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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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20.6 KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial PursuitAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green*GRA
The author's name is GREEN. I have not read this book before.
25.8 Angel**Book Junkie's Task; 4th of July Challenge
Option 2. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg*GRA
There is a 6 in the page number (336).
Option 6. Beating Stress, Anxiety & Depression: Groundbreaking Ways to Help You Feel Better by Jane A. Plant
Book of choice
Points this post: 45
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 16
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 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
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe: A novel by Romain Puértolas
Qualifier: Author born/lives in France (Approved task message 40)
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 575
Tasks Completed: 30
GR Author: 25
Big Books: 0
Kristi CO10.10 Required Summer Reading
European Literature>British Literature
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
30.7 Allison I's Task: Follow the Stars
Option A: Sept 15, 1977
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Option C: science fiction
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Emma Healey is a goodreads author
Leigh Bardugo is a goodreads author
Points this post: 40
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
25.5 - Pat's Task: Long Story Short Book 1 - Read a book of collected works with at least 4 separate pieces, either all by the same author or by multiple authors.
The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession by David Grann
This is a collection of 12 Essays by Author David Grann.
Book 2 - Read a book of long-form fiction or nonfiction by the same author as ONE of the contributed works from Book 1.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
The paperback version of this long-form non-fiction by David Grann is 448 pages The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
This combination was approved in the help thread in post 43
25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!
Option 1: Read a book in which the Author's first and last name initials (disregard any middle initials) are any of the letter combinations that result when removing two of the A - D choices.
A Gentleman of Fortune by Anna Dean
The initals of the author are AD.
Option 3: Read a book from most Popular List (May - August).
The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day
This book was on position 80 in the July Popular list on 08.04.14
Lori Rader-Day is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 625
Books Read: 40
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park SystemOption 3 - Death Comes As the End - Death Valley
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - KSMary's Task: The Colors of Trivial Pursuit
A Beautiful Blue Death - this book is new to me; Charles Finch is a GR author.
25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different Tales
Option 3 - Dumb Witness (first published 1937) and The Clocks (first published 1963) - differences of 26 years
Points claimed in this post: 65
Total points: 1,035
GR authors: 23 (1 in this post)
Big books: 3
25.11 - SUMMER CAMP FOR ALL AGESOPTION 1 - Loving Jack by Nora Roberts.
Previously I read Key of Valor and gave it 4*.
OPTION 4 -
by Susan Wiggs.TOTAL POINTS - 725
Pat 20.4 - Name That Word!
3. Homonym : Read a book with a homonym from this list of True Homonyms in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
WORD - Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letterby Tom Franklin *****GoodReads Author*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 20
Total Points : 490
Tasks Completed : 22
Books Read This Season : 36
Pages Read This Season : 12123
Good Reads Authors : 21
Big Books : 500+ 1
Big Books : 750+
Big Books : 1000+
Rudy Repost
25.12- Janet F."s Task: A Trivial Challenge
Rolled a #1- Americanahby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chose #4- Big Little Liesby Liane Moriarty
points: 25
Total points :365
Task:18
Books: 26
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: Celebrating my Parents: Option A: Setting: Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox. The entire book is set in Sydney, Australia. The book has 352 pages. Kathryn Fox is a GoodReads Author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 415
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 19
GoodReads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 4 ; 750+: 0;
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star FavoritesFor this task, I chose options 3 and 4.
For option 3 ( last in a series ), I read The Target, which is the most recent (#3) in the Will Robie series, according to Goodreads.
For option 4 (graphic novel), I read Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story. The first genre on the first page is "Sequential Art > Graphic Novels".
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
For this task, I chose options 1 and 3
For option 1 (a book involving baseball), I read High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time. The qualifications for this option are clear from the title.
For option 3 ( 100+ ratings with avg rating of 4.0+), I read The Innocent. On 8/24/14 at 9:36 AM, this book has 26,884 ratings with an average rating of 4.05.
Current post:
Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 110
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Gea25.4 - Coralie's Task: World Cup Past and Present
Option 1 World Cup Past.
Germany 2006 -- Winners: Italy
Book A – A book first published in the year that world cup was held (2006) - Loving Lies by Lora Leigh
Book B – A book set (at least 50%) in the country that won (Italy) - The Ruthless Italian's Inexperienced Wife by Christina Hollis (Goodreads Author)
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 635
GR Author: 35
Big Books: 500(1) 750() 1000()
Task # 20.2 Rookie at the Top – Pamela 3265 – National ParksOption 1 – a fictional book set in a national park
This book is set in Mesa Verde National Park
Ill Wind ✔ – 24Aug14
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 510 points
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books Read: ( 2) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
25.6 - I Could Use a Little Help Here1. 50/50 - The authors initials are CD:
Valley of the Shadow by Carola Dunn
4.C - Switch the Question, Espionage - the book has the genre Spy Thriller>Espionage on its main page:
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Total points 215
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All AgesOption One: Grab a Buddy!
Read a book written by an author that you've read before and rated 4 or 5 stars.
For This Task: It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn *Goodreads Author*
Previously Read: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn ★ ★ ★ ★
Option Two: Sleepy Hollow
Read a book with the genre "horror" or "thriller" on its main book page.
Last Diner Standing by Terri L. Austin *Goodreads Author*
*Genre approved in THT - Message #31
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 1035
Goodreads Authors: 46
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+:
KAREN F10.6 D-Day
Dangerous Seduction by Zoe Archer
**Zoe Archer is a Goodreads Author**
15.10 Fun in the Sun
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
**Seanan McGuire is a Goodreads Author**
25.9 Springtime Five Star Favorites
Option 3: Then Came You by Jill Shalvis
Most recent published book in the Animal Magnetism Series
**Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author**
Option 5: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Historical Romance & Historical Fiction on main book page.
**Sarah MacLean is a Goodreads Author**
30.7 Follow the Stars
Option B: Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
Published July 2012
**Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author**
Option C: The Martian by Andy Weir
Science Fiction on main book page
Andy Weir is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 80
Total Challenge Points: 500
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Gea5.5 - Green: It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with a title that is at least a 3 words long in which the first letters of ALL of the words in the title can be found in KERMIT THE FROG. Subtitles should be ignored. Letters may be used more than once.
For the Roses by Julie Garwood
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 640
GR Author: 35
Big Books: 500(2) 750() 1000()
Elizabeth B25.3 - mstan's Task: Different Selves, Different Tales
Option 1: By Isabel Allende I read The Sum of Our Days (memoir) and Daughter of Fortune (novel)
Points:25
Total points: 1090+25=1115
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General TurkeyFirefly Lane by Kristin Hannah Word: Lane
*** Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads Author ***
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 1: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
*** Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 2: Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton set in SuGar Maple
*** Barbara Bretton is a Goodreads Author ***
50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984
Option 2A:
by Sara Gran*** Sara Gran is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 2B: Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp
Time in title
*** Deborah Sharp is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 3A:
by Ellery Adamscandle in lower left corner
*** Ellery Adams is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points this post: 100
Total GRA this post: 6
Total points: 220
Total GRA: 14
Total big book tickets: 1
10.10 - Required Summer ReadingTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 440/1180
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 32
GoodReads Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()
30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer BirthdaysOption #3: Baby Boy: baby on the cover:
The Madonna Of Excelsior by Zakes MdaOption #4: Birthday Buddies: I was born in January, 1953 and Habila was born in January, 1967:
Oil on Water: A Novel by Helon Habila
+30 Points
Grand Total: 785
CathyG20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lene's Task: Tour De France
Please pick one of the following options and read one book that fits that option.
Option 3: Read a book whose title or subtitle contains one of the following color words: Yellow, white, red or green
Little Red and the Wolf by Alison Paige
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star Favorites
For this task, read 2 books from different options based on my most recent Five-Star Reads.
3. Champion by Marie Lu - Read a book that is the last or most recently published book in a series.
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
Goodreads Author
6. Your Favorite Reads - Look at the books you read between March 2014 and May 2014, find a book you read and really enjoyed, and read another book by the same author.
3/18/14 After the Storm by Maya Banks
When Day Breaks for this challenge
Goodreads Author
25.11 - Elizabeth P's Task: Summer Camp for All Ages
Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each.
Option One: Grab a Buddy!
Read a book written by an author that you've read before and that you've rated 4 or 5 stars.
Highlander in Love by Julia London (The Perils of Pursuing a Prince rated 5 stars)
Goodreads Author
Option Three: All Camp Games
Read a book whose author's initials are found in CAPTURE THE FLAG.
The Collage Workbook: How to Get Started and Stay Inspired by Randel Plowman
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
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.
Anne Mallory One Night Is Never Enough
Option 6: Sports & Leisure- Read a book that you would consider a "good summer read."
Men Out of Uniform (Three Novellas of Erotic Surrender) by Sylvia Day
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 100
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0
Coralie10.5 This Could Take A While
Number greater than 1000 in title - 2061
2061: Odyssey Three
20.1 Operation!
Option 3 Funny bone – book with genre 'humor'
Wonder Boys
This post 30 points
Total to date 785 points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.5 - Long Story Short
Book 1 - In One Year and Out the Other: A New Year's Story Collection by Cara Lockwood
This book contains 9 short stories from various authors.
Book 2 - Happiness Sold Separately by Libby Street
This book is by Libby Street (author featured in book 1 - The Luckiest People story), is over 200 pages (336 pages), and is a single piece of fiction.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 710 points
Tasks completed: 38
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
15.3. In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...Book A, name of a state in the title: Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
Book B, a book set in one of the original 13 colonies (New York): Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok
Points this post: 15
Total points: 745
10.1 I ScreamLife's a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and Success by Chris Matthews -- initials CM in iCe creaM
30.7 Follow the Stars
I chose option A and read The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg who was born Aug. 30 according to her GR bio.
I also chose option C and read After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh -- Science Fiction genre on main page.
New Total: 300
dawn9910.9 Isthmus Test
Concrete Evidence by Rachel Grant
water on bottom half of cover15.10 Fun In the Sun
Velocity by Dean Koontz
30.6 Summer Birthdays
Option 1: I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith
Livia has red hairOption 4: Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta
Both Michael and I have September birthdays. author's Wiki page
points: 55
Total Points: 410
STACIE MITask 30.9 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
For Book A, I read:
Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" by Cameron Dokey
This book has 208 pages and "Sleep" can be found in SuPErcaLifragilisticExpialidocious
For Book B, I read:
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
This book has 208 pages and Laurie can be found in sUpERcaLIfrAgilisticexpialidocious
**Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 51
Pages read: 12164
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.10 - Delicious Dee's Task: TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else? OPTION 3: TIBIALIS POSTERIOR
Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World by Wendy Smith – per girl on cover has bare feet – 368 pages
OPTION 6: TERRY PRATCHETT –
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett – per genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Fantasy – 352 pages
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 810
GR Authors: 24
Big Books: 1
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Genre "Paranormal:It Takes a Witch
20.10 - Group Reads
Historical Western Romance: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
My Discussion Thread Post
25.1 Andy P's Task: Directionally Challenged
Book A word "north" in title:North of Beautiful
Book B "author's initials found in COMPASS and/or GPS":The Search by Shelley Shepard Gray
GRA: Justina Chen
GRA: Shelley Shepard Gray
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July Challenge
Option 2 5 or 6 in the number of pages/276 pages:If I Lie
Option 6 "Reader's Choice":Gideon's Gift
GRA:Corrine Jackson
25.10 - Laurie ME's Task: Baseball All Stars
Option 5 Reader's Choice:Shanghai Girls
Option 4 "Food/Drink on Cover" grapes & pie: A Fruitful Vine
GRA:Lisa See
30.5 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: In Pursuit of a Good Book
Option 2 city of Chicago has the letter "G":The Pursuit of Lucy Banning
Option 6 "good summer read": No Safe Harbor
An enjoyable easy one day read with a little romance/suspense :)
GRA:Olivia Newport
Points Earned This Post:135
Points Achieved to Date: 335/1180
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
BEKKA - 20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: General TurkeyFor this task, I read “
” by Bill Konigsberg since you can spell the word OPENLY in the letters of HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE, and the book has over 250 pages. Also, Bill Konigsberg is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 490
Pages Read this Challenge: 336
Total Pages Read to Date: 12591
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 38
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Task 5.8 - Violet: Barely VisibleRead a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages (as stated on Goodreads).
The Little Book (2008) by Selden Edwards (Hardcover, 416 pages)
410 + 05 = 415
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 410 + 05 = 415
Books read: 32
Pages read: 10,475
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.8 –FUN or FANTASTIC1. ODD NUMBERS –
Read a book whose page numbers have at least 2 of the numbers from my birthdate (7/27/1981) or age (1,2,3,7,8,9)
-->But.....there’s a catch, the page count must end with an odd number (1,3,5,7,9).
Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy #1) (2014) by Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 195 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Jeff VanderMeer
415 + 20 = 435
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 415 + 20 = 435
Books read: 33
Pages read: 10,670
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
SandiCompleted Tasks
20.1 Most Improved Player - Hana C.'s Task: Operation!
Using Option 1 - Romance genre on book's main
Kindle edition I read -- Gray Moon Rising
Paperback edition -- Gray Moon Rising
TICKET CLAIM: This book is by S.M. Reine who is a Goodreads Author
***Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 380
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 400
GA Tickets To Date: 22
Big Book Tickets To Date: 0
Task 30.1 Ms Anderson's Task Roll two dice, then read books related to each of the activities you roll. If you get doubles, roll again until you get two different numbers.
I got doubles the first time I rolled; the second time I rolled a “2” and a “6”.
2. Projects for Friends:
Read a book with the genre "Science Fiction"* on the main page.
*Genres may be stand-alone or embedded.
The Martian (2012) by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 369 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Andy Weir
6. Eye Candy:
Read a book with the genre "Fantasy"* on the main page.
*Genres may be stand-alone or embedded.
The Diviners (The Diviners #1) (2012) by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 578 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Libba Bray
**** Big Books**** 578 pages The Diviners
435 + 30 = 465
Tasks Completed: 24
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 435 + 30 = 465
Books read: 35
Pages read: 11,617
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:
(4) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Rudy5.3 Orange: Wave a flag
Chestnut Streetby Maeve Binchysetting of story is Ireland. The flag has orange in it.
20.8 It's My Birthday!- Shelby's Task: Fun or Fantastic it's got to be one and preferable both!
Option 3-
by Elin Hilderbrandcover has a beach20.10 Group Reads
These Is My Wordsby Nancy E. Turnerpost #25 in book discussion thread.
points this post:45
Total points: 410
Tasks:21
Books Read: 29
Nick KY20.2 Pamela3265’s Nat’l Parks – Option C: Badlands by Peter Bowen. “Badlands” from Badlands National Park.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Fa: 955
25.9 - Stacie MI’s Task: Springtime Five-Star FavoritesFor this task, read 2 books from different options based on my most recent Five-Star Reads.
1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - This is my favorite Christie mystery to date, so read a book with the genre Mystery* on the main book page.
The Cat Who Sang for the Birds by Lilian Jackson Braun
2. AAAA!: A FoxTrot Assortment for Non-Adults by Bill Amend - Read a book with the genre Humor* on the main book page.
Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 745
Total Tasks: 40
GR Author: 19
Big Book - 500: 4
Big Book - 750: 2
Big Book - 1000: 0
JAMIENYCTask 10.4 Across the Ages
Read a book about time travel. The genre “Time Travel” must be found on the main page genre listing or time travel must be mentioned explicitly in the book’s description.
Downtime by Tamara Allen who is a GRA
This book is shelved as Science Fiction>Time Travel by 73 users.
And from the précis
On assignment in London, FBI Agent Morgan Nash finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart when the case he's working goes awry. But fate has other plans, he discovers when he wakes in a world far removed from his own.
At work cataloguing ancient manuscripts in the British Museum, Ezra Glacenbie inadvertently creates the magic that pulls Morgan out of the twenty-first century and into the nineteenth.
This Post
Points:10
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Total Points: 770
Goodreads Authors: 48
Total Tasks Complete: 38
Total Books Read: 57
Meghanly5.8 Barely Visible: Read a book that contains between 380 and 450 pages (as stated on Goodreads).
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (432 pages)
*Claiming GR Author Ticket*
15.9 Decisions, Decisions: Enter a book that you have rated 4 or 5 stars, and read one of the recommendations provided.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
(I started with The Diviners, by Libba Bray, which I rated 4 stars)
*Claiming GR Author Ticket*
This Post: 20
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1) 6
Total Pages Read: 12051
Completed task 10.1 I SCREAM for ice cream and read Warm Bodies by Issac Marion.task points 10
total points 65
Emily Bookshelf5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag
Flag colors are red and yellow
Country is China
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, who is a GRA
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 5
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=6, 750=3, 1000=3
Total Points: 260
Pamela326510.2 Something Strange in the Neighborhood
Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning - Ghost in title
15.7- "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall (Goodreads Author) - Set in India
20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela3265’s task: Exploring America's National Park System
Faithful by Janet Fox (Goodreads Author) - Set in Yellowstone National Park
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 1115
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 39
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Task 30.3 –Send in the Clones!!2. Helena: Read a book from this list:
Rooting for the Bad Guy.
Required: State the number on the list your book occupied when you selected your book.
Pere Goriot (1834) by Honoré de Balzac; translated by Ellen Marriage (Paperback, 352 pages)
On August 25, 2014 book was #185 on the list.
5. The Dyad Institute: Read a book from the following list:
Clones shelf
Required: State the shelf page number and the date you found the book.
Beyond Varallan (Stardoc #2) (2000) by S.L. Viehl (Paperback, 407 pages)
On August 25, 2014 found book on shelf page #1
465 + 30 = 495
Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 465 + 30 = 495
Books read: 37
Pages read: 12,376
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books:
(4) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.6 - Sandi's Task - I could use a little help here!Option 1, author's initials are BD: First, Best and Only by Barbara Delinsky
Option 3, Most Popular May 2014, #89 today; #137 when I first selected it around June 15: Goodnight June by Sarah Jio
Points this post: 25
Total points: 770
25.8 - Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: 4th of July ChallengeI chose Option 2 and Option 6.
Option 2: Read a book that has a 5 or 6 in the number of pages.
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (246 pages)
Option 6: choose any book as long as it meets SRC Requirements.
The Bell by Iris Murdoch
Task total=25
Grand total=570
jingles✔5.3 - Orange: Wave a Flag
Book set in a country with either orange or both red AND yellow on its official flag.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan|Lisa See|08.25.14
Set in China
Lisa See is a Goodreads author
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Points This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
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Total Points: 1050
Total Goodreads Authors: 49
Total Big Book Tickets: 8
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read The Stranded, the fifth and final book in the Wool series. (also referred to as Silo 1E, since the Wool series is also the first part of the Silo series).
For my second book, I chose option 6 and read A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson. I read Between, Georgia by the same author on April 9, 2014, and enjoyed it very much.
30.6 - Alison's Task: Summer Birthdays
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read
The Tuesday Club Murders: A Miss Marple Mystery - day of week in title.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read The Walls of Air by Barbara Hambly. Ms. Hambly was born August 28, and so was I. http://www.authdir.net/dir-h.shtml.
<50.1 Peebee’s Task: Summer of 1984
For my first book, I chose option 1B (published in 1984) and read Sick of Shadows, published in 1984.
For my second book, I chose option 2B and read The Time Trap - word "time" in title. Ebook approved in spreadsheet, line 1763.
For my third book, I chose option 3B, and read Love Life, by Rob Lowe, one of the brat pack.
Points this post: 105
Total points: 1180
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TASK NAME: 15.1 Moms and Dads
I was born in 1971. Parents were born 1956 and 57.
Book A, by a female author, must be written during your mother's lifetime, but not your own.
The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
Qualifier: Written in 1964
Book B, a book written by a male author, during your father's lifetime, but not your own.
Enquiry by Dick Francis
Qualifier: Written in 1969
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 555
Tasks Completed: 29
GR Author: 25
Big Books: 0