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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Pamela326525.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
Option 2: Audible Version Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes – Narrated by Roy McMillan
Paperback Version: Don QuixoteDon Quixote
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1605
Big Book - 1023 pages
Option 3: 101 Things to Do with Zucchini by Cyndi Duncan and Georgie Patrick
Vegetable: Zucchini
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 220
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1
CHANDNI30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
2: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase SENIOR YEAR.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
3: Read a book with one of the following words intact in the title or subtitle: MOUNTAIN, OCEAN, BRIDGE, HIKE, TRAIL.
The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 18
Completed Tasks: 15
JUKKA10.9. In Case You Missed Them
Book from NPR's Best Books List 2016.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson.
15.3 - Common Good
Option 2: Book that fills both Option 1, Book A: author's first name begins with J, M, R, A, D, or C, and Book B: author's last name begins with R, M, W, B, C, or S.
This Census-Taker by China Miéville.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option D: Book with main page genre Books about Books.
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 with a Journal of a Writer's Week by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Points this post: 45
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 260/1270
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 20/67
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Coralie10.3 Lean on Me
Book with LEAN intact in title – oLEANder
Oleander Girl: A Novel
25.3 First Time for Everything
I read one book over 500 pages satisfying options 1 & 2
A debut book by an author new to me which is the first in a new-to-me series
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan 545 pages
Both the author and the series are new to me.
This post 35 points
Total to date 605 points
Siobhan25.12 - Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
I picked option 3 and option 5
Option 3
For this option read a book where an author’s initials can be found in “OLD FAITHFUL”.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Old Faithful
Option 5
read a book with a main page genre of Travel, Nature, or Adventure. Or read a book with a main page genre of Death.
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
MPG Travel.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 24
Mod
10.1. - Seven or Six?
(Ann Lindell Mystery #6): The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining MemorialNew Boy
option 1, Wallace author: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
MMPB: Brefs entretiens avec des hommes hideux
25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
Book 1: New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
" a modern retelling of Othello set in a suburban schoolyard"
Book 2: Othello by William Shakespeare
total = 700
Diane10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
L'Assommoir by Émile Zola (Les Rougon-Macquart, #7)
I am also claiming a GO TICKET for this book, which was first published in 1877.
Points Claimed this Post: 10
Total Points: 1105/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 20
Big Book Tickets: 5
Books Read: 82
Tasks Completed: 60/67
Mod
I read Graceling, on p. 1 of the Popular Medieval Books list (about 4 from the bottom), shelved 94 times as "medieval."
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
I chose option 2 (book published between May 1972 and May 1974) and read Elephants Can Remember, first published November 1972.
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
For my first book, I chose option 1 (book published between June 25 and July 7). I read The Waking Land. I read an ARC and have linked to a paper edition showing page length. First publication date is June 27, 2017.
For my second book, I chose option 3 (alliteration) and read What is Not Yours is Not Yours. The phrase "is not yours" is repeated, with only two words separating the repetition of each word.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 395
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRCFor this task, you can read one or two books, but the total number of pages read 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.
Option 2: Read a book with both a 1 and a 5 found in the first published year (e.g. 2015 or 1995).
Martinis & Mayhem
Published in 1995
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER".
Reading Up a Storm by Eva Gates
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 510
Total Tasks: 23
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name MAZZA1 Task 30. 1 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.
Forty Rooms (2 words of 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.
Between the World and Me (5 word title)
Points this post = 30
Total points for challenge = 960
Tasks this post = 1
Books this post = 2
Total tasks = 62
Total Books = 66
M1NKSREPOST
10.7. They Go Together
Task 20.6 - Medieval Time Technologies - rolled 5
Option 3. 4,5,6 - Blue Tunic
M1NKS15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Dealing with Dragons
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
15.10 - Best Books - July 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books:500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)
Tasks Completed:
5 Point Tasks - 9 out of 10
10 Point Tasks - 6 out of 10
15 Point Tasks - 5 out of 10
20 Point Tasks - 5 out of 10
M1NKS25.2 - Market Gardening
Option 2: - Time's Arrow: Or the Nature of the Offense Graeme Malcolm (Reading)
I read this - Time's Arrow
Option 3: - Pea
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
25.4 - Hi! My name is (what?)
Book 1 - Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
Book 2 - The Labours Of Hercules by Agatha Christie
Name: AGATHA
25.7 - Strawberries and Cream
Option 3.
Pub 1934 - at the bottom. Expands more clearly in this link: Wild Strawberries* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Option 4.
MMP for length Opposites Attract
25.11 - Treasure Hunting
Option 2: How many paces? (rolled 5 - 3 + 2)
The Leper of Saint Giles
Option 4: It's a book! - Pge 1
Villette - 573 Pgs/Pub 1853
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket*
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 100
Total Points: 380
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books:500(1); 750(0); 1000(0)
Tasks Completed:
5 Point Tasks - 9 out of 10
10 Point Tasks - 6 out of 10
15 Point Tasks - 5 out of 10
20 Point Tasks - 5 out of 10
25 Point Tasks - 4 out of 12
M1NKS30.1 - But Who's Counting
Book 1 Eugene Onegin Pub 1833 - 6 Letters
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Book 2- A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age - 6 Words
30.13 - A Busy Year of Changes
B.
Book 1.
Pub 1936 - White dress* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Book 2. author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
30.14 - SRC vs. SRC
Option 2: Read a book with both a 1 and a 5 found in the first published year
Gormenghast Pub 1950/505 Pgs
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Option 4. Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER"
St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters
Points this post: 90
Total Points: 470
Golden Oldies: 11
Big Books:500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)
Tasks Completed:
5 Point Tasks - 9 out of 10
10 Point Tasks - 6 out of 10
15 Point Tasks - 5 out of 10
20 Point Tasks - 5 out of 10
25 Point Tasks - 4 out of 12
30 Point Tasks - 3 out of 14
JENNIFER NC 15.5 - Scan It
The Outlandish Companion, Volume Two: The Companion to The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, and Written in My Own Heart's Blood
**This is a Big Book (656 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points Claimed this Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 8
Phantomswife5.8 - 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: thunder
Thunder on the Right
25.7 - 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. - creaM and strawBerries
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Option 2: Read a book with two authors either writing under both names (like Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö), or using a single name
Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan by Bill O'Reilly and Dugard, Martin
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 16
VeronicaW15.3 - Common Good
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name begins with a letter that appears on this list: J, M, R, A, D, C.
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name begins with a letter that appears on this list R, M, W, B, C, S.
Pulled by Danielle Bannister
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
Books read this post: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
20.4 Bound for Boston I chose option 3 and read Shifting the Monkey: The Art of Protecting Good from Liars, Criers, and Other Slackers by Todd Whitaker - mpg business
New Total: 150
Andy P.Task # Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word BONUS
by Sharon Bolton BONUS(368 p)Book 2. Read a book whose title contains ALL the letters in the word PARTY
by J. Todd Scott THE FAR EMPTY(432 p.)Word count: 368 + 432=800>500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
Brooke TX25.12 - 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”.
Option 5: Read a book with a main page genre of Travel, Nature, or Adventure. Approved in help thread message 3:
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. Approved as not really a graphic novel here:
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.
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1: Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
Option 3: Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram.
Points
This Post: 85
Total Points: 510
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 44
25.3 First Time for EverythingOption 1: The Why Are You Here Cafe
first book published by John P. Strelecky and I haven’t read any other books by him before.
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 144 pages.
Option 2: Flame in the Mist
A new series (not only) to me.
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 368 pages.
Total page count: 512
25.5 Whole30
Option 2: Uhuru Street
Option 3: Aiding and Abetting
I read the kindle version. The most popular paperback edition has 176 pages.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 445
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida LoveOption 3.
The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka
25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 4.
by Andrew MotionOption 6.
I read
by Ian Mortimer, which I borrowed from Edinburgh City Libraries. I've read
and
before.Points this post: 45
Points in total: 250
Tasks completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
readerboard name: boromom5.4 - Best Laid Plans - one from last challenge: Chose:
5.5 March, April or May: read a book with # 3,4 or 5.
The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets / The Bone Artists / The Warden
points this post: 5
total points:55
perletwo10.3. - 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.
Lean Mean Thirteen
Points this task: 10
Total points: 700
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 06
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 36
5.3 - Six PackI read Commonwealth which was published in 2016.
Points: 220
Books read: 20
tasks completed: 16
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 3
pages read: 7133
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age WonderA book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK: Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
20.5 - SF,F & WTFOPTION B - Coffee, Tea, or Murder? based on the TV show Murder She Wrote.
25.2 - MARKET GARDENING
OPTION 2 - A Man Called Ove which was narrated by George Newbern. I did listen to the audiobook.
OPTION 3 - Like Dandelion Dust using dandelion from the list.
30.9 - RAISING SENIORS
OPTION 2 - Baby, Come Back by Erica Spindler which is 248 pages.
OPTION 3 - Sunset Bridge which is 512 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 480
Siobhan15.10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime by Val McDermid
(I read the kindle version, the paperback (no MMP): Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime)
Found in the July 2015 Best Book of the Month List
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 25
Anne (Booklady)15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: #1 in Joe Grey Series, Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Book 2: #2 in Key West Food Critic Series, Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Total Number of pages read for this task MUST be at least 500 pages.
Option 1 - Read a debut book or the first book published by an author who is New-To-You. Ellen Marie Wiseman's page states: Her debut novel, THE PLUM TREE, is loosely based on her mother’s stories about growing up in Germany during the chaos of WWII.
Ellen Marie Wiseman is a New to Me Author
The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman 400 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). Danny LoganSeries is a New Series to me, as well as it's author, M.D. Grayson
Angel Dance (Danny Logan #1) by M.D. Grayson 331 pages
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 2
#1 on Catholic Fiction list
*Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Option 3 Read a book that is either alliterative or TAUTOGRAM
Amethysts and Arson by Lynn Gardner
*Golden Oldie: Brideshead Revisited was first published in 1945*
Points in These Tasks: 70
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 2040
Totals:
Total Points: 410/1270
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 24/67
Total Books Read: 34
Total Pages Read in Summer 2017 SRC:12,602
Readerboard Name - LaureY25.4 - 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.
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4) by Ilona Andrews
Number of pages: 349
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains either the first or last name, found intact, of the series name from book 1.
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Number of pages: 529
Name: KATE
*I claim a Big Book Ticket for this book- 529 pages.*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 275
Total Books: 24
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
loafer5.3 - Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6.
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
published 2016
points: 5
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Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar Boy
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
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
no mmpb, pb: At the Water's Edge 416 pages
auGuSt
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains ALL the letters in the word PARTY
Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood 336 pages
PRiesTdAddY
416 + 336 > 500 pages
points: 30
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total : 415
BB: 6
GO: 4
tasks completed: 23
Sara G15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
World Chocolate Day is July 7. Celebration of the day includes the consumption of chocolate.
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.
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
This one is 100% set in the Dominican Republic.
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
Shark Week is an annual, week-long TV programming block featuring shark-based programming. Shark Week begins on July 23, 2017.
Read a book with teeth on the cover.
by Felicia DayFelicia Day's smile shows her teeth!
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
Shannon South Africa20.3 Highly Recommended
1000+ Goodreads Reviews
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
4333 Reviews
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 95
Readerboard Name - LaureY30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1
Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
Waking Up With the Duke by Lorraine Heath
Option 3
Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram.
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Total Books: 26
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Kim ATask 25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
Book 1 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Autumn Falls by Bella Thorne
Book 2 - Read a book with two authors
The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
*IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 200
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 15.7 Don't leave Fingerprints
Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown Hawaii USA
Maui Widow Waltz Setting identified in GR metadata
Task 20.2 Lake Lida Love
Option 3 – Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
Men From The Boys Author Tony Parsons
Task 25. 9 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)
Italian Shoes
Book 2: Read a book with that same object pictured on its cover
Disco For The Departed
Points this post = 60
Total points for challenge = 1020
Tasks this post = 3
Books this post = 4
Total tasks = 65
Total Books = 70
KAREN F15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Key of Light by Nora Roberts - Book #1 in the Key Trilogy
Book 2: Sleight of Paw by Sofie Kelly - Book #2 in the Magical Cats Mystery series
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 220
Task 20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Brooklyn – Lake Lida LoveOption 3: By a single author whose initials are in TRIVIAL PURSUIT - L A U
Luis Alberto Urrea / Into the Beautiful North
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: Into the Beautiful North
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 260 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
Sara ITA15.10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
Una vita come tante (A Little Life) by Hanya Yanagihara
Book present in the list of March 2015.
** Una vita come tante is a Big Book (1,098 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets. **
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
REQUIRED: State the number you rolled and the option you choose.
I rolled a 1.
Option 2: read a book where the number you rolled appears in the date the book was first published.
Il cavaliere svedese (The Swedish Cavalier) by Leo Perutz
Book first published in 1936
** Il cavaliere svedese is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1936). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 105
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 1
Veronica W10.7. 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.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books read this post: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Task 20.9 - Book Concierge : Happy Retirement Option A : read a book (at least 250 pages) with a MC who works in criminal justice or healthcare.
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
This is the Kindle edition, the paperback is here : Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (270 pages).
The MC is a medical examiner.
Points this post : 20
Total points : 65
Big book tickets : 0
Golden Oldies tickets : 1
Tasks completed : 5
CHANDNI20.10 - Group Reads
I read Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann.
My post is here
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 16
30.1 - Dlmrose's task: But Who's CountingBook 1: Read a book with a TITLE of at least 2 words where every word in the title has the same number of letters
Common Ground (both words have 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
Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab (has 6 words in Title)
Total new points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 175
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
2 Books - Choose two different options and read one book for each, books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
384p + 176p = 560p > 500p
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).
--> Wallbanger
--> Alice Clayton
--> Cocktail #1
--> Series and author are new to me.
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.
--> Down Among the Sticks and Bones
--> D A T S A B = STAB, BATS, BAST, DATA
[Points]
This post: 25
Total: 325
ElaineL10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
Read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...".
The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window by Kirsty Moseley
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 990
Books read: 76
Tasks completed: 54
ElaineL15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown: Florida USA.
More Than Make-Believe by Tymber Dalton
Points claimed this post: 15
Total points: 1005
Books read: 77
Tasks completed: 55
Diane15.1 - 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. Whole numbers only.
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov (Пикник на льду #1)
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett (The Trilogy, #2)
Points Claimed this Post: 15
Total Points: 1120/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 20
Big Book Tickets: 5
Books Read: 84
Tasks Completed: 61/67
25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market GardeningOption 2: Select a book with an Audio edition that has a Narrator or Reader with their first and last initials in the words MARKET GARDENING.
The Memory of Trees by F.G. Cottam
Audiobook: The Memory of Trees
Narrator: David Rintoul
Narrator's initial, DR, found in gaRDening
"Option 3:
Read a book that contains a vegetable from this List of Vegetables in the title, subtitle or series: Dandelion"
Purple Dandelion: A Muslim's Woman Struggle Against Violence and Oppression by Farida Sultana
25.4 - Tien's Task: Hi! My name is (what?)
Book 1: Inferno (Robert Langdon #4) by Dan Brown
1x Bigger is Better Tix (611 pages)
Book 2: The Janson Directive (Paul Janson #1) by Robert Ludlum
1x Bigger is Better Tix (704 pages)
NAME: ROBERT
Total pages read: 1,315 pages
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 425
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Option 2, a book from World War II Fiction list, page 2, #130: The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
paperback edition The Soldier's Wife 416 pages
Option 3, a book with sunglasses on the cover: Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
paperback edition Keeping the Moon 228 pages
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