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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2011: EUROPE
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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
5.4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. RowlingPoints this post 5
Total Point Earned: 5/1000
Pages Read: 251
Books Read: 1/77
Task Completed 1/57
Leslie NJ15.5 Mind the Gap: 61 Hours by Lee Child
**Jack Reacher #14 out of 15
20.6 Summer Reading: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
**I listened to this in the car on a recent trip.
30.4 Summer in Europe: #4 Gone by Mo Hayder **takes place in the U.K.
and #5 Dead Days of Summer by Carolyn Hart
Carolyn Hart is a Goodreads Author
This post: 65 points
Total to Date = 65 points
Heather KSFinished task 30.1
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova one of my childhood friends is named Lisa
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Option 3-has the word "Heaven" in it
Also,
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads author
New point total: 35
20.4 - I rolled a 4 and read A Most Wanted Man by John LeCarre. I think the GR description covers how it connects to spies/traveling to a foreign land...a man from Chechnya escapes from a Turkish prison and ends up in Germany, spies from various countries converge and try to use him as leverage.Total Points: 20
Jennifer KS5.9. The Long and the Short of It.
I read Pale Demon by Kim Harrison. It is a big book short title.
Points this task 5
Total points 20
Task done 2
Books read 2
Pages 733
5.3 The Dog Days Of Summer
Camwolf by J.L. MerrowPicture of wolf on cover.
Approved for length in ebook verification thread.
** J.L. Merrow is a Goodreads Author **
15.5 Mind The Gap
The Chauffeur by Serena Yates
#2 in series.
** Serena Yates is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
STACIE MITask 5.10 - Summer Fun
I read Pass the Loot : A FoxTrot Collection by Bill Amend, which definitely made me laugh!!
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages read: 128
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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5.1 At the Shore
A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean by Melinda Blanchard - set in Anguilla
5.3 Dog Days
Through a Dog's Eyes by Jennifer Arnold5.7 Don't Stop Reading
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside- red cover
Spiral: A Novel Spiral: A Novel by Paul McEuen10.10 Gimme S'more
Love You More by Lisa Gardner
I read D.D. Warren books #2-4 last challenge
15.4 Summer Shorts
One book- 16 author anthology
First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors Intro by Lee Child
Total = 50
STACIE MITask 20.6 - Summer Reading
I read How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff.
I listened to it as an audiobook in my car. Driving around, enjoying the A/C is one of my favorite summer activities!
Points this task: 20
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 352
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.2- Phone HomeI read Freighter Flights by Drew Zachary. (pre-approved)
Points for this task- 10
Total Points- 25
Tasks Completed- 2
Books Read- 2
GR Authors- 0
15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is EasyI read The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield as my book of choice.
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 15 points.
Books Read: 1
GR Authors:
Big Books:
10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!! Troublemaker: Book 1 By Janet and Alex Evanovich (#82 on the July 2010 list)
Tasks completed: 1
Total Points: 10 points
Books read: 1
TOTAL POINTS = 10525.6
I visited Westminster Abbey by reading a book by Rudyard Kipling, who is buried there: Just-So Stories: For Little Children I really wish the footnotes were at the end of the pertinent pages instead of grouped all in the back of the book -- it was irritating to have to flip back and forth.
I also visited Stonehenge by reading a book set in ancient Egypt (about 1500 BC). The Mask of Ra by P.C. Doherty A pretty standard mystery, but the setting was marvelous.
Cindy F5.4 Summmmmmer read Mockingjayby Suzanne Collins
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 5
Tasks completed to dates: 1
Books read date: 1
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
LISA NC20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - read a work of Historical Fiction
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
976 pages claiming Big Book
This post: 20 points
Total: 20 points
Big Books: 750+(1)
20.10 Group ReadsI read Madame Tussaud
and commented on the thread.I assume that we can not claim a GR ticket for a group read?
Points: 35
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 848
GR authors: 1 (2 if you count the group read)
You can claim a GR ticket for a group read. You can claim a Gr ticket as long as it says Goodreads Author next to the authors name.
Thanks, Jayme! I claim a Goodreads ticket for my post #118 for reading Michelle Morantotal of 2 GR author tix so far!!
Kathy G.20.6 Summer Reading-
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
***I read this in my cozy chair, while playing my facebook games, and in between bits of catching up around the house--- which are my favorite summer activities---- and reading, of course!***
Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
15.6 Speak English!Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin
I used the word love from the phrase love bite which means hickie.
Points this post 15
Total Point Earned: 15/1000
Books Read: 1/77
Task Completed 1/57
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
5.4 SUMMMMMMERWalking Naked by Alyssa Brugman
5.9 Long and Short of it
By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
200 pages
20.4 Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon*
Option 3 - female author
*Jennifer McMahon is a Goodreads author
20.6 Summer Reading
Inside Steve's Brain by Leander Kahney
My Kindle read this to me while I was walking outside
Points=50
20.5 Family ReunionD. A novel where one of the characters is researching their family history. It could be a character doing genealogical research or one trying to find a birth parent or absent/unknown parent or one trying to uncover a family secret.
The main character of Forgotten, London Lane, has been out of contact with her father since she was 6 and is trying to find him. Also, her mother is keeping a huge secret from her, and because she has a memory problem (think Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates) she hasn't been able to figure it all out.
Cat Patrick is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 20
TOTAL POINTS = 12015.4 I read Must Love Hellhounds which included novellas by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brooks. Every story was a winner.
15.4 Summer ShortsGeektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd which is a collaboration book edited by Holly Black, and includes stories about geeks from about 10 authors, including John Green, David Levithan and Libba Bray.
Holly Black is a goodreads author, but I have a feeling it doesn't count, even though she is listed as the author of the book. So I'll let the judges decide.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1517
Total GoodReads Authors: 1?
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Sandy MNTask 15.3 In the Eurozone
Author resides in Ireland: PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Author resides in UK: Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
Total Points: 45
Readerboard Name: LeoraFirst Post of Summer-Yay!
5.1 At The Shore: Dead by Midnight: A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn Hart. The book is set on an island off of Georgia called Browards Rock.
5.2 Sun, Sea and Pirates! Kidnapped by RL Stevenson
5.4 SUMMMMER Cross Fire by James Patterson
5.5 Maple Leaf Rag One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
30.2 Sheila/Wendy UK's Task AKA- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott and Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power this was also by Louisa May Alcott but she origionally published it under the name A.M. Barnard
50 points
Task 5.10 Summer FunThe insults and exclaimations in this series always get me laughing!
Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
*Claiming a Goodreads Author ticket for Jeaniene Frost*
Points this task:5
Total Points:55
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:0
Leslie KTask 5.4: S U M M M M M M E R
Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Leslie KTask 15.10 Summertime and the reading is easy
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 20
Leslie KTask 20.10 Group Read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French RevolutionMichelle Moran
DIscussion comment posted as message 8.
Michele Moran is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Finished:5.6 As American As...
Moon<b>Pies</b> and Movie Stars by Amy Wallen
Using the word pie
25.3 Sandy's Task--The Ice Cream Truck
3. Scribblers:
Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses by Claire DedererThe memoir is about a free-lance writer and her husband, also a writer.
8. Big Dipper Cone
With the Lightnings by David Drake.
Can't get much more SciFi than Space Opera.
Today's total: 30
Grand Total: 70
20.7 Historical FictionI read The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
This book is set in the 1920s - 1950s.
This book is worth one big book ticket (507 pages)
Points this post: 20
total points: 20
5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES!Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
10.1 -- For Real?
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
approved in help thread
10.2 -- Phone Home
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
approved in help thread
Total Points = 95
10.5 — What’s Next? My 5 star book was The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare and I found:
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr - Goodreads Author
+10
30.8 — Beth NC’s Task: Summer Solstice
Option 2
Longest:
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett985 pages Big Book
Shortest:
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James128 pages
+30
Points This Post: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book: 1 (985 pages)
Grand Total: 45
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
15.9 Pulling Weeds
"To Read" shelf by average rating ascending (lowest to highest) Read one of the 50 books on your "To Read" shelf added before 5/21 with the lowest rating
❀Troublemaker: Book 1 by Janet Evanovich READ 6.7.11
Ugh! I don't know how it even got a 2.97 rating. I gave it 1 star!
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
read a book while doing your favorite summer activities - "read while lounging in my patio chair and at the pool"
❀The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard READ 6.6.11
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TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 3/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 3
TOTAL POINTS: 45/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 1
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]
10.3 - Spare MeAn Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender, a Goodreads Author - 256 pages
The main character teaches second grade, and that I never want to be in a second grade classroom. I have no idea how teachers manage to keep everything under control!
15.8 - Up in the air
How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche - 176 pages
SM is the country code for San Marino.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1376
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+(1);750+(0);1000+(0)
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer ReadingThe Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
I read this while sitting out on our deck in the sunshine with my husband.
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 25
Task Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
5.8. But No Shoplifting!Read Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes. Big book 511 pages. Borrowed the book from my best friend, April.
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 799
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
TOTAL POINTS = 14020.2 Option B, The King's English by Betsy Burton
You would not believe how this book increased my TBR list! Not only are there lists of books after each chapter, but about 25 pages of solid recommendations at the end of the book as well.
Kristi, could you help me with me with my help thread because there isn't any new questions. Maybe I am missing them for some reasons. Thanks for checking.
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
Hush Puppy: A Melanie Travis Mystery by Laurien Berenson
5.8 But No Shoplifting
No One to Trust by Iris Johansen
Borrowed from the Library
5.9 The Long and the Short of It
Grandchildren Are So Much Fun I Should Have Had Them First by Lois Wyse 109 Pages
5.10 Sumer Fun
Git 'R' Done by Larry the Cable Guy
Hilariously Funny-Wish I had been able to listen to it-I think it would have been funnier (this is my personal own word I made up if it isn't a real word)
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty
The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun
10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
10.9 Around the Campfire
Between Midnight and Morning by Patricia M. Mendoza
15.1 Beware of Thorns
Prom Dates From Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Hell Week: A Novel by Rosemary Clement-Moore
15.3 In the Eurozone
Part A The Finnish Line by Linda C. Gerber
Set in Finland
Part A Swede Dreams by Eva Apelqvist
Set in Sweden
15.4 Summer Shorts
Love At First Bite by Sherrilyn Kenyon, L. A Banks, Ronda Thompson, and Susan Squires
15.5 Mind the Gap
High Five (Stephanie Plum #5) by Janet Evanovich
Total points this post = 110
20.4 Author, Authorrolled 3: book written by a female author
Cut by Patricia McCormick
30.8 Summer Solstice
option 1
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, #45 on the Darkest Books Of All Times list
plus In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote, #180 on the Light But Not (Too) Dumb list
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Carly20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 390
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
15.4 Summer Shorts
Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing edited by Ian Frazier
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 80/1000
Cindy FTask 5.10 Summer Fun read Bossypantsby Tina Fey It really made me laugh out loud!!
Points this post: 5
Total Points to date: 10
Tasks Completed to date: 2
Books read to date: 2
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Books 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Username: TANYAPTTask: 20.6
Book: Industrial Magic, Kelley Armstrong
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post:20
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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I read Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim, which was nominated in the Memoir/Autobiography category.
Points for this task- 15
Total Points- 15
Tasks Completed- 1
Books Read- 1
GR Authors- 0