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message 1: by Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus (last edited May 19, 2012 12:25AM) (new)

Dlmrose | 18433 comments Mod
If you'd like a place to plan what you'll be reading for the Summer 2012 Challenge, you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.


message 2: by RedSycamore (last edited Jun 20, 2012 08:37AM) (new)

RedSycamore | 359 comments Seasonal Reading Challenge -- Summer 2012: Wind/Air


5.1 -- Let the Games Begin -- Set in London OR sub/title wd Olympic,summer,games,champion,gold,silver,bronze,medal
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags -- backpack/suitcase on cover OR mn. Genre = travel --
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind -- Nat.American char/culture/artifacts --
5.4 -- Chemical Combo -- 2≤N's+2≤O's in sub/title+Auth name --
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee -- Set in any country ever under British rule --
5.6 -- Blowin in the Wind -- Loftable obj. on Cover --
5.7 -- Scavenger Hunt -- Bk from SRC Scavenger Hunt --
5.8 -- Summer Lovin -- Bk from list Crazy, Dramatic, OR "Love" --
5.9 -- Summer Readers -- Bk frm any shelf of SRC member GR June/July/August --
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away -- Bk w/ 'air' intact in sub/title --

10.1 -- Skip To My Lou -- Auth. consecutive initials skip one Ltr --
10.2 -- Eat An Oreo Day -- Ltr sandwich (E-P-E, B-E-B, etc) --
10.3 -- What's Your Exit? -- set/Auth born in/from N J --
10.4 -- Air Signs -- Auth.Bday May21-Jun20,Sep23-Oct22,Jan20-Feb18 --
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen -- Set in the Caribbean --
10.6 -- Contraction Action -- sub/title contraction --
10.7 -- Reason to Celebrate -- Poetry OR day of wk sub/title --
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone -- non-fic of interest --
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads -- Sum'11-Spr'12 Grp Rd/Nom --
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool -- Set in winter; snow/ice on cover --

15.1 -- Colors of Summer
15.1.1 -- Title wd or cover = Blue --
15.1.2 -- Title wd or cover = Green --
15.2 -- Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
15.2.1 -- Pure rhyme title wd #1 --
15.2.2 -- Pure rhyme title wd #2 --
15.3 -- Summer Romance -- Title w/ Fe/Male common nouns -- The Sisters Brothers
15.4 -- Summer Reading -- sub/title Ltrs 'w.i.n.d' AND Auth.init.in 'summertime' --
15.5 -- Summer in the City -- Set in city w/ pop > 100k --
15.6 -- Hot Fun in the Summertime -- fun summer activity plot or cover --
15.7 -- The First Day of Summer -- 1st bk in a series -- The 42nd Parallel
15.8 -- Summer of '69 -- Abt musician or music group -- Gödel, Escher, <b>Bach</b>
15.9 -- Summer Nights -- Set/1st pub in 1950's --
15.10 -- Feel Good Hit of the Summer -- feel good bk --

20.1 -- Stesse: Fifty Shades of Whoa! -- Option(2):Philosophy -- Presocratics
20.2 -- Nicola: School's Out For Summer -- Option(2): New Job -- Big Deal
20.3 -- Anne (booklady): Reading... by the Numbers -- Roll(3):Thriller -- Reamde
20.4 -- Jecca: Let's Go Camping -- Roll(5): Something Found -- Winter's Heart
20.5 -- Wendy UK: Let's Talk About The Weather -- sub/title wd. rain/reign
20.6 -- M. WI: Spring/Summer -- Roll(6): Hist.Fic -- The 1k Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
20.7 -- Isabell: In Homage to MZB -- Option(2): WFA Winner (1979), Borges -- Ficciones
20.8 -- Putterpal: Have Your Cake And... -- Option(6): White title -- Urban Foraging
Urban Foraging by David Craft
20.9 -- mstan: Please be Patient... -- Option(2): From 20.4 -- Crossroads of Twilight
20.10 -- Group Read -- The Name of the Rose

25.1 -- Donna Jo: I'm Solidly Behind You
25.1.1 -- 500+ pg; Solid Cvr; Auth.init.in 'solidly'; frm list -- (Baghavadgita)
25.1.2 -- sub/title wd cubic,dense,cohesive,firm,sound,unbroken,solvent,strong
25.2 -- Jayme VA: Around the Country in 6 Parks
25.2.1 -- 1st bk; sub/title wd raft,snake,river,jackson,hole,grand or frm Elements --
25.2.2 -- set in rainforest cntry (see list) or App.trl state; frm Road or Trip --
25.3 -- Keltie Lee: Hands and Feet
25.3.1 -- Cvr w/ hands but no feet --
25.3.2 -- Cvr w/ feet but no hands --
25.4 -- Sandy/Kristi: All About the Author
25.4.1 -- Auto/biography or memoir --
25.4.2 -- Bk. By subject of pt 1 --
25.5 -- Stacie MI: Even More Fun w/ Holidays
25.5.1 -- Hug on cvr; person w/ my hair OR eye color on cvr --
25.5.2 -- any foot on cover; genre = humor --
25.6 -- JennRenee: Sounds of Summer
25.6.1 -- genre = romance; abt. Vacation or teen/college student; frm Books --
25.6.2 -- abt. Sum. job; swmsuit on cvr.; sub/title wd under,board,walk,down,sea; island/beach/night on cvr; set in island from song (see list) --
25.7 -- Marcia: YouTube Summer Fun
25.7.1 -- 2 mn.char = same gender; sport frm list; deceased auth; set in a Korea --
25.7.2 -- mn.char in highschool; fruit in sub/title, auth.name, or on cvr --
25.8 -- Kate S: Going to the Ballpark
25.8.1 -- Georgia+Non-USA auths; 400pg by male.auth --
25.8.2 -- 2 bks w/ same title; pub/set in/auth frm Germany+sub/title beer wd. --

30.1 -- Cindy AL: SuperHero Summer
30.1.1 -- Roll(5): living flying thing on cover --
30.1.2 -- Roll(5): living flying thing on cover --
30.2 -- Sassafrass: I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
30.2.1 -- Option X --
30.2.2 -- Option Y --
30.3 -- Sheila/KathyG: Aye-Aye Matey
30.3.1 -- Option A: Set on island; X in sub/title auth.name; 8th in series; 8 Ltrs in one auth.name; 8 wds in sub/title; money/gems/treasure on cover --
30.3.2 -- Option B: Auth init in 'rum+whiskey'; skull/skeleton/bones/knife/sword on cover; mn genre = suspense or mystery --
30.4 -- DlmRose: Vowel Prowl
30.4.1 -- Sub/title wd./Auth.name Ltrs A+E+I+O+U --
30.4.2 -- 1 Sub/title wd./Auth.name begins w/ Y --
30.5 -- Bluemoon: BEG, BORROW, AND STEAL
30.5.1 -- Continent X: Rec frm GR/friend --
30.5.2 -- Continent Y: borrow frm GR/friend --
30.6 -- Peebee: It's the End of the World As We Know It... And I Feel Fine
30.6.1 -- Option A: --
30.6.2 -- Option B: --
30.7 -- Ms. Anderson: The Final Battle
30.7.1 -- Match Up ? (Option x)
30.7.2 -- Match Up ? (Option y)
30.8 -- Delicious Dee: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
30.8.1 -- Group A: --
30.8.2 -- Group B: --
30.9 -- Nick KY: North by Northwest
30.9.1 -- Group X: --
30.9.2 -- Group X: --
30.10 -- Butterflycager: Honoring the Flag and My Dad
30.10.1 -- Option X: --
30.10.2 -- Option Y: --
30.11 -- Laurie ME:
30.11.1 -- --
30.11.2 -- --

50.1 -- Midpoint Challenge:
50.1.1 -–
50.1.2 --
50.1.3 --

Challenge Totals
Total Points: -
Pages Read: -
Books Read: -
Good Read Authors: -
Big Book Tickets: 500(-), 750(-), 1000(-)


message 3: by Sheila (last edited Jul 23, 2012 04:54AM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments My Now I Know What to Read this Summer Plan


5 Point Tasks - Completed

5.1 - Let the Games Begin - Lost by Michael Robotham
5.2 - Pack Your Bags - The Lost City of Z by David Grann
5.3 - Dust in the Wind - Trouble at Fort LaPointe by Kathleen Ernst
5.4 -Chemical Combo - Mutation by Robin Cook
5.5 -Diamond Jubilee – Jigsaw by Anthea Fraser England
5.6 -Blowin' in the Wind - Home Front by Kristin Hannah
5.7 -SRC Scavenger Hunt - St. Patrick's Day Murder by Leslie Meier
5.8 - Summer Lovin' - Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
5.9 - Summer Readers - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
5.10 - Up, Up, and Away - The Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton

10 Point Tasks - Completed

10.1 - Skip to My Lou - Gallows View by Peter Robinson
10.2 - Eat an Oreo Day - Defending Jacob by William Landay
10.3 - What's Your Exit? - 18 Seconds by George D. Shuman
10.4 - Air Signs - Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky
10.5 - Caribbean Queen - Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
10.6 - Contraction Action - Gone 'til November by Wallace Stroby
10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate - Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson
10.8 - No Boredom Zone - Barn Quilts by Suzi Parron
10.9 - Recycled Group Reads- - Size 12 is not fat by Meg Cabot
10.10 - Air Conditioned Cool - Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo

15 Point Tasks - Completed

15.1. - The Colors of Summer - Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry
15.1. - The Colors of Summer - Agatha Raison Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton
15.2 - “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” - True Colors by Kristin Hannah
15.2 - . “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” - A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
15.3 - “Summer Romance” - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
15.4 - Summer Reading - Snow White and Rose Red by Ed McBain
15.5 - “Summer in the City” - Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark
15.6 - “Hot Fun in the Summertime” - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
15.7 - “The First Day of Summer” - Consigned to Death by Jane Cleland
15.8 - “Summer of 69” - Diary of a Player by Brad Paisley
15.9 - “Summer Nights” - Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie 1952
15.10 - ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer" - 11th Hour by James Patterson

20 Point Tasks - Completed

20.1 -Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa! – White Shotgun by April Smith
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer – Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell (option 4 explosion)approved
20.3 - Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task:– The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker added May 17, 2012
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping – Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson – rolled a 1 for squiggly title and new author
20.5 -Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather – Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read – Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm (rolled a 4/thriller)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB (Died after 1990) State of Fear by Michael Crichton
20.8 - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too! – The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry option 6 white title
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient... Pirate Lattitudes mentions next Michael Crichton
on back cover
20.10 - I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

25 Point Tasks - Completed

25.1 - Donna Jo – I’m Solidly Behind You - Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
25.1 - Donna Jo – I’m Solidly Behind You - Drawing Conclusion by Donna Leon
25.2 Jayme – National Parks – The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks North Carolina Parker
25.2 Jayme – National Parks – Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger Option 4 – Element
25.3 -Keltie Lee – Hands and Feet – When the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall
25.3 -Keltie Lee – Hands and Feet – Babyville by Jane Green
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi – All About the Author – Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus by Craig Cabell
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi – All About the Author – Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
25.5 Stacie – Come a little bit closer by Dorothy Garlock – option 2 hug on cover
25.5 Stacie – The Secret by Beverly Lewis – option 4 mirror, blonde hair
25.5 Stacie – any book – option 6 any book
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer. – The Night Season by Chelsea Cain (option 1 night scene post cover)
25.6 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer. – Under the Dog Star by Sandra Parshall (option 4 word under in title)
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun – The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler (option 3 dead author)
25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun – Garden of Evil by Edna Buchanan (option 5 fruit on cover)
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park - Anatomy of a Murder by Imogen Robertson A2 Away England
25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park - Dark Justice by Jack Higgins option B 2 Beer



30 Point Tasks


30.1 - Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer - The Ark by Boyd Morrison
30.1 - Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer - The Pain Nurse by Jon Talton
30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco! - Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler
30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco! - China Trade by S.J. Rozan
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey! - The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey! - History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl - Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl - The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD - Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD - My Sergei by Ekatarena Gordeahov
30.6 - Peebee's Task: - The Accident by Linwood Barclay
30.6 - Peebee's Task: - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle - Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle - Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series - First Thrills by Anthology
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series - Live Bait by P. J. Tracy
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest - The Litigators by John Grisham
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest - Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow
30.10 - Butterflycager's task: - Power Down by Ben Coes
30.10 - Butterflycager's task: - 13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell

30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays - The Spanish Game by Charles Cumming
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays - The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson

50 Point

Option 1: Stevens in authors name The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Option 4: psuedonym Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick aka Jayne Ann Krentz
Option 8: Author Born in Sweden The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell born February 03, 1948 in Stockholm,


message 4: by Ann A (last edited Aug 30, 2012 02:59PM) (new)

Ann A (readerann) | 1013 comments

5.1 - Let the Games Begin - Neverwhere
5.2 - Pack Your Bags - Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
5.3 - Dust in the Wind - Walk Two Moons
5.4 - Chemical Combo -
5.5 - Diamond Jubilee - Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
5.6 - Blowin' in the Wind - The Stranger's Child
5.7 - Scavenger Hunt - Catching Fire
5.8 - Summer Lovin' - Madame Bovary
5.9 - Summer Readers - Ready Player One DONE
5.10 - Up, Up, and Away - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America or Grimm's Fairy Tales or Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

10.1 - Skip to My Lou - A Great Deliverance DONE
10.2 - Eat an Oreo Day - Flowers for Algernon
10.3 - What's Your Exit? - American Pastoral
10.4 - Air Signs - The Funny Thing Is... DONE
10.5 - Caribbean Queen - A Caribbean Mystery DONE
10.6 - Contraction Action - Seriously...I'm Kidding DONE
10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate - The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party DONE
10.8 - No Boredom Zone - Serious
10.9 - Recycled Group Reads - 20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea
10.10 - Air Conditioned Cool - Ice Station Zebra DONE

15.1 - The Colors of Summer - A: The Septembers of Shiraz
B: One Hundred Years of Solitude
15.2 - Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy... -
15.3 - Summer Romance - The Sisters Brothers
15.4 - Summer Reading - A: ???
B: The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
15.5 - Summer in the City - Broadway Tails
15.6 - Hot Fun in the Summertime - The Majors
15.7 - The First Day of Summer - Night Soldiers DONE
15.8 - Summer of '69 - Billy Joel The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man
15.9 - Summer Nights - Ginger Pye DONE
15.10 - Feel Good Hit... - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

20.1 - Fifty Shades of Whoa! - The Black Ice
20.2 - School's Out... ???
20.3 - Reading...by the numbers - Dark Star
20.4 - Let's Go Camping - Mockingjay
20.5 - Let's Talk About the Weather - The Scent of Rain and Lightning DONE
20.6 - My Spring Favorites - The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
20.7 - In Homage to MZB - QB VII
20.8 - Have Your Cake... - Books
20.9 - Please Be Patient - The Great Gatsby (from A Prayer for Owen Meany) - DONE
20.10 - Group Read - The Name of the Rose

25.1 - I'm Solidly Behind You - In the Spirit of Crazy Horse and The Guide DONE
25.2 - Around the Country...The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey and The Devil All the Time
25.3 - Hands and Feet - Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories and Eleven Minutes
25.4 - All About the Author - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and The Poisonwood Bible
25.5 - Even More Fun with Holidays - The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass and A Prayer for Owen Meany DONE
25.6 - Sounds of Summer - The Marriage Plot and Beloved DONE
25.7 - YouTube Summer Fun - Open and Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
25.8 - Going to the Ball Park - Mary Stuart and Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series DONE

30.1 - The Time Machine and A Thread of Grace DONE
30.2 - Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and Three Men in a Boat DONE
30.3 - Middlesex and ???
30.4 - Vowel Prowel - The Marriage Bureau for Rich People and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
30.5 - Beg, Borrow, or Steal - ??
30.6 - It's the End of the World - Slaughterhouse-Five and Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
30.7 - The Final Battle - Dreams of Joy and The Bell Jar
30.8 - It's Time for the Summer...The Careful Use of Compliments and Shen of The Sea: Chinese Stories for Children DONE
30.9 - North by Northwest - Bleachers and Me: Stories of My Life
30.10 - Honoring the Flag... - The Thirteenth Tale and Stalin's Ghost
30.11 - Fun Summer Holidays - The Return of the King and Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder DONE

50.1 - Moonshadow - the Musical - Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, The Wind in the Willows, and The Big Four DONE




message 5: by Kathy G. (last edited Aug 02, 2012 12:00PM) (new)

Kathy G. | 1931 comments Kathy G.'s Summer Reading Plan 2012
* Indicates Goodreads Author


5.1- Let the Games Begin
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Summer in title)
5.2- Pack Your Bags Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
5.3- Dust in the Wind A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
5.4- Chemical Combo Dear John by Nicholas Sparks*
5.5-Diamond Jubilee Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
5.6- Blowin' in the Wind The Rich Detective by H. R. F. Keating POST 40
5.7- SRC Scavenger Hunt Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger *** From post 23- I posted at post 646 ***
5.8- Summer Lovin' Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte *** #11 on the Crazy Love List ***
5.9- Summer Readers Sarah's Ground by Ann Rinaldi (Bluemoon joined in June- Link to her page)
5.10- Up, Up, and Away Air by Geoff Ryman

10.1- Skip to My Lou A Timely Vision by Joyce Levene
10.2- Eat an Oreo Day Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler POST 660
10.3- What's Your Exit? Forever by Judy Blume
10.4- Air Signs Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper* (Born May 23, 1935)
10.5- Caribbean Queen Pirate Curse by Kai Meyer*
10.6- Contraction Action Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books by Maureen Corrigan
10.7- A Reason to Celebrate Mister Monday by Garth Nix*
10.8- Boredom Zone Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table by Leanne Ely
10.9- Recycled Group Reads Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie *** Winter 2011- Mystery with a Female Protagonist ***
10.10- Air Conditioned Cool Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah* *** Post cover ***

15.1- The Colors of Summer No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko* and Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey POST 834
15.2- "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer" Key to the Treasure by Peggy Parish
The Mystery of Hermit Dan by Peggy Parish (KEY and MYSTERY rhyme)
POST 1164
15.3- "Summer Romance" The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes* and Bear Daughter by Judith Berman
15.4- Summer Reading Batter Off Dead by Tamar Myers
***Tamara Myers- in word SUMMERTIME***
Clues in the Woods by Peggy Parish
***Leters W.I.N.D. in the title***
POST 1338
15.5- "Summer in the City" The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Set in San Francisco) POST 824
15.6- "Hot Fun in the Summertime The Ghosts of Cougar Island by Peggy Parish POST 703
15.7- "The First Day of Summer" A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin*
15.8- "Summer of 69" The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman
15.9- "Summer Nights" The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein (Pub. 1954)
15.10- "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Pirate Island Adventure by Peggy Parish POST 1389

20.1- Fifty Shades of Whoa!- The Black Opal by Victoria Holt POST 1196
20.2- School's Out of Summer- Finding Hattie by Sally Warner
20.3- Reading...by the Numbers- (Rolled a 6)
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
(Option 2- from 5.3)
POST 953
b>20.4- Let's Go Camping- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly* POST 381
20.5- Bigger is Better - Wendy UK's Task: Let's Talk About the Weather- Carolina Rain by Nancy B. Brewer*
20.6- My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
20.7- In Homeage to MZB- Lord of the Far Island by Victoria Holt (died in 1993) POST 331 POST 331
20.8- It's My Birthday-Have your cake & eat it too: Chocolate Cake:Romance- Lightning by Dean Koontz (white letters in title)
20.9- Please Be Patient- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
(Mention pg. 4 in I've Got Your Number)
POST 1237
20.10- Group Reads I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella POST 881


25.1- Donna Jo's Task: I'm Solidly Behind You
A) Read a book 500+ pages
Under the Dome by Stephen King
E)Read a book whose author's initials are in SOLIDLY
That Summer by Sarah Dessen*
POST 1587
25.2 - Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
#1- First Published Book- Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark
#5- Set in Pennsylvania- The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristina Gregory
25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
(Hands) Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
(Feet) The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
25.4 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author
Book A- The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume I: 1889-1910 by L. M. Montgomery
Book B- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
25.5 - Stacie MI's task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
opt. 2- Two People Embracing- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks*
opt. 6- Read any book- The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
POST 248
25.6- Sounds of Summer- The Colorado Kid by Stephen King and Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
25.7- Youtube Summer Fun- Timeline by Michael Crichton and The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
25.8- Going to the Ball Park-Insurgent by Veronica Roth* and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

30.1- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer Foundation by Isaac Asimov and Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
*** I rolled two 1's ***
30.2- Sassafrass's task: I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco! The Golden Compass by Philips Pullman (Opt. 2- "gold" in title) and True Believer by Nicholas Sparks* (lighthouse on cover)
30.3- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task: Aye, Aye, Matey! Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Bill Mason (Opt. A-4 - Jewels on the cover) and
The Princetta by Anne-Laure Bondoux (Opt. B-4 - Skull on Cover)
30.4- Dimrose's task: Vowel Prowl A Summer in the Country by Marcia Willett (A Summer In the Country)
and The Yellow House: A Novel by Patricia Falvey* (Y in title)
30.5Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith* (Set in Europe) and
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (Set in Asia- Japan)
30.6- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It--- And I Feel Fine
Option D- War book (War/Romance Novels List #103)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Option G- Spends time alone
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
30.7- Ms. Anderson's task: The Final Battle Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Main character orphaned before 18) and The Princess Bride by William Goldman (Humor Genre)
30.8- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time For the Summer Country Concert Series A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton and The River by Gary Paulsen
30.9- Nick's KY's Task: North by NorthwestFire by Kristen Cashore (Option 2- Word "fire" in title) and Montana! by Dana Fuller Ross (Option 5- Set in Montana)
30.10- Butterflycager's Task: Honoring the Flag and My Dad The Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison*
In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove
30.11- Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
#3 Moon on the cover
Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry
#4 Food on the cover
Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck

50.1- Coralie's Task: Moonshadow - The Musical
opt. 5- Set in Australia
To Love Anew by Bonnie Leon*
opt. 7- From the song "The Wind"
The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. le Guin
opt. 8- Author born in UK
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie


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Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo (wwwgoodreadscomAnneMolinarolo) | 754 comments

Tenative Reading Plan Summer Goals: 30 Tasks: 525 Points



5 Points

5.1 Let the Games Begin - set in London Sister
5.2 Pack Your Bags - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values or Blue Highways
5.3 Dust in the Wind - The Deerslayer
5.4 Chemical Combo Double O & N - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Tom Franklin
5.5 Diamond Jubilee - set in the Former Realm of S.Africa Blood Safari
5.6 Blowin' in the Wind - Flying Bird Mockingjay
5.7 SRC Scavenger Hunt - Post #125 The Phantom Of The Opera
5.8 Summer Lovin'
"Love" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read" List #15 Rebecca
5.9 Summer Readers - Connie Aug 4, 2011
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
5.10 Up, Up, and Away - AIR A Vintage Affair: A Novel

10 Points

10.1 Skip to My Lou - Agatha Christie (ABC) The Murder at the Vicarage
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day: Moloka'i Moloka'i
10.3 What's Your Exit? Smokin' Seventeen, Janet Evanovich was born in NJ
10.4 Air Signs - Gemini Colleen McCullough June 1, 1937 The Thorn Birds
10.5 Caribbean Queen - Cuba Adios Hemingway
10.6 Contraction Action - it's (it is) It's Classified
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate - Day of the Week in Title.
10.8 No Boredom Zone - Max Perkins: Editor of Genius selection approved
10.9 Recycled Group Reads - Fall 2011 Modern Lit ??? The Double Bind or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool - Snow on Cover
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) by William Kent Krueger

15 Points

15.1. The Colors of Summer A. Blues B. Greens
15.2. “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” 2 books with rhyming words
15.3. “Summer Romance” book(s) with female & male nouns
15.4. Summer Reading A. WIND B. Summertime
Gone With the Wind
15.5. “Summer in the City” Book set in a city NYC
Hell Gate
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Going to the beach
15.7. “The First Day of Summer” 1st in series The Kill Artist
15.8. “Summer of 69” feature musician or group
15.9. “Summer Nights” set in the 50s or published in the 50s - Giant by Edna Ferber 1952 or The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle 1950 From Here to Eternity by James Jones 1951
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer" (a feel good read)

20 Points

20.10 Group Read The Name of the Rose


25 Points


30 Points


30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl: AEIOU and Sometimes Y
30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
30.6 - Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
30.10 Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: pending

50 Points




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Alisha Marie (endlesswonderofreading) | 107 comments Seasonal Reading Challenge -- Summer 2012: Wind/Air


5.1 -- Let the Games Begin -- The Last Summer-Ann Brashares
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags -- The Lost City of Z-David Grann
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind --
5.4 -- Chemical Combo --
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee -- Neverwhere-Neil Gaiman (UK)
5.6 -- Blowin in the Wind -- Journey to the River Sea-Eva Ibbston (butterfly)
5.7 -- Scavenger Hunt -- Blood & Chocolate-Annette Curtis Klause (Message 52)
5.8 -- Summer Lovin -- Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte (Crazy Love)
5.9 -- Summer Readers -- The Road-Cormac Mccarthy
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away -- The Tooth Fairy-Graham Joyce

10.1 -- Skip To My Lou --
10.2 -- Eat an Oreo Day -- The Eyes of the Dragon-Stephen King
10.3 -- What's Your Exit -- Two for the Dough-Janet Evanovich
10.4 -- Air Signs -- The Goose Girl-Shannon Hale (1/26/74)
10.5 -- Carribean Queen --
10.6 -- Contraction Action -- Don't Look Now-Daphne Du Maurier
10.7 -- A Reason to Celebrate -- Saturday-Ian Mcewan
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone -- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers-Mary Roach
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads -- Life of Pi-Yann Martel (Magical Realism)
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool -- The Terror-Dan Simmons

15.1 -- Colors of Summer -- The History of Love-Nicole Krauss (Blue) AND Wicked-Gregory Maguire (Green)
15.2 -- Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer-- How Starbucks Saved My Life AND The 19th Wife
15.3 -- Summer Romance -- The Prince and the Pauper AND The Sugar Queen
15.4 -- Summer Reading -- Gone With the Wind-Margaret Mitchell
15.5 -- Summer in the City -- Suite Francaise (Paris)
15.6 -- Hot Fun in the Summertime --
15.7 -- The First Day of Summer -- Sabriel
15.8 -- Summer of '69 --
15.9 -- Summer Nights --
15.10 -- Feel Good Hit of the Summer --

20.1 -- --
20.2 -- --
20.3 -- --
20.4 -- --
20.5 -- --
20.6 -- --
20.7 -- --
20.8 -- --
20.9 -- --
20.10 --

30.1 -- SuperHero Summer-- 4. A Northern Light
6. Paper Towns (per)
30.2 -- I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco-- 2. Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
5. Battle Royale
30.3 -- Aye, Aye, Matey!A2-Meaning of Night-Michael Cox
B4-Carrion Comfort (skeleton on cover)
30.4 -- Vowel Prowl-- The MIstrEss's DAUghter-A.M. HOlmes
Year of Wonders
30.5 -- BEG, BORROW, AND STEAL-- BEG: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
STEAL: The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos
30.6 -- It's the End of the World As We Know It--B. Never Let Me Go
D. Gates of Fire
30.7 -- The Final Battle-- 4a. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
4b. The Time Traveler's Wife
30.8 -- It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series--
A2: The Angel's Game (Spain)
B4: Amazon Vine Book TBD
30.9 -- North by Northwest -- Option 1: Divergent
Option 2: Firestarter
30.10 -- Honoring the Flag and My Dad -- 2. 13 Little Blue Envelopes
4. Evernight
30.11 -- Laurie ME:


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Erin 5 POINTS
1. London
2. The Sex Lives of Cannibals
3. The Bean Trees
4. The Adoration of Jenna Fox
5. Pride and Prejudice
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7. A Clockwork Orange (post #36)
8. Atonement (Guardian's list)
9. A Walk to Remember (Stephanie)
10. Slumdog Millionaire

10 POINTS
1. Marika
2. Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine

3. Terrorist
4. The Princess Diaries
5. The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
6. By the Time You Read This, I'll be Dead

7. Impulse
8. Cold War Civil Rights
9. Matched
10. Murder on the Orient Express

15 POINTS
1. The Lovely Bones and Picture Perfect
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and I've Got the Light of Freedom
3. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
4. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
5. Loves Music, Loves to Dance
6. Shadow Divers
7. First to Die
8. Meet the Beatles
9. Fahrenheit 451
10. F is for Fugitive

20 POINTS
1. When You are Engulfed in Flames (3)
2. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1)
3. King of Torts
4. Homecoming (2)
5. Henderson the Rain King
6. The Sweetness at the Bottom of a Pie
7. Jurassic Park
8. Private Eyes (6)
9. Treasure Island (MTPOD, p. 185)
10. I've Got Your Number

25 POINTS
1. Three to Get Deadly (B) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (D)
2. Skinny Legs and All (5) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (6)
3. Unwind and Stiff
4. On Writing and The Tommyknockers
5. Me Talk Pretty One Day (3) and A War of Nerves (6)
6. Under the Volcano (4) and That Summer (6)
7. Someone Like You (1) and Love and Peaches (5)
8. Dead Until Dark (B2) and A Consumer's Repbulic (C1)

30 POINTS
1. Love in the Time of Cholera (5) and D-Day (4)
2. Chinese Lessons (5) and New Moon (6)
3. The Tipping Point (A3) and Pretties (B1)
4. The Count of Monte Cristo and Youth in Revolt
5. Pompeii (B) and War (C - Sandy)
6. The Scorch Trials (B) and Killer Angels (Best War Novels, D)
7. Hiroshima (5.a) and Fight Club (5.b)
8. Beloved (A4) and Pretty Little Liars (B4)
9. Nature's Metropolis (1) and How Soccer Explains the World (3)
10. Flags of Our Fathers (1) and Thirteen Reasons Why (2)
11. Keeping the Moon (2) and The Original Sherlock Holmes (5)

50 POINTS
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1), Frankenstein (Frankenstein: A New Musical, 2), and Carry Me Home (Home, 7)

Tasks Compeleted: 19/60
Books Read: 27/93
Total Points: 285/1080


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Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) (shuga) | 8 comments This is what I plan to be doing this summer while watching everyone else have fun since I am still nursing the 2 fractures in my hip but at least Im up walking Yeah Baby List!!!!

5 POINTS:

5.1~Let the Games Begin: The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, lauren willig
5.2~Pack Your Bags: Under the Tuscan Sun, frances mayes
5.3~Dust in the Wind: Running Fox, cassie edwards
5.4~Chemical Combo: The Next Always, nora roberts (N in next & Nora, O in Nora & Roberts)
5.5~Diamond Jubilee: The White Queen, philippa gregory (England)
5.6~Blowin' in the Wind: Haunting Jordan, p j alderman (clouds in the sky)
5.7~SRC Scavenger Hunt: Unbreak My Heart, melissa c walker (#650) READ 06.20
5.8~Summer Lovin': Pride and Prejudice, jane austen (#1 on Love on the guardians 1000 novels everyone must read)
5.9~Summer Readers: The Struggle, l j smith (SRC member, Courtney)
5.10~Up, Up & Away: Killer Hair, ellen byerrum (hair=air)

10 POINTS:

10.1~Skip to My Lou:
Murder at the Vicarage, agatha christie
10.2~Eat An Oreo Day: Minion, l a banks (InI)
10.3~What's Your Exit: Plum Spooky, janet evanovich (Trenton, NJ:the burg)
10.4~Air Signs: The Other Side of Midnight, sidney sheldon (02.11.2017)
10.5~Caribbean Queen: The Orchid House, phyllis shand allfrey (Dominica)
10.6~Contraction Action: Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks, cara lockwood
10.7~A Reason to Celebrate: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, lisa kleypas
10.8~No Boredom Zone: The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin, elizabeth c goldsmith
10.9~Recycled Group Reads: Divergent, veronica roth (Spring 2012 YA dystopian fiction)
10.10~Air Conditioned Cool: A Yuletide Murder, jessica fletcher (snow on the evergreen trees)

15 POINTS:

15.1~The Colors of Summer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, j k rowling (blue), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, j k rowling (green)
15.2~Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer: Sex and the Single Vampire, katie macalister & 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover, linda wisdom (Sex & Hex)
15.3~Summer Romance~the Boys of Summer: The Man In The Brown Suit, agatha christie the Girls in Their Summer Clothes: A Girl's Guide to Vampires, katie macalister
15.4~Summer Reading, Summer WIND: Never Been Witched, annette blair (W-witched,I-blair,N-never,D-witched) b>Summertime: Spirit Bound, richelle mead (R-richelle, M-mead) READ 06.21
15.5~Summer in the City: 44 Charles Street, danielle steel (New York City)
15.6~Hot Fun in the Summertime: Bulls Island, dorothea benton frank (summer vacation at the beach)
15.7~The First Day of Summer: A Quick Bite, lynsay sands
15.8~Summer of '69: The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, andrew sandoval
15.9~Summer Nights: The Eloquence of Desire, amanda sington-williams (set in the 1950s)
15.10~Feel Good Hit of the Summer: Sullivan's Island, dorothea benton frank

20 POINTS:

20.1~Fifty Shades of Whoa! Option #3: Nobody's Baby But Mine, susan elizabeth phillips
20.2~School's Out of Summer Option #4:Hex Hall
20.3~Reading by the Numbers: Rolled: 4
The Camel Club, david baldacci Read 06.22
20.4~Let's Go Camping: Rolled: 6~10th book in a series Small Favor, jim butcher
20.5~Let's talk about the weather: Wild Rain, christine feehan
20.6~My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read: The Spellman Files, lisa lutz
20.7~In Homeage to MZB: The Mists of Avalon, marion zimmer bradley
20.8~It's My Birthday-Have your cake & eat it too: Chocolate Cake:Romance~ The Raven Prince, elizabeth hoyt
20.9~Please Be Patient:
20.10~Group Reads: Books to Read at the Beach~ I've Got Your Number

25 POINTS:

25.1~I'm Solidly Behind You: A)An Echo in the Bone, diana gabaldon read a big book at least 500 pages: 810 pages B) Unbelievable, sara shepard read a book with a solid cover
25.2~Around the country in 6 parks: Option 1: Yellowstone 13 Little Blue Envelopes Option 5: Shenandoah, Tennessee 14, j.t. ellison
25.3~Hands & Feet Book 1~hands on the cover Naked Angel, logan belle Book 2~feet on the cover Just Like Heaven
25.4~All about the author: Book A The Life Of Ian Fleming, john pearson
Book B Live and Let Die
25.5~Even more fun with Holidays: Option #2~Hug Holiday Forget You, jennifer echols Forget You by Jennifer Echols
Option #3~International Joke Day Wicked Business, janet evanovich
25.6~Sounds of Summer: Option #1~Endless Summer Nights Seduce Me at Sunrise, lisa kleypas Option #3~Itsy,bitsy teenie weenie polka dot bikini Swimsuit, james patterson
25.7~Youtube Summer Fun: Option #2~People are awesome Changing the Game, jaci burton (baseball) Option #5~Annoying Orange Ghost a la Mode, sue ann jaffarian
25.8~Going to the Ball Park: Option A~Home:Chicago White Night, jim butcher READ 06.18 Option B~Hit the Concession Stand:Germany Inkheart, Cornelia Funke

30 POINTS:

30.1~Super Hero Summer: (Rolled 5 & 6)
5)Batman: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, j k rowling (hippogriff) 6)Spiderman: Left To Die, lisa jackson (die)
30.2~I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco: A Salty Piece of Land, jimmy buffett (#3,lighthouse on cover) The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, lauren willig (#6, flower power-jasmine)
30.3~Aye, Aye Matey!: Fair Game, patricia briggs (book A-Pieces of 8, patricia has 8 letters-option A) Blackbeard: A Tale of Villainy and Murder in Colonial America, margaret hoffman (m=rum, h=whiskey, option B)
30.4~Vowel Prowel: A:(AEIOU)Daughter of Smoke and Bone, laini taylor (a=daughter,e=smoke,i=laini,o=bone,u=daughter) b:(sometimes Y) Night Veil, Yasmine Galenorn
30.5~Beg, Borrow or Steal Your Way Around the World: BEG: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution, michelle moran (annette the librarian at my local library) BORROW: Bonded In Brazil, rhiannon ellis (kindle, my friend Ally)
30.6~It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine: Option B: Insurgent, veronica roth, Option D: (#3 on War/Romance Novels) The Bronze Horseman, paulina simons
30.7~The Final Battle: Black Widow vs Red Guardian: Casino Royale, ian fleming (main character is a spy, Bond:James Bond) READ 06.12 Romance: Temptation Ridge, robyn carr
30.8~It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series: Grp A 1~WMZQ Summerfest: Dates From Hell, kim harrison et all (anthology) Grp B~Blake Shelton: The Paris Wife, paula mcclane
30.9~North by Northwest: Option 1 (twice): Changes jim butcher & Turn Coat, jim butcher (set in Chicago)
30.10~Honoring the Flag & My Dad Option 2 Lean Mean Thirteen, janet evanovich Option 5 Guns of the South, harry turtledove
30.11~Fun Summer Holidays option 2:national pink day Perfect, sara shepard option 6:national dog day Diamond in the Ruff, emily carmichael


Challenge Totals
Total Points~ 25
Pages Read~ 1792
Books Read~ 5
Good Read Authors~ 2
Big Book Tickets: 500, 750, 1000



message 13: by Barbara ★ (last edited May 24, 2012 08:35AM) (new)

Barbara ★ | 1480 comments 5.1 -- Let the Games Begin -- Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah MacLean♥ (set in London)
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags -- Voices - Arnaldur Indridason (suitcase on cover)
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind -- Walking Dead - C.E. Murphy♥ (Native American heroine)
5.4 -- Chemical Combo -- Moonshine - Alaya Johnson (Moonshine)
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee -- Blood Lines - Tanya Huff (set in Canada)
5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind -- Airborn - Kenneth Oppel (dirigible)
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt -- Club Dead - Charlaine Harris♥ (post 357)
5.8 -- Summer Lovin' -- Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier♥ (Dramatic Love List, #33)
5.9 -- Summer Readers -- Before I Go To Sleep - S.J. Watson♥ (Jackie, joined June 2011)
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away -- Sold to a Laird - Karen Ranney♥ (lAIRd=AIR)

10.1 -- Skip to My Lou -- The Devil Who Tamed Her - Johanna Lindsey (JKL)
10.2 -- Eat an Oreo Day -- Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris♥ (I-V-I)
10.3 -- What's Your Exit? -- Corpse Pose - Diana Killian♥ (set in add town, New Jersey)
10.4 -- Air Signs -- Finding Destiny - Jean Johnson♥ (Feb 17, Aquarius)
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen -- Death Lurks in the Bush - Kate Grilley (set in the Caribbean)
10.6 -- Contraction Action -- I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells♥
10.7 -- A Reason to Celebrate -- Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown♥
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone -- The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific - J. Maarten Troost (definitely not a boring subject!)
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads -- Inside Out - Maria Snyder♥ (Spring 2012: YA Dystopian Fiction
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool -- Baby It's Cold Outside - Addison Fox (snow on cover)

15.1 -- The Colors of Summer -- Ascension - Caris Roane♥ (blue cover) AND
The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey - Linda Greenlaw (green in author's name)
15.2 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” -- Dark Light - Randy Wayne White AND
Blind Sight: A Novel - Terri Persons (light and sight)
15.3 -- “Summer Romance” -- The Mad, Bad Duke - Jennifer Ashley♥ AND
Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier♥ (option 1)
15.4 -- Summer Reading -- Born To Be Wild - Christine Warren (borN to be WIlD) AND
Sins of the Soul - Eve Silver♥ (E and S) (Option 1)
15.5 -- “Summer in the City” -- Suspicion of Innocence - Barbara Parker (set in Miami)
15.6 -- “Hot Fun in the Summertime” -- Copper Beach - Jayne Ann Krentz♥ (summertime fun = going to the beach)
15.7 -- “The First Day of Summer” -- The Flame and the Shadow - Denise Rossetti♥ (book 1 of series, 3 published as of 2011)
15.8 -- “Summer of 69” -- The Virtuoso (Duke's Obsession, #3) - Grace Burrowes (hero is a pianist)
15.9 -- “Summer Nights” -- The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis (published in 1955)
15.10 -- ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer" -- My Give a Damn's Busted - Carolyn Brown (cowboys=a good time)

20.1 -- --
20.2 -- --
20.3 -- --
20.4 -- --
20.5 -- --
20.6 -- --
20.7 -- --
20.8 -- --
20.9 -- --
20.10 -- --

25.1 -- --
25.2 -- --
25.3 -- --
25.4 -- --
25.5 -- --
25.6 -- --
25.7 -- --
25.8 -- --
25.9 -- --
25.10 -- --

30.1 -- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
Option 4 - Captain America: Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis - Pete Nelson (July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, this is the investigation of that event)
Option 6 - Spiderman: Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard (SIN is in SpIdermaN)

30.2 -- Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 2 - Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson (bridge in title)
Option 4 - Unchained - Sharon Ashwood♥ (motorcycle on cover)

30.3 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Option A2 - The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan♥ (X in title)
Option B3 - Three Weeks To Say Goodbye - C.J. Box (mystery/suspense)

30.4 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl -- Sing the Four Quarters - Tanya Huff (sIng thE fOUr quAters) AND You're So Vein - Christine Warren (starts with Y)

30.5 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD --
Option A - Beg -Borrower of the Night - Elizabeth Peters (librarian recommendation, set in Germany/Europe)
Option B - Borrow - Sahara - Clive Cussler (library book, set in add country, Africa)

30.6 -- Peebee's Task -- It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Option B: Nightfall - Ellen Connor (post-apocalyptic)
Option E: Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready♥ (bird on cover)

30.7 -- Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle -- Matchup 4. Black Widow vs. Red Guardian Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey♥ (heroine is a courtesan/spy) AND
Never Too Hot - Bella Andre♥ (romance)

30.8 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series --
A4 - Brad Paisley - Scorched - Sharon Ashwood♥
B5 - Blake Shelton - New York to Dallas - J.D. Robb

30.9 -- Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest --
Option 1 - Twice Bitten - Chloe Neill♥ (set in Chicago)
Option 3 - Changing the Game - Jaci Burton♥ (hero plays professional baseball)

30.10 -- Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
Option 2: The Thirteenth House - Sharon Shinn (thirteen in title)
Option 4: Intrinsical - Lani Woodland♥ (boarding school)

30.11 -- Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
Option 5: Ravenous - V.K. Forrest
Option 6: Talk of the Town - Karen Hawkins♥ (dog on cover)

50.1 -- --

Challenge Totals
Total Points: -
Pages Read: -
Books Read: -
Good Read Authors: -
Big Book Tickets: 500(-), 750(-), 1000(-)


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message 15: by Sara (last edited Aug 08, 2012 02:02PM) (new)

Sara Wilhelmsson SARA W

15.3. “Summer Romance”
Option 2:

15.5. “Summer in the City”
Read a book set in a city:

15.7. “The First Day of Summer”
Read the first book in a series: The Iron King

15.9. “Summer Nights”
First published in the 1950’s: Lolita

15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
Read a book that makes you feel good: The Lost Hero

20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
2) Shades: Read a genre that you haven’t really explored before: Watchers -thriller/horror

20.10 Group Reads
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
Feet: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Hands:

Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
4.
6. Any book you desire: Hallowed

30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
1)Iron Man: Legend - science fiction
3) The Hulk: A Thousand Splendid Suns- Goodreads list Most Emotional Books

30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
5. A taste of Asia: Silence
6. Flower Power: Half-Blood

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A3. Pieces of Eight: Starcrossed
B2. “I’ll cut your gizzard!”: Eon

30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
Book A: The Complete Maus
Book B: Life of Pi


30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
A. BEG: Memoirs of a Geisha - Asia, real friend
B. BORROW: Lost Dogs And Lonely Hearts - Europe, a friend

30.6 – Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
B) "End of the World As We Know It": Watchmen -dystopia *
D) "A Tournament of Lies": Johnny Got His Gun -warbook

30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
5.Wolverine vs. Deadpool
a. Book set in Canada or Japan: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
b. Book from Cult Classics list: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
A4.
B4. Read a book that you got for free: -library

30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by Northwes
Option 2: Fire -fire
Option 2: Under the Never Sky -sky

30.10 - Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
4. Read a novel that has a school or college as its primary setting: Hex Hall
5. Read a book with "thirteen" or "13" in the title/subtitle: Thirteen Reasons Why

30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
3.
5. Chinese Valentine’s Day (August 23): Pure


message 16: by mstan (last edited Sep 01, 2012 12:26AM) (new)

mstan | 868 comments 5.1 - The Summer of the Swans
5.2 - Desert Solitaire
5.3 - The Sign of the Beaver
5.4 - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by JoaN AikeN
5.5 - Fury
5.6 - A Pelican at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse
5.7 - Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (msg #49)
5.8 - Giovanni's Room
5.9 - Anne of the Island
5.10 - The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

10.1 - Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
10.2 - Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
10.3 - Little Children
10.4 - Lavinia (Oct 21)
10.5 - The Comedians
10.6 - There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
10.7 - The Law of Second Marriages and The State of Poetry
10.8 - The Tummy Trilogy
10.9 - The Blue Place
10.10 - The Long Winter


15.1 - Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan SonnenblickSmile by Raina Telgemeier


15.2 - The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr and The Driver's Seat
15.3 - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales
15.4 - Half Magic by Edward Eager and What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us

15.5 - After Midnight (Frankfurt)
15.6 - Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
15.7 - The Field Guide

15.8 - The Cellist of Sarajevo
15.9 - I, Robot
15.10 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

20.1 - Later the Same Day
20.2 - Election (option 4)
20.3 - The Custom of the Country (3 - classics)
20.4 - The Country of the Pointed Firs
20.5 - Past Perfect by Leila Sales
20.6 - Katherine
20.7 - All Creatures Great and Small
20.8 - Mother, Come Home (angel food cake)
20.9 - Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

20.10 - Catching Jordan

25.1 - Drive The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink (option B) and Plenty (option E)
25.2 - River Teeth: Stories And Writings (option 2) and Antsy Does Time (option 5)
25.3 - Tales of the Madman Underground by John BarnesFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen King


25.4 - Zen in the Art of Writing and We'll Always Have Paris: Stories
25.5 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Full Moon
25.6 - Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (night scene) and North of Beautiful (teen)
25.7 - Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Option 1) and The Princess and Other Stories
25.8 - Night Shift and Night Shift (Option E)

30.1 - Cutting for Stone and So Far from the Bamboo Grove (both '3')
30.2 - Bridge to Terabithia (bridge) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1960s)
30.3 - Pump Six and Other Stories (X) and Sunflower (r-w)
30.4 - Good Bones and Simple Murders and Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima
30.5 - Dairy Queen (borrow) and Frenchman's Creek (steal)
30.6 - Pure and Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (self-help)
30.7 - #5 - Hell's Angels (c) and Death in Midsummer & Other Stories (a)
30.8 - Hunger (A4) and Black Juice (B1)
30.9 - A Tale of Time City (2) and Blankets (4- Wisconsin)
30.10 - All Teachers Great and Small (4) and The Thirteen Problems (2)
30.11 - The Spectacular Now (1) and Love in a Dish and Other Pieces (4)

50.1 - O Pioneers! (Option 1), A Murder Is Announced (Option 4) and Uncle Fred In The Springtime (Option 8)


85/85 books read


message 17: by Carly (last edited Aug 29, 2012 05:54PM) (new)

Carly | 261 comments 5.1 -- Let the Games Begin -- A Study in Scarlet
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind
5.4 -- Chemical Combo
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee
5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
5.8 -- Summer Lovin'
5.9 -- Summer Readers
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away

10.1 -- Skip to My Lou -- The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
10.2 -- Eat an Oreo Day -- The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder (Assistant)
10.3 -- What's Your Exit?
10.4 -- Air Signs
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen
10.6 -- Contraction Action
10.7 -- A Reason to Celebrate -- The Wednesday Letters
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Spring 2012 Anthology)
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool

15.1.1 -- The Colors of Summer
15.1.2 -- The Colors of Summer
15.2.1 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”
15.2.2 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”
15.3 -- “Summer Romance” -- A Girl Called Boy
15.4.1 -- Summer Reading
15.4.2 -- Summer Reading
15.5 -- “Summer in the City”
15.6 -- “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
15.7 -- “The First Day of Summer” -- Anno-Dracula
15.8 -- “Summer of 69”
15.9 -- “Summer Nights”
15.10 -- ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"

20.1 -- Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa! -- The Oathbound (Option 2: science fiction)
20.2 -- Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer -- The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Option 1)
20.3 -- Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers -- The Princess Bride (15.8 - International Worker’s Day)
20.4 -- Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping -- Dracula: The Original Classic Novel, Tie-In Edition (I rolled a 4.)
20.5 -- Bigger Is Better - Wendy UK's task: Let's Talk About the Weather
20.6 -- Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read -- The Spellman Files I rolled a 1. That is humor genre.
20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
20.8 -- It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
20.9 -- Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient... -- Carry On, Jeeves Jeeves and Wooster -- from Heads You Lose It's mentioned in a letter between the two authors in the prologue. Task 30.4
20.10 -- Group Reads

25.1 -- Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You
Option 1:
Option 2:
25.2 -- Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks
Option 1:
Option 2:
25.3 -- Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
Option 1:
Option 2:
25.4 -- Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author
Option 1: Moab Is My Washpot
Option 2: The Liar
25.5 -- Stacie MI's task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!
Option 1:
Option 2:
25.6 -- JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer
Option 1:
Option 2:
25.7 -- Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
Option 1:
Option 2:
25.8 -- Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
Option 1:
Option 2:

30.1.1 -- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
Option 5.1 --
Option 5.2 --
30.2.1 -- Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
Option 2:
Option 4:
30.3 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Option A-3: Nefertiti by Michelle Moran Michelle has 8 letters in it.

Option B-3: High Five 317 pages
30.4 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
Book A: My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War

Book B: Heads You Lose 301 pages
30.5.1 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
30.5.2 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
30.6.1 -- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
30.6.2 -- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
30.7 -- Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
Option 1a: Circus Shoes
Option 1b: The Spellman Files
30.8 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A: Option 4: Innocence

Group B: Option 4: Red, White, and Blood 383 pages
30.9 -- Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest
Option 2: White Boots
Option 5: Kate Remembered
30.10 -- Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
Option 4: The Mockingbirds
Option 5: The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln (516 pages)
30.11 -- Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
Option 1: A Foreign Country
Option 4: Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life


message 18: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 741 comments Placeholder


message 19: by Ritika (last edited Jun 08, 2012 06:46AM) (new)

Ritika (ritikap) | 274 comments 5.1 -- Let the Games Begin - Neverwhere
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags - The Great Railway Bazaar
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind - The Blessing Way
5.4 -- Chemical Combo - The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee - The Blind Assassin (Canada)
5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind - Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt- The Phantom of the Opera (post #266)
5.8 -- Summer Lovin' - The Remains of the Day (Guardian list)
5.9 -- Summer Readers - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Carls. Joined Aug, 2009 ]
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away- The Eyre Affair

10.1 -- Skip to My Lou- Sabbath's Theater(Philip Roth)(PQR)
10.2 -- Eat an Oreo Day The Color Purple
10.3 -- What's Your Exit? Where Are the Children? (New Jersey author)
10.4 -- Air Signs- Murder Must Advertise (Dorothy Sayers- 10th June)
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
10.6 -- Contraction Action- ]The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
10.7 -- A Reason to Celebrate- Saturday
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone - Into the Wild
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads - Fall 2011, Mysteries That Make You Laugh- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool- Snow by Orhan Pamuk


15.1.1 -- The Colors of Summer- The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman
15.1.2 -- The Colors of Summer- The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman
15.2.1 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”- Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
15.2.2 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”- Strait Is the Gate
15.3 -- “Summer Romance” -- A Girl Called Boy- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales
15.4.1 -- Summer Reading - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
15.4.2 -- Summer Reading- All Quiet on the Western Front
15.5. “Summer in the City”- City Of Joy
15.6 -- “Hot Fun in the Summertime”-The Moonstone
15.7 -- “The First Day of Summer”- A Game of Thrones
15.8 -- “Summer of 69”- Sing You Home
15.9 -- “Summer Nights”- Lolita
15.10 -- ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"- Labyrinths

20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!- You Are Here(3)
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer- Never Let Me Go
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers- (4a)Ice In The Bedroom
20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping-- Tamas. Bhisham Sahni
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read- Gaudy Night 5(mystery)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB- Labyrinths (Jorges Luis Borges won the Award)
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!- The Pregnant King by Devdutt Pattanaik
20.9 - Lucky Me!- mstan's task: Please Be Patient...-
20.10-- “Group Reads”- The Name of the Rose

25.1.1-- Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You- The Master and Margarita (D)
25.1.2-- Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You- The Age Of Shiva (A)
25.2.1-- Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks -- The Color Purple (5, Georgia)
25.2.2-- Jayme VA's task: Around the Country in 6 Parks -- Catch-22 (1)
25.3.1 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet-- Our Films, Their Films by Satyajit Ray
25.3.2 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet--
25.4.1 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author-- The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume I: 1889-1910
25.4.2 - Sandy/Kristi's task: All About the Author-- The Blue Castle
25.5.1Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!-- Anansi Boys (3)
25.5.2Stacie MI’s Task: Even More Fun With Holidays!!-- The Best of H.P. Lovecraft (6)

25.6.1 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer. (1, Romance)- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
25.6.2 - JennRenee's task: Sounds of Summer.Beloved (4, list no. 40)
25.7.1 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
25.7.2 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (3)
25.8.1 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park- Chowringhee( a1)
25.8.2 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park- The Flounder (b1)


30.1.1 -- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (3- list Most Emotional books)
30.1.2 -- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer- Atonement (4)
30.2.1 -- Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!- Ptolemy's Gate (2)
30.2.2 -- Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!- The Stranger (3b)
30.3.1 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!- The Devotion of Suspect X (a2)
30.3.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!- The Nine Tailors (b3)
30.4.1 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl- My Secret History
30.4.2 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
30.5.1 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD-- Mr Palomar (B)
30.5.2 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD-- In Cold Blood (Kristi (Passion for the Page) (C)
30.6.1 -- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine- The Hunger Games (B)
30.6.2 -- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine The English Patient (d) (war/romance- 25)
30.7.1 -- Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle (1b)The Finkler Question
30.7.2 -- Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle- (5B)- 1984
30.8.1 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series-The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (A1)
30.8.2 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series- The Forest of Stories (B4)
30.9.1 -- Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest-The City & The City (2)
30.9.2 -- Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest- Sister Carrie (1)
30.10.1 -- Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (5)
30.10.2 -- Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad- Villette (4)
30.11.1-- Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays- All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (6)
30.11.2-- Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays- Siddhartha (1)


message 20: by Heather (Heatso) (last edited Jul 05, 2012 12:55PM) (new)

Heather (Heatso) (hyperweather) | 53 comments 5.1:
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10.3: Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
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15.1: blue: My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking/green: Flutter by Amanda Hocking
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15.7: “The First Day of Summer” Monster High by Lisi Harrison
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15.10: ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Freebie

20.3: Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers Two Truths and a Lie
20.6: My Spring Favorites Letters to Elise by Amanda Hocking
20.8: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! Wisdom by Amanda Hocking

25.1: I'm Solidly Behind You B. Seven Up by Janet Evanovich/E. Moon Spell by Samantha Young (SolidlY)
25.8: Going to the Ball Park Wisdom by Amanda Hocking

30.1: Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer Roll 2: Abandon by Meg Cabot/Roll 6: "and" Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
30.2: Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco! ....
30.3: Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey! A-2: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins/B-3: Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
30.4: Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl A: vIsiOns of sUgAr plums by janEt evanovich/B: ....
30.5: Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD ...
30.6: Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine ...
30.7: Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle 4a: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter/4b: Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
30.8: Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series A2: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley(UK)/B3: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
30.9: Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest ...
30.10: Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad ...
30.11: Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays 3. Fate by Amanda Hocking/5. River Cast by Samantha Young


message 21: by Michelle (last edited Sep 01, 2012 08:31AM) (new)

Michelle (deckfullojokers) | 46 comments 5.1 -- Let the Games Begin A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
*Big Book - 800+ pages*
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Travel is a main genre.
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind
5.4 -- Chemical Combo The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
*N.K. Jemisin is a Goodreads Author*
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee Gilt by Katherine Longshore
The book is set in England.
*Katherine Longshore is a Goodreads Author*
5.6 -- Blowin' in the Wind
5.7 -- SRC Scavenger Hunt
5.8 -- Summer Lovin'
5.9 -- Summer Readers Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
On Mrs. Soule's bookshelf, joined GR in Aug. 2009
*Eloisa James is a Goodreads Author*
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Air is found in Affair
*The Paperback edition has 511 pages.*

10.1 -- Skip to My Lou Matched by Ally Condie
ABC
10.2 -- Eat an Oreo Day Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History by Marc Leepson
Engagment
*Marc Leepson is a Goodreads Author*
10.3 -- What's Your Exit?
10.4 -- Air Signs The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Michael Scott was born September 28th, a Libra
* Michael Scott is a Goodreads Author*
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen
10.6 -- Contraction Action Don't Expect Magic by Kathy McCullough
Contraction: Don’t
*Kathy McCullough is a Goodreads Author*
10.7 -- A Reason to Celebrate
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool

15.1.1 -- The Colors of Summer
15.1.2 -- The Colors of Summer
15.2.1 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” Fated by Alyson Noel
*Alyson Noel is a Goodreads Author*
15.2.2 -- “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” Slated by Teri Terry
*Teri Terry is a Goodreads Author*
15.3.1 -- “Summer Romance”
15.3.2-- “Summer Romance”
15.4.1 -- Summer Reading Watership Down by Richard Adams
The letters in ‘wind’ are in the title.
15.4.2 -- Summer Reading Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale
The Author’s initials are found in ‘summer’
*Susan McCorkindale is a Goodreads Author*
15.5 -- “Summer in the City” The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
15.6 -- “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
15.7 -- “The First Day of Summer” Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen
*Michelle Rowen is a Goodreads Author*
15.8 -- “Summer of 69”
15.9 -- “Summer Nights”
15.10 -- ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques

20.10 – Group Reads I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

30.1.1 -- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer Enclave by Ann Aguirre
1) Iron Man: Science Fiction
*Ann Aguirre is a Goodreads Author*
30.1.2 -- Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
2) Thor: Fantasy > Mythology in the genre
30.2.1 -- Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
30.2.2 -- Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
30.3.1 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey! Pure by Julianna Baggott
A-3: Julianna = 8 letters
*Julianna Baggott is a Goodreads Author*
30.3.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey! Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
B-1: W & H in Whiskey
*Wendy Higgins is a Goodreads Author*
30.4.1 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Osidian Jennifer Armentrout
*Jennifer L. Armentrout is a Goodreads Author*
30.4.2 -- Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
30.5.1 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
30.5.2 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
30.6.1 -- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
B: “end of the world as we know it” Apocalyptic is one of the genres listed
*Kristen Simmons is a Goodreads Author*
30.6.2 -- Peebee's Task: It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine The Hunt: A Novel The Hunt A Novel by Jan Neuharth by Jan Neuharth
E: “A Cover Tune”: The jacket on the cover is the traditional uniform of a Master of the Hunt in foxhunting
*Jan Neuharth is a Goodreads Author*
30.7.1 -- Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
30.7.2 -- Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
30.8.1 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
Group A #4: one word title
*Kathleen Peacock is a Goodreads Author*
30.8.2 -- Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
Group B #4: Won audiobook in a giveaway
30.9.1 -- Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Option 1: Takes place in and around Chicago
*This Book has over 500 pages.*
*Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author*

30.9.2 -- Nick KY's Task: North by Northwest Maybe the Black Dahlia
30.10.1 -- Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
30.10.2 -- Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
30.11.1 -- Laurie ME’s task: Fun Summer Holidays Urchin of the Riding Stars by Margaret McAllister
Option 1: The Author’s initials repeat
30.11.2 -- Laurie ME’s task: Fun Summer Holidays Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Option 3: Moon in the title
*Cath Crowley is a Goodreads Author*


message 22: by Cindie (last edited May 29, 2012 07:23PM) (new)

Cindie | 1780 comments 5.1 Abdication by Juliet Nicholson
5.2 The Bar Mitzvah and the Beast (cover option approv on help thread)
15.8 Just Kids by Patty Smith
20.10 The Name of the Rose
30.8 A (opt 2) The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall
30.11 opt 1 Apron Anxiety and opt 6 A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron


message 23: by Deanna (new)

Deanna (whodunitrdr) | 190 comments Saving a spot. ;)


message 24: by Chaitra (last edited May 28, 2012 02:01AM) (new)

Chaitra (chaitra_ganesh) | 518 comments My reading plans:

05.01) Let the Games Begin: Kurt Vonnegut/Breakfast of the Champions
05.02) Pack Your Bags: David Bezmozgis/The Free World
05.03) Dust in the Wind: James Fenimore Cooper/The Last Mohican
05.04) Chemical Combo: William Kennedy/Chango's Magic Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
05.05) Diamond Jubilee: Peter Carey/Oscar and Lucinda
05.06) Blowin' in the Wind: Ian McEwan/Enduring Love
05.07) Book from the SRC Scavenger Hunt: Raymond Chandler/The Big Sleep (#19)
05.08) Summer Lovin': F. Scott Fitzgerald/The Great Gatsby
05.09) Summer Readers: Jane Austen/Mansfield Park
05.10) Up, Up and Away: Graham Greene/The End of the Affair


10.01) Skip to my Lou: Albert Camus/The Plague
10.02) Eat an Oreo Day: Glen Duncan/The Last Werewolf
10.03) What's Your Exit?:
10.04) Air Signs: Arthur Conan Doyle/The Hound of Baskervilles
10.05) Caribbean Queen: Hunter S. Thompson/The Rum Diary
10.06) Contraction Action:
10.07) A Reason to Celebrate: Ian McEwan/Saturday
10.08) No Boredom Zone: Katherine Hepburn's Account of Making African Queen
10.09) Recycled Board Reads: Gabriel Garcia Marquez/One Hundred Years of Solitude (From Fall Magical Realism 2011)
10.10) Air Conditioned Cool: Louise Erdrich/Shadow Tag

15.01) The Colors of Summer:
15.01.01)
15.01.02)
15.02) Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer:
15.02.01)
15.02.02)
15.03) Summer Romance:
15.03.01)
15.04) Summer Reading:
15.04.01)
15.04.02)
15.05) Summer in the City:
15.05.01) Don DeLillo/Cosmopolis
15.06) Hot Fun in Summertime:
15.06.01)
15.07) First Day of Summer:
15.07.01) Terry Pratchett/Discworld #1/The Color of Magic
15.08) Summer of '69:
15.08.01) Salman Rushdie/The Ground Beneath Her Feet
15.09) Summer Nights:
15.09.01)
15.10)
15.10.01) Neil Gaiman/Stardust

20.01)
20.10) Group Reads: Umberto Eco/The Name of the Rose

25.01)
25.01.01)
25.01.02) Charlotte Brontë/Jane Eyre

30.01) Superhero Summer: Options 1&3: Iron Man & Hulk
30.01.01) Ray Bradbury/Fahrenheit 451.
30.01.02) The Girl in the Flammable Skirt/Aimee Bender
30.02) I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco: Happy Anniversary & Taste of Asia
30.02.01) Philip Pullman/The Golden Compass
30.02.02)
30.03) Aye, Aye Matey!:
30.03.01) Martin Amis/Money
30.03.02) Philip Pullman/The Subtle Knife
30.04) Vowel Prowl:
30.04.01) Mikhail Bulgakov/The Master and Margarita
30.04.02) Kim Stanley Robinson/The Years of Rice and Salt
30.05) Beg, Borrow or Steal: Borrow & Steal
30.05.01) Jeffrey Eugenides/The Virgin Suicides
30.05.02) Elizabeth Strout/Olive Kittridge
30.06) It's the End of the World as We Know It: End of the World & A Tournament of Lies
30.06.01)
30.06.02) Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front
30.07) The Final Battle: Batman vs. Joker
30.07.01) Mark Twain/Adventures of Tom Sawyer
30.07.02) Douglas Adams/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
30.08) Time for the Country Concert:
30.08.01)
30.08.02) Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman/Good Omens
30.09) North by Northwest:
30.09.01)
30.09.02) Louise Erdrich/The Plague of Doves
30.10) Honoring Dad & Flag:
30.10.01) Tessa Hadley/The London Train
30.10.02) Philip Roth/The Plot Against America
30.11) Fun Summer Holidays:
30.11.01) Tom Perrotta/The Leftovers
30.11.02) Hilary Mantel/Wolf Hall


message 25: by Rosemary (last edited Aug 24, 2012 10:45PM) (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments


5.1 Let the Games Begin: Love In The Wrong Dimension
5.2 Pack Your Bags: Notes From A Small Island
5.3 Dust in the Wind: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
5.4 Chemical Combo: Miss Ranskill Comes Home
5.5 Diamond Jubilee: Saplings
5.6 Blowin' in the Wind: Mercury Falls
5.7 SRC Scavenger Hunt: Memoirs of a Geisha
5.8 Summer Lovin': The Reader
5.9 Summer Readers: Swamplandia!
5.10 Up, Up, and Away: Airs Above Ground

10.1 Skip to My Lou: Making of a Marchioness/others
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day: A Writer's Diary
10.3 What's Your Exit: Two for the Dough
10.4 Air Signs: The Blank Wall
10.5 Caribbean Queen: Our Man In Havana
10.6 Contraction Action: I'm Not Scared
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate: Arthur Hugh Clough Poems
10.8 No Boredom Zone: Eat Pray Love
10.9 Recycled Group Reads: Aunt Dimity's Death/others
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool: Traitor Game/Horse Whisperer/others set in winter?

15.1. The Colors of Summer: A: Poisonwood Bible PLUS B: Freaky Green Eyes/others
15.2. Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer: Marley & Me PLUS Tea With Mr Rochester
15.3. Summer Romance: Aunt Dimity And The Duke/Brothers And Sisters/others but must read 2 books
15.4. Summer Reading: Fast Food Nation
15.5. Summer in the City: Parasite Positive
15.6. Hot Fun in the Summertime: Greengage Summer
15.7. The First Day of Summer: Rabbit Run
15.8. Summer of 69: A Visit From The Goon Squad
15.9. Summer Nights: Every Eye/others
15.10. Feel Good Hit of the Summer: The Gay Divorcee

20.1 50 Shades Of Whoa: 2: Good Omens
20.2 School's Out For Summer: 2: Nine Coaches Waiting
20.3 Reading By The Numbers: Threw a 6. Option 2: Running With Scissors
20.4 Let's Go Camping: The Finkler Question
20.5 Let's Talk About The Weather: Memories of Rain
20.6 My Spring Favorites: Threw a 5, mystery genre: Lady Lady I Did It
20.7 In Homage To MZB: 1: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
20.8 Have Your Cake And Eat It Too: 1: The Fault In Our Stars/[genre romance] or other options - most books will fit somewhere
20.9 Please Be Patient: King Solomon's Mines (in back of The Age of Innocence)
20.10 Group Reads: Catching Jordan

25.1 I'm Solidly Behind You: A: Complete Stories of Saki; D: The Master and Margarita
25.2 Around The Country In 6 Parks: 5: Age Of Innocence PLUS 6: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
25.3 Hands And Feet: Hands: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding PLUS Feet: The Unit
25.4 All About The Author: Yesterday Morning & Midsummer Night In The Workhouse
25.5 Even More Fun With Holidays: 5: I Am The Messenger PLUS 6: Baked to Death
25.6 Sounds Of Summer: 2 of: 1: The Road/others; 2: ttyl; other options
25.7 YouTube Summer Fun: 2 of: 3: Like Love/others; 4: Please Look After Mother/others
25.8 Going To The Ball Park: A2: The Empty Hours PLUS C2: Private Peaceful

30.1 SuperHero Summer: Threw 4 & 6. 4: Of Mice And Men; 6: P&P & Zombies
30.2 I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco: 3: Alias Grace PLUS 6: Roadside Crosses
30.3 Aye, Aye, Matey: A3: Shopaholic PLUS B1: Frankenstein
30.4 Vowel Prowl: A: Our Mutual Friend PLUS B: Madam Will You Talk
30.5 Beg, Borrow Or Steal Your Way Around The World: B: Rumble Fish PLUS C: Shadow of the Wind
30.6 It's The End Of The World As We Know It: D: Regeneration PLUS E: My Brother Michael
30.7 The Final Battle: Option 1: A: Kidnapped PLUS B: The Overcoat
30.8 It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series: A: 2: Get Shorty PLUS B: 4: Soulless
30.9 North by Northwest: 2 of: 2: Pale Fire; 3: Keeper; 4: set in NW states
30.10 Honoring The Flag And My Dad: 1: Jubilee PLUS 5: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays: 1: No Name PLUS 2: Four to Score

50.1 Moonshadow The Musical: 2: Wicked PLUS 5: Picnic at Hanging Rock PLUS 6: Hobbit


message 26: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 20, 2012 07:01AM) (new)

5.1 Let the Games Begin: Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo - completed
5.2 Pack Your Bags:
5.3 Dust in the Wind:
5.4 Chemical Combo: When Will There be Good News
5.5 Diamond Jubilee: The Queen and I
5.6 Blowin' in the Wind: Butterfly Summer
5.7 SRC Scavenger Hunt:
5.8 Summer Lovin':
5.9 Summer Readers:
5.10 Up, Up, and Away:

10.1 Skip to My Lou: The Return of Sherlock Holmes - completed
10.2 Eat an Oreo Day: Fever 1793 - completed
10.3 What's Your Exit?: Tell No One
10.4 Air Signs: Hell's Bells: Samuel Johnson vs. the Devil, Round II - completed
10.5 Caribbean Queen: Wide Sargasso Sea
10.6 Contraction Action: Don't Look Now and Other Stories
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate:
10.8 No Boredom Zone:
10.9 Recycled Group Reads: The Sister Brothers
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool: Sister

15.1. The Colors of Summer:
15.2. “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”:
15.3. “Summer Romance”: The Hangman's Daughter - completed
15.4. Summer Reading: The Drowning Pool - completed
15.5. “Summer in the City”:
15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”: Remarkable Creatures
15.7. “The First Day of Summer”: Raven's Gate - completed
15.8. “Summer of 69”: The Villa in Italy
15.9. “Summer Nights”: Incredible Shrinking Man/John Wyndham
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer":

20.1 Fifty Shades of Whoa!:
20.2 School's Out For Summer: The Night Villa
20.3 Reading...by the Numbers: The Restorer - completed
20.4 Let’s Go Camping: The Rook (5)
20.5 Let's Talk About the Weather: Daphne
20.6 My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read: Katherine - completed
20.7 In homage to MZB: Something Wicked This Way Comes - completed
20.8 Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!: The Kingdom - completed
20.9 Please Be Patient...: The Boys From Brazil
20.10 Group Reads:

25.1 I'm Solidly Behind You:
25.2 Around the Country in 6 Parks:
25.3 Hands and Feet:
25.4 All About the Author:
25.5 Even More Fun With Holidays!:
25.6 Sounds of Summer:
25.7 Youtube Summer Fun: Kindred & Oranges are Not the Only Fruit - completed
25.8 Going to the Ball Park:

30.1 SuperHero Summer:
30.2 I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!: A Dead Red Cadillac & Jasper Jones
30.3 Aye, Aye, Matey!: Lord of the Flies & The Prophet
30.4 Vowel Prowl:
30.5 Beg, Borrow, or Steal Your Way Around the World:
30.6 It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine:
30.7 The Final Battle: The Lovely Bones & The Stepford Wives - completed
30.8 It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series: Velocity (A4) & Rivers of London (B5) - completed
30.9 North by Northwest:
30.10 Honoring the Flag and My Dad: An Expert in Murder & The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack - completed
30.11 Fun Summer Holidays: Mansfield Park & A Discovery of Witches

50.1


message 27: by Christie (last edited Aug 26, 2012 11:01PM) (new)

Christie 5.1 Gold by Chris Cleave
5.2 Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
5.3 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
5.4 A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
5.5 Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
5.6 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
5.7 Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
5.8 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
5.9 Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
5.10 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

10.1 Dune by Frank Herbert
10.2 Lily's Sister by Karen J. Hasley
10.3 I Am America by Stephen Colbert
10.4 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
10.5 Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
10.6 You'll Never Know, Vol. 1: A Good and Decent Man by C. Tyler
10.7 Selected Poems by Alfred Tennyson
10.8 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
10.9 Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
10.10 Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy

15.1 The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
15.2 One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School by Scott Turow and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin
15.3 The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
15.4 Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way by Steven Radelet
15.5 The Family Fortune by Laurie Horowitz
15.6 The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
15.7 The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
15.8 Wunderkind: A Novel by Nikolai Grozni
15.9 The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
15.10 Made for Heaven: And Why on Earth It Matters by C.S. Lewis

20.1 Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
20.2
20.3 One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School by Scott Turow
20.4 The Violence of Love by Oscar A. Romero
20.5 Breakfast Of Biodiversity: The Political Ecology of Rain Forest Destruction by John H. Vandermeer
20.6 The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
20.7 An Introduction to Legal Reasoning by Edward H. Levi
20.8 The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
20.9 The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
20.10 Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

25.1 A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin and I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
25.2 Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews and Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
25.3 Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo and The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
25.4 And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life by Charles J. Shields and God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut
25.5 The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey and What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: An Introduction to the Study of Law by Tracey E. George
25.6 The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson and The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
25.7 The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis and Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
25.8 Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

30.1 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
30.2 The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham and The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
30.3 Sabriel by Garth Nix and Death In The Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
30.4 Learning the Law: Success in Law School and Beyond by Steven J. Frank and 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School by Andrew J. McClurg
30.5 The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and
30.6 Pretties by Scott Westerfeld and The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
30.7 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn and Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
30.8 Como Agua para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
30.9 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Born in Blood & Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by John Charles Chasteen
30.10 A Separate Peace by John Knowles and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
30.11 The Ages of American Law by Grant Gilmore and Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews

50.1 Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo, and The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis


message 28: by Coco Kimura (last edited Aug 14, 2012 11:58PM) (new)

Coco Kimura 10.1 Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
10.2 Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
10.3 Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
10.4 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
10.5 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
10.6 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
10.7 Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
10.8 A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
10.9 The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
10.10 Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

15.1
15.2
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15.5 Sleeping with Paris by Juliette Sobanet
15.6 She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
15.7 One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
15.8 If I Stay by Gayle Forman
15.9 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
15.10 I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

20.1 Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
20.2 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
20.3 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
20.4 The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
20.5 The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
20.6 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
20.7 A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
20.8 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
20.9 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
20.10 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

25.1 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
25.2 Bumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
25.3 Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
25.4 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami and 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
25.5 Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson and TBD
25.6 Angel Fire by Lisa Unger and The Help by Kathryn Stockett
25.7 Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
25.8 The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

30.1 The Giver by Lois Lowry and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
30.2 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden and Papillon by Henri Charrière
30.3 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
30.4 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis
30.5 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
30.6 Blindness by José Saramago and The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
30.7 Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami and Animal Farm by George Orwell
30.8 Legend by Marie Lu and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
30.9 Insurgent by Veronica Roth and The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
30.10 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
30.11 Little Bee by Chris Cleave and Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything


message 29: by Randi (new)

Randi (mrsrandimoulton) | 254 comments 5.1 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
5.2 The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British by Sarah Lyall
5.3 Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
5.4 Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
5.5 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
5.6 Seraphina by Rachel Hartman by Rachel Hartman
5.7 Shelf Life: Stories by the Book by Gary Paulsen
5.8 Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
5.9 The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
5.10 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Tien aka Kazza's YA shelf - joined in August 2008

10.1 Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey
10.2 The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
10.3 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
10.4 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
10.5 In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
10.6 Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life by Sandra Beasley
10.7 Sold by Patricia McCormick
10.8 The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
10.9 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
10.10 The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult by Jodi Picoult

15.1 So B. It by Sarah Weeks by Sarah Weeks & Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates by Joyce Carol Oates
15.2 No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel & Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
15.3 Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins & The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
15.4 The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats & When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
15.5 'Tis by Frank McCourt
15.6 The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
15.7 The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
15.8 Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
15.9 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
15.10 ???

20.1
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20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10 I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

25.1 E: The Giver by Lois Lowry & A: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
25.2 2: Running Scared by Lisa Jackson 5: The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
25.3 The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox by Michael Cox & The Girls by Lori Lansens by Lori Lansens
25.4 My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile & The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
25.5 3: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 4: Rot & Ruin (Benny Imura, #1) by Jonathan Maberry by Jonathan Maberry

30.1 1: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle & 6: Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light by Amy Thomas
30.2 5: A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan & 6: The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
30.3 A2: Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux & B3: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
30.4 A: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl & B: The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George
30.5 1A: Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher 2C: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
30.6 D: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys & B: Ashfall by Mike Mullin
30.7 matchup #1 A: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket & B: Going Bovine by Libba Bray
30.8 A4: Insurgent by Veronica Roth & B5: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
30.9 2: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare & 2: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
30.10 2: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher & 4: Looking for Alaska by John Green
30.11 4: The Candymakers by Wendy Mass by Wendy Mass & 5: Gilt by Katherine Longshore by Katherine Longshore


message 30: by Pollyanna (last edited Aug 25, 2012 03:28AM) (new)

Pollyanna (polly8) | 109 comments Summer Reading Challenge:

5.1 The Glimpse by Claire Merle
5.2 Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman
5.3 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
5.4 Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel by Elizabeth Noble
5.5 Boyhood by J.M. Coetzee South Africa
5.6 Okay by Katherine Marple
5.7 Papillon by Henri Charrière Message 311.
5.8 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5.9 Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18...
5.10 Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts


10.1White Fang by Jack London
10.2 The Divide by Elizabeth Kay
10.3 Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
10.4 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf January 25th
10.5 The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
10.6 I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
10.7 Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
10.8
10.9 Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare winter 2011 steampunk
10.10 Rebel Angels by Libba Bray


15.1 A) Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz B) Paper Towns by John Green
15.2 Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts and Chart Throb by Ben Elton Heart and chart
15.3Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children by Michael Newton
15.4 Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
15.5 Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton St Louis 319,294
15.6
15.7 Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
15.8 Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison
15.9 Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Published 1956
15.10 Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy


20.1 1)Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
20.2
20.3 5) Blue: The Unseen by Katherine Webb
20.4 2)
20.5
20.6 2)Beauty by Robin McKinley
20.7 3) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
20.8 4) High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
20.9
20.10 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

25.1 A) This Charming Man by Marian Keyes E) Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
25.2 1) Setting Free the Bears by John Irving 2) A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
25.3 A) Change of Heart by Shari Maurer by Shari Maurer B) Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1) by Jennifer Weiner by Jennifer Weiner
25.4 A) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverB) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
25.5 3) Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella 6) Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
25.6 1) A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern 4) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
25.7 3) Brave New World by Aldous Huxleydied: 11/22/63 5) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
25.8 C1) The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes C2) The Crucible by Arthur Miller

3o.1 5 and 6
30.2
30.3 A2) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
B3) The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
30.4


message 31: by Jen (last edited Aug 28, 2012 03:08AM) (new)

Jen Scott | 420 comments 5 Point Tasks

1. Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game by Ridley Pearson
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4. Disney in Shadow by Ridley Pearson
5. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Takes place in the United Kingdom
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7. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Message 129
8. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen on the list "Crazy Love"
9. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Lisa: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28...

10 Point Tasks
1.
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
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4. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan June 5

15 Point Tasks
1.
2. Power Play by Ridley Pearson and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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5. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare Takes place in New York City
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10. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

25 Point Tasks
1. A. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 534 pages

Total Points: 40
Total Books Read: 6


message 32: by Suzanne (last edited Aug 26, 2012 10:56AM) (new)

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 178 comments The Seasonal Reading Challenge
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
Duration:
6/1/2012 - 8/31/2012

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

5.1 -- Let the Games Begin -- Heist Society by Ally Carter
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags -- backpack/suitcase on cover OR mn. Genre = travel --
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind -- Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
5.4 -- Chemical Combo -- Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture by Andy Cohen
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee -- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
5.6 -- Blowin in the Wind -- Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
5.7 -- Scavenger Hunt -- Bk from SRC Scavenger Hunt --
5.8 -- Summer Lovin -- Book from Dramatic Love Stories -- One Day by David Nicholls
5.9 -- Summer Readers -- Bk frm any shelf of SRC member GR June/July/August --
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away -- Bk w/ 'air' intact in sub/title --

Most Talkative Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture by Andy Cohen Heist Society (Heist Society, #1) by Ally Carter Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) by Cassandra Clare Bone Crossed (Mercedes Thompson, #4) by Patricia Briggs One Day by David Nicholls Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2) by Nalini Singh

10.1 -- Skip To My Lou -- Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
10.2 -- Eat An Oreo Day -- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
10.3 -- What's Your Exit? -- Red Glove by Holly Black
10.4 -- Air Signs -- Where She Went by Gayle Forman
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen -- Set in the Caribbean --
10.6 -- Contraction Action -- sub/title contraction --
10.7 -- Reason to Celebrate -- Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone -- non-fic of interest --
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads -- Sum'11-Spr'12 Grp Rd/Nom --
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool -- Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh

Red Glove (Curse Workers #2) by Holly Black Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) by Richelle Mead Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Friday Harbor, #1) by Lisa Kleypas Caressed By Ice (Psy-Changeling, #3) by Nalini Singh Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) by Gayle Forman Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society, #2) by Ally Carter

15.1.1 -- Title wd or cover = Blue -- Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
15.1.2 -- Title wd or cover = Green --
15.2 -- Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
15.2.1 -- Pure rhyme title wd #1 --
15.2.2 -- Pure rhyme title wd #2 --
15.3.1a
15.3.1b - Shelter In A Soldier's Arms (That Special Woman!) by Susan Mallery
15.4a
15.4b -- AND Auth.init.in 'summertime' --
15.5 -- Summer in the City -- London -- First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
15.6 -- Hot Fun in the Summertime -- fun summer activity plot or cover --
15.7 -- The First Day of Summer -- Fallen by Lauren Kate
15.8 -- Summer of '69 -- Abt musician or music group --
15.9 -- Summer Nights -- Set/1st pub in 1950's --
15.10 -- Feel Good Hit of the Summer -- Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie

Shelter In A Soldier's Arms (Silhouette Special Edition #1400) by Susan Mallery Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) by J.R. Ward Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress World, #1) by Jeaniene Frost

20.1 - Option 1: School's out for summer - Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
20.2 - Option 4: Characters are teachers and school employees -
Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane
20.3 -- Reading...by the Numbers - 1 -- Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
20.4 -- --
20.5 -- --
20.6 -- 1 Humor -- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
20.7 -- --
20.8 -- It's My Birthday -- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
20.9 -- --
20.10 -- Group Read -- The Name of the Rose
Yay, I've been meaning to read this for ages!

Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts, #4) by Stacia Kane Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) by Beth Revis Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3) by Janet Evanovich

25.1 I’m Solidly Behind You choose 2 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
25.3 Hands and Feet:
25.4 All About the Author:
25.5 Even More Fun with Holidays -- Option #3: Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
25.6 Sounds of Summer: choose two
25.7 Youtube Summer Fun
25.8 Going to the Ball Park:

Wicked Business (Lizzy & Diesel, #2) by Janet Evanovich

30.1 -- Cindy AL: SuperHero Summer
30.1.1 -- Roll(5): living flying thing on cover --
30.1.2 -- Roll(5): living flying thing on cover --
30.2 -- Sassafrass: I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
30.2.1 -- Option X --
30.2.2 -- Option Y --
30.3 -- Sheila/KathyG: Aye-Aye Matey
30.3.1 -- Option A: Set on island; X in sub/title auth.name; 8th in series; 8 Ltrs in one auth.name; 8 wds in sub/title; money/gems/treasure on cover --
30.3.2 -- Option B: Auth init in 'rum+whiskey'; skull/skeleton/bones/knife/sword on cover; mn genre = suspense or mystery --
30.4 -- DlmRose: Vowel Prowl
30.4.1 -- Sub/title wd./Auth.name Ltrs A+E+I+O+U --
30.4.2 -- 1 Sub/title wd./Auth.name begins w/ Y --
30.5 -- Bluemoon: BEG, BORROW, AND STEAL
30.5.1 -- Continent X: Rec frm GR/friend --
30.5.2 -- Continent Y: borrow frm GR/friend --
30.6 -- Peebee: It's the End of the World As We Know It... And I Feel Fine
30.6.1 -- Option A: --
30.6.2 -- Option B: --
30.7 -- Ms. Anderson: The Final Battle
30.7.1 -- Match Up ? (Option x)
30.7.2 -- Match Up ? (Option y)
30.8 -- Delicious Dee: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
30.8.1 -- Group A: --
30.8.2 -- Group B: --
30.9 -- Nick KY: North by Northwest
30.9.1 -- Group X: --
30.9.2 -- Group X: --
30.10 -- Butterflycager: Honoring the Flag and My Dad
30.10.1 -- Option 5: -- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
30.10.2 -- Option Y: --
30.11 -- Laurie ME:
30.11.1 -- --
30.11.2 -- --

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

50.1 -- Midpoint Challenge:
50.1.1 -–
50.1.2 --
50.1.3 --


message 33: by literariel (new)

literariel 5.1 - The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3) by Libba Bray

5.2 - Tales of a Female Nomad Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman

5.3 - Trail of Tears The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle

5.4 - Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins

5.5 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling
London

5.6 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

5.7 - Zombie Radio by Jack Wallen
Message #: 692, Page #: 14

5.8 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
List: 1000 Novels You Must Read

5.9 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
From:http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

5.10 - Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

5.11 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
By: Agatha Christie

5.12 - The Seven Serpents Trilogy by Scott O'Dell
Sandwiched Letter: s-EVE-n

5.13 - The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2) by Carolyn Keene
Author: Harriet Adams

5.14 - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne
Birthdate: February 8, 1828
Sign: Aquarius


message 34: by Jenifer (last edited Jun 10, 2012 11:45AM) (new)

Jenifer (jensamaha) | 355 comments Oh my goodness, this is alot of books to read! Here is my ambitious list:

SRC club

5.1 Let the Games Begin: Soulless by Gail Carriger
5.2 Pack Your Bags: Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
5.3 Dust in the Wind: native American: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
5.4 Chemical Combo: 2n’s and 2o’s: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
5.5 Diamond Jubilee: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey
5.6 Blowin’ in the Wind: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
5.7 SRC Scavenger Hunt: Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
5.8 Summer Lovin’: from “Love” list- Atonement
5.9 Summer Readers: Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews (from Katie’s shelf/joined inJune 2008)
5.10 Up, Up and Away: has the word air in title

10.1 Skip to My Lou: Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10.2 Eat an Oreo: Clara Callan by Richard B Wright
10.3 What’s Your Exit: set in NJ or NJ author
10.4 Air Signs: Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (Feb 1)
10.5 Caribbean Queen: set in Caribbean
10.6 Contraction Action: contraction in title
10.7 A Reason to Celebrate: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
10.8 No Boredom Zone: non-fiction about travel or hobby
10.9 Recycled Group Reads: Bitten (summer 2011 paranormal romance list)
10.10 Air Conditioned Cool: The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

15.1 The Colors of Summer: Matched by Ally Condie
15.2 Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer:
15.3 Summer Romance: The Other Guy’s Bride by Connie Brockway or The Duke’s Perfect Wife by Jennifer Ashley
15.4 Summer Reading: Iron Crowned by Richelle Meade
15.5 Summer in the City: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
15.6 Hot Fun in the Summertime: To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
15.7 The First Day of Summer: Storm Born by Richelle Meade
15.8 Summer of 69: book featuring musician or musical group
15.9 Summer Nights: Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa
15.10 Feel Good Hit of the Summer:

20.1 Fifty Shades of Whoa!: Fifty Shades of Free
20.2 School’s Out for Summer:
20.3 Reading by the Numbers:
20.4 Let’s Go Camping:
20.5 Let’s Talk About Weather:
20.6 Spring Favorites: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
20.7 Homage to MZB
20.8 Have Your Cake & Eat It Too
20.9 Please Be Patient
20.10 Group Reads

25.1 I’m Solidly Behind You choose 2 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
25.3 Hands and Feet:
25.4 All About the Author:
25.5 Even More Fun with Holidays:
25.6 Sounds of Summer: choose two
25.7 Youtube Summer Fun
25.8 Going to the Ball Park:

30.1 Super Hero
30.2 I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco:
30.3 Aye Aye Matey:
30.4 Vowel Prowel:
30.5 Beg, Borrow, Steal:
30.6 End of the World


message 35: by Carla (last edited Aug 24, 2012 05:46AM) (new)

Carla Ruffer (hpaddict) | 117 comments 5.4 Chemical Combo Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling - completed 6/26

20.2 School's Out for Summer Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling option 4 - completed 6/9

20.3 Reading...By the Numbers Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler rolled a 5, set in Europe - completed 8/5

20.4 Let's Go Camping The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit by Jill Conner Browne rolled a 3, "talked about" in book club, new to me author - completed 7/25

20.6 My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read Bossypants by Tina Fey rolled a 1 - completed 8/23

20.8 Have Your Cake and Eat it Too! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling option 6 - completed 6/19


message 36: by April (last edited Aug 08, 2012 09:57PM) (new)

April 10.2- Eat an Oreo Day- ibi- Sense and Sensibility 6/14/12

10.4- Air Sign Nora Roberts, Oct 10-Libra
Dance of the Gods

15.5- Summer in the City- Chicago- Drink Deep

15.7- The First Day of Summer- Morrigan's Cross

15.10- Feel Good Book of the Summer- Kiss the Dead 6/9/12

20.8- Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!- #2 Red Velvet Cake- SC South of Broad 6/19/12

30.3- Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A4- Golden Doubloons- Read a book that has jewelry (pearl earrings)
Diana : Story of a Princess Diana Story of a Princess by Tim Clayton 6/6/12
B1- Rumwhiskey- Robert Hicks The Widow of the South


message 37: by Heather (last edited Jul 07, 2012 04:55PM) (new)

Heather Hartling | 5 comments Laughing Penguin's Reading List :)

5.1 -- Let the Games Begin - Intentions of the Earl by Rose GordonRose Gordon - Goodreads Author
5.2 -- Pack Your Bags
5.3 -- Dust in the Wind
5.4 -- Chemical Combo -- A Dream to Call My Own by Tracie Peterson
5.5 -- Diamond Jubilee
5.6 -- Blowin in the Wind
5.7 -- Scavenger Hunt
5.8 -- Summer Lovin -- Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland from Crazy Love list
5.9 -- Summer Readers -- Divergent by Veronica Roth from Randi
5.10 -- Up, Up, and Away -- Addie Across The Prairie by Laurie Lawlor

10.1 -- Skip To My Lou
10.2 -- Eat An Oreo Day -- A Love to Last Forever by Tracie Peterson Forever
10.3 -- What's Your Exit?
10.4 -- Air Signs
10.5 -- Caribbean Queen
10.6 -- Contraction Action
10.7 -- Reason to Celebrate
10.8 -- No Boredom Zone
10.9 -- Recycled Group Reads - Fall 2011 Modern Lit Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
10.10 -- Air Conditioned Cool -- Addie's Dakota Winter by Laurie Lawlor

15.1 -- Colors of Summer
15.2 -- Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
15.3 -- Summer Romance - Option 1 -- George on His Own by Laurie Lawlor and A Lady of Hidden Intent by Tracie Peterson
15.4 -- Summer Reading
15.5 -- Summer in the City
15.6 -- Hot Fun in the Summertime
15.7 -- The First Day of Summer
15.8 -- Summer of '69
15.9 -- Summer Nights
15.10 -- Feel Good Hit of the Summer

20.1 -- Stesse: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
20.2 -- Nicola: School's Out For Summer
20.3 -- Anne (booklady): Reading... by the Numbers -- Roll(5) Red - Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad
20.4 -- Jecca: Let's Go Camping
20.5 -- Wendy UK: Let's Talk About The Weather
20.6 -- M. WI: Spring/Summer -- Roll(6): Hist.Fic -- I Am David by Anne Holm
20.7 -- Isabell: In Homage to MZB
20.8 -- Putterpal: Have Your Cake And...
20.9 -- mstan: Please be Patient...
20.10 -- Group Read -- Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally Post 19

25.1 -- Donna Jo: I'm Solidly Behind You
25.2 -- Jayme VA: Around the Country in 6 Parks
25.3 -- Keltie Lee: Hands and Feet
25.4 -- Sandy/Kristi: All About the Author
25.5 -- Stacie MI: Even More Fun w/ Holidays
25.6 -- JennRenee: Sounds of Summer
25.7 -- Marcia: YouTube Summer Fun
25.8 -- Kate S: Going to the Ballpark

30.1 -- Cindy AL: SuperHero Summer

30.2 -- Sassafrass: I'll Leave My Heart in San Francisco
30.2.1 -- Option 3 -- A Child Out of Alcatraz by Tara Ison
30.2.2 -- Option Y --

30.3 -- Sheila/KathyG: Aye-Aye Matey

30.4 -- DlmRose: Vowel Prowl
30.4.1 -- Sub/title wd./Auth.name Ltrs A+E+I+O+U -- The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
30.4.2 -- 1 Sub/title wd./Auth.name begins w/ Y --
30.5 -- Bluemoon: BEG, BORROW, AND STEAL

30.6 -- Peebee: It's the End of the World As We Know It... And I Feel Fine
30.6.1 -- Option B: -- When She Woke by Hillary Jordan(Dystopian)
30.6.2 -- Option B: -- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - War/Romance Novels #5


30.7 -- Ms. Anderson: The Final Battle
30.7.1 -- Match Up 3 (Option a) ??
30.7.2 -- Match Up 3 (Option b) Runemarks by Joanne Harris


30.8 - Delicious Dee: Summer Country Concert Series
30.8.1 -- Group A: -- Option 4 - Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
30.8.2 -- Group B: -- Option 4 - The Overland Trail (from the Library)


30.9 -- Nick KY: North by Northwest
30.9.1 -- Option 4: -- White Fang by Jack London
30.9.2 -- Option 1: -- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger


30.10 -- Butterflycager: Honoring the Flag and My Dad
30.10.1 -- Option 2: -- Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
30.10.2 -- Option 5: -- 1632 by Eric Flint


30.11 -- Laurie ME:
30.11.1 -- -- Option 1: -- Addie's a Friend Forever by Laurie Lawlor
30.11.2 -- -- Option 5: -- Colorado Bride by Leigh Greenwood


50.1 -- Midpoint Challenge:
50.1.1 -–
50.1.2 --
50.1.3 --


message 38: by Teresa Jo (last edited Aug 08, 2012 11:29AM) (new)

Teresa Jo (teresajo) | 246 comments Coming into this way late for the season so only going to work on two challenges.

30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series

Group A - Concerts I am seeing this summer
4. Read a book that has only one word in the title.
Reading: Shogun by James Clavell

Group B. Concerts I have seen
4. Read a book that you got for free.
Required: Please state how you got your free book when you post
Reading: The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton (Amazon Kindle Free)

50.1 Coralie's task: Moonshadow – the Musical

Choose three of the following options and read a book for each of them.

Option 1 - Read a book with the word "moon" or "shadow" in the title/subtitle.
Reading: By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz

Option 2- Read a book that has been made into a stage musical, movie musical, or opera.
Reading: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (Broadway Musical: Wicked)

Option 6 – Read a book that has ‘epic fantasy’ as a genre on its main Goodreads page.
Reading: A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin


message 39: by Ally (last edited Aug 16, 2012 12:47AM) (new)

Ally (ally1604) | 58 comments Reading Plan for Summer 2012 Challenge:

10.7 A Reason to Celebrate Thursdays at Eight
10.8 No Boredom Zone Lost London
10.9 Recycled Group Reads Divergent

Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber Lost London by Richard Guard Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth


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