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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Literary Fiction is on the main page genre listing
20.3-Best Review-Paul's task: General Turkey
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
The word 'city' can be found in hypnotic clambake and it has over 250 pages (396).
25.2-Elizabeth B's Task: What if?
Option D: Dystopia is on main page of book
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Option E: Steampunk is on main page of book
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross
25.7 Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
Option A: I have always wanted to go there
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Book is set mainly in Europe (mainly England)-would like to vacation there and published in my lifetime. I have never been there.
**Maureeen Johnson is a Goodreads author***
Option C: Ultimate Dream Vacation
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Book is set in a fictional land.
***Leigh Bardugo is a Goodreads author***
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Option B: 13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
Book published in July 2009
**Maureen Johnson is a Goodreads author**
Option C: Legend by Marie Lu.
Science Fiction is on the main book page.
**Marie Lu is a Goodreads author***
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Concentration!
Empire Girls by Suzanne Hayes (304 pages)
and
The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe (400 pages)
Both have the noun girls in the titles and are over 300 pages.
**Mary Alice Monroe is a Goodreads author**
Points this post: 140
Total points: 420

Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages.
Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd *Goodreads Author*
*392 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 985
Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:

30.5 - In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 5: read a book with some trees on the cover.

*there is a bank of trees behind the train on the left side of the cover*
***Prudence Bice is a GR Author, 1 ticket***
Option 6: read a good summer read. (IMO, a good summer read is something that is short, sweet, and light-hearted)
Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee
***Catherine Bybee is a GR Author, 1 ticket***
Points: 30
Total Points: 345
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 0

Ghost Wars: The Secret History Of The CIA, Afghanistan, And Bin Laden, From The Soviet Invasion To September 10, 2001 ("ghost" in title)
*** 1 Big Book ticket claimed - 720 pages
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 2 - All Star Game:
The Goldfinch (more than 50% of the book is set in New York City)
*** 2 Big Book tickets claimed - 771 pages
Option 5 - Just Because:
The Charming Quirks of Others
I read this because Alexander McCall Smith is a comfort read for me.
*** Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 35
GR authors this post: 1
Big Books this post: 2
Total points: 150
Total tasks completed: 10
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750(1) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 3

15.5: Where Was That Again? set in Massachusetts
Fire Season by Jon Loomis
30.4: Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite
3. The Seance by Heather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
4. Ocean: My Body Lies Over The Ocean by J.S. Borthwick
50.1: PeeBee's Task: the Summer of 1984:
1. pub in 1984: Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings
2.a. bird on cover: Conversion by Katherine Howe. Katherine Howe is a GRA.

2.b. time: Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
Points this Post: 95.
Total Points: 715
2 GRA.

30.11 Helen's Task: Honor's Awards
Book 1: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2012 Winner in YA Fiction
Book 2: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
runner up for fiction 2013
Both Authors are Goodreads Authors; I am claiming 2 tickets.
points this post: 30
grand total: 75
GRA Tickets: 3
Big book tickets:1

For my first book, I chose option 1 and read The Hit by David Baldacci. Initials "DB."
For my second book, I ch..."
c'mon Sandy!!

25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
A. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE - Read a book with a setting of someplace that you have always wanted to visit.
A View to a Thrill by Lexi Blake (Goodreads Author)
C. THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION - Book that is set in a time period before you were born or in the future beyond present day.
The Viper by Monica McCarty (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 560
GR Author: 31
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()

25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
I rolled a 5: Initials of Author in PORTUGUESE
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The letters R and O are found in PORtuguese.
I chose task 3. Building or skyline on cover.

I am claiming 2 GRA Tickets as both Authors are on Goodreads.
points this post:25
Grand total: 100
GRA tickets:5
Big Book tickets:1

25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
Option 3: most recently published book in a series:
The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin 527 pages
Third and final book will be released this November
Option 4: read a Graphic Novel:
Habibi by Craig Thompson 672 pages
As both of these books more than 500 pages I am claiming 2 big books tickets.
Michelle Hodkins is a Goodreads Author.
points this post:25
Grand Total:125
GRA Tickets:6
Big Book Tickets: 3

20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Shelby’s Task: FUN or FANTASTIC
Option 1: read a book with 1,2,3,7,8,9 in page numbers, ending in odd number
The Art of Stealing Fire: Uranus in the Horoscope by Liz Greene 281 p
points this task:20
Grand Total:145
GRA Tickets: 6
BB Tickets:3

5.2 pink: Celebrating the Female
A Circle of Wives byAlice LaPlante
25.10 Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 2- All star game- Mambo in Chinatown byJean Kwok setting San Francisco all star game in 2007
Option 5- The Priority List: A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons byDavid Menasche
25.12 Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Option 1- Geography Americanah byChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Option 2: Arts & literature- Big Little Lies byLiane Moriarty
Points this post: 55
Total points: 365
Task 18
Books 26

20.6 Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
brown, yellow, blue, pink, green, or orange in the title:
The Blue Room, Poems by Carlo Spinazzola (1970-2003)
points this task:20
Grand Total: 165
GRA Tickets: 6
BB Tickets: 3

20.10: Group reads
Someday, Someday, Maybe
post#46 in the discussion thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points:20
Total points: 1070+20=1090

25.3 mstan’s different selves.
Option 1. Same author, novel -- Carthage
Memoir – The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art, both by Joyce Carol Oates, “Memoir” verified in message 119 of genre verification thread.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 905

30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1, Author Initials Entertainment
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 502 pages => big book
Option 6,good summer read, because it's such a quick and atmospheric read:
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Emily Lockhart is a Goodreads Author
points this task: 30
Grand Total:195
GRA Tickets: 7
BB Tickets:4

10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Paranormal Genre
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Michelle Hodkin is a Goodreads Author.
10.8 Question Everything
who, what, when, etc in title:
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most edited by Elizabeth Benedict
Elizabeth Benedict is a Goodreads Author
10.10 Required Summer Reading
Literary Fiction Genre
Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley
points this post: 30
Grand Total: 225
GRA Tickets: 9
BB Tickets:4

5.4 - Yellow: They Call Me Mellow Yellow
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
correlating song title: Young Girl Blues
Elizabeth Scott is a Goodreads Author.
5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
book with 380 -450 pages
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima 427 pages
Cinda Williams Chima is a Goodreads Author
10.7 From the Source
author lives in Canada
Grace Shiver by Cathy Stonehouse, 101 pages, who has been living in Canada since 1988, see Link to Wikipedia
points this post: 20
Grand Total:245
GRA Tickets:11
BB Tickets:4

10.4 Across the Ages
Genre: time travel
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, who is a GRA
1443 pages BB Ticket
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=1
Points this post: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=6, 750=3, 1000=3
Total Points: 255

Task 30.5 - In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 3: Book set during World War One
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Description link: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Option 5: Book with tree on the cover

Cynthia Hand is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 550
Total Tasks: 31
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 42

10.7 From the Source
North Country Mom by Lois Richer - Set in Manitoba, Canada
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 1030
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:

1. For this task, I read “

2. For this task, I read “

Also, both Susan Cain and Jojo Moyes are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming tickets for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 470
Pages Read this Challenge: 640
Total Pages Read to Date: 12255
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 37
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

15.8 - It's All About the Facts!
Seven Miracles That Saved America: Why They Matter and Why We Should Have Hope by Christ Stewart and Ted Stewart - Genre: History
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 1045
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:

25.2 What if?
Option A (Aliens): Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armintrout (Goodreads Author)
Option D (Dystopia): After the End by Amy Plum (Goodreads Author)
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25.7 Virtual Vacation
Option A (have always wanted to visit IRELAND, have never been there before, and this book was set during my lifetime)
Rain and revelation by Therese Pautz (Goodreads Author)
Option C (set in late 1800's, before my time)
These Is My Words by Nancy Turner
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Above tasks: 50 points
# tasks submitted to date: 42
GRA: 43
New total points: 810

25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
A. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE - Read a book with a setting of someplace that you have always wanted to visit.
A View to a Thrill by Lexi Blake (Goodreads Author) - Set in Texas, USA
C. THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION - Book that is set in a time period before you were born or in the future beyond present day.
The Viper by Monica McCarty (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 560
GR Author: 31
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()

Trivial Pursuit is all about facts, trivial though they may be. Read a nonfiction book, with one of the original trivial pursuit genres listed on its main page - geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, sports or leisure.
The Arabs: A History (2009) by Eugene Rogan (Paperback, 559 pages)
**** Big Books**** (559 pages) The Arabs: A History
395 + 15 = 410
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 395 + 15 = 410
Books read: 31
Pages read: 10,059
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

25.12 - Janet F's Task: A Trivial Challenge
Chose: 3. HISTORY - What mausoleum did Mogul Shah Jahan build to the memory of his favorite wife?
Read a book with a building on the cover.
Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros (Goodreads Author)

Rolled: 4. ARTS & LITERATURE - What are little boys made of?
Read a book with adjective that can describe size* in the title or subtitle. Words like: big, little, grand, great, petite, tiny, small, giant, tall, etc. would work.
Naughty Little Secret by Shayla Black (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 585
GR Author: 33
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()

50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984
Option 2A:

Option 2B: On Borrowed Time (Time)
Option 3A:

Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 50

Read a book of your choice, in a favorite summer spot - anywhere you can relax and enjoy yourself!
Flaskepost fra P by Jussi Adler-Olsen (525 pages)
I read most of this book outside on the porch, my favorite summer spot!
30.3 – Send in the Clones!!
Option 2: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (803 pages) - This book is #30 on the 'Rooting for the Bad Guy' list.
Option 3 - A book where the main character is a mom: Mysteriet mamma by Trude Lorentzen (281 pages) - In this book the author tells the story of her mother, who was mentally ill and eventually commited suicide.
I'm claiming Big Book tickets for Flaskepost fra P and A Game of Thrones.
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
Pages Read: 3984
Total Points: 155

5.9 - Black: Whiskers and Witches
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
witches genre
***500+ page big book (563 pages)***
***Kami Garcia is a GoodReads Author***
10.2 - Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Body & Soul by Stacey Kade
paranormal genre
***Stacey Kade is a GoodReads Author***
10.5 - This Could Take A While
A Million Suns by Beth Revis
***Beth Revis is a GoodReads Author***
30.4 - Susan A's Task: Percy Jackson Lovers Unite!
From the Moment We Met by Marina Adair
option 3, romance genre
***Marina Adair is a GoodReads Author***
The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
option 4, "sea" in title
***Katja Millay is a GoodReads Author***
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 970
GoodReads Authors: 37
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 73

15.5 - Where Was that Again? - Read a book set in any one of these states: Colorado, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.
Kaleidoscope by Kristen Ashley.
Setting in Colorado.
**Kristen Ashley is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 960
Total Goodreads Authors: 53
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Option 1 - author named George - Moonlighting In Vermont by ***Goodreads Author Kate George
Option 6 - Book of Choice - The Innocent by ***Goodreads Author David Baldacci
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 430/1180
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 31
GoodReads Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
History genre listed on main page
20.8 Fun or Fantastic
I chose option 3 and read The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø -- it's set in Norway, not my home country, and I would love to go there!
25.6 I Could Use A Little Help Here!
I chose option 1 and read The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian (initials CB)
I also chose option 4 and read The Target by David Baldacci (espionage genre)
I am claiming GRA tickets for Chris Bohjalian and David Baldacci
New Total: 260

The Last Promise by Richard Paul Evans
The Author's initials RE are found in ice cREam.
10.3 The More the Merrier

There are three people on the cover.
15.4 Double Trouble
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
The title has a double vowel: OO
The author's name has a double consonant: GG
35 points this post
220 total points
1 GRA this post
6 total GRA

5.2 - Pink: Celebrating the Female - Read a book with the genre "feminism" or "womens" on its main page.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai.
Feminism ~98 Users
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 965
Total Goodreads Authors: 53
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Task 5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag
I used the Chinese flag, which is red and yellow, and read a book set in China:
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 07: Castaway by Yuu Watase
Although the book description states that they set off on a journey to a "frozen north country," that doesn't acutally happen until the last half of the book. Well over 50% of the storyline takes place in China.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 47
Pages read: 11452
Goodreads authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Option A, set in a place I would like to visit: The Beach Club by Elin Hilderbrand, set on Nantucket, a place I have never visited. The book is a contemporary novel, first published in 2000.
Option D, a book that has food or drink on the cover: Dragonwell Dead by Laura Childs

Points this post: 25
Total points: 705

Task #30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
Option #1 Red Haired Girl
Into the Wind by Shira Anthony who is a GRA

The red hair on cover was approved by Alison in the Help Thread Msg 15
AND Option #2: Day You Were Born
Read a book that has a day of the week in the title
Wacky Wednesday by J.A. Rock who is a GRA
"Wednesday" is a day of the week
This ebook was approved here:
eBook verification line 1941
This Post
Points:30
Goodreads Authors: 2
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Total Points: 760
Goodreads Authors: 47
Total Tasks Complete: 37
Total Books Read: 56

5.8 - Violet: Barely Visible
Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages

by John Grisham *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 5
Total Points : 450
Tasks Completed : 20
Books Read This Season : 34
Pages Read This Season : 11465
Good Reads Authors : 20
Big Books : 500+ 1
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+

10.10 - Required Summer Reading
Literary fiction is the 7th genre on the main page (30 users)

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 745

Task # 5.1 - Red: When I am an old woman...
Read a book first published in 1998.
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve. Book first published in 1998.
Task # 15.9 - Decisions, Decisions...
I started with


Task # 15.10 - Fun in the Sun.
Book of choice:

Task # 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jecca's Task: The Brady Bunch
Option 4. 1972. Read a book that is about a maid, housekeeper or "one employed to manage the domestic duties involved in maintaining a house".

Points this post: 55
Total points: 1080

OPTION 1 - 50/50 - DC - Sea Glass Summer by Dorothy Cannell.
OPTION 3 - ASK THE AUDIENCE - The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs which was #106 on the June 2014 list on August 15 when I picked it.
25.11 - SUMMER CAMP FOR ALL AGES
OPTION 1 - GRAB A BUDDY - Loving Jack by Nora Roberts. I have read many books by Nora Roberts and rated several of those 4*.
OPTION 4 - OPEN WATERFRONT -

TOTAL POINTS - 725

Option C – “music” genre on main page

Genre verified here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - **** - 8/20/2014 - 374 Pages
Totals for challenge: 385
Points this task: 10
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 33
Goodreads authors: 21
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


Task 10.6 D-Day
I read Docby Mary Doria RussellWho is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:10
Total points:120
Books read:9
Tasks completed:7
Goodreads Authors:7
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

15.10 - Fun in the Sun.
After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
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25.4 - Coralie's Task: World Cup Past and Present
Help thread
The soccer World Cup will be played in Brazil this June/July.
Group G
Book A – Read a book set (at least 50%) in one of the countries in the group.
Germany - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Goodreads Author
Big Book Ticket 552 pp
Book B – Read a book written by an author BORN in a different country than book A's setting from the same group.
USA – Beyond Fearless by Rebecca York
25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Help Thread
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read a book for each.
3) Ask the Audience --
Required: State the month you used, the book's numbered position and the date you found the book.
Giving In by Maya Banks
May #58 on 5/30/14
Goodreads Author
4) Switch the Question --
For this option read a book with one of the following genres that revolve around switching one's identity
A) Shapeshifter
The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston
25.7 - Bluemoon's Task: Virtual Vacation
Please select two different options and read a book for each.
A. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE -
Read a book with a setting of someplace that you have always wanted to visit.
Unwound by Lorelei James
Denver, CO (set during my lifetime and I have never been there)
Goodreads Author
C. THE ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION -
The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley Scotland 1800’s (not in my lifetime)
Goodreads Author
E-book approved 1800
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Help thread
Choose two different options and read a book for each.
Option 5:
Read a book by an indie author found on one of these two lists Popular Indie Authors page 2
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Option 6:
You can independently choose any book as long as it meets SRC Requirements.
Required: Indicate the options
A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire
Points this post: 100
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0