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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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5.10 -- Up, Up, and AwayI read Grimm's Fairy Tales. The letters "AIR" found intact in the word FAIRY.
Points this post: 5
Season Total: 100
Jennifer KS10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
I read A Misty Mourningby Rett MacPherson
I am using the word Mourning
Points this task 10
Total points 160
Tasks done 11
Pages 4752
SARAH THE LIBRARIAN10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
Oreo word: E-l-eventh
Jeff Hirsch is a GRA.
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
I chose option 3:Of
Between You & Me by Marisa Calin
Word is "YOU"
I read a publisher's advance copy.
Marisa Calin is a GRA.
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
3. International Joke Day
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
"Humor" is listed on the main page (though I didn't find it very funny).
6. Just Because Day
Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel
I read a publisher's advance copy.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 13
GRA: 8
Big Books 500+(1), 750+ (), 1000+()
MANDY Y.10.9 Recycled Group Reads-
Winter 2011--Steampunk:
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 634
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX25.2 - Jayme VA's Task - Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 2 - Grand Teton - "River" in title
by John Irving (Goodreads Author)I am claiming a big book ticket for this one
Option 5 - Shenandoah - Set in New York
by Carol Goodman (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books Tickets: 5
15.7 The First Day of SummerHush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
**Becca Fitzpatrick is a GoodReads Author**
20.5 Wendy UK’s Task: Let’s Talk About the Weather
Rainy picture on cover:
by Becca Fitzpatrick**Becca Fitzpatrick is a GoodReads Author**
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard name: JeniferTask 30.3 Aye Aye Matey
A1. Set on an island - Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas set on San Juan Island
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author.
A4. Jewels on the cover -
by Truman CapoteTask 15.7 The First Day of Summer
Wicked as They Come by Delilah Dawson
first book in the new "Blud" series
Delilah Dawson is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 45
Total points: 75
Goodreads Authors: 4
5.10 Up, Up, and Away American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum (240 pages in Paperback edition)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 225
GRA Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
20.5 - Let's Talk About the WeatherThe word RAIN or REIGN in the title or subtitle
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer
20.6 - Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
Die roll 3; Option 6: Historical fiction genre
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Big Book Ticket
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
Option 6: White Cake – Title appears in white letters on the cover
by W.H. AudenPoints this post = 60
Goodreads authors = 0
Big Books: 1
Totals:
Points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+= 2, 750+=1, 1000+ = 0
20.3 Best Review - Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...By the Numbersrolled a 5: Olympic Rings I chose BLUE (Europe) and read a book set in Sweden: The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Books read: 12
GR author tickets: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Heatso25.5: Even More Fun with Holidays!
option 3:
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
option 6: Blood Solstice by Samantha Young (Samantha is a GoodReads author)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 12
GR Authors: 1 (10)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MICHAEL LA
5.1 - Let the Games Begin
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
5.4 - Chemical Combo
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Tom Franklin is a Goodreads author.
10.1 - Skip to My Lou
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
10.2 - Eat an Oreo Day
Eleven by Patricia Highsmith (E - V - E)
10.4 - Air Signs
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle was born on May 22.
10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate
Poems of Paul Celan by Paul Celan
Ignoring the acronym.
15.4 - Summer Reading
Option 1A: Summer Wind
How to Make Your Car Last Forever: Avoid Expensive Repairs, Improve Fuel Economy, Understand Your Warranty, Save Money by Thomas Torbjornsen
Option 1B: Summertime
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
20.3 - Reading by the Numbers
Rolled a 3 and chose Classics as the genre.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Points this post: 85
Total points to date: 85
GR author: 1
5.1 - Let the Games Begin
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
5.4 - Chemical Combo
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Tom Franklin is a Goodreads author.
10.1 - Skip to My Lou
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
10.2 - Eat an Oreo Day
Eleven by Patricia Highsmith (E - V - E)
10.4 - Air Signs
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle was born on May 22.
10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate
Poems of Paul Celan by Paul Celan
Ignoring the acronym.
15.4 - Summer Reading
Option 1A: Summer Wind
How to Make Your Car Last Forever: Avoid Expensive Repairs, Improve Fuel Economy, Understand Your Warranty, Save Money by Thomas Torbjornsen
Option 1B: Summertime
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
20.3 - Reading by the Numbers
Rolled a 3 and chose Classics as the genre.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Points this post: 85
Total points to date: 85
GR author: 1
MICHAEL LA
10.7
I linked to the wrong edition of Poems of Paul Celan in my previous post. The correct one is Poems of Paul Celan.
10.7
I linked to the wrong edition of Poems of Paul Celan in my previous post. The correct one is Poems of Paul Celan.
Alice GTask 30.3 Aye Aye Matey!
Book A Option
A-3 Pieces of Eight
Book: Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding
Georgina has 8 letters
Book B Option
B-1 Pass the Jug
Book: Duncton Wood by William Horwood
Letters W and H from Whiskey.
Total Points: 270
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15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Books read: 13
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Lauren Marie30.8 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
I read
by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast for Brad Paisley in A. A one word title. In part B, I read
by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. This was a single book written by two authors.Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.5 The Secrets of Married Women by Carol Mason.Set in Newcastle, England.
Cindy FTask 30.9 North by Northwest
Option 2 Home Fires by Margaret Maron "fire" in title
Option 4 Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart Set in Minnesota
Points this post:30
Total points:130
Tasks completed:8
Books read:10
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Emmalita30.6 Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Option b. Listed as post-apocalyptic
Karen Thompson Walker is a Goodreads author
Skyjack by Geoffrey Gray
Option E. Airplane on cover
Geoffrey Gray is a Goodreads author
This post: 30
Total points to date: 170
Goodread authors: 3
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 8
15.7 First Day of SummerThe Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 4651
Kimber15.7 The First Day Of Summer
The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
(first book in a series)
Jessica Sorensen is a goodreads author
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 7
GR authors: 5
Total points to date: 110
I previously claimed In Cold Blood for task 20.1. I will be moving it in this post to a different task.20.4 - Let’s Go Camping
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
This was recommended as a group read in the Challenge: 2012 Read Challenge group. This is also the first book I've read by this author.
Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads author.
At 579 pages, A Discovery of Witches is a big book.
25.2 - Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 3: The Pearl by John Steinbeck (set in Mexico)
Option 5: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (set in North Carolina)
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author.
30.2 - I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 3: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote This book is true crime, and the perpetrators go to prison.
Option 5: The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang The author is of Asian descent.
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New points this post: 65
Total points: 240
Total Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 10
Total pages: 4,749
Total books: 14
20.6 My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read:I rolled a 5 and read Savor the Danger by Lori Foster which has mystery on the main page as a genre.
***Lori Foster is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 545
Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 28
GR Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Kimber20.4 Let's Go Camping
Rolled a 4...Bump-in-the-night
Townhouse by Brian Rowe
This book made me jump because it took a violent & gruesome turn at the very end and creeped me out.
Brian Rowe is a new to me author and
BRIAN ROWE IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 20
tasks completed: 8
GR authors: 6
Total: 130
Sheila25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer.
Option 1.Endless Summer Nights by Richard as Marx- (night scene on cover)
The Night Season by Chelsea CainAND
Option 4. Under the Board walk by The Drifters. (word under in title)
Under the Dog Star by Sandra Parshall
Total Points = 710
Mod
15.3. “Summer Romance”
option 2 male and female noun- father, daughter
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
option 2- Red Velvet Cake- set in the South- LA, MS
Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins
25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
book 1: hands
Love in the Driest Season by Neely Tuckerbook 2: feet
Black Olives: A Novel by Martha Tod Dudmantotal 395
30.10 Butterflycager - Honoring the Flag and My DadOption One (flags on cover)
by J.D. RobbOption Two - 13th in series - Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270/1080
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
30.10 Butterflycager - Honoring the Flag and My DadOption 1 - Flags on Cover -
by J.D. RobbOption 2 - 13th in Series - Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270/1080
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Jennifer KS10.3 What's Your Exit?
I read Explosive Eighteenby Janet Evanovich
I would like to claim a Goodreads Author
Points This task 10
Total points 170
Tasks done 12
Goodreads Authors 7
pages 5093
Delicious Dee
Last Post 774
15.4. Summer Reading
Book 1 - With Abandon – WI in with, ND in abandon
Book 2 - The King's Tale - Rowena Sudbury (GR Author) - R, S appear in SummeRtime
15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
Weekend Warriors - first book in Fern Michaels “Sisterhood” series
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
Option 4 - The White Mary: A Novel - white in the title
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
can I please move Keepsake from this task – new task to follow
rolled a 6 – choose any other option
Option 4 - Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army - the author is a Canadian journalist and has worked for multiple different papers there - http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/a...
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
rolled a 5 – mystery - The Keepsake - Tess Gerritsen (GR Author) - 175 people have it shelved as mystery
20.10 Group Reads
Catching Jordan - Miranda Kenneally (GR Author) - posted comments 20, 22, 23 – and several more since then
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
Book 1 - Rolled 6 - Love Means... No Shame - Andrew Grey (GR Author) - MEANS can be found in SpidErMAN
Book 2 - Rolled 6 - Frat Boy and Toppy - Anne Tenino (GR Author) - AND can be found in spiDerMAn
Total Points This Post: 120 (+20 from moving a book)
Total Points Overall: 480
Books Completed: 40
Tasks Complete: 31
GR Authors: 26
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)
CathyG15.4. Summer Reading
Option 1
A. "Summer Wind" - read a book with the letters "W I N D" in the title and/or subtitle, in any order;
Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks
AND
B. "Summertime" - read a book with the author's initials found in the letters of "Summertime." The initials can be in any order and need not be consecutive.
Erin McCarthy Hard and Fast
Goodreads Author
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
Option 1: School's out for summer
Read a book that takes place during the summer
Summer Lovin' by Carly Phillips
Goodreads Author
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
Pick two** options from the following list.
2. Away-Choose a book written by an author from a different COUNTRY (by birth or residence) than where you currently live.
No Darkness for Love by Barbara Cartland
English author/ I live in USA
Required: Please identify your Home/Away location when you post
C. The restrooms: one of the great inequities at the ball park!
1. The Women's Room: Read a LONG (over 400 pages) book written by a woman.
Pleasure for Pleasure by Eloisa James 404 pp
Goodreads Author
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
Chose from two (2) different options and read one for each.
1. Repeat Day (June 3): read a book with two consecutive words in the title/subtitle that repeat their first letter to/tread
Where Demons Fear to Tread by Stephanie Chong
Goodreads Author
5. Chinese Valentine’s Day (August 23): Read a book with "romance" as a genre
The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress (The Anetakis Tycoons Series, #1) by Maya Banks
Points this post: 90
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500= 3,750=0, 1000=0
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesBook A: Option 4
by Jenna BlackBook B: Option 4
by J.R. Ward (borrowed book from friend)Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 90
Goal Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 3/60 (30.7, 30.8, 30.11)
Tasks in Progress: 5.3, 30.3, 30.6
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Rachel Hawkins, Tara Hudson, Claire Lezebnik)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Chaitra20.7 IN HOMAGE TO MZB
Choosing,
Death: Book by an author who died after Jan 1, 1990.
I read Kingdom Come by J.G. Ballard. J. G. Ballard died in 2009.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 325
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 23
Total Pages Read: 7,373
Cindy FTask 30.8 It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A 3)New book favorite author I read Storm Track by Margaret Maron
Group B 3)Single title 2 authors I read 10th Anniversary by James Patterson who is a Goodreads Author!! and Maxine Paetro.
Points this post:30
Total points:160
Tasks completed:9
Books read:12
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 20.7 - In Homage to MZB
I decided to do option 2 and decided to read a book by Diana Wynne Jones, who won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2007. I read:
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 76
Pages read: 8576
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.4 - Chemical Combos
I read a book with 3 N's and 3 O's in the title and author's name combined:
Wolverine: Origins Vol. 2: Savior by Daniel Way
Points this task: 5
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 77
Pages read: 8704
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.2 School's Out for SummerOpt. #3
by Ray Bradbury flashes of light on cover (approved in help thread)
20.10 Group Read
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
Comment #30 in discussion thread
Miranda Kenneally is a Goodreads Author
Posts this post: 40
Total points: 135
Total tasks: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Keltie Lee10.4 Air Signs
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
*Rick Riordan was born on June 5, so he is a Gemini*
20.2 School's Out For Summer
24/7
by Amy S. Wilensky
*book takes place during the summer after the main characters junior year*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415/1080
Tasks: 26
Books: 35
Goodreads authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500 (7), 750 (1)
10.8 No Boredom Zone:Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins
This is a very unboring look at how and why science does NOT destroy the beauty in life, but rather enhances it.
15.8 Summer of 69:
A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor by Caroline Stoessinger.
A Charming book about a 108 year-old pianist whose years have lent her wisdom.
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer:
Home From the Sea by Mercedes Lackey
Today's total: 40
Grand total: 590 (I think I made a mistake last time and added an extra 10 points in and the 590 reflects the true total.)
ANGIE CA20.2 School's Out For Summer
Book:
by Deb CalettiNotes: 1) Beach on the cover. It's also set during the summer.
This Post: 20
Points to Date: 205
Jennifer N.30.1 - SuperHero Summer
I rolled a 2 and 5
2 - Book in genre "mythology" or "mythology>fantasy
Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione.
5 - Book with a flying creature on the cover
by Christine Feehan.An owl is on the top left corner of the cover.
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 30
10.10 Air Conditioned CoolThis book is set in November and December (winter).
Say When by Elizabeth Berg.
20.7 In homage to MZB
Option 2: Award. Madeleine L'Engle won the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
Points this post: 30
Total points:260
Tasks: 14
Books: 17
Goodreads authors: 7
CHRISTINAB20.2 School's Out for Summer
I read Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand. This fits option 2- it has a beach scene on the cover and takes place during the summer.
Points claimed in this post: 20
Total points claimed: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Pages this task: 416
Total pages: 3176
Big books total: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
25.6 Sounds of Summer1. In the Garden of Beasts: Love Terror and an American Family in Hitler's B8498 by Erik Larson- claiming GRA ticket
This book shows a night scene in Berlin On the cover
2. The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller- claiming a GRA ticket
The main charecter in this book is a teenage girl in prep school.
Previous pts: 180
new points: 25
Total pts: 205
Preview GRA tix: 5
New GRA tix: 2
total GRA tix: 7
Oops sorry here's the cover w night scene for reference
Kimber25.5 Even more fun with the holidays
Option 5, Feet on cover
by Megan AbbottMEGAN ABBOTT IS A GR AUTHOR
Option 6, any book
Beyond the Surgeon's Touch: One Miracle Away from Death by Gloria Teague
This task: 25
# complete: 9
GR author: 9
Total points: 155
25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
Irresistible by Susan Mallery
Hey, Good Looking by Fern MichaelsSusan Mallery is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 16
Goodreads Author: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I've Got Your Number (Posted #24 in the discussion thread).
30.9 - NORTH BY NORTHWEST
I chose to do option 4 twice.
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber which is set in Washington.
Buried Diamonds: A Claire Montrose Mystery by April Henry which is set in Oregon.
April Henry and Debbie Macomber are both Goodreads authors.
30.11 - FUN WITH HOLIDAYS
3. MOON DAY - Dancing at the Harvest Moon (Moon in the title)
4. NATIONAL CULINARIANS DAY - Piece de Resistance: A Novel by Sandra Byrd in which the main character works as a pastry chef in a bakery.
Sandra Byrd is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 360
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 8
BIG BOOKS - 2