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Jennifer KS5.1. At the Shore.I read Hurricanes in Paradise by Denise Hildreth. It is set on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Points this task 5
Total Points 35
Task done 4
Books read 4
Pages read 1435
Reader name: Jamie IN20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.
I read the book while I was outside in the sun.
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 1278
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Emily Kate5.1 Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
5.4 City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
10.9 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
15.4 Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday by Megan McCafferty
Total: 220 points
10.4 -- Here Kitty, KittyWhite Cat by Holly Black ** ŷ Author **
15.2 Summer Stock
Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind The Legend by Michael Munn
AND
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan ** ŷ Author **
2011 - Fiction/Novel
AND
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
1997 - Biography
Total Points = 155
New ŷ Authors = Holly Black and Jennifer Egan
20.6 - Summer ReadingI read Dogs and Goddesses at the beach and while floating in a friend's pool (I wasn't being rude. They're out of town and I take care of their cats. My reward is open access to the pool. The cats don't seem to care that I just come over to read ;o)).
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Simba10.7 - It's been a year already?
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
#33 on the July 2010 list.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 10/1000
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 374
Goodread Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0)
ERIN C.Wow, nice to finally find the time to get started on my Summer reading!
10.2 Phone Home
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
This book is about an Earth native acting as an envoy to another planet.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodRead Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "20.6 - Summer ReadingI read Dogs and Goddesses at the beach and while floating in a friend's pool (I wasn't being rude. They're out of town and I take care of their cats. My reward..."
LOVING your summer ticker! :)
5.3 DOG DAYS OF SUMMER - Isle Of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell***Big Book 544pgs***
5.4 SUMMMMMER - Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
2 s's in Clarissa
***Big Book 608pgs***
15.7 THE READERS HAVE CHOSEN -
Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey
Nominated for Fantasy
***GR Author***
***Big Book 576 pgs***
15.8 UP IN THE AIR - Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
CH for Switzerland
20.7 A TRIP TO THE PAST - The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Set in 1941
***Big Book 656pgs***
Points: 60
Tasks: 5
Books: 5
Pages: 2709
GR Authors: 1
Big Books 500+: 4
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 3616
GR Authors: 1
Big Books 500+: 5
Emma 5.3. The Dog Days of Summer ("dog" in title or on cover)
Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon which has "dog" in the title as well as on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Total Point Earned: 5
Pages Read: 226
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
30.9 Vacation Timea) book where characters travel from one country to another Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - characters travel from France to Scotland. *937 pages - Big Book*
b) book that contains beach, sea, seaside, sand, shore, surf, vacation, holiday, sun, lake, hotel, camp, camping Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
10.3 Spare MeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
I have no desire to visit Afghanistan especially not during the periods of war which took place during this novel.
15.1 Beware of Thorns
by Jane YolenThis works with both title and a rose on the cover
15.5 Mind the Gap
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
This is the 19th book in the Kinsey Millhone series (there are currently 21 books in the series)
This post: 40 points
Total Points: 120/1000
Tasks Completed: 10/57
15.6 Speak EnglishThere's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The word is 'bathroom', from the category 'Around the House'
20.1 Birthday Time
Option 4: my star sign is Pisces
Pisces: From Behind That Locked Door by Pepper Espinoza
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 18
ŷ Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and LoversMy best friend since I was 3 was and is Jennifer Murphy. I read Certain Girls by ****ŷ author Jennifer Weiner
For part 2, I read a book with 7 words in the title. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling.
I claim one ticket for a Good reads author and one for a big book (Goblet of Fire was 734 pages)
points: 65
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
ŷ authors: 3
Big books 500(0) 750+ (1)
20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Option B, a family saga, this is a book about an African man and his family and how his actions impact his family. It was listed as number 8 on the family sagas list that was posted with the challenge. (209 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read: 2649
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.4 SUMMMMMMER: Repeated letter in name or title.The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
Current: 5
Total: 5
Books: 1
Pages: 306
Kim NY20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
I readNight Roadby Kristin Hannah. I selected option B of the challenge which was to read a Family Saga story involving at least 2 generations as major characters. This book included 4 generations of the same family, (and was incredible by the way-I highly recommend).
Tasks completed: 2
Points this task: 20
Total points: 25
Good Reads Author: 1
385 pages
NICOLE VA15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
I read Room which was on the GoodReads 2010 Best Fiction list.
Total points = 70
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
5.4. S U M M M M M M E R
title or author has the same letter repeated consecutively in one word - "Cherry"
❶The Sour Cherry Surprise by David Handler READ 6.7.11
15.4 Summer Shorts
ONE anthology or collection of short stories, poems, or novellas by several contributing authors OR TWO anthologies or collections each by a single author
❶Death's Excellent Vacation by Charlaine Harris READ 6.8.11
20.10 Group Read
Paranormal Romance
❶Bitten by Kelley Armstrong READ 6.9.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
****
TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 6/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 6
TOTAL POINTS: 85/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 2
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]
Janice CA5.4 Summmmmmer....
Double letters in the author's last name.
Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates and Chippendales by
David Henry Sterry
3 stars
***ŷ Author***
+5
total: 20
tasks: 2
books: 2
GR Authors: 1
Kathy G.20.3 Happy, Happy, Happy-
My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
***I chose this book because I am the absolute happiest when I have a book in my hand. I found this author's reading life exhilarating and a joy. I want to read even more!***
Total Points- 65
Total Tasks- 4
ŷ Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
15.3 - In the EurozoneA. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín - 272 pages
Toibin was born and lives in Ireland. Ireland uses the Euro.
B. An Experiment in Love by Hilary Mantel - 256 pages
Mantel was born and lives in England. England does not use the Euro.
15.7 - The readers have chosen!
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman - 269 pages
This book was nominated in the Fiction category.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2173
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+(1);750+(0);1000+(0)
EmmalitaTask 10.9 Around the Campfire
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
One of the main characters in the book was a ghost
Audrey Niffenegger is a ŷ author
This post: 10 points
Total points to Date: 25 points
ŷ authors: 1
Boston KateTask 5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
The Regulators
The large animal in the lower right corner may or may not be a dog (?), but (and it's hard to see in this small picture) there is a smaller image of a boy playing with a dog in the lower left.
This post: 5 points
Total to date: 5 points
Tasks completed: 1
For 15.8 I read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. FR is the country code for France.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.
Erin NY5.8 Book You got for free (I got it from the library on audio)
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
20.9 Non-fiction book that makes you feel better about yourself
Quilter's Academy Vol. 1--Freshman Year: A Skill-Building Course in Quiltmaking by Harriet Hargrave
* This book makes me feel better about myself, because I have been trying to learn how to quilt, and it makes me feel good to be able to give home-made quilts for people I love as presents.
Total: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 1682
5.3 - The Dog Days of SummerI read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon which had the word "dog" in both the title and on the cover.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 15/1000
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2 (whoops, this was wrong on my last one)
Pages Read: 374
Goodread Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0)
30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task: Best Friends and LoversPart A.
Let Me Whisper In Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark
My best friends name is Mary and matches the first name of this author
Part B.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
7 word title
Total Points = 185
Task 20.6 - Summer Reading
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I listened to this book on audio while sitting in my big yard swing and watching my boys play in the yard.
Challenge total - 40
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX20.5 Sue T's Task: Family Reunion
Woman Strangled: News At Ten by Laurie Moore
Set in Fort Worth Texas - where I live
30.2 Sheila/WendyUK's Task: A. K. A.
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
Dog On It by Sencer Quinn
Points This Post 50
Cindy FTask 5.3 Dog Days Of Summer read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 45
Tasks completed to date: 4
Books read to date: 5
ŷ Author Books: 0
Big Books 500+(1)750+(0) 1000+(0)
5.10. Summer Fun. Read a book that makes you smile, giggle, or laugh out loud!
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3/57
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
AMANDA A5.1 - Summer at the Shore
Summer at Seaside Cove by Jacquie D'Alessandro
5.4 - SUMMMMMMMER
Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress
5.6 - As American As...
Hot On Her Heels by Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery is a ŷ author
10.5 - What's Next?
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
The 5 star book I chose from my GR shelf was Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day.
25.3 - Ice Cream Truck
YA - Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott
Elizabeth Scott is a ŷ author.
Mystery - The Night Season (Gretchen Lowell, #4) by Chelsea Cain
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 50
ŷ Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
20.5 Family Reunioni chose option B and read The Moor's Last Sigh. it chronicles 4 generations of a really crazy family in india! love me some rushdie!
Books Read: 2 /76+
Points Completed: 20/ 1000
Tasks Completed: 1/ 57
on the board! :)
10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside! Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal
Points this Post: 10
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 293
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1819
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.10 - Summertime, And The Reading Is Easy - Dead Reckoning by Charlaine HarrisTotal Challenge Points = 30
NICOLE VA5.4. S U M M M M M M E R.
I read Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter.
Total points= 75
Leslie KTask 5.1: At the shore
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
A great re-read. First read in 1961!
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 45
Mod
I read Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter listed on the Ultimate Teen Reading List.
5.9. The Long and the Short of It
I read How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One, 160 pages and a 10 word title.
15.7 The Readers Have Chosen
I read Blackout, nominated for the 2010 ŷ Choice Awards in Science Fiction.
20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
I read All Clear by Connie Willis
Total points: 45
5.2 Read Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boyby L.A. Meyer15.7 Read Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich from the Mystery/Thriller category
15.8 Read Legs Benedict by Mary Daheim - airport code MD for Moldova
Points these tasks: 35
Total points 35
tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Lindsey IL5.9 - The Long and the Short of It
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Short book (110 pages), long title (5 words)
10.4 - Here Kitty, Kitty
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
10.6 - Gay Pride
Luna by Julie Ann Peters
The title character is transgender in this book.
15.8 - Up in the Air
Princess in Love by Meg Cabot
MC is the code for Monaco.
25.4 - Color Me Happy
Blue was the color rolled, and I picked Option 1 (blue on cover) and 2 (blue in title).
by Meg CabotGathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 65
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1314
Task 20.10 Group ReadBitten By Kelley Armstrong
Post #6 and also replied in post #9 in Discussion
Kelley Armstrong is a ŷ Author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points:35
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 794
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Heather KSFinished task 30.6
I rolled a 6 and a 3.
6: book by a comedian, I read Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
3: city in the title, I read Jesus of Nazareth
New point total: 65
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25.6 European Landmarks -- I visited:
1. The Louvre. Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Paintings and Drawings by Jos Koldeweij
and
4. The Cologne Cathedral. Fitcher's Brides by Gregory Frost
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 80/1000
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2488
Big Books: 500+ (1)