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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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10.6 D-DayDestroyer Angel by Nevada Barr
15.5 Where Was That Again>
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart This book is set in Massachusetts
***E. Lockhart is a Goodreads Author***
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 25
15.4. Double TroubleA. For double vowels, I read Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood. This author, Leah Vincent is a *********Goodreads Author *****.
B. For double consonants, I read Wicked Appetite. Janet Evanovich is also a *********Goodreads Author *******.
Both of these books were approved in the help thread.
Points: 45
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
GR Authors: 5
Pages read: 1541
Pat 15.8 - It's All About the Facts!
Read a nonfiction book, with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page.
HISTORY
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 15
Total Points : 75
Tasks Completed : 4
Books Read This Season : 6
Pages Read This Season : 1810
Good Reads Authors : 2
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
10.9 - Isthmus TestRead a book with an outdoor scene that depicts a body of water on the cover. The body of water should appear large enough to float a boat that could hold one adult (no toys). A coastline/water's edge, horizon line or boat must be visible.
Required Include the cover when you post.
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfTotals for challenge:
Points this task: 10
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
BEKKA - 15.4. Double TroubleFor this task, I read “
” by Jennifer E. Smith, since it’s title has a word with a repeated vowel (lOOks) and a word with a repeated consonant (haPPy). Also, Jennifer E. Smith is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 30
Pages Read this Challenge: 416
Total Pages Read to Date: 634
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
SAM ID15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
At website "What Should I Read Next?" put in a favorite book and read one of the given suggested reads.
Entwined by Heather Dixon
*I started with Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer*
Points: 15
Total Points: 50
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
20.08 - It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!Option 1:Read a book with at least two of (1,2,3,7,8,9) in page numbers; ending with an odd number
367 pages
*Stephen King is a Goodreads author*
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books (500):
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30.5. Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good BookOption 3. History: El tiempo de los emperadores extraños by Ignacio del Valle
Set in Russia, Winter, 1943. The main character, Arturo Andrade, is with the "División Azul," a group of Spanish soldiers who fought in the Eastern Front with the Nazis.
Option 5: Science & Nature:
by Marco MalvaldiThis Task Points: 30
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Author Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Corrected Post for Task #15.1015.10 Fun in the Sun
Book of choice, in favorite summer spot
(favorite summer spot - deck)
XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel|Jeffery Deaver - 06/07/14
Jeffery Deaver is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 15
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Total Points: 35
Goodreads Author: (2)
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible:Book that contains between 380 and 450 pages
Angels Fall|Nora Roberts - 06/08/14 (444 pages)
Points This Post: 5
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Total Points: 40
Goodreads Author: (2)
HINA15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)... - A. Read a book that has a U.S. state in the title or author's name. B. Read a book set in one of the original 13 colonies.
Georgia On My Mind by Marie Force.
1 Book Option: Georgia is in the title and is set in Rhode Island
**Marie Force is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 95
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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Kristi CO30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2: Geography 'G'
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, takes place in Gettysburg
Option 5: Tree on cover
by A.S. KingA.S. King is a goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
HINA10.5 This Could Take A While - Read a book with a number greater than or equal to 1,000 in the title or subtitle.
Adopted: Family in a Million by Barbara McMahon.
Million in the subtitle. Approved in help thread.
**Barbara McMahon is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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Pamela32655.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Sand Castle Bay by Sheryl Woods
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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10.6 D-DayTitle Starts with D
Dark Visions | Jonas Saul | 278 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author
This Post
Points For This Task: 10
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets 0
Totals
Total Points: 10/1180
Challenges Completed: 1/67
Total Goodreads Authors 1
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5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being GreenkerMit THe frog:
The Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block
+5 points
15.6- I'm Flying!
Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins+15 points
Points this post: 20
Grand Total: 35
Elizabeth B5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
genre "witches" Blood Cross
10.1 I Scream, You Scream
Trusted Bond by Mary Calmes, MC found in ICE CREAM
10.7 From the Source
set in Canada Runaway by Alice Munro
20.8:Shelby’s Task
A:How to Run with a Naked Werewolf (317 pg)
Points: 45
Total points:10+45=55
10.1: I Scream, You ScreamAuthors Initials found in Ice Cream: Erynn Mangumm
Cool Beans | Erynn Mangum | 298 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
This Post
Points For This Task: 10
GoodReads Authors This Task: 0
Big Book Tickets 0
Totals
Total Points: 20/1180
Challenges Completed: 2/67
Total Goodreads Authors 1
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10.9: Isthmus TestLarge Body of Water on the Cover
At Last | Barbara Bretton | 320 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
This Post
Points For This Task: 10
GoodReads Authors This Task: 1
Big Book Tickets 0
Totals
Total Points: 30/1180
Challenges Completed: 3/67
Total Goodreads Authors 2
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20.1 - Operation!Option 1 - Cure the patient's broken heart by reading a book with the genre "Romance" on the main book page.
Kjærligheten by Jonas Gardell
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages Read: 286
Total Points: 20
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.8 - It's All About the Facts!
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
This book has been shelved as "Literature > American" by 18 people and was approved in Message #12 of the help thread.
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
I completed:20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France by reading:
by John Hart.This satisfies Option 4 of the task, as it has a bicycle on the cover.
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 20
GR Authors:
Big Books: 500+ () 750+ () 1000+ ()
HINAPlease disregard Message 130, Reposting correctly below
15.10 - 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
Page Length approval on Message 3625
**Elizabeth Lennox is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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I completed: 20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
by reading:
Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies.
It has the genre "romance" on the main page.
Phillip Margulies is also a GR Author.
Belle Cora is 608 pages long, so I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket.
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 40
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1) 750+ () 1000+ ()
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word found in one of the tracks of the original Mellow Yellow album by Donovan The Girl with a Clock for a Heart: A Novel by Peter Swanson. The track used was Young Girl Blues so the matching word is girl.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
30.4 - Percy Jackson Lovers UniteOption 3: romance genre on main page
A Minor Inconvenience by Sarah Granger
ebook approved for length at line 55
Option 6: dog on cover
Earthquake Weather and Other Stories by Catherine Ryan Hyde
* Goodreads author: Catherine Ryan Hyde *
Points this post = 30
Total points = 35
Big Book tickets = 0
Goodreads Authors = 2
Amandab197515.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Task Points : 15
Total Points : 30
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation! Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky I chose option #1Daria Snadowsky is a goodreads author so claiming ticket for that
Total Points Earned: 110/1180
Total Pages Read: 1823/30338
Total Books Read: 6/91
Good Read Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
20.7 The Brady BunchI chose option 2 and read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green -- #12 on the "Best Book Boyfriends" list.
Claiming GR author ticket for John Green
Total Points: 20
Captain America Girl5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
I read The Devilish Montague by Patricia Rice for this task. It has 384 pages.
Patricia Rice is a GR author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks complete: 1
GR authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
Coralie5.6 Blue: Most Popular
From page 4 of the Popular Favorite Books
The Road
5.8 Violet: Barely Visible
Peter Duck 397 pages
15.5 Where Was that Again?
Book set in Wisconsin
Thimble Summer
This post 25 points
Total to date 25 points
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady BunchOption 3: 1971 –
Read a book that has the genre ‘classics’ listed on its main book page.
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
*BB: 626 Pages*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
BABBLING C20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
On June 1, 2014 Ann B. Davis died. She was better known as, Alice, from The Brady Bunch.
2. 1970- find your next fictional boyfriend/girlfriend by reading a book from one of these lists
Maid for Love (kindle) - Maid for Love, The McCarthys of Gansett Island Series, Book 1 - Paperback - 264 pgs. - Marie Force.
#451, pg 5, best book boyfriend.
Marie Force is a GRA
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 95
Completed Tasks: 5
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,989
Books read this season: 6
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
30.10 - Delicious Dee's Task: TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else?OPTION 1: TRIVIAL PURSUIT – Read a book by an author whose initials are found SEQUENTIALLY in TRIVIAL PURSUIT. The first and last letters wrap as TT.
The Night of the Moonbow by Thomas Tryon (385 pages) TT
OPTION 6: TERRY PRATCHETT – read a book that has been shelved both as FANTASY and SCIENCE-FICTION
Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake (284 pages)
385+284=669 pages, neither shelved as ROMANCE
Approved in task help thread
Task total=30
Grand total=65
Delicious Dee30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 3 - Cinderella's Dress - Shonna Slayton (GR author) - 2 ppl have it shelved as WW2
Option 4 - Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys - Billy Crystal is well known in the movie and entertainment industry
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 45
GR Author: 2
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Pat 30.4 - Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 3: Aphrodite - Read a book with the genre romance listed on the main book page.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Option 6: Artemis - Read a book with a non-human mammal, bird or fish on the cover.
HORSE - mammal
I Am the Great Horse by Katherine Roberts *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 105
Tasks Completed : 5
Books Read This Season : 8
Pages Read This Season : 2592
Good Reads Authors : 3
Big Books : 500+
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
NICOLE OH5.9 Black: Whiskers and Witches
Midnight Crossroad
Listed as Paranormal: Witches on the main page
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
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Theresa 5.1 - Red : When I am an Old Woman...
The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve (Goodreads Author)
Originally published in 1998
5.2 - Pink - Celebrating the Female
The Moon Sisters - Therese Walsh (Goodreads Author)
Womens - 4 users approved in help thread 5/21
Points this post - 10
Total Points - 10
Goodreads Authors - 2
Sheila5.7 - Brown: Chocolates and Coffee on the Beach
Not Even for Love by Sandra Brown30.9 Ty's Task: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Book A:
Prior Bad Acts by Tami HoagThe word is Prior
I listened to the audiobook but the mm ppk had 560 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
AND
Book B:
Long Gone by Alafair BurkeThe author's name is Alafair
I read the kindle version but the ppk version with the highest number rating has 358 pages and is here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Total Points = 95
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC it’s got to be one and preferable both!For option 3, I read Last Train to Paris. It takes place in Paris and Berlin, both of which I would love to visit and never have. (I live in the US, and these cities are in France and Germany, respectively)
Points: 65
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
GR authors: 5
pages read: 1861
30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!Option 3: Aphrodite
Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
Carolyn Crane is a Goodreads Author
Option 6: Artemis
White Fang by Jack LondonPoints this post:30
Total points: 45
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 2
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee30.11 Helen's Task: Honor's Awards
Book 1: Summa Cum Laude - Tangled - Emma Chase (GR Author) - won in the 2013 Best Debut Goodreads Author category
Book 2: Magna Cum Laude - Splintered - A.G. Howard (GR Author) - nominee in the 2013 Debut Goodreads Author category
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 75
GR Author: 4
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Task #25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different TalesOption 2: Young & Old
Book 1:
Make Me Yours by Kendall Ryan (GR Author)
"young-adult" as a genre on main page
verified here
Book 2:
Resisting Her by Kendall Ryan (GR Author)
Does not contain the genres 'young adult' or 'children's' on the books main page
verified here
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
Total Points: 25
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
5.6 - Blue: Most Popular(view spoiler)
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead - ***** - 6/4/2014 - 594 Pages - Page 3
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads authors:
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible(view spoiler)
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - ***** - 6/7/2014 - 439 Pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.10 - Fun in the Sun(view spoiler)
Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin - ***** - 6/8/2014 - 300 Pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY30.10 Delicious Dee’s TP
Option 2. 1 star on SRC member Andre’s list – I read Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- link to Andre's list: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Option 5. “Sports” as genre -- I read The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 100
20.10 - Group Reads
•Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Posted on discussion board (Message #5): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This post: 20
Total this season: 20
Task # 20.1 Most Improved Player – Hana C - OperationOption 4 – Writer’s cramp – Book(s) on cover
- ✔ – 11June14*** Robin Sloan is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books Read: ( ) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
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30.4 Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
Option 3: Aphrodite
The Greek Goddess of love and beauty, read a book with the genre romance listed on the main book page. Embedded genres accepted.
Crush on You (kindle version) - Crush on You - paperback - 304 pags. - Christie Ridgway
genre: romance; romance> contemporary romance
Christie Ridgway is a GRA
Option 6: Artemis
Goddess of the Hunt, read a book with a non-human mammal, bird or fish on the cover. (Insects, reptiles and fantasy animals NOT accepted). Required: Include the cover with your post.
Final Sentence (kindle) - Final Sentence(paperback) - 304 pgs.Daryl Wood Gerber
Daryl Wood Gerber is a GRA
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 75
Completed Tasks: 4
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,725
Books read this season: 5
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)