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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story Short
Book 1: The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter
Notes: Five short stories by a single author. Approved in task help thread. 395 pages.
Book 2: The Goddess Inheritance by Aimee Carter
Notes: Full-length novel by that author.
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Book 1: Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter
Notes: 1) Greek Mythology genre.
Book 2: Manicpixiedreamgirl by Tom Leveen
Notes: 3) Romance genre.
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Book 1: In Bed with a Rogue by Samantha Grace
Notes: B) September 2014. I read an ARC.
Book 2: Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci
Notes: C) Science Fiction.
This Post: 85
Points to Date: 290

Driven by K. Bromberg
GR AUTHOR
10.7 From the Source
The Beast by Jaden Wilkes
The author lives in BC (Canada) and the book is set in Canada
GR AUTHOR
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
1. Broken Heart: Romance
Holding On by A.C. Bextor
GR AUTHOR
20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park
Option 3: Hot Springs National Park
Too Darn Hot by Pamela Burford
GR AUTHOR
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE
Home
The Way Home: The Lights of Peril by A.C. Bextor
282 pages
GR AUTHOR
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word!
3. Homonym: Fire
Water and Fire by Demelza Carlton
GR AUTHOR
20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
OPTION C: music
Spicy by Lexi Buchanan
GR AUTHOR
20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
Green
Untamed by Victoria Green
Approved for length in post #3657
GR AUTHOR
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
2. 1970 Best Book Boyfriend List
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
#3 on list
GR AUTHOR
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
3. IT’S SUMMER

by Tara Sivec
Palm tree on cover
GR AUTHOR
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2:
Painted Faces by L.H. Cosway
356 pages
Option 5:
Best Indie Authors #60
Fueled by K. Bromberg
GR AUTHOR x 2
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
3. Home Run Derby:
Burned by Tara Sivec
As of today it has 1,563 ratings with a 4.07 average rating
5. And, because
Crashed by K. Bromberg
GR AUTHOR x 2
Points this post: 230
Points so far: 230
Books read: 14
GR author: 14
Big book: 500 () 750 () 1000()

I started with The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt and read:
The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale
Laura Kinsale is a Goodreads author.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Option 1. 1969
Envy by J.R. Ward – per GR author bio, born in 1969
Points This Post: 35
Points Total: 160
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 1

Option 3. Home Run Derby:
Book w/at least 100 ratings, average rating of 4.0 or better.
Make Mine a Bad Boy|Katie Lane - 06/21/14
(Avg Rating = 4.08|798 Ratings)
Katie Lane is a Goodreads author
Option 5. Three Day Break:
Book that you want to read
Drop Shot|Harlan Coben - 06/25/14
Points This Post: 25
Goodreads Author This Post: 1
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Total Points: 220
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 3

30.1 TP
Rolled a 1 and a 6
Option 1 Writing Poetry 100 Best-Loved Poems by Philip Smith
Genre - Poetry
Option 6 Eye Candy Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Genre-Fantasy
****GoodReads Author****
****Big Book 1088pgs****

15.9 - Decisions, Decisions
I started with Patricia Highsmith's "Strangers on a Train."

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 130

30.7 - Follow the Stars
OPTION B : Read a book first published in July, August or September of any year.
first published July 19, 2010

by Martha Brooks
OPTION C : Read a book with the genre Science Fiction on the main book page.

by Neal Shusterman *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 290
Tasks Completed : 13
Books Read This Season : 22
Pages Read This Season : 7289
Good Reads Authors : 13
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+

10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Genre: Paranormal
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
***Claiming Goodreads Author for Richelle Mead***
Total Points- 55
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 0

TASK NAME: 5.8 Violet: Barely Visible
Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages (as stated on Goodreads)
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion by William Nack
Qualifier: 384 pages
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
GR Author: 4
Big Books: 0

Rocky Mountain Heat by Vivian Arend (GR Author)
The entire book was set in Canada and the author was also born in Canada
Points this Post: 10
Totals:
Total Points: 195
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 15

5.6: Blue: Most Popular: from page 3 of list:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
10.9: Isthmus Test: ok'd - post 68:
A Timely Vision by Joyce Lavene> Joyce Lavene is a GRA.

20.4: Author! Author!: Valorie's Task: Name That Word: 2. Palindrome: HannaH
If He's Tempted by Hannah Howell. Hannah Howell is a GRA.
25.5: Pat's Task: Long Story Short
1. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie
1. Crooked House by Agatha Christie
25.10 Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
2. set in Boston, MA: Final Exit by Laurie Breton. Laurie Breton is a GRA.
3. total ratings: 1329; average: 4.15: Next to Die by Marliss Melton
Points this Post: 85.
Total Points: 185.
3 GRA this post.

30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!
Book A - Option 3 - Chasing Perfect - Susan Mallery (GR Author) - first name Susan
Book B - Option 4 - Flash and Bones - Kathy Reichs (GR Author) - bones in the title
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 310
GR Author: 15
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()

Option 2. Charley Horse
Read a book with a horse on the cover, or with the genre "Western*" on the main book page.
War Horse

(Approval here)
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 135
Tasks completed: 9
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):

10.4 Across the Ages

10.5 This Could Take A While

15.2. If They Like It, Maybe I Will

AND

15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
One Book Option:

30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!
Option 1:

I read the kindle version but the ppb version gives a better description with Wyoming mentioned here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
AND
Option 2:

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!

AND

(Blood)
I listened to the audiobooks of each of these.
The ppb of Bad Blood is 432 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The mm ppb of Whisper to the blood is 352 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
30.10 - Delicious Dee's Task: TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else?
OPTION 1: TRIVIAL PURSUIT –

ppk version is 399 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
AND
OPTION 5: TRAINING PEAKS –

ppk version is 400 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Total Points = 290

REPOST Reposting for Big Book 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 readers copy***
***Goodreads Author***
Hopefully I've posted everything correctly this time. Fingers crossed that 3rd times a charm :)

5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman..
first published in 1998 Sea Swept
5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being Green
3 word title at least KERMIT THE FROG Melting the Ice
25.12 - Janet F's Task
option 3:

option 4:short Short Rides
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
option 2:King in the title The King
option 3: genre romance The Witness
Points: 65
Total points:135+65=200

Task 5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
I read a book found on Page 1 of the Popular Favorite Books list:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 482
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

What to read next.
I Started With:
Takedown Twenty: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
Recommended and Read:
The Innocent|David Baldacci - 06/26/14
David Baldacci is a Goodreads author
Points This Post: 15
Goodreads Author This Post:1
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Total Points: 235
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 3

20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word! - Option 2: Palindrome - Read a book with a single word palindrome of 3 or more letters in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The Eternal Highlander by Hannah Howell.
Palindromic word: Hannah
**Hannah Howell is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 335
Total Goodreads Authors: 24
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
(view spoiler)
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris - **** - 6/23/2014 - 327 Pages
Position #4270
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


Task 25.7 - Virtual Vacation
I did options A and C.
For option A, I read a book set during my lifetime in New York City (where I have never been before):
Chat Love by Justine Faeth
**Justine Faeth is a Goodreads author!!**
This e-book was approved in message 3675 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
For option C, I read a book that is set in England in the 1800s (well before my time!!):
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
**Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1083
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
by reading:
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.
The song I chose was: "Young Girl Blues.
Sarah Addison Allen is a GR Author
Tasks Complete: 7
Total Points: 90
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ () 1000+()

Option 1 - Broken Heart
Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith (romance genre)
20.2 Pamela3265's Task: Exploring America's National Park System
Option 3
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Tree is in the name "Joshua Tree National Park.")
Optional: My favorite NP is Crater Lake. :)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) - (3) -

Option 1: Red Haired Girl: Red Hair on the Cover
Required:

City of Ashes | Cassandra Clare | 411 Pages | ★★★ | GR Author
Option 2: Day of the Week in the Title Monday
Come Monday: A Jake Sullivan Novel | Chip Bell | 154 Pages | ★★★★★ |
This Post
Points For This Task: 30
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0
Big Book Tickets: 750+: 0
0
Totals
Total Points: 130/1180
Challenges Completed: 9/67
Total Goodreads Authors 5
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:

5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...
I read Jemima J by Jane Green for this task. It was first published in 1998.
Jane Green is a GR Author.
5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It showed up on the first page of the Popular Favorite Books list.
Paulo Coelho is a GR Author.
5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
I read Born of Illusion by Teri Brown.
Teri Brown is a GR Author.
5.10 - White: Lounging Around
I read

Vanessa Kelly is a GR Author.
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
I read Prejudice Meets Pride by Rachael Anderson for this task.
Rachael Anderson is a GR Author.
10.6 D-Day
I read Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay for this task.
Katherine Reay is a GR Author.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 75
Books read: 10
Tasks complete: 10
GR authors: 9
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0

5.4 - Yellow - They Call Me Mellow Yellow
Yesterday's Sun- Amanda Brooke (Good Reads Author)
Song - Writer in the Sun
5.5 - Green - It's not easy being Green
The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini (Good Reads Author)
KeRmiT the frog
Points this post - 10
Total Points - 20
Goodreads Authors his post - 2
Goodreads Authors total - 4

Read a book with Double Consonants and Double Vowels in the Title TaTT OO
Girl with the Cat Tattoo | Theresa Weir | 164 Pages | ★★ | GR Author
This Post
Points For This Task: 15
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0
Big Book Tickets: 750+: 0
0
Totals
Total Points: 145/1180
Challenges Completed: 10/67
Total Goodreads Authors 6
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:

10.8 Question Everything
I read a publisher's advance copy of Why Lords Lose Their Hearts by Manda Collins.
Manda Collins is a GR Author.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
I read Miss Hillary Schools a Scoundrel by Samantha Grace for Option 1. Romance appears on the book's main page.
Samantha Grace is a GR Author.
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
My word was 'CITY' and I read Paris: City of Light and Fascination by Guy-Pierre Bennet. The book has 300 pages.
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
I chose option 1, and read Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins. It has 371 pages - all three numbers fit!
Wendy Higgins is a GR Author.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 145
Books read: 14
Tasks complete: 14
GR authors: 13
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0

10.7 From the Source
Read a book predominately set in Canada or written by an author who was born or lives in Canada.
Demon's Kiss - kindle Demon's Kiss - paperback 317 pgs. by Eve Silver
author's bio mentions she lives in Canada
Eve Silver is a GRA

THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 210
Completed Tasks: 12
Good Read Authors: 11
Big Books: 0
******
Pages read this season: 4,962
Books read this season: 15
******
Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)

Task # 5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Read a book with one of the following words found intact in the title: Chocolate
A Box of Chocolates by Chapman Pincher
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 215

15.4. Double Trouble
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
note double t's in Bitter and double e's in Greens
Kate Forsyth is a Goodreads Author
20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
The House on Burra Burra Lane by Jennie Jones (304 pages)
Option A: Book Set in Australia
Jennie Jones is a Goodreads Author
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2: Read a book that has a 5 or 6 in the number of pages
Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears
361 pages
Option 6: any book as long as it meets SRC Requirements
As Darkness Falls by Bronwyn Parry
Bronwyn Parry is a Goodreads Author
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
The word "Girl" on title of both books
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
416 pages
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads Author
The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots by Loretta Hill
Read e-book -no mass market paperback but paperback ed (above link) is 341 pages
Loretta Hill is a Goodreads Author
This post: 90 points
GR Authors: 5
Total to date: 90 points

Read a Book between 380 and 450 Pages
The Rose Hotel | Rahimeh Andalibian | 390 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: 150/1180
Challenges Completed: 11/67
Total Goodreads Authors 7
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:

Read one book of at least 250 pages with a title/subtitle that contains one or more words of at least four letters that can be made from the letters in HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE.
Time: HYPNO TI C CLA M BAK E
No Time Like the Present: A Novel (2012) by Nadine Gordimer (Hardcover, 423 pages)
50 + 20 = 70
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 50 + 20 = 70
Books read: 05
Pages read: 2,004
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

5.6 Blue- Most Popular. Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Favorite Books list.
Chosen from Page 4: The Bell Jar The paperback edition is shown on the page, but I read the hardcover since that is what I could find at the library.
This Post
Points this task: 5
Not big book.
Not a Good Reads author.
Task: 10.3 The More the Merrier
Read a book that depicts at least 3 people on the cover. ex.

This Post
Points this task: 10
Not a big book and not a "good reads author."
Task:15.4 Double Trouble
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."
AND
B. A book the title/subtitle of which contains a word with a double consonant, repeated immediately in the word.
A: Unseen 2 ee's
B: The Hollow 2 ll's
Points for this task: 15
Book read for A is a Good Reads author-1 point.
No big books.
Totals for all of challenge so far:
Points=31/31
Challenges completed: 3/67
Good read's authors: 1
Big books: None as yet in any category.

5.3 Orange: Wave a Flag
The Book of Tomorrow which is set in Ireland
5.4 Yellow- They Call me Mellow Yellow
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
The word is "young" and the track is “Young Girl Blues”
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 115
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

15.7 - "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
Serving Crazy with Curry by Amulya Malladi
author born in India
***Amulya Malladi is a GoodReads Author***
20.2 - Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park System
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
option 1, set in Guadalupe Mountains National Park
25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
rolled a 5, author's initials in PORTUGUESE
optional: not sure if this has been answered already and not sure if this is the answer - but I think it's some kind of sea creature, like a stingray
Ninety-Five: Meeting America's Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs by No Voice Unheard
option 1, "america's" "animals"
optional: Arkansas
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 315
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
1. Darkness Haunts by Susan Illene;
AND
2. Darkness Taunts by Susan Illene.
** Susan Illene is a goodreads author. I am claiming 2 goodreads author tickets for this post.**
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0

I read Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem. This is nonfiction and lists history on its main page.
Sharan Newman is a ***********goodreads author********
Points: 150
Books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
GR authors: 9
pages read: 4081

*repost*
5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
I read Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George. 'Sun' appears in the original album list for Mellow Yellow, track 2, Writer in the Sun.
Jessica Day George is a GR Author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Books read: 14
Tasks complete: 14
GR authors: 13
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
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.
The Countess by Lynsay Sands
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages
The Girl You Left Behind
384 pages
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
Read a book with a black cat on the cover or with the genre "witches" on the book's main page.
The Iron Witch
5.10 - White: Lounging Around
Read a book with a chair, bench, couch, or porch swing on the cover.
The Perfume Collector
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ICE CREAM.
ICE CREAM
by Clotaire Rapaille
10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Read a book with the genre Paranormal on the main page genre listing OR with “ghost” in the title, subtitle, or book description.
Monstrous Beauty
10.3 The More the Merrier
Read a book that depicts at least 3 people on the cover.
Bridesmaids
10.4 Across the Ages
Read a book about time travel.
Saving Juliet
Points this post:60
Total Points:90
Read a book with one of the following words found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name: brown, sand, chocolate, coffee.
The Countess by Lynsay Sands
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages
The Girl You Left Behind
384 pages
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
Read a book with a black cat on the cover or with the genre "witches" on the book's main page.
The Iron Witch
5.10 - White: Lounging Around
Read a book with a chair, bench, couch, or porch swing on the cover.
The Perfume Collector

10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ICE CREAM.
ICE CREAM

10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Read a book with the genre Paranormal on the main page genre listing OR with “ghost” in the title, subtitle, or book description.
Monstrous Beauty
10.3 The More the Merrier
Read a book that depicts at least 3 people on the cover.
Bridesmaids

10.4 Across the Ages
Read a book about time travel.
Saving Juliet
Points this post:60
Total Points:90
10.3 The More the Merrier
.
LOTS more than 3 people on the cover!
15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
I chose option 2 and read
- Virginia in the title, and set in North Carolina.
15.5 - Where Was that Again?
I read
, set in Colorado.
Total this post: 40
Total points: 185

LOTS more than 3 people on the cover!
15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
I chose option 2 and read

15.5 - Where Was that Again?
I read

Total this post: 40
Total points: 185

Option 1: The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani, whose initials appear in the word ENTERTAINMENT
Option 3: The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene, set during WWII
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200

REPOST
25.12 - Janet F's Task
I rolled 3 and read

I chose option 4 and read Short Rides (the word is short)
Points:25
Total Points : 200

Option 3: Aphrodite
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green*
Option 6: Artemis
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron*

*John Green and W. Bruce Cameron are both GR authors*
Total Points = 65

15.5 - Where Was that Again?
set in Massachusetts Hide
20.3 - Paul's task (>250 pg)
the word is heat, all letters found in HypnoTic clambAkE Naked Heat, 290 pg
Points:35
Total points:200+35=235

Option 1: Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
novel set in Mesa Verde National Park
Optional: The Dry Tortugas are my favorite National Park
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
Option A: Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (272 pgs)
primarily (85-90%) set in Papua New Guinea; over 250 pgs; not marked 'childrens'
20.8 - It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
Option 1. ODD NUMBERS - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (hardcover edition = 387 pgs)
all 3 numbers (3,8,7) can be found in Shelby's birthdate or age; page count ends in odd number (7)
20.10 - Group Reads
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
my comments are in post 21
Points this post: 80
Season Total: 80

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15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
A. A book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title or in the author's name
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan GRA
AND
B. A book set in New York
The Summer Without You by Karen Swan
Books: 4
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 25
Total GR Authors: 2