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I'm going swimming with the dolphins!The Start of Summer Challenge
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Duration: June 1 - June 30
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1. Read a book that has "summer" in the title.
The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm by Juliet Nicolson 06/14/12 ♥♥♥♥
2. Read a book where the father risks it all to save his family OR a book where the main character must make a great sacrifice.
By Royal Decree by Kate Emerson 06/05/12 3. Read a book set someplace that’s hot.
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs 06/03/12 ♥♥
4. Read a book where the protagonist is a father or will become a father in the book.
Daughter of Joy by Kathleen Morgan 06/08/12 ♥♥♥♥
5. Read a book that has an image of something related to summer on the cover.
Gallagher's Pride by M.K. McClintock 06/05/12 ♥♥♥♥
6. Read a book where the father is strict or overbearing OR a book where the character must break a rule to achieve their goals.
Between Two Queens by Kate Emerson 06/02/12 ♥♥♥♥
7. Read a book from the Listopia List-Best Summer Reads>
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 06/07/12 ♥♥♥♥
8. Read a book where the father has a difficult or dangerous job OR a book where the character's job plays an important role in the plot.
The Other Tudors by Philippa Jones 06/01/12 ♥♥♥
finished my challenge, happy reading all
Barbara, I'm guessing you've got one then? I'll just put that down, you can correct me if you like. Naynay, picture an owl in whatever colour jealousy has in your country ... yeah, that's me. Awesome!
Yes, without realizing it, I read a book that fit # 4 -4. Read a book where the protagonist is a father or will become a father in the book.
I've read two more books, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was nice, and A Vineyard in Tuscany, which was AWESOME. 
Happy Father's Day to all people who celebrate this today (I didn't even know that. Learned it on Goodreads.)
I have two for this challenge now that I finished
.SilverRaindrops, I wouldn´t have know about it either if it wasn´t for Goodreads. In Finland father´s day is in November :)
Johanna wrote: "I have two for this challenge now that I finished .SilverRaindrops, I wouldn´t have know about it either if it wasn´t for Goodreads. In Finland father´s day is in November :)"
I've updated you, Johanna ... and in Germany, Father's Day is May 17th. I read about it on GR and thought, that can't be, I just bought flowers :D.
Hihi :D The mother´s day one really scared me because I thought I´d missed it completely! But once again, our mother´s day was after the US one, thankfully! :)
Finished five for June's Monthly Challenge 1. Summer in title A Song for Summer
2. Great Sacrifice Bloodrose
3. Set during summer Goddess Boot Camp
6. Break social rules Wentworth Hall
8. Job-Glassblowing Sisters of Glass
6. Read a book where the father is strict or overbearing: The Kite Runner, ****COMPLETED: 3/5
I have finished Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity and reviewed it. So my total for June Challenge is two - one book about a hot place and one book where the protagonist is a father.
Hello everyone, I am new too goodreads and I would like too participate in the challenges but I am having such difficulty posting finding where to post the books that I have read and the books that I plan too read if anyone can offer me directions on doing this I would be forever grateful. I feel completely foolish for asking lol,
Thanks in advance,
Stacie
Thanks in advance,
Stacie
Welcome, Stacie! Let me shoot you our welcome email, and then you can let me know if you have any additional questions. :)
Hi Stacie, welcome to Goodreads and this group. I hope you have a lot of fun here :).Erika, Barbara, Stacie, I'll be updating you in the posts below. Well done to all of you :).
Right, this is the new, updated list (June 23). Barbara, I interpreted your post to say that you meant to read two books for this challenge. If that is correct, congratulations on finishing! Well done! :)
Erika, superbly done on reading more than you thought you would. Feel free to read even more for this challenge :).
Cathy - 1 / 2
Barbara - 2 / 2 Finished!
Anna - 2
Cherie - 3 / ?
Sara - 2 / 2 Finished!
Lorelei - 1 / 3
Johanna - 3 / 3 Finished!
Barb - 4 / 4 Finished!
Erika - 5 / 4 More than finished! :)
Sharon - 4
Ashley 2 / 5
Kara - 4 / 5
SilverRaindrops - 7 / 7 Finished
Gina - 5 / 8
Naynay - 8 / 8 Finished!
Shelly - 8
Well done all of you :).
(List last updated: June 25)
Great. I forgot to update my own challenge. *sighs* After starting Strangers (translation of German title: Summer with Strangers) and being scared out of my mind 5 pages in, I decided to skip the first task. So my finished challenge looks like this:
The Start of Summer Challenge
June 1 - June 30, 2012
Progress: 7/7
2. Read a book where the main character must make a great sacrifice
**** Kimberly Willis Holt - My Louisiana Sky, June 5
3. Read a book set (in the South OR) someplace that’s hot
**** Paul Torday - Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, Film Tie-In, June 16
4. Read a book where the protagonist is a father or will become a father in the book.
**** Gail Carriger - Timeless, June 11
5. Read a book that has an image of something related to summer on the cover
***** Ferenc Máté - A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream (Italian vineyard!!!), June 16
6. Read a book where the character must break a rule to achieve their goals
**** Gail Carriger - Blameless, June 3
7. Read a book from the Listopia List-Best Summer Reads
*** David Nicholls - One Day, June 18
8. Read a book where the character's job plays an important role in the plot.
**** Michael Morpurgo - An Elephant In The Garden (mother is a zookeeper which is why they take care of an elephant in the first place. and they meet someone who's previous job is important), June 10
*~*~* COMPLETED JUNE 18 *~*~*
Good going Cherie :). I got you updated.
Read a book where the main character must make a great sacrificeI just finished The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain. You can see my review on http://cathysreadinglist.blogspot.com. Let just say I gave this a 9 out of 10. Loved it.
Got you two updated. Congratulations on finishing another book :).Cathy, I like your blog. I can never keep mine updated ;). (Actually, does that mean, you've got 1/2? Or did I miss something?)
And Johanna, does this mean you've completed your challenge, or are you going for a fourth one? If you're indeed done, congratulations :).
I think I´m done, I don´t think the other books I´ll try to read this month will fit this challenge :) so thanks!
Cathy wrote: " Read a book where the main character must make a great sacrificeI just finished The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain. You can see my review on http://cathysreadinglis..."
Cathy, I like your blog.
My Next book is Daughter-In-Laws by JoAnna Trollope
. I have had this on my TBR list for a long time. Now is a good time !!!
I'm going to have to drop out of this challenge. :(June has been kind of crazy. Something had to give!
Trevor wrote: "I'm going to have to drop out of this challenge. :(June has been kind of crazy. Something had to give!"
That's alright Trevor. We all have bad months. Hope the craziness will go away eventually!
2. Read a book where the father risks it all to save his family: Middlesex, ****COMPLETED: 4/5
One more to go! Woot!
Go Kara, go, go, go! :)You have a whole five days to go, you'll sure make it!
I finished :)I'm new and in!
Gina's CRC June Start of Summer Challenge
Duration 6/1/12-6/30/12
8/8 COMPLETE
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
The beginning of summer is marked by warm weather and Fathers Day. Let’s kick off summer with a new challenge!
1. Read a book that has "summer" in the title OR has a character with the name Summer
Summer Island by Kristin Hannah-FINISHED 6/8/12
2. Read a book where the father risks it all to save his family OR a book where the main character must make a great sacrifice (Example-Katnis in The Hunger Games sacrifices herself to the Games, in order to save her sister)
One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf-Augie sacrifices her safety by staying in the school w/ a gunman to find and save her brother- FINISHED 6/6/12
3. Read a book set during the summer OR in the South OR someplace that’s hot
C is for Corpse by Sue GraftonSomewhere hot, Santa Therese, CA- FINISHED 6/8/12
4. Read a book where the protagonist is a father or will become a father in the book.
Darkness, My Old Friend by Lisa Unger- FINISHED 6/27/12
5. Read a book that has an image of something related to summer on the cover (Examples-flowers, shorts, a boat, picnic –be creative!)
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
-Beach on cover- FINISHED 6/18/126. Read a book where the father is strict or overbearing OR a book where the character must break a rule to achieve their goals
Little Black Dress: A Novel by Susan McBride-Anna must break the rules of her family and break off her wedding to achieve her future according to what the dress showed her-FINISHED 6/4/12
7. The lazy days of summer are starting-read a book on your tbr list that you’ve been too lazy to read (for example, a difficult or large book) OR read a book from the Listopia List-Best Summer Reads
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11...
Something Blue by Emily GiffinPutting this one off for years!! But I am going to read it now :)- FINISHED 6/13/12
8. Read a book where the father has a difficult or dangerous job OR a book where the character's job plays an important role in the plot.
The Good Father: A Novel by Noah HawleyThe father is a doctor and is trying to figure out his son's actions using medical diagnostics. The bulk of the book is the father trying to "diagnose" his son. -FINISHED 6/6/12
Ooh, Gina, I'm sure the dolphins will love swimming with you ;). Well done!Updated list for everyone here:
Cathy - 1 / 2
Barbara - 3 / 2 More than finished!
Anna - 1 / 2
Cherie - 3 / ?
Sara - 2 / 2 Finished!
Lorelei - 1 / 3
Johanna - 3 / 3 Finished!
Barb - 4 / 4 Finished!
Erika - 5 / 4 More than finished! :)
Sharon - 4
Ashley 2 / 5
Kara - 4 / 5
SilverRaindrops - 7 / 7 Finished
Gina - 8 / 8 Finished!
Naynay - 8 / 8 Finished!
Shelly - 5 / 8
I just finished Townie by Andre Dubus III and as I finished it realized it was really a book about the writer's father. The lack of his father growing up, the search for meaning in his life, and his struggle to turn away from violence. So I actually read a total of three books that fir the June challenge.
Barbara wrote: "I just finished Townie by Andre Dubus III and as I finished it realized it was really a book about the writer's father. The lack of his father growing up, the search for meaning in his life, and hi..."Alright Barbara, I got you updated.
How was the read? It seems like a real struggle to get through all that.
I picked up the book Townie at the summer members' sale at my local independent bookstore. I am a New Englander by roots and lived in Massachusetts for 20 years in Boston. I am Familiar with the old mill towns, and when I was young knew some guys from the kind of background the author writes about. In the middle of the book, I was getting a bit fed up with all of the fighting, but then the author started to pull out of that life style, and try to understand himself. By the end, I found it to be a pretty profound and satisfying read about fathers,sons, poverty, creativity (father and son are writers), and violence.
I can see why you pulled through the hard bit in the middle when you're from the area. It must be very interesting to read something new about a place and community you know so well.
I read Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah finishing today. I give it 3/5. it was very predictable and I felt I didn't have to read the last few chapters. I've read 2 books out of 3 I challenged myself to but I thought I'd read more on vacation.
Finished!6. Read a book where the character must break a rule to achieve their goals: The Name of the Rose. The protagonists needed to break the Abbott's rule of not going into the library in order to solve the mystery.
COMPLETED: 5/5
Lorelei wrote: "I read Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah finishing today. I give it 3/5. it was very predictable and I felt I didn't have to read the last few chapters. I've read 2 books out of 3 I challenged myself ..."Lorelei, vacation is a perfectly acceptable reason not to get a challenge done. Hope you had a great time!
Kara wrote: "Finished!6. Read a book where the character must break a rule to achieve their goals: The Name of the Rose. The protagonists needed to break the Abbott's rule of not going into the library in ord..."
Conratulations Kara!
That is a looong book.
END OF JUNE LISTWalking on the beach
Anna - 1
Cathy - 1
Ashley 2
Lorelei - 2
Sara - 2
Dipping toe into the water
Barbara - 3
Cherie - 3
Johanna - 3
Barb - 4
Doggy paddling
Erika - 5
Kara - 5
Sharon - 5
Shelly - 5
Swimming with the dolphins
SilverRaindrops - 7
Gina - 8
Naynay - 8
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
PS: If you want to get a higher level and finish in your own time, just post your progress. I'll still be here to cheer you on :). Just note that the challenge will be moved to the archive topic :).
Other June Challenge - The Start of Summer Challenge**finished 6/30 at 10:30 p.m.!
The beginning of summer is marked by warm weather and Fathers Day. Let’s kick off summer with a new challenge!
1. Read a book that has "summer" in the title
3. Read a book set in the South
4. Read a book where the protagonist is a father or will become a father in the book.
5. Read a book that has an image of something related to summer on the cover
Wow Sharon, you really made the deadline!I added you to the list, little doggy paddler :).
I dipped my toes in the water and finished 3 this month:3. Read a book set during the summer OR in the South OR someplace that’s hot
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi = 6/21/12
7. The lazy days of summer are starting-read a book on your tbr list that you’ve been too lazy to read (for example, a difficult or large book) OR read a book from the Listopia List-Best Summer Reads
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11...
From the Listopia List: The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan = 6/9/12
8. Read a book where the father has a difficult or dangerous job OR a book where the character's job plays an important role in the plot.
Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel = 6/23/12
Cherie wrote: "I dipped my toes in the water and finished 3 this month":) I knew that.
Good going Cherie; I want to read the first two as well!
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The Lover's Dictionary (other topics)Ship Breaker (other topics)
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That Summer (other topics)
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I have to finish my current library book and am eager to start Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity.