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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2011: EUROPE
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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Tammy AZ20.7 A Trip to the Past
The Postmistress - This is set in the years prior to the U.S. entrance into WW II.
*Sarah Blake is a Goodreads Author*
30.10 Half and Half - The book I chose was Mr. Bridge and I read:
The Invisible Bridge and
Clara and Mr. Tiffany
*Julia Orringer is a Goodreads Author*
I'd like a Big Book Ticket for The Invisible Bridge which had 758 pages.
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 115
5.4. S U M M M M M M E R. Read a book whose title or author has the same letter repeated consecutively in one word of the title or in one of the author's names.
Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood
This Post: 5
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 15/57
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (2)
I would like to move a book.10.3 - SPARE ME - Milkweed which takes place in Warsaw during WWII during the German occupation. Most of the book takes place in the Warsaw Ghetto a place that I would never want to visit.
Originally I claimed this for 20.7.
10.6 - GAY PRIDE - Hotel Angeline byJennie Shortridge and 35 other authors. This was an interesting collaboration by 36 authors that wrote onstage for a week. The main character Alexis is gay.
15.7 - THE READERS HAVE CHOSEN - The 9th Judgment by James Patterson which was nominated for mystery/thriller.
20.7 - A TRIP TO THE PAST - No Dark Place by Joan Wolf which takes place in 12th century England.
Joan Wolf, James Patterson, and Jennie Shortridge are all Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 280
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 10
BIG BOOKS - 3
Reader Name: Jamie IN5.3. The Dog Days of Summer
The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 4133
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Colleen MNI finished Task 15.9. I read I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron. It was in my To-Reads and was rated 3.35. That's about what I'd give it, too. I'm glad it was short!
Heather KSFinished task 30.10 Half and Half. I chose the book Mr. Bridge from the list of 2 word books. For this I read:
Mr. Peanut and
The Invisible Bridge
The Invisible Bridge is by Julie Orringer who is a Goodreads author.
The Invisible Bridge has 602 pages, so I would like to claim a 500+ big book ticket
New point total: 205
Joy Marie10.9 Around the Campfire
Read 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2184
30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumA. Read a book with a day of the week:
My Gal Sunday by Mary Higgins Clark
AND
B. Read a book with the name of a European city, region, or country in the title
Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel
Total Points = 760
Mod
James Dashner is a good reads author.
30.8 chose to read one of my shortest and one of my longest on my tbr at the time.
read Hunger by Michael Grant 591 pages
Michael Grant is a good reads author
Claiming a big book ticket
and I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It by Adam Selzer 177 pages
Points this Post: 60
Total points-520/1000
Tasks Completed: 30/57
Books read: 40/77
Total pages: 12314
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.5. Maple Leaf Rag Gaven JC Owens is born in Canada. finished 7/8Points this post 5
Total points 315
Tasks Completed: 22
Books read: 27
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 30.10 - Half and Half
Spring Challenge Book: House Rules
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan
The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Total Challenge points = 190
10.3- Spare MeI read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. I would not want to visit the island the girls got stranded on because it was hostile; deadly snakes, poisonous fruit, fierce weather, etc.
*Libba Bray is a GR Author*
Points for this task- 10
Total Points- 260
Tasks Completed- 19
Books Read- 19
GR Authors- 10
10.8 Read Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich.15.5 Read The Black Ice by Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch #2 series
15.4 Read Watchlist: A Serial Thriller by Jeffery Deaver
Points these tasks 40
Total Points 180
20.8 It's my Birthday - Female Sci-Fi AuthorThe Silver Ship and the Sea by ***Goodreads Author*** Brenda Cooper
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside! Read a book with a cover that is predominately made up of hot colors (red, orange, yellow). Required: Include the cover or a link to the cover in your post.The Fall - Garth Nix
Mod
I read Cold Case. This is #11 in the Barbara Holloway series - so far, 12 have been published.
25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
I read Olive Kitteridge, the 2009 winner for Fiction, and
Glengarry Glen Ross, the 1984 winner for Drama
Total points: 410
Kathy G.10.8 Baby It's Hot Outside-
by Cornelia FunkeClaiming Big Book- 530 pages
Total Points- 105
Total Tasks- 6
Big Books- 1
M_ELLEREADS5.10: Summer Fun
Thank You Notes by Jimmy Fallon
Task Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 224
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15.8: Up In the Air
The Black Book of Buried Secrets by Mallory Kass
European Country Code: Republic of Macedonia -- MK
Task Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 192
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15.10: Summertime, and the Reading is Easy
Sanctus by Simon Toyne
Task Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 484
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20.2: Rookie at the Top – Nickboy’s Task: NEATHERLANDS is an Eleven Letter Word
Photographs from the Edge of Reality: True Stories About Shooting on Location, Surviving, and Learning Along the Way by John Harrington
Option A – “photographs” is 11 letters long
Task Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 280
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20.6: Seasoned Reader – Heather KS’s Task: Summer Reading
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Places & activities where I read: on a plane; in the car; at the office during lunch break
Task Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 432
Total Accumulated Points: 75
10.2 -- Phone Home E.T. the movie premiered on June 11th, 1982. Read a book that involves extraterrestrial beings on Earth or humans that have traveled outside of Earth’s atmosphere.
Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson (1995) by Zenna Henderson (Hardcover, 577 pages)
"The People" are human-appearing aliens who have come to Earth and live in New Mexico.
Big Books: + 500 pages (book has 577 pages)
10.9 -- Around the Campfire - Read a collection of ghost stories or a book about a ghost or a haunted house.
Kill the Dead (1980) by Tanith Lee (Paperback, 172 pages)
Ghosts, haunted house, and a ghost-"killer"
15.5 Mind the Gap - Read a book from a series that is NOT the first or the last published.
The Bawdy Basket (Elizabethan Theater #12) (2002) by Edward Marston (Hardcover, 262 pages)
Lighthearted medieval mysteries. This is #12 of 16 published in the series.
Grand Total: 65 + 10 + 10 + 15 = 100
Tasks Completed: 9
Points for this task: 10 + 10 + 15 = 35
Points thus far: 65 + 35 = 100
Books read: 10
Pages Read: 3155
Read but not claimed: 6
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
10.5 - What’s Next?I put in The End of the Affair and read Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II (* * *).
25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
I rolled a 6, so I read...
Heart's Blood (* * *) - fantasy/paranormal (option 5)
and
(* * *) - purple cover (option 1)* Juliet Marillier is a Goodreads author.
25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks
I went to the Louvre and read
My Name is Asher Lev (* * * * *) - The protagonist is a young Jewish artist and struggles with his father's disapproval of his gift.
I also went to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and read An Abundance of Katherines (* * *) - The protagonist Colin Singleton attempts to distil the Dumper/Dumpee relationship into a mathematical formula.
30.4 - MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
I picked '3' (#12 on the Best Coming of Age Stories list - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler) (* * *) and '5' (A Summer to Die) (* * *)
Points this post: 90
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 31/57
Books: 44/77
Pages: 12,119
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 4
15.7 The Readers Have ChosenRead a book that won or was nominated for the 2010 GoodReads Choice Awards.
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
The Kitchen House was nominated in the Historical Fiction category.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 16/57
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (2)
Leslie KTask 5.9 - The long and short of it
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Title five or more words; 127 pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 90
Leslie KTask 20.7 - A trip to the past
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Leslie KTask 20.9 - Summerthing better
If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone
This is a book about accepting yourself for who you are and making the most of it.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 130
leslie KTask 30.2 A.K.A.
Tigerlily's Orchids by Ruth Rendell and The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 160
15.2. Summer stock. Part A. My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir
Part B. August: Osage County
20.1. Birthday time
I was born in 1959
Alas, Babylon
Points reporting. 35
Total point earned. 130
Task 20.4: Focus on My Favorite....Read: A Knight in Central Park by Theresa Ragan
I rolled a 1 on the die, so I read a book with the word "knight" in the title.
Task 30.7: Choose Your Own Adventure
Read: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris / Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
Option 2: Used author Laurell K. Hamilton and read: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Option B: Used my first books author: Charlaine Harris and read: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
Points this post: 50
Total points: 80
Jayme(theghostreader)Completed task 5.3 Dog Days of Summer-"One Good Dog" by Susan Wilson
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read:11
Big Book ticket 750+ (1)
GR Authors: 1: Susan Wilson
Grand Total: 125/1000
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 155
Updated last on: 7.9
Total # of books read: 13
Total # of pages read: 4,414
Total # of tasks completed: 11
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)
Task 20.6 Heather Summer Reading...read a book while doing your favorite summer activities.
I read (while taking a road trip)
The Aloha Quiltby Jennifer Chiaverini. 336 pages (7.3)
what book did you read?
STACIE MITask 30.5 - To the Moon
For A, I read
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
For B, I read
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Beth Revis is a Goodreads author!
Points this task: 30
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 19
Pages read: 4705
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 160
Updated last on: 7.9
Total # of books read: 14
Total # of pages read: 4,845
Total # of tasks completed: 12
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)
Task 5.6 As American As... read a book with one of the words "baseball", "hot", "dogs", "apple", or "pie" in the title.
I read
Hot Dog by Laurien Berenson (7.5)
sclosson20.7 - A Trip to the Past
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Takes places in last 1800s but was written in 2003.
Points: 20
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX30.1 Cheryl's Task: Best Friends and Lovers
One of my best friends was named Catherine Clark
Mobbed by Carol Higgins Clark
7 words in the title
The Read's Choice: 200 Book Club Favorites by Victoria Golden McMains
Total points this post: 30
Wow only one task and it's MINE
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 170
Updated last on: 7.9
Total # of books read: 15
Total # of pages read: 5,311
Total # of tasks completed: 13
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)
Task 10.6 Gay Pride...read a book where one of the main characters is a lesbian...
I read
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult 466 pages (7.6)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 175
Updated last on: 7.9
Total # of books read: 16
Total # of pages read: 5,679
Total # of tasks completed: 14
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)
Task 5.10 Summer Fun...read a book that makes you smile, giggle, or laugh out loud!
I read
The Boyfriend of the Month Club by Maria Geraci (this is a GR Author)368 pages (7.8)
I am just loving the Summer Challenge! Thanks to all of the task creators --- here's what I've finished up recently:5.7. Don’t Stop Reading.
Fallout by Ellen Hopkins, a Goodreads Author
+ Big Book Ticket: 665 pages
+5 Points
10.8 — Baby, It’s Hot Outside!
by Alexa Martin, a Goodreads Author+10 Points
25.6 – Gayla’s task: European Landmarks
I loved this task. I have had the good fortune to travel to Europe when my daughter was in a touring choir and these books brought back great memories of Paris and London!
1. The Louvre
Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
2. Westminster Abbey
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
+ Big Book Ticket: 592 Pages
+25 Points
30.5 — Donna Jo/Deedee’s task: To the Moon
A. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
B. The Comet's Curse: A Galahad Book by Dom Testa, a Goodreads Author
+30 Points
Points This Post: 30+25+10+5=70
Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Big Book This Post: 2
Grand Total: 380
I'm starting late to this challenge, but here's what I've read so far this summer:5.1 At the Seashore: The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen
This book takes place on the Orkney Islands.
5.9 The Long and Short of It: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
Big Book Ticket: 1011 pages
10.1 For Real: The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
This book is shelved as speculative fiction. It's part of the Wheel of Time series in which time is circular, meaning the events of the book are both our Earth's future and past.
Big Book Ticket: 912 pages
20.5 Family Reunion: Option B. Family Saga: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The book tells the biblical story of Jacob, first through the point-of-view of his wives, then his daughter.
Total points for this post: 40
Total points for the challenge: 40
Welcome to the challenge Rachel Erin. It is never too late to join the challenge.
20.10 Group ReadsI read Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran (***I'd like to claim a GR Author Ticket!***) and commented in the discussion thread (post 28)
30.9 Vacation Time!
I chose to do option A for both books and read
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell - the main character, Birgitta, travels from her home in Sweden to China and back, then to England as well.
and
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly - the main character, Andi, travels from the U.S. to France.
New Total Points: 215
15.8 Up in the AirRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
MT - MALTA
Total Points Earned: 45/1000
Total Pages Read: 1971
Total Book Read 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (). 750 (1), 1000+ ()
Username: TANYAPTTask: 15.9 Read a book with a rating at or below your average rating (choice 2.
My avg rating: 3.70
Book: The Weird Sisters, Eleanor Brown (avg rating, 3.52)
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
AMANDA ATask #5.9 - The Long and the Short of It
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Task #15.6 - Speak English
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Slang: beastly - nasty or unpleasant
Task 20.4 - Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 3 and read a book written by a female author.
Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 215
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
20.3 Happy, Happy, HappyOne thing that makes me happy is doing volunteer work for others. Ashley Judd writes extensively on her life's work, service, in All That is Bitter and Sweet. She works mainly for PSI, visiting India, Africa, South America and Asia educating women on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and STI prevention and malaria education.
Total Points: 170
Books read: 12
Pages read: 4567
Tasks completed: 9
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books 750 (1)
Jess Philly25.3: Sandy's Task: The Ice Cream Truck
For this task, I chose:
#2- the Cotton Candy Bar, and I read The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.
#8- the Big Dipper Cone, and I read The Name of the Wind
I would also like to claim a big book ticket for The Name of the Wind, since it is 662 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 65
Big Book Tickets:1
Task 20.1 - Birthday Time
Option 2: My birthday is the third of a month, so I read: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
***Big Book 544 pages***
Challenge Total = 210
Total Big Book Tickets = 3
5.2 - Sun, Sea and PIRATES!Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy (* * *)
10.1 - For Real?
Watchmen ('alternate history') (* * *)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 33/57
Books: 46/77
Pages: 12,817
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 4
5.5 Maple Leaf RagAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
***Margaret Atwood is a GoodReads Author
15.8 Up in the Air
The Shining by Stephen King
SK=Slovakia
Post Total: 20
Total Points: 445
Tasks Complete:30/57
Laurie ME5.1: At the Shore
Heather Graham - Ghost Night
371p; not GR author
5.3: The Dog Days of Summer
Christie Craig -
322p; not GR author
5.4 S U M M M M E R
Eileen Dyer - Forever Summer
207p; not GR author
5.5 Maple Leaf Rag
Lynsay Sands - Hungry for You; takes place in Ontario; 353p; not GR author
5.10 Summer Fun
Jennifer Crusie - Faking It
412p; GR author
10.3 Spare Me
Dan Brown - Deception Point; takes place in the arctic; 736p; not GR author
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty
Gena Showalter - Playing with Fire; male hero - shape shifter into jaguar; 384p; not GR author
15.5 Mind the Gap
JR Ward - Lover Awakened; book 3 in the series; 434p; not GR author
Points this post 55
Total points 55
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Looking for Alaska (other topics)Flawless (other topics)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A: Stormwalker by Allyson James (Goodreads author)
25.5 - Christine US's task: U.S. Patriots
Book 1: Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks
Book 2: Diamond Head by Charles Knief
Total Points This Post: 50
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 365/1000
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 24/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1