The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Jasmiina F


15.9 - Take a Ride:
Read a book with a name in the title or subtitle:
Sam Zabel And The Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks.
*Goodreads author*



Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
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10.9 - Three of a Kind?

Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings on the cover.

Azumanga Daioh Vol. 4


25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi

Option 3 Read a book with a single girl/woman on the cover.
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

Paige McKenzie is a Goodreads Author

Option 5 Read a book with a counting NUMBER found in the TITLE.

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
GR Authors this post: 2
Total GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:0
Total Big Book Tickets:0
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:

Andy P.
Task # 10.7. Think about it......
Read a nonfiction book with religion listed as a genre on the book's mp.
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
non fiction-1020 users, religion>Muslim 132 users

Points this post: 10
Total points: 125

Doing Dewey

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time! - Option 2 - Author's initials in STAMPEDE PARADE

A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention by Matt Richtel

This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0

Totals:
Total: 90/1085
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 4/61

Scooter&Siam
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller. Genre may be standalone or embedded.

Read Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

Thriller genre on main page

I'm claiming Joseph Kanon as a GRA.

Points: 10
Total: 40
GRA: 3
Big Books: 0
Tasks: 4

MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 30.7 Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer

Both books approved in task message #77

Option 2: Read a book whose authors initials can be found in the word REUNION.
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson

Qualifier: N and U are in "reunion"

Option 3: Read a book set in a place you would like to go on vacation.
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen

Qualifier: I would like to go on a vacation in Scotland

Claiming GRA for Nicola Upson

Points this task: 30
Points Total: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
GR Author: 5
Big Books: 0

Readerboard Name: Elishia

15.1 - Yin and Yang
Read two books one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2.

Book 1. Read a book with a predominately (at least 50%) white cover.
Approval

GRA Ginny Baird

Book 2. Read a book with a predominately (at least 50%) black cover.


GRA Lauren Kate


Points Earned This Post:15

Points Achieved to Date: 145/1085
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Morgan Faeriesfolly

5.6 Hotei

REQUIRED: Read a nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre.

Selection: Food: A Love Story -- Jim Gaffigan

Page #: PB 352 pages

[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 205/1085
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 15/61
Pages Read: 5330
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

Crowinator

Task 15.9: Take A Ride

Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander

Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2

10.7. Think about it......
My Story by Elizabeth Smart

15.7 - Birth of a Nation
The Other Guy's Bride by Connie Brockway (GR Author)
Set in Egypt

25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
Option 1: Author's initials in RHUBARB
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (GR Author)

Option 3: Food genre on main page
The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 200
GR Authors: 14

babblng c





15.4 - The Big O

Read ONE book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements
Suddenly One Summer - kindle Suddenly One Summer - paperback 304 pgs. by Julie James
Julie James is a GRA.
Romance 125 users
O word: one



THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books:

Total This Season
Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 5
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Books:

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Pages read this season: 1,611
Books read this season: 5

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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)

Delicious Dee

5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Soul Rest

Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 130
Goodreads Authors: 10

Didi3023

10.4. We miss you, Jane.
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in JANE AUSTEN.

Emma by Jane Austen

CURRENT POST
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 85
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Didi3023

15.3 - Now Appearing
Read TWO books.
#1: Read a book that has been made into a movie.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9.0
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_p...

#2: Read a book by an author who shares a FIRST or LAST name with one 100 All-time top grossing movie actors: Samuel L. Jackson

Cold Space by Samuel L. Jackson

CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 100
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

SCHATZIE

15.6: ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

The Clocks



Here is the link to the mmpb: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...



30.3: DONNA JO'S GOING MY WAY

opt. 1: Iowa book
Lila
req'd: found on list - Popular Iowa Books, page 1


opt. 2:last name begins with L

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
by Elizabeth Letts



Points this post: 45
Total Challenge Points: 440
BB(500) - 3
BB(750) - 0
BB(1000) - 0

perletwo

25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading - My challenge: to read more ethnically diverse authors. So, for this task, read two books by authors from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

The Strain

Points this task: 25
Total points: 330
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 17

NARUMON
10.6 What is GR up to?
Read a book from the Goodreads "What We're Reading List" (May 2015 or March 2015 edition)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, which is #15 on the March 2015 list.
#### Ernest Cline is a Goodreads Author ####
15.7 Birth of a Nation
Read a book set in one of these countries
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, which is set in Iceland.
#### Hannah Kent is a Goodreads Author ####
20.7 Summer Celebrations
Option 2: Read a book with War in main page genre
Maus, II: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman. War is an embedded genre with 159 users shelving it. Graphic Novels are allowed by the task creator.
20.9 It's Stampede Time
Option 3: Read a book that is #8 in a series
Murder in Little Italy by Victoria Thompson, which is #8 in the Gaslight Mystery series.
#### Victoria Thompson is a Goodreads Author ####

TOTAL IN POST
Points: 10+15+20+20 = 65
Goodreads Author:3
Big Book Tickets: 0

TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 20 + 65 = 85
Goodreads Author: 1 + 3 = 4
Big Book Tickets: 0

Vicki

10.2 It's Hurricane Season Again

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown a GRA

Sandra is on the list for Pacific Hurricane Names

This post:
10 pts
1 GRA

Total:
50 pts
4 GRA

20.9 Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time! Option 4
Read a book with Food or Cooking as a main page genre.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

Goodreads Author Joanne Fluke

Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140

Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+: 0

Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM

20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read by Mary Roach. I posted in the group thread here.
**Mary Roach is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**

Previous point total: 110
New points this post: 20
Total points: 130

New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 8

GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 4
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2

LAUREN JODI

25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series

Book #1: What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris* (Sebastian St. Cyr #5)
Book #2: Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris* (Sebastian St. Cyr #6)

*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 100/1085
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/61
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 0

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations


Option 4 - Their favorite colors are Pink and Blue. Read a book that is predominantly (at least 50%) one of these colors. Required: Include the cover when you post.

I read Wherever There Is Light: A Novel by Peter Golden who is a **********GR Author**********

this book was approved on the help thread.

Points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
GR authors: 2

Laura E


Dragon Kings
Option 4: Cardinal Directions

Justice for Sara by Erica Spindler
Author's initials (ES) found in the direction EAST

*Erica Spindler is a GRA.

Points: 20
Totals
Points: 70
GRA: 5
Big Books: 500 (2)

Laura E Repost of message #586 (forgot to put task number)


20.5 Dragon Kings
Option 4: Cardinal Directions

Justice for Sara by Erica Spindler
Author's initials (ES) found in the direction EAST

*Erica Spindler is a GRA.

Points: 20
Totals
Points: 70
GRA: 5
Big Books: 500 (2)

20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter
Option 1: Genre – Young Adult

Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
AR Bookfinder: MG+

This Post Points: 20
Total Points: 100

5.5 - Fukurokuju

I read The Last Bookaneer - Books about Books is the 4th genre on the main page.

10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.

I read When We Were Animals - Horror is the first main page genre.

20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings

I chose option 1 and read - river (probably the Thames) on the cover.

Points this post: 35
Total points: 85

trishhartuk

20.2 Rookie at the Top: Lauren Jodi’s task: The X-Philes

Read ONE book from the option of your choice. REQUIRED: State which option you chose when posting.

Option 2: I WANT TO BELIEVE: Read a book with “aliens” or “extraterrestrials” as a main page genre. The genre can be embedded.

The Deaths of Tao, Wesley Chu
14 users have shelved it as Science Fiction > Aliens
Goodreads Author: Yes, Wesley Chu is a Goodreads Author
Read the kindle edition. MMPB reference edition:

Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
GRA: 1

Total tasks completed: 6
Total points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0

CYNBAXTER
Task # 25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun

Book 1 - Option A: The Swimmer by Joakim Zander – This is an ARC I received from the publisher

Book 2 - Option B: The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor*
Author is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 120 points

GRA this post: 1
Total GRA to date: 4
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0

Kristen IA

5.5 - Fukurokuju
Fukurokuju is the God of wisdom and longevity. Since we all know that books are the key to both, read a book with the genre "Books About Books" listed as a main page genre.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

I read the Kindle version, but linked to the paperback (no MMPB available)

***Gabrielle Zevin is a Goodreads Author***

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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30/1085
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/61
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1

BARBARA ★


15.7 - Birth of a Nation
Invisible Murder- Lene Kaaberbøl (set in Denmark) 6/15

15.9 - Take a Ride
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber 6/14
Percy Parker is the heroine
Goodreads Author


Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 110

Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)

110/1085 POINTS

Leslie K

5.8 Kudokuten

Rain Girl by Gabi Kreslehner

Author's last name starts with K

Points this task: 5
Total points: 75

Leslie K

5.10 May the gods be ever in your favor

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

This is a book of my choice and is soooo much better than the movie!

Points this task: 5
Total points: 80

Andy P.
Task # 10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
Read a book whose author's first name matches the name of one of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane names
by Bill Knox
Author's first name is Bill which matches Bill on the list

Points this post: 10
Total points: 135

Leslie K

15.2 Outfoxed

Book 1: Memory Man by David Baldacci

This is Book 1 of the Amos Decker Series


Book 2: Comes the Dark by Michael Prescott

This has the word "dark" in which comes from the lists which says void (or dark)

Points this task: 15
Total points: 95

Hana C.

25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series

Read TWO books in the same series.

The following are books 1 & 2 in the Alex Hunter Series.

Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck

***Greig Beck is a GRA

Dark Rising by Greig Beck

***Greig Beck is a GRA

Points this Post: 25
GRA this Post: 2

**************

Total Points: 165
Total GRA: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 9/61

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations

I did Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre "Science Fiction" or "Young Adult".

American Boy by Larry Watson

Young adult 5 users

Task total=20
Grand total=80

10.8 - Ulysses, again!

Book set entirely in Ireland - Blood Magick by Nora Roberts

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/1085
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

Marina H

5.1 - Benzaiten
The Submissive

30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
Option 2: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Author's lastname begins with A

Option 3:
Titel written in solid blue lettering

Points this post: 35
Total points: 85

perletwo
*****REPOST*****

25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading - My challenge: to read more ethnically diverse authors. So, for this task, read two books by authors from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan. I've never read this book ro any others by her before.

The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro of Mexico. I've never read this book or any others by him before.

Points this task: 25
Total points: 330
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 17

Cait S

15.10- BBQ Time
Read a book with the letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray **Libbra Bray is a Goodreads Author**

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 1

Scooter&Siam
10.10 - Haiku!
Read a book with a title consisting of 5 or 7 words. Subtitles can be used or ignored.

Death in the Devil's Acre
Title has five words

Points: 10
Total: 50
GRA: 3
Big Books: 0
Tasks: 5

Nick KY

5.7 Jurojin I read Old Mars, ed. by George R.R. Martin and Gardner R. Dozois, with “Old” in the title.

15.8 Dearly Departed Terry Pratchett
I read The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon, with “Science Fiction” as a GR genre.


Points ThisPost: 20
Total Points So Far: 300

30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets

1) Read a book set in a place that you now consider, or once considered, magical.
REQUIRED: Tell us why you consider this place to be magical when you post.

BOOK #1:
The Love Academy by Belinda Jones
*Set in Venice, Italy
*All the canals (and lack of cars) and the architecture make Venice magical to me.

BOOK #2:
A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady
*Set in New Orleans, Louisiana
*I love the music, food, architecture, history, and culture of the city. It's like a European city in the U.S.

TASK TOTALS
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:

CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 125
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

5,1-read a book with an libririan in it-Last Scene Alive pts-5 tasks-3 books-4 total pts-35

GLADGIRL

15.1 - Yin and Yang

Read two books one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2.

Book 1. Read a book with a predominately (at least 50%) white cover. There must be a solid field of white somewhere on the cover.

Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy #2)
By Stephen King



Stephen King is a Goodreads Author.

Book 2. Read a book with a predominately (at least 50%) black cover. There must be a solid field of black somewhere on the cover.

Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes by Anthony Horowitz #2)
By Anthony Horowitz



Both of these books were approved in Message #163 of the Help Thread.

POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 1
Pages Read: 285, 431
Total Pages Read: 716
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

etwatson

20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday! - Option 2: Read a book with American, Fantasy, Western, Adventure, OR Science Fiction as a main page genre.

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey includes Fantasy as one of it's main page genres.

25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice - For this task, you should roll two dice ONE time.

I got lucky and rolled two 1's.

For Book 1- use the first number you rolled as the number of occurrences of the letter and the second number to select the letter from the list (from 1-6)
*Read a book containing 1 e. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

For Book 2- Switch the 2 numbers you rolled. The second number now determines the number of occurrences and the first number identifies the letter on the list
*Read a book containing 1 e. Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Both books were approved in post #32 found here

Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 45

20.5 Camilla's task: Dragon Kings

Option 1: Bodies of Water

I read On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan



20.9 Wayne's task: It's stampede time!

Option 2

I read The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

Author initials: DM (STAMPEDE PARADE)

Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) - (3) -

Amy N.
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
A. IN THE GARDEN: read a book that you got for free. by E.J. Simon Claiming Goodreads Author 6/17/15 Got from onehundredfreebooks.com

C. WITH THE FAMILY: read a book where the authors initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING: Laila Ibrahim 6/17/15 Claiming Goodreads Author

This Post: 25
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Author: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Morgan Faeriesfolly

25.8 Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading

**Both books and at least one of the authors should be new to you.**

Both books AND both authors are new to me.

REQUIRED: books by authors from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures.

Approval/Verified: African-American -- stated on GR profile.

Selection: Dawn (Xenogenesis #1) -- Octavia E. Butler

Page #: MMPB 248 pages

REQUIRED: books by authors from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures.

Approval/Verified: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina... (father from Panama).

Selection: The Book of Unknown Americans -- Cristina Henriquez

Page #: PB 304 pages

Cristina Henriquez is a **GRA**

[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 230/1085
Books Read: 21
Completed Tasks: 16/61
Pages Read: 5882
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

SCHATZIE

5.3: DAIKOKUTEN
---wealth word in title

The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter


20.4: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! JULIE DE'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY

opt. 2: Western genre

The Californios

Points this post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 465
BB(500) - 3
BB(750) - 0
BB(1000) - 0