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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
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer FunOption 3 - This Too Shall Pass
The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, died in 1818.
Option 8 - Annoying Orange
by Amy BloomPoints this post: 25
Total points: 110
SheilaRepost of 743 with link to paperback version for page count.
Option A - Over 500 pages
The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
AND
Option E - Inititals in SOLIDLY
Drawing Conclusions by Donna Leon
Total Points = 515
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too! I chose Chocolate Cake - Romance, because of all the cakes, chocolate is my favourite :)
The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Books read: 10
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
Ashley FLTask 5.6 (Something carried by wind on cover) I read Murder of a Wedding Belle by Denise Swanson, butterflies on cover:
Task 10.2 (oreo) I read Murder of a Botoxed Blonde by Denise Swanson -- B[b]OTO[/b]xed
Task 20.2 (School's Out) I used Option 4 (about someone working in educational field) and read Murder of a Royal Pain by Denise Swanson, about a school psychologist.
Task 20.4 (Camping) I rolled a 3 (Campfire, talked about book) and read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Certainly I have read about this book EVERYWHERE, first on Books On The Nightstand, but then in several newspaper reviews, bestseller lists, etc.
Task 20.9 After reading Murder of a Royal Pain by Denise Swanson, used in Task 20.2 above, I read Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry by the same author. This is the book that came just before "Royal Pain" and is mentioned several times in the front of the book, on the front cover (By the author of. . .), several review quotes, and in the list of books previously written by the author.
195 previous points plus 75 points in this post = 270 total points
20.10 Group Reads The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
With 502 pages this book qualifies for ONE Big Book Ticket.
See Message 14 in the Discussion Thread.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 185
GRA Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Finished25.3 Hands and feet
by JOhn Irving
by Sijie Dai 20.6 Have your cake and eat it too
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
option 1/ chocolate cake - romance
Tasks points 45
Total points 110
Coralie15.8 Summer of 69
Speak Now – main male character is a jazz musician
15.9 Summer of 69
The Borrowers Afield first published in 1952
20.2 School’s Out For Summer
Option 2 School’s out forever
Who? in which an explosion is the most significant aspect
Total points 445
ERIN B.20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
I chose Option 3 (you) and I read When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
Option #3: International Joke Day - I read Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Option #6: Just Because Day - I read A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century by Ben Shephard
Points this post: 45
Total points: 95
CHRISTINE USTask 15.5 Summer in the City
Imitation in Death by JD Robb
The book takes place in NYC, which has over 100,000 residents.
Task 20.3 Reading by the Numbers
#2 repeat spring
How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written
I had wanted to use this for 10.10 as a humor book
Task 20.9 Please be Patient
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
This book was mentioned in the "also written by" section of Secrets of a Summer Night, which I used for 5.5
***Lisa Kleypas is a GR author
TOTAL: 100
Ashley FLTask 30.10 Honoring Flag and Dad I chose options 2 and 4
Option 2 (13s) I read Murder of a Bookstore Babe by Denise Swanson, the 13th in the Scumble River series http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=...
Option 4 (School or college as primary setting) I read The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller, which takes place at Mariana Academy.
270 previous points + 30 points = 300 points total
30.1- Cindy AL - Superhero SummerI rolled two 6s - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle of at least three letters, that can be anagrammed from SPIDERMAN
Book One - Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates - anagramed word is AND
Book Two - Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly - anagramed word is DIME
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G - Aye, Aye, Matey
A1 - Land Ho - book set on an island Memory of Morning by ***Goodreads Author*** Susan Sizemore - book approved in the help thread post 7, e-book approved in that help thread post 1278.
B3 - Hangman's Noose - Suspense or mystery book Sweet Masterpiece by ***Goodreads Author*** Connie Shelton. Mystery is the first genre listed on the book's main page.
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 165/1080
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays#1: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart.
#5:
DMZ, Vol. 4: Friendly Fire by Brian Wood.
Brian Wood is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Read: 27
Total Pages Read: 6283
Total GoodReads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.3 Option 2Boy Meets Girl Goodreads Author15.7 First in series: Blue Angel Goodreads Author
30.8 (A4) One word title Extras
(B2) Hot Cover
Goodreads authorPoints this post:60
Total Points:155/1080
GR Author:7
BB Tix:0
20.5 - LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER - Bittersweet Rain by Sandra Brown - RAIN in the title.Sandra Brown is a goodreads author
25.3 - HANDS AND FEET
A. HANDS -
B. FEET -
by Kristina McBrideKristina McBride is a goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 225
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 2
STESSE10.9 Recycled Group Reads
Spring 2012 YA Dystopian Fiction
XVI by Julia Karr (325 p)
Julia Karr is GRA.
25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
1. Hands: The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross (473 p)
2. Feet: 21 Proms by David Levithan (289 p)
David Levithan is GRA.
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
4. Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
4.A. Spy: Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver (414 p)
It’s James Bond – ‘nuff said.
Jeffery Deaver is GRA.
4.B. Romance: Beauty's Punishment by A. N. Roquelaure (256 p)
30.10 Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
4. Boarding School: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (284 p)
5. Harry Turtledove: Supervolcano: Eruption by Harry Turtledove (420 p)
Points this Post: 95
Tasks Completed this Post: 4
Books Read this Post: 7
Pages Read this Post: 2461
GoodReads Authors this Post: 3
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 6950
Total GoodReads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
sclosson5.8 Summer Lovin'
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
#29 on Crazy Love List
10.6 Contraction Action
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Contraction = can't
10.9 Recycled Group Reads
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Fall 2011 Contemporary/Modern Fiction nominee
15.3 Summer Romance
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Option 2 - both male and female noun in the title
20.3 Reading...by the Numbers
Rolled a 5 and picked Red: the Americas
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Set in New York City
20.4 Let's Go Camping
Rolled a 2
Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis
Takes place in Bar Harbor, Maine
Total this Post: 80
Total for Challenge: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Sheila30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
I rolled a 1 and a 6
1) Iron Man - The Ark by Boyd Morrison
This book is listed as genre science fiction as of the time of this posting.
For the 6 dice roll
6) Spiderman - (anagram from SPIDERMAN)
The Pain Nurse by Jon Talton
The word Pain is found in Spiderman.
Total Points = 545
Sheila20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
My Book X = Pirate Latitudes LP: A Novel by Michael Crichton
which I posted in message # 254 for Task 10.5
I used option 2: on the back flyleaf of the cover of book X a number of Michael Crichton's books are listed. The book on that list that I read for this task was:
Next LP by Michael Crichton
**Flyleafs were approved in msg. # 34 in help thread.
Total Points = 565
Delicious Dee
Last Post 537
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee
Inherit the Sky - Ariel Tachna (GR Author) - set in Australia which the Queen is still the Monarch of
5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
- Janet Gurtler (GR Author) - flower petals on the cover5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
Undone - (Big Book Ticket 500+ pages – MMPB is 592 pages) - this was on the Savenger hunt thread in msg 171, I posted in msg 648
10.8 No Boredom Zone
The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific – a book about SCUBA diving sounds like a fun way to avoid the summer boredom – I would love to learn and hoping to this summer
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
- Neil Plakcy (GR Author) - surfing on the cover seems like a fun summertime activity and a way to cool down30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Book 1 - option A.3 - Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation Into War 8 words in the title, including subtitle
Book 2 - Option B.3 - The Hell You Say - Josh Lanyon (GR Author) - 8 people have it shelved as mystery
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Book 1 - Option 3 - Out in the Field - Kate McMurray (GR Author) - book features a baseball team in NYC, book length approved in msg 1158
Book 2 - Option 5 - Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself – Alan Alda (‘nuff said…lol)
Total Points This Post: 100
Total Points Overall: 360
Books Completed: 31
Tasks Complete: 24
GR Authors: 22
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.9- Please be Patient!...read a book that you discover from Book X that you have read and claimed points for this Summer SRC:
My Book X was Redwood Bend by Robyn Carr (which I read for this Summer SRC Task #20.8). In the back of that book (option #3) there was a promo for the book that I read for this Task #20.9. That book was:
Barefoot Season by Susan Mallery *[this is a GRA] 368 pages (7.1)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 280
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 5
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = 1
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Lindsay T20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
4) Banana Cake- Read a humorous book. Humor must be listed as a genre on the main book page.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.9 Recycled Group Reads: I read Bitten by Kelley Armstrong which won the Summer 2011 Paranormal Romance category. ***Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author***
25.6 Sounds of Summer:
Book 1: I used option 3 and read Maine Squeeze by Catherine Clark which features the main character who worked at the local lobster house in the summer--she couldn't work there any other time because they didn't have enough business after the tourists go home.
***Catherine Clark is a Goodreads Author***
Book 2: I used option 4 and read Feather DOWN (Raptors Revealed, #1) (ebook verification thread #1186) which has the word "down" in the title.
Total Points this Post: 35
Total Points in Challenge: 445
Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesA. 3 Toby Keith: a reread by a favorite author: Hangman by Faye Kellerman
and
B4 Trace Adkins
I read Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way which I got for free (at the library)
total points: 190
books read: 15
tasks completed: 11
GR authors: 3
Big Books: 1)500)
pages read: 4564
30.6: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine Option B: "End of the World As We Know It"
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
This book is shelved under dystopia and post-apocalyptic.
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author.
Option G: It's time I had some time alone
The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son by Ian Brown
This book is about the author's severely disabled son, who is alone and isolated from others due to his inability to verbally communicate.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 525/1080
Goodreads Authors: 1/13
Big Books: 500+ (5); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.6 Blowin' in the WindLove, Fiercely: A Gilded Age Romance by Jean Zimmerman She holds a hat in her hand on the left side of the cover--hats blow in the wind!
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate:
by Claudia Piñeiro has the word Thursday in the title.10.10 Air Conditioned Cool:
by Johnny D. Boggs definately set in a hard winter in Montana (wishing I had just about 20 degrees of that cold here now)20.9 Lucky Me! mstan's task--Please be Patient:
For task 5.10 I read
which mentions tons of books. In Chapter 16, p. 170 it mentioned
978-1934633175 by Francine du Plessix Gray which was well worth reading. Thanks, mstan for the task.
30.1 Cindy AL's Task--Super Hero Summer:
My dice roll came up snake eyes, so I read two Science Fiction
1.
by Justina Robson2.
by Lois McMaster Bujold30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task--Aye, Aye, Matey!
A. 1. Land Ho! Set on the island of Ireland
by Kevin BarryB. 3. Mystery or suspense
by Margaret MaronToday's total: 105
Grand total: 520
5.5 Diamond JubileeThe Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
Takes place in Devon, England.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
15.7-"The First Days of Summer"A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
***I would like to claim 2 Big Book Tickets for this book, which was 835 pages long.***
Total Books Read:3
Total Challenges Completed: 2
Total Pages Read: 1371
Big Book Tickets:2
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 45
Alice GTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Book: The Name of the Rose
I have written a review in the group reads thread. It is post 15.
Total Points: 240
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Task # 10.1 Skip to my Lou Dance of the Winnebagos by Ann Charles
Goodreads author
A(b)C
Task # 10.10 Air Conditioned Cool
by Anne StuartIcicles on cover
Task # 25.6 Sounds of summer
by Robert BidinottoOption 1 - night scene on cover
by Diana DempseyGoodreads author
Option 3 - swimsuit on cover
ebook approved @ line #314
Task # 25.7 Youtube summer fun
Falling, Freestyle by Vivian Arend
Goodreads author
Option 2 – book involves skiing and snowboarding
ebook approved @ line #173
by Sue Ann JaffarianGoodreads author
Option 5 – apples on cover
Task # 30.1 SuperHero summer – Re-Post for this task
Dice Roll: 3 and 6.
Ties That Bind by Carolyn Arnold
Goodreads author
Book 1 - 3, Hulk, ties in title (approved in Help thread)
Amanda's Blue Marine by Doreen Owens Malek
Book 2 - 6, Spiderman, “Marine” is anagram of Spiderman
ebook approved @ line #40
Task # 30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
Model Agent: A Thriller by Sean Sweeney
Option 1 - repeat day, SS in author name
by N.J. WaltersOption 3 - moon day, moon on cover
ebook approved @ line #364
This post: 130 points
Total to date: 305 points
Goodread authors this post: 5
Goodread authors to date: 14
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (0)
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 ParksOption 1: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Option 5: Shenandoah National Park
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Long Island, NY
Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 12
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Sheila20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
I chose option 1. Death and listened to
State of Fear: State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton died November 04, 2008
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
I chose option 6. White Cake (white title) and read
The Alexandria Link by Steve BerryTotal Points = 605
20.3 Reading by the Numbers I rolled a 3.
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe which is shelved over 500 times as a classic.
Total points: 85
25.3 Hands and FeetHands:
by Caroline PrestonFeet:
by Melanie BenjaminPoints this post: 25
Total points: 140
Mod
15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
first of 4 books in the Kate Burkholder series
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Help Thread
option 1: Yellowstone- author's first book- #1 of 10
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
option 3: Olympic- set in Venezuela
The Hacienda: A Memoir by Lisa St Aubin de Terán
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
option 4- A Day in the Life- North Korean fiction:
A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church
option 5- Annoying Orange- fruit in title:
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared by Christopher Robbins
total 260
10.8 No Boredom ZoneEssays about great books that are great fun to read - by the masterful Nick Hornby!
Shakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby
+10 Points
25.6 – JennRenee’s task: Sounds of Summer.
1.Endless Summer Nights
Approved in help thread: Night Scene
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry5. Kokomo by the Beach Boys: Island on cover
A good read by two of my students and their mom. It's a coming of age story and a travelogue of Maui combined!
The Maui Quest by D.W.M. Beck+25 Points
Points this post: 35
Grand Total: 155
15.6 “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Read a book about something you enjoy doing in the summer or with a picture of a fun summer activity on the cover.
by Nicola KeeganThis Post: 15
Total Points: 245/1080
Tasks Completed: 15/60
Books Read: 23/84
5.5 -- Diamond JubileeThe Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley - set in London
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
Saddled and Spurred by Lorelei James - (Message #649)
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away
Fairest of Them All by Teresa Medeiros
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
I rolled a 3 - fantasy
Alice 19th, Vol. 1: Lotis Master by Yuu Watase
25.5 Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
Option 2. Hug Holiday
The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
Option 6. Just Because Day
Skip Beat!, Vol. 27 by Yoshiki Nakamura
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Option B) "End of the World As We Know It": dystopia
Library Wars: Love & War 2 by Kiito Yumi
Most unsettling characteristic about the world described in the book = extreme government censure of books to the point of libraries forming armies to protect their collections.
Option F) I Feel Fine:
Making a Difference by Being Yourself: Using Your Personality Type at Work and in Relationships by Gregory E Huszczo
Something I learned from the book – it helped me look at my own role in both work and personal relationships in a new light, plus it was fun to compare my “catalyst” personality quirks to that of my “stabilizer” husband. :-)
Points This Post: 90
Total Points: 375
Mod
I rolled a 5, so read a book in the mystery genre - The Likeness.
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author
For book A, I read Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, a biography of Molly Ivins.
For book B, I read Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known, a collection of her columns.
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
For my first book, I chose option A1, and read The Innocent. David Baldacci is from Richmond, VA, where I live and he still lives in Virginia.
For my second book, I chose option C1 and read The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - a book over 400 pages (508 pages) by a woman author.
Total points: 325
BABBLING C30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
*** I rolled a 1 and a 5 ***
1) Iron Man - science fiction as a genre.
Children of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy (GRA)
5) Batman - a book with a flying creature on the cover
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews (GRA)
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 90
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 5
Big Books: 0
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool 
Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas (Snow on the mountains)
10 points this post
95 total points
5.9 Summer ReadersFrom Sarah's (Joined June 2008) To-Read Shelf
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12...
The House At Riverton by Kate Morton
***At 599 pages, this is a big book***
5.10 Up, Up, and Away
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry
AIR is found in affAIR
***Steve Berry is a GR Author***
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool
by Boris PasternakSnow scene on cover
***At 504 pages, this is a Big Book***
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 305
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.4 Chemical Combo Read a book with two N's and O's in the title and/or author's full name- I read "Devil's FOOd Cake Murder by JoaNNe Fluke
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors:1, Alan Lazar
Big Books: 500pp(0), 750pp(0), 1000+ (0)
Task Total: 5
Grand Total: 70
Readerboard Name: Barbara★10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool --
- Addison Fox (snow on cover)
30.4 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl --
Sing the Four Quarters - Tanya Huff
(a=quarters,e=the,i=sing,o=four,u=four)
You're So Vein - Christine Warren (y=you're)
30.5 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD --
Option A - Beg -The Huntress And The Sphinx - Ru Emerson
(librarian recommendation, set in Greece/Europe)
Option B - Borrow - Eona - Alison Goodman (library book, set in China)
Home Country = America
Big Ticket Item: EONA is 637 pages
Alison Goodman is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points Earned This Post: 70
Points Achieved to Date: 215
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Hello all I am new! But, some of the books I have read this summer already count! yay...I have read a book that meets the criteria for 15.7 The First Day of Summer.
The book I read is:
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Also, since there are probably a lot of people here named Sarah, I can go by Sarah Eva
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 15
Big Books total: 1 x 500
Goodreads author total: 1
Sarah Eva5.4 Chemical Combo
I read Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid WorldbyTim Ecott.
5.8 Summer Lovin'
I read Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen This book can be found on the list: "Love" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read" List
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
I read Pandemoniumby Lauren Oliver who is also a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points:40
Big Books total: 1x500
Goodreads author total: 2
Sarah - you need to check in in the introductions thread - http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... and post your challenge name ;)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go CampingDie Roll 3; Option 3: Campfire – Read a “talked” about book by a new-to-you author
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
The Gods of Gotham is being talked about in the Laurie R. King Virtual Book Club as the June book. Lyndsay Faye is a new-to-me author.
Lyndsay Faye is a Goodreads author
20.7 - Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
Option 1: Author died since 1990
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (d. 1995)
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Points this post = 40
Goodreads authors = 1
Big Books: 0
Totals
Points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+= 1, 750+=1, 1000+ = 0
10.1. Skip to My Lou Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge
Eileen Goudge = EfG
[Please remove this book from Task 15.1, The Colors of Summer, previously claimed in post 752.]
15.1, The Colors of Summer
For Option A (blue cover), please substitute:
by Suzanne Collinsfor Once in a Blue Moon
15.4. Summer Reading
Option 1:
A: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
WIND: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg is a Goodreads Author.
B: Hilarity Ensues by Tucker Max
The initials "TM" appear in SUMMERTIME.
[Please remove this book from Task 10.10, Air Conditioned Cool, previously claimed in post 752.]
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Points this post: 15 (25-10)
Total points: 540/1080
Goodreads Authors: 1/14
Big Books: 500+ (5); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.8 Summer Country Concert Series Group A #4: Brad Paisley (One word title)
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Group B #1: Maroon 5 (Color in title)
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
30 points this post
125 total points
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.7 The First Day of Summer
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
Big Book
20.10 Group Reads
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
*Posted in discussion thread!
30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco! (Choose 2)
1. Say Cheese! Book that is about someone frequently photographed in newspapers and/or other types of print media
Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger - book is about a couple and how they deal with the man becoming a rockstar
AND
6. Flower Power: Book with flowers on the cover
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series (Choose one from A and one from B)
Group A: 3. Toby Keith (re-read an old favorite, or a new or previously unread book by a favorite author)
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (Goodreads author)
AND
Group B: 4. Trace Adkins (read a book that you got for free)
Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Beth Harbison (Goodreads author) - borrowed book from the library
Points this post: 95
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