The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Kate.x

10.6 Gay Pride, I read Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh the main charater is gay.

10.10 Gimme S'mores I read Dark Fire by CJ Sansom this is the second book I have read of his.

15.5 Mind the Gap, I read Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam, which is the 10th book in the series.

20.5 Sue T's task - Family Reunion, I read So Much For That by Lionel Shriver, it has three generation of the same family within the book.

20.8 Riona's Task I read Angel by LA Wetherly who is a female sci-fi writer.

Total points = 205

Nickboy



5.4 S U M M M M M E R For the Time Being by Annie Dillard, 224 pages

5.8 No Shoplifting – Ancient Angkor by Michael Freeman, borrowed from library, 244 pages

50.1 Hodge-Podge.
Book # 1. The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, 800 pages
Option I – added to my tbr list on 6/13/2011
Criterion # 1 – over 700 pages

Book # 2. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, 314 pages
Option F – first published in 2011
Criterion # 2 – Paula McLain is a Goodreads author

Book # 3. Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass, 352 pages
Option D – My GR Friend Olivia rated it 5 stars
Criterion # 3 – No. 4 in the series “Body Farm”

One Big Book (2 BB tickets), 750+, for The Way We Live Now, 800 pages
(I’m not claiming GR authors)

Task Points: 60
Total Points: 620
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 53
Pages Read: 16,123
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)

15.10-Summertime-Read Any Book

I read Gone by Lisa McMann.

*Lisa McMann is a GR author*


Points for this task- 15
Total Points- 365
Books Read- 28
GR Authors- 11

KRISTEN MA

10.9 AROUND THE CAMPFIRE - The World's Most Haunted Places by Jeff Belanger.

15.6 SPEAK ENGLISH! - Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. The word that I chose was "garden".

** Also Sarah Addison Allen is a GOODREADS AUTHOR. I would like to claim a Goodreads Author ticket.***

20.8 RIONA'S TASK - FEMALE AUTHORS OF SCI-FI - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

** Also Margaret Atwood is a GOODREADS AUTHOR. I would like to claim a Goodreads Author ticket.***

25.3 SANDY'S TASK: THE ICE CREAM TRUCK -

Task 1: Bubble Gum Bar
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen. ** Also Sarah Dessen is a GOODREADS AUTHOR. I would like to claim a Goodreads Author ticket.***


Task 2: Cotton Candy bar
Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie. This book takes place in an amusement park. ** Also Jennifer Crusie is a GOODREADS AUTHOR. I would like to claim a Goodreads Author ticket.***

Total points: 235
Tasks Completed: 14
Books read: 19
Total pages: 6896
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

RACHEL CA: 230 pts total

20.09 SUMMERTHING BETTER

The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart (reducing screen time)

Points: 20
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

30.2 Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A

I read a book by Stephen King and a book by Richard Bachman

Blaze by Richard Bachman

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

This post: 30 points
Total points to Date: 225 points
Goodread authors: 5
Total tasks completed: 11

15.5 Mind the Gap read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling


Points this Post: 15
Total points- 785/1000
Tasks Completed: 43/57
Books read: 58/77
Pages Read : 17900
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

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


I rolled a 3 -- The Protector of the Small

I read Sister by Rosamund Luston
Rosamund Lupton is Goodreads Author!

The main character, Bea, is a very strong female character. She begins the story as a conventional, fearful person, but after the main event of the book (don't want to ruin it with a spoiler) she hunts down the perpetrator and throws away her safe fiance, lucrative job in NYC and apartment, as well as the distant, polite, safe relationship she has with other people.

total points: 225
tasks: 14
books read: 19
GR authors: 7
Big Books: 1
total pages: 6448

Kathy G.

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen-

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Claiming Goodreads Author -
This book was in the category of Fiction

Total Points- 145
Total Tasks- 9
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books (500+) - 1

15.1- Beware of Thorns

I read
- it has a rose on the cover
- there is a major character named Aunt Rose.

Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 4

Sandy MN

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

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Total Points: 405

5.7 Don't Stop Reading
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

5.8 But No Shoplifting!
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown I borrowed this book from the library.

*Eleanor Brown is a Goodreads Author*

5.10 Summer Fun
Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom by Celia Rivenbark

10.7 It's Been a Year Already?
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant This was 59 on the August 2010 list.

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside! by Nicole Krauss

Points this post: 35
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books Tickets: 0

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

For this task, I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Points this post 20
Total Point Earned: 65
Books Read: 5
Task Completed 4
Good Read Authours:0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Emmalita

Reposting to add readerboard name

30.2 Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A

I read a book by Stephen King and a book by Richard Bachman

Blaze by Richard Bachman

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

This post: 30 points
Total points to Date: 225 points
Goodread authors: 5
Total tasks completed: 11

Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX

50.1 Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Category: B (4.38), D (Christina), H (400,000+ Reviews)
Criteria: 1 (700+ pages), 3 (Part of a series)
2. Unbelievable by Sara Shepard
Category: A (read/liked before), C (One-Word Title)
Criteria: 2 (GRA), 3 (Part of a Series)
3. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Category A (read/liked before), F (Published in 2011)
Criteria 2 (GRA), 3 (Part of a series)

Repost to claim Big Book tickets
From original post #783

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past: Read one work of Historical Fiction

Drums of Autumn

1070 pages - claiming 3 Big Book Tickets, for a total of 3.

**Points already claimed and updated from original post**

Totals should be as follows (as of the date/time of this post):
Total Big Book Tickets earned this season: 3
GR Authors read this season: 1
Total points this season: 100

ERIN C

10.7 It's Been a year already?

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel by Lola Shoneyin

This book was released in July, 2010. It was # 96 on the list.

Points this Post:10
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 10
GoodRead Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.9 - Lucky Me! - Kate.x.'s task: Summerthing Better

The Home Guide to Cake Decorating by Jane Price

I read this one in order to improve in this area and learn techniques that I can apply to my baking. This was approved in the help thread.


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 545
Total Tasks Completed: 31
Total Books Read: 39
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

STACIE MI

Task 10.1 - For Real?

I read Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Points this task: 10
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 40
Pages read: 10238
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Taryn

5.1. At the Shore. Read a book set primarily on an island or at the seashore or a lakeshore.

A Shore Thing by Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi



5.4. S U M M M M M M E R. The word "summer" has the letter "m" repeated, consecutively. 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. The letters must appear in the same word of the title or author's name.

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads author)



Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Goodreads authors: 5

15.10 Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Total Points: 180

Lisa MD

COMPLETED TASKS:

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
word in the title that is eleven or more letters
❀ Attachments by Rainbow Rowell READ 7.25.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR

30.4 MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
A. #1. Cool Summer Books 2011
❀ Forever by Maggie Stiefvater READ 7.23.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR

B. #2. Read a book that takes place during the summer.
❀ 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson READ 7.27.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR

*********************************************************************




TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 24/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 28
TOTAL POINTS: 370/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 15
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]

Jen UT

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

One Day by David Nicholls
June 2010 #51

Total Points: 80
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9

My readerboard name is Aprilallyear.

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

For this task I chose two bubble gum bars and read Shift and Sea. They are both YA novels.

I'm also claiming a GR author for Heidi R. Kling who wrote Sea.

Points this task: 25
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 5
Books: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 2

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

I read the Best Short Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the 2010 challenge. I put Dostoyevsky in the map, found Jack Kerouac, and read Dr. Sax (1st book, option 1)

Then I re-entered Dostoyevsky - I thought Dr. Sax was OK, but I didn't really like it cover to cover - parts were good. I found Don Delillo (book 2, option C) also in the Dostoyevsky map and read Falling Man.

90 Points
8 books read
Mike in MA

Congrats Cheryl!

20.9 Summerthing Better

I read The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan, which is all about where exactly the food we eat actually comes from, and how to be a more conscious eater-- especially considering our current reliance on 'factory farms.'

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 210

Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 3041
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!

by Sara Shepard

*Sara Shepard is a goodreads author*

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 555
Total Tasks Completed: 32
Total Books Read: 40
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Jayme VA

15.3: In the Eurozone

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho is set in Slovenia which uses the Euro.

The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø is set in Norway, which does not use the Euro.

25.4: Color Me Happy

I rolled a 4 and got green. I chose

Option 1: Green Cover: by Agatha Christie* (moving this from task 20.4, so deleting 20 pts) and

Option 5: Green: Lively: Action Adventure.
by Jack Du Brul Big Book- 544 pages

Points this task: 35
Total Points: 180
Goodreads Authors: Berwin
Big Books: 500+: 1

Congrats, Cheryl!

Task 15.3 In the Eurozone

A)setting of book/author born: Belgium

I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne

B)setting of book is: England

The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood

Points this task:15
Total Points:370
Goodreads Authors:10
Big Book Tickets:0

TOTAL POINTS = 265

5.4 Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin

15.4 Summer Shorts: Cane Candy Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier



15.9 Pulling Weeds: less then 50 books, average is 3.5 Without any Warning (Samantha Jamison Mystery #2) by Peggy A Edelheit - rating 3.0



30.10 Half and Half: Angel Time - Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais; Killing Time by Linda Howard




Points this Post: 60
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 22

30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice

Option 1: Quality Dark Fiction
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Option 2: Light But Not (Too) Dumb
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Big Book Ticket 500+ pages)

Total Points = 125

STESSE

5.8. But No Shoplifting!

From the library.

Foxy Roxy by Nancy Martin (310 p.)

15.8 Up In the Air

MK: Republic of Macedonia

How Not To Make a Wish by Mindy Klasky (329 p.)

Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 639
GoodReads Authors this Post: 2
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Total Points: 480
Total Tasks Completed: 32
Total Books Read: 40
Total Pages Read: 13763
Total GoodReads Authors: 10
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

sclosson

30.7 - Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style
Option 1: Used author Sarah Addison Allen and read: Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
Option B: Used my first book's author: Dorothea Benton Frank and read: Looking for Peyton Place: A Novel by Barbara Delinsky

Points: 30
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 13

M_ELLEREADS

10.3: Spare Me:
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Lee Dugard
I wouldn’t want to be kidnapped or held captive in the backyard of a crazy sex offender for 18 years or gone through what she went through. She is an amazing woman to have gone through all she did and to tell her story.

Task Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 256


Total Accumulated Points: 150

Janice CA

15.3 In the Eurozone......

1. Country that uses the Euro - Southern Ireland

The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
5 stars

This book was an unexpected gem. It was really funny and down to earth. Loved it.

and

2. Country that doesn't use the Euro - England/UK

The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein
3 stars

+15
total: 145
tasks: 10
books: 12
GR Authors: 2

Oops, sorry my post doubled.

Janice CA

15.3 In the Eurozone......

1. Country that uses the Euro - Southern Ireland

The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
5 stars

This book was an unexpected gem. It was really funny and down to earth. Loved it.

and

2. Country that doesn't use the Euro - England/UK

The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein
3 stars

+15
total: 145
tasks: 10
books: 12
GR Authors: 2

MANDY Y.

50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

Book 1:A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin--category A (author I've read and liked) --fits criteria #1 (book over 700 pages) and criteria #3 (part of a series)
(Big Book at 1016 pages)
Book 2: Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton -- category A (author I've read and liked) -- fits criteria #3 (part of a series)
(Big Book at 644 pages)
Book 3:The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen--category F (Published in 2011) -- fits criteria #2 (Goodreads Author)

Task Points: 50
Grand Total: 50
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 1933
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)

20.8
I read Kindredby Octavia E. Butler

Points this post: 20
total points: 210

Dianarobi completed The Help by Kathryn Stockett

10.8 - Baby it's Hot Outside! Cover is made up of hot colours.


Tasks completed - 5
Big book ticket 500+ - 1 (to date)
Points this task - 10
Total points to date - 45
The Help

Rebekah
30.9 Vacation Time
Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemies' Table, Our Journey Through the Middle East by Ted Dekker (goodreads author)
travel through Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Israel

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldMark Twain
Travels through Sandwhich Islands (now Hawaii), Fiji Islands,Australia +Tasmania, New Zealand, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India and South Africa

30 pts - This Task
125 pts - Total
6 - Goodreads Authors total

Rebekah
10.6 Gay Pride Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Author is openly gay and speaks of it often in the book

10 pts - This Task
135 pts - Total

10.7 It's been a Year Already?

Clockwork Angel by ***Goodreads Author Cassandra Clare*** - #2 on the Aug. 2010 list

20.1 Ashley - Birthday

Cover Her Face by P.D. James - published 1962 which is the year I was born.

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 34
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

10.10 - Gimme S'more
Read The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst

15.9 - Pulling Weeds
Listened to Moral Disorder: and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood**GOODREADS AUTHOR** on Audiobook
-I sorted my TBR pile by the rating

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Netherlands is an 11 letter word
Listened to Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman on Audiobook.
-Option A - A word in the title has 11 or more letters (confessions)

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Family Reunion
Listened to Incantation by Alice Hoffman on Audiobook.
-Option B - Family Saga

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Summer Reading
Read The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.
I read this while in the car for our family vacation.

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - A Trip to the Past
Listened to
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan on Audiobook.

Points this post: 105
Total Point Earned: 105/1000
Pages Read: 1817
Books Read: 6
Task Completed 6/57
Good Read Authours: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Rebekah
I forgot to add that in the post 1615, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World is a Big Book of 720 pgs

so does that mean 1 Big Book Ticket?

Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah
I forgot to add that in the post 1615, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World is a Big Book of 720 pgs

so does that mean 1 Big Book Ticket?"

yes

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside
by Barbara Kingsolver

***This is a big book 546 pages***

15.10 Summertime, and the Reading is Easy
The Ghost War by Alex Berenson

***Alex Berenson is a GR Author***

30.1 Best Friends and Lovers
A. The Hours by Michael Cunningham my best friend over the last decade and beyond is named Michael

B. The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne the word "seven" in the title

Points this Post: 55
Total Points to Date: 570
Tasks Completed: 38/57

Annie M.

15.8 Up In the Air- Every country has an Airline Country Code.

Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine

BE = Belgium

Big Book--- 592 pages


Points this Post: 15
Tasks Completed: 11/57
Total Points: 105/1000
Total Books Read: 11
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)