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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Julia10325.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 2: Cold Welcome is book 1 in "Vatta's Peace" series. This series is new to me.
Option 3: The Rules of Love and Grammar
Letters T R O L A G
Anagram is GROAT (on Scrabble word list for North America, a Groat is an old English coin)
This post: 25 points,
Total Points: 175
Total BB tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 9
Ava Catherine25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
Option 1:
Read a book from this list of Agriculture books: Popular Agriculture Books.
page 1, #1 from the list Popular Agriculture Books
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Option 3:
Read a book that contains a vegetable from this List of Vegetables in the title, subtitle or series.
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
total=735
15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha ChaBook 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.
Book 1: The Slave by Kate Aaron (Free Men #1)
Book 2: Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #2)
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 1
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9/67
Ava Catherine25.3 - 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.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
This is a debut novel and has the appropriate designation on the GR main page. Since this is a debut author, she is new to me. 305 pages
Option 2 - Read the first book in a New-To-You series. The book must be identified as #1 in the GoodReads metadata, “Title” (Series Name, #1).
A Great and Terrible Beauty(Gemma Doyle #1) by Libba Bray(first in the series)
403 pages
New to me series
305+403=708 total pages
total=755
ElaineL5.6 - Find Wisdom
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.
Three to Ride by Sophie Oak
Points claimed this post: 5
Total points: 625
Books read: 50
Tasks completed: 36
Ava Catherine25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
Book 1: Read a book in a series where the series name (in parentheses following the title/subtitle) is ONLY the name of the main protagonist.
Book 1 - The Quiche of Death(Agatha Raisin #1) by M.C. Beaton 272 pages
Book 2 - Five Little Pigsby Agatha Christie266 pages
Name: AGATHA
272+266=538 total pages
total=780
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRCThe total number of pages read must be at least 600.
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase "IN IT FOR THE BOOKS."
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER".
Book 1: Tycoon by Katy Evans (252 pages)
Book 2: Uprooted by Naomi Novik (435 pages)
Total No. of Pages: 252 + 435 = 687 pages
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 135/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 1
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 10/67
Ava Catherine25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.
The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
SD=Strawberries anD cream
Option 2: Read a book with two authors either writing under both names (like Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö), or using a single name (like Victoria Abbot, which is a combined pen name for Victoria Maffini and Mary Jane Maffini).
Wings Of Fire by Charles Todd(Caroline and Charles Todd, mother and son, write under the pen name Charles Todd.
total=805
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRCOption 2: Published 2015
All the Bright Places (378 pages)
Option 4: Author initials in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER" (R.D.)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl (240 pages)
Mainpage Genre Children's
From AR Bookbinder IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
Challenge Total = 135
DIANE30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
For this task, you can read one or two books, but the total number of pages read must be at least 600. 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 (e.g. 2015 or 1995).
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2 by Luo Guanzhong. This book was first published in 1522. 680 pages.
I would also like to claim a BB ticket for this book, which has 680 pages and a GO ticket since it was first published prior to 1950.
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 815/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 10
Big Book Tickets: 4
Books Read: 57
Tasks Completed: 43/67
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining MemorialOption 3:
The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
Paperback version: The Disaster Diaries: One Man's Quest to Learn Everything Necessary to Survive the Apocalypse
105 + 20 = 125
BB 3
LAUREN JODI15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 250/1270
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 12/67
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author For book 1, read a book of your choice written by a single author.
Love Bears All Things by Beth Wiseman
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.
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Broken starts with B and Wheel starts with W
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 20.9 - Book Concierge: Happy RetirementRead one book, at least 250 pages long, that fits one of the following options:
B) Read a book where ALL the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Simon the Coldheart: A Tale of Chivalry and Adventure (1925) by Georgette Heyer
Note: 343 pages long
E’s in gEorgEttE
R’s in geoRgette, heyeR
T’s in georgeTTe
I in sImon
N in simoN
M in siMon
** Simon the Coldheart: A Tale of Chivalry and Adventure is a Golden Oldie, published in 1925**
30 + 20 = 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 30 + 20 = 50
Books read: 03
Pages read: 1,048
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended Option B - Allegiant over 60,000 reviews claiming one BB ticket, 526 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 345/1270
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 26
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name MAZZA1 Task 10. 3 Lean on me
read a book in which the word "lean" appears intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Living
LEAN in Author Name Lean Cullinan
Points this post = 10
Points to date - 610
Tasks and Books this post = 1
Tasks to date = 46
Books = 41
15.4 Summer of LoveOption 2: The Colour of Magic
MPG Fantasy; Magic in "Captain Beefheart & the MAGIC Band"
I listened to the audiobook. The mass market paperback edition has 285 pages.
15.6 The Fugitive
Dark Matter
I listened to the audiobook. The most popular paperback edition has 359 pages.
20.6 Medieval Time Technologies
A Short History of Myth
I rolled #4, the book was first published in 2004.
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 176 pages.
30.2 Celebrate Summer
Option 1:
living plants on the cover
Option 5: A Clockwork Orange
p 1, #62 on the list
I read the kindle edition. The most popular mass market paperback edition has 144 pages.
Points this post: 80
Total points: 295
Siobhan5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets by Kenneth Anger
Amount of pages: 448
25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
I chose option A.2 and B.1
Option A: Unexpected pleasures
Option 2: Maybe those aliens aren’t that bad
Read a book with a main page genre of ‘science-fiction’ or ‘aliens’.
Double Down by Susan Hayes
(I read the kindle edition, the Paperback (no MMP): Double Down)
Verified as Sci-Fi in the help thread here
This book was new to me, and this author was also new to me.
Option B, a book you have read
Option 1: So amazing, I did it all again. Immediately.
Read a book you also finished in the spring challenge of 2017, if you did not participate in that challenge re-read a book you finished in March, April or May 2017.
The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
(I read the kindle version, the paperback (no MMP): The Lawrence Browne Affair)
This is a reread for me. This is my first challenge (yay!), but I last read this book March 11th 2017.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 16
EMurphy20.2 Rookie at the Top-Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 3: Author whose initials can be found in the words MONOPOLY or TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
EMurphy20.3 - Best Review-Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option 2: At least 1000 Goodreads Reviews
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
*July 1, 2017 - 10,582 reviews
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 70
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Siobhan15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
(No print edition (as of yet), approved for length here)
#1 in the Green Men series. I received an ARC of this book.
2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series
The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden
(I read the kindle version, the Paperback (no MMP): The Truth about Cads and Dukes)
#2 in the Rescued from Ruin series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 17
loafer15-10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
The Nix by Nathan Hill
no mmpb, pb: The Nix - at 737 pages, it is a "big book"
on the list in August 2016
points: 15
total: 285
BB: 5
GO: 3
tasks completed: 15
Readerboard name: Natalie S15.3 - Common Good - Option 2
Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist
Points claimed this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Big book tickets: 0
Golden oldie tickets: 0
loafer20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 3 – Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words MONOPOLY or TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
Elsewhere by Richard Russo
tRivial puRsuit
points: 20
total: 305
BB: 5
GO: 3
tasks completed: 16
ElaineL15.3 - Common Good
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
(Requirements: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name begins with: J, M, R, A, D, C. AND Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name begins with: R, M, W, B, C, S.)
After Dark by Jayne Castle
Points claimed this post: 15
Total points: 640
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 37
ElaineL30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?
Two Book Task...
Book 1 Required: Identify the option.:
Option A - read a book set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from.
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.
Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts My country: Ireland
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. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how your ancestor or the immigrant in book 1B arrived in this country. My ancestors came over from Ireland on a ship.
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 670
Books read: 53
Tasks completed: 38
ElaineL5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
The Closet Boy by Sean Michael
Points claimed this post: 5
Total points: 675
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 39
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Book Concierge: Happy Retirement Option 1: Read a book where the main character works in Criminal Justice or Healthcare.
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent
This book was okayed in the help thread message 26.
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 135
Total Books Read: 7
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name - LaureY15.5 - Scan It
Read a book where ALL of the letters UPC are found in the title and/or subtitle.
Full Package by Lauren Blakely
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooke TX5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
Read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...".
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option #2: Read a book in which 45 or 91 is intact in the total page count.
20.10 - Group Reads
My post can be found here.
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1: Read a book with a living plant on the cover. Approved in help thread message 58:
Option 4: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in VACATION.
Points
This Post: 85
Total Points: 215
Completed Tasks: 14
Books Read: 25
TANYA D15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series.
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.
Book 1: Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
Book 2: Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts
Previous Points: 135
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 150
Total BB tickets: 1
10.9. In Case You Missed ThemRead a book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016
I read Selected Poems 1968-2014 by Paul Muldoon which appears on this list.
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 140
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Big book tickets: 1
Golden oldie tickets: 2
DIANE30.2 - 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 2: Bees
Read a book with bees (or a bee) on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
Everything Happens as It Does by Albena Stambolova.Despite their red color they are definitely bees, since one of the main characters has an affinity with bees which is key to the plot of the book.
Option 5: Personal Growth
Read a book that may change your perceptions about the world and will encourage you to grow. Select a book from the first fifteen (15) pages of the list Books that Changed the Way You View Life. REQUIRED: State the page and number of the book on the list when posting.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
At the time of this posting, this book is #17 on the first page of the list.
I would also like to claim a GO Ticket for Man's Search for Meaning, which was first published in 1946.
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 845/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 11
Big Book Tickets: 4
Books Read: 59
Tasks Completed: 44/67
Delicious Dee25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 2 - Hold Your Breath - #1 in the Search and Rescue series, 365pgs
Option 3 - A Bite to Remember - A B T R - BRAT, 362pgs
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
Book A - Opening Hearts - Iona Findley - 204pgs
Book B - Fantasy in Death - F for Fantasy/Findley; I for In/Iona, 355pgs
Points this Post: 55
Points Overall: 320
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
ElaineL15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Required: If using the list state the page.
Read a book that has been shelved at least 3 times as dragons on this list of Popular Dragons Books.
Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison found on p. 2 of the list.
Points claimed this post: 15
Total points: 690
Books read: 55
Tasks completed: 40
10.5. June 19 - National Martini DayLights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
125 + 10 = 135
BB 3
10.7. They Go TogetherCombine 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.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 345
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Ava Catherine25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
1. It Starts with Food
Read a book with Food or Food and Drink as a main page genre. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman Food and Drink>Food main page genre; 48 users
2. The Whole30
Read a book that does not contain any of the following as main page genres, standalone or embedded: Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Historical.
I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany by Mark Greenside
total=830
SALLY M.10.7 They Go Together
One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
20.9 Happy Retirement
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby (option b: RETIREMENT)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,760
Total BB tickets: 2
Total GO tickets: 0
Ava Catherine25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 1. Presidents.
Read a book the includes the LAST name of a U.S. president in either the title or the author’s name (subtitles may not be used).
John Adams by David McCullough
Option 3. Dunkies.
Read a book with a cover that shows a cup of coffee or tea or some kind of pastry. (Cakes, muffins, donuts, cookies, all are good. Loaves or slices of bread are not.)
How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue
post #21 in help thread confirms cupcake as pastry for task
total=855
Ava Catherine30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1: Plants
Read a book with a living plant (tree, flower, fruit growing on plant) on the cover.
The Bean Trees: A Novel
by Barbara KingsolverOption 2: Bees
Read a book with bees (or a bee) on the cover.
In Praise of the Bees by Kristin Gleeson
total=885
Ava Catherine30.1 - 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.
Book 1: About Grace each word has 5 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.
Book 2: Play It as It Lays 5 word title
total= 915
Ava Catherine25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 3: Read a book where an author’s initials can be found in “OLD FAITHFUL”.
Smonk by Tom Franklin
TF=old FaiThful
Option 4: Read a book whose main character is Native American or written by an author of Native American descent.
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
This biography and historical account of the Comanche chief Quanah Parker analyzes his ability to lead the Comanche tribe to great heights, and it is also about the struggle for control of the American West between the Native Americans and the white settlers.
(main character, Quanah Parker, is Native American)
total=940
DIANE 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 percent in one of the states used as a setting in the series: Washington, British Columbia (Canada), Oregon, South Dakota, Nevada, New York.
City of God by E.L. Doctorow (Set in New York)
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.
Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker (first published in 1992).
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 875/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 11
Big Book Tickets: 4
Books Read: 61
Tasks Completed: 45/67
Coralie25.5 Whole30
Option 2. Book that does not contain any of the genres
The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond
Option 3. Book with title containing three letters, all of which begin with the same letter
Trouble Twisters
This post 25 points
Total to date 350 points
Siobhan5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
The Mad Countess by Erica Monroe
(I read the kindle edition, the paperback (no MMP): The Mad Countess)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 320
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 18
Diana K25.5 KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
Opt. 1 Read a book with Food or Food and Drink as a main page genre. The genre may be standalone or embedded
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
Opt. 3 3. Food Freedom Forever. Read a book with a title with exactly 3 words where all words in the title start with the same letter. This includes articles (a, an, the) and conjunctions (and, but, or). Subtitles should be ignored.
Food Freedom Forever: Letting Go of Bad Habits, Guilt, and Anxiety Around Food
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
Delicious Dee25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 2 - Hold Your Breath - #1 in the Search and Rescue series, new to me series/author, 365pgs
Option 3 - A Bite to Remember - A B T R - BRAT, 362pgs
Points this Post: 25
Points Overall: 320
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option 1 - Code Silver - main character is a doctor
25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
Option 1 - The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally - found on pg 2 of the Popular Farming Books list
Option 2 - Fan the Flames - audiobook entry of Fan the Flames has Rachel Dulude listed as the narrator - RD found in MARKET GARDENING
Points this Post: 45
Points Overall: 365
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
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Task 25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
Book 1: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born read 6/30
Book 2: The Gunslinger read 6/27
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 325/1270
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 25
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 1