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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
Jonquil10.1. Another Kind of Trip
Best Reality Warping Fiction pg 1 #40
Flatland
Edwin A. Abbott
Paperback 176 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Books posted: 11
Tasks complete: 11
Pages this post: 176
Total pages as of this post: 2974
Coralie5.5 Abstract Nouns
The Memory of Love
Both 'memory' and 'love' are abstract nouns.
15.5 Summer in the city
Book with 'urban fantasy' on main page (approved in help thread post 15)
The Library at Mount Char
15.9 Listen Up
Winner of Audie Award
Sula
20.7 The Queen of Crime
Option 1: A Murder is Announced
From page 5 of the list
Silent in the Grave
This post 55 points
Total to date 55 points
MelissaH15.8 - Commencement
Crash
20.7 - The Queen of Crime
Option 3
Most Wanted
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 2
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and RothkoHelp Thread
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O. The name may appear in any position. One qualifying contributor in a book by multiple authors works. ex. Alice Munro, Banana Yoshimoto, Leo Tolstoy
I read D.J. NikoThe Judgment
The author, D.J. Niko, has a last name that ends in "o."
Points: 50
Books read: 5
tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 1644
SandiCompleted Tasks
15.7 - See the Light
Lighthouse on cover -- in approval section of post #2 in help thread -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cover is kindle edition I read. Most popular paperback edition: Darkhouse
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Using Option A -- Mythology main page genre -- The Penelopiad
***SUMMARY***
Previous Points Claimed: 0
Points This Post: 35
Total Points Earned This Quarter: 35
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out2. Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Book read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
(Smriti rated it 5 stars. So did Morgan)
4. Read a book set in a location of the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour.
Book read: As Mentiras que as Mulheres Contam by Luís Fernando Veríssimo (it's set in Brazil)
Points this post: 30
Total: 155
Lisa NZ20.10 - Group Reads
I read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
my comment in thread
This is a Big Book with 529 pages I claim 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total points: 20
Total BB tickets: 1
Pamela326510.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
2015 Science Fiction Winner - The Martian by Andy Weir
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
The Lawman's Surprise Family by Patricia Johns - My ideal home would have a large porch
Approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 115
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
JUKKA5.3 - Action!
Book with main page genre Action or Adventure.
Samarkandin kultainen talo by Hugo Pratt. It's the Finnish translation of The Golden House of Samarcand, and has the main page genre Adventure.
5.4 - In the Shadows
Book about Jews or Jewishness, or by a Jewish author.
The Divine by Boaz Lavie. Lavie and the Hanuka brothers who illustrated the book are all Israeli Jews, as evinced in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaz_Lavie and http://eviltender.com/2015/08/10/the-...
5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Book with an abstract noun in the title.
The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore has the abstract noun "love".
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 150/1125
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13/62
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
LAUREN JODI10.5 - But watch out - it's hurricane season!
2016 Atlantic hurricane (Lisa):
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 55/1125
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/62
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400Option 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.
Blood of Dragons - Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb is a pseudonym, and the author also writes books under the name Megan Lindholm. From the FAQs on the Robin Hobb website "Why do you write as both Megan Lindholm and Robin Hobb?" http://www.robinhobb.com/faq/
**Blood of Dragons has 544 pages, 1 big book ticket claimed!**
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Points this post: 20
Points total: 20
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Tasks completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1 - 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
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Books read: 1
Pages read: 544
Creynard10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
On page 2 of the Immigrant Experience Literature list
5.10 - School's Out!
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Points this post: 15
Points total: 55
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Tasks completed: 5
Pages read: 3284
Jonquil10.2. Bobble heads
set in space, on ships and outposts
including astronaut helmet cover 'cause Mom taught me to share
The Catalyst
Chris Reher
Paperback, 204 pages 6/11
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Books posted: 12
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post: 204
Total pages as of this post: 3178
Jonquil10.3. Time for vacation
Maui # 7 on World's Best Vacation Spots
set 100% in Maui though all that pretty doesn't seem to help any character
Maui Widow Waltz
JoAnn Bassett
Paperback, 338 pages 6/9
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Books posted: 13
Tasks complete: 13
Pages this post: 338
Total pages as of this post: 3516
Jonquil10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
2016 Science Fiction short list
Slow Bullets
Alastair Reynolds
Paperback, 192 pages 6/5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 192
Total pages as of this post: 3708
Reader Name: Daphne5.4 - In the Shadows
Jewish MC or Jewish AUTHOR
Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie by Jon Ronson
(80 pages for the under 100 page task)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 55
Oma122925.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book #1-Sails of Hope: the Secret Mission of Christopher Columbus by Simon Wiesenthal
(1.)-Short Book-255 pages (2.)- Older-First published in 1973
(3.)- Stand alone Book.
Book #2-Boar Island by Nevada Barr
(1.)- Long Book-374 pages (2.)- New Book-Published in 2016
(3.)- 19th in series-Anna Pigeon.
Total Points--40/1125
Completed Tasks--2/62
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Oma122915.5 - 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.
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
Total Points--55/1125
Completed Tasks--3/62
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Ava Catherine5.7 Purple Reign
Read a book with a royal rank in the title/subtitle.
Mary, Queen of France by Jean Plaidy
(Queen)
10.5 But watch out-it's hurricane season!
Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
(Georgette)
Arabella by Georgette Heyer
10.7 "Give me your tired, your poor,..."
Read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
page 2; #113
15.7 See the Light
Read a book with the word "lighthouse" in the title or with a lighthouse on the cover.
total=140
perletwo20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime - Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
Her Royal Spyness is on page 1 of the list.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 11
Andy P.Task # 15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
One book option
Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title and by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O
by Elizabeth GeorgePayment in BLOOD and ElizABeth GeOrge
Points this post : 15
Total points: 85
Whimsie15.5 Summer in the City
Task: Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban"
Book Read: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Top MP Genre is "Fantasy>Urban Fantasy"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challengedThe Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
Word: Paper
Pa - Protactinium
P - Phosphorus
Er - Erbium
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
5.6 Abstract Design:Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter. Okayed Task thread post #395.8 Summer Baby:
by Barry Hughart. First published in 1984.15.2 Colors and Sounds:
1. Color:
by Simon Garfie ld2 Sound:
by Ellis PetersThe instrument in the foreground is a psalter
15.6 Pricasso, Miro, and Rothko:
by Ngaio MarshToday's total 40
Grand total 100
Cindy C.Task 10.10-Can You Read the Top Row?
Read a book with a person wearing glasses on the cover.
AR rating MG+.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Task 30.4-Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1: Read a book with a bird(s) on the cover. There are two birds, an owl and a crow.
The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
Option 4: Read a book written by a female author. Jennifer Mathieu is the author of my book.
The Truth About Alice
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Total tasks: 2
SCHATZIE10.4: Don't Leave Home Without One
---choose book from given lists
List Chosen: 2016 Best Genre Fiction
--category: Science Fiction - short list
The Water Knife
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10.5: But Watch Out - It's Hurricane Season!
---hurricane name to match author's name
Ian - from the Atlantic list
Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
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10.9: Smile
---humor or funny genre
Up Till Now
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15.3: June, July, August
---opt. 2 one book option: 4 or 6 words in title & 4 or 6 letters in every name of author
Mud, Sweat and Tears (4 words) by Bear Grylls (4/6 ltrs)
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15.4: The Gift of Life - Donate Blood
---Opt. 2 one book option: "blood" intact in title & A, B, O, in author's name
Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow
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15.6: Picasso, Miro and Rothko
---author's name ends in "O"
Sins of Our Fathers by Shawn Lawrence Otto
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15.7: See the Light
---light house on the cover
The Pelee Project: One Woman's Escape from Urban Madness]
(I did the audio. The cover link is to the audio version; the title link is to the pb version (there is no mmpb.)
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Post Total: 90
Challenge Total: 175
Janice CA5.2 - Cubism
Read #3 in a series.
Anybody Can Do Anything by Betty MacDonald
***GOLDEN OLDIE, first published in 1945***
+5
total: 5
books: 1
tasks: 1
Oldies: 1
Tiffany K5.9 - Summer Reading
Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Found on page #3
Points This Post: 5 Points
Total Points: 5 Points
(I hope I did this all right...)
Dakimel5.2 Cubism
Blameless - #3
5.6 Abstract Design
5.7 Purple Reign
The Raven King
10.4 Don't Leave Home Without One
Changeless (2016 list Horror read-alike series)
10.5 But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - JULIA
15.5 Summer in the City
Timeless
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Heartless - Heartless:
He Helium
Ar argon
tl thallium
es einsteninium
s sulfer
25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
1: Lord Dashwood Missed Out
2A: The Queen of the Night
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
4)You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with The Lady's Command every day.
6) I got 99 problems but Controlled Burn isn’t one.
TALLY:
This post - 125 points
Total - 125
Catherine TTask 20.1 - Periodically Challenged
read a book with a 3+ letter word in the title which can be spelled out using the element symbols
The Ruby Knight by David Eddings
Ru - ruthenium
B - boron
Y - Yttrium
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total points: 25
BB: 1
Creynard20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Book 1/Option 1: Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
#52 on "Best Cozy Mystery Series" list.
Book 2/Option 2: The Exodus Quest By Will Adams
Archaeology is main page genre.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
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Tasks completed: 6
Pages read: 3,599
5.10 - School's OutMy own choice:
Restless In The Grave by Dana Stabenow
15.4 - The Gift of Life - Donate Blood
Single book option - The title contains the word Blood and the author's name contains all the letters A B O : DAna StaBenOw:
Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow
Points this post 20
Total points 50
Marina H30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Option 1:
Book A: The Turn of the Screw set in England
Book B: Britt-Marie var her set in Sweden
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Kim A30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Book 1 - Option A - Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH -
by Rachel HawkinsBook 2 - Option B - Read a book that was first published in 2008 -
by Mary Higgins Clark*Original Pub Date 4/8/2008
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Repost:Reader Name: Daphne
5.4 - In the Shadows
Jewish MC or Jewish AUTHOR
Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie by Jon Ronson
(80 pages for the under 100 page task)
Ronson is Jewish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ronson
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90
Nick KY--5.7 Purple Reign. Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P. Beaulieu, royal word in title: "Kings"
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Twelve Kings in Sharakhai at 592 pages.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 20
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
FANDURY25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
Fourth Floor: Read an illuminated novel or a graphic novel.
Southern Cross, Volume One by Becky Cloonan
This is a graphic novel.
Fifth Floor: Read a book first published in the years 1960 to 1974, inclusive.
Carrie by Stephen King
This book was first published 1974.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Morgan Faeriesfolly30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
***Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used provided the general SRC guidelines are met.***
This is a 2 book task. Select one book from an A option AND one book from a B option.
Required: Identify the options you used when you post.
A-2: Read a book with the word "star" or "starry" in the title. The word "star" or "starry" must have no variations and must stand-alone therefore no plurals, no possessives, and no hyphenated words.
The Last Star
The Last Star - Rick Yancey
B-3: Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
(published 2011)
Allison Hewitt Is Trapped - Madeleine Roux
[POINTS]
Points: 30
Total Points: 65
Morgan Faeriesfolly30.8 - 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? When She Woke ((This one killed me lol))
When She Woke - Hillary Jordan
5) What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard? Shifting Shadows
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs
[POINTS]
Points: 30
Total Points: 95
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5.7 - Purple Reign
Prince: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
15.9 - Listen Up
Audie Award for Personal Development/Motivational (2007): For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend by Patricia B. McConnell
20.10 - Group Reads
post #6: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
total = 85
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.3 - Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Genre verification: here
The Girl from Everywhere - Heidi Heilig
[POINTS]
Points: 5
Total Points: 100
HINA5.7 - Purple Reign - The Naked Viscount by Sally MacKenzie.
Viscount in the title.
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day - The Other Side by J.D. Robb.
Crime ~21 Users on main page genre.
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On! -
Option 3: Running From the Past by Katie Reus.
Run in in the title.
Option 4: Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie.
Funniest Novels of All Time Page 4
Current post:
Points: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 115
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation GapFor my decade of birth 1940's
Book 1: The Plague and I by Betty MacDonald (1948)
Book 2: A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell (1976)
Task total=30
Season total=60
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeO-3 = Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages.
Book read: The Good Girl by Mary Kubica (384 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total: 175
CANDY15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 55
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and RothkoRead a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O
Ravenscraig by Sandi Krawchenko Altner
Claiming Big Book Ticket: 532 pages
15.9 - Listen Up
Won an Audie Award
All the Light We Cannot See
Claiming Big Book Ticket : 530 pages
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 2: a book from the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka which was #179 on the list
Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket: Published in 1915
Total Points this post: 50
Total Challenge Points 50
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Reader Name: Daphne30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Berries Page 1:
Pomegranate Page 1:
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120
Elizabeth PTask 10.7 - Give me your tired, your poor
Book from Immigrant Experience Literature list
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
On page one of the list
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
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5.3 Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure."
May be stand alone or embedded.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Adventure 1,172 users
5.9 Summer Reading
Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
page 2 on the list
10.2 Bobble Heads
Read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams(set in outer space)
total=100