The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

monkeytoe

Task 5.3 The Dog Days of Summer

White Fang by Jack London

Points this task:5
Total Points:40

30.9 - VACATION TIME - I chose 2 books for Part A. The Sheen on the Silk: A Novel by Anne Perry. There is alot of travel in this book. One of the main characters makes several trips from Venice to Byzantium. Another main character travels from Byzantium to Venice to Siani and back. I also read Sleeping Tiger by Rosamunde Pilcher. In this book the main character travels from London, England to San Antonio Spain.



The Sheen on the Silk: A Novel was a big book at 544 pages.



TOTAL POINTS - 115
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 3

5.8. But No Shoplifting!

The Boxcar Children

I checked this book out from the library for free!

Task points: 5
Total points: 80

Cindy F


Task 15.10 Summertime and the reading is easy. I chose to read Kisscut


Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 60
Tasks completed to date: 5
Books read to date: 6
Goodreads author books: 0
Big Books 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

BJ Rose

7 new tasks

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R - The Reckless One by Connie Brockway

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag - Lynsay Sands is a Canadian author
The Hellion and the Highlander by Lynsay Sands

5.8. But No Shoplifting! - book borrowed from library
McKettrick's Luck (McKettrick Men, #1) by Linda Lael Miller

5.9. The Long and the Short of It - short book with long title
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar at 142 pages

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!! - this book is #163 in August 2010 list
Scarlet Nights by Jude Deveraux

10.10 - s'more by an author you've read before
McClairen's Isle: The Passionate One by Connie Brockway

20.6 - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard
I read this in my favorite rocking chair

Jude Deveraux is a Goodreads Author

Points this post = 60

Total Points = 60

Tasks Completed = 7
Pages Read = 2397
GR Authors = 1

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

The book won for the Best Fiction category.

*Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author*

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books Tickets: 0

My readerboard name is aprilallyear.

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task

For this task I read ROOM by Emma Donoghue. I rolled a six so I chose the third option (the book is written by a female author and also features a strong female heroine).

Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books: 1
Pages: 321
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 1

NICOLE VA

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

I chose option A, to read a book with an 11 letter word in the title. I read Everlasting by Alyson Noel.

Alyson Noel is a GoodReads author.

Total points = 105

20.9 -- Summerthing Better

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks

Some interesting insights on the reasons people may self-sabotage, but a little short on solution side of the equation. Knowing what the problem is, is helpful but...... now what?

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60

Cindy F

I would like to claim a goodreads author I missed

posting for task 30.7

by goodreads author Alexander McCall Smith

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 5.1 - At the Shore

The Deep by Gordon Korman

Pages - 160

Points - 5


Task 5.5 - Maple Leaf Rag

The Danger by Gordon Korman

Pages - 150

Points - 5


Task 10.3 - Spare Me

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

The book is based on a climbing expedition to summit Mt. Everest in Nepal. The climb went horribly wrong and many people died. I would not want to risk my life simply to reach the top of a mountain.

Pages - 333

Points - 10


Task 10.5 - What's Next

Entered "My Bonny Light Horseman" by L.A. Meyer and read The Discovery by Gordon Korman

Pages - 144

Points - 10


Task 10.6 - Gay Pride

Luna by Julie Anne Peters

Pages - 248

Points - 10


Task 30.7 - Choose Your Own Adventure

Book A - Entered Rick Riordan and read a new author.

Magyk by Angie Sage

Pages - 608

BIG BOOK

Book B - Enjoyed so read another by Angie Sage

Flyte by Angie Sage

Pages - 544

BIG BOOK

Points - 30


Points this Post - 70
Total Points - 145

Big Book Tickets this Post - 2(500)
Big Book Tickets Total - 5(500)

Goodreads Authors this Post - 0
Goodreads Authors Total - 1

5.2 Sun, Sea and PIRATES! Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy...
Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd


Points in this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Pages in this Post: 656
Big Book Tickets: 0

Reviews have been written 5 Stars to du Maurier, 1 Star to Boyd.

Bec

Task #10.3 – Spare me. A book set somewhere not nice.


Stand By, Stand by. By Chris Ryan


It was set in two different places I would not want to go, a Colombian Jungle (not into jungle hiking), and Ireland during the troubles (too violent!)



Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books: 1
Pages: 430
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 0

20.1 Birthday Time!

I chose Option 3 and read a book that was first published the year I was born, 1974. I read Carrie by Stephen King.

20.2 Netherlands is an Eleven Letter Word

I chose Option A and read a book with an eleven letter word in the title/subtitle. I read Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton. 'Inadvertent' is my eleven letter word.

Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.9 Around the Camp Fire
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King (Big Book Ticket – 925 pgs)

Total Points Earned:30/1000
Total Pages Read: 1695
Total Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (), 750 (1), 1000+()

ADEL.
5.9. The Long and the Short of It.
Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George- Long book (630 pages) and 3 worded title.
(Big book ticket 630 pages.)

10.3 -- Spare Me.
Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas by Abby Sunderland- set in the Indian Ocean. My place of terror for the vast amount of open waters. lol

Points earnt this post: 15
Total Point Earned: 15
Total Pages Read: 829 pages.
Total Books Read: 2
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

5.6 As American As...

Home Remedies for Dogs and Cats by Matthew Hoffman

'dogs' is in the title

Points for this task: 5
Total points: 45
Task Completed: 4
Books Read: 4

5.8. But No Shoplifting!
Undone 6/3/11
Borrowed from the library!

5.10. Summer Fun
You Slay Me 6/7/11
Goodreads author: Katie MacAlister


10.5 -- What’s Next?
Desire Unchained 6/5/11
My 5-star book: Lover Mine
Goodreads author: Larissa Ione


10.10 -- Gimme S’more
Kiss of Snow 6/1/11
Goodreads author: Nalini Singh


15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
Magic Bleeds 6/10/11
2010 goodreads Choice Awards Category: Paranormal Fantasy Nominee
Goodreads author: Ilona Andrews

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word
Stormwalker 6/8/11
Option A
Goodreads author: Allyson James



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Points this post: 65
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 6 (6 in this post)
Books Read: 6 (6 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 5 (5 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Readerboard Name: Leora

Tasks:

5.3 The Dog Days of Summer: Dog on It by Spencer Quinn

5.6 As American As...:Black Dogs by Ian McEwan

5.8 But No Shoplifting The Sonderberg Case by Elie Wiesel, I got this from the library.

15.1 Beware of Throns: Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott. This fits B and C, there is a Rose in the title and the main character is Rose.

80 points

20.8- Female Authors of Sci-Fi

I read Namesake by Marie Harte. Science Fiction is listed on the home page of this book.



Points for this task- 20
Total Points- 75
Tasks Completed- 4
Books Read- 5
GR Authors- 0

25.3 - Sandy's Task : The Ice Cream Truck

Book 1 : The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Option 1)
Book 2 : Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon (also Option 1)

Points this post : 25
Points so far : 55

ALICIA T.

5.4 SUMMMMER

I read The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann. (There are 2 consecutive N's in her name.)


Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Pages Read: 392

10.9 - Around the Campfire

L'Etrange vie de Nobody Owens by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.

This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 10 points

Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 310
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(0);750(0);1000+(0)

Sandy MN

Task 20.10 Group Read

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran

Posted in discussion thread.

Michelle Moran is a GR author

Total Points: 65
Total GR Authors: 2

Emily Kate

I had a GREAT reading weekend!

5.9 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
(128 pages: short book, long title)

10.1 Delirium by Lauren Oliver
(approved in the help thread)

10.4 Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

10.6 The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

10.7 Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner

15.2 entertainer bio: Bossypants by Tina Fey
play: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Total: 280 points

15.8 Up In the Air


From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz Big Book = 622 pages

DK = Denmark




20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy

One of the things that makes me happiest is when I am creating something beautiful (at least to my eyes) with my quilting so I read a quilt novel that just happened to be the group read from another group I am part of here on Goodreads.

A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick **Goodreads Author **

Total Points = 245
New Goodreads Author = Marie Bostwick
New Big Book = From the Corner of His Eye



** Note - I loved the Marie Bostwick book so I now need to add her other 7 books to my tbr list. Still going the wrong way on that list!!

5.6 As American As.… Red Hot Lies (Izzy McNeil Mystery #1) by Laura Caldwell


10.7 It’s Been a Year Already??!! Postcard Killers by James Patterson, August 2010 #25


10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside!: Whiskey Sour (Jack Daniels Mystery #1) by JA Konrath


15.8 Up in the air - Switzerland CH - Charlaine Harris - Shakespeare's Champion (Lily Bard #2)


Points This Task: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 6

5.8 No Shoplifting

Rules of Betrayal by Christopher Reich - I won this in a Goodreads giveaway.

**511 pages - Big Book**

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

ERIN C.

10.4 Here Kitty Kitty

Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell

Task Points: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
GoodRead Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.5 Family Reunion
F. A novel set where someone in your family lives/lived.
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
This book is set in London, where both of my brothers live.
** Rosamund Lupton is a Goodreads Author **

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

5.8. But No Shoplifting!

I read Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I got this book from my dad, when he was getting rid of some books out of his own collection.


Points this post 5
Total Point Earned: 5
Books Read: 1
Task Completed 1
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Task 20.4 - Focus on my favorite goodreads author

Die roll: 1, The song of the Lioness (Magic plays an important role)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry discovers he is a wizard and can perform magic.

Challenge total = 60

Diane

Sorry for the long post. I have been away from internet access for almost two weeks.

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:

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

5.9. The Long and the Short of It. Read a short book (100-200 pages) with a long title (5 or more words) or a long book (400 or more pages) with a short title (fewer than 5 words):

Papillon by Henri Charrière
Papillon is a BIG BOOK with >500 pages

10.9 -- Around the Campfire. Read a collection of ghost stories or a book about a ghost or a haunted house:

Classic American Ghost Stories by Deborah L. Downer (I even read this by a campfire!)

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading. Read a book while doing your favorite summer activities:

Operation Sippacik by Rumer Godden (Read while sitting on a beach at a lake).

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past. Read one work of Historical Fiction:

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (takes place in 1500's Tudor England).
The Boleyn Inheritance is a BIG BOOK with >500 pgs

20.9 - Lucky Me! - Kate.x.'s task: Summerthing Better
Read a non-fiction book on a subject that you think you need to improve on to feel better:

The 2 Oz. Backpacker: A Problem Solving Manual for Use in the Wilds by Robert S. Wood.

Required: Explain how your book fits the task when you post - This was a must-read for me since I am spending the entire summer camping out in the mountains.

30.7 -- Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style. Choose an author you read and hopefully enjoyed from last year’s summer challenge and enter the author into the Literature Map. I chose Kristin Hannah.

For the first book:
• Option 1:

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin.

For the second book:
• Option B – 2:

Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern.
Love, Rosie is a BIG BOOK with >500 pgs

Total: 110 points
Tasks Completed: 7/57
Tasks in Progress: 8
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

EllenCA

For 20.4 Author, Author - I rolled a 6 - so I got to choose any category. I read Ape House by Sara Gruen. The book has apes in it - so it would work with option #2.

Total: 20 points
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

I completed 5.1 At The Shore
by reading The Search by Nora Roberts. It primarily takes place on Orcas Island in Washington St.

Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 5

I completed 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
by reading
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory. It takes place in Tudor England, in the mid-1500's.

Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 25

HI, I guess I am Colleen MN!

For 5.1 I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson.

For 10.3 I read Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. This book is set in a traveling circus. They all live in trailers and move from one dusty, dirty town to another, never really knowing where they are from one night to the next. It's somewhat fun to go to a circus, but I can't think of a more foreign, hostile, or downright creepy place to actually live.

For 15.8 I read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. FR is the country code for France.


30 points.

Jennifer KS

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag. I read Crow Lake by Mary Lawson.

Mary Lawson was born in Ontario and the book takes place in Canada.

Points this task 5
Total points 60
Pages 2635

KRISTEN MA

5.1 ON THE SHORE - Spring Break by Katherine Applegate. This book takes place in Florida mostly on a boat.

Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books: 4
Total Pages: 1963
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()

Allison

10.4 Here, Kitty, Kitty-


A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine – While there are a lot of cats in this book, one of the instrumental characters is a cat named Pardine who has some unusual skills. I can’t really say more than this without spoilers.

Points this task 10
Total points 15/1000
Tasks Completed: 2/57
Books read: 2/77
Total pages: 718
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Readerboard Name: StacyCT


5.9 - The Long and the Short of It
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams (167 pages)

Task Points: 5


10.2 - Phone Home
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

Task Points: 10


10.6 - Gay Pride
Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs (this is a book of autobiographical stories by Augusten Burroughs, who is gay)

Task Points: 10


10.7 - It's Been a Year Already??!!
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (June #3)
Aimee Bender is a GoodReads author.

Task Points: 10


15.5 - Mind the Gap
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (#2 in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" series)

Task Points: 15


Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points Earned: 50

Total Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1153
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Aimee Bender)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()

Carly

20.10 Group Read

I chose B. and I read Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran.

My post is #14 in the GroupReads discussion post for Madame Tussaud.

Michelle Moran is a GoodReads Author.

Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Tasks in Progress: 0
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 838

My readerboard name is aprilallyear.

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task

For this task I read ROOM by Emma Donoghue. I rolled a six so I chose the third option (the book is written by a female author and also features a strong female heroine).

Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books: 1
Pages: 321
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 1

10.9 -- Around the Campfire

I read The Graveyard Book. Lots of ghosts in that one!

15.9 Pulling Weeds

I read Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir, which was one of the 50 lowest rated books on my TBR. I think I pulled the rating down a little.................

Total points: 70

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past

The Tragedy of King Richard III by William Shakespeare
This play was written around 1591, whereas Richard III reigned as king for two years, until his death in 1485, so there is at least 100 years between the death and the play.


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 3073
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

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

Dianarobi finished Black Hills by Nora Roberts, 480 pages, ebook edition.

5.9. The Long and the Short of It.

Read a short book (100-200 pages) with a long title (5 or more words) or a long book (400 or more pages) with a short title (fewer than 5 words).

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

A Clash of Kings is a Big Book (768 pages).

This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 5/57
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

5.2 Summer, Sea, and PIRATES!
Isle of Swords by Wayne Thomas Batson (Goodreads Author)

This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3/57
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+(0), 1000+ (0)

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.
Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

5.10. Summer Fun
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich

10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside!
by Janet Evanovich

30.7 -- Jennifer N's task: Choose Your Own Adventure – SRC Style
Option 2 - Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Typed in Janet Evanovich and got Scott Westerfeld.

Option A - Specials by Scott Westerfeld

TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 3757
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 8
TOTAL POINTS: 80/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 0

LaurenVA

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!

The Radleys by Matt Haig

This book was listed as #30 in July.

Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 15