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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Readerboard name Kathy PGolden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option A
The Penelopiad
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Total Points: 70
Total Books: 4
Total Tasks: 4
Ava Catherine5.5 Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
abstract nouns=truth, beauty
20.1 Most Improved-Sarah E's task: Periodically Challenged
Read one book using the list, The Chemical Elements Sorted Alphabetically By Symbol, and spell out one word of at least 3 letters form the title.
The Time is Noon by Pearl S. Buck
My word is Noon:
N-Nitrogen
O-Oxygen
O-Oxygen
N-Nitrogen
total= 525
Ava Catherine20.5 Bigger is Better: TrishHartUk's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2:
Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Silas Marner by George Eliot
total=545
Readerboard name Kathy P20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3
Jesus: A Pilgrimage
524 pages
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Big Books this post: 1
Total Points: 90
Total Books: 5
Total Tasks: 5
Ava Catherine25.3 Maya's Task: Make it Pretty
Option Two: Crazy Shapes
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A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway
Option Six: Signature
Read a book in which the first letter of the first word in the title matches any letter in your Readerboard name.
Exposure by Helen Dunmore
total=570
Jonquil15.7 - See the Light
lighthouse on the cover
Seaside Secrets
Dana Mentink
Paperback, 288 pages 6/22
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
Books posted: 29
Tasks complete: 27
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 7633
Jonquil15.8 - Commencement
genre: New Adult 9 users
Call Sign Karma
Jamie Rae
Paperback, 270 pages 6/1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Books posted: 30
Tasks complete: 28
Pages this post: 270
Total pages as of this post: 7903
SCHATZIE25.5: Dakimel’s Task: An Homage to The Toast
Option A: book by an author on given list
#13 on list
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Option B: book from Wilderness Accidents and Deaths List
book is found on pg. 1, #6 on that page
Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on the last of the West's great rivers
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25.6: Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Opt. 1: woman artist
The Woman I Wanted to Be by Diane Von Furstenberg
-approved in msg 2 of help thread.
-the author is well known for designing her own prints
Opt. 4: author's initials in JOAN MITCHELL
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
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Post Total: 50
Challenge TOTAL: 650
Ava Catherine25.6 Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: Read a book about a woman artist.
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Julia, the main character, is an art restorer and art expert.
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
Under the Influence by Joyce Maynard
total= 595
trishhartuk30.9 Catherine T’s Task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Read two books from one of the options and complete one book A and one book B.
Option 1: Stay: Book A: Vote Stay by reading a book set at least 70% in the UK** with a main page genre of "Horror" or "Dystopia" or "Post-apocalyptic";
Reaper's Legacy, Tim Lebbon
GR Description: “Heroes and monsters clash with government forces in an apocalyptic London.”
Shelved as Science Fiction > Dystopia by 7 users.
Book B: Read a book set at least 70% in a EU country. Your EU book should NOT have any of the genres "Horror" or "Dystopia" or "Post-apocalyptic" in its main book page.
Excursion to Tindari, Andrea Camilleri
Set in Sicily (Italy), and no horror, dystopia or post-apocalyptic genres in sight.
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition here
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Total BB tickets: 2 [1,000+ x 0 (0 tickets); 750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 0 (0 tickets)]
Amy O.20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
**Claiming 1 Big Book ticket** (book is 743 pages)
My word is "Amber"
Am - Americum
B - Boron
Er - Erbium
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer - Option C: book with food item in title
The Oak Apple - "apple" in title
20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house -
Option A (Read a book with a title that could evoke your response to the following question: My ideal house or location to live would be _____________.
The Distant Wood
Points this post: 60
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
JenniferR5.1 - A Different View: Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list.
Shifted Temptations, C.E. Black
- Book is on page 2 of list.
5.5 - Abstract Nouns: Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle.
Deadly Fear, Cynthia Eden
- My word FEAR is in the title.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 0
perletwo30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods - Option 2: Cancer/Crab ➜ Read a book with crabs, sea life, or an animal with an exoskeleton on the cover. Any creature that lives in the ocean (real or fantasy) works. Required: State what your sea creature is and post the cover of the book.
Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink GoldOption 4: June/Juno ➜ Read a book written by a female author.
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Points this task: 30
Total points: 360
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 17
M1NKS10.1. Another Kind of Trip - page 1
Breakfast of Champions
10.3. Time for vacation
Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder - this is set in Hong Kong
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season! - Agatha
The A.B.C. Murders Published 1936
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day - Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre.
A Murder Is Announced Published 1950
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
10.9. Smile - Read a book with Humor or Funny or Comedy as a main page genre.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾
IL: UY - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 50
Total points: 60
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 7
Jasmiina F15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko:
Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O:
Säkeitä Pietarista by Johanna Hulkko.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
SCHATZIE30.4: Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Opt. 1: bird on cover
The Nest
Opt. 4: written by a female author
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Post Total: 30
Challenge TOTAL: 680
BARBARA ★25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Book 1: Small Favor - Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #10) 6/14
***BIG BOOK*** (541 pages)
Book 2: Cleopatra's Needle - Steven Siebert (stand alone) 6/23
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 110
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
Jonquil15.9 - Listen Up
Literary Awards Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2008)
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
Garrison Keillor
Hardcover, 256 pages 6/23
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Books posted: 31
Tasks complete: 29
Pages this post: 256
Total pages as of this post: 8159
KATIEGIRL5.4 - In the Shadows
A book by a Jewish author.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Joshua is a Jewish author. He mentions his Judaism multiple times in the book. He also references his Jewish faith in the interview at the link below.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Total tasks: 5
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
Task 30.3 – DlmRose - Wipe OutOption 1 – Playlist – Title word matches Song title word
Song: Walk Don’t Run / Matching word: Walk
The Rope Walk
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: The Rope Walk
Option 2 – a friend rated it 5 stars
My friend ANGE - Ange’s review
The Angel's Game
I listened to the audio / MMP: Das Spiel des Engels
+ + + BIG BOOK TICKET - 711 pages + + +
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
LAVENDER5.1 - A Different View
Read a book found on the Books With Multiple Perspectives list.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
#2 on the 1st page of results when this was posted.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
10.3. Time for vacationSet in a World's Best Vacation Spots location: After the Circus by Patrick Modiano set in Paris, #4 on the list
10.8. Happy Birthday
4th in a series: Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles #4) by Susan Wittig Albert
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option C, a book first published after the author's 65th birthday: An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor
Patrick Taylor was born in 1941. The book was originally published in 2008, when author was 67.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
CleoDragonTask: 30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A-3: My Birthday is August 11!!!!! Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH. Middle names can be ignored.
Book Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Date read 06/14/15
Rating 5 stars
How it fits
T- for authors first name initial
H- fot authors last name initial
B-1: Since Sirius is the brightest star in Canis Major, aka the "big dog," read a book with a dog on the cover.
Book Scaredy Dog: Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog by Ali Brown
Date read 06/10/16
Rating 5 stars
How it fits
dog on the coverPoints this task: 30
Total points: 30
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - Purple Reign
Book with "queen" in the title
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
Mai10.9. Smile
Book with Humor as a main genre
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
Request 1 GO Ticket (book published 1938)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Mod
5.2 - Cubism
#3: The Bloomsday Dead by Adrian McKinty
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
option 2, #92 on list: Fletch by Gregory McDonald
total = 165
Jaclyn TX10.5. But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
Malice by Danielle Steel
Atlantic Hurricane: Danielle
10.6. June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day.
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
Evil Never Dies by T.R. Ragan
Shelved as "Mystery>Crime" on main page by 9 users
This post: 20
Total points: 45
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
5.5 - Abstract NounsOne Night for Love by Mary Balogh
Abstract noun = love
15.2 - Colors and Sounds
1 - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
Color in title = forest
2 - Lick by Kylie Scott
Instrument on cover
POINTS: 85
SSKrout5.3 - Action!
The Fellowship of the Ring
Points the post: 5
Tasks this post: 1
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks to date: 4
Jonquil15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Science and Technology
Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
Paperback, 370 pages 6/23
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Books posted: 32
Tasks complete: 32
Pages this post: 370
Total pages as of this post: 8529
SCHATZIE30.2: Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Sworn to Silence
--Painters Mill, Ohio: winter
Pray for Silence
--Painters Mill, Ohio: autumn
both of these books take place in the same community where the Main Character, a sherriff, lives. The crimes are solved pretty quickly so they don't drag out over a long time. One happens in the fall, where there is harvesting and canning going on, the other is in the winter, with bitter cold, and snowmobiling.
**both books confirmed in msg 3 of help thread
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Post Total: 30
Challenge TOTAL: 710
Jonquil20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
B Boron/ O Oxygen/ Ar Argon...
I Iodine/ S Sulfer/ La Lanithanum/Nd Neodymium
Boar Island
Nevada Barr
Paperback, 384 pages 6/4
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Books posted: 33
Tasks complete: 31
Pages this post: 384
Total pages as of this post: 8913
Jonquil20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D: author first and last names start with a letter in S TRA W BERRIES Stuart Woods
Dishonorable Intentions
Stuart Woods
Hardcover, 320 pages 6/22
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
Books posted: 34
Tasks complete: 32
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 9233
Jonquil20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
I love Victorian houses, the more ornate the better. My current home is 106 years old, but is comparatively simple.
Option B:
A Fright to the Death
Dawn Eastman
Paperback, 304 pages 6/16
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Books posted: 35
Tasks complete: 33
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 9537
Reader Name: Daphne10.3. Time for vacation
Set in: Top 25 Vacation Destinations
Neverwhere - LONDON
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Author: 2016 hurricane names
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
Death Comes to London by Catherine Lloyd
The book is on page 12 #1128 on the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0
Creynard5.4 - In the Shadows
The Frozen Rabbi by Steve Stern
Author and all main characters are Jewish
20.1 - Most Improved-Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
The Line by J.D. Horn
Li-Lithium
Ne-Neon
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
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Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
Pages read: 8,021
perletwo30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap - Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
Some Lie and Some Die was first printed in 1973. I was born in 1970.
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth. If you were born in the 1990s or afterward, you can still read a book 30 years before your birth, if you choose, or you can read a book first published in 2016.
Jane and His Lordship's Legacy was first printed in 2005.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 390
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 18
Jasmiina F15.3 - June, July and August:
Book A- Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE:
Say I Love You, Vol. 9 by Kanae Hazuki.
Book B- Read a book by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts (first, middle, other, last) with exactly 4 OR 6 letters in every part:
君に届け 20 Kimi ni Todoke 20 by Karuho Shiina.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Shiraloo5.1 -- A Different View
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
REQUIRED: page 1 of the list
5.3 -- Action!
Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
30.6 -- Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
REQUIRED: I was born in 1980. I read books from the 1980s and from the 1950s.
Book 1: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
REQUIRED: First published in 1982
*The Mists of Avalon is a Big Book (1009 pages). Claiming 3 BBT*
Book 2: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
REQUIRED: First published in 1958
*The Once and Future King is a Big Book (639 pages). Claiming 1 BBT*
CURRENT POST
Points: 40
BBT: 4
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 200
BBT: 5
GO: 0
Post #525.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
Mind Fuck 264 pages/2007/series #1
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 372 pages/2013/stand alone
Points this post: 25
Total Points:75
Books read: 6
Tasks Done: 6
trishhartuk20.6 Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 3: The new limited series, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, will consist of four 90-minute episodes. Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages.
Red Rising, Pierce Brown - 382pg
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Total BB tickets: 2 [1,000+ x 0 (0 tickets); 750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 0 (0 tickets)]
KATIEGIRL10.8 - Happy Birthday
The 2nd book in a series.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
The Lunar Chronicles #2.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Total tasks: 6
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
Emsreviewsbooks5.3 - Action!
I read Abandon by Elana Johnson. Action is a main-page genre (verified at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...).
5.5 - Abstract Nouns
I read a publisher's advance copy of Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen. Beauty is on the list of abstract nouns.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 13
READ 60Task 15.4 Donate Blood
Option 2; Necessary as BLOOD by DeBO rAh
Crombie
Points this post: 15
Total points 55
LAUREN JODI15.9 - Listen Up
Audie Award winner:
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/1125
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/62
Mary P25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Option 3. Candyland:
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo.
Option 4. From Chicago to Las Vegas:
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
**Dandelion Wine was first published in1946. Claiming 1 GO Ticket**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 150
Total GO Tickets: 1
Laura NT20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages
Out to Canaan
The book has 368 pages (more than the minimum 360).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
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5.3 - Action!
MPG Action/Adventure
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World - Adventure
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 180