The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Dlmrose

5.9 The Long and the Short of It

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
7 word title, 198 pages

10.5 What's Next

Entered The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean, read

Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

This book had nothing in common with The Wave, but was enjoyable nonetheless

15.2 Summer Stock

memoir by an actor: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir by Dick Van Dyke

play: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

mystery/thriller list Caught by Harlan Coben

15.8 Up in the Air

The Ridge by Michael Koryta

MK is the code for the Republic of Macedonia

20.3 Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy

I chose a book on happiness

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
289 pages
Inspired by this task, my friends and I went out for mani-pedis and lunch. Thanks, Sera!

20.8 Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi

Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler

total 365

Alice G

Task: 20.5 Family Reunion

Option C

Book: The Bed I Made

This book is set on The Isle of Wight. I live in Southampton which is part of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. I can get a ferry straight across the Solent to the Island.

Total Points: 160

Previous Reads
5.4 SUMMMMMMER - Great House by Nicole Krauss
5.10 Summer Fun - Dave Gorman vs The Rest of the World

10.1 For Real? - Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
10.10 Gimme S'more - Generation A by Douglas Coupland

15.5 Mind the Gap - Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camelleri
15.9 Pulling Weeds - Rescue by Anita Shreve

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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5.6 As American As A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances

5.8 But No Shoplifting! First Grave on the Right (I checked this book out from my library)

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside

15.10 Summertime and the Reading is Easy Wrecker I would like to claim a big book ticket, this book was 536 pages

20.9 Summerthing Better Burro Genius: A Memoir (pre-approved in help thread)

20.10 Group Read Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution (Message 23)

Total Points: 75

Rebekah
Repost for Message 813 where I neglected a part of the task for 15.9.

I had trouble with this oneso i asked for help in the Helpfolder for 15.9. Dimrose answered me and I did exactly as she said
"I tried the most straightforward sort- only by rating- http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/697..."
This book rating was 0.00, I think because it is a book not easily found. I got it in a swap as an extra freebie. I gave it 2 stars, mostly for nostalgia's sake, although it doesn't hold up to what I remembered reading of Cherry Ames. I probably would have liked it better if i was 10-12 yrs old.


Nurse at Playland Park
This book was similar to the Cherry Ames series but with more emphasis on romance and some more mature topics like suicide.

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word


I read option B, The King's English

Total Points: 150
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3835
Tasks completed: 8
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books 750 (1)

5.9 The Long and Short of it
Read a long book with a short title:
It by Stephen King

**This was a big book at 1090 pages**

15.2 Summer Stock
A Biography or Autobiography about an entertainer: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
and a play:
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 375/1000
Tasks Completed: 23/57

Task 15.6 - Speak English! Word = Fluke (slang list)

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore

Challenge total = 160

10.6 Gay Pride Month
I read Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez

20.9 Summerthing Better
I read The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. This will make my life better (I hope!) by giving me new ideas when I go back to work as to how to improve efficiency and teamwork in my job, especially since I'll be mentoring a new staff member soon. I love my job so anything that makes my job better also makes my life better!

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
Rainbow Snow Cone: Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez

Bullet Firecracker Pop: In Their Footsteps by Tess Gerritsen (GOODREADS AUTHOR -- would like to claim a ticket)

New Total: 125

20.7 A Trip to the Past - The Birth House by Ami McKay

20.4 Focus on My Favourite GoodReads Author - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (goodreads author)
I rolled a number 5 and this book is about a boy who would be considered poor

10.3 Spare Me - The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
I chose this book because it is set partially around high school and I would never want to go back there because being a teenager is tough.

20.9 Summerthing Better - Teach Like Your Hair is on Fire by Rafe Esquith
I chose this book because I have just begun teaching and it has inspired me to be a better teacher. Rafe Esquith has accomplished amazing things with his students; a must read for all the teachers out there!

Total points = 70

Delicious Dee

Last Post 685

5.10. Summer Fun
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific - just the name of the book alone made me giggle, and then the author starts talking about his experiences on a small island (Kiribati - which is actually said Kiribas)...but I think the most entertaining part was at the end when they returned to the US and the culture shock of DC - going to a mall for the first time

10.1 -- For Real?
The Iron Duke - Meljean Brook (GR Author)

10.5 -- What’s Next?
Twice Bitten resulted in One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost (GR Author)

10.9 -- Around the Campfire
Criss Cross - Jordan Castillo Price (GR Author) Vic is a cops in the psycop program who is a medium and sees Ghosts

15.3 In The Eurozone - Finished
A. The Hiding Place - Netherlands
B. The Cellist of Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzogovenia

15.9 Pulling Weeds
Slave Jade: Formerly Kidnapped - Revised and Expanded (this was from my mm to read list since I keep 2 to-read lists) - Claire Thompson (GR Author) - I ended up DNF'ing the first book I picked for this challenge, so I guess that means it deserved to stay in the weeds and this was my second choice - it was ok, and I can sorta see the low average because of the topic - I have read better in the sub-genre

20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy
Joy for Beginners – Erica Bauermeister (GR Author) - one of the things that makes me happy is finding new challenges, be they indoors or outdoors, simply setting myself goals is something that I find helps me to be more productive which in turn makes me happier. The book I choose focuses on a group of women who are being dared to do something they have never done by a friend recovering from Cancer.

25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
Rolled 5
A. Option 3. - The Trap – Indigo Wren
B. Option Genre - Frozen Assets - mystery/police procedural set in Iceland

Total Points this Post: 110
Total Points in Challenge: 330
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 25
GR Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

STACIE MI

Task 15.10 - Summertime, And The Reading is Easy

I read Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape by Bill Willingham.

Points this task: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Pages read: 2583
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

25.5 Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads author) and Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose

25.6 Option 3 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Option 6 Point Blank (spy novel)


Points this post: 50
Total Point Earned: 75/1000
Books Read: 7/77
Task Completed 5 /57
Good Read Authours: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Jayme(the ghostreader) 10.6 Gay Pride "Sing You Home" by Jodi Piccoult

Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read:9
Big Book ticket 750+ (1)
GR Authors: 0
Grand Total: 105/1000

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

Room by Emma Donoghue
Won Best Fiction

Emma Donoghue is a goodreads author


Points this post: 15
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Read: 22
Total Pages Read: 7259
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Kate.x.

5.3 Dog days of summer. I read "Sick Puppy" by Carl Hiaasen which has a black Labrador head on the front.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83...

5.10 Summer Fun I read "A short history of tractors in Ukrainian" by Marina Lewycka

20.4 Author Author -Isabell's task - I rolled a five and read MC Beaton "Death of a Gossip" in which the local constable has to send money home to raise his six brothers and sisters, so he has little money for himself, this is also a crime novel.

Total points = 85

I'm claiming one big book tickets for Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen as it's 516 pages long.

Kate.x

5.5 Maple Leaf Rag. I read Annabel by Kathleen Winter, which is set in Canada.

Total points = 90

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading

Chain Letter

This book was read outside while sitting by the pool laying out.

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 120

5.3 Dog Days of Summer by Alyson Noel. Alyson Noel is a Goodreads Author

Points this Post: 5
Total points-390/1000
Tasks Completed: 24/57
Books read: 30/77
Total pages: 9023
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Completed Tasks

5.1: On The Shore

I read by Ann Brashares

5.3 The Dog Days of Summer

I read by Garth Stein

This is a GoodReads author

10.5 What's Next?
I read by Lisa See
The five star book I put in was The Help.

This is a GoodReads author

10.2 Phone Home
I read by Neil Gaiman . The star falls down to Earth as a human, and is captured and sought after. Although she is not a typical alien, she is still an extraterrestrial.

This is a GoodReads author

Points this post: 30
Total points earned: 30/1000
Pages Read: 1156
Task Completed: 4/77
GoodRead authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)

5.9 The Long and Short of It -- a short book with a long title (5+ words)

Read The Librarian's Book of Lists by George M. Eberhart -- 5 word title; 128 pages

Points this post: 5
Total Point Earned: 30
Pages Read: 967
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Taryn

10.3 -- Spare Me Read a book that is set (at least partially) in a place you really don’t want to visit.

Toys by James Patterson (Goodreads author)


I wouldn’t want to go to New Lake City (or anywhere in the world as described in this book). It seems like you’d be living in a constant state of fear as a human. And as an Elite, you don’t seem to really think for yourself. Neither one is appealing to me, so I’ll avoid it altogether, thank you.



10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!
Read a book with a cover that is predominately made up of hot colors (red, orange, yellow).

Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Goodreads author)



15.5 -- Mind the Gap Read a book from a series that is NOT the first or the last published.

Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly #2) by Charlaine Harris



Points this post: 35
Total points: 85
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3

STACIE MI

Task 5.4 - SUMMMMMMER

I read

Fables: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham

which has double letters both in the title, as well as in the author's last name

Points this task: 5
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Pages read: 2825
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Annie M

Task #5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
The Dogs of Rome Fitzgerald, Conor * (Good Reads Author)


Task # 5.8 But No Shoplifting

Four Corners of the Sky by Malone, Michael * (Good Reads Author)

Kindle Edition--- gotten free through a link for Kindle Readers on Twitter

Task #5.9 The Long and the Short of It.

Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Burpo, Todd

163 pages
A short book with a long title

Task #10.6
Sing You Home by Picoult, Jodi



Task #10.10 GImme S’More

Nineteen Minutes by Picoult, Jodi


Task #15.10 Summertime, and the Reading is Easy

The Shack by Young, William P.


Points in this post: 50
Points to date: 50
GoodReads Authors: 2

Name: Anna UK

10.3 -- Spare Me

Read a book that is set (at least partially) in a place you really don’t want to visit.

Carrie by Stephen King

I never ever want to visit an American educational institution (e.g. high school). They sound like really big clique-y catty places. I'm happy with the small school I went to :P.

Points this task: 10
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Goodreads Authors: 2

20.2 I read Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits by Jack Murnighan

'Literature's' has 11 letters in it.

points this post: 20
total points: 100

Hettie

30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
First die 3:read a book of short stories or an anthology
Strange New Worldsedited byDean Wesley Smith
and
Second die 2: Read a fantasy, sci-fi, or paranormal novel.
So You Want to Be a Wizard has fantasy on the it's home page.





20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!
3. I was born in 1979
so The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


Previous total: 50 points
Points this post: 50
Total: 100 points

15.1- Beware of Thorns

This book qualifies for option 1, 2, and 3

Summer of Roses by Luanne Rice Goodreads Author

Roses in arch on cover, daughter of protagonist is named Rose and the word rose in title

Total Points = 600
New Goodreads Author = Luanne Rice

20.1 -- Most Improved Player

For this task, I chose Option #3 (a book that was published in the year I was born which is 1985)

I read Don DeLillo White Noise

Points for this task:20
Total Points:70

15.7 Readers Have Chosen:
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (GR Author) in the Fiction category

20.4 Author Author
by Garth Stein (GR Author) Rolled a 2 (dog on cover)

20.6 Summer Reading
by Janet Evanovich (GR Author) Read while on vacation in a car

30.1 Best Friends and Lovers
2 of my best friends in H.S. were named Sharon

a. by Sharyn McCrumb (approved in task help thread)
b. by Chris Bojilian (GR Author) Has the word "double" in title

30.2 AKA
a. White Lies by Jayne Anne Krentz (GR Author) AKA Amanda Quick
b. Second Sight by Amanda Quick

30.10 Half and Half - Winter Garden from Winter challenge
a. Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay (GR Author)
b. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (GR Author)

Total Points: 145
GR Authors : 7

30.3 If it's a Tuesday, It must be Belgium
a. Saturday by Ian McEwan
b. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (GR Author

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 175
GR Author: 1

20.10 Group Read read Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
Post 24 in the discussion.
Michelle Moran is a goodreads author


Points this Post: 20
Total points-410/1000 
Tasks Completed: 25/57 
Books read: 31/77 
Total pages: 9512
GR Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0) 

5.8 - But No Shoplifting!

After Ever After (* * *) (this is from the national library)

10.2 - Phone Home

The Kraken Wakes (* * *)

10.6 - Gay Pride

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (* * * *)

10.8 - Baby, It's Hot Outside!

(* *)

15.7 - The Readers Have Chosen

Faithful Place (* * *) ('Mystery and Thriller')

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

Part A - Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Moon (*)

Part B - Across the Universe (* *)
* Beth Revis is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 80
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 23
Books: 31
Pages: 8,957
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 2

Lisa MD

COMPLETED TASKS:

5.10. Summer Fun
book that makes you smile, giggle, or laugh out loud

❀ Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich READ 6.24.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR


15.8 Up In the Air
European Airline Country Codes➔ author whose initials match one of these country codes - Mondovia (MD) - Mary Doria

❀ Doc: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell READ 6.30.11


25.3 Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
2 books, can be from the same category

A. #8 Big Dipper Cone – read a science fiction/fantasy book
❀ Among Others by Jo Walton READ 6.16.11

B. #5. Bullet Firecracker Pop – read a crime/mystery book
❀ The Last Child by John Hart READ 7.1.11

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




TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 13/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 185/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 7
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]

20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy
One of the things that makes me happy is winning cases for my clients, so I read A Wrongful Death. The main character in this series is a lawyer, who gets very involved in winning the cases she takes on.

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 6, giving me my choice of options. I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which fits both option 1 (magic playing an important part) and option 3 (female author).

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
I read The Sugar Queen. It fits option B, as two generations are significant in the plot, as well as option D, since the protagonist finds out some family secrets.

20.9 - Lucky Me! - Kate.x.'s task: Summerthing Better
One of the things I need to know more about and start seriously planning for is retirement, so I read 20 Retirement Decisions You Need to Make Right Now. Got some good ideas and definitely makes me happier to have more of a plan!

Total points: 300

15.3 In The Eurozone
Read TWO books:
ONE set in or written by an author who was born in or currently resides in a
country that uses the Euro: France

Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count (2009) by Jill Jonnes (Hardcover, 320 pages)

AND

ONE set in or written by an author who was born in or currently resides in a
country that does not use the Euro: Denmark (specifically, on Zealand (also Danish: Sjælland; the largest island (7,031 km²) of Denmark)).

The Tower of Beowulf (1995) by Parke Godwin (Hardcover, 246 pages)


35 + 15 = 50




Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 35 + 15 = 50
Books read: 6
Pages Read: 1697
Read but not claimed: 7

Lindsey IL

5.4 - S U M M M M M M E R
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

**Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author**


10.3 - Spare Me
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

**Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author**

I got the idea to read Poison Study for this task from Sue T. in the task help thread. I would not want to live imprisoned where my life was threatened by poison and people wanting to murder me everyday!


15.2 - Summer Stock
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Equus by Peter Shaffer


25.5 - U.S. Patriots
Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Kristin Cashore was born in Pennsylvania according to this link - http://www.bostonbookfest.org/bookfes...

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks


30.4 - Summer in Europe

Delirium by Lauren Oliver - Cool Summer Books 2011 list #23 (option 1)

**Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author**

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale - Best Coming of Age Stories list (option 3)

**Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author**



Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 275
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 24
Pages Read: 5884

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion

Legacy: A Novel by Danielle Steel

approved in help # 20 for option D

Total Points = 620

30.9 - Vacation Time


I chose option B and read two books with Beach in the title:


On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett


Total points to date 190

10.5 -- What’s Next?

Choose a book from the list generated by What Should I Read Next? to read.

Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir

I used How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell to get this book.

This Post: 10
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 12/57
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)

Kate.x

10.2 Phone Home, I read "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams. It's part five of the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy series.

Total points = 100.

Task 30.6 Shakespeare under the stars

1)rolled first dice and got 3:

Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours by Dan Weeks

2)rolled second dice and got 2:

A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang

*Claiming a Goodreads Author Ticket for Allison Pang*


Points this task:30
Total Points:190
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Book Tickets:0

Jennifer KS

15.8 Up In the Air- I read Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson.

MD = Moldovia

Points this task 15
Total Points 155
Pages 5446

Erin NY

20.10 Group read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
* Posted in discussion, post 25.

Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in Progress: 6
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 4386

Repost
20.9 Summerthing is Better: Burro Genius: A Memoir It's a book about a man that was treated terribly when he was in school because he was a Hispanic Indian that has dyslexia. I plan to be an ESE teacher in just a few short years, and I could possibly be dealing with students with dyslexia. Plus, I think it will help me teach students from a different culture better, too.

15.1 Beware of Thorns (Options A & B: Rose in the title, and Rose on the cover)

Total Points this post: 35

10.1 For Real?

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist

784 pgs - claiming Big Book Ticket

25.5 US Patriots

Book 1 The Homecoming by Dan Walsh (Born Philadelphia, PA)

Book 2 All The Right Reasons Damaged Heroes, Book 3 by Sandy James

Dan Walsh & Sandy James are both Goodreads Authors

This Post: 35
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Kelley Armstrong, Dan Walsh, Sandy James)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

15.5 Mind The Gap
The Magician. book two of the Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel Series
15.10. Reading is Easy
The Alchemyst

Points-30
Total points this challenge. 95

Sandie wrote: "10.1 For Real?

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist

784 pgs - claiming Big Book Ticket

25.5 US Patriots

Book 1 The Homecoming by ..."

Sandie, How did you like The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters? I've had it in my TBR for some time now.

Nickboy



5.1. At the Shore. Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller, takes place mostly at beach parties in the Big Sur area of the California Coast, 404 pages

5.7. Don’t Stop Reading. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 104 pages

20.2 NETHERLANDS is an eleven letter word
Option A.11-Letter Word.– Thunderhead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 533 pages

I had wondered which book to use for 20.2 Netherlands… I was partial to using “Big Sur…” because that would have been Option B, which I am partial to since it is homage to my Dutch orange scarf. However I was having a hard time finding an interesting beach book, so I slipped the “Big Sur...” in 5.1 and am going with my original intent of using the 11-letter “Thunderhead” for 20.2 -- Option A.

Claiming one BIG BOOK for Thunderhead – 533 pages

Task Points: 30
Total Points: 340/1000
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 31
Pages Read: 10,101
Big Books: 500+ (5)

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 25
Points Achieved to date: 135
Updated last on: 7.2
Total # of books read: 12
Total # of pages read: 4,078
Total # of tasks completed: 10
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)

Task 25.4 Color Me Happy...roll 1 die to find your color and choose 2 different opitons for this task and read 1 book for each option.

I rolled the #5 = the color blue.

I chose option #1 (read a book with a cover that is primarily the color of the # you rolled) and read
The Merry Monarch's Wife by Jean Plaidy 336 pages (7.2)

I also chose option #5 (read a book in the genre represented by the color you rolled = mystery) and read Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson320 pages (6.16)

KIM NY

10.10 -- Gimme S’more
I read Live Wireby Harlan Coben. I have read most of his other books and this is the latest.

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
I read The Brideby Julie Garwood. It was set in Scotland in 1100.

Points this post: 30
Total points: 65