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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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NICOLE OH5.2 Pink: Celebrating the Female
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
approved on 5/31 for Womens at 9 users (see approved list https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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15.8 - It's All About the Facts!Science and Nature on main page:
The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
+15 points
Grand total: 15
15.6 I'm Flying!Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein*GRA
15.9 Decisions, Decisions...
I started with: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry so I read the recommended Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Lindsey IL15.3 - In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
"Virginia" in author's name, book set in Pennsylvania
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley
option 2, humor genre
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley
option 4, graphic novel
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 140
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Shawn H.15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
I started with The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe which I rated 5 stars
I read one of the recommendations: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Janice CA10.3 The More the Merrier
four people on the cover
Living High: An Unconventional Autobiography by June Burn
+10
total: 10
tasks:1
books: 1
Post 210.9 Isthmus Test
Read a book with an outdoor scene that depicts a body of water on the cover.
And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child
Maureen Child is a GR author
Points this task: 10
Total: 20
GR authors: 2
Books read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
KATRINAT15.4 Double Trouble
12 Edmondstone Street, David Malouf (double e in strEEt)
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson (double l in hiLL)
Points this post: 15
Total points:25
Books read:3
Goodreads author's: 0
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Ally5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
A book with a title that contains a word found in one of the tracks of the original Mellow Yellow album by Donovan ["Bleak City Woman"]
The Woman Before Me by Ruth Dugdall
Books: 2
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Total GR Authors: 1
10.2 - Something Strange in the NeighborhoodDreams of Gods & Monsters - Laini Taylor is a GR author, and this is a Big Book at 613 pages.
15.1 - Moms and Dads
A - The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler - published before I was born and in my mom's lifetime
B - The Master Puppeteer - published before I was born and in my dad's lifetime
15.5 - Where Was that Again?
I'm With Stupid - set in Wisconsin. Geoff Herbach is a GR author.
15.7 - "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
Swami and Friends - both set in India and written by an Indian writer
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!
Option 2 - Crocodile on the Sandbank - Amelia Peabody series approved in task help thread
Option 3 - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain, who is a GR author.
Points claimed in this post: 85
Total points: 85
GR authors: 3
Big books: 1
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
5. 1973 – Shock & Awe by Abigail Roux is a spin-off of the Cut & Run series (The characters from the C&R series [Ty Grady and Zane Garrett] appear in this book)
*** Abigail Roux is a Goodreads Author ***
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
B. The Lodestar of Ys by Amy Rae Durreson was published in August 2013
[Ebook verified at line 1585]
*** Amy Rae Durreson is a Goodreads Author ***
C. Voodoo 'n' Vice by K.C. Burn has Science Fiction as a genre on the main page.
[Ebook verified at line 1808]
*** K.C. Burn is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 50
Goodreads Author(s): 3
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Nick KY15.4 Double Trouble. I chose the one book option and read Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty, with double P’s and double E’s.
25.3 mstan’s different selves. Option 1. Same author: novel – A Long Way Down
autobiography – Fever Pitch both by Nick Hornby
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 70
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Word Trivia: Name That Word! Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay(Good read author) Option 1 Claiming Goodreads author ticket for Jenn McKinlayI would also like to claim a big book ticket from post #92 for 50 Shades of Grey
Total Points Earned: 90/1180
Total Pages Read: 1551/30130
Total Books Read: 5/91
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Nick KYCriminy! -- I've done it already! I've just found that Fever Pitch is no longer shelved as autobiography or memoir, so I won't get credit for 25.3 in post 116.
This makes my total points: 45
15.9 -Decisions, Decisions...Don't know what to read next? Go to this site What Should I Read Next?. Enter a book that you have rated 4 or 5 stars, and read one of the recommendations provided.REQUIRED: In your post, list the name of the book that you started with.
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (name of book: The Shining by Stephen King)Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being Green:Book title (at least 3 words) first letters found in K E RM I T TH E F ROG.
"E" Is for Evidence|Sue Grafton - 06/06/14
Points This Post: 5
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Total Points: 35
Goodreads Author: (2)
Nick KYMy Stars! I've found something I can do with the above mistake! -- Thank you, Laurie ME!
25.10 Laurie ME’s Baseball All Stars – option 1: Book with “Sports” as GR genre : I read Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Option 5: Just because – book of choice -- I read A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 70
Sheila10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Fade by Lisa McMann10.7 From the Source
A Door in the River by Inger Ash WolfeThe description is better for this edition
A Door in the River
10.9 Isthmus Test
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermidTotal Points = 60
5.3 Orange The Book of Tomorrowby Cecelia AhernPoints this task:5
Total: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
Did I do this right?
Thanks!
Lee
Andy P.Task # 30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Book A: Read a book where all the letters in one word from the title can be found in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
The Horses of Proud Spirit by Melanie Sue Bowles (208 pages)
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS (Proud) also spirit
Book B: Read a book where all the letters in the author's first or last name can be found in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.
Breaking Lorca by Giles Blunt(258 pages)
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
(Giles)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
FANDURY30.2 Dlmrose's Task: Dig in!
Option 1: Read a book set predominately in one of these places where T. rex fossils have been found: Canada: Alberta, Saskatchewan; USA: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
This book is set in New Mexico and was approved in the help thread in post 16
I claim 1 big book ticket as the paperback version has 662 pages American Elsewhere
Robert Jackson Bennett is a Goodreads Author!
Option 4: Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Bone, skeleton, skull, fossil, dinosaur.
My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs by Brian Switek
The word BONES is in the subtitle.
And definitly a great book and very appropriate for this task.
Brian Switek is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
KAREN F15.4 Double Trouble
Book A - Double Vowel: Blood Trade by Faith Hunter
blOOd
**Faith Hunter is a Goodreads Author**
Book B - Double Consonant: Girl Least Likely to Marry by Amy Andrews
maRRy
**Amy Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
20.1 Operation!
Option 1 - Broken Heart: Beware a Scot's Revenge by Sabrina Jeffries
Romance Genre on Main Book Page
**Sabrina Jeffries is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.8 Concealed in Deathby J.D. RobbCurrent post:5 points
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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I think I did this right.
Lee
HINA15.10 - Fun in the Sun - Read a book in your favorite summer spot.
The Tycoon's Toddler Surprise by Elizabeth Lennox. Read this by my bedroom window, my favorite reading spot
**Elizabeth Lennox is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 60
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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LAUREL CA5.8 Violet: Barely Visible
read a book with between 350 &450 pages
418 pages, as listed on GR5 points for this task
total points: 10
Books read: 2
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!Option 3: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn June 8
AND
Option 5: The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps by Michael Blanding June 1
Michael Blanding is a Goodreads Author
Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.10 - White: Lounging AroundRead a book with a chair, bench, couch, or porch swing on the cover.
Tea with Emma by Diane Moody
*This book has been approved for length.
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 6
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5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Female
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam
The genre 'womens' is #10 on the main page.
Approved in post#2 and #30 of the Task Help thread.
5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
The setting of this book is Colombia (red, yellow and blue in flag)
Approved in post#3 and #26 of the Task Help thread.
Here is an additional link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicl...
5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
The word is 'sun' from the song 'Writer in the Sun'.
5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
This book is on page #4 of the list.
5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
Mew Is for Murder
by Clea SimonApproved in post #2 of the Task Help thread.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author.
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author.
Clea Simon is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 30
Hana C.
15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
One book option- author is NEVADA Barr (for A. Stars) and it is set in New York (for B. Stripes)
Liberty Falling by Nevada Barr
points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks completed: 2/62
GRAs: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
One book option- author is NEVADA Barr (for A. Stars) and it is set in New York (for B. Stripes)
Liberty Falling by Nevada Barr
points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks completed: 2/62
GRAs: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Jen UT5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Found on page 2
Points in this task: 5
Total Books Read: 1
Total Points: 5
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.6 D-Day
Book title begins with a 'D'
I read Kindle edition: Drummer Boy -- Link to Paperback edition: Drummer Boy
TICKET CLAIM: This book is by Scott Nicholson who is a Goodreads Author
30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Book A - All letters of 'Leopard' can be found in source word and page count has a '5' and an '8' in it.
I read Kindle edition: The Leopard Tree -- Link to Paperback edition at 158 pp: The Leopard Tree
TICKET CLAIM: This book is by Tim Merriman who is a Goodreads Author
Book B - All letters in Author's last name 'LeClair' can be found in source word and page count has a '0' and a '5' in it.
I read Kindle edition: Rigged for Murder -- Link to most popular Paperback edition at 205 pp: Rigged For Murder
TICKET CLAIM: This book is by Jenifer LeClair who is a Goodreads Author
***Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 40
Total Points To Date: 40
GA Tickets To Date: 3
Big Book Tickets To Date: 0
Natalie CH25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2, read a book with a 5 or 6 in the page number: Perfect by Rachel Joyce 361 pages
Option 6, free choice:
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
points this task: 25
GRA Tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Grand Total: 30
5.4 Yellow Open Houseby Elizabeth BergCurrent post: 5
Total:
Total Points: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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SHANNON SOUTH AFRICA20.5 Celebrating my Parents
250+ pages
Kamikaze Kangaroos!: An epic trip around Australia in a van called Rusty by Tony James Slater
Approved for length at 397 pages by Dlmrose, message 3620
GR authors: 1
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 20
HINA20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!- Option 1: Broken Heart: Read a book with the genre "Romance*" on the main book page.
Stop the Wedding! by Stephanie Bond.
Romance Genre listed on main page with 43 users, also approved in help thread (message 21).
**Stephanie Bond is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different TalesOption 3: Past & Future
Read two books by the same single author, the publication dates of which must be at least 25 years apart.
Search For Love by Nora Roberts - Published 1982
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts - Published 2013
*Difference of 31 Years
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 120
Goodreads Authors: 6
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ANGIE CAI would like to move The Gates from 30.1 to 20.2 and replace it with Dust and Decay.
20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park System
Book: The Gates by Rachael Wade
Notes: 3) "Gates" of the Arctic.
30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: A Little Pick-Me-Up
Book 1: Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Notes: Rolled 1. Poetry.
Book 2: Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry
Notes: Rolled 6. Fantasy.
This Post: 20
Points to Date: 95
30.10 - Delicious Dee - TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else?OPTION 1: TRIVIAL PURSUIT - author's initials seqential in TRIVIAL PURSUIT
To Speak for the Dead by ***Goodreads Author Paul Levine LP
OPTION 6: TERRY PRATCHETT - book shelved as both Science Fiction and Fantasy
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card which is shelved as both Science Fiction and Fantasy.
I read the kindle edition, but the paperback has 662 pages, so I'm claiming on BB ticket.
Neither book has "romance" as a genre.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 40/1130
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
LAUREL CA5.3 Orange-Wave a Flag
Ireland-
Kindle edition, the paperback has 327 pagesPoints this task: 5
Total points to date: 15
Total books read: 3
20.10 - Group ReadsCelebrity Novels: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Discussion post #4
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 50
GR Author: 0
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!Option 2 Profession: The Hollywood Version by Harry K. Malone (approved task help message 20)
***Harry K. Malone is a GR author***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
GR author this post: 1
Total GR authors: 1
5.9 Black: Whiskers and witches:Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.
the listing is Paranormal--Witches.
Today's total is 5
Grand total 5
Anne (Booklady)10.1 I Scream, You Scream - Author Initials: AR
The Lost Wife by *Alyson Richman
*Alyson Richman is a Goodreads Author*
10.5 This Could Take A While
1022 Evergreen Place by *Debbie Macomber
*Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author*
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2: Geography- Grant County, Georgia
Blindsighted by *Karin Slaughter
Option 3: History- WWII
**The Book Thief by *Markus Zusak
*Karin Slaughter is a Goodreads Author*
*Markus Zusak is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: The Book Thief has 552 Pages**
Points in These Tasks: 50
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 4
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1690
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Totals:
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 3/64
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read in Summer 2014 SRC: 1690
10.8 Question everythingThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
WHO
BIG BOOK
563 Pages
this task 10 points
total points 15
10.3 The More the Merrier – at least 3 people on the coverThe Elfin Ship by James P. Blaylock
Approved by task moderator msg #16
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 60
GR Author: 0
by Nicole Bartontask 10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
* paranormal as genre or subgenre
Chosen
**author Denise Grover Swank is a Goodreads author
points this post: 10
total points: 10
15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world." For this task, I read “
” by Akhil Sharma, since the author was born in Delhi, India. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 15
Pages Read this Challenge: 218
Total Pages Read to Date: 218
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
Spells & Stitches by Barbara Bretton
There is a black cat on top of the dresser on the left side of the cover.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
AbigailTask 20.4: Word Trivia
Option 3: True Homonym
Read: The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda Brunstetter
Homonym: Club
Points this task: 20
Task 20.7: The Brady Bunch
Option 5: 1973, Spin-off
Read: The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer**
This book is a spin-off from Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault.
**Sarah Strohmeyer is a GR author.
Points this task: 20
Task 20.10: Group Reads
Read: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
I wrote post #3 in the discussion thread.
Points this task: 20
Task 30.5: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1: Entertainment
Read: Prospect Street** by Emilie Richards**
Option 6: Sports and Leisure
Read: Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey**
Optional: This book is the epitome of a great summer read. Light, easy, fun -- not too challenging, but engaging enough that you won't fall asleep while reading in the sun.
**Prospect Street qualifies for a BB ticket (512 pages).
**Emilie Richards is a GR author.
**Elizabeth Lynn Casey is a GR author.
Points this task: 30
Points this post: 90
Total points: 90 / 1180
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Help Thread
Trivial Pursuit was created in December 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, by Canadian Chris Haney, a photo editor for Montreal's The Gazette, and Scott Abbott, a sports editor for The Canadian Press. Read a book predominately set in Canada or written by an author who was born or lives in Canada.
I read The Harem Midwife The author, Roberta Rich is a *******GOODREADS AUTHOR******
and currently splits her time between Vancouver, British Colubia and Colima, Mexico. This book was approved on the help thread.
Points: 30
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
GR authors: 3
pages read: 1000