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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2011: EUROPE
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Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Jennifer KS5.6. As American As.... I read Some Like It Hot-Buttered by Jeffery Cohen
Points this task 5
Total Points 65
Pages 2924
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 60
Updated last on: 6.15
Total # of books read: 6
Total # of pages read: 2,061
Total # of tasks completed: 5
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)
Task 5.4 SUMMMMMMER... read a book whose author has the same letter repeated consecutively in one name.
I read
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline This is a Goodreads Author. 384 pages (6.13)
5.8. But No Shoplifting! Melting Ice 1 borrowed from a friend 6/4DJ Manly is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
10.3 -- Spare Me Outcast Mine - prison planet Tantoret I don't want to have to be in prison anyways, but especially not sent to a prison planet where I spend the rest of my life underground mining a toxic substance. The toxicity eventually poisons you to the point that you just kind of bleed out. NOT for me!
25.4 -- I rolled a 6 which is for purple. I chose options 1 and 5:
for option 1 purple bookcover:
for option 5 fantasy/paranormal:
Points this post 40
Total points 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 5
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.10 GIMME S'MORE - 10th Anniversary by James Patterson***GoodReads Author***
15.9 PULLING WEEDS - Toys by James Patterson This book was one of the 50 lowest rated books on my TBR shelf. And I agree with the ratings!
***GoodReads Author***
20.3 HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY -
Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank
This book is about Southern families and my Southern family definitely makes me happy. To build a relationship between my family members, my husband and I took all 4 children and partners along with our 8 grandchildren camping for a long weekend.
***GoodReads Author***
20.9 SUMMERTHING BETTER - Men's Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Healthy in 12 Weeks by Jeff Volek
I read this book to get ideas on how to lose my last 20lbs, eat healthier and exercise more efficiently.
Points: 65
Tasks: 4
Books: 4
Pages: 1451
GR Authors: 3
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 11
Total Books: 11
Total Pages: 5067
GR Authors: 4
Big Books 500+: 5
Cindy FTask 10.10 Gimme S'More Read The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon Not claiming big book as listened to abridged audio version.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 70
Tasks completed to date: 6
Books read to date: 7
Goodreads Author: 1
Big books 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & PresentThe prize is awarded yearly in these 6 categories for books:
Biography or Autobiography
Drama
Fiction
General Non-fiction
History
Poetry
For this task, choose 2 different categories listed above.
American Pastoral by Philip Roth won for Fiction in 1997.
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson won for Biography in 2008.
This Post: 25
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6/57
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Diane10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside! Read a book with a cover that is predominately made up of hot colors (red, orange, yellow):
by Lisa See.Lisa See is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Total Point Earned: 175/1000
Task Completed 10/57
Tasks in Progress: 6
Good Read Authours: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(5), 750(0), 1000(1)
15.2 Summer StockI read Stories I Only Tell my Friends by Rob Lowe
and Ave Q
total: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets 750 (1)
Pages read: 2337
Joy Marie5.1 At the Shore
Read Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Total points: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Total books read: 1
Total pages read: 362
NICOLE VA20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
I read The Emerald Atlas, it fits option D), because the main character and her 2 siblings have lived in orphanages their whole lives, despite being sure their parents are alive. Throughout the book they try to figure out what has happened to their parents, why they left them, and what their mentor (a mysterious old wizard) knows about their family.
Total points = 125
20.10 - Group ReadI read Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
And posted in the discussion thread for the book -- message #15.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Coralie15.3 In the Eurozone
Country that uses the Euro – Portugal
Seeing by José Saramago
Country that doesn’t – United Kingdom
Lark Rise to Candleford : A Trilogy
15.8 Up in the Air
GB = united Kingdom
Blood Music by Greg Bear
25.3 The Ice Cream Truck
Bubble Gum Bar – YA book – The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Bullet Firecracker Pop – crime/mystery – News of a Kidnapping
Total points 95
15.8 Up In the Air Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
SE is the country code for Sweden.
*Simone Elkeles is a goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 3981
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
kimber15.4 Summer Shorts
The Red Gardenby Alice Hoffman
and
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen
(2 books of short stories by single authors)
This task: 15
Total points to date: 105
@ completed tasks: 5
GR authors: 3
BB: 0
15.5 Mind the Gap. A Visible Darkness by Jonathon King Max Freeman Series #2Jonathon King is a Goodreads Author.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past Jane and the Barque of Frailty by Stephanie Barron
Historical mystery set in 1811 London with Jane Austen as a sleuth.
Points to Date: 20
Points in this Task: 35
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Pages in Challenge: 1248
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book 500 (0), 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Posted Reviews in my thread in the Reviews folder
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
Finished30.4 Summer in Europe
option 2 Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson
option 4/ Sweden Shadow by Karin Alvtegen
Task points 30
Total points 70
Total tasks 4
Total books 6
5.4 - SUMMMMMMERA book whose author has the same letter repeated consecutively in both names:
Blueeyedboy by Joanne Harris *Big Book* 527 pages
5.9 - The Long and Short of It
A short book(just!) - 196 pages - with a long title - 6 words:
Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead*Goodreads Author*
Total points to date 60
15.9 I sorted lowest to highest and read The Shack by William P. Young10.4 Read
by Rita Mae Brown- I actually listened to the CD version which had a live kitty on the cover but couldn't locate it in the edition drop down list.15.10 Read Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark
total points these tasks 40
Total Points so far 75
Tasks complete 6
Books read 6
Nickboy 10.5 What’s Next?
I looked up my 5* book, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and found:
The Human Factor by Graham Greene 272 pages
25.2 Pulitzer Winners: I read
A. Poetry – Moy Sand and Gravel: Poems by Paul Muldoon
Pulitzer winner 2002, 120 pagesB. Drama – option to read two dramas for page count of over 100 -- Buried Child by Sam Shepard
Pulitzer winner 1979, 75 pages, and Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson
Pulitzer winner 1980, 64 pages30.9 – Rosemary’s Task: Vacation Time
I am choosing two Option B’s – Vacation related words in the title. The words, from the approved list, are “sea” and “lake.” I read
B-1. Sea Change by Robert B. Parker 320 pages
B-2. The Lake of Darkness by Ruth Rendell 224 pages
Task Points: 65
Total Points: 180/1000
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 4,775
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Emily Kate5.8 The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
I borrowed it from a friend
* Big book 819pp
20.6 Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
I read it outside in the park. I love lounging on the grass in summer.
* Big book 548pp
Total: 345
STESSE10.3 -- Spare Me
Read a book that is set (at least partially) in a place you really don’t want to visit. Required: State where it is you don’t want to go and why when you post.
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling
North Korea – too oppressive – I don’t think they’d want me anyways.
As an aside, I had the opportunity to hear Laura speak, and she was fantastic. Did you know that the main reason why Bill Clinton was able to negotiate her release was because when he was president, he was the first foreign leader to telephone Kim Jong Il when his father died? Kim Jong Il thought that was great and as a result had a desire to meet him. Just goes to show that one little act of courtesy can have far reaching consequences.
Points this Post: 10
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 322
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2847
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside! Read a book with a cover that is predominately made up of hot colors (red, orange, yellow). 
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
15.4 Summer ShortsHeart of Darkness: The Darkest Angel\Love Me to Death\Lady of the Nile by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne and Susan Krinard
Points this post 15
Total Point Earned: 25/1000
Books Read: 3/77
Task Completed 3/57
Good Read Authours:2
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
10.10 Gimme S'More-Read Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris (I've read all the Sookie Stackhouse books and the Harper Connolly series)15.5 Mind the Gap-Read Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho. This is book #2 of 3 in the "On the Seventh Day" Series. Coelho is a Goodreads author.
20.5 Bigger is Better-Family Reunion, Choice B-Family Saga. Read Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs which is about a woman and her two daughters, told in alternating chapters.
Tasks Completed:3
GR Authors:1
Total Points-45
Sandy MN25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
Bubble Gum Bar:Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Bullet Firecracker Pop:
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
Total Points: 90
20.6 Summer ReadingZ for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
This was a quick read but an excellent book. I read it in the garden.
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Alice GTask: 20.7 - A Trip to the Past
Book: Sacred Hearts set in 1570 Italy.
Points: 95
Previous Reads
10.10 Gimme S'more - Generation A by Douglas Coupland
15.5 Mind the Gap - Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camelleri
20.4 Focus on My Favourite Goodreads Author - Death and the Penguin by Andrea Kurkov
30.8 Summer Solstice - Memory of Love and Where or When by Anita Shreve
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Emmalita20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
This book makes me happy because I love to cook and it's about cooking.
This post: 20 points
Total points to Date: 65 points
Goodread authors: 2
Total tasks completed: 4
Sarah (sclosson)was Sarah OH (sslibrary) last summer reading challenge
#10.7 - It's Been a Year Already
by Aimee BenderThis book was #3 in the list of most popular new releases in June 2010.
Aimee Bender is a Goodreads author
This Post: 10 points
Total to Date: 10 points
Tasks Completed: 1/57
10.2 Phone HomeContact by Carl Sagan
Has humans travelling outside of earth's atmosphere.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 55
Task Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Heather KSFinished task 15.2 Summer Stock
A. Bossypants Tina Fey is a writer/actor
B. Over the Moon This is a musical by Jodi Picoult
New point total: 100
BABBLING C
25.4 - Jenn Renee's task: Color Me
I rolled a 6.
6. Purple (Plum, Iris, Violet, Orchid, Lilac, Mauve, Periwinkle)
1. Read a book with a cover that is primarily the color you rolled.
Renegade Angel by Kendra Leigh Castle GOODREADS AUTHOR
5. Read a book in the Genre represented by the color you rolled.
Purple for Magical- Fantasy/Paranormal
Frostbound by Sharon Ashwood
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 4
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Books: 0
5.7. Don't Stop Reading. Since school's out, it's a great time to read a good book. Read a book from The Ultimate Teen Reading List (NOTE: There are many books on this list that would not be considered YA books or books specifically geared to teens)
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
25.5 US Patriots1. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, born in PA
2. What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell, approved in help thread
Points for this task: 25
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.10 Group ReadMadame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
**Michelle Moran is a Goodreads Author**
Posted in group read thread (#16)
30.3 If it's Tuesday, It Must be Belgium
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe and Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 215/1000
Tasks Complete: 14/57
15.3 - In the EurozoneDarkfever (set in Ireland - * * *) and Rebecca (set in the UK - * * * *)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
Books: 16
Pages: (will update this later - it doesn't affect my total anyway)
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 1
15.5 Mind the GapHell Gate by Linda Fairstein (Part of the Alexandra Cooper series)
Tasks completed: 3
Total Points: 35 points
Books read: 3
TESS5.8-But No Shoplifting!
Broken English by P.L. Gaus
I borrowed this book from my mom.
20.6-Seasoned Reader-Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
I read this book while sitting on my deck under the shade of the umbrella!
***Lisa Scottoline is a Goodreads author
Total Points: 25
Tasks Complete: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the PastPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Total Points = 20
ERIN B.5.8. But No Shoplifting!
I read Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, which I checked out from the public library.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
5.4 SuMMMMerStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (consecutive in "stiFF")
15.10 Summertime & The Reading is Easy
Emerging Fashion Designers 2 by Sally Congdon-Martin
I'm featured in this book so of course I had to read it!
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books: 2
Pages Read: 512
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task #15.7 – The Readers Have ChosenI read 61 Hours by Lee Child.
It was nominated in the Mystery and Thriller Category
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books: 4
Pages: 1491
Big Book tickets: 1
Goodreads authors: 0
Alice GTask: 5.10 Summer Fun
Book: Dave Gorman Vs the Rest of the World
Total Points: 100
Previous Reads
10.10 Gimme S'more - Generation A by Douglas Coupland
15.5 Mind the Gap - Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camelleri
20.4 Focus on My Favourite Goodreads Author - Death and the Penguin by Andrea Kurkov
20.7 A Trip to the Past - Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
30.8 Summer Solstice - Memory of Love and Where or When by Anita Shreve
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10.6- Gay Pride- I read At Piper's Pointby Ethan Day. This is an m/m romance and pre-approved in the ebook thread.*Ethan Day is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this task- 10
Total Points- 85
Tasks Completed- 5
Books Read- 6
GR Authors- 1
Sandy MN20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!
I chose Option 2: My birthday is November 5th, so I read The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Total Points: 110
Natalie FLFor 5.1 i read Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
For 10.7 i read Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs, This was on June 2010 #186.
For 15.7 I read Smile by Raina Telgemeier. It was on the list of nominees for best Middle school and childrens books.
For 20.7 I read "Someone Named Eva" by Joan Wolf.
Total Points : 55
30.4 - MsOPP's Task: Summer in EuropeFor this task,
The first book I read was "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares
The second book I read was "Italian for Beginners" by Kristin Harmel
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 35
NICOLE AR 30.4 - MsOPP's Task: Summer in Europe
I just realized I messed up my previous post so please disregard. I'm going to repost now.
For this task, I chose task #2 and task #4
For task #2, I read "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares.
For task #4, I read "Italian for Beginners" by Kristin Harmel. The book takes place in Rome, Italy.
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 35
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10.2 Phone Home
The Archangels of Dreamland
which involves the Project 51 aliens. One of the worst books I've ever read.
10.3 Spare Me
Deadly Shoals
Really enjoyed the book, but it is set in Patagonia, which seems to be a fairly hostile place, especially in the early 1800's. I like hotels, ice cream, and people who want to pamper rather than kill me.
15.10 Summertime and the Reading Is Easy.
The Bean Trees
I loved this book and can't believe I put off reading it for so long.
20.2 Rookie at the top--Nickboy's task
I chose A. Read a book with a work in the title at least 11 letters long.
Sima's Undergarments for Women by Ilana Stanger-Ross
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 195