The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

CHRISTINE US


Task 20.2 netherlands
Superstition by Karen Robards


Task 20.4 GR author
Bait by Karen Robards
(option 3: female author)


Task 25.5 US Patriot
Book 1: Mackenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard
The main character is a Navy SEAL.

Book 2: Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
LW was born in Clarks Summit, PA



Task 30.4 Summer in Europe
Book 1: Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
This book is set in Europe (Ireland)

Book 2: Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
"Summer" in the title

Total: 540

5.7 Don't Stop Reading
The Help by Kathryn Stockett*
*Kathryn Stockett is a goodreads author

20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
This book is about the circus, and going to the circus is something that makes me happy.

30.4 Summer in Europe
A) Pretty Little Liars #9: Twisted by Sara Shepard*
*Sara Shepard is a goodreads author
B) Burned Alive by Sauod
1. Cool summer books list
4. Book set in European Country (the author is taken to Switzerland and then an unnamed European Country)

30.7 Choose Your Own Adventure
Dragon's Oath by P.C. and Kristen Cast (145 pages)
Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott*
*Elizabeth Scott is a goodreads author
Book 1: Author from spring challenge: Maria V. Snyder, I read P.C. Cast (option 2 previously read author)
Book 2: Option B put P.C. Cast into literature map and read Elisabeth Scott (option 2 again previously read author)

points=455

Cindy F

Task 5.2 Sun Sea and Pirates


read The Pirate Brideby Shannon Drake

Points this post: 5
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25
Goodreads Autors: 5
Big Books: 1

MANDY Y.

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

A. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham

("Encyclopedia = 12 letters)

Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 185
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 5728
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(2)

Sandy MN
15.7 The Readers have Chosen

Category: Paranormal/Fantasy

Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Total Points: 670

Only 10 days left of this challenge! Being realistic, I'm not going to be able to finish all of the 2-book tasks I've started; so I'm going to start claiming the books I read for the 2 book tasks for the 1-book tasks they also fit; specifically, this post I'm claiming:

15.8 Up In the Air- Every country has an Airline Country Code.
Albania AL
Foreign Affairs (1984) by Alison Lurie (Paperback, 290 pages)

465 + 15 = 480




Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 465 + 15 = 480
Books read: 37
Pages Read: 12,099

Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +

5.10 Summer Fun

A Hand To Hold, An Opinion To Reject

Points: 5


20.4 Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author

Rolled a 5 and read a mystery.

The Rosary Murders

Points: 20


30.8 Summer Soltice

Option 1

The Memory Keeper's Daughter (list: Quality Dark Fiction)

and

The Book Thief (list: Light but Not (Too) Dumb) - Big Book

Points: 30


30.9 Vacation Time!

A. The Doomsday Conspiracy - Commander Bellamy travels from US to Switzerland and to Canada, US (several locations), Italy, Russia, France and Hungary.

B. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - word = hotel.

Jamie Ford = GR author

Points: 30


Total Points: 450
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Big Books: 1 (500+)
Total GR Authors: 1

10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty
by Yann Martel

15.1 Rose
Compass Rose by John Casey (rose in title and main character)

20.5 Family
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See (GR Author)

20.7 Historic Fiction
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

20.9 Self Help
The Diabetes Manifesto: Take Charge of Your Life by Lynne Crowe and Julie Stachowiak
I recently had some high blood sugar results so I read this to become more aware of diabetes issues and treatments

20.10 Group Read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran (GR Author) I posted in #38

30.6 Shakespeare
2nd die 5 King Lear (member of royalty) - The Constant Princess by Phillippa Gregory
1st die 6. As You Like It (written by comedian or humorous book) - This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections by Carol Burnett (female comedian and humorous book)

Total points this post: 135
Total points this challenge: 370
GR Authors this post: 2

25.4 Color Me Happy ...

Rolled a 6: purple

Option 1: purple cover (book was approved in help topic)
by Charlaine Harris

Option 5: fantasy/paranormal novel (book has both listed on his home page)
Bis(s) zur Mittagsstunde (New Moon; German paperback edition counts 576 pages) by Stephenie Meyer

** With 576 pages this book qualifies for a big book ticket. **


Total points: 455

20.2 11 letter word Blackbringer GR Author
20.4 Rolled 2 GR Author
30.9 US to Romania

Points this post 70
Total Point Earned: 205/1000
Pages Read:6427
Books Read: 21/77
Task Completed 18/57
Good Read Authours: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

30.2 A.K.A.

Iain Banks, Walking on Glass

and Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas

This author's two names were approved on the help thread.

Annoyingly, Goodreads has combined all his books into one author profile, but if you look at his profile you will see that it says, "This author publishes fiction under the name "Iain Banks" and science fiction under the name "Iain M. Banks"."

If you look closely at the covers of the books I have linked to, you will see the two different names.

I hope that's all OK since it was approved ahead of time...and if so I have finished :-)

Points for this post: 30
Total Points: 1000
Tasks Completed: 57
Books Read: 79
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

BABBLING C

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R -- Read a book whose title or author has the same letter repeated consecutively in one word of the title or in one of the author's names.

Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian GOODREADS AUTHOR

5.8. But No Shoplifting! - this task requires you to read a book that was free to you - for instance, borrowed from the library or a friend, a free ebook download, a gift. REQUIRED:In your post, you must tell how you got the book you read.

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs -- purchased using a gift card (received card as present)

30.7 Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style - You will need to read two books for this task. Choose an author you read and hopefully enjoyed (but that’s not a requirement) from last year’s summer challenge or if you didn’t participate last year choose one of your favorite authors.

Author used: Ilona Andrews
Option 2: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh GOODREADS AUTHOR
Option A: Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh GOODREADS AUTHOR


THIS POST
Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0

Total This Season
Points: 150
Completed Tasks: 11
Good Read Authors: 10
Big Books: 0

Readerboard Name: StacyCT

15.4 - Summer Shorts
Stories edited by Al Sarrantonio and Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.

Task Points: 15

Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points Earned: 125

Total Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 2603
GoodReads Authors: 2 (Aimee Bender, Neil Gaiman)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()

Katie OH

5.7. Don't Stop Reading

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Points this task: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

RACHEL CA: 460 pts total

20.07 A TRIP TO THE PAST

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Points: 20
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 36
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Readerboard Name: StacyCT

10.10 - Gimme S'more
The World According to Garp by John Irving
1 Big Book Ticket - 609 pages

Task Points: 10


15.9 - Pulling Weeds
And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
(this was 1 of the 50 lowest ranked books on my TBR list)

Task Points: 15


20.7 - A Trip to the Past
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
1 Big Book Ticket - 528 pages

Task Points: 20


25.3 - The Ice Cream Truck
6) Pink Panther Pop - Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/ (IMDB movie link)

8)Big Dipper Cone - Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

Task Points: 25


Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points Earned: 195

Total Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 4447
GoodReads Authors: 2 (Aimee Bender, Neil Gaiman)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()

Congrats Rosemary, can't wait to see your task!

ERIN B.

5.1. At the Shore

I read The Magus by John Fowles.

***Big Book - 668 pages***

Points this post: 5
Total points: 110

25.1 Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?

Book 1 – Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) that contains one of the following tennis related words in its title or subtitle (but not series name): ace, break, court, deuce, doubles, fault, game, match, point, racket (racquet), set, stroke, tennis. Possessives, plurals, and compound words are okay.

Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank Brady

Book 2 – Read a biography, autobiography, memoir, or novel featuring a professional tennis player.

Doubles by Nic Brown

The main character in this novel is a professional doubles player.

This Post: 25
Total Points: 725
Tasks Completed: 45/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

Cindy F

Task 5.5 Maple Leaf Rag

Read Unless by Carol Shields set in Canada by a Canadian Author

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 295
Tasks completed: 20
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 1

BJ Rose

2 new tasks

10.3 -- Spare Me Read a book that is set (at least partially) in a place you really don’t want to visit.
Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo is about young children being exploited/enslaved for carpet-making in Pakistan. I wouldn't like to visit Pakistan because of all the violence going on in that area.

20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is listed as science fiction on its home page

Points this post = 30

Total Points = 695

Tasks Completed = 38
Pages Read = 19,333
GR Authors = 12
Big Books: (500+) = 2
Big Books: (750+) = 2

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 10.1 - For Real

Dead Iron by Devon Monk

Devon Monk is a Goodreads author.

Pages - 337

Points - 10


Task 15.6 - Speak English

Slang - Bloody

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Pages - 128

Points - 15


Task 20.10 - Group Read

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Post 34 in Group Discussion Thread

Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads author.

Pages - 448

Points - 20


Task 30.2 - AKA

Author - Margaret Astrid Lindholm AKA Robin Hood AKA Megan Lindholm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hobb

Book A - Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

Pages - 660

Big Book Ticket - 1(500)

Book B - The Reindeer People by Megan Lindholm

Points - 30


Points this Post - 75
Total Points - 850

Big Book Tickets this Post - 1
Big Book Tickets Total - 8(500) / 1 (750)

Goodreads Authors this Post - 2
Goodreads Authors Total - 18

Oh look, I managed to post in the right thread this time!



5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis


10.1 For Real?
Soulless by Gail Carriger
**Gail Carriger is a GoodReads Author**


10.10 Gimme S'more
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Unfortunately I didn't like this one as much as his other books I've read.
**This is a Big Book at 511 pages**


25.4 Color Me Happy
I rolled a 4- Green (Olive, Fern, Forest, Pine, Hunter, Jade)
Option 2 (Title): The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Option 3 (Author's Name):
Paper Towns by John Green


30.1 Best Friends and Lovers
Part A: One of my good friends' name is Jon, short for Jonathan, so I read A Modest Proposal and Other Satires by Jonathan Swift
Part B: I chose option 2, and read a book with 7 words in the title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
**This is a Big Book at 636 pages**


30.8 Summer Solstice
I chose option 1.
A) The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, which is currently #23 on the Quality Dark Fiction list and #31 on the Darkest Books of All Time list
B) The Princess Bride by William Goldman, which is currently #72 on the Light But Not Too Dumb list and #5 on the Best Humorous Books list.



Points This Post: 110
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books: 26
Pages Read: 9,383
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(6), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

30.3 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

A. Day of the Week in the Title: I read One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde.

B. European Country/City in the Title: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author).

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 350
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Jayme(the ghostreader)

I completed task 5.10 Summer Fun by reading "Three To Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich. This series makes me laugh. Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author.

Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read:15
Big Book ticket 750+ (1) 1000+ (1)
GR Authors: 3: Susan Wilson, Lori Devoti, Janet Evanovich
Grand Total: 175/1000

Janice CA

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen......

I read a nominee in the memoir/autobiography category.

The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
2 stars

***Goodreads Author***

+15
total: 205
tasks: 14
books: 16
GR Authors: 3

25.3 The Ice Cream Truck

1. Bubble Gum Bar (YA book): I read The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan.

8. Big Dipper Cone (Fantasy book): I read The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan.

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 375
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian (Goodreads author)
I read this over the weekend while relaxing outside in my hammock and tossing the ball to the dog every now and then!

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man by Mark Hodder
Takes place in 1862

30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
Book A: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Book B: When Sparks Fly by Autumn Dawn (Goodreads author)
An undercover cop in the above story travels from one planet to another trying to keep a woman safe.

Total Points This Post: 70
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 910/1000
Total Books Read: 71
Tasks Completed: 53/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2

ANGIE CA

20.4 Author, Author
Book: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Notes: 3) Female author.
*GoodReads Author* *1 BB Ticket* [536 pages]

30.8 Summer Solstice
Book 1: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Notes: Quality Dark Fiction
Book 2: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Notes: Light but not (too) dumb

This post: 50
Total to date: 555
GR Authors: 25
BB Tickets: 2 [500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)]
Books Read: 40

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
My baby girl is what makes me happy

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading :
Guide Bleu France / in French
I read it on the car while being on a Road Trip around France, as road tripping and visiting a country is my favourite way to spend my holidays

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck :
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde (5. Bullet Firecracker Pop)
Haruki Murakami by Norwegian Wood (6. Pink Panther Pop)

Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Total points: 120

25.3 - The Ice Cream Truck


I chose 5 - Bullet Firecracker Pop for both books:


Knit One, Kill Two (Knitting Mystery, Book 1) by Maggie Sefton

Rattle His Bones by Carola Dunn



Total points to date 430

I would like to move my books from tasks 5.3 (Forever and 5.9 (Twilight).


5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
(Mass Market Paperback edition counts 518 pages) by Garth Nix

There is a black dog in the left corner.

** With 518 pages this is a big book. **

5.6 As American AS ...
by Stephenie Meyer (German audiobook of Twilight, German paperback edition counts 528 pages)

This has an apple on the cover.

5.9 The Long and the Short of It
My choice for this task was approved in the help topic. I listened to the German audiobook of Brisingr, the German paperback edition has 864 pages, which makes it a long book. The German title ("Die Weisheit des Feuers") consists of four words, a short title.

The audible edition to which I listened has been broken into two parts (sold separately) only due to the purpose of a better download. I listened to both parts: Part 1, Part 2.

** With 864 pages this is a 750 + pages big book. **

50 Hodge-Podge
Option C, Criterium 1: Lirael (Mass Market Paperback edition counts 705 pages) by Garth Nix (Also a one-word title as well as a book with more than 700 pages)

** This is a big book (500+ pages) with 705 pages. **

Option C, Criteria 2 and 3: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (One-word title; Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author and the book is the last part of a trilogy)

Option H: Jane Eyre (Mass Market Paperback edition counts 489 pages) by Charlotte Brontë (the book has more than 300K ratings)


Total points: 510

5.5 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery


50.1

#1. The Passage by Justin Cronin
Category - Friend rated 5 stars
Criteria - 1, 3

#2. Austenland by Shannon Hale
Category - book with one word title
Criteria - 2

#3. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Category - Added to TBR during challenge
Criteria - 2, 3


Total Points: 260

10.10 Gimme S'More

I read by Ernest Hemingway. I had previously read by this author.

Total Points: 240 + 10 = 250
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 0

Joanna T

20.4 Focus on my Favorite Author

Die Roll: 6
Option chosen: 3 -- Books written by female authors

I read these books with my two-year-old (total 500 pgs):

Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell - 32 pgs
Wild Animals by Deni Bown - 12 pgs
Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton - 16 pgs
But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton - 14 pgs
Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton - 24 pgs
Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton - 14 pgs
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown - 48 pgs
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown - 32 pgs
Little Fur Family Deluxe Edition by Margaret Wise Brown - 32 pgs
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton - 48 pgs
Very Lazy Ladybug, Pop-up by Isobel Finn - 16 pgs
More Spaghetti, I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman - 32 pgs
Tiny Tug: Adventures on San Francisco Bay by Una King - 68 pgs
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw - 26 pgs
Touch and Feel: Farm by Dawn Sirett - 12 pgs
Wheels On The Bus by Michelle Swan - 12 pgs
On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman - 32 pgs
Maisy's Christmas Day by Lucy Cousins - 16 pgs
Little Miss Muffet by Lucy Cousins - 14 pgs

Grand total: 175

Joanna T

25.3 Ice Cream Truck

I chose two Rainbow Snow Cones. Several main characters (Garrett Lawrence and Thomas, among others) in both of these books are bisexual.

Sacred Secrets by Roxy Harte
Sacred Revelations by Roxy Harte

Roxy Harte is a GR author.

Grand total: 200

Hi, I just Completed: 15.8 Airline Code.
I selected , The Airline Code I used was PL For Poland and the writer's name is Pam Lewis.

Total Points 15
CathyNJ

Nickboy.

10.1 For Real? The Light Ages by Ian R. MacLeod, 456 pages

10.6 Gay Pride Second Line: Two Short Novels of Love and Cooking in New Orleans by Poppy Z. Brite, concerns a gay couple who open up a restaurant in New Orleans, then jumps ahead 20 years to when they are successful chefs in the post-Katrina era, 280 pages

30.5 -- Donna Jo/Deedee's task: To the Moon
A. Read a nonfiction book about space travel, astronomy, etc. – Solar Observing Techniques by Christopher R. Kitchin includes descriptions of telescopes in space, manned and unmanned, 218 pages
AND
B. Read a science fiction novel that features space travel as part of the book -- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, 221 pages

Task Points: 50
Total Points: 930
Tasks Completed: 54
Books Read: 75
Pages Read: 22,273
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)

Sandy MN

Task 10.10 Gimme S/More

Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

**Goodreads Author**

Total Points: 680
Total GR Authors: 16

I am switching a couple of books.

15.8 Airline Code
I'm replacing Let Me In with Embers by Sándor Márai. SM is the airport code for San Marino.

15.5: Mind the Gap

Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman is #12 of 14 in the Mrs. Pollifax Series. This adds 5 points and was switched from 10.4.

20.1: Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!

I was born in 83 and so was Salvador by Joan Didion. I am moving this from task 10.3 so am only adding ten points. Thanks!

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 360
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye, Coelho
Big Books: 500+: 1

Laurie ME

5.6: As American As:

One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly

15.6: Speak English! (based on the word BOOT)

Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs

20.3: Best Review Contest: Sera's Task: Happy, Happy, Happy: Inspiration is based on reading an interesting book by a new author with 'Happy' in the title. The book ended up being fun and made my smile many times.

Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta

Sheila Connolly is a Goodreads Author
Tera Lynn Childs is a Goodreads Author

I'll look back over my posts reference totals for total points.

15.10: Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 375
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye, Coelho
Big Books: 500+: 1

Partial repost to # 2269, instead of task # 5.6

20.6 Summer Reading
I always enjoy spending time with my mum and we often listen to audiobooks together. The last few weeks we both had more free time than usual and spent it listening on our balcony and when driving in the car together.

One of those books was Bis (Biss) zum Morgengrauen by Stephenie Meyer (German audiobook of Twilight, German paperback edition counts 528 pages).

Oops, forgot total points in #2280, it should be 525 points.

10.4 Here Kitty Kitty


Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood


Points for this task: 10
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 32

I would like to make a change, please:

I would like to replace the book in Task 15.10 and move it to a new task that I will post at the end of this message.

Please remove Dead Reckoning from 15.10 and replace it with:

The Taming of the Duke by Eloisa James ***GR AUTHOR***


New task posting:

Task 50.1 - Hodge Podge

B: GR rating of 4.3+

Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson ***GR AUTHOR*** and ***BIG BOOK 861 PAGES***

This book meets all three criteria (700+ pages, GR Author, Series book)


C: One word title

Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer (Approved in help thread)


F: Published 2011

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Total Big Book Tickets: 9
Total GR Authors: 9

Challenge total = 540

congrats Rosemary - can't wait to see your task

wow, a lot of people getting close to the magical 1000 points ;)

10.10 -- Gimme S’more
I read Dreams of Joy by Lisa See, an author I've read before and enjoyed.

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

First, I went for Scribblers, and read The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, a memoir of Bill Bryson. This could also be considered a Jolly Rancher Ice Pop, since I did a lot of laughing while I read it!

Second, I got a Big Dipper Cone and read Mockingjay

Total : 975

10.1 -- For Real?

Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

Listed as speculative fiction, approved in the help thread.

*Caragh O'Brien is a goodreads author*



Points this post: 10
Total Points: 695
Total Tasks Completed: 41
Total Books Read: 53
Total GoodReads Authors: 22
Big book tickets: 4

Stacey

25.5 U.S. Patriots
Book 1:Out from Boneville
Book 2: Guns of the South (approved in the task topic.)

30.7 Choose Your Adventures
Book 1: White Apples
(Option 1. Used Peter Beagle as my author, got Jonathan Carroll)
Book 2: Glass Soup
(Option A. Read another Carroll book)

New points: 55
Total points: 555