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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2015
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Summer Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Three of a Kind?
Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings on the cover.
by Elmore Leonard Cover approved herePoints this post: 10
Total points: 700
SandyDTask 15.3 Now Appearing
Book 1: Read a book that has been made into a movie.
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/noteb...
Book 2: Read a book by an author who shares a FIRST or LAST name with one of these 100 All-time top grossing movie actors (source: the-numbers.com)
Play by Holly S Roberts
Julia Roberts #60
Task points = 15
Total points = 480
Andy P.Task # 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"
by James M. TaborScience fiction om mp (2 users)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 720
5.7 - JurojinPlease Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
*A.S. King is a GRA*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Lindy-Lanetask 20.7: summer celebrations:
*opt. #4:book cover @ least 50% pink:
Paris or Bust! by Kate HoffmannPoints this post: 20
Total points: 245
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 14
Cait S20.6- It Was Ability That Mattered, Not Disability
Option 1
Read a book that has a deaf character, or is written by a deaf author, or is about deaf experience.
The Sign for Drowning by Rachel Stolzman **Rachel Stolzman is a Goodreads Author**
As stated in the summary, Anna teaches more than one deaf child through out the book, but especially Adrea, a deaf child she legally adopts early on in the story.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 355
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Mary P5.2 - Bishamonten
Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
**Chelsea Cain is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post:5
Total points: 440
Goodreads Authors: 23
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating SummerOption 3 –Vacation: Read a book set in a place you would like to go on vacation.
Eat, Pray, Love: Someday, I would like to go on a vacation and relax in the beautiful beaches of Bali, Indonesia.
Elizabeth Gilbert is a Goodreads Author
Option 4 – County Fair Time: Read a book with an object on the cover you would expect to find exhibited at a county fair.
A picture of a sheep (county fair animal) is on the cover.Points this Post: 30
Total Points to date: 120
GRA this post: 1
Total GRA to date: 4
BB Tickets this post: 0
Total BB Tickets to date: 1 (500+)
ESHAY20.10 - Group Reads
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Comments 38 and 40 here
*Mary Roach is a GR Author*
Points: 65
Books: 4
GRA: 1
BB:
500 () 1000 () 1500 ()
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 25.12 Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
Option 2: Format - read a book that is #5, #10 or 50 in a series.
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton
Qualifier: Agatha Raisin #10 in series.
Option 4: Top ten challenge
The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
Qualifier: Historical Fiction on June 10/2015
Claiming GRA for M.C. Beaton
Points this task: 25
Points Total: 485
Tasks Completed: 29
GR Author: 24
Big Books: 0
5.10 May the Gods Be Ever in Your FavorThe Secrets She Keeps by Deb Caletti
***Deb Caletti is a GR Author
15.8 Dearly Departed
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Science Fiction on the main page.
***Neal Stephenson is a GR Author
**** This is a big book at 880 pages
20.4 Happy Birthday
Option 2 - When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord
Has Fantasy on the Main Page
***Joshua Gaylord is a GR Author
Post Total: 40
Grand Total: 165
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller.
Crooked Little Lies by Barbara Taylor Sissel. Sissel is a Goodreads author.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 11
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 16
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.5 Witch Hunt
Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 by Gail Carriger
Qualifier: Fantasy/Paranormal genre, 228 pages
claiming GRA for Gail Carriger
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 500
Tasks Completed: 30
GR Author: 25
Big Books: 0
Post #1820.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 2: Read a book whose author's initial can be found in the phrase STAMPEDE PARADE.
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay PT both in sTamPede
Points this post:20
Total: 405
Books read: 30
Tasks Done:21
M1NKS15.10 - 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.
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 645
GR Author: 3
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 41
M1NKS20.6 - It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 3 - Of Human Bondage 684 pages
(on page 2 of the list)
*I Claim One Big Book Ticket*
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 665
GR Author: 3
Big Books: [500+: 5] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 42
M1NKS30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
Option 2: Read a book with an author whose first name is Mary, Kathleen, or Donna OR choose an author whose last name begins with the letter A, or L, or O.
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
Option 3: read a book with the title written in solid red OR white OR blue lettering
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 695
GR Author: 3
Big Books: [500+: 5] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 43
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & WritingOption 1, science genre: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Option 2, main character is an author: The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455
15.8 - Dearly DepartedFantasy genre: Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates
15.10 - BBQ Time
BBQ in any combination of title, subtitle, series, and/or author's name: Between Heaven and Texas (Cobbled Quilt #6) by Marie Bostwick
Between (title)
Bostwick (author)
Quilt (series title)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating SummerOption 3 –Vacation- Still Talking by Joan Rivers. This book takes place in California, a place I would love to visit and vacation.
Option 4 – County Fair Time:
Second Chances by D.L. Roan. *D.L. Roan is a GR Author. There is a horse on the cover, and can be found at country fairs. Points this post- 30
Total points- 155
GR Authors- 8
Laura NT15.4 - The Big O
ONE book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements
A Discovery of Witches
1. Read a book with the genre sexuality, romance or erotica on its main book page
Has Romance on its main book page
2. Read a book with a word that begins with the letter O in the title or subtitle
Has "of" in the title. In Help Thread comment #24, was said that "of" counts.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Catherine TTask 5.8 - Kudokuten
Read a book by a female author whose name starts with K
Lighter than My Shadow by Katie Green
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Points this post = 5
Total points = 585
SandyDTask 30.5 Teri-K's Task
Option 1 - For this option, the title and subtitle of the book you read must contain all the letters in SAUNA, including two A's.
A Dangerous Bargain by JS Scott
Option 2 - For this task read a book whose cover has or a baseball uniform, bat, ball, or mitt.
Out of Left Field by Morgan Kearns
Task points = 30
Total points = 510
Task # 20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Wayne – It’s Stampede TimeOption 1 – Cowboy hat on cover
HELP thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads author ***
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 305 points
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
15.8 - Dearly Departed Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong, a Goodreads author
Shelved as fantasy
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 4 - Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson, a Goodreads author
POINTS: 315
TASK NUMBER :25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s BountyTASK DESCRIPTION: Read 2 Books with author initials in RHUBARB
BOOK READ #1:
AUTHOR:Abigail Roux
DATE READ: 7/19/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 1
GR Author: Abigail Roux is a GR Author
BOOK READ #2:
AUTHOR:Abigail Roux
DATE READ: 8/3/2015
REQUIRED INFO: OPTION 1
GR Author: Abigail Roux is a GR Author
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
GR Author: 2
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 560
Total GR Author : 27
Total Big Book: 0
Emmalita25.7 Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book 1: I re-read this book as it was one of my favorites growing up. I related to it because I enoyed the character of Scout so much.
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Book 2: My enabler was my father. This books deals a lot with Scout's relationship with her father, Atticus.
This post: 25
Total points to date: 220
Goodread authors: 7
Big book tickets: 0
Total tasks completed: 12
perletwo10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire. - Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
And Then There Was One
Points this task: 10
Total points: 730
Books read: 53
Tasks completed: 37
BOUCHRA20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 2: genre - Science Fiction
The Phoenix Rising by Richard L. Sanders
This book was approved for length in post #4744.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 1: genre - Science Fiction
The Phoenix War by Richard L. Sanders
This book was approved for length in post #4744.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 5
GR Author Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2031
TASK NUMBER :5.9 - TakarabuneTASK DESCRIPTION: Read a book with food on cover
BOOK READ #1:
AUTHOR:Erica Bauermeister
DATE READ: 8/4/2015
REQUIRED INFO: fruit (pears) on cover
GR Author: Erica Bauermeister is a GR Author
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
GR Author: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 565
Total GR Author : 28
Total Big Book: 0
Kristen IA20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Microhistories -- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Discussion Thread – Post #41
I listened to the audiobook, but linked to the PB version
**Mary Roach is a Goodreads Author**
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 265/1085
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 17/61
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
15.6 - Rock Around the ClockClock on Cover
Cover:
My Future Husband | Karen Clarke | ♥♥ | 290 Pages | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 290/1085
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 21/61
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not DisabilityOption 3: #26 on Stories About Individuals With Disabilities
The Boy Next Door | Annabelle Costa | 228 Pages | ♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 310/1085
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 22/61
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating SummerOption 1: June Wedding -
Wedding Dress and Bouquet on Cover
Cover:
The Family Trap | Joanne Phillips | 260 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author
Option 2: Vacation -
I would love to go to Paris
Book set in Paris
Until You | Sandra Marton | 384 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 30
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 340/1085
GR Authors: 19
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 23/61
15.10 BBQ Time2 B's and 1 Q in Title
Queenie Baby: On Assignment | Christina A. Burke | 206 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 355/1085
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 24/61
Task 25.10 - My Mom Is the BestA. Is a TWO book option: pick 2 different options and read 1 book from each.
2. Read a book that is set at least 50% in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Hawaii, Wyoming, New Mexico, California, OR Guam.
Set in the coastal town of San Diablo, California.
Demons Are Forever (Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom #3) (2007) by Julie Kenner (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 292 pages)
**Julie Kenner is a Goodreads Author.**
3. Read a book with Military as a main page genre. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence (2013) by Joseph J. Ellis (Hardcover, 240 pages)
military genre verified here .
270 + 25 = 295
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 270 + 25 = 295
Books read: 23
Pages read: 7,703
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 06
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.8 - Ulysses, againRoom by Emma Donoghue whom was born in Ireland.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 125
SarahBRSwapping
5.2 - Bishamonten
Columbine by Dave Cullen Also a GRA and Crime is listed as a main page genre.
Will use Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot later
Points This Post: 0
GR Authors This Post:0
Total Points: 630
Total GR Authors: 32
Books Read:47
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.9 Takarabune -read a book with food on the cover-
by Diane Mott Davidson There is wedding cake on the cover
Diane Mott Davidson is a Goodreads Author
Tasks Completed 6
Books Read: 8
GR Authors Total: 7, +1 Diane Mott Davidson
BB Tickets 0
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 95
SuzanneB10.10 Haiku-read a book with 5 or 7 words in the title
Between the World and Me
Points this post:10
Total points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Julia10325.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Option 1: Falling Free byLois McMaster Bujold (main character is an engineer)
Lois McMaster Bujold is a Goodreads Author
Option 2: Ride a Pale Horse (main character is a journalist)
Post total: 25 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total points: 575
Total GRA: 21
Total BB tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 28
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 QuestionsOption 1, first page Popular Trivia Books: Because I Said So! : The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings
237 pages
Option 5, two people facing each other on the cover: Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
paperback edition 252 pages Death at Wentwater Court
page total: 489
Points this post: 25
Total points: 510
Kait5.3 - Daikokuten
A book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy.
Heart of Gold by Tami Hoag -- Heart of Gold
Tami Hoag is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 5
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 390
Total GR Authors: 25
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Christine V10.4. We miss you, Jane
Persuasion by Jane Austen
I read the above audio edition. Link to MMP
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Option 1-Read a book with the main page genre "Science Fiction" or "Young Adult".
Golden Son by Pierce Brown GR AUTHOR.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
GR Authors: 5
BB (750): 1
Catherine TTask 25.4 - Science & Writing
book 1 - read a book with an engineer / scientist
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua
Babbage is an engineer; Lovelace arguably the first computer scientist
approved in help thread
book 2 - read a book with a writer character
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
William de Worde is the first journalist on Discworld
approved in help thread
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points this post = 25
total points = 710
Coralie25.4 Science & Writing
Option 1 – book in which the main protagonist is a scientist
The Rosie Project
Option 2 – book in which the main protagonist is a journalist
Complicity
30.5 Good Old Summertime?
Option 1 - title contain all the letters in SAUNA – S & A in 'last', U & N & A in 'argument'
Last Argument of Kings
Option 3 – book in classic genre published before 1956
The Castle of Otranto
This post 55 points
Total to date 510 points
Elizabeth B5.7 - Jurōjin
Golden Trail, gOLDen
20.6 - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
St. Nacho's, it fulfills both Option 1 and Option 3 requirements. There's a deaf character and is found in #244, in the 3rd page of Stories about Individuals with Disabilities.
25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
Book 1: Faceless Killers, the first nordic noir I read, that sparked my love for the genre
Book 2: My brother encouraged my love for reading Saint Anything, there's a brother - sister relationship
Points: 50
Total: 845
Readerboard name: Diane L5.4 - Ebisu
Read a book that has all of the letters in FISH or all of the letters in LUCK in its title/subtitle.
Using FISH
HittyHerFIrStHundredYears
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
AR Book Finder Info:
IL: MG
BL: 7.1
AR Pts: 11
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.
Fantasy is the third genre listed.
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
Option 4: Cardinal directions
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in one of the cardinal directions.
Using NORTH - Tony Horwitz
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz
25.3 Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials are ALL "Straight"
KF
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Book 2: Read a book whose author's initials are all "Crooked".
DG
The King Beyond the Gate by David Gemmell
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
Option 1: the title and subtitle of the book you read must contain all the letters in SAUNA, including two A's.
TheApeWhoGuardstheBalance
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Option 3: Read a classic genre book. Because I feel a classic really should be older than I am, it must have been originally published before 1956 as well as have the genre listing "classic(s)"
Published 1948 with Classics as the 4th genre on the main page.
Peony by Pearl S. Buck
Points this post: 100
Points to date: 400
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25.2 Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
*You can choose the same option twice.*
REQUIRED: Option 1 -- Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the word RHUBARB.
Selection: Seraphina (Seraphina #1) -- Rachel Hartman
At 528 pages, this is good for **One Big Book Ticket**
Rachel Hartman is a **GRA**
REQUIRED: Option 1 -- Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the word RHUBARB.
Selection: The Darkest Part of the Forest -- Holly Black
Page #: PB 272 pages
Holly Black is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 930/1085
Books Read: 73
Completed Tasks: 54/61
Pages Read: 21735
Goodreads Authors: 45
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]