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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2010
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Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
20.1 - The Most Improved Player - Deirdre's Task - Sweltering Summer DaysWhen I think of a hot summer day, I think of one of my favorite junk foods: ICE CREAM! Think of the name of your favorite ice cream, and read a book whose title contains at least one of the words from the ice cream name. For example, my favorite ice cream is White Chocolate Almond, so I could read The Devil in the White City , Like Water for Chocolate, The Almond Picker: A Novel, or White Chocolate Moments. The word in the book title should exactly match the word in the ice cream title, so I could NOT read Chocolat. When you claim points, tell us what your favorite ice cream flavor is!
- My favorite ice cream flavor is Green Tea, especially the dark green, bittersweet one with authentic matcha that being served in Japanese restaurants. So I read...
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
Points: 105/475
Books: 10
Tasks: 7/56
Pages: 2,860
20.1 - Favorite Ice Cream. My favorite ice cream flavor is Butter Almond Crunch. So I read Footprints in the Butter: An Ingrid Beaumont Mystery Co-Starring Hitchcock the Dog which I gave 3*. It is about a woman who tries to solve the mystery of a murdered friend after their high school reunion.
10.9 - “You Cannot Open A Book Without Learning Something.” - ConfuciusRead A Short History of World War I by James Stokesbury. I like learning about history :)
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2100
I completed task 15.10 by reading Daughters of the Witching Hill. I have two daughters, aged 2 and 4 , and they are definitely the joy of my life. What I love most about my oldest daughter is her imagination and love of play. What I love most about my youngest is her sweet and loving nature.My total is now 50 points.
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I rolled 452, so I read Bell, Book, and Murder: The Bast Mysteries, which was 448 pages.
15.6 - "Eventually, All Things Merge Into One, And A River Runs Through It."
For part B, I read Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods (a goodreads author).
for part C, I read Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House, the second longest book by Meghan Daum
Points: 120
Books: 9
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books - 0
Pages: 2289
Tasks: 7
5.2 - For the movie Ondine (it has Collin Firth in it so it must be major. Modern retelling of a mermaid story in Ireland.) I read Water:Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickerson. 6 short stories of mermaids and other sea myths.15.7 - Mango Season by Amulya Malladi. A young Indian woman who has lived in the US for 7 years goes back for a family visit to India. Complete with all the stress and obligations.
The change I would like to see is help with the local food bank. I want to see if my office will start doing more than the once a year food drive since the need is great all year long.
15.2 For the star - Plain Paradise by Beth Wiseman. This is actually the fourth in a series of stories of an Amish community in Pennslyvannia. (recommended by a friend)
For the stripe - Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette or How to Get To Heaven Or Heall Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth.
Yeah, that was a "And now for something completely different" read.
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20.3 - Best Review Contest - Amanda VA's Task - School May Be Out
A.Read a Victorian Novel, which is one published during the reign of Queen Victoria of England, which was from 1837 to 1901
I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Points: 140
Books: 10
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books - 0
Tasks: 8
5.1 Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot5.2 Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
5.3 Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
5.4 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
5.5 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
5.6 Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
5.7 Boating for Beginners by Jeanette Winterson
5.8 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
List: How to succeed in business
5.9 The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
I read this book on an airplane from DC to Denver and the bus from Denver to my home town
5.10 Holes by Louis Sachar
Total points: 50
I finished 5.5 by reading Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.Maggie Stiefvater is a goodreads author.
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 12
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 3263
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 2 (500+), 1 (750+), 0 (1000+)
25.3 Virtual Foreign Vacations: A. The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano. The book takes place and I would love to visit Italy.
B. The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi originally written in French
Points for this task: 25
Total Points: 100/950
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Books by Goodreads authors so far: 2
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
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I read The Princess Bride in airports and airplanes during our vacation
Points: 145
Books: 11
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books - 0
Tasks: 9
25.2 The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larssonand
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Goodreads author)
I am also claiming a Big Book Ticket for the Girl Who Played with Fire (503 pages).
10.6 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The book shows discrimination against the Lacks family for being black. It was good, but sort of a slow read. Total Points: 90
Total Books 8
Total Tasks: 8
Total Pages: 3216
5.1 HEAT WAVECatching Fireby Suzanne Collins
5.5 DROPPING NAMES
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
5.9 GET CAUGHT READING
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Points These Tasks: 15
Total Points: 40
I just finished 5.5 reading Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadPoints for this task: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Tasks in Progress: 3
Total Points: 5
Just completed 10.5 by reading
. I like Luanne Rice for just good fast stories!Total pages: 7080
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15.4A Author same numerology = 11
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
15.4B Main character same traits =
High spiritual plane, intuitive, idealist, a dreamer
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next is idealistic in trying to save the world, intuitive in her relations with people and a dreamer from the word go.
660 points
I completed task 10.2 The ____ Who_______. I read "The Cat Who Could Read Backwards" by Lillian Jackson BruanCompleted Tasks: 5/53
Books Read: 7/71
Grand Total: 65
I have not heard from her in awhile.
I have completed task #10.7 " I Think We Can Handle The Truth" by reading In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen. This book will stay with me for a long time.As the task requires, Peter Matthiesen has also written works of fiction (Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River:, Bone by Bone).
Cynthia sure has a daunting task ahead of her in updating the Readerboard. There has been almost 500 postings since the last update.
Cynthia should have a co mod to help her when she is away.
5 POINT TASKS2. Beezus and Ramona--Beverly Cleary
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) -- J.K. Rowling
10 POINT TASKS
6. Anything but Typical--Baskin, Nora Raleigh
15 POINT TASKS
9. Baby Proof—Giffin, Emily
20 POINT TASKS
6. Secrets of Eden--Bohjalian, Chris
25 POINT TASKS
4. Weezer Changes the World--McPhail, David and Penny from Heaven--Holm, Jennifer
9. The Hour I First Believed—Wally Lamb
*25.9 is 500+ pages, so I am claiming a big book ticket.
4201 Pages Read (including partial completes of other tasks)
105/950 Total Points
15/64 Books Completed (including partial completes of other tasks)
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10.3 - Same Place, Same Time... Same BooksRead The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, Michelle from Gresham, OR was online and reading this at the same time as me. The description of this book is a "thriller", I did not feel it was a thriller, more of a murder mystery. It didn't have me at the edge of my seat and it took me a while to get through, but it's worth the read, I will be reading the next book in the series and am interested to see how the movie turns out. I wish we could give 1/2 stars, this deserves 3 1/2 stars, but not quite 4.
My total - 35 points
20.9 Indies Choice Award = 2008 Fiction Honor
Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom
Independent Film Spirit Award Winner = Sideways
Best Male Lead
Best Supporting Male
Best Supporting Female
Best Screenplay
Best Director
Best Feature
680 points
25.9 - Donna Jo's Task - It's Time For The Swim Suit Edition.A. Tank Suit - I read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Folett, which is over 1000 pages long
5.4 - Lesser Known AwardsThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (GR author)
This book won the Locus Award which I'd never heard of before.
Tasks Completed - 8
Books Read - 10
Pages Read - 2360
Total Points - 105
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
20.4 This is my 7th challenge so my anniversary gift needs to be Wool/Copper or Desk Sets.
My husband and I would really like to have a new entry door to our home. Perhaps made of Copper. With said door, we would need a key! So I read Sarah's Key.
*Goodreads author* Tatiana De Rosnay
New total: 170 pts.
Task - 15.9 - “He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened.” - Lao TzuBook - Rush Home Road: A Novel by Lori Lansens. I picked this book for the task as the title describes my most apparent personality trait. I am very family oriented and always want to "rush home" to be with my family. In the book the main character, Addy Shadd, gets turned out by her family when she is 15. She spends the rest of her life building extended families, but in the end completes her journey by ending up back at home. In this way she is also like me, as I love people and since I live 2000 miles from all but my immediate family, I have built an extended family to take their place.
Pages - GR says 416, but my copy only has 387
Points for this task - 15
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 1090
I like big books count: 0
25.9 - Donna Jo's Task - It's Time For The Swim Suit Edition.I picked option B) Bikini - Read 2 books totaling at least 850 pages and first published in 1946 (date of first named bikini) or later.
The Books I read were:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I was 465 pages long and first published in 2001.
AND
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. Which was 415 pages long and was first published in 1991.
Tasks:6
Books:8
Points: 110
Pages:2,546
LIZZIE JANE5.2 - Blockbuster Books: I'm looking forward to Eclipse.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (goodreads author)
Tasks: 9
Books: 10
Goodreads authors: 5
Pages: 4,024
TOTAL POINTS: 145
5.1 "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins15.10 "Dead in the Family" by Charlaine Harris
Part B. - I love my family b/c they are all a little crazy (myself included) and I wouldn't have it any other way!
Points for these tasks: 20
Total Points: 30
3 books total
25.8 Fairy TalesI read Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George who is a GoodReads Author.The book is a retelling of the fairy tale "Cinderella."
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3648
Tasks complete: 10
Tasks in progress: 3
10.8 - Under The SeaDolphin Song by Lauren St. John
25.4 - Nicole OH's Task - Happy Birthday to Me!
Dean Koontz was born July 19, 1945 so I read Breathless by Dean Koontz
On page 31 was the word chair, so I read The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver
Current Point Total = 35 Points
10.3 - Same Place, Same Time...Same BooksThe Place - Goodreads. The Time - Whenever is convenient for you. For this task you will need to discover who is visiting Goodreads at the same time you are and what they are reading. Go to Online Now, click on page 6,7, or 8 and select one of the books that these fellow Goodreaders are currently reading to read for this task. You can visit the pages as often as you like.
(Nicole; The United States) - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
TOTAL POINTS = 45
10.9 NF related to subject interested in learning
Teach Yourself Film Studies by Warren Buckland
690 points
I finished The Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis for 20.2.The Iron Hand of Mars
Tasks Completed: 10
Books read: 12
Points earned:145
Goodreads author tickets: 1
I completed task 10.10 - Great Minds Think Alike. My 5 star read was Sophie's Choice by William Styron. Cathy Shafer (pg. 6) also gave it 5 stars so I read another one of her 5 star reads: Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy (big book ticket for 538 pgs.). I only gave this one 3 stars.Total points = 80
15.10 - In honor of Father's Day this past weekend, I read Sugar Daddy.I don't call my own dad 'daddy' any more but my husband is daddy to our daughter. I know I am fortunate to share her with a man who loves and cares for her so much. I wouldn't want to do it without him! <3
Points: 85
Finished task 20.6 by reading The Passage. This was billed as the "must read" book by my favorite podcast, Books on the Nightstand.It was 766 pages, so I guess I get some kind of big book ticket. :)
Total points: 80
Heather in KS
5 POINT TASKS1.
2. Eclipse by Stephine Meyer
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5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
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7. Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
8. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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10 POINT TASKS
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2. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson
3. The Host By Stephine Meyer
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland (Translator) (rolled a 465)
5. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
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7. The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson
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9. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
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15 POINT TASKS
1. Cyrano de Bergerac (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)by Edmond Rostand and Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
2. Ghost Stories of Minnesota (Ghost Stories of) by Gina Teel and Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum, #15) by Janet Evanovich
3. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
4. Salem's Lot by Stephen King and Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (A Psychic Eye Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie
5. Carrie by Spehen King and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Blindness by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) and Breaking Dawn by Stephine Meyer
7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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9. A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
20 POINT TASKS
1. Throw Darts At A Cheesecake (Bernstein/Miller Mystery, #1) by Denise Dietz
2. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Anonymous, Seamus Heaney (Translator)
3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
4. The Toaster Broke, So We're Getting Married: A Memoir by Pamela Holm
5.Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
6. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
7. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
8. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
9. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
10. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
25 POINT TASKS
1. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series, #1) by Lee Child and Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
2. When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1) by Meg Cabot and It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy by Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
3. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Anonymous Celebrity (Latin American Literature) by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Nelson Vieira (Translator)
4. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown and The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
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7. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain and Cooking Up Murder (A Cooking Class Mystery, #1) by Miranda Bliss
8. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
9. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
10.Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris and Chocolat by Joanne Harris
30 POINT TASKS
1.Body Art by Kym Menzies and Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld
2. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
3. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith and Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club) by Jacquelyn Mitchard
4.Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) by Patricia Cornwell and Beat the Reaper: A Novel by Josh Bazell
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50 POINT TASK
4763/26323 Pages Read
150/950 Total Points
16/71 Books Completed
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Julie McVey25.1 - A. Dear John ~ Nicholas Sparks
B. The Wednesday Letters ~ Jason F. Wright
Total Points = 45 Points
Total Books = 3 Books
Julie McVey15.10 - A. Summer Sisters ~ Judy Blume
B. I love that there are some things that only my sisters get... the inside jokes that only we think are funny! Which was obvious when they used some of them during the toast at my wedding... we laughed way harder than anyone else!!
Total Points = 60 Points
Total Books = 4 Books
I finished another 2 tasks :) 25.8- Fablehaven and Revolting Rhymes
I didn't like Fablehaven as much as I thought I would. I thought it would be for adults and kids like Harry Potter but I think it would be better for kids. Revolting Rhymes was hilarious! I loved it. Quick read.
15.10- Native Son by Richard Wright. It was 544 pages so I'm claiming a big book ticket. I thought this book would be better but I thought it was slightly drawn out. There were places in the book I loved, mostly the beginning showing the oppression of the black population and the end during the trial. The middle was too much like Crime and Punishment for my liking.
I don't have a son but I do have brothers that I'm very close to. We always laugh when we're together.
Task Points: 40
Total Points: 145
Pages: 948
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 3706
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 2 (500+), 0(750+), 0(1000+)
20.8 Happy Birthday to You. B&N Classics:O Pioneers!Willa Cather
Its a change for me to read an American Classic rather than an English one! I really enjoyed it.
10.2 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
5.5 Dropping names.I read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. It was quite entertaining and a fast read.
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I rolled a 113 for this task so I finally got around to reading Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton which fit perfectly at 110 pages. Wil Wheaton is a Goodreads author.
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 40 / 950
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Books by Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)