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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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I would like to move a previously posted book to another task. For Task 20.6 I used Station Eleven. I would like to move that book to 20.10 Group Read. Here is my discussion post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...I would like to replace 20.6 with the same roll of the die (4) and use Option 1: Printing Press. Title with 4 words: Someone Knows My Name
New points this post = 20
Challenge total = 155
20.6 - Marie Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies Roll a virtual dice, state the number you rolled, and the option you choose.
I rolled a 3. I chose Option 2.
Option 2: Read a book with the number you rolled in the date the book was first published.
Published on July 23, 2013 (there are two different three's in this date).
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
I claim 1 Big Book ticket as this book was 528 pages
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 1
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 175
Total Books Read: 9
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
DIANE5.3 - Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes
This book was first published in 1969.
Points Claimed this Post: 5
Total Points: 935/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 4
Books Read: 67
Tasks Completed: 49/67
10.3. - Lean on Me"Lean" appears intact in the title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
10.6. Get Inspired
Non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person on Time's 100 Most Influential list (2012): Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.5 - Lean on Me
Happily Ever After by Elizabeth Maxwell
Book has a number of pages that includes the number 6, 7 or 8. (336 pages)
20.1 - Wonder Woman
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Option 2 - The title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter (F)
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY5.6 - 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. Name variations are limited to those found at the link, ex. Sofie, Sofia, Sonia.
--> Unleashed
--> Sophie Jordan
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option 1 -- For this option, read a book by an author whose name (in any position) is Wallace or Kellogg. Exact match only; no spelling variations.
--> The Kings and Queens of Roam
--> Daniel Wallace
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
You can read one or two books, but the total number of pages read must be at least 600.
You can choose two different options or read two books that fulfill the same option.
378p + 400p = 778p > 600p
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."
--> Bookishly Ever After
--> IN IT FOR THE BOOKS
--> Isabel Bandeira
--> 378p
Option 2: Read a book with both a 1 and a 5 found in the first published year (e.g. 2015 or 1995).
--> The Hollow Boy
--> Published September 15th 2015
--> 400p
--> IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15.0
[Points]
This post: 55
Total: 245
Post #910.10. Gimme S’more
The Winter Long New to me book
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points this post:10
Total Points:185
Books read:16
Tasks Done:12
Ava Catherine30.5 - 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.
Option 3:
Read a book with the main page genre World War II. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II by Herman Wouk 616 pages;
mpg World War II 50 users; selected the one book option
approved for option 3 in help thread post #30
total=1070
Ava Catherine30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1: Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam first published June 7, 2016
Option 2: Read a book from the first 2 pages of any of these lists:
Catholic Fiction
From the list Catholic Fiction page 1, #3
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
total=1100
Ava Catherine30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
Option 2: Read a book from this Goodreads list on WWII fiction.
page 1; #77 from list WWII fiction
Jackdaws by Ken Follett 451 pages
Option 3: Read a book with sunglasses on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudors' Most Notorious Queen
by Susan Bordo341 pages451+341=792 total pages
total=1130
Ava Catherine25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting
Option 2: How many paces?
Read a book that is the same number in a series as the total number rolled.
Rolled a 6 and a 2 = 8.
Have His Carcase(Lord Peter Wimsey #8) by Dorothy L. Sayers
Option 4: It's a book!
Take a book from the chest and read a book from the first five pages of the Best Lesser-Known Books list
The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
page 2, # 105 on list of the Best Lesser-Known Books
added The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry to the list
total=1155
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
One book option
Option 1
11/22/63
Stephen King**Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets** 849 pages
Points this post: 30
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 95
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 5
Total Books read: 5
VAL TX5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters - Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
This post and total:
Points - 5
LAUREN JODI30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
Option #1: Rendezvous by Amanda Quick
This is a re-read and I have not read it for over a decade.
Option #2: Author initials in SO IT GOES and/or I CHING
Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 280/1270
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 13/67
perletwo30.1 - 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.
Hidden Bodies
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.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Points this task: 30
Total points: 630
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 06
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 33
Catherine TTask 25.2 - Market Gardening
option 2 - read a book with audio narrator initials in MARKET GARDENING
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
narrated by Trevor Noah
initials TN
option 3 - read a book with a vegetable from the list in the title
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
pumpkin is found in this section of the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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total points = 460
Sheila25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
Book 1:
Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt(Andy Carpenter #4) https://www.goodreads.com/series/4265...
Name ANDY
and
Book 2:
The Hunt for Atlantis by Andy McDermott25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 1:
Force Of Nature by C.J. Box(The entire Joe Pickett series is set in Wyoming . https://www.goodreads.com/series/4170...
Joe Pickett is a Wyoming game warden.
and
Option 4:
The Dark Wind by Tony HillermanTotal Points = 420
Mod
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
set in Italy: Murder in Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy by Helene Stapinski
15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
Book 1, ness: Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Book 2, ful: Careful: A User's Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds by Steve Casner
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Grahamtotal = 445
Delicious Dee10.10. Gimme S’more
Gone Too Deep - not a re-read; I've previously read Fan the Flames by the same author
Points this Post: 10
Points Overall: 405
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Sorry, I posted too soon. I will have to come back later.(arrrrrrrrrgh!)
15.6 - The FugitiveAlong Came a Spider by James Patterson
has main page genre Thriller
Total Points: 45 + 15 = 60
Nick KYO.K. I think I have everything ready to post.
I would like to move House Made of Dawn from task 5.3 and replace it with:
5.3 Six Pack I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, with a first publication date of 1962, a “6” in the date.
There is no change of points for this substitution.
Then I will add:
20.6 Marie-Anne’s Medieval I rolled a 2 and used Option 1 – Printing Press – and read a book with a two word title, Night Shift by Stephen King.
25.12 Amanda A/McCathy’s Yellowstone
Book 1. Option 2: "For this option read a book with one of the following types of water features in the title: lake, river, creek, geyser, or waterfall. Plurals and possessives are acceptable but no other variations." With “Creek” in the title -- I read Hanging Woman Creek: A Novel by Louis L'Amour. I listened to the audiobook. The MPPE is 208 pp: Hanging Woman Creek.
Book 2. Option 4. Native American Characters and Author. I read House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. (moved from task 5.3)
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 385
Theresa5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
by Diane Ackerman
Creynard5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne
My word is "rose".
15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Heat Wave by Karina Halle
Set on a hotel on Kauai, Hawaii USA. "Past the town of Hanalai, the road turns into twists and turns up the mountain."
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 1: The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken
R.V.D = haRVarD
25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
Book 1/Option 1: Some Luck by Jane Smiley
On first page (1-50) of GR Popular Farming Books.
Book 2/Option 2: Run to You by Rachel Gibson
Audiobook narrated by Tanya Eby, whose initials T.E. are found in MARKET.
Here's a link to the audio addition with Tany Eby listed as narrator.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 260
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Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 26
15.1Book 1: #1 in a series.
The Dry by Jane Harper
Book 2: #2 in a series.
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
*Claiming a GO, pub 1932*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 175/1270
Tasks completed: 10/67
Books Read: 14
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jen UT5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
Point this post: 5
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Total points: 15
Elizabeth PTask 20.1 - Wonder Woman
Option Two: Book's title consists of 2+ words with same letter
Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
Both words in title start with the letter A
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 13
Task 25.6 – Lavender – Derivative WorkBook 1 – Read a derivative work:
Something Rotten
I listened to the audio / MMP: Something Rotten
Book 2 – Read the book that inspired book 1
Hamlet
I listened to the audio / MMP Hamlet
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1600
Pairing Approved in HELP Thread
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Diana K25.12 Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 1 For this option read a book with a setting of at least 75% in Wyoming, Montana or Idaho or set in Yellowstone Park.
A River Runs Through It set in Montana
Option 5 So for this final option, read a book with a main page genre of Travel, Nature, or Adventure.
Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka Travel
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
ElaineL30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
Two Book Task...500 p. minimum
Book 1: Option 3 - Read a book with sunglasses on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz
337 pagesBook 2: Option 5 - Read a book with one of the top 100 dog names as the author’s first or last name.
Skies of Fire by Zoe Archer (Zoe is #11 for Female Dog Names) 224 pages
(337 pages + 224 pages = 561 pages)
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 805
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 45
15.3 - Common GoodThis book fits both options: Option 1 (Author's first name begins with J) and Option 2 (Author's last name starts with M)
Paradise by Judith McNaught
*Big Book 709 pages = 1 ticket*
Big Book tickets this post = 1
Total Big Book tickets = 4
Challenge points total = 170
10.9. In Case You Missed ThemThe Vegetarian
15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Girl in a Band
Main page genre: Music
Word in title from list of performers is BAND, which is found in Steve Miller Blues BAND
20.2 - 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 TRIVIAL PURSUIT
The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
(I listened to the audio, but have linked to most popular paperback edition)
Total new points: 45
Total challenge points: 115
Theresa5.2 - Location, Location, Location
by Kate MortonSet in England
5.3 - Six Pack
by Sheridan HayFirst published in 2006
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
by David Baldacci5.9 - Whodunit? in Spring 2017 Challenge - Mystery is main page genre
5.5 - June, July, August
by Nancy Thayer368 pages
Ava Catherinerepost: post #1089
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1: Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
The Incarnations by Susan Barker
published July 3, 2014
Option 2: Read a book from the first 2 pages of any of these lists:
Catholic Fiction
From the list Catholic Fiction page 1, #3
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
total=1155
Ava Catherine30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
Option B. The wedding of my daughter
Book 1: Read a book with a white dress, bowtie, gold band, diamond ring, or cake /cake slice on the cover.
white dress on cover
Emma by Jane Austen
Book 2: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS.
The Group by Mary McCarthy
author's initials, MM, found in MrandMrs
total=1185
5.3 - Six PackRead a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
Originally published in 2016
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks Completed: 5
Bluegrass Pam15.3 Common Good
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Author’s initials: CM
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly RecommendedOption B- Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
Killers of the Flower Moonby David Grann
To date has 1,182 reviews
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
PegW15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
I read The White Road
Total Points this post-15
Total Points -85
Tasks Completed - 7
BARBARA ★10.8 - "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
The Spy Who Wants Me - Lucy Monroe 7/5
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10.10 - Gimme S’more
Fireproof - Alex Kava 7/6
Link to other books I read by this author: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
This is the FIRST time I'm reading this book!
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Phantomswife15.3 Common Good
One book that fulfills both requirements: R-first Name, R-last Name
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Over 1000 reviews on GR:
The History of Love
9536 reviews
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 11
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 Option A:
Did one of your ancestors emigrate to the to the country where you now live? If so, read a book set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from.
Ten Second Staircase
My ancestor came from England and the book is set in England
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.
My ancestor arrived on the ship Mayflower
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 380
Total Tasks: 18
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Queen Bee Darlene10.10 Gimme S'more - Read S'more by an author you've read before
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny The Cruelest Month
This book is new to me, but this is the 3rd book in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series and I have read the 1st two: Still Life Still Life and A Fatal Grace A Fatal Grace
10 points
20.8 Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY's Task: Dark Age Wonder - Title/subtitle contains all letters in DARK
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben DeAl bReaKer Deal Breaker
20 points
25.2 Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening - Option 2: Narrator or Reader of Audio book's 1st and last initials in MARKET GARDENING
Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica - Narrator Kate Rudd Don't You Cry
There are two narrators, but in the help thread message #39 this book was approved as only one narrator's initials must fit the challenge.
Option 3: specific named vegetable in title/sub/series name: I chose Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
This book was used as one of the examples for the task.
25 points
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 95
Queen Bee Darlene30.1 Dlmrose's task: But Who's Coming
1) Title of at least 2 words with all words having same number of letters Little Deaths by Emma Flint Little Deaths Both words have 6 letters
2) Using letter count from book 1, read book with that number of words in title Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
6 words in title
30 points
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 125
Shannon South Africa5.2 Location, Location, Location
Pavilion of Women: A Novel of Life in the Women's Quarters by Pearl S. Buck
Set in China
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 75
Catherine TTask 30.1 - But Who's Counting
book 1 - read a book with two+ title words of the same length
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
word length: 5 letters
book 2 - read a book with a title with 5 words (from book 1)
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
# title words - 5
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new total points = 490
25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure HuntingThis is a TWO book task. Pick two different options.
Option 1: Which direction?
Using the title only, the first letter of each word in the title must match the letters of one of the abbreviations used for compass directions.
Option 2: How many paces?
Roll two dice to determine how many paces you should take. Read a book that is the same number in a series as the total number rolled.
Book 1: I chose south (S) and read Soulbound by Bethany Adams
Book 2: I rolled 1 + 1 = 2. The Last Witness by Joel Goldman
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 160/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 1
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11/67
Nick KY15.10 Best Books The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race edited by Jesmyn Ward, GR Best Books of the Month, Aug 2016:
.Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 400
loafer30.12 - 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.
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
no mmpb or pb, hardcover: Anything Is Possible 254 pages
sESquicentennial
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white.
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
mmpb: Sourires de loup 740 pages
claiming 1 "big book" for this
points: 30
total: 340
BB: 6
GO: 3
tasks completed: 18
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15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Total Books: 20
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 3