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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!2. Happy Anniversary: The Darkest Gate by SM Reine
Goodreads Author
5. A taste of Asia:The Origin by Youkey, Wilette
The author is from the Philippines and a Goodreads author
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A-2 – X Remix by Lexi Revellian
Goodreads Author
B-1 - Pass the Jug Death's Handby SM Reine
Goodreads Author
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
4. Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
a. The Path to Freedom by Pietsch, Lisa
*The female character is recruited and trained to be a spy. She also goes on her first mission as a spy.*
The book was approved for length, as of today it is #537
Goodreads Author
b. Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 90
Total points: 180
Total Goodreads authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDXBack from vacation with points to claim!
10.10 - Air-Conditioned Cool
by Orhan Pamuk15.10 - Feel-Good Hit of the Summer
by Foster W. Cline20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's Task - Fifty Shades of Whoa!
Option 4 - "Gray" in title
by Mark Greaney20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Isabell's Task - In Homage to MZB
Option 1 - Murdoch died in 1999
by Iris MurdochPoints this Post: 65
Total Challenge Points: 550
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Tickets: 5
30.3 Aye, Aye MateyA2 (x in title) XVI#2: Truth by Julia Karr*
*Julia Karr is a goodreads author
B1 Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham
30.6 It's the end of the world as I know it
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
F - I Feel Fine (self help)
Gone* by Michael Grant*
*Big book (558 pages)
*Michael Grant is a goodreads author
B - It's the end of the world (dystopia)
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
Real Marriage: The Truth about Sex, Friendship & Life Together by Mark Driscoll
5 - Predominantly red cover
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
4 - about food
Total Points 200+30+30+30=290
Keltie Lee10.10 Air Conditioned Cool
by Jennifer EcholsGRA
20.7 In homage to MZB
Option 2:
Briar Rose
by Jane Yolen
*Jane Yolen won the lifetime achievement award in 2009*
30.10 Honoring the Flag and My Dad
Option 2:
The Thirteen: A Novel
by Susie Moloney
Option 4:
Psych Major Syndrome
by Alicia Thompson
*set at Stiles College*
Points this post: 60
Total points: 795/1080
Tasks: 43
Books: 61
Goodreads authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (8), 750 (1)
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!A-3 Pieces of 8 I read Very Valentine Adriana Trigiani has 8 letters in her last name. This is the first book in the Valentine Series.
B-1 - Pass the Jug I read Brava, Valentine Adriana Trigiani has an r in her first name from rum and an i in her last name from whiskey.
This author is a *** Good reads Author *** so please give me 2 GR tix for reading two of her books!
Total Points: 265
Books read: 23
tasks completed: 16
GR authors: 5
Big books: 1 (500)
total pages: 7360Adriana Trigiani
MICHAEL LA
30.2 - Sassafrass's Task
Option 3: The Rock (prison setting)
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Option 6: Flower Power (book published in the 1960s; the one I chose was first published in 1963)
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 265
GR Authors: 2
30.2 - Sassafrass's Task
Option 3: The Rock (prison setting)
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Option 6: Flower Power (book published in the 1960s; the one I chose was first published in 1963)
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 265
GR Authors: 2
Mod
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
A2- away author: The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir by Lucy Lum- author was born in Singapore and lives in London (in GR book description), I'm in the US
B2- beer book: Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Beer from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Revised and Updated by Sam Calagione
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Matchup #3- Thor vs Loki
B- Norse mythology: Runemarks by Joanne Harris set in the world of Norse gods Runemarks website
C- graphic novel- Thor: First Thunder by Bryan J.L. Glass Loki is the main antagonist
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
option 3- moon on cover:
Deep Night by Caroline Petitoption 5- red cover:
Kowloon Tong by Paul Therouxtotal 910
Emily Bookshelf10.3 - What's Your Exit
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Alan Brennert was born in Englewood, New Jersey
Points this post: 10
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 235
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate Read a book with a day of the week in the title or subtitle
Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New World by Brian M. Fagan
This Post: 10
Total Points: 560/1080
Tasks Completed: 33/60
Books Read: 49/85
25.3: Hands and Feet Book 1: Hand
by Kim Gruenenfelder, MOVED from 10.6.Book 2: Foot
by Edmund White, MOVED from 25.525.5: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
Option 3: International Joke Day
Lunatics by Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel
Humor is the first shelf listed for this book.
REPLACING Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White, MOVED TO 25.3.
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Points this post: 15 (25-10)
Total points: 850/1090
Goodreads Authors: 0/20
Big Books: 500+ (6); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.3 Dust in the WindThrough Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden (359 pages)
*
Approved for task in post 41(Help thread)
5.4 Chemical Combo
I Think I Love You by Stephanie Bond (384 pages)
5.5 Diamond Jubilee
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (352 pages)
*Takes place in Canada
Chevy Stevens is a GoodReads Author
10.4 – Air Signs
Libra
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher (288 pages)
Points this post = 25
Total points: 25 + 510 = 535
Goodreads Authors: 18 + 1 = 19
Big Books: 500+= 2, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0
Page count: 10444 + 1383 = 11827
Personal Goal: 700 points
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero SummerRoll two dice: I rolled a 1 and a 3
1) Iron Man: read a book with science fiction as a genre
The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher = 8/1/12
3) The Hulk: Read a book from the Goodreads list Most Emotional Books
#98 on the list Most Emotional Books
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa = 7/25/12
Previous Total: 295
This Task: 30
New Total: 325
GR Author Tickets: 8
STESSE10.7 A Reason to Celebrate
My Gal Sunday by Mary Higgins Clark (244 p)
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
Option 2: School's out forever
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James (532 p)
E.L. James is GRA. This is a Big Book.
Ana recently graduated from school & starts work as an editor. Approved in help thread.
20.10 Group Reads
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally (284 p)
Miranda Kenneally is GRA.
Reviewed – post 32.
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
E.1. Two books with same title:
Sweet Revenge by Lisa Jackson (473 p)
Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts (376 p)
Points this Post: 75
Tasks Completed this Post: 4
Books Read this Post: 5
Pages Read this Post: 1909
GoodReads Authors this Post: 2
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 635
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Total Books Read: 47
Total Pages Read: 17433
Total GoodReads Authors: 19
Total Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Alice GTask 5.1 - Let the Games Begin
Book: Gold
Task 15.9 - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Book: Confessions of a GP
Task 25.6 - Sounds of Summer
Option 1 Read a book with a night scene on the cover
Book: The Night Climbers
Option 2 Read a book with 'under' in the title
Book:
Total Points: 365
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Alice GTask 15.6 - Hot Fun in the Summmertime
Book: The Island
I enjoy rowing in the sunshine in summer (picture on cover of book)
Total Points: 380
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JACKIE NC15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
Pretty Poison by Joyce Lavene
Set in NC
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Option 2:
The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
Option 4:
The Heirloom Murders by Kathleen Ernst
Set in Wisconsin
Joyce Lavene, Lauren Willig, and Kathleen Ernst are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 360
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Sarah Eva30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
For this task I chose
Option Three: The Rock and read Al Capone Does My Shirtsby Gennifer Choldenko
Which takes place on Alcatraz island (Brownie Points!)AND Gennifer Choldenko is a goodreads author
and
Option Five: A Taste of Asia and read Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 185
Big book total: 4
Goodreads author total: 5
Tasks Completed: 12
50 Moonshadow:1. Author with Cat in name:
Women's Lives, Men's Laws by Catharine A. MacKinnon.
4. Author Who writes under more than one name:
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick, who writes under seven other names including Jayne Ann Krentz, Stephanie James, and Jayne Castle.
7. Song Title in Book Title:
The Body in the Bonfire: A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page
The name of the song is "Bonfire", taken from list in the task.
Today's total: 50
Grand Total: 1080
And now I should have time to do all the things I've been putting off--at least until September 1. Oh, the addiction.
20.5 Bigger is Better 
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (rain on cover)25.2 Around the Country in Six Parks
Option 2: "river" in title
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Option 4: element (iron) in title
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
30.6 It's the End of the World as We Know It
Option B: dystopian genre
Crossed by Ally Condie
Option E: cover includes item listed in the song (a book)
Silver Borne by Patricia BriggsPoints this Post: 75
Total Points: 380
Donna Jo wrote: "50 Moonshadow:1. Author with Cat in name:
Women's Lives, Men's Laws by Catharine A. MacKinnon.
4. Author Who writes under more than one name:
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick, who writes und..."
YAY! Congratulations~!
10.3 - What's Your Exit?New Jersey Noir by Joyce Carol Oates
15.6 Hot Fun in the Summertime
by Ian McEwan -walking on the beachPoints this post: 25
Total points: 305
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesGroup A, Option 4...Divergent by Veronica Roth
(Read a book that has only one word in the title)
Group B, Option 5...The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
(Read a book where the name of a city is in the title...Moscow, Russia)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 230
Task 30.7 - The final battle
5. Wolverine vs. Deadpool
a. book set in Canada: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood **GR Author**
b. book from Cult Classics list: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Total GR Authors = 7
Challenge total = 320
30.8 - It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesGroup A, Option 4: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Kristin Cashore is a Goodreads author.
Group B, Option 3: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 370
Total Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 15
Total pages: 7,716
Total books: 22
Kimber20.8 Have your cake and eat it too
Option 1) Chocolate Cake - Read A romance
Heart of Gypsies by Holly Hood
(approved ebook for length in message 1327 task ok thread)
HOLLY HOOD IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.6 My Spring Favorites into your summer read
Option 6 genre historical fiction
The Wedding Gift by Marlen Suyapa Bodden (historical fiction genre on gr page)
Above Tasks: 40
Tasks complete: 20
GR Authors: 14
Total points: 360
Michelle WI50.1 Moonshadow - The Musical
option 4: Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich ***** (per GR biography she has also written under the name Steffie Hall)
option 5: The Dead Of Night by John Marsden (set in Australia)
option 8: Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde (Fforde was born in London, England per GR biography)
***** Janet Evanovich is a GR author *****
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 14
GR Authors: 9
ANGIE CA20.6 My Spring Favorite into Your Summer Read
Book: Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
Notes: 3) Fantasy Genre
This Post: 20
Points to Date: 370
Ashley FLTask 25.4 (all about the author) I read Ayelet Waldman. She is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Book A (Memoir) I read Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
Book B (Fiction) I read Nursery Crimes
830 Previous Points + 25 points = 855 Points Total
18 Goodreads Authors plus 2 Goodreads Authors = 20 Goodreads Authors Total
Kathy G.25.1- Donna Jo's Task: I'm Solidly Behind You
Option A) Read a book 500+ pages
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Claiming Big Book- (1000+)= This book was 1,094 pages.
Option E) The author's initials are in SOLIDLY
Sarah Dessen- S.D.
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Claiming Goodreads Author for Sarah Dessen
Total Points- 275
Total Tasks- 16
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- (500+)- 1 and (1000+)- 1
30.2option 4:
by Timeri N. Murari has a red pick up truck on the cover on righht hand sideoption 5:
by Saima Wahab this book takes place in Afghanistan a country that accodring to the link is part of Asiaprevious points: 230
new points:30
total:260
total books:18
total tasks:11
Finished25.7 You tube summer fun
The Dogs and the Wolves by Irene Nemirovsky - option 3/ dead author
The Scent of Orangesby Joan Zawatzky
- option 5/ fruit in title
50.1 Moonshadow - the musical
The Two Week Wait by Sarah Rayner - option 8/ author born in UK
Layla and Majnun: The Classic Love Story of Persian Literature by Nizami - option 3/ set in Islamic country
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay - option 5/ set in Australia
Tasks points 75
Total points 300
SILVERRAINDROPS***************
Links to my previous messages in this thread:
June 19
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5.9: Summer Readers
Kara joined in August 2007. Poison Study is on her TBR-shelf.
Maria V. Snyder - Poison Study, read June 26
Maria V. Snyder is a GR author!
15.1: The Colours of Summer
Blue Cover: Ox-Tales: Water, read July 14
Green Cover: Sarah Addison Allen - Garden Spells, July 23
Sarah Addison Allen is a GR author!
15.3: Boys and Girls
Option 2)
Der König und die Kaiserin. Friedrich II und Maria Theresia, read July 30
Note: This title translates to "The King and the Empress".
20.1: Fifty Shades of Whoa
Option 2)
I've never read Erotica before.
Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard, read July 27
SR is a GR author!
This book has got 506 pages!
30.3: Aye, Aye, Matey!
Book A Option 3 Pieces of Eight
Read a book that has eight letters in the author’s Last name / title:
Gail Carriger - Timeless (both "Carriger" and "Timeless" work)
Book B: Option 1: Pass the Jug
"S" from Whiskey, "R" from Rum
Sylvain Reynard - Gabriel's Rapture
Both Gail Carriger and SR are GR authors, but I don't know whether I can claim two tickets in one task, and I can't find the post explaining this, so I'm claiming one.
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Points claimed in this post: 85
Total points claimed: 365
Books used: 26
BigBooks in this post: 1 x 500+
BigBooks Total: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
GR Author Tickets in this post: 4
GR Author Total: 10
Jessica PDX5.6 - Blowin' in the Wind
The leaf can be carried by the wind.
by Martin Cruz SmithPoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 555
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.8- Summer Country Concert!...read 2 books; 1 option from each Group (A & B):
From Group A, I chose Option #3 (Toby Keith...read a new book from a favorite author) and I read
Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy*[this is a GRA] 294 pages (8.1)From Group B, I chose Option #4 (Trace Adkins...read a book you got from the library) and I read
Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr 416 pages (7.18)Points earned for this task:30
Points Achieved to date: 410
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 8
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = 2
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Christie Guatemala20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
Option 1: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning by Edward H. Levi
The author, Edward Levi, died in 2000: Edward H. Levi Wikipedia
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Goodreads authors: 5
Mod
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
option 3- humor genre: Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost
option 6- just because: Smoke Into Flame by Jane Arbor
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
book 1- aeiou: Instruments of Darkness by Robert Wilson InstrUmEnts Of dArkness
book 2- Y word: The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
option 2: black in title: Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed
option 4: set in Wyoming: Heaven's Keep by William Kent Krueger
total 995
CHRISTINE USTask 15.2 Lazy, Hazy Days
Spring, Fling
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
With This Fling by Kelly Hunter
***Lisa Kleypas is a GR author
Task 30.4 Vowel Prowl
All letters can be found in combo of title & author's name
Lavender Morning by Jude Devereaux
"You" for a word that starts with y
I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
TOTAL: 250
Readerboard name: Jennifer Golub5.4 Chemical Combo
I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. It contains 2ns and 2 os
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Readerboard name - Jennifer Golub5.9 -- Summer Readers
I read Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn who is a Goodreads Author
From the Shelf of goodreads member Meghan who joined in June of 2010
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/39...
Points for the post: 5
Good Read Author = 1
Total points for challenge is 10
Readerboard name: Jennifer Golub10.1 Skip to My Lou
The Divide by Aubrey Clark (AbC)
Points for this post = 10
Good Reads Author = 0 + 1 = 1
Total Points for challenge 20
25.4 All About the Author:I chose Abraham Verghese as my author and read:
Book A: The Tennis Partner (memoir)
Book B: Cutting for Stone (fiction)
***At 541 pages, Cutting for Stone is a BIG BOOK***
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 915
Books Read: 65
Tasks Completed: 43
GR Authors: 42
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Readerboard name: Jennifer Golub10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
Cemetery Girl by David J. Bell (a Goodreads Author)
e-m-e or e-t-e
Points for this post - 10
Good Reads Author = 1 + 1 = 2
Total points for this challenge = 30
Readerboard name - Jennifer Golub10.3 What's Your Exit?
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
She is a New Jersey bounty hunter (Trenton)
Points for this post = 10
Goodreads author 1+ 2 = 3
Total Points for challenge = 40
Readerboard name - Jennifer Golub5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Bird on cover
Points for this post = 5
Good Reads author 0 + 3 = 3
Total points for challenge 45
Readerboard name = Jennifer Golub10.4 Air Signs
Underworld by Meg Cabot - She was born Feb 1 and it says so on her goodreads page. She is a good reads author.
Points for this post = 10
goodreads author 1 + 3 = 4
total points for challenge = 55
Readerboard name = Jennifer Golub15.1. The Colors of Summer b. Green
The Book of James by Ellen J. Green. Author's last name is Green
She is a goodreads author.
points for this post = 15
goodreads author = 1+ 4= 5
total points for challenge = 70
Readerboard name = Jennifer Golub15.5. “Summer in the City”
Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz takes place in NYC which has a population of 8,244,910
points for this post = 15
goodsreads author 0 + 5 = 5
total points for challenge = 85
Readerboard name = jennifer golub20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
Option 4 - book about someone attending boarding school
Taste by Kate Evangelista takes place at Barinkoff Academy - a boarding school.
Kate is a good reads author.
points for this post = 20
goodreads author 1 + 5 = 6
total challenge points = 105
Chaitra15.1 COLORS OF SUMMER
A. Summertime Blues: Mostly Blue Cover.
I read Ramona Ausubel's No One is Here Except All of Us.
and
B. Green Leaves of Summer: Mostly Green Cover.
I read Shalom Auslander's Hope: A Tragedy.
Ramona Ausubel is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 15
15.9 SUMMER NIGHTS
Book set in the 50's or first published in the 50s.
I read Nevil Shute's On the Beach. On the beach was first published in 1957.
Points: 15
20.1 FIFTY SHADES OF WHOA!
Choosing:
4. Grey: Book with the word White/Grey/Gray/Black in the title.
I read Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger.
Points: 20
20.2 SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER
Choosing:
2. School's Out Forever: Book in which characters have recently graduated from school or are starting a new job.
I read Upamanyu Chatterjee's English, August: An Indian Story. The plot spans a year in which August trains in his first job after college. The job is the plot.
Points: 20
20.9 PLEASE BE PATIENT
Choosing,
2. Book referred in the cover of another book read for the Summer Challenge.
I read Manil Suri's The Death of Vishnu. The book was referred in the dust jacket of The White Tiger as being similar in scope and narrative ambition. I claimed points for The White Tiger for task 20.1 earlier in this post.
Points: 20
25.3 HANDS AND FEET
1. Book with hands on the cover.
I read Antonya Nelson's Nothing Right.
and
2. Book with feet on the cover.
I read Margaret Atwood's Dancing Girls.
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 25
25.6 SOUNDS OF SUMMER
Choosing,
2. School's Out Forever by Alice Cooper: Book whose main character is a teenager/student.
I read Nikita Lalwani's Gifted. Protagonist Rumi Vasi is in her teens and is a student.
and
4. Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters: Book with Under/Board/Walk/Down/Sea in the title/subtitle.
I read Jo Baker's The Undertow.
Points: 25
Points this post: 140
Total Points: 525
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 40
Total Pages Read: 12,691
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Task 15.8 - Summer of 69
I read a book in which the main character is the manager of a local rock band:
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
**Antony John is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 755
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 104
Pages read: 14603
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)