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message 51: by Beth F (new)

Beth F | 669 comments 10.9 - Around the Campfire - River Marked by Patricia Briggs

This is the 6th in a series and was just published about 3 months ago so I don’t want to say anything too spoilerish but the ghostly connection isn’t very obvious from the description, so…


***mild spoilers***




The main character is able to see ghosts which is explained in previous books in the series. And in this one, her ability to see and speak with them plays a significant role in moving the plot forward, especially as it relates to her Native American ancestry and her father who was killed before she was born.

As an added bonus, they are camping throughout most of the book so the title of the task and this book fit especially well together. :)

Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 10


message 52: by Lindy-Lane (last edited Jun 04, 2011 08:56AM) (new)

Lindy-Lane (moonbacklit) | 567 comments Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 350
Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 15
Updated last on: 6.4
Total # of books read: 1
Total # of pages read: 416
Total # of tasks completed: 1
Total # of 카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (0)

Task 15.10 Summertime, and the Reading is Easy...(Read any book you choose).

I read Eve by Iris Johansen Eve by Iris Johansen 416 pages (6.3)


message 53: by Kim (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Kimber

20.5 Family Reunion

Read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

ok'd by Sue T in help thread.

Rebecca Skloot is a 카지노싸이트 Author!

This task: 20
Total: 20
GRAuthors: 1


message 54: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 2046 comments I'm really enjoying getting ready for all of the great tasks! Thanks, everyone. Here's my first claim:

5.9. The Long and the Short of It.

The Waters & the Wild by Francesca Lia Block

5 word title, 128 pages

+5 Points
Grand Total: 5


message 55: by Asho (new)

Asho | 181 comments Hoping to get more reading in than I did in the spring! Here is my first book of the season:

5.9 The Long and Short of It
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Short title, long book (480 pages)

Total Books Read: 1
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Total Pages Read: 480
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 5


message 56: by Kathy G. (new)

Kathy G. | 1931 comments Kathy G.

10.5 What's Next?-


Stuart Little by E.B. White
***My 5 Star book was A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle***

Total Points- 25
Total Tasks- 2
카지노싸이트 Authors- 0
Big Books- 0


message 57: by Sue (last edited Jun 04, 2011 12:46PM) (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1569 comments 10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty

Murder Past Due Murder Past Due (A Cat in the Stacks Mystery, #1) by Miranda James - cat on the cover and plays a major role in the story.

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 58: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 5.4 - SUMMMMMMER - Kate's Choice: What Love Can Do ; Gwen's Adventure in the Snow : Three Fire-Side Stories to Warm the Heart by Louisa May Alcott who hase TT at the end of her name.



5.9 - THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT - The Quiet Little Woman: Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale : Three Enchanting Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott


30.4 - SUMMER IN EUROPE - I chose option 4 and read The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson set in Sweden. And for option 5 I read Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs which has the word summer in the title.


Susan Wiggs is a goodreads author.

Both The Girl who Played with Fire and Summer at Willow Lake are over 500 pages so I would like 2 big book tickets please.


TOTAL POINTS - 40
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 1
BIG BOOKS - 2




message 59: by Sandie (new)

Sandie (chocdrop) | 212 comments 20.10 Group Read

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Message 3 in the Discussion Thread

Kelley Armstrong is a 카지노싸이트 Author

This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1 (Kelley Armstrong)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 60: by Sheila (last edited Jun 04, 2011 03:24PM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 5.1. At the Shore.

Death by Facebook by Everett Peacock **카지노싸이트 Author^^

Takes place on the volcanic island of Hawaii on the beach.



5.6. As American As....

Not All Tarts Are Apple by Pip Granger


Total Points = 55

New 카지노싸이트 Author = Everett Peacock



message 61: by Gayla (new)

Gayla Bassham (sophronisba) | 64 comments 5.8. But No Shoplifting!

this task requires you to read a book that was free to you - for instance, borrowed from the library or a friend, a free ebook download, a gift.

The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen

This book was a gift from a friend.

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


message 62: by Kate S (last edited Jun 04, 2011 06:40PM) (new)

Kate S 5.7 Don't Stop Reading
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho is a GR author

5.8 But No Shoplifting
What Maisie Knew by Henry James

This was a book I borrowed from the library

10.10 Gimme S'more
The Innocent by Ian McEwan

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
Room by Emma Donoghue

This book was picked as best fiction

Emma Donoghue is a GR Author

20.7 A Trip to the Past
The Sixth Wife by Suzannah Dunn

This Post: 55
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 5/57
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2


message 63: by JC (new)

JC (jmnc) | 638 comments Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Task 20.2 - NETHERLANDS is an eleven letter word

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Challenge total = 20


message 64: by Jensownzoo (new)

Jensownzoo | 125 comments TOTAL POINTS = 80

20.4 I rolled a 2 and chose a book with a wolf on the cover.
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris


message 65: by mstan (last edited Jun 17, 2011 07:51PM) (new)

mstan | 868 comments 10.3 - Spare Me

My Swordhand is Singing (I wouldn't want to visit a wintry 17th century Transylvanian small town!) (* * *)

15.6 - Speak English!

Autumn Term () (* * *)

Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Books: 9
Pages: 2,857
Big Book tickets: 0
카지노싸이트 authors: 0




message 66: by Christine US (new)

Christine US (christineus) | 575 comments CHRISTINE US

Task 20.10 Group Reads

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

I posted a comment for the book.

TOTAL: 20


message 67: by Lauren (new)

Lauren (skion1818) LaurenVA

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

Sugarbabe by Holly Hill

Task Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 5


message 68: by Kate (new)

Kate Cooley Kate.x.

Task 5.9 - The long and the short of it...

K-Pax by Gene Bewer

623 pgs claiming Big Book ticket

This is a long book with a short title.

Total points = 5


message 69: by Janice (last edited Jun 05, 2011 02:02PM) (new)

Janice  | 711 comments Janice CA

15.1 Beware of Thorns

One Book: The book I read was approved in the help thread to fit options C and D.

Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee
5 stars

Gypsy claims, throughout her biography, that she had very limited talent. Therefore, she had to work hard and be very clever to get to the top. She never gives herself credit for being a wonderful storyteller. Her writing seems to have come so naturally.

+15
total: 15
tasks: 1
books: 1


message 70: by Rosemary (last edited Jun 05, 2011 02:48PM) (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 5.8 But No Shoplifting!
Numbers by Rachel Ward
This was a library book.
** Rachel Ward is a 카지노싸이트 Author **

10.3 Spare Me
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
This book is set in a hospital intensive care unit where the main character is in a coma. I don't want to be in an ICU ... or in a coma!

10.4 Here Kitty Kitty
Snared by J.L. Merrow Dulce et Decorum Est by J.L. Merrow
Snared and Dulce et Decorum Est both by J.L. Merrow
Both have cats on the cover.
These two books together add up to 142 pages, verified on the ebook verification thread.

10.5 What's Next?
The 5-star book that I chose from my GR shelf was 'The Help'.
The book that I read was The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

10.8 Baby, It's Hot Outside!
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

15.1 Beware of Thorns
Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
Fits option A (rose on the cover - it's inside the letter O in 'rose') and B ('rose' in the title) and C (character called Lola Rose).

Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 71: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey (mamamunky) | 185 comments I'm LindseyMA and I completed tasks:

20.10 - Group Reads - I re-read Madame Tussaud (who is a goodreads' author) and posted in the folder.

20.6 - Summer Reading - I read Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris while we cooked out on the grill. (Don't worry, my husband was at the grill).

15.7 - Readers have chosen - I read Room by Emma Donaghue (who is a goodreads' author) which won for Best Fiction.

카지노싸이트' authors: 2
Total : 55pts


message 72: by Jayne, Moderator Emeritus (new)

Jayne (littlemissskittles) | 1394 comments Mod
Task #15.10 - Summertime, and the Reading is Easy

Read any book you like: The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan

** Carrie Ryan is a 카지노싸이트 Author **

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 73: by Rachel (new)

Rachel (lambfox) | 222 comments RACHEL CA: 30 pts total

15.05 MIND THE GAP
The Red Box (Nero Wolfe #4), by Rex Stout--I actually read this in this bookThe Rubber Band/The Red Box, but it exists in a single volume edition.

15.07 THE READERS HAVE CHOSEN
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, (Favorite Book of 2010)

Points: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
카지노싸이트 authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 74: by Sheila (last edited Jun 05, 2011 11:28PM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 5.7. Don't Stop Reading

Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin ** 카지노싸이트 Author **


5.8. But No Shoplifting!

Every Storm by Lori Wick

borrowed from my local library

Total Points = 65
New 카지노싸이트 Author = Melanie Benjamin



message 75: by Denise (new)

Denise | 213 comments Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 5.2 - Sun, Sea, and Pirates

The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay by L.A. Meyer

Pages 554

BIG BOOK

Points - 5


Task 5.4 - Summmmer

Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy by L.A. Meyer

Pages - 454

Points - 5


Task 5.8 But no Shoplifting

Burning For Revenge by John Marsden

Library Book

Pages - 272

Points - 5


Task 15.5 - Mind the Gap

The Night Is For Hunting by John Marsden

Book 6 in the Tomorrow Series

Pages - 256

Points - 15


Task 15.10 - Summertime and the Reading is Easy

The Other Side Of Dawn by John Marsden

Pages - 336


Task 30.4 - Summer in Europe

Book A - Option 3 - Coming of Age

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pages - 608

BIG BOOK

Book B - Option 5 - Summer in Title

Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

Pages - 544

BIG BOOK

Susan Wiggs is a 카지노싸이트 Author

Points - 30


Points this Post - 75
Total Points - 75

Big Book Tickets this Post - 3(500)
Big Book Tickets Total - 3(500)

카지노싸이트 Authors this Post - 1
카지노싸이트 Authors Total - 1


message 76: by Meagan (new)

Meagan (mmbell) | 315 comments 15.8 Up in the Air
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Country Code is ES for Spain

*Elizabeth Scott is a 카지노싸이트 Author*

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1




message 77: by Kathleen (new)

Kathleen | 144 comments Kathleen FL

15.5 Mind the Gap :

Lies is the 3rd in the Gone Series and there is one more that has been published at this time.

Michael Grant is a GoodReads Author.

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
카지노싸이트 Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 78: by Jamie (new)

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

Read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 288
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 79: by Danie (new)

Danie (heyydanie) | 58 comments 5.7 Don't Stop Reading

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

Points this post : 5
Points so far : 20


message 80: by Literally (new)

Literally Jen (vampsita) Readerboard Name: Jennifer UT

5.1 On the Shore

Oh. My. Gods. takes place on an island called Serfopoula. (Which is actually a real island that's uninhabited.)

5.4SUMMMMMMER

Valhalla

5.8 But No Shoplifting!

The Remains **The author emailed me a PDF file of this book at no cost to me so that I could write a review for him.**

Vincent Zandri is a 카지노싸이트 author. (The Remains)
Jennifer Willis is a 카지노싸이트 author. (Valhalla)
Tera Lynn Childs is a 카지노싸이트 author. (oh.my.gods.)

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
카지노싸이트 Author: 3
Tasks Completed: 3


message 81: by Wendy UK (new)

 Wendy  UK (wendyuk) | 724 comments 15.5 - Mind the Gap


The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths

This is the second in a series of three - so far.


Total points to date 15




message 82: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments Oops ... need to move a book already, sorry!

I would like to move Numbers by Rachel Ward from task 5.8 to task 20.8 (Female Authors Of Sci-Fi).

Points This Post: -5+20=15
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0


message 83: by Lulu (new)

Lulu (robotwitch) 20.4. Focus on My Favourite GoodReads Author
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
256 pages. I rolled a six, so I decided on number five – centring around someone who is poor. Culla and Rinthy begin in a shack that has little furniture. As they travel across the countryside, they never have another pair of clothes – when Culla has the boots he himself stole, stolen, he must wear the thief’s pair that fall apart and don’t fit him. Rinthy must turn on stranger’s kindness to get food to eat and water to drink. They both often have to sleep wherever they are when it turns to night, and have to eat out of the fields they passed.

Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages: 256
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 84: by Nick (new)

Nick (doily) | 3350 comments Nickboy


15.2 Summer Stock.
a. biography of celebrity.

Robert Altman: The Oral Biography by Mitchell Zuckoff 576 pages, approved in the help thread
b. play, at least 80 pages. Right You Are! (If You Think So) by Luigi Pirandello , Arthur Livingston translator, 92 pages

30.2 A.K.A.
One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell, 250 pages
Brimstone Wedding, The by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell), 330 pages

Claiming 1 BIG BOOK for Robert Altman: The Oral Biography... 576 pages

Task Points: 45
Total Points: 55/1000
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1880
Big Books: 500+ (1)


message 85: by Gayla (new)

Gayla Bassham (sophronisba) | 64 comments 15.9 Pulling Weeds

Read one of the 50 books on your "To Read" shelf added before 5/21 with the lowest rating.

The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer

This Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2/57
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 86: by Alice (new)

Alice (aliceg) | 424 comments Alice G

Task 20.4 Author, Author - Focus on My Favourite 카지노싸이트 Author

Dice Number: 2

Book: Death and the Penguin

This book fits the task as the book had to have an animal that plays a major role and in this book a penguin is central to the plot.

Total Points: 20




message 87: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (amandapearl) | 267 comments 10.6: Gay Pride

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Points this Post: 10

Total Points:15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


message 88: by chucklesthescot (new)

chucklesthescot Task 15.5 Mind the Gap

At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost
*Claiming a 카지노싸이트 Author ticket for Jeaniene Frost*

Points this task:15
Total Points:50
카지노싸이트 Authors:1
Big Book Tickets:0




message 89: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 51 comments NICOLE AR

5.4--SUMMER

For this task, I read "Go Your Own Way" by Christina Henry De Tassen

Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 5


message 90: by Emily Kate (new)

Emily Kate Anderson | 68 comments Emily Kate

20.8 Divergent by Veronica Roth

25.2 Fiction 2011: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Non-fiction 1998: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

30.5 A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Approved in the help thread)
Across the Universe by Beth Revis

30.10 Book "American Wife"
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

* American Gods is a big book: 672 pages

Total: 105
Total Pages: 2854


message 91: by Christina (new)

Christina (stinalynne04) 5.7. Don't Stop Reading - North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

10.3 Spare Me - The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich
I would not want to travel to Washington D.C. again. The traffic and crime is just not worth it!

Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages Read: 997
Books Read: 3
카지노싸이트 Authors: 0




message 92: by Joanna (new)

Joanna (walker) | 433 comments Joanna T

Task 20.8 Female Sci-Fi

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This book was approved in the help thread.

Task 20.6 Summer Reading

Family Man by Calvin Trillin
I listened to this book in the car.

Grand total: 40


message 93: by Erin (NY) (new)

Erin (NY) (erin_p) | 653 comments Erin NY

10.4 Book with a type of cat in title
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

30.7 Lit Map for an author liked from Summer 2010, use Libba Bray, picked options 1 and A
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 761


message 94: by Jecca (last edited Jun 06, 2011 08:48AM) (new)

Jecca | 685 comments Jecca

5.9 The Long and Short of it

read The Helpby Kathryn Stockett
*goodreads author*
Paperback 530 pages (Note) I started this in May, but put it down and picked it up the first day of the challenge 100 pages in. So this may not count for big book as I really only read 430 pages.

Points this post 5
Total Point Earned: 5/1000
Books Read: 1/77
Task Completed 1/57
Good Read Authours:1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)


message 95: by Sheila (last edited Jun 06, 2011 09:12AM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments 5.10. Summer Fun.

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz ** 카지노싸이트 Author **

# 161 best humorous books

Total Points = 70
New 카지노싸이트 author = Lisa Lutz


message 96: by Donna Jo (new)

Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments Finished:

10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty

The Persian Pickle Club The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas by Sandra .
Dallas

For Persian cats

10.6 Gay Pride

Hero by Perry Moore Hero by Perry Moore
I enjoyed this--it went well with my weekend of superheroes--went to see Thor last night.

10.9 Around the Campfire

Ghost in Trouble Ghost in Trouble (Bailey Ruth, #3) by Carolyn Hart by Carolyn Hart


Today's points 30
Total points 40


message 97: by Stesse (new)

Stesse | 270 comments STESSE

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R. T I M E

Worth Dying For by Lee Child (384 p.)

10.2 -- Phone Home E.T.

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (440 p.)

20.10 Group Read

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran (446 p.)

Michelle Moran is a GoodReads Author.

Discussion thread post # 6

Points this Post: 35
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 1270
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1526
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)


message 98: by Jayme(theghostreader) (last edited Jun 06, 2011 11:11AM) (new)

Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3037 comments Jayme(the ghostreader)

I completed task 30.6. For my first die I rolled a 6 As You Like It and read "The Hostile Hospital" by Lemony Snickett.

For the second die roll, I rolled a 2 Midsummer Night's Dream and chose a fantasy/sci "First Warning" by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.

Task Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Big Books: 0
GR Authors:0
Grand Total: 30




message 99: by Beth F (new)

Beth F | 669 comments 20.2 - NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word -
Matchmakers 2.0 by Debora Geary, a 카지노싸이트 author.

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Points Claiming: 20
Total Points: 30


message 100: by Nat (new)

Nat (talieami) | 32 comments Natalie FL
Total points: 15
5.8 But no Shoplifting!
I read Cool Beans By Erynn Magnum. I got this book for free in the nook library.
10.4 Here Kitty, Kitty
I read Scat By Carl Hiassen. The main Character (Nick) wants to see a panther and **SPOILER** finds out that his teacher has been taking care of a newborn panther.


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