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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
10.3 What's Your ExitThe Leftovers by Tom Perrotta who was born in New Jersey (He is listed on the Wikipedia page).
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 330
Shannon South AfricaTask 10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
(One letter between two letters that are the same)
The Agatha Christie Book Club by C.A. Larmer (Kindle Edition - May 8, 2012) (250 pages)
I couldn't find this book on Goodreads, but it is on Amazon.com - I don't know how to link it to here?
('g' between 2 'a's
Task points: 10
Total points: 70
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 5.2 - Pack Your Bags
The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
10.3 - What's Your Exit
Thumped by Megan McCafferty
According to the author link, Megan McCafferty was born in Bayville, NJ. According to the cover jacket, she currently lives in Princeton, NJ.
15.9 - Summer Nights
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
The book is set in 1958.
20.5 - Let's Talk About the Weather
Clouds Without Rain by P.L. Gaus
30.10 - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
Option 1 (Flag on cover or title) - American Girls About Town by Jennifer Weiner
(was approved in Help Thread - post 35)Option 3 (train on cover or title) - The Chase by Clive Cussler
This post: 80 points
Total points to date: 345 points
Tasks completed: 20
**Electing to not track Goodreads Authors and Big Books this challenge**
Deyara➜ Task # 15.1. The Colors of Summer
A. “Summertime Blues” -
Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber
B. “The Green Leaves of Summer” -
Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast
Heather Webber is a Goodreads Author
P.C. Cast is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15 points
Total to Date = 320 points
GR Authors: 13
Finally on the boardTask 10.10 - Air Conditioned Cool
I read The Odds by Stewart O'Nan. The book is set on the Canada side of Niagra Falls in February (winter).
Task 15.10 - Feel Good Hit
I read Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck's writing makes me feel good.
Task 20.2 - Rookie on Top
I chose Option #2. I read Bond Girl by Erin Duffy who graduated from college and took a job on Wall Street. The book is all about her first few years on the job.
Task 20.4 - Author Author
I rolled a 5 and read Violets of March by Sarah Jio. The central character finds out something about her family and a new love.
Task 20.8 - It's My Birthday
I chose #6, White Cake. I read
by Yann Martel, which has white letters in the title.Task 30.3 - Aye, Aye Matey
I chose A-2, X Marks the Spot. I read Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, which has an "X" in the title.
I chose B-3, Hangman's Noose. I read The Fear Index by Robert Harris, which is suspense/mystery.
Task 30.8 - Dee's Task
I chose A, 3 - I read Last Christmas by Kate Brian.
I chose B, 4 - I read American Rust by Phillip Meyer.
SARAH JIO AND PHILLIP MEYER ARE GR AUTHORS.
DON QUIXOTE IS A BIG BOOK AT OVER 750+ PAGES.
Total Points: 145
GR Authors: 2
BB: 750+ (1)
Nick KY 50.1 Coralie’s Moonshadow
Option 1. "Moon" in title. I read Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. 352 pages
Option 7. Song title. I read This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin, which has “Music” in the title. “Music” is the lead song on Cat Stevens’ Buddha and the Chocolate Box album, which I purchased when it was new in the stores and listened to it until the vinyl grooves wore away. 320 pages
Option 8. Born in the UK I read Stories of the Seen and the Unseen by Margaret Oliphant, who was born in Scotland in the UK in 1828. 208 pages
Task Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 570
Pages Read: 13,707
Big Books: 500+ (2)
SUZANNE VN20.1 Fifty Shades of Whoa!
Option 3: Once Upon a Time, There Was You; "YOU" is in the title
20.6 My Spring Favorites into your Summer
Die Roll = 4: Roadside Crosses is a thriler
Jeffery Deaver is a GoodReads Author
20.7 In Homage to MZB
Option 1: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest; Stieg Larsson died 11/09/2004
Claiming one Big Book Ticket (563 pp.)
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
My Goal Points: 500
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesBook A, option 4 : Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Book B, option 3 : The Cowboy and The Vampire by Clark Hays & Kathleen McFall
Maggie Stiefvater and Clark Hays are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24
Goodreads Author: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
10.9- Recycled Group ReadsI read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. This book was on the list 'Spring 2012 Published in the twenty-teens'.
25.4- All About The Author
A. I read Judy Blume: A Biography by Kathleen Tracy.
B. I read Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume.
Points This Post- 35
Total Points- 365
GR Authors- 15
5.7 - SRC Scavenger HuntLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (msg #49)
15.1 - The Colors of Summer
Option A -
Option B -
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author
A - Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
B - We'll Always Have Paris: Stories
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It... And I Feel Fine
Pure (B - dystopia - the most disturbing thing is how the people in this world are 'fused' with weird objects)
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (F - give the rider direction, control and sometimes indulge in the elephant, and shape the path)
Tasks completed: 37/60
Books read: 48/85
Points claimed in this post: 75
Total points claimed: 625
Kristi CO 15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Kristi CO 20.9 Please Be Patient...
Option 2: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain
"Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" is on the back cover of Book X: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (claimed for 15.10)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle with one letter “sandwiched” between two of the same letters- “celebrate” E-L-E, “latitude” T-I-T, “obsidian” I-D-I
Canada by Richard Ford
The relevant word in the title is, um, CanADA. But you probably guessed that.
This Post: 10
Total Points: 550/1080
Tasks Completed: 32/60
Books Read: 47/85
10.2 - Eat an Oreo a Day Tethered by Amy MacKinnon
Points this post: 10
Total points: 280
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Task 20.7 option 1: Death. Kurt Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007 (During the Year of Vonnegut as proclaimed by Indianapolis). I read The Last Interview for this task. Total points this task: 20
Total points so far: 115
15.1 The Colors of SummerA. Summertime Blues
Dieter F. Uchtdorf 56 pages &
by Anne Fine 96 pagesBlue covers
B. The Green Leaves of Summer
by Anne Fine 64 pages & http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos... (link to cover) by Mary Stolz 56 pagesGreen covers
15.5 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
Completed tasks: 11
Goodreads Authors: 3
10.3 What's Your Exit? Explosive Eighteen Evanovich is a GR Author10.9 Recycled Group Reads Delirium This is from the spring 2012 YA Dystopian Fiction poll. Oliver is a GR Author
20.4 Let’s Go Camping Rolled a 3 Fifty Shades of Grey My sister-in-law and our friends have been talking about this book for weeks! I wasn't as crazy about it as them, but found it entertaining. James is a GR Author.
25.1 Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You
(A) An Echo in the Bone This book is 848 pages. Claiming 2 big book tix. Gabaldon is also a goodreads author.
(E)Pandemonium, Lauren Oliver's innitials are in sOLidly. She is also a GR author.
Points this post: 65
Total Points:265/1080
GR Author:15
BB Tix:2
30.5 bluemoon's task: Beg, Borrow, or Steal Your Way Around the WorldOption A: Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher **who is a GR author** - takes place in Australia; begged this recommendation from my friend Rebecca from a shortlist I prepared
Option C: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor **who is a GR author** - takes place primarily in Prague (Europe); stolen from dlmrose's Europe shelf
My home country is the US
***Claiming 2 GR author tickets***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Books read: 24
GR author tickets: 13
Big Book tickets: 0
30.1 SuperHero Summer(2)Dark Descendant
(3) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is #40 on the most emotional books list. It's 734 pages for 1 BB Ticket.
Points this post: 30
Total Points:295/1080
GR Author:15
BB Tix:3
Ashley FLTask 5.9 (Summer Readers) I used Southpaw285, who joined in June 2009: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/24... and read Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Task 5.10 (AIR in title) I read Dead Air by Mary Kennedy **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Task 10.4 (Air Signs) I read The Litigators: A Novel by John Grisham, born Feb 8th and thus an Aquarius. **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Task 10.7 (Day of the Week in Title) I read Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Task 10.10 (Book takes place in winter) I read The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson, which takes place during the winter.
Task 15.1
BLUE: I read
by Mary Kay AndrewsGREEN: I read
by Laura AldenTask 15.2 (two books with words that rhyme). WikiRhymer lists Bride and Fried as a true rhyme, so I read:
Southern Fried by Cathy Pickens, and
The Tycoon's Princess Bride by Natasha Oakley (Please move this from 25.8)
REPOST of Task 25.8:
Option A1 (home) Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement (local to me here in FL) (discussion of her living in FL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaize_C...)
Option C2 (book between 100 and 200 pages written by a man) I read The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
760 Previous Points plus 70 points = 830 Points TOTAL
14 Goodreads Authors plus 4 Goodreads Authors = 18 Goodreads Authors TOTAL
20.3 Best Review--Anne(Booklady)'s Task--Reading by the Numbers: Rolled a 4. Writing: Author who worked as a reporter
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway who started as a reporter for the Kansas City Star and who also worked as a war correspondant during WWII.
20.5 Bigger Is Better--Wendy UK's Task--Let's Talk about the Weather:
Father of the Rain by Lily King
Wish we had some rain right now. We've only had about 1 inch since the end of May.
<25.4 Sandy/Kristi's Task--All About the Author:
A.John Steinbeck, Writer by Jackson J. Benson Long and VERY detailed.
B. The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Marcia--Youtube Summer Fun:
2. Light Blue Reign: How a City Slicker, a Quiet Kansan, and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball's Longest-Lasting Dynasty by Art Chansky Basketball
3. The Thirty Years War by C.V. Wedgwood, who died Mar 9, 1997 according to GR.
Today's total: 90
Grand total: 1010
Three books left to read; picked up two today at the library, but I have to prepare for a class I'm presenting Thursday afternoon. I've done it before, but they've cut the time from 2 hours to 1, so I'm compressing AND talking fast.
Task 10.9 (Recycled Group Reads)Nominated for Winter 2011 Group Reads category Steampunk
The Iron King (The Iron Fey #1) (2010) by Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 363 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Julie Kagawa
330 + 10 = 340
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 330 + 10 = 340
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7,939
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MICHAEL LA
25.5 - Stacie MI's Task
Option 1: Forgiveness Day
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
I first read this when I was a teenager and gave it 2 stars when I added it to Goodreads when I joined. After rereading it my opinion's completely changed, giving it 5 stars, mainly because of the rhythm of the language.
Option 2: Just Because Day
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 235
GR Authors: 2
25.5 - Stacie MI's Task
Option 1: Forgiveness Day
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
I first read this when I was a teenager and gave it 2 stars when I added it to Goodreads when I joined. After rereading it my opinion's completely changed, giving it 5 stars, mainly because of the rhythm of the language.
Option 2: Just Because Day
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 235
GR Authors: 2
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too! 1) Chocolate Cake- romance
Kiss Me, Annabel by Eloisa James
20.10 Group Reads
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella – discussion board post #28
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 1: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming – 1st published book
Desert Warrior by Nalini Singh
Option 5: Shenandoah National Park
The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich – set in Virginia
50.1 Coralie's task: Moonshadow – the Musical
Option 4 – a book written by an author who writes under more than one name.
Dream Daddy by Daly Thompson
Daly Thompson is the collaborative name of two authors who also write separately – Liz Jarrett & Barbara Daly - See http://www.harlequin.com/author.html?...
Option 7 – song title
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn – song = “Kitty”
Option 8 –born in England
Captured by Helen Kirkman
New Points This Post: 115
Total Points: 940
25.6 Sounds of SummerOption 2: School’s Out Forever
The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. by Amanda Pressner (Author) Jennifer Baggett (Author) Holly C. Corbett (Author)
This book is about a trip around the world taken by the authors. [MOVED from 30.11]
Option 5: Kokomo
by Nancy ThayerThis book's cover features the beach. [MOVED from 30.11]
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
Option 1: Repeat Day
Half-Blood Blues: A Novel by Esi Edugyan
BB repeats in the title; EE repeats in the author's name.
REPLACING The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. by Amanda Pressner (Author) Jennifer Baggett (Author) Holly C. Corbett (Author), moved to 25.6
Option 2: National Pink Day
by Allison Winn ScotchREPLACING Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer, moved to 25.6
Allison Winn Scotch is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 825/1090
Goodreads Authors: +1/20
Big Books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
•30.11.1.Read a book with two consecutive words in the title/subtitle that repeat their first letter.
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
"World's Worst" are the consecutive words.
•30.11.5. Read a book with "Romance" as a genre.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
***Goodreads Author*** Big Book Tickets: 3
This post: 30
Total to Date: 60
Big Book tickets (total): 3
Goodreads Author Tickets (total): 3
MANDY Y.30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
A3. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, (255 pages)
and
B3. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), (412 pages)
Task Points: 30
Grand Total: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2392
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.6 Contraction Action There's Cake in My Future by Kim Gruenenfelder
There's = contraction for "there is."
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 835/1090
Goodreads Authors: 0/20
Big Books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.8 No Boredom ZoneI read a book about teaching reading, which chases away the boredom for me as a pre-service teacher! :) The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller **who is a GR author**
**Claiming 1 GR author ticket**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 350
Books read: 25
GR author tickets: 14
Big Book tickets: 0
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZBA Clash of Kings
Option 2- George R.R. Martin won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2012.
THIS IS A BIG BOOK (1000+ pages).
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220/1080
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!(2) Shades: Read a genre that you haven’t really explored before
Romance: The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London = 7/30/12
I have read very few romance books ***GR Author
Previous Total: 275
This Task: 20
New Total: 295
GR Author Tickets: 8
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 5.8 Summer Lovin'
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Link to "Love on the Guardian's 100 Novels Everyone Must Read List"
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/15...
Number 74
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 195
MANDY Y.15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan
(First book of the Y: The Last Man series)
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 105
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2518
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MANDY Y.25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
5.
by Charlaine Harris(335 pages)6.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan (128 pages)
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 130
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2981
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Mod
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
I read Catch-22, mentioned in post 315 in the scavenger hunt thread.
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
Summer activity - riding a bike (not fun for this girl, but in general).
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
I chose option 5, Angel Food cake, and read The Beginner's Goodbye. The book is about the protagonist coming to terms with the death of his wife.
total points: 730
Cindy FTask 5.4 Chemical Combo
I read The Bone Thief: A Body Farm Novel by Jefferson Bass
(2N's and 2O's)
Points this post:5
Total points:165
Tasks completed:10
Books read:13
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
MANDY Y.30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A3: Behemoth(8-Letter Title) by Scott Westerfeld (481 pages)
B4:
(Skull on Cover) by Brian K. Vaughan(168 pages)Task Points: 30
Grand Total: 160
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 3630
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.5 BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD:I live in North America in the US so I read:
A. Beg: I read The Slayer's Apprentice by Zathyn Priest (ebook verification thread #1138) which is set in Australia--this is listed as being on the continent Oceania. I got this as a recommendation from my friend Dee Wy.
***Zathyn Priest is a Goodreads Author***
B. Borrow: I read Storm Warning by Toni Anderson (ebook verification thread #1138) which is set in Scotland which is in Europe. I borrowed this ebook from my local library.
***Toni Anderson is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 890
Books Read: 65
Tasks Completed: 43
GR Authors: 44
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0
5.7 SRC Scavenger Hunt:The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson was mentioned in Scavenger Hunt post 715 (I posted my own search in 734)
15.4 Summertime:
Option 2
Winter's Child by Margaret Maron WINter's Child for part A and the two M's in Margaret and Maron for part B
Today's total 20
Grand Total 1030
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool 
by Robyn CarrPoints this post: 10
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25
Goodreads Author: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
ERIN B.25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
B. Hit the Concession Stand; Drink - used word "dark"
I read Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
C. The Restrooms; I chose the Women's Room
I read A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America by Lizabeth Cohen
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Sapir5.1 -- Let the Games Begin
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Morgan Matson is a GoodReads author.
This book has the word Summer in its title.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big books total: 0
Goodreads author total: 1
Sheila wrote: "ooh Donna Jo - getting close"I know, but the book I have to finish is long and dry. I'm not sure if I can finish it before my Thursday insanity starts, but I hope so.
20.5 Let's talk about the WeatherThis book has "rain" in the title.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard.
30.3 Aye, Aye, Matey!
Option A-1 This book is set on Nantucket, an island in Massachusetts.
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova.
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads author.
Option B3 This book has the genre "Mystery" listed on its main page.
Defending Jacob by William Landay.
William Landay is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 405
Tasks: 20
Books: 26
Goodreads authors: 10
30.4 Vowel ProwlA. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
OUr MutuAl FrIEnd
Big book: 832 pages, 2 tickets
B. Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
Points this post = 30
Total points = 525
Big Books = 3
Goodreads Authors = 9
Jennifer KS5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away
I read Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
I would like to claim a Goodreads Author
Points this task 5
Total Points 290
Tasks done 22
Goodreads Authors 14
Pages 8578
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5.2 -- Pack Your Bags
I read
I would like to claim a Goodreads author for this
Points this task 5
Total Points 285
Tasks done 21
Goodreads Authors 13
Pages 8282