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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
Kim A15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko - Read a book by an author who has a name than ENDS in O
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Points this post - 15
Total Points - 570
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life - Option 2 Fahrenheit 451 #83 on the list (re-posted from message 1307 with list number)15.4 The Gift of Life - Donate Blood - Blood Brothers Option 2 - book has blood in the title and the author contains all the lettors A, B, O.
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer - Writing Right to Success - Stories of the Writing Life by those who followed their dream! - Option A - The word Success begins and ends with "s".
Points this Post - 55
Total Points - 130
Readerboard Name: NICOLA TTask#30.4 Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
This is a two book task. Read a book from two different options.
I chose 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. For this option i read Sea Swept by Nora Roberts which has Starfish on the cover : 
I then chose Option 4: June/Juno: Read a book written by a female author. For this option i read Full Moon Rising (Riley Guardian Series Bk 1) by Keri Arthur : 
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
GO total: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Read a book with a title that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter
byLeif EngerRiver begins and ends with R.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Task 30.1 – Schatzie – North to AlaskaOption 2 – “Sister” in title
Riding the Bus with My Sister
Option 4 – NONfiction about military life
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Approved HERE
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Task 30.9 – Catherine T – Should We Stay or Should We Go
Option 1- STAY
Book A – Set in UK / main page genre DYSTOPIA
Never Let Me Go
Genre approved HERE
Book B – Set in U.A. country / NOT w/ “dystopia” “horror” or “Post-apocalyptic)
Little Paris Bookshop - France
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This Post: 60 points
Total points to date: 265 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
5.7 - Purple ReignClockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
+5 Points
5.10 - School's Out!
Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow
+5 Points
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila
+20 Points
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 2: I will be spending a lot of time with my sister. So for this option, read a book with the word “sister” found intact in the TITLE
The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay
Option 3: I have a friend who runs in a race called the Mountain Marathon every 4th of July in Seward, Alaska. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON.
MM Mountain Marathon
The Sleeping Dragon by Miyuki Miyabe
+30 Points
Points This Post: 60
Grand Total: 395
Task 25.9 – Fandury – Everything is Possible in Love and WarcraftOption 3 – Class – From DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BOOKS list
Page 2 / # 102
Eleanor & Park
Option 4 – World – Set in at least two different countries
The Paris Wife - USA, FRANCE, CANADA, SWITZERLAND and SPAIN
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 290 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
[REPOSTING]20.3 - Best Review - Terri FL's task: New house
Option A: Praça de Londres by Lídia Jorge
(Praça de Londres could be translated as "London Square". It's a place in Lisbon, Portugal.)
TASK NUMBER :10.2 - Bobble HeadsTASK DESCRIPTION: Takes Place Away from Earth
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Orson Scott Card
DATE READ: 7/22/2016
REQUIRED INFO: From the description:
"On the Ark, a colony ship bound outward across the stars..." and
"...set against the awesome scope of interstellar space."
Approval for Use
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 320
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the GodsO-1=
by Kristin HannahO-4= The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer
*This is a BB with 543 pages*
25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of oppositesBook 1: Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
This book is short: 278 pages
This book is old: published in 1982
This book is a stand alone
Book 2: Time's Edge
This book is long: 450 pages
This book is new: published 2014
This book is #2 in a series
Total points this post: 25
Total challenge points: 210
GO's: 3
BB's: 2
25.11 - Amanda A's task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre PompidouFirst Floor: You’re in Paris!
Honor Thyself by Danielle Steeland
Second Floor: You’re surrounded by great art!
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillermantheft of ancient Indian artifacts
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A Options--Are you Sirius?
A-3:
Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankinand
B Options--Gone to the Dogs
B-3:
Thunder Bay by William Kent KruegerPublished July 24th 2007
Total Points = 860
Task 30.6 - Generation GapI was born in the 1950s.
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
Published 1954:
The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1954) by Jim Corbett (Paperback, 182 pages) [799.277]
Book 2. Read a book from the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth.
Published 1989:
Isle of Passion (1989) by Laura Restrepo (Hardcover, 298 pages)
130 + 30 = 160
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 130 + 30 = 160
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,793
Read but not claimed: 10
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Amy O.25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
Option 1: Swim - book with swimmer on cover
We Were Liars by E. LockhartOption 4: Sag wagon / volunteer - book from Funniest Novels of All Time listopia, https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - On page 1 of the list
**Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket - this book was first published in 1919**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 3
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyDate: July 22, 2017
Task 25.11 - Amanda A’s task as suggested by Karen Michele: Visit the Centre Pompidou
Option 3 - Third Floor: You can see collections of all kinds of modern art.
Easter Eggs and Bunny Boilers: A Horror Anthology by Matt Shaw - read 7/22
Desserts
He Is Risen
The Chickens and the Three Gods
Wicker Baskets
“Little Bunny”
Option 5: Fifth Floor: A Poor Art - see the summer 2016 special exhibit.
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin first published in 1972 - read 6/25
Total Points this post: 25
Total Points to date: 380
Post #1410.3. Time for vacation
Murder on Lexington Avenue
Set in New York City #9 on World's Best Vacation Spots list
Points this post:10
Total Points:270
Books read: 19
Tasks Done: 15
FANDURY30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
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"
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
This book is set in the UK and has Horror as a Main Page Genre.
Book B: Read a book set at least 70% in a EU country** (excluding the UK). Your EU book should NOT have any of the genres "Horror" or "Dystopia" or "Post-apocalyptic" in its main book page.
Faithful Place by Tana French
This book is set in Ireland and has neither horror, dystopia or post-apocalyptic as a main page genre.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
M1NKS20.1 - Periodically challenged
Cain - Cain (obviously...)
Ca - Calcium
I - Iodine
N - Nitrogen
20.5 - Shakespeare 400
Option 2. - Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym
The Unbearable Bassington by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) Published 1912
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 40
Total points: 240
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 19
M1NKS25.3 - Make it Pretty
Option Two | Crazy Shapes - read a book that has a square, circle, or heart on the cover
512 pages* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Option Five | Doodle - read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in DOODLEPAINTING
A Morbid Taste for Bones
25.9 - Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 4: The World - For this option read a book that is set in at least 2 different primary countries
In a Glass Darkly Published 1872
* I Claim 1 x Goldie Oldie Ticket *
This novel has 5 separate stories - Two are set in England, one in Ireland, one in France and one in Austria
Option 5: The Film
Silk - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494834
25.11 - Visit the Centre Pompidou
Fourth Floor: What a visual treat! - Read an illuminated novel or a graphic novel.
Finder, Volume 2: Cage in the Finder
Fifth Floor - Read a book first published in the years 1960 to 1974, inclusive.
The Godfather 562 pages
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this post: 75
Total points: 315
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 22
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading FunOption A: Read a book with a main page genre from the following list: ..., Classics, ...
Required: Identify the main page genre.
Native Son by Richard Wright
Option B: ...read a book in a series that is not the first book...
Bum Rap by Paul Levine
Bum Rap (Jake Lassiter #11)
Option C: ... read a book first published in 2016.
But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Points this task: 50
Total points: 180
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 6
NICOLE OH10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1: Elizabeth Is Missing (E,I and M found within Swinging Medallions)
Book 2: Option A
The Musician's Daughter (genre verified within help thread)
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 355
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 23
Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: On page 1 of the list, currently #52
Bookmarked For Death
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMPB) is: Bookmarked For Death
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
BARBARA ★30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 3: The Pirate Bride - Sandra Hill 7/23
A group of 200 abused (raped/beaten) women from Viking times escape and settle on a uninhabited hidden island. (bravery) They take to pirating to get the things they cannot grow or raise though never killing anyone in their raids. (courage) They take only what they need to survive and keep their island man-free.
Option 4: Tempt Me If You Can - Janet Chapman 7/4
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 350
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (2), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
babbling c10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations
Paris
The Chocolate Thief - audible The Chocolate Thief - paperback pg 303 by Laura Florand
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 4:Read a book with the word spring, summer, autumn, fall, or winter in the title, subtitle, or series name. Plurals, possessives and compound words work
Spring
A Wedding in Springtime -kindle A Wedding in Springtime -paperback pg. 391 by Amanda Forester
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Read a novel (fiction) featuring a serial killer.
A Murder in Time - kindle A Murder in Time: A Novel paperback pg 320 by Julie McElwain
approved in help thread
THIS POST
Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 3
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 255/1125
Completed Tasks:17/62
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
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Pages read this season: 8,102
Books read this season: 20
perletwo30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color - Read a book from two different lists below. Required: State which list and, if the list has more than one page, which page your books can be found on when you post.
Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail - citrus list
Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death Dual Edition - I read Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined from this dual edition; Life and Death is on p. 2 of the apple list.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 730
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 52
Tasks completed: 34
Dakimel5.4 In the Shadows
Eye of the Tiger - MC Natalie is Jewish; so is author Melanie Greene (I am Melanie Greene; I wrote Natalie's Jewishness into her story arc.)
10.9. Smile
Noble Intentions
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
1: Arms and the Man
2: Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
4: Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot - page 4 of list
6: A Study in Charlotte
A in "rather"
S in "Sounds"
I & C in "chill"
30.9 - Catherine T's task: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
2A: Carmilla - Horror / Austria
2B: Fool Me Twice - Romance / London
TALLY:
This post - 95 points
Total - 675
Oma 122925.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
I chose Options 5 and 6.
Option 5: Spectator
Read a nonfiction book about an athlete
In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir by Amanda Beard
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Option 6: Hammock
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in “Sounds fun but I would rather chill with a good book”.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The H is found in the word 'rather"
The O is found in 'sounds"
The D is found in 'good'
Claiming Heart of Darkness as GO book as it was published in
Total Points--Total Points--550/1125
Completed Tasks-24/62
GO Books (3)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Megs30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-3: My Birthday is August 11!!!!! Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH.
Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse by Lynn Viehl
Option B-3: Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
A Curse Dark as Gold - first published 2008
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Blueberry50.1 Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
A. Rebecca a classic and a golden oldie
B. Boar Island Anna Pigeon series #19
E. Room added to TBR list 4/1/16
Pts: 50
Total pts: 235
GO: 2
books read: 14
Pamela326510.3. Time for vacation
A Mother For Amanda by Anna Schmidt - Set in Yellowstone National Parkl
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 630
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Blueberry25.3 Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Opt 4: A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Opt 6: Reclaiming the "C" Word: Daring to be Church Again
Pts: 25
Total pts: 260
15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate BloodBook A Blood in the Title
The Blood Upon The Rose | Tim Vicary | 550 Pages | ♥ | Big Book Ticket
Book B Author Name contains all the letters: ABO : Nora Roberts
The Liar | 535 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | Big Book Ticket
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This Post
Points This Post: 15
BB This Post: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total Points
Total Points: 770/1125
BB Total: 6
GO Total: 2
Chris MD25.1 Pairs
Book 1: Title includes Eyes, Ears, Arms, Hands, Fingers, Legs, Feet, Toes, Kidneys
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Thurston
This book was first published in 1937. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for this book.
Book 2: Book with exactly two authors
The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 372 pages.
25.8 Finally, a Little Vacation
Option 1: "Superheroes" is listed as a main page genre
After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
Comics>Superheroes is the second most common genre listed.
Option 3: Author's initials found in CANDYLAND
World Gone By by Dennis Lehane
I listened to the audio version of the book. The paperback version has 320 pages.
Points for this post: 25 + 25 = 50
Total points: 50 + 160 = 210
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 4
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Readerboard name: Witchygal15.5 - Summer in the City
Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "urban" such as urban legends, urban, urban-fantasy, urban-planning, urbanism. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
I read Good Omens by Terri Pratchett. It is shelved "Fantasy> Urban Fantasy" by 682 users. This genre has been confirmed in the help thread of 15.5 task in message 16.
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: No
Big Book: No
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30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Option 1: Gemini/Twins. ➜ Read a book about brothers and/or sisters, or read a book with a bird(s) on the cover
I read
by Rumer Godden. It has a picture of a bird on the cover.Option 4: June/ Juno. ➜ Read a book written by a female author.
I read The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain who is a female.
Points: 30
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Statistics for this post
Points: 45
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 18
Points: 320
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
BARBARA ★25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
Option 2: Ghouls Gone Wild - Victoria Laurie (purple cover) 7/7
Option 4: Turn Coat - Jim Butcher (set in Chicago, Illinois) 7/23
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 375
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (2), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Catherine TTask 10.4 - Don't Leave Home Without One
read a book from the 2015 Genre list (fantasy)
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Task 25.1 - Pairs
book 1: read a book with one of the listed words in the title (ears)
Amber Earns Her Ears: My Secret Walt Disney World Cast Member Diary by Amber Michelle Sewell
book 2: read a book with two authors
The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings and Leigh Eddings
913 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
Task 25.11 - Visit the Centre Pompidou
option 2 - read a book around art theft
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Mary Rothschild
the key elements of the plot are around one of the character's WWII thefts of Jewish art work, and the eventual uncovering of them (Monuments Men from the other angle, I guess!)
option 5 - read a book published between 1960 & 1975
Poor Cow by Nell Dunn
first published 1967
Task 30.2 - It looked different the last time I was here...
read two books set in the same community in different seasons
Killer's Wedge by Ed McBain
set in October - autumn - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lady Killer by Ed McBain
set in summer - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
both set in 87th Precinct of Isola, NY
Task 30.10 - Dog Days of Summer
option A3 - author initials in phrase
Hammer & Nails by Andria Large
A in August, L in Eleventh
option B1 - read a book with a dog on the cover
The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Readerboard Name: Elishia 25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
For this task you need to read two books that are opposites. To be considered opposites:
Redwood Bend
Pages: 377
Published: 2012
Series: #16 Virgin River
Pages: 127
Published: 1917
Stand-alone
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
This is a THREE book task. Choose three different options below and read a book from each option.
Option A: Read a book with a main page genre from the following list: Business, Christian, Classics, Fantasy, History or Historical Fiction, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction or Self-Help.
Romance: Nobody's Angel
Approved for Length - 1546 on spreadsheet
Option B: For this option, read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series.
Virgin River #17 : Sunrise Point
Option E: For this option, read a book from your “To Read” list that was added to your list before June 1, 2016, the start of the Summer 2016 challenge.
Added to "To Read" shelf 19 April 2014
My Kind of Christmas
Points Earned This Post: 75
Points Achieved to Date: 265/1125
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Mod
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
option 3, carry from that I carry with me: The Carry Home by Gary Ferguson
option 4, initials AE in JOAN MITCHELL: The Guise of Another by Allen Eskens
25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
option 4, mental illness 2X
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick "a day in the life of a disturbed teenage boy"
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson "her lifelong battle with mental illness"
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
option 1, birds on the cover:
The Birds of Pandemonium by Michele Raffinoption 4, female author: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
total = 780
Readerboard Name: Elishia 5.3 - Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Adventure
Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan
5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle. For the purposes of this task, the noun must be found on this list: Examples of Abstract Nouns.
Friendship: Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 275/1125
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Sarah E20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option A: Mythology as a main page genre
Audio edition I listened to: Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
Paperback (no MMPB): Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Reader Name: Daphne10.7. Give me your tired, your poor
Immigrant Experience Literature
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Page 1
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little Vacation
3: Initials: CANDYLAND
Ghost Camera Darcy Coates
4: Setting: 50% in Illinois or Nevada
Way of the Wolf - Set over half in Illinois and Chicago
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 510
Reader Name: Daphne30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
2: Sea Life or Exoskeleton on cover
4: Female Author
Beast In View by Margaret Millar
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 540
Reader Name: Daphne50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
A: MPG: History
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
B: Series after #1
The Queen of the Swords #2 in Corum series
F: Book of my choice
The King of the Swords
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 590
Jonquil30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Generation Gap
Book 1. book published during the decade of your birth 1950s
(first published 1958)
Around the World With Auntie Mame
Patrick Dennis
Paperback, 336 pages 7/24
Book 2. published 30 years after your birth 1980s
(first published 1985)
Death is a Lonely Business
Ray Bradbury
Hardcover, 278 pages 7/18
Points this post: 30
Total points: 955
Books posted: 76
Tasks complete: 57
Pages this post: 614
Total pages as of this post: 22284
Jonquil30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
more than 500 pages 304 + 304= 608 pages
Book 1. DE
An Unhappy Medium
Dawn Eastman
Paperback, 304 pages 7/22
Book 2. ED
Dial Emmy for Murder
Eileen Davidson
Paperback, 304 pages 7/22
Points this post: 30
Total points: 985
Books posted: 78
Tasks complete: 58
Pages this post: 604
Total pages as of this post: 22888
Readerboard name: Scooter&Siam10.5 - Hurricane name: Lisa
Read Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline
Points: 10
Total: 55
Cindy C.Task 20.2: Rookie at the Top-Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option D: Read a book whose first and last name start with a letter in the word strawbeRRies. The author of my book is Rainbow Rowell.
Fangirl
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Task 20.7: Shorter is Sweeter-Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series listopia. My book is #7 on page 1.
Murder is Binding
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Task 30.8: BethNC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship?
A Paris Affair
2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for
High-Spirited Women of the West
Points this post: 70
Total points: 300
Total tasks: 13
10.6.June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day. Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre.
The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith
Points this post: 10
Points total: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Berries on the cover Page 1 #11
Blackberry Pie Murder
Joanne Fluke
Hardcover, 511 pages 7/21
Apples on the Cover page 1 #97
Bitter Harvest
Sheila Connolly
Paperback, 304 pages 6/21
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