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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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Summer Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
Does anybody know how many points are in the challenge yet?
I'm not sure how many 25-pt tasks there are going to be yet... 8? 9?
looks like 8 25 pointers from what I can tell - Marcia and Kate S aren't showing as finished on the reader board, so that would be 1080 if I can do my math right and no one else snuck in
I wasn't sure if Mrs. Soule had finished... I'm getting 1080, too. Or my Excel Spreadsheet is, assuming I updated it correctly... :)
Guess I'll be the first post of the challenge. Quite Surprising, seeing as I haven't played for several seasons.This is also the most appropriate task to post today as well:
15.7 - The First Day of Summer
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.
Good for a Big Book (512 pp) and a Goodreads author as well.
I'm listening to City of Bones right now! ;) I'm about halfway through!
10.5 - CARIBBEAN QUEEN - The Last Night I Spent with You. Most of this book takes place on a Caribbean cruise.TOTAL POINTS - 10
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 0
BIG BOOKS - 0
Readerboard name: Sarah M5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
(pre-read up to page 101)
Big Book Token - 529 pages
Total Points: 5
Big Boooks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
5.3 Dust in the Wind Island of the Blue DolphinsTotal Point Earned: 5/1080
Total Pages Read: 184/23249
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day (It's only appropriate I start with this one--I love oreos with milk.)How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley and the Oreo word is
D(i)D.
Today's total: 10
Grand total: 10
15.7 “The First Day of Summer” Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney First in series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
5.2 Let The Games BeginLove In The Wrong Dimension by Anette Darbyshire
Set in London.
Goodreads author Anette Darbyshire
Ebook approved in verification thread, message #1152
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
Points this post = 5
Total points = 5
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 1
10.4 Air SignsMurder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
Born 13th June, sign- Gemini
Total points = 10
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 0
STACIE MITask 10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate
I decided to ignore the POETS acronym and read a novel in verse:
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
**At 537 pages, Crank qualifies as a Big Book!!**
**Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages read: 537
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Thank you for voting for my book review. I won!!!! I'm busy working on my task now. Hope you will enjoy it. :-}
ANGIE CA15.5 Summer in the City
Book: Shaman, Friend, Enemy by M. Terry Green
Notes: Set in Los Angeles.
This Post: 15
Points to Date: 15
15.8. “Summer of 69” The Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers by Patrick Kavanaugh
New Points: 15
Total Points: 30
Total Pages: 768
10.3 What's Your Exit? Read a book set in New Jersey for a significant portion of the book or written by a New Jersey author (by birth or residence)
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta.
Perrotta was born in Garwood, New Jersey.
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/1080
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Books Read:1/84
REPOST with correctionReaderboard name: Sarah M
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (post number 3)
(pre-read up to page 101)
Big Book Token - 529 pages
Total Points: 5
Big Boooks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Christie Guatemala5.4 -- Chemical Combo
A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.2 Eat an Oreo Day...read a book with a word in the title with one letter "sandwiched" between two of the same letters:
I read
*("every" E- V-E) Every Last One by Anna Quindlen 299 pages (6.1)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 10
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 0
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Kari Task 10.2 Eat an Oreo Day - Council of Mirrors, (ROR "Mirrors") The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley
Points earned for this task: 10
Points achieved to date: 10
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 0
Total # of Big Books:
500+(0)
700+(0)
1000+(0)
Readerboard name: Ben264110.9 Recycled Group Reads
I read Divergent byVeronica Roth.
It was on the Spring 2012 YA Dystopian Fiction List.
She is a goodreads author.
Points earned for this task: 10
Points achieved to date: 10
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+(0)
700+(0)
1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Barbara★15.5 -- “Summer in the City”
Suspicion of Innocence - Barbara Parker (set in Miami)
Points Earned This Task: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 15
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Task 10.2 - Eat an Oreo Day
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 by Stephenie Meyer
The ILI in Twilight
Challenge total = 10
5.6. Blowin' In The WindMercury Falls by Robert Kroese
Angels flying on the cover.
Goodreads author Robert Kroese
Points this post = 5
Total points = 10
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 2
Sheila20.10 Group Read
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
I posted in the discussion thread post # 2
Total Points = 20
10.8 No-Boredom Zone- I love to scrapbook so I chose a scrapbooking book. Ask the Masters: Scrapbook Solutions from the Memory Makers Masters by Darlene D'AgostinoTotal points- 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 128
GR Authors:
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX20.10 - Group Reads
by Miranda Kenneally (Goodreads Author)Post #2 in the discussion thread.
Points this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Tickets: 0
Jeska5.4 -- Chemical Combo
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist/Rachel Cohn
5 n's and 2 o's
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 183
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Janice CA15.9. “Summer Nights”.....
I read a book originally published in 1959.
Psycho by Robert Bloch
(***)
+15
total: 15
tasks: 1
books: 1
Sheila5.1 -- Let the Games Begin
Lost by Michael Robotham
approved in help thread # 2
Total Points = 25
10.10 - AIR CONDITIONED COOL - Snow which is set at Christmas in Pennsylvania. TOTAL POINTS - 20
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 0
BIG BOOKS - 0
Kathy G.5.6- Blowin' in the Wind
by H. R. F. Keating***Smoking cigarette and the smoke is "blowin'"
Total Points- 5
Total Tasks- 1
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
10.1 - Skip to My LouChew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman (J
10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate
I read two books of poetry (the first is a book of prose poems) since each was fewer than 100 pages long - The Law of Second Marriages and The State of Poetry.
20.10 - Group Reads
Catching Jordan - post #3 in discussion thread
Tasks completed: 3/60
Books read: 4/85
Points claimed in this post: 40
Total points claimed: 40
TANYAPT20.6 rolled 3 (fantasy genre)
Book: Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.10 Feel Good Hit of Summer...read a book that makes you feel good:
I read
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeralby Kris Radish *[this is a GRA] 352 pages (6.3)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 25
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day Water for Elephants10.10 Air Conditioned Cool Candy Cane Murder With Holiday Recipe Card
Total Point Earned: 25/1080
Total Pages Read: 1077/25358
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.1 Skip to My Lou Read a book by an author whose consecutive initials (as they appear in their Goodreads name) skip a consecutive letter in the alphabet.
Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel by Carol Edgarian
This Post: 10
Total Points: 20/1080
Tasks Completed: 2/60
Books Read: 2/84
20.10Group Reads
(281 pages)I commented on this book in post #4.
Miranda Kenneally is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 20
Total points: 0 + 20 = 20
Goodreads Authors: 0 + 1 = 1
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0
Page count: 0 + 281 = 281
Personal Goal: 700
10.2- Eat an Oreo DayThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Despereaux-ere
Points this post -10
Total points-10
10.3 - What's Your Exit?I read Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Alan Brennert was born in New Jersey
http://www.alanbrennert.com/Pg_Bio.html
What a fabulous book! 5* from me!
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Readboard name: Sarah M30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Matchup: Wolverine vs. Deadpool
A) Book set in Japan - A Brief History of the Samurai by Jonathan Clements
B) Book from the Cult Classics list - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (number 8 on the list)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
Big books total: 1 x 500
Goodreads author total: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Summer 2012 challenge will begin on June 1, 2012 and end at Midnight, Eastern time, August 31, 2012.
This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.
Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.
Please refer to the posting requirements for what must be included, and for guidelines that will help us keep the challenge running smoothly.
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NOTE:
1. YOU MUST POST A LINK TO BOOKS CLAIMED FOR A TASK.
2. IF YOU CLAIM A BOOK THAT ONLY EXISTS IN E-BOOK FORM, YOU MUST PROVIDE EITHER A LINE REFERENCE TO THE APPROVED BOOK SPREADSHEET OR THE POST NUMBER IN WHICH THE BOOK WAS APPROVED.
Please post tasks in numerical order, from smallest to largest.
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