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Username: TANYAPTTask: 20.2 Option A. Read a book with a word in the title that is 11 or more letters in length.
Book: Graveminder, Melissa Marr
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post:20
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.6 Summer ReadingI read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou while doing 2 of my favorite summer activities - one was on the bus to and from taking my 5th grade students to overnight camp (sounds hellish but is actually one of my favorite parts of june each year) and then the rest I read while relaxing in a park with iced coffee.
New Total: 40
Jayme(the ghostreader)Task 25.3 Ice Cream Truck
Big Dipper Cone-"Game of Thrones" by George R R Martin.
This is a big book ticket. (835pp)
Cotton Candy bar-carnival is featured-"The Carnivorous Carnival" bu Lemony Snickett
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read:4
Big Book ticket 750+
Grand Total: 55/1000
ADEL.5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Harris has a double R.
5 Points.
10.10 -- Gimme S’more.
The Gift by James Patterson
James Patterson is a GoodReads author.
10 Points.
Points earnt this post: 15
Total Point Earned: 30
Total Pages Read: 1505 pages.
Total Books Read: 4
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
5.5. Maple Leaf RagTall, Dark & Hungry 6/14/11
**Canadian Author** Lynsay Sands
10.3 -- Spare Me
The Darkest Kiss 6/6/11
Various settings include the Arctic, Antarctica and Greenland~Brr! Way too cold for me!
20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
Magic Slays 6/12/11
Goodreads Author: Ilona Andrews
Number Rolled: 1 (Word in title: "magic")
20.10 Group Read
Bitten 6/13/11
(Post #13 on discussion thread)
Goodreads Author: Kelley Armstrong
Big Book: 518 pages
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Points this post: 55
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 10 (4 in this post)
Books Read: 10 (4 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 7 (2 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.7. Don't Stop Reading. Read a book from The Ultimate Teen Reading List.
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
This Post: 5
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 7/57
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 30.1 Best Friends And LoversA)My best friend at school had the surname Harvey so I chose:
Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey
*Claiming a goodreads author ticket*
b)I choose the 7 word title option:
The Good, The Bad and The Undead by Kim Harrison
Points this task:30
Total Points:120
Goodreads Authors:4
Big book Tickets:0
Name: Anna UK20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
a) Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is eleven or more letters in length.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Housekeeper is 11 letters
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Goodreads Authors: 0
Leslie KTask 5.6 As American as....
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
This task: 5 points
Total Points: 50
Leslie KTask 15.5 Mind the gap
Persuader by Lee Child
Jack Reacher, #7
This task: 15 points
Total Points: 65
Task #15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is EasyParasite Eve by Hideaki Sena
Task #20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy
Shadowings by Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo)
I am a bit of a Japanphile, I also love scary stories and folkstories. This book combines the three. As an added bonus, the stories covered early in this book originated from the part of Japan where I lived. I love revisiting those days. ^_^
Task #20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan by Lorna Jowett
Read this in a few separate places: basking in the sun at the beach, relaxing on my lanai, curled up in bed, and sprawled out on the couch. The common theme is just general relaxing. I'm currently a graduate student (just finished my first year) and spent the academic reading a lot and while I love my field it's great to finally have time to read for pleasure...even if this book was a bit more academic leaning than the other books I've read this summer.
Task #20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a goodreads author
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
30.4 Summer in EuropeI picked #3 (coming of age) and #4 (set in European country).
Coming of Age: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
European Setting: The Mosaic Crimes by Giulio Leoni (Italy)
Points: 30
30.10 Half and Half
I read Grave Sight in Spring 2011 (April).
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris and
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
Points: 30
Total Points: 100
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 5
5.3. The Dog Days of Summer
Kissing Sin 6/18/11**Goodreads author: Keri Arthur
5.4. S U M M M M M M E R
Overnight 6/2/11
by E.C. Sheedy
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Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 12 (2 in this post)
Books Read: 12 (2 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 8 (1 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0) (None in this post)
Finished:25.6 Gayla's Task: European Landmarks.
4. Cologne Cathedral: The Cistercians: Monks and Monasteries of Europe by Stephen Tobin
. An interesting book with some good pictures and lots of history.5. Stonehenge:
by Barbara Wood. Over half of this book takes place at various BCE times. Today's total: 25
Grand total: 220
Mod
I read Started Early, Took My Dog
10.6 -- Gay Pride
I read Meredith Baxter's memoir, Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering. I think it was particularly interesting in light of the fact that her recognition of a sexual identity that was better for her came about in her 50's, after 3 marriages and 5 children.
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
I chose option A and read Slaughterhouse-Five, with 14 letters in the word "slaughterhouse."
30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice
I chose option B, and read
The Mists of Avalon - at 912 pages, definitely one of the longest on my TBR - and I loved it, thought it was well worth the time reading it.
I also read Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme, 128 pages, so one of the shortest on my list.
Total points: 135
10.8 Baby It's Hot Outside!
by Michael Grant. Michael Grant is a GR author.
Points this post : 10
Points so far : 75
*SPECIAL NOTE* In my last post, post 484, I totally forgot to mention that Michael Grant is a GR author.
20.5 Family Reunion--> Option C: a book set in my local area/region
I live in Nuremberg, so I read
Hausers Bruder: Paul Flemmings dritter Fall by Jan Beinßen,
which is also set in Nuremberg.
20.7 A Trip to the Past
--> a book of historical fiction
Das Kloster der toten Seelen (unabridged audiobook, the German paperback counts 394 pages; English original title: Smoke in the Wind) by Peter Tremayne
''Smoke in the Wind'' is set in the 7th century.
30.8 Summer Solstice
--> Option 1
List "Quality Dark Fiction" (#1): American Gods by Neil Gaiman
List "Light but not (too) dumb" (#279): Der Wachsblumenstrauß (unabridged audiobook, the German paperback edition counts 286 pages; English original title: After the Funeral) by Agatha Christie
** Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author **
** American Gods has 588 pages and counts as a Big Book **
Total points: 70
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.4 SUMMMMMMMMMER
Hitched by Carol Higgins Clark
5.5 Maple Leaf Rag
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
15.2 Summer Stock
Does the Noise In My Head Bother You : A Rock-n-Roll Memoir by Steven Tyler
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
15.10 Summertime, and the Reading Is Easy
Texas Indians: Myths and Legends by Jane Archer
20.6 Heather K's Task: Summer Reading
Rocks and Minerals by Chris Pellant
Required: I read this book on a road trip to Austin with my boyfriend. He drove, of course! I ALWAYS read in the car. By the Way I know that some of my books sound strange coming from me but I am also participating in a book game at my local library so I am trying to fit them in somewhere.
20.8 Riona's Task: Female Authors of Science Fiction
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearce
I normally stay faaaaaaaar away from Sci-Fi, but this book was creepy great! Thanks Riona
30.2 Sheila/Wendy UK's Task: A. K. A.
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
30.5 Donna Jo/Deedee's Task: To the Moon
One Great Leap - Neil Armstrong's Stellar American Journey by Leon Wagener
Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
30.6 Delicious Dee's Task: Shakespeare Under the Sun
Rolled a 6 first
The Funny Thing Is... by Ellen DeGeneres
Rolled a 4 second
Murder Can Kill Your Social Life: A Desiree Shapiro Mystery by Selma Eichler
Total Points for This Post 170
Finally on the board:Finished 20.4 Isabell's Task Focus on My Favorite GR Author
I rolled a 3 so I read
by Tina Fey (a female author). I liked it and gave it 4 stars.Finished 20.7 A Trip to the Past
I read
by Lisa See, which is on the Historical Fiction 2011 list. It's set in 1950s China. I also gave this book 4 stars.LISA SEE IS A GR AUTHOR.
Total Points: 20 + 20 = 40
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 0
30.6 Shakespeare Under the Stars I rolled a 2 and a 4 for this task; I read a book of poetry (The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire) and a murder mystery (Occupational Hazards by Jonathan Segura).
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1251
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Simba20.6 - Seasoned Reader
Lot's Return to Sodom by Sandra Brannan
*Sandra Brannan is a goodreads author*
I read this book while watching my little sisters softball games, which is something that I enjoy doing.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 85/1000
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1896
Goodread Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the PastDie a Little: A Novel by Megan Abbott
This book was set in the 1950's and published in 2005
Total Points = 365
Coralie20.4 Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
Rolled a 1 – book set in medieval times
Niccolo Rising which was set in the 15th Century
Total points 150
15.6 Speak English!
I looked at the list: Food and drink ....
and found:
BARBIE - Apart from being a doll, the barbie is the grill
I read:
The Barbie Murders (1980) by John Varley (Paperback, 260 pages)
15 + 15 = 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 15 + 15 = 30
Books read: 3
Pages Read: 843
Read but not claimed: 4
Diane5.1. At the Shore. Read a book set primarily on an island or at the seashore:
Greenwichtown: A Novel by Joyce Palmer (Set in Jamaica)
10.6 -- Gay Pride June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. Read a book where one of the main characters is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered:
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
Total Point Earned: 190/1000
Task Completed 12/57
Tasks in Progress: 11
Good Read Authours: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(5), 750(0), 1000(1)
Colleen MNFor Task 10.2 I read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I give it 5 stars and actually think it's in my all-time favorites list now. I thoroughly loved it!
And for Task 10.5 I read Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. My 5 star book I used to pick this one was Jennifer Crusie's Bet Me.
20.5 Family ReunionThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
I chose option D "A novel where one character is trying to uncover a family secret". The main character Flavia has to research her father's past to try and solve a murder.
Alan Bradley is a GR author.
Points this post 20
Total Point Earned: 55/1000
Books Read: 5/77
Task Completed 3/57
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Janice CA10.9 Around the Campfire.....
Ghost Stories of California (Ghost Stories
by Barbara Smith
4 stars
This book was really fun for me, partly because it featured the Whaley House, in San Diego, where I live. I've had three interesting "experiences" there.
I even took my skeptical boyfriend, who said he felt strange the minute he walked in the door. It was fun to read what others have encountered in this historical landmark.
+10
total: 30
tasks: 3
books: 3
GR authors: 1
5.6 - AS AMERICAN AS... -
25.3 - ICE CREAM TRUCK - White Cat by Holly Black. And for my second trip I chose a Bullet Firecracker Pop and read Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Holly Black is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 145
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 4
BIG BOOKS - 3
Michelle WI30.8 Summer Solstice (Option 1)
Book from list: Darkest Books of All Time
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Book from list: Best Humorous Books
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
**********Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author**********
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 30
Nickboy 20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Mrs. Parkington by Louis Bromfield I started reading this book while sitting by a local lake; I finished it at the library where I checked it out. 330 pages
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 200/1000
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 5,105
Big Books: 500+ (1)
ALICIA T.25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
I chose the bubble gum pop treat twice. (2 YA novels)
I read City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
and
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 30
Sarah (sclosson)was Sarah OH (sslibrary) last summer reading challenge
#15.4 - Summer Shorts
Vacations from Hell by Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Mlynowski
Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Mlynowski are Goodreads Authors
This Post: 15 points
Total to Date: 25 points
Tasks Completed: 2/57
10.5 - What's Next? - Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman, a Goodreads author.I had previously read and given 5 stars to The Help.
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Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 75
Sandy MN20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim
Task 30.5: Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
A. Barron's Pocket Factbook: Astronomy: Essential Facts About the Universe by Mike Flynn
B. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Total Points: 160
Readerboard Name: LeoraCompleted Tasks:
5.7 Don't Stop Reading: It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzoni
5.9 The Long and the Short of It: The Outlaws by W.E.B. Griffin
5.10 Summer Fun Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark
10.6 Gay Pride: Going Bovine by Libba bray, the main characters best friend is Gay.
105 points
20.10 - Group Read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
(* Michelle Moran is a GoodReads Author *)
(post 17 in the discussion thread)
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 65
GoodReads Authors: 3
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
(* Michelle Moran is a GoodReads Author *)
(post 17 in the discussion thread)
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 65
GoodReads Authors: 3
10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!Whiplash by Catherine Coulter
June 2010 # 86
25.1 -- Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?
Book 1:
Blood Game by Iris Johansen
Book 2:
The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship by Johnette Howard
Total Points = 400
Lauren Marie15.5-Mind the Gap
I read Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts. This is the third book in the Bridal Quartet Series. There are 4 books in total.
Total Points Earned: 30
Total Pages Read: 1039
Total Books Read: 3
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy - any bookSeparation Of Power by Vince Flynn
30.2 - AKA I read The Villa by Nora Roberts who also writes as J. D. Robb so I read Immortal in Death
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
30.3- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumA. I read Come Monday by Mari Carr (pre-approved in ebook thread)
B. I read Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.
*Stephanie Perkins and Mari Carr are Goodreads authors*
Points for this task- 30
Total Points- 135
Tasks Completed- 7
Books Read- 9
GR Authors- 3
Cindy AL5.6 As American As...
Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke
10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
10.9 Around the Campfire
Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
15.4 Summer Shorts
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris
15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
Room by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author
20.2 Netherlands is an 11 Letter Word
Frostbitten (11 letter title) by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
25.4 Color Me Happy - rolled a 4, green
Being a Green Mother by Piers Anthony and
by Amanda HockingCover was approved as green in Help thread for 25.4
Amanda Hocking is a Goodreads Author
25.5 U.S. Patriots
Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce andThese Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Tamora Pierce was born in Pennsylvania
Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads Author
30.4 Summer in Europe
#5 Summertime: Scenes From a Provincial Life III by J.M. Coetzee and
#3 Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 155
Total Points - 180/1000
Books - 19/76
Pages - 6409
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
20.5 I read a book about family history. It's something I've been wanting to get into for a while so this was the perfect opportunity. :)Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family's History and Heritage by Barbara Renick
points this post: 20
total points: 60
Whoops! I forgot one:CindyAL
30.9 Vacation Time
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell and
Blood Maidens by Barbara Hambly
Points in this post - 30
Total Points - 210/1000
Books - 19/76
Pages - 6409
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Assassination VacationSarah VowellBlood MaidensBarbara Hambly
20.5 – Family Reunion - May Day by Jess Lourey, a Goodreads author.Option C – set in my local region (Minnesota).
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Points Claiming: 20
Total Points: 95
10.3 -- Spare Me – MatchedI would never want to live in a world where all of my decisions are made for me...from who I marry to what I eat for supper!!
15.5 Mind the Gap- Dead and Alive (book #3 in a series of 5)
TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 6/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 6
TOTAL POINTS: 75/1000
TarynTask 5.2 Sun, Sea and PIRATES!
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader – Heather KS’s task: Summer Reading
One Day by David Nicholls
I read this book while laying by the pool :)
Points this post: 25
Total points earned: 25/1000
5.4 Read Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris30.6. first die rolled a 2 - poems Read A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems and Drawings by Alice Walker - 178 pages
and second die roleld a 4 - murder mystery - read Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
Points these tasks 35
total points 110
completed tasks 8
completed books 9
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Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Pages Read: 468