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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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Alice GTask 20.2: School's out for Summer
Option 1 read a book that takes place during the summer
Book: The Book of Summers
Total Points: 115
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BUTTERFLYCAGER20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
I rolled a 1.
Wingshooters by Nina Revoyr (Wingshooters is a squiggly word and Nina Revoyr is a new-to-me author.)
20.10 Group Reads
I read
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally in the Sports Romance category. My post is #10.
Miranda Kenneally is a Goodreads Author
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 2: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - "river" in title: The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Option 5: Shenandoah National Park - book set in Massachusetts: A Fugitive Truth by Dana Cameron
Kate Grenville is a Goodreads Author
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
I rolled a 2 and a 6.
2. Thor - Tricked by Kevin Hearne has Fantasy > Mythology listed on its main page.
6. Spiderman - can make the word "red" - The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan
Deborah Copaken Kogan and Kevin Hearne are Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 95
Total challenge points: 305
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.6-My Spring Favorites!...roll the die and read one book based on the number rolled:
I rolled the #5 (mystery genre) and read
Killer Crullers by Jessica Beck276 pages (6.16)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 160
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: It's Time For The Summer Country Concert Seriesfor Option A, I chose number 4 - a book with a one word title and read Complicit by Nicci French
and for Option B, I chose number 4 - a book you got for free, and read One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner, which I borrowed from the library.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 115
5.8 Summer Lovin':The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler which was #71 on the Guardian list when I looked on June 11.
15.5 Summer in the City:
Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York by Richard Zacks, takes place in New York City in 1890s.
Today's Total: 20
Grand total: 160
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer HolidaysOption 1:
by Rachel Hawkins ***Goodreads Author***Option 5:
by Claire LaZebnik ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 60
Goal Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 2/60 (30.7, 30.11)
Tasks in Progress: 30.3, 30.6, 30.8
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Rachel Hawkins, Tara Hudson, Claire Lezebnik)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
5.4 -- Chemical ComboRead a book that has two Ns and two Os (N2/O2) in the title, subtitle, and/or in the author's full name.
Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing (2012) by Megan Smolenyak (Paperback, 256 pages)
55 + 05 = 60
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather
Read a book with the word RAIN in the title.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2010) by Nancy Pickard (Hardcover, 319 pages)
60 + 20 = 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this post: 05 + 20 = 25
Points thus far: 55 + 05 + 20 = 80
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1,469
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.2 - School's out for summer
Option 1 Summer scene on cover: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Challenge total = 135
20.6 seasoned readerI read Bossypanrs by Tina Fey. (I rolled a 1)
Points: 95
Books read: 6
Tasks complete: 6
GR Authors: 1
Big books: 1
Bossypants
20.9 Group ReadsThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Big book tickets: 0
Goodreads author total: 0
REGAN20.1 - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
Option 2: Shades
New to me genre: Romantic Poetry
The Complete Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Big Book (over 750 pages)
20.2 - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
Option 2: School's out forever
The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault
This book is set at Billy Webb's first job out of college.
Goodreads Author ticket
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Option 1: Set in Chicago
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Goodreads Author ticket
Option 4: Travel North by Northwest
The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
Set in Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington and Saskatchewan.
Big Book
This post:
Points this post = 70
Goodreads authors = 2
Big Books: 500+=1, 750+=1
Totals:
Points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+= 1, 750+=1, 1000+ = 0
Task # 5.5 Diamond Jubilee Ice Blue by Emma Jameson
Goodreads author
Set in London, England
Task # 5.9 Summer readers
A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
Goodreads author
From Stacie’s shelf
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16...
Task # 10.3 What's your exit?
Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston
Goodreads author
Set in North Jersey
Task # 20.8 Have your cake and eat it too
Lyric's Cop by Jory Strong
Goodreads author
Option 1 - Chocolate cake, romance genre
Task # 30.1 SuperHero summer
Dice Roll: 3 and 6.
Bootscootin' Blahniks by D.D. Scott
Goodreads author
Book 1 - 3, Hulk, shoes (Blahniks) in title
ebook approved @ line #75
A Dangerous Harbor by R.P. Dahlke
Goodreads author
Book 2 - 6, Spiderman, anagram of "and" in Dangerous
Task # 30.7 The Final Battle
The Vigilante's Bride by Yvonne Harris
1a. Batman vs. Joker. Both main characters were raised in orphanages; Emily since a baby and Luke since age 6. They meet when he rescues her from an arranged marriage in the Old West.
50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom
Goodreads author
1b. humor genre tag
This post: 100 points
Total to date: 100 points
Goodread authors this post: 7
Goodread authors to date: 7
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (0)
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
20.1 Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa! Read a book with one of the following words in the title (must match exactly, must be a stand alone word): later, laters, baby, you, are, mine.
Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
This Post: 20
Total Points: 90/1080
Tasks Completed: 7/60
Books Read: 12/84
STACIE MITask 20.10 - Group Reads
I decided to read:
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
I have posted in the discussion thread, as well!
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2881
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.4 Air Signs: Slap Shot (ebook verification thread #1138) by Lily Harlem who was born on 6/1 which makes her a Gemini.***Lily Harlem is a Goodreads Author***
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool: Claustrophobic Christmas (ebook verification thread #1129) which was set during Christmas time.
15.3 Summer Romance: I opted to take the one book option and read Dom and Domme (ebook verification thread #1129) by Sindra van Yssel which has a title featuring both the male (Dom) and female (Domme) versions of dominants in the title.
***Sindra van Yssel is a Goodreads Author***
20.4 Let’s Go Camping: I rolled a 5 and read Spring Fever which is about a woman who falls in love again with the ex-husband so she rediscovers something lost. This was approved in the Task Help Thread
25.3 Hands and Feet: Hands: I read
(ebook verification thread #1164) by Lexi Blake which features hands on the cover with no feet.***Lexi Blake is a Goodreads Author***
Feet: I read
by Tawna Fenske which features feet on the cover with no hands.***Tawna Fenske is a Goodreads Author***
30.3 Aye, Aye, Matey! Option A3 I read The Sanctity of Marriage (ebook verification thread #1138) by Philippa Grey-Gerou. The author's first name PHILIPPA has 8 letters in it.
Option B1 I read Monica's Secret by Saskia Walker. The author's initials SW are in Whiskey
***Saskia Walker is a Goodreads Author***
30.9 North by Northwest: Option 3 I read Cross-Checked (ebook verification thread #1138) by Lily Harlem which has a main character who is a hockey player.
***Lily Harlem is a Goodreads Author***
Option 4 I read Canyon Shadows which is set in Oregon.
Total Points this Post: 140
Total Points in Challenge: 235
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
10.2 - Eat an Oreo DayA book with a word in the title with one letter sandwiched between two of the same letter:
The Anatomy School by Bernard MacLaverty - AnAtomy
Total points 45
STACIE MITask 30.6 - It's the End of the World as We Know it...and I Feel Fine
I decided to do options A and B.
For A, I read a book that takes place in the middle of a hurricane:
Storm Runners by Roland Smith
For B, I read a book shelved as post-apocalyptic:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 30
Total points: 150
Task completed: 10
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3185
Goodreads suthors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jennifer KS30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Option 1: Read a book set partially or entirely in Chicago-- I read Liar, Liar by K J Larson
Option 4: Travel North by Northwest from Chicago and read a book set in one of the following states: I read Restless In The Grave by Dana Stabenow. It is set in Alaska.
I am requesting a Good Reads Author for this.
Points 30
Total Points 110
Tasks done 5
Pages 2802
Goodreads Authors 2
Boston Kate20.6 My Spring Favorites Into Your Summer Read
rolled 1: Bossypants, used book option and read
Bossypants
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
Book 1: option 1 - Repeat Day
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
"Behind Bars"
Book 2: option 5 - Chinese Valentine's Day
The Fault in Our Stars
romance genre
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Emmalita20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
I rolled a 5, I picked red ring for Americas. This book takes place in Mexico
25.8 Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Option A1 - The author is from KC, Missouri and I live in Missouri.
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Option C2 - Short book (150 pages) written by a man
This post: 45
Total points to date: 100
Goodread authors: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 5
15.7 I read The Spellman Files which is the first book in the Spellman series which is at least 3 books long,
Points: 120
MASANOBU5.4 - Chemical Combo:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
SuzaNNe has two Ns.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
GR authors: 0
Big Books: 1 (500+)
Heatso10.3 What's Your Exit? Hot Six by Janet Evanovich Takes place in NJ, Janet is a GoodReads author
20.3 Reading...by the Numbers Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard rolled a 6, chose 3 for mystery book, Sara is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 2 (2)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.10 A/C Cool
Both set in winter (during a massive blizzard, no less) and has plenty of snow on the cover
15.6 Hot Fun in the Summertime
There's a picture of someone outside in a swimsuit in water on the cover, and I know people like to go swimming at the shore during the summer (I don't, but only because I burn in 30 min even with SPF 100 sunblock; swimming indoors is fine).
25.3 Hands and Feet
Hands:
(approved in the ebook help thread, post #1166)Feet:
25.5 More Holidays
Option 4 (character looks like self): Split Image <---the girl on the cover has red hair like me!
Option 6 (any book): The Black Book Diary of a Teenage Stud , Vol. II: Stop, Don't Stop
25.7 YouTube Summer Fun
Option 2 (sport): The Black Book Diary of a Teenage Stud , Vol. IV: Faster, Faster, Faster <---the protagonist is on his high school diving team
Option 4 (student): The Black Book Diary of a Teenage Stud , Vol. III: Run, Jonah, Run <---the protagonist is a junior in high school
Total: 100 + 350 (from earlier) = 450 points
Kathy G.20.4- Let's Go Camping-
The author lives part of his time in Maine according to his bio and a site I gave in the task help thread. Approved in post 16.
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Total Points- 70
Total Tasks- 4
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- 0
15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
1st book in 'The Gatekeeper's' series of 5 books.
Points this task: 15
Total challenge points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000+=0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Books Owned Pre-2012: 2
Total Pages Read: 1689
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
1st book in 'The Gatekeeper's' series of 5 books.
Points this task: 15
Total challenge points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000+=0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Books Owned Pre-2012: 2
Total Pages Read: 1689
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day The Complete Idiot's Guide to Discovering Your Perfect Career by Rene Carew – “Complete” & “Idiot”
10.6 Contraction Action
We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle by Celia Rivenbark
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
(3) Of: (mine)
This Duchess of Mine by Eloisa James
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
I rolled 5 & 6.
Option 5: Batman – dragon on cover
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Option 6: Spiderman –
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn – “AND”
Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 135
Coralie10.6 Contraction Action
This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall
15.6 “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
In Summer I love to go to the market and smell the summer fruit.
20.10 Group Reads
The Name of the Rose
Total points 165
5.9 Summer ReadersThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
found on Bluemoon's shelves (Bluemoon joined in June 2009)
20.6 My Spring Favorites
I rolled a 5 -- I read A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch (mystery genre)
Total Points: 25
Kari20.10 Group Reads
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 65
Big Book ticket (500 pages) claimed for this task.
Laurie ME - RePost:30.7: Ms. Andersen's Task: The Final Battle:
Option 4: Romance:
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Option 5:#164 from list
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Shannon Hale is a goodreads author.30.10: Butterflycager's Task: Honoring the Flag and My Dad
Option 2: 13
Thirteen at DinnerAgatha Christie
Option 3: Trains
The Mystery of the Blue TrainAgatha Christie
30.11: Laurie ME's Tasks: Fun Summer Holidays
Option 3: Moon
Ghost Moon by Heather Graham
Option 4: Cooking
How to Cook a Tart by Nina Killham
Nina Killham is a goodreads author.Points this Post: 90.
Total Points: 90.
GRA: 2.
BTB: 0.
Chaitra10.2 EAT AN OREO DAY
A book with a word in the title with one letter sandwiched between two of the same letters.
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan. Sandwiched word is wEREwolf.
Points: 10
25.1 I'M SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU
Choosing
B. Book with a solid color cover.
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates.
and
D. A book from Harold Bloom's list of Best Books
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Book is from the section Great Britain on part III.
Points: 25
Points this task: 35
Total Points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2,579
30.7 The Final Battle2. Iron Man vs. Iron Monger
a. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King (S-T-A-R-K).
b. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
At 538 pages, Everything's Eventual is a Big Book (500+).
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 4013
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.8 -- Summer Lovin'Never Let Me Go
This book is #39 on Dramatic Love Stories
15.1. The Colors of Summer
A. “Summertime Blues”
by Victoria LaurieVictoria Laurie is a GR author.
AND
B. “The Green Leaves of Summer”
by Janet Evanovich and Dorien KellyJanet Evanovich is a GR author
Points this post: 20
GRA this post: 2
Shannon South Africa10.1 Skip to My Lou
The ABC Murders
by Agatha Christie
Initials A(B)C
Task points: 10
Total points: 30
20.9 Please Be Patient... I chose option 3 and read Their Virgin Captive by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake. **This title appeared in the "Other Books by Lexi Blake" section at the end of The Men With The Golden Cuffs which I claimed for points as a part of task 25.3 "Hands and Feet".
***Lexi Blake is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 255
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 15
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
20.1 - Fifty shades of Whoa!4 - Grey - A book with the colour GREY in the title:
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Total points 65
Readerboard Name: Barbara★30.8 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series --
Group A, Option 4 - Brad Paisley
Scorched - Sharon Ashwood
(single word title)
Sharon Ashwood is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Group B, Option 5 - Blake Shelton
New York to Dallas - J.D. Robb
(New York, New York and Dallas, Texas)
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 130
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
SUZANNE VN10.4 Air Signs
The Witness
Nora Roberts is a Libra, born on 10/10
30.1 Superhero Summer
Dice rolls....
3 - The Hulk: read Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World from the Most Emotional Books list (and yes, I cried at the end!)
6 - Spiderman: read The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship; my Spiderman anagram is Ames
30.7 The Final Battle
Batman vs. Joker
Option a - Orphan: read The Language of Flowers in which the protagonist was an orphan, abandoned at birth and raised in the foster care system
Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a GoodReads Author
Option b - Humor: read Trail of the Spellmans whose GR page lists humor as the second genre (behind mystery)
Lisa Lutz is a GoodReads Author
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
My Goal Points: 500
Repost of 32720.8 it's my birthday
1. Chocolate cake. I read The Innocents by Francesca Segal. This book is on the romance shelf.
Total points: 65
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Pages read: 1315
Big books: 1
The Innocents
Nick KY5.3 Dust in the Wind book by and about Native Americans --
I read Love Medicine: New and Expanded Version by Louise Erdrich, 367 pages
10.4 Air signs I read The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh, who was born on Oct 18, a Libra. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bao_Ninh 233 pages
10.9 Former Group Reads From the anthology list of Spring 2012 I read the nominee Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger. 208 pages
Task Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 140
Total Page Count: 3,112
Emmalita20.9 Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
I read I've Got Your Number for task 20.10. This book was mentioned in the About the Author section
This post: 20
Total points to date: 120
Goodread authors: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 6
Lauren Marie20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
2) Red Velvet Cake- Read a book that is set in the South. I read
by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, which is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)(less)
5.9 Summer Reads City of Ashes from Sara <3 who joined in June 2007. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15... Cassandra Clare is a goodreads author.15.7 The First Day of Summer Matched
Points this post: 20
Total: 55/1080
GR Author: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
I'm finally getting on the board! I've read 7 books, but 6 of them have been half of 2 book tasks;)15.5. “Summer in the City”
This book takes place in NYC:
The Master's Muse: A Novel by Varley O'Connor
+15 Points
Grand Total: 15
Alice GTask 10.9 - Recycled Good Reads
Spring 2012 Published in Twenty-tens
Book: The Night Circus
Total Points: 125
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20.1 Fifty Shades of Whoa!Option 2: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
True crime is a new genre for me.
20.6 My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
I rolled a run and read a book that listed "humor" as a genre.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson is a Goodreads author.
30.1 SuperHero Summer
I rolled a 1 and a 2.
1. The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
Genre: Science fiction
2. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Genre: Mythology
Rick Riordan is a Goodreads author.
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Points this post: 70
Total points: 70
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 3
Total pages: 1,346
Total books: 4
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I would like to claim a big book ticket for this book. There is no MMP but the paperback version is 512 pages. Blackout.
20.8 - HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO - I chose chocolate cake (Do they really make other flavors?) and read Boss Man from Ogallala which has Romance listed on it's home page.
30.3 - AYE, AYE MATEY
A1. Book that takes place on an island - The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico which takes place on the island of Puerto Rico.
Sarah McCoy is a Goodreads author.
B3. Hangman's Noose - Flesh and Bone which has both mystery and suspense listed on it's home page.
TOTAL POINTS - 105
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 1
BIG BOOKS - 1