The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Congratulations to everyone who has finished the challenge!! I've just finished my last book for this challenge -- FAR from 1000 points :)...

15.9 -- Pulling Weeds

I sorted my TBR shelf by average rating.

The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman was #15 with an average rating of 3.24. But, I'm happy to say that I liked it and gave it 4 stars.

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 340

Congrats Amanda A!

25.4 Rolled a 6
Purple Cover:
Paranormal:

Points this post: 25
Total Point Earned: 205/1000
Books Read: 19/77
Task Completed 14 /57
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

Carly

5.10 -- Summer Fun

I read Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz.

50.1 -- Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

1). I read The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz. This fits A. because I've read the three other books in the series and I love Lisa Lutz and she is a GoodReads Author.

2). I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It fits into B.. The book has an average rating of 4.46 and Kathryn Stockett is also a GoodReads Author.

3). I read The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. It fits into H.. It has 27,835 ratings. My edition of the book minus introductory notes and the endnotes is exactly 700 pages.

I am claiming three GoodReads Author Tickets: two for Lisa Lutz and the other for Kathryn Stockett.

I am also claiming one Big Books Ticket for The Three Musketeers. It is 700 pages long.

Points This Task: 55
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 11
Tasks in Progress: 0
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 5451

Katie OH

15.4 Summer Shorts

Irish Girls About Town: An Anthology of Short Stories by various authors

Points this task: 15
Total points: 130
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Readerboard Name: StacyCT

5.7 - Don't Stop Reading
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Task Points: 5


10.1 - For Real?
Adam & Eve by Sena Jeter Naslund

Task Points: 10


15.10 - Summertime, & the Reading is Easy
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

Task Points: 15


20.3 - Happy, Happy, Happy
Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian by John Elder Robison
(This book is by an author with Asperger's and about individuals on the Autistic spectrum -- I work with children on the spectrum and absolutely love my work).
(John Elder Robison is a Goodreads author)

Task Points: 20


20.6 - Summer Reading
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
(Read this on the beach on my vacation!!!)

Task Points: 20


30.7 - Choose Your Own Adventure
(I entered Augusten Burroughs in Literature Map)
A) 2) Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
B) 1) At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

Task Points: 30


Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points Earned: 295
Total Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 6753
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Aimee Bender, Neil Gaiman, John Elder Robison)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()

Last post for me...thanks to the mods, congrats to the finishers! I was aiming for my best total yet - my weekend of hurricane isolation helped!

5.8 But No Shoplifting!
Passage by Connie Willis (BIG BOOK at 780 pages)

30.3 If It's Tuesday...
I read The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg and Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman (GOODREADS AUTHOR) - Arcadia is a region of Greece and was approved in help thread.

It's been fun!

FINAL TOTAL: 675

Elizabeth MA (I haven't posted since last year, but this is the name I used last year and it is still on the reader board name list).

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

20.3: Happy, Happy, Happy
Baking and gardening are two things I have always enjoyed doing, although I don't always get a chance to do either, but that is why I read...

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

20.4: Isabell's task: Option 5 book with a focus on crime or a book centering on someone struggling to make their living or otherwise considered poor.

The End of Marking Time by C.J. West

This book was about Michael O'Connor, a person making a living by stealing from people's houses (crime and making a living). He gets caught and he then has to learn how to survive in a new world where the laws have changed as well as the punishments.

20.9: Something Better
I was stuck with weight loss, stuck with my career, and just plain stuck for awhile. So I read You Unstuck and it really helped!

You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-Taking at Work and in Life by Libby Gill

30.4: Summer in Europe
#2: A book that takes place in the summer time.

I read: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

The main character came to live with her grandfather during the summer and towards the end of the book, she discussed the excitement of starting school in this new town.

#4: Read a book set in a European country.

I read: The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

Which was set in France.

Total points: 105

Lisa MD

It's been fun!

COMPLETED TASKS:

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
Rolled a 3 - The Protector of the Small - Read a book featuring a strong female heroine or a book written by a female author.
❀ Loving Frank by Nancy Horan READ 8.2.11


50.1 - Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge
3 books➔any categories➔meet all criteria➔any combination

Categories:
A. Book by an author you have already read and liked
B. Book with a goodreads rating with 4.30 or more
C. Book with 1 word title
D. Friend rated 5-stars
E. Current or previous SRC group read that you have never read
F. Published in 2011
G. One of the 10 oldest on your TBR
H. Book with more than 25K ratings on Goodreads main book page
I. Added to your TBR during this challenge (but before this task is posted)
J. Book listed as popular with friends

Criteria:
1. Book 700+ pages
2. Book by a goodreads author
3. Book that is a part of a series

❀ byStieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire byStieg Larsson READ 8.31.11
Category A, Criteria 1, Criteria 3

❀ Escape by Barbara Delinsky READ 8.1.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Category C, Criteria 2

❀ by S.J. Watson Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson READ 8.16.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Category F

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TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 34/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 43
TOTAL POINTS: 580/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 22
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ✔ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]

25.4 Color me happy

I rolled green (Olive, Fern, Forest, Pine, Hunter, Jade) so I read

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

and

My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira olive

Total points: 270

Great challenge! I had a lot of fun!!

RACHEL CA: 535 pts total

15.03 IN THE EUROZONE

The Misanthrope and Other PlaysMolière (France)

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse (U.K.)

Points: 15
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 43
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Talk about last minute!!

5.10 Bossypants by Tina Fey
Tina fey is hilarious

10.7 Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
5th on the july list

15.10 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

25.3 picked bubble gum/YA book for both
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

30.1 author's name shared by a friend -- Sara
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
7 word title: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter

50.1 rating > 4.3
A Game of Thrones (over 500 pages, part of series)
Flawless - 1 word title + goodreads author
Looking for Alaska - friend Sadie rated 5*

Total: 490

The Summer Challenge has ended. Let the Fall Challenge begin!

It was a great challenge. Congratulations to everyone!!!! And a big thank you to the moderators.