The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Boston Kate

15.10 Summertime, and the Reading is Easy

Gerald's Game

This post: 15 points
Total to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9

NICOLE VA

10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty

I read The Iron Kingby Julie Kagawa.

In the book the main character is accompanied on her quest, rescued by, and indebted to Grimalkin, who is a faery cat (cat sidh). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_S%C3... for more.

Total points = 275

I just finished the wonderful group read:

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran, a Goodreads Author.

My post is #37.

+20 Points
+1 Goodreads Author
Grand Total: 630

I'll still be reading, but I won't be able to post for a while because I will be off to a cabin in Montana with no power. Enjoy your books, everyone!

Jennifer KS

15.3 In The Eurozone For the Euro I read Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchey an Irish author. For the other I read Breaking the Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford who is from the United Kingdom

Points this task 15
Total points 300
Pages 11474

30.5
A. Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz

B.Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Goodreads Author)

Points this post: 30
Total Point Earned: 150/1000
Books Read: 14/77
Task Completed 11 /57
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty
Auf Tigers Spuren by Andrea Schacht

(There is a cat on the cover and cats play a major role in the book as it's told from their point of view.)


20.8 Female Authors of Sci-Fi
Divergent by Veronica Roth

Science Fiction is listed as the third genre on the book's homepage. The author Veronica Roth is a woman.

** Veronica Roth is a Goodreads author **


Points this post: 30
Total points: 175

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past

My Last Duchess by Daisy Goodwin

Points for this task: 20
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 21

15.9 Pulling Weeds

Bumped by Megan McCafferty
Since I didn't have 50 books on my tbr at the beginning of the challenge, I went for a book below my GR average rating which is 4.12. I figured I should go significantly lower than this for the book I chose, so I chose this one at a rating of 3.19. I really enjoyed it though, and can't wait til the next one.


*Megan McCafferty is a goodreads author*

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 635
Total Tasks Completed: 35
Total Books Read: 46
Total GoodReads Authors: 16
Big book tickets: 4

15.8 Up In the Air

Using this list of European Country Codes, read a book by an author whose initials match one of these country codes.

Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

SK = Slovakia

This Post: 15
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 31/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

15.10 - Summertime, and the reading is easy

Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
(*Tess Gerritsen is a GR Author*)


Points on Post: 15
Total Points: 225/1000
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 5343
Goodread Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (1)

STESSE

20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!

B. My birthday is on the 4th – today, actually!

A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me by Jon Katz (Katz is a GoodReads Author)

Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 240
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Total Points: 615
Total Tasks Completed: 39
Total Books Read: 50
Total Pages Read: 17394
Total GoodReads Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Stesse wrote: "STESSE

20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!

B. My birthday is on the 4th – today, actually!

A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me by [author:Jon Ka..."

Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday :)

Readerboard Name: Leora

Completed Tasks:
20.1 Most Improved Player-Ashley FL: Birthday Time- My birthday is in April and I read The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim.

20.2 Rookie at the Top-Nickboy: I read Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, this satisfys option A.

20.3 Best Review Contest-Sera: Travel makes me extremely happy!! So I read

A Journey of One's Own, 3rd Edition: Uncommon Advice for the Independent Woman Traveler by Thalia Zepatos

20.5 Bigger is Better-Sue T's task: For choice F, I read We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich, the book is fantastic, and takes place in Maine where pretty much my entire family (plus me!) live.

20.6 Seasoned Reader-Heather KS's task: I read Body Work by Sara Paretsky while sitting out on my porch in the hot weather.

20.9 Lucky Me: I read Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now by Jayne Williams. I dream of being an athlete and finishing a triathlon, and this book was perfect inspiration and info.

30.10 Coralie's Task Half and Half: I picked 'Wicked Richmond' from the Spring 2011 Challenge link provided and read: Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope and Wicked Craving by G.A. McKevett

Points total: 555

BJ Rose

2 new tasks

15.9 Pulling Weeds- I read one of the 50 books on my "To Read" shelf added before 5/21 with the lowest rating.

Shall We Dance? by Kasey Michaels has a rating of 3.20

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy- Read any book you choose

The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer


Points this post = 30

Total Points = 455

Tasks Completed = 29
Pages Read = 13,220
GR Authors = 7
Big Books: (500+) = 1

Erin B.

10.5 -- What’s Next?

The 5 star book I chose was The Hunger Games.

I read The Maze Runner by James Dashner.

***Good Reads Author***

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Book read in association with favorite summer activities.

I read Devil's Desire by Laurie McBain in the car on the way to the lake, while getting a pedicure and mostly just relaxing in the A/C.

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 530
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 39
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

Joanna T

Task 20.5 Family Reunion

Option F: Book set in place where family members live/lived.
I have family members who live in the English countryside. I also have ancestors from Istanbul/Constantinople, where part of the book occurs.

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Task 15.10 Summertime Reading

The Wave by Todd Strasser

Points this post: 35
Total points: 145

Joanna T

Task 10.8 Hot Outside
I read the following books with hot covers with my toddler. Covers are listed first, then page numbers.



40+24+14+24+14+30+32+32+48+14+24+64+10+18+72+40 = 500 pages

Total points: 155

15.6 Speak English!

Slang
To - We go to school from ages 5 to 18. You might go to school from ages 5 thru 18. We don't say thru in that context at all. If we did though, we would say "through"!

Digging to America by Anne Tyler

Total Points = 170

RACHEL CA: 325 pts total

20.08 FEMALE AUTHORS OF SCI-FI

Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle (involves time travel, tesseracts, quantum physics)

Points: 20
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

15.4 Summer Shorts
Henry Chow and Other Stories each story was written by a different author.

Total points: 160

Jenny Chicago

Task 20.4 Author Author For this task I rolled a 3. Three is strong heroine or female author. I read Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congoby Vanessa Woods. Vanessa Woods is a Goodreads Author

Task 20.6 Summer Reading I read Mud, Sweat, and Gears: A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels by Joe Kurmaskie. My favorite place to read during the summer is sitting outside with lunch, but since its been so hot here, I sat inside with lunch and read there instead.

Points this post 40
Total Points 130
Big Book Tickets 3
Goodreads Authors 3

15.4 Summer Shorts- Read ONE anthology or collection of short stories, poems, or novellas by several contributing authors

Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded (2010) edited by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 426 pages)

I think I can claim a Goodreads author ticket because one of the two editors is a Goodreads author:

*** Goodreads Author *** Jeff VanderMeer

325 + 15 = 340


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Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 325 + 15 = 340
Books read: 28
Pages Read: 8624
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

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

by Stephenie Meyer ***Big Book-567 pgs***

Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 115
Goal Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 20.2, 20.8, 20.10, 25.3, 30.1
Tasks in Progress: 20.7, 30.4, 50.1
Pages Read: 1608
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Kelley, Armstrong, Sara Shepardx3)
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()

RACHEL CA: 340 pts total

15.02 SUMMER STOCK

A. 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal (memoir)

B. Don Juan by Molière

Points: 15
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

5.9. The Long and the Short of It. Read book with a tittle fewer than 5 words, but longer than 400 pages.

I read City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.

This book has 3 words in the tittle, and is 547 pages long.

Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author

This book is 500+ pages.

Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1

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

I got Optioni 6 [choose any option above], so I chose Option 3- Read a book by a female author.

I read City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.

Cassandra Clare is a female author.

Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author

Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1

30.6 Shakespeare Under the Stars

I rolled two twos.

As the book of poems I read Neue Gedichte. by Heinrich Heine. (I read the Kindle edition without page numbers, but the most popular paperback edition, which I linked to, counts 200 pages).

My second book was Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. This book's home page lists both fantasy and paranormal as its genres.


Total Points: 205

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

Didn't do the summer challenge last year, so picked a new favourite author from doing this summer challenge, Simone Elkeles

Since I really enjoyed another book by her, I went for option 2 and picked: Where She Went by Gayle Forman

I liked that book, but Gayle Forman didn't have any other books for me to read by her, so I chose Option B and picked Sarah Dessen for my second read:

That Summer by Sarah Dessen

*Sarah Dessen is a goodreads author*

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 665
Total Tasks Completed: 36
Total Books Read: 48
Total GoodReads Authors: 17
Big book tickets: 4

Coralie
5.10 Summer Fun
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

10.8 Baby, It’s Hot Outside

Total points 580

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

The Girl Who Chased the Moon (* - didn't like it) (Option D - approved in the task thread - a girl finds out why her dead mother has such a bad reputation in Mullaby, NC)
*Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 850
Tasks completed: 51/57
Books: 68/77
Pages: 18,487
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 7

Task 10.8 Baby it's hot outside


Meat by Joseph D'Lacey

*Claiming a Goodreads Author ticket*



Points this task-10
Total Points-410
Goodreads Authors-11
Big Book Tickets:3

20.3- Happy,Happy,Happy

I read The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan. Being in love makes me happy, being in a relationship, weathering the ups and downs together. This book is about the observations of a couple in love, how they deal with each other, weather the storms.

*David Levithan is a GR Author*

20.4- Focus on my favorite GR Author

I rolled a 5- I read the mystery And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.


Points for these tasks- 40
Total Points- 430
Books Read- 32
GR Authors- 14

*Noticed I didn't meet the page number requirement for 20.3- will edit at bottom of this post*Sorry!

Points for this task-20
Total Points- 410
Books Read- 31
GR Authors- 13

Carly

5.4 -- SUMMMMMMER

I read Possession by A.S. Byatt.

The title has two sets of double S's and the author's last name has one set of double T's.

I'm also going to claim a Big Book Ticket. Possession was 555 pages long.

Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 9
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 3541

20.5- Family Reunion

C. I read a book set where I live- NY- this book is set in NYC and I lived in NYC and I now live in the area. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan.

*David Levithan is a GR Author*

Points for this task-20
Total Points- 430
Books Read- 32
GR Authors- 14

Task 25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

visit 1-Pink Panther pop

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

*Claiming Big Book Ticket* for 607 pages


visit 2-Pink Panther Pop

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

*Claiming a Big Book Ticket for 607 pages*

Points this task:25
Total Points:435
Goodreads Authors:11
Big Book Tickets:5

Sandy MN

Task 50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

Book 1:The Passage by Justin Cronin ---Category E, previous SRC Group Read, and Criteria #1 +700 pages.

Book 2: Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead-- Category A, author I have read and liked, Criteria #2 Goodreads author, Criteria #3 part of a series.

Book 3:Fearless Fourteen byJanet Evanovich --Category A, author I have read and liked, Criteria #2 Goodreads author, Criteria #3 part of a series.

50 points this post
2 GR authors this post

Total Points: 475
Total GR Authors: 12

30.10 Half and Half

The Choice was read in spring, so I chose

Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce ("choice" in title but not "the")

and

The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis ("the" in title but not "choice")

to read for this task.

** Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads author **


Total Points: 235

Task 20.2 Netherlands...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling


Points this task:20
Total Points:455
Goodreads Authors:11
Big Book Tickets:5

Task 20.4 Focus on my favourite GR author

rolled 3-female author

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling


Points this task:20
Total Points:475
Goodreads Authors:11
Big Book Tickets:5

MANDY Y.

30.7 -- Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style
Author entered: Neil Gaiman

Book 1: Option 3--
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Book 2: Option B--Option 1--Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Task Points: 30
Grand Total: 100
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 3085
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

I chose the Bubble Gum Bar twice- which is to read a YA book.

I read Entwined by Heather Dixon.

AND

I read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.

Both these books are YA.


Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author

Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 80
GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1

25.3 - The ice cream truck

6: Pink panther pop
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8: Big Dipper cone
Page by Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce is a GR Author

15.5 - Mind the gap

Squire by Tamora Pierce (book 3 out of 4)

Tamora Pierce is a GR Author

10.10 - Gimme s'more

Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce is a GR Author

5.4 Summmmmer


Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin

New points: 55
Total points: 55
GR Author: 3x
BigBooks: 0x

STACIE MI

Task 30.4 - Summer in Europe

I chose to do options 3 and 4.

For option 3, I read #75 on the Best Coming of Age Stories list:

Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot

For option 4, I read a book set in France:

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

**Stephanie Perkins is a Goodreads author**

Points this task: 30
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 48
Pages read: 12521
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Rebekah
Task 20.9 Summerthing better
Can't Remember What I Forgot: Your Memory, Your Mind, Your Future by Sue Halpern

This book was about the different types of research being done to improve memory. It seems like more important that blueberries, choclate and pills, aerobic exercise has shown to actually increase brain cells! Naturally it had to be something that made you sweat and pant for air! (smile)

20 pts - This Task
155 pts - Total

ANGIE CA

10.10 Gimme S'more
Book: Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead
Notes: I've read 4 other books by this author.
*GoodReads Author*

20.7 A Trip to the Past
Book: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Notes: Historical Fiction.
*GoodReads Author*

This post: 30
Total to date: 350
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 0
Books Read: 27

5.3. The Dog Days of Summer
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh –
Goodreads Author: Nalini Singh

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.
Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen;

10.5 -- What’s Next?
Original 5-star book: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night by Kresley Cole
Darkness Everlasting by Alexandra Ivy

10.6 -- Gay Pride
The Hours by Michael Cunningham

15.2 Summer Stock
A. Wicked Ties by Shayla Black – heroine is a sex talk show host
Goodreads Author: Shayla Black
B. The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare

15.4 Summer Shorts
Feral Attraction by Marie Harte &Paige McKellan

20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!
Option 3: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco – popular in 1980

25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
A. Fiction – 2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Goodreads Author: Jennifer Egan
B. Biography - 1957 – Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy

30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
2. Summer book: Tall, Dark, and Cajun by Sandra Hill
4. Set in Europe: With This Ring by Amanda Quick

Points This Post: 135
Total Points: 570
Total Goodreads Authors: 13

5.2 - Sun, Sea and Pirates

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel - 544 pages Big Book

15.4 - Summer Shorts

All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga - 208 pages

This book is comprised of five short stories (graphic) about the same family.

Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munroe - 352 pages

30.9 - Vacation Time

A. The Little Immigrants by Kenneth Bagnall - 270 pages

This book is the story of the thousands of young children who were sent to Canada from Britain in the late 19th and early 10th centuries to escape poverty.

B. At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie - 224 pages

Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 555

Total Tasks Completed: 36
Total Books Read: 47
Total Pages Read: 14,210
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+(4);750+(0);1000+(0)(less)

Finished:
30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure

For book A I typed in Georgette Heyer and I choose option 1
A Tiger for Malgudi and The Man-Eater of Malgudi by R.K. Narayan

I enjoyed the book--the use of language was exquisite--but I'm not sure how it was supposed to have been linked with Heyer's books. So for book B I chose option 2. Using Narayan's name brought up an amazing array of authors (Stephanie Meyer. Really?) Since I'm going to see the new Harry Potter movie this weekend I read

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Today's total: 30
Grand total: 780

Rebekah
5.1 At The Shore
Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island trilogy #1) by Nora Roberts


20.1 Birthday Time
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba (GoodReads author)
My birthday is the 25th of August

+25 pts - this post
180 pts - Challenge Total
7 - Goodreads Authors
1 - Big Book