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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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JAMIENYCTask #10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux
claiming Abigail Roux as a GRA for a ticket
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Task #15.6- I'm Flying!
Paper Planes
Precis references "Commercial pilot Dustin McDonough" as one of the main characters
claiming M. Jules Aedin as a GRA for a ticket
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Task #20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 1: Broken heart - book with genre "Romance"
Old Poison / Romance has 99 users on main page
SRC ebook verification Msg 3662
note Josh Lanyon is GRA for a ticket
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Task #20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC!
Option 3: Vacation destination
Red Dirt Heart, from the précis, Welcome to Sutton Station: One of the world’s largest working farms in the middle of Australia – where if the animals and heat don’t kill you first, your heart just might.
eBook verification doc line 1179
note N.R. Walker is a GRA for a ticket
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Task #20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Option 3, book with White in title
White-Knuckled Moments
SRC ebook verification Msg 3662
Note Madeleine Ribbon is a GRA for a ticket
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Current post: Points: 10+15+20+20+20=85
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Totals
Total Points: 125
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 10
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De FranceOption 4, bicycle on cover: Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last by Patience Bloom
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
I've only just joined, so I hope I do this right...I've read for 15.4. Double Trouble 15 pts.
A. A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double vowel. The vowel must be repeated immediately in the word, not just somewhere in the word. Example: Cartwheel - double "e."
De toneelclub
AND
B. A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double consonant, repeated immediately in the word. Example: Innocent Traitor - double "n"
Some Like It Hot-Buttered
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch 20 pts
#3. 1971 –
So for this option, read a book that has the genre ‘classics’ listed on its main book page. Ex. The Taming of the Shrew or Dracula
Lady Audley's Secret
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20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both! 20 pts
3. IT’S SUMMER –For this task choose a book that either takes place in some exotic locale outside your home country that you’ve always wanted to visit, your next dream vacation destination one might say,
OR that has a cover with either a beach, palm trees, or a lion (arbitrary, but I’m a Leo so we’re gonna go with it) on it.
Rich Boys which takes place in and around Chicago and a forest area in Canada. The forests of Canada and the lakes around Chicago really fascinate me. Huge (compared to my homeland the Netherlands) areas of forests with wild animals like wolves and bears! Wow!
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30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-Up 30 pts.
Help Thread
(I rolled the dice and got 6, 4)
Roll two dice, then read books related to each of the activities you roll. If you get doubles, roll again until you get two different numbers.
-->4. Read a book with the genre "Humor"* on the main page.
Cat's Cradle
-->6.Read a book with the genre "Fantasy"* on the main page.
Wildwood
*Genres may be stand-alone or embedded.
Required:Identify the options you rolled.
I hope this is okay.
Janice CA20.4 - Word Trivia: Name That Word!
Option 2: A palindrome in the title
palindrome: Bob
The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Street-wise Cat by James Bowen
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total: 40
tasks: 3
books: 3
Oh, I forgot:For:
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Chose two different options and read one book for each:
3. Home Run Derby: one of the most favorite of the non-game activities: Read a book with at least 100 ratings that has an average rating of 4.0 or better
Required:Include the average rating and number of ratings when you post.
The Woods 31,889 ratings, of which 74 % rated it 4 or 5 stars! (average rating: 4.01)
5. And, because it’s a three day break for the majority of the major league players: Read a book that you want to read that meets SRC rules, just because.
The Prediction
Just because it is a wonderful book!
Repost5.1 When I'm an old woman
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith/ first published in 1998
30.3 Send in the clones
16 Lighthouse Road Debbie Macomber - option 3: main character is mum
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA Brenda Maddox - option 4: main character is scientist
Tasks points 35
Total points 95
BB Ticket 2
I just got approval (message 3666) for: Remember the Moon, which I want to use for:5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with a title that is at least a 3 words long in which the first letters of ALL of the words in the title can be found in KERMIT THE FROG. Subtitles should be ignored. Letters may be used more than once.
RTM (Remember the Moon) are all in KERMIT.
20.7 - THE BRADY BUNCHOPTION 5 - 1973 - SPINOFF - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber which is a spinoff of her Cedar Cove Series.
25.9 - SPRINGTIME 5 STAR FAVORITES
OPTION 3 - Sweet Dreams Drive by Robin Lee Hatcher which is the last book in the Hart's Crossing Series.
OPTION 5 - The Miracle Thief by Iris Anthony which takes place in the middle of the 10th Century in France. I am interested in this time period because there is very little written during this time period. I am an avid history buff and will read about any time period.
TOTAL POINTS - 140
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!1. Book with the genre "Romance*" on the main book page
Sold to the Sheikh by Chloe Cox (Goodreads Author)
Romance (49 users)
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 170
GR Author: 11
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story ShortBook 1 - Read a book of collected works with at least 4 separate pieces, either all by the same author or by multiple authors.
Summer on Seeker's Island by Jana Deleon, et al. *Goodreads Author*
*Jana Deleon's story is entitled "The Alligator Incident".
Book 2 - Read a book of long-form fiction or nonfiction by the same author as ONE of the contributed works from Book 1.
Showdown in Mudbug by Jana Deleon *Goodreads Author*
*291 Pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 355
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Kaye
5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with a title that is at least a 3 words long in which the first letters of ALL of the words in the title can be found in KERMIT THE FROG.
The Grass Harp T G H
by Truman Capote
Points this task - 5
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Total points to date - 85
GRA -- 4
5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with a title that is at least a 3 words long in which the first letters of ALL of the words in the title can be found in KERMIT THE FROG.
The Grass Harp T G H
by Truman Capote
Points this task - 5
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Total points to date - 85
GRA -- 4
Jenn ILREPOST--Previously forgot to claim BB Ticket
25.8 4th of July Challenge
Opt.2 Cress by Marissa Meyer
550 pages
***Goodreads Author***
***Big Book Ticket***
Opt.6 Love Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel by Debbie Macomber
***I read an advanced reader's copy**
***Goodreads Author***
10.6 D DayDreams of Joy by Lisa See (Goodreads Author)
The title begins with the letter "D".
15.10 Fun in the Sun
Nothing But the Truth by Avi
I read this book sitting on my patio accompanied by the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers!
25.10 Baseball All Stars
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
#3. Home Run Derby: 112,226 ratings; average of 4.10.
Gloryland by Shelton Johnson
#5. "Read a book you want to read"
50 points this post
95 Total Points
2 GR Authors
BABBLING C25.1 Andy P's Task: Directionally Challenged
Book A. Read a book that has in its title/subtitle one of the following words: North
North of Need- kindle North of Need-paperback 263 pgs by Laura Kaye
Laura Kaye is a GRA
Book B. COMPASS
Shadow Lover- kindle Shadow Lover-paperback 320 pgs by Anne Stuart - compass
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 180
Completed Tasks: 10
Good Read Authors: 10
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 4,357
Books read this season: 13
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
Pat 25.3 - Different Selves, Different Tales!
OPTION 2 : Young & Old
Read two books by the same single author.
Book A : Shelved as 'young adult' or 'children's',
The Angel Experimentby James Patterson *****GoodReads Author*****
Book B : Contains neither of those genres on its main page.
Zooby James Patterson *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 25
Total Points : 255
Tasks Completed : 11
Books Read This Season : 19
Pages Read This Season : 6410
Good Reads Authors : 11
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
Post 610.7 From the Source
Author was born in Canada and lives there. Book is primarily set in New France aka Quebec, Canada.
The King's Daughter by Suzanne Martel
Points this task: 10
Total: 100
GR authors: 4
Books read: 7
Tasks Done: 6
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Chocolate for Two by Maria Murnane
Chocolate is found intact in the title.
10.2 - Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Third Strike by Heather Brewer
Paranormal > Vampires is a main page genre listing (shelved by 11 people)
10.10 - Required Summer Reading
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Literature is a genre on the main page (shelved by 271 people). Also approved in Message #18 of the help thread.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
5.6 - Blue: Most PopularThe Coincidence of Callie and Kayden - Jessica Sorenson
found on page 3
5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Sand Angel - Mackenzie McKade
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
Unveiled - Courtney Milan
384 pages
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
- Barbara Greenpb: The Ghost Pirate's Treasure: Mystery of the Jaguar Warrior
5.10 - White: Lounging Around
- Sara Zarrapp'd in help thread
Points this post: 25
Total points: 50
Task #15.5 - Where Was that Again?Taming Her Billionaire Boss by Maxine Sullivan (GR Author)
Set in Colorado
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 170
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
15.8 - It's All About the Facts!Non-fiction, history: Josephine: A Life of the Empress by Carolly Erickson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Coralie10.8 Question Everything
’What’ in title
What Katy Did at School
15.6 I’m Flying
Book with a plane on the cover
30.5 In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1 Entertainment – author with initials in ‘enteRtAinment’ AR
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
Option 2 Geography Book set in country with ‘G’ in place name – Algeria
The Plague
This post 55 points
Total to date 200 points
Task #10.6 D-DayDare To Love by Jaci Burton (GR Author)
Points this Post: 10
Totals:
Total Points: 180
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-UpI rolled a 1 and a 3, so I read books for the following options:
Option 1. Writing Poetry: book with genre "Poetry"* on the main page
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
The genre 'Poetry' is #2 on the book's main page.
Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads Author.
Claiming a Big Book ticket for Impulse 688pages
Option 3. Playing Video Games: book with genre "Graphic Novels"* on the main page
Watchmen by Alan Moore
The genre 'Graphic Novel' is #1 on the book's main page.
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Goodreads Authors to date: 13
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 220
HINA5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag - Read a book set in a country that has either the color orange or both the colors red AND yellow on its official flag.
The Irish Devil by Donna Fletcher.
Setting in Ireland. Ireland's flag has the color orange.
**Donna Fletcher is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 315
Total Goodreads Authors: 23
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...Put a 5 star book into "What should I read next?" and read one of the recommendations.
I put in And the Mountains Echoed★★★★★
I read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry★★★
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
30.1 TPRolled a 1 and a 6
Option 1 Writing Poetry Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash
Genre - Poetry
Option 6 Eye Candy Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Genre-Fantasy
****GoodReads Author****
****Big Book 1088pgs****
30.4 PERCY JACKSON LOVERS
Option 3 - Aphrodite Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Genre - Romance
****GoodReads Author****
Option 6 Artemis
by Yasmine GalenornWolf on Cover
****GoodReads Author****
30.5 IN PURSUIT OF A GOOD BOOK
Option 3 - History Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two by Allan Bérubé
About WWII
Option 5 Science and Nature
by Traci HohensteinTree on Cover
****GoodReads Author****
30.7 FOLLOW THE STARS
Option B The Burning of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel
Published Sept 14, 2012
****GoodReads Author****
Option C Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
Genre - Science Fiction
****GoodReads Author****
30.8 CONCENTRATION!
Noun is Midnight
Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian 356pgs
****GoodReads Author****
Play with Fire & Midnight at the Oasis by Justin Gustainis 496pgs
****GoodReads Author****
30.9 SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
Book A - Still Waters by Donald Allen Kirch
Word is Still (250pgs)
****GoodReads Author****
Book B - Harm None
Name is Sellars (380pgs)
****GoodReads Author****
Points: 180
Tasks: 6
Books: 12
Pages Read: 4670
GR Authors: 10
Big Books 1000+: 1
Pamela326515.4. Double Trouble
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (Goodreads Author) - Double "t" in Honeycutt, double "e" in CeeCee.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
25.4 World CupOption 1
Book A - Prince of Wolves by Susan Krinard
Published in 1994
Book B - A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton
USA hosted 1994 World Cup Book is set in USA
****GoodReads Author****
25.10 BASEBALL ALL STARS
Option 3 Home Run Derby - Worth Dying For by Lee Child
29,212 Ratings for average of 4.18
****GoodReads Author****
****Big Book 514pgs****
Option 5 Book of Choice Game of Cages by Harry Connolly
****GoodReads Author****
25.11 SUMMER CAMP
Option 1 Grab a Buddy - Dust to Dust by Heather Graham
Based on Ghost Walk which I rated a 4
****GoodReads Author****
Option 2 Sleepy Hollow - Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
Genre - Thriller
****GoodReads Author****
25.12 TRIVIAL CHALLENGE
Rolled a 3
Option 3 History -
by Jennifer EstepBuilding on cover
****GoodReads Author****
Option 1 Geography - Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian
****GoodReads Author****
Points: 100
Tasks: 4
Books: 8
Pages: 3254
GR Authors: 7
Big Books 500+: 1
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 20
Total Pages: 7924
GR Authors: 17
Big Books 500+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 1
LAUREL CA5.1: Task-Red: Read a book first published in 1998.
Sea Swept I read the mass market paperback, 330 pagesPoints this task:5
25.3: Task: Different Selves, Different Tales: read a book by the same author, published at least 25 years apart.
Book #1: Dead Cert originally published 1962, as listed on the main page. I read the original Pan edition from 1962, not found in the GR list, with 328 pages. The mass market paperback has 277 pages.
Book#2: Hot Money, published in 1988, mass market paperback, 278 pages
1988 minus 1962= 26 year difference, with both of these books authored by Dick Francis
Points this task: 25
Total points this post: 30
Total points before this post: 45
Total points to date: 75
Total books read: 8
Pamela326515.10 - Fun in the Sun
First Test by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 185
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the StarsA. Read a book by an author who is a Leo or a Virgo born between July 23rd and September 22nd. I read The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith which is a pseudonym for JK Rowling. She was born July 31st, making her a Leo.
B. Read a book first published in July, August or September of any year. I read The Last Word, which came out July 1, 2013.
Both books were approved in the help thread.
Lisa Lutz is a **********Goodreads Author*******
Points: 135
Tasks completed:8
Books read: 11
GR authors: 8
Pages read: 3809
Oma122930.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 1: Greek Mythology-The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Claiming Rick Riordan as GR author
Option 3: Aphrodite-The Girl From Tenerife by Bernard Schaffer
Claiming Bernard Schaffer as GR author
Total Points: 25/1180
Total Tasks: 1/64
Total GR Authors: (2)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
JAMIENYCREPOST with explanation how works
Task #20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC!
Option 3: Vacation destination
Red Dirt Heart, from the précis, Welcome to Sutton Station: One of the world’s largest working farms in the middle of Australia – where if the animals and heat don’t kill you first, your heart just might.
I would love to go to Australia for a vacation, my friend spent 6 months there and it sounds fascinating
eBook verification doc line 1179
note N.R. Walker is a GRA for a ticket
✔15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day:A. Stars:
Book with name of a U.S. state in the title. (Alabama)
Gods in Alabama|Joshilyn Jackson - 06/24/14
Joshilyn Jackson is a Goodreads author
B. Stripes:
Book set in one of those states: (Virginia)
Full House|Janet Evanovich - 06/18/14
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author
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✔25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Option #1 - 50/50:
Read a book in which the Author's first and last name initials are any of the letter combinations: DB
Heir Untamed|Danielle Bourdon - 06/19/14
Danielle Bourdon is a Goodreads author
Option #2 - Switch the Question:
Read a book with one of the following genres that revolve around switching one's identity: Espionage
Running Blind|Lee Child - 06/23/14 (512 Pages)
Lee Child is a Goodreads author
Claiming one Big Book Ticket = 512 Pages
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✔25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star:
Option 1 - Mystery: Read a book with the genre Mystery* on the main book page.
Tin City|David Housewright - 06/22/14
David Housewright is a Goodreads author
Option #5 - The Kitchen Boy:
Read a book with the genre Historical Fiction* on the main book page.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close|Jonathan Safran Foer - 06/20/14
Points This Post: 65
Goodreads Author This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
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Total Points: 195
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and WitchesGenre-"Witches"
Approved Help Desk Thread Message 42
Something Witchy |A.J. Myers| ★★★★ | 336 Pages | GR AUTHOR
This Post
Points For This Task: 5
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0
Big Book Tickets: 750+: 0
0
Totals
Total Points: 100/1180
Challenges Completed: 8/67
Total Goodreads Authors 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Kimber15.2 If They Like It, Maybe I Will Too
Book A: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
Book B (recommended by Ms Flagg...): The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
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20.6 The Colors Of Trivial Pursuit
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
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25.6 I Could Use A Little Help Here!
Option 1: (AB) The Ghost Files (The Ghost Files
Option 3: (On 6/11, the month of June, #87 on list...) That Summer by Lauren Willig
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Apryl Baker is a GRA
Lauren Willig is a GRA
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Welcome to the world....is a big book at pb512 pages
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Above tasks: 60 points
# tasks submitted to date: 8
GRA: 8
New total points: 160
big book:1/500+,1/750+
delicious dee20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Sworn to Protect - Jo Davis (GR Author) - the Sugerland Blue series is a spin-off of her firefighters of station 5 series - the main character in the first book of the sugarland series, is the brother to the main character in book 4 of the firefighter series
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 280
GR Author: 13
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
babbling c20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
The original genus edition of Trivial Pursuit is my favorite game EVER. In fact, we still have the game. The original pie pieces were brown, yellow, blue, pink, green and orange.
For this task, read a book with one of the original colors: brown, yellow, blue, pink, green, or orange in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Deadly Pink -kindle Deadly Pink - paperback 288 pgs. Vivian Vande Velde
This is a new book
NOTE: Books with genre "Children's" or "Kids" that are at least 100+ pages and conform to all other SRC rules may be used for this task.
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 200
Completed Tasks: 11
Good Read Authors: 10
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 4,645
Books read this season: 14
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
Task 25.11 Summer Camp for All AgesOption One: Grab a Buddy!
Read a book written by an author that you've read before and that you've rated 4 or 5 stars.
Required: State which book you read previously and how many stars you rated it.
Previously read and rated 5*’s:
The Pickwick Papers
Great Expectations
Bleak House
Dombey and Son
Read for 25.11 Option One:
Oliver Twist (1839) by Charles Dickens (Paperback, Penguin Classics, 554 pages)
**** Big Books**** (554 pages) Oliver Twist
Option Two: Sleepy Hollow
Read a book with the genre "horror" or "thriller" on its main book page. Genres may be embedded or stand-alone.
The Space Between (2011) by Brenna Yovanoff (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 363 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Brenna Yovanoff
25 + 25 = 50
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 25 + 25 = 50
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,583
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
25.4 - Coralie's Task: World Cup Past and Present
Option 2, Group B
Book A, set in Spain: The Anarchist Detective by Jason Webster
Book B, author born in the Netherlands: The Dinner by Herman Koch
25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story Short
Book 1, 12 short stories: The Hotel Eden by Ron Carlson
Book 2, novel by same author: Return to Oakpine by Ron Carlson
30.11 Helen's Task: Honor's Awards
Book 1 GR Choice winner- 2011 Memoir & Autobiography: Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin
Book 2, nominee, 2013 mystery: Police: A Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbø
total= 300
Task #5.10 - White: Lounging AroundCome a Little Bit Closer by Bella Andre (GR Author)
- Chair on the coverPoints this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 185
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 14
Pat 5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Read a book with one of the following words found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name:
brown, SAND, chocolate, coffee.
Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Islandby Regina Calcaterra *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 5
Total Points : 260
Tasks Completed : 12
Books Read This Season : 20
Pages Read This Season : 6730
Good Reads Authors : 12
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
MELANIE CTASK NAME: Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 1: Broken Heart: Cure the patient's broken heart by reading a book with the genre "Romance*" on the main book page.
That Summer by Lauren Willig who is also a GRA.
Claiming GRA point: Lauren Willig
Qualifier: Genre Romance is #2 on main page
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Author: 4
Big Books: 0
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.8 It's all about the facts
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings
Qualifier: Genre: geography
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 90
Tasks Completed: 6
GR Author: 4
Big Books:
Andy P.Task # 25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option One: Grab a Buddy!
Read a book written by an author that you've read before and that you've rated 4 or 5 stars.
Hangman: A Novel by Stephan Talty. I read Talty's Black Irish and rated it 4 stars.
Option Two: Sleepy Hollow
Read a book with the genre "horror" or "thriller" on its main book page. Precious Thing by Colette McBeth Thriller(22 users) on main page
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 210
Suzanne5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Female
(view spoiler)
If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone - ***** - 6/21/2014 - 208 Pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Suzanne5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
(view spoiler)
Shaded Vision by Yasmine Galenorn - ** - 6/18/2014 - 306 Pages - Witches on main page
Points this task: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
SHELLEY UT25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 4: Lay Down My Sword And Shield by James Lee Burke
and
Option 5: Axel by Harper Sloan
I used the popular indie authors list and this was on pg. 2
Harper Sloan is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.3 The More the MerrierRead a book that shows at least 3 people on the cover
The Comfort of Men
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 3: Funny bone -- Book with genre "Humor"
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()