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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2015
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Summer Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
SarahBR10.1 Summer Reading Read a book from one of these summer reading lists:
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration off the Gear Patrol 2015 Summer Reading List
Points this Task: 10
Total Points for Challenge: 10
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10.1 - Summer Reading
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
This was featured on both the TED Blog reading list *and* the San Francisco Library list.
Points this task: 10
Total Challenge Points: 10
Elizabeth PTask 15.4 - The Big O
Book with genre romance on main page that has a letter that starts with O in title
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
Kristan Higgins is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Catherine TTask 10.4 - We Miss You Jane
read a book with author initials found in JANE AUSTEN
Blood Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff
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total points = 10
SAM ID5.1 - Benzaiten
read a book with a librarian as the main character
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
***Josh Hanagarne is a GR Author, 1 ticket***
Points: 5
Total Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
SHELLEY UT5.3 - Daikokuten
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
perletwo15.5 - Witch Hunt - Read a book with the genre paranormal on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded and may be listed within a genre like Paranormal Romance
Blood and Chocolate
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Shiraloo5.6 - Hotei
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
15.5 - Witch Hunt
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
JUKKA15.8 - Dearly Departed
Book with main page genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, or combination.
Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan. Has both Fantasy and Science Fiction as main page genres.
15.9 - Take a Ride
Book with a person's name in its title.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson. She is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 30
GR Authors This Post: 1
Total Points: 30
Total GR Authors: 1
Books Read: 2
perletwo20.10 - Group Reads - Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
I commented on the discussion thread here.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
SCHATZIE30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
BOOK 1: The Woods
I did the audio...here is the link to the mmpb: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
BB ticket: 508 pgs
BOOK 2: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Points this post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 30
BB(500) - 1
BB(750) - 0
BB(1000) - 0
VAL TX5.6 - Hotei - read a nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre.
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Humor = 3,133 users
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 5
perletwo10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month! - Read a book set in one of the Caribbean countries or written by an author who was born or currently lives in one of the Caribbean countries. For purposes of this task, we will use this list: Caribbean countries.
NOTE: The book must be set at least 50% in one of these countries, not just on a cruise in the area.
A Caribbean Mystery is set at a Trinidad resort hotel, where Miss Marple is on vacation.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
SarahBR25.3 Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: straight letters The Heir by Kiera Cassa good reads author
Book 2 Something Real Heather Demetriosa good reads author
Points This Post: 25
GR Authors This Post: 2
Total Points: 35
Total GR Authors: 2
Books Read: 3
Jonquil5.1 - Benzaiten
blurb: "Eva LeRoy, Broken Heart, Oklahoma's librarian, got "vampified" when everyone else did"
Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire
Michele Bardsley
6/1 340 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1
Pages this post: 340
Total pages as of this post: 340
Oma122930.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
I chose Options 1 and 3
Option 1-For this option, the title and subtitle of the book you read must contain all the letters in SAUNA, including two A's.
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Option 2- Read a classic genre book.Iit must have been originally published before 1956 as well as have the genre listing "classic(s)", which can be embedded.
Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Total Points-30/1085
Total Tasks Completed-1/61
Number of GR authors-()
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
10.7 Think About It:Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All by
Perry Garfinkel
Today's total: 10
Grand total: 10
Ellen R-S30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Option 1 -- June Wedding -- Post the cover and identify the wedding-related object on the cover.
Annette Blair Wedding dress & veilOption 4 -- Country Fair Time a book with an object on the cover you would expect to find exhibited at a county fair
Ellery Adams Pies as in a pie or baking competition at a fair.Annette Blair and Ellery Adams are both Goodreads authors.
Today's Points - 30
Total Points-30/1085
Total Tasks Completed-1/61
Number of GR authors-(2)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
Books Read - 2
Pages Read - 537
Jonquil5.2 - Bishamonten
Mystery > Crime 6 users
The Enemy We Know
Donna White Glaser
6/2 Paperback, 320 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Books posted: 2
Tasks complete: 2
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 660
SAM ID5.2 - Bishamonten
read a book with the genre "crime" on the main page
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
*Genre is locked in message 2 in help thread*
**Dan Brown is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
**at 713 pages, this qualifies for 1 Big Book ticket**
Points: 5
Total Points: 10
GR Tickets: 2
Big Books: 1
BOUCHRA10.10 Haiku!
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 1
GR Author Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 322
5.2 - BishamontenCrime is Main Page Genre
Made: A Sempre Novel | J.M. Darhower | 530 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ | Big Book Ticket and GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 5/1085
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Tasks Completed: 1/61
Shiraloo5.9 - Takarabune
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
REQUIRED:
-- on the fork is an Olive, definitely edible for humans*Lucy Knisley is a GRA*
10.1 - Summer Reading
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
REQUIRED: Found on the San Francisco Library Reading List
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire
Black Hole by Charles Burns
Genre = horror
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 1
perletwo15.8 - Dearly Departed - Author Terry Pratchett whose science-fantasy Discworld novels are some of the best-selling works in English fiction around the world died in March, 2015. He was awarded the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2010. Read a book with Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres (Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fantasy, etc.) on its main book page.
What better way to celebrate Terry Pratchett than with some Terry Pratchett?
Witches Abroad
Points this task: 15
Total points: 60
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Dakimel10.4 - We miss you, Jane
I read Still the One
by Jill Shalvis
25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
I read The Chocolate Thief & The Chocolate Kiss
TALLY:
This post - 35
Total - 35
VAL TX10.10 - Haiku! - Read a book with a title consisting of 5 or 7 words.
Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait by Kendra Bean
Kendra Bean is GR Author
This post:
Points - 10
GR Authors - 1
Total:
Points - 15
GR Authors - 1
Hana C.
5.6-Hotei
Read a nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
Points this Post: 5
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Total Points: 5
Total GRA: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1/61
5.6-Hotei
Read a nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
Points this Post: 5
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Total Points: 5
Total GRA: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1/61
Laurajay10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Lucy
Jamaica Kincaid was born in Antigua and Barbuda
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Reposting with correct information and having a reader nameSarahBR
10.1 Summer Reading Read a book from one of these summer reading lists:
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration off the Gear Patrol 2015 Summer Reading List
Points this Task: 10
Total Points for Challenge: 10
Reposting with correct information and having a reader nameSarahBR
25.3 Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: straight letters The Heir by Kiera Cassa good reads author
Book 2 Something Real Heather Demetriosa good reads author
Points This Post: 25
GR Authors This Post: 2
Total Points: 35
Total GR Authors: 2
Books Read: 3
NicoleS10.1 - Summer Reading
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
*appears on the San Francisco Public Library 2014 Adult Summer Reading List
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
15.6 - Rock Around the ClockClock on cover
I listened to
The mmp is here: The Seven Dials Mystery
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 15
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 0
Post: 34
SCHATZIE5.1: Benzaiten
---about a librarian
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
5.9: TAKARABUNE
---something on the cover that can be eaten by humans: on the cover is cheese, a baguette, grapes, oysters and snails if you are so inclined.
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
15.9: TAKE A RIDE
----book with a proper name in title
Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor: A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating, and Making It Work!
Points this post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 55
BB(500) - 1
BB(750) - 0
BB(1000) - 0
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?Pick two different options and read one book for each (two books total).
REQUIRED: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 2. Read a book with an author whose first name is Mary, Kathleen, or Donna OR choose an author whose last name begins with the letter A, or L, or O.
The last name of Goodreads author Laurie Halse Anderson starts with the letter A. I read The Impossible Knife of Memory.
Option 3. read a book with the title written in solid red OR white OR blue lettering.
The title of Maisie Dobbs by Goodreads author Jacqueline Winspear is written in solid white lettering.
Points This Post: 30
GR Authors This Post: 2
Total Points:30
Total GR Authors: 2
Books Read: 2
Challenges Posted: 1
BARBARA ★5.9 - Takarabune
Dark Tort - Diane Mott Davidson 6/1(chocolate cake on cover)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
15.8 - Dearly Departed : Genre: FantasyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.4 Ebisu
All of the letters in FISH or all of the letters in LUCK in its title/subtitle--"Fish":
Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3.0
GRA:Ramsey Beyer
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 5/1085
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
MADDIE15.3 - Now Appearing: Choose ONE book that 1) has been made into a movie, AND 2) which the author shares a name with one of the 100 all-time top grossing movie actors
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
1) movie imdb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124315/
2) actor: John Ratzenberger
**The Cider House Rules is 587 pages. 1 BB ticket**
**John Irving is a GRA**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.10 - Haiku! (Read a book with 5 or 7 letters in the title)The Revised Vault of Walt by Jim Korkis
Points earned this post: 10
Total Points: 10
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
Elizabeth B5.2 - Bishamonten
genre "Crime" listed as a main page genre
Cards On The Table, e-book only, approved on msg#4636 of the verification thread, small book
5.5 - Fukurokuju
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
genre "Books About Books" in the main page
10.4. We miss you, Jane.
Nothing Serious by Jay Northcote author's initials can be found in JANE AUSTEN (JaNe)
Points: 20
Total points: 20/1085
Tasks: 3/61
Jasmiina F10.9 - Three of a Kind?:
Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings on the cover:
by Robico.Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
GR Authors this post:
Total GR Authors:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
SarahBRTask 10.4 - We Miss You Jane
read a book with author initials found in JANE AUSTEN
I, Justine: An Analog Memoir by Justine Ezarik
Points This Post: 10
GR Authors This Post: 0
Total Points: 45
Total GR Authors: 2
Books Read: 4
Jonquil5.3 - Daikokuten
"money" in title
Walking Money
James O. Born
6/2 Paperback, 289 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books posted: 3
Tasks complete: 3
Pages this post: 289
Total pages as of this post: 949
Jonquil5.4 - Ebisu
FISH in title
Something's Fishy in Palm Springs
Something's Fishy in Palm Springs: An Aggie Underhill Mystery
Michelle Ann Hollstein
6/2 Paperback, 192 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books posted: 4
Tasks complete: 4
Pages this post: 192
Total pages as of this post: 1141
trishhartukOpening my Summer account with:
30.5 Teri-K’s Task: Good Old Summertime
This task celebrates the good and bad of Southern summers. This is a TWO book task. Please choose two different options. REQUIRED: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 1: At its worst, summer here means opening my front door to the kind of heat and humidity that makes the outdoors feel like an out-of-control sauna. For this option, the title and subtitle of the book you read must contain all the letters in SAUNA, including two As.
A mAN of Some repUte, Elizabeth Edmondson
Read the kindle version as a kindle first.
Goodreads Author: No.
PB is out in July, but is already in Goodreads:
Option 2: For this task read a book whose cover has ice cream, a firefly (1 must be lit up), or a baseball uniform, bat, ball, or mitt. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
, Maddy HunterHas an ice-cream sundae on the front and is listed in the thread approval message.
Goodreads Author: No.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 1
Total points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Jonquil5.5 - Fukurokuju
"Books About Books"
Writing > Books About Books 19 users
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Aaron Lansky
6/2 Paperback, 328 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books posted: 5
Tasks complete: 5
Pages this post: 328
Total pages as of this post: 1469
Hana C.
10.10 - Haiku!
Read a book with a title consisting of 5 words.
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
Points this Post: 10
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Total Points: 15
Total GRA: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 2/61
10.10 - Haiku!
Read a book with a title consisting of 5 words.
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
Points this Post: 10
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Total Points: 15
Total GRA: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 2/61
Ashley V10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.
Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Points: 10
GRA: 1
BB Tix: 0
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TOTALS
Points: 10
GRA: 1
BB Tix: 0
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This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.
Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.
Please refer to the posting requirements for what must be included, and to the general guidelines that will help us keep the challenge running smoothly.
NOTES:
1. You MUST post a link to books claimed for a task. Be sure that you have linked to the correct edition. See links to books in your completed task posts. The links must be posted with the individual tasks - a list of links elsewhere in the post is not sufficient.
2. If you are claiming a Goodreads Author ticket, you must claim it along with the individual task post and include the author's name. A list of names elsewhere in the post is not sufficient.
3. If you are claiming a Big Book ticket, you must claim it along with the individual task post and specifically state that it is a Big Book ticket claim. You must include the number of pages in the book, and a link to the edition you used to establish page count. Simply including the number of pages or providing a list of books elsewhere in the post is not sufficient.
4. If you claim a book that only exists in e-book form, you MUST provide either a line reference to the approved book spreadsheet or the post number in which the book was approved. See the ebook only verification thread.
5. If the task requires a cover element, you MUST include the cover when you post.
6. Remember to include all "Required" task elements.
7. If your book was approved in the Help Thread for the task, the Genre Verification thread, or Not Really for Kids thread, please indicate that in your post.
8. Post tasks in numerical order, from smallest to largest.
Any problems with task postings will be posted in the Questions/problems thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, Goodreads authors, or Big Books.
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