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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Janice CA25.3 The Ice Cream Truck.....
I chose options 6 and 7.
Book made into a movie:
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
5 stars
This book was made into a movie on two occasions. The original 1963 version, narrated by Rex Allen, is my all-time favorite Disney movie. I'm happy I finally read the book. The later movie is called Homeward Bound.
and
Humorous Book:
Bossypants byTina Fey
2 stars
+25
total: 90
tasks: 7
books: 8
GR Authors: 2
5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES!Tumbling Through Time by Gwyn Cready
15.9 Pulling Weeds
Barbie & the Beast by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom (Goodreads author)
This was one of the 50 lowest rated books on my To Read shelf added before 5/21, rated 2.86.
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
5. Bullet Firecracker Pop: The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby (Goodreads author)
8. Big Dipper Cone: River Marked by Patricia Briggs
30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
Option 1: Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads author)
On the Cool Summer Books 2011 list #37
Option 4: Black Ice by Anne Stuart
Takes place in France.
Total Points This Post: 75
Total Tasks This Post: 4
Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Grand Total Points: 440/1000
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 28/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
A. Read a nonfiction book about space travel, astronomy, or biography of someone involved in the space program.
Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home (2007) by Chris Jones (Paperback, 288 pages)
and
B. Read a science fiction novel that features space travel as part of the book.
Saturn (The Grand Tour #12) (2003) by Ben Bova (Hardcover, 413 pages)
The novel centers on "...a great ark, a one-way expedition twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and fascinated astronomers ever since."
130 + 30 = 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 130 + 30 = 160
Books read: 14
Pages Read: 4569
Read but not claimed: 6
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
5.5 Maple Leaf Rag Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Sara was born in Canada
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 180
Task Completed: 13
Books Read: 14
30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers Part A
Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
One of my best friends is Elizabeth, whom I went to school with. I'm going to be one of her bridesmaids in November :)
Part B
Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight by Nick Earls
Seven words in the title.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 30
Total GoodReads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Nickboy.25.1 Tennis, Anyone?
A. Tennis word in title -- Table Tennis: Steps to Success by Larry Hodges, tennis word – “tennis” -- 160 pages
B. Tennis bio – You Cannot Be Serious by John McEnroe– 352 pages
25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
#6 Pink Panther Pop – Adrift on the Nile by Naguib Mahfouz(Egyptian film, 1971; this film made the college film society circuit back in the 70’s; it’s still the only film I’ve ever sat through that’s in Arabic. The novel drifts like Camus – the movie like the French New Wave.) 167 pages
#8 Big Dipper Cone –
The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick(sci fi) 191 pages
Task Points: 50
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 45
Pages Read: 13,544
Big Books: 500+ (5)
30.3 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumA. Burmese Days by George Orwell
B. The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence
'Pompeii' approved on help thread.
Points for this post: 30
Total Points: 710
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 56
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.8 – Female Authors of Sci-Fi - Soulless by Gail Carriger, a Goodreads author.This was on one of the shelves referenced in the task description.
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Points Claiming: 20
Total Points: 225
STESSE5.9. The Long and the Short of It
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite by June Casagrande (199 p.) (On GR, it shows this having more than 200 pages, but my copy, ISBN 0 14 30.683 1 is 199 pages)
15.9 Pulling Weeds
Bitch Is the New Black: . . . And No One Wears It Better Than Me by Helena Andrews (256 p.) – it’s one of the 50 lowest rated on my To Read shelf. And now I know why.
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy (464 p.)
Read while on vacation in Southern Oregon, next to the Rogue River…
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
A. 8. Big Dipper Cone - Science Fiction / Fantasy: Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson (256 p.)
B. 8. Big Dipper Cone - Science Fiction / Fantasy: Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead (281 p.) (Richelle Mead is a GoodReads Author)
25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
I rolled a 5 – BLUE.
A. Option 1 – Blue cover: Eve by Iris Johansen (378 p.)
B. Option 5 – Mystery: The Chase by Clive Cussler (audiobook) (464 p. is the equivalent page count for the mass market paperback)
30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
A. 4. At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson – set in UK. (512 p.) This is a BIG BOOK.
B. 2. How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal (368 p.) (Barbara O'Neal is a GoodReads Author) – the description doesn’t mention it but the book does take place during the summer.
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
First Die – rolled a 4 - Cymbeline
A. 4. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (from 100 Important Women in History list) (380 p.)
Second Die – rolled a 4 - Hamlet
B. 4. Murder Mystery: Deadly Threads by Jane K. Cleland (279 p.)
Points this Post: 150
Tasks Completed this Post: 7
Books Read this Post: 11
Pages Read this Post: 3837
GoodReads Authors this Post: 2
Big Booksthis Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 400
Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total Books Read: 32
Total Pages Read: 11157
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Leslie KTask 10.8 - Baby,it's hot outside
Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 170
Leslie KTask 15.7 The readers have chosen
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Category: Favorite book of 2010
Points this task: 15
Total points: 185
Cindy AL20.5 Family Reunion:
Meeting the Family: One Man's Journey Through His Human Ancestry by Donovan Webster
30.8 Summer Solstice:
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Darkest Books of All Time) and
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Light but Not Too Dumb)
Points in this post - 50
Total Points - 510/1000
Books - 41/76
Pages - 14502
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Leslie KTask 20.1 Birthday time!
The Clue in the Crumbling Wall by Carolyn Keene
Option 3 - published 1945 (yes, I am 66 years old!)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 205
Leslie KTask 30.1 Best friends and lovers
Part A: Running from the Law by Lisa Scottoline
friend's first name is LISA
Part B: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
option 2 - seven words in the title
Points this task: 30
Total points: 235
Jayme VA10.4: Here Kitty, Kitty
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman
Lion in the title.
10.10: Gimme S'more
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
25.3: Ice Cream Truck
Option 5: Mystery
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman
Option 8: Science Fiction
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Points this task: 45
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors: Berwin
Big Books: 0
5.4- SummmmerI read Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler.
10.8- Baby It's Hot Outside
I read
which has a yellow cover and was pre-approved.10.10- Gimme S'More
I read Chasin' Eight byLorelei James, an author I've read before. Chasin Eight is pre-approved in ebook thread.
Points for these tasks- 25
Total Points- 285
Books Read- 22
GR Authors- 10
Kate.x.5.8 But no shoplifting
I read MC Beaton's "Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden" as this was given to me by my boyfriend for christmas, I did not have to buy have! So I guess men can have their uses sometimes :-).
Total points = 130.
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES! there are pirates turned treasure hunters, pirates who steal but don't kill, and mean, nasty pirates
Captive of My Desires by Johanna Lindsey
10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside! Read a book with a cover that is predominately made up of hot colors: red cover:
Holding the Dream by Nora Roberts
15.4 Summer Shorts- Read ONE anthology or collection of essays, short stories, poems, or novellas by several contributing authors:
A Mother's Gift by Kathleen Eagle, Emilie Richards, Joan Elliott Pickart
Kathleen Eagle is a Goodreads author
Points this post = 30
Total Points = 210
Tasks Completed = 16
Pages Read = 6446
GR Authors = 3
Big Books: (500+) = 1
Jen UT10.8 - Baby, It's Hot Outside!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX10.2 Phone Home
The Rudest Alien on Earth by Jane Leslie Conly
10.3 Spare Me
I would never, ever, ever, ever, did I say NEVER(?) want to be held in a detention center, jail, or prison.
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Juvenile Detention Center)
20.1 Ashley FL's Task: Birthday Time
My birthday is June 8
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
20.10 Group Reads
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Total for this post: 60
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
6. Pink Panther Pop – read a book that was made into a movie
Red Riding Hood (2011) Sarah Blakley-Cartwright (Paperback, First Edition, 329 pages)
It says on the cover: "Now a major motion picture from the director of Twilight."
AND
8. Big Dipper Cone – read a science fiction/fantasy book
The Stone that Never Came Down (1973) by John Brunner (Hardcover, 206 pages)
160 + 25 = 185
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 160 + 25 = 185
Books read: 16
Pages Read: 5104
Read but not claimed: 5
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
Heather KSFinished task 5.4 Repeat Letter I read Faith: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh (2 "N"s in her first name)
Also Jennifer Haigh is a Goodreads author
New point total: 230
Mod
by Michael P. Spradlin 15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
read
by J.K. Rowling Points this Post: 25
Total points-570/1000
Tasks Completed: 34/57
Books read: 44/77
Total pages: 13600
GR Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 S U M M M M M M E RHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by
J.K. Rowling
25.5 U.S. Patriots
Book 1: Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Book 2: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
*Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author*
30.6 Shakespeare Under the Stars
First die: 2. Shakespeare's Sonnets: Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion de desesperada y cien sonetos de amor (Vintage Espanol) by Pablo Neruda
Second Die: 3. Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
*Paula McLain is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 295
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Tickets: 0
Cindy ALThis is a repost, an hour after I posted, I realized that my post was incomplete, but I needed to wait until it turned up in the Posts with Problems thread, so here goes:
20.5 Family Reunion:
Meeting the Family: One Man's Journey Through His Human Ancestry by Donovan Webster
This book was approved on the Help Thread for this task. I think it fulfills Option D or A? It is a non-fiction book about an author searching for his remote family history through DNA research that is uncovering ancient human history and migration.
Points in this post - 20
Total Points - 510/1000
Books - 41/76
Pages - 14502
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Emily KateSorry this is going to be very long -- long overdue, we were on vacation so I had no time to put everything I read into my spreadsheet!
10.5 The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
This is based on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
15.5 Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
(I read it today, the 3rd book in the series came out on July 12th)
15.6 I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
This is the slang word "have"
15.9 Le Divorce by Diane Johnson
I did this based on my rating. My average rating was 4.10, and this book's rating is 2.68
15.10 Tinkers by Paul Harding
20.2 Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
"everlasting" has 11 letters
20.4 Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Rolled 4: "spy" in title
20.10 Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
I posted in discussion thread, post 27
25.4 Rolled 5 -- blue
blue cover: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
mystery: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
25.6 tower of piza: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
stonehenge: Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
30.1 My bff's name is jane: Persuasion by Jane Austen
7 word title: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
30.3 word "day" in title: One Day by David Nicholls
european country: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
30.4 book that takes place in summer: The Last Summer by Ann Brashares
"summer" in title: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
30.8 book from dark list (Quality dark fiction): 1984 by George Orwell
light list (Light but not too dumb): Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Total: 845
30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half My 2 word title from the Spring Challenge was
Angel Time by Anne Rice
so I read:
Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
AND
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Total Points = 920
15.10 Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston Tasks completed: 7
Total Points: 105 points
Books read: 8
5.6 As American as Apple Pie
by Kevin King10.6 Gay Pride
by Jeffrey Eugenides***This is a big book at 529 pages
This Post: 15
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 32/57
5.5. Maple Leaf Rag. Crow Lake10.9. Around The Campfire. Ghost Stories of Minnesota
Points reporting. 15
Total Points Earned. 145
15.10 – Summertime and the Reading is Easy - Einstein's Refrigerator and Other Stories from the Flip Side of History by Steve Silverman----
Points Claiming: 15
Total Points: 240
30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Almost Wednesday by James Roy **James Roy is a goodreads author**
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
**Stephanie Perkins is a goodreads author**
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 450
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 32
Total GoodReads Authors: 9
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 30.8 - Summer Solstice
Option 1:
Darkest Book of all times list - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Humorous Books - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 2
Total Challenge Points = 240
Mandy S.20.7 A Trip to the Past
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
Points this post: 20 points
Total: 85 points
Tasks Completed: 6
Shannon South Africa10.9 Around the Campfire - A Ghost Story
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
10 Task points
70 Total points
20.10 Group Read
by Kelley Armstrong ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 40
Goal Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 20.2, 20.10
Tasks in Progress: 20.8, 25.3, 30.1, 30.4
Pages Read: 171
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Kelley Armstrong, Sara Shepard)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
15.9. pulling WeedsI used the 2nd option to pick this book. This book has the lowest rating on my book shelf.
Chosen Ones: Book One of the Aedyn Chronicles
Points reporting. 15
Total ponta earned 160
Sandy MN25.1 -- Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?
A. Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
B. Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self by Monica Seles
Total Points: 250
Finished:25. 6 European Landmarks
choosed
1. The Louvre Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
4.The Cologne Cathedral People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Task points 25
Total points 220
Total tasks 10
Total books 15
Lauren Marie20.6-Seasoned Reader
I read Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris while enjoying the sunshine on the back deck of the cabin up north. :)
Total Points Earned: 50
Total Pages Read: 1364
Total Books Read: 4
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Mod
Book set in Canada: Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
**This is a big book (500+ pages)**
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.8 Up in the AirI read Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath - CH is the country code for Switzerland
20.2 Netherlands is an 11 Letter Word
I read The Internet and Democratic Citizenship (citizenship has 11 letters)
New Total Points: 300
5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is a GR author
5.8. But No Shoplifting!
Secrets of the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdan
This book was a free kindle download.
10.6 -- Gay Pride
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a one - read a book set in medieval times
Mistress of the Art of Death. Ariana Franklin by Ariana Franklin
+1 big book ticket - over 500 pages
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
+3 big book tickets - over 1000 pages
Total points: 60
Goodreads authors: 1
Big book tickets: 4
5.4 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand10.3 The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
I would not want to live next to a forest with zombies!!
Total Points: 135
Erin NY20.4 I rolled 3, so I read a book by a female author
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
* Sarah Addison Allen is a goodreads author
25.2 Pulitzer prize winners, I picked fiction and play
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Tasks in Progress: 6
Books Read: 21
Pages Read: 6376
15.8 Up in the AirCode - SM, San Marino - Author Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
My favorite summer activity is camping, so this book I read while on vacation in Hermit Island Maine, where I spent the week camping with my family and almost everyday on the beach.
Companyby Max Barry
*Goodreads Author*
Points this post 35
Total Point Earned: 70/1000
Books Read: 5/77
Task Completed 5/57
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
So I goofed on my points: This is what it should look like:Points this post 35
Total Point Earned: 85/1000
Books Read: 7/77
Task Completed 7/57
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
Erin NYI forgot to post one in my last post, which should make my total what was posted before:
10.5 Book based on a 5-star read from summer 2010 (Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins)
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Tasks in Progress: 6
Books Read: 21
Pages Read: 6376
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Title chosen - Moon Tiger
Book A - New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Big Book ticket claimed - 512 pages
Book B - The Tiger Ladies: A Memoir of Kashmir by Sudha Koul
This Post: 30
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Kelley Armstrong, Dan Walsh, Sandy James, Kate Sherwood)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)