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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2015
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Task 5.2 Benzaiten
Read a book with the genre Crime on its main page.
I chose TOUCH & GO by Lisa Gardner
rTouch & Go
Ms Gardner is a Goodreads author so I am claiming one author ticket for this task.
Total Points for task: 5
Total books read for atsk: 1
Total author tickets claimed for task: 1
Total tasks completed for Summer Challenge:3
Total books read: 3
Total points for Summer Challenge: 15
Total author credits claimed: 2
Total Big Book tickets claimed :0

20.5- Dragon Kings
Option 1: Bodies of Water
For this option, read a book that shows a body of water on the cover.

This book was approved on the help thread here
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 525
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 29

Completed Tasks
5.2 - Bishamonten
main page genres include Crime
ebook edition I read: Galveston
MMPB edition: Galveston
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
main page genres include either Science Fiction or Young Adult -- The Selection
AR Bookfinder info: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12.0
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 325
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points To Date: 350

20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
I chose Option 3
Option3-Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: king, queen, prince, princess, palace, castle, royal, court.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Total Points-410/1085
Total Tasks Completed-25/61
Number of GR authors-(17)
Big Books-500 pages (2);750(1)

5.2 - Bishamonten
Read a book with the genre "Crime" listed as a main page genre. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Postmortem
Mystery>Crime 627 users
Points this post 5
Points total 5

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
I chose Option #4

Total Points-430/1085
Total Tasks Completed-26/61
Number of GR authors-(17)
Big Books-500 pages (2);750(1)

25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
I chose options A and C
Option A-In honor of my husband read a book that you got for free.
I got this book from the public library
Hotel Moscow: A Novel by Talia Carner
Claiming Talia Carner as GR author
Option C-For this option read a book where the authors initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Total Points-455/1085
Total Tasks Completed-27/61
Number of GR authors-(18)
Big Books-500 pages (2);750(1)

1 - Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Main page genre = GLBT
2 - How to Get a Girl Pregnant by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
Option A - author is on the wiki list.
3 - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
Option B - autobiography by a GLBT person
POINTS: 460

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones GR Author
10.6. What is GR up to?
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins GR Author
March 2015 #81
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 1: Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John GR Author
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Option 1: Body Double by Tess Gerritsen GR Author
Dr. Maura Isles is a medical examiner (approved in help thread).
Option 2: The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand GR Author
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Option 3: Deeper by Robin York GR Author
Option 4:

30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
Option 2:

Option 3: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!
Book 1: Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy GR Author
Book 2 - Option A: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Book 3 - Option B: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
Points this post: 165
Total Points: 1,020
GR Authors: 66

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.

Emma Straub is GR Author
This post:
Points - 20
GR Authors - 1
Total:
Points - 50
GR Authors - 2

15.4 - The Big O
These Old Shades This one book fulfills both task requirements (Romance genre, word that begins with the letter O in the title)
I read the above audio edition. Link to MMP.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

Reposting / Rearranging:
10.4 - We miss you, Jane
I am moving Still the One to 10.9 & replacing it with Animal Attraction (Jill Shalvis - Jane AuSten)
10.9 - Three of a Kind
I don't think this one's cover has cats hiding on it. :)

Tally:
New points this task - 10
Total - 1015

15.9 – Take a Ride – I read Doctor Sleep, which has a character’s nickname as the title
*** Stephen King = GRA ***
*** 531 pages = BB 500+ ***
20.5 – Bigger is Better – Option 3: Royalty and Palaces – I read God & King, which has KING in the title
*** J.L. Spohr = GRA ***
30.2 – Takin’ it to the Streets – Option 1 x2 – I read One of Our Thursdays Is Missing and The Woman Who Died A Lot, which are set in a world in which people can enter the magical “BookWorld” where all the characters of literature are truly alive. It’s the kind of magical place I seek to enter every time I open a book.
This Post
Points This Post: 65
Tasks Completed: 3
GRA Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Totals for Summer Challenge
Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 18
GRA Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+)

25.1 Book Junkie
Read two books from the same series:
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanvich
Task Points 25
Total points130

Swapping
15.1 - Yin and Yang
White: Swapping Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot for Size 14 Is Not Fat Either Meg Cabot also a GRA. Will use size 12 is not fat later.
Black Looking for Alaska by John Green
Points This Post: 0
GR Authors This Post:1
Total Points: 980
Total GR Authors: 51
Books Read:68

5.3 - Daikokuten
The Silver Linings Playbook byMatthew Quick A GRA. This title has the word Silver within the title which helps complete the requirement for the challenge.
10.9 - Three of a Kind?

25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Book 1: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot a GRA* In this book Heather Wells is starting a new job as an assistant dorm director at New York College. This accomplishes the task of either on the job training or a new job.
Book 2:

Points This Post: 40
GR Authors This Post:3
Total Points: 1020
Total GR Authors: 54
Books Read:70
*Claimed Size 12 is not fat previously as a GRA book. it is reflected in my total

1) On-the-job Training: the real life apprentice learning how to print books for the first time from the inventor, Gutenberg
Gutenberg's Apprentice by Alix Christie
4) Music History

+25 Points
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
Neither book is a reread.
New Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Joh...
Loving Day by Mat Johnson
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
+25 Points
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
A Option
1. Read a book by an author who was born under the sign of LEO: July 27
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
2. Read a book that is set at least 50% in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Hawaii, Wyoming, New Mexico, California, OR Guam: Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_...
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
+25 Points
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
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 - SUNshine AwAy
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
Option 3: 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", which can be embedded. 1890:
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
+30 Points
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
Book 1: Read a book, the title/subtitle of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from one of these songs.
"Dancing in the Street": street, 448 pages
The Street by Ann Petry
Book 2: Read a book whose author has the same initials as one of these Motown artists:
Smokey Robinson: S R, 287 pages
Shame by Salman Rushdie
+30 Points
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Book 2: Doing the same task twice:
A) Read a book written by a GLBT author on this list: List of LGBT writers.
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The Weight of Oranges / Miners Pond / Skin Divers: Poems by Anne Michaels
+50 Points
Points this Post: 185
Grand Total: 845

25.1 Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
Book 1: Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) is a big book at 509 pages
Hugh Howey is a goodreads author
Book 2: Shift Omnibus (Silo, #2) by Hugh Howey
Shift Omnibus (Silo, #2) is a big book at 608 pages
Hugh Howey is a goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

Option 1: Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau July 3 (MG+)
AND
Option 1: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë August 19
Helene Boudreau is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Read: 23
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

30.7 - Pamela3265’s task: Celebrating Summer
Option 1 – June Wedding
Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
Confirmed in post #102 of the help thread (wedding dress on the cover)

Option 3 –Vacation:
Broken Soul by Faith Hunter
Vacation location: New Orleans, Louisiana (preferably during Mardis Gras)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 590/1085
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 31/61

Task # 50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!
Book 1: Read a book with the genre GLBT as a main page genre.

Book 2 A) Read a book written by a GLBT author on this list: List of LGBT writers.

Book 3. C) Read a book by the same author as one of your other two books.

Points this post: 50
Total points: 1055

Posting correct info.
Swapping
15.1 - Yin and Yang
White:

Black

Points This Post: 15
GR Authors This Post:2
Total Points: 1020
Total GR Authors: 53
Books Read:68

TASK DESCRIPTION: Read book from List
BOOK #1 READ:

AUTHOR:Emily St. John Mandel
DATE READ: 8/21/2015
REQUIRED INFO: From May 2015 List, #9 on list
GOODREADS AUTHOR: Emily St. John Mandel is a GR Author
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
GR Author: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 655
Total GR Author : 32
Total Big Book: 0

10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire
Thriller genre on the main page (43 users)
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Confirmed in post #34 of the task help thread
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 600/1085
Total Books Read: 43

task 25.12: 500 questions: 2 books
*book #1: opt #1: book from popular trivia list:
found on page #1 of the list:
Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets by Mangesh Hattikudur
pages 208
**book #2: opt #6: book #3 in a series:
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton
pages 277
total book pages on this task = 485 which meets the requirement of less than 500 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 20

On the readerboard for the GRA tickets, there is:
Scooter & Siam - 10
Scooter&Siam - 1
Those are the same, me! Sorry if I confused you by forgetting the spaces in the bottom one. The points total above the GRA numbers is correct. I could not post a comment in the readerboard area.
After I hit enter for this post, I realized this is the completed task list--meant to post in the questions area.

Option 1: Book 1 - a book with the main page genre 'Retellings' – A Lion Among Men - is a retelling of the cowardly lion from Wizard of Oz
Option 5: Book 2 - a book with a counting NUMBER found in the TITLE – Slaughterhouse-Five - has the number 5 in the title
Points this post: 25
GRA this post: 0
Total points this challenge: 165
Total GRA: 11

Read TWO books in the same series.
Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol (#1)
Sea of Stars by Amy A. Bartol (#2)
Amy A. Bartol is a Goodreads Author
Total: 1045

Task 30.7-Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Option 2: Read a book whose authors initials are found in rEuNion. Nora Ephron is the author.
Wallflower at the Orgy

Option 4: Read a book with an object that can be found at the county fair. Two horses are on the cover.
**Jana Harris is a Goodreads Author.**
Horses Never Lie About Love: The Heartwarming Story of a Remarkable Horse Who Changed My Life

Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
Total tasks: 22
GRA: 13
Big Books: (500+): 1

White cover -

Black cover -

HELP ASK: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
HELP answer: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Nicola Upson is a Goodreads author ***
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 500 points
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4

Task 30.1 - American Independence Day 7-04
book 1 - read a book with genre "American History
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (book is also on the list - on page 1 on 18 May)
447 pages
book 2 - read a book with a four letter title
Mort by Terry Pratchett
320 pages
total pages = 447 + 320 = 767, greater than 704
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points this post - 30
total points = 1025

TASK DESCRIPTION: Read book with a season in title
BOOK #1 READ:

AUTHOR:Suzan Colon
DATE READ: 8/21/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 2 - WINTER in title
GOODREADS AUTHOR: Suzan Colon is a GR Author
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 20
GR Author: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 675
Total GR Author : 33
Total Big Book: 0

5.5 - Fukurokuju
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Total Points- 165
Total Tasks- 9
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- 0

5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Hope to Die by James Patterson
link to paperback:
Hope to Die
***Claiming Goodreads Author for James Patterson***
Total Points- 170
Total Tasks- 10
Goodreads Authors- 5
Big Books- 0

10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire
Blindness by José Saramago
Total Points- 180
Total Tasks- 11
Goodreads Authors- 5
Big Books - 0

25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 1: Book 1 - a book with the main page genre 'Retellings' – A Lion Among Men - is a retelling of the cowardly lion from Wizard of Oz
Option 5: Book 2 - a book with a counting NUMBER found in the TITLE – Slaughterhouse-Five - has the number 5 in the title
Points this post: 25
GRA this post: 0
Total points this challenge: 165
Total GRA: 11

Option1: If your to-be-read list looks anything like mine, there are not enough days in the summer to make a dent in it. Sort your to-be-read list or pile from oldest to newest. Choose one of the ten oldest ones to read and spend some time relaxing.
I read Rasputin's Daughter, which was (til today) the oldest book on my TBR list! The author, Robert Alexander is a ****GR AUTHOR*****
Points: 245
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 16
GR authors: 12
pages read: 7386

Help Thread
In Japan, Bishamonten is thought of as an armor-clad god of warfare or warriors and a punisher of evildoers. Read a book with the genre "Crime" listed as a main page genre. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
I read Playing with Fire by ***********GR Author ********Tess Gerritsen. This book has "crime" listed on its main page.
Points: 250
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 17
GR authors: 13

5.9 Takarabune
Something that can be eaten on cover – potatoes.

25.6 Internship or summer School?
Option 2 Braaaains #15 on page 5 of list
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
Option 4 Music History – cello on cover

This post 30 points
Total to date 835 points

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.
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets:
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 400
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1

Task 25.11 Jamie NYC's Task - Summer in the City
Option 1: Read a book set in NYC
Tycoon Takedown by Ruth Cardello
Option 3: Read a book with "sports" as a main page genre
Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy
Task points = 25 points
Total points - 640 points

25.6 Internship or Summer School?
Option 1: The Paper Magician by Charlie M Holmberg (goodreads author)
*apprenticeship in paper magic
Option 3:The Perfect Gameby J Sterling (goodreads author)
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25.10 My Mom is the Best
Option 2: Unintended Consequences by Marti Green (goodreads author)
*set in indiana as stated on gr page
Option 4: Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark (goodreads author)
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Total this post: 50 points
# tasks submitted to date: 25
GRA: 25
New total: 455 points

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
Option 2: We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song by Gloria Gaynor - Music Genre
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
Option B:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 89154 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
J.K. Rowling's birthday is July 31st (the same day as Harry Potter) http://www.biography.com/people/jk-ro...
Dumbledore has white hair on the cover.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 705
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 8
Big Books - 500+: 6
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0

30.7
opt. 3 Read a book set in a place you would like to go on vacation. I would like to visit Jordan.
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
opt. 4 Read a book with an object on the cover you would expect to find exhibited at a county fair
Night of the White Buffalo by Margaret Coel.

Farm animals and BABY farm animals are found at county fairs.
Margaret Coel is a GRA.
Pts this task: 30
Total pts: 370
Total GRA: 10

25.9 I rolled a 2 and a 3.
Two a's: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Three t's: The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
Both authors are GRA.
Pts this task: 25
Total pts: 395
GRA: 12

Amy O.
25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
Book 1 - re-read a book that is special to you.
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
**Claiming 3 BB tickets - I read the e-book, but the mass market paperback is 1024 pages. Link to mass market paperback on Goodreads: Gone with the Wind**
Book 2 - Honouring your dealer - read a book that clearly includes the person or relationship that describes you and your book dealer in the Goodreads summary.
My mother was the person who enabled my childhood reading habit.
Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us by Mary Ann Zoellner
Goodreads summary states that this book is about parenting, and is written by four mothers.
This post: 25 points
Total to Date = 255 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 10

5.2 - Bishamonten - book with "crime" as a main page genre (embedded is OK)
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: written by an author whose initials are all "straight" - Winterlong by Elizabeth Hand (E and H)
Book 2: written by an author whose initials are all "crooked" - Blindness by Jose Saramago (J and S)
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 285 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 11

10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.
The Escape- David Baldacci (thriller) 8/21
Goodreads Author
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25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
Book 1: Rev It Up - Julie Ann Walker (Black Knights Inc #3) 6/16
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Thrill Ride - Julie Ann Walker (Black Knights Inc #4) 7/11
Goodreads Author
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 595
Goodreads Authors: 38
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
595/1085 POINTS

Read a book with Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres (Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fantasy, etc)) on its main book page.
Le Chant Du Troll by Pierre Bottero
This task
Points: 15
Total
Points: 45
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20.6 Seasoned Reader: BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
I am deaf and have been since shortly after birth...Requirement: Identify which option you chose when you post.
3) Choose and read a book found on Stories about Individuals with Disabilities. Required: Identify on which page of the list your book can be found when you post.
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
On the Stories about Individuals with Disabilities list, Page 1, #28
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition:
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 27
Points So Far: 515 - made it halfway!!
Total GRAs: 18
Total Big Books: (500+) 3