Book ticket as this book has 522 pages
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Points This Post: 75
Points Total: 310
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 18
GO Total: 2
BB Total: 2
10.4 Don't Leave Home Without OneCocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (2015 list, Mystery read-alikes)
10.7 Give Me Your Tired...
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (page 1, #33 on list)
15.1 Live your Passion
Book A: Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton - set in Falkland Islands
Book B: Tumbling by Caela Carter - sports on main page
50.1 Summer Reading Fun
Option B: Icarus by Deon Meyer (#5 in the Benny Griessel series)
Option C: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (pub 2016)
Option F: The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School by Ed Boland
New Total: 270
Readerboard name: witchygal30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Option 2. Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
I read The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories by Angela Carter. This was rated as five stars by my Goodreads friend Scott Roberts.
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.
I read Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. The book is set in Sydney, Australia. The book mentions characters working and being around the Sydney Opera House and taking ferries across the Sydney Harbour.
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: No
Big Book: No
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Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 29
Points: 485
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
FANDURY25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
Option 2: For this task, choose a painting from: Famous Abstract Art. Read a book with a title which you think would make a good name for the painting.
As Death Draws Near by Anna Lee Huber
I choose 1957-D No 1 by Clyfford Still, as on the picture it seems like there is a bright and friendly yellow background but something dark and inenvitable is coming near and blocking out the brightness, like death does sooner or later.
I admit it's the only of these paintings that really speak to me in a way.
Option 3: Read a book with the "Dystopia" or "Magical Realism" as a main-page genre.
Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Dystopia is one of the Genres on the main page.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 475
Books Read: 32
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy PTask # 25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1
by Elizabeth Inness-Brown Short (256 p.), old, (2002), stand alone(nonseries)Book 2.
by Christopher Fowler Long(416 p.), new (2015), (series # 12 in Bryant & May series)Points this post: 25
Total points: 1020
Julia10310.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Daughter of Destiny by Nicole Evelina (Nicole is on Atlantic list)
10.9. Smile
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography (main page genre Humor)
(I did do multiple paths to read all pages.)
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
I was born in the 1960s.
Book 1 - Black Sheep first published 1966
Book 2 - Redhead first published 1933
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket for Redhead
This post: 50 points,
Total points: 375
BB: 3
GO: 2
Total tasks completed: 20
McquaidTask #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer - One book challenge, pick one of the provided options.
Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of) Illegal Hike Across the Heartland by Ken Ilgunas : The word in this title is "America."
Task #20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's Task: New House - One book challenge, pick one of the provided options.
Option B:Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live. Some sort of habitat, dwelling, or shelter must be shown on the cover.
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout: A beautiful building is on the cover.
Task #20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A.'s Task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life: One book challenge, pick one of the provided options.
Option 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages.
White Collar Girl by Renee Rosen: This book has 448 pages.
Also, I have read 84 of the books on Rory's list. Need to work on that.
Points this post: 60
Total points this challenge: 115
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Book 1) Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in S WINGING MEDALLION S.
Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker #1) (1987) by Orson Scott Card (Mass Market Paperback, 241 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1988)
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1988)
World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1988)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (1988)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (1991)
Book 2) Read a book set at least 50% in North Carolina or South Carolina.
Buried in a Book (Novel Idea #1) (2012) by Lucy Arlington (Mass Market Paperback, 285 pages)
325 + 25 = 350
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 325 + 25 = 350
Books read: 27
Pages read: 7,922
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+