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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

The Death Cure found on page 2 of the list
10.1. Another Kind of Trip
In Silent Graves found on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 15
Points total: 855
GO total: 1
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 66

Completed Task
10.8. Happy Birthday
2nd in the Harry Potter series -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
***SUMMARY***
Previous Points Claimed: 570
Points This Post: 10
Total Points Earned This Quarter: 580

15.5 - Summer in the City
Clockwork Angel
Urban Fantasy was a main page genre (it is not there at time of posting), but it was verified in the Genre Verification Thread here.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 615
That's it for me this season. Thank you to the mods and task creators for another great season.

10.3 Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations - World's Best Vacation Spots.
I read The Bat by Jo Nesbø
This book’s setting is Sydney, Australia. Sydney is listed in message 2 of help thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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25.6 Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
This is a two book task.
Book 1 – Option 2 - Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location.
I read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
This book is set in multiple locations including London, Paris, Hong Kong, and San Francisco.
Book 2 – Option 4 - Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
I read The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood - joAnMitchell
**Around the World in Eighty Days is a Golden Oldie (1872). Claiming Golden Oldie ticket.**
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Points this post: 35
Golden oldies this post: 1
Big book tickets this post: 0
Points total:625/1125
Golden oldies total: 3
Big book ticket total: 9
Tasks completed: 36/62
Books read: 47
This is all for me. Thanks so much for a great season!

15.9 - Listen Up
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award- an award recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). The Audie Award identification MUST appear in the book's Goodreads metadata. You may read your book in any format; the audiobook is not required. Audiobooks that do not have a written word equivalent, either published in paper or digitally, may NOT be used for SRC tasks.
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket – 527 pages*****
I read an ebook version, but have linked to the PB version for page count.
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Points this post: 15
Total Points: 570/1125
Books Read: 37
Tasks Complete: 24
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 1

20.10 Group Reads
Beloved
25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
3rd: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
story list:
books & roses
"sorry" doesn't sweeten her tea
is your blood as red as this?
drownings
presence
a brief history of the homely wench society
dornicka & the st martin's day goose
freddy barrando checks...in?
if a book is locked there's probably a good reason for that don't you think
4th floor: Saga, Volume 6
TALLY:
This post - 45 points
Total - 1125

A book with an abstract noun in the title, from the list Examples of Abstract Nouns: A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King
The word is Talent.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 705

Read a book with Humor or Funny or Comedy as a main page genre.
You Had Me At Hello - Mhairi McFarlane
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 4: Sag wagon / volunteer
For this option, read a book from the Funniest Novels of All Time list.
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett (117 on list)
Option 6: Hammock
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”. The title of your book must contain three or more words. All words count but subtitles can be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Daphnis and Chloe - Longus
SounDs fun but I would rAther Chill with a good book
**First published c 150AD, 1 Golden Oldie ticket claimed!**
Points this post: 35
Points total: 285
Tasks completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 4 - 500+(4) 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 21
Pages read: 7638
This has been my final post of the season, thanks to all the mods and task creators!

5.2 - Cubism
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #6 in a series.
The Price of Faith (The Ties That Bind, #3) by Rob J. Hayes
#3 in series
FINAL POST this season
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 24

5.10 - School's Out!
A Fatal Grace
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: My Sister's Grave
Option 3: The Wreckage by Michael Robotham (Mountain maRathon)
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for Friction.
5) What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard? The Secret of Magic.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 540

5.1 - A different view
Magi I read the Swedish translation of nr 127 on page 2 of list: Magyk
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!

10.7. "Give me your tired, your poor,........"
I read The Complete Persepolis, an omnibus edition that includes Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi found on page 2 of the list.
15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Livet efter dig by Jojo Moyes, Jojo ends with -o
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
book 1: Järnblod by Liza Marklund, initials LM
book 2: Unnatural issue by Mercedes Lackey, initials ML

Required: State the options you chose when you post.
1. I read

3. Abstract art represents the world in a way which doesn't conform how we usually view reality. Read a book with the "Dystopia" or "Magical Realism" as a main-page genre. Genres may be stand-alone or embedded. I read Of Love and Shadows. Magical realism is listed on its page.
points: 375
books read: 28
tasks completed: 21
GO: 3
Big Books: 2
pages read: 9624
This is it for me this challenge! Thanks to all the mods for their hard work!

5.10 - School's Out! Book of your choice
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis The Four Loves
5 points
10.9 Smile - Book with humor or funny or comedy genre
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion The Rosie Project Humor genre
10 points
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
3) Novel featuring serial killer
Asylum by Madeliene Roux Asylum
Book is about 3 teenagers at an old asylum that housed a serial killer and now people are dying.
20 points
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 340

Page 1 #47
Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
+10 Points
10.3. Time for vacation
Paris:
Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust
+10 Points
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?

+10 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 880
Thanks for another great season --- congrats to all finishers!

5.10. - School's Out!
The Haters by Jesse Andrews
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 245

Book from YALSA’s 2014 Outstanding Books For the College Bound
List: Arts & Humanities
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Lauren Jodi – Queen of Crime
Option 1 – From LIST – Best Cozy Mystery series
Latte Trouble (page 3 / # 234)
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This Post: 35 points
Total points to date: 715 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1

task 20.6, option 3: Das Labyrinth der Träumenden Bücher which is 432 pages
>points 20
task 25.3: book 1, option 4: The Compleat Discworld Atlas approved in message 54 in the help threat
book 2, option 5 Feet of Clay written by Terry Pratchett
>points: 25
task 25.4:
book 1: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age: short (192 pages); no series and younger than 2011 (first published 2014.
book 2: The Left Hand of Darkness. long: 304 pages; a series: Hainish cucle #6; and older than 2011
>points 25
total points post: 70
total points challenge: 545

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.
For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
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.
The Jester by James Patterson and Andrew Gross
Points: 25

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 Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney
Option B: book that is not first in a series
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Option F: Book of choice
The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd by Bette Lee Crosby
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 255/1125
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

Option 1. Gotham City Sirens:
For this option, choose a book with main page genre "Superheroes." The genre may stand alone or be embedded. NOTE: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used provided the general SRC guidelines are met.
Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
Genre = Superheroes > Marvel
Option 3. Candyland:
For this option, choose a book whose author's initals can be found in CANDYLAND. Middle initials may be ignored. If a book has multiple authors, only one author's initials must fit the task.
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
CandyLand has 2 As - AA
Points: 25

A book by a UEA alumna author: The Green Road by Anne Enright (MA 1987)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 725
That's it for this season. Thank you, Moderators!!

20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
My word is NECK
Ne - Neon
C - Carbon
K - Potassium
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 14
Tasks Complete: 8

task 10.8 Saga, Volume 4 part 4 in the saga series
>points: 10
>task 10.10 the person on the left is wearing sunglasses

Task 15.3
book 1: The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
book 2: Chrononauts
>points 15
task 25.2
book 1: Eric
book 2, option A: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell with the genre music
>points 25
task 25.6
book 1, option 3 the word 'them' How to Win Friends and Influence People
book 2 , option 4 Noodlot written by Louis Couperus first published in 1890 so I also claim a golden oldie
>points 25
>GO: 1
total points this post: 75
GO: 1
total points challenge: 605

5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book:
Total Points: 625
Tasks Completed: 27
Total Books Read: 42
Oldies: 8
Big Books: 3

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
2. Signed books: For this option, read a book written by one of the authors who have signed my books: Tien’s signed books
Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder
Points this post: 20
Total points: 900
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 65
Big Book Tickets: 2

10.2 - Bobble heads
Redshirts - John Scalzi
This book is set aboard the starship Intrepid
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 505 points
Tasks completed: 30
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Thanks to everyone for another great season. This is my last post.

Option 1. The Playlist - After You by Jojo Moyes
I used the word "you" from "You And Your Heart" by Jack Johnson
Option 2. Hang 5 - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
Barbara ★ gave it 5 stars
Total points: 45 + 30 = 75

20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon is a BIG BOOK with 1,059 pages
Voyager:
V - Vanadium
O - Oxygen
Y - Yttrium
Ag - Silver
Er - Erbium
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
author's initials in STRAWBERRIES
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option A - My ideal house or location to live would be Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A - Slightly Tempted by Mary Balogh
Shelved as romance
Option D - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
Reread, originally read it in 2008 and gave it 5 stars. Still like this one a lot. :)
Option E - Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
POINTS: 195

The Siren by Kiera Cass
The word is Siren
Si - Silicon
Re - Rhenium
N - Nitrogen
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option C
The Guernsey Literary and POTATO Peel Pie SocietyMary Ann Shaffer
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option A
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option C
Secrets of a Happy Life by David O. McKay
David O. McKay was born Sept. 8, 1873
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4
Boo by Neil Smith
(Paranormal - Supernatural)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 4
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 3
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Points this post: 140
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Sarah E's Task: Periodically Challenged
A book with a word of at least 3 letters that can be spelled out using the symbols of chemical elements.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey -- 'With' can be spelled with Tungsten (W), Iodine (I) and Thorium (TH)
50.1 - Pamela3265's Task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A - 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.
Hour of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair -- Fantasy > Paranormal on main page with 182 users; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Hour of the Lion
Option E - A book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016, the start of the Summer 2016 challenge.
Dark Magic by Christine Feehan -- Added to my 'to-read' shelf on October 11, 2015
Option F - A book of your choice.
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Choice read
Points This Post: 70
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 260
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1

5.6 - Abstract Design

25.5 - Dakimel’s Task: An Homage to The Toast
Book A:

Golden Oldie - First published in 1939
Book B:

Golden Oldie - First published in 1926
30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Option 1:
Book A:

Book B:


Points this post: 60
Total Points: 1050
Golden Oldie books this post: 2
Total Golden Oldie books: 6
Big Book Tickets this post:1
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Book of Choice
Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 260/1125
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
That does it for me this round. As usual, thanks to the task creators and mods for another great season.

25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
This is a two-book task.
Book 1) Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS. Subtitles should be ignored. One word titles will work.
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I listened to an audiobook and linked to the PB version
Book 2)
B. Read a book set at least 50% in North Carolina or South Carolina.
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
I listened to an audiobook and linked to the MMPB version
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 595/1125
Books Read: 39
Tasks Complete: 25
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 1

50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A - Slightly Tempted by Mary Balogh
Shelved as romance
Option D - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
Reread, originally read it in 2008 and gave it 5 stars. Still like this one a lot. :)
Option F - Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
POINTS: 195

10.8. Happy Birthday
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The book is #2 in the Harry Potter series.
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter wears glasses on the cover of the book.
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 10
Tasks in Progress: 0
Pages Read: 4767
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: ]

Probably my worst season yet (it's hard with a one year old!) but here are a few to finish it up.
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
OPTION A:
My ideal house or location to live would be ________
The Glass Castle
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
At least 360 pages
Maine has 388 pages.
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THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 40
TOTALS:
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 125

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's task: Authors in Real Life
Option 2: Read a book written by one of the authors who have signed my books: Tien’s signed books. Written by Garth Nix:

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. With main page genre "Fantasy":

Option B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series.

Option F: Read any book of your choice.

Points
This Post: 70
Total Points: 1125
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 87

20.2 Option A Read a book with a word that starts and ends with the same letter-Pop Goes the Weaselby James Patterson
Word in title is Pop.
Books Read 11
Tasks Completed 8
Big Books 0
Task Points 20
Grand Total 155/115

5.2 - Cubism
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #6 in a series.
Cowgirl Up and Ride (Rough Riders #3) by Lorelei James

5.3 - Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
The Sky Devil by L. Ron Hubbard

5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Strong, Silent Type (Rough Riders #6.5) by Lorelei James

Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3

50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Romance
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.
Cowgirls Don't Cry (Rough Riders, #10) by Lorelei James

Option B:
Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series.
Chasin' Eight (Rough Riders #11) by Lorelei James

Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 65
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4

Option 1

Option 2

Heart on forehead
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1
Bone Gap] by Laura Ruby
Finn and Sean are brothers.
Option 4
Momilies: As My Mother Used to Say by Michele Slung
Female author
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Science Fiction genre
Option D
Clutter's Last Stand: It's Time to de-Junk Your Life! by Don Aslett
I first read this in 1984 - 5 stars then and now.
Option F
Third Degree by Greg Iles
Points this post 105
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
I apologize for the last minute post. I will really try to do better next time!!

4)You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with _How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming_______________ every day.
5) What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard?Windows of the Soul: Experiencing God in New Ways (Use just title)
Points this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Total Points: 415
Total Books: 24
Total Tasks: 19

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.
Initials = A G | Thirst by Andrey Gelasimov

B-3: Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
Long Hard Ride (Rough Riders #1) by Lorelei James
Published March 2008

30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
4) You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with Raising Kane every day.
Raising Kane (Rough Riders #9) by Lorelei James

6) I got 99 problems but Shoulda Been A Cowboy isn’t one.
Shoulda Been a Cowboy (Rough Riders #7) by Lorelei James

Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 125
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6

25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 4: The World
Read a book that is set in at least 2 different primary countries for significant portions of the book.
Set in United States and Romania
Vlad All Over (Vlad #1) by Beth Orsoff

Option 5: The Film
Read a book that has been turned into a movie.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 7

25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option Two | Crazy Shapes
Read a book that has a square, circle, or heart on the cover.
The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg
hearts on the cover

Option Six | Signature
Read a book in which the first letter/number of the first word in the title matches any letter/number in your Readerboard name.
Letter A
All Jacked Up (Rough Riders #8) by Lorelei James

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 8
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5.10 - School's Out!
Book of choice
I listened to the audiobook. Here is the link to the mass paperback edition:
Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 260