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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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Elizabeth PTask 10.8 - Question Everything
Book with word who, what, when, where, why, how, ? in title
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
? in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 2
Elizabeth PTask 15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
Book recommended by "What should I read next"
My original book was Cinder by Marissa Meyer (which I gave 5 stars)
I read The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 3
15.10 - Fun in the SunThe Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom is a Goodreads Author
Points this post:15
Total points: 15
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 1
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
JESS PHILLY20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
For this task I chose Option B (read a book with "education" or "feminism" on the main page), and read I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, which is relevant to both categories.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Kaye
Task 10.9 Isthmus Test
Read a book with a body of water , a coastline must be visible.
Final Argument: An Inquiry into the Murder of Mac and Muff Graham on Palmyra Island
by Tom Bucy
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:0
Total Books: 2
Task 10.9 Isthmus Test
Read a book with a body of water , a coastline must be visible.
Final Argument: An Inquiry into the Murder of Mac and Muff Graham on Palmyra Island
by Tom Bucy
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:0
Total Books: 2
Kristi CO20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
Option 1: Odd Numbers
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (339 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jessica PDX20.10 - Group Read
Post #2 in the discussion thread.
by Mark HelprinPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
BABBLING C5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag -Read a book set in a country that has either the color orange.
I read a book set in Ireland.
Dark Witch(kindle edition) by Nora Roberts - Dark Witch- paperback edition - pgs. 342.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation! pick one "ailment" (option) and read one book that fits that option.
1. Broken Heart: Cure the patient's broken heart by reading a book with the genre "Romance*" on the main book page.
Shield of Winter (kindle edition) by Nalini Singh. Shield of Winter - hardcover edition - 448 pgs.
tagged as: romance> paranormal romance; romance.
Nalini Singh is a GRA
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
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.
Death of a Kitchen Diva (kindle edition) by Lee Hollis - Death of a Kitchen Diva paperback -327 pgs.
kitchen - HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE.
THIS POST
Points: 45
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 45
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,117
Books read this season: 3
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
Pat 30.5 - In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2: Geography - Read a book that takes place in a city, state, or country that has the letter "G" in the place name.
VIRGINIA
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim *****GoodReads Author***** Option 5: Science and Nature - Read a book with at least one tree on the cover
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 60
Tasks Completed : 3
Books Read This Season : 5
Pages Read This Season : 1442
Good Reads Authors : 2
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
Hana C.
Task 15.6-I'm Flying!
Read a book in which an aviator is a central character.
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
The main character of this novel is Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who was an accomplished aviatrix in her own right- as well as being married to Charles Lindbergh.
**Melanie Benjamin is a GRA
points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 1/62
GRAs: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Task 15.6-I'm Flying!
Read a book in which an aviator is a central character.
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
The main character of this novel is Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who was an accomplished aviatrix in her own right- as well as being married to Charles Lindbergh.
**Melanie Benjamin is a GRA
points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 1/62
GRAs: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.10 Fun in the sun
The Gilded Shroud by E. Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey is a GR author.
Qualifier: Book of my choice, read while enjoying my front deck.
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 0
JamieNYCTask 5.1 Red: When I Am An Old Woman
The Last Hellion / published in 1998
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 5
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
My comment is posted in message #3 of the discussion for this book.
Points this post: 20
total points: 30
ANGIE CA30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Book 1: Bad Blood by Nikki Jefford
Notes: 2) Set in AnchoraGe, Alaska.
Book 2:
by Rachael WadeNotes: 5) Tree on cover.
This Post: 30
Points to Date: 75
15.6 - I'm Flying!Central character is an aviator. (Brady is a pilot)
Animal Magnetism|Jill Shalvis - 06/05/14
Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 15
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Total Points: 45
Goodreads Author: (2)
15.10 - Fun in the Sun.Help Thread
Read a book of your choice, in a favorite summer spot - anywhere you can relax and enjoy yourself!
I read The Other Woman in the pool!!
Hank Phillippi Ryan is a *****Goodreads Author*******
Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
GR authors: 2
Pages read: 672
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and WitchesRead a book with a black cat on the cover or with the genre "witches" on the book's main page.
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Paranormal > Witches 93 users
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.10 - Group Reads
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
I made a comment in the discussion thread - Message #2. I hope more people read this book so we can talk about it!
25.9 - Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Book 1 - Rusty Nail by J.A. Konrath
Option 1 - shelved as "mystery" by 156 users
Book 2 - Fury of the Seventh Son by Joseph Delaney
Option 3 - This book is the thirteenth and final book of the Last Apprentice series
This post: 45 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
SAM ID10.5 - This Could Take a While
a book with 1000+ in the title
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
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15.5 - Where Was That Again?
a book set in Colorado
Mail Order Mistake by Kirsten Osbourne
*ebook approved #3600*
***Kirsten Osbourne is a GR Author, 1 ticket***
Points: 25
Total Points: 35
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
HINA15.9 - Decisions, Decisions... - Read a book recommended by What Should I Read Next?
I started out Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, which I gave 5 stars to.
I read my recommendation of: Causing Havoc by Lori Foster.
**Lori Foster is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Cindy FRepost for Task 10.4 Across the Ages
Now have ebook verification that was missing in post #28
I read The Space Betweenby Diana Gabaldon Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
SRC ebook verification line 1653
Pamela32655.5 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Falling for the Rancher Father by Linda Ford
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Sheila5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
The Immortals by J.T. EllisonI read the kindle version but the ppb version is here: The Immortals
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness5.10 - White: Lounging Around
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber(chair on bottom of cover)
Total Points = 30
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-UpRoll 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.Required:Identify the options you rolled.*Genres may be stand-alone or embedded.
Rolled--1&6
1. Writing Poetry: Writing is one of my favorite things to do, and it's kept me from losing it on many occasions. I'm even putting together a personal anthology!Read a book with the genre "Poetry"* on the main page.
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (genre: Poetry) ***Claiming Bigbook Ticket***6. Eye Candy: Sometimes it's nice to look at pretty things when you're stressed. Like Tom Hiddleston's smile and Benedict Cumberbatch's eyes or Hugh Jackman's biceps. Read a book with the genre "Fantasy"* on the main page.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (genre: Fantasy) ***Claiming Bigbook Ticket***Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 30
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
NICOLE OH30.7 Follow the Stars
Option A: Joyland Stephen King was born on 9/21
Option B: Sharp Objects first published in September of 2006
**Stephen King and Gillian Flynn are both Goodreads Authors.**
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
ETA: My ticker won't update and it's super annoying…
Andy P.Task # 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
Escape from Memory by Margaret Peterson HaddixKERMIT THE FROG
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
15.4 - Double TroubleI chose the one book option. The title contains both a double vowel - EE and a double consonant - CC:
The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
Total points 15
ALISON
10.7 From the Source
Hidden Ontario: Secrets from Ontario�s Past by Terry Boyle
The whole book is of stories set in Ontario, Canada
=10 points
10.8 Question Everything
All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending by Laura Vanderkam
=10 points
15.10 - Fun in the Sun
The Stress Response: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Free You from Needless Anxiety, Worry, Anger, and Other Symptoms of Stress by Christy Matta
=15 points
POINTS THIS POST: 35
TOTAL POINTS: 35
TASKS COMPLETED: 3/63
JeniferTask 10.7 From the Source
That Night by Chevy Stevens
The book is set (and the author is from) Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada
* Chevy Stevens is a GR Author *
Post Total: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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Task # 10.7 – From the SourceAnne of Avonlea ✔ – 06June14
Set in Canada (Prince Edward Island) -and- by a Canadian Author
“childrens” genre – 276 pages
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Task # 15.5 – Where Was That Again?
Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ – 06June14
Set in Wisconsin
Approved Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Nickolas Butler is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Read: ( ) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!Option 3: Aphrodite (Romance)
Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter *Goodreads Author*
Option 6: Artemis (Non human mammal on cover)
Playing With Poison by Cindy Blackburn *Goodreads Author*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 90
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Amandab197510.10 Required Summer ReadingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Task points : 10
Total Points : 15
Delicious Dee5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Female
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - shelved as feminism by 71 ppl, approved in the THT
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 15
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
10.3 - The More the Merrierthree or more people on the cover
Liberty
by Garrison KeillorHere is the paperback cover for a better view of the crowd:
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/1130
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
BRIAN20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Option 3 - Genre is classics
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.4 Across the Universe
Quantum Leap: The Wall by Ashley McConnell
This book has time travel on its goodreads page.
Tasks Complete: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets 0
Task Points 10
Grand Total 10
20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of MusicI picked option C
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James I picked option 2 E.L. James is a goodreads author so claiming a ticket for that
Total Points Earned: 70/1180
Total Pages Read: 1339/28815
Total Books Read: 4/91
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
lindzabeth10.6 D-Day
Read a book with a title that begins with a word that starts with the letter D.
Dead on the Delta by Stacey Jay*Stacey Jay is a Goodreads author*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Total tasks: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0);750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.7 From the Source A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
Book is set in Three Pines, Canada
Author is born in in Toronto, Canada
In this post :
Points : 10
Goodreads Authors :0
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Task 5.3 - Orange: Wave a FlagRead a book set in a country that has either the color orange or both the colors red AND yellow on its official flag. For the purposes of this task, we will use these flags: Flags of the World
Required: Identify the country when you post.
Country: South Africa
Red in the upper righthand corner, yellow V on the left.
Playing in the Light: A Novel (2006) by Zoe Wicomb (Hardcover, 218 pages)
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 01
Pages read: 218
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FANDURY20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 2: Read a book with a horse on the cover, or with the genre "Western*" on the main book page.
by Catherynne M. ValenteThis book has both a Horse on the cover and Western as Genre.
Catherynne M. Valente is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kaye
Task 30.2 DlmRose - Dig In
2 books :
Option 1 - A book set in New Mexico :
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner
**Mark Lee Gardner is a GRA **
and
Option 3 -
A book by an author named Susan :
Whistling Past the Graveyard
by
Susan Crandall
**Susan Crandall is a GRA **
Points this task - 30
GRA's this task -2
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Total to date -
Points - 55
GRA - 3
Completed Tasks -3
Completed Books - 4
Task 30.2 DlmRose - Dig In
2 books :
Option 1 - A book set in New Mexico :
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner
**Mark Lee Gardner is a GRA **
and
Option 3 -
A book by an author named Susan :
Whistling Past the Graveyard
by
Susan Crandall
**Susan Crandall is a GRA **
Points this task - 30
GRA's this task -2
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Total to date -
Points - 55
GRA - 3
Completed Tasks -3
Completed Books - 4
I just realized my book for Task #15.8 It's All About the Facts! - Literature posted in Message #53 does not fit the task requirement.Please disregard Message #53.
Tesla5.1- Red: When I am an old woman… -book first published in 1998
Stardust by Neil Gaiman, who is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book 500:
Big Book 750:
Big Book 1000:
10.1 - I Scream, You Scream We all scream for ice cream! Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ICE CREAM. Middle initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as the appear (2E, 2C)
The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman (Letters: C,R)10.2 - Something Strange in the Neighborhood
June 7, 1984- the movie Ghostbusters was first released in the U.S. Read a book with the genre Paranormal on the main page genre listing OR with “ghost” in the title, subtitle, or book description. Plurals, possessives and compound words that preserve the meaning of "ghost" work. The genre Paranormal may be embedded or stand-alone; sub-genres that include "paranormal" also work.
The Small Hand: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill (Paranormal/Ghosts--36 users)Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lanetask 10.1 i scream!
*author's initials found in "ice cream"
Zoli by Colum McCann
**initials c & m
this is a GRA
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 2
Lindy-Lanetask 20.1 hana c's operation!
*opt #1: broken heart..genre= romance
Zane by Brenda Jackson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 3
Natalie CH5.1- Red: When I am an old woman...
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
This book was first published in 1998 and has been approved in post 8 of the help thread.
Books has 616 pages, I am claiming ONE big book ticket.
points this post: 5
total points so far: 5
GRA Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
HINA10.3 The More the Merrier - Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
Destiny Calls by Samantha Wayland.
**Samantha Wayland is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Shadow of the Wind|Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 06/04/14
Points This Post: 15
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Total Points: 30
Goodreads Author: (1)