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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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Ashley FLTask 30.4
Book A (AEIOU) I read Murder Of A Snake In The Grass by Denise Swanson. mUrdEr Of A snake In the grass
Book B (and sometimes Y) I read I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (You starts with Y)
Task 30.7 (The Final Battle) I chose match-up 4 (Black Widow vs Red Guardian) and read:
1. Spy in Training: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter which is about a boarding school for girls that is training elite spies.
2. Genre "Romance" I read Unbelievable by Sara Shepard *A Goodreads Author* Romance is listed on the main page.
385 Previous Points plus 60 points = 445 Points Total
8 Previous Goodreads Authors + 1 = 9 Goodreads Authors Total
Chaitra15.5 SUMMER IN THE CITY
Book set in a city of population more than 100,000.
I read The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. Set in NEW YORK CITY and WICHITA, KANSAS (pop: 382,000 in 2010)
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
Total Pages Read: 7,069
Jessica PDX30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's Task - Aye Aye Matey!
Option A-2 - "X" in title
by Chris Pavone (Goodreads Author)Option B-3 - Mystery
by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 280
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books Tickets: 4
Kari15.5 Summer in the City - Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson set in St. Paul Minnesota population 285,000 (as of 2010)
Points this post: 15
total points: 195
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags
by Kate Klise15.5. “Summer in the City”
My City is Paris. I read Until I Die by Amy Plum
**Amy Plum is a GRs Author**
20.10 Group Reads
Read I've Got Your Number (Comment # 13)
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
A. Beg: On Kimba the Caffienated Book Reviewer's recommendation, I read Feed by Mira Grant
**Claiming 1 BB ticket for Feed (599 pages)**
B. Borrow: From the library, I got The Walking Dead, Book Three by Robert Kirkman
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
2: Book with a Pink Cover--
by Meg Cabot3. Book with the moon on the cover--
(top right corner) by **Meg Cabot is a GRs Author**L.J. Smith
Points this Post: 100
Total points- 150/1080
Tasks Completed: 7/60
Books read: 10
Pages Read : 2966
Minutes Listened To: 598
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0x2), 1000+(0x3)
Task 30.11 - Fun summer holidays
Option 3 Moon Day (Moon on the cover): The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer **GR Author** **602 pages = 1 BB Ticket**
Option 5 Chinese Valentine's Day (Romance as a genre): The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner **GR Author**
Total GR authors this post = 2
Total BB Tickets this post = 1
Total GR authors for challenge = 4
Total BB tickets for challenge = 5
Challenge total = 230
30.1 Cindy AL's task: Super Hero SummerRolled a 1 & 6:
Option 1: Iron Man Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is listed as sci fi by 341 users.
Option 6: Spiderman Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ***who is a GR author*** anagram AND from Spiderman
***Claiming 1 GR author ticket***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 145
Books read: 11
GR author tickets: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Finished25.6 Sounds of summer
Whole Latte Life by Joanne DeMaio - option 4/ best adult friendship
The Long Song by Andrea Levy - option 5/ set in Jamaica
30.3 Aye, Aye Matey
Insurgent by Veronica Roth - option a/3 8 letters in name "VERONICA"
One Moment, One Morningby Sarah Rayner - option B/1 Sarah: s from whiskey and Rayner : r from rum
Tasks points 55
Total points 165
5.1 -- Let the Games BeginNeverwhere
Book approved in message 2 of task thread.
Neil Gaiman is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
10.6 Contraction Action
The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side
Book approved in message 2 of task thread.
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
Coraline
Mentioned at the end of Neverwhere in a small biography of the author's.
Neil Gaiman is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 125/1080
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Cindy FTask 5.1 Let the Games Begin
I read The Sparks Fly Upward by Diana Norman
Take place in London.
Points this post:5
Total points:80
Tasks completed:6
Books read:7
Goodreads Authors:4
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
MICHELLE VA5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee Gilt by Katherine Longshore
The book is set in England.
*Katherine Longshore is a Goodreads Author*
10.2 -- Eat an Oreo Day Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History by Marc Leepson
Engagment
*Marc Leepson is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 15
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Points: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book tickets: 2
Nick KY5.5 Diamond Jubilee -- I read Breath by Tim Winton, set in western Australia, still in the Queen’s realm. 218 pages
10.1 Skip I read The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. A
30.2 Sassafras’s’ San Francisco
Book 1: Option 1, Say Cheese – I read Ansel Adams: An Autobiography by Ansel Adams, an autobiography of a photographer. 400 pages
Book 2: Option 5, A Taste of Asia – I read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is set in a futuristic Bangkok. 359 pages
Task Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 370
Pages Read: 9,319
Big Books: 500+ (1)
15.10 "Feel Good Hit of Summer"
by Heather BarbieriGood summer beach read!
Previous points:165
new points: 15
Total:180
ERIN B.5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away
I read Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz
MISGUID-E-D
Melissa de la Cruz is s Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 14
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
20.6-"My Spring Favorites Into Your Summer Read"I rolled a 5 and chose to read a book from the genre in parentheses: mystery.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
"Mystery" is the second genre listed on the main page for this novel.
Total Books Read:4
Total Challenges Completed: 3
Total Pages Read: 1751
Big Book Tickets:2
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 65
Roxana20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
I rolled 4 and read
The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux, a new author for me, and listed as a classic Horror novel. The most shivering bit for me was a walk through an underground tunnel towards the end of the book, where creepy scenes kept coming up.
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
3. International Joke Day
Very Good, Jeeves!, by P.G. Wodehouse -> is listed as Humor
6. Just Because Day
CSI: Sin City (CSI #2), by Max Allan Collins
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
5. Wolverine vs. Deadpool
a. Book set in Canada or Japan
Unless, by Carol Shields -> is set in Canada
b. Book from this Cult Classics list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/25...
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
5. Chinese Valentine’s Day (August 23):
The Book of Proper Names, by Amelie Nothomb -> has a heart on the cover6. National Dog Day (August 26):
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -> the dog plays a major role and is also found on the cover
Points this post: 105
Total points: 105
30.4 - Dlmrose - Vowel ProwlA,E,I,O,U - Murder Beyond Reason by Cindy Davis
m UrdEr BeyOnd ReAson by CIndy Davis
Sometimes Y - Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
Where Are You Now?
30.9 Nick KY - North by Northwest
Option One - Set in Chicago - Shot of Tequila: A Jack Daniels Thriller by ***Goodreads Author*** J.A. Konrath
Option Two: 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. - City of Fallen Angels by ***Goodreads Author*** Cassandra Clare
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 240/1080
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
10.10 - Air Conditioned CoolI read
, which has snow on the cover.20.3 - Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
I rolled a 3 and read a Mystery, one of Anne's favorite genres (mine, too). Heat Wave by Richard Castle has been shelved as mystery by 641 Goodreads users.
Points this post: 30
Season Total: 95
5.4 Chemical Combo The Complete Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
(85 pages as read in The Yale Shakespeare Complete Works)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 220
GRA Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
MANDY Y.20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
A. Deceased author: Ray Bradbury, died this year. : (
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 186
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ALICIA T25.5 Even More Fun with the Holidays
I chose Option 3: International Joke Day and read Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich.
And Option 6: Just Because Day- Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this Post:25
Total Points: 115
10.6- Contraction Action-I read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson.
15.7- 1st book in series-
I read Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels. This is the first in the The Sisterhood Series.
15.8 “Summer of 69”
I read My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses by Steven Adler.
15.9 'Summer Nights'
I read Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman, which is set in 1959.
20.5- Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather
I read
by Leila Sales, which has raindrops on cover. Approved in help thread.20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
I read
by Anne Tenino, which has Romance listed on its home page.*Anne Tenino, Jenny Lawson and Leila Sales are all GR Authors*
Points This Post- 95
Total Points- 235
GR Authors- 10
Readerboard Name: Barbara★5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt --
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris♥
(post 357)
Charlaine Harris is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
15.9 -- “Summer Nights” --
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
(published in 1950)
25.2 -- Jayme VA's task --Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 5: Final Truth - Mariah Stewart
(set in NC and NJ)
Option 6: Going Bovine - Libba Bray♥
(from Popular Road Trips list, page 1)
Libba Bray is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points Earned This Post: 45
Points Achieved to Date: 290
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (3)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
CathyG10.2 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-
Fe-v-er
Trace of Fever by Lori Foster Goodreads Author
10.9 Recycled Group Reads-
Spring 2012 YA Dystopian Fiction
Matched by Ally Condie
15.2. “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”
Read two books with different words in their titles that rhyme with each other.
Need/Freed
Tangle of Need
by Nalini Singh Goodreads Author
Fifty Shades Freed by EL James Big Book 579 pp Goodreads Author
15.3. “Summer Romance”
Option 1:
A. “The Boys of Summer” – read a book with a noun meaning a male person in the title –
Lord
How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins Goodreads Author
B. “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” – read a book with a noun meaning a female person in the title
Lady
Secrets of a Proper Lady by Victoria Alexander
15.5. “Summer in the City”
Read a book set in a city. For purposes of this task, a “city” will be defined as one with a population of at least 100,000 people
The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Immortal Highlander is set in Cincinnati, Ohio :pop 296,000
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. Horseback riding
A Desperate Journey by Debra Parmley Goodreads Author
15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
Read the first book in a series
A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister Goodreads Author
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
(1) Read one of the Fifty Shades books: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, or Fifty Shades Freed.
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James Big Book at 540 pp Goodreads Author
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
Die Roller I rolled a 1
1.'Rithmetic -
B. Subtract from your Goodreads TBR Shelf by reading the oldest book on your shelf
The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown by Julia Quinn Goodreads Author
Added on Jan 27, 2011
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
Die Roller I rolled a 3
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs(fantasy genre)
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris is listed as fantasy
Required: Please state your die roll and the option (book, book by author, initials, genre) when you post
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
With reference to any one book you have read and claimed points for in this SRC (Summer 2012), henceforth referred to as Book X, choose your book (no re-reads) for this task. Read a book you discover in Book X. The author's work MUST be mentioned in the book you have already read and claimed points for.
3. The book can be mentioned either before or after the main portion of Book X.
Book X = Fifty Shades of Grey Task 20.1
Option 3: Fifty Shades Darker is featured on the back inside cover
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James Big Book with 532 pp Good Reads Author
20.10 Group Reads
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally Goodreads Author
Comment on post #24
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...
Points this post: 195
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500= 3,750=0, 1000=0
Jennifer KS5.3 -- Dust in the Wind
I read Fire And Iceby Dana Stabenow
Her books involve Native American culture in Alaska
I would like to claim a Goodreads author for this
Points this task 5
Total points 150
Tasks done 10
Pages 4508
Goodreads authors 6
5.2 - Pack Your BagsA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson (Travel genre)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 4320
Sheila25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 4: Canyonlands National Park, Utah (element in title)
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
AND
Option 5: Shenandoah National Park (location)
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Located in North Carolina
Total Points = 685
Readerboard Name: Jill Renee30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
Die Roll 2) Thor - Mythology/Fantasy Genre
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Die Roll 4) Captain America - Book Set 1900-1950 or Connected to World War II
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 110
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer:Goddess in the Middle by Stephanie Julian
***Stephanie Julian is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 525
Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 27
GR Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Shannon South Africa20.3 Read by the Numbers
5 - Olympic Rings
Yellow - Asia
by Karl MarlantesSet in Vietnam
690 pages = 1 x Big Book Ticket
Task points = 20
Total points = 55
SUZANNE VN20.3 Reading...by the Numbers
Die roll=3 (Literary Fiction/Mystery/Thriller)
Into the Darkest Corner is a Thriller
25.2 Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 4: Canyonlands National Park (Element)
Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Option 5: Shenandoah National Park (state=North Carolina)
Outer Banks
30.2 I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
Option 4: San Francisco Cable Cars (vehicle on cover)
Michael Connelly is a GoodReads Author
Option 6: Flower Power (flowers on cover)
Flowers are painted on the car - there are better books for flowers on the cover, but this cover was just too perfect for this task!
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
My Goal Points: 500
Cindy FTask 20.6 My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
Rolled 5 Mystery Genre and read Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell who is a Goodreads Author!!! Claim 1 big book 512 pages.
Points this post:20
Total points:100
Tasks completed:7
Books read:8
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.3 Aye Aye MateyOption A-3: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
8 letters in Kinsella
Option B-1: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
ru M whi S key
Points this post = 30
Total points = 220
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 5
15.1 The Colors of Summer Read a book with a predominately (at least 50%) blue cover, or with the word “blue” in the title or author’s name.
by Tahmima AnamRead a book with a predominately (at least 50%) green cover, or with the word “green” in the title or author’s name.
by Shalom AuslanderOkayed in task thread.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 310/1080
Tasks Completed: 19/60
Books Read: 30/84
ANGIE CA15.10 "Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
Book: The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden
Notes: Reading a good romance always makes me happy. Approved for length in post #1296.
This Post: 15
Points to Date: 185
I would like to claim a Goodreads Author Ticket for the book The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri which I claimed for points in post 918. I forgot to do it there. Sorry!
Carly30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Option A-3: Pieces of Eight -- Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Michelle has 8 letters in it.
Michelle Moran is a Goodreads Author.
Option B-3: Hangman's Noose -- High Five by Janet Evanovich
High Five is listed as a Mystery on its front page.
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 1591
15.2 Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of SummerThe rhyme is ME and TEA:
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers
Points this post = 15
Total points = 235
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 5
20.3 I rolled at 6 and chose to read a mystery for option 3. The Betrayal of the Blood Lily Lauren Willig is a goodreads author.Points this post: 20
Total Points:175/1080
GR Author:8
BB Tix:0
Sandy MN15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Captive Splendors by Fern Michaels
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
Option 2: Science Fiction is a genre I rarely read
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Big Book 619 pages
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
1. Batman vs. Joker
A. Main character orphaned before age 18:
Ransom byJulie Garwood
B. Genre Humor:
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
Correction to Post #84 for Big Book Ticket
Here is a link to the version I read. It has 1009 pages.
A Clash of Kings
Total Points: 290
Total Big Books: (1)500; (0)750; (1) 1000
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel ProwlBook A: AEIOU-
Much Ado About You by Eloisa James - letters in A, E, I, & O in author name, U in title
Book B: And Sometimes Y-
Ceres, Celestial Legend: Aya, Vol. 1 by Yuu Watase
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
My home country is the USA.
A. BEG –
Library Wars: Love & War 1 by Kiito Yumi – recommendation from Kristen, set in Asia
B. BORROW –
The Duke's Perfect Wife by Jennifer Ashley – borrowed from library, set in Europe
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 550
BJ Rose1 new task
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
My Book X is Dragon Warrior by Janet Chapman which I claimed for Task #25.3 in Post #896. There is an excerpt of Mystical Warrior in the back of the book.
So for this task I read Mystical Warrior by Janet Chapman
Points this post = 20
Total Points = 255
Tasks Completed = 16
Total Pages = 7212
5.5 -- Diamond JubileeI read Strawberry Fields: A Novel It takes place in England
Points: 220
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 12
Pages read: 5508
Task 20.3 - Reading...by the numbers (Die roll = 4)
4B - Read a book with paper on the cover
West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Challenge total = 250
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.1 Skip to My Lou
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths E
Elly Griffiths is a Goodreads Author.
15.5. “Summer in the City”
The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe takes place in Boston, MA - population 617,594.
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather
Nights Of Rain And Stars by Maeve Binchy
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer.
Option 1 - book with night scene on cover
City of Masks by Daniel Hecht
Option 4 - book with sea in title
Home From the Sea by Mercedes Lackey
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
3. This Too Shall Pass - The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (died 7/7/1930)
5. Annoying Orange - Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
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.
All Clear by Connie Willis - 643 pages
This is a Big Book
2. The Men's Room: Read a short book (100-200 pages) written by a man.
Tinkers by Paul Harding - 192 pages
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
Book A - Blackout by Connie Willis = blAckOUt by connIE willis
At 512 pages, this is a Big Book.
Book B - The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong by John Lloyd (y word is you)
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
4. Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
a. Main character is a professional spy or spy-in-training - The Spy Who Haunted Me by Simon R. Green (main character Eddie Drood is a spy)
b. Genre “Romance” on main page -
A Risk Worth Taking by Robin Pilcher
Points this post: 180
Total challenge points: 665
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 49
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Kathy G.20.3- Reading ... by the Numbers
I rolled a 6 and chose Option 2-
I read the book I had chosen for
5.3- Let's Hear it For the Boys-
Which was- Read a book from a male friend's
list-
I chose Rick F.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
He and I read:
The Island Of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Total Points- 165
Total Tasks- 10
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 1
New tasks (finally) and correction to old task.Old Task:
15.7 First day of Summer
-Fifty Shades of Grey-E.L. James is a goodreads author.
New Tasks:
5.4 Chemical Combo
Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher
MadNess: A BipOlar Life by Marya HOrNbacher
5.10 Up, Up, And Away
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore (gr author) (AIR found in Dairy)
Old total:15
New tasks:10
New total: 25
GR Authors-2
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30.5 Bluemoon's Task--Beg, Borrow or Steal Your Way Around the World:
I'm from the USA so
B. Borrow: From the library A Broken Vessel by Kate Ross
, which takes place in Europe (England).
C. Steal: From Dlmrose's shelves I picked Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould takes place in Australia/Oceania (Marshall Islands)
No change in points