The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Laurie ME

10.9: Around the Campfire:

EJ Cooperman - An Uninvited Ghost
293 pages

15.8: Up in the Air: (SM - San Marino)

Susan Mallery - Almost Perfect
379 pages - Goodreads author.

20.9: Ludky ME!: Kate.x's task: Summer Thing Better

Dr. Mike Moreno - The 17-Day Diet
236 pages (Not a tremendously helpful book)

Janice CA

15.8 Up in the Air.....

PT(Portugal)

The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
5 stars

+15
total: 180
tasks: 12
books: 14
GR Authors: 2

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 30.6 before.
Rolled 3: The Comedy of Errors - read a book of short stories or an anthology.
Book: The Empty Family: Stories

Rolled 5: King Lear - read a book featuring a member of royalty.
Book: A Game of Thrones
*** Big Book ***

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy: Baking - Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke


20.6 Summer Reading - on my balcony - Dirty Martini (Jack Daniels #4) by JA Konrath


30.1 Best Friends and Lovers - Lynn - Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey;


7th Heaven by James Patterson


30.2 A.K.A. - Joanne Fluke - Apple Turnover Murder;
Apple Turnover Murder Bundle with Key Lime Pie Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, Lemon Meringue Pie Murder, and an EXTENDED excerpt of Devil's Food Cake Murder

Kathryn Kirkwood - A Season for Samantha


30.6 "Shakespeare Under the Stars: Die#1 - 3. The Comedy of Errors - short stories - Sugar & Spice by Fern Michaels, Joanne Fluke, Beverly Barton, Shirley Jump
Sugar and Spice
Die #2 4. Hamlet - read a murder mystery - The Puzzle (Samantha Jamison Mystery) by Peggy A Edelheit"
The Puzzle (Samantha Jamison Mystery

Points this Post: 130
Tasks Completed: 21
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 27

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
Read two books: you can choose one from each of A and B, or two from the same option.

A. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) in which a *main* character travels from one country to another (or to more than one country).

Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2004) by Glynis Ridley (Hardcover, 222 pages)

Our rhinoceros and her handler travlled to: the Netherlands ; Germany; Vienna, Austria; Switzerland; Paris, France; Venice, Italy; and England

B. Read a book with words in its title or subtitle (but not series name):
beach, sea, seaside, sand, shore, surf, vacation, holiday, sun, lake, hotel, camp, camping.

SUN
Ring Around the Sun (1953) by Clifford D. Simak (Paperback, 205 pages)

365+ 30 = 395


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Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 365+ 30 = 395
Books read: 32
Pages Read: 9639

Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

Task 30.4 - Summer in Europe

Option 1 (Cool summer books): Forever by Maggie Stiefvater ***GR AUTHOR***

Option 4 (set in European country - ENGLAND): The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt ***GR AUTHOR***

Total GR Authors this post = 2
Total GR Authors for the challenge = 6

Total Challenge points = 460

UPDATE TO POST 1451
I read the rest of the book sitting outside on my lunch breaks. Is that a summer-y enough activity? It's certainly helped by the warm weather! Let me know, and if it doesn't work, I'll find another way to work in the book.

Original post:
Mandy S.

20.6 Summer Reading

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by John Krakauer

I read parts of this while camping at Yosemite!


Points this post: 20 points
Total: 105 points
Tasks Completed: 7

I have been so dysfuncal at posting this summer, Sorry!

5.9 Long and Short of it
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

10.8 It's Hot Outside
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama

15.2 Summer Stock
A: Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
B: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

20.4 Author, Author
Rolled a 3: Room by Emma Donoghue ****GR Author ****

Emma Donoghue is a female author AND it has a strong female heroine who suffered horrible things and still maintained the will to survive and eventually escape.

20.6 Seasoned Reader
Eden Lake by Jane Roper ****GR Author ****

I read this book while on a family vacation in New Jersey.

20.8 It's My Birthday
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
4. Rainbow Snow Cone: Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
Memoir - Portia de Rossi is a lesbian

8. Big Dipper Cone:Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

30.6 Shakespeare Under the Stars
Rolled a 6: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Rolled a 4: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley ****GR Author ****

30.10 Half and Half
Book title from spring 2011 challenge: Family Affair

A: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

B: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde


Points this Post: 190
Total Points: 260
GR authors: 3
Big Books: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)

30.1 BEST FRIENDS AND LOVERS -
A. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Katherine Krimminger was my partner in crime during my high school years. She would like this book.

B. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo

Points: 30
Tasks: 1
Books: 2
Pages: 534

Total Points: 840
Total Tasks: 49
Total Books: 67
Total Pages: 28,803
GR Authors: 21
Big Books 500+: 18
Big Books 750+: 2

20.2- Netherlands is an 11 letter word

A. I read Attachments by Rainbow Rowell. Attachments is an 11 letter word.

*Rainbow Rowell is a GR Author*

Points for this task-20
Total Points- 475
Books Read- 35
GR Authors- 17

CathyNJ -
Hi I just completed task: 15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy. I read .

Total Points: 15
Task #: 15.10
Book Read Oogy by Larry Levin

5.9 The Long and Short of it.

The Zero Game by ***Goodreads Author** Brad Meltzer - 512 pp. **Big Book*

10.9 Around the Campfire

Ghost at Work by *** Goodreads Author*** Carolyn Hart - main character is a ghost that comes to Earth to help solve a mystery.

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 42
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

15.8 - Up in the Air

Read The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera whose initials match the country code for The Republic of Macedonia.

Points this post: 15
Total Point Earned: 120/1000
Pages Read: 2131
Books Read: 7
Task Completed 7/57
Good Read Authours: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Heather KS

Finished task 10.5 What's Next?

I read The Hour I First Believed. I was led to this book by putting in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Also, I'm claiming a 500 pg big book ticket for The Hour I First Believed

New point total: 315

Heather KS

Finished task 30.7 Adventure

I used Curtis Sittenfeld as my author and was led to Lionel Shriver. I chose to read So Much for That. I enjoyed the writing, so I used Option A and read another book by that author. I read We Need to Talk About Kevin.

New point total: 345

Amanda A


20.2 - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is eleven or more letters in length.
Supernaturally by Kiersten White (14 letter title)
Kiersten White is a Goodreads Author.

Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 510
Goodreads Authors: 20 (1 this post)

30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers

Part A- Read a book who's author's name matches the first or last of you childhood best friend.

My childhood best friend was (and still is!) Rachel C.

I read Numbers by Rachel Ward.

Rachel Ward is a Goodreads Author

Part B- I chose Option 3- which was read a book with the following words.... and I chose the word Goddess.

I read The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter.

Aimee Carter is a Goodreads Author

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 110
GR Authors: 6 [4 previous, 2 this post]
Big Books- 1

BJ Rose

1 new task

25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present

Biography: 2002: John Adams by David McCullough
Fiction: 2006: March by Geraldine Brooks

At 751 pages, John Adams should get me 2 Big Book tickets


Points this post = 25

Total Points = 560

Tasks Completed = 33
Pages Read = 16,053
GR Authors = 8
Big Books: (500+) = 2
Big Books: (750+) = 1

5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES! - Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald

5.3 Dog Days of Summer - Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

15.3 In The Eurozone
Uses the Euro - Italy - Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent by Geronimo Stilton AKA Elisabetta Dami who currently lives in Italy.

Doesn't use the Euro - United Kingdom - How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff who currently lives in London.

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen - The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade and Children's Books

15.8 Up In the Air - Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli - ES= Spain

30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
Part A - My best friend's name is Mary, so I read Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman
Part B - Option 3 = "night" in the title - Terror by Night: The True Story of the Brutal Texas Murder that Destroyed a Family, . . . by Terry Caffey

30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
Part A - The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Part B - This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger

Total Points: 830
Tasks Completed: 47
Pages Read: 16699
Books Read:63
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets (2) 500

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

For this task you will read one work of Historical Fiction which will be defined as a book in which the story takes place at least 20 years before the publication date of the book.

Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch

This Post: 20
Total Points: 520
Tasks Completed: 36/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

Cindy F

Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader

read Predatorby Patricia Cornwell read on the dock in the sun and finished in the lazy boy on a rainy day

Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 21
Goodreads Author: 4
Big books: 1

10.5 -- What’s Next?

I started with The Help, and South of Broad came up as a choice. Well.....both took place in the south...........

15.4 Summer Shorts

I read Welcome to Bordertown, an anthology with stories and poems by about 20 different authors.

25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks

I first visited the Louvre and read The Swan Thieves. Almost every significant character was an artist.

I then visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa and read The Housekeeper and the Professor, a book that's full of mathematics.

Total points: 770

Jen UT

15.8 - Up in the Air

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
CS - Serbia

Total Points: 130
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12

Jayme(the ghostreader)

I finished task 15.8 Up In The Air. I chose the letters GR for Greece and I read "A Dance With Dragons" by George RR Martin.

I am claiming a big book ticket (1016pp)

Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read:13
Big Book ticket 750+ (1) 1000+ (1)
GR Authors: 1: Susan Wilson
Grand Total: 155/1000

20.1 - BIRTHDAY TIME - Autumn in April. My birthday is April 30.


20.8 - FEMALE AUTHORS OF SCI-FI - The Coelura by Anne McCaffrey.


TOTAL POINTS - 595
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 21
BIG BOOKS - 3

10.2 Phone Home

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
approved in help thread

30.1 Best Friends And Lovers

A: Exodus by Julie Bertagna
One of my best friends in primary school was called Julie.

B: Nineteen Seventy Seven by David Peace
having the number 7 written as a word instead of a figure was approved on the help thread.

Points for this post: 40
Total Points: 865
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 69
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

This is my final post for the challenge - my first one. I had so much fun, and am deeply grateful to the moderators who have made this extremely addictive challenge possible! I am looking forward to Fall :)

15.4 - Summer Shorts

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories (* * *) and The October Country (* * * *)

15.8 - Up in the Air

Collected Short Stories: Volume 3 (* * *) (W. Somerset Maugham = SM = San Marino)

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading

The Uncommon Reader (* * * * *) (I read this while travelling in another country, one of my favourite summer activities!)

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

Born to Run (* * * *) (This book is about running and living better - I used to run a lot but haven't been, for the last couple of years. I need to get inspired again!)

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!

The Lady in the Lake (* * *) (Option B - 'lake') and A Room with a View (* * * * * - a re-read) (Option A - Lucy Honeychurch travels to Florence, Italy and then returns to England.)

50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (* * *) - >25,000 ratings; 700+ pages; part of a series (H, #1 and #3) (* * *)
2. Kindred (* * * *) (C - one-word title)
3. Get Well Soon (* * *) (A, #2)
*Julie Halpern is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 150
Total points: 1,000
Tasks completed: 57/57
Books: 78/78
Pages: 21,747
Big Book tickets: 1
Goodreads authors: 8

Nickboy.

10.4. Here Kitty, Kitty Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart, 288 pages

15.5 Mind the Gap – Murder In The Rue Chartres by Greg Herren, No. 3 in the “Chanse McLeod” series (of which there are 5), 248 pages

Task Points: 25
Total Points: 825
Tasks Completed: 48
Books Read: 68
Pages Read: 20,389
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)

Sandy MN

Task 30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half

Original Title: Hard Truth

Book with first word but not second: Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James

Book with second word but not first: The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen

**Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads author**

Total Points: 575
Total GR Authors: 15

10.10 -- Gimme S’more Speaking of camping... August 10 is National S'mores Day. Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed.

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

Finished:

10.10 Gimme Some More

The Night Bird by Catherine Asaro

15.5 Mind the Gap

Glory in Death by J.D. Robb Book #2 in long series

Today's total: 25
Grand total: 975

15.5 Mind the Gap

I read The Burnt House (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus #16) by Faye Kellerman.

total points: 275
books read: 24
tasks completed: 16
GR authors: 8
Big Books 1(750+)
pages read: 7539

15.5 Mind the Gap


Tout le monde en parle by Cecily von Ziegesar

Gossip Girl #4

This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 65 points

Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1715
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(0);750(0);1000+(0)

20.8 Female Authors of Sci-Fi Read a sci-fi book with a female author.

I read When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.

This book was approved in the Help Section.

Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 1

STESSE

5.6. As American As....

Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke (342 p)

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

The Kingdom by Clive Cussler (400 p)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94...
(has the word “kingdom” in the title)
(I can't get the "add book/author" to find this book - it's very strange. Sorry for the link.)

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

Soulless by Gail Carriger (357 p)
Gail Carriger is a GoodReads Author.

Points this Post: 45
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 1099
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Total Points: 615+
Total Tasks Completed: 42
Total Books Read: 53
Total Pages Read: 18493
Total GoodReads Authors: 14
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

5.4 - SUMMMMMMER - The Passage by Justin Cronin

Total Challenge Points = 35

ALICIA T.

30.2 AKA

I read Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
and
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 215

5.4 - S U M M M M M M E R

The Riesling Retribution by ***Goodreads AuthorEllen Crosby***

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 43
GoodReads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

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

For this task you will read one work of Historical Fiction which will be defined as a book in which the story takes place at least 20 years before the publication date of the book.

Imperium (Cicero #1) (2006) by Robert Harris (Hardcover, 305 pages)
Based on the life of Cicero, 79 BC - 64 BC, hundreds of years (even thousands of years) before the publication date of 2006!

395 + 20 = 415


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Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 395 + 20 = 415
Books read: 33
Pages Read: 9944

Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

Bullet Firecracker Pop - Scared To Live by Stephen Booth

Stephen Booth is a Goodreads Author

Big Book Ticket - 640 pages

Pink Panther Pop - Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Big Book Ticket - 628 pages

This Post: 25
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 7 (Kelley Armstrong, Dan Walsh, Sandy James, Kate Sherwood, Stephen Booth, Marie Sexton, Stephen Booth)
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag
The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands

10.10 -- Gimme S’more
Hana Yori Dango Vol. 35 by Yoko Kamio – 6/18

15.3 In The Eurozone
A. The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer – author is Irish
AND
B. Rendezvous by Amanda Quick – UK

20.10 Group Read
A. Paranormal Romance: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Goodreads Author: Kelley Armstrong

25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy......
Rolled a 4 = Green
1. Cover Color:
by Robert McAfee Brown
5. Genre - Green for Lively - Action/Adventure:
Two Alone by Sandra Brown
Goodreads Author: Sandra Brown

25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks
1. The Louvre– Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
4. The Cologne Cathedral - Nightkeepers by Jessica Andersen – Mayan religion
Goodreads Author: Jessica Andersen

30.9 - Rosemary's task: Vacation Time!
A. Red Mortal: A Gods of Midnight Novel by Deidre Knight – Georgia (USA) & England (UK)
Goodreads Author: Deidre Knight
B. Beach: Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits by Jack Murnigan
Goodreads Author: Jack Murnighan

Points This Post: 130
Total Points: 700
Total Goodreads Authors: 18

Congrats mstan, fantastic job for a first time! :)

15.1 Beware of Thorns
read by Michele Jaffe

20.6 A Trip to the Past read by Sarah MacLean
Sarah MacLean is a goodreads author


Points this Post: 35
Total points- 985/1000
Tasks Completed: 55/57
Books read: 75/77
Pages Read : 23960
GR Authors: 27
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

5.1 At the Shore
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray*
*Libba Bray is a goodreads author

30.1 Best Friends and Lovers
A) Razerland #1: Enclave by Ann Aguirre*
*Ann Aguirre is a goodreads author
Best friend named Ann
B) Inside the Minds of Healthcare Serial Killers by Katherine Ramsland
Option 2: Title has 7 letters

30.6 Shakespeare Under the Stars
A) Cancer Schmancer by Fran Dresher
#6 - Book by a comedian
B) Dead Rules by Randy Russell*
*Randy Russell is a goodreads author
#2 - Fantasy/paranormal book

Points = 370

NICOLE AR

30.3 - If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

For task A. I read A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi (Has the word 'Day' in the title)

For task B. I read The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston (Florence=European city)

Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 175

Task 10.10 Gimme S'More

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100


Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read:2553
Total GoodReads Authors: 4

5.2 Sun Sea and Pirates
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

20.3 Happy Happy Happy
Glory in the Fall: The Greatest Moments in World Series History by Peter Golenbock Watching baseball anytime makes me happy, the Cardinals in the World Series makes me even happier, reliving so many famous (and infamous) moments left me with a smile on my face!

20.5 Family Reunion
Option B Family Saga
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez


20.8 Female Authors of Sci Fi
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
***Margaret Atwood is a GR Author***

Post Total: 65
Grand Total: 775/1000
Tasks Completed: 50/57

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading


I read the Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Author) *** Michael Connelly** is a GR author!


I read this on vacation at the beach with my sister and all our kids!
total points: 295
total tasks completed: 17
books read: 25
GR authors: 9
pages read: 7943

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 15.8 - read a book by an author whose initials match one of the European Country Codes.
Book: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean
- Country: San Marino (Country Code: SM).
*** Goodreads Author ***

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

ANGIE CA

20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy
Book: A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Notes: My dog makes me very happy, so I read a book about a dog.
*GoodReads Author*

This post: 20
Total to date: 390
GR Authors: 18
BB Tickets: 1 [500(1); 750(0); 1000(0)]
Books Read: 30