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Nicola, good for you for exceeding your personal goal!
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Donna Jo wrote: "Nicola, good for you for exceeding your personal goal!"Thanks! I'm going to see if I can get a few more. I have a few 2 book tasks half done.
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel ProwlBook A...Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver
(Read a book with all 5 vowels in author's name...Lauren Oliver)
Book B...The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager, Hobby, and Merlin by Jane Yolen
(Read a book with a word in the title or author's name that begins with the letter Y)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 430
SOELO30.7 The Final Battle
I picked #1 Batman and the Joker and options a and b.
For a I read The Midnight Folk which features Kay who is an orphan. Then for b I read Prince of Fools which has humor on its main page.
Points this post: 30
Total so far: 470
ERIN B.I apologize in advance - I was on vacation!!
5.4 -- Chemical Combo
I read The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. The hippogriff has wings, so it can be carried by the wind!10.5 Caribbean Queen
I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Dominican Republic)
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
I read Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (scuba diving)
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
I read Private Eyes by Jonathan Kellerman for Option 6 (White Cake - white letters)30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 5: I read Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China by John Pomfret
Option 6: I read New Moon by Stephenie MeyerPoints this post: 85
Total points: 285
STACIE MITask 5.3 - Dust in the Wind
I read a book where the main characters are a Sioux Indian and a white woman who was raised by them:
Black Horse by Veronica Blake
Points this task: 5
Total points: 960
Tasks completed: 54
Boosk read: 121
Pages read: 19176
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Kimber50.1
Option 3:
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran by Azadeh Moarent
Option 4:
Strings Attached by Judy Blundell who also writes under the name Jude Watson
Option 7:
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Azadeh Moaveni is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
This task: 50
Tasks complete: 29
GRA: 18
total points: 560
10.4 Air SignsThe Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Julie Kagawa is born on October,13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Ka...
Julie Kagawa is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 35
Goodreads Author: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Carly30.4 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
Book A: AEIOU - My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War by L.A. Meyer
My BOnny LIght HorsEmAn: Being an AccoUnt of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War
Book B: And Sometimes Y - Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward
Both Lisa Lutz and David Hayward are GoodReads Authors.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 10
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 5256
30.11 - Fun Summer Holidays1) Repeat Day - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ***Goodreads Author***
5) Chinese Valentine's Day - True Colors by Kristin Hannah *** Goodreads Author*** This book has Romance a a genre.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 460
Chaitra30.8 IT'S TIME FOR THE SUMMER COUNTRY CONCERT SERIES
Choosing from A,
5. Jason Aldean: A book with a mode of transportation on the cover.
I read Charlotte Rogan's The Lifeboat which has a boat on the cover. Larger version of the cover here.
and from B,
1. Maroon 5: A book with a number in the title.
I read John Irving's In One Person which has the number one in the title.
Charlotte Rogan is a Goodreads Author.
John Irving is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 30
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 910
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 47
Books Read: 69
Total Pages Read: 22,390
CHRISTINE USTask 15.7 First Day of Summer
Hearse and Buggyby Laura Bradford
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
Repeat Day: B-O-O-K
The Book of Scandal by Julia London
Chinese Valentine's Day
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
***Julia Quinn is a GR author
TOTAL: 370
Kristi CO 20.5 Let's Talk about the Weather
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Garth Stein is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Nick KY15.5 Set in a city I read The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty set in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC, estimated population of 617,996 in 2011. 385 pages
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 860
Pages Read: 19,541
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Task 10.5 - Caribbean Queen
Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 9
Challenge total = 400
Sandy MN15.8. “Summer of 69”
Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine
one of the main characters is a musician
Total Points: 510
Dee wrote: "getting Chaitra - you can do it!!"Thank you Dee! I have all my books lined up, now if only I can read them before 31st!
**REPOST**30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
Option A, Beg: Whisper No Lies by Cindy Gerard
Recommended by my best friend, book set in Asia
Option B, Borrow: Living on the Edge by Shannon K. Butcher (Goodreads author)
Borrowed from the library, book set in South America
**I live in the United States**
GayleLet's try this again.
Task 30.8: Delicious Dee's Task
A3: New or previously unread book by a favorite author
The Affair by Lee Child
B3: book written as a single title by 2 authors
7th Heaven by James Patterson Co-Author is Maxine Paetro.
*****James Patterson is a Goodread's Author*****
Points this Post: 30
GayleTask 30.5: Bluemoon's task
B: Borrowed from library
The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva This book is set in Europe. I live in the United States.
A: Recommended by my friend Kay...along with all books by this author.
Subterranean by James Rollins This books is set in Antartica.
*****Goodread's Author*****
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 510
15.6 Hot Fun In The Summertime
The Greengage Summer by Rumer GoddenI like to go to France in the summer and that's what the characters in this book do.
Also there are people having fun on a beach on the cover.
Points this post = 15
Total points = 795
Big Books = 8
Goodreads Authors = 12
Chaitra25.7 YOUTUBE SUMMER FUN
Choosing,
3. This Too Shall Pass: A book by a deceased author.
I read Barry Unsworth's The Quality of Mercy: A Novel. Barry Unsworth passed away on Jun 5, 2012.
and,
5. Annoying Orange: A book with a fruit in the title.
I read Kiran Desai's Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Guava is a fruit.
Points: 25
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 935
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 48
Books Read: 71
Total Pages Read: 22,935
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For SummerOption 1: School's out for summer
by Collette ScottGoodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Total Goodreads authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 25.5 - More fun with holidays
4. Compliment your mirror day (cover model has dark hair like me): Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
6. Just because day (book of my choice): Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Challenge total = 425
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final BattleOption 2: Iron Man vs. Iron Monger
A.) Author has the initials S-T-A-R-K in any order
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong– S-T-A-R-K
**Kelley Armstrong is a GoodReads Author
B.) Science Fiction Genre
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout
**Jennifer L. Armentrout is a GoodReads Author
30.8 Delicious Dee’s Task: It’s Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Option A3: Toby Keith (new book by a favorite author)
Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
**Nalini Singh is a GoodReads Author
Option B4: Trace Adkins (book you got for free)
Rift by Andrea Cremer (borrowed from the public library)
**Andrea Cremer is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 34
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
5.7 Scavenger HuntI read The Book of Saladin which was from message 177 on the thread.
Points: 360
Tasks completed:22
Books read: 30
GR authors: 10
Big Books 2(500+)
pages: 9971
Michelle WI15.5 Summer in the City
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger ***** (set in London, England)
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:
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (shelved as apocalyptic)
option E) Cover Tune
by Rebecca Makkai ***** (books pictured on cover)30.7 The Final Battle
option 1: Batman vs. Joker
book a: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (main children are orphans)
book b: Naked by David Sedaris (humor genre)
***** Audrey Niffenegger and Rebecca Makkai are GR authors *****
Points This Post: 75
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Authors: 11
15.7. The First Day of SummerDating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak First book in the Wollie Shelley series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 2
10.5 Caribbean QueenThis book is set in Antigua.
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid.
10.8 No Boredom Zone
This is a non-fiction book about Winston Churchill. I've been interested in reading books that occur around World War II.
Winston Churchill: British Prime Minister & Statesman by Sue Vander Hook.
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 650
Tasks: 31
Books: 42
Goodreads authors: 12
readerboard name: ImmersednbooksWhew, here goes. If I don't make any mistakes, then I have completed my first SRC!
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags
Travel genre: Perfect Island Getaways from 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (ebook approved, message 1414)
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper Native American Characters.
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee
Setting is Scotland/UK: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (goodreads author) (big book 752p)
10.5 Caribbean Queen
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
10.6 Contraction Action
Let's All Kill Constance by Ray Bradbury Let's=Let us
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate
Poetry: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
15.3. “Summer Romance”*Repost*
A.Boy-Son: Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
B. Girl-Wife: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (goodreads author) (Bigbook 512p)
15.8. “Summer of 69”
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John About the members of the Band "Dumb" and their deaf manager. (goodreads author)
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James (goodreads author) (bigbook 550p)
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 4:Element:Iron- The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (goodreads author)
Option 6: Roadtrips!: Book taken from Popular Road Trips Books, page 1 of list, book 2- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author
A.Memoir: On Writing by Stephen King
B. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
25.5 - Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!! *repost*
5. Wiggle Your Toes Day:
by Jay Asher6. Just Because Day: Across the Universe by Beth Revis (goodreads author)
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I need to make a switch. I want to replace The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield With
by Sapphire in the 25.1 Solidly task. Push is a solid color cover. 15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
My pictured summertime activity is reading books, very fitting for closing out my first SRC this summer.
by Diane Setterfield***
Points
-This post: 170
-Previous post: 910
-Total points: 1080
Big Books
-This post: (500)x1 (750)x1
-previous post: 11
-Total: 14
Goodreads Authors
-This post: 6
-previous post:24
-Total: 30
Okay, hopefully I've correctly calculated all the points and matched up my books with tasks efficiently. (I definitely need to work on pre-planning my books, I have so many other read books that are unclaimable).
Immersednbooks (Kristen) wrote: "I definitely need to work on pre-planning my books, I have so many other read books that are unclaimable"Congrats Kristen! I have the same problem as well. I hope I plan better in Fall so I don't have to read too many extra books when the challenge finishes. :)
Congratulations to everyone who's finished! Everyone else, you can do it! You can meet your goals! :D
If you have unclaimable books, you should submit them here (in the appropriate thread) for suggestions. In two finished challenges, I have never had an unclaimable book, and love the challenge of making everything fit. I do a fair amount of shuffling around during the challenge -- often at the very end even -- but one of the things I like about this challenge but I can usually read what I would be reading anyway until the last 10 books or so, when I'm down to the books that I'm specifically choosing because they fit my remaining tasks.
Peebee, the reshuffling is a great tip I will keep in mind for the next one. This is my first SRC, and I wasn't aware that we could shuffle books around after we submitted them for points. Not planning earlier is also totally my fault, initially I was only playing for fun with no intention of finishing. I'll be better in fall!
Chaitra10.5 CARIBBEAN QUEEN
A book set in the Caribbean.
I read Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea. Set in Jamaica and Dominica.
Points: 10
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 945
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 49
Books Read: 72
Total Pages Read: 23,025
Readerboard Name: SARAH COLETask #20.8 - It's My Birthday
I chose option 6: title in white letters.
by Jonathan Safran FoerPrevious Points: 25
Points this Post: 20
Points to Date: 45
congrats Kristen!! can't wait to see your task!
Emily Bookshelf20.1 - Most Improved
Option 1 - Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James is a GRA
Big Book - 514 pages
Points this post: 20
Goodread Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Points: 305
CHRISTINE USrepost of 1777
TASK 30.8 Summer Concert
Toby Keith: A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
Trace Adkins: Divided in Death by JD Robb
I got my audio-CD from the library.
***Julia Quinn is a GR author
TOTAL: 325
Cindy FTask 15.2 Those Lazy Crazy Hazy Days of Summer
Book 1: Night Work by Laurie R. King who is a Goodreads Author!!
Book 2: Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier who is a Goodreads Author!!
Rhyme: Night-Bright
Points this post:15
Total points:275
Tasks Completed:16
Books read:23
Goodreads Authors:10
Big Books:500+(2)750+(1)1000+(0)
10.6 - Contraction ActionI'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
Contraction: I'll = I will
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 685/1080
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 54
GoodReads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
JACKIE NC15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
How to Wash a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale
First book in The Cats and Curios Mystery Series
Rebecca M. Hale is a Goodreads author.
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
Option 3:
Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie
Date of death: 1/12/1976
Option 5:
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
Option 3:
Posted To Death by Dean James
Book mentioned in back of Strawberry Shortcake Murder
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 555
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
GayleTask 25.3: Keltie Lee's Task: Hands and Feet
1: Read a book with a hand(s) on the cover
by Linda Lael Miller2: Read a book with a foot/feet on the cover
by Sandra HillPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 535
CHRISTINE USI'm making some changes, since I misunderstood something.
Remove The Diva Digs Up the Dirt from 20.8 - post 1729
Replace it with The Book of Scandal by Julia London for "CHOCOLATE CAKE"
30.11
Repeat Day: The Diva Digs Up the Dirt
repeating "D"
Chinese Valentine's Day: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
***Julia Quinn is a GR author
TOTAL:355
STESSE5.8 -- Summer Lovin'
Dramatic Love Stories: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon (832 p)
Diana Gabaldon is GRA.
This is a BIG BOOK.
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
I live in North America.
A. Recc by a real life friend (Ann): Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman (Set in Paris (Europe)). (304 p)
B. Library: Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty (Set in Australia (Oceania)). (288 p)
Points this Post: 35
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 1424
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 960
Total Tasks Completed: 451
Total Books Read: 73
Total Pages Read: 27692
Total GoodReads Authors: 30
Total Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Jodi230.3 - Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A2 – ‘x’ in “Sex” – The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
B3 – Any suspense or mystery book – The Boy in the Suitcase
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Ashley FLTask 30.5 (Beg, Borrow, Steal) I live in the United States. I chose:
BEG: A friend recommended Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy (who, coincidentally, just died). This book takes place in Ireland (Continent: Europe) (this is a friend in my bookclub -- not sure how else she needs to be identified?)
BORROW: I borrowed Trouble in a Pinstripe Suitby Kelly Hunter from my local library. This book takes place in Penang (Continent: Asia) **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
1040 Previous Points + 30 Points = 1070 Points and one book to go! (It is like pulling teeth right now -- ahhhhhh, lol)
25 Goodreads Authors + 1 = 26 Goodreads Authors Total
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