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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2016
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Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - A Season of Growth and Color
Book 1 - Read a book from the Listopia Pomegranates on the Cover. I read The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan.
Book 2 - Read a book from the Listopia Citrus on the Cover. I read Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories by Karen Russell.
Points this post: 30
Points so far: 55
ESHAY15.9 Won an Audie
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Won for humor in 2015
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Pamela32655.2 - Cubism
The Cowboy's City Girl by Linda Ford - #3 in the Montana Cowboys Series
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Option 1: Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart by Carolyne Aarsen - Word: Heart from "You and Your Heart"
Option 2: A Change of Fortune by Jen Turano - My friends Patty and Sireena both gave this book 5 stars.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 85
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Shannon South Africa20.1 Periodically Challenged
Baking Cakes In Kigali by Gaile Parkin
Word: Kigali
Elements: K-I-Ga-Li
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 40
Reader Name Chrissy20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
REQUIRED: State the option you chose when posting.
Option 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia. Be careful as it is possible that some of the books do not meet the SRC rules.
Required: State which page of the list the book can be found on when you post.
page #1
#10 I listened to the audiobook of The Quiche of Death
link to MMPB: The Quiche of Death
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Points this Post 20
Total Points 50
Total GO 1
Total BB -
trishhartuk25.4 MegSCL’s Task: A pair of opposites
For this task you need to read two books that are opposites. To be considered opposites:
1. One book must be long (300 pages or more) and one must be short (less than 300 pages)
2. One book must be recent (first published in 2011 or later) and one must be older (first published in 2010 or earlier)
3. One book must be part of a series (any number) and one must be stand-alone
Required: When posting you must specify how your books differ on all 3 categories.
Seveneves, Neal Stephenson
1: PB length, 880pg, 2: published in 2015, 3: standalone (and also a male author!)
Big book: Yes, Seveneves is a big book - 750+ (2 tickets)
Golden Oldie: No
Death of an Outsider, MC Beaton
1: PB length, 194pg, 2: Published 1988, 3: Hamish McBeth #3 (and a female author!)
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: No
Big Book: 1 x 750+ = 2 tickets
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 2 [>1,000 x 0 (0 tickets); >750 x 1 (2 tickets), >500 x 0 (0 tickets)]
SSKrout(Re 5.4 In The Shadows)
I withdraw my request for the Big Ticket Book... I misread the pages required and the book I submitted for that portion of the challenge does not have enough.
5.1 Cubism
The Case of the Teenage Terminator
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
perletwo25.7 - SpiderMac's task: Get Your Run On! - Option 4: Sag wagon / volunteer - It's helpful to have a good sense of humor when you're part of a support team. For this option, 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.
Busman's Honeymoon is on page 3 of the list.
First printed in 1937, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
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”. The title of your book must contain three or more words. All words count but subtitles can be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Required: Point out where the letters from the title can be found in the phrase when you post.
The Bone Collector - T in buT, B in But, C in Chill
Points this task: 25
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 9
Sheila5.1 - A Different View
A Darker Domain by Val McDermid#423 - Page 5
5.2 - Cubism
Free Falling, As If in a Dream: The Story of a Crime by Leif G.W. Persson(Fall of the Welfare State #3)
5.3 - Action!
Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler5.4 - In the Shadows
Sacred and Profane by Faye KellermanThe Jewish connection is at the top of this page that tells about the series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/4035...
5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Envy by Gregg OlsenEnvy
5.6 - Abstract Design
I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørkapproved in help thread
5.7 - Purple Reign
Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal5.8 - Summer Baby
Bittersweet Rain by Sandra Brown(first published January 1st 1984)
Total Points = 40 Points
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.08 – Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Book 1, Option 1: What ended my last relationship? The King of Lies by John Hart
Book 2, Option 6: I got 99 problems but _____ isn’t one . Being Dead by Jim Crace
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 50 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Kristi CO20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option B: Prominent Golden Age Author
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
20.1 Periodically Challenged How to Party with an Infant by Kaui Hart Hemmings
How - Ho - Holimium, W - Tungstun
25.2 I Love Beach Music
Book 1- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The letters S & G are both in SWINGING MEDALLIONS
Book 2 - My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
This book is set in Charleston, SC
Post Total: 45
Grand Total: 45
Ava Catherine30.7 Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1: Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential.
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 346 pages
Book 2: Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell 357 pages
703 total pages
total points: 30
5.3 - Action!Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed - 6/9/16
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Delicious Dee10.2. Bobble heads
Wreck of the Nebula Dream - set entirely in outer space
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 75
Ava Catherine10.4 Don't Leave Home Without One
Read a book from 2015 Best Genre Fiction; Women's Fiction; Short List
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
total=40 points
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I read
by Jeffrey Eugenides My comments can be found in Message 3 of the help thread.Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
BARBARA ★5.10 - School's Out!
Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun - Victoria Laurie (choice) 6/5
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 2: Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2
(J.R. Ward also writes as Jessica Bird)
Author Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 35
Mod
5.1 - A Different View
pg 3, #224: The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby
5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Memory: The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah
10.10. Can You Read the Top Row?
This Too Shall Pass by Milena Busquetstotal = 45
TASK NUMBER : 10.9 - SmileTASK DESCRIPTION: Read book with Humor/Funny/Comedy as MP Genre
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Alice Clayton
DATE READ: 6/8/2016
REQUIRED INFO: MP Genre Humor > Funny (215 users)
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Ava Catherine 5.1 A Different View
Page 1; # 93 from the list Books with Multiple Persperctives.
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
total=45
Susan W.15.1 Live Your Passion
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in South America.
I read Perla by Carolina De Robertis
The book is set fully in Argentina
Book 2: Read a book with the genre Sports and Games, Sports, or Sports Romance on the main page
I read Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by
Stephen Cope
Sports > Fitness is on the main page (in case it falls off, I had the genre approved in the genre verification thread, message #12)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Kim A30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Wipe Out
Book 1 - Option 1 - The Playlist - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of surf song titles: Best Surf Songs
by Cormac McCarthy*Matched the word "Road" in the title to the song "Summerland Road"
Book 2 - Option 2 - Hang 5 - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
by Marie Lu*GR friend Rose Hawthorne rated 5 stars
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Kim A30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
Book 1 - Option 1 - Read a book with a bird(s) on the cover
by Linda HowardBook 2 - Option 4 - Read a book written by a female author
by Sarah DessenPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Alyssia5.5 - Abstract Nouns
Beauty by Robin McKinley
5.10 - School's Out!
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar
20.1 - Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
What Would You Do?: Words of Wisdom About Doing the Right Thing by John Quinones
W = Tungsten
H = Hydrogen
At = Astatine
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Christine V10.4. Don't Leave Home Without One
A Burnable Book, found on the 2015 Mystery short list. I read the indicated kindle edition - Link to top Paperback (no MMP available)
10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season!
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, matching "Agatha" from the Pacific list. I read the indicated audio edition - Link to top MMP
The Mysterious Affair at Styles was first published in 1920. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Option 3: Book of at least 360 pages
Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley
***This is a big book (528 pages)***
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45/1125
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 2/62
Big Book Ticket: 1
CHANDNI5.10 - School's Out!
Read a book of your choice.
Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands by Bill Willingham
10.8. Happy Birthday
Read the 2nd, 4th, 24th, 40th or 240th (good luck finding that one!) book in a series.
Once Upon a Time: Red's Untold Tale by Wendy Toliver
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
Shiraloo5.9 -- Summer Reading
Looking for Alaska by John Green
REQUIRED: Page 1 of the list
10.10 -- Can You Read the Top Row?
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
REQUIRED:
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 50
BBT: 1
GO: 0
JennLynn20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Option A: "Excellence" (begins and ends with the letter e)
The Global Fourth Way: The Quest for Educational Excellence
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 50
trishhartuk25.2 PerleTwo’s Task: I love beach music
This is a two-book task. Book 1: Read a book that the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SWINGING MEDALLIONS.
A Grave Mistake, Leighann Dobbs
swinGing MedAllions
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
And Book 2: Read a book with the GR main page genre “Music” or “Dance”; OR Read a book set at least 50% in North Carolina or South Carolina.
A Haunting Dream, Jim and Joyce Lavene
100% set in North Carolina
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Total BB tickets: 2 [1,000+ x 0 (0 tickets); 750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 0 (0 tickets)]
Creynard30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards
Book 1: The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Author's initials are alphabetically sequential: D.M.
Book 2: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Author's initials are the reverse of book 1: M.D.
Combined pages of both books 567
Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Pages read: 3,126
perletwo30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards - Book 1. Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential - CD, RS, etc. Only the first and last initials need to be considered - middle names and initials should be ignored. If there are multiple authors of a book, all authors must have the same initials.
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Book 2. Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order. Again, ignore middle initials. If there are multiple authors of a book, all authors must have the same initials.
Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan
Book 1 paperback ed. = 324 pgs.
Book 2 paperback ed. = 287 pgs.
Combined total pages = 611
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 10
5.1 A Different ViewThe Godfather
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Pages this book: 448
Book found on page 1, #13 on "Books with Multiple Perspectives"
Total tasks completed: 3
Sandra5.1 - A Different View
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
This book can be found on page #1 of the list (at position #65)
Claiming a Big Book ticket for The Night Circus: 512 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 5
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Shakespeare 400
Option 4 - Read a book with "urban fantasy", "horror", "paranormal", or "supernatural" as a main page genre. I read The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater.
Points this post: 20
Points so far: 75
Ava Catherine5.4 In The Shadows
Read a book with a Jewish main character, about Jewish culture, or about the Jewish experience.
As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner
A story of Jewish life during summers in the 1940s on the Connecticut seashore where the men join the women on Friday night in time for traditional Jewish dinners and leave the women and children during the week to return to work in the city. Meanwhile, the women and children enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the beach. Jewish custom and culture are woven throughout the book.
Almost all the characters are Jewish.
5.6 Abstract Design
Read a book with an abstract cover design.
The Gates of Evangeline
(approved message #78 in task help thread)
15.4 The Gift of Life
Book A: a book with the word "blood" intact in the title.
Bloodroot by Amy Greene
Book B: a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A, B, O.
Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President by Betty Caroli
total=70
TASK NUMBER : 20.1 - Periodically ChallengedTASK DESCRIPTION: Read book with word spelled out by Elements
BOOK #1 READ:
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
AUTHOR: Skip Hollandsworth
DATE READ: 6/7/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Word Spelled - PANIC from the Subtitle
PA - Protactinium (91)
NI - Nickel (28)
C - Carbon (6)
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
TASK NUMBER : 20.4 - The Golden AgeTASK DESCRIPTION: Read book with Mythology as MP Genre
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: A.W. Exley
DATE READ: 6/10/2016
REQUIRED INFO:Option A - Mythology - Verified for Genre
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Ava Catherine10.6 June 8 is "Name Your Poison" Day
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Stand alone or embedded
All Things Cease to Appear by All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
total=80
Sheila5.10 - School's Out!
No One Knows by J.T. Ellison10.3. Time for vacation
Lost and Gone Forever by Alex Grecianset in London - (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad #5)
Total Points = 55 Points
Sandra5.4 - In the Shadows
The Stranger by Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben is Jewish and his name appears in the list provided in msg #3 of the Task Help Thread.
The following link also provides information about his background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_...
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 10
Task 5.3 - Action!Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure."
Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats #1) (2014) by Sebastien de Castell (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 372 pages)
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 01
Pages read: 372
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mariya10.9. Smile
I read Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
CANDY20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
My comments can be found in Message 4 of the discussion thread.
**Middlesex is a Big Book (529 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 40
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyJun 10, 2016
Task 5.10 - School’s Out
Slow Cooker Cookbook: 101 Delicious and Simple Slow Cooker Recipes read 6/9
Task 30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-3 - Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (initials RB)
read 6/8
Option B-3 - America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money: Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, and Cashing in on Your Dreams by Steve Economides, first published in 2007 - read 6/8
Points this post: 35
Points to date: 35
RockynookTask 20.2 - Sweet Summer
Option D - author first and last initials in the word STRAWBERRIES
Cold Black Earth - Sam Reaves
Total Points: 20
TASK NUMBER :10.5 - But Watch Out - It's Hurricane Season!TASK DESCRIPTION: Author Name on Hurricane Name List
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Nicole Edwards
DATE READ: 6/9/2016
REQUIRED INFO: Author NICOLE on Atlantic Hurricane List
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 60
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3 - Creation in Death - from the description: Eve is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier, when a man whom the media tagged “The Groom” put the city on edge with a killing spree that took the lives of four women in fifteen days - an addition 2 are killed during the course of this book
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 65