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

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

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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

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15.4 Anyone For Croquet?

Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1. ( a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series AND features either an animal on the cover.)
Hitting the Books. Jenn McKinlay


Points: 15
Total points: 410
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 28
IAF points: 5
BB points: 1

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10.7 - O Canada

Read a book set in Canada
Sea of Tranquility. Emily St. John Mandel

Points: 10
Total points: 395
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 27
IAF points: 5
BB points: 1

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5.6 Outside We Go!

Read a book that features an outside activity e.g. camping, skiing, swimming, hiking, etc. (laying on the beach)
The Beach at Summerly. Beatriz Williams


Points: 5
Total points: 385
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 26
IAF points: 5
BB points: 1

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15.6 Don't Move

Read a book with the MPG Dystopia or Dystopian.
The Last Tribe. Brad Manuel. 7.1.24

720 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket

Points: 15
Total points: 380
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 25
IAF points: 5
BB points: 1

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20.1 Most Improved Player: XBM's Task: Enjoy a Summer Road Trip

Read a book from this Roadtrip Across America list, and identify the state it’s about. (New York)
Trust. Hernan Diaz

Points: 20
Total points: 365
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 24
IAF points: 5

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10.2 - Celebrating Dads

Read a book with one of the following "dad" or "child" relationships standalone in the title or subtitle:
Daughter
The Horsemaster's Daughter. Susan Wiggs

Points: 10
Total points: 345
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 23
IAF points: 5

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25.4 Truitt_T’s Task: It’s a Riot!

Option 1: Read a book that is MPG LGBT and/or Queer AND one of the following:
MPG LGBT & Queer AND MPG Humor
The Guncle Abroad. Steven Rowley - 320 pages

Option 2: Read a book for which the author’s initials may be found in STONEWALL RIOTS.
The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters. Rachel Trethewey - 320 pages - nonfiction
Claiming 1 IAF ticket

Points: 25
Total points: 335
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 22
IAF points: 5

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20.7- Shorter is Sweeter : Barbara ★' s Task - Scotland or Bust

Option 5 -Read a book set at least 50% in Scotland.
The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee. Alexander McCall Smith

Points: 20
Total points: 310
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 21
IAF points: 4

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20.8 NICKELS & DIMES – Bookwrm526's Task- June Celebrations

Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase PRIDE MONTH.
Grilled for Murder. Maddie Day

Points: 20
Total points: 290
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 20
IAF points: 4

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5.2 Hop Hop Jump

Read a book with the one of these words in the title (not subtitle): Home
A Long Way from Home. Tom Brokaw

Claiming 1 IAF ticket - nonfiction

Points: 5
Total points: 270
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 19
IAF points: 4

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5.9 Hot Summer Months

Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside. (Northern)
The Twilight Garden. Sara Nisha Adams - published 6/8/2023

Points: 5
Total points: 265
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 18
IAF points: 3

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15.7 Jailbreak

Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner. (In the GR description)
If Beale Street Could Talk. James Baldwin

Points: 15
Total points: 260
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 17
IAF points: 3

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15.1 The Long and Short of It

Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages. (432)
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. Helen Simonson

Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages. (119)
A Spindle Splintered. Alix E. Harrow

Points: 15
Total points: 245
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
IAF points: 3

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10.1 - Summer Reading List

Read a book from the 2023 or 2024 Berkeley Summer Reading lists
2023: (Re)Writing the Rules: https://web.archive.org/web/202404022...

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. Mary Roach
(Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket)

Points: 10
Total points: 230
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 15
IAF points: 3

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
You can count on Mary Roach to both educate and entertain in her pop science books, such as Gulp, Bonk, Stiff and now Fuzz. Fuzz takes a deep dive into various species of both plants and animals, everything from castor beans to seagulls, cougars to brown bears, rats to rabbits, and how humans attempt to either eradicate or learn to live with them, and find a balance between the two. One example of this is the brown bear. With ever more encroachment on their natural habitat, and tasty offerings providing easy pickings, resort areas are one place that humans find themselves coexisting with animals that like to help themselves to restaurant refuse, or your pet dog's food. What happens when a human gets in the way, a pet gets killed or the bear decides to join you in your dining room? When does relocation stop working for an individual animal and a more lethal solution come into play? These are some of the interesting conundrums explored in this book.

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15.10 Summer Months

Read a book that has exactly 6, 7, or 8 words in the title

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. Sara Brunsvold


Points: 15
Total points: 220
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 14
IAF points: 2