The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Task 5.9 - The long and short of it

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 76 pages

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander 42 pages

Challenge total = 245

STACIE MI

Task 15.2 - Summer Stock

For A, I read This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections by Carol Burnett.

For B, I read Shakespeare on the Double! Othello by William Shakespeare.

Points this task: 15
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
Pages read: 6134
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

I completed:
20.10: Group Read

by reading: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran

Tasks Complete: 5
Total Points: 70

30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers

Part A: by Heather Dixon My best friend in elementary was named Heather.

Part B: by L.J. Smith (option 3-night)


Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 70
Goal Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 20.2, 20.10, 30.1
Tasks in Progress: 20.8, 25.3, 30.4
Pages Read: 864
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Kelley, Armstrong, Sara Shepard)
Big Books: 500+() 750+() 1000+()

Amanda A


15.2 - Summer Stock

A. Bossypants by Tina Fey

B. The Crucible by Arthur Miller

15.10 - Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber

20.9 - Kate.x.'s Task: Summerthing Better

I would like to lose weight and implement healthier eating habits.

I read Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.

25.4 - Jenn Renee's Task: Color Me Happy...

I rolled a 5 (Blue) and read:

1. Blue Cover: by Stephanie Bond

5. Mystery Genre: The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen

Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads Author.

Points this Post: 75
Total Points: 290
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

My half-way post:

10.6 — Gay Pride June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

+10 Points

10.9 — Around the Campfire

Shimmer by Alyson Noel, a Goodreads Author

Riley, a lovable ghost, has to deal with an evil ghost who doesn't want to move on.

+10 Points

10.10 — Gimme S’more

I read the first book in this series for the pirates task and I just had to have s'more of JAcky Faber!

Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer

+10 Points

20.9 – Lucky Me! – Kate.x.’s task: Summerthing Better

The Atlas of New Librarianship by R. David Lankes

An excellent book about the changing job of librarianship that I read for profrssional improvement. I have so many ideas about how this will make my life better in the high school library next school year!

+20 Points

I'm almost done with a 30 point task, but not sure I'll be able to squeeze it in before midnight. Can't wait for the 50 pointer!

Points this Post: 50
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Grand Total: 430

Kathy G.

10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty-

White Cat by Holly Black

***Claiming Goodreads Author***

Total Points- 130
Total Tasks- 8
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- (500+) 1

Task 10.7 - It's Been a Year Already??!!

Read: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

This book was #16 in June 2010.

Points this post: 10
Current points: 90

ANGIE CA

5.1 At the Shore
Book: Nerd in Shining Armor by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Read: July 13th
Notes: The main characters are stranded on a desert isle.

5.8 But No Shoplifting!
Book: Immortal Embrace by Charlotte Blackwell
Read: July 11th
Note: I won this from the First Reads giveaway.

5.9 The Long and Short of It
Book: The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen
Read: July 8th
Notes: It's 448 pages.

5.10 Summer Fun
Book: Nerd Gone Wild by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Read: July 15th
Notes: Listed as "Humor" on book page.

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside!
Book: by Nicholas Sparks
Read: July 3rd
Notes: It was approved in the task help thread.

15.9 Pulling Weeds
Book: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
Read: July 10th
Notes: I wasn't a member before 5/21 so I chose the second method. My average rating is 3.71, and this book is rated as 3.15.

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
Book: Mr. & Mrs. Smith by Cathy East Dubowski
Read: July 6th
Notes: None.

20.2 NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Book: The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten SC by Harrison Geillor
Read: July 9th
Notes: "Woebegotten" is 11 letters.

This post: 80
Total to date: 80

Erin NY

Last few for midpoint:

10.2 Book with extraterrestrial beings
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

15.3 Book by author NOT from Eurozone (England)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Author from a country in Eurozone (Ireland)
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (was approved in the task help thread)

20.1 Book published in the year I was born (1984)
Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott

Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 16
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 24
Pages Read: 6374

Heather KS

Finished task 5.7 Teen reading list. I read The False Friend

Also, Myla Goldberg is a Goodreads author.

New point total: 235

5.9. The Long and the Short of It.

The Coming of the Fairies: -1922 by Arthur Conan Doyle 180 pages according to goodreads (this was an e-book, but that's the page count listed on the version I read, please let me know if there are any problems with this)

5 word title, less than 200 pages

Total points: 80

Recently read and listened to, after many hours in the car from Massachusetts to Virginia and back again and several Conn. to Mass. trips thrown in over the past month:

5.1 At the Shore - Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, Read by Donald Sutherland. Audio books rely so much on the reader and Sutherland is great, although you really have to turn up the volume when he starts whispering the text.

5.7 Don't Stop Reading - On the Road by Kerouac, read by Will Patton and Dean said "yes, yesss, yesssssss!" Is it possible that the audio book is better than the book? Wow. It just may be. The performance by Patton is enthused and grizzled, and brings out the best in Kerouac.

10.10 S'More: Sweet Thursday by Steinbeck - a great bookend to Cannery Row. Very, um, sweet. I was going to save this for the Tuesday/Belgium task, but . . .

15.10 Summertime and the reading is easy - I went to meditation camp in Virgina and read Morning Talks by Kirpal Singh. Very pleasant and practical without being preachy.

60 points, 6 books completed
Mike in MA

Task 15.10 - It's summertime, and the reading is easy

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Challenge total = 260

5.9. The Long and the Short of It

The Beat of the Drum by Catherine Sefton
Short book, long title. My version had 136 pages, but the goodreads one has 112. I don't think this makes much difference though as it was still exceptionally short.


Points this post: 5
Total Points: 455
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books Read: 33
Total GoodReads Authors: 9
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

5.8 But No Shoplifting!

The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller (goodreads author) - I borrowed this book from the public library.

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

1. Bubble Gum (YA) - Words That Start With B by Vikki Vansickle

4. Rainbow Snow Cone (LGBT) - Unbearable Lightness by Portia deRossi

Points this post = 30
Total points = 100

5.2 - Sun, Sea and Pirates!
Pirates! by Celia Rees

Celia Rees is a Goodreads Author

10.8 - Baby, It's Hot Outside!
by Laurell K. Hamilton

15.9 - Pulling Weeds
The Accidental by Ali Smith
The Accidental Was one of my 50 lowest rated books.

30.1 - Best Friends and Lovers
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
One of my best friends is named Jennifer.

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Night is in the title.

Gennifer Choldenko is a Goodreads Author

30.2 - A.K.A
The Decoy Princess by Dawn Cook
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
Dawn Cook and Kim Harrison are the same people.

30.9 - Vacation Time!
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
Travel is from the United States and Mexico

The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens
Travel is from England to France and many other places and back again.

Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads Author

Total Points This Post: 120
Total Points to Date: 630

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 225
Updated last on: 7.16
Total # of books read: 20
Total # of pages read: 7,493
Total # of tasks completed: 17
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 5
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (1)

Task 30.8: Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice...Option #2 Read the longest and shortest book on your TBR list

Shortest: I read Annie's Adventuresby Lauren Baratz-Logsted (A GOODSREAD AUTHOR) 128 pages (6.14)

Longest: I read The Stand by Stephen King 1,174 pages claiming Big Book Ticket 1000+ (6.6 - 7.15)

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 230
Updated last on: 7.16
Total # of books read: 21
Total # of pages read: 7,797
Total # of tasks completed: 18
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 5
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (1)

Task 5.8 But no Shoplifting...save money and read a book borrowed from the library:

I read English Tea Murder by Leslie Meier304 pages (7.16)

STACIE MI

Task 10.3 - Spare Me

I read The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, who is a Goodreads author!

Living in secluded villages that are completely surrounded, and later engulfed, by Unconsecrated (i.e. zombies)...not exactly my idea of a good time or of a place that I'd like to visit!

Points this task: 10
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 26
Pages read: 6444
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

ERIN C.

5.4 Summmmmmer!

Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India by Miranda Kennedy

Points this Post:5
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 9
GoodRead Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Sandy MN

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!


Life's a Beach by Claire Cook

**Goodreads Author**

Beach Girls by Luanne Rice

Total Points: 280
Total GR authors: 6

sclosson

10.4 - Here Kitty, Kitty
by Laurie Perry

Points: 10
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 10

Jenny Chicago

Task 15.5 Mind the Gap. For this task I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. This is the second of seven books in the Harry Potter series.

Points this task 15
Total Points 60
Goodreads Authors 1
Big Books 2

30.4 — MsOPP’s Task: Summer in Europe

I chose options 4 & 5:

4. Germany

Children and Fire: A Novel by Ursula Hegi

5. Summer in title

The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork

+30 Points
Grand Total: 460

5.4 SUMMMMMMER

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

GOOD - "o" repeated consecutively

Points: 5


20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy

I love books! This book is about book conservation and the history of a particular book. It was approved in the thread.

People of the Book

Points: 20


Total Points: 190
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 12

Simba

25.4 - Color Me Happy
(note: the color I selected was red)

Hide In Plain Sight (The Three Sisters Inn Series, #1) by Marta Perry (red = romance)
**Marta Perry is a GR author**

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (the word 'red' is in the title)
**I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket for this book, it is 516 pages**

Points on Post: 25
Total Points: 170/1000
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 4085
Goodread Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1)

5.8 - But no shoplifting!

The Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Setting Up and Cooking in the Most Ridiculously Small Kitchen in the World--Your Own by Justin Spring - 240 pages

I got this book from the library.

25.4 - Colour Me Happy

I rolled 6 - Purple

2. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V.S. Ramachandran - 208 pages

3. The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch - 352 pages

30.3 - If It's Tuesday, This Must be Belgium

A. Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson, (a Goodreads author) - 309 pages

B. Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams by Charles King, (a Goodreads author) - 352 pages

Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 370

Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books Read: 31
Total Pages Read: 9084
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+(3);750+(0);1000+(0)

30.8 Summer Solstice

I chose option 1 and read

Dracula by Bram Stoker from the list Quality Dark Fiction and

The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck from the list Best Humorous Books

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

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


For the first dice I got a 4 and read a non-fiction book from the Scholastic's Important Women Through History list.


Sally Ride: The First American Woman in Space by Tamra Orr


For the second dice I got a 3 and read a book with a specific city in the title


L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais

This book was approved in the help thread due to initials of Los Angeles.

Total Points = 950

KIM NY

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

I rolled a 1.

1. The Song of the Lioness: Read a book set in medieval times or in which magic plays an important role...

I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowlings. This book is all about magic.

Points for this post: 20
Total points in SRC: 120

Heather KS

Finished task 20.9 Summerthing Better

I read Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

I am a teacher and I LOVE LOVE LOVE brain research. It makes me feel better to know that I have the tools to help my students learn better!

New point total: 255

Heather KS

Finished task 15.9 Pulling Weeds

I read Oprah: A Biography

I read one of the 50 books on my "To Read" shelf added before 5/21 with the lowest rating. It's rating was 2.83.

New point total: 270

Task # 5.9. The Long and the Short of It

Japanese Folktales of Kaga and Noto by Kazuhiro Yamazaki and Ruth P. Stevens

Short book with long title. 6 word title. 145 pages.



Task #10.9 -Around the Campfire

All Kinds of Things Kill by Robert R. Best

Robert R. Best is a goodreads author.

A collection of scary stories.



Task #15.5 - Mind the Gap

Cheating Death by Teel McClanahan

Teel McClanahan is a good reads author

Number 4 of 5 in the Lost and Not Found series.



Task #25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

- 3.Scribblers: Lost and Not Found by Teel McClanahan

Teel McClanahan is a good reads author

The main character is writing a novel.

- 8.Big Dipper Cone: Forget What You Can't Remember by Teel McClanahan

Teel McClanahan is a good reads author

Zombies. A City floating in the sky with all kinds of crazy technology. Fictional Characters becoming real.


*****


Total Points: 130 [ 55 this post ]
Tasks Completed: 8 [ 4 ]
Books Read: 9 [ 5 ]
GoodReads Authors: 5 [ 4 ]

20.10 Group Read

Read one of the following Group Read Selections and make at least one post in the discussion thread for that book.

B. Historical Fiction with female protagonist in an unconventional profession:

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran

My post is #32 in the Madam Tussaud thread.

Michelle Moran is a GoodReads author.

This Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 18/57
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (2)

30.4 Summer in Europe
1. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. This is on the list of Coolest summer books 2011.

2. Blind Sight: A Novel by Meg Howrey. This book takes place over a summer.


30.10 Half and Half
I used the book Between Sisters

and read The Places In Between by Rory Stewart and The Bird Sistersby Rebecca Rasmussen**

**Rebecca Rasmussen is a goodreads author**

Points this post - 60

total books read - 8
tasks completed - 6

Total Points - 140

10.6 Gay Pride
Beyond the Veil by Stevie Woods
Main characters Robert and David are gay.
** Stevie Woods is a Goodreads Author **

15.2 Summer Stock
A: Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
B: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde
I read all the plays in this book, totalling 350 pages (the rest of the book is notes).

Points for this post: 25
Total Points: 735
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 59
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
F. A novel set where someone in your family lives/lived. - My mother's parents emigrated to America from a small town in Umbria, Italy. My mother still keeps in touch with her/our first and second cousins still living there. (Umbria is the landlocked province located just east of Tuscany and north-northeast from Rome.) I read:

After Hannibal (1996) by Barry Unsworth (Hardcover, 250 pages) which is set in a small town in Umbria (the book cover states that Mr. Unsworth "lived for a time in Umbria")

185 + 20 = 205




Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 185 + 20 = 205
Books read: 17
Pages Read: 5354
Read but not claimed: 7
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

ANGIE CA

30.5 To the Moon
Astronomy: The Sun's Heartbeat: And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet by Bob Berman
Space Travel: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Notes: Both are approved in the task help thread

This post: 30
Points to date: 110

Aneeqah

5.6- Read a book that has a baseball on the cover

I read Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt [[bookcover:Okay for Now|9165406]]

Gary D. Schmit is a Goodreads author

Points this Post: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0

5.1- Down by the Shore- Read a book primarily by a lakeshore or a sea.

I read Hereafter by Tara Hudson.

Tara Hudson is a Goodreads author

Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0

Annie M


15.5 Mind the Gap

Duane's Depressed by Larry McMurtry

3rd in a 5 book series

http://www.goodreads.com/series/49943...

Points this Post: 15
Tasks Completed: 10/57
Total Points: 90/1000
Total Books Read: 10
Total GoodReads Authors: 2

Laurie ME


10.2: Phone Home:

Michael Flynn – The January Dancer
(352p; not GR) (10pts)

30.2: Sheila/Wendy UK’s task: AKA:


1. Michele Albert – Off Limits
(375p; no) 30pts

2. Michelle Jerott - Absolute Trouble
(384p; no) 30pts

This post - 70 pts no goodread authors

Total: 125 pts; 1G; 1T

I need to do some swapping around here...

5.3 - The Dog Days of Summer

To Say Nothing of the Dog (* * *) (formerly for 20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi)

5.5 - Maple Leaf Rag

The Blue Castle (L.M. Montgomery is Canadian.) (* * *)

5.10 - Summer Fun

"...Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers" (Georgia Nicholson is full of humorosity.) (* * *)

15.10 - Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

Startled by His Furry Shorts (* * *)

30.7 - Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style

(I put in the name 'Melina Marchetta' and chose Option 1 - Jaclyn Moriarty - and Option A - another book of Moriarty's)

Feeling Sorry for Celia and The Year of Secret Assignments (both * * *)

Old Tasks:

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

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel: Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison (* * *) (used to be The Birthday of the World)

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

The Birthday of the World (* * * *) (used to be To Say Nothing of the Dog)

Points this post: 60 (not counting the old tasks)
Total points: 625
Tasks completed: 38/57
Books: 52/77
Pages: 14,511
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 4

5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES!
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe

Option 4 - Read a book set in a European country
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (+1 big book ticket - 500+ pages)
(This book is set in Ireland)

Option 5 - A book that has 'summer' in the title
Summer of Love by Katie Fforde

Points this post: 35

Total current points: 95
GR authors: 1
Big book tickets: 5

aka Metshaft

20.6 - Summer Reading

I read Marie. It qualifies as I read part of it in the garden.

20.9 - Summerthing better

I read How To Be Smart With Your Money

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

I chose option 8 and read Flashforward - which is si-fi

30.3 - If its Tuesday it must be Belgium

I read What They Didn't Teach Me in Sunday Schooland The Lambs of London

Points this post:95
Total points: 95

30.3 DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

A. Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, etc. or the word “Day” in the title/subtitle.

Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside by Katrina Firlik

B. Read a book with the name of a European city, region, or country in the title/subtitle.

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

Erik Larson is a GoodReads Author.

This Post: 30
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 19/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (2)

20.4 Author Author

Life in the Middle Ages by Martyn Whittock

I rolled a 1, which is the Song of the Lioness. This book is set in medieval times.

Points for this task: 20
Total points: 200
Task Completed: 14
Books Read: 15

Kathleen FL

20.2 : NETHERLANDS is an eleven Letter Word

Option B: The Kingdom of Ohio

Matthew Flaming is a Goodreads Author

20.4 Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author:

I rolled a two and chose which has a bird on the cover.

20.6 Summer Reading

Still Missing I read this book while traveling with my family which is my favorite Summer activity.

Chevy Stevens is a Goodreads Author

Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Author Books: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.6 Gay Pride

The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst

Points for this task: 10
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16