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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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SARA W15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
Read the first book in a series: The Iron King
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Heatso20.6: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
rolled a 3 fantasy Letters to Elise: A Peter Townsend Novella by Amanda Hocking (Amanda is a GoodReads author)
30.11: Fun Summer Holidays
option 3: moon on cover
by Amanda Hocking (Amanda is a GoodReads author) (the moon is on the center right side semi under the tree)option 5: romance River Cast by Samantha Young (Samantha is a GoodReads author)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 8
GR Authors: 3 (8)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jen UT5.8 - Summer Lovin'
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
on the list "Crazy Love"
Total Points: 10
Total Books Read: 3
Janice CA30.2 I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco...
Option 1: Say Cheese
Read a book about a frequently photographed person -
Jackie Kennedy.
The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Novel by Ruth Francisco
(*****)
***Ruth Francisco is a Goodreads Author***
Option 3: The Rock
Read about someone's experience in prison.
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
(***)
+30
total: 90
tasks: 5
books: 7
GR Authors: 3
A15.5 Summer In The City
I read Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch a GoodReads author. The majority of the novel takes place in NYC and Charleston.
Points this post:15
Total points: 80
Tasks completed:4
GoodRead Authors:4
Jeska20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
(4) Grey: read a book with one of the following colors in the title or subtitle: white, gray (or grey), or black. (My inner goddess' rainbow only has shades of gray...) Words must match exactly & must be a stand alone word.
Between Shades of Gray/Ruta Sepetys
GoodReads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Nick KY15.4 Summer Reading. Option A.
Book 1: Summer Wind -- I read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne: around the W orld IN eighty Days. 160 pages
Book 2: Summertime -- I read The Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart: M-ary S-tewart. -- This,
, is the edition I read (checked out from the library, not bought from Amazon which has it listed at $125.00!!) But it shows no page numbers on Amazon or GR – the default paperback edition, Stormy Petrel, has 272 pages, but the book in hand has 189, so that’s what I’ll count for my personal total. 20.3Anne (Booklady)’s Reading…by the numbers I rolled a 3 and read a book from one of Anne’s favorite genres: literary fiction -- Sunset Park by Paul Auster. 311 pages
Task Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 325
Pages Read: 8,021
Big Books: 500+ (1)
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by NorthwestOption 2: Read a book with one of the following Chicago Sports team words in the title: Bears, Cubs, White, Sox, Black, Hawks, Bulls, Sky, Fire, Windy, City, Rollers. Plurals/singulars, possessives, variations (roll, rolling, etc), and compound words (windmill, wind-up, rollover) all work
Black Out by Lisa Unger finished 7/1/12
Option 4: Travel North by Northwest from Chicago and read a book set in one of the following states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, North or South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, or in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, or the Yukon.
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs = 6/1/12
Previous Total: 110
This Task: 30
New Total: 140
GR Author Tickets: 1
Lisa Unger is a GR author.
Lauren Marie5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
I read
by Christopher Cokinos. The bird flying on the cover can be carried by the wind.Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool read a book set in winter OR with snow or ice (any form- ice cubes, ice skating rink, etc) on the cover.
by Eowyn IveyThis Post: 10
Total Points: 255/1080
Tasks Completed: 16/60
Books Read: 25/84
JACKIE NC25.1 Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You
Option A: Big Book
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
This is a Big Book - 656 pages
Option E:
The Cat, The Professor and the Poison: A Cats in Trouble Mystery by Leann Sweeney
Leann Sweeney is a Goodreads author.
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
Option 5:
by Carole Nelson DouglasOption 6:
Evan Only Knows by Rhys Bowen
Carole Nelson Douglas and Rhys Bowen are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 155
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
AprilDT15.5. “Summer in the City”
Drink Deep by Chloe Neill
%^&*Neill is a GRA.%^&*
Points this post: 15
Challenge total: 85
Completed tasks: 6
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BJ Rose3 new tasks
10.3 What's Your Exit?
Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Clark
According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hig...
Mary Higgins Clark lives in Saddle River, New Jersey
10.4 Air Signs - I used Author Birthdays from the task page
A Summer Seduction by Candace Camp
Candace Camp was born on May 23, which makes her a Gemini
10.5 Caribbean Queen
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
Points this post = 30
Total Points = 210
Tasks Completed = 14
Total Pages = 6168
15.5 - Summer in the CityThe Case of the Missing Servant by ***Goodreads Author Tarquin Hall*** is set primarily in Dehli (pop. approx. 11 million) and Jaipur (pop. approx. 3 million) India.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180/1080
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Carly20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
Dracula: The Original Classic Novel, Tie-In Edition by Bram Stoker
I had rolled a 4, which was a Book that made you "bump in the night." Dracula: The Original Classic Novel, Tie-In Edition is listed in the horror genre. It made me "jump" because there were somethings in this novel that were just down right creepy.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 811
STACIE MITask 25.1 - I'm Solidly Behind You
I decided to do options A and E.
For option A, I read a book with 681 pages:
Glass by Ellen Hopkins
For option E, I read a book using the initials LL:
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
**Glass qualifies as a Big Book!!**
**Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 75
Pages read: 8247
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 Reading by the numbersMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
#2 5.5 Possession (in title)
25.1 I am Solidly Behind You
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
E - Initials in solidly
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty* by Bradley K. Martin
A - at least 500 pages (896 pages)
*Big Book
Total Points 75+25+20=120
Kathy G.15.5- "Summer in the City"-
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
***Check here for page number
The Maltese Falcon
***set in San Francisco***
Total Points- 110
Total Tasks- 7
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books (500+)- 1
SOELO15.5 Summer in the City
I read The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake which is set in Los Angeles, CA.
20.10 Group Reads
I read I've Got Your Number and posted in the discussion thread about it.
Points this post: 35
Total so far: 125
15.9 Summer NightsThis book was published in 1956.
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.
30.9 North by Northeast
Option 4: This book was set mostly in the state of Washington.
Home Front by Kristin Hannah.
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
Option 4: This book was set in Oregon. (The author hiked in both California and Oregon.)
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.
Cheryl Strayed is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 200
Tasks: 10
Books: 13
Goodreads authors: 6
5.1 --> Let the Games BeginSet in London
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
10.8 No Boredom Zone
Selection approved post #34 in Help Thread
A small history of Hemingway, his writings, his fishing during his Key West years.
Hemingway's Key West by Stuart B. McIver
Points in This Task: 15
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 309
Totals:
Total Points: 145
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read in Summer 2012 SRC: 4577
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2012 Reviews
MariyaTask 10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
I read The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Despereaux
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Casselm30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A: Option 1: Shadows of Fear edited by David G. Hartwell. This is an anthology, and a pretty good one at that.
Group B: Option 5: Notorious Murders, Black Lanters, and Moveable Goods: Transformation of Edinburgh's Underworld in the Early Nineteenth Century by Deborah A. Symond. Edinburgh is a city in Scotland in the UK.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 120
Coralie15.7 The First Day of Summer
The Silent Tower which is the first of the Windrose Chronicles
20.7 In homage to MZB
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander who won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2003
25.4 All About the Author
Book A – Land's Edge a memoir
Book B – In the Winter Dark
both by Tim Winton
25.7 Toutube Summer Fun
Option 3 This Too Shall Pass – book by a deceased author
Esther by Norah Lofts who died on September 10 1983
Option 5 Annoying Orange - fruit in title
The Orange Girl
Total points 530
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go CampingRolled 3: Campfire
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
very much talked about book with over 91,000 ratings here in GR and received many book awards. New-to-me author.
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 13
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Readerboard Name: Jill Renee30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A2 - X Marks the Spot
SeX, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis
B3 - Hangman’s Noose - Mystery Genre
The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Heatso20.6: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
rolled a 3 fantasy Letters to Elise: A Peter Townsend Novella by Amanda Hocking (Amanda is a GoodReads author) approved @ line 276.
25.8: Going to the Ballpark
C1: Moon Spell by Samantha Young (Samantha is GoodReads author) 436 pages female author
C2: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris 159 pages male author
Points this post: 45
Total points: 140
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 10
GR Authors: 2 (9)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Kathy G.15.1- The Colors of Summer
by Gennifer Choldenko***Blue cover- approved task thread post 2 & 3***
Claiming Goodreads Author
by Anne McCaffrey***Green Cover- also approved task thread post 2 & 3***
Total Points- 125
Total Tasks- 8
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+) 1
Jessica PDX30.1 - Cindy AL's Task - Superhero Summer
I rolled a 2 (Thor) and a 3 (The Hulk).
Book 1 - Mythology
by Rick RiordanBook 2 - Article of clothing in title
by Walter MosleyPoints this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 225
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Tickets: 4
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20.6: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
rolled a 3 fantasy Letters to Elise: A Peter Townsend Novella by Amanda Hocking (Amanda is a GoodReads author) approved @ line 276
We are going to accept this because it was in the spreadsheet so you presumably relied on this. However, it was approved before we realized that the GR page counts are completely unreliable. We checked, and it is clear that this book is about 65 pages so does not meet the requirements.
Although we are going to accept it this time, everyone should be aware that it will not be accepted in the future.
Dee wrote: "Sarah - you need to check in in the introductions thread - http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... and post your challenge name ;)"Thanks, Dee! I will do that right now.
Readerboard name: Sarah M5.4 -- Chemical Combo
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
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5.9 -- Summer Readers
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
User: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15...
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15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Makes me feel good as it's one of my favourite books
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20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
And Another Thing... by Douglas Adams
Option 3 - Book where a bomb or explosion is a significant aspect (book starts off with earth being exploded and also features more bombs later on too)
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30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A3: A book with 8 words in the title - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
B1: An author whose initials are found in the word RUM - People's Republic by Robert Muchamore
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Total earned this post: 75
Total so far: 135
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 1x500
ERIN B.30.7 Ms. Anderson's Task - The Final Battle
Matchup #5: Wolverine vs. Deadpool
A) Book set in Japan - Hiroshima by John Hersey
B) Book from Cult Classics List - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
Sheila30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Option A) "It starts with an earthquake...": This book starts with a fatal car accident when the car catches fire.
The Accident by Linwood Barclay
AND
Option D) "A Tournament of Lies": Read a book about war from one of the following lists:
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
This book was number 9 on Best War Novels list
Total Points = 635
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5.9 -- Summer Readers
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
From Diane's read shelf- 4 stars 6/27/11 Diane joined GR June 2009
15.1. The Colors of Summer
Summertime Blues- blue cover
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker, I read an ARCGreen Leaves of Summer- green cover
The Foreigner: A Novel by Francie LinThe cover appears darker on GR than it does in RL. The lower left is also green
15.4. Summer Reading
AND option- w i n d in title and author's initials EI in summertime
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
total 295
Hettie20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
(1) Read one of the Fifty Shades books
Read Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James GA claim
540 pages - big book claim
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
Option 4: No more pencils, No more books, No more teacher's dirty looks
Read a book which takes place at a boarding school, or is about students who attend a boarding school.
Read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
Rolled a 3
Read a mystery
Read Death of a Gossip
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
Rolled a 5
Beach: Read a book where someone finds something or someone.
Finding a murderer as okayed in help thread
Alpine for You by Maddy Hunter a new to me author
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
1. Death. MZB died in 1999. Read a book written by an author who died since January 1, 1990.
Read Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey who died November 21, 2011.
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
2) Red Velvet Cake- Read a book that is set in the South
Book set in LA=Louisiana
Dead as a Doornail
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
3. The book can be mentioned either before or after the main portion of Book X.
in a list of the author's other works
Read Fifty Shades Darker
This was mentioned in Fifty Shades of Grey claimed for 20.1 in this post.
E.L. James GA claim
532 pages - big book claim
Total points: 140
GA claim: 2
Big book claim 500+: 2
Michelle WI20.2 School's Out for Summer
Option 4: takes place at a boarding school
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray ***
20.4 Let's Go Camping
rolled 1: monstrumologist is a "squiggly word" and Yancey is a new to me author
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
20.8 Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
Option 2, Red Velvet Cake: book takes place in Savannah, GA
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman ***
***** Beth Hoffman and Libba Bray are Goodreads Authors *****
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
I completed:15.7 The First Day of Summer
by reading:
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
First in the A Song of Fire and Ice series.
Also a big book! With 750+ pages!
Total Points: 60
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Books: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.8 Summer of 69 Read a book featuring a musician or a musical group-"Cinnamon Roll Murder" by Joanne Fluke
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The name of the band in the story was called Cinnamon Roll Six.
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors:1, Alan Lazar
Big Books: 500pp(0), 750pp(0), 1000+ (0)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 85
Ashley FLTask 25.7 (YouTube) I chose Options 4 and 5
Option 4 (main character attends high school full-time) I read Flawless by Sara Shepard, *A Goodreads Author*, a Pretty Little Liars book (about high school students)
Option 5 (fruit on the cover) I read Murder of a Creped Suzette by Denise Swanson, which has strawberries on the front cover:
Task 30.2 (San Francisco) I chose Options 1 and 6
Option 1 (Say Cheese): I read
by Sara Shepard, *A Goodreads Author*, in which one of the Pretty Little Liars has an ill-considered relationship with a photographer.Option 6 (Flower Power): I read
by Rachel Gibson, which has the flower Daisy in the title.Task 30.9 (North by Northwest) I chose Options 1 and 2
Option 1 (Book set in Chicago) I read
by Kate Hoffman, which takes place in ChicagoOption 2 (Chicago sports' team name in title) I read
by Gemma Townley (White is one of the listed words)300 previous points plus 85 points = 385 Points Total
6 Previous Goodreads Authors, plus 2 here (both Sara Shepard) = 8 Goodreads Authors Total
Readerboard Name: Barbara★10.3 -- What's Your Exit? --
Corpse Pose - Diana Killian♥
(set in New Jersey)
Diana Killian is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.1 -- Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa! --
Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James♥
(option 1, my review)
Big Ticket Item = 540 pages
E.L. James is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 245
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (3)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero SummerI rolled 2 and 6
Thor: I read American Gods. Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is a Goodreads author and this was a big book
Spiderman: The Old Man and the Sea. The anagram is SEA.
Total points so far. 70
25.5 Even More Fun With Holidays!!Book 1: I chose option 2 "hug holiday" and read
Possession (ebook verification thread #1103) by Melissa Schroeder which features two people embracing on the cover***Melissa Schroeder is a Goodreads Author***
Book 2: I chose option 6 "Just because day" and read Sharing Hailey (ebook verification thread #1262) by Samantha Ann King
***Samantha Ann King is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 470
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 24
GR Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
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I read Sarah's Key, from Bluemoon's shelves. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/24.... Bluemoon joined in June 2009.
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
I chose options 1 and 5.
For option 1, I read The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves - with repeating initials in "Everyone---Especially)
For option 5, I read
, with a red cover.total: 360
Task 5.1 Let the Games BeginThe Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Task 10.4 Air Signs
Norman Ollestad (born May 30, 1967) - Crazy for the Storm
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Mike MA
Readerboard name: Tkav20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
Chocolate cake - Read a Romance (romance is listed as a genre on main page)
Water for Elephants by author Sara Gruen
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105/1080
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
CHRISTINAB20.8 It's my birthday
I chose #5 (Angel Food Cake) and read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. The death of the main character's father is central to this novel.
Points claimed in this post: 20
Total points claimed: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages this task: 326
Total pages: 1594
Big books total: 1
CHRISTINAB10.1 Skip to My Lou
I read Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie.
Points claimed in this post: 10
Total points claimed: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Pages this task: 336
Total pages: 1930
Big books total: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 2: Pink Cover
*Sara Shepard is a goodreads author*
Option 5: Romance book
*Kim Harrington is a goodreads author*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Books read: 12
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3