The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

etwatson

10.9 - Three of a Kind? - Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings (mammal, bird, fish, reptile - no trees, flowers, etc.) on the cover.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings - Option 3: Royalty and palaces - read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: king, queen, prince, princess, palace, castle, royal, court.
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 130

Kait

10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
A book set in one of the Caribbean countries or written by an author who was born or currently lives in one of the Caribbean countries.
Adrift on St. John by Rebecca M. Hale -- 50%+ set on the island of St. John in the Virgin Islands; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Adrift on St. John -- Approved in help thread post #3

Rebecca M. Hale is a GR Author.


20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 1 - A book with the main page genre "Science Fiction" or "Young Adult".
The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman -- Science Fiction on main page with 40 users -- Genre noted in verification thread posts #126 & 127



Points This Post: 30
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0

Total Points: 235
Total GR Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

Mimi Michele

20.3 Acronyms

I read The Enchanted April=TEA

The Enchanted April byElizabeth von Arnim



CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 260
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

15.8 - Dearly Departed
I read Armada - Science Fiction is the top main page genre.

30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read - baseball on the cover.

For my second book, I chose option 3, and read Great Expectations - classics is the top genre listed, and the book was first published in 1861, long before 1956.

30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Author's initials NN appear in reuNioN.

For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy - the book is set in Italy, where I can't wait to go on vacation in the fall!

Points this post: 75
Total points: 595

15.9 - Take a Ride
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (name in title)

20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 1 - #2 in series:
Pigs in Heaven (Greer Family #2)

Total points: 155

20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
Option 3 - Words in the title or subtitle: queen

Queen of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie

Big Books Ticket = 623 pages
Queen of Camelot paperback (read Kindle)

Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 240

Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+: 0

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
Setting is Dublin, Ireland - UNESCO City of Literature

The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty

Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 260

Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books - 500+: 5
Big Books - 750+: 2
Big Books - 1000+: 0

SuzanneB

25.3-Andy P's Task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter

Read one book where the author's initials or book title beginning letter contains all straight letters and one with all crooked letters

Book 1: The Hours

Book 2: Bull Mountain

Points this post: 25

Total points: 25

Kristen IA


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.


A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick

The book is in the Cobbled Quilt series, which contains the letters BBQ.


***Marie Bostwick is a Goodreads Author***

I read the ebook, but linked to the paperback version.


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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 205/1085
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14/61
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 1

Cait S

20.4- Happy Birthday!

Option 2
Read a book with American, Fantasy, Western, Adventure, OR Science Fiction as a main page genre.

Beastly by Alex Flinn **Alex Flinn is a Goodreads Author**

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 10

NIKKI

Repost from #1684 - Error - childrens book used when disallowed

30.6 Sandys Task
Book 1 - Number 1 Song on list, My Girl - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King 264p

Book 2 - Jimmy Ruffin's initials match authors - The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson 272p

Total pages = 536
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This post - 30
Previous post - 560

New Total - 590

Nikki

****** Book Swap ******

Task 5.8 - Kudokuten Author with K in Name

Old Book - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (IG:MG, BL:6.7, AR:18.0)

New Book - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (IG:MG, BL:6.8, AR:32.0)

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15.5 Witch Hunt
Book has paranormal as embedded genre
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (IG:MG, BL:6.7, AR:18.0)

Total Post - 15
Previous Total - 590

New Total - 605

FANDURY

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

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

The Fold by Peter Clines

This book has Science Fiction as one of its Genres on the main page.

Peter Clines is a Goodreads Author!


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)

Catherine T

Task 25.13 - It's not Usagi
option 1 - read a book with genre "retelling"
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

option 2 - read a book with a single woman on the cover
Divine Misdemeanours by Laurell K Hamilton

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points this post - 25
total points = 615

KAZ KOMO
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 1: Read a book that is identified as book #2 or #6 in a series A Hidden Witch(A Modern Witch #2) by Debora Geary

15.9 - Take a Ride - Read a book with a name in the title
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Points this post: 35
Total Points: 175
GRA this post: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12

10.8 - Ulysses, again!

I chose: Oameni din Dublin

Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total:
Total Points: 110
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ


5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger

10.4 - We miss you, Jane.
Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
The author's initials can be found in Jane Austen - Jane auSten

10.8 - Ulysses, again!
The Secret Place by Tana French
The book is set in a suburb of Dublin and the author was born in Ireland (Tana French's profile page)


This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **

Shannon south Africa

20.4 Happy birthday!
Option 4: a word in the title begins with "K"

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Task points: 20
Challenge points: 95
GR authors: 2

Cindy F

Task 15.1 Yin and Yang

Book 1: White Cover by David Bezmozgis WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR!!


Book2: Black Cover by John Vaillant



Points this post:15
Total points:115
Tasks completed:9
Books read:11
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!

Option 2: Read a book with Fantasy as a main page genre:
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

This post: 20
Total this season: 20

Sarah E

20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS

I read Crocodile on the Sandbank - COTS

Kindle edition I read: Crocodile on the Sandbank
MMPB: La sfida della mummia

Points this post: 20
Total points: 135

Becky P

15.4 - The Big O

One book option

On A Night Like This by Barbara Freethy

***Barbara Freethy is a GRA***

Points this post-15
Total points-325
Total GRA-24
Total BB-

Devon

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

I read The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor.

BARBARA ★


20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
Option 1: Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey (added Feb 2009) 7/17

20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS
The Assassin's Blade - Sarah Maas (TAB) 7/18
Goodreads Author

Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 300

Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)

300/1085 POINTS

Dlmrose

25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
option 1, internship: The Year They Tried to Kill Me : Surviving a Surgical Internship Even If the Patients Don't by Salvatore Iaquinta
PB: The Year They Tried to Kill Me: Surviving a surgical internship...even if the patients don't

option 2, zombies pg 1, #11: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

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

Book 1, set in Venice- a place I consider magical- the canals, the maze of streets and alleys, music in Piazza San Marco at night
Dressed for Death by Donna Leon

Book 2 set during the running of the bulls and Festival San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain
The Last Fiesta by Andy Rumbold
PB: The Last Fiesta

50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!

book 1, lgbt genre: : Nevada by Imogen Binnie
PB: Nevada

Book 2, option A: The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

Book 3, memoir: Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres

total = 975

Laura NT

15.8 - Dearly Departed
Read a book with Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres (Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fantasy, etc.) on its main book page

Wasteland of Flint
Has Science Fiction on its main book page

Points this post: 15
Total so far: 45

Kristi CO

15.4 The Big O
1 book fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements:
Romance genre & a word in the title begins with 'o'
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker

Jan-Philipp Sendker is a goodreads author

Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla – Dragon Kings

Option 3 – Word in title: Princess

The Princess Bride
*** 1 Big Book Ticket - 512 pages ***


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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1

Andy P.
Task # 25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
B. ON THE WATER
Read a book that has a boat on the cover. by Todd Borg
Kayak above the "o" in the author's name, Ghost boat of the title above right of the kayak.

C. WITH THE FAMILY
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING. by Andrew Taylor
Family GAThering

Points this post: 25
Total points: 495

SandyD

Task 5.1 Benzaitan

Gerard's Beauty by Marie Hall
ebook approved for length on list #794

Task points = 5
Total points = 320

Shiraloo

5.3 - Daikokuten

Aspen Gold by Janet Dailey


5.7 - Jurōjin

Not a Word About Love by Hana Goldberg
REQUIRED: OLD found in author's name

*Hana Goldberg is a GRA*


20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability

The Boy Next Door by Annabelle Costa
REQUIRED: Option 3, found on page 1, position #26 on the list.


30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time

Book1: The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
Book2: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

*Meg Cabot is a GRA*
*Stephanie Perkins is a GRA*


30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?

Book1: Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky
REQUIRED: Option 2, Baseball on cover,

Book2: The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald
REQUIRED: Option 3, classics genre, originally published in 1941

*Mindy Klasky is a GRA*


CURRENT POST
Points: 90
Goodreads Authors: 4
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 600
Goodreads Authors: 29

Mary P

15.7 - Birth of a Nation
Escape from Mt. Merapi by Kate Benzin.
Approved for length: Message #4832
This story takes place in Indonesia.

**Kate Benzin is a Goodreads Author**

15.8 - Dearly Departed
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

**Stephen King is a Goodreads Author**
***Four Past Midnight is a Big Book ( 768 pgs ). Claiming 2 BB Tickets***

15.9 - Take a Ride
The Resurrection of Tess Blessing by Lesley Kagen

**Lesley Kagen is a Goodreads Author**

Points this post: 45
Total points: 335
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 10

Susan W.

5.8 Kudokuten: Read a book written by a female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with the letter K.

I read A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

** Kim Harrison is a GRA **

10.1 Summer Reading: Read a book found on one of the summer reading lists posted. Indicate which list your book is found on.

I read Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

It was on the Gear Patrol 2015 Summer Reading List

Points this post: 15
Total points: 100

Cait S

5.9- Takarabune
Read a book with something that can be eaten (by humans) on the cover.

by Adrienne Maria Vrettos **Adrienne Maria Vrettos is a Goodreads Author**

The food item on the cover is an apple(core). This book was approved on the help thread here

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 195
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 11

10.4 We Miss You, Jane:

A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan E in Jane and E in Austen. I read an ARC

15.6 Rock around the Clock:

by Agatha Christie

20.2 Lauren Jodi's Task--The X Philes:

3 byDavid Drake okayed in help thread #32.


20.9 Wayne's Task: It's Stampede Time
1. cOwboy Hat: by Linda Bridey I read the Kindle edition but there is a paperback Westward Winds

Today's total: 45
Grand total: 485

SarahBR
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
1) by A.J. Betts A GRA. This book is mainly set within a hospital as they are two Cancer patients fighting Cancer. Growing up I was always in and out of Hospitals for various things and have always had a connection to them and found them magical, with what they can do for children.

2) by Andy Weir This book is Predominantly set on the planet Mars. Mars seems to be that nearby but also far away planet. Mars is a far off magical idea to me that always keeps me wondering what really is out there and how we don't know what is truly out within the Universe. This all seems magical to me and makes me wonder what could come from the future in terms of world exploration especially since we also learned more about Pluto recently.

Points This Post: 30
GR Authors This Post:2

Total Points: 495
Total GR Authors: 30
Books Read:38

Posting correctly
SarahBR
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
1) by A.J. Betts A GRA. This book is mainly set within a hospital as they are two Cancer patients fighting Cancer. Growing up I was always in and out of Hospitals for various things and have always had a connection to them and found them magical, with what they can do for children.

2) by Andy Weir A GRA This book is Predominantly set on the planet Mars. Mars seems to be that nearby but also far away planet. Mars is a far off magical idea to me that always keeps me wondering what really is out there and how we don't know what is truly out within the Universe. This all seems magical to me and makes me wonder what could come from the future in terms of world exploration especially since we also learned more about Pluto recently.

Points This Post: 30
GR Authors This Post:2

Total Points: 495
Total GR Authors: 30
Books Read:38

Jonquil

50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!

Book 1: Genre: GLBT>Gay and GLBT
Rust on the Razor
Mark Richard Zubro
7/21 Paperback, 224 pages

Book 2- option A- author on list and GLBT genre
Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead?
Mark Richard Zubro
7/21 Paperback, 189 pages

Book 3- option B: Gay autobiography mentioned in task
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris
7/21 Paperback, 304 pages

Points this post: 50
Total points: 1085
Books posted: 86
Tasks complete: 61
Pages this post: 717
Total pages as of this post: 24487

Cait S

5.10- May The Gods Be Ever In Your Favor
For this task, enjoy any book of your choice.

What the Living Do: Poems by Marie Howe

Claiming this as my one 80-99 pages long exemption book.

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 200
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 12

NIKKI

5.9 Takarabune
Popcorn on cover (under machine gun)
Popcorn by Ben Elton

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10.2 Hurricane Season
Name Peter found on Atlantic List The Fold by Peter Clines

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10.9 Three of a kind
Three humans (well lawyers) on cover The Appeal by John Grisham

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25.2 Shiraloo's Task
Option 1- 2 R's for author as found in rhubarb Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Option 3 - food in genre Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
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30.7 Pamelas Task

Option 1 - St Peters Basilica on cover The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis

Option 3 - book set in Paris, an amazing holiday location The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery


Previous posts - 605
This post - 80

New total - 685

MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 20.7 Ana's task: Summer Celebrations

Option 2: War genre
The Secret of Raven Point by Jennifer Vanderbes

Qualifier: Genre war

Claiming GRA for Jennifer Vanderbes

Points this task: 20
Points Total: 370
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Author: 17
Big Books: 0

Doing Dewey

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing - Option 1: oldest to-read book

Moneyball

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

20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS - title initials spell a word

State of Wonder = SOW

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

Totals:
Total: 195/1085
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 9/61

Jayme(the ghostreader)
25.1 In A Series
Hair of the Dogby Laurien Berenson#4 and Watchdogby Laurien Berenson #5

Laurien Berenson is a Goodreads author.

Tasks Completed 4
Books Read: 6
GR Authors Total: 5, Laurien Berenson x2
BB Tickets 0
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 70

15.1 - Yin and Yang


1, predominantly white cover: Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc. by Delia Ephron


2, predominantly black cover: The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith


Points this post: 15
Total points: 320

M1NKS

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
Option1: - White Teeth- 542 pages
This was #5 in my TBR List
*I claim x 1 Big Book Ticket*


POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 560
GR Author: 3
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 34

10.4 We miss you Jane

Girl from the South by Joanna Trollope - initials JT found in Jane Austen

task point 10
Total points 200

Kait

25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's Not Usagi
Option 3 - A book with a single girl/woman on the cover.
Binding the Shadows by Jenn Bennett -- Lone woman on the cover



Jenn Bennett is a GR Author.

Option 5 - A book with a counting number found in the title.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 02 by Hiromu Arakawa -- Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 02 -- Approved in help thread posts #127 & #128



Points This Post: 25
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0

Total Points: 260
Total GR Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

5.8 - Kudokuten
Hääyöaie by Sophie Kinsella

5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Kolmen liitto

10.10 - Haiku!
All's Well That Ends Well 5 words in title
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB All's Well That Ends Well

Points this post: 20
Points total: 390/1085
GRA total: 12
BB total: 3
Tasks completed: 23/61
Books read: 28

25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City

2. Read a book with a main character who is a Musician or with "Music" as a main page genre.

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - approved in the help tread #23, music as a main page genre (138 users)

4. Read a book set in one of the corresponding countries: Japan, China, Italy, Greece, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India or Mexico.

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson - set in China, as is stated by the book details on Goodreads

**Neal Stephenson is a Goodreads Author.
**This book has 506 pages. I claim one big book ticket.

THIS POST

Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Tickets: 1

TOTAL
Points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 8

Congratulations, Jonquil! Fall task 30.4 is yours!