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5.1 - Benzaiten5.2 - Bishamonten
5.3 - Daikokuten
5.4 - Ebisu
5.5 - Fukurokuju
5.6 - Hotei
5.7 - Jurōjin
5.8 - Kudokuten
5.9 - Takarabune
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
10.1 - Summer Reading
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
10.4 - We miss you, Jane.
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6 - What is GR up to?
10.7 - Think about it......
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
10.9 - Three of a Kind?
10.10 - Haiku!
15.1 - Yin and Yang
White:
Black:
15.2 - Outfoxed
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.4 - The Big O
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.5 - Witch Hunt
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
15.8 - Dearly Departed
15.9 - Take a Ride
15.10 - BBQ Time
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday! --
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
20.10 - Group Reads
Book 1: The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne (376 pages)
Book 2:
Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne (360 pages)
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
Book 1:
Book 2:
(I rolled a 2 and a 4.)
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Book 1:
Book 2:
5.1 - Benzaiten - 5.2 - Bishamonten - For the Sake of Elena
5.3 - Daikokuten -
5.4 - Ebisu - The Confession
5.5 - Fukurokuju - The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
5.6 - Hotei -
5.7 - Jurojin - The Good Soldier
5.8 - Kudokuten -
5.9 - Takarabune - Left Neglected
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor -
10.1 - Summer Reading - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! -
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire - The Stand
10.4 - We miss you, Jane - Corduroy Mansions
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month! - The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections
10.6 - What is GR up to? - Station Eleven
10.7 - Think about it... - How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind
10.8 - Ulysses, again! - Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words
10.9 - Three of a Kind? - A Matter of Time
10.10 - Haiku! - The Jane Austen Book Club
15.1 - Yin and Yang - In the Woods and In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
15.2 - Outfoxed - Lost Light and Peace Like a River
15.3 - Now Appearing - Gorky Park
15.4 - The Big O - Girls' Night In and Orphan Train
15.5 - Witch Hunt -
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock - Einstein's Dreams
15.7 - Birth of a Nation - Suite Française
15.8 - Dearly Departed - I, Robot
15.9 - Take a Ride -
15.10 - BBQ Time - Birds of a Feather
20.1 - Summer is for Relaxing - Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars
20.2 - The X-Philes - The World at Night. Alan Furst
20.3 - ACRONYMS - American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
20.4 - Happy Birthday! -
20.5 - Dragon Kings -
20.6 - It Was Ability that Mattered... -
20.7 - Summer Celebrations - Looking for Alaska
20.8 - UNESCO cities -
20.9 - It's Stampede Time! -
20.10 - Group Reads -
25.1 - In a Series -
25.2 - Summer's Bounty - Ella Minnow Pea and Yes, Chef
25.3 - Straight Letter, Crooked Letter - This Boy's Life and Dead Souls
25.4 - Science & Writing -
25.5 - Summer Fun -
25.6 - Internship or Summer School? -
25.7 - Drug of Choice -
25.8 - Diverse Reading - Brida and The Septembers of Shiraz
25.9 - Roll of the Dice (6,1) - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Never Let Me Go
25.10 - My Mom is the Best - Cannery Row and Johnny Carson
25.11 - Summer in the City - Broken Music and Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy
25.12 - 500 Questions - Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs and Shopgirl
25.13 - It's Not Usagi - Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
and Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
30.1 - American Independence Day -
30.2 - Takin' It to the Streets - My Life in France and The Hungry Tide
30.3 - Going My Way? -
30.4 - Title Time -
30.5 - Good Old Summertime? -
30.6 - Dancing in the Streets - What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures and The Stone Angel
30.7 - Celebrating Summer - The Name of the Rose and Broadway Tails
Summer 2015 Reading Plan5 Points
5.1 Benzaiten
5.2 Bishamonten
5.3 Daikokuten
5.4 Ebisu
5.5 Fukurokuju
5.6 Hotei: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
5.7 Jurojin
5.8 Kudokuten
5.9 Takarabune
5.10 May the Gods...
10 Points
10.2 It's Hurricane Season Again - Mindy Kaling or Nicholas Sparks or Kate Atkinson
10.4 We Miss You, Jane: Lost Lake
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month
10.6 What is GR up to?: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances or Bite Me
10.7 Think About It?: Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
10.8 Ulysses, Again!: Jewels of the Sun
10.9 Three of a Kind: Cranford
10.10 Haiku!:
15 Points
15.1 Yin and Yang (2): Still Alice or Mortal Danger and Some Girls Bite
15.2 Outfoxed (2): Mine Till Midnight and The Forest of Hands and Teeth
15.3 Now Appearing (2/1): The Maze Runner
15.4 The Big O (2/1): Dreaming of You
15.5 Witch Hunt - The Silver Witch or End of Days
15.6 Rock Around the Clock: Bellman & Black
15.7 Birth of a Nation - The Cruelest Month (Canada)
15.8 Dearly Departed - Destined for an Early Grave
15.10 BBQ Time - Birds of a Feather
20 Points
20.3 Acronyms: A Cursed Embrace or Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: 1. The Fill-In Boyfriend
20.8 UNESCO: 1. The Sunday Philosophy Club
20.10 Group Read
25 Points
25.1 In a Series (2):
25.2 Summer's Bounty (2): A Red Herring Without Mustardand
25.3 Straight Letter, Crooked Letter (2):
25.4 Science & Writing (2): Ship Fever: Stories and
25.5 Summer Fun (2): A.
25.6 Internship or Summer School? (2):
25.7
25.9
25.10
25.11
25.12 500 Questions (2):
30 Points
30.1 American Independence Day (2) - Twelve Years a Slave and The Lure of the Moonflower (776 pages)
30.2 Takin' It to the Streets (2)
30.3 Going My Way? (2): 2. The Bookman’s Tale 3. Cold Vengeance 4. The Shadowy Horses
30.4 Title Time (2): The Island and
30.5 Good Old Summertime? (2):
30.6 Dancing in the Streets (2): The House on Mango Street and The Rhyme of the Magpie (Marty Wingate/Mary Wells)
Summer 2015 Reading PlanPoints total: 690/1085
GRA total: 17
BB total: 5
Tasks completed: 38/61
Books read: 52
5.1 - Benzaiten
In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians
✔5.2 - Bishamonten
Tuhopolttaja
✔5.4 - Ebisu
Selected Short Stories Featuring Cinderella Shoes FISH in title
5.6 - Hotei
Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
✔5.7 - Jurōjin
American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
✔5.8 - Kudokuten
Hääyöaie by Sophie Kinsella
5.9 - Takarabune
Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror apple on the cover
*All five authors are GR authors, e.g. Evans Light; claiming one GRA ticket*
✔5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Kolmen liitto
✔10.1 - Summer Reading
The Martian by Andy Weir (GRA)
Found in San Francisco Public Library 2014 Adult Summer Reading List.
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
✔10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.
Heart-Shaped Box
✔10.4. We miss you, Jane.
Evermore by Alyson Noel (GRA)
initials A N found in Jane
10.6. What is GR up to?
Feed
Found in the March 2015 list #132
10.7. Think about it......
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed (GRA)
✔10.8 - Ulysses, again!
Full House by Maeve Binchy
10.9 - Three of a Kind?
The Blending Time
✔10.10 - Haiku!
All's Well That Ends Well
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB All's Well That Ends Well
15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 1. In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic
Book 2. Pohjoiset kultit: Kauhukertomuksia
15.2 - Outfoxed
+Book 1: Dawn #1 in series
ebook approved for length in ebook verification thread msg #4738
Book 2: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (GRA) 725 pages
✔15.3 - Now Appearing
Book 1: The Road
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/?...
Book 2: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson Name: Jackson (as in Samuel L. Jackson)
✔15.4 - The Big O
The First Person and Other Stories
Romance noted in task help thread msg #6
✔15.5 - Witch Hunt
American Vampire, Vol. 3 by Scott Snyder (GRA)
✔15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
Paddingtonista 16.50
✔15.7 - Birth of a Nation
Joka yksin kulkee set in Visby, Sweden
✔15.8 - Dearly Departed
Catalyst by S.J. Kincaid (GRA)
✔15.9 - Take a Ride
The Possession of Cassie Quinn
15.10 - BBQ Time
Catacombs of the Damned: Those Who Would Steal Living Bodies in the Quest for Eternal Life by P.J. Cadavori (GRA)
✔20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
Option 1: Joyland by Stephen King (GRA)
✔20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
2: I WANT TO BELIEVE
Monsters of Men 603 pages
✔20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS
Summer of Night SON
*528 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
✔20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Tuomiopäivän kirja works both for option 1 (science fiction and fantasy as genres) and option 4
828 pages, 2 BB tickets
✔20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
Option 4: Cardinal directions
World After by Susan Ee (GRA) Initials SE found in East
✔20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 3: Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center found on page 2 of the list
✔20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 1 - The Giver by Lois Lowry (GRA) IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
✔20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 2: The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo initials DD
✔25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
The Hollow #1 in series
528 pages
The Haunted #2 in series
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
OPTION 1 – JUNE: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (GRA) initials RH
OPTION 3 – AUGUST: Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life by Sandra Beasley (GRA)
✔25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1 - Opettajan selviytymisoppi by Aino Kontula initials AK are straight
Book 2 - Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat by Caroline Burau (GRA) initials CB are crooked
✔25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Option 1: Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana non-fiction book, science confirmed in task help thread msg #61
Option 2: Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure non-fiction book, writing confirmed in help thread msg #61
✔25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
A. IN THE GARDEN - This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman
I received the book free from the library
*Amie Kaufman is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
C. WITH THE FAMILY - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty initials LM
*Liane Moriarty is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
✔25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
1) On-the-job Training – Yes Sister, No Sister: My Life as a Trainee Nurse in 1950s Yorkshire by Jennifer Craig (GRA) book approved in task help thread msg #29. New job is nurse.
2) Braaaains - The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey (GRA)
Found on page 2 of the list
25.8 Skip
✔25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
I rolled 1 (E) and 5 (I)
Book 1: 1 x I
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
*Stephen King is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Book 2: 5 x E
The Empire of Ice Cream
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
A.1. A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman author's birthday is given as August 09 on his GR page
A.4. Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (GRA) found on page 2 on the list
✔25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
1. New York City! Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver
4. Restaurants: A Month of Italy: Rediscovering the Art of Vacation set in Italy
✔25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 3: Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story
Option 5: 3 Days by Krista Madden (GRA)
I read the Kindle edition, link to PB edition (no MMPB available) 3 Days
✔30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
Option 1) The Hobbit I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB The Hobbit
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
I read the book many times already as a child (it must be 30 years since I last read it though), and always considered Middle-Earth to be an absolutely magical place due to all the magic, wizard and of course the dragon. I still wish I could visit it, LOL!
Option 2) Emännöitsijä
The book is historical fiction, takes place in Finland during years 1900-1905. There is a description of midsummer festivities that take place on the island of Degerö, near Helsinki. Midsummer is a big, traditional celebration in Finland. Especially earlier people gathered together, often by the sea or a lake, danced and burned a midsummer bonfire. This is described in the book.
✔30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
Option 2: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (GRA) last name starts with A
Option 3: Jäähyväiset Hanhivaaralle
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
The Enemy
The Enemy Within
OR
The Wall
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye
✔30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
Option 1: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All: Stories by Laird Barron (GRA)
Option 2: Skinny
✔30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
Book 1. Song "Dancing in the Street" (Martha & the Vandellas)" -> Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet 288 pages
Book 2. Martha Reeves initials MR-> Archipelago by Mati Raine (GRA) 353 pages
✔30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Option 2 – In Stitches by Nick Edwards initials NE
Option 3 – Himoshoppaaja tähtien tiellä the book is set in California, where I would like to go on vacation
Sheila's Summer 2015 Reading Plan◆ 5.1 - Benzaiten
On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay◆ 5.2 - Bishamonten
Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson◆ 5.3 - Daikokuten
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis◆ 5.4 - Ebisu
So Damn Lucky by Deborah Coonts(luck)
5.5 - Fukurokuju
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón◆ 5.6 - Hotei
Bossypants by Tina Fey5.7 - Jurōjin
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty◆ 5.8 - Kudokuten
The Silence That Speaks by Andrea Kane 5.9 - Takarabune
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson(apple)
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Bone Dust White: A Novel by Karin Salvalaggio#####################################
◆ 10.1 - Summer Reading
State of Wonder by Ann Patchettfrom the San Francisco Public Library 2014 Adult Summer Reading List,
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
Broken Places by Sandra Parshall(Sandra from Pacific list)
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.
The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton10.4. We miss you, Jane.
Red by Erica Spindler10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Dead In The Water by Stuart Woods10.6. What is GR up to?
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent(number 81 on March list)
OR
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah(number 55 on May list)
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
Vengeance by Benjamin Black 10.9 - Three of a Kind?
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline10.10 - Haiku!
In a Class by Itself by Sandra Brown#####################################15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 1:
Hotel Vendome by Danielle SteelAND
Book 2:
No Second Chance by Harlan Coben15.2 - Outfoxed
Book 1:
Find Me by Carol O'Connell(Kathleen Mallory #9)
AND
Book 2:
Void Moon by Michael Connelly(Void)
◆ 15.3 - Now Appearing
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watsonhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726592/?...
(I went for the 1 book option. The name is Watson for Emma Watson who is # 59 on the list)
15.4 - The Big O
Book 1:
The Survivors Club by Lisa GardnerAND
Book 2:
One False Move by Harlan Coben15.5 - Witch Hunt
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler15.7 - Birth of a Nation
Philly Stakes by Gillian RobertsSet in Philadelphia, USA
◆ 15.8 - Dearly Departed
Wayward by Blake Crouch15.9 - Take a Ride
The Secret Life Of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain❏ 15.10 - BBQ Time
Fear the Darkness: A Thriller by Becky Masterman(Brigid Quinn #2) and Becky
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
Option1:
Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann(added Feb. 28, 2010 which is probably the day I joined Goodreads - Number 1 on my list
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
Option 3: TRUST NO ONE
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS
The Overlook by Michael Connelly - TO20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
Option 2:
The Last Town by Blake CrouchScience Fiction
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
Option 4: Cardinal directions -
White Shotgun by April Smith EAST
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 3:
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes# 33 on page 1 of list
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
Option 4 -
Murder in Plain Sight by Marta Perry20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
Option 1:
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason(author born in #Reykjavík, Iceland)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 2:
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni#####################################
❏ 25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
Lying In Wait by J.A. Jance (J.P. Beaumont #12AND
Partner In Crime by J.A. Jance (J.P. Beaumont #16)25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
I chose to do option 1 twice
Ghostman by Roger HobbsAND
The Fear Index by Robert Harris25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1
Ladies' Night by Mary Kay AndrewsAND
Book 2
Solitude Creek by Jeffery Deaver25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
A. IN THE GARDEN -
The Tree of Everlasting Knowledge by Christine Nolfi (kindle freebie)AND
C. WITH THE FAMILY -
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross❏ 25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
I rolled a 1 and a 3
1 - E - 12.51%
3 - A - 8.04%
For Book 1- One A in title -
What Lies Behind by J.T. EllisonAND
For Book 2- Three E's in title -
Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
Option 1: LEO -
Echoes by Danielle SteelBirthday August 14, 1947
AND
Option 4:
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben# 88 page 1 on Best Crime & Mystery Books List
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
1. New York City! -
NYPD Red 3 by James PattersonAND
3. Sports:
Fade Away by Harlan Coben25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
2. Format -
The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker (Spenser #10) The Widening Gyre Paperback, 192 pages
AND
4.Top Ten Challenge –
Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil by James RunciePaperback, 304 pages Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil
I read the kindle books but linked to the pb books for page #.
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 2:
Murder by Moonlight by Vincent ZandriAND
Option 5:
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber#####################################
❏ 30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
Option 2:
Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories by Mary Higgins Clark(Mary)
AND
Option 3:
Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly(title in white)
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
Book 1:
The Nightmare by Lars KeplerAND
Book 2:
The Nightmare Thief by Meg Gardiner30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
Option 1:
The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve BerryAND
Option 2:
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
Book 1:
The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman(My Girl)
Paperback, 163 pages The Girl in the Green Raincoat
AND
Book 2:
Crosscut: An Evan Delaney Novel by Meg Gardiner(Marvin Gaye)
Mass Market Paperback, 438 pages
Crosscut
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Option 2 – Family Reunion:
A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. ElloryAND
Option 3 –Vacation:
Forbidden Fruit by Erica SpindlerSet in New Orleans where I would like to vacation again.
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5.2: Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl
5.3:
5.4: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
5.5:
5.7: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
5.8: Broken by Karin Slaughter
5.10: Book of own choice
10.2:
10.3: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
10.4:
10.5: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
10.6: The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
10.7: Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Neazir Bhutto
10.8: The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
10.9:
10.10: Der hænger en engel alene i skoven by Samuel Bjørk
15.1: Read two books, one from each option:
book 1 - 1984 by George Orwell
Book 2 - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn or The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
15.2: Read two books, one from each option:
Book 1 - Det fjerde offer by Mari Jungstedt
Book 2 - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
15.7: Jeg er ikke her by Christian Dorph
15.8: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien or The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
15.9: En sag for Helen Walsh by Marian Keyes or En Fortælling Om Hr. Roos by Håkan Nesser
20.2: Read one book:
Option 1 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Option 3 - Something by John Le Carre, David Silva or Robert Ludlum
20.3: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden by Kim Leine
20.5: Read one book:
Option 4 - What I Loved or The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt
25.2: Read two books:
Option 1 - Blod vil have blod by Benni Bødker, Honningtunger by Helene Uri or Serena by Ron Rash
Option 2 - What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Book 1: Defending Jacob by William Landay, Book 2: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
25.4: Read two books:
Option 1 - Mit smukke genom - Historier fra genetikkens overdrev by Lone Frank
Option 2 - Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz or Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
25.5: Read two books:
Option A - borrow a book
Option B - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
25.6: Read two books:
Option 1 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Option 2 - The Passage by Justin Cronin
Option 3 - Disgrace by J.M Coetzee
25.7: Read two books:
Book 1 -
Book 2 -
25.8: Read two books:
Book 1 - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Book 2 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
25.9: Read two books:
Book 1 -
Book 2 -
Option 2 - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
25.11: Read two book:
Option 1 - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Option 2 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Option 4 - The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir by Marina Nemat
25.12: Read two books:
Option 3 - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Option 4 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (6th medical thrillers 3/6/15)
Option 4 - Nomaden by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
30.1: Read two books - at least 704 pages combined:
Book 1 - Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Book 2 - Home or Lila By Marilynne Robinson
30.2: Read two books:
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.4: Read two books:
Book 1 - The Taking by Dean Koontz or The Road By Cormac McCarthy
Book 2 - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey or On the Road By Jack Kerouac
Option 3 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
30.6:Read two books:
Book 1 - Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella or Geek Girl by Holly Smale
Book 2 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson or Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
30.7: Read two books:
Option 2 - something by Ian Rankin or London or New York by Edward Rutherfurd
Option 3 - Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Book 2 - De Gode Græd
Book 3 - Every Day
The ones striked out are the tasks I've claimed
15.1 - Yin and Yang
15.2 - Outfoxed
15.4 - The Big O
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
15.10 - BBQ Time
20.10 - Group Reads
25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Total Points: 550
Books Read: 44
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(1)
Summer 2015 Reading Plan5.1 Benzaiten: Main character librarian Lending a Paw
5.2 Bishamonten: Genre "Crime" Justice Hall GRA
5.3 Daikokuten: One of the following words in the title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy. Miss Silver Deals With Death
5.4 Ebisu: All of the letters in FISH or LUCK in its title/subtitle. Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval - and Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes GRA
5.5 Fukurokuju: Genre "Books About Books" How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
5.6 Hotei: Nonfiction with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" Our Hearts Were Young And Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s (help thread #20)
5.7 - Jurōjin: OLD found intact in the title/subtitle or in the author's name. Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters, 1929-1932
5.8 Kudokuten: Written by a female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with the letter K A Worthy Pursuit
5.9 - Takarabune: Something that can be eaten (by humans) on the cover.
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor: Any book of your choice.
10.1 - Summer Reading: From one of 3 summer reading lists: The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
10.2 - It's Hurricane Season Again!: Author's first name matches one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names. Terry Pratchett
10.3 Ghost stories around the campfire: Genre horror or thriller The Moor
10.4 We miss you, Jane: Author's initials in JANE AUSTEN Miss Pym Disposes
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month: Set in or written by an author who was born or currently lives in one of the Caribbean countries Undercover Warrior Aimee Thurlo, Cuba
10.6 - What is GR up to?: From March 2015 or May 2015 list
10.7 Think about it: Nonfiction genre religion You're Loved No Matter What: Freeing Your Heart from the Need to Be Perfect
10.8 - Ulysses, again: At least 50% in Ireland (either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland) or written by an author who was born or currently lives in Ireland. C.S. Lewis
10.9 - Three of a Kind: Exactly 3 living beings (mammal, bird, fish, reptile - no trees, flowers, etc.) on the cover. In the Land of Blue Burqas (approved in help thread)
10.10 Haiku: Title consisting of 5 or 7 words (subtitles used or ignored) The Princess and the Goblin
15.1 Yin and Yang:
Book 1: At least 50% white cover. Winter Winds
Book 2: At least 50% black cover. Lord of the Silent BB
15.2 - Book 1: #5 in series O Jerusalem Book 2: "Thunder" in title/subtitle He Shall Thunder in the Sky
15.3 - Now Appearing: ONE or TWO books,
Book 1: Read a book that has been made into a movie & Book 2: Read a book by an author who shares a FIRST or LAST name with one of these 100 All-time top grossing movie actors As You Like It
15.4 The Big O: Genre romance and Word that begins with O in the title Miser of Mayfair GRA
15.5 Witch Hunt: Genre paranormal The Restorer GRA
15.6 Rock Around the Clock: Clock face on cover The Seven Dials Mystery
15.7 Birth of a Nation: Summer National Days Country List Silhouette in Scarlet
15.8 Dearly Departed: Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres Long Black Curl GRA
15.9 - Take a Ride: A name in the title or subtitle. The first AND last name or title/honorific and name must be present. Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
15.10 - BBQ Time: Letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics GRA
20.1 Summer is for Relaxing:
Option 2: Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall in title Winter's Heat GRA
20.2 The X-Philes
Option 1: From the Quests Listopia Tarzan's Quest
20.3 - Acronyms, Title spells word, not proper noun, no subtitles With Every Breath
20.4 Happy Birthday! Option 1: #2 or #6 in series Summer's Storm GRA
20.5 Dragon Kings: Option 3: Title/subtitle has king How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
20.6 - Ability, Not Disability, ONE Book, no kids
Option 1: Deaf character, or is written by a deaf author, or is about deaf experience
Option 2: "Deaf" in the title/subtitle, variations OK
Option 3: On Stories about Individuals with Disabilities list
20.7 Summer Celebrations
Option 4: Cover at least 50% pink or blue Midnight Sun's Magic
20.8 UNESCO Cities Option 1: Author born in a UNESCO City of Literature Appleby and Honeybath
20.9 It's Stampede Time! Option 2: Author's initial in STAMPEDE PARADE The Falcon at the Portal BB
20.10 - Group read:
25.1 TWO Books, same series:
Book 1: Autumn's Flame GRA
Book 2: A Love for all Seasons GRA
25.2 TWO Books, repeatable
Option 1 Book 1: Author's initials in RHUBARB, MI counts: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie GRA
Book 2: A Lady in Defiance GRA
25.3 Crooked Letter, TWO Books
Book 1: Beginning letter of every word in the title/subtitle straight, no repeats, (title) The Wood's Edge GRA
Book 2: Author(s) initials are ALL crooked, no repeats OR Beginning letter of every word in the title/subtitle crooked, NO REPEATS Spring Rain
25.4 - Science & Writing, TWO Books, no kids, embedded genres OK
Book 1: Non-fiction genre "engineering", "science" OR Fiction/non-fiction protagonist scientist/engineer
Book 2: Non-fiction genre "writing" OR Fiction/non-fiction protagonist career author or journalist
25.5 Summer Fun
Option A: Free book
Option B: Boat on Cover Love's Rescue GRA
25.6 Internship or Summer School?
Option 1: New job When Love Calls
Option 4: Instrument on cover Thank You, Jeeves
25.7 - Drug of Choice, TWO Books
Book 1: Reread a childhood favorite Heaven to Betsy IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10.0
Book 2: Book about mother Lord Perfect
25.8 Diverse Reading, Both books & 1 author must be new
Book 1: Navajo Justice
Book 2: How Sweet the Sound
25.9 - Roll of the Dice 6 & 5 TWO Books
Book 1: 6 I's in title & Book 2: 5 N's in title
25.10 My Mom is the Best
Option 1: Writer is a Leo Faro's Daughter Georgette Heyer, Aug. 16
Option 3: Genre Military Sleeping with the Boss GRA
25.11 - Summer in the City, TWO Books
Option 1: Set in NYC Enchanted, Inc. GRA or Somewhere to Call Home
Option 4: Set in Japan, China, Italy, Greece, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India or Mexico The Game GRA
25.12 500 Questions
Option 1: Popular Trivia Books Now All We Need Is a Title: Famous Book Titles and How They Got That Way
Option 6: #3 in series A Letter of Mary
25.13 It's Not Usagi: TWO Books
Option 3: One female on cover Lady of Devices GRA
Option 5: Number in title The Golden One BB
30.1 - American Independence Day: TWO Books, 704 pages
Book 1: Genre American History or from list given One Summer: America 1927 672 pp
Book 2: Title is one 4-letter word Lila 272 pp
30.2 Takin’ It to the Streets: TWO Books, Options repeatable
Option 1 Magical Place Death Comes to London
Option 2: Public celebration Long Summer Nights Summer Nights Festival
30.3 Going My Way?:
Option 2: Author's first name is Mary, Kathleen, or Donna OR last name begins with the A, L, or O. Max Lucado 3-in-1: The Great House of God / Just Like Jesus / When Christ Comes BB
Option 3: Title solid red, white or blue A Tailor-Made Bride GRA
30.4 - Title Time: TWO Books
Book 1: Title w/at least 2 words Little Women BB (IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0)
Book 2: Title of Book 1 is in title of Book 2 Little Women and Me GRA
30.5 - Good Old Summertime?: TWO Books
Option 1: SAUNA in title All the Places to Go . . . How Will You Know?: God Has Placed before You an Open Door. What Will You Do? GRA
Option 3: Genre classic, orig. pub before 1956 Great Expectations BB
30.7 Celebrating Summer TWO Books
Option 1: Wedding dress, wedding cake, church, or a floral bouquet on the cover Married By Morning GRA
Option 3: Set in place you would like to go on vacation The Dead Sea Cipher
Boston Kate's Reading PlanPoints Claimed: 165
5.1
5.2
5.3 Silver on the Tree (view spoiler)
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10 I Am China - read 8/14/15 - post #2913
10.1 Frog Music (view spoiler) - read 8/9/15 - post #2913
10.2 The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island (view spoiler)
10.3 The Library at Mount Char (view spoiler) - currently reading
10.4 An Unpardonable Crime (view spoiler)
10.5
10.6 Dune (view spoiler)
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10
15.1
15.2
15.3 Horns (view spoiler) - read 6/23/15 - post #943
15.4 The Other Queen (view spoiler)
15.5 Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show (view spoiler)
15.6
15.7
15.8 The Death Cure (view spoiler) - read 8/26/15 - post #3420
15.9
15.10 She Weeps Each Time You're Born (view spoiler)
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4 Over Sea, Under Stone (view spoiler) - currently reading
20.5 The Ocean at the End of the Lane (view spoiler) - read 7/1/15 - post #1324
20.6
20.7 Authority (view spoiler) - read 8/31/15 - post #3420
20.8
20.9 Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat (view spoiler) - currently reading
20.10 The Ghost Bride
25.1
Book 1:Impulse (view spoiler)
Book 2: Perfect (view spoiler)
25.2
Book 1: Ella Minnow Pea (view spoiler) - read 7/3/15 - post #1324
Book 2: Yes, Chef (view spoiler) - read 6/30/15 - post #1324
25.3
25.4
25.5
Book 1: Another Day (view spoiler) - read 8/20/15 - post #2976
Book 2: Rumble (view spoiler) - read 7/23/15 - post #2976
25.6
25.7
25.8
25.9
25.10
25.11
25.12
25.13
30.1
30.2
30.3
Book 1: Every Day (view spoiler) - read 7/21/15 - post #1920
Book 2: The Girl on the Train (view spoiler) - read 7/15/15 - post #1920
30.4
Book 1: The Ruins
Book 2: The Light in the Ruins
30.5
30.6
30.7
50.1
Book 1: Tricks (view spoiler) - read 8/26/15
Book 2: Triangles (view spoiler)
Book 3: Tilt (view spoiler)
5.1 Open Season by Linda Howard5.2 Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
5.3 Hoodoo Money by Sharon C. Pennington
5.4 When Smiles Fade by Paige Dearth
5.5 Village Books by Craig McLay
5.6 Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
5.7 My Old True Love by Sheila Kay Adams
5.8 The Sound of Glass by Karen White
5.9 Reservations for Two by Anne Patrick
5.10 The Prince by Sylvain Reynard
10.1 Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
10.2 Unspeakable by Kevin O'Brien
10.3 The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
10.4 Insignificant Moments by Jeremy Asher
10.5 Oceanswept by Lara Hays
10.6 The Stand by Stephen King
10.7 Live Free: Discover the Keys to Living in God's Presence 24/7 by Dennis Clark
10.8 Tread Softly on My Dreams by Gretta Curran Browne
10.9 The Cobbler's Kids by Rosie Harris
10.10 The One That Got Away by Simon Wood
15.1 #1: The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
#2: The Woods at Barlow Bend by Jodie Cain
Smith
15.2 #1: Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
#2: The Thunder Lord by Kathryn Le Veque
15.3 The Cider House Rules by John Irving
15.4 The Outlaw Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
15.5 Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
15.6 Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
15.7 Escape from Mt. Merapi by Kate Benzin
15.8 Red Hill by Jamie McGuire
15.9 The Resurrection of Tess Blessing by Lesley Kagen
15.10 Beauty's Punishment by A.N. Roquelaure
20.1 The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
20.2 The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
20.3 Indian Summer by Aaron Mahnke
20.4 The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
20.5 Highland Wolf Pact by Selena Kitt
20.10 The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
25.1 #1: Beyond This Moment by Tamera Alexander
# 2: Within My Heart by Tamera Alexander
25.2 #1: A Rip in the Veil by Anna Belfrage
#2: Rock and A Hard Place by Bonnie Blythe
25.3 #1: Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
#2: A Wicked Snow by Gregg Olsen
25.4 #1: Mr. Darwin's Shooter by Roger McDonald
#2: A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert
25.5 #1: Shadows and Strongholds by Elizabeth Chadwick
#2: Treading Water by Marie Force
25.6 #1:The Passage by Justin Cronin
#2: Out of Tune by Jonathan Maberry
25.7 #1: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
#2 Betty's (Little Basement) Garden by Laurel Dewey
25.8 #1: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
#2:
25.9 #1: Storm Clouds Rolling In by Ginny Dye
#2: Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
25.10 #1: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
#2 North and South by John Jakes
25.12 #1: The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh
#2: Miss Amelia Lands a Duke by Sandy Raven
25.13: #1: An Order of Coffee and Tears by Brian Spangler
#2: Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter by Brian P. Easton
30.1 #1: Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia by Jessica James
#2: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
30.2 #1: Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
#2: Up at Butternut Lake by Mary McNear
30.3 #1: From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
#2: Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
30.4 #1: Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
#2: Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde
30.5 #1: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
#2:Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
30.6 #1: Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway
#2: The Raven by Sylvain Reynard
30.7 #1: A Tryst in Time by Eugenia Riley
#2: Pelican Point by Donna Kauffman
5.1 5.2
5.3
5.4 Alfa Romeo 1300.., Amazing advs of Kavalier & Clay, Far Pavilions, Before they're gone.., unlikely allies.., Good Luck of Right Now, Good Life Lab.., The Bohemians.., Michael Lee West
5.5 Reading Lolita.., Mr Penumbra's 24-.., The Thirteenth Tale, Good Prose,
5.6
5.7 Don't Ever Get Old
5.8 Kristiana Kahakauwila, Suki Kim, Barbara Kingsolver, Kirsten Hannah, Kate Atkinson, Mary Kay Ricks
5.9 Like Water for Chocolate
5.10
10.1 Girl on the Train, Martian, Go Set a Watchman, Mr. Penumbra's 24-.., One Hundred Years of Solitude
10.2 Astrid & Veronika, Sister Slam & the Poetic.., Life After Life, Peter Carlson, The Notebook,
10.3
10.5
10.6 Station 11, Game of Thrones, All the Light we cannot see, Serpent of Venice,
10.7 Mere Christianity, Breakfast w/ Buddha, Socrates meets Jesus, Between Heaven & Hell, Challenge of Jesus: rediscovering..
10.8 Angela's Ashes,
10.9
10.10 Agony and the Ecstasy, Right turn at Macho Picchu, The boys in the boat, A Tale of Two Cities, Claire of the Sea Light, day I killed James, Signature of All things, Where you can find me, honest folk of Guadeloupe, Prince of Venice Beach, Cry from the Dust, To the moon & Timbuktu, tree grows in brooklyn, Land of Love & Drowning
15.1
1. Of Mice and Men
2. Rebecca, Day I Killed James, Devil in the White City
15.2
1: Echo in the Bone, Rosie Project
2: Between Heaven & Hell
15.5 Miss Peregrine's.., The Boys in the Boat
15.10
20.1
1.
2. Pain. Parties, Work:..., Rise & Fall of Great Powers,
20.6
20.8
1. Alexander McCall-Smith
2.
25.1 Margaret Maron
25.3 lots
25.5
c. Tom Rachman, Mary Kay Ricks, Mary Russell, Laurence Yep, Tiphanie Yanique, Amy Tan, Gail Tsukiyama, Azar Nafisi, Toby Neal, Larry McMurtry, Nicole Mones, Anne Marie Laveaud, Harper Lee, ..
25.6
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25.11
25.12
30.1
1. The Bohemians:, Peter Carlson, The Children's Blizzard, Unlikely Allies, Autobiography of Malcolm X
2.
30.3:
1. Little Heathens
2. Thomas Leforge
3. A Breathe of Snow and Ashes, The Martian
4. The Boys in the Boat, Girl on the Train
5. Right Turn at Machu Picchu
30.4
1
2
30.6
1. Mannequin Girl, Girl on the Train
2. Martha Grimes, Mary Kay Ricks, Mary Russell, Joanna Rakoff, Tom Rob Smith, Susan Wiggs
50.1
Willa Cather, Oscar Wilde, William Carlos Williams,
1. Where we Belong/ Hyde or Jumpstart the World
2.A.
C. Hyde
Kathy G's Summer 2015 Reading Plan5.1- Benzaiten
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
5.2- Bishamonten
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
5.3- Daikokuten
The City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher
5.4- Ebisu
Love Finds a Home by Janette Oke
5.5- Fukurokuju
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
5.6- Hotei
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
5.7- Jurojin
Like Gold Refined by Janette Oke
5.8- Kudokuten
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
5.9- Takarabune
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke*
5.10- May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
Sabriel by Garth Nix*
10.1- Summer Reading
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
10.2- It's Hurricane Season Again!
The Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable
10.3- Great stories around the campfire.
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
10.4- We miss you, Jane.
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith*
10.5- June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Pirates! by Celia Rees*
10.6- What is GR up to?
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
10.7- Think about it .....
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert*
10.8- Ulysses, again!
The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
10.9- Three of a Kind?
The Help by Kathryn Stockett*
10.10- Haiku!
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
15.1- Yin and Yang
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss*
15.2- Outfoxed
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith*
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
15.3- Now Appearing
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Timeline by Michael Crichton
15.4- The Big O
Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
15.5- Witch Hunt
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa*
15.6- Rock Around the Clock
No Time Left by David Baldacci*
15.7- Birth of a Nation
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
15.8- Dearly Departed
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini*
15.9- Take a Ride
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
15.10- BBQ Time
Double, Double by Ellery Queen
20.1-
20.2-
20.3-
20.4-
20.5-
20.6-
20.7-
20.8-
20.9-
20.10- Group Reads
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd*
25.1- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
The Maze Runner by James Dashner*
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner*
25.2- Shiraloo's task: Summer's Bounty
The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black*
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne*
River Secrets by Shannon Hale*
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart
25.7-
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
25.9-
25.10-
25.11-
25.12-
25.13-
30.1- Schatzie's Task: American Independence Day 7-04
1776 by David McCullough
The Dog who Came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith*
30.2- Jonquil's task: Takin' It to the Streets
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen*
30.3- Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Outpost by Ann Aguirre*
30.4- Dimrose's Task: Title Time
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks*
Miss Julia to the Rescue by Ann B. Ross
30.5- Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah*
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
30.6- Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber*
The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes*
30.7- Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber*
A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig*
Summer 2015 Reading Plan5.1 - Benzaiten - Read a book that features a main character who is a librarian The Time Traveler's Wife
5.2 - Bishamonten - Read a book with the genre "Crime" listed as a main page genre. Defending Jacob, QB VII
5.3 - Daikokuten - Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy. The Silver Linings Playbook
5.4 - Ebisu - Read a book that has all of the letters in FISH or all of the letters in LUCK in its title/subtitle. The Good Luck of Right Now
5.5 - Fukurokuju - Read a book with the genre "Books About Books" listed as a main page genre. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
5.6 - Hotei - Read a nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" listed as a main page genre. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
5.7 - Jurōjin - Read a book that has the word OLD found intact in the title/subtitle or in the author's name.
5.8 - Kudokuten - Read a book written by a female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with the letter K.
5.9 - Takarabune - Read a book with something that can be eaten (by humans) on the cover. The Edible Woman
10.1 - Summer Reading - Read a book from one of these summer reading lists
TED: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! Read a book whose author's first name matches the name of one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire - Read a book with the main page genre horror or thriller.
10.5 - 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 Wide Sargasso Sea, Breath, Eyes, Memory
10.6 - What is GR up to? GR "What we're reading" lists
March 2015 list Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Burial Rites, The Sense of an Ending
May 2015 list The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Name of the Rose
10.7 - 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
10.8 - Ulysses, again - The Princes of Ireland, C.S. Lewis
10.9 - Three of a Kind - Read a book that has exactly 3 living beings (mammal, bird, fish, reptile - no trees, flowers, etc.) on the cover. On Immunity An Inoculation
10.10 - Haiku - Read a book with a title consisting of 5 or 7 words. Far from the Madding Crowd, The Agony and the Ecstasy
15.1 - Yin and Yang
1.
2. A Burnable Book
15.2 - Outfoxed
1. Read a book that is #1, #5, #7 or #9 in a series. Oryx and Crake, Gilead
2. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle: Heaven (or Celestial or Prime), Void (or Dark), Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, River, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, Thunder, Time, Sound A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
15.3 - Now Appearing - Read TWO books, one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2 OR read ONE book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements
1&2. Atonement by Ian McEwan
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock - Read a book with a clock face on the cover. The Phantom Tollbooth IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
15.7 - Birth of a Nation - Read a book set at least 50% in one of those countries, as noted on Summer National Days Country List. Italy, India I Am Livia
15.9 - Take a Ride - Read a book with a name in the title or subtitle. At least the first AND last name (Mark Twain) or title/honorific and name (King Arthur, Mr. Toad) must be present. The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
Option 1: A Wrinkle in Time
20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS Crime and Punishment, Life of Pi, Love and War
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 3: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
Edinburgh: Arthur Conan Doyle Dublin: Oscar Wilde
25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series - Read TWO books in the same series. Saxon Stories, MaddAddam, The She-King, Arthurian Saga
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty - You can choose the same option twice.
Option 1: Serena, Agnes Grey
Option 3: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Chocolat
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Straight: Kazuo Ishiguro, Margaret Atwood, Little Women
Crooked: Breakfast of Champions, Don Quixote, Bernard Cornwell
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Option 1: The Rosie Effect
Option 2: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
A. The Kitchen House, The Rosie Effect, any library book
C. Author initials in FAMILY GATHERING Mary Renault, Elizabeth Gaskell
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Option 2: My Life as a White Trash Zombie
Option 3: This Side of Paradise
25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
Asian-Indian: The Pearl that Broke Its Shell, Interpreter of Maladies
Asian-Pacific: Life and Death are Wearing Me Out, The Garden of Evening Mists
African: Half of a Yellow Sun
25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice - Rolled 2,6
Book 1: (Two N's) Sleep Donation, The Sound and the Fury, Becoming Queen, North and South
Book 2: (Six T's) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
A. 2 book option
1. Aldous Huxley, P.D. James, Leon Uris, William Goldman, Georgette Heyer, Ray Bradbury
2. Cannery Row
4. The Blind Assassin
B. (1 book option) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
Option 1: New York, The Beautiful and Damned
Option 4: Read a book set in Japan, China, Italy, Greece, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India or Mexico.
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions *Total less than 500 pages*
Option 2: Murder on the Orient Express #10, 256 pages
Option 4: Northanger Abbey #2 on Gothic Romance list 6/6, 242 pages
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 3: Single woman on cover
Option 4: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04 - This is a TWO book task. **Total combined page count must equal 704 pages or more.
1. Read a book with the genre "American History" on its main page OR choose a book from this list: Best American History Books Lincoln
2. Read a book with a title consisting of one 4-letter word. Emma
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets - read books from both options or repeat one option with two different books.
1. Read a book set in a place that you now consider, or once considered, magical.
2. Read a book in which a group of people takes to the streets to celebrate.
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way? Pick two different options and read one book for each.
1. Gilead (Popular Iowa Books)
2. The Kitchen House, The Crystal Cave, Jane Austen
3. Exodus
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
1. The Enchanted
2. The Enchanted April
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime? This is a TWO book task. Please choose two different options.
1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
3. The Plague
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets - Read two books, one from each of the following options. **The two books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.** No books with a main page genre of childrens.
1. Girl With a Pearl Earring
2. Read a book whose author has the same initials as one of these Motown artists. FT, GK, JR, MG, MR, MW, SR, SW, TS, TT The King Must Die, Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles, Wide Sargasso Sea, Marilynne Robinson, The Paying Guests
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
2. Read a book whose authors initials can be found in the word REUNION. Wisdom's Daughter: A Novel of Solomon and Sheba
3. Read a book set in a place you would like to go on vacation.
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!
Book 1: Maurice
Book 2 (Option A): My Antonia
Book 3 (Option A): The Picture of Dorian Gray
Vicki's Summer Plan5 Point Tasks - 3/ 10
5.1 - Benzaiten
Invisible
5.3 - Daikokuten
5.4 - Ebisu
5.5 - Fukurokuju
5.6 - Hotei
Cold Black Earth
5.8 - Kudokuten
5.9 - Takarabune
The Cellar
10 Point Tasks - 5/10
10.1 - Summer Reading
Mean Streak
Every Secret Thing
Testimony
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6 - What is GR up to?
10.7 - Think about it......
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
A Paris Affair
The Color of a Memory
15 Point Tasks - 4/ 10
15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 1: Off Season
Book 2: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
15.3 - Now Appearing
Obsession
Last Days
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Bees
15.9 - Take a Ride
15.10 - BBQ Time
20 Point Tasks - 7/10
Slices of Night
Flee
Phoenix Island
The Jigsaw Man
Bugboy
The Rosie Project
20.7 - Summer Celebrations
The Girl with All the Gifts
20.8 - UNESCO cities
The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet: Smart, Simple, Science-Based Strategies for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off
20.10 - Group Reads
25 Point Tasks - 5/13
Book 1: Breaking Creed
Book 2: Silent Creed
25.2 - Summer's Bounty
Book 1: We Were Liars
Book 2: Snowbound
25.4 - Science and Writing
Book A: Checkmate
Book C: The Beast House
25.6 - Internship or Summer School?
25.7 - Drug of Choice
25.8 - Diverse Reading
Book 1: The Summer I Died
Book 2: The Girl Next Door
25.10 - My Mom is the Best
25.11 - Summer in the City
25.12 - 500 Questions
Option 3: The Good Girl
Option 5: 11/22/63
30 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
Option 1: False Accusations
Option 3: The Great Gatsby
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
50 Point Tasks - 1/1
Book 1: Keeping You a Secret
Book 2: The Vines
Book 3: Define "Normal"
8-31-15
Tasks: 25
Books: 33
Points: 440
GRA: 25
BB: 3
5 Point Tasks - 10 / 10 = 5010 Point Tasks - 10 / 10 = 100
15 Point Tasks - 9 / 10 = 135
15.4 - The Big O - Oscar and Lucinda (Ak Library)
20 Point Tasks - 10 / 10 = 200
25 Point Tasks - 13 / 13 = 325
30 Point Tasks - 6 / 7 = 180
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day Total page count must equal 704 pages or more.
1. American History - The Historical Atlas of New York 192 pages
5 point tasks 3/10&✔ 5.1 main character is a librarian Death Books a Return by Marion Moore Hill
5.2 "Crime" genre, stand-alone or embedded
5.3 words in title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy
5.4 all letters in FISH or LUCK in title/subtitle
5.5 genre "Books About Books"
5.6 nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy"
5.7 word OLD found intact in title/subtitle or in author's name
✔ 5.8 female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with K The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin
5.9 something that can be eaten (by humans) on cover
✔ 5.10 any book of your choice Valparaiso by Don DeLillo
10 point tasks 8/10
✔ 10.1 3 reading lists Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
✔ 10.2 hurricane names The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
✔ 10.3 genre horror or thriller, standalone or embedded Jack of Spades by Joyce Carol Oates
✔ 10.4 author's initials in JANE AUSTEN Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
✔ 10.5 Caribbean countries God Carlos by Anthony C. Winkler
✔ 10.6 GR staff lists How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
10.7 nonfiction book with religion, spirituality, or philosophy genre
10.8 set at least 50% in Ireland or written by an author who was born or currently lives in Ireland
✔ 10.9 exactly 3 living beings on cover The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
✔ 10.10 title consisting of 5 or 7 words. Subtitles can be used or ignored Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories by Joan Lowery Nixon
15 point tasks 5/10
15.1 Book 1 predominately (at least 50%) white cover
Book 2 predominately (at least 50%) black cover
15.2 Book 1 #1, #5, #7 or #9 in a series
Book 2 Heaven (or Celestial or Prime), Void (or Dark), Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, River, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, Thunder, Time, Sound in title or subtitle
15.3 Book 1 made into a movie
Book 2 author who shares a FIRST or LAST name with https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... or ONE book that fulfills both requirements
✔ 15.4 Book 1 genre sexuality, romance, or erotica; Book 2 word that begins with letter O in the title or ONE book that fulfills BOTH requirements Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
✔ 15.5 paranormal genre The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
✔ 15.6 clock face on cover Sunshine Enemies by K.C. Constantine
15.7 set at least 50% in Jamaica The Painted Canoe by Anthony C. Winkler
✔ 15.8 Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres. Pastoralia by George Saunders
✔ 15.9 name in the title or subtitle. At least the first AND last name or title/honorific and name must be present One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com by Richard L. Brandt
15.10 letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
20 point tasks 6/10
20.1 Option 1: one of ten oldest tbrs
Option 2: Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall in the title
20.2 Option 1: from https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Option 2: “aliens” or “extraterrestrials” as a main page genre
Option 3: main character is a spy or a double agent
20.3 first letters of each word in the title spell an English word that is not a proper noun, subtitles should be ignored
✔ 20.4 Option 1: book #2 or #6 in a series on Goodreads
Option 2: American, Fantasy, Western, Adventure, OR Science Fiction as a main page genre, embedded or stand-alone Dreams of Sleep by Josephine Humphreys
✔ 20.5 Option 4: author initials found in one of the cardinal directions The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
✔ 20.6 3) found on Individuals_with_Disabilities Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive by Emily Colas
✔ 20.7 Option 1 - main page genre "Science Fiction" or "Young Adult", stand alone or embedded American Boy by Larry Watson
20.8 Option 1: set at least 50% in, or by an author born in, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_...
Option 2: non-fiction book with genre 'Music,' stand alone or embedded
✔ 20.9 Option 2: author's initial can be found in the phrase STAMPEDE PARADE Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood
✔ 20.10 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
25 point tasks 7/13
25.1 Read TWO books in the same series.
✔ 25.2 Option 1: author’s initials can be found in the word RHUBARB The Copper Peacock by Ruth Rendell
Option 3: read a book that has the genre Nutrition or Food as a main genre, standalone or embedded, fiction or nonfiction. Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
✔ 25.3 Book 1 - author whose initials are ALL "Straight"
Benediction by Kent Haruf
Book 2 - author's initials are all "Crooked" Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
✔ 25.4 Book 1: Read a non-fiction book with the genre or sub-genre "engineering" or "science" Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with the genre or sub-genre "writing" One Writers Beginnings by Eudora Welty
✔ 25.5 Option 1: read a book that you got for free Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Option 3: authors initials in FAMILY GATHERING Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
25.6 1) main character learning how to do a new job (either via an internship or because she has just started.)
2) Read a book from the first 300 titles on Best Zombies Books.
3) about university student life or with a main character attending college.
4) musical instrument on the cover
25.7 Book 1: book that is special to you.
Book 2 - clearly includes the person or relationship that describes you and your book dealer in the Goodreads summary.
25.8 **Both books and at least one of the authors should be new to you.**
read two books by authors from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures
✔ 25.9 I rolled 1, 3
Book One: one "A" Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
Book Two: three "E's" If the River Was Whiskey by T.C. Boyle
25.10 A. TWO book option: pick 2 different options and read 1 book from each.
1. author born under the sign of LEO (July 23 – August 22)
2. set at least 50% in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Hawaii, Wyoming, New Mexico, California, OR Guam.
3. Military as a main page genre, stand alone or embedded
4. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11
5. featuring at least one person with white, gray, or silver hair on the cover
B. ONE book option: 1 book that fits 2 of the above options, book must be at least 550 pages long.
✔ 25.11 2. main character who is a Musician or with Music as a main page genre I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle
3. Sports as a main page genre End Zone by Don DeLillo
25.12 the combined page total for your book MUST BE LESS than 500 pages
1. appears in the top 300 (first 6 pages) of https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
2. either #5, #10, or #50 in a series
3. author name Dan, McCarthy, Steve, Bahnaman, Adam, Villani, Richard, Mason
4. appears on http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bestsel...
5. book that shows 2 (and only 2) people facing each other on the cover. Both faces must be visible; profiles are fine
6. #3 in a series, as identified on Goodreads
✔ 25.13 Option 3: single girl/woman on the cover
by Rosamond SmithOption 4: NON-FICTION book with the main page genre of 'History'. Any genre listing that includes "History" will work In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
30 point tasks 2/7
30.1 Book 1 genre "American History", stand alone or embedded, or https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Book 2 title consisting of one 4-letter word. Subtitles should be ignored. Total page count 704 or more
30.2 you may read books from both options or repeat one option with two different books:
Option 1 set in a place that you now consider, or once considered, magical. It can be a real-world or fictional place. The book may be fiction or nonfiction.
Option 2 a group of people takes to the streets to celebrate
✔ 30.3 Option 2 author whose first name is Mary, Kathleen, or Donna OR author whose last name begins with letter A, or L, or O. Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems by Margaret Atwood
Option 3 title written in solid red OR white OR blue lettering. Only the title applies; subtitles, etc. may be different colors
by Kent Haruf30.4 Book 1 title of at least two words, exclude subtitles
Book 2 title phrase from Book 1 is found within title of Book 2
30.5 Option 1 the title and subtitle must contain all the letters in SAUNA.
Option 2 cover has ice cream, a firefly (1 must be lit up), or a baseball uniform, bat, ball, or mitt
Option 3 genre "classic(s)", may be embedded, published before 1956
30.6 Book 1 title/subtitle contains ain't, clown, dancing, enough, girl, going, grapevine, heard, high, let's, mountain, papa, proud, rollin', stone, street, tears, through, tracks, what's
Book 2 author initials MG, GK, JR, MR, SR, TS, FT, TT, MW, SW
combined total of at least 500 pages
✔ 30.7 Option 1 wedding dress, wedding cake, church, or floral bouquet on cover A Sentimental Education by Joyce Carol Oates
Option 3 set in a place you would like to go on vacation
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
✔ 50 point tasks 1/1
✔ 50.1 Book 1: GLBT as a main page genre, alone or embedded Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
Books 2 and 3: TWO books from the following options.
A) GLBT author on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith
Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullers
LAUREL CA SUMMER CHALLENGE 2015. June1-Aug.31/15Task:5.1- main character is a librarian
Real MurdersCharlaine Harris approved in Help thread, available on IBooksTask:5.2: Bishamonten- "Crime" embedded in genre with 233 users Agatha Christie,
Murder in Mesopotamia Completed June 5/15Task 5.3: Daikokuten- "cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealthy, wealth" found in title GOLD
A Deadly Shade of GoldJohn D. MacDonald HAVETask: 5.8-book with female author with K starting first or last name, or middle initial
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ.K. Rowling HAVETask: 5.9-something that humans would eat, on the cover
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder haveTask:5.10: May the Gods Be Ever In Your Favour-book of my choice
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Task 10.2-hurricane season-Peter MayThe Blackhouse my Kindle. Peter is on the Atlantic hurricane names list
Task 10.3-Campfire season- Horror-Needful Things
Stephen King have-read only to p. 360 before June1 ***I stopped reading at the 48% point on May 27/15, until I continued reading on June 1/15 Completed June4/15Task 10.4- Miss you, Jane! The Lanvin Murders
Angela M. Sanders have, author's initials A & S found in Jane AustenTask10.5-50%+ set in Caribbean
]Martin Cruz Smith Completed June 11/15, entire book, except for the last 3 pages, set in Havana, Cuba. Cuba given as the setting on GR main page info.Task:10.8: 50% of book is set in Ireland Christine Falls
Benjamin Black Quirke #1 available on Ibooks ORTrinityLeon Uris have, read only to p. 450 before June 1Task:10.9: book with exactly 3 living things on cover, in any combination
The Mists of AvalonMarion Zimmer Bradley have-3 living things are woman, horse, swanTask: 10.10: book with 5 or 7 words in title
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation Completed June 6/15**********************
Task 15.1: Book#1- cover at least 50% white
given approvalpost #119, help thread, paperback has 296 pg IBookBook #2- cover at least 50% black
in Help thread approved15.2: Book#1- #1,3,5, or 7 in a series
A Beautiful Blue DeathCharles Finch #1 in series-COMPLETEDBook #2-word in title (mountain, fire, river, ocean, void or dark, heaven or celestial, forest, time, thunder, sound, CHOOSE
15.3: Book #1: book made into a movie-Death on the Nile Agatha Christie HAVE
Book #2: Author's first name matches up with. James Earl Jones from the linked list
Now You See Her
James Patterson COMPLETED15.4: The Big O: Book #1: romance/ historical romance embedded as genre The Bride Wore Blue
haveBook #2: word in title or subtitle begins with O
A Dead Red Oleander have15.5: paranormal-Nearly Departed in Deadwood
have Task 15.6-clock face
Agatha Christie15.6: birth of a nation Canada Day is July 1st, I live in Canada, 50 % set in Canada FIND
River ThievesMichael Crummey ebook, PB has 432 pg set in Nfld., main page states setting as Nfld.15.9: 2 parts of a name in title bookcover:The War Against Miss Winter|561933]Kathryn Miller Haines IBooks as alternative
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20.5: #1- body of water on cover CHOOSE
#2-words King, Queen etc in title The Queen's Bastard
Robin Maxwell OR
At the King's PleasureKate Emerson20.8: 50% set in a UNESCO CITY, choosing Edinburgh
Mr. Doyle and Dr. BellHoward Engel have***************
25.1:-Read 2 books from the same series -will likely use Randy Wayne White
25.2:-Summer's Bounty-Option #2 chosen twice-food in title or on cover
A Decadent Way to DieG.A. McKevett raspberries &blueberries on cover
Peach Pies and AlibisEllery Adams peach in title also asked for genre verification 
Apple Turnover Murder Bundle with Key Lime Pie Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, Lemon Meringue Pie Murder and an EXTENDED excerpt of Devil's Food Cake Murder, using Cherry Cheesecake Murder & asked for proper use when using book from a bundle-new to me
25.5: Option #1-a book I got for free CHOOSE
Option #2:- a boat on the cover
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Task 30.3-Option #1-book set in Iowa
A Thousand AcresJane Smiley IBooksOption #3-title written in red
Beyond the Cliffs of KerryAmanda Hughes haveTask 30.7-Option #1- wedding dress & bouquet on coverJude DeverauxTrue Love
Completed June 13/15Option #2-book setting where I would like to go for vacation-Florida-
The Mangrove CoastRandy Wayne White Completed June 5/15????task requires boat on cover iBook
Murder on the MinnesotaConrad Allen??? Not sure what these are for, check! Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War|56331]Jeff Shaara have
Book #2- Single 4letter word title, pages must total 704+ For both books
Maddie's Reading Plan!Goal: 100 points
Current: 115(!!!)
5.1: Real Murders
✔ 5.2: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
✔ 5.3: Silver Spoon, Vol. 1
5.4: ??? many many options! :)
5.5: The Shadow of the Wind
✔ 5.6: When you are engulfed in Flames
5.7: Lord of the Flies (gOLDing) or The Princess Bride (gOLDman)
5.8: Euphoria
5.9:
5.10: Anything I like! :)
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10.1: A Tale for the Time Being or State of Wonder or The Circle or The Orphan Master's Son or The Spellman Files or The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (All from the San Francisco Public Library's list)
10.2: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Sam) or The Angel's Game (Carlos) or something by Terry Pratchett
✔ 10.3: Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
10.4: All the Names
10.5: Claire of the Sea Light
10.6: Small Gods or All the Light We Cannot See (All from the March 2015 list)
10.7: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
10.8: The Time Paradox(IL:MG, BL:5.6, AR:13.0), Eoin Colfer is Irish
10.9: Silver Spoon 2 Gin No Saji Vol. 2 or The Help
10.10: Tell the Wolves I'm Home or Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar or The Art of Hearing Heartbeats or A Constellation of Vital Phenomena or AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
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15.1: Book 1:
Book 2:
15.2: Book 1: My Man Jeeves(I think this one works) or Red Rising
Book 2: The Long Earth or The Time Machine or A Brief History of Time or Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
✔ 15.3: The Cider House Rules
15.4: Book 1: ???
Book 2: maybe State of Wonder
15.5: The Graveyard Book (IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR: 10.0)
15.6: ???
15.7: I'd like a book set in Benin if I can find one...
✔ 15.8: Stardust
15.9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter or The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (if not used for 30.4)
15.10: Maisie Dobbs (jacQueline)
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20.1: (option 1) The Canterbury Tales or On the Road or Midnight's Children or A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
20.2:
20.3: State of Wonder (SOW)
✔ 20.4: (option 2) Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
20.5: (option 4) Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (H.S. in SoutH)
20.6: (option 3) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
✔ 20.7: (option 1) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
20.8:
✔ 20.9:AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
20.10: They all look interesting! Might go with The Invention of Wings since there's a copy available, or Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers which I've wanted to read
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25.1: ???
25.2: Book 1: (choice 1) The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Book 2: (choice 3) Little Beach Street Bakery
25.3: Book 1: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker or Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper or Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (could go either way)
Book 2: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brundt or Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks or The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
25.4: ???
25.5: Book 1: (option A) All of my books are free!!! :)
Book 2: (option C) book by Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Emma Hooper...
25.6: Book 1: (option 2) Warm Bodies
Book 2: ???
25.7: ???
25.8: ???
25.9: (I rolled a 1 and a 2) Book 1: book with exactly 1 "T" in title
Book 2: book with exactly 2 "E"s in title
25.10: ???
25.11: Book 1: (option 3) AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
Book 2: (option 4) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
25.12: ???
25.13: Book 1: (option 1) something "retellings"
Book 2: (option 3)
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30.1: SKIP (ugh US history)
30.2: Book 1: (choice 1) Stardust
Book 2: (choice 1) 44 Scotland Street
30.3: Book 1: (choice 3) Siddhartha
Book 2: (choice 5) ???
30.4: This one's tricky! Maybe:
Book 1: The Vanishing Act
Book 2: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
30.5: Book 1: (option 1) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe or Etta and Otto and Russell and James
Book 2: (option 3) Fahrenheit 451 or The Time Machine
30.6: Book 1: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (256 pg)
Book 2: something by J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie, Mary Roach...
30.7: SKIP (I don't think I'll make it this far anyway :/ )
5.1 - Benzaiten5.2 - Bishamonten
5.3 - Daikokuten Silver & Black
5.4 - Ebisu Effortless With You
5.5 - Fukurokuju
5.6 - Hotei
5.7 - Jurōjin Being Emily by Rachel Gold
5.8 - Kudokuten Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
5.9 - Takarabune Skin
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor If He Had Been with Me
10.1 - Summer Reading
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! Notes from Ghost Town by Kate Ellison
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire. Blink Once
10.4. We miss you, Jane. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6. What is GR up to?
10.7. Think about it......
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
10.9 - Three of a Kind? A Really Nice Prom Mess
10.10 - Haiku! Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe
15.1 - Yin and Yang Criminal & Ten Thousand Saints
15.2 - Outfoxed The Right Words & The Sound of Shooting Stars
15.3 - Now Appearing We Need to Talk About Kevin & The Tragedy Paper
15.4 - The Big O One Man Guy
15.5 - Witch Hunt The Catastrophic History of You and Me
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock Cherry Pie
15.7 - Birth of a Nation Player One
15.8 - Dearly Departed The Last Witch
15.9 - Take a Ride Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom
15.10 - BBQ Time The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series True North & Picture Perfect
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty OPTION 1 The Nothingness of Ben OPTION ....
5 Point Tasks1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
7. Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
9.
10. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
10 Point Tasks
1. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Found on the San Francisco Public Library 2014 Adult Summer Reading List
5. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
6. The Stranger by Albert Camus March 2015
7. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
15 Point Tasks
Book 2: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Book 2: Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler Daniel Radcliffe
Book 2: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
6. 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam
9. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
10. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
20 Point Tasks
1. Option 1: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2. Option 1: The Odyssey by Homer
3. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde = TEA
6. 3) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Found on page 1
7. Option 1: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
8. Option 1: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
9. Option 2: An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
10. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
25 Point Tasks
1. Magyk by Angie Sage IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 18.0
Flyte by Angie Sage IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 16.0
2. Option 1 - The Traitors' Gate by Avi
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
3. Book 1 - Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Book 2 - Snow In April by Rosamunde Pilcher
4. Option 1: The Boric Acid Murder by Camille Minichino
Option 2: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
C. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
6. 2) Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
3) Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
7. Book 1: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8.0
Book 2: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan My mother enabled my reading habit.
8. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Neither book is a re-read and both authors are new to me.
9. Book 1: The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
Book 2: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I rolled 1 and 4.
10. A. 3. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
11. 1. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
2. Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
12. 3. Hollow by Richard P. Denney
4. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline From historical fiction category 6/28/15
13. Option 1: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Option 5: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
30 Point Tasks
1. Book 1: 1776 by David McCullough
Book 2: Gone by Michael Grant
2. 1) Stardust by Neil Gaiman Takes place in a magical realm, Faerie.
1) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Takes place in England, which I consider magical because so many of my favorite stories take place there.
3. Option 1: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Option 2: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
4. Book 1: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Book 2: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
5. Option 1: Austenland by Shannon Hale
Option 3: Animal Farm by George Orwell
6. Book 1: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Book 2: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
7. Option 2: The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
Option 3: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown I would like to go on vacation to Washington D.C.
Total Points: 255
Total Books: 25
5 Points5.1 Benzaiten:
5.2 Bishamonten:
5.3 Daikokuten: Thin, Rich, Pretty by Beth Harbison
✔5.4 Ebisu: Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
5.5 Fukurokuju:
5.6 Hotei:
5.7 Jurojin: The Old Mermaid's Tale by Kathleen Valentine
5.8 Kudokuten: Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
5.9 Takarabune: Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
5.10 May the Gods...:
5/50 Points
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10 Points
✔10.1 Summer Reading: The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (SFPL)
10.2 It's Hurricane Season Again: The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
✔10.3 Ghost Stories Around the Campfire: Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
✔10.4 We Miss You, Jane: Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month: Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
✔10.6 What is GR up to?: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior
10.7 Think About It?: Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie J. Davis
✔10.8 Ulysses, Again!: The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
✔10.9 Three of a Kind: The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe
✔10.10 Haiku!: I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood by Dave Barry
70/100 Points
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15 Points
15.1 Yin and Yang
Book 1: In the Woods by Tana French
Book 2:
15.2 Outfoxed
✔Book 1: The 5th Horseman by James Patterson
✔Book 2: 7th Heaven by James Patterson
✔15.3 Now Appearing: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (BOTH)
15.4 The Big O: One Night in Italy by Lucy Diamond (BOTH)
15.5 Witch Hunt: Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
15.6 Rock Around the Clock: Marking Time by April White
✔15.7 Birth of a Nation: Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson
15.8 Dearly Departed: Tempting Fate by April White
✔15.9 Take a Ride: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
✔15.10 BBQ Time: A Single Thread (A Cobbled Quilt #1) by Marie Bostwick
75/150 Points
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20 Points
✔20.1 Summer is for Relaxing
Option 2: Suddenly One Summer by Julie James
20.2 The X-Philes
Option 3: Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
✔20.3 ACRONYMS: Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
✔20.4 Happy Birthday
Option 1: The 6th Target by James Patterson
20.5 Dragon Kings
Option 1: Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
✔20.6 It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Option 3: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
✔20.7 Summer Celebrations
Option 1: The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
20.8 UNESCO Cities
Option 1: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Edinburgh)
✔20.9 It's Stampede Time!
Option 3: The 8th Confession by James Patterson
✔20.10 Group Reads: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
140/200 Points
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25 Points
25.1 In a Series
✔Book 1: Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
✔Book 2: Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
25.2 Summer's Bounty
Option 1: Sweet Girl by Rachel Hollis
Option 3: The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball
25.3 Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Book 2: Sex, Lies, And Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
25.4 Science & Writing
Option 1: Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs
Option 2: Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
25.5 Summer Fun
Option A: The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (borrow from library)
Option C: Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson
25.6 Internship or Summer School?
Option 1: It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Option 4: Lick by Kylie Scott
25.7 Drug of Choice
Book 1: Paradise by Judith McNaught
Book 2: The Sunroom by Beverly Lewis
25.8 Diverse Reading
✔Book 1: Finding Your Roots: The Official Companion to the PBS Series by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
✔Book 2: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
25.9 Roll of the Dice 3/4
Book 1: Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber - 3 Os
Book 2: Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin - 4 As
25.10 My Mom is the Best
✔Option A2: 4th of July by James Patterson
✔Option A4: The Woods by Harlan Coben
25.11 Summer in the City
Option 1: Contessa by Lori L. Otto
Option 3: Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
25.12 500 Questions
Option 3: The Pregnancy Test by Erin McCarthy
Option 5: Almost Like Love by Abigail Strom
25.13 It's Not Usagi
Option 4: The Roosevelt Women: A Portrait In Five Generations by Betty Boyd Caroli
Option 5:
75/325 Points
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30 Points
30.1 American Independence Day
Book 1: Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball (501 pages)
Book 2:
30.2 Takin' It to the Streets
✔Book 1: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
✔Book 2: Party Girl by Rachel Hollis
30.3 Going My Way?
✔Opt 1: Home by Marilynne Robinson
✔Opt 3: You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About by Dave Barry
30.4 Title Time
Book 1: Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
Book 2: Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
30.5 Good Old Summertime?
✔Option 2: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
✔Option 3: Our Town: A Play in Three Acts by Thornton Wilder
30.6 Dancing in the Streets
Book 1: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson(820 pages)
Book 2: Return to Sandara by Mark Rubinstein (110 pages)
30.7 Celebrating Summer
✔Option 3: The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
✔Option 4: Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
120/210 Points
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50 Points
50.1 Three Cheers for Equality!
✔Book 1: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
✔Book 2 - Option 3: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
✔Book 3 - Option 3: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
50/50 Points
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Total Points: 535/1085
Tasks Completed: 28/61
Books Read: 38
SAM IDSummer 2015 Reading Plan
5 Point Tasks: 6/10
5.1 Benzaiten - The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
5.2 Bishamonten - Angels & Demons
5.3 Daikokuten - Princess of the Silver Woods
5.4 Ebisu - Rise of the Evening Star
5.5 Fukurokuju - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
5.6 Hotei - The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
5.7 Jurojin - Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
5.8 Kudokuten - A Worthy Pursuit
5.9 Takarabune - Too Many Cooks
5.10 May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor -
10 Point Tasks: 4/10
10.1 Summer Reading - Go Set a Watchman
10.2 It's Hurricane Season Again - Blood Bound
10.3 Ghost Stories Around the Campfire - Big Little Lies
10.4 We Miss You, Jane - Faith of Our Fathers: A House Divided
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month - Crossfire *may change based on % in Caribbean
10.6 What is GR up to? - All the Light We Cannot See
10.7 Think About It... -
10.8 Ulysses, Again! - The Book of Tomorrow
10.9 Three of a Kind - Four Weddings and a Kiss
10.10 Haiku! - The Lady of Bolton Hill
15 Point Tasks: 3/10
15.1 Yin and Yang - Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand; Gathering Blue
15.2 Outfoxed - Moon Called; River Marked
15.3 Now Appearing - The Other Side of Heaven
15.4 The Big O - The Book of Tomorrow
15.5 Witch Hunt - Iron Kissed
15.6 Rock Around the Clock - Before Midnight
15.7 Birth of a Nation - Emily of New Moon
15.8 Dearly Departed - Bone Crossed
15.9 Take a Ride - Becoming Lady Lockwood
15.10 BBQ Time - Maisie Dobbs
20 point tasks: 3/10
✔ 5.1 The Borrower – Rebecca Makkai✔ 5.2 Hypnotisören – Lars Kepler
✔ 5.3 Silver Shadows – Richelle Mead
5.4 Lord of the Flies – William Goulding
5.5 Boktjuven – Markus Zusak
5.6 Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" – Lena Dunham
5.7 An Old-Fashioned Girl – Louisa May Alcott
5.8 The Tombs of Atuan – Ursula K. Le Guin
✔ 5.9 Naruto, Vol. 66: The New Three by Masashi Kishimoto
5.10
10.1 The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
10.2 Ringworld – Larry Niven (If a Larry comes along)
10.3 Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
10.4 Röda rummet – August Strindberg
10.5 Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys
10.6
10.7 Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy by Simon Blackburn
10.8
✔ 10.9 Naruto, Vol. 63: World of Dreams by Masashi Kishimoto
10.10 Jorden runt på 80 dagar – Jules Verne
15.1
15.2 Utvandrarna – Vilhelm Moberg
15.3 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (for both)
15.4 Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens (for both)
✔ 15.5 The Fiery Heart – Richelle Mead
15.6
15.7
15.8 The Great Hunt – Robert Jordan
15.9 Fröken Julie – August Strindberg
15.10 Krönika om ett förebådat dödsfall – Gabríel Gárcia Marquez
20.1 Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
20.2 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
✔ 20.9 The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead
✔ 20.10 Group read: The Invention of Wings
25.1
25.2
25.3 The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
25.4
25.5
25.6
25.7 ✔ Harry Potter och de vises sten - JK Rowling
Sofies Värld - Jostein Gaarder
25.8 Jag är Malala by Malala Yousafzai
25.9
Paganinikontraktet by Lars Kepler
25.10
25.11
25.12
25.13 Nära hem by Alice Munro
Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes
30.1 Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania – Erik Larson
Ring – Koji Suzuki
30.2
30.3 ✔Dvärgen – Pär Lagerkvist
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
30.4 One Day – David Nicholls
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
30.5 Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✔Kvinnor och äppelträd – Moa Martinson
30.6 Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
30.7
Mood Indigo: A Novel – Boris Vian
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 8/60
Points earned: 85
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500 (1), 750 (0), 1000 (0)
Since I have finally finished with school and am now just working full-time, I am going to try to participate once again.20.1 Most Improved
20.2 Rookie at the Top
20.3 Best Review
20.4 Author, Author
20.5 Bigger is Better
20.6 Seasoned Reader
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
20.8 Nickels and Dimes
20.9 Moderator’s Pet
20.10 - Group Reads
o Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
50.1 Highest Score at Midpoint
15.8 - Dearly Departed
o Harry Potter Book 3 by J.K. Rowling
15.9 - Take a Ride
o Harry Potter Book 4 by J.K. Rowling
15.5 - Witch Hunt
o Harry Potter Book 5 by J.K. Rowling
15.3 - Now Appearing
o Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
15.4 - The Big O
o Overruled (The Legal Briefs #1) by Emma Chase
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
o The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
15.10 - BBQ Time
o Delicious and Suspicious (A Memphis BBQ Mystery #1) by Riley Adams & Elizabeth Spann Craig
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
o After by Kristin Harmel
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04
o The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
o Iced by Karen Marie Moning
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
o Harry Potter Book 6 by J.K. Rowling
o Harry Potter Book 7 by J.K. Rowling
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
o Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Dewey Readmore) by Vicki Myron
o Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
o Second Sight by Amanda Quick
o Love at Second Sight by Cathy Hopkins
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
o Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
o At the Earth’s Core (Adventures in Pellucidar book #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
o Gray Mountain by John Grisham
o J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter Book 7
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
o Princess Charming by Jane Heller
o The Cat by Edeet Ravel
25.1 Complete after deadline - Angel **Book Junkie**
25.2 Complete after deadline
25.3 Complete after deadline
25.4 Complete after deadline
25.5 Complete after deadline
25.6 Complete after deadline
25.7 Complete after deadline
25.8 Complete after deadline
25.9 Complete after deadline
25.10 Complete after deadline
10.1 - Summer Reading
o Still Life with Breadcrumbs by Anna Quindlen
10.2 - Its hurricane season again!
o You’re Never Weird on the Internet – Almost by Felicia Day
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.
o Kill shot (Mitch Rapp #2) by Vince Flynn
10.4. We miss you, Jane.
o Black Ice (Ice #1) by Anne Stuart
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
o Saving Grace (Katie & Annalise #1) by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
10.6. What is GR up to?
o The Children of Húrin (Middle-Earth Universe) by J.R.R. Tolkien
10.7. Think about it......
o The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
o Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn
10.9 - Three of a Kind?
o True Colors by Kristin Hannah
10.10 - Haiku!
o No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey
15.1 - Yin and Yang
o Killer Hair by (Crime of Fashion #1) by Ellen Byerrum
o Swimsuit by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
15.2 - Outfoxed
o Stealing Home (The Sweet Magnolis #1) by Sherryl Woods
o Dark Predator (Dark Saga #22) by Christine Feehan
5.1 – Benzaiten
o Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft (Jane Madison #1) by Mindy Klasky
5.2 – Bishamonten
o Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
5.3 – Daikokuten
o The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
5.4 – Ebisu
o The Best of Friends by Susan Mallery
5.5 – Fukurokuju
o The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1) by Jasper Fforde
5.6 – Hotei
o Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
5.7 – Jurōjin
o Cold as Ice (Ice #2) by Anne Stuart
5.8 – Kudokuten
o Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly
5.9 – Takarabune
o Lemon Tart (A Culinary Mystery #1) by Josi S. Kilpack
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
o Romeow and Juliet (Whales and Tails #1) by Kathi Daley
5 Point Tasks5.1 - Benzaiten Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg
5.2 - Bishamonten The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser
5.3 - Daikokuten
5.4 - Ebisu
5.5 - Fukurokuju People of the BookbyGeraldine Brooks
5.6 - Hotei Yes Please by Amy Poehler
5.7 - Jurōjin
5.8 - Kudokuten We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
5.9 - Takarabune
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
10 Point Tasks
10.1 - Summer Reading Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
10.4. We miss you, Jane. Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6. What is GR up to? Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
10.7. Think about it......
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
10.9 - Three of a Kind? The Massive, Vol. 1: Black Pacific by Brian Wood
10.10 - Haiku! I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
15 Point Tasks
15.1 - Yin and Yang Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige and Lexicon: A Novel by Max Barry
15.2 - Outfoxed These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
15.3 - Now Appearing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling for Book 1 and Redshirts by John Scalzi for Book 2 (John Cleese, John Goodman)
15.4 - The Big O
15.5 - Witch Hunt Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
15.8 - Dearly Departed The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
15.9 - Take a Ride
15.10 - BBQ Time
20 Point Tasks -
25 Point Tasks -
30 Point Tasks -
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way? Option 3: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez & Option 2: The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
50 Point Tasks
Points: 0
GRA: 0
Big Book: 0
I've definitely found others' lists helpful. This being the earliest I've gotten my act together in planning a challenge, maybe it's time to return the favour...5.1 Benzaiten Main character librarian https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.2 Bishamonten Genre "Crime" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
5.3 Daikokuten One of the following words in the title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.4 Ebisu All of the letters in FISH or LUCK in its title/subtitle. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.5 Fukurokuju Genre "Books About Books" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.6 Hotei Nonfiction with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
5.7 Jurōjin OLD found intact in the title/subtitle or in the author's name https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.8 Kudokuten Written by a female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with the letter K. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
5.9 Takarabune Something that can be eaten (by humans) on the cover https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.10 May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor Any book of your choice. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
10.1 Summer Reading From one of 3 summer reading lists http://gearpatrol.com/2015/04/08/2015... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
10.2 It's Hurricane Season Again!: Author's first name matches one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names. IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15.0 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
10.3 Ghost stories around the campfire Genre horror or thriller https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
10.4 We miss you, Jane Author's initials can be found in JANE AUSTEN https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month Set in or written by an author who was born or currently lives in one of the Caribbean countries https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
10.6 What is GR up to?: From March 2015 or May 2015 list https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
10.7 Think about it Nonfiction book with religion, spirituality, or philosophy genre https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
10.8 Ulysses, again At least 50% in Ireland (either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland) or written by an author who was born or currently lives in Ireland. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
10.9 Three of a Kind Exactly 3 living beings (mammal, bird, fish, reptile - no trees, flowers, etc.) on the cover. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
10.10 Haiku Title consisting of 5 or 7 words https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.1 Yin and Yang At least 50% white cover https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
At least 50% black cover https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
15.2 Outfoxed Read a book that is #1, #5, #7 or #9 in a series https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle: Heaven (or Celestial or Prime), Void (or Dark), Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, River, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, Thunder, Time, Sound https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.3 Now Appearing 1. Read a book that has been made into a movie AND 2. Read a book by an author who shares a FIRST or LAST name with one of these 100 All-time top grossing movie actors (#82 Andy Serkis) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
15.4 The Big O 1. Genre sexuality, romance or erotica AND 2. Word that begins with the letter O in the title or subtitle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.5 Witch Hunt Genre paranormal https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.6 Rock Around the Clock Clock face on the cover https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
15.7 Birth of a Nation Set at least 50% in one country on Summer National Days Country List https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.8 Dearly Departed Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
15.9 Take a Ride Read a book with a name in the title or subtitle. At least the first AND last name (Mark Twain) or title/honorific and name (King Arthur, Mr. Toad) must be present https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.10 BBQ Time Letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
20.1 Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing Option 1: one of the ten oldest TBR https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes Option 1: Quest https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
20.3 Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
20.4 Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday! Option 2: genre: SciFi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
20.5 Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings Option 3 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
20.6 Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability Option 1: deaf main character https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations Option1: genre: young adult https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities Option 1: UNESCO cities https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time! Option 4: genre Cooking https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
20.10 Group Reads post to discussion thread https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
25.1 Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series Read TWO books in the same series. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
25.2 Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty Option 1 (JUNE): Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the word RHUBARB https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 3 (AUGUST) read a book that has the genre Nutrition or Food as a main genre https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
25.3 Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter Book 1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials are ALL "Straight" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Book 2 - Read a book whose author's initials are all "Crooked". https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
25.4 Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing Option 1: Read a non-fiction book with the genre or sub-genre "engineering" or "science" OR read a book in which the main protagonist is a scientist or engineer of some variety. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Option 2: Read a non-fiction book with the genre or sub-genre "writing" OR read a book in which the main protagonist is an author or journalist as a career, not just as a hobby. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
25.5 Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun A. IN THE GARDEN - a book you got for free (state source) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
C. WITH THE FAMILY - read a book where the authors initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
25.6 Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School? Option 1: On-the-job Training https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
Option 3: School’s Not Out For Summer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
25.7 Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice Book 1 - The Dragon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Book 2 - Honouring your dealer: sister https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
25.8 Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading Claudine Rankine: "Black, Jamaican, person, woman" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Sherman Alexie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
25.9 Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice 3 and 4 = 4 x A https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
3 x O https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
25.10 25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best Option B https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
25.11 Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City Option 2: genre: Music https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Option 4 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
25.12 Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions Option 3: Contestants https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 4: Top Ten Challenge: BN Top10 short stories #1 on 6/8/15 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
25.13 Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi Option 1: retellings https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Option 3: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
30.1 American Independence Day: TWO Books, 704 pages Genre American History or from list given https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Title consisting of one 4-letter word. Subtitles should be ignored https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
30.2 Takin’ It to the Streets: TWO Books, Options repeatable Option 1: Set in a place that you now consider, or once considered, magical (ICELAND) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
X2 (BOOKWORLD) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
30.3 Going My Way?: Option 1: from Iowa books list https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 3: Title in solid white https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
30.4 Title Time Title with at least 2 words https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Title phrase from Book 1 is found within the title https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
30.5 Good Old Summertime?: Option 2: Cover has ice cream https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Option 3: Genre: classics https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
30.6 Dancing in the Streets (500+ total pages) Match title word https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Match author's to artist initials https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
30.7 Celebrating Summer Option 2: read a book whose authors initials can be found in the word REUNION https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 3: read a book set in a place you would like to go on vacation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...?
50.1
5 point tasks5.1 - Benzaiten - main character is librarian (current or former)
5.3 - Daikokuten - cash/money words in title
5.4 - Ebisu - Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
5.5 - Fukurokuju - Books About Books genre
5.6 - Hotei - humor book - I Was Told There'd Be Cake
5.7 - Jurōjin - The Old Man and the Sea; I Was Told There'd Be Cake
5.9 - Takarabune - book with food pictured on cover
10 point tasks
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! - author first name is 2015 hurricane name
10.4. We miss you, Jane.
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6. What is GR up to? - Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
10.7. Think about it...... - religion, spirituality or philosophy genre
10.8 - Ulysses, again! - book by Marian Keyes or Maeve Binchy or other Irish author - Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons
10.9 - Three of a Kind?
10.10 - Haiku!
15 point tasks
15.1 - Yin and Yang
Book 2 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
15.2 - Outfoxed
15.3 - Now Appearing
15.4 - The Big O
Book 1 - a romance novel
Book 2 - One Way Out by Alan Paul or Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern
15.5 - Witch Hunt - paranormal genre
15.7 - Birth of a Nation - book set in India? or other country with summer national day
15.8 - Dearly Departed - science fiction or fantasy genre
15.9 - Take a Ride
15.10 - BBQ Time
20 point tasks
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
ption 1: The Aeneid or The Odyssey
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Option 2: Book by Meghan Daum
25 point tasks
25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty
Option 1: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Option 3: The Omnivore's Dilemma
Book 1: Winterlong by Elizabeth Hand
Book 2: Blindness by José Saramago
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Option 1: book by Richard Feynman
Option 2: M. Atwood on writing
Option A: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Option C - Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women by Elizabeth George
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
Option 1: The Year They Tried to Kill Me
Option 3: Fangirl or I Am Charlotte Simmons
Book 1: Gone with the Wind
Book 2: Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
A World I Loved; books by Sherman Alexie
25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
Option 2: book set in California - Golden Days by Carolyn See
Option 4: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
Option 1 - The Once and Future King
Option 2: Loose Girl
Option 5 - 10,000 Miles in the Nick of Time or Child 44
30 point tasks
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04
Book 1: American Colossus by H.W. Brands
Book 2 - four letter title - Yarn or Bark or Mort
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
Option 1:
Option 2:
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
Option 2 - Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara (author's last name begins with O)
Option 3:
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
Option 1: I Like You Just the Way I Am: Stories About Me and Some Other People by Jenny Mollen
Option 3: The Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Book 1 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Book 2 - The Chameleon's Shadowby Minette Walters
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Option 1: Vision in White by Nora Roberts or Affair by Amanda Quick
Option 2: any book by Nora Roberts
Option 3: any book set in England or California r other place I would like to vacation - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie? or The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
50 point tasks
Option 1: The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
Option 2 (twice): Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva; The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
5 point tasks5.1 - Benzaiten
5.2 - Bishamonten
5.3 - Daikokuten
5.4 - Ebisu
5.5 - Fukurokuju
5.6 - Hotei
5.7 - Jurōjin
5.8 - Kudokuten
5.9 - Takarabune
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor Gutshot: Stories
10 point tasks
10.1 - Summer Reading
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire. A Head Full of Ghosts: A Novel
10.4. We miss you, Jane.
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6. What is GR up to?
10.7. Think about it...
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
10.9 - Three of a Kind?
10.10 - Haiku! Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
15 point tasks
15.1 - Yin and Yang
15.2 - Outfoxed
15.3 - Now Appearing
15.4 - The Big O
15.5 - Witch Hunt
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
15.8 - Dearly Departed
15.9 - Take a Ride Mr. Wicker
15.10 - BBQ Time
20 point tasks
20.4 - Author, Author! Armada
20.5 - Bigger is Better, Option 2 The Queen of the Tearling
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter, Option 1 Wonders of the Invisible World
25 point tasks
25.1 - In a Series Still Life and A Fatal Grace
30 point tasks
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
Total Tasks: 8
Total Points: 120
Diana S Summer Reading Plan5 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
5.1 - Benzaiten
5.2 - Bishamonten
5.3 - Daikokuten
5.4 - Ebisu
5.5 - Fukurokuju
5.6 - Hotei
5.7 - Jurōjin
5.8 - Kudokuten
5.9 - Takarabune
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor
10 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
10.1 - Summer Reading
10.2 - It's hurricane season again!
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire.
10.4. We miss you, Jane.
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
10.6. What is GR up to?
10.7. Think about it......
10.8 - Ulysses, again!
10.9 - Three of a Kind?
10.10 - Haiku!
15 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
15.1 - Yin and Yang
15.2 - Outfoxed
15.3 - Now Appearing
15.4 - The Big O
15.5 - Witch Hunt
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock
15.7 - Birth of a Nation
15.8 - Dearly Departed
15.9 - Take a Ride
15.10 - BBQ Time
20 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
20.10 - Group Reads
25 Point Tasks - 0 /
30 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
50 Point Tasks - 0 / 1
Points: 0
GRA: 0
Big Book: 0
5 Point Tasks - 2 / 105.1 - Benzaiten: Hot by Julia Harper
✔ 5.2 - Bishamonten: An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris (R: #1154)
5.3 - Daikokuten: Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
5.4 - Ebisu: Faithless by Karin Slaughter
5.5 - Fukurokuju: The Lies that Bind by Kate Carlisle
5.6 - Hotei: XXX
5.7 - Jurōjin: Cold Touch by Leslie Parrish
5.8 - Kudokuten: Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas
5.9 - Takarabune: Bloody Mary by J. A. Konrath
✔ 5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor: Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti (R: #1154)
10 Point Tasks - 2 / 10
10.1 - Summer Reading: The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
✔ 10.2 - It's Hurricane Season Again!: Gone Missing by Linda Castillo (R: #242)
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire: Return to Me by Christy Reece
10.4 - We miss you, Jane: Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month: Adrift in St. John by Rebecca M. Hale
10.6 - What is GR up to?: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
10.7 - Think about it...: XXX
10.8 - Ulysses, again: Broken Angels by Graham Masterton
10.9 - Three of a Kind?: Still the One by Jill Shalvis
✔ 10.10 - Haiku!: A Will and a Way by Nora Roberts (R: #2783)
15 Point Tasks - 6 / 10
15.1 - Yin and Yang:
Book #1: Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Book #2: He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not by Lena Diaz
15.2 - Outfoxed:
Book #1: Study in Seduction by Nina Rowan
Book #2: Against the Dark by Carolyn Crane
15.3 - Now Appearing: Enigma by Robert Harris
✔ 15.4 - The Big O: The Anatomy of Death by Felicity Young (R: #2726)
✔ 15.5 - Witch Hunt: Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh (R: #79)
✔ 15.6 - Rock Around the Clock: The Mighty Quinns: Malcolm by Kate Hoffman (R: #898)
15.7 - Birth of a Nation: Relentless by Cherry Adair
✔ 15.8 - Dearly Departed: Double Cross by Carolyn Crane (R: #1250)
✔ 15.9 - Take a Ride: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn (R:#2339)
✔ 15.10 - BBQ Time: Quarterback Draw by Jaci Burton (R:#2438)
20 Point Tasks - 7 / 10
✔ 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing (R: #2265)
Dark Awakening by Kendra Leigh Castle
✔ 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's Task: The X-Philes (R: #1745)
Rescue Me by Christy Reece
20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS
Waking Evil by Kylie Brant
✔ 20.4 – Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday! (R: #2532)
Head Rush by Carolyn Crane
✔ 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings (R: #1819)
Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
Moon Awakening by Lucy Monroe
✔ 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations (R: #996)
Enslave Me Sweetly by Gena Showalter
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
Earl of Darkness by Alix Rickloff
✔ 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
Wulfe Untamed by Pamela Palmer (R: #2840)
✔ 20.10 - Group Reads - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (R: #286)
25 Point Tasks - 10 / 13
✔ 25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series (R: #584)
Book #1: What Remains of Heaven by C. S. Harris
Book #2: Where Shadows Dance by C. S. Harris
✔ 25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty (R: #2749)
Book #1: Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen
Book #2: Witch Blood by Anya Bast
✔ 25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter (R: #2491)
Book #1: Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber
Book #2: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Book #1: Die Again by Tess Gerritsen
Book #2: Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
✔ 25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun (R: #2198)
Book #1: Untouched by Anna Cambell
Book #2: Black Arts by Faith Hunter
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School
Book #1: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Ella MacNeal
Book #2: A Passion for Pleasure by Nina Rowen
✔ 25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice (R: #2679)
Book #1: Time After Time by Billie Green
Book #2: The Wrong Hostage by Elizabeth Lowell
✔ 25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading (R: #1922)
Book #1: Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh
Book #2: Dream Nights with the CEO by Kathy Lyons
✔ 25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice (R: #1719)
Book #1: Blood Trade by Faith Hunter
Book #2: Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt
✔ 25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best (R: #2009)
Book #1: River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz
Book #2: The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
Book #1: Twisted by Andrea Kane
Book #2: Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson
✔ 25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions (R:#426)
Book #1: Mine to Take by Cynthia Eden
Book #2: A SEAL's Salvation by Tawny Webber
✔ 25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi (R: #2563)
Book #1: The Untamed One by Ronda Thompson
Book #2: Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
30 Point Tasks - 1 / 7
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04:
Book #1: Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins
Book #2: Hush by Karen Robards
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets:
Book #1: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Book #2: Stolen Heat by Elisabeth Naughton
✔ 30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way? (R: #1642)
Book #1: Dangerous Highlander by Donna Grant
Book #2: A Plague on Both Your Houses by Susanna Gregory
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time:
Book #1: Truly, Madly by Heather Webber
Book #2: Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime?:
Book #1: Unspeakable by Laura Griffin
Book #2: Catching Fireflies by Sheryl Woods
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets:
Book #1: Return to Tradd Street by Karen White
Book #2: Crossfire by JoAnn Ross
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer:
Book #1: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
Book #2: Broken Soul by Faith Hunter
50 Point Task - 0 / 1
Book 1: XXX
Book 2: XXX
Book 3: XXX
5 Points~ 5/505.1 Benzaiten
5.2 Bishamonten
5.3 Daikokuten
5.5 Fukurokuju
5.6 Hotei
5.7 Jurojin
5.8 Kudokuten
5.9 Takarabune
5.10 May the Gods...
10.1: A book from given lists
10.2: Author's first name matches the name of one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names
10.3:"Horror" or "Thriller" as main page genre
Author's initials can be found in JANE AUSTEN
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh
10.5: Set in or author born or currently living in one of the Caribbean countries
10.6: A book from given lists
10.7: Non-fiction book with religion, spirituality, or philosophy listed as a main page genre
10.8: Set in or by author born or currently living in Ireland or Northern Ireland
10.9: Exactly 3 living beings on cover
Title consisting of 5 or 7 words (subtitles can be included)
Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here by Christine Warren
15.1: Read two books, one from each option:
book 1 - At least 50% white cover:
Book 2 - At least 50% black cover:
Read two books, one from each option:
Book 1 - #1, 5, 7 or 9 in series:Colters' Gift by Maya Banks
Book 2 - Heaven, Void, Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, River, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, Thunder, Time or Sound found in title:Kiss Across Time by Teal Ceagh
15.3: Read two books, one from each option or one that fulfills both:
Book 1 - Made into a movie:
Book 2 - author shares a FIRST or LAST name with one of these 100 All-time top grossing movie actors:
15.4: The Big O
Read two books, one from each option or one that fulfills both:
Book 1 - Sexuality, romance or erotic aas main page genre
Book 2 - Word that begins with O in title/subtitle
or Read a book that contains both
Own by Katie Porter
15.5: Witch Hunt
Paranormal as main page genre:Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian
15.6: A clock face on cover
15.7: Set at least 50% in a country from list
15.8: Science fiction or fantasy as main page genre
15.9: A first and last name or title and last name in title:
15.10: The letters B, B, and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.
20.1:
20.2:Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes
POP ~ Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
Option 1:Wild Man by Kristen Ashley
Option 2:Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston
20.6:
Option 1: Science fiction
Royal Obsession by Cyndi Friberg
20.8:Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities
Broken
20.10: Group read
'Til Death, Volume One
'Til Death, Volume Two
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty:
Adam's Apple
Seventh Grave and No Body
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing
Option A:read a book that you got for free
Gas or Ass
Option C:a book where the authors initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING
Angelina's Prince
25.6 -Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School?
25.7 -Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice
25.8 -Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading
25.9 -Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice ~ Rolled:3,5 (1/2)
Book 1: Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Book 2:
Option A:
#2~ Set in Wyoming ~ All Jacked Up
#4~ Best crime and mystery book list ~ To Kill a Mockingbird
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City 1/2
Music ~ Hard Body Rock
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions 1/2
Battle ~
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
30.1: Read two books with a total of at least 704 pages combined:
Book 1: "American history" as main page genre:
Book 2: Title consisting of ONE 4-letter word
30.2: Read two books (same option can be used twice):
Book 1: Set in a place I consider magical:
Book: A group of people takes to the streets to celebrate:
Option 2 - Authors first name is Mary, Kathleen or Donna or last name begins with A, L or O:
Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley
Options 3 - Title written in solid red, white or blue:
An Introduction to Pleasure by Jess Michaels
30.4: Read two books, one from each option:
Book 1 - Title with at least two words (subtitle excluded):
Book 2 - Title phrase from book 1 is found within title:
30.5: Read two books from different options:1/2
Option 1 - All letters in SAUNA found in title and subtitle
Temptation(Under Mr. Nolan's Bed)
Option 2 - Ice cream, firefly (1 must be lit up) or a baseball uniform, bat, ball, or mitt on cover:
Option 3 - Published before 1956 and "Classic" as genre
30.6:Read two books, one from each option:
Book 1 - Title/subtitle contains a word of at least 4 letters from the title of one of the songs listed:
Book 2 - Author has the same initials as one of the Motown artist listed:
Option 1 - wedding dress/veil, wedding cake, church (or other religious building such as a mosque or synagogue), or a floral bouquet on the cover:
Choosing the Right Man
Option 3 - Set in a place I want to go on vacation:
Insatiable
50.1:Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality!
Total Points:330
Tasks Completed:17
5 POINTS5.1 - Benzaiten - Murder Past Due - Miranda James
5.2 - Bishamonten - Bones Are Forever - Kathy Reichs
5.3 - Daikokuten - Daggers of Gold - Katherine Deauxville
5.4 - Ebisu - Shield of Fire - Boone Brux
5.5 - Fukurokuju - Chapter and Hearse - Lorna Barrett
5.6 - Hotei - SKIP
5.7 - Jurōjin - TBD
5.8 - Kudokuten - Rock Chick Rescue - Kristen Ashley
5.9 - Takarabune - Dark Tort - Diane Mott Davidson
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor - Melting Stones - Tamora Pierce
10 POINTS
10.1 - Summer Reading ~ SKIP
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! - The Witness - Nora Roberts
10.3- Ghost stories around the campfire. - The Escape- David Baldacci
10.4. We miss you, Jane. - Hostage to Pleasure - Nalini Singh
10.5. June is Caribbean American Heritage Month! - TBD
10.6. What is GR up to? - TBD
10.7. Think about it...... ~ SKIP
10.8 - Ulysses, again! - TBD
10.9 - Three of a Kind? - Still the One - Jill Shalvis
10.10 - Haiku! - Beauty and the Bounty Hunter - Lori Austin
15 POINTS
15.1 - Yin and Yang
~Book #1: The White Dragon - Anne McCaffrey
~Book #2: Born in Chains - Caris Roane
15.2 - Outfoxed
~Book #1: Geist - Phaedra Weldon
~Book #2: Dark Heir - Faith Hunter
15.3 - Now Appearing
~Book 1: Divergent - Veronica Roth
~Book 2: It Happened One Wedding - Julie James
15.4 - The Big O
~Book 1 - East of Ecstasy - Laura Kaye
~Book 2- Deadly Offerings - Alexa Grace
15.5 - Witch Hunt - Darker After Midnight - Lara Adrian
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock - TBD
15.7 - Birth of a Nation - Invisible Murder- Lene Kaaberbøl
15.8 - Dearly Departed - Invisible Sun - David Macinnis Gill
15.9 - Take a Ride - The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber
15.10 - BBQ Time - Quarterback Draw - Jaci Burton
20 POINTS
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Mary P's task: Summer is for Relaxing
~Option 1: Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lauren Jodi's task: The X-Philes - TBD
20.3 - Best Review - Meghanly's task: ACRONYMS - The Assassin's Blade
20.4 - Author! Author! - Julie De's task: Happy Birthday!
~Option 4: Kiss of the Betrayer - Boone Brux
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Camilla’s task: Dragon Kings
~Option 1: The Heart of a Hero - Janet Chapman
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - BriKie's task: It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability
~Option 3: Dark Hunger - Sarah Reinke
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Summer Celebrations
~Option 4: Ecstasy Untamed - Pamela Palmer
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Mhairi's task: UNESCO Cities - SKIP
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wayne's task: It's Stampede Time!
~Option 3: Bonds of Justice - Nalini Singh
20.10 - Group Reads
~Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach
25 POINTS
25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: In a Series
~Book 1: Courting Carolina - Janet Chapman
~Book 2: For the Love of Magic - Janet Chapman
25.2 - Shiraloo's task: Summer’s Bounty - SKIP
25.3 - Andy P's task: Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
~Book 1: Deadtown - Nancy Holzner
~Book 2: Courting Disaster - Joanne Pence
25.4 - Beth Robinson's task: Science & Writing - TBD
25.5 - Bluemoon's task: Summer Fun
~Option A: Deeper Than Midnight - Lara Adrian
~Option C: Without Regret - R.L. Mathewson
25.6 - Dakimel's task: Internship or Summer School? - SKIP
25.7 - Nikki's Task: Drug of Choice - SKIP
25.8 - Catherine T's task: Diverse Reading - SKIP
25.9 - Elizabeth B's task: Roll of the Dice
~Book 1: Fifty Shades of Alice Through the Looking Glass - Melina DuChamp
~Book 2: Fifty Shades of Alice in Wonderland - Melinda DuChamp
25.10 - Sirena's task: My Mom Is the Best
~Option 1: Everlasting Desire - Amanda Ashley
~Option 2: Nauti Temptress - Lora Leigh
25.11 - Jamie NYC's task: Summer In The City
~Option 1: TBD
~Option 3: Thrown by a Curve - Jaci Burton
25.12 - Delicious Dee's task: 500 Questions
~Option 2: Then Came You - Jill Shalvis
~Option 5: Beauty and the Blacksmith - Tessa Dare
25.13 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: It's not Usagi
~Option 2: Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel
~Option 3: Revenant - Phaedra Weldon
30 POINTS
30.1 - Schatzie's task: American Independence Day 7-04 - TBD
30.2 - Jonquil’s task: Takin’ It to the Streets
~Book 1: Dragon Down Under - Angela Castle
~Book 2: Two Plus One - Angela Castle
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Going My Way?
~Option 1: Ubik - Phillip Dick
~Option 3: Blood Games - Chloe Neill
30.4 - Dlmrose’s Task: Title Time
~Book 1: Warrior Untamed - Melissa Mayhue
~Book 2: Embrace the Highland Warrior - Anita Clenney
30.5 - Teri-k's task: Good Old Summertime? ~ SKIP
30.6 - Sandy's task: Dancing in the Streets ~ SKIP
30.7 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating Summer
~Option 2: Dark Witch - Nora Roberts
~Option 3: The Raider - Monica McCarty
Summer Reading Challenge ~ 2015 5 points
5.1 - Benzaiten - Murder Past Due by Miranda James
5.2 - Bishamonten - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
5.3 - Daikokuten - Silver Wolf, Black Falcon by Dennis L. McKiernan
5.4 - Ebisu - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain FISH
5.5 - Fukurokuju - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
5.6 - Hotei - Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer
5.7 - Jurojin -
5.8 - Kudokuten - Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn✔ finished 07/01/15
5.9 - Takarabune -
by Susan Breen ✔ finished 06/19/155.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor -
10 points
10.1 - Summer Reading - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! -
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire - Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
10.4 - We miss you, Jane - The Alphabet House by Jussi Adler-Olsen
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month! - The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
10.6 - What is GR up to? - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel #9
10.7 - Think about it... -
10.8 - Ulysses, again! -
10.9 - Three of a Kind? -
10.10 - Haiku! - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
15 Points
15.1 - Yin and Yang - Book 1: White Cover:
by Maggie ShipsteadBook 2: Black Cover:
by Patrick Süskind15.2 - Outfoxed - Book 1: The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey Book #1 in series
Book 2: Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
15.3 - Now Appearing -
15.4 - The Big O - Book 1: The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Book 2: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
15.5 - Witch Hunt - Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock -
by Mitch Albom15.7 - Birth of a Nation - U.S - Washington D.C - The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer
15.8 - Dearly Departed - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
15.9 - Take a Ride - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
15.10 - BBQ Time -
20 Points
20.1 - Summer is for Relaxing - Option 2: A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
20.2 - The X-Philes - Option#1 Graceling by Kristin Cashore Page #1
20.3 - ACRONYMS -
20.4 - Happy Birthday! - Option #2 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
20.5 - Dragon Kings -
20.6 - It Was Ability that Mattered... -
20.7 - Summer Celebrations -
20.8 - UNESCO cities -
20.9 - It's Stampede Time! -
20.10 - Group Reads -
25.1 - In a Series -
25.2 - Summer's Bounty -
25.3 - Straight Letter, Crooked Letter -
25.4 - Science & Writing -
25.5 - Summer Fun - Crispin:
25.6 - Internship or Summer School? -
25.7 - Drug of Choice -
25.8 - Diverse Reading -
25.9 - Roll of the Dice (6,1) -
25.10 - My Mom is the Best -
25.11 - Summer in the City -
25.12 - 500 Questions - Brainiac:
25.13 - It's Not Usagi - Fair Game:
30.1 - American Independence Day -
30.2 - Takin' It to the Streets -
30.3 - Going My Way? -
30.4 - Title Time -
30.5 - Good Old Summertime? -
30.6 - Dancing in the Streets -
30.7 - Celebrating Summer -
Shooting for "nickels and dimes" with shorter books than I normally read.5.1 Kafka on the Shore
5.2
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8 The Word for World is Forest
5.9 The Fiction Class
10.2 The Awakening, City of Bohane
10.5 Wide Sargasso Sea
10.8 The Collected Poems
10.9
10.10 The Museum of Extraordinary Things
OTHERS:
20.1.2
25.5.1
25.5.2 Love Life initials in famiLy getheRing
5.1 Main character librarian 5.2 Genre "Crime"
5.3 One of the following words in the title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy.
5.4 All of the letters in FISH or LUCK in its title/subtitle
5.5 Genre "Books About Books" What We See When We Read
5.6 Nonfiction with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" President Me: The America That's in My Head
5.7 OLD found intact in the title/subtitle or in the author's name
5.8 Written by a female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with the letter K
5.9 Something that can be eaten (by humans) on the cover.
5.10 Any book of your choice.
10.1 From one of 3 summer reading lists: SF Public Library list The Interestings or A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
10.2 Author's first name matches one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names
10.3 Genre horror or thriller
10.5 Set in or written by an author who was born or currently lives in one of the Caribbean countries
10.6 From March 2015 or May 2015 list The Name of the Rose
10.7 Nonfiction genre religion
10.8 At least 50% in Ireland (either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland) or written by an author who was born or currently lives in Ireland
10.9 Exactly 3 living beings (mammal, bird, fish, reptile - no trees, flowers, etc.) on the cover
15.1 TWO Books
Book 1: At least 50% white cover The Good Lord Bird
Book 2: At least 50% black cover
15.2
Book 1: #5 in series
Book 2: "Thunder" in title/subtitle
15.3 - Now Appearing: ONE or TWO books,
Book 1: Read a book that has been made into a movie & Book 2: Read a book by an author who shares a FIRST or LAST name with one of these 100 All-time top grossing movie actors
15.4 The Big O: ONE or TWO books
Book 1: Genre romance
Book 2. Word that begins with O in the title/subtitle
15.5 Genre paranormal
15.6 Clock face on cover
15.7 Summer National Days Country List
15.8 Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any combination of those genres
15.9 A name in the title or subtitle. The first AND last name or title/honorific and name must be present.
15.10 Letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name
20.1
Option 1: 10 oldest on TBR list
Option 2: Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall in title
20.2 ONE Book
20.3 Acronyms, Title spells word, not proper noun, no subtitles Sharp Objects
20.4
Option 1: #2 or #6 in series
Option 2: American, Fantasy, Western, Adventure, OR Science Fiction as genre
Option 3: female author whose birthday also falls June, July, August
Option 4: Title/subtitle has word starts with K
20.5
Option 1: Cover shows a body of water
Option 2: genre “Shapeshifters”
Option 3: Title/subtitle has king
Option 4: author whose initials can be found in one of the cardinal directions
20.6 ONE Book, no kids
Option 1: Deaf character, or is written by a deaf author, or is about deaf experience
Option 2: "Deaf" in the title/subtitle, variations OK
Option 3: On Stories about Individuals with Disabilities list
Option 1: genre "Science Fiction" or "Young Adult" Neuromancer
20.8 - UNESCO Cities ONE Book
Option 1: At least 50% in a UNESCO City of Literature
Option 2: non-fiction book with the genre 'Music.'
Option 2: Author's initial in STAMPEDE PARADE Modern Romance
25.1 TWO Books, same series:
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.2 TWO Books, repeatable
Option 1: Author's initials in RHUBARB
Option 2: blueberry, cabbage, carrot, cherry, cucumber, lettuce, pea, raspberry, spinach, strawberry in title, sub, or on cover
Option 3: genre Nutrition or Food
Book 1: Atonement
Book 2: So You've Been Publicly Shamed
25.4 TWO Books
25.5 TWO Books
Option A: A book that you got for free
Option B: Boat on Cover
Option C: Author's initials can be found in FAMILY GATHERING
25.6
Option 1: New job
Option 2: Best zombie boos list
Option 3: about university student life or with a main character attending college
Option 4: Instrument on cover
25.7 TWO Books
Book 1: Reread a childhood favorite
Book 2: Book about mother
25.8 TWO Books, authors from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures Both books & 1 author must be new
25.9 TWO Books 3 & 5
Book 1: 3 I's Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
25.10 TWO Books or combine for 1
Option 2: Set in California + Option 4: Best crime mystery list The Big Sleep
25.11 TWO Books
Option 1: Set in NYC
Option 2: main character who is a Musician or with "Music" as a main page genre
Option 3: Sports genre
Option 4: Set in Japan, China, Italy, Greece, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India or Mexico Harvest of Rubies
25.12
Option 1: Popular Trivia Books
Option 2: #5, #10, or #50 in a series
Option 4: book that appears on one of the B&N Daily Top 10 lists Go Set a Watchman
Option 6: #3 in series
25.13 TWO Books
Option 1: main page genre 'Retellings'
Option 2: Full moon can be seen on the cover
Option 3: One female on cover
Option 4: NON-FICTION with genre 'History', may be embedded
Option 5: a counting NUMBER found in the TITLE
30.1 TWO Books, 704 pages
Book 1: Genre American History or from list given T
Book 2: Title is one 4-letter word
30.2 TWO Books, Options repeatable
Option 1 Magical Place
Option 2: Public celebration
30.3
Option 1: Popular Iowa book
Option 2: Author's first name is Mary, Kathleen, or Donna OR last name begins with the A, L, or O.
Option 3: Title solid red, white or blue
Option 4: words in the title/subtitle: bus, car, automobile, plane, airplane, train , hike, bike, bicycle, camel, horse
Option 5: nonfiction book about a country you would like to visit
30.4 TWO Books
Book 1: Title w/at least 2 words
Book 2: Title of Book 1 is in title of Book 2
30.5 TWO Books
Option 1: SAUNA in title
Option 2: cover has ice cream, a firefly , or a baseball uniform, bat, ball, or mitt.
Option 3: Genre classic, orig. pub before 1956
30.6 TWO Books, 500 pp total, no kids
Book 1: Title/subtitle contains word from list of songs
Book 2: Author has same initials as Motown artist
30.7 TWO Books
Option 1: Wedding dress, wedding cake, church, or a floral bouquet on the cover
Option 2: initials can be found in the word REUNION.
Option 3: Set in place you would like to go on vacation
Option 4: object on the cover you would expect to find exhibited at a county fair
50.1
Book 1: Middlesex
Book 2: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Book 3: Fingersmith
KTKIZZIESummer 2015 Asian Mythology
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/61
Total Points Claimed: 40/1085
GR Authors: 3
Big Books Read: -
5 Points
5.1 Benzaiten The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger*+
5.2 Bishamonten Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn*
5.3 Daikokuten The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
5.4 Ebisu The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
5.5 Fukurokuju The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai*
5.6 Hotei Bossypants by Tina Fey
5.7 Jurōjin In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
5.8 Kudokuten The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling+
5.9 Takarabune The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender*
5.10 May the Gods Be Ever In Your Favor
10 Points
10.1 Summer Reading A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki*
10.2 It's hurricane season again! Ghost Story by Peter Straub*+
10.3 Ghost stories around the campfire. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King*+
10.4 We miss you, Jane. The Heist by Janet Evanovich*, Lee Goldberg*
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
10.6 What is GR up to? Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove #1) by Christopher Moore*
10.7 Think about it... The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
10.8 Ulysses, again! In the Woods (The Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French*
10.9 Three of a Kind? The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman
10.10 Haiku! And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
15 Points
15.1 Yin and Yang
Book 1: Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) by Stephen King*
Book 2: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman*
15.2 Outfoxed
Book 1: Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) by Orson Scott Card
Book 2: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn*
15.3 Now Appearing
Book 1: This Is Where I Leave You by Philip Pullman
Book 2: Fool by Christopher Moore*
15.4 The Big O Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon
15.5 Witch Hunt
15.6 Rock Around the Clock Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield
15.7 Birth of a Nation The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini*
15.8 Dearly Departed The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan
15.9 Take a Ride The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin*
15.10 BBQ Time Rude Bitches Make Me Tired: Slightly Profane and Entirely Logical Answers to Modern Etiquette Dilemmas by Celia Rivenbark
20 Points
20.1 Summer Is For Relaxing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
20.2 The X-Philes These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman*, Meagan Spooner*
20.3 ACRONYMS The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Lost Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
20.4 Happy Birthday! Flyte (Septimus Heap #2) by Angie Sage
20.5 Dragon Kings The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman*
20.6 It Was Ability that Mattered, Not Disability The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
20.7 Summer Celebrations
20.8 UNESCO Cities Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
20.9 It's Stampede Time! Eating Animals by Johnathan Safran Foer
20.10 Group Reads The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd*
25 Points
25.1 In a Series
Book 1: Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King*
Book 2: Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower #2) by Stephen King*
25.2 Summer's Bounty
Book 1: Dandelion Wine (Green Town, #1) by Ray Bradbury
Book 2: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by Janelle Brown*
25.3 Straight Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 1: The Goblin Empire by Katherine Addison*
Book 2: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher*
25.4 Science & Writing
Book 1: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot*
Book 2: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
25.5 Summer Fun
Book 1: About a Girl by Lindsay Kelk*
Book 2: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
25.6 Internship or Summer School?
Book 1: Cell by Stephen King*
Book 2: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
25.7 Drug of Choice
Book 1: It by Stephen King*
Book 2: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
25.8 Diverse Reading
Book 1: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book 2: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini*
25.9 Roll of the Dice
Book 1:
Book 2: The Dreaming Void (Void, #1) Peter F. Hamilton*
25.10 My Mom Is the Best The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland*+
25.11 Summer In the City
Book 1: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, Joe Layden*
Book 2: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
25.12 500 Questions
Book 1: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Book 2:
25.13 It's Not Usagi
Book 1: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen*
Book 2: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
30 Points
30.1 American Independence Day 7-04
Book 1: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson*, Tony Goldwyn*
Book 2: Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert
30.2 Takin' It to the Streets
Book 1: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Book 2: Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #36) by Agatha Christie
30.3 Going My Way?
Book 1: The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
Book 2: Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
30.4 Title Time
Book 1: The Women by T.C. Boyle
Book 2: Couldn't Keep it to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution by Wally Lamb
30.5 Good Old Summertime?
Book 1: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente*
Book 2 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
30.6 Dancing in the Streets
Book 1: The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob*
Book 2: Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1) by Mira Stout
30.7 Celebrating Summer
Book 1: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Book 2: Atonement by Ian McEwan
50 Points
50.1 Three Cheers for Equality!
Book 1 Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green*, David Leviathan*
Book 2 On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Book 3 Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
* = Goodreads author
+ = Big Reads Book
Books Read64 books - 815 points
5.2 - The Postcard Killers - 6/23/2015
5.3 - Silver Bastard - 7/23/2015
5.4 - A Cup of Friendship - 6/30/2015
5.5 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - 8/7/2015
5.8 - East of Ecstasy - 6/28/2015
5.9 - The School of Essential Ingredients - 8/4/2015
5.10 - Crave - 8/24/2015
10.2 - Chasing Fire - 8/11/2015
10.3 - Darkly Dreaming Dexter - 6/18/2015
10.4 - A Dropped Stitches Christmas - 6/17/2015
10.5 - Tender Savage - 7/13/2015
10.6 - Station Eleven - 8/21/2015
10.7 - Foreskin's Lament - 8/17/2015
10.8 - In the Woods - 7/27/2015
10.10 - Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - 6/29/2015
15.1(1) - Stars & Stripes - 6/20/2015
15.1(2) - Ceremony in Death - 8/14/2015
15.2(1) - Touch & Geaux - 7/5/2015
15.2(2) - Magic in the Wind - 8/18/2015
15.3(1) - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 8/30/2015
15.3(2) - Hatchet - 7/2/2015
15.4 - Story of O: A Novel - 6/29/2015
15.5 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - 6/20/2015
15.6 - Farewell Summer - 8/31/2015
15.7 - The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe - 6/4/2015
15.8 - The Woman Who Rides Like a Man - 6/10/2015
15.9 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6/13/2015
20.1 - Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times - 8/21/2015
20.2 - Sweet Tooth - 7/30/2015
20.3 - Rapture in Death - 6/11/2015
20.4 - Braydon - 6/11/2015
20.5 - Magic Bites - 7/29/2015
20.6 - Now I See You: A Memoir - 8/31/2015
20.7 - Twisted - 8/26/2015
20.8 - Clapton: The Autobiography - 8/24/2015
20.9 - Wanted - 6/17/2015
20.10 - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - 6/7/2015
25.1(1) - Killer - 6/8/2015
25.1(2) - Heartless - 6/25/2015
25.2(1) - Shock & Awe - 7/19/2015
25.2(2) - Ball & Chain - 8/3/2015
25.3(1) - Sawyer - 7/12/2015
25.3(2) - First Grave on the Right 7/22/2015
25.5(1) - The Art of Racing in the Rain - 8/6/2015
25.5(2) - The Cuckoo's Calling - 6/16/2015
25.8(1) - Modern Romance - 7/10/2015
25.8(2) - To All the Boys I've Loved Before - 7/25/2015
25.9(1) - The Virgin - 7/30/2015
25.9(2) - Without Regret - 7/31/2015
25.10(1) - The Cold Dish - 8/16/2015
25.10(2) - Immortal in Death - 6/5/2015
25.11(1) - Calico Joe - 6/25/2015
25.11(2) - Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem - 7/30/2015
25.12(1) - Unhinged - 8/17/2015
25.12(2) - Ruthless - 8/29/2015
30.1(1) - Killing Patton - 7/31/2015
30.1(2) - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - 7/21/2015
30.3(1) - Speak 6/2/2015
30.3(2) - Lock and Key - 6/25/2015
30.6(1) - Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" - 6/2/2015
30.6(2) - Fisher's Light - 7/27/2015
50.1(1) - Blue is the Warmest Color - 6/23/2015
50.1(2) - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography - 7/24/2015
50.1(3) - Not My Father's Son: A Memoir - 7/28/2015
5.1 - Benzaiten - The Time Traveler's Wife5.2 - Bishamonten - Safe House
5.3 - Daikokuten - Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu
5.4 - Ebisu - The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club
5.5 - Fukurokuju -
5.6 - Hotei - Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
5.7 - Jurojin -
5.8 - Kudokuten -
5.9 - Takarabune -
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor -
10.1 - Summer Reading -
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! -
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire -
10.4 - We miss you, Jane -
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month! -
10.6 - What is GR up to? - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
10.7 - Think about it... - Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
10.8 - Ulysses, again! -
10.9 - Three of a Kind? - Tracks
10.10 - Haiku! - Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
15.1 - Yin and Yang -
15.2 - Outfoxed -
15.3 - Now Appearing -
15.4 - The Big O - The Eternal Ones
15.5 - Witch Hunt -
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock -
15.7 - Birth of a Nation -
15.8 - Dearly Departed - A Calculated Life
15.9 - Take a Ride - Jane Eyre
15.10 - BBQ Time -
20.1 - Summer is for Relaxing -
20.2 - The X-Philes -
20.3 - ACRONYMS - Girl on a Train
20.4 - Happy Birthday! - Feedback
20.5 - Dragon Kings -
20.6 - It Was Ability that Mattered... -
20.7 - Summer Celebrations - The Magicians
20.8 - UNESCO cities -
20.9 - It's Stampede Time! - Laurinda
20.10 - Group Reads -
25.1 - In a Series -
25.2 - Summer's Bounty -
25.3 - Straight Letter, Crooked Letter - Ape House and That Way Again
25.4 - Science & Writing -
25.5 - Summer Fun - The Handmaid's Tale and Something Borrowed
25.6 - Internship or Summer School? -
25.7 - Drug of Choice -
25.8 - Diverse Reading -
25.9 - Roll of the Dice -
25.10 - My Mom is the Best -
25.11 - Summer in the City -
25.12 - 500 Questions -
25.13 - It's Not Usagi -
30.1 - American Independence Day -
30.2 - Takin' It to the Streets -
30.3 - Going My Way? -
30.4 - Title Time -
30.5 - Good Old Summertime? -
30.6 - Dancing in the Streets -
30.7 - Celebrating Summer -
What I am thinking about using:5.1 - Benzaiten -
5.2 - Bishamonten -
5.3 - Daikokuten -
5.4 - Ebisu -
5.5 - Fukurokuju -
5.6 - Hotei -
5.7 - Jurojin -
5.8 - Kudokuten -
5.9 - Takarabune -
5.10 - May the Gods Be Ever in Your Favor -
10.1 - Summer Reading -
10.2 - It's hurricane season again! -
10.3 - Ghost stories around the campfire -
10.4 - We miss you, Jane -
10.5 - June is Caribbean American Heritage Month! -
10.6 - What is GR up to? -
10.7 - Think about it... -
10.8 - Ulysses, again! -
10.9 - Three of a Kind? -
10.10 - Haiku! -
15.1 - Yin and Yang -
15.2 - Outfoxed -
15.3 - Now Appearing -
15.4 - The Big O -
15.5 - Witch Hunt -
15.6 - Rock Around the Clock -
15.7 - Birth of a Nation -
15.8 - Dearly Departed -
15.9 - Take a Ride -
15.10 - BBQ Time -
20.1 - Summer is for Relaxing -
20.2 - The X-Philes -
20.3 - ACRONYMS -
20.4 - Happy Birthday! -
20.5 - Dragon Kings -
20.6 - It Was Ability that Mattered... -
20.7 - Summer Celebrations -
20.8 - UNESCO cities -
20.9 - It's Stampede Time! -
20.10 - Group Reads -
25.1 - In a Series -
25.2 - Summer's Bounty -
25.3 - Straight Letter, Crooked Letter -
25.4 - Science & Writing -
25.5 - Summer Fun -
25.6 - Internship or Summer School? -
25.7 - Drug of Choice -
25.8 - Diverse Reading -
25.9 - Roll of the Dice -
25.10 - My Mom is the Best -
25.11 - Summer in the City -
25.12 - 500 Questions -
25.13 - It's Not Usagi -
30.1 - American Independence Day -
30.2 - Takin' It to the Streets -
30.3 - Going My Way? -
30.4 - Title Time -
30.5 - Good Old Summertime? -
30.6 - Dancing in the Streets -
30.7 - Celebrating Summer -
50.1 - Three Cheers for Equality! -
5.1 Benzaiten: [Librarian Protagonist]5.2 Bishamonten: [Genre - Crime]
5.3 Daikokuten: [ the title/subtitle: cash, coin, gold, money, rich, richer, silver, wealth, wealthy]
5.4 Ebisu: [ all of the letters in FISH or all of the letters in LUCK in its title/subtitle]
5.5 Fukurokuju: [genre "Books About Books]
5.6 Hotei: [nonfiction book with the genre "Humor," "Funny," or "Comedy" ] the pun also rises
5.7 Jurojin: [OLD found intact in the title/subtitle or in the author's name.]
5.8 Kudokuten: [ female author who has a first, middle, or last name that starts with the letter K.]
5.10 May the Gods...: [Any Book]
10 Points
10.1 Summer Reading: [from List] -> Ted List: Lolita, Moonwalking with Einstein, GearPatrol List: Trigger Warning
10.2 It's Hurricane Season Again: [ author's first name matches the name of one of the 2015 Atlantic or Pacific hurricane names] Pacific: Terry Pratchett
10.3 Ghost Stories Around the Campfire: [genre horror or thriller]
10.4 We Miss You, Jane: [author's initials can be found in JANE AUSTEN] Jane Austen, Naomi Novik
10.5 June is Caribbean American Heritage Month: [set in one of the Caribbean countries or written by an author who was born or currently lives in one of the Caribbean countries]
10.6 What is GR up to?: [from list] -> March: Carrie, Tehanu, Being Mortal
10.7 Think About It?: [nonfiction book with religion, spirituality, or philosophy listed as a main page genre] Through the language glass
10.8 Ulysses, Again!: read a book set at least 50% in Ireland (either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland) or written by an author who was born or currently lives in Ireland.] -> Skulduggery Pleasant
10.9 Three of a Kind: [ exactly 3 living beings (mammal, bird, fish, reptile - no trees, flowers, etc.) on the cover] the master magician
10.10 Haiku!: [ title consisting of 5 or 7 words] So you've been publically shamed
15 Points
15.1 Yin and Yang (2):
Black: the schience of intertsellar; Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
15.2 Outfoxed (2): 1: [Read a book that is #1, #5, #7 or #9 in a series] Red Rising
2: [ Heaven (or Celestial or Prime), Void (or Dark), Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, River, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, Thunder, Time, Sound. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle] Forest Mage
15.3 Now Appearing (2/1): Christopher Lee + Harper Lee To kill a mockingbird; Anthony Daniels+ Anthony Burgess a Clockwork orange
15.4 The Big O (2/1): [ genre sexuality, romance or erotica+ word beginning with O in Title/sub]
15.5 Witch Hunt: [Read a book with the genre paranormal on its main page] the dream Thieves
15.6 Rock Around the Clock: [ Read a book with a clock face on the cover]
15.7 Birth of a Nation: [read book set in country from list] eg Afghanistan, south korea Underground Girls of Kabul
15.10 BBQ Time: [Read a book with the letters B, B, (2 B's) and Q found in any combination of title, subtitle, series title, and/or author's name.]
20 Points
20.1 Summer is for Relaxing: [1 from ten oldest tbr OR winter, spring, summer, fall in title]
20.2 The X-Philes: [Opt1: from List, Opt3: About Spy] 1: the Voyage of the Beagel; My Journey to Lhasa; OPT3
20.3 Acronyms: [First Letter of words in title spells a word. No numericals, no subtitles] The Eyre Affair
20.4 Happy Birthday!: [Opt1: #2 or #6 in series; Opt2: American, Fantasy, Western, Adventure, OR Science Fiction as a main page genre; Opt4: Title/sub contains word beginning with K] OPT 2
Mason&Dixon ->American
20.5 Dragon Kings: [OPT1 read a book that shows a body of water (e.g., waterfall, river, sea, lake, pond, pool) on the cover. OPT2 genre “Shapeshifters”. OPT3 king, queen, prince, princess, palace, castle, royal, court in title/sub OPT4 Authos initials in East, South, West, North] OPT4 SouTh [autor: tom standage] the victorian internet
20.6 It Was Ability That Mattered: [OPT1 deaf character, or is written by a deaf author, or is about deaf experience OPT2 Deaf in title/sub OPT3 List] OPT3: wonder, house rules; Page2: All the light we cannot see
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: [OPT1+2 Science Fiction" or "Young Adult, War Genre; OPT3 "Birthday" or "Anniversary" in the title. OPT 4 Cover blue or pink] OPT4 Travels in Alaska -> Cover blue
20.8 UNESCO:
20.9 It's Stampede Time:
20.10 Group Read: Ghost Bride
25 Points
25.1 In a Series (2): Temeraire #1 & #2: his majesty's dragen, Throne of Jade
25.2 Summer's Bounty (2):
25.3 Straight Letter, Crooked Letter (2): straight: Mark Lawrence The Liar's Key; crooked: Simon Pegg Nerd do well
25.4 Science & Writing (2):
25.5 Summer Fun (2):
25.6 Internship or Summer School? (2): Smoke gets in your eyes
25.7 Summer Fun: OPT3 initial in FAmILY GAThERING: matt haig the possesion of mr cave
25.8 Diverse Reading (2):
25.9
25.10
25.11
25.12 500 Questions (2):
25.13 It's Not Usagi (2):
30 Points
30.1 American Independence Day (2):
30.2 Takin' It to the Streets (2):
30.3 Going My Way? (2):
30.4 Title Time (2):
30.5 Good Old Summertime? (2):
30.6 Dancing in the Streets (2):
30.7 Celebrating Summer (2):
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Three Cheers for Equality! (3):
BK1 [lgtb genre] the perks of being a wallflower;
BK2 [lgtb bio B] running with scissors
BK3 [lgtb bio B] seriously... I'm kidding
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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