The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Name: Anna UK

5.1. At the Shore.

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Points this task: 5
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Goodreads Authors: 3

Readerboard name: Danielle Louise

20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Kathryn Stockett is a GoodReads Author

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2559
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)

Name: Anna UK

30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe

3. Read a coming of age novel from the Best Coming of Age Stories list.

The Novel in the Viola by Natasha Solomons

4. Read a book set in a European country.

Mary, Queen of France by Jean Plaidy

Points this task: 30
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Goodreads Authors: 3

Annie M


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

Entered Jodi Picoult into the literature map and chose:

The Time Traveler's WifeAudrey Niffenegger
(536 pgs BIG BOOK) & GoodReads Author

I liked this book so for my second book chose another book by the same author

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Goodreads Author

Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed: 12/57
Total Points: 125/1000
Total Books Read: 13
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

BJ Rose

1 new task

25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me Happy - I rolled a 5 & got blue

Option 1. Read a book with a cover that is primarily the color you rolled. Required: If you choose this option, you must include the cover or a link to the book in your post.
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn *approved in help thread*
Option 2. Read a book with the color you rolled in the title. (Indigo is one of the shades listed in parentheses)
The Indigo King by James A. Owen

Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author

Points this post = 25

Total Points = 585

Tasks Completed = 34
Pages Read = 16,802
GR Authors = 9
Big Books: (500+) = 2
Big Books: (750+) = 1

Task 5.4: Summer

One Summer by David Baldacci 337 pages

Task 5.10: Summer Fun

Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash 384 pages

Task 10.2: Phone Home

The Sparrow by Mary Dorio Russell 408 pages

Task 10.4: Here Kitty, Kitty

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr 320 pages

Task 10.8: Baby It's Hot Outside (cover is red, orange and yellow:

by Michael McGarrity 336 pages

Task 10.9: Around the Campfire

The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo and the Poltergeist Accountant by Vivi Andrews 117 pages

Vivi Andrews is a Goodreads Author.



Total Points this post: 50
Goodreads authors: 1

RACHEL CA: 395 pts total

30.02 A.K.A.
A Means of Grace by Edith Pargeter

The Leper of St. Giles by Ellis Peters (pseudonym for Edith Pargeter)

Points: 30
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 32
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

First post, I'm a latecomer this time!

30.9 Vacation Time!
Option A: The Girl's Guide to Homelessness by Brianna Karp - The main character starts in America and travels to Scotland
Option A: Elixir by Hilary Duff - The main character starts in France and travels to America, Brazil, and Japan.

Brianna Karp is a Goodreads author

Points: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
1. Bubblegum Bar - Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

5. Bullet Firecracker Pop - Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline

Becca Fitzpatrick & Lisa Scottoline are both goodreads authors

Points: 25
Total Points: 55
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

20.9 Summerthing Better

The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide by Elisabeth Hasselbeck

I have been having a lot of stomach pain that has yet to be diagnosed by my physician, therefore I decided to read up on gluten-free diets and try it for myself to see if it improved how I was feeling. I am not officially celiac, but I did find that cutting out/down on gluten intake has helped me.

Points: 20
Total Points: 75
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

Casey TN

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

She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot


15.5 - Mind the Gap

Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts


15.10 - Summertime, and the Reading is Easy

Key of Valor by Nora Roberts


20.2 - NETHERLANDS is an Eleven Letter Word

I chose Option A, and read Codex 632: The Secret of Christopher Columbus: A Novel by José Rodrigues dos Santos. Christopher has eleven letters.

30.1 - Best Friends and Lovers

One of my best friends' maiden name was Roberts, so I read Key of Light by Nora Roberts for Part A.

For Part B, I chose option 3 and read One Night with a Goddess by Judi McCoy.


30.6 - Shakespeare Under the Stars

I rolled a 31. For my first book, I read The Dog Next Door: And Other Stories of the Dogs We Love.

For my second book, I read Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie, who is a ***Goodreads Author.***


Points this Post: 115
Total Points: 240
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

25.6 European Landmarks

Option 2. Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy who was buried at Westminster Abbey.

Option 5. Metamorphoses by Ovid - approved in help thread for this task.

Points for this post: 25
Total Points: 895
Tasks Completed: 54
Books Read: 72
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Task 15.2 Summer Stock

A. Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan 389 Pages

Heroine is a professional musician.

B. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 256 pages


Task 15.3 In the Eurozone

A. Uses the Euro (Ireland)
In the Woods by Tana French 429 pages

B. Does Not Use the Euro (British Columbia)
Still Missing byChevy Stevens 352 pages

Chevy Stevens is a Goodread's Author


Task 15.4: Summer Shorts (anthology)

Vacations from Hell by Libba Bray and various other authors 280 pages

Libba Bray and the other authors are all Goodread's authors.


Task 15.6 Speak English

Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah 400 pages

The word garden is on the list.

Kristin Hannah is a Goodread's Author.


Task 15.8: Up in the Air

Night Vision byPaul Levine 342 pages

PL is the code for Poland.


Task 20.1: Most Improved Player - 7 words in title

Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo by Heather Wardell 254 pages

Heather Wardell is a Goodread's Author.


Total Points this post: 95

Colleen MN

Task 10.10 Read Baby Proof by Emily Giffin.

Task 15.5 Read Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse series #6.

Task 20.6 Read Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo.

I read this book in the car during a road trip to a cabin on a lake in northern Minnesota, and while fishing!

Points this post: 45

Total points: 230

CHRISTINE US


Task 15.2 Summer Stock

Book 1 - book by a person in the entertainment industry: I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can!: Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in Hollywood by Tom Bergeron
Book 2 - play: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley


Task 15.4 Summer Shorts
I went with 2 books by the same author made up of short stories/novellas

Book 1: Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Book 2: Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

***Kelley Armstrong is a GR author.


I believe I have 425 points.

Username: TANYAPT

Task: 30.7 - chose Suzanne Collins.
Fist book, Option #1: Don't Breathe a Word, Jennifer McMahon
*** Goodreads Author ***

2nd book, Option C and 1 - Poison Study, Maria Snyder
*** Goodreads Author ***

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

STACIE MI

Task 5.2 - Sun, Sea, and PIRATES!

I read:

The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

**A.S. King is a Goodreads author!**

Points this task: 5
Total points: 705
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 53
Pages read: 13637
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

STACIE MI

Task 10.10 - Gimme S'more

I read:

Jack of Fables: The Bad Prince by Bill Willingham.

I have read numerous books by Bill Willingham and have enjoyed them all!

Points this task: 10
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 54
Pages read: 13781
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 5.6 - As American as...

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 374

Points - 5


Task 5.10 - Summer Fun

Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Pages - 261

Points - 5


Task 15.7 - The Readers Have Chosen

GR Best of 2010 - Young Adult Fiction

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 470

Points - 15


Task 20.2 - Netherlands is an Eleven Letter Word

Option A - Word in Title w/ 11 Letters

Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey

Pages - 352

Points - 20


Task 20.3 - Happy, Happy, Happy

Being a Mom makes me happy and I call my two boys my Little Men.

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Pages - 242

Points - 20


Task 20.5 - Family Reunion

Option D - Character Researching Family

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Pages - 485

Points - 20


Task 25.5 - US Patriots

Book A - PA Born Author - Martha Grimes

The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 278

Book B - Main Character in US Military Service

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara - Book is based on Battle of Gettysburg during Civil War

Pages - 360

Points - 25


Task 25.6 - European Landmarks

Book A - Option 5 - Stonehenge

Roman Blood by Steven Saylor - Book about Ancient Rome

Pages - 416

Book B - Option 6 - Peace Palace

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth - Spy Novel

Pages - 384

Points - 25


Task 30.5 - To the Moon

Book A - Nonfiction Space Travel

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Pages - 368

Book B - Scifi with Space Travel

Freeground by Randolph Lalonde

Randolph Lalonde is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 110

Points - 30


Task 50.1 - Hodge Podge

Book A - Category H - Options 1 and 3

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Pages - 835

Big Book (750)

Book B - Category B - Options 2 and 3

The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

Julie Kagawa is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 350

Book C - Category A - Option 3

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Pages - 279

Points - 50


Points this Post - 215
Total Points - 715

Big Book Tickets this Post - 1 (750)
Big Book Tickets Total - 7(500) / 1 (750)

Goodreads Authors this Post - 5
Goodreads Authors Total - 16

Jenny Chicago

Task 5.4 SUMMMMMMERTIME : Read a book with a title with consecutive repetitive letters or an author with a consecutive repetitive letter. I read Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay which has two words with consecutive repetitive letters in the title, and one in the authors name.

Task 15.10 Summertime and the Reading is easy: Read whatever the heck you want, rules still apply. For this task I read The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe by Tony Perrottet Tony Perrottet is a Goodreads author.

Points this task 20
Total Points 150
Goodreads Authors 4
Big Books 3

30.1 Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers

Part A of this task, read a book by an author who shares a name with your current or past best friend.

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

(My best friend in college was Joe.)

Part B, choose one of the following options:

2) Read a book with exactly seven words in the title. Subtitles can be used if necessary. ALL words count (a, an, the, but, or, etc.)

You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

This Post: 30
Total Points: 615
Tasks Completed: 39/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

10.10 Gimme S'more

Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon

I've read Promise not to tell & Island of lost girls and have enjoyed both of them in the past.

Jennifer McMahon is a goodreads author

5.5 Maple Leaf Rag

Camp Nurse: My Adventures at Summer Camp by Tilda Shalof

Tilda Shalof is a Canadian author & the book is set at a Camp in Ontario, Canada

5.3 Dog Days of Summer
Puppies For Dummies (For Dummies by Sarah Hodgson

5.4 SUMMMMMMMER
The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham

Points: 25
Total Points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

5.10. Summer Fun

Bossypants by Tina Fey


Points this post: 5
Total Points: 675
Total Tasks Completed: 38
Total Books Read: 50
Total GoodReads Authors: 18
Big book tickets: 4

30.4 Summer in Europe

3. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
4. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Set in Russia)

Janet Fitch is a Goodreads author
Crime and Punishment is a big book at 542 pages

20.6 Summer Reading
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead - Read (mostly) on my patio in the sun

Richelle Mead is a Goodreads author
Last Sacrifice is a big book at 594 pages

Points: 50
Total Points: 150
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

sclosson

15.1 - Beware of Thorns
by Jennifer Donnelly
Options A & B - Rose on the cover and in the title

Points: 15
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 15

Shannon South Africa

20.2 Nickboy:Netherlands
Option B: The word "English" in the title

by Robert Radcliffe

Rask points = 20
Total points = 135

15.8 Up In The Air

CH is the country code for Switzerland

I read Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 11
Books: 13
Pages: 4970
Big Book tickets: 3
Goodreads authors: 3

25.3 The Ice cream truck


I picked a Pink Panther pop and a Bullet Firecracker pop.

Trainspotting was made into a movie:
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Shades of Earl Grey was a mystery:
Shades of Earl Grey by Laura Childs


Points for this task: 25
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 29

ANNA E

5.4 SUMMMMMER

The Odd Women by George Gissing

25.3 Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

3 - Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade (orange cover)

5 - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

25.4 Colour Me Happy

2 - by Nicole Krauss

5 - A Place of Execution by Val McDermid

30.4 Summer in Europe

4 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

5 - The Perfect Summer: Dancing into Shadow in 1911 by Juliet Nicolson

Total Points this post: 85
Totoal Points this challenge: 240

5.2 Sun Sea and Pirates

read Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper


10.6 Gay Pride read Betrayed by P.C. Cast (approved in help thread)


Points this Post: 15
Total points- 1000/1000
Tasks Completed: 57/57
Books read: 77/77
Pages Read : 24304
GR Authors: 27
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Readerboard Name: Leora

Completed Tasks:
20.8 It's My Birthday-Riona's Task: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

25.1 Denise NC's task: Tennis Anyone?
Book 1-The Breaking Point by Nary Roberts Rinehart

Book 2-Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

30.7 Jennifer N's Task: Choose Your Own Adventure:
1st Book-Option 2, I put Janet Evanovich into the literature map and chose to read Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2nd Book, Option B, I put Sophie Kinsella into the literature map and read My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black; Or, A Culture-Up Manifesto by Jen Lancaster

Total Points-625

Readerboard Name Leora:

Forgot to include:
20.7 Shorter is sweeter Sandy MN's Task:

The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

645 Points

10.1 FOR REAL? - Territory byEmma Bull
Speculative Fiction
***GR Author***

15.6 SPEAK ENGLISH - Hard Row by Margaret Maron
Slang - Hard(Ready to fight)

15.10 SUMMERTIME AND THE READING IS EASY - Night of the Wolves by Heather Graham

20.1 BITHDAY TIME - Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson
Zodiac in series name


Points: 60
Tasks: 4
Books: 4
Pages: 1,288
GR Authors: 1

Total Points: 900
Total Tasks: 71
Total Books: 57
Total Pages: 30,091
GR Authors: 22
Big Books 500+: 18
Big Books 750+: 2

Nickboy.

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen – Just Kids by Patti Smith, write-in nominee in the category: Memoir & Autobiography, 304 pages

20.6 Family Reunion Option E – nonfiction on the history of the area I’m from – A History of Blacks in Kentucky: In Pursuit of Equality, 1890-1980 by Marion Brunson Lucas, 277 pages

20.8 Female Sci Fi Writer -- Ammonite by Nicola Griffith, 349 pages

Task Points: 55
Total Points: 880
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 71
Pages Read: 21,319
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)

I finished two more tasks:

20.2 Rookie at the Top: Nickboy's Task: NETHERLANDS

I read by J. Courtney Sullivan. It's an 11-letter title, and I gave it 3 stars.

15.2 Summer Stock

I read Portia de Rossi's memoir, . 4 stars

and

I read the play by William Shakespeare, giving it 5 stars.

Total Points: 205 + 20 + 15 = 240
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 0

25.2 Read A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan from Fiction 2011
and
read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt from biography/autobiography 1997

30.4 Chose option 1. Read Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris and option 3. The Chosen by Chaim Potok

total points these tasks 55

20.2 Netherlands is an Eleven Letter Word

Option A: word with 11 or more letters
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by
Benazir Bhutto

Points this task: 20
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye
Big Books: 500+: 1

Sandy MN

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

I typed in Janet Evanovich.
First Book: Chose Option 2, author I've read before, new book.
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

Second Book: Chose Option A, read another book by the same author.
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

Task 30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice

Option 1 Dark Book: Dracula by Bram Stoker from the list Quality Dark Fiction.

Option 2 Light Book: Something Blue by Emily Giffin from the list Light But Not (Too) Dumb.

Total Points:635

Congrats Jennifer N. and Jenn Renee!

5.4 SUMMMMER
Repeat Letter
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali Nujood has two O's.

5.9 The Long and Short of It
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder is only 160 pages and has a 6 word title.

10.5 What's Next?
I chose Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption as my 5 star book and got a recommendation for The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

<20.3 Happy Happy Happy
I love to bake and cook- it makes me happy. The novel Baking Cakes in Kigali is very much about the happiness making food (specifically cakes) can bring to others while enriching the baker's life.

Points this task: 40
Total Points: 315
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye
Big Books: 500+: 1

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
by Kathryn Stockett ***Goodreads Author***

Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 135
Goal Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 20.2, 20.7, 20.8, 20.10, 25.3, 30.1
Tasks in Progress: 25.4, 30.4, 50.1
Pages Read: 1964
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5 (Kelley, Armstrong, Sara Shepard x3, Kathryn Stockett)
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()

I would like to move my books from 15.3 (Du süße sanfte Mörderin and Tod im Tal der Heiden/ Valley of the Shadow; no replacements so far) and 20.4(Amazonentochter, replacement see further down in this post).

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside!
orange cover:
by Helga Glaesener (according to the paperback edition this has 397 pages)

15.5 Mind the Gap
Tod im Tal der Heiden/ Valley of the Shadow by Peter Tremayne
(previously used for task 15.3; it is part six of a series of currently 22 volumes)

20.4 Focus on my Favorite Goodreads Author
(instead of my previous book)
Magic Steps by Tamora Pierce (paperback edition: 264 pages)

I rolled a 1. Magic plays an important role in this book. Sandry has to teach a boy his unusual dancing magic and together they have to fight a gang of murderers who use "unmagic", which can't be countered or detected by normal magic.
It also has the word "magic" in the title.

25.6 European Landmarks
I chose options 4 and 5:

4. Du süße sanfte Mörderin by Helga Glaesener (previously used in task 15.3; book approved for this option in help thread)

5. Amazonentochter by Birgit Fiolka (previously used in task 20.4; the book is set in the 13th century BC, i.e. in the ancient world)


Total points: 390

Congratulations Jenn Renee - I look forward to your fall task!

20.2. Netherlands. Option A
Swamplandia!

total points so far. 260

Mandy S.

25.3 Sandy's Task: The Ice Cream Truck

3.Scribblers -- The Help by Kathryn Stockett

6. Pink Panther Pop-- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Points this post: 25 points
Total: 165 points
Tasks Completed: 11

Gayle

Please change:

Task 15.3 In the Eurozone

A. Uses the Euro (Ireland)

In the Woods by Tana French

B. Does Not Use the Euro

The Girl Who Played with Fire byStieg Larsson 512 pages

Big Book ticket 500+ pages.

Points this post: 15

Total Points: 200

5.8. But No Shoplifting! - Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart
I checked out the Audio version from the library.

15.2 Summer Stock
Part A - The Amazing Mystery Show by Gertrude Chandler Warner The main characters are involved in a game show.
Part B - Wit by Margaret Edson

15.4 Summer Shorts - Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future by Michael Cart

20.6 Seasoned Reader Heather KS's task: Summer Reading - Flush by Carl Hiaason
I listened to the audio version of this book while working on a puzzle.

30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Part A - So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Part B - The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

Total Points: 915
Tasks Completed: 52
Pages Read: 18094
Books Read:70
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets (2) 500

Gayle

Task 20.9: Lucky Me!

The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan for Rapid Results by Mike Moreno

I've been wanting to cut back on my carb intake. This looks like a way to do that. Maybe I can lose a little bit of weight in the process.

Task 20.10: Group Read

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong is a Goodread's Author.

Message #32 posted in the discussion.


Task 25.3: Ice Cream Truck

A. Rainbow Snow Cone

Without Reservations by J.L. Langley 268 pages

Lead characters are gay.

B. Scribbles

Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon 272 pages

Lead character is a writer.

Josh Lanyon is a Goodread's Author.


Task 30.4 Summer in Europe

Option B: Summer in Title

Summer Secrets by Barbara Freethy 400 pages

Option C: Coming of Age

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley is a Goodread's Author.

Correction to Task 15.3: I forgot to mention that The Girl Who Played with Fire is set in Sweden. Sweden does not use the Euro.


Points this Post: 95

Total Points: 295

Gayle

Task #10.9: Around the Campfire

The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo, & the Poltergeist Accountant by Vivi Andrews

This book has been approved for length in the ebook verification thread.

Vivi Andrews is a Goodread's Author.

Points this post: 10

Total Points: 305

Kelly G.

10.10 Gimme S'more

Remember Me? by: Sophie Kinsella. Have read several of her books in the past.

30.4 Summer in Europe

Option 2: Takes place in the summer. To Be Sung Underwater by: Tom McNeal. This actually takes place in two separate summers (as a teenager and then as an adult).

Option 4: Set in a European city. The Shadow of the Wind by: Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Takes place in Barcelona.



Points these tasks: 40
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1(Kalotay)
Big Ticket Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)