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angelasunshine5.9 - Summer Readers
A Million Suns by Beth Revis
found on Danie's shelves: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/41...
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
I rolled a 5. Jessica loses her leg in an accident. She finds a new handicapped friend, and a realization that physical disabilities don't define a person. I've never read a book by this author before.
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
I chose banana cake, #4.
Total Points: 45
20.5 Let's Talk About the WeatherA book with rain on the cover:
30.2 I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
Option 4: It's hard to see on the thumbnail version, but the book I read has boats on the cover, just below the title.
Option 5: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka, an author of Japanese descent.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read: 2702
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX15.8 - Summer of '69
The main character is the titular piano tuner and musician.
by Daniel MasonPoints this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.2- School's Out for Summer...based on these lyrics, read one book for one of the options:
I chose option #4 (read a book about a person who works in an educational field) and read
(main character Anne is a Guidance Counselor)Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen 304 pages (6.10)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 65
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.8 Country Concert SeriesBook A, Option 4: one-word title
Splitterwelten by Michael Peinkofer
With 576 pages, this is a Big Book.
Book B, Option 4: free book
Das Vermächtnis der Amazonen by Birgit Fiolka
I borrowed this book from the library.
With 524 pages, this is a Big Book as well.
_________
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.11-Fun Summer HolidaysI chose options 1 and 2.
1. Repeat Day: Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A.J. Jacobs
2. National Pink Day:
by Amy BloomTotal Books Read:2
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Total Pages Read: 536
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 30
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final BattleOption 4:
A)
by Ally CarterB)
by Tara Hudson ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 30
Goal Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 1/60
Tasks in Progress: 30.3, 30.6, 30.10
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Tara Hudson)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Meera30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
B. Borrow: borrowed from the library Afterwards: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton. Takes place in England, Europe. GR Author
C. Steal: Raided Sandy's shelf to read The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall. Takes place in India, Asia. GR Author
I'm from the USA.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 110
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.3 What's Your Exit? Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark resides in New Jersey. Her name is present in Wikipedia's list of authors from New Jersey.
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 55
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Coralie5.3 Dust in the Wind
Sacred Ground which features Native American characters, Native American culture and Native American artifacts.
5.7 Scavenger Hunt
Matilda which was message number 302
10.3 What’s Your Exit?
The Humbling by Philip Roth
10.4 Air Signs
Star Light by Hal Clement born 30th May
Total points 100
Task 20.8 - Have your cake and eat it too!
Option 6 White cake (White letter title): The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Challenge total = 65
10.8 No Boredom Zone Read a non-fiction book about any subject or activity that would chase boredom away.
My Year of Flops: The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic Failure by Nathan Rabin
This Post: 10
Total Points: 35/1080
Tasks Completed: 4/60
Books Read: 7/84
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesGroup A, Option 5--One word Title
Read: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Group B, Option 4--Free book (from library)
Read: Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
**Both Alethea Kontis and Meg Cabot are GRs Authors = 2 Author Tickets**
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 50/1080
Tasks Completed: 2/60
Books read: 3
Pages Read : 712
Minutes Listened To: 294
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0x2), 1000+(0x3)
Shannon South AfricaTask 20.2: Option 4: Writer is a teacher
by Danny BentTask points: 20
Total points: 20
5.4 - Chemical ComboA book with two Ns and two Os in the Title and Author's Name:
A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan
(A Day Late aNd a DOllar ShOrt by Terry McMillaN)
Total points 5
Jeska15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
First book of a three book series.
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages Read : 557
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme VA5.3 -- Dust in the Wind
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
This is a big book at 512 pages.
15.8. “Summer of 69”
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is a goodreads author
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
I chose option 2: Red Velvet and read a book set in Virginia.
Dark Reunion by L.J. Smith
Points this task: 40
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: Jennifer Egan
Big Books: 500+: 1
Nick KY5.4 2N’s 2O’s I read Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson
TraiN Dreams by DeNis jOhNsON
116 pages
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate I read a book of poetry: Harvest Poems: 1910-1960 by Carl Sandburg, 125 pages
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
Option 1. Repeat Day (June 3). I read 7 Days at the Hot Corner by Terry Trueman -- author's name has repeated initials, by Terry Trueman, 160 pages
And Option 4. National Culinarians Day (July 25). I read The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames
with a quiche and several cheeses on the cover, 314 pagesTotal This Post: 45
Total Points: 75
Pages Read: 1,456
Amanda A15.6 - Hot Fun in the Summertime
by Lori Foster, Susan Donovoan & Victoria Dahl (GR Author)Summer activity - swimming
15.7 - The First Day of Summer
The Backup Plan by Sherryl Woods
Book 1 of the Charleston trilogy
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer
Option 1 - Summer Romance
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (GR Author)
Option 5 - Beach on cover
by Susan Mallery (GR Author)25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
Option 1 - 2 main characters that are men
Fortune Hunter by Ava March (GR Author)
Option 2 - Baseball
Double Play by Jill Shalvis (GR Author)
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A, Option 4 - One word title
Dockside by Susan Wiggs (GR Author)
Group B, Option 2 - "hot" cover
by Gena ShowalterPoints this post: 110
Total Points: 110
GR Authors: 6
5.2 Pack Your BagsStingray Bit My Nipple!: True Stories from Real Travelers by Erik Torkells
5.3 Dust in the Wind
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
SUZANNE VN10.3 What's Your Exit (New Jersey)
Fun House: A John Ceepak Mystery-Takes place in the fictional town of Sea Haven on the Jersey Shore
Chris Grabenstein is a GoodReads Author
30.5 Beg, Borrow or Steal Your Way Around the World
My home country is the USA
The Good Thief's Guide to Venice- takes place in Europe; borrowed from the library
The Eight - the majority of the plot takes place in Algeria in Africa; friend Gina recommended
Claiming one Big Book Item for The Eight which is 598pp.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
My Goal Points: 500
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.5- Even More Fun With Holidays!...read 2 books based on 2 of the options:
I chose option #3 (international joke day...read a book listed as humor on Goodread's) and I read
Thank You Notes by Jimmy Fallon 176 pages (6.8)I also chose option #6 (just because day...read any book you desire) and I read
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard 339 pages (6.11)Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 90
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
kimber5.10 Up, Up and Away!
Velvet Ball and the Broken Fairy by Patricia Puddle
*letters AIR in word FAIRY
Patricia Puddle is a Goodreads Author
This task: 5
Tasks complete: 2
Goodread authors: 2
Total points: 25
STACIE MITask 5.8 - Summer Lovin'
I chose to read number 4 on the Crazy Love list:
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher
**Lucy Christopher is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1629
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For SummerOption 1: School's out for summer
Read a book that takes place while the main character is on vacation.
The three men in the title of this book take a vacation boating up the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford. This book tells of their journey and the occurrences along the way.
Three Men in a Boat (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome (Mass Market Paperback, 239 pages)
35 + 20 = 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 35 + 20 = 55
Books read: 3
Pages read: 894
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.3: Reading...By the Numbers Rolled a 2: Repeat Spring
Uncompleted Task from Spring 2012 - 15.9: Geek Pride Day
May 25th is Geek Pride Day!! Embrace your inner nerd by reading a book (fiction or non-fiction) that focuses on a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) topic or that features a hero or heroine that would be considered a nerd, geek, or genius.
His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
(110 pages in the collection The Complete Sherlock Holmes)
Sherlock Holmes is considered a genius.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 35
GRA Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Stesse30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A3. Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz (272 p)
8 letters in last name
B1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (387 p)
E from whisky
M from rum
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
B. Horizon by Sophie Littlefield (400 p)
The most unsettling thing about the world in which Cass inhabits is that she still experiences the same issues as in our world: rage, loneliness, self-doubt, uncertainty, etc. You’d think people would band together in a post-apocalyptic world – but all the human emotions are still in play.
Sophie Littlefield is a GRA
G. Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield (384 p)
A central theme of the book is Cass’s mental and physical separation from society. Even as she rejoins society and searches for her daughter, she suffers mental isolation.
Sophie Littlefield is a GRA
And now I’m singing the song again…
Points this Post: 60
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1443
GoodReads Authors this Post: 2
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1751
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Alice GTask 30.1 Superhero Summer
Book 1
Dice Roll: 2
The Song of Achilles
Book 2
Dice Roll: 6
A Perfectly Good Man
anagrammed word: Man
Total Points: 95
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Task 20.1 - Fifty Shades of Whoa!
Option 2 New-to-me genre (western): Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker
Challenge total = 85
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask 10.8-No Boredome Zone
"The Lost Continent" by Bill Bryson
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
STACIE MITask 15.2 - Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
For my first book, I read:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters by Robert Kirkman
I decided to rhyme the word "fear" and read:
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson
"Fear" and "Hear" rhyme.
**Deborah Hopkinson is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1955
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Keltie Lee5.1 Let the Games Begin
Sixteenth Summer
by Michelle Dalton
*has the word summer in the title*
5.8 -- Summer Lovin'
Beautiful Disaster
by Jamie McGuireGRA
*on the Crazy Love List #2*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55/1080
Tasks: 6
Books: 6
Goodreads authors: 2
Mod
25.4 All About the Author
read book 1- My Life With Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz
book 2 read two books The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 1: 1950-1952 by Charles Schulz 343 pages and It's A Dog's Life, Snoopyby Charles Schulz 160 pages for a total of 503 pages.
Points this Post: 35
Total points- 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages Read : 2,260
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.1 Skip to My LouRat Race by Dick Francis (D
25.2 Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 1: Yellowstone
First published work
http://www.stephenking.com/library/wr...
Carrie by Stephen King
Option 6: Road Trip!
From the popular road trip books list page 7
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
30.3 Aye, Aye, Matey
Book A: Option 2-'X' Marks the Spot
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
Book B: Option 3-Hangman's Noose
Mystery on the book's genre list
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 65/1080
Tasks Complete: 3/60
20.2 School's Out for SummerOption 1: Main character on vacation
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. The main character and her family spend most of the novel on vacation in Florida.
Total points: 30
5.4 -- Chemical Combo -- Moonshine - Alaya Johnson
N2/O2 = (Moonshine)
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 60
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.9 - Please Be Patient...
I decided to do option 3.
For task 15.2 (post 235 in this thread) I read The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters. In the back of the book was a list of other graphic novels by Robert Kirkman. Using this list, I read:
Invincible Volume 1: Family Matters by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2075
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Amanda A (repost)25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
Option 1 - 2 main characters that are men
Fortune Hunter by Ava March (GR Author)
Approved in message 1190 of eBook Verification thread.
Option 2 - Baseball
Double Play by Jill Shalvis (GR Author)
30.6 Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel FineOption B:Ashfall by Mike Mullin is shelved as post-apocalyptic by 87 people. ***GR author*** Optional: what was most unsettling was that this is scientifically possible!!!
Option D: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys was #236 on the Best War Novels list provided on 6/11. ***GR author***
***Claiming 2 Goodreads author tickets***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Books read: 3
GR author tickets: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Mod
I read Little Children by Tom Perrotta, listed on the wiki page as a NJ author.
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool
I read Robert B. Parker's Lullaby, set in Boston in February, with frequent references to snowbanks, snow falling, etc.
15.3. “Summer Romance”
I read My Life as an Experiment: One Man's Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living As a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests. Both "man's" and "woman" in the title.
New total: 75
Okay, here is my first task post. Please let me know if I need to correct anything (I copied Stacie MI's post..thank you, Stacie!)Task 20.6 - Spring Favorites
*I rolled a six and read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley.
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Books read: 1
10.7 A Reason to CelebrateSold by Patricia McCormick (approved in the help thread)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Books read: 4
GR author tickets: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
25.5 Even More Fun With Holidays!Option #2: Hug Holiday...
Option #6: I read Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman, just because!
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 3267
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Kathy G.25.5- Stacie MI's Task: Even More Fun with Holiday!!
option 2- two people embracing (approved in help thread post #2)
by Nicholas Sparks***Claiming Goodreads Author***
option 6- read any book-
by Pat WalshTotal Points- 30
Total Tasks- 2
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 0
Readerboard name: Tkav10.2 Eat an Oreo Day- Read a book with a word that has one letter sandwiched between two of the same letters
Defending Jacob
'efe' in defending
William Landay is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25/1080
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.2 Oreo DayDeath Note, Vol. 12: Finis
i-n-i
10.4 Air Signs
Tiger Eyes
Judy Blume was born on 2.12 according to http://www.authdir.net/dir-february.s...
15.1 Colors of Summer
Blue:
Green:
15.5 Summer in the City
Death Note, Vol. 10: Deletion
Set in Los Angeles, New York City, and Tokyo
20.1 Fifty Shades of Whoa
Option 2 (genre I don't read much): Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence
This book is shelved as mystery and horror, and I rarely (if ever) read those genres
25.6 Sounds of Summer
Option 1 (romance genre): Stargirl
Option 2 (teenager/college student): Death Note, Vol. 3: Hard Run (Light is a college student)
25.8 Going to the Ball Park
Option A2 (foreign author): Death Note, Vol. 11: Kindred Spirit (Tsugumi Ohba is Japanese)
Option C2 (short book by man): Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am (160pgs)
30.2 Leave My Heart in SF
Option 5 (set in Asia): Death Note, Vol. 4: Love (takes place in Japan)
Option 6 (set during '60s): Kaleidoscope Eyes (takes place in 1968)
30.4 Vowel Prowl
A (AEIOU in title, subtitle, author's name): Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero by Tsugumi Ohba (E, A, O from title; U, I from author)
B (word beginning with Y): You Remind Me Of You: A Poetry Memoir
30.5 Beg, Borrow, or Steal
Beg: The Shakespeare Stealer--I ran into one of my students while trying to find a book for this task, and she recommended this one. This one is set in Europe (England)
Borrow: Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take--I borrowed this one from the library, and it's set in Asia (Japan)
Total: 210 + 140 (from earlier) = 350 points
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.7- First Day of Summer!...read the first book in a series:
I read
Sisterchicks on the Loose by Robin Jones Gunn 288 pages (6.12)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 105
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
AprilDT15.10- Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton
Points this post: 15
Challenge total: 15
Completed tasks: 1
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sheila10.3 What's Your Exit?
18 Seconds by George D. Shuman
Set in NJ
10.4 Air Signs
Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky's birthday is June 08, 1947
10.5 Caribbean Queen
Pirate Latitudes LP: A Novel by Michael Crichton
Takes place in and around Port Royal, Jamaica
Total Points = 125
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task 20.4 - Let's go camping (Die roll: 4)
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin ***1061 pages = 3 Big Book Tickets***
What made me jump: When the Blue Bard gets his nipples cut off. Jumpy enough for ya? :)
Total Big Book Tickets = 3
Challenge total = 45