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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
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - See the Light
Read a book with the word Lighthouse in the title OR with a lighthouse on the cover. I read Lighthouse Ghosts
by Norma Elizabeth McKittrick, which works on both counts!Task #20.6 - Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3, Read a book that consists of at least 360 pages. I read Uprooted by Naomi Novik, which has 438 pages.
Points this post: 35
Total points so far: 400
10.6 - June 8 is "Name Your Poison" dayRead SPQR I: The King's Gambit by John Maddox Roberts. This currently has 'Crime' as a MPG, but, just in case it disappears, it was approved in the genre verification thread, post 48.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 11
trishhartuk30.6 Donna Jo’s Task: Generation Gap
Book 1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth. Required: State the decade of your birth when posting.
From Doon with Death, Ruth Rendell
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
I was born in the 1960s – This book was first published in 1964
Book 2. Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth.
Jamaica Inn, Daphne du Maurier
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Thirty years before the 1960s = the 1930s
Jamaica Inn was first published in 1935
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Big book: No
Golden oldie: Yes – Jamaica Inn was first published in 1935
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 23
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
REPOSTCathyG
30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Read a book set predominantly (at least 80%) in one community during one season of the year: spring, summer, fall or winter.
Christmas at Copper Mountain by Jane Porter
set in winter
approved line 495 in spreadsheet
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community set during a different season of the year.
Her Montana Cowboy by Valerie Hansen
set in summer
Required: Explain how the books fit the task when you post. both books are set in small town Montana, one in summer and one in winter. Both books reference a short drive to Bozeman, so they must be close to each other.
Sarah E30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: North to Alaska
Option 1: Coming of Age as a main page genre
Audio I listened to: Navigating Early
Paperback (no MMPB): Navigating Early
AR BookFinder Information: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
Genre verified in message 134 of the verification thread
Option 3: Author initials found in MOUNTAIN MARATHON
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMPB) is A Spool of Blue Thread
Points this post: 30
Total points: 150
Sara ITA5.9 - Summer Reading
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.
Il grande Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (original title: The Great Gatsby)
#5 on page 1
** Il grande Gatsby is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1925). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 215
GO Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 3
Sara ITA5.3 - Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
La vera storia del pirata Long John Silver by Björn Larsson
(English title: Long John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure as a Gentleman of Fortune & Enemy to Mankind)
Tagged as Adventure > Pirates by 9 users and Adventure by 7 users
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 220
GO Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 3
Kim A30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship? - Fantasy Lover
4) You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with The Obsession every day.
Points This Post - 30
Total Points - 700
Delicious Dee20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3 - Bound - paperback is 400pgs
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 765
10.8 Happy Birthday:Blood Orange by Susan Wittig Albert #24
15.1 Live Your Passion--Rio 2016:
A. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende set in Chile.
B. It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
20.5 Bigger Is Better--TrishHartUK's Task--Shakespeare 400:
Angel's Devil by Suzanne Enoch
Paperback--Angel's Devil
20.6 Seasoned Reader--Tailulah A's Task: Gilmore Girls--A Year in the Life:
4. [:Scandal in Spring|105574] by Lisa Kleypas
Today's total: 65
Grand total: 705
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: Finally, A Little VacationO-1: Faith, Vol 1: Hollywood & Vine
*Verified on post #81 of the Help Thread*
O-2:
by Dias Gomes25.10 - M1nks's task
O-1:
*Approved on post #72 of the Help Thread*
O-2: El Gaucho by Milo Manara
Woman I could be named El Gaucho because the painting reminds me a lot of Southern people, and here we call them "gaúchos".
Points this post: 50
Total: 490
Emsreviewsbooks25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 1: I read Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham. Audrey, the main female character, is an artist and uses her art to help support her family.
Option 2: I read Veils and Vengeance by Rachelle J. Christensen. It takes place in Hawaii and Idaho.
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: I read The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. 'War' is a main-page genre.
Option 3: I read Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey. It is on page 2, position 126 of the Different Perspectives list.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 37
Tasks Complete: 27
15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate BloodOption 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B
Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title
Read a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O
Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
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 _____________.
At the Concord of the Rivers
Points this post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 245
GO's:3
BB's 2
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of SummerA Options--Are you Sirius?
A-3: My Birthday is August 11!!!!! Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ROBINAUGUSTELEVENTH.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen - initials H. I. are found in the given phrase. I request 1 GO ticket as the book was first published in 1879.
B Options--Gone to the Dogs
B-3: July 3-August 11 is 20 days before and 20 days after the conjunction of the sun and Sirius. Read a book that was first published in 2003, 2007, 2008, or 2011.
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan - first published in 2003.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 20
Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
Blueberry30.6
My birthday is in the 1960's.
1. Read a book first published during the decade of your birth.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 1962
2. Read a book first published during the decade either 30 years before your birth or 30 years after your birth. Girl in Hyacinth Blue 1999
Pts: 30
Total pts: 290
25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!Option 3, a book with the word "run" in the title: Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Option 6, 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": A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
A in rather
C in chill
A in a
Points this post: 25
Total points: 365
Reader Name: Daphne25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
1: Title: Body Part (Eyes, Ears, Arms, Hands, Fingers, Legs, Feet, Toes, Kidneys)
The Fingers of One Foot
2: Exactly 2 authors
Exodus Code by Carole E. Barrowman & John Barrowman
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
FANDURY25.4 - MegSCL's task: A pair of opposites
For this task you need to read two books that are opposites.
Book 1:
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
Short (189 pages), Recent (published 2012) and stand-alone
Book 2:
Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro
Long (387 pages), Older (published 2008) and part of Series (Andrea Cort).
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
PAULA S5.2 - Cubism
Brother Odd Odd Thomas #3
5.4 - In the Shadows
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home The main character is a rabbi.5.7. Purple Reign
Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince Prince in title or subtitle5.9 - Summer Reading
Animal Farm found on page 1 of the Popular Summer Reading List Books.5.10. School's Out!
Excellent Women10.2. Bobble heads
Mission of Gravity The book is completely set on the planet Mesklin, far away from earth.10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
2015 list, Women's fiction, read-alikes
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson10.6. June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late mpg Mystery > Crime 10.8. Happy Birthday
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry The Rabbi Small Mysteries #210.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
Saga, Volume 5 The little girl inside the monster's mouth is wearing glasses. Cover was approved in the help thread.15.2 - Colors and Sounds
Book A:
Beyond the Black Stump Black is a color on the listBook B:
Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs the man on the cover is holding a musical instrument15.3 - June, July and August
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A:
The Wizard of London 4 word titleBook B:
I Hades käftar by Steven Saylor, first and last name have 6 letters20.5. Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
A Rare Benedictine: The Advent Of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters. The author also published book under her real name Edith Pargeter and several other pseudonyms.
20.6. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3: A book with at least 360 pages.
Throne of Glass 404 pages.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.
The Killing Season The book is about the hunt for an escaped serial killer who uses his new-found freedom to go on a killing spree.
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
A-3:
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir authors initials in robinauguSTeleventhB-3:
Reserved for the Cat first published October 30th 200750.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A:
A Darker Shade of Magic fantasy is a main page genreOption B:
The heretic's Apprentice Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16Option D:
To kill a mockingbird I first read this book back in 2014 and gave it 4 stars. I still agree with that rating.5*5+5*10+2*15+3*20+30+50=245 points
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A - Strangers in Death - strangers, starts and ends with S
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 785
trishhartuk25.7 SpiderMac’s Task: Get Your Run On!
Option 4: Sag wagon/volunteer: Read a book from the Funniest Novels of All Time list. Required: Include the page of the list where your book is found when you post.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Page 1, #34 on the “funniest novels” list
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”.
Witch Is When It All Began, Adele Abbott
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Would (Witch) chIll (Is) WIth (When It) A (All) Book (Began)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 24
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Maya's Task : Make it Pretty
Option Two | Crazy Shapes
read a book that has a square, circle, or heart on the cover
by Rebecca Scherm numerous circles on coverOption Five | Doodle
read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in DOODLEPAINTING.
by Anne Tyler DOODLE PAINTINGPoints this post: 25
Total points: 645
Laura NT5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Read a book with an abstract noun in the title/subtitle
The Redemption of Sarah Cain
Redemption is an Abstract Noun (found under More Examples of Abstract Nouns on the linked list).
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Kristen IA25.10 - M1nks's task: Give Me Some Reds, Give Me Some Blues, Give Me Some... What the heck is THAT supposed to be!?
This is a TWO book task. Abstract art follows few rules so, for this task, make your choice of any combination of tasks, doubling up if you wish.
Required: State the options you chose when you post.
Option 3: Abstract art represents the world in a way which doesn't conform how we usually view reality. Read a book with the "Dystopia" or "Magical Realism" as a main-page genre. Genres may be stand-alone or embedded.
Option 3.1 - Read a book with "Dystopia" as a main-page genre.
Divergente (Allegiant) by Veronica Roth
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB version for page count
Option 3.2 - Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a main-page genre.
Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB version for page count
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160/1125
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Elizabeth B50.1
Option A: genre Romance Then the Stars Fall
Option B: book in a series Special Forces - Soldiers (Special Forces #1)
Option F: Trouble & the Wallflower
Points: 50
Total: 520
Elizabeth B10.3
set in New York City A Kind of Truth
30.4
Option 3. a book with the theme of bravery or courage Small Steps, MC is (originally temprary and later permanently ) in a wheelchair after an accident and tries to get on with his life
Option 4. a book written by a female author Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker, N.R. Walker is a female author
From her blog: "This week I will be writing like a crazy woman.." https://nrwalker.net/
Points: 40
Total: 560
REPOST20.5 Bigger Is Better:
5. Angel's Devil by Suzanne Enoch Has white rose. Paperback: Angel's Devil
No change in total.
25.5 Daimel's Task--A Homage to the Toast:A. Dragonfish by Vu Tran
B. No Life for a Lady by Agnes Morley Cleaveland
25.6 Jamie NYC's TAsk--The Last Abstract Expressionist:
2. Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J. W. Ocker This book travels to Maryland, New York City, Boston, and a number of other east coast cities that had some connection to Edgar Allen Poe.
3. The Phoenix Transformed by Mercedes Lackey. The word is Transformed.
25.8 Brooke TX's Task--Finally, a Little Vacation:
3. Tall, Dark and Immortal by Cat Devon Candyland
4.The Entity Within by Cat Devon takes place almost entirely in Chicago.
25.9 Fandury's Task--Everything Is Possible in Love and Warcraft:
1. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter
3. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles this is #1 on the Different Perspectives List.
Today's total: 100
Grand Total: 805
TARABLYTHE20.6 - 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 (a page for each minute of the series).
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
[book is 526 pages]
*I'd like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
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Total Points: 165
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On!
I chose Options 4 and 6.
Option 4: I read Fool by Christopher Moore, found on page 1, #46 on the list.
Option 6: I read Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante (that should be the audiobook edition - there's no ISBN on the book page - and the paperback is 418 pages long). The first letter of each word in the title is found in the given phrase:
Sounds fun buT I WouLd rATher chill With a good book.
Previous point total: 430
New points this post: 25
Total points: 455
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 22
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 4
CathyG 20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Read one book, and using this list: The Chemical Elements sorted alphabetically by symbol, spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements.
Required: State which word you have used, and list the elements that spell it out. How
H - Hydrogen
O- Oxygen
W- Tungsten
How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days by Laura Lee Guhrke
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
This is a ONE book task. You have 5 options:
Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
Dominated by Maya Banks
20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option C. The Golden Age is often used to refer to a Senior Citizen. Read a book that was first published after the author's 65th birthday.
Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich
April 22. 1943
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=...
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2. Read a book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.
The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
Going Overboard by Christina Skye
pg 5
Points this post: 100
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Big Book Tickets:
Kim A25.2 - Perletwo's task: I love beach music
Book 1 - Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS
Whistleblower by Tess Gerritsen
Book 2 - Read a book with the GR main page genre "Music"
The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
*Verified here
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 725
Pamela326550.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option B: Bride by Arrangement by Karen Kirst - Cowboy Creek #3
Option C: Royal Brides by Traci Hunter Abramson - Published April 1, 2016
Option F : A Home of Her Own by Keli Gwyn
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 775
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Lisa MDTASKS COMPLETED:
5.5 Abstract Nouns: "Life"
On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life by John O'Leary
5.8 Summer Baby: First published in 1958
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
10.5 But watch out - it's hurricane season!: Atlantic list - Fiona
The Widow by Fiona Barton
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Tasks This Post: 3
Points This Post: 20
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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 23/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 410/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 30
TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1
Brooke TX5.8 - Summer Baby
Read a book that was first published in 1958 or 1984.
10.1. Another Kind of Trip
Read a book from Best Reality Warping Fiction. Found on page 1:
10.2. Bobble heads
Read a book set in outer space or on a planet other than Earth.
10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations. Set in NYC:
10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
Read a book from the 2016 Best Genre Fiction list or the 2015 Best Genre Fiction list. From the 2016 Science Fiction short list:
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names.
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
Read a book with a person wearing glasses or sunglasses (on his or her eyes) on the cover.
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories. From Literature and Language Arts:
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. Found on page 3:
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pairs
Book 1: Read a book that has one of the following body part pairs in the title: Eyes, Ears, Arms, Hands, Fingers, Legs, Feet, Toes, Kidneys.
Book 2: Read a book that has exactly two authors listed on Goodreads.
30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Read a book set in one community during one season of the year.
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community during a different season.
Both books are set in the (fictional) town of Pemkowet, Autumn Bones during autumn and Poison Fruit during winter.
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards>
Book 1: Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential.
Book 2. Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
Points
This Post: 185
Total Points: 185
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 31
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)Option 3, Nothing says I love you like — : A Lowcountry Wedding by Mary Alice Monroe
Option 6, I got 99 problems but — isn't one of them: A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations by Juliet Nicolson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
perletwo5.10 - School's Out! - Read a book of your choice.
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Points this task: 05
Total points: 860
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 40
Sharice20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A: I read
with the word qualifying being -dead- in the title.Points this post=20
Points total=60
Delicious Dee10.1. Another Kind of Trip
Around the World in Eighty Days - found on pg3/position 209
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 795
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyDate: August 4, 2016
Task 15.10 - Lifelong Learning
Arts and Humanities
Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies by Nell Beram, read 8/2
Task Task 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 2 -I chose the painting by PIcasso that portrays a series of women (kind of like a “pack”) that could be considered “sirens” that would tempt men to their death among the rocks. The book I read is titled “ Tempted by the pack”. - length verified post 5690 - read 6/24/16
Tempted By the Pack by Anne Marsh
Option 4 - Looking for Alaska by John Green, read 7/31
Total Points this post: 40
Total Points to date: 395
CYNBAXTERTask # 15.03 – June, July and August
Book 1, Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
The title contains 4 words (Task A) and the author’s first and last name contains 6 letters each (Task B)
**This is a Big Book (624 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 185 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved -Sarah E’s task: Periodically challenged
This is a ONE book task. Read one book, and spell out one word of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements. Required: State which word you have used, and list the elements that spell it out.
Tall Man in Ray-Bans, Joseph Flynn
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Ray-Bans:
Ra - Radium (88), Y - Yttrium (39)-
Ba - Barium (56), N - Nitrogen, (7) S - Sulphur (6)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 25
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
loafer20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
OPTION 2: Read a book from Patrick Lenton's list: THE RORY GILMORE READING CHALLENGE.
One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
mmpb: Cien años de soledad
#213 on the list
points: 20
total points: 310
BB: 3
GO: 2
tasks completed: 19
Nick KY15.7 See the Light I read Killer in the Kitchen by Jessica Fletcher (Donald Bain), a lighthouse on the cover.
15.10 Lifelong Learning. Art That Changed the World by Iain Zaczek, from YALSAs 2014 Arts and Humanities .
25.5 Dakimel’s “The Toast” – Option A: I read Blake: Selected Poetry by William Blake, who is author # 52 on the list.
Option B: I read The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe, # 116 (p. 2) on the Best Canadian Literature list.
25.8 Brook TX’s Vacation Option 3 – Author’s initials in CANDYLAND – I read Collected Letters, 1944-1967 by Neal Cassady. CaNdyland
Option 4 – Set in Nevada – I read Under the Neon Sky...a Las Vegas Doorman's Story by Jay Rankin.
Points This Post: 80
Total Points So Far: 780
KATIEGIRL15.9 - Listen Up
A book that won an Audie Award.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year 2016
Points this post: 15
Total points: 410
Total tasks: 22
BB total: 3
GO total: 1
Bluegrass Pam10.6 June 8 is Name Your Poison Day
Book with MPG of Crime
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 115
Total GO: 1 / Total BB: 1
# Books: 8 / # of Tasks: 7
loafer20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Wendy UK's task: Celebrate Norwich!
Read a book by one of the above listed authors, OR choose another author from this list of UEA Creative Writing Alumni.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
points: 20
total points: 330
BB: 3
GO: 2
tasks completed: 20
10.3. Time for vacationHelp Thread
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations
World's Best Vacation Spots The destinations are listed in post 2 of the Help Thread for your convenience.
I read Mata Hari's Last Dance. More than 50% was set in Paris, which was #2 on the list.
Points: 275
Books read: 22
tasks completed: 18
tasks in progrès: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
pages read: 7416
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30.2 - Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Read a book set predominantly (at least 80%) in one community during one season of the year: spring, summer, fall or winter.
Christmas at Copper Mountain by Jane Porter
set in winter
approved line 495 in spreadsheet
Book 2: Read a book set in the same community set during a different season of the year.
Her Montana Cowboy by Valerie Hansen
set in summer
Required: Explain how the books fit the task when you post. both books are set in small town Montana, one in summer and one in winter. Both books reference a short drive to Bozeman, so they must be close to each other.