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Task 5.7 - SRC Scavenger hunt
Message #41: The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Final Challenge total = 500
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer "EME" in Extremely***Jonathan Safran Foer is a goodreads author***
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer":
The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal the Source of Your Health, Success, or Relationship Issue by Alexander Loyd. Healing makes you feel good!
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers. #1B: Was first on my TBR shelf:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
***Margaret Atwood is a goodreads author ***
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury. Option #1: Ray Bradbury died since January 1, 1990.
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
Option #3 - moon in title. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
***Joshua Foer is a goodreads author***
Option #5 - romance. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
***Fifty Shades Darker is a big book ticket item at 537 pages ***
Points this Post: 95
Total points: 310
Tasks Completed: 15
Tasks this Post: 5
Books read: 19
Pages Read: 6190
GR Authors this post: 3
GR Authoers total: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Big Books Tickets this post: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.6 It's the End of the World As We Know It(B) I read Insurgent by Veronica Roth (GOODREADS AUTHOR) which is shelved as dystopia.
(D) I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which is #14 on the "Best War Novels" list.
50.1 Moonshadow the Musical
(2) I read The Grapes of Wrath which was made into an opera according to this page.
(7) I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie which contains the Cat Stevens song title "Time" and was approved in the help thread.
(8) I read Present Danger by Stella Rimington who was born in the UK according to her GR profile.
NEW TOTAL: 525
message by Emily: Emily Bookshelf
50.1
Option 1 - Shadow of Night - shadow in title
Option 2 - The Taming of the Shrew - Russian opera using the same name
Option 8 - The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins born in UK
25.3
Hands - Animal Vegetable Miracle
Feet - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Deborah Harkness is a GRA
Shadow of Night is a BB - 584 pages
Woman in White is a BB - 672 pages
Points this post: 75
Goodread Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Total Points: 410
50.1 Coralie's task: Moonshadow – the MusicalOption 1. Carolina Moon - Nora Roberts
Option 2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
Option 4. Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella AKA Madeleine Wickham
10.7 Reason to CelebratePoetry option: Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
10.9 Recycled Group Read
Summer 2011 Paranormal Romance - Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead. Mead is a Goodreads author.
Made my goal! 40%
Points this post: 20
Total points: 450
Big book tickets so far: 1
Goodreads authors: 3
Finished one more!25.4 All about the author
1. My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
2. South of Broad by Pat Conroy. My copy had 512 Pgs. But I can't find that version I here. I'll link it later if I find it.
Old total:185
Final total: 210
Gr authors:8
Big book tickets:3
25.2-Around The Country In 6 Parks1. China Lake by Meg Gardiner
This is the author's first book published in 2003.
5. Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Set in Tennessee
25.3- Hands & Feet
1. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
Approved on help thread
*** Darynda Jones is a Goodreads author***
2. Killer Instinct by Robert W. Walker
Points this post:50
Total Points:680
Tasks Completed:29
Books Read:45
GRAs:12
BBs:6
Congrats to all of those who have met their goals this challenge!
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the AuthorBook A - Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
Book B - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Big books total: 1
Goodreads author total: 1
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert SeriesA1 (anthology): Poetry After 9-11: An Anthology of New York Poets edited by Dennis Loy Johnson
B4 (free book):Blue Horizons: Dispatches from Distant Seas by Beth Leonard. Borrowed from a friend.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
Big books total: 1
Goodreads author total: 1
C'mon, everyone! Six more hours to go, you can do it! And yay to everyone who's finished!
20.9 Please Be PatientOption #1 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is mentioned in Book X (page 122) which was claimed as points in task 20.6 option 4.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 18
Goodreads Authors: 7
For me, it's now the 1st September and I'm about to go to sleep.
Well done everyone who finished the challenge. Thanks to the Mods for all their hard work and to the challenge setters for some great challenges. I had as much fun picking out what books to read as I did reading them.
Good luck for the Fall challenge!
Well done everyone who finished the challenge. Thanks to the Mods for all their hard work and to the challenge setters for some great challenges. I had as much fun picking out what books to read as I did reading them.
Good luck for the Fall challenge!
COMPLETED TASKS
Task 5.9 - SRC Member joined GR Summer
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb (8/30/12)
I found this book on Karen K. Miller's shelves. Here’s a link to the query for the book on her shelves, as well.
Task 10.1 - Author Letter Skip
The Book of Scandal by Julia London (8/31/12)
***Julia London is a GR Author***
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FINAL STATS
Tasks Completed: 50/60
Books Read: 72/83
Pages Read: 15,300
Hours Listened: 249.4 (EEK!! That's the equivalent of over 10 days!!)
Points Earned this Post: 15
Points Earned Total: 980/1080
Challenge Summary
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It's been great being back! Thanks to all the mods for their hard work! Now... off to figure out how the books I've got checked out from the library will fit into the next challenge... ;)
MICHELLE VA15.5 -- “Summer in the City” The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Thanks!
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”Legs Get Led Astray by Chloe Caldwell
Approved in message 59 of the help thread.
Chloe Caldwell is a Goodreads author.
Option 3: 20.2 School's Out For Summer
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
When he doesn't comply with their wishes, the bad guys in the story attempt to blow him up and succeed in blowing up his whole high rise including his aunt.
Proof from a review: "For example, Wade’s corporate rivals blow up his house (and his aunt) at the beginning of the book, but he didn’t have any particular emotional connection to his aunt — in fact she seemed like she might interfere with his OASIS plans, so rather than tugging at our heartstrings, the explosion both removes an obstacle and allows Wade to feel morally outraged toward the corporation without really developing his inner emotional life."
Ernest Cline is a Goodreads author.
30.4 Vowel Prowl
Book A: shAdOw and bone by lEIgh bardUgO
(Vowels used capitalized)
Leigh Bardugo is a Goodreads author.
Book B:
MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
Rachel Bertsche is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 55
Total points: 520
Total Goodreads authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 22
Total pages: 10,809
Total books: 32
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Not quite as good as I had hoped for, but nothing to be ashamed about. Thank you, mods, for putting on such a great challenge! Looking forward to the Fall Challenge!
25.3 Hands and FeetFor hands, I read
by Barbara Delinsky(a GoodReads Author).For feet, I read
by Liza Palmer.Points for this task :25
Total points :300
GoodRead Authors : 14
Tasks completed :15
20.3 Reading by the NumbersRolled a 3 for Adventure- read Operation Red Jerichoby Joshua Mowll
20.8 Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
Option 2 Red Velvet Cake read
Invincibleby Sherrilyn Kenyon takes place in Louisianna
20.9 Please Be Patient for task 15.6 read Saga by Conor Kostick - mentioned at on the back cover of Epic which I read for 15.6 Hot fun in the Summertime
Points this Post: 60
Total points- 300
Tasks Completed: 17
Books read: 19
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Boston Kate15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
The Sandman: Endless Nights
50.1 Moonshadow - The Musical
Option 1: "Shadow" in title
The Shadow of the Wind
Option 4: author writes under more than one name
Just After Sunset
author Stephen King also writes as Richard Bachman
Option 7: song "Life"
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Points this post: 65
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 21
I hope to have one more task completed tonight, but if not, thanks to all the mods and looking forward to the fall challenge. :)
50.1 Coralie's task: Moonshadow – the Musical1: Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat (CAT)
2: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables - The Musical
3: A Palace in the Old Village by Tahar Ben Jelloun Main character is Muslim, and set partly in Morocco.
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10.4 Air Signs
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank born June 12
Points this post: 60
Total points: 275
Big books total: 1
Goodreads author total: 1
PUTTERPAL10.4- Air Signs: The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald Birthday- Feb 3rd, 1906
15.10- Feel Good Hit of Summer
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
BABBLING C20.5 Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather - Share in our British Summer by reading a book with a rainy picture on the cover, OR the word RAIN in the title or subtitle series titles are excluded Or as an alternative - in acknowledgement of the Jubilee - a book with the homophone REIGN in the title or subtitle, series titles are excluded. Rains, rained, rainy, raining or reigns, reigned reigning may also be used, but not compound words such as rainbow or raincoat.
Night Reigns by Dianne Duvall (GRA)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read - Roll the die and read one book based on the number rolled. For each option, you may chose to read the named book OR any other book by that author OR a book with that author's initials (in any order) OR a book with the genre I have listed in parenthesis behind the book (genre MUST appear on the main page of your chosen book).
**** I ROLLED a 5 ****
5. The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (mystery genre)
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis (GRA) -- This book is a mystery
THIS POST
Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Final Total This Season
Points: 285
Completed Tasks: 12
Good Read Authors: 15
Big Books: 0
20.4-Let's Go CampingI rolled a 3 "Campfire" and read a book that is talked about. I read Defending Jacob by William Landay (a GoodReads Author). I saw the book promoted on the ads that the GoodReads site has, and also in the review from Charlotte's Web of Books (http://charlotteswebofbooks.blogspot....).
Enjoyed the book, so glad I followed the recommendation!
25.5-Even More Fun With The Holidays!
I picked #5-Wiggle your Toes, and read
by Jennette Fulda (a GoodReads Author).I also picked #6-Just Because Day and read Match Day: One Day and One Dramatic Year in the Lives of Three New Doctors by Brian Eule.
15.10-Feel Good Hit of the Summer
I readGold by Chris Cleave ( a GoodReads Author).
I think that is it for this challenge. On to Fall!
Points for these tasks :60
Total points :360
GoodRead Authors : 17
Tasks completed :18
I was hoping to finish the 50 point task tonight, but as it involves finishing two books, one of which has over 250 pages to go... just don't see it happening. But we'll see. Maybe I can fit the other book(s) somewhere else.For now...
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
BOOK A: The Dirty Girls Social Club
thE dIrty girls sOciAl clUb
*** Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is a GRA ***
BOOK B: Then Came You
then came You
*** Jennifer Weiner is a GRA ***
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Points This Post: 30
GRA this post: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
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Points Total: 175
GRA Total: 8
Big Book Total: 3
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***Please move Fifty Shades Freed from task 25.8 and replace it with
McKettrick’s Choice by Linda Lael Miller which is 464 pages long and written by a woman.This was originally posted in #608 (which I will NOT reprint for you)***
15.6 Hot Fun in the Summertime
Hannah’s Blessing by Collette Scott (338 pages)Playing on the beach is a fun summertime activity.
Collette Scott is a GoodReads author
25.1 Donna Jo’s Task: I’m Solidly Behind You
Option A: Big Book
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James (moved from task 25.8)Option B: Solid
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich (336 pages)Janet Evanovich is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 40
Total points: 770 + 40 = 810
Goodreads Authors: 26 + 2 = 28
Big Books: 500+= 2, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0
Page count: 16507 + 1138 = 17645
Personal Goal: 700 points
25.3 Hands and FeetBook 1-
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Book 2-
Making Waves by Tawna Fenske
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 650
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 49
10.10 air conditioned coolthis installment of the luxe novels takes place in February 1900.
by Anna GodbersenPrevious pts: 345
Grand total: 355
Boston Kate25.5 Even More Fun With Holidays!
Option 3: International Joke Day
Seriously...I'm Kidding
humor on main page
Option 6: Just Because Day
The Eyre Affair
Points this post: 25
Total (FINAL) points: 350
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 23
its almost magic hour (for anyone who doesn't know the term, that is what we used to call the last hour on watch on the ship)...because you are nearly there...1 hour 20 minutes to go
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the SummerA Night to Remember -- well written nonfiction always makes me feel good!
NEW (AND FINAL) TOTAL: 540
Great challenge, everyone!
I give up, not getting this other book for the 50 point task done by midnight. So I will redistribute.15.5. “Summer in the City”
Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language
This book tells the author's experiences learning Chinese while in Shanghai and Beijing, both large cities.
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
The Pillars of the Earth
The prose in this book is excellent! Even the parts about the mathematics of building cathedrals was interesting :D
*** This is a big book ***
*** The mass market paperback is The Pillars of the Earth, which has 983 pages ***
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Points This Post: 30
GRA this post: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
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Points Total: 205
GRA Total: 8
Big Book Total: 5
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15.7 First day of summerNeed by Carrie Jones*
*Carrie Jones is a goodreads author
20.6 My Summer Favorites
Need #2: Captivate by Carrie Jones*
*Carrie Jones is a goodreads author
3 - fantasy genre
Points 390+15+20=425
Chris MDAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!! I can't believe I messed up the very last post! I've got to do some moving around here.
Please delete two previously claimed tasks:
20.3 Ruby Red
30.3 Insurgent
The Yard
I claimed a GRA ticket for Insurgent and a BB ticket for The Yard. These are both still good as they'll both be in the new tasks I'm posting.
Now to put it back together
20.3 Reading by the Numbers
Rolled a 6, chose option 5: Blue ring (Europe)
The Resistance: A Thriller by Peter Steiner, who is a GoodReads author. (This is the only new GRA ticket I'm claiming.)
The book is set in France.
30.3 Aye, Aye Matey
Option A4: Jewel on the cover
by Kersten GeirIf you click on the cover so it's enlarged as much as possible, you'll see that the little red dots on the cover are actually cut rubies. (I also noticed she's wearing earrings, so that counts for jewelry as well.)
Option B3 - Suspense or mystery
The Yard by Alex Grecian (BB ticket previously claimed for this)
Listed as mystery
30.6 It's the End of the World As We Know It
Option A: Disaster
Eruption by Roland Smith
About a volcanic eruption in Mexico. An eruption is one of the types of disasters mentioned in the task description.
Option B: Dystopia
Insurgent by Veronica Roth (GRA ticket previously claimed for this)
Shelved as dystopia.
Points deducted for deleted posts: 50
510 - 50 = 460
Points for this post: 20 + 30 + 30 = 80
Total points: 460 + 80 = 540
All of these numbers should be correct:
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 33
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500=2, 750=0, 1,000=0
CHRISTINAB5.5 Diamond Jubilee
I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Points claimed in this post: 5
Total points claimed: 405
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
Pages this task: 468
Total pages: 9634
Big books total: 1
Goodreads Authors: 6
Thank you moderators!
Mod
Echoing Kristi’s passage from the end of the Spring challenge, a special thanks to all of you who helped the moderators’ job along – by adding enough information to your posts to make moderating the tasks easier, by checking the task requirements before you posted, by recommending good books to fit the tasks, and by taking the initiative to do librarian type tasks, such as adding covers to GR.
Thanks for participating - and now, let's move on to Fall!
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Great Expectations (other topics)The Resistance (other topics)
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Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
Points this task: 15
Total challenge points: 325
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000+=0
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
Books Owned Pre-2012: 11
Total Pages Read: 7,966