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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2011: EUROPE
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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Hettie30.4 -- MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
Option 3: Anne of Green Gablesfrom the Coming of Age Stories List
Option 4:
Murder on the Flying Scotsman which is set in England.
Previous points: 570
Points this post: 30
Total points: 600
M_ELLEREADS10.2: Phone Home:
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
About the science of getting humans into space
Task Points: 10
Pages Read: 336
Total Accumulated Points: 215
MASANOBUMy last task for the challenge!
30.4 MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe: I chose options
2. Read a book that takes place during the summer: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. (****)
4. Read a book set in a European country: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, set in the UK. (*****)
Total Points: 85 + 30 = 115
Joanna TTwo more tasks filled with books read with my toddler.
5.4 S U M M M M M M E R
It's Hanukkah! by Santiago Cohen (KK) - 16 pgs
Peedie by Olivier Dunrea (EE) - 32 pgs
Gossie by Olivier Dunrea (SS) - 32 pgs
Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet (ZZ) - 20 pgs
Harriet the Helicopter by Grandreams Books Limited (RR) - 14 pgs
Five Little Gefiltes by Dave Horowitz (TT) - 32 pgs
Little Pig, Biddle Pig by David Kirk (TT) - 32 pgs
Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (NN) - 20 pgs
Me . . . Jane by Patrick McDonnell (NN) - 40 pgs
Little Ladybug: Finger Puppet Book by Lenz Mulligan (TT) - 12 pgs
Monkey Steam Train by William O'Brien (LL) - 14 pgs
Funny Faces Charlie Monkey by Roger Priddy (NN) - 10 pgs
Squishy Turtle and Friends by Roger Priddy (DD) - 10 pgs
Touch And Feel Baby Animals by Jennifer Quasha (NN) - 12 pgs
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (OO) - 40 pgs
Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book by Rufus Butler Seder (LL) - 12 pgs
One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish by Dr. Seuss (EE) - 10 pgs
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw (OO) - 32 pgs
The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss (OO) - 48 pgs
Animals by Simms Taback (MM) - 18 pgs
Monster Trucks by Mark Todd (DD) - 32 pgs
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (FF) - 42 pgs
Total: 530 pages
5.8 But No Shoplifting
These books were given as gifts or were borrowed from the library.
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats - 40 pgs.
Cicadas (Blastoff Readers: World of Insects) (Blastoff Readers: World of Insects) by Colleen Sexton - 24 pgs.
Wobble, the Witch Cat by Mary Calhoun - 32 pgs.
The Elevator Man by Stanley Trachtenberg - 36 pgs.
Goodnight Kisses by Barney Saltzberg - 14 pgs.
Curious George Goes Camping by Margret Rey - 32 pgs.
Busy Bunnies by John Schindel - 20 pgs.
Beep! by Hinkler - 24 pgs.
Farm by Hinkler - 24 pgs.
Trevor the Steam Train - 14 pgs.
Flaptastic Sizes - 12 pgs.
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola - 32 pgs.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle - 26 pgs.
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle - 26 pgs.
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle - 32 pgs.
From Head to Toe Big Book by Eric Carle - 32 pgs.
One Cow Moo Moo! by David Bennett - 32 pgs.
Trains Board Book by Byron Barton - 17 pgs.
Hug by Jez Alborough - 32 pgs.
Total: 501 pages
Grand total: 320
30.4 MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe Read a book set in a European country.
Derby Day by D.J. Taylor
Derby Day is set in England.
Read a book that has the word 'summer' in the title.
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
This Post: 30
Total Points: 940
Tasks Completed: 55/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)
Rebekah5.3 Dog Days of Summer (we're certainly having them in Texas!)
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith(GoodReads Author)+5 pts - This task
415 pts - Grand total
10 Goodreads Authors
5 Jumbo Books
Rebekah30.3 If it's Tuesday, It Must be Belgium
Book with day of the week - The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton
Book with the name of a European Country in Title-
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
30.4 Summer in Europe
Summer in title - Summer by Edith Wharton
Takes place in a European country - The Song of Roland by Anonymous (A bard's tale first published in 1090 in France. The story occurs in both France and Spain)
30.7 Choose Your adventure
I earlier in this challenge read a book by Nevada Barr. Her Anna Pigeon series has my favorite female detective. I typed in her name and got another of my fave authors - Susan Wittig Albert. I read a book from her China Bayles series (another female detective i'd like to be friends with-smile) and then read the first book in a new series by her I haven't read about a garden club in Alabama. the author of these books is a goodreads author
Bleeding Hearts
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
+90 pts - Total for this post
505 pts - Grand Total
12 Goodreads Authors
Coralie25.6 European Landmarks
Westminster Abbey
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Stonehenge
Soldier of the Mist set in 479 BCE
Total points 870
This will be my last post of this challenge. I would like to congratulate all the finishers and all those who met their own personal targets.
Thank you to the moderators who have been doing such an amazing job. I have been very impressed by how efficiently they have been posting the tasks for the next challenge. It looks like being a terrific challenge and I am a little bit sorry that I will miss most of it while I am away overseas.
30.7 Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC StyleChoose 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. Enter the author into the Literature Map.
I did not participate in last year's summer challenge, so I chose Claire Tomalin as one of my favorite writers.
For the first book:
Option 2 – If you are feeling a little adventurous but don’t want to take it too far – choose an author that appears on the literature map that you have read before and read a new to you book from that author.
I chose Julian Barnes.
The Sense of an Ending
For the second book:
Option B – If you liked the first book but don’t want to read another book by the same author – Go back to the beginning and enter the author of the first book you read into the literature map and select from Options 1, 2 or 3.
I chose option 2 again, and chose Iris Murdoch.
Under the Net
This Post: 30
Total Points: 970
Tasks Completed: 56/57
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (3)
One book to go!
CHRISTINE USTask 5.5 Maple Leaf Rag
Northward to the Moon by Polly Horvath
Author lives in Canada
Task 20.5 Family Reunion
The Thorn by Beverly Lewis
My aunt, uncle, cousin and her family all live in PA. My husband was born in PA as well (just in case it counts:) )
Task 25.6 European Landmarks
Louvre:The Botticelli Secret
Stonehenge: Nobody's Princess
**The Botticelli Secret is over 500 pages.
Total: 640
Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-FiAlanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 505
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye, Coelho, Pierce
Big Books: 500+: 1
10.1 -- For Real?Soulless
Gail Carriger (Goodreads Author)
15.5 Mind the Gap-
The Well of Lost Plots
Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next #3)
Points this post 25
Total Point Earned: 130/1000
Books Read: 10/77
Task Completed 10/57
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family ReunionOption C. The Protector by Marliss Melton – set in Virginia
30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
A. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
Goodreads Author: Lisa Kleypas
AND
B. 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
Goodreads Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 995
Total Goodreads Authors: 26
Mod
c'mon gayla, c'mon mrs soule!! you can do it!!!
LDB20.2 - NETHERLANDS is an Eleven Letter Word
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos (read in French)
"dangereuses" has 11 letters
Total Points: 55
Total Pages: 1,126
Tasks done: 3
See everyone next challenge!
Task 15.4 - Summer shorts
Fifty Great Short Stories by Milton Crane ***BIG BOOK 592 pages***
Total big books: 10
Final Challenge total: 610!!
My final post in an excellent challenge, with a personal best finish! Thank you mods, another excellent job - KUDOS!
5.4 - S U M M M M M M E R - At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith, a Goodreads author.Has LL's in the title and the author's name.
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Points Claiming: 5
Total Points: 370
Last Post! 20.2 Netherlands
option A: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
I am happy when I'm reading and this book is about a biographer, a novelist and a story.
**Repost** I forgot to claim big book and GR author tickets!
30.9 Vacation Time
A: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (France, Hungary, Ukraine)
****Big Book Ticket 750+ pgs****
****GR Author****
A: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (Holland, Germany)
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 395
GR authors: 5
Big Books: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(0)
Thank you, Mods, for all your hard work!
ADEL5.8. But No Shoplifting!
The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
REQUIRED: In your post, you must tell how you got the book you read.
I was sent this book in a book swap, I participate in book swaps on Book Mooch.
Points for task: 5.
15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy.
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks.
Points for task: 15.
50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge.
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini --- category D (friend rated it 5 stars) -- all criteria met by other books.
2. Worst Case by James Patterson --- category A (previously read and liked author) -- fits category #2 (written by a Good Reads author.)
James is a Good Reads author.
3. The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons --- category I (added to your TBR during this challenge) -- fits category #1 (700+ pages) and #3 (Book that is a part of a series.)
The Summer Garden is 742 pages long so claiming big book 500 for this task.
Points for task: 50.
Points earnt this post: 70 points.
Total Point Earned: 315
Total Pages Read: 6677 pages.
Total Books Read: 23
Good Read Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500(5), 750(), 1000()
15.1 -- Beware of ThornsI finished ONE book that fits two options:
Once Upon a Rose by Nora Roberts and others.
This book has "Rose" in the title. It also has a rose on the cover --
This gives me:
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 325
Still trying to finish one last book.......!
Username: TANYAPT*** Re-posting 2 tasks ***
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: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larson - satisfies conditions A & 3 (an author I've already read & liked plus part of a series).
Book 3 (switched from task 10.1): Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances, edited by Trisha Telep (Editor) + several Goodreads authors (Maria V. Snyder, Tiffany Trent, Kiersten White , Jaclyn Dolamore, Tessa Gratton, Lesley Livingston, Dia Reeves, Ann Aguirre) - satisfies conditions F & 2 (published in 2011 & with stories written by quite a few *** Goodreads Authors ***).
Task: 10.1 For this task, read a book with the genre steampunk
Book: Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
LaurenVA20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
I read I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. I chose option D (A novel where one of the characters is researching their family history). In this book the main character, Dominick, has someone translate his grandfather's history, hoping to find out about who his father is and why his family is the way it is.
I am also claiming a big book ticket (over 750).
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 140
GayleTask 30.7: Choose Your Own Adventure
For this challenge, I entered Stieg Larssen in the LiteratureMap.
Book 1: Option 1: I chose Jo Nesbo as an author I had never read before.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Book 2: Option A: Since I enjoyed this book, I picked another book by the same author.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
I read the Kindle ebook. My Kindle showed 618 pages, but Goodreads shows it as 640 pages. Either way, it qualifies by a Big Book Ticket for 500+ pages.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 505
Tammy AZTask 50.5 Hodge Podge
1)This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel
This fits A, 1, and 3. I've read all of Elizabeth George's books and this one is 956 pages and 16th in the Series
2) Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen. This fits A, 2, & 3. #8 in the Series and Tess Gerritsen is a GR Author.
3) Burn
This fits C and 3. (#16 in the series)
Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads Author
This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel is a Big Book at 956 pages.
Post Total: 50
Grand Total for Summer Challenge: 365
Thanks for all the work you all do to keep these challenges going. I very much enjoy them and appreciate the time and effort you put into them. See you in the Fall!
15.10 Summertime and the Reading is Easy The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
30.9 Vacation time!
I chose 2 Bs
Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) that contains one of the following vacation-related words in its title or subtitle (but not series name): beach, sea, seaside, sand, shore, surf, vacation, holiday, sun, lake, hotel, camp, camping.
The Sea by John Banville and Lake Overturn by Vestal McIntyre a goodreads' author
Total points: 245
I'll have 1 more post to make, the only question is if it'll be a 2 book post or a 1 book post!
ANGIE CAI'd like to move Succubus Blues from task 5.4 to 25.3
5.4 S U M M M M M M E R
Book: Under Mr. Nolan's Bed by Selena Kitt
Notes: Double "T" in author's last name. I read the Kindle edition which has no page count, so the paperback is 238 pages.
*GoodReads Author*
25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
Book 1: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
*already claimed GRA ticket*
Book 2: Succubus Revealed by Richelle Mead
*GoodReads Author*
Notes: 8) Big Dipper Cone- Both books are listed as Fantasy.
This post: 25
Total to date: 630
GR Authors: 28
BB Tickets: 5 [500(3); 750(1); 1000(0)]
Books Read: 45
Oh my goodness, so many will have completed the challenge this time! Go Gayla and Mrs Soule!
20.8 Female Authors of SCI-FIStar Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones by Patricia C. Wrede
30.2 A.K.A.
Insomnia by Stephen King
who also writes as Richard Bachman: Amok
30.8 Summer Solstice
I chose option 1.
As dark book I read Animal Farm by George Orwell and as light book I read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman
Total Points: 310
Tasks completed: 23
50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge
Book Number One:
The Ships of Merior (Wars of Light and Shadow #2) (1994) by Janny Wurts (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 738 pages)
Fits Categories:
A. Book by an author you have already read and liked
D. Friend rated 5-stars [Stefan]
And, fits all three criteria:
1. Book 700+ pages
2. Book by a goodreads author
3. Book that is a part of a series
Book Number Two:
After the Golden Age (2011) by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 304 pages)
Fits Categories:
A. Book by an author you have already read and liked
F. Published in 2011
And, fits criteria:
2. Book by a goodreads author
Book Number Three:
Quicksand (1967) by John Brunner (Hardcover, 240 pages)
Fits Category:
C. Book with 1 word title
And, while it does not fit any criteria, all required criteria were satisified by Book Number One.
**** Goodreads Author **** Janny Wurts
**** Goodreads Author **** Carrie Vaughn
**** Big Books Ticket 500+ pages **** The Ships of Merior (Mass Market Paperback, 738 pages)
565 + 50 = 615
Tasks Completed: 29
Points for this task: 50
Points thus far: 565 + 50 = 615
Books read: 45
Pages Read: 15,874
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(1) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
And ... this is it for me for the Summer 2011 Challenge. Thanks for all the work you all do to keep these challenges going. I very much enjoy them and appreciate the time and effort you put into them. See you in the Fall!
Sandy MN5.8. But No Shoplifting!
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (579 pages) This was a library book.
Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads author
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
15.9 Pulling Weeds
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay (sorted my books by average rating, this one was 2.85)
Grand Total for Challenge:
Points:760
GR Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 11
THANK YOU to the moderators and task creators!
15.1 Beware of Thorns
1 Book, A. Roses on Cover & C. Main Character named Rosamund
15.5 Mind the Gap
Chosen
House of Night #3 of #10
20.9 Summerthing Better
How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: 365 Simple Ways to Save Energy, Resources, and Money
Helping sustain our environment makes me feel better! :)
25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
Option 1: Bubble Gum Bar, YA Book
Ascension
Option 8: Big Dipper Cone, Fantasy/SciFi
Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects
30.8 Summer Solstice
Dark Book: Lord of the Flies
Quality Dark Fiction #19 (As of posting)
Light Book: Soon I Will Be Invincible
Best Humorous Books #267 (As of posting)
*Goodreads Author*
Statistics
Points this Post: 105
Total Points: 225
Challenges Completed: 14
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Big Book Tickets total: 0
Goodreads Authors this Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
20.9 Summerthing BetterHealthy for Life by Rachael F. Heller
I know I need to eat better to improve my physical health, and I did get some good ideas out of it.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 52
GoodReads Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (3), 1000+ (0)
This will be my last post of the challenge, so a big "Thanks" to all the task creators as well as the Moderators who do such an amazing job to keep everything straight.
5.8 - Book that was free to me - I got The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Trials of Amanda Knox from the library5.9 - Short book - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
15.2 - Biography/Memoir of an actress - If You Ask Me and a play -
Death of a Salesman
15.10 - any book - Thirteen Reasons Why
25.1 - Tennis - Open: An Autobiography
Points this post: 65
Total points: 410
NickiSTL
EllenCAFor 30.9 Rosemary's Task: Vacation Time!
I read for option A: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. They travel to Italy from England.
For Option B I read: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley.
Total points: 140 Points
Completed Tasks: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.3: Spare MeLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
I'm pretty sure I don't want to go to vampire infested Sweden! Lindqvist did a great job making the setting as grim and drab as possible, very much turning me off of his world!
30.7: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style
First Book: I chose Option 2 and used Rudyard Kipling to get Arthur Conan Doyle. I read The Lost World.
Second Book: I chose option B. I used Doyle and chose option 3. I read an old favorite: Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Points this task: 40
Total Points: 545
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye, Coelho, Pierce
Big Books: 500+: 1
10.2 Phone HomeI read Feed by MT Anderson which features humans traveling into space (to the moon).
15.10 Free Spot
I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which is a BIG BOOK at 652 pages
50.1 Hodge Podge
Book 1: The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (GOODREADS AUTHOR) -- category A (I read one of her earlier books and liked it) -- fits criteria 1 (819 pages - BIG BOOK), 2 (GRA) and 3 (third in a series)
Book 2: Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (GOODREADS AUTHOR) -- category A (read and liked the first in this series) -- all criteria met by first book
Book 3: The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District by Richard Whitmire -- category F (published 2011) -- all critera met by first book
NEW TOTAL: 640
Laurie ME30.9: Rosemary's Task: Vacation time: Both books were chosen from Option 1.
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
and
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
points total: 480.
5.4. S U M M M M M M E R - Read 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. I guess the ll in Hill is obvious.15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy - Read Jar of Fools by Jason Lutes. This was a graphic novel and a much needed bit of diversion after just moving to a new country and a new job! However, I found it quite disturbing.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time! - Read Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. My birthday is July 3 so I chose option 2. Put off reading this and well worth waiting for!
20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy! - Read Time Out 1000 Things to Do in London by Time Out. At the moment, nothing is making me happier then discovering my new home!
20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion - Read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. I chose option c. This is set mainly in London where I am now and where I lived as a young girl in the 80's.
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading - Read Women in Late Antiquity: Pagan and Christian Lifestyles byGillian Clark. Read pretty much most of this while travelling, on the plane, bus and train. While some of that may seem weird as a summer activity, all of this is novelty to me and enjoyable!
20.10 Group Read - Read Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran. My comment posted on the discussion board.
25.1 -- Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?
Book 1 - Read The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break: A Novel by Steven Sherrill. Contains the word 'break'.
Book 2 - Read Double Fault by Lionel Shriver. This was about 2 tennis pros that married. There was not one page in this book that was not about tennis!
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
Book A - Chose #5. Read Cadence of the Moon by Oscar Nunez Olivas. This is a crime novel set in Costa Rica
Book B - Chose #6. Read Beloved by Toni Morrison. This has been made into a movie.
30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and Lovers
Book A - Read A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar. I could never really say that I have a 'best friend', but I currently have a very good friend whose name is Michael. I hope that is sufficient!
Book B - Chose #2. Read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. This has 7 words in the title. Ended up being a reread but Sedaris is always worth it!
30.2 -- Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A. I found out through this task that John Banville writes suspense/crime novels under the name of Benjamin Black!
Book A - Read The Infinities by John Banville
Book B - Read Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.
Book A - Read The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. Spooky!
Book B - Read The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston.
50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge
Book A - Read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Fits H & 1 & 3
Book B - Read Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. Fits I
Book C - Read The Naughty Bits: The Steamiest and Most Scandalous Sex Scenes from the World's Great Books by Jack Murnighan. Fits A & 2.
Jack Murnighan is a goodreads author so I claim one ticket.
Outlander is 850 pages long so I claim 2 big book tickets.
Points for above tasks: 310
Tasks above completed: 13
Total tasks completed: 18/57
Points completed: 400/1000
Books read & claimed: 24
Books by Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 1 (500+), 1 (750+), 0 (1000+)
20.1 - Birthday TimeOption 2: Cloud Nine by Luanne Rice, a Goodreads Author = 400 pages
My birthday is July 9.
Was going to try to read Cue for Treason today, but it ain't gonna happen, so that's it for me for the Summer Reading Challenge! It'e been fun as always.
Total Points: 750
Total Tasks Completed: 45
Total Books Read: 61
Total Pages Read: 18812
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+(5),750+(0),1000+(0)
The Seasonal Reading Challenge5.4. S U M M M M M M E R:Mom Meets Dad08/18
5.8. But No Shoplifting!Always the Baker Never the Bride 06/13 (It was a free download)
5.9. The Long and the Short of It.Read a long book (400 or more pages) with a short title (fewer than 5 words).Snake Skin07/13
Goodreads authors
5.10. Summer Fun.Me and My Ghoulfriends07/30
Goodreads authors
10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!Samson's Lovely Mortal
Goodreads authors
10.9 -- Around the Campfire :Scary Mary08/21
Goodreads authors
10.10 -- Gimme S’more Crave07/25
15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy- Slave08/26
Goodreads authors
15.5 Mind the Gap- Getting Away is Deadly06/18
Goodreads authors
25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
3. Scribblers When You Dare08/30(the heroine is an author)
Goodreads authors
5. Bullet Firecracker Pop:(Mystery book) June Bug07/08
Goodreads authors
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. Enter the author into the . Literature Map
For the first book:
• Option 1: I used author Sandra Hill and read
• Option B: Used my first books author Lynsay Sands and
read Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day 07/31
Total points: 770
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Pages read:3,867
Goodreads authors:8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
I hope I did this right. It was my first time doing
this challenge. I had fun.
RACHEL CA: 520 pts total25.04 COLOR ME HAPPY…
I got a one: Red
2. A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley. Alan Bradley is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
4. Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard (A main character, an Irish setter, is called “Red”)
Points: 25
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 41
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.1 - Birthday TimeMy birthday is 3rd June, so I read:
Third Girl by Agatha Christie
20.9 - Summerthing Better
Stress-Proof Your Life (52 Brilliant Ideas): Smart Ways to Relax and Re-energize by Elisabeth Wilson
There never seems to be enough time to do all the things I want to do as well as all the things I ought to do. I tried one of the suggestions in this book and got through all my housework and laundry like a whirlwind! It really helped me to overcome procrastination! Then I had all the rest of the week to do what I wanted without feeling guilty.
Total points for this challenge 500
Amanda A10.1 - For Real?
Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape
Approved for length in ebook verification thread
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time
4. Read a book that has your astrological sign in the title or in the author's name. Series titles are OK IF the series title is used in the Goodreads entry for the book.
Caught (Gemini Men #1) by Jami Alden
Jami Alden is a Goodreads Author
20.10 - Group Read
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
Message 43 in Group Read thread
Michelle Moran is a Goodreads Author
25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
Fiction (2000) - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Drama (2007) - Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
30.2 - Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A.
Hot in Here by Sophie Renwick
Sophie Renwick is a Goodreads Author
Seduction & Scandal by Charlotte Featherstone
Charlotte Featherstone is a Goodreads Author
30.8 - Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice
Option 1:
Darkest Books of All Time (#98) - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Best Humorous Books (#193) - Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Points this post: 135
Total Points: 935
Goodreads Authors: 32 (4 this post)
25.5: US PatriotsBook 1: Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce who was born in PA.
Book 2: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (I am moving this from 10.10, so only adding 15 pts)
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 560
Goodreads Authors: Berwin, Skye, Coelho, Pierce
Big Books: 500+: 1
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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A Monstrous Regiment of women by Laurie R. King a GoodReads author
15.9 Pulling Weeds
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson a GoodReads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Total tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 9
Total GoodReads authors: 9