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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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Summer Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC

3. International Joke Day There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff **tagged as humor by 23 users
4. Compliment Your Mirror Day

**Claiming 1 GR author ticket**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Books read: 16
GR author tickets: 8
Big Book tickets: 0

It is = It's
It's Classified by *Nicolle Wallace
*Nicolle Wallace is a Goodreads Author*
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
Book X: Heartsick Read for Task 20.6 posted in msg #332 of this thread. In my copy, there was a promotional page advertising Sweetheart coming out in the fall of 2008.
Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
Points in This Task: 30
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 653

Totals:
Total Points: 250
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(1), 1000=(1)
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read in Summer 2012 SRC: 7534
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2012 Reviews

30.5 Beg Borrow or Steal Your Way Round The World
I live in the UK so my continent is Europe
A Beg. 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross
The book is set in North America.
I was recommended the book by a work colleague at the library I work in.
***Andrew Gross is a GoodReads Author***
B. Borrow- Stranded by Emily Barr
The book is set in Asia
I borrowed this book from the library.
Points claimed this post:30
Total points claimed: 340

10.3 What's Your Exit?
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner, mostly set in Jersey City. Well worth the wait for this book from this incredible writer.
25.5 Even More Fun w/ Holidays
option 3: MacBeth by Shakespeare: We don't have much in common except for the hair and eyes (and beard that shows a little red when it grows in)
option 6: Bull Run by Paul Fleischman. Wanted to read this book after finishing teaching the Civil War this year.
Total points this post: 35
Total points: 65
Mike MA
MICHAEL LA
15.10 - Feel Good Hit
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 105
GR Authors: 1
15.10 - Feel Good Hit
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 105
GR Authors: 1

➜ Task # 30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A-1. Land Ho! - Read a book set on an island.
H/h kidnapped and held captive on a fictional man-made island
Nightshine (Kyndred, #4) by Lynn Viehl
B3 - Hangman’s Noose - Read any suspense or mystery book.
Roast Mortem by Cleo Coyle
Points this post: 30 points
Total to Date = 245 points
GR Authors: 7

Book A:
A-1. Land Ho! - Read a book set on an island.
The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman = 6/25/12
Book B:
B3 - Hangman’s Noose- Read any suspense or mystery book. “suspense" or "mystery” must be listed as a genre on the front page.
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
Previous Total: 140
This Task: 30
New Total: 170
GR Author Tickets: 2
Agnete Friis is a GR author

15.2- "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer"
I used "key" and "mystery" for my rhyming words.
***approved in help thread post 19***
Key to the Treasure by Peggy Parish
The Mystery of Hermit Dan by Peggy Parish
Total Points- 180
Total Tasks- 11
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 1

30.7 - Ms. Anderson's Task - The Final Battle
Matchup - Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
Book A - Main character is a spy for the French resistance:

Book B - Genre "romance":

Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 400
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Tickets: 5

Die Rolled: 1
Read: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Squiggly Word: Graceling
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather

Ebook approved, spreadsheet line 353
Rainy cover, approved in help thread.
*** Heather Webber is a GR Author ***
Points this post: 30
GRA this post: 1
Total points: 50
Total GRA: 3
Total big books: 0

Option 1 The Wingless Bird by Catherine Cookson
Catherine Cookson died June 11, 1998
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 18
Goodreads Author: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

Sarah Ruedy (SERuedy) | 12 comments Hello all I am new! But, some of the books I have read this summer already count! yay...
I have read a book that meets the criteria for 15.7 The First Day of Summer.
The book I read is:
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Also, since there are probably a lot of people here named Sarah, I can go by Sarah Eva
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 15
Big Books total: 1 x 500
Goodreads author total: 1
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Jul 04, 2012 05:37pm
Sarah Ruedy (SERuedy) | 12 comments Sarah Eva
5.4 Chemical Combo
I read Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid WorldbyTim Ecott.
5.8 Summer Lovin'
I read Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen This book can be found on the list: "Love" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read" List
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
I read Pandemoniumby Lauren Oliver who is also a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points:40
Big Books total: 1x500
Goodreads author total: 2
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So total points all together is 75.
I think I should be up to date now.

5.4--Chemical Combo
by reading:
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
(A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin)
Tasks Complete: 4
Total Points: 65
Big Book Ticket: 1

I've been slacking on posting - so now I have to catch up! Apologies to the mods...
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee
Set in England: A Place in the Country by Elizabeth Adler (352 p)
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day
Lover Revealed by JR Ward (480 p)
“rEVEaled”
10.4 Air Signs
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber (283 p)
Debbie Macomber was born on Oct 22
Debbie Macomber is a GRA.
15.5. “Summer in the City”
Breaking News by Fern Michaels (264 p)
Takes place in Los Angeles
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
3. Thriller Genre: Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson (432 p)
James Patterson is a GRA
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
3. Fantasy Genre: Lover Awakened by JR Ward (434 p)
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
1. Science Fiction: Ashfall by Mike Mullin (466 p)
Mike Mullin is a GRA.
4. Non-fiction WWII book: Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation by Aili McConnon (336 p)
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
A-4. Crossed by Ally Condie (367 p)
B-4. Library Book: Lover Avenged by JR Ward (642 p)
This is a Big Book.
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
1. Repeat Day: Impulse by Candace Camp (382 p)
Candace Camp is a GRA
4. Food: Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich (299 p) (main character works at a bakery)
Janet Evanovich is GRA
Points this Post: 170
Tasks Completed this Post: 9
Books Read this Post: 12
Pages Read this Post: 4737
GoodReads Authors this Post: 5
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 450
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 33
Total Pages Read: 11687
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

30.10 ButterflyCager's Flag and Dad
Option 3. Train on the cover -- I read

Option 5. Alternate History as GR genre -- I read

Task Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 400
Pages read: 9,936
Big Books: 500+ (1)

I read Danny: The Champion of the World by Roald Dahl.
Roald Dahl died November 23, 1990. He also won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

Please delete the points I claimed for 20.3/Reading...by the numbers (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest). I will re-slot that book later. Thanks.
20.5 Let's Talk About the Weather

30.11 Fun Summer Holidays
Option 1: Repeat Day

Option 4: National Culinarian's Day

The main character works in a bakery.
Janet Evanovich is a GRA. Claiming 1 author ticket.
Points for this post: - 20 (for deleted task) + 20 + 30 = 30
Total points: 125 + 30 = 155
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0

TASK 30.10
Option #2: Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke
Option #4: (set at Oxford)
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
***Deborah Harkness is a GR author
TOTAL: 150
Dlmrose
10.1 Skip to My Lou
Cliff Walk: A Liam Mulligan Novel by Bruce DeSilva initials BCD
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer.
option 3.Itsy Bitsy... bikini- swimsuit on cover
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
option 5.Kokomo- set in Bahamas
Bahama Burnout by Don Bruns
30.10 Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
option 2- 13 stripes- 13th book in series
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
option 3- train in title
Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson
total 490
10.1 Skip to My Lou
Cliff Walk: A Liam Mulligan Novel by Bruce DeSilva initials B
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer.
option 3.Itsy Bitsy... bikini- swimsuit on cover

option 5.Kokomo- set in Bahamas
Bahama Burnout by Don Bruns
30.10 Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
option 2- 13 stripes- 13th book in series
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
option 3- train in title
Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson
total 490

15.8. “Summer of 69”
I read Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World by Steven Stark
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
The book is set in India and the UK.
Libba Bray is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big books total: 0
Goodreads author total: 1

A. Hand on the cover

B. Feet on cover

30.2 Sassafrass's Task: I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco:
2. Happy Anniversary:
After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
5 A Taste of Asia:
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 645

I rolled a 2 and a 6
2.) Thor (book genre of mythology)
Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep
**Jennifer Estep is a GoodReads Author**
6.) Spiderman (a word in title can be anagrammed from Spiderman)
Anagrammed word: MIND
The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton
ebook approved on line 524 of the SRC ebook Verification spreadsheet
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Option 1 - Repeat Day - Spying in High Heels by ***Goodreads Author Gemma Halliday***
Option 4 - National Culinarians Day - Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Chef Marcus Samuelsson (approved in help thread)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 330/1080
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

Option 4: I read

***Marie Sexton is a Goodreads Author***
Option 6: I read

Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 675
Books Read: 49
Tasks Completed: 35
GR Authors: 36
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Last Post 987
10.4 Air Signs
Cover Me - L.A. Witt (GR Author) - According to her GR profile, LA’s birthday is Oct 20 which makes her a Libra - length of book approved in verification thread 1295
10.9 Recycled Group Reads
XVI - Julia Karr (GR Author) - nominated for the Spring 2012 YA Dystopia fiction category
15.8. “Summer of 69”
The Luckiest - Piper Vaughn (GR Author) - the MC is a rock star, length of ebook approved in verification thread msg 1084
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...
Anne of Green Gables - Option 1 - AoGG is mentioned on pg 186 (approx) of the book, Fifteen Days, that I used for task 20.30 - it is given as a gift to her departing CO by Nicola Goddard - the first female Canadian soldier to die in combat in Afghanistan
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
Book 1- option 1 - Trust Me - Jeff Erno (GR Author) - the 2 main characters are teenage boys, Shawn and Bobby
Book 2 - option 2 - Ride with Me - Ruthie Knox (GR Author) - book features the couple riding across the USA, length approved approx. line 379
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
my home country is the USA
Book 1 I borrowed from the Library - Kingdom of Strangers: A Novel - Zoë Ferraris (GR author) - set in Saudi Arabia in the Asia/Middle East
Book 2 I stole from DLMRose’s Europe shelf - Andorra - set in Andorra, Europe
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Book 1 - Option A - Barefoot in the Sand - Roxanne St. Claire (GR author) - at the beginning of the book a hurricane hits the island where the book is set on, the rest of it is focused on their recovery - approved in the THT
Book 2 - Option B - Burn Bright - Marianne de Pierres (GR Author) - 66 people have it shelved as sci-fi>dystopia
Total Points This Post: 140
Total Points Overall: 620
Books Completed: 50
Tasks Complete: 38
GR Authors: 34
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)

15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
I read Christmas Eve at Friday Harborby Lisa Kleypas
I would like to claim a Goodreads Author for this
Points this task 15
Total points 200
Tasks done 14
pages 5511
Goodreads Authors 8

Task 30.9 - North by Northwest
I decided to do options 1 and 3.
For option 1, a book set in Chicago, I read:
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia C. McKissack
For option 3, I read a book where the main male character is a goalie on a professional hockey team:
See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson
Points this task: 30
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 86
Pages read: 10759
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
1) Chocolate Cake- Read a romance.
The Sheik's Command (Sahara Kings, Book 1) by Loreth Anne White
Goodreads Author
30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
I rolled 2 and 2
2) Thor -
Read a book in the genre "mythology" or a "mythology" genre variation-
Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter
Goodreads Author
Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione
Goodreads Author
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Select two (2) different options from the following choices:
B) "End of the World As We Know It":
Crossed by Allyson Condie
E) A Cover Tune: Read any book with a cover depicting one of the "things" listed in the song.
Heart :The Trouble With Valentine's Day by Rachel Gibson

Points this post: 80
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500= 3,750=0, 1000=0

15.2 - Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
Power Play by Ridley Pearson and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Total Points: 25
Total Books Read: 4

Bridget Jones's Diary
Was set primarily in London
10.5 Caribbean Queen
Pirates!
Was set primarily in the Caribbean
10.6 Contraction Action
Boys Don't Cry
20.7 In Homage to MZB
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl actually fits two categories: he died in November 1990 (for option 1) and won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983 (for option 2)
25.2 Around the Country in Six Parks
Option 1 (first book by prolific author): Our Only May Amelia <--first of Jennifer L. Holm's books according to Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer...)
Option 2 ("river" in title): River Rats
25.4 All About the Author
Book A (memoir): Bad Boy: A Memoir <--Walter Dean Myers' memoir
Book B (book by same): Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers
30.6 It's the End of the World...
Book A (disaster in plot): The Silent Storm <--two major hurricanes affect the protagonist's life, one in her childhood and the other forming the major plot of the book
Book B (dystopian, (post)apocalyptic): Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? <--labeled all three on the main genre page and EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS OMG *ahem*
Total: 125 + 905 (from earlier) = 1030 points

Task 5.5 Diamond Jubilee

Set in Scotland
Task points = 5
Total points = 60

I chose task #1-read a book with a night scene on the cover. I read

I also chose task #5-read a book with a beach on the cover. I read

Points this post : 25
Total points : 155
Tasks complete : 8
GoodReads authors : 7

➜ Task # 20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather
rainy picture on the cover - has rain and lightning in the background

Devon Monk is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20 points
Total to Date = 265 points
GR Authors: 8

The Gay Divorcee by Paul Burston
Points this post = 15
Total points = 385
Big Books = 1
Goodreads Authors = 7

I read Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill
***Chloe Neill is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 685
Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 36
GR Authors: 37
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

30.11 – Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
1. Repeat Day
The Time Machine- The Time Machine
5. Chinese Valentine's Day
Lady Chatterley's Lover - genre: romance
Points this post: 30
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 185

5.2 - Pack Your Bags
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Travel is a genre on the main page
5.4 - Chemical Combo
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
There are two o's and 2 n's in the title of the book.
5.6 - Blowin' in the Wind

There is a flower on the cover. A flower can be carried by wind.
5.10 - Up, Up, and Away
Lothaire by Kresley Cole
The word air appears intact in the title
10.10 - Air Conditioned Cool

The cover is an ice cave
15.5 - Summer in the City
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
This book is set in Cincinnati
15.7 - The First Day of Summer
Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione
First book in a series that has at least 3 books already published
15.8 - Summer of 69
Dark Melody by Christine Feehan
The hero in this book is a musician.
20.4 - Let's Go Camping
I rolled a 4
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
Horror is listed as a genre on the main page
20.9 - Please Be Patient...
Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian
There was a comment in Once Burned which I read for task 5.4 by Lara Adrian
Total Points This Post: 115
Total Points To Date: 145

20.1- Fifty Shades of Whoa!
***Option 4- Black in the title***
The Black Opal by Victoria Holt
Total Points- 200
Total Tasks- 12
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 1

I read a book from Sara's shelf. The link to her profile is http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15....
I read Major Crush by Jennifer Echols, which was on her 'read' shelf.
20.2 School's Out For Summer
I read Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson. This book fulfills choices 1 and 2. The main character is on vacation and she just graduated from Medical School.
30.6 Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
B. I read Angelfall by Susan Ee. This book is listed as Dystopian on its home page.
G. I read Perfection by R.L. Mathewson. This is an ebook that is approved on line 352 on spreadsheet. The main character in this book is divorced and living alone. She spends a lot of time alone.
*Jennifer Echols, R.L. Mathewson and Susan Ee are all GR Authors*
Points This Post- 55
Total Points- 290
GR Authors- 13

30.7 The Final Battle
Book 1: Babysitting the Baumgartners by Selena Kitt
Notes: 2A) Stark
Book 2: Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
Notes: 2B) Science Fiction
This Post: 30
Points to Date: 290

30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
I chose option 2. Iron Man vs. Iron Monger
sub option a. The author has the initials “S-T-A-R-K” in any order
Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich
AND
sub option b. Genre “Science Fiction” on main page- no shelf name variations
Star Trek by Alan Dean Foster
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A - Concerts I am seeing this summer
I chose sub option 1. WMZQ Summerfest (anthology)
First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors by Lee Child (editor)
AND
Group B. Concerts I have seen
sub option 3. Brooks and Dunn (read a book that is written as a single title by 2 authors)
The Inquisitor's Key by Jefferson Bass
Jefferson Bass is actually Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass
Total Points = 910

10.9 - Recycled Group Reads
This was a nominee in Fall 2011 for the category "Magical Realism":

25.3 - Keltie Lee's Task - Hands and Feet
Hands:

Feet:

Points this Post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 435
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Tickets: 5

25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer
Option 1: Romance set in the Summer
Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas Goodreads Author

Option 2: Main character is a teenager/college student
The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
Total Points: 345
Total GR Authors: 12

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Post 16 in the discussion thread.
Total points 175


10.1 Skip to My Lou
I read The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby
Agatha Christie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Big book totals: 1x500
Goodreads author total:2
Tasks completed: 6

Task 25.1 I'm Solidly Behind You
Option A
Book: Shadow of Night 584 pages
Option E
Book: The Cleft by Doris Lessing
Initials D and L in solidly
Task: 25.5 Even More Fun with Holidays
Option 3
Book: The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
Option 6
Book: Charlotte Street
Total Points: 320
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I rolled a "1" - Iron Man (science fiction genre)
The Time Machine
and a "4" - Captain America (novel set between 1900-1950)
A Thread of Grace
The novel is set between 1943-1945.
Mary Doria Russell
is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 30
Tasks completed this post: 1
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0, 1
Total points: 95
Total tasks completed: 8
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total GoodReads authors: 3