The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Jayme VA

10.3 -- Spare Me Read a book that is set (at least partially) in a place you really don’t want to visit. Required: State where it is you don’t want to go and why when you post.

Salvador by Joan Didion

This takes place in El Salvador and just reiterated my not wanting to go there. It's hot and sticky, dangerous and you can't drink the water. I may be being closed minded and the book is from 82, but this is just not a part of the world I want to visit (I know I'll be missing out on a lot of beauty, but still not on my must travel list).


Points this task: 10
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0

5.2 – Sun, Sea and PIRATES - Bound by the Heart by Marsha Canham

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Points Claiming: 5
Total Points: 65

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

Paranormal Fantasy List

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

Total points earned -- 45.

5.8 The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

I checked this book out of the library.

Total Points: 95

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow is Canadian.

This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 15 points

Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 601
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(0);750(0);1000+(0)

20.2 -- NETHERLANDS is an eleven letter word

I chose Option A and read a book with an 11 letter word in the title -

Abracadabra by Peg Sutherland

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100

5.8 Someone asked me to help her on a Book Fair Committee, and loaned me this book to see if I thought it would be a good feature, if the author would come. (I vote an emphatic yes, especially so I can question her about the ending!)

The False Friend by GOODREADS AUTHOR


GRMyla Goldberg


Points: 90
Tasks completed
Tasks completed : 5
books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books 750+ (1)
Pges read: 2625

5.8 No Shoplifiting - free book
Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
*Book was free because rented from library.
*Goodreads Author

15.10 Summertime, and the reading's easy.. Starcrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce
*Goodreads Author


Total points: 85

20.8 Female Authors of Sci-Fi

i read A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle.

Books Read: 6/ 76+
Points Completed: 110/ 1000
Tasks Completed: 5/ 57

BJ Rose

1 new task

30.7 -- Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style
I chose Julia Quinn and got:
Option 2 - Anne Gracie so I read Gallant Waif, then from her page I chose
Option B - Julia London and read The Book of Scandal

Julia London is a Goodreads Author

Points this post = 30

Total Points = 130

Tasks Completed = 10
Pages Read = 4082
GR Authors = 2
Big Books: (500+) = 1

Fiona (Titch)

5.4--SUMMMMER

The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read - Susan Hill (EE twice in Beekeeper and LL in Hill

Points for this post: 5
Total points: 25

5.1. At the Shore.

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

A wild romp around a deserted island!

+5 Points

5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES!

Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L.A. Meyer

Many meet-ups with pirates: great book!

+5 Points

5.8. But No Shoplifting!

From my local library:

The Finishing School by Muriel Spark

+5 Points

20.1 Most Improved Player – Ashley FL’s task: Birthday Time!

Since I was born on January 16, I found the perfect book that fits #1 and #2:

The Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand

I really enjoyed this play in which the audience becomes the jury and the ending of a trial is decided each time the play is performed.

+20 Points

Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 80

Carly

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!

I read Wanted by Sara Shepard.

Wanted was #8 on the June of 2010 list.

Also Sara Shepard is a GoodReads author.

Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 1373

5.8. But No Shoplifting! To help you save $$$ for your vacation, this task requires you to read a book that was free to you - for instance, borrowed from the library or a friend, a free ebook download, a gift. REQUIRED:In your post, you must tell how you got the book you read.

No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process (2009) by Colin Beavan (Hardcover, 288 pages)

I borrowed the book from the local public library.


10 + 5 = 15





Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this task: 5
Points thus far: 10 + 5 = 15
Books read: 2
Pages Read: 583

Read but not claimed: 3

10.9 -- Around the Campfire


Haunted by Heather Graham


30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon


Book A: James Lovell: The Rescue of Apollo 13 by Jan Goldberg

AND

Book B: Star Trek by Alan Dean Foster


Total Points = 330

**Note: I actually got to meet Neil Armstrong in 1970 when he gave a lecture at my college. Very cool. He donated a moon rock to the college planetarium that is still on display there today.

**Note: Heather Graham was a new author to me and I loved the book so naturally now I have to add her books to the rapidly GROWING tbr list.

20.1 Birthday Time!

i chose option 3, and read a book that was published the year i was born, 1970. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. i love that i still have the book we read as kids...Teenage Softies brand pads crack me up. guess they've "updated" the newer editions to have pads with adhesive, instead of belts. booooo! :)

Books Read: 7/ 76+
Points Completed: 130/ 1000
Tasks Completed: 6/ 57

ERIN B.

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20

Task 20.5 - Family Reunion

Option B: Family saga - The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Covers three generations: King Arthur's parents, his generation, and his son's generation.

****Big book 876 pages = 2 tickets*****

Total Big Book Tickets = 2
Challenge total = 80

15.8 Up In The Air- read Masquerade by by Melissa De La Cruz for Moldova MD

15.9 Pulling Weeds read Jonas by Eden Maguire Used sorting Lowest to Highest rating on tbr and chose on of the 50 lowest.


Points this task 30
Total points 190/1000
Tasks Completed: 10/57
Books read: 14/77
Total pages: 4524
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

30.3 If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

and

Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann

The first book has 'day' in the title, and Venice is a European city.

Points for this task: 30
Total points: 85
Task Completed: 6
Books Read: 7

CHRISTINE US

Task 5.8 No Shoplifting

Book borrowed from library

Power Play by Ridley Pearson




Task 15.9 Pulling Weeds

This book was in my lowest 50 rated(and it deserved it)

Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later by Francine Pascal

Total: 95

15.5 Mind the Gap- Bloodfever

This book is #2 of 5 in the Fever series.

Points this post 15
Total points 75
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 6
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

20.8 -- Female Authors of Sci-Fi

I finally read:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Thanks for the push!

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120

KIM NY

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!

I read "Private" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, #26 on the June 2010 popular books list.

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.(double letter) - Something Borrowed

10.10 -- Gimme S’more – Dead Reckoning

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past – The Help

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck -- I rolled a 1 so I readAfterlife


TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 4/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 4
TOTAL POINTS: 50/1000

Lindsey IL

5.2 - Sun, Sea and PIRATES!
To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker


10.7 - It's Been a Year Already??!!
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shullman

July 2010, #23


10.9 - Around the Campfire
The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

**Stacey Kade is a Goodreads Author**


15.6 - Speak English!
A Prefect's Uncle by P.G. Wodehouse

I chose the word "prefect" from the British/American dictionary.


25.3 - Ice Cream Truck

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood

Amadeus: A Play by Peter Shaffer

I chose two pink panther pops (book made into a movie).


30.1 - Best Friends and Lovers

Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot - Megan was the name of my childhood best friend.

The Night Dance: A Retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" by Suzanne Weyn - Option 3, "Night" in title


30.9 - Vacation Time!

The Sun, the Genome & the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolution by Freeman John Dyson - Option B, "sun" in title

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper - Option B chosen again, "sea" in title



Points This Post: 125
Total Points: 190
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Pages Read: 3379

Emma 

10.1 For Real? (Steampunk genre) 

Read Soulless by Gail Carriger (Goodreads Author)

Points this post: 10 
Total Point Earned: 15 
Pages Read: 583
Books Read: 2 
Tasks Completed: 2 
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0) 

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author

The Romeo And Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
I rolled a five and read a mystery novel.


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 4285
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

(Tried to post this just before, and it didn't work, so if it comes up twice, I'm sorry).

10.3 Spare Me

Lies by Michael Grant. I'd never, ever want to get stuck in the FAYZ, even though I'm over the age of 15, so I would have "poofed out". But still, if starvation, the Darkness, and the Human Crew weren't enough to deter me, Drake would be.

Points this post : 10
Points so far : 65

10.6 - Gay Pride


As Good as God, As Clever as the Devil by Rodney Bolt


Engaged at the age of 12, and married at 19, to a man who became Archbishop of Canterbury, Mary Benson was the mother of 6 children, including E F Benson who wrote the Mapp and Lucia books. Throughout her marriage she had passionate relationships with other women and after her husband's death her woman friend shared her bed for the rest of her life, making her daughter extremely jealous!
Her sons and daughter, none of whom married, also had same sex relationships.


Total points to date 70

Alice G

Task: 15.9 Pulling Weeds

Book: Rescue

I used the average rating selection method. My average rating is 3.45 and the rating of this book is 3.15

Total Points: 115

Previous Reads
5.10 Summer Fun - Dave Gorman vs The Rest of the World

10.10 Gimme S'more - Generation A by Douglas Coupland

15.5 Mind the Gap - Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camelleri

20.4 Focus on My Favourite Goodreads Author - Death and the Penguin by Andrea Kurkov
20.7 A Trip to the Past - Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant

30.8 Summer Solstice - Memory of Love and Where or When by Anita Shreve


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15.5 - Mind the Gap

Lover Mine by J.R. Ward

This is the eighth book of nine in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series.

This is a Big Book at 512 pages.

Points this post = 15

Points to date = 30

Jennifer KS

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author

For this task I rolled a 3 so I read [book:The 8th Confession|4250503 By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.

This is a Womens Murder Club book so it has a strong female police Lieutenant as the lead character.

****James Paterson is a Good Reads Author*****

Points this task 20
Total Points 85
Good Reads Authors 4
Pages Read 3208

25.4. Color Me.
I rolled a 6 (purple)
Riders of the Purple Sage. Purple in the title of the book
One for the Money. The main character's name was Stephanie Plum

Points reporting. 25
Total Points Earned: 60
Total Books Read: 4

Jen UT

5.7 - Don't Stop Reading

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Total Points: 10

Hettie

10.10 -- Gimme S’more
The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn



20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
Rolled a 3 - book written by a female author

Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn




20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
The book was published in 2009 but is set in 1920
Death at Wentwater Court A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery by Carola Dunn


Previous total: 0
Total this post: 50
Season total: 50

20.7- A Trip To The Past

I read Lady Pirate by Lynsay Sands - a historical romance novel.



Points for this task- 20
Total Points- 105
Tasks Completed- 6
Books Read- 7
GR Authors- 1

15.3 In The Eurozone

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas France uses the euro

AND

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson UK does not use euro

Total Points = 345

NICOLE VA

15.8 Up In the Air

I read Abandon by Meg Cabot, whose initials (MC) are the country code for Monaco.

Total points = 140

15.9 Pulling Weeds

The Necropolis Railway A Novel of Murder, Mystery and Steam by Andrew Martin

This was one of the 50 books on my "To Read" shelf with the lowest rating (2.98).

This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Kelley Armstrong)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
by Sara Shepard ***Goodreads Author***


Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 20
Goal Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 20.2
Tasks in Progress: 20.8, 30.1, 30.4
Pages Read: 171
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Sara Shepard)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 20.10. Group Read.
Book: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (posted in discussion).

Points this post:20
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 15.10 Read any book you choose

Book: Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead
*** Goodreads Author ***

Points this post:15
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Task 15.4 Summer Shorts: read an anthology of short stories by various authors


Death's Excellent Vacation Edited by Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner

Points this post: 15
Total Points:50

Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read:1133
Total GoodReads Authors: 2

Coralie
5.3 The Dog Days of Summer

30.5 Summer in Europe
Option 4 Set in Europe – Albania
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
Option 5 – ‘Summer’ in title
The Summer Tree

Total points 130

Kelly G.

15.8 Up in the Air

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris. CH is the code for Switzerland.

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Ticket Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Goodreads Authors: 0

STACIE MI

Task 30.9 - Vacation Time!

For A, I read Carnet De Voyage by Craig Thompson.

The countries traveled to were France, Spain, Morocco, as well as others.

For B, I read Brain Camp by Susan Kim.

Points this task: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Pages read: 891
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

STACIE MI

Task 30.1 - Best Friends and Lovers

In high school, my best friend was named Heather, so for A, I read

Entwined by Heather Dixon.

For B, I chose option 3 and read a book with the word "Queen" in the title:

Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer.

Points this task: 30
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Pages read: 1593
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

STACIE MI

Task 20.2 - NETHERLANDS is an Eleven Letter Word

I decided to read a book with a word in the title with eleven letters:

Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, plural. If my life weren't complicated, I wouldn't be Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart

complicated is an eleven letter word.

Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages read: 1818
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.10 Group Read

A. Paranormal Romance: Bitten

Message #12 in the Bitten Discussion.

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 100