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GOOOOOOOOO ASHLEY!!!! You've got this girl!
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that's fine - no need to give her name, address and SSN!
Sandy wrote: "Ashley FL wrote: "(this is a friend in my bookclub -- not sure how else she needs to be identified?).."that's fine - no need to give her name, address and SSN!"
LMAO, Sandy.
20.3 Reading...by the NumbersI rolled a 2 : Repeat Spring
Spring task I didn't complete: 15.7 - Spring Into Action!
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
The genre "adventure" appears on the book's main page.
1177 pages - Claiming Big Book Ticket
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 20 points.
STACIE MITask 15.10 - Feel Good Hit of Summer
I reread a favorite of mine, which always makes me feel good:
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 975
Tasks completed: 55
Boos read: 122
Pages read: 19459
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CathyG20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
I rolled a 2
2. Hermit Island –read a book that is set in Maine.
Required: Please include in your post where book takes place.
Siren's Call by Devyn Quinn
Goodreads Author
New to me author
Set on Little Mer Island, Maine
Points this post: 20
Total points: 820
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 61
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500= 3,750=0, 1000=0
MANDY Y.30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
1. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean, 239 pages
5.
by Stephen King, 787 pages (Big Book)Task Points: 30
Grand Total: 350
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 24
Pages Read: 8323
Goodreads Author Books: 4
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Immersednbooks (Kristen) wrote: "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 ..."
Congrats, Kristen! But why did you change your readerboard name?
Sandy wrote: "Ashley FL wrote: "(this is a friend in my bookclub -- not sure how else she needs to be identified?).."that's fine - no need to give her name, address and SSN!"
Thanks Sandy, it is my personal goal to finish for once without having to repost anything due to Stupid User Error ;)
SUZANNE VN20.2 School's Out for Summer
Opt. 4 - Viola in Reel Life takes place in a boarding school (Prefect Academy in South Bend, IN)
Adriana Trigiani is a GoodReads Author
30.6 It's the End of the World as We Know It
Opt. E/A Cover Tune - birthday party
Opt. G/It's Time I Had Some Time Alone - isolation
"Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. "
Tom Franklin is a GoodReads Author
Both Options E and G were approved in the help thread.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 36
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
My Goal Points: 500
Task 20.9 - Please be Patient:The Great Gatsby
Option 1 - For Task 25.5 (Post #1367), I read A Prayer for Owen Meany. The narrator becomes an English teacher and has his class read The Great Gatsby.
Task 25.6 - Sounds of Summer:
Option 2. School's Out Forever
The Marriage Plot - The main characters are college students.
Option 4. Under the Boardwalk
Beloved - This book is #38 on the "Best Adult Female Friendship Books" list
Task 30.2 - I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco:
Option 1. Say Cheese!
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
is about a photojournalist.
Option 4. The San Francisco Treat: Cable Cars!
(boat on the cover)Points this post: 75
Tasks completed this post: 3
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0, 0
Total points: 330
Total tasks completed: 18
Total number Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 5
CarlyRepost of Post 2180.
30.8 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A: Option 4 (Book with a one word title): Innocence by Kathleen Tessaro
Group B: Option 4 (Free book): Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth
I got this book from the library.
Christopher Farnsworth is a GoodReads Author.
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
CHRISTINE USTask 50.1 Moon Shadow
#1 Paper Moon by Linda Windsor
#4 Survivor In Death by JD Robb
JD RObb is also Nora Roberts
#8Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
Helen Fielding was born in the UK.
TOTAL: 405
Mod
that's fine - no need to give her name, address and SSN!"
LMAO, Sandy."
I thought about requiring a blank signed check, just to, you know, confirm her identity...........
hpaddict20.6 My Spring Favorites Into Your Summer Reads
Bossypants by Tina Feyrolled a 1 - read the book listed
this post = 20
challenge total = 105
Sandy wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Ashley FL wrote: "(this is a friend in my bookclub -- not sure how else she needs to be identified?).."that's fine - no need to give her name, address and SSN!"
..."
Sandy, I think you are pushing your luck on this one.
Chaitra15.8 SUMMER OF '69
A book featuring musicians/music groups.
I read Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Several characters are musicians/belong to music groups.
Jennifer Egan is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 15
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 960
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 50
Books Read: 73
Total Pages Read: 23,299
15.2 Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of SummerRhyming Words: Crime and Pastime
Book 1: Crime by Irvine Welsh
Book 2: The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Jason Turbow
20.6 My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Reads
I rolled a 4 and read from the thriller genre
Chiefs by Stuart Woods
25.3 Hands and Feet
Book 1: Hands
by Jeff LindsayBook 2: Feet
by Michael CrichtonPost Total: 60
Season Total: 890
10.6 Contraction ActionI read You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning
Points: 370
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 23
GR authors: 10
Big books: 2(500)
pages read: 10,227
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays 1. Repeat Day- A Feast for Crows
(Title has 2 initials that repeat).
THIS IS A BIG BOOK. (1058 pages).
6. National Dog Day-
(dog on the cover)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280/1080
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(3)
CathyG30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
a. Main character is a professional spy or spy-in-training
I Spy a Wicked Sin by Jo Davis
b. Genre “Romance” on main page
Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks
Points this post: 30
Total points: 850
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 63
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500= 3,750=0, 1000=0
20.3 Reading by the NumbersI rolled a 3 - chose Mystery genre
Backfire by Catherine Coulter
20.4 Let's Go Camping
I rolled a 5 - Beach, the character found a new love and a new relative
Somebody To Love by Kristan Higgins
25.2 Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 2-
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
word 'river' in title
Option 5-
The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
set in New York
Points this post: 65
Total points: 590
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 45
Jessica PDX5.9 - Summer Readers
I grabbed this book from Dionisia's shelves.
by Gary ShteyngartPoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 830
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name: SARAH COLETask #15.5. “Summer in the City”
I read How I Became Stupid by Martin Page which takes place in Paris, France.
Previous Points: 45
Points this Post: 15
Points to Date: 60
MICHAEL LA
10.9 - Recycled Group Reads
From Fall 2011 Magical Realism: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 545
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (1)
10.9 - Recycled Group Reads
From Fall 2011 Magical Realism: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 545
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (1)
Nick KY20.6 Michelle WI’s Spring Favorites
I rolled a 5. Mystery genre must appear on the GR homepage. I read The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton. 303 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 880
Pages Read: 19,844
Big Books: 500+ (2)
15.5 - 'Summer in the City'A book set in London:
Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It by Craig Taylor
Total points 475
Jessica PDXREPOST
5.9 - Summer Readers
I grabbed this book from Randi's shelves.
by Gary ShteyngartPoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 830
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books Tickets: 5
30.11 Fun Summer HolidaysOption 1: No Name by Wilkie Collins
Big book: 748 pages (1 ticket)
Option 2:
Four to Score by Janet EvanovichGoodreads author Janet Evanovich
Points this post = 30
Total points = 825
Big Books = 9
Goodreads Authors = 12
CHRISTINE USTask 15.10 Feel Good Hit
Remember When by JD Robb/Nora Roberts
I love Nora Roberts books, and since this was a combo romance & Mystery (my favorite 2 genres), I really did enjoy reading it:)
Task 20.5 Let's Go Camping
Beach: Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer
In this book, the main character Carley finds not only an internal strength to go forward and take care of herself & her children after her husband died rather than just move in with his parents(unlike prior to his death, when the spouse took care of everything for her) -- she found a new relationship and then had a new child:)
Lots of new!
TOTAL: 440
STACIE MITask 50.1 - Moonshadow - The Musical
I did options 1, 5, and 7.
For option 1, I read a book with the word "moon" in the title:
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, by Sherry Garland
For option 5, I read a book set in Australia:
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
For option 7, I used the song title "Time" and read:
Time Flies by Bill Cosby
**Sherry Garland is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 50
Total points: 1025
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 125
Pages read: 20193
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.6 – Peebee’s Task: It’s the End of the World As We Know It…And I Feel FineA) “It starts with an earthquake…”: About the 1910 fire and approved in the help thread.
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan
G) It’s time I had some time alone: Main character travels alone from London to Ireland.
Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
+30 Points
Grand Total: 725
15.10. Feel Good Hit Henriette Delille: Rebellious Saint by Elsie Martinez - the story of this courageous woman is empowering.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 410
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 2
Chaitra10.7 A REASON TO CELEBRATE
A book with the day of the week in the title.
I read Ian McEwan's Saturday.
Points: 10
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 970
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 74
Total Pages Read: 23,588
Kristi CO 30.6 It's the End of the World As We Know It...and I Feel Fine
Option D: A Tournament of Lies, from Best War Novels
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Option E: A Cover Tune
by Ann Patchett, has snakes on the coverPoints this post: 30
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.1 Let the Games begin - The Glimpse by Claire Merle Goodreads author15.7 The First Day of Summer - Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard Goodreads author
15.10 Feel good hit of the Summer - Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy Goodreads author
Points this task: 35
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2365
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
ANGIE CA25.5 Even More Fun With Holidays!!
Book 1:
by Sherry GammonNotes: 4) The girl on the cover and I have brown hair.
Book 2: Glitch by Heather Anastasiu
Notes: 6) Any book!
30.4 Vowel Prowel
Book 1: Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
Book 2: The Ylem by Tatiana Vila
This Post: 55
Points to Date: 605
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.2- Around the Country in 6 Parks!...choose two of the options and read one book for each:
I chose Option #5 (Shenandoah National Park...read a book set in one of the states through which the Appalachian Trail passes) and I read
(set in Tennessee)The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks 436 pages (7.3)My second option was Option #6 (Road Trip...read a book that features a road trip from one of the lists provided) and I read
(Popular Road Trip Books List; page #1)Pale Demon byKim Harrison 496 pages (8.24)Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 720
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 14
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = 4
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
50.1 Coralie’s task: Moonshadow – the MusicalOption 1 – Read a book with the word “moon” or “shadow” in the title/subtitle
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
Option 7 – Read a book where the complete title of one of Cat Stevens’ or Yusuf’s songs appears in the title and/or subtitle:
Song Title: “Lady”
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson
Option 8 – Yusuf Islam was born in England to a Greek-Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. Read a book by an author who was born in the UK, Greece, Cyprus or Sweden.
Author born in the UK: Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
+50 Points
Grand Total: 775
15.5 Summer in the CityHow to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Story takes place in Denver CO, Population 619,968 (2011)
25.3
Hands and FeetBook 1. by Frances Greenslade
Book 2.
by Marissa Meyer*Frances Greenslade and Marissa Meyers are Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 40
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 16
Goodreads Authors: 7
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 10.9 Recycled Group Reads
From List: Winter 2011 Mystery with Female Protagonist
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 295
STACIE MITask 15.1 - The Colors of Summer
For book A, I read a book with a blue cover:
Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
For book B, I read a book with "green" in the title:
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 1040
Tasks completed: 57
Books read: 127
Pages read: 20792
Goodreads authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BJ Rose2 new tasks
15.4. Summer Reading
Option 1
A. "Summer Wind" - "W I N D" in the title and/or subtitle, in any order
The Wind Dancer by Iris Johansen
B. "Summertime" - author's initials are RS
Once A Rake by Rona Sharon
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Option 1: Read a book set partially or entirely in Chicago.
Private Scandals by Nora Roberts is set primarily in Chicago
Option 4: Travel North by Northwest from Chicago - I read a book set in Wyoming
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson is set in Wyoming
Points this post = 45
Total Points = 710
Tasks Completed = 38
Total Pages = 18,507
15.4 Summer Reading Option 2: read one bookThe Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark
A. "WIND" in "How Christianinty Led to Freedom"
B. Author Rodney Stark's initials are in "Summertime"
15 points this post
310 total points
I've finished:15.5. “Summer in the City”
Automatic Proposal by Kelsey Roberts, which is set in Miami, population 408,750 (as of July 2011).
Points this post: 15
Season Total: 215
Alright Stacie MI, you're so close!!
15.2 - “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean GRA
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield GRA
Way and Day are the rhyming words
15.4 - Summer Reading
Option 2:
Oz: The WoNDerful WIzard of Oz by Eric Shanower GRA
Both WIND in title and ES in "Summertime"
15.5 - “Summer in the City”
Fall Fury by Jaci Burton GRA
Set in New Orleans
15.9 - “Summer Nights”
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
First published in 1952
30.2 - Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 2: Golden in title
Golden Eyes by Maya Banks
ebook verification line 234
Option 6: Flowers on cover
by Lucy Kevin GRAebook verification line 621
30.7 - Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Option 4: Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
4a: Spy-in-training
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
4b: "Romance" genre on main page
Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye GRA
Points this post: 120
Total Points: 820
GRA: 40 (6 this post)
Chaitra10.8 NO BOREDOM ZONE
A book on any subject or activity that would chase boredom away.
I read Katharine Hepburn's memoir Me: Stories of My Life. Watching movies of the Classic Hollywood era is my favorite activity next to reading and Katharine Hepburn is my favorite actress.
Points: 10
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 980
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 75
Total Pages Read: 24,008
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