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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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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.
I read Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (372 pages).
BONE is found in HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE
*** Leigh Bardugo is a GRA***
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!
1. ODD NUMBERS
Read a book whose page numbers have at least 2 of the numbers from my birthdate or age (1,2,3,7,8,9).
I read The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (367 pages).
*** Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a GRA***
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Option 2: Read a book predominately set in France or written by an author who was born in France or lives in France.
I read The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. According to GR "Milan Kundera is a Czech and French writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981."
Points claimed for this post: 60
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed so far: 9
Books Read for this challenge so far: 12
GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: +500(2), +750(0), +1000(0)

25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option 1 - I previously gave Southern Fried Blues by Jamie Farrell 4 stars, so I read The Husband Games (and also gave it 4 stars) - Jamie Farrell (GR Author) - ebook only approved 3774 in the thread
Option 3 - Savor the Danger - Lori Foster (GR Author) - LF appear in CAPTURE THE FLAG
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 695
GR Author: 41
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()

5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - Page 1 on Popular Favorite Books list.
Big Book at 759 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 630
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:

D. DYSTOPIA or POST-APOCALYPTIC
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
E. ALTERNATE HISTORY or STEAMPUNK
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
+25 Points
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:
Author born September 12, 1943
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
C. Take a trip to the stars. Read a book with the genre Science Fiction on the main book page.:
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
+30 Points
Points this Post: 55
Grand Total: 480

Option B: Read a book that has "feminism" listed as a genre on the main page
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Books Read:4
Total Challenges Completed:3
Total Pages Read:1734
Big Book Tickets:2
GoodReads Author Tickets:1
Total Points: 65

Task 10.4 - Across the Ages
Book with Time Travel
Timebound by Rysa Walker
Rysa Walker is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 21
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 25

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
REQUIRED: Specify the noun that the two book titles have in common and the number of pages in each book.
I read Love & Treasure, which was 422 pp and The Treasure which was 362 pp. Both were approved on the Help thread. Ayelet Waldman is a ****GR Author *****
The word they have in common is "treasure"
Points: 330
GR authors: 13

Read two books:
Book A, by a female author, must be written during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
AND
Book B, a book written by a male author, during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
A - A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie pub. 1950
B - Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico pub. 1958
My mother was born in 1947, my father in 1934 and I was born in 1970.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 21
GR Author: 8
Big Book - 500: 1
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0

Nonfiction, "History" genre on main page
A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter
Points this Post: 15
BB tickets this post: 0
GRA this post: 0
Total Points: 215
Total BB tickets: 5
Total GRA: 11

15.7 "In a gentle way, you can shake the world"
Em and the Big Hoom
set in India
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5

20.1 - Hana's Task - Operation!
Option 2 - Charley Horse
Western is the second genre listed (44 users)

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 485

15.4 - Double Trouble
A. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
B. In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Started with The Book Thief
Total Books Read: 11
Total Points: 95

OPTION A - Cheyenne Bride which is set during my lifetime in Montana a place I have never been but would love to visit. The time period is not noted in the description but the characters have cell phones and laptops which were invented during my lifetime.
OPTION D - FOOD ON THE COVER -

TOTAL POINTS - 450

Option 1: For this task, I read “

Option 2: For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 230
Pages Read this Challenge: 760
Total Pages Read to Date: 5689
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
Option 1: City of Heavenly Fire

Option 4: The Final DetailHarlan Coben
Shared birthday month: January
Total points this post: 30
Total points: 265

20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General Turkey
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight (goodreads author)
This book is 400 pages. The word I used is Amelia: hypnotIc cLAMbAkE
25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story Short
I chose option 1 and chose a book of short stories by one author.
Book 1: by A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Book 2: The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor (256 pgs)
Points this post: 45
Total points: 210
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)

25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different Tales
Option 1: Self & Other
Read a book of fiction written by a single author (Book 1) and a memoir, autobiography or biography written by/about the author of Book 1.
*Book 1
One True Thing | Anna Quindlen

(304pp) READ 7/30/14
*Book 2
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake | Anna Quindlen

(224pp) READ 6/7/14
Points this Post: 25
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Total Points: 305/1180
Total Tasks Completed 14/64
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 9
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ 2 ] 750+[ ]
Previous Posts: #1222, 1300, 1336, 1434, 1489, 1547, 1574

10.8 Question Everything
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, which contains the question word why.
15.6 I'm Flying!
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, in which the main character is an amateur pilot who flies a small plane around the post-apocalyptic America in which he lives.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
I chose option 3, Funny Bone, and read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore, which has the genre humor on the main page.
Points this post:45
Total points: 115

25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars -
Option 3: Home Run Derby - Read a book with at least 100 ratings that has an average rating of 4.0 or better.
True by Laurann Dohner.
Average Rating: 4.29. Number of Ratings: 3400
Option 5: Read a book that you want to read that meets SRC rules, just because.
The Doctor and Mr. Right by Cindy Kirk.
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 750
Total Goodreads Authors: 44
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

25.2 - Elizabeth B's Task: What If?:
Book D: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - **** - 7/21/2014 - 268 Pages
Book B: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman - *** - 7/29/2014 - 374 Pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 6: Dead Beat by Jim Butcher - ***** - 6/15/2014
Option 5: Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James - ***** - 7/23/2014 - 287 Pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task 10.9 - Isthmus Test
Book with body of water on cover

Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 22
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 26

First, I would like to move Desire by Design from 10.7 to 25.1 and replace it with A Quick Bite from 20.7 and replace that with Ruin and Rising.
10.7 From the Source
Book: A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
Notes: Set in Canada and the author is Canadian. Author approved in task help thread.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Book: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Notes: 2) #2106 from Best Book Boyfriends on 7/24/14.
25.1 Andy P's Task: Directionally Challenged
Book 1: Wrong Bed, Right Guy by Katee Robert
Notes: A) "Right."
Book 2: Desire by Design by Paula Altenburg
Notes: comPAss. Approved for length in post #3573.
This Post: 25 {+55, -30}
Points to Date: 850

25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
3. Home Run Derby
Mackenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard 4.13 Average Rating (2,947 ratings)
5. Read a book that you want to read that meets SRC rules, just because.
Waking Kiss by Annabel Joseph (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 350
GR Author: 21
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()

Choose ONE of the the options below and read one book.
2. Palindrome: A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards.
Read a book with a single word palindrome of 3 or more letters in the title - NOON.
Morning Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks: 22
GR Author: 8
Big Book - 500: 1
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0

Option 2. Read a book with the genre "horror" or "thriller" on its main book page.
Only Time Will Tell (Thriller)
Option 3. Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
Promise Me by Harlan Coben
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 25
Total Points : 55
Tasks Completed : 2 (25.11/30.7)
Books Read This Season : 4




Good Reads Authors : 0
Big Books 500+ : 1
Big Books 750+ :
Big Books 1000+ :

Option 2:
Read a book that has a 5 or 6 in the number of pages.
Shooting Gallery by Hailey Lind
*352 Pages
Option 6:
Independently choose any book as long as it meets SRC Requirements.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin *Goodreads Author*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 800
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:


3. Alison Hendrix:
Read a book where the main character is a mom.
Worth the Fall|Claudia Connor

Abbie is a mother of four. 312 Pages
Approved for Length - Message #3718
Claudia Connor is a Goodreads author
4. Cosima Niehaus:
Read a book where the main character is sick will a life-threatening illness.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home|Carol Rifka Brunt|07.30.14
Toby has AIDS

Carol Rifka Brunt is a Goodreads author
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30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Book A - Title Word:
Book where all the letters in one word from the title can be found in S UP E R C ALIF R AGILIS T IC E XPIALIDOCIOUS.
Top Secret Twenty-One|Janet Evanovich|07.05.14
Word: Secret; 305 Pages

Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author
Book B - Author:
Book where all the letters in the author's first or last name can be found in S U PER C ALIF R AGILIS T ICEXP I ALIDOCIOU S .
American Wife|Curtis Sittenfeld|07.29.14
Author's Name: Curtis; 568 pages

568 Pages = Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
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Total Points This Post: 60
Total Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Total Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
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Total Points: 690
Total Goodreads Authors: 34
Total Big Book Tickets: 7

25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Rolled #5 & Chose #3
#3: History (building on cover - exterior only)
Luna Tango by Alli Sinclair ~read eARC

Alli Sinclair is a Goodreads Author
336 pages
This Post: 25 points
GR Authors: 10
Big Book: 500+ (2)
Total to date: 240

5.6 - Blue: Most Popular
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
book is on page 2 of list
Rick Riordan is a Goodreads Author
10.6 D-Day
Drive By by Michael Duffy
10.7 From the Source
Sidekick by Auralee Wallace
Author born in Canada
ebook approved for length
Auralee Wallace is a Goodreads Author
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Option 2: #289 on Best Book Boyfriends
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons ~636 pages
Option 3: 'Classics' book
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 1: "Mystery" book
I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington
Option 2: "Humor" book
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option Two: Sleepy Hollow - "horror" book
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe ~654 pages
Option Three: All Camp Games - author's initial, PA, found in CAPTURE THE FLAG
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
This Post: 95 points
GR Authors: 12
Big Book: 500+ (4)
Total to date: 335

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 – 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.
Magic Breaks- kindle - Magic Breaks -paperback - 416 pgs. by Ilona Andrews lion on cover.
Ilona Andrews is a GRA.

THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 465
Completed Tasks: 25
Good Read Authors: 22
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 10,657
Books read this season: 32
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer – 400 pgs per goodreads
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Option One: Grab a Buddy!
The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley – I previously read The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley and rated it 5 stars – ebook approved per length discussion post #2812
Jennifer Ashley is a Goodreads author.
Option Three: All Camp Games
The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder, Healthier World by Leslie Garrett – capture the fLaG
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 525
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: 1

25.8 4th of July challenge
option 2 - a book with 5 or 6 in page numbers - Quintana of Charyn pages 516
option 4 - book with flag on the cover -

points this post: 25
Total points: 140
total pages: 4590
tasks completed: 8
books read: 12

15.10 fun in the sun - free read - Good Braider, The pages 213
points this post: 15
Total points: 155
total pages: 4803
tasks completed: 9
books read: 13

Option #1 Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne*GRA
Colorado setting
Option #4 Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo*GRA
The word "bone" is in the title.
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 3: In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters*GRA
WWI setting (1918)
Option 6: Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo
It's a good summer read because the movie was released on DVD this summer.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 11

Task 25.5 - Long Story Short
For Book 1, I read:
Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume by Jennifer O'Connell
Meg Cabot was a contributor to that book of essays, so I read a book by her:
The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 31
Pages read: 7914
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Read a book with a black cat on the cover or with the genre "witches" on the book's main page.
Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard *Goodreads Author*

Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 805
Goodreads Authors: 31
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:


Hit & Run Bride, by Nana Malone
SRC ebook verification line 736
20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
Taken, By Koko Brown
SRC ebook verification line 1484
This book is new to me
Points This Post: 35
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 19

A. For this task, I read “

B. For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 260
Pages Read this Challenge: 442
Total Pages Read to Date: 6131
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Task 5.6 - Blue: Most Popular NEW POINTS
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
This book appeared on page 3 (#106) of the Popular Favorite Books list.
Jay Asher is a Goodreads Author.
Task 20.2 Exploring America's National Park System NEW POINTS
Option 3:
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell
The title contains the word "lake," found in Crater Lake and Lake Clark National Parks.
Matt Bell is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 840/1180
Goodreads Authors: 2/33
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Option 1
Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James (GR Author)
More than half the book is set in Wyoming
Option 3
Only Yours by Susan Mallery (GR Author)
Susan Mallery
Points this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 580
Total Goodreads Authors: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 31
Total Books Read: 45



Task points 25
Total points 320
BB Tickets 2

20.9:Tour De France
Option 2:set in France París
30.3 – Delmy's Task: Send in the Clones!! (>250 pg)
option 3: heroine is a mom At Peace (e-book, approved for length at post#3766)
option 6: Lacy Stewart picked for me to read Zero at the Bone
Points:50
Total points:675+50=725

20.7: Shorter is Sweeter: Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch:
1. published in 1969: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
25.7: Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation:
1. cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon, set during the present:
Bon Bon Voyage by Nancy Fairbanks
2. set in a fantasy world - Middle Earth:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
25.8: Angel 'Book Junkie's Task: 4th of July:
2. 6 in total number pages: 416 pages:
Honeymoon Suite: A Novel by Lynn Michaels. Lynn Michaels is a GRA.
3. set in Rhode Island:
Murder by Yew by Suzanne Young
Points this Post: 70.
Total Points: 525.
1 GRA.

Option 2: When Doves Cry
A. For this option, read a book with a bird on the cover,
I read

B Rain I read The Art of Racing in the RainGarth Stein is a ****Goodreads author*****
Option 3: Sixteen Candles
B. read a book WRITTEN by one of the actors who were considered part of the Brat Pack I read Love Life By Rob Lowe
(Some of my favorite Brat Pack authors are: Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe)
All 3 books were approved in the help thread.
Points: 380
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 19
GR authors: 14
Big books: 1(500)
pages read: 9341

Choose 2 different options and read a book for each.
Option 1: Entertainment- Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the word "ENTERTAINMENT - Nancy Atherton.
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton
Option 6: Sports & Leisure- Read a book that you would consider a "good summer read."
Standup Guy by Stuart Woods
Stuart Woods has always been a summer read for me - quick, fluffy, ridiculous and fun. No thinking required.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 23
GR Author: 8
Big Book - 500: 1
Big Book - 750: 0
Big Book - 1000: 0

Book A:
The Way You Look Tonight by Bella Andre (GR Author)
The Way You Look Tonight
Book B:
Kissing Under the Mistletoe by Bella Andre (GR Author)
Kissing Under the Mistletoe
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 595
Total Goodreads Authors: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 32
Total Books Read: 47

Task 25.1 Andy P's Task: Directionally Challenged
Book A
Read a book that has in its title... "right"
I read Off Stage: Right by Jaime Samms who is a GRA
The word "Right" is in the title
Book B
Read a book by an author whose initials for their first and last names can be found in the word COMPASS
I read Paris A to Z by Marie Sexton, a GRA
M & S are in COMPASS
The book pages were verified on Line 1148 of SRC eBook verification
This Post
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 2
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Total Points: 470
Goodreads Authors: 30
Total Tasks Complete: 26
Total Books read: 36
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TASK NAME: 25.9 Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 1: Mystery
Dangerous Shoals
Qualifier: Genre - mystery on main page
Option 5: Historical Fiction
The School of Night by Louis Bayard
Qualifier: Genre - HF on main page - I like stories about that relate to Shakespeare.
Points this task: 25
Points Total: 290
Tasks Completed: 18
GR Author: 11
Big Books: 0