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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
Carly5.1 -- Let the Games Begin
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet takes place in London.
The version that I read came from an annotated collection of the Sherlock Holmes novels, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume III: The Novels. The novel linked above is to show that it was published on its own as a separate novel.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 1798
20.4 Jecca’s Task: Let’s Go CampingI rolled a 3 (read a talked about book):
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
E.L James is a new-to-me author and the book has been talked about…well, pretty much everywhere (talk shows, magazines, GoodReads forums, etc.)!
**E.L. James is a GoodReads Author**
**Fifty Shades of Grey is a big book at 514 pages**
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Coralie20.8 Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
Option 6 White Cake
30.2 I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
Option 5 A taste of Asia
The Lady And The Unicorn – set in India
Option 6 Flower Power
My Friend The Professor – first published in 1962
Total points 715
10.3 What's Your Exit? Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 17
Goodreads Author: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
10.9 Recycled Group ReadsRead a book that was nominated for or won as a past Group Read selection.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
From Summer 2012 YA Dystopian Fiction.
This Post: 10
Total Points: 345/1080
Tasks Completed: 21/60
Books Read: 32/84
Ashley FLSo I had insomnia last night and read what was closest at hand, and they actually fit!
Task 15.3 (Boys and girls)
Boy Book: The Future King's Pregnant Mistress by Penny Jordan
Girl Book: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Task 15.5 (Summer in the City) I read The Italian's Inexperienced Mistress (Ruthless) by Lynne Graham, which takes place in London, England.
Task 15.6 (Summer activity) In the summer we TRAVEL, always to warm and sunny places! I read Bought By The Billionaire Prince by Carol Marinelli. While I have never been bought by a billionaire prince, we do travel, and often on a small budget, just like our heroine in this book.
545 Previous Points + 45 points = 590 Points Total
12 Goodreads Authors and holding :)
JACKIE NC10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird
Word is Stately - tat
15.5. “Summer in the City”
Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
New York City
30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 4:
by Elizabeth PetersOption 6:
by Kate CollinsKate Collins is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 210
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
**Please replace High Five by Janet Evanovich with Wild Justice by Liz Fielding in task 30.8. This book was a free kindle download. They are both written by GoodReads authors, so no change there.**5.2 Pack Your Bags
Return to Paradise by Carol Grace (144 pages)*Approved for length in post 1316
Carol Grace is a GoodReads Author
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (217 pages)EyEs
10.3 – What’s Your Exit?
The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain (368 pages)Diane Chamberlaine is a GoodReads Author
20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Michelle WI’s Task:My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read!
I rolled a 3
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (348 pages)25.2 – Jayme VA’s task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 4: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa (358 pages)Iron is listed in the List of Elements as Fe
Julie Kagawa is a GoodReads Author
Option 5: Shenandoah National Park
High Five by Janet Evanovich (I will use 480 pages – the page count for Wild Justice in order to offset the booktitle change I made) is set in New JerseyJanet Evanovich is a GoodReads Author
30.2 Sassafrass’s Task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
1 Say Cheese
Keeping Kennedy by Debra Webb (174) Douglas Drake – the hero – is a freelance photographer.
Debra Webb is a GoodReads Author
6 Flower Power
Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels (329 pages)30.7 Mrs. Anderson’s Task: The Final Battle
4.Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
A - Main character is a spy in training
I’d Tell You I Love You, But The I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (284 pages)B - Genre Romance on Main Page
Almost Perfect by Julie Ortolon (304 pages)Points this post = 130
Total points: 130 + 235 = 365
Goodreads Authors: 5 + 9 = 14
Big Books: 500+= 2, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0
Page count: 3006 + 5132 = 8138
Personal Goal: 700 points
Also: (for my book exchange this was originally shown in post 286)
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A: Option 4-Brad Paisley
(367 pages)Group B: Option 1-Maroon Five
(317 pages)And here is the link for Wild Justice
it is needed
5.6 Blowin' in the Wind
by Yvonne VeraIt's hard to see in the little picture, but there is a butterfly motif in the top and bottom panels.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Big books total: 0
Goodreads author total: 0
STACIE MITask 30.5 - Beg, Borrow, or Steal Your Way Around the World
I live in North America.
I decided to do options A and B.
For A, I gave my sister a list of books and the following is the one she picked. It is set in Korea:
Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595 by Sheri Holman
For B, I borrowed the following book from my local library. It is set in Australia:
Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
Points this task: 30
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 81
Pages read: 9621
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.9- Summer ReadersThe Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
This book can be found on April's 'read' shelf. She joined in June 2010.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3869602-april
(I know this link isn't working, I am trying to fix it. I am not fluent in html. Copying and pasting also works, if you would be so kind)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
ANGIE CA5.6 Blowin' in the Wind
Book:
by Stephanie CampbellNotes: Paper hearts can be carried by the wind.
This Post: 5
Points to Date: 230
STACIE MITask 30.10 - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
I decided to do options 2 and 3.
For option 2, I read a book that is the 13th in a series:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone by Robert Kirkman
For option 3, I read a book with the word "railroad" in the title:
The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory
**Kristiana Gregory is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 83
Pages read: 9961
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BJ Rose3 new tasks
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
I chose Option #3 - 'you' in the title
Have You Seen Her? by Karen Rose
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather
My book has 'RAIN' in the title
Bittersweet Rain by Sandra Brown
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Option 4. Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
a. Main character is a professional spy or spy-in-training
Cammie is a Gallagher Girl, a spy-in-training in
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
b. Genre “Romance” on main page
Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman
Points this post = 70
Total Points = 325
Tasks Completed = 19
Total Pages = 8547
10.6 Contraction ActionI read Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell.
20.6 (3-Fantasy)
I read The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (a GoodReads Author).
Points this post:30
Total points: 110
Tasks completed:6
GoodRead Authors:5
Readerboard name: Sarah M5.8 -- Summer Lovin'
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
From http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/67..., Number 1 on the list.
Diana Gabaldon is also a goodreads author, and it is a Big Book (850 words)
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15.5. “Summer in the City”
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Set in London and Paris
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30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Option D: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy from the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/99... at position number 10.
Big Book - 1300+ words
Option G: Bambi by Felix Salten
He ends up living on his own as the Prince of the Forest and the book is about his journey to this point of living completely on his own and features him on his own at quite a few points during the book.
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Total Points this post: 50
GR Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tokens this post: 1 x 750, 1 x 1000
Current Totals:
Points: 185
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 1 x 500, 1 x 750, 1 x 1000
Task 25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the AuthorBook A - Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir of an author.
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978 (1980) by Isaac Asimov (Hardcover, 828 pages)
****Big Books **** 2 tickets because 828 pages
Book B - Read a book or collection of works (plays, poetry, newspaper articles, etc.) written by the author that is the focus of book A.
Earth Is Room Enough (1957) by Isaac Asimov (Mass Market Paperback, 208 pages)
210 + 25 = 235
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 210 + 25 = 235
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5,506
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sheila25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
I chose option A: Home or Away and chose option 2:Away
Anatomy of Murder by Imogen Robertson
The book is set in London and the author was born and lives in the UK. I live in the USA.
AND
Option B. Hit the Concession Stand
I chose option 2-Beer and read a book with the word dark in the title.
Dark Justice by Jack Higgins
Total Points = 790
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLDA. Beg I got a recommendation from Lev (on goodreads) for Judgment Before Nuremberg: The Holocaust in the Ukraine and the First Nazi War Crimes Trial, which takes place in Europe.
B. Borrow. I borrowed Queen of the Jews, which takes place in Ancient Israel, part of Asia
My home country is the US, which is North America
Points: 220
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 14
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 1 (500+)
Pages read: 5508
Repost (1015) with corrected info:30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
Option B: Borrowed from Library
The Kite Runner
Setting: Afghanistan - Asia
Option C: Stolen from DIMROSE's Shelf
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Setting: Yugoslavia - Europe
*** Tea Obreht is a Goodreads Author ***
Running Tally
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 100
Tasks this post: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 6
Pages Read: 1996
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
For my post #114, I forgot to mention that Alan Bradley is a goodreads author.Thanks! :)
Jodi210.6 – Contraction Action
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Contractions: Don’t & Let’s
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.6- Hot fun in the Summertime!...read a book with a picture of a fun summer activity on the cover:
I read
(*activity = going to the beach)Sisterchicks Do the Hula by Robin Jones Gunn 288 pages (7.8)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 305
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 5
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = 1
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.3 What's Your Exit? I read Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich and the book is set in New Jersey and the author is also from there.
***Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author***
20.7 In homage to MZB: I chose option 1 and read Mission: Makeover by Penny Jordan who died on 12/31/2011.
25.2 Around the Country in 6 Parks:
Option 1: Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill which according to the author's website is her first published book.
***Chloe Neill is a Goodreads Author***
Option 5: I'll Be Your Everything by J.J. Murray which is set in New York
***J.J. Murray is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 55
Total Points in Challenge: 610
Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 32
GR Authors: 32
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
30.2 I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!Option 3 b: Lighthouse on cover.
The Lighthouse by P.D. James.Option 4: A method of transportation on the cover. This book has a bicycle on the cover.
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks.Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
Tasks: 15
Books: 19
Goodreads authors: 8
Keltie Lee5.5 Diamond Jubilee
Gabriel's Inferno
by Sylvain ReynardGRA
506 pages claiming big book ticket
*set in Toronto, Ontario in Canada*
20.9 Please Be Patient...
Option 3: Gabriel's Rapture
by Sylvain ReynardGRA
*at the end of Gabriel's Inferno claimed in task 5.5 there is a excerpt from this book*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440/1080
Tasks: 28
Books: 37
Goodreads authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500 (8), 750 (1)
Casselm15.3 "Summer Romance"
Option 2: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks, gender nouns are man and wife.
15.5 "Summer in the City"
In The Woods by Tana French. The book is part of the Dublin Murder Squad series, so I'm claiming Dublin as the city.
15.7 "The First Day of Summer"
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens; it is the first book of the Graveyard Queen series.
**Amanda Stevens and Oliver Sacks are GOODREADS AUTHORS**
Points this post: 45
Total points: 165
GoodReads authors in this post: 2
30.6 It's The End Of The World As We Know ItOption D: #58 on Best War Novels list
Regeneration by Pat Barker
Option E: mountains on cover
My Brother Michael by Mary StewartPoints this post = 30
Total points = 290
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 5
5.9 - Summer ReadersAfter Midnight - from the shelf of Jayme VA, who joined the SRC group on Aug 17.
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; And, Seymour: An Introduction - Option 1 - this book was mentioned by a school counsellor in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, which I read and claimed points for, for task 10.6.
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer
Option 1 (night scene) -
(approved in task help thread msg #32)Option 2 - North of Beautiful - Terra, the main character, is a senior in high school (a teenager).
Tasks completed: 27/60
Books read: 32/85
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 410
Readerboard name: Tkav10.1 Skip to My Lou
Read a book by an author whose consecutive initials (as they appear in their Goodreads name) skip a consecutive letter in the alphabet.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by author Jenny Lawson j/k/l
Jenny Lawson is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 115/1080
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.1 -- Let the Games BeginOn Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
Current total. 75
Task: 30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle Chose: Matchup 4 / Options a & b
Read: Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal by Mal Peet / Faking It by Elisa Lorello
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 40
Response to problem with original Post #724Task: 30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
Dice: 2 / 6
Option 2: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Option 6: The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall - Used word "Red" from SPIDERMAN
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 70
Sheila30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 2. Happy Anniversary: May 27, 2012 marked the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Body Bags: A Body of Evidence Thriller by Christopher Golden
AND
Option 5. A taste of Asia:
China Trade by S.J. Rozan
Set in New York's Chinatown. The protagonist, Lydia Chin is of Chinese descent.
Total Points = 820
20.3 Reading...by the Numbers:I rolled a 6 and chose option 2. I finished the Spring Challenge so I chose task 20.1 and picked option 1. I read Slave by Sherri Hayes which I have owned since January 2012.
***Sherri Hayes is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 630
Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 33
GR Authors: 33
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
COmpleted task 20.10 and read I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. Posted review in discussion thread on 7/15/12task points 20
total points 20
5.8 Summer Lovin' The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ("Love" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read" List)20.3 Reading...by the numbers: 5)Blue: The Unseen by Katherine Webb
25.5 Even More fun with Holidays: 3) Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella and 6) Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick Goodreads Author
Points this task: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1397
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.3 Hands and FeetHands:
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia StracheyFeet (approved on help thread):
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist30.2 I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
Option 3 (a):
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The main character Grace Marks has been convicted of murder and is telling her tale to a psychologist while in prison.
Goodreads author Margaret Atwood
Big book 1 ticket (545 pages)
Option 6 (a): flowers on cover (roses at the foot of the cross)
Roadside Crosses by Jeffery DeaverGoodreads author Jeffery Deaver
Points this post = 55
Total points = 345
Big Books = 1
Goodreads Authors = 7
There was a problem with task 5.9 in msg #1084 so I am using that book for another task. No replacement book for 5.9 for now.15.5 - Summer in the City
After Midnight - takes place in Frankfurt, Germany in the 1930s - I can't find info on the population number then but the population now is 5.6 million, so I think it should at least have been 100,000 in the 1930s...
Tasks completed: 27/60
Books read: 32/85
Points claimed in this post: 15
Total points claimed: 410-5+15=420
KAREN F5.10 Up, Up and Away
Lothaire by Kresley Cole
**Kresley Cole is a Goodreads Author**
10.4 Air Signs
Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts was born 10/10 making her a Libra.
http://www.authdir.net/dir-r.shtml
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 310
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Meera30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A 1. WMZQ Summerfest
It Happened One Night by Stephanie Laurens Group B 4. Trace Adkins
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman I borrowed this from the library.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 355
Books read: 24
Tasks Completed: 18
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Task # 5.1 Let the games begin Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith
Goodreads author
Set in London, England
Task # 15.4 Summer reading
Option 1a - WIND in title
Black Wind by Clive Cussler
Claiming Big Book ticket, 656 pages, Berkley pb
Option 1b - MSM in summertime
Dangerous Flirtations by Melody Snow Monroe
ebook approved @ line #119
Task # 15.10 Feel good hit of the summer
Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler
escapist action/adventure
Task # 20.6 Spring favorites into summer reads
Lords of the Were by Bianca D'Arc
Goodreads author
Dice roll: 3, fantasy genre
Task # 25.1 I'm solidly behind you
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Claiming a Big Book ticket, Mass market PB 532 pages
Option A - a big book
Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane
Option E - author initials in SOLIDLY - LD
ebook approved @ line #67
Task # 25.5 Even more fun with holidays
by Sydney Laine AllanOption 5 - feet on cover
Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann
Option 6 - any book I want
Task # 30.2 I'll Leave my Heart in San Francisco
Bridleton by Becky Barker
Option 1 - main character is a model
by Toby NealGoodreads author
Option 6 - flower in title and on cover
Task # 30.4 Vowel Prowl
The Navigator by Clive Cussler
Claiming a Big Book ticket, 532 pages, Berkley pb
Book A - a e i o u, The Navigator Clive Cussler
Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young
Book B - y You
Task # 30.9 North by Northwest
Easy Innocence by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Goodreads author
Option 1 - set in Chicago
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Option 4 - set in Idaho
This post: 195 points
Total to date: 500 points
Goodread authors this post: 4
Goodread authors to date: 18
Big Books claimed this post: 3
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (3)
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 38
25.4 All About The AuthorA: Memoir
Yesterday Morning by Diana Athill
B: Short stories
Midsummer Night in the Workhouse by Diana Athill
Points this post = 25
Total points = 370
Big Books = 1
Goodreads Authors = 7
15.4 SUMMER READINGOption 2: One book that satisfies letters of WIND in title/subtitle and author's initials in SUMMERTIME.
The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War by Stephen Ellis
The letters of WIND can be found in the subtitle and the author's initials (SE) are found in SUMMERTIME.
Total Points: 15
Pages Read: 319
20.7 In homage to MZBOption 1: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Asimov died in 1992.
30.3 Aye, Aye, Matey!
I had previously claimed Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me for this task. I will move that below and replace it with:
B-1: How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not? by Robert Shemin
The letters R and S are in rum and whiskey.
Robert Shermin is a Goodreads author.
30.9 North by Northwest
Option 2: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
"Windy" is one of the team words.
At 1,027 pages, Gone With the Wind is a big book.
Option 5: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is on the TV show The Office.
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New points this post: 55
Total points: 290
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 12
Total pages: 6,231
Total books: 17
Task 5.7-- SRC Scavenger HuntMessage #718:
The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael West (Paperback, 208 pages)
And, I was able to add one to the list! #737
235 + 05 = 240
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 235 + 05 = 240
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,714
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jessica PDX20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's Task - Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
I chose option 6, white cake
by Nevada BarrPoints this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 370
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Tickets: 5
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Task 25.6 - Sounds of Summer
I decided to do options 1 and 4.
For option 1, Endless Summer Nights, I read a book with a night scene on the cover (which was approved on the task help thread):
Tower of Treasure by Scott Chantler
For option 4, Under the Boardwalk, I read a book with the word "walk" in the title:
Dear America: I Walk in Dread by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Points this task: 25
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 79
Pages read: 9146
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)