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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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KTKIZZIESpring 2015
Duration: June 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017
5.1 The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
5.2 Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
5.3 The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (first published 2016)
5.4 The Good Girl by Mary Kubica (Spring 2017 task 5.6)
5.5 The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig (464 pgs)
5.6 Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
5.7 The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (list pg. 1)
5.8 Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
5.9 The Search by Nora Roberts
5.10
10.1 All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
10.2
Gargantuan Challenge!I think I will take Elaine's lead from messages 54 and 55. == trying very hard to keep these things straight.
30 Point Task Book Possibilities
30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's Counting
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE of at least 2 words where every word in the title has the same number of letters. Subtitles should be ignored. Prague Fatale -- each word has 6 letters.
Book 2: Using the letter count of a word from Book 1’s title, read a book with that number of words in the TITLE. All words count including articles. Numerals and symbols such as “&” count as words. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored. The Man Whom the Trees Loved -- 6 words.
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
This is a two book task. Read one book from each of two different options.
REQUIRED: Identify which options you select when you post.
Option 3: Nature
Read a book with the main page genre environment or nature. These may be stand alone or embedded. A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
Option 4: Vacation
Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in VACATION. The Hollow: A Play by Agatha Christie
30.3 - Bryony's Task: Enjoy the Journey
Please choose one of the following options and read book 1 and book 2 from that option. You must read two books with a total page count of at least 500 pages. REQUIRED: State the option that you chose in your post.
Option 2: I am the walrus
Book one: Read a book that has been shelved as 'classics' at least 2,000 times on this Goodreads list.
REQUIRED: Include the page of the list on which your book is found in your post. The Portrait of a Lady shelved 2544 times as "Classics" -- p 2 of list -- 649 pp
Book two: Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least a year. If you don't have a TBR then read a book you've been planning to read for at least a year. The Philosophy of Horror on my tbr since May 2015 -- 259 pp
Total Pages = 908 > 500
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
This is a two book task.
Your books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
For book 1, read a book of your choice written by a single author.
Freedom Climbers: The Golden Age of Polish Climbing by Bernadette McDonald 352 pp
For book 2, read a book with at least one word in the title/subtitle that begins with each of the initials of the author of book 1. All initials in the book 1 author's name must be used. Articles (a, an, the) and conjunctions (and, but, or) cannot be used.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear B in "Big" -- M in "Magic" -- 288 pp
Total Pages = 640 > 500
30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
For this task, you may read 1 or 2 books, but you must read a minimum of 600 pages. If you read 2 books, they may come from the same option or different options. REQUIRED: State the option(s) you chose in your post.
1. Re-read a book you last read a decade or more ago, to see how you or it has changed over time.
REQUIRED: state that it's a reread and that you've not read it for at least a decade. The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 I have not read since it first came out in 1979. 372 pp
2. Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and/or I CHING
You can use both phrases - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 281 pp
Total pages = 653 > required 600
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
THIS IS A 2 BOOK TASK - choose 1 book from each of 2 different options. REQUIRED: state the options you chose in your post.
Option 2 Read a book from the first 2 pages of this list: Catholic Fiction, p 2, # 130 The Sea and Poison
Option 3
Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram: Nobody Knows My Name
30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
This is a two book task. Choose two books from two different options, and specify in your post which options you chose.
The total page count for the two books should be 500 or more pages.
2. # 168, p 2 on WWII books list. Ceremony 262 pp
5. Read a book with one of the top 100 dog names as the author’s first or last name. Name must be on this website: Top 100 Dog Names. No variations of the names are allowed. Henry is # 50 on the Top Male Names list. Ghost Stories by Henry James 344 pp
Total Pages = 606 > 500
30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?
This is a two-book task. Read one book that satisfies the requirements for Book 1 and another that works for Book 2.
Book 1: Choose one of the following options:
Required: Identify the option.
Option A: Read a book set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from. Alternate, dystopian or futuristic depictions of real place DO NOT work here.
Required: State the country your ancestor came from. If the setting of the book is not evident in the GR record, include a reference when you post. My ancestors came from what is now the UK, either Britain, Scotland, or Wales.Pygmalion is set in Britain.
Book 2: Read a book with a cover that shows the type of transportation that immigrant used such as a ship, a plane, a pair of shoes. Ship
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how your ancestor arrived in this country. My ancestors arrived in this country by ship. The Coffin Ship has a ship on the cover.
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
This is a two-book challenge. Pick your books from two of the following options.
Each book you read for the task must be at least 200 pages.
3: Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title or subtitle: MOUNTAIN -- Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas 368 pp > 200
4. # 279 on list -- Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 270 pp > 200
Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
This is a two book task. One book should fulfill the requirement for Book 1, the second for book 2
The total page count for the two books should be 500 or more pages.
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in Either the word AUGUST OR in the word BONUS, The Outlander by Gil Adamson AuGust -- 387 pp
Book 2. Read a book whose title(subtitles are excluded) contains ALL the letters in the word PARTY
The letters do NOT have to be consecutive although they may be. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 230 pp
Total pages = 617 > 500
30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
This is a two-book task.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the states used as a setting in the series: Washington, British Columbia (Canada), Oregon, South Dakota, Nevada, New York. While They Slept: An Inquiry Into the Murder of a Family -- set in Oregon
REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 1992 or in 2017; the publication year must be listed on the book's Goodreads main page. The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own -- 1st pub'd in 2017
30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Complete 2 of the following options. The total page count for the two options must be at least 600 pages.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the target word. My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror by Thomas Ligotti 200 pp
option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white. Both red and white MUST appear on the cover, however, it does not matter how much is red and how much is white, as long as the total is 50% Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 443 pp
Total pages = 643 > 600
30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
Choose one of the following three options and read two books for that option. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the option that you chose.
Option B.
Book 1 - Read a book with a bow tie on the cover. These items do not need to be wedding specific items.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post Men at Work by George F. Will
Book 2- Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS. Earthbound by Richard Matheson
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Total number of pages must be at least 600. For the two book option, you can choose two different options or read two books that fulfill the same option. REQUIRED: State the option(s) you chose in your post.
Option 2: Read a book with both a 1 and a 5 found in the first published year. The Sundial by Shirley Jackson 1st pub'd 1958 -- 245 pp
Option 3: From the Popular Book Report List, p 7 near bottom Blood Red Road by Moira Young -- 459 pp
Total pages = 699 > 600
I am going to try this again ...EmilyD1037's Summer reading plan:
5 Point Tasks:
5.1 The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbot (k) (V-A)
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10 Point Tasks:
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15 Point Tasks:
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20 Point Tasks:
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25 Point Tasks:
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30 Point Tasks:
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50 Point Task:
50.1
0/50
Goals for Summer challenge:
Complete 5 and 10 point tasks
Try at least 10 new authors
Posting template
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Golden Oldies this post:
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BBooks - 500+ 0: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0 (less)
Rochella's plan summer 20175.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
In Your Dreams - Amy Martin
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
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5.3 - Six Pack
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
10.2 - Initial Success - Heart Breaths - K.K. Hendin
I Swear - 288 pages
5.6 - Find Wisdom
Girl, Missing
5.7 - Medieval Times
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5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
No Red Roses
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
By the Creek
10.1. - Seven or Six?
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10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
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10.3. - Lean on Me
Eleanor
10.4. Surprise!
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10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Freefall
10.6. Get Inspired
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You're the One That I Want
10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
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10.9. In Case You Missed Them
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10.10. Gimme S’more
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15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
A: Zelah Green
B: One More Little Problem
15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
A: Kindness for Weakness
B: A Beautiful Lie
15.3 - Common Good
A&B: Our Rhythm
15.4 - Summer of Love
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15.5 - Scan It
Pukawiss the Outcast
15.6 - The Fugitive
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15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Love On Site
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
Bed and Breakfast
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2: Blueberry Boys
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 2: Lost Treasure
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: I'll Give You the Sun
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 3: Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF
The Secret Diary of Ashley Juergens
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
Option 3: rolled a 2: Touching the Surface
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
Lovely, Dark and Deep
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option A: sheriff: Brokenhearted
20.10 - Group Reads
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25.1 Justme's Task: Peace Corps
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25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
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25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 2: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Option 3: Then I Met My Sister (MIST)
25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
Book 1: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Book 2: Easy by Tammara Webber
Name: MARA
25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
Option 1: The Language of Food - A Linguist Reads the Menu
Option 2: Thin
25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
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25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
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25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 1: What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson (WILSON)
Option 3: Sweet Thing
25. 9 - MegSCL's Task: Your Objective
Book 1: Pink Champagne and Apple Juice
Book 2: Fat Cat
Object: APPLE
25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A2: And All the Stars
Option B2: Almost Perfect
25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting
Option 1: Never Eighteen Direction: NE
Option 3: Husband Material by Xavier Mayne
25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 3: Tasteless
Option 5: Open Road Summer
30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's Counting
Book 1: Three Years Later (5 letters)
Book 2: Knights of the Hill Country (5 words)
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1:
Option 5: Elsewhere
EmilyD1037 , I hope you don't mind, but I was so impressed with your template to keep track of your postings that I had to use, This is my first time trying to do this challenge, and your organization is great!Will link book to Goodreads site when I use it for this challenge. Before that, it is listed as an idea only.
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Summer: 6/1/17 - 8/31/17
5 Point Tasks:
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
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10 Point Tasks:
10.1
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10.10 - East of Eden , previously read The Grapes of Wrath
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15 Point Tasks:
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15.10 - All The Light We Cannot See OR The Perfect Stranger (Megan Miranda)
0/150
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20 Point Tasks:
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20.7 - Unbroken: A World War II .... by Laura Hillenbrand
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20.10 - Group Read - Killers of the Flower Moon
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25 Point Tasks:
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25.12 - Come Sundown AND
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30 Point Tasks:
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30.8 Iron Kingdom AND
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50 Point Task:
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Goals for Summer challenge:
- increase trying genres outside my comfort zone
- use this to assist with personal non fiction challenge
- enjoy the process
Posting template
Date:
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Number of books:
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Seasonal Reading ChallengeSummer: June 1 - August 31
5 point tasks
✔5.1 A (Wo)Man of Letters Dare Me by Megan Abbott finished 06/26/17
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
5.2 Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
5.3 Six Pack The Wonder by Emma Donoghue published September 20, 2016
Only 6 of the 7 medieval wonders still exist today, and the words Medieval and the term Middle Ages did not become popular until the Enlightenment beginning in the 1600’s. Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
5.4 Best Laid Plans All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Didn't quite finish last time? Read a book that fits one of the Spring 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Required: When you post, indicate which Spring 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.
10.10 -The 2017 Rooster: Get your brackets ready for the 2017 Tournament of Books. Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
5.5 June, July, August Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 460 pages
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
5.6 Find Wisdon Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance by [author :Patricia Duncker|96539]
The Hagia Sophia is the Place of Holy Wisdom as "Sophia" means wisdom in Greek. Read a book with the name Sophia or a related name found in Behind the Name - Sophia in the title, subtitle or author's name. Name variations are limited to those found at the link, ex. Sofie, Sofia, Sonia. The name may be found in any author name position. Possessive forms in the title/subtitle work as in Sophie's Choice. Diacritical marks may be ignored. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors work.
5.7 Medieval Times The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (page 1)
Read a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “medieval” from this list Popular Medieval Books
Required: State the page.
✔ 5.8 Under the Summer Moon Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke finished 07/05/17
Native American tribes kept track of time by observing the lunar months. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the summer season’s moons: strawberry, rose (relating to the flower or the color), red, hay, hot, thunder, buffalo, green, grass, corn, sturgeon.
5.9 Isn't It Romantic?
August is Romance Awareness Month. Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Romance” or “Romantic”.
✔ 5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Warefinished 07/09/17
10 Point Tasks
10.1 Seven or Six Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Of the 7 wonders of the medieval world, only 6 still survive today. Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
10.2 Celebrate Alban Hefin The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit by Patricia Monaghan (found on page 2)
Alban Hefin is the term often used by Druids for the Summer Solstice (June 21). Stonehenge, one of the wonders of the medieval world, is often thought to be connected with the Druids, and people flock there on June 21 to celebrate. Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books. REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found.
10.3 Lean on Me
To celebrate the Leaning Tower of Pisa, read a book in which the word "lean" appears intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
10.4 Surprise
House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport (message 18 by Dimrose March 11, 2010)
The description of The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa say they were discovered when a donkey hauling a cart of stone fell in a hole. In honor of serendipity and accidental discoveries, read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
The post in the thread must have been made before the tasks were posted for the summer challenge - so, latest posting date for books/authors that can be used is May 19, 2017.
You may read any book by an author who is named in the thread, and any book in a series named in the thread. Any author of a single book with multiple authors will work - however, an author of a story in an anthology will not work - the author must be an author of the entire book.
10.5 June 19 National Martini Day
In honor of martinis (and James Bond's famous phrase), read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED. All initials of the author's name as shown on the book's main page on Goodreads must be found in the phrase, and letter may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase (S, E, N, T, R may be used twice). If there are multiple listed authors, one author's initials is sufficient.
10.6 Get Inspired
July 18 is Nelson Mandela Day. Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you. Nelson Mandela was on the list in 2004 and 2005. REQUIRED: State the year in which your person is listed.
✔ 10.7 They Go Together Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner finished 07/11/17
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
10.8 "The (Fill In The Blank ) Who..." The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick
10.9 In Case You Missed Them By Gaslight by Steven Price
Read a book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016
✔ 10.10 Gimme S'more Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke finished 07/22/17
August 10 is National S'mores Day. Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed. REQUIRED: Include in your post a link to another book you've previously read by that author AND state that this book is new to you.
15 Point Tasks
15.1 A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. The Crow Trap Vera Stanhope #1 by Ann Cleeves
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Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Telling Tales Vera Stanhope #2 by Ann Cleeves
15.2 All's Well Than Ends Well
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in “ness”. Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in ‘ful”.
✔ 15.3 Common Good Book #1: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves finished 08/06/07
Book 2: Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name as it appears on Goodreads begins with a letter that appears on this list of the most common initial letters in first names in English: J, M, R, A, D, C.
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name as it appears on Goodreads begins with a letter that appears on this list of the most common initial letters in last names in English: R, M, W, B, C, S.
Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
15.4 Summer of Love
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, Music or a genre that contains History or Historical
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's name from this list of performers who appeared at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival
Required: Identify the word used. the Sparrows (who later became Steppenwolf) The Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Herrick The Sparrows (The Sparrow) was a Canadian blues-rock band that existed in the 1960s and had evolved out of Jack London & The Sparrows. Notable for being the first group to break out musician John Kay into the mainstream, The Sparrows later morphed into the popular heavy rock group Steppenwolf.
15.5 Scan It
The first UPC (Universal Product Code or Bar Code) marked item ever scanned at a retail checkout was at the Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio at 8:
15.6 The Fugitive
15.7 Don't Leave Fingerprints
15.8 Sink Your Teeth Into This
15.9 Slaying Dragons Ship of Magic Robin Hobb
15.10 Best Books The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman August 2012 (list date)
20 Point Tasks
20.1 Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's Task: Wonder Woman
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
20.3 Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
20.4 Golden Oldies - Kristi CO's Task: Bound for Boston
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF
20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
20.10 - Group Reads Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
25 Point Tasks
25.1 Justme's Task: Peace Corps
25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
25. 9 - MegSCL's Task: Your Objective
25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting
25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
30 Point Tasks
30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's Counting
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
30.3 - Bryony's Task: Enjoy the Journey
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
30.12Option 2 Kane and Abel (family sagas list)
30.13
Option A
Book 1 Old school (old in title)
Book 2 Tiger lily (retelling)
30.14
Option 3 Breaking Dawn (book report list, 600+ pages)
5 point tasks5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters: The Devil in Silver
5.2 - Location, Location, Location: Sense and Sensibility
5.3 - Six Pack: Here I Am (2016)
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Spring 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1-15.4.
5.5 - June, July, August: The Apartment
5.6 - Find Wisdom Sophie's Choice
5.7 - Medieval Times
Read a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “medieval” from this list Popular Medieval Books
Required: State the page.
5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the summer season’s moons: strawberry, rose (relating to the flower or the color), red, hay, hot, thunder, buffalo, green, grass, corn, sturgeon. Plurals, possessives, verb forms (as in thundering), hyphenated words (red-hot) and compound words that preserve the meaning of the word work.
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Romance” or “Romantic”.
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
10 point tasks
10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books. REQUIRED: State the page of the list on which your book is found.
10.3. - Lean on Me
read a book in which the word "lean" appears intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
10.4. Surprise!
read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED. All initials of the author's name as shown on the book's main page on Goodreads must be found in the phrase, and letter may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase (S, E, N, T, R may be used twice). If there are multiple listed authors, one author's initials is sufficient.
10.6. Get Inspired
Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you.
10.7. They Go Together
Combine the two and read a book that has a number word on the cover. The number must be written out, not a numeral, and it may be an ordinal number.
10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
For this task find and read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...". Examples: The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Man Who Sold the Moon.
10.9. In Case You Missed Them
Read a book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016
10.10. Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed.
15 point tasks
15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Whole numbers only. The book may be in the same series as Book 1 or in a different series.
15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in “ness”. ex. madness, happiness, darkness. Variations to the word ending do NOT work.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in ‘ful”. ex. beautiful, wonderful, powerful. Variations to the word ending do NOT work.
15.3 - Common Good
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name as it appears on Goodreads begins with a letter that appears on this list of the most common initial letters in first names in English: J, M, R, A, D, C.
Authors who use an initial in the first name place DO work. One qualifying author in a work with multiple contributors works.
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name as it appears on Goodreads begins with a letter that appears on this list of the most common initial letters in last names in English: R, M, W, B, C, S.
A last name is a name in the final name place preceded by a space. One qualifying author in a work with multiple contributors works.
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
15.4 - Summer of Love
Help Thread
The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival held fifty years ago on June 10 and 11th, 1967 was the first of a series of San Francisco area cultural events known as the Summer of Love and is considered to be the one of the first rock festivals.
Choose and option.
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, Music or a genre that contains History or Historical.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's name from this list of performers who appeared at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival (also in post 2). These words may not be used: the, of, &, and, w/, with. The word must match exactly, no variations. The author name may appear in any position: first, middle, other, last.
Required: Identify the word used.
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
15.5 - Scan It
Read a book where ALL of the letters UPC are found in the title and/or subtitle.
15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown: Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, Florida USA, Hawaii USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela.
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15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
Read a book with teeth on the cover.
15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Read a book with the word "Dragon" in the title or subtitle or that has been shelved at least 3 times as dragons on this list of Popular Dragons Books. Plurals and possessives of the word in the title work.
Required: If using the list state the page.
15.10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
Required: State the date of the list
20 point tasks
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
read ONE book from the following options.
REQUIRED: State the option you chose when posting.
Option 1: SECRET IDENTITY
Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. For example,
Option 2: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter. All words count including articles. Numerals and symbols such as “&” count as words. All words in the title must begin with the same letter.
Option 3: SUPERHEROINE
Read a book from the I am Woman Hear Me Roar listopia. (Be careful with your choice 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.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Chose from one of the following options.
Option 1 –Read a book first published between July 1974 and July 1989, inclusive. REQUIRED: State the date your book was first published.
Option 2 – Read a book with the word “lake” intact in the title or subtitle or that has a picture of a lake on the cover. REQUIRED: If choosing the cover option, include the cover in your post.
Option 3 –Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words MONOPOLY or TRIVIAL PURSUIT. The name of one game or the other must be used - you cannot combine letters from the two games. Spaces determine names. All author initials must be included. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Help Thread
This is a one book task, choose Option A or Option B.
Option A:
For this task read a book on this list from the New York Review Books.
Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews. You can find the number of reviews under the author's name, at the far right hand side.
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the words HARVARD and/or MIT. If the book has more than one author, only one author’s initials need to be used. Spaces determine names. All author initials must be included. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Option 2: Read a book found on the first five pages of the New England Books listopia.
REQUIRED: State the page on which your selection was found.
Option 3:
Read a non-fiction book with one of the following main page genres: Biology, Business, Chemistry, Health, Nature, or Science. The genres may be standalone or embedded.
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POSTED 30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?
Jewels of the Sun
Sea Swept
POSTED 30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
Key of Valor
Master of the Mountain
POSTED Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
Wild Embrace
My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
POSTED 30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Absolutely, Positively Jase
POSTED 30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick, 321 p.
Say No To Joe? by Lori Foster, 400 p.
POSTED 30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
With This Ringby Amanda Quick
Trust
POSTED 30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Inner Harbor
Rising Tides
POSTED 50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
The Cat’s Meow
I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places