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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2013
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Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Task #5.2 20 Years Ago One Hit Wonderful by Hannah Murray
Task #5.5 50 Years Ago
Blushing Pink by Jill Winters
GR author
Pink
Task #5.10 100 Years Ago
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Nominee – Best Play, Lucky Guy by Nora Ephron
Task #10.10 Blister in the Sun
Kiss Me, Kate by Mari Carr
GR author
song - Kiss Off
ebook approved @ line #526
Task #15.10 No More Homework!
Wild Goose Chase by Terri Thayer
GR author
Task #25.6 Off to the Mediterranian Sea
Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler
Option A - set in Egypt and Turkey
Big Book - 640 pages
Task #30.6 Reading Your 123s
Option 1 - birth year is 9. Haven's Crossing #2 and Masters of the Shadowlands #7
Intrigue at Haven's Crossing by Kyleigh Drake
Haven's Crossing #2
This Is Who I Am by Cherise Sinclair
GR author
Masters of the Shadowlands #7
Ebook approved @ line # 1112
This post: 95 points
Total to date: 95 points
Goodread authors this post: 4
Goodread authors to date: 4
Big Books claimed this post: 1
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Michael LA
5.3: 30 Years Ago
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Two consecutive "C" words in the title.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
5.3: 30 Years Ago
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Two consecutive "C" words in the title.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Repost of 342(oh the shame)
25.15 BBQ
Chicken: I read The Legacy of Moses and Akhenaten: A Jewish Perspective I was afraid to read this because it looked dry and academic (even though I was interested in the topic) and I also wondered how reliable the info was. Still don't know about the 2nd thing, but I found the book a fun read.
Corn: Per the approval on the help thread, I read
Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad Best of all, Dan Zevin is a ****카지노싸이트 Author ****Points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
GR authors: 3
Pages read: 2215
10.2 - Live Long and ProsperA book with the genre Classics on its main page:
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot **Big Book x 2** 850 pages
Total points 10
Task 5.5 - 50 years ago (title contains color word)The Color Purple
Task 20.10 - Group Reads
The Orphan Master's Son
My comment is #4 in the book comment thread
Points this post: 25
Tasks completed this post: 2
Total challenge points: 25
Total tasks completed: 2
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total 카지노싸이트 authors: 0
Mod
5.2 – 20 years ago.
three in subtitle: Help Thanks Wow: Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott
10.4 -- The Sunshine State
set in Far North Queensland Australia: Dead Heat by Caroline Carver
15.6 - As Seen On TV
Seen on CBS Sunday Morning on 6/16: Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
total = 200
Delicious Dee15.8 - The Battle of Gettysburg
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 - 8 ppl have it shelved as civil war
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 170
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500 + (2)
30.8 A Summer Visit to the National Zoo:Option 4: Asian Small Clawed Otters-book has food in title. I read Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself by Ann Mah (a GoodReads Author). The story takes place in Bejhing China, and the main character writes about food for expats in China.
Option 6-Giant Pandas. I selected "most read this week-Asia" and read
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (a GoodReads author). The main character and her mother immigrated from China to NYC.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 75
GoodReads Authors: 3
Tasks Completed: 4
20.6 CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky Option 1 - Read a book with history on its main page
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 by Stephen E. Ambrose
30.5 Sandy's Task: History with Dialogue
Book 1 - The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
This book has two story lines, one of which is about Brigham Young's 19th wife who divorces him and becomes a force against polygamy. It describes the founding of Salt Lake City.
Claiming one big book ticket (514 pages).
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner
Several of Powell's exploratory expeditions along the Colorado are discussed in detail. He comes in contact with some of Brigham Young's scouts.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
GR Authors: 0
Tasks this post: 2
Total tasks: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
카지노싸이트 Author: 6
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 2
Family Man - Heidi Cullinan (GR Author)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 190
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500 + (2)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something NewStill Alice by Lisa Genova ~ 292 pages
Option 3 - Lisa Genova is a new-to-me author
20.10 - Group Reads
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
commented in the discussion thread - message 10
25.3 - JennRenee's task: Summer Road Trip
I chose one book with 400+ pages that fulfills two options
by Michael Connelly ~ 505 pagesOption 3 - Plan the route: Lincoln in the title matches Lincoln, Nebraska
Option 6 - Get in your car and go!: There's a car on the cover
25.15 -- Stacie MI's task: It's Barbeque Time!
I chose one book with 400+ pages that fulfills two options
by Alan Bradley ~ 432 pagesOption B - Hamburger: "sandwiched" in a series -- this is book #3 in the Flavia de Luce series
Option E - Corn on the Cob: That's a yellow book!
Points this post: 90
Season Total: 90
Post #720.2 - Rookie At the Top - Bamaace83's task: Family Vacations
Option 1: Read a book with the genre "Family" on the main page
Restoring Harmony (approved in the help thread post 27)
Joelle Anthony is a 카지노싸이트 Author
Points this post: 20
Total to date: 75
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
카지노싸이트 Author Total: 2
20.7 - Ana's task: Something New option 3 - An author that is new to me.
The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight. I have not read any of Michael Muhammad Knight's works. This book meets the page count limit, it is 254pgs long.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Pages read: 3285
카지노싸이트 authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY5.3 30 yrs ago -- Hungry Like the Wolf I read Mao II by Don DeLillo whose first and last name begin with consecutive D’s.
15.3 Left and Right
Book 1 has the “Left hand” word “S T R E S S” – The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers.
Book 2 has the “Right hand” word “L O O K” – Don't Look Now: British Cinema in the 1970s by Paul Newland.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 240
Repost20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick
Helen Hollick is a 카지노싸이트 Author.
Claiming Big Book Ticket: Book is 656 pages long.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Books: 500- 1, 750, 1000 pages
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Jayme VA30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
C) Say Yes To The Dress:
by Kiera CassE) With This Ring: Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews
Kiera Cass is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
GR Authors: Emma Straub, Kiera Cass
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Katie M5.8 -- 80 years ago
Three Fates by Andrew Grey, Amy Lane, Mary Calmes
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 55 points
Kristi CO20.5 Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B: let's
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: by Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson is a 카지노싸이트 author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Suzanne5.5 50 years ago:
Read a book with one of the color words from Microsofts's Basic Color List in the title/subtitle of the book:
Black Hills by Nora Roberts - - 6/17/2013
Total Points- 15
Total Tasks- 3
카지노싸이트 Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Suzanne5.10 100 years ago:
Read a book with an author whose first or last name is the same as the first or last name of one of the individual nominees for a Tony Award:
Walt Disney World by Laurie Flannery - - 6/16/2013
Total Points- 20
Total Tasks- 4
카지노싸이트 Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Suzanne15.7 - 11/11:
Read a book with the same consecutive double letter pair found twice in any combination of title, subtitle or series title words or the author's names:
IN & IN:
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine - - 6/15/2013
Total Points- 35
Total Tasks- 5
카지노싸이트 Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Suzanne15.10 - No More Homework!: Read a book of your choice:
The Witness by Nora Roberts - - 6/6/2013
Total Points- 50
Total Tasks- 6
카지노싸이트 Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Kimber20.2 Family Vacations
The Lost Hours by Karen White
(Option 1, 'family' listed as genre on home page)
This task: 20
Tasks completed to date: 2
Total: 40
GRA: 0
Kimber20.4 Initial Fun
Grave's End: A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado
kiMbEr
This task: 20
# tasks completed to date: 3
Total: 60
Kimber20.6 They're Creepy and They're Kooky
Option #3, Genre Mystery on GR main page
Refuge on Crescent Hill by Melanie Dobson
MELANIE DOBSON IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 20
# tasks completed: 4
Total points: 80
GRA: 1
(sorry for the multiple posts...I hope that is not totally annoying, I just like to be as simplistic as possible so as not to create errors for myself!)
Kimber20.7 Something New
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Option 1: This is the first Gail Carriger novel I have read.
GAIL CARRIGER IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 20
# tasks completed: 5
Total: 100
GRA: 2
Kimber 20.8 Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: word that ends in 'k'
American Chick in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
(this is an ebook - length verification was provided in post 2476)
JEAN SASSON IS A GRA
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 6
Total: 120
GRA: 3
last one for now...
Sheila10.6 -- Black Flag Day - Egypt
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Petersset in Egypt
15.9 Mountains to Climb
Whiplash River byLou BerneyTotal Points = 255
TANYAPT20.1 Option #3 Personal Bucket List - read a book from every country that won a medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics before 2014 games.
Germline by T.C. McCarthy (country - Kazakhstan)
*** 카지노싸이트 Author ***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 3
Kathy G.20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
The Frontiersman's Daughter by Laura Frantz
Total Points- 140
Total Tasks- 8
카지노싸이트 Authors- 4
Big Books- 0
TANYAPT20.9 - Read a book that has been inspired by another author's fictional story.
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (inspired by Pride and Prejudie by Jane Austen)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2)
10.1 — The Black Tortoise and SnakeTortoise on cover:
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart+10 Points
Grand Total: 80
Andy P,Task # 5.2 20 Years Ago
Read a book with a number in its title/subtitle
Eleven Little Piggies by Elizabeth Gunn. The number is 11.
5.9-90 years ago
Read a book with the name of a fruit or vegetable in the title/subtitle, or a picture of a fruit or vegetable on the cover.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
25.4 -- Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 3. TEAMWORK - Read a book mentioned in the Scavenger hunt thread. Link to the thread--> message 211: http://www.africa-eu.com/topic/show/2...)
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Option 6. HOMERUN DERBY -
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (goodreads author)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read:8
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Read a book with the name of a fruit or vegetable in the title/subtitle, or a picture of a fruit or vegetable on the cover.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
25.4 -- Janet F's task: Bookin' Around the Bases
Option 3. TEAMWORK - Read a book mentioned in the Scavenger hunt thread. Link to the thread--> message 211: http://www.africa-eu.com/topic/show/2...)
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Option 6. HOMERUN DERBY -
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (goodreads author)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read:8
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Ems (Ems Reviews Books)5.10 100 Years Ago
(let's try this one again!)
I read Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout for this task.
Jennifer Tipton was nominated for Best Lighting Design of a Play.
JLA is a 카지노싸이트 Author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points Earned: 30
Tasks Complete: 4
GR Authors: 3
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
Shawn H.15.7 - 11/11 (Pair of Double Letters)
Flatbellies: It's Not about Golf. It's about Life by Alan B. Hollingsworth
***LL in both title and author's last name***
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 35
GR Authors: 1
Big Ticket Book: 0
STACIE MITask 15.4 - Get to the Finish Line
I decided to do option 2 and read a book with 688 pages:
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
**Ellen Hopkins is a 카지노싸이트 author!!**
**At 688 pages, Impulse qualifies as a Big Book!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 1021
카지노싸이트 authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Ana30.3 R.E.L.A.X.
Option A:
by Jim Butcher. He is a GoodReads author. I borrowed the book at the library.Option X:
by Nicholas Sparks. He is a GoodReads author. I would like to be on the road reading a book, headed someplace fun and relaxing.Points this Post 30
Total Points 145
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 10
Total Pages 3322
GoodReads Author 6
Big Books 500+(1)
30.6 - READING YOUR 123'SOPTION 3 - IMAGINARY NUMBER
REAL NAME - Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz
PSEUDONYM - Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick are both 카지노싸이트 Authors
TOTAL POINTS - 200
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 5
BIG BOOKS - 5
30.4 - Cindy AL's task: All Things Wedding
(option C) and A Ring of Endless Light (option e)Claiming 카지노싸이트 authors ticket for Meg Cabot
Total Points Earned: 120/1350
Total Pages Read: 3318/39055
Total Books Read: 10/105
Good Read Authors:6
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
30.3- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.The Ask and the Answer (R- recommended to me by Dystopian book lists)
*The Ask and the Answer is over 500 pages
Rise of a Hero by Hilari Bell (A- acquired this from the library)
*Hilari Bell is a 카지노싸이트 author
*Rise of a Hero is over 500 pages
Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jennifer KS30.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Name Dropping
I rolled a 1 and a 6
#1 Firefly I read Dead Reckoningby Charlaine Harris.
#6 Across the Pond I read A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore
Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1857
카지노싸이트 authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lane20.7- Something New
chose option #1:book first published 2013:
Whiskey Beach byNora Roberts*published 1.1.2013
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 4
25.9 - Chaitra's task: Summer Movies...The Low Profile VersionThe Knife of Never Letting Go (#6-favorite author)
Monsters of Men (#5-YA and Romance tag)
*Monsters of Men is over 500 pages
Claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Kickin' Back with the Girls from R.E.L.A.X.A - Acquired a book to read from the library.
You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark
X-- X marks the spot. Read a book that shows a place where you would like to be to sit and read a book.
I love to sit by water, especially the beach when I read.
, Folly Beach by *Dorothea Benton Frank*Dorothea Benton Frank is a 카지노싸이트 Author.
Points in This Task: 30
카지노싸이트 Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 768
Totals:
Total Points: 85
Total 카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read in Summer 2013 SRC: 1838
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2013 Reviews
Task 25.9 - Summer Movies...The low profile version
Option 5 - The Spectacular Now (YA and Romance genre): A Million Suns by Beth Revis ***GR Author***
Option 6 - The Grandmaster (by fav author): The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
Total GR Authors = 4
Challenge total = 95
5.8 – 80 years agoBook by two authors
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff & Alex Tresniowski
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
GR Author: 4
Big Ticket Books: 0
Lindsey IL5.1 - 10 Years Ago
Destined by P.C. Cast
***P.C. Cast is a GoodReads author***
20.1 - Stacy CT's Task: All Things Peru!
The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
option 2, author born in 1983 -
***Jessica Sorensen is a GoodReads author***
20.3 - Nick KY's Task: The Blank Blank
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
20.7 - Ana's Task: Something New
Skinny Bitch in Love by Kim Barnouin
option 1, first published in 2013
20.10 - Group Reads
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
http://www.africa-eu.com/topic/show/1...
25.20 - Sarah the Librarian's Task: Reading Goals
rolled a 2 and a 3
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
option 2, one of the first 25 books on my TBR list - added 5/21/2009
***Paulo Coelho is a GoodReads author***
Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
option 3, recommended to me by 카지노싸이트 Recommendations - based on my childrens shelf. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes the realistic, childrens middle grade genre. It's somewhat of a classic.
30.6 - Ty's Task: Reading Your 123s
option 1 - last digit of my birth year is 3
Dragon's Oath by P.C. Cast
first in series
***P.C. Cast is a GoodReads author***
Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast
second in series
***P.C. Cast is a GoodReads author***
30.10 - Jayme VA's Task: Book News Feed
rolled a 2 and a 3....again!
I've never read a book by Kitty Aldridge or Maria Semple before.
A Trick I Learned from Dead Men by Kitty Aldridge
option 2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
option 3
***Maria Semple is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post: 170
Total Points: 330
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 25
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 50 points