The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

KIM NY

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

I read Divergentby Veronica Roth. I originally posted this book in post #569 but failed to realize that this book did not satisfy the requirements. I am re-posting this book under this challege task instead.

Points this post: 15
Total points for posts: 80

10.5 What's Next?

I put in The Hunger Games and from the generated list, chose Delirium by Lauren Oliver
** claiming Goodreads Author ticket for Lauren Oliver **

30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure

I started with Dennis Lehane and chose Option 1, picking Scott Turow. I read One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School.

I liked it so I went with Option A for the second book and read Limitations by Scott Turow (I realized partway through that this had been published serially in the New York Times...I read the first half as it came out in the paper, but never got to finish for some reason...so I was happy to get a chance to see how it turned out!)

New Total: 165 points

CHRISTINE US

Task 5.6 As American As
Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich

***Janet Evanovich is a GR author


Task 10.5 What's next
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

***sarah Blake is a GR author

I started with the book The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane



Task 10.9 Around the Campfire
Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart

The main character is a ghost

***Carolyn Hart is a GR author


Task 30.2 AKA

book 1: Vengeance in Death by JD Robb
Book 2: Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts


Task 30.5 To the Moon
Fiction: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Non-Fiction: The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann

TOTAl: 195

5.7 Don't Stop Reading
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
** Myla Goldberg is a Goodreads Author **

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
Category: YA fiction
** David Levithan is a Goodreads Author **

20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy
Jemima J. by Jane Green
This novel is about losing weight. Losing weight makes me happy!

Points for this post: 40
Total Points: 605
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 49
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

5.1 At the Shore
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe-takes place (for the most part) on an island

10.2 Phone Home
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Points this Post: 15
Grand Total: 390/1000
Tasks Completed: 25/57

15.9 - Pulling Weeds

I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 288 pages

It was one of the 50 lowest rated on my To Read shelf.

25.3 - Ice Cream Truck

1. Bubble Gum Bar: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman - 326 pages

2. Bullet Firecracker Pop: A Cool Head by Ian Rankin - 107 pages

30.4 - Summer in Europe

2. When Fenelon Falls by Dorothy Palmer - 300 pages
Takes place in the summer of 1969.

5. The Last Summer by Ann Brashares - 320 pages


Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 240

Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read: 5847
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+(2);750+(0);1000+(0)

15.1- Beware of Thorns
Death Pays the Rose Rent by Valerie Malmont.
This fits options A & B.


15.3 In The Eurozone
Part A: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Takes place in Ireland, which uses the Euro.
Part B: Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister (Goodreads author)
Takes place in Hungary, which does not use the Euro.

15.8 Up In the Air
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
CH:Switzerland

30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
Part A: Delicious and Suspicious by Riley Adams (Goodreads author)
My best friend's last name is Adams.
Part B, Opt #3: Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George
I chose the word "Night".

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
Part A: 666 Park Avenue by Gabriella Pierce
Travels from Paris to New York City.
Part B: Sea Fever by Virginia Kantra (Goodreads author)
I chose the word "Sea".

Total Points This Post: 105
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Grand Total Points: 315/1000
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 21/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1

5.1. At the Shore.
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Volume 31 by Yoko Kamio – main characters get trapped on a small island in the Pacific

10.1 -- For Real?
The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
Goodreads Author: Meljean Brook

10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews –lion on cover

Goodreads Author: Ilona Andrews

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!
Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson– July 2010

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen:
Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn– Romance nominee
Goodreads Author: Julia Quinn

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 1
1. The Song of the Lioness: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews – “magic” in title
Goodreads Author: Ilona Andrews

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Volume 24by Yoko Kamio
Read this sunbathing in backyard

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
Second Sight by Amanda Quick

20.9 - Lucky Me! - Kate.x.'s task: Summerthing Better
Practically Posh: The Smart Girls' Guide to a Glam Life by Robyn Moreno –This book improved my life with its eco-friendly advice on how to indulge without selfishness, entertain with creativity, and generally experience a life rich in adventure if not finances.

25.5 - Christine US's task: U.S. Patriots
A. The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
B. SEALed Forever by Mary Margret Daughtridge
Goodreads Author: Mary-Margret Daughtridge

30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half
Spring 2001 book: Passion Untamed by Pamela Palmer
A. Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
Goodreads Author: Larissa Ione
B. Rapture Untamed by Pamela Palmer
Goodreads Author: Pamela Palmer

Points This Post: 185
Total Points: 185
Total Goodreads Authors: 7

10.2 -- Phone Home E.T. Slave
by Cheryl Brooks, a **GOODREADS AUTHOR**

10.6 -- GBLT book: All She Wrote
by Josh Lanyon (Goodreads Author)

15.2 Summer Stock

A Mastering Toby
AND
B Romeo and Juliet

Jan Irving is a **GOODREADS AUTHOR**


Points this post 35
Total points 210
Tasks Completed: 17
Books read: 19
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

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

Option D:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Ok'd in task help.

Task Points: 20
Total Points: 140

KIM NY

5.9. The Long and the Short of It

I read by JK Rowlings. The hardcover edition has 111 pages.

Points this post: 5
Total points: 95

Diane

5.6. As American As.... baseball, hot dogs and apple pie on the 4th of July. Read a book with one of the words "baseball," "hot," "dogs," "apple," or "pie" in the title:
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller

5.10. Summer Fun. Read a book that makes you smile, giggle, or laugh out loud!
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters

10.5 -- What’s Next? Choose a 5-star book from your GR read shelf. Go to What Should I Read Next? and type in the title (DO NOT hit enter!). Choose the correct title from the list that appears below the box:
5-star book - The Kite Runner. What to read next:
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

10.10 -- Gimme S’more Speaking of camping... August 10 is National S'mores Day. Read s'more by an author you've read before - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin

15.5 Mind the Gap- Read a book from a series that is NOT the first or the last published:
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman

15.8 Up In the Air- Every country has an Airline Country Code. Using this list of European Country Codes, read a book by an author whose initials match one of these country codes:
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (AT)

20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy. Identify something that makes you happy, then read a fiction or non-fiction book where that thing is the focal point of the story, narrative, or of a primary character in the book:
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Book about happiness).

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
Summer is often the time when families get together for reunions. It is a great time to reminisce about the past. Read one (min 200 pg) of the following:
This books fits in either A or F:
The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd.
The Princes of Ireland is a BIG BOOK with >750 pages

25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
Fiction: Tinkers by Paul Harding
Drama: Wit : a Play by Margaret Edson

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
5. Bullet Firecracker Pop – read a crime/mystery book:
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
6. Pink Panther Pop – read a book that was made into a movie:
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Total Point Earned: 340/1000
Task Completed 22/57
Tasks in Progress: 7
Good Read Authours: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(5), 750(1), 1000(1)

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 10.1 For this task, read a book with the genre steampunk

Book: Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances, by Trisha Telep (Editor) + several Goodreads authors (Maria V. Snyder, Tiffany Trent, Kiersten White , Jaclyn Dolamore, Tessa Gratton, Lesley Livingston, Dia Reeves, Ann Aguirre)
*** claiming 1 Goodreads Author ticket ***

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 1320
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise

10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria by Rahma Krambo
(OKed for length in ebook thread)
Rahma Krambo is a Goodreads Author

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 608
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)

Task 10.10 Gimme S'more

I picked this author despite not really liking her werewolf series. Thankfully this book was much better!

My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

*Claiming a Goodreads Author Ticket for Rachel Vincent*


Points this task:10
Total Points:200
Goodreads Authors:7
Big Book Tickets:0

5.2 - SUN, SEA AND PIRATES - Peter Pan


5.9 - THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT - Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson


15.4 - SUMMER SHORTS - Perfect For The Beach


30.2 - AKA - Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz also known as Amanda Quick who wrote Affair


Jayne Ann Krentz and Lori Foster are Good read authors.


TOTAL POINTS - 245
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 3

LaurenVA

10.10 -- Gimme S’more

I read If You Were Here: A Novel by Jen Lancaster. I have read 3 other books by Jen in the past.

Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 55

25.1 Tennis Anyone read The Lying Game by by Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard is a goodreads author

read Amazing Grace by Megan Shull



Points this Post: 25
Total points-435/1000 
Tasks Completed: 26/57 
Books read: 33/77 
Total pages: 10183
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0) 

5.4 - S U M M M M M M E R

The Killer's Cousin (* * *)
*Nancy Werlin is a Goodreads author.

15.2 - Summer Stock

A:
Enter A Murderer in A Man Lay Dead: WITH Enter a Murder AND The Nursing Home Murder (* * * - the main character(s) in the mystery are all actors as the murder took place on stage)

B:
Arcadia: A Play (* * * *)

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

I rolled a '3' (female author), so I read...
The Birthday of the World (* * * *)

30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half

I chose 'Old Magic' and read...
No Country for Old Men (* * * *) and Midnight Magic (*)

Points this post: 70
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 27
Books: 37
Pages: 10,461
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 3

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag. - Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Brian is lost in the Canadian wilderness

5.9. The Long and the Short of It - Dinner with a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth Considering by David Gregory

10.6 -- Gay Pride - Boy Meets Boy by David Leviathan
David Leviathan is a Goodreads author

10.9 -- Around the Campfire - The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper
A ghost is a prominent character in this book

15.1- Beware of Thorns - by Cecil Castellucci
fits 3 categories: A. has a rose on the cover, B. has "Rose" in the title, and C. has a main character named Rose.
Cecil Castellucci is a Goodreads author

15.6 Speak English! - Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
"Mean - We often say people are mean if they are tight fisted, stingy or hold on to their money. This often confuses my American chums who think I'm talking about people being horrid." Listed under the people heading
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author

20.5 Bigger is Better Sue T's task: Family Reunion - Grave Secret By Charlaine Harris
Option C - Set in the Dallas Area, where I currently live.

Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 20
Pages Read: 6829
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 10

EllenCA

20.1 Most Improved Player - I picked option 1. My birthday is in June so I read June Bug by Jess Lourey who is a Goodreads Author.

Total points: 40 Points
Completed Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.9 - Around the Camp Fire

The Small Hand by Susan Hill


10.10 - Gimme S'more

The Castle in the Pyrenees by Jostein Gaarder

I have read several of his books - I didn't like this one quite so much as the others.



Total points to date 210

15.2 Summer Stock
A Read a biography/autobiography/memoir of an actor, actress, or entertainment celebrity.
I read If You Ask Me by Betty White
AND
B Read a play at least 80 pages long
I read Inherit the Wind

25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
I rolled a 5 (blue).

I chose option 2 (color in the title) and read 13 Little Blue Envelopes.
AND
I also chose option 5 (genre) and read a mystery book - Glory in Death

30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
I chose option 3, and read The Sword in the Stone. It was # 61 on Best Coming of Age Stories

AND
I chose option 4 (book set in European country) and read Love in a Headscarf, set in England.

Total points: 370

FInished
20.9 Summerthing better
Food photography/ food porn is something what I really love, that`s why this book
Foodography: Digital Food Photography & Styling by Helene Dujardin

Task points: 20
Total points: 150
Total tasks: 8
Total books:11

Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX

5.2 Sun, Sea and Pirates
Pirates by Linda Lael Miller

10.1 For Real?
Soulless by Gail Carriger

10.5 What's Next
Temptation by Jude Devereaux
Original Book: A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kelypas


10.7 It's Been a Year Already???
Sisters Red by Jckson Pearce from June 2010

10.10 Gimme S'More
He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark

15.9 Pulling Weeds
I used my "Read List"--Lowest was 3.00
Perfection by Julie Metz

20.2 Nickboy's Task: Netherlands is an 11-letter Word
Used Option 2
Double Dutch by Sharon Draper

20.3 Sera's Task: Happy, Happy, Happy
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert

20.4 Isabell's Task: Focus On My Favorite Goodreads Author
Rolled a 3 - Fenale Author
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rinnison

20.9 Kate.x's Task: Summerthing Better
Money Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make: How to Solve Common Problems and Improve Your Personal Finances by Paul Lim

25.1 Denise NC's Task: Tennis Anyone?
Double Deuce by Robert B. Parkerr
Chrissie: My Own Story by Chris Evert Lloyd


25.2 BJRose's Task: Pulitzer Winners Past and Present
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Fiction 2005
Ruined by Lynn Nottage Drama 2009


25.4 Jenn Renee's Task: Color Me Happy
Rolled a 2 - Orange
The Orange House by Paul Griffin
Option 2
Ice by Linda Howard
Option 5: Caution Suspense/Thriller

25.5 Christine US's Task: U. S. Patriots
Author from PA Sara Shepard
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
Soldier's Story
The Soldier's Holiday Vow by Jillian Hart


25.6 Gayla's Task: European Landscapes
Option 5 Stonehenge (I have actually been there)
The Gift of Stones by Jim Crace
Option 3 The Leaning Tower of Pisa
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green


30.4 MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
Otion 2 - takes place in summer
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Option 4 - Takes place in Europe - Ireland
When Irish Guys Are Smiling by Suzanne Supplee

Total points on this post 295

Sarah (sclosson)

30.8 - Summer Solstice
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
One of the shortest on my TBR list. My copy an ebook at 118 pages.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
One of the longest on my TBR list. My copy was 493 pages.

Points: 30
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4

Stacey

5.10 Summer Fun
Diamonds Are Forever
I've been having fun reading through the James Bond books - they're all so ridiculous they definitely make me smile.

20.8 It's My Birthday
Kindred

30.9 Vacation Time
A. From Russia with Love (One character travels from Russia to Turkey, another from England to Turkey. And then they take the Orient Express through a few other countries, to boot!)
B. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

New points: 55
Total points: 150

5.5 - Maple Leaf Rag
Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands
Lynsay Sands is Canadian

5.8 - But No Shoplifting!
Rogue by Rachel Vincent
I got this book from my library
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author

10.5 - What's Next?
Pride by Rachel Vincent
I entered the book Twice Bitten in and this book was on the list.
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author

10.10 - Gimme S'more
Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward.
I have read books by J.R. Ward before and wanted to read this one.

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
Prey by Rachel Vincent
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author

20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy
Shift by Rachel Vincent
It makes me happy to ready about shape shifters.
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author

20.6 Summer Reading
Alpha by Rachel Vincent
One of my favorite activities in the summer is to relax in my favorite reading chair in my reading room. This is how I read this book.
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author

20.10 Group Read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
My post is number 26.
Michelle Moran is a Goodreads Author

30.4 Summer in Europe
Passion by Lauren Kate
This book was on the Cool books in Summer list.
Broken by Kelley Armstrong
This book is set in the Summer.
Lauren Kate is a Goodreads Author
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author

30.7 - Choose Your Own Adventure
I used Richelle Mead and got Jeaniene Frost
This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
I then typed in Jeaniene Frost and got Karen Chance
Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance
Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads Author

Points This Post: 165
Total Points to Date: 485

25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks


1. The Louvre

The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier **Goodreads Author**

approved in help . Characters are painters and weavers of tapestries

AND

6. Peace Palace

The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva

protagonist is a spy

Total Points = 645
New Goodreads Author = Tracy Chevalier

Laurel C

5.2 Sun, Sea, Pirates
Black Lung Captain (All of the characters are involved in piracy)

10.5 What's Next
My 5 star book was Changes by Jim Butcher
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

10.10 Gimme S'More
Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale

Previous Total Points = 155 points
Points This Post = 25 points
Total Points = 180 points

Jayme(the ghostreader)

Completed task 15.6 Speak English. The Brittish word I chose was pants. The Brittish term pants means a man's underwear not the actual outer pants. The book I read was "Second Summer of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares.

Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read:10
Big Book ticket 750+ (1)
GR Authors: 0
Grand Total: 120/1000

Coralie
5.2 Sun, Sea and PIRATES!
Treasure Island read from Treasure Island, Kidnapped, the Black Arrow

Total points 230

Becca

5.4 - S U M M M M M M M M E R
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell



30.8 - Summer Solstice
The Book of Lost Things (from list: Darkest Books of All Time)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (from list: Best Humorous Books)



30.9 - Vacation Time
A. The Prestige (UK & USA)
B. A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean




30.10 - Half and Half
The book I chose was Love Letters (bottom of page 2 at the link)
Love in a Time of Homeschooling: A Mother and Daughter's Uncommon Year by Laura Brodie Goodreads Author
Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles With His Father's Questions About Christianity

Total Points: 95

Shannon South Africa

5.1 At the Shore
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Set on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea

Task points: 5
Total points: 5

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff


Points for this task: 15
Total points: 145
Task Completed: 10
Books Read: 11

5.2 Sun, Sea and PIRATES!

Pirate Latitudes

Points: 5

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

Dead in the Family

Points: 15

Total Points: 155
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 17

30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars

Rolled a 4 for murder mystery
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

Rolled a 6 for humourous book
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern


Points this post: 30
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 24
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Jenny Chicago

Task 20.7 A Trip to the Past-- I read The King's Mistressby Emma Campion. It is set in the 14th century.

Points this post 20
Total Points 20

Cindy F

Task 10.3 Spare Me I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy I would not like to be left on earth to try and survive in a post-apocalyptic time.


Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 125
Tasks completed to date: 9
Books read to date: 11
Goodreads author: 1
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

Delicious Dee

Last Post 872

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!
Entwined - July 2010 - Elisabeth Naughton (GR Author)

10.10 -- Gimme S’more
Chasin' Eight

20.10 Group Read
C. Inspirational/Christian Fiction: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values posted in the spoiler thread

30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice
Option 1:
A.Quality Dark Fiction - The Time Machine (10 on the list)
B.Best Humorous Books - A Dirty Job (8 on list)

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
A. Option A - Brava, Valentine – travels from Italy to the US to Argentina
B. Option A - The Dogs of Riga – Sweden to Latvia

Total Points this Post: 100
Total Points in Challenge: 430
Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 30
GR Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

I would like to move a book. I previously claimed the book Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews for task 30.10 in Post 709. I would like to move the book to Task 30.8.

30.8 - Summer Solstice
I chose option 1.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
This book was #52 on the Darkest Books of All Time List.
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews.
This book was #1167 on the Best Humerous Books List.

I have already claimed a Goodreads ticket for Ilona Andrews for this book in Post 709.

Points thiis Post: No Change
Total Points to Date: 485

I would like to move another book. I previously claimed the book Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong for task 5.4 in Post 393. I would like to move the book to task 30.10.

30.10 - Half and Half
I used the book Magic Bites from the list.
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands

I have already claimed a Goodreads Author ticket for Kelley Armstrong for this book in Post 393

Points this Post: -5 +30 = 25
Total Points to Date: 510

ALICIA T.

5.8 But No Shoplifting!

I read Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts.

My aunt gave me this book a few weeks ago.

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90

Jenny Chicago

Task 25.3 The Ice Cream Truck. For this task I picked

Book A. Bubble Gum Bar--Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J.K. Rowling THIS IS A BIG BOOK--734 pages

Book B. Bubble Gum Bar-- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
THIS IS A BIG BOOK--500+ pages

Points this task 25
Total Points 45
Big Book Tickets 500+ (2)
Good Reads Authors 0

Carla

20.4 Author Author

I rolled a 1: I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, in which magic plays a very important role.

I would like to claim a big book ticket please - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is 607 pages.

Points this task 20
Total points 95
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 6
Total pages: 2242 + one audiobook
GR Authors:
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

ERIN B.

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

I read Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. It's on the "Best Historical Fiction" list!

***Big Book - 985 pages***

Points this post: 15
Total points: 50

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Winner of best book of 2010, favorite heroine, and best YA fantasy.

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins


5.8 But No Shoplifting!!

Seranfyll by Christina Daly
**Christina Daly is a GR Author**

I was given this book by Christina Daly for review.


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

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Points this post : 45
Points so far : 160

Stacey

10.2 Phone Home
The War of the Worlds

15.3 Eurozone
A. Country that uses the Euro
The Monster of Florence (set in Italy)
B. Country that doesn't use the Euro
Five Flavors of Dumb (author born in UK)

New points: 25

Total points: 175

NICOLE VA

15.3 In The Eurozone

I read Die for Me by Amy Plum, set in France (uses the Euro) and Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury set in the UK (does not use Euro).

Amy Plum is a goodreads author.

Total points = 185

5.3. The Dog Days of Summer.

Read a book with the word "dog" in the title or a picture of a dog on the cover.

Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

This Post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 13/57
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)