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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
ERIN B.20.10 Group Read
I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig. I commented under the discussion thread - my post is #13.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Emmalita5.2 Sun, Sea and PIRATES!
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
20.8 it's my birthday - Riona's task: Female authors of sci fi
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Mary E. Pearson is a Goodreads author
This post: 25 points
Total points to Date: 165 points
Goodread authors: 5
Total tasks completed: 9
5.5 Maple Leaf Rag read Little Brother by by Cory Doctorow 10.1 For Real read Mortal Enginesby by Philip Reeve
Points this post: 15
Total Point Earned: 90/1000
Books Read: 9/77
Task Completed 7 /57
Good Read Authours: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.10 - Group ReadMadame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
by Michelle Moran *Goodreads Author*
Post 29 in the discussion thread.
Total points to date 230
10.6 Gay Pride Will Grayson, Will Grayson David Levithan is a Goodreads Author 15.5 Mind the Gap Magic Study (this is the second book in the Study series) Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author
25.4 Color Me Happy I rolled a 5, so I chose Option 1: a blue cover
Melissa Marr is a Goodreads author Then I chose Option 5: a mystery and read The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz is a Goodreads author30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure For the first book, I chose option 2, and put Laurell K. Hamilton into the map, I came up with Anne Bishop. I read The Invisible Ring I then chose option B and found Maria V. Snyder and read Poison Study Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 80
Total Point Earned: 170/1000
Books Read: 13
Task Completed 11
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
20.7 -- Sandy MN's task: My Favorite Genre -- Historical FictionAtonement by Ian McEwan -- set in 1935, published in 2001
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX30.10 Coralie's Task: Half and Half
I picked the book The Wedding
Theodora's Wedding by Penny Culliford
The View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Total points this post: 30
5.10. Summer Fun. The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
10.2 -- Phone Home
Slave by Cheryl Brooks
Goodreads Author: Cheryl Brooks
10.3 -- Spare Me
The Royal Pain by MaryJanice Davidson – North Dakota (too cold and unpopulated)
20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
Goodreads Author: Ann Aguirre
30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
A. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Friend’s name = Rachel – I don’t see my friend liking this paranormal title, she mostly reads non-fiction.
B. Option 3: Beyond the Night by Joss Ware
Points This Post: 75
Total Points: 260
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time! I chose to read two books using option B
The Beach House by Jane Green
AND
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley **Goodreads Author**
Total Points = 790
New Goodreads Author = Bryan Gruley
10.5 - What's Next?I chose Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson as my 5 star starting point, and from the list I read:
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
Total points to date 240
Nickboy.10.7 It's Been a Year Already??!!
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood and Jane Northumberland, The Duchess Of Northumberland. #42 from the July, 2010 list, 288 pages
20.3 Sera’s Task: Happy, Happy, Happy!
Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist by Charles Rosen. Reading about music makes me happy; listening to music makes me happy; playing the piano makes me happy. This book covers all that – and I’ve always liked everything I’ve read by Charles Rosen. 256 pages
25.4 Color Me Happy…
Rolled a 4 -- Green:
Option 2. Color in the title – The Pines by Robert Dunbar, (Pine is on the list of acceptable shades of green.) 333 pages
Option 4. Color is a main character’s name – Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn– the space pirate Mara Jade kidnaps Luke Skywalker in this “Star Wars” sequel. How do these things happen? She ends up being the leading lady of the story. (Jade is on the list of acceptable shades of green.) 432 pages
Task Points: 55
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 41
Pages Read: 12,674
Big Books: 500+ (5)
30.2 -- Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A.
For this task, read two books written by the same author but under different names.
I read:
The Magicians of Night: (Sun-Cross #2) (1992) by Barbara Hambly (Mass Market Paperback, 354 pages)
AND
The Ninth Daughter (Abigail Adams Mystery #1) (2009) by Barbara Hamilton (Paperback, 359 pages)
Barbara Hambly and Barbara Hamilton are the same person.
100 + 30 = 130
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 100 + 30 = 130
Books read: 12
Pages Read: 3868
Read but not claimed: 6
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
20.2 NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter WordI read Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations. I chose option A; "illuminations" is longer than eleven letters.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
I chose option C and read Push by Sapphire, which is set where I currently live, New York City.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 1576
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Stacey
5.1 At the Shore
Doctor No
10.10 Gimme S'More
Invisible Life
15.1 Beware of Thorns
Rose
Fits options B and C: Title is "Rose", and main character is Rose.
25.3 Ice Cream Truck
3. Scribblers
Great House
(Flips among several stories, but in each one, one of the major characters is a writer.)
5. Bullet Firecracker Pop
Motherless Brooklyn
New pointS: 55
Total points: 250
5.1 At the Shore
Doctor No
10.10 Gimme S'More
Invisible Life
15.1 Beware of Thorns
Rose
Fits options B and C: Title is "Rose", and main character is Rose.
25.3 Ice Cream Truck
3. Scribblers
Great House
(Flips among several stories, but in each one, one of the major characters is a writer.)
5. Bullet Firecracker Pop
Motherless Brooklyn
New pointS: 55
Total points: 250
Coralie10.4 Here Kittty, Kitty
panther on cover and plays a vital role in the story.15.7 The Readers have chosen
Poetry – Nox
25.4 Colour Me Happy
Rolled a 6 – Purple
Empress Orchid (orchid in title and character name)
Charmed Life, read in The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Volume I – Fantasy genre
Total points 325
Heather KSFinished task 10.8 Hot Colors. I read Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul
Also, this book has 699 pages, so I would like to claim a 500+ big book ticket.
New point total: 215
STACIE MITask 25.6 - European Landmarks
I decided to "visit" The Louvre and read
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
in which the murder of an artist is investigated.
I also "visited" Westminster Abbey and read
Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France, 1553 by Kathryn Lasky
Mary, Queen of Scots is buried at Westminster Abbey.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5131
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Joy Marie10.2 Phone Home
Read The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Total Points: 80
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2403
RACHEL CA: 110 pts total10.08 BABY, IT’S HOT OUTSIDE!
Dominic by William Steig (yellow cover)Points: 10
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
NICOLE AR-30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
For this task, I chose options A and B.
For Option A, I read Alice Steinbach Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman. In this book, she travels to France, Japan, Scotland, and Cuba.
For Option B, I read Jennifer LeoSand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road, which fits the criteria of having "sand" in the title.
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 105
Readerboard name: Danielle Louise5.10 -- Summer Fun
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1149
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Shannon South Africa20.4 Isabell - My Favourite GRA - rolled 3 - Female Author
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Task: 20
Total: 30
Shannon South Africa30.6 Delicious Dee - Shakespeare under the Stars
A. Rolled 2 - Shakespeare's sonnets - Poems >100pp
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner And Select Poems AND The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
B. Rolled 4 - Hamlet - Murder Mystery
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
This is a Big Book Ticket (698 pages)
Task: 30
Total: 60
Cindy AL10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty:
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
20.1 Group read:
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author.
I posted on the Spoiler Discussion Thread.
25.2 Pulitzer Prize, Past and Present:
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2011 General Non-fiction and
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser1997 Fiction
I claim a Big Book ticket (500+) for Emperor
Points in this post - 55
Total Points - 460/1000
Books - 38/76
Pages - 13579
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
5.8 But No Shoplifting! Bonk! by Mary Roach
I borrowed this book from the library
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 150
Task Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
15.6 Speak english!
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdich
My husband always uses this term--
Butchers - To have a butchers at something is to have a look. This is a cockney rhyming slang word that has become common. The reason "butchers" means a look even though it doesn't rhyme is because it is short for "butchers hook" and "hook" of course, does rhyme.
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 165
Task Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
10.9 Around the campfire.
Wait til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Helen is a ghost. This was my favourite book when I was in early grade school and inspired my love for the paranormal!
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 175
Task Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
5.7 - Don't Stop ReadingThe Book Thief by Markus Zuzak - 550 pages (Big Book)
5.9 - The Long and the Short of it
Nylon Road: A Graphic Memoir of Coming of Age in Iran by Parsua Bashi - 128 pages
5.10 - Summer Fun
Home to Woefield: A Novel by Susan Juby - 306 pages
Hilarious!
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 26
Total Pages Read: 7623
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+(3);750+(0);1000+(0)
Reader name: Jamie IN(This is a repost)
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
1. Bubble Gum Bar - I read Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, A Pregnant Teenager by Beatrice Sparks
and
6. Pink Panther Pop - I read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Points This Task: 25
15.10 Summertime, And The Reading Is EasyThe Wrong Boy by Willy Russell
** Big Book: 506 pages **
Points for this post: 15
Total Points: 650
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 52
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Erin NY20.2 Book with a word in title with 11 letters
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 9
Tasks in Progress: 7
Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 5151
25.5 - Christine US's task: U.S. PatriotsBook 1: Mistaken Identity by Lisa Scottoline Author is from the list (Philadelphia)
She is also a Goodreads Author
AND
Book 2: Over the Edge bySuzanne Brockmann (Navy Seals fighting terrorism plot)
Total Points = 815
New Goodreads Author = Lisa Scottoline
Reader Name: Jamie IN20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word - I read Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Points This Task: 20
5.5. Maple Leaf Rag - I read The Girls by Lori Lansens
Points This Task: 5
Lori Lansens is a Goodreads Author
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read: 4709
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
sclosson15.3 - In the Eurozone
Saints and Sinners: Stories by Edna O'Brien
O'Brien was born in Ireland which uses the Euro.
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
Smith lives in the United Kingdom which does not use the Euro.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author
Points: 15
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
Dlmrose wrote: "Dlmrose5.9 The Long and the Short of It
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
7 word title, 198 pages
10.5 What's Next
Entered [book:The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and..."
Yay! Good for you ;)
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Birthday Time!
I decided to read a book that was published in the year I was born (1984), so I read
The Far Side Gallery by Gary Larson
Points this task: 20
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 22
Pages read: 5323
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Joanna TTask 20.10 Group Reads
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
Michelle Moran is a GR author.
Task 10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty
I read these books with my toddler. Total: 500 picture book pages:
The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats - 32 pg.
Nobody's Cat - 32 pg.
Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats - 32 pg.
The Lion & the Mouse - 40 pg.
Have You Seen My Cat? - 28 pg.
Fast, Faster, Fastest: Animals That Move at Great Speeds(
) - 24 pg.Come Back, Cat - 40 pg.
Cat Count - 32 pg.
The Cat in the Hat - 72 pg.
Busy, Busy Town(
) - 48 pg.The Tale of Tom Kitten - 64 pg.
Pat the Cat - 24 pg.
Tails(
) - 20 pg.Home(
) - 12 pg.Total new points: 30
Grand total: 90
RACHEL CA: 135 pts total25.03 THE ICE CREAM TRUCK
3. SCRIBBLERS: At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit by Susan Denyer
5. BULLET FIRECRACKER POP: Death of a Hawker by Janwillem van de Wetering
Points: 25
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jen UT15.5 - Mind the Gap
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
20.3 Happy, Happy, HappyThe Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin**
this book deals with happiness in general
20.4 Isabell's task - I rolled the number 3
I readThe Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon**
this book is written by a female author
20.5 Family Reunion - I read You Know Who You Are by Ben Dolnick
this book would satify options b. since it is a family saga with two generations of main characters and option F. since it takes place in Maryland right in the area of MD where my daughter is currently living.
20.6 Summer Reading - Vaclav and Lena
by Haley Tanner**
I read this book during my beach vacation and read the entire book while sitting on the beach- Heaven!
**gretchen rubin, rachel simon and haley tanner are all goodreads authors**
**goodreads authors this post** - 3
books read - 4
tasks completed - 4
total points - 80
10.1 -- For Real?For this task, read a book with the genre steampunk, alternate (or alternative) history, or speculative fiction listed on the book’s home page.
Soulless by Gail Carriger
This Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 17/57
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (2)
15.1 Beware of Thorns:The Rose Killer by Pat Gragg - rose on cover and in name (reposted - confirmed use of Kindle copy)
15.6 Speak English! - Slang - Bloody - Bloody Mary (Jack Daniels Mystery #2) by JA Konrath
20.4 Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author: Rolled 3 Book by female author - Something Borrowed (Darcy & Rachel #1) by Emily Giffin
25.4 Color Me Happy...… rolled 5 Blue -
1. Cover is blue - Something Blue (Darcy & Rachel #2) by Emily Giffin
5. Mystery - Red Blooded Murder (Izzy McNeil Mystery #2) by Laura Caldwell
25.3 Ice Cream Truck -
1 Bubble Gum Bar - YA - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling;
5 Bullet Firecracker Pop - Mystery - Red White & Dead (Izzy McNeil Mystery #3) by Laura Caldwell
Red, White & Dead
Points This Task: 100
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 15
5.6 As American As... - Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich Janet Evanovich is a goodreads author
15.9 Pulling Weeds - No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year by Virginia Ironside Has a rating of 3.03 which was third from the bottom on my To read list, and I can see why!
15.10 Summertime Reading is Easy - Love: Poems by Danielle Steel
20.2 Rookie at the TopNickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A - Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories by Lois Lowry
20.3 Best Review Contest Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy - Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia by Buddy Valastro
I love to sit around and watch Cake Boss on TLC, it definitely makes me happy. I have been looking forward to reading his book!
20.4 Author, AuthorIsabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
Rolled a 3. The Protector of the Small: (female author)
Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short Stories by Megan Whalen Turner
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past - A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half
I used the book Lucky You
Lucky - Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
You - You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
Janet Evanovich is a goodreads author
Julie Klam is a goodreads author
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 28
Pages Read: 8692
Books Read:32
Goodreads Authors: 13
Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise15.4 -- Summer Shorts
Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female, edited by Willa Shalit
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1453
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
10.7 It's Been A Year Already?Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
From the August 2010 list, number 166
** Josh Lanyon is a Goodreads Author **
Points for this post: 10
Total Points: 660
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 53
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Mandy S. 20.5 Family Reunion
Option C -- This book is set in LA, my city!
My Hollywood by Mona Simpson
Points this post: 20 points
Total: 65 points
Tasks Completed: 5
Colleen MNI just finished Task 20.5 option C. I read
The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke. It is Set in a small town outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and that's just where I live!
Erin NY10.10 Book by an author I have read, a book I have not read
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
* Sarah Dessen is a goodreads author
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 10
Tasks in Progress: 7
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 5553
Annie M10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!
#120 on the list for July 2010
Damaged by Alex Kava
Points this Post: 10
Tasks Completed: 9/57
Total Points: 75/1000
Total Books Read: 9
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
5.1 - AT THE SHORE - Seaside in which a mother and her 2 daughters spend a week in Florida in a cabin on the beach.10.2 - PHONE HOME - A War of Gifts where children are transported to a school in outer space to learn to fight aliens.
10.8 - BABY IT'S HOT OUTSIDE -
by Janet Evanovich20.4 - FAVORITE GR AUTHOR - I rolled a 4 and chose a book with the work RISING in the title. Esperanza Rising.
Janet Evanovich is a goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 325
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 11
BIG BOOKS - 3
Carly15.8 -- Up In the Air
I read Something Missing by Matthew Dicks.
The country that I used was Moldova with the code MD.
I am also claiming a GoodReads Author ticket because Matthew Dicks is a GoodReads Author.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 2986
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Dark Horse by Kate Sherwood
Kate Sherwood is a Goodreads Author
This Post: 10
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Kelley Armstrong, Dan Walsh, Sandy James, Kate Sherwood)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)