The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Coralie
30.1 Best Friends and Lovers
My best friend ever (although we were only together for six months) was called Annie, so I read Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
And Seventh Son

Total points 845

Kathy G.

50.1 Hodge-Podge
Book 1-
Red Glove by Holly Black
***The CD shows 0 pgs.- but the Hardback is 325 pgs.-- Red Glove Claiming Goodreads Author
Category A (Author I read and liked) and fits criteria #2 and #3 (Book 2 in the series)

Book 2-
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Category D (Friend Marts(Thinker) rated it 5 Stars)
and fits criteria #1- 700+ pages
Claiming Big Book- 723 pages
criteria #1

Book 3-
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Category H (More than 25K ratings)
and fits criteria #3 (Book 1 in the series)

Total Points- 195
Total Tasks- 10
Total Goodreads Authors- 3
Total Big Books- (500+)- 2

ANGIE CA

50.1 Hodge-Podge
Book 1: Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Notes: Option H. Criteria #3.

Book 2: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Notes: Option C. Criteria #1 and #3.
*2 BB Tickets* [MMP is 850 pages]

Book 3: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Notes: Option H. Criteria #2.
*GoodReads Author* *1 BB Ticket* [534 pages]

This post: 50
Total to date: 605
GR Authors: 26
BB Tickets: 5 [500(3); 750(1); 1000(0)]
Books Read: 43

Thanks Sheila, Dee, Meghan, Sue T, and Gayla!

5.8 But No Shoplifting

Eine Studie in Scharlachrot (A Study in Scarlet; German paperback edition counts 166 pages) by Arthur Conan Doyle

I got this from our local library.


Total points: 580

10.8 Summer colors
The Help

20.7 Trip to the Past
Cold Sassy Tree

15.1 Summer is easy
March

Points this post: 45
Total Points 65
Big Book Ticket (500): 1
Task completed: 6
Good Reads Authors: 1

25.3 - The Ice Cream Truck

I chose the Pink Panther Pop twice, and I read

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
&
Hamlet

Both these books/works have been turned into movies.

Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 14
Books: 17
Pages: 5958
Big Book tickets: 3
Goodreads authors: 3

One more down and one more to go.


30.3 - BEST FRIENDS - One of my best friends in college was Sue so I read The Maiden's Hand by Susan Wiggs. And I chose to read a book with 7 words in the title Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.


TOTAL POINTS - 990

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 20.3 - Happy, Happy, Happy

Baking and cooking for my family makes me happy.

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

Main character is a baker.

Pages 322

Points - 20


Points this Post - 20
Total Points - 985

Big Book Tickets this Post - 0
Big Book Tickets Total - 8(500) / 1 (750)

Goodreads Authors this Post - 3
Goodreads Authors Total - 24

20.1 Birthday Time!
(born in 1979)
The Dead Zone

New points: 20
Total points: 655

M_ELLEREADS

30.1: Cheryl TX’s task: Best Friends and Lovers:
PART A: Best friend = Paula P. (She would love this book!); author first name = Paula
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
PART B: Option 1. Number 7 in the title “79”
The 79 Squares by Malcolm J. Bosse

Task Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 314 + 188 = 502


Total Accumulated Points: 205
Total Accumulated Goodreads Authors: 2

Go bluemoon and denise! You're both pretty close!

Username: TANYAPT

Task: 50.1 -
Book 1: A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin - satisfies condition "I", 1 & 3 (added to TBR list during this challenge but before this task, has 700+ pages and is part of a series.
*** Big Book ***

Book 2: Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare - satisfies conditions F & 2 (published in 2011 & is by a *** Goodreads Author ***).

Book 3: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larson - satisfies conditions A & 3 (an author I've already read & liked plus part of a series).

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

5.6 - As American as ...

Apple Turnover Murder by Joanna Fluke - 344 pages

15.5 - Mind the Gap

Friend Of The Devil by Peter Robinson - 415 pages

15.6 - Speak English

A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer - 352 pages

From effingpot.com: Blunt - If a saw or a knife is not sharp we say it is blunt. It is also the way most of us speak! In America the knife would be dull.

25.1 - Tennis, anyone?

1. Phoenix Wright 1 by Kenji Kuroda - 384 pages

Full title (as per my public library and book cover) is Phoenix Wright ace attorney, official casebook. Vol 1, The Phoenix Wright files

2. Drop Shot by Harlan Coben - 341 pages


Points this post: 60
Total Points: 675

Total Tasks Completed: 42
Total Books Read: 56
Total Pages Read: 17,472
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+(5),750+(0),1000+(0)

Task 20.2 11 letter word

Tempestuous By Lesley Livingston

Option A: Title is 11 letters long.
Lesley Livingston is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155

Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read:3568
Total GoodReads Authors: 9

Task 5.2 Summer Fun

Chuck Norris Vs. Mr. T by Ian Spector

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 160

Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read:3744
Total GoodReads Authors: 9

Ooh Bluemoon and Denise you are both so close to finishing. I've got an idea. Just tell your boss that you need this week off so you can finish the challenge. That should work, right? We must get our priorities straight! :)

15.10 - Summertime and the Reading is Easy


Death on the Downs by Simon Brett


Total points to date 445

Jayme(the ghostreader)

I finished task 20.8 Fenale Authors of SciFi. I read "Second Wave: Accorna's Children by Anne MCCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Both authors write Science fiction.

Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read:16
Big Book ticket 750+ (1) 1000+ (1)
GR Authors: 3: Susan Wilson, Lori Devoti, Janet Evanovich
Grand Total: 195/1000

CHRISTINE US

Task 20.6 Summer Reading

Vanished by Karen Robards

I read this while doing a combo of 2 things I enjoy:
1) travelling
2) sitting inside in the A/C while it's 100+ degrees outside (TX was really mierably hot this summer)


Task 30.9 Vacation

Book 1: Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel

The main characters travelled between the US & France

Book 2: Sins of Omission by Fern Michaels

The book starts in France during WWI, then several of the main characters travel to the US (and go back and forth between US & France several times throughout the book)

TOTAL: 590

30.5 To the Moon

A. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - about astronaut training for space explorati0n

B. Ender's Game

Points: 30

Total Points: 530
Total Books Read: 39
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 1 (500+), 1 (750+)

REBEKAH
Task 20.10 Group Reads
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig

+20 pts - this book
Big Book (560 pages)
Grand Total - 345 pts

Stacey
20.10 Group Reads
Bitten

New points: 20
Total points: 675

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 15.4 - Summer Shorts

Anthology with Multiple Authors

Dates From Hell by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Kelley Armstrong, and Lori Handeland

Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 404

Points - 15


Points this Post - 15
Total Points - 1000

Big Book Tickets this Post - 0
Big Book Tickets Total - 8(500) / 1 (750)

Goodreads Authors this Post - 1
Goodreads Authors Total - 25

Finished! Thanks for the encouragement and to the moderators for keeping all the tasks and records straight. Now I can start picking books for the fall challenge...

Congratulations Denise!

15.6 Speak English!

I used the word beastly and read Beastly by Alex Flinn

15.9 Pulling Weeds

The Sanctuary by Raymond Khoury. It's been on my to read list for a long time and had a lower rating. I agree with the others and gave it two stars.


Points this task: 30
Total Points: 475
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye, Coelho
Big Books: 500+: 1

5.3 The Dog Days of Dummer
Am I Boring my Dog? By Edie Jarolim

5.5 Maple Leaf Rag
Woman of the Otherworld #1: Bitten by Kelly Armstrong*
*Kelly Armstrong is a goodreads author
This book has both a Canadian setting and author

points=465

Cindy F

Task 10.6 Gay Pride

I read Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult


Points this post: 10
Total Points: 335
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big books: 1

Boston Kate

This is my last post of this challenge. Thanks to everyone who worked on it. This was my first challenge and it was a lot of fun. :)


15.9 Pulling Weeds

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

This was one of the 50 lowest rated books on my TBR.


This post: 15 points
Total to date: 270 points
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 19

Congrats Denise!

Sheila wrote: "Ooh Bluemoon and Denise you are both so close to finishing. I've got an idea. Just tell your boss that you need this week off so you can finish the challenge. That should work, right? We must ge..."


I like that idea but I am almost done with my book. I suppose that I could start early on the next challenge.

Congratulations to all finishers! I am really enjoying the tasks that are up and I'm looking forward to the new ones!

50.1 Emily Kate - Hodge Podge

Book 1 - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - Cat D. (5 stars by Ems and Nimma); Criteria - 1 -700+ pp. I read mine on my Kindle, but the paperback is 974 pages. 2 big book tickets, please.

Book 2 - Deadly Blessings (Five Star Mystery) by Julie Hyzy - Cat. A (author I've read and liked); Criteria 2 (***Goodreads author***) and 3 (part of a series

Book 3 - Mai Tai One On by ***Goodreads author Jill Marie Landis - Cat. F (published 2011); criteria met with other books.

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 660
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 49
GoodReads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (3), 1000+ (0)

Congrats Denise!

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Option A. Kartography by Kamila Shamsie

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 945
Total Goodreads Authors: 24

5.9. - The Long and the Short of It
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo - 198 pages.


10.1 - For Real?
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist - Listed as Steampunk.


10.4 - Here Kitty, Kitty
Whittington by Alan W. Armstrong


10.7 - It’s Been a Year Already??!!
My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares - Ranked at #9 in June, 2010.


10.10 - Gimme S’more
Wintersmith (Tiffany Aching, #3) by Terry Pratchett - I have read and enjoyed several of his books, and this was another!


15.5 Mind the Gap
Close Kin by Clare B. Dunkle - The second book in a trilogy.


15.8 - Up In the Air
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris - Switzerland's code is CH.


20.2 - NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
I chose Option A and read: Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons


20.4 - Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled and 4 and read: Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull, which involves the main characters caught in a conspiracy tied to their involvement in revolution and the Chartist movement.


20.5 - Family Reunion
I chose Option D and read: Madapple by Christina Meldrum, which is about a girl who has no knowledge of her father or the rest of her family, and lives in isolation with her mother. When her mother dies, she seeks out her unknown family, and tries to determine who her father is.


20.6 - Summer Reading
I read Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente while relaxing in a quiet, shady spot of my backyard.


20.7 - A Trip to the Past
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters was written in 2006 and is set in the 1940s.


25.3 - The Ice Cream Truck
I chose Pink Panther Pop for both of my treats and read: Damage by Josephine Hart and Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell, both of which have been made into films.


25.4 - Color Me Happy......
I rolled a 1, Red.
For option 1 I read: by Kirsten Miller.
For option 3 I read: Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite.


30.4 - Summer in Europe
For option 2 I read: As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me by Nanci Kincaid, which is set during a Florida summer.
For option 4 I read: Among Others by Jo Walton, which is set in the UK.


30.8 - Summer Solstice
I chose Option 1.
I read The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe from the 2nd page of the Darkest Books of All Times list.
I read Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett from the 2nd page of the Best Humorous Books list.


30.10 - Half and Half
I chose Winter's Bone from the list of books, and read: Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin and Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman.


Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 7301

Mrs. Soule, you are so close!!!! You can do it!

REBEKAH
Task 10.7 Has it been a year already?
Burn by Nevada Barr
(pub. Aug. 2010, #111 on list)

+10 pts - this task
355 - Grand total

15.5 Mind the Gap

I read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. It is the second book in its series.

15.10 Summertime, and the Reading is Easy

I read Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris.

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 405
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Rebekah
30.1 Best Friends and Lovers
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz - My best friend in Middle and High School was Lisa Y.
(Lisa Lutz is a GoodReads author)
The Street Of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart

+30 pts - This Task
385 - Grand total
8 - Goodreads Authors

STACIE MI

Task 20.8 - Female Authors of Sci-Fi

I read Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Points this task: 20
Total points: 760
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 57
Pages read: 14601
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Stacey

15.9 Pulling Weeds
Neverland: J. M. Barrie, The Du Mauriers, and the Dark Side of Peter Pan

New points: 15
Total points: 690

BABBLING C

15.5 Mind the Gap - Read a book from a series that is NOT the first or the last published. The series should be comprised of at least 3 published books by the same author with continuing elements (characters and/or setting, plot device) in any genre. The book should be identified as part of a series on GoodReads ("Series Name #.).

A Regimental Murder (Captain Lacey, #2) by Ashley Gardner GOODREADS AUTHOR

30.2 -- Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A. - For this task, read two books written by the same author but under different names.

Stormwalker by Allyson James GOODREADS AUTHOR

Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley GOODREADS AUTHOR

Goodreads profiles reflect pennames. Also writes under the name Ashley Gardner.


THIS POST
Points: 45
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0

Total This Season
Points: 195
Completed Tasks: 13
Good Read Authors: 13
Big Books: 0

Rebekah
5.2 Sun & Pirates
The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson

5.8 But no Shoplifting
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (free download on Kindle)

5.10 Humerous Book
Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris

+15 pts - This Post
Grand Total - 400

Heather KS

Finished task 5.1 At the Shore

I read The Island

New point total: 450 (most I've ever had!)

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

2. Read a book that has the number of your birth day (numeric or ordinal) in the title.

Five Bells by Gail Jones

My birthday is January 5.

This Post: 20
Total Points: 880
Tasks Completed: 53/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)

STESSE

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

I was going to read “Helen of Pasadena” since that’s where I live (option C), but the darn library didn’t get it in on time (been on hold for nearly 3 months!!!) So… My ancestors are from Germany but I’m not totally sure of the town. I read In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (450 p) to fulfill Option E.

Larson is a GoodReads Author.

Points This Task: 20

Books Read this Task: 1

Pages Read this Task: 450

GoodReads Authors this Task:1

Total Points: 865

Total Tasks Completed: 51

Total Books Read: 67
Total Pages Read: 25,422
Total GoodReads Authors: 18

Total Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

Task #5.4 -- S U M M M M M M E R
Wake by Lisa McMann
Lisa McMann is a goodreads author.

Task #10.3 -- Spare Me
The Walking Dead (Volume 1): Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
Set in a world of zombie apocalypse. As much as I love zombie fiction, I would not love a zombie reality.

Task #20.9 - Lucky Me! - Kate.x.'s task: Summerthing Better
Kimono: Fashioning Culture by Liza Dalby
Liza Dalby is a goodreads author.
So I am a grad student studying Asian Theatre. As I'm focused on Japanese theatre, it is essetal that I know how to dress myself in kimono. This book was full of information from what colors/patterns to wear together as well as info on historical dress (great for doing historical pieces).

Task #30.4 - MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Fits both (2) [takes place over a summer] and (3).
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a goodreads author.
Fits (4) as a number of the short stories in this volume are set in Gaiman's home country, England.

*****

Total Points: 240 [ 65 this post ]
Tasks Completed: 15 [ 4 ]
Books Read: 17 [ 5 ]
Goodreads Authors: 10 [ 3 ]

Rebekah
Task 10.9 around the campfire
Florida Ghosts & Pirates: Jacksonville, Fernandina, Amelia Island, St. Augustine, Daytona by C. Lee Martin

+10 pts - Task
410 Grand Total

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Total points: 135