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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2011: EUROPE
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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
10.1 For RealSoulless by Gail Carriger (GR Author)
20.1 Birthday Time My b-day is in April
April & Oliver by Tess Callahan (GR Author)
30.9 Vacation Time
A. The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry The main character travels from Germany to France to Antactica and Denmark
B. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (GR Author) Title has the word "hotel" in it.
Total points this post: 60
Total points Summer challenge: 235
GR Authors claimed this post: 3
20.6 Summer ReadingI read The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth (Goodreads Author). I read this book mostly outside in the backyard, playing (and reading!) with my kids.
20.7 A Trip to the Past
I read The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer (Goodreads Author). It is historical fiction, as it is set in Victorian England.
20.8 Female Authors of Sci-Fi
I read Feed (Big Book: 571 p) by Mira Grant.
20.9 Summerthing Better
I read What's Gotten into Us?: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World by Mckay Jenkins. This book is about the wide array of toxic chemicals that are in everyday items that we use daily. I'd like to work on making my children's lives a little less toxic!
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 180
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.5 Maple Leaf RagLife on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
Alice Kuipers resides in Canada.
10.7 It's Been a Year Already?
29: A Novel by Adena Halpern
#162 on the most popular books of June 2010.
*Goodreads Author*
15.4 Summer Shorts
Other Sides: 12 Webfiction Tales by Various
*Goodreads Author*
Statistics
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 120
Challenges Completed: 9
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Big Book Tickets total: 0
Goodreads Authors this Post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & PresentDrama - 1996 - Rent finished 6/26
Fiction - 2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
finished 7/4
Points this post 25
Total points 235
Tasks Completed: 18
Books read: 21
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jennifer KS5.8. But No Shoplifting! I read Bound South by Susan Rebecca White
I borrowed this book from my Mom.
Points this task 5
Total Points 160
Pages 5798
20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, HappyThe Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin (GoodReads Author)
Inspiration: A book about happiness
Total Points = 70
My readerboard name is Aprilallyear.20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
For this task I read Serving Crazy with Curry. I read the book while sitting by the pool, while hanging out with my in-laws, and while riding in the car to go to a 4th of July celebration.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
Books: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 1
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 5.3 - Dog Days of Summer
The Dogs Of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald
Conor Fitzgerald is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 400
Points - 5
Task 10.7 - It's Been a Year Already
June 2010 #61
A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen Witemeyer
Karen Witemeyer is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 352
Points - 10
Task 10.8 - Baby It's Hot Outside
by Keri ArthurKeri Arthur is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 230
Points - 10
Task 25.4 - Color Me Happy
Rolled 5 - Blue
Book A - Option 1 - Cover
by Joanne FlukePages - 320
Book B - Option 5 - Mystery
by Tom Franklin (Author)Tom Franklin is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 274
Points - 25
Task - 30.10 - Half and Half
Two word title - Little, Big
Book A - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pages - 242
Book B - Miranda's Big Mistake by Jill Mansell
Pages - 495
Points - 30
Points this Post - 80
Total Points - 315
Big Book Tickets this Post - 0
Big Book Tickets Total - 5(500)
Goodreads Authors this Post - 4
Goodreads Authors Total - 7
Carly25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
Option 4) Rainbow Snow Cone -- I read Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.
Ely, one of the two main characters, is gay.
Option 5) Bullet Firecracker Pop -- I read Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse by Lee Goldberg.
This is based off of the show Monk and it is a mystery.
I would like to claim 2 GoodReads Author tickets. One for Lee Goldberg and the other for David Levithan.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 2694
RACHEL CA: 90 pts total15.08 UP IN THE AIR
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay (DK, Denmark)
Daphne Kalotay is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.4- Summer ShortsThe Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates and The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates
Points this post 15
Total Point Earned: 90/1000
Books Read: 9/77
Task Completed 5/57
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
10.3 Spare MeMurder at Roissy
I would not want to go to a BDSM resort. Not my idea of a relaxing time.
10 Points
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 18
Nickboy10.3 Spare Me
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander – I don’t want to go to Antarctica because it’s too cold - I mean, I like some cold, but not that much – and I dislike places without trees. 224 pages10.10 -- Gimme S’more
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey I read 3 books by Australian writer Peter Carey in the Spring Challenge and decided I wanted to read more. 272 pages Task Points: 20
Total Points: 360/1000
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 33
Pages Read: 10,597
Big Books: 500+ (5)
Jayme VA30.4: Summer in Europe
Option 2. Read a book that takes place during the summer.
Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel takes place in the summer. Margot Berwin is a Goodreads Author.
Option 4. Read a book set in a European country.
The Tiger's Wife takes place in Croatia.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 115
Goodreads Authors: Berwin
Big Books: 0
Annie M10.3 Spare Me
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
One of main characters is in prison; the other is kidnapped. I NEVER want to go to prison or be kidnapped.
Points this post: 10
Total Point Earned: 60/1000
Books Read: 7/77
Task Completed 7/57
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck 1. Bubble Gum Bar – read a YA book.
Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson **Goodreads Author**
5. Bullet Firecracker Pop – read a crime/mystery book
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton **Goodreads Author**
Total Points = 670
New Goodreads Authors = James Patterson & Steve Hamilton
Completed 15.1 read any book. Read what the night knows by dean koontz.Task points 15
Total points 15
Readerboard Name: LeoraCompleted Tasks:
10.1 For Real? The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
10.2 Phone Home: Probability Moon by Nancy Kress
10.3 Spare Me: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, much of the book takes place in San Francisco (a futuristic version), I have already been to San Fran and while I enjoyed it I like to go to new places on vacation.
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty: Hiss of Death by Rita Mae Brown, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter the main characters cats play an integral role.
10.7 It's Been a Year Already? I chose to read a book from June of 2010 Uncharted TerriTORI by Tori Spelling
10.8 Baby It's Hot outside!
by Joanna Carl10.10 Gimme S'more: Painted Ladies by Robert Parker.
15.4 Summer Shorts:Death's Excellent Vacation edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
15.5 Mind the Gap-Death of a Cad by M.C. Beaton, this is the 2nd book in the Hamish MacBeth series.
15.6 Speak English! I used the word 'Tick' which is the British term for 'check', like when we check off boxes. I read, Tick Tock James Patterson.
25.4 Color Me Happy:
I rolled a 3 for yellow.
Choices:
3. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith and;
5. I chose The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life by John Bingham, sooooo inspirational!!
This brings my points to: 245
Task 5.9 Long and ShortIn the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Points this task:5
Total Points:205
Goodreads Authors:7
Big Book Points:0
Colleen MNI completed Task 30.4
I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It is a coming of age story. I also read The Summer I Dared by Barbara Delinsky. This book was (obviously) set in the summer. It was set on an island in Maine, and many of the characters were lobstermen. That was an interesting peep into a world I know nothing of.
20.6 Seasoned ReaderMedium Dead by Chris Dolley a GoodReads author
Read on my laptop, on my screened in porch with my fountain flowing, my ceiling fan blowing and a glass of ice tea nearby.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
Total GoodReads authors: 2
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word - Read The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language by Melvyn Bragg. I chose option b - a book with the word 'English'. 25.5 - Christine US's task: U.S. Patriots
Book 1 - Read Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel. Alison Bechdel was born in Pennsylvania.
Book 2 - Read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. All of the main characters are in the US military during WWII.
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
Book A - Rolled a number 6. Read When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. David Sedaris is always humorous to me!
Book B - Rolled a number 5. Read Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund. This is about Marie Antoinette, a member of royalty of course until she had her head lopped off!
Abundance is over 500 pages so I claim one big book ticket.
Points for above tasks: 75
Tasks above completed: 3
Total tasks completed: 5/57
Points completed: 90/1000
Books read & claimed: 7
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
10.1 For Real?A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - speculative fiction - approved in the help thread
25.1 Tennis anyone?
a) Murder in the Supreme Court by Margaret Truman - has work court in title
b) Towards Zero by Agatha Christie - one of the major characters played professional tennis
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
20.3 -- Happy, Happy, HappyI decided to go with the option of reading a book about happiness in general --
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
20.4 -- Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 4 and read a book with the word rising in the title
Fever Rising by Maggie Ferguson
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 160
Mod
One of the 50 lowest rated books on my TBR shelf: Red To Black by Alex Dryden
** This is a big book (500+ pages) **
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Alice GTask: 5.9 The Long and the Short of it
Book: Ravens
This is a long book (438 pages) with a short title.
Total Points:165
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
20.5 Family Reunion - The Bed I Made by Lucie Whitehouse
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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10.7 – It’s Been a Year Already??!! - Kitty Goes to War by Carrie Vaughn, a Goodreads author.#45 from June 2010 list.
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Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 170
ERIN C.5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
+5
5.7 Don't Stop Reading
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
+5
5.8 But No Shoplifting
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson
Got this from my mom...
+5
5.10 Summer Fun
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Love this book, and I always laugh out loud at Elizabeth Peters books
+5
10.8 Baby It's Hot Outside
China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation by Xinran
+10
Points this Post:30
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 8
GoodRead Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
5.4 S U M M M M M M E RSkin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
15.6 Effingpot.com
Bloody Valentine By Melissa De la Cruz
15.9 Pulling Weeds
Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
20.4 Focus on my favorite GoodReads author~ Tamora Pierce~ Rolled 1
Swallowing Darkness By Laurell K. Hamilton
Melissa De La Cruz is a GoodReads author.
This is my firt post and my total points are 55
20.3 Happy, Happy, HappyBloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz
I love to read books about Vampires.
Melissa de la Cruz is a GoodReads Author
Total points 120.
Finished:30.1 Best friends and lovers
A.Friend name Margaret (Malgorzata in polish)
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood
B. option 3 "goddess" The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Task points: 30
Total points: 180
Total tasks: 9
Total books: 13
15.6 Speak English!Dead Ringer by Lisa Scottoline **Goodreads Author
Slang - Ring means call them as in I'll just give them a ring. Whereas in the US we would probably say I'll just give them a call.
Total Points = 685
New Goodreads Author = Lisa Scottoline
Stacey
20.7 A Trip to the Past
The Rabbi's Cat 2
(Takes place in the 1930s, published 2005/2006 (the English translation is from 2008)
Total points: 195
20.7 A Trip to the Past
The Rabbi's Cat 2
(Takes place in the 1930s, published 2005/2006 (the English translation is from 2008)
Total points: 195
Michelle WI30.9 Vacation Time!
Option B for both books: Vacation and Lake appear on the vacation related word list
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 60
15.1- Beware of ThornsI read
- This book has roses on the cover and the word "rose" in the title.15.5- Mind The Gap
I read Fade by Lisa McMann - this is the second book in a trilogy.
30.2- AKA
I read Hot in Here by Sophie Renwick, who is also Charlotte Featherstone, and I read Mistress of the Night by her.
25.3- The Ice Cream Truck
1. I read a YA-
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
4. I read a GLBT- Sno Ho by Ethan Day
15.8- Up In The Air
I read Tempt Me, Taste Me, Touch Me by Bella Andre - BA is the airline code for Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Bella Andre, Ethan Day, Sophie Renwick, Charlotte Featherstone, Becca Fitzpatrick, and Lisa McMann are all GR Authors*
Points for these tasks- 100
Total Points- 250
Tasks Completed- 18
Books Read- 18
GR Authors- 9
15.7 The Readers Have Chosen- Read a book that won or was nominated for the 2010 goodreads Choice Awards .
Category: Historical Fiction
Juliet (2010) by Anne Fortier (Hardcover, 447 pages)
50 + 15 = 65
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 50 + 15 = 65
Books read: 7
Pages Read: 2144
Read but not claimed: 7
KIM NY10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!
I read "A Hint of Rapture" by Miriam Minger for this task. Below is a picture of the book cover.
5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.
I also just finished
. The author's name, HaNNah PiTTard has two sets of consecutive letters.Points for these posts: 15
Total points: 100
Good Reads Authors: 4(James Patterson, Veronica Roth, Kristin Hannah, Hannah Pittard)
RACHEL CA: 95 pts total5.04 SUMMMMMMER
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Florence Atwater
Points: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.8 It's my Birthday -- Female Authors of Sci-fiRead The Giver by Lois Lowry
Points this post: 20
Total Point Earned: 50
Pages Read: 1146
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise5.8 -- But No Shoplifting!
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
This was a Barnes & Noble free Nook book a while back.
Maureen Johnson is a Goodreads author
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 960
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Cindy AL15.3 In the Eurozone:
Heartless by Gail Carriger - Great Britain and
Vienna Waltz by Teresa Grant - Austria
Gail Carriger is a Goodreads Author and
Teresa Grant is a Goodreads Author
30.10 Half and Half:
The spring book was "The Prince"
The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones and
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
Points in this post - 45
Total Points - 405/1000
Books - 35/76
Pages - 11960
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
REPOSTReaderboard Name: Cheryl TX
20.9 I read Money Mistakes you Can't Afford to make by Paul Lim because I wanted to get smarter before I became too old to make any big changes for retirement.
25.2 I checked out the book at the Benbrook Public Library and the Introduction is not counted in the page length and the play ends on page 102 and then there are the songs and music pages from the play that are also not counted
Here in the information on the book
Ruined a play by Lynn Nottagepublished by the THeatre Communications Group, New York 2009
Library of Congress Catalouging-in-Publication Data
ISBN 978-1-55936-355-6 (pbk) I hope that is enough information. If you can't accept this then I will have to go find something else. The actual book that I read has been verified by LORI (BNPL) my adult librarian. They have the actual book that I read althouogh the isbn info says that it is only 96 pages, the play is actually 102 pages.
Repost total 45
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX15.8 Up In The Air
Switzerland:CH
Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark
30.3 DLMRose's Task: If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
The Sound of Munich by Suzanne Nelson
Total Points for this post - 45
Mod
Lauren Oliver is a goodreads author
15.2 Summer Stock read Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita (main character is a teen actress)
read Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
Points this Post: 25
Total points-460/1000
Tasks Completed: 28/57
Books read: 36/77
Total pages: 10879
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Kathy G.30.2 A.K.A.-
The House of a Thousand Lanterns by Victoria Holt AND
Beyond Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
Total Points- 95
Total Tasks- 5
AMANDA ATask #5.5 - Maple Leaf Rag
A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
Task #10.2 - Phone Home
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Beth Revis is a Goodreads Author.
Task #10.4 - Here Kitty, Kitty
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn is a Goodreads Author.
Task #10.8 - It's Hot Outside
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Tabitha Suzuma is a Goodreads Author.
Task #10.9 - Around the Campfire
Evenfall by Liz Michalski
Liz Michalski is a Goodreads Author.
Task #15.5 - Mind the Gap
Atlantis Awakening by Alyssa Day
Task #15.8 - Up in the Air
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Country: Sweden (SE)
Task #20.6 - Summer Reading
My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
I read this book while camping over the 4th of July holiday weekend.
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author.
Task #30.9 - Vacation Time
A. The Postcard Killers by James Patterson
The countries involved are France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and USA.
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author.
B. Beach Lane by Sherryl Woods
Beach in title.
Points this Post: 125
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I read In the Tenth House: A Novel
This novel took place in Victorian England, and centered on the conflict between mysticism and developing theories of psychology.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points thus far: 20
Pages read: 356
Tasks Completed: 1/57