Kim’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2021)

Kim’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

Hi Jayne,
As of 1450 update, my IAF total shows 9, but I should have 11. My nonfiction books are messages 6, 111, 324, 542, 692, 907 (x2), 909, 1182, 1297 and 1338. I apologize for not seeing this sooner.

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10.8 - Olympics: Equestrian

Read a book with a horse on the cover.
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America. Elizabeth Letts

Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket

Points: 10
Total points: 700
Books read: 52
Tasks completed: 45
IAF points: 12
BB points: 1

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10.3 - Sumer is icumen in

Read a book with a title/subtitle word of at least 4 letters that can be made from "SUMER IS ICUMEN IN" (Summer)
The Summer Guests. Mary Alice Monroe

Points: 10
Total points: 690
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 44
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1

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5.4 Game of HORSE

Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.
Horse. Geraldine Brooks

Points: 5
Total points: 680
Books read: 50
Tasks completed: 43
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1

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15.8 Summer Sweets

Read a book with two authors using a single name. (Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.)
The Paradise Problem. Christina Lauren

Points: 15
Total points: 675
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 42
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


What a wonderful book. Covering a little over 5 years (from Sept. 2017 - Dec. 2022), author Amy Tan shares a selection from nine natural journals with sketches, reminiscences and observations gathered during hundreds of hours studying the birds in her backyard. In the beginning, she could only identify three birds, but over time and through keen observation, she eventually identified over sixty-three species.
From the beautiful pencil sketches to full color drawings, each offering is a gift and a labor of love. She wrote of the effects of various wildfires on the local ecosystem, birds that normally wouldn't appear in her area were driven south by the smoke, as well as of the comfort of watching the birds go about their normal lives during COVID, when the world seemed turned upside down for many humans.
I highly recommend this book!

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20.9-Moderators Pet: Babbling C's Task-Nephews

Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name begins with an A or an E.
The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Amy Tan

Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket

Points: 20
Total points: 660
Books read: 48
Tasks completed: 41
IAF points: 11
BB points: 1

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20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Midsomer Murders

Option 1. Read a book with the MPG of Mystery and/or Crime, stand-alone or as part of an MPG such as Cozy Mystery or Mystery Thriller, AND written by a Female author.
Howloween Murder. Laurien Berenson (208 pages)

Points: 20
Total points: 640
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 40
IAF points: 10
BB points: 1

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25.5 - Cat's Task - Books of Asia

Option 1: Two Book Option

Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Asia, or is about one or more countries in Asia (if Non-Fiction).
Required: state the country. (Tokyo, Japan)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Asia. (born in Indonesia, per help thread)
The Obsession. Jesse Q. Sutanto

Points: 25
Total points: 620
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 39
IAF points: 10
BB points: 1

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30.3 - TessaVaness'S TASK Feeding the Children

Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares the same name or a variation of the name of the cook, Suzanne, which can be found on this page:
California Girls. Susan Mallery

Option 3: Read a book with 200 - 250 pages (244 pages)
The Night Lives On. Walter Lord
**Nonfiction, claiming 1 IAF ticket

Points: 30
Total points: 595
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 38
IAF points: 10
BB points: 1

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5.5 The Great Cornholio

Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Crime Rib. Leslie Budewitz

Points: 5
Total points: 565
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 37
IAF points: 9
BB points: 1

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15.2 Stars and Stripes Forever

A - Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title
Love Finds You in Revenge Ohio. Lisa Harris

B - Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the original 13 colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina,
Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Loree Lough

Points: 15
Total points: 560
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 36
IAF points: 9
BB points: 1

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20.10 Group Reads

Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2024 season.
The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. (Thoughts posted in comment 8).
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. John Berendt - nonfiction
**Claiming 1 IAF ticket

Points: 20
Total points: 545
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 35
IAF points: 9
BB points: 1

I first read this probably 20 years ago, or more. I think I enjoyed it more this time, although there seems to be a lot of time spent on setting the scene. I look forward to finding the movie on a streaming service to see how it compares.

Last year we went to Charleston, and Savannah is still on my bucket list, especially after reading this book again.

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20.5 - Bigger is Better: Lisa MD's Summer Scavenger Hunt

Find any of these items associated with summer on the cover.

Required: post the cover and identify your object

Pool floaties: arm floaties, tubes, pool rafts
The Summer Deal. Jill Shalvis. 7.10.24



Points: 20
Total points: 525
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 34
IAF points: 8
BB points: 1

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10.4 - Summer Songs

Pick one song from this list of 40 Best Summer Songs
6. ‘(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay’ by Otis Redding - BAY
Driftwood Bay. Irene Hannon

Points: 10
Total points: 505
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 33
IAF points: 8
BB points: 1

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25.3 -JennRenee's Task - Summer English Lesson

Option A: A noun is plural when it represents two or more people, places, things, or ideas.

Book 1: Read a book with a noun of 4 or more letters in the title. (Book/books)
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade. Janet Skeslien Charles

Book 2: Read a book with a plural noun of that same noun in the title.
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books. Kirsten Miller

Points: 25
Total points: 495
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 32
IAF points: 8
BB points: 1

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10.5 - Cricket

Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word CRICKET

Sunrise Point. Robyn Carr

Points: 10
Total points: 470
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 31
IAF points: 8
BB points: 1

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20.6- It's A Fact- KathyP's Task-Summertime Dreaming

Option 3: Read a book with a single author, whose first and last initials can be found in SWIMMING POOL.
A Night to Remember. Walter Lord

Books is nonfiction - claiming one IAF tickets

Points: 20
Total points: 460
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 30
IAF points: 8
BB points: 1

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30.5 - RedSycamore's Task: The Sound of Silence

Option 1: Two Book Option

Book 1: Read a book with no words in the title.
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit. Barry Estabrook - 240 pages

Book 2: Read a book with at least one letter or number that's part of the cover art.
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads. Paul Theroux - 441 pages


Both books are nonfiction - claiming two IAF tickets

Points: 30
Total points: 440
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 29
IAF points: 7
BB points: 1