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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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20.7 - The Brady BunchOption 3: classics genre
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Points this post = 20
Total points = 250
Big Book tickets = 1
Goodreads Authors = 6
15.6. I'm FlyingRead a book (fiction or nonfiction) in which an aviator is a central character, or one with a plane on the cover.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
This Task Points: 15
Total Points: 130
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
30.2. Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!Option 2. Haunted Ground by Erin Hart (GRA)
The co-protagonist, Cormac Maguire is an archaeologist.
Option 3. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
This Task Points: 30
Total Points: 160
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Pat 30.8 - Concentration!
Read two books, the title/subtitle of which contain the same noun. Each book must be at least 300 pages.
REQUIRED: Specify the noun that the two book titles have in common and the number of pages in each book.
Noun - STARS
Book 1 - 400 pages
Oh My Starsby Lorna Landvik *****GoodReads Author*****
Book 2 - 318 pages
The Fault in Our Starsby John Green *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 350
Tasks Completed : 15
Books Read This Season : 26
Pages Read This Season : 8679
Good Reads Authors : 15
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
10.9 Isthmus Test
by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)Points this task: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
•A. Read a book by an author who is a Leo or a Virgo born between July 23rd and September 22nd:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, born August 24, 1977.
•B. Read a book first published in July, August or September of any year:
Fifty Shades Darker
This post: 30
Total this season: 50
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!(view spoiler)
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - **** - 7/7/2014 - 379 Pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
babbling c25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
C. THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION - Read a book that is set in a place that currently is impossible to get to by conventional means (plane, train, automobile, etc) or that is set in a time period before you were born or in the future beyond present day.
Street of Shadows-kindle - Street of Shadows - paperback 306 pgs. by Michael Reaves
a long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away...
takes place on a different planet; and based on the famous tag line: not during my lifetime.
D. THE STAYCATION - read a book that has food or drink on the cover.
Death of a Country Fried Redneck- kindle - Death of a Country Fried Redneck- paperback 304 pages. by Lee Hollis
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 285
Completed Tasks: 15
Good Read Authors: 15
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 6,813
Books read this season: 21
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
Coralie15.1 Moms and Dads
Book a
Family From One End Street by Eve Garnett
first published 1937
Book b
Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten
first published 1938
My parents were children in the 1930’s when these books came out.
30.8 Concentration
noun in both titles – Ring
Ring of Fire III
The Fellowship of the Ring
Both over 300 pages & no Children
This post 45 points
Total to date 275 points
First can I remove Sought from Task #10.3 and replace it with Unbeloved and use Sought in Task #30.5 - option 1Task #10.3 The More the Merrier
Unbeloved by Madeline Sheehan
(ebook only, approved line 1821 of the spreadsheet)
Task #30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1: Entertainment
Sought by Evangeline Anderson
E.A. - EntertAinment
(ebook only, approved line 1381 of the spreadsheet)
Option 5:
Can't Help Falling In Love by Bella Andre (GR Author)
- tree on coverPoints this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 400
Total Goodreads Authors: 28
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 31
SOELO25.9 - Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 1
Mystery Genre
*Lemony Snicket is a GR author
Option 2
Humor Genre
*Lemony Snicket is a GR author
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Previous Points: 60
Points this post: 25
Total: 85
GRA tickets: 6
Kaye
10.10 Required Summer Reading
Read a book with the genre Literature or Literary Fiction on the main page genre listing.
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Points this task - 10
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To Date :
Points - 185
GRA -7
BB- 1
10.10 Required Summer Reading
Read a book with the genre Literature or Literary Fiction on the main page genre listing.
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Points this task - 10
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To Date :
Points - 185
GRA -7
BB- 1
Jessica PDX20.2 - Pamela3265's Task - Exploring America's National Park System
Option 3 - My matching word is "Death," as in Death Valley National Park
by Lawrence BlockPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 335
Task # 5.10 – White – Lounging AroundBook with a chair on the cover
✔ - 08July14 Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Read: ( 1) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
ANGIE CAFirst, I would like to move Hot Blooded from 25.6 to 10.1 and replace it with Werewolf in the North Woods.
Next, I would like to move Werewolf in Seattle from 25.12 to 25.9 and replace it with Werewolf in Las Vegas.
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Book: Hot Blooded by Amanda Carlson
Notes: ice CreAm
20.09 - Tour De France
Book:
by Miranda KenneallyNotes: 4) Bikes on cover.
25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Book 1: Rain by Amanda Sun
Notes: 3) June. #97 on 6/7/14.
Book 2: Werewolf in the North Woods by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Notes: 4A) Shapeshifter.
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Book 1: Werewolf in Seattle by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Notes: 2) Humor genre. Locked in.
Book 2: The Neon Graveyard by Vicki Pettersson
Notes: 3) Last book of Signs of the Zodiac series.
25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Book 1:
by Vicki Lewis ThompsonNotes: Rolled 3) Building on cover.
Book 2: Infinite Sky by C.J. Flood
Notes: 4) "Infinite." Approved in task help thread.
30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
Book 1:
by Shelley CoriellNotes: 1) Red hair on cover.
Book 2: Werewolf in Alaska by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Notes: 4) Birthdays in October.
This Post: 85 {+135, -50)
Points to Date: 570
15.4. Double TroubleRead one book that meets the criteria for A and B - title contains a word with a repeated vowel and one with a repeated consonant: caNNot sEE
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
+15 Points
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 4: Poseidon: sea in title
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Option 6: Artemis: horse / children's 100+ are allowed:
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper+30 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 170
BRIAN25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Option 1 - Author's initials are A,B,C, or D
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The author's initials are C.D. And at 736 pages this qualifies as a big book!
Option 4 - Genre is espionage
Moonraker by Ian Fleming
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 2-0-0 (2)
10.8 Question EverythingA book with "when" in the title:
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Points this post: 10
Total points: 340
15.5 - Where Was that Again?Jagged - Kristen Ashley
set in Colorado
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task
Option 1: Very Bad Things - Ilsa Madden-Mills
389 pages
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Option 3: White Lies - Linda Howard
20.10 - Group Reads
Someday, Someday, Maybe - Lauren Graham
post 31
Points this post: 75
Total points: 225
Elizabeth B10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
genre Paranormal Devil's Gate Small book <100 pg (approved @ post 3682)
10.8 Question Everything
"when" in the title When We Met
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option A: I read Η φυγή by one of my favorite authors Soti Triantafillou
Option C: Frozen Heat by Richard Castle R,C can be found at CAPTURE THE FLAG
Points:45
Total points:375+45=420
5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...
by Yōko OgawaPoints this task: 5
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Elizabeth BRepost
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option A: I read Η φυγή by Soti Triantafillou. I've read Άλμπατρος by the same author at the past and rated it 4 stars
Option C: Frozen Heat by Richard Castle R,C can be found at CAPTURE THE FLAG
Total points:410
Delicious Dee10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Born in Blood - Alexandra Ivy (GR Author) - A, I in ICE CREAM
15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
I read On Dublin Street and gave it 4 stars, so I read Losing It - Cora Carmack (GR Author) - which What Should I Read Next recommended (5th on the list)
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 515
GR Author: 29
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
20.1 - OPPERATIONOPTION 1 - BROKEN HEART - ROMANCE - Smitten
20.3 - GENERAL TURKEY - hYpNOtic cLambake - ONLY - First, Best and Only which has 250 pages.
20.9 - TOUR DE FRANCE
OPTION 3 - GREEN - Green Mountain Man
30.4 - PERCY JACKSON LOVERS UNITE!
OPTION 3 - APHRODITE - ROMANCE - Lakeside Cottage
OPTION 4 - POSEIDON - LAKE - Dream Lake
TOTAL POINTS - 300
✔10.4 Across the AgesRead a book about time travel.
Lord John and the Private Matter|Diana Gabaldon|07.09.14
Diana Gabaldon is a Goodreads author.
Approved, Message #28, Help Thread.
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✔20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
Book with one of the original colors in the title or author's name.
Lethal|Sandra Brown|07.10.14
Brown is author's last name. This book is new to me.
Sandra Brown is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 30
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
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Total Points: 380
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
JAMIENYCTask #25.4 - Coralie's Task: World Cup Past and Present
Option 2 World Cup Present
Group D: Italy and England
Book A: Set in Italy
Italian Ice set in Rome and Sicily (from the précis)
E.M. Lynley is a GRA for a ticket
Book B. Author Born in England
Bad Case of Loving You by Laney Cairo
Author Laney Cairo was born in London.
This Post
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Total Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Tasks completed: 15
Total Books read: 18
JAMIENYCTask #20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Option 2 Read a book set in France
Dead Run, from the précis, Now instead of sipping wine and seeing the sights, the boys are chasing a wily and deadly foe through the graveyards and catacombs of Paris
ebook approved, line 433 of ebook Verification
Author Josh Lanyon is GRA for a ticket
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Total Points: 240
Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Tasks Complete: 16
Total Books read: 19
Pamela326530.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!
Option 1: Wyoming Promises by Kerri Mountain - Set in Wyoming
Option 3: More Than a Cowboy by Susan Hornick
30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
Option 1:
by Naomi Rawlings (Goodreads Author) - Approved in post 69 on the help task thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....Option 3:
by Brenda Minton (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 60
Total Points: 385
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.2 Something Strange in the NeighborhoodRead a book with 'Paranormal' on the main page genre listing
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 225
Tasks completed: 15
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
Mod
I read The Little Prince, found on page 1 of Popular Favorite Books. One book less than 100 pages, allowed for one 5 point task.
5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
I read Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel.
"Sand" found intact in author's name, Sandel.
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
I read China Dolls.
The word "China" is found in Hypnotic Clambake. 376 pages, so meets the minimum page requirement.
This post: 30 points
Total: 365 points
Andy P.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 The Man Called Noon by Louis L'Amour The palindrome word is NOON
Points this post: 20
Total points: 395
JAMIE NYCTaks #20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
I read Way Off Plan
The 4 letter word "PLAN" is found in HyPNotic CLAmbake. 344 pages, so meets the minimum 250 page requirement.
Alexa Land is a GRA for a ticket
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Total Points: 260
Goodreads Authors: 16
Total Tasks Complete: 17
Total Books read: 20
I completed: 15.10 Fun in the Sun
by reading:
Without Fail by Lee Child.
I read this on my back porch and at the river...two awesome summer spots!
Lee Child is a GR Author, and this book had 549 pages, so I will claim one Author ticket and one Big Book ticket.
Tasks Complete: 11
Total Points: 150
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (2) 750+ () 1000+()
Task 25.12 Option #2: Entertainment
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Option #4: Arts & Leisure - "big"
My Big Bottom Blessing: How Hating My Body Led to Loving My Life by Teasi Cannon
*Goodreads Author*
Total points this task: 25
Goodreads Author this task: 1
Total points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
FANDURY20.5 Bigger is Better Book Concierge’s Task: Celebrating My Parents
Option B: Read a book with the genre “education” or “feminism” on the main page
How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore
This book has Feminism as Genre on its main page. This was verified in the Genre Verification thread in post 193
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 352 pages long: How to Create the Perfect Wife
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.2 - Elizabeth B's Task: What If?DYSTOPIA
Delirium by Lauren Oliver *Goodreads Author*
*522 Pages - BB
STEAMPUNK
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 590
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."Read a book that is primarily set in India.
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta
*542 Pages - BB
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 605
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
Leslie K20.7 The Brady Bunch
Option 3: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
This book has the genre "classics" on the goodreads page.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 170
Leslie K25.1 Directionally challenged
Book A: The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon
The word "left" is a direction
Book B: Final Sins by Michael Prescott
Author's initials are in the word compass
Points this task: 25
Total points: 195
Leslie K25.6 I could use a little help here!
Option 1: 50/50 Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Author's initials are DB
Option 3: Ask the audience Moving Day: A Thriller by Jonathan Stone
From the list I used the month of June, the books numbered position was 119 and I found the book on 6/28/2014.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 220
Task # 5.2 – Pink – Celebrating the Female“Feminism” or “womens” on main page
I Am Malala ✔ – 09July14
APPROVED here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 180 points
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Read: ( 1) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
10.6 - D-DayDead End in Norvelt
10.8 - Question Everything
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Option 3: Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle, who is a GR author. (approved in task help thread)
Points claimed in this post: 40
Total points: 340
GR authors: 9 (1 in this post)
Big books: 1
10.1 I Scream, You Scream All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes GRA
Ice CreaM
15.6- I'm Flying!
by Carol Lynne GRASRC ebook verification line 173
15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
A Sticky Wicket in Bollywood by T.A. Chase GRA and Devon Rhodes
The setting is entirely in India.
Points this post: 10 + 15 + 15 = 40
Total Points: 590 + 40 = 630
GRA: 32 + 3 = 35
Jessica PDX20.3 - Paul's Task - General Turkey
My words are "Think" and "Like."
by Steven D. LevittPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 355
STACIE MITask 25.12 - A Trivial Challenge
I rolled a 3 and decided to do option 2, as well
For option 2, I read a book by Agatha Christie:
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
For option 3, I read a book with a building on the cover:
The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The building is underneath the title.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3289
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Female
I read a book with Feminism on its main page:
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Points this task: 5
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Pages read: 3514
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lindsey IL20.7 - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
option 2, on best book boyfriend list #158
***Sarah Dessen is a GoodReads Author***
25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story Short
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
Book 1 - short stories all by Neil Gaiman
***Neil Gaiman is a GoodReads Author***
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Book 2 - standalone work by Neil Gaiman
***Neil Gaiman is a GoodReads Author***
30.7 - Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long
option B, published in August 2012
***Ruth Frances Long is a GoodReads Author***
Human+ by Martin Higgins
option C, science fiction genre
***Martin Higgins is a GoodReads Author***
Points This Post: 75
Total Points: 470
GoodReads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
REPOST:Task 25.12 -
Option #2: Entertainment (own choice)
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Option #4: Arts & Leisure - "big" (die roll)
My Big Bottom Blessing: How Hating My Body Led to Loving My Life by Teasi Cannon
*Goodreads Author*
Total points this task: 25
Goodreads Author this task: 1
Total points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Elizabeth PTask 10.3 - The More the Merrier
Book with 3+ people on the cover
by Rick RiordanRick Riordan is a *Goodreads Author*
Good for one *Big Book Ticket* - Paperback link: The Lost Hero
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 12
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 13
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.3 The More the Merrier
10.8 Question Everything
10.10 Required Summer Reading
15.4. Double Trouble
One Book Option
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Total Points = 375