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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Task 30.1 - Best friends and lovers
Part A: Best friend Lisa (I think she would like this author)
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas **GR AUTHOR**
Part B: Option 2: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling **Big Book 734 Pages**
Total GR Authors = 4
Total BB tickets = 6
Total Challenge points = 385
My readerboard name is Aprilallyear.15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
For this task I chose Family History by Dani Shapiro.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books: 9
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 3
30.2 A.K.A- Feed and Rosemary and Rue. *Feed's Kindle edition has 608 pages, I would like to claim a big book ticket***Seanan McGuire is a Goodreads author**
25.3 The Ice Cream Truck- I got a Bubblegum cone and read Uglies. I then went back and got a Big Dipper Cone and readA Great and Terrible Beauty. **Libba Bray is a Goodreads author**
20.2 Netherlands in an 11 letter word- I chose option A and read Paranormalcy which has 12 letters in the word. **Kiersten White is a Goodreads author**
5.4 Summmmmer- I read Skinny: A Novel by Diana Spechler.
Points this post: 80
Total Point Earned: 250/1000
Books Read: 21
Task Completed 15
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES! The Adventures of Miss Upton and the Sky Pirate 7/30/11
**Goodreads Author: C.J. Archer
10.1 -- For Real?
Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances 6/30/11
10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
Kitty's Big Trouble 7/14/11
**Goodreads Author: Carrie Vaughn
10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!
7/28/11**Goodreads Author: Allyson James
10.9 -- Around the Campfire
Hunt the Moon 7/7/11
(Clairvoyant who provides "power" to a sometimes helpful ghost)
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Points this post: 45
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 17 (5 in this post)
Books Read: 17 (5 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 11 (3 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0) (None in this post)
15.4 Summer Shorts: Hexed 7/7/11
15.5 Mind the Gap
Chill Factor 7/10/11
(Weather Warden #3; total of 9 books in series)
15.8 Up In the Air
Vampire in Atlantis 8/4/11
Alyssa Day (AD=Andorra)
20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy
Lover Unleashed 6/29/11
Required: Identify the inspiration for your book choice when you post: I have loved reading vampire stories for the last 20+ years. Also, it makes me happy to see women who ignore stereotypical roles for their lives and reach out to find what really suits them. This is a story with vampires, and a woman who does not follow the rules her society has laid out for women.
20.8 It's My Birthday
Killbox 7/2/11 (completed on MY birthday!)
**Goodreads Author: Ann Aguirre
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Points this post: 85
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 22 (5 in this post)
Books Read: 22 (5 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 12 (1 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0) (None in this post)
15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is EasyStealing Kathryn 7/8/11
**Goodreads Author:Jacquelyn Frank
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Dark Legend 7/24/11
Required: Post the place(s) or activities where you read: read at son's baseball games!
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
7. Jolly Rancher Ice Pop
#1 A Bite to Remember 7/4/11
#2 Bite Me If You Can 7/26/11
25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
Rolled 1
1. Red (Pink, Scarlet, Crimson, Ruby, Maroon, Poppy)
Option 1: cover
7/25/11Option 2: in title Red-Headed Stepchild 7/2/11
**Goodreads Author: Jaye Wells
30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
A. Different country (Budapest, Hungary to USA) The Darkest Pleasure 6/28/11
B. Forgotten Sea 7/2/11
**Goodreads Author: Virginia Kantra
50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge
#1 Stolen 7/22/11 A, C, D, H + 2, 3
**Goodreads Author: Kelley Armstrong
#1 Unknown 8/6/11 A, C, H + 3
#1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 8/8/11 A, B, D, H + 1, 3
**Goodreads Author: J.K. Rowling
**Big Book: 759 pages
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Points this post: 165
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 28 (6 in this post)
Books Read: 33 (115 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 17 (5 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0) (1 in this post)
10.5 WHAT'S NEXT - The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk KiddUsed the book The Mists of Avalon
15.3 IN THE EUROZONE -
A. JulietAnne Fortier
Book set in Italy which uses the Ruro
B. Faithful Place by Tana French
Book set in Ireland which does not use the Euro
20.5 FAMILY REUNION - THE BOOKS OF RACHEL by Joel Gross
Family saga covering 1484-1979
***Big Book 596 pgs***
20.8 FEMALE AUTHORS OF SCI-FI -
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
***GR Author***
30.9 VACATION TIME -
A. Dancing With The Sun: Celebrating the Seasons of Life
B. Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati
***GR Author***
***Big Book 672 pgs***
Points: 95
Tasks: 5
Books: 7
Pages: 3080
GR Authors: 2
Big Books 500+: 2
Total Points: 810
Total Tasks: 48
Total Books: 65
Total Pages: 28,269
GR Authors: 21
Big Books 500+: 18
Big Books 750+: 2
ALICIA T.20.7 A Trip to the Past
I read The White Queen by Philippa Gregory.
The book was published in 2009 and was about the War of the Roses, set in the 1470's.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Mandy S. 5.4 S U M M M M M M E R: Repeating Letter in Title or Author's Name
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by JaycEE Dugard
5.7 Don't Stop Reading: Ultimate Teen Reading List
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Points this post: 10 points
Total: 140 points
Tasks Completed: 10
Finished:15.6 Speak English
Using the word Jumper (Brit. sweater)(US sleeveless dress worn over a blouse)
Jumper by Steven Gould
20.7 A Trip to the Past
Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
Novel of Financial mogul, ranging backward in time from 1953 to 1867. Had a wowza ending.
20.9 Summerthing better
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong. I hope the ideas in this book help make me a better person, more giving in nature. (I guess I ought to start by biting my tongue more often.)
20.10 Group Read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran. My comment is #39.
25.2 Pulitzer Prize Winners
A. Fiction, 1938 The Late George Apley By John P. Marquand (The edition I read wasn't listed--it had a 1964/65 copyright and 354 pages) I was charmed by this book.
B. Biography 2010 The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles
30. Summer Solstice:
Option 2
A. Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
B. Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance edited by Jayne Ann Krentz
Today's totals: 135
Grand total: 930
10.3 Spare MePoison Study by ***Goodreads Author*** Maria V. Snyder - I wouldn't want to live either under a military dictatorship or in a castle if I had to risk being poisoned with every bite or sip I took.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 40
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
15.1 - BEWARE OF THORNS -
which has Rose in the title and a rose on the cover.20.5 - FAMILY REUNION - Faded Lives which is about a man who goes to spend a week with his grandmother. While there she tells him the story of her parents and the secrets that no one else knows about the family.
25.5 - U.S. PATRIOTS - A. The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow who is a native of Philadelphia. B. Veterans Way by Robin Lee Hatcher. The main male character is a verteran of the Korean war.
25.6 - EUROPEAN LANDMARKS - A. STONEHENGE - The Gift of Stones and B. THE LOUVE - The Funeral Party: A Novel the central figure in this novel is an artist.
Alisa M. Libby, Jeffrey Zaslow and Robin Lee Hatcher are Goodreads authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 555
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 21
BIG BOOKS - 3
Mod
Book 1- (Option D Friend rated 5 Star and Option 1 over 700 Pages) read The Tea Rose By Jennifer Donnelly read Mass Paperpack 768 Pages
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93...
Also claiming Big Book Ticket for The Tea Rose
Book 2 (option C One Word Title and Option 2 Goodreads Author) read The Everafterby Amy Huntley and Amy Huntley is a goodreads author
Book 3 (option A Author I have read and liked in the past and option 3 Part of a Series) read Dead Is Not An Option by Marlene Perez , #5 In the Dead Is series- Marlene Perez is a goodreads author
5.8 But No Shoplifting
read Goneby Lisa McMann - I borrowed this book from the library
Lisa McMann is a goodreads author.
Points this Post: 55
Total points- 915/1000
Tasks Completed: 51/57
Books read: 71/77
Pages Read : 22764
GR Authors: 25
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BJ Rose2 New Tasks
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.
C. Inspirational/Christian Fiction: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
I posted a comment in Message #16
30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time! Read two books
A. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) in which a *main* character travels from one country to another (or to more than one country).
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
author travels in about 12 European countries
B. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) that contains one of the following vacation-related words in its title or subtitle: lake
Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads Author
Claiming a Big Book ticket for Summer At Willow Lake @534 pp
Points this post = 50
Total Points = 535
Tasks Completed = 32
Pages Read = 15,022
GR Authors = 8
Big Books: (500+) = 2
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the PastRead: The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
Points this post: 20
Points earned so far: 145
STACIE MITask 20.4 - Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 3 and read a book by a female author:
The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
Points this task: 20
Total points: 690
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 51
Pages read: 13043
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
MANDY Y.25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
1. Bubble Gum Bar: The Giver by Lois Lowry
8. Big Dipper Cone: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin(Big Book at 1128 p)
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 125
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 4392
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(2)
MANDY Y.20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 3.
3. Midnight by L.J. Smith(Big Book at 567 p)
--Strong female characters (they fight evil supernatural forces and often save the so-called stronger male characters) and female author--
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 145
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 4959
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(2)
Mod
50.1 Hodge Podge
Book 1- (Option D Friend rated 5 Star and Option 1 over 700 Pages) read The Tea Rose By Jennifer Donnelly read Mass Paperpack 768 Pages
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93722...
Also claiming Big Book Ticket for The Tea Rose
Book 2 (option D 5 Star rating from friend and Option 2 Goodreads Author) read The Everafterby Amy Huntley and Amy Huntley is a goodreads author
Book 3 (option A Author I have read and liked in the past and option 3 Part of a Series) read Dead Is Not An Option by Marlene Perez , #5 In the Dead Is series- Marlene Perez is a goodreads author
5.8 But No Shoplifting
read Goneby Lisa McMann - I borrowed this book from the library
Lisa McMann is a goodreads author.
Points this Post: 55
Total points- 915/1000
Tasks Completed: 51/57
Books read: 71/77
Pages Read : 22764
GR Authors: 25
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 20.9 - Summerthing better
Mama's Little Book of Tricks by Lynn Brunelle (Approved in help thread)
I mostly bought the book to help me with strategies to redirect my boys (ages 2 and 5) instead of the standard time-outs, reasoning, or flat out getting angry with them. I'm a stay-at-home mom with limited patience these days and needed help finding ways to keep my sanity and not be so angry with my lovely little ones so much.
Challenge total = 405
Laurie MEa correction - sorry!
10.10: Gimme S'More:
Linda Howard - Up Close and Dangerous
352 pages
15.10: Summer Time and The Reading is Easy:
Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
644 pages
Other 500+ page book read so far:
Deception Point;
Labyrinth
Goodread authors from post 1844
White Hot;
It's In His Kiss
30.4 Summer in EuropeOption 3, a book from the list given: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Option 4, a book set in Europe: Tod in der Königsburg by Peter Tremayne (paperback edition counts 427 pages), original title: The Monk Who Vanished (The book is set in historical Ireland)
Total points: 280
20.3 Happy, Happy, HappyI write for catharsis, to understand myself, to get to know myself. In that way, writing is essential to my happiness in a very practical sense. I read Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between, edited by Carole Burns and featuring contemporary authors talking about the craft.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 3526
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
CoralieI wish to move a book.
15.8 Up in the Air
to be replaced with The Forge of God which is also by Greg Bear
30.10 Half and Half
Using Blood Trail
Blood Music and Children on the Oregon Trail (edition not on Goodreads)
Total points 630
Moving some books around to fix 15.3I am substituting Faithful Place by Tana French for
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin in task 25.3 Ice Cream Truck. It is also a crime/mystery so it is a Bullet Firecracker too.
Reposting
15.3 IN THE EUROZONE -
A. Juliet by Anne Fortier
Set in Italy which uses the Euro
B. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
set in England which does not use the Euro
Points: 15
Tasks: 1
Books: 2
Pages: 828
Total Points: 810
Total Tasks: 48
Total Books: 65
Total Pages 28,269
GR Authors: 21
Big Books 500+: 18
Big Books 750+: 2
Nickboy.15.6 Speak English The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam. In the category of “motoring” a coach is defined as what Americans would call a bus that travels between cities with few stops – in Britain this vehicle would not be called a bus, that term being reserved for a vehicle that operates in a city with frequent stops. 288 pages
30.7 -- Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style
I did not participate in last summer’s challenge, so I chose a favorite author, Ursula K LeGuin, looked her up on the Literature Map, and found Mary Stewart.
For the first book, I chose Option 2. I have read Mary Stewart before, but I have not read This Rough Magic until now. 336 pages
For the second book, I chose Option B and put Mary Stewart into the Literature Map. Again I found an author I have read before, Carson McCullers, and I read Reflections in a Golden Eye, which I have not read until now. 128 pages
Task Points: 45
Total Points: 800
Tasks Completed: 46
Books Read: 66
Pages Read: 19,853
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)
ERIN B.20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
I read A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure - SRC StyleFor the first book I entered Jacqueline Winspear a GoodReads author into the Literature Map and then chose Option 1:
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch a GoodReads author
For the second book I chose Option B-1
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd a GoodReads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 7
Total GoodReads authors: 7
KIM NY30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
A. For the first part I read bookcover:Wisdom|8575295] by Amanda Hocking. One of my best friends in elementary school was named Mandy (nickname for Amanda).
B. For the second part I read
by Elie Wiesel, (option 3). Points this post: 30
Total points this challenge: 215
20.4 Author, Author - Roll #2. The immortals - I picked a book with a picture of a kind of bird on the cover. 
by Suzanne CollinsPoints this post 20
Total Point Earned: 105/1000
Books Read: 8/77
Task Completed 8/57
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
Taryn5.8. But No Shoplifting! To help you save $$$ for your vacation, this task requires you to read a book that was free to you.
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads author) - borrowed it from the library
15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy Read any book you choose.
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice
Option 1:
Read a dark book from Quality Dark Fiction:
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells (Goodreads author)
AND
Read a light book from Light but Not (Too) Dumb:
Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow (Goodreads author)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 175
Goodreads authors: 8
25.4 Color Me Happy - Rolled #1 (Red)Option 1
by Ted Dekker goodreads authorOption 2
by Ted Dekker goodreads author50.1 Hodge Podge
The Count of Monte Cristo big book 1488 pages by Alexandre Dumas Fits Category H and #1
Outlander big book 850 pages by Diana Gabaldon Fits Category C and #'s 1 & 3
One for the Moneyby Janet Evanovichgoodreads author Fits Category H and #'s 2 & 3
Total Points this Post: 75
Total Big Books this Post: 2
Total GR Authors this Post: 3
Total Points in Challenge: 225
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 11
Total GR Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(1); 1000+(1)
10.6 Gay Pride:read Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
5.8 But No Shoplifiting
read Something Borrowed (got it from the library)
Total this post: 15
Total Points: 60
REPOST20.5 FAMILY REUNION - Books Of Rachel by Joel Gross
Family saga covering 1484-1979
***Big Book 596 pgs***
Total Points: 810
Total Tasks: 48
Total Books: 65
Total Pages: 28,269
GR Authors: 21
Big Books 500+: 18
Big Books 750+: 2
25.3 The Ice Cream Truck1. Schwarze Küsse by Brandon Alexander (original title: Kiss of Darkness), it has YA listed as genre on books home page
8. Reckless: Steinernes Fleisch by Cornelia Funke (paperback edition counts 400 pages), it has Fantasy listed as genre on books home page
Actually both books qualify for both options, but I decided for some variety.
Total points: 305
Sandy MN30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
Part A: Friend's name: Karen
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning.
I think my friend might like this book.
Part B:Option 3: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
**Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author**
Task 30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
I rolled a 2 and a 1
2-- Poetry:
Art & Love: An Illustrated Anthology of Love Poetry by Kate Farrell
1--Romance: Seduce Me at Sunrise byLisa Kleypas
**Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author**
Total Points: 545
Total GR Authors: 14
20.9 - Lucky MeI felt that I had to improve my knowledge about art, because a lot of people in my family studied art history. So I read a book about van Gogh and studied some of his paintings.
van Gogh by Dieter Beaujean
20.6 Summer Reading
First Test by Tamora Pierce I read this book in our backyard - when the weather was still nice.
Tamora Pierce is a GR author
5.8 - But no shoplifting
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
I borrowed this book from my younger brother.
5.9 - The long and the short of it
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
(more than 400 pages, title is only two words)
This is a Big Book
New points: 50
Total points: 105
GR Author: 4x
BigBooks: 1x
ERIN C.15.10 Summertime, and the Reading's Easy
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Points this Post:15
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 13
GoodRead Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
ANGIE CA10.2 Phone Home
Book: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Notes: The "souls" are from another planet. Approved in task help thread.
*1 Big Book Ticket* [619 pages]
10.3 Spare Me
Book: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Notes: Not only would I not like to go back to middle and high school, I would not want to go to a boarding school (especially one with a serial killer nearby). Being with my peers 24/7 would drive me nuts, and I'd miss my dog.
This post: 20
Total to date: 370
GR Authors: 17
BB Tickets: 1 [500(1); 750(0); 1000(0)]
Books Read: 29
Boston Kate15.5 Mind the Gap
Season of Mists (The Sandman, collection #4 out of 11)
20.4 Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
rolled a 4 (The Trickster), choose book with "country" in title
Dream Country
25.3 Ice Cream Truck
chose two Big Dipper Cones, both books have "fantasy" on main page
8. A Game of You (The Sandman, #5)
8. Fables and Reflections (The Sandman, #6)
30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure - SRC Style
original author Neil Gaiman
first book, option 1 (author new to me)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
second book, option B (put David Sedaris into map), option 1 (author new to me)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
This post: 90 points
Total to date: 205 points
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Mod
Kelley Armstrong is a goodreads author and a canadian author.
30.9 Vacation Time
read for option A The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsby Ann Brashares One of the main characters- Lena travels to Greece.
Read for Option B Goddess Boot Campby Tera Lynn Childs
Tera Lynn Childs is a goodreads author
Points this Post: 35
Total points- 950/1000
Tasks Completed: 53/57
Books read: 73/77
Pages Read : 23028
GR Authors: 27
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Task 25.4 - Color me happy
My color is Yellow
Option 1: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese *** Big Book 541 pages ***
Option 5: Humorous book You Suck by Christopher Moore
Total big book tickets: 7
Total Challenge points: 430
10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty Read a book with a cat on the cover, the word "Cat" or the name of a type of cat in the title, or a plot where a cat plays a major role.
The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats by Hesh Kestin
This Post: 10
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 35/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)
5.10 Funny BookI listened to the audio book of I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood by Dave Barry. Particularly enjoyed the "Twilight" spoof.
15.1 Roses
I read Snow White And Rose Red
which has "rose" in the title AND on the cover around the edges (AND a main character name!)New Total: 485
25.4 – Color Me Happy - I rolled a 3 (yellow) and I selected the following options:
1: Out of Time by Monique Martin, a Goodreads author.
The gears of the watch are gold, which is an approved hue. This is also an ebook, which was approved for length in the ebook thread.
5: To The Nines by Janet Evanovich, a Goodreads author.
A humorous book.
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Points Claiming: 25
Total Points: 300
Dianarobi completed Smokin' Seventeen and Spellbound being used for:25.4 Color Me Happy. I rolled a 6 for purple.
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich has a main character named Stephanie Plum which is option 4.
Spellbound by Kelly Armstrong for option 5, the genre represented by purple is fantasy/paranormal.
Tasks completed - 7
Big book ticket 500+ - 1 (to date)
Points this task - 25
Total points to date - 90
Goodreads Authors - 2Smokin' SeventeenKelly Armstrong
10.9 Around the CampfireHell House by Richard Matheson
20.4 Focus on my favorite Goodreads Authors
I rolled a 3, so I read The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender it fits the category because she's a female author.
*Aimee Bender is a Goodreads Author*
20.5 Family Reunion
F. Read a book set where someone in your family lives/lived- My grandparents live in Jackson, Mississippi, so I read
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
*Kathryn Stockett is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 380
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books Tickets: 0
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Looking for Alaska (other topics)Flawless (other topics)
A Game of Thrones (other topics)
An Abundance of Katherines (other topics)
Juliet, Naked (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Molière (other topics)P.G. Wodehouse (other topics)
Robin Oliveira (other topics)
Fannie Flagg (other topics)
Barbara Delinsky (other topics)
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10.3 - Spare Me
Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
This book is set in Alaska during winter. I hate cold weather!
15.3 - In the Eurozone
Set in France - The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne
Joanna Bourne is a Goodreads Author.
Set in the UK - Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
30.1 - Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
Part A - Crush on You by Christie Ridgway
My best friend in high school was named Kristi.
Part B - Number 7 in the title
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author.
Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 490
Goodreads Authors: 19 (2 this post)