The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

THE SUMMER 2011 CHALLENGE WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 1, 2011 AND END AT MIDNIGHT (EST) AUGUST 31, 2011.
This thread will open on JUNE 1.

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.

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Good luck and have fun!

Total Points = 10

10.10 -- Gimme S’more Speaking of camping... August 10 is National S'mores Day. Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed.

I read My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster. I have read all of her previous books and received this latest for my birthday a week or so ago.

5.1. At the Shore Island of the Blue Dolphins Finished 6/1/11


Total Point Earned: 5/925
Total Pages Read: 184/19918
Total Books Read: 1/59
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

5.9. The Long and the Short of It.

Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple by Anthony Imbimbo 112 pages

Total Points = 5

Jennifer KS

15.5 Mind the Gap I read Death Walked In Death On Demand #18 by Carolyn Hart

She is a Good Reads Author

Points this task 15
total Points 15
Tasks done 1
Books 1
Pages 294
Good Reads Authors 1

15.5 Mind the Gap
Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich.

Points this post : 15
Total points : 15

5.9 - The Long and Short of It

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (173pg, 5 words in the title)
(* * *)

15.5 - Mind the Gap

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (second in a series comprising about 10 books)
(* * * * - so very funny!!)

Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books: 2
Pages: 445
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 0

Total Points = 20

10.4 World Cat Day -- title with "cat"

Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split by Laurie Perry

Not particularly impressed with the book, but it does have 14 knitting projects (with color pictures!) in the back written mostly in plain English for the beginning knitter.

Lisa MD

COMPLETED TASKS:

10.1 For Real?
read a book with the genre steampunk
❀Soulless by Gail Carriger READ 6.1.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR

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TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 1/57
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 1
TOTAL POINTS: 10/1000
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 1
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]

Finished
5.7 Don`t stop reading
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Task points 5
Total points 5
Total tasks 1
Total books 1

5.3 The Dog Days of Summer

The Pug by Edward Patterson

There's a lovely dog on the cover.



Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Task Completed: 1
Books Read: 1

Task 5.8 But no shoplifting!

I was given this book as a Christmas present from my friend in Canada.

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

Points this task:5
Total Points:5
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Book Tickets:0

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck

5. Bullet Firecracker Pop – read a crime/mystery book
read The Angel of Deathby Alane Ferguson

and
8. Big Dipper Cone – read a science fiction/fantasy book read
Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Points this task 25
Total points 25/1000
Tasks Completed: 1/57
Books read: 2/77
Total pages: 736
GR Authors:
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

15.5 Mind the Gap - Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich

Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages Read: 352
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0

Emmalita

Task 15.7 The Readers Have Chosen

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

This book was the Best NonFiction book in the 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards

Rebecca Skloot is a Goodreads author

This post: 15 points
Total points to Date: 15 points
Goodreads authors: 1

10.9 Around the Campfire

The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry

The main character summons the ghosts of her friends and family by cooking their recipes.

Jael McHenry is a Goodreads author

Total Points: 10
GR Authors: 1

STESSE


5.3. The Dog Days of Summer

Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin



Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 256
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

15.4 Summer Shorts

Love and Death by Carolyn Hart

This was edited by Carolyn Hart who is a Goodreads author but is actually a book of short stories by various authors.

Total Points = 20

5.7 DON'T STOP READING - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

5.9 LONG AND SHORT OF IT - Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange
Long Book 576 pgs with a Short Title
***Big Books 576pgs***

Points: 10
Tasks: 2
Books: 2
Pages: 907
Big Books 500+: 1

Task 15.10 Summertime Read anything

Fallenby Lauren Kate

Lauren Kate is a Goodreads Author

Total Points: 15

Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 452
Total GoodReads Authors: 1

10.1 For Real?

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Speculative Fiction - approved on help thread

15.8 Up In The Air

Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
SM = San Marino

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

10.6 -- Gay Pride

I chose to read a book featuring GLBTQ characters. In The Color Purple by Alice Walker, the female protagonist, Celie, has a sexual relationship with a woman.

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10

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)

Heather KS

Finished task 5.10 Summer Fun by reading If You Ask Me by Betty White.

She made me smile the whole way through and even laughed out loud a few times!

New point total: 5

15.4. Summer Shorts
Good Poems for Hard Times

Points Posted. 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed. 1
Books Read: 1

15.10 summer time and the reading is easy

I read the heretic Queen by Michelle Moran

Michelle Moran is a Goodreads author ****

Points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Pages read: 400

15.8 Up In the Air

I read American Widow by Alissa Torres, whose initials double as Austria's country code (AT).

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 25

Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 512
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Total Points = 35

15.10 All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

I listened to this audiobook while weeding the garden and cleaning the house. Good narrator, highly recommended.

25.2 Pulitzer Prize Winners Past and Present

For book A I read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, which won the prize for fiction in 2001. (This book has 636 pages and is therefore a big book)

For book B I read

Love Songs by Sara Teasdale, which won the prize for poetry in 1918. However, the goodreads version says 94 pages, but I read from the version listed on amazon with 104 pages: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Songs-Sara...


Total Points: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 740
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

5.4 - SUMMMMMMMER

The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King - 528 pages (a big book)

10.7 - It's been a year already?!

The Lovers by Vendela Vida - 240 pages

This book was #63 on the July 2010 list.

10.8 - Baby it's hot outside

The Eternal Smile: Three Stories by Gene Yuen Lang - 176 pages


Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25

Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 944
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Whoops.

5.3 The Dog Days of Summer
Ghost Ship by P.J. Alderman – Finished 06/02/11



Total Points Earned: 5/925
Total Pages Read: 368
Total Books Read: 1/59
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500 (), 750 (), 1000 ()

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy

I chose to read If I Stay by Gayle Forman, 196 pages.

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 936
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Gayle Forman

15.1 - Beware of Thorns

Briar Rose - (This fits A (title) and B (cover).)
(* *)

25.3 - The Ice-Cream Truck

You Against Me (* * *) and The Piper's Son (* * * *) (Both are Bubble Gum Pop.)

30.8 - Summer Solstice

I chose Option 1 - to read one book each from a different list.

V for Vendetta (#11 on the Quality Dark Fiction list) (* * * *) and

Ella Enchanted (#77 on the Light But Not (Too) Dumb list) (* * * *)

Points this task: 70
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books: 7
Pages: 1,969
Big Book tickets: 0
Goodreads authors: 0

Sandy MN

Task 30.4 -- MsOPP's Task Summer in Europe

Option 2 (Takes Place in Summer):
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

***Maureen Johnson is a Goodreads Author***

Option 3(Coming of Age): The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Total Points: 30
Total GR Authors: 1

5.3 Dog Days of Summer

Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz
Lots of info for dog owners/lovers.

5.4 Summmmer

by Erin McKean
This one is good if you are looking for a light, fast read.

Today's Total: 10
Grand Total: 10

LauMarie

10.10--Gimme S'more

I read Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin. I've read 3 of her other books. She's a really easy read for me and I like her.

Total Point Earned: 10
Total Pages Read: 352
Total Books Read: 1
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

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

Murder 101 by Maggie Barbieri Maggie


20.10 Group Read


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

I want to thank whomever suggested this book for the historical fiction group read. I really enjoyed it and posted a commentary in msg #2. I'm looking forward to reading others comments on this great read.

Total Points = 45
New Goodreads Author = Michelle Moran

15.1 Beware of Thorns

The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters. Meets A and B.

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

monkeytoe

Task #15.6 - Mind the Gap

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

People: Bird


This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 15 points.

Username: TANYAPT
Task: 15.5
Book: Dime Store Magic, Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Oherworld #3)
*** Goodreads 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)

15.8 Up In the Air

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

DE=Germany

Task Points: 15
Total Points: 15

TOTAL POINTS = 60

25.5 U.S. Patriots
a) Loser by Jerry Spinelli (born in PA)
b) River Marked by Patricia Briggs -- one of the main characters (Adam Hauptman) is an ex-Army Ranger who fought in Vietnam. There is also a supporting character who is ex-Marine and fought in Desert Storm.

5.1 At the Shore

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Points this post:5


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

10.7 It's been a year already

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

This was the number one new release of June 2010 on goodreads.


Points this post: 10
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1114
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Finished
5.8 but not shoplifting
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan

This book I recieved for Mothers Day which I celebrate 26th of May (Poland)

Task points 5
Total points 10
Total tasks 2
Total books 2

Task 30.4 Summer in Europe

option 1-Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

option 4-Plague 99 by Jean Ure-book set in England

Points this task:30
Total Points:35
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Book Tickets:0

Kathy G.

15.9 Pulling Weeds-

A Breath of Fresh Air by Betty Cavanna

***My copy was a Sixth Printing 1975- Hardback- from the library. 223 pages.***

***I sorted my TBR pile by the rating, this being a 2.50 and has been on my list for quite some time!

Total Points- 15
Total Tasks- 1
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0

Jess Philly

10.2: Phone Home

I read The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein. In it aliens come to Earth and start controlling the humans.

Total Points: 10

Nickboy.

First post of the challenge.

5.6 As American as...
Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham by Brett Friedlander and Robert Reising 220 pages Colorized photo of Baseball Player Doc Graham is on the cover.

5.8 But not shoplifting...
by Andrew Taylor 412 pages, borrowed from the library.

Task Points: 10
Total Points: 10/1000
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 632
Big Books: 500+ (0)

15.3v In The Eurozone

read The Awakening by Michael Carroll who lives in Ireland
and Girl, (Nearly) 16: Absolute Tortureby Sue Limb who lives in United Kingdom.


Points this post 15
Total Point Earned: 40/1000
Pages Read: 1258
Books Read: 4/77
Task Completed 2/57
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)