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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Readerboard Name - LaureY20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
A) Read a book with a main character who works in Criminal Justice (e.g. police, FBI, District attorney, etc) or Healthcare (e.g. doctor, nurse, hospital administrator, etc).
From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell
*The book is 383 pages long.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
KATRINAT30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50 percent in one of the states used as a setting in the series: Washington, British Columbia (Canada), Oregon, South Dakota, Nevada, New York.
Oracle Night, Paul Auster (set in New York)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 1992 or in 2017
Little Deaths, Emma Flint (published Jan 17th 2017)
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 60/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/67 (10.9/20.7/30.11)
Oma122920.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
I chose Option B
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.
Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich
Total Points-105/1270
Total Tasks- 9/67
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
Brooklyn5.8 – Under the Summer Moon Technologies
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the summer season’s moons.
Who Stole My Spandex?: Life in the Hot Flash Lane by Marcia Kester Doyle
The word is “hot.”
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/1270
Tasks completed: 2/67
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies tickets:
Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - LaureY20.4 – 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.
Le Misanthrope by Moliere
*I claim a Golden Oldie ticket as the book/play was first published in 1666*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Total Books: 13
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
ElaineL15.10 - Best Books
Required: State the date of the list.
The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane from the December 2016 list.
Points claimed this post: 15
Total points: 455
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 22
25.3 - FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHINGONE BOOK OPTION - Silent in the Grave which fits options 2 (first book in a series that is new to me) and option 3 (first letter of all words in the title spell GIST). The version I read is 509 pages long.
30.6 - FIRST FRIDAY
OPTION 2 - A Morbid Taste for Bones which is #60 on the Catholic Fiction list.
OPTION 3 - TAUTOGRAM - Taking the Titanic
TOTAL POINTS - 215
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First FridayTHIS IS A 2 BOOK TASK - choose 1 book from each of 2 different options. REQUIRED: state the options you chose in your post.
Option 1: Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year. The publication date must be stated in the Goodreads record.
Murder on the Half Shelf
July 3, 2012
Option 3: Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram
Pies and Prejudice
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 30.5 – Catherine T – Inspired by BooksREQUIRED: 600+ pages: ONE book option: 776 pg
Option 1 – re-read a book I last read 10+ years ago and tell how your reaction differs
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The first time (and last time) I read this book was in the mid-1960s, when I was in high school. I was completely enthralled then and would probably have rated it 4**** or maybe even a 5*****. But now I find it repetitious and overly long … still worth the time to read it, but only a 3-star book.
*** BIG BOOK *** 2 tickets – 776 pages
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 140 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Amy O.15.3 - Common Good
Book 1: book by author whose first name begins with J, M, R, A, D, or C.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Book 2: book by author whose last name begins with R, M, W, B, C, or S.
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
DIANE25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
This is a two-book task. Choose two options and read one book from each of your chosen options. REQUIRED: State the options that you chose.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.
The Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories by Mohammed Naseehu Ali
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Option 2: Read a book with two authors either writing under both names or using a single name.
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.
Points Claimed this Post: 25
Total Points: 620/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 30/67
Brooke TX5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt. Set (mostly) in China:
10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books. Found on page 1:
15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller. Approved in help thread message 27:
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
Read a book with teeth on the cover.
Points
This Post: 45
Total Points: 130
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 18
Readerboard name: MELLY25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything: Option 1 - Read a debut book or the first book published by an author who is New-To-You. If it isn’t clear in the GoodReads metadata, on the book’s main page or author page, that it is the author’s first published or debut book, please provide a reference link.
Required: Include in your post that the author is New-To-You.
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann. This is my first time reading McCann.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
CHANDNI15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
The Child by Fiona Barton
Book approved here.
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
Book 1: Read a book of your choice written by a single author.
In Some Other World, Maybe by Shari Goldhagen
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.
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Sun beginning with S, Give beginning with G
[POINTS]
This Post: 45
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 8
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida LoveOption 3: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words MONOPOLY or TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
I read Around The World In Eighty Days by Michael Palin. The author's initials appear in the word Monopoly.
Points claimed this post: 20
Total points: 120
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Big book tickets: 1
Golden oldie tickets: 2
Jasmiina F10.1. - Seven or Six?:
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series:
Deadpool: World's Greatest, Volume 6 by Gerry Duggan.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: MELLY5.7 - Medieval Times: Read a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “medieval” from this list my link text Popular Medieval Books
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown. Found on page 1.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Mod
5.7 - Medieval Times
From pg 2: Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters
15.10 - Best Books
From December 2016: Dodgers by Bill Beverly
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
option A, police officer "a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant": The Force by Don Winslow, 496 pages
total = 300
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 10. 5 National Martini Day
read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
Raffle Ticket Author Daniel Kelly
verified for e-book length in post 6302 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post - 10
Total points to date 485
Tasks and Books this post = 1
Tasks to date = 31
Books to date = 37
LAUREN JODI30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's Counting
Book #1: Title of 2 words with 4 letters
Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Book #2: 4 words in title
On a Wicked Dawn by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 185/1270
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 9/67
Elizabeth PTask 15.3 - Common Good
Option Two: Read one book that fits both requirements
Author's first name starts with J, last name with S
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 10
ElaineL5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
Gathering Storm (Firsts and Forever) by Alexa Land
Points claimed this post: 5
Total points: 460
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 23
5.4 - Best Laid PlansRead 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.
I chose:
5.5 - March, April, May
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
The Nethergrim by Matthew Jobin
368 pages
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 90/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 1
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 9/67
LAVENDER30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
Option 2: Read a book with all author initials found in the two phrases SO IT GOES and/or I CHING
The Lion Trees by Owen Thomas kindle book I read
The Lion Trees 826 pages (paperback for page length)
OT in SO IT GOES
Claiming 2 BIG BOOK tickets for this book; it has 826 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Catherine TTask 5.5 - June, July, August
read a book with page count including 8
Rivers of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch
128 pages
Task 10.1 - Seven or Six?
read a book #7 in series
It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn
#7 in The Bridgertons series
Task 15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
book 1 - read a book #1 in series
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
#1 in Peter Grant / Rivers of London series
book 2 - read a book #2 in series
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
#2 in Peter Grant / Rivers of London series
Task 15.3 - Common Good
one book option - read a book with author initials matching the set requirements
Golden Age by Jane Smiley
JS meet the requirements
Task 15.10 - Best Books
read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists
You by Caroline Kepnes
found on October 2014 list
Task 20.1 - Wonder Woman
option 1 - read a book by an author with a pseudonym
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith is famously JK Rowling
Task 20.5 - SF, F, & WTF
option 1 - read a book from the Hugo finalist lists
Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
this is #3 in the Peter Grant series, which has been listed for Best Series 2017. Any book in series can be used where whole series is finalist
Task 30.14 - SRC vs. SRC
one book option - option 2 - read a book published in 2015 and over 600 pages
Ruin by John Gwynne
page count 672
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total points: 130
perletwo30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150! - Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL.
No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd
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%. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
You approved hereThe top mmp ed. is 508 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
the total page count for the two options must be at least 600 pages.
book 1 this hb ed. 341 pgs + book 2 top mmp ed 508 pgs = 849 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 380
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 04
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 19
FANDURY15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Ararat by Christopher Golden
Has Thriller as Main Page Genre.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Phantomswife20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 1: SECRET IDENTITY
Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
I read Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, whose real name was Mary Ann Evans but who had to write under a male name in order to attract an audience.
Points this task: 20
Total Points earned: 165
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 7
Dakimel5.3 - Six Pack
Ready to Roll - length approved message 6210
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
B: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?
1B: The Boat Rocker about "New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin" (from GR description)
2:
(Danlin arrived in NY from China via airplane)30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
1: The Right Kind of Guy (set fully in NV) - length approved message 6245
2: The Shadow Land
TALLY:
This post - 85 points
Total - 215
Cait S5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
The Escape by Kathryn Lasky
Children's Genre Info: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6
by Whitney Terrell This book was first published in 2016Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time TechnologiesI rolled a 4, and chose option 1. 4 words in title. 556 pages - Big Book ticket.
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
Points this post: 20
Points in total 115
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 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
by Isabel MillerMIT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
REPOSTReaderboard name: MELLY
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything: Option 1 - Read a debut book or the first book published by an author who is New-To-You. If it isn’t clear in the GoodReads metadata, on the book’s main page or author page, that it is the author’s first published or debut book, please provide a reference link.
Required: Include in your post that the author is New-To-You.
Option 3: Read a book that has at least four words in the title/subtitle. You must be able to take the first letter from each word and use those letters to anagram a word that is at least four letters long. Hyphenated words may be used as separate words. You do NOT have to use all the letters. The anagram word does NOT need to appear in the title.
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann. This is my first time reading McCann. AMLS = SLAM.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
HINA10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..." - The Couple who Fooled the World by Maisey Yates.
Noun: Couple. Verb: Fooled. The couple who fooled the world.
15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints - Disguised with the Millionaire by Debra Andrews.
Setting in Florida.
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This -
The Husband List by Cindy Kirk.Teeth on the cover. Also approved in help thread message 32.
Current post:
Points: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 175
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.9 - Slaying DragonsUprooted by Naomi Novik
Appears on page 3 of the Popular Dragons Books list, currently shelved 147 times under "dragons".
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time TechnologiesOption 2: Numbering System - I rolled a 4; Publishing date: 2014
Station Eleven
Challenge total = 90
perletwo5.5 - June, July, August - Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
The Mystery of the Blue Train - this pb ed. 298 pages
First printed in 1928, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
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.
One Corpse Too Many - list page 1
Points this task: 10
Total points: 390
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 05
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 21
Delicious Dee20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 3 - The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor - shelved as science by 55ppl and approved in the THT
Points this Post: 20
Points Overall: 220
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
ElaineL5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Salvation (Firsts and Forever) by Alexa Land 460 pages
Points claimed this post: 5
Total points: 465
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 24
Diana K25.11 Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting
Option 1: Which direction? I picked South West.
Summer World: A Season of Bounty
Option 4. Take a book from the chest and read a book from the first five pages of the Best Lesser-Known Books list
The Blue Castle It's on the 1st page.
30.2 Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1 Read a book with a living plant (tree, flower, fruit growing on plant) on the cover.
(many living plants on the cover)Option 2 Read a book with bees (or a bee) on the cover.
Point this post: 55
Total points: 205
Kim ATask 5.5 - June, July, August - Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8
The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin
*256 pages
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 65
Readerboard: SAM M10.5. 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.
Room by Emma Donoghue
Author's initials are E.D. - SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65/1270
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising SeniorsOption 1: Read a book with one of the following objects on the cover: Pencil / Pen / Book / Classroom / Dirt. (“Classroom” must have at least 2 of the following recognizable elements: black/whiteboard, teacher desk, student desk, student chairs. “Dirt” can be a dirt road, a pile of construction dirt, garden dirt, etc. but it must be depicted with enough detail to be recognizable away from the context of other cover elements.)
Books
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase SENIOR YEAR.
Peach Pies and Alibis by Ellery Adams
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
ElaineL10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 475
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 25
DIANE25. 9 - MegSCL's Task: Your Objective
Book 1: Read a book with the name of an object in its title (Plural, singular, and possessive forms of your book 2 cover object can be used, but no other variations)
Object: shoe(s)
Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith.
Book 2: Read a book with that same object pictured on its cover.
REQUIRED: include the cover in your post.
The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman Addonia.Points Claimed this Post: 25
Total Points: 645/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3
Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 31/67
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.3 Common Good
Book 1-The 5th Horsemanby James Patterson
author's name starts with J.
Book 2-Live and Let Growlby Laurien Berenson
author's last name starts with B
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Total BB: 0
Total Points: 30/1270
LAUREN JODI30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
Book #1: Author Initials in BONUS
Legal Affairs: Volumes 1-6 by Sawyer Bennett
Page #: 444
Book #2: PARTY in title
Tempted by Her Billionaire Boss by Jennifer Hayward
Page #: 192
Total pages: 636
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 215/1270
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10/67
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20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
This is a one book task, choose Option A or Option B.
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.
The Murder House by James Patterson
At the time of posting, this book has 2,099 GR Reviews.
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60/1270
Tasks Completed: 5/67
BB: 0
GO: 0