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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
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet SummerOption E:
Name your favorite ice cream flavor and read a book that has a word from the ice cream flavor in the title/subtitle.
My favorite flavour is CHOCOLATE- I read:
The Chocolate War
Points this post: 20
Total Challenge point: 410
GO's: 4
BB's: 2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lauren Jodi's task: The Queen of CrimeOption 1: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED - Read a book from the Best Cozy Mystery Series Listopia.
Page 5 – And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
I claim 1 GO ticket for And Then There Were None as it was first published in 1939.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 605
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 39
Oldies: 8
Big Books: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won an Audie Award. I read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 675
5.6 - Abstract DesignRead a book with an abstract cover design.
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4. Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre. The genre can be stand-alone or embedded.
This book has been shelved as Fantasy > Paranormal by 12 users and was approved in help thread in message #2.
* Both books are ARC's
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Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 335
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 20
GO Total: 2
BB Total: 2
Queen Bee Darlene 10.5.But watch out - it's hurricane season! Author name must match name of Hurricane
The Walk by Richard Paul Evans (Atlantic list)
The Walk
10 points
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Tallulah A's task: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Option 3: Read a book with at least 360 pages
Smoke by Dan Vyleta 448 pages
Smoke
20 points
30.4 Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods -
Option 1: book about brothers: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The Wright Brothers
Option 4: book written by female author: Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith Strangers on a Train
30 points
30.8 Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Fill in/answer questions with book title:
1) What ended my last relationship? What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan What She Knew
and 3) Nothing says I love you like: Me Before You by JoJo Moyes Me Before You
30 points
50.1 Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A: Christian Genre Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson Danger in the Shadows
Option C: Book published in 2016 The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
The Nest
Option F: Read any book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
50 Points
Points this post: 140
Total Points: 305
Task 30.7 – Sandy – Forwards and BackwardsREQUIRED: Total pages must be 500+
Book 1 – Author initials are sequential – can ignore middle initial - B.C.
Bonnie Jo Campbell / Mothers, Tell Your Daughters - 272 pg
Book 2 – Initials are the reverse of above - C.B.
Chris Bohjalian / The Double Bind - 384 pg
TOTAL pages both books: 656 pages
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 635 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
Janice CA15.6 - Picasso, Miro and Rothko
Author's name ends in an "o".
Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a Forensic Pathologist by Janis Amatuzio
+15
total: 165
tasks: 9
books: 11
Oldies: 3
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
I chose Options 3 and 4.
Option 3: I read The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. The novel concerns Cora's hellish escape from a nightmarish existence as a slave in Georgia - the amount of courage needed simply to live through such an experience is unfathomable.
Option 4: I read A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean.
Previous point total: 575
New points this post: 30
Total points: 605
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 30
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 2
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 6
Task 15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate BloodOption 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A - Read a book with "blood" intact in a word in the title
Some of Your Blood (1961) by Theodore Sturgeon (Mass Market Paperback, 143 pages)
AND
Book B - Blood Types: Read a book by an author whose name contains ALL the letters A B O.
Into the Dim (Into The Dim #1) (2016) by Janet B. Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 428 pages)
405 + 15 = 420
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 405 + 15 = 420
Books read: 32
Pages read: 9,342
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.3. Time for vacationLast Night at Chateau Marmont set >80% in NYC
I listened to the audio, link to MMPB Stiletto blues à Hollywood
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: The Zookeeper's Wife
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available) The Zookeeper's Wife
Option 5: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available) American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Link to the movie on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/?...
Points this post: 35
Points total: 790
GO total: 1
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 60
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.8 Commencement
Read a book with the genre "New Adult" on its main book page: Beautiful Disaster
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:270/1125
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.9 Listen Up
Read a book that has WON an Audie Award- an award recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). The Audie Award identification MUST appear in the book's Goodreads metadata--Page 3 Audie Award for Romance 2013: The Witness
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:285/1125
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.10 Lifelong Learning
Read a book from one of YALSA's 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners categories--Arts and Humanities:Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Points Earned This Post:15
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.1 Most Improved - Sarah E's task: Periodically challenged
Spell out one word** of at least 3 letters from the title or subtitle of your book using the symbols of the chemical elements--Word "BORN":Boy Born Dead
B=Boron
O=Oxygen
Rn=Radon
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 320/1125
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.2 Rookie at the Top - Chrissy's task: Sweet Summer
Author whose first and last name start with a letter in the word STRAWBERRIES--Tamara Ireland Stone:Every Last Word
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date:340/1125
Sara ITA30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Summer of the Gods
• Option 1: Gemini/Twins — Read a book with a bird on the cover.
Io e Mabel ovvero L'arte della falconeria by Helen Macdonald
(original title: H is for Hawk)
• Option 4: June/Juno — Read a book written by a female author.
Lady Butterfly: Diario di una cacciatrice di farfalle by Margaret Fountaine
(Original title: Love among the Butterflies: The Travels and Adventures of a Victorian Lady)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 310
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 3
FANDURY20.6 - 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
Sandstorm by James Rollins
The MMP has 608 pages: Sandstorm
I claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 520
Books Read: 35
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jen UT25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 2: The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Option 4: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by Jack Thorne
Points this post: 25
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Total points: 240
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50 - Summer Reading Fun
Book 1 - Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
Option A - Fantasy is a main page genre (shelved by 9,135 users)
Book 2 - Blackberry Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke
Option B - This is book #17 in the Hannah Swensen series.
Link to PB edition - Blackberry Pie Murder
Book 3 - The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital - Alexandra Robbins
Option F - This was a book of my choice
Link to PB edition - The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 385 points
Tasks completed: 24
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Cait S20.3- New House
Option B
Read a book with a cover showing your ideal place to live.
by Meg RosoffPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 410
Big Book Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 23
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.06 – Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Book 1, Option 3: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 3 letters that can also be found in this quote from Joan Mitchell. Words must match exactly.
My paintings are titled after they are finished. I paint from remembered landscapes that I carry with me - and remembered feelings of them, which of course become transformed. I could certainly never mirror nature. I would more like to paint what it leaves with me.
The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay – the word is "Mirror"
**This is a Big Book (582 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Book 2, Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
The Fireman by Joe Hill
**This is a Big Book (768 pages). Claiming 2 BB ticket
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 315 points
BB tickets this post: 3
Total BB tickets to date: 6
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
trishhartuk10.3. Time for vacation
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations World’s Best Vacation Spots: London...
An Expert in Murder, Nicola Upson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Setting in GR listed as: London, 1932. London is #1 on the best vacation spots list
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Big book/Golden oldie: No
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 34
Golden oldies: 4
Total BB tickets: 4 [750+ x 1 (2 tickets); >500+ x 2 (2 tickets)]
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - School's Out!
Secret Daughter - Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Link to MMP - Secret Daughter
30.3 - Wipe Out
Book 1 - All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Option 2 - My friend Chris rated this book 5 stars
Link to MMP edition - Toute la lumière que nous ne pouvons voir
Book 2 - Haunted - Meg Cabot
Option 4 - Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Link to PB edition - Haunted
This post: 35 points
Total points to date: 420 points
Tasks completed: 26
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
20.6Option 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 pages
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 434 pages
30.4
Option 3: Theme of bravery or courage
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Main character Wade must face dangers in both the virtual world and the real world, risking his life throughout the book to finish the quest. All the main protagonists in the story also have to get over their fears of meeting people in the real world instead of only using their avatars online.
Option 4: Female author
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 285
Tasks completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Book A - Tart - found on pg 1/position 45 of the Berries listopia
Book B - Winter - found on pg 1/postion 2 of the apples listopia - (Big Book Ticket - 750+pgs), most popular pbk has 823pgs, i read the ebook
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 970
Task 20.6 - Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeOPTION 3: Read a book your choice that consists of at least 360 page.
Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya (2016) by William Carlsen (Hardcover, 544 pages) [972.81]
** Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket **
420 + 20 = 440
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 420 + 20 = 440
Books read: 33
Pages read: 9,886
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
etwatson20.4 - Golden Oldie - Heather(Gibby)'s task: The Golden Age
Option C. Read a book that was first published after the author's 65th birthday. Required: State the author's birth date when you post.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, born January 1, 1934
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option B: Read a book in a series that is not the first book in the series
The Heir (number 4 in the series)
Option E: 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. Required: Identify when the book was placed on your “To Read” list.
The Snow Child (added October 8, 2014)
Option F: Read any book of your choice.
The Winter People
Points: 70
Total Points: 90
Task 25.3 – Maya – Make it PrettyOption 2 - Crazy Shapes - HEART on cover (her necklace)
Approved HERE
Option 6 - Signature – Title starts with letter in BOOKCONCIERGE
Isla and the Happily Ever After
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 660 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
CEELEETask 5.10 School's Out!
Read a book of your choice! YES!!!!
I chose SUMMER BY THE SEA by one of my favorite romance authors Susan Wiggs. I love summer themed books especially in summer! :)
Summer by the Sea
# Books read for this task: 1
# Points for Task: 5
# Big Book Tickets claimed: 0
# Golden Oldies Tickets claimed: 0
Total Tasks completed for Summer Challenge: 2
# Books read for Summer Challenge: 2
# Points earned for Summer Challenge: 10
# BB Tickets claimed for Summer Challenge: 0
# Golden Oldies Tickets claimed for Summer Challenge: 1
loafer25.2 - 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.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
swinging MeDallions
Book 2) option B. Read a book set at least 50% in North Carolina or South Carolina.
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
at 800 pages, this is a "Big Book"
points: 25
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30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Choose two options below and read a book whose title would work for an answer.
Book 1: 1) What ended my last relationship?
A Death in Sweden by Kevin Wignall
Book 2: 2) In the L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for _____.
Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh
points: 30
total: 635
BB: 7
GO: 7
tasks completed: 33
BARBARA ★15.4 - The Gift of Life- Donate Blood
Book A - Blood Bank - Tanya Huff (blood in title) 8/26
Book B - Dead Heat - Allison Brennan 8/27
(AllisOn Brennan)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 530
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (3), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Dakimel5.9 Summer Reading
To All the Boys I've Loved Before - pg3 of list
10.1 Another Kind of Trip
The Intuitionist - pg2 of list
30.5 - Daphne's task: A Season of growth and color
Pomegranate: Last Night in Montreal
Apple pg1: Winter
TALLY:
This post - 45 points
Total - 1030
25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and WarcraftOPTION 1: Read a book with the main page genre of War.
Hystopia by David Means
OPTION 4: Read a book that is set in at least 2 different primary countries for significant portions of the book.
Girl at War by Sara Nović
Significant portions are set in both USA and Croatia.
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 305
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 18
Brooke TX15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2: Read ONE book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE by an author whose Goodreads name is composed of name parts (first, middle, other, last) with exactly 4 OR 6 letters in every part.
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
15.7 - See the Light
Read a book with the word "lighthouse" in the title, subtitle or series name OR with a lighthouse on the cover.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - TrishHartUK's task: Shakespeare 400
Option 4: Read a book with "Urban Fantasy," "Horror," "Paranormal" or "Supernatural" as a main-page genre.
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 915
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 76
Lisa MDTASKS COMPLETED:
30.2 Jonquil’s Task: It looked different the last time I was here...
Book 1: Summer - Nantucket
Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
Book 2: Winter - Nantucket
Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand
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Tasks This Post: 1
Points This Post: 30
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TOTAL Tasks Completed: 34/62
TOTAL Points Completed: 670/1125
TOTAL Books Read: 48
TOTAL Golden Oldie Tickets:
TOTAL Bigger Is Better Tickets: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top Option A: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word that starts and ends with the same letter.
Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
The word is SonS, beginning and ending with the letter S
(EasE works as well, beginning and ending with the letter E)
20.6 - 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.
The Awakening
Required: Include the book's number on Patrick's list in your post.
This book is #15 on the list
The Awakening was first published in 1899. Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket.
Points this post: 40
GO this post: 1
Total points: 160
Total GO: 1
Oma12295.5 - 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: Nouns
Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
Required: State the abstract noun you used when you post.
By Loyalty Bound by Elizabeth Ashworth
The noun that I chose was Loyalty
Total Points--Total Points--605/1125
Completed Tasks-29/62
GO Books (3)
Big Books 500-750 pages (1); 750+pages()
Julia10330.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
Option 4: You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with The Death Miser every day
Option 5: What will you bring back in time to convince people you are truly a wizard? Shattered Spear
(These were approved in task help thread, post 40)
30.10 - Robin ♥'s Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option A-3: The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl
Option B-1:
This post: 60 points,
Total points: 510
BB: 4
GO: 2
Total tasks completed: 24
30.7 - Sandy's Task: Forwards and Backwards**Your books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.**
Book 1. Read a book whose author's initials are alphabetically sequential
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Initials B.C.
342 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose author's initials are the same as those of book 1, but in the reverse order.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Initials C.B.
507 pages
First published in 1847
Claiming one GO ticket and one Big Book Ticket for Jane Eyre
30.8 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against Humanity (The Book Version)
1) What ended my last relationship? Sex Object
6) I got 99 problems but Britt-Marie Was Here isn’t one .
Points this post: 60
GO tickets this post: 1
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 220
Total GOs: 2
Total BBs: 1
Amy O.25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 2: Race - book that shows at least two people of different race or ethnicity
Favorite Wife: Escape From Polygamy by Susan Ray SchmidtOption 3: Class - book from Different Perspectives list, https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
The Host by Stephenie Meyer (on page 1 of the list)
**Claiming 1 BB ticket for The Host - mass market paperback is 619 pages. Link: The Host
Points this post: 25
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 29
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 3
Pamela326525.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
Option 2:
by l.A. Graf - On this cover there is a Talaxian, Ocampan, Klingon-Human , Vulcan, Humans of various ethnicities (Asian, Native American, Caucasian)Points this post: 25
Total Points: 965
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
perletwo5.7 - Purple Reign - Prince Rogers Nelson was considered pop royalty to many people. In his honor, read a book with one of the following royal ranks in the title/subtitle: Emperor, Empress, King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Duke, Duchess, Marquess (Marquis), Marchioness (Marquise), Earl, Countess, Viscount, Viscountess, Baron, Baroness. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
The Queen of the Tearling
Points this task: 05
Total points: 1115
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 87
Tasks completed: 62
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 But Watch Out - It's Hurricane Season
Read a book where the author shares a name with one of the 2016 hurricane names. I chose Walter, and read Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 685
Megs5.3 - Action!
Read a book with the main page genre "Action" and/or "Adventure." Here, There Be Dragons by James A Owen
25.6 - Jamie NYC's task: The Last Abstract Expressionist
Option 2: Read a book which takes place in more than one clearly defined location (different states, different countries, etc.)
I'd Rather Wear Pajamas by Chelsea Walker Flagg - takes place in Boulder, CO and Seattle, WA.
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in JOAN MITCHELL.
Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235
Christine V10.8. Happy Birthday
A Clash of Kings, #2 in A Song of Ice and Fire. I read the indicated Kindle edition - link to top MMP.
The top MMP edition of A Clash of Kings establishes a page count of 1,010 pages. ***Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets***
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets this post: 3
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=4)
VAL TX10.3. Time for vacation - Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top 25 vacation destinations World's Best Vacation Spots
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [Set at least 50% in London.]
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 180
GO Tickets - 1
perletwo10.6. June 8 is "Name Your Poison" day. - Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre. Genre can be standalone or embedded.
Standing Strong: An Unlikely Sisterhood and the Court Case That Made History
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1125
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 88
Tasks completed: 63
Coralie10.4 Don't Leave Home without One
From the 2016 Best Genre Fiction
Science fiction short list
The Water Knife
This post 10 points
Total to date 755 points
Readerboard name: witchygal10.9. Smile
Read a book with Humor or Funny or Comedy as a main page genre.
I read Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris. It has been shelved as Humor by 353 users.
Points: 10
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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15.3 - June, July and August
Option 2. Read one book that fulfills both Book A and Book B. Book A- Read a book with exactly 4 or 6 words in the TITLE. 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.
I read How to Be Good by Nick Hornby. Title has four words and author has a first name with four letters and six in his last name.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total of the post
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: No
Big Book: No
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Total for the 2016 Summer challenge so far:
Books read: 31
Points: 110
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
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25.9 - Fandury's task: Everything is Possible in Love and Warcraft
Option 1 - The Midwife's Revolt (genre War)
Option 2 -
50.1 - Pamela3265's task: Summer Reading Fun
Option A - The Curse of the Mistwraith (genre Fantasy)
This book is 690 pages - claiming one BB ticket
Option C - Worst Contact (published January 2016)
Option D - Enchantress from the Stars
I originally read this book in 1971 or 1972. Prior to this re-read I re-read it in 2012 and rated 4 stars on Goodreads. (And left the rating as 4 stars in 2016)
AR bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15.0
This post: 75 points,
Total points: 450
BB: 4
GO: 2
Total tasks completed: 22