The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

ANGIE CA

20.10 Group Read
Book: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Notes: Post #28 in discussion thread.
*GoodReads Author*

30.2 A.K.A.
Book 1: Wicked Ties by Shayla Black
*GoodReads Author*
Book 2: Naughty Little Secret by Shelley Bradley

This post: 50
Total to date: 235
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 0
Books Read: 19

Jennifer KS

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

First 5. Bullet Firecracker Pop I read Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart****

Second 8. Big Dipper Cone I read A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin***

***Carolyn Hart is a Good Reads Author***
***I would like to claim 3 big book tickets for Clash of Kings it was 1010 pages***

Points this task 25
Total points 245
Good reads authors 8
Big book tickets 6
pages 9434

5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
Read a book with... a picture of a dog on the cover

Undead and Unwelcome (you can see the wolf's shadow in the background)

Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets claimed this post: 0
GR Authors read this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets earned this season: 3
GR Authors read this season: 1
Total Points: 105

5.4 SUMMMMER Read a book that has double letters in it.

I read Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini.

There are two s's in the title of the book.

Points this post: 5
Points so far: 20
GR Authors- 1
Big book Tickets- 0

10.5 -- What’s Next? Type in the name of a 5 star book, and choose a book from the list below.

I chose The Maze Runner by James Dasner as my 5 star book.

So, I read Divergent by Veronica Roth as my book.

Points this post: 10
Points so far: 30
GR Authors- 1
Big Book Tickets- 0

Finished:
30.8 Summer solstice
The Almost Moon by ALice Sebold / option 1 - quality dark fiction

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri / light but not (too) dumb

Task points 30
Total points 255
Total tasks 12
Total books 18

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane

This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 50 points

Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1409
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(0);750(0);1000+(0)

20.2 Netherlands Is An 11-Letter Word
The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and a Fabulous Body by Jessica Porter
'Macrobiotics' has 12 letters.

30.10 Half And Half
The book I chose from the spring challenge was 'The Road'. I read:
Comfort To The Enemy by Elmore Leonard and
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Points for this post: 50
Total Points: 815
Tasks Completed: 48
Books Read: 64
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

15.9 Pulling weeds

Hungry Woman in Paris by Josefina Lopez

This had the lowest rating in my To-Read list with 5.62

Points for this task: 15
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 18

Carla

15.9 Pulling Weeds

I used the ranking 50 to read books added before 5/21 for this task.
I read Kiss the Girls by James Patterson.

Points this task 15
Total points 155
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 10
Total pages: 3488 + one audiobook
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

10.6 Gay Pride Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Perestroika by Tony Kushner

15.2 Summer Stock
Celebrity: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Play: A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin

15.3 In the Eurozone
Country that uses the Euro: Estonia:
Professor Martens' Departure by Jaan Kross

Country that does not: England UK: Sister by Rosamund Lupton Rosamund Lupton is a goodreads author

New points: 40
Total points: 120

Jen UT

15.3 - In the Eurozone

France: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

United Kingdom: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Total Points: 95
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10

Angela NY

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

1. Bubble Gum Bar (YA book) - If I Stay

7. Jolly Rancher Ice Pop (Humorous book) - I'm Down: a memoir by Mishna Wolff **Goodreads Author**

This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Jodi TX

5.4 S U M M M M E R

Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton

10.2 Phone Home

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

15.6 Effingpot.com

Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz


My word was Bloody.

15.9 Pulling Weeds

Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton


20.4 Tamora Pierce

Rolled 1

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton

Beth Revis is a GoodReads Author

Total points 65.

STACIE MI

Task 15.8 - Up in the Air

The country code I picked was SK for Slovakia, so I read:

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

Points this task: 15
Total points: 560
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 41
Pages read: 10654
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Kelly G.

30.3 "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium"

A. One Day by: David Nicholls. Has the word "day" in the title.

B. Russian Winter by: Daphne Kalotay. (Goodreads Author). Contains name of european city/country/region - "Russian"

Points this task: 30
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Kalotay)
Big Ticket Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

BJ Rose

3 new tasks

15.1- Beware of Thorns- June is National Rose Month.
Read ONE book that fits TWO of these options:
Fits A. rose on the cover and B. Rose in the title
A Whisper of Roses by Teresa Medeiros

Teresa Medeiros is a Goodreads Author

25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks

1. The Louvre: The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Daniel is a graphics artist - this was approved in the help thread
6. Peace Palace: Desire Never Dies by Jenna Petersen
Lucas & Ana are spies

Jenna Petersen is a Goodreads Author

30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half
Book with a 2 word title that was read in the Spring 2011 Challenge: Last Dance
A. The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase
B. Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham

Points this post = 70

Total Points = 390

Tasks Completed = 25
Pages Read = 11,418
GR Authors = 6
Big Books: (500+) = 1

20.8 Female author of science fiction
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Total points: 140

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion

D. 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 Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

This Post: 20
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 29/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

sclosson

20.2 - Netherlands is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A: Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Everlasting is 11 letters

This Post: 20
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 14

20.8: Female Authors of Sci-Fi


Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins


25.4: Color Me Happy (rolled GREEN)

Option 1 (book cover): Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Option 3 (author name): Swapping Lives by Jane Green


30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure

Entered Maria V. Snyder into Lit Map

Option 1: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Option A: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins


Points this Post: 75
Total Points: 170

Tammy AZ

10.10 Gimme S'more - Dry Heat: A David Mapstone Mystery
I've read three books in this series so far.

20.3 Happy, Happy Happy - Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut

Listening to 80's Music always makes me happy. It brings back lots of memories of high school and college. This book is a memoir of being a teen in that era with each chapter relating to one specific song of the era. Loved the tie in.

Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 190

ANGIE CA

25.4 Color Me Happy......
Book 1: by Richelle Mead
Notes: Rolled a 1 for red. 1) Red cover.
*GoodReads Author*
Book 2: Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead
Notes: 5) Red for Romance.
*GoodReads Author*

This post: 25
Total to date: 260
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 0
Books Read: 21

Alice G

Task: 30.6 Shakespeare under the stars

First Dice Roll: 3 - Read a book of short stories

Book: The Sunlight on the Garden

Second Dice Roll: 3 - Read a book with a city in the title

Book: Vienna

Total Points: 300

Previous Reads
5.4 SUMMMMMMER - Great House by Nicole Krauss
5.9 The Long and The Short of It - Ravens by George Dawes Green
5.10 Summer Fun - Dave Gorman vs The Rest of the World

10.1 For Real? - Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
10.9 Around the campfire - Turn of the Screw by Henry James
10.10 Gimme S'more - Generation A by Douglas Coupland

15.5 Mind the Gap - Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camelleri
15.9 Pulling Weeds - Rescue by Anita Shreve

20.1 My Birthday - One Day by David Mitchell
20.4 Focus on My Favourite Goodreads Author - Death and the Penguin by Andrea Kurkov
20.5 Family Reunion - The Bed I Made by Lucie Whitehouse
20.6 Summer Reading - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Elizabeth Egan
20.7 A Trip to the Past - Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant

25.3 The Ice-cream Truck - Dirty Work by Julia Bell and The Twisted Heart by Rebecca Gower

30.2 AKA - Portobello by Ruth Rendall and The Minotaur by Barbara Vine
30.8 Summer Solstice - Memory of Love and Where or When by Anita Shreve


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Ray

20.5 Family Reunion

Book: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Several generations of the Lennox family feature. Approved in help thread.

Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 20

Task #10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!
J-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965 by Shogo Oketani


Task #20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a goodreads author.
I rolled a 6, so I chose to go with #3 - Read a book featuring a strong heroine. The book focuses on two women, Ren and Toby. Both who not only survive a pandemic apocalypse but have also faced a lot of adversity in their lives. Instead of playing the victim, they've persevered and continued living.

Task #20.10 Group Read
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a goodreads author
Selection A: Paranormal Romance

*****

Total Points: 180 [ 50 this post ]
Tasks Completed: 11 [ 3 ]
Books Read: 12 [ 3 ]
Goodreads Authors: 7 [ 2 ]

Hettie

25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
Rolled a 3 - Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Amber, Saffron, Chiffon, Buttercup)
Option 1: Gold cover
Option 5 - Book I found humorous - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe




30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
A: Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
B: Lyon's Pride
(Approved on thread)



Previous points: 200
Points this post: 55
Points total: 255

Dlmrose

30.3 If it's Tuesday

A. "day" book
A Bad Day for Pretty: A Crime Novel by Sophie Littlefield

B. country book
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris by John Baxter

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

I used a favorite author from Summer 2010
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Option 1- new author
The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey

I liked it enough to read another, Option A
Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey

30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice

A. list: Darkest books of all time #78 (and it really deserved to be on this list)
A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan

list: Best Humorous Books #494
Earth (the Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Jon Stewart

total 935

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 15.7 - Read a book that won or was nominated for the 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards.

Category: Mystery & Thriller
Book: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
*** Big Book ***

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 20.5 - Option F. Read A novel set where someone in your family lives/lived.

Book: Mixed Blood: A Thriller, Roger Smith.
Takes place in South Africa where my Aunt recently moved to.
*** Goodreads Author ***

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 325
Updated last on: 7.30
Total # of books read: 28
Total # of pages read: 10,047
Total # of tasks completed: 23
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 9
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (1)

Task 30.7 Jennifer N's Choose Your Own Adventure... from last year's challenge choose one of your favorite authors and enter their name into the literature map...I chose Sarah Dessen.

For my first book I chose opt 2 (an author on the literature map that I had read before and read a new to you book by that author):
I read Mutiny's Daughter by Ann Rinaldi 224 pages (7.29)

For the second book I chose opt B (go to the literature map and enter the author of the first book and select from opt 2):
I read Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce this is a Goodreads Author 362 pages (7.26)

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word

A Clockwork Orange (* * * *) (Option B - 'orange')

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

Pulse (* * *) and Fiddle City (* * *) - I really enjoyed completing this task; before this I hadn't even known that Barnes wrote under a different name! (Approved in task help thread.)

Points this post: 50
Total points: 770
Tasks completed: 46/57
Books: 62/77
Pages: 16,811
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 5

RACHEL CA: 250 pts total

20.03 HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY

Reading on Location: A Guide to Great Books Set in the World's Top Destinations by Luisa Moncada (Reading makes me happy, and going to a bookstore and browsing makes me very happy too! This was a way to do my browsing and reading at home. :) )

Points: 20
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

25.1 Tennis, anyone?

Book 1: Double Deuce - deuce

Book 2: Choke - about a tennis pro

Points: 25

30.1 Best Friends and Lovers

Part A: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - my friends name was Virginia. We called her Vee, and I was Bea. No, I do not think that Vee would have liked Virgina Woolf any better than did I.

Part B: Murder on a Kibbutz: A Communal Case - seven word title

Points: 30

30.3 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

A. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson - Day of the week in title

B. The Alhambra Decree - Alhambra approved in thread

Points: 30

Total Points: 275
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 15

STACIE MI

Task 25.3 - The Ice Cream Truck

My chosen treats were the Bullet Firecracker Pop (crime/mystery book) and the Big Dipper Cone (science fiction/fantasy book).

For the Bullet Firecracker Pop, I read:

Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser.

For the Big Dipper Cone, I read:

Firelight by Sophie Jordan

**Sophie Jordan is a Goodreads author!**

Points this task: 25
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 43
Pages read: 11216
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Angela NY

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

I read A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan *Goodreads Author* This book was nominated under the Fiction category.

This Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Hello! I have completed the following tasks...

5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
by Jill Ciment*

15.9 Pulling Weeds
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
This book was one of the 50 books on my "To Read" shelf (added 5/07/10) with the lowest average rating (3.22).

*Jill Ciment is a Goodreads Author.

Total = 115 points

5.1 Read Vineyard Stalker by Philip R. Craig - Set on Martha's Vineyard.

10.3 Read Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles - set in a gang infested high school. yuck. High school once was bad enough!

10.10 Read The Professional by Robert B. Parker

25.3 Ice Cream Truck - chose 2 from option 5- crime/mystery

1. Read One Deadly Sister by Rod Hoisington and
2. Graveyard Games by Sheri Leigh

Points posted 50

20.4 Chose option 1 book set in medieval times
Read The Penwyth Curse (Medieval Song, # 6) by Catherine Coulter set around 1278.

points posted 20

10.2. Phone Home
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Points reporting 10
Total points so far. 170

Cindy AL

5.2 Sun, Sea and Pirates:

Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard

The male lead is a space pirate and the book was approved in the help thread.

5.7 Don't Stop Reading:

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

Lish McBride is a Goodreads Author

10.2 Phone Home:

Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

Not sure if the description is obvious - alien race decides to contact Earth through Hollywood, very fun book, despite the unfortunate latex accident.

John Scalzi is a Goodreads Author

10.7 It's Been a Year Already?:

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

20.4 My Favorite Goodreads Author:

I rolled a 6 and chose Option 4 (female author)

Deadline by Mira Grant

I claim a Big Book Ticket 500+


Points in this post - 50
Total Points - 755/1000
Books - 58/79
Pages - 21945
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books:500+ - (5), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)

Task 15.7 - The Readers have Chosen

Category: Graphic Novel and Comics

Twilight: The Graphic Novel by Stephenie Meyer

Challenge total = 355

5.4 Summmer- read Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

Becca Fitzpatrick is a goodreads author

5.10 Summer Fun read Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison

25.6 European Landmarks
Option 5 Stonehenge- read Nobody's Princessby Esther M. Friesner

and Option 6 Peace Palace- Spy Novel- The Recruit by Robert Muchamore


Points this Post: 35
Total points- 820/1000
Tasks Completed: 46/57
Books read: 62/77
Pages Read : 19208
GR Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

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

Read: The Biggest Loser 30-Day Jump Start: Lose Weight, Get in Shape, and Start Living the Biggest Loser Lifestyle Today! by Cheryl Forberg

I've really been trying to improve my diet and exercise routine this summer, and I even joined a Biggest Loser competition at work....so far, I've been a little slow to start.

Points this Task: 20
Previous Points: 105
Current Points: 125

30.6 Shakespeare under the Stars - Rolled 3 and 6

Comedy of Errors - Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut
Winter's Tale - The Midnight House by Alex Berenson

Tasks completed: 8
Total Points: 135 points
Books read: 10

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

Molly Fox's Birthday (2008) by Deirdre Madden (Paperback, 221 pages)

AND

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

The Night in Lisbon (1962) Erich Maria Remarque (Paperback, 244 pages)

280 + 30 = 310


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Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 280 + 30 = 310
Books read: 25
Pages Read: 7622
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

Finished:

5.5 Maple Leaf Rag

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, Set in Canada

10.5 What's Next

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, based on the recommendation from The Hearts of Horses. Not a particularly good match up.

15.1 Beware of Thorns

Brooklyn Roseby Ann Rinaldi meets B. Rose in title, and C. Main character named Rose

20.1 Most Improved Player Birthday Time

2, Number of birthday in TitleChef's Story: 27 Chefs Talk About What Got Them into the Kitchen. I was born on the 27th.

25.4 Jenn Renee: Color Me Happy

I rolled a 6
A.2 Iris in Winter by Elizabeth Cadell

B. 5 read fantasy A Discovery of Witches: A Novel by Deborah Harkness

30.9 Rosemary: Vacation Time

A. 12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time: A Family Tale by Mark Jacobson, the family travels westward around the globe. (I didn't travel quite so far, but had way more fun with my sister on my trip.)

B. Using the Word SEA March to the Sea by David Weber

30.10 Coralie: Half & Half

For Spring I read The Flirt

A. The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

B. How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

Today's total 135
Grand total 575

10.9 Around the Campfire
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

20.2 NETHERLANDS is an 11-letter word
Option A
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 600/1000
Tasks Completed: 39/57

50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

by Libba Bray
Category D: Friend rated it 5 stars
Fits Criteria 1 (819 pages long), Criteria 2 (Libba Bray is a goodreads author) and Criteria 3 (part of a series)
*Goodreads author and two big book tickets for 750+ books*

by Sara Shepard
Fits category A: Book by an author I've previously read and liked. All criteria met by first book.

*Sara Shepard is a goodreads author*

by Sara Shepard
Fits Category C: One word title. All Criteria met by first book.
*Sara Shepard is a goodreads author*


Points this post: 50
Total Points: 605
Total Tasks Completed: 33
Total Books Read: 43
Total GoodReads Authors: 15
Big book tickets: 4

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

The Green Dwarf by Charlotte Bronte

and

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene


I rolled a 4, which is green

Points for this task: 25
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 20