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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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PAULA S20.2 - 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
Isaac Asimov in trivIAl pursuitThis book was first published in 1950 so I'm requesting one golden oldie ticket.
Points this task: 20
GO this task: 1
Total points this season: 40
Total GO this season: 1
Delicious Dee10.7. They Go Together
Points this Post: 10
Points Overall: 10
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 20.10 Group read
Station Eleven
Commented in thread Post number 2 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post 20
Total points = 100
Tasks this post =1
Total tasks = 6
Books this post = 1
Total books = 7
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL
Amy EngelMEDIEVAL
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Andy P.Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF
Option A.
Read a book that has been a Hugo Award finalist, past or present.
by Sheri S. TepperThis book was a Hugo Award finalist in 1990
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
DIANE30.8 - 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: Read a book set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from.
Country ancestors came from: France
Book: Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac. Book is entirely set in France.
If the setting of the book is not evident in the GR record, include a reference when you post: A top genre is listed as France, and the following is from the description: "Eugenie's moving story is set against the backdrop of provincial oppression, the vicissitudes of the wine trade, and the workings of the financial system in the aftermath of the French Revolution."
Book 2: How did that immigrant get here? 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:
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad.REQUIRED: Explain in your post how your ancestor or the immigrant in book 1B arrived in this country: My ancestor's arrived by ship, as they had to travel across the Atlantic and plane transportation did not exist at that time.
I have also earned to GO tickets:
Eugenie Grandet was first published in 1833.
Nostromo was first published in 1904.
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 70/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4/67
Bookwrm526Task #20.6
I rolled a 1, and I chose option2
Option 2: Read a book where the number you rolled (1) appears in the date the book was first published. I read The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths, first published 2017.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 20
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Lake Lida Love
I chose option 1, to read a book first published between July 1974 and July 1989 and read Curses! by Aaron Elkins, first published January 1, 1989.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 40
Sandra5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
Wallflower in Bloom by Claire Cook
The genre 'romance' is #4 on the book main page.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 5
loafer30.14 - 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.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER".
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Grand prizE winner
mmpb: Middlemarch 1088 pages
at 1088 pages, it is a "big book" (claiming 3 tickets)
published in 1871, it is a "golden oldie"
points: 30
total: 30
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 1
Siobhan 25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
2 book task
I chose option 1 and option 2.
1. Read a debut book or the first book published by an author who is New-To-You.
The Thief Taker by CS Quinn, the edition I read was 433 pages
(I read the kindle version, there's no mass market paperback so here's the link to the paperback edition: The Thief Taker)
C.S Quinn is a new to me author, and as per goodreads and Amazon this was her first published book.
2. Read the first book in a New-To-You series.
Cronin's Key by N. R Walker, 265 pages in the edition I read.
( I read the kindle version, there's no mass market paperback edition but the paperback can be found here: Cronin's Key)
This was a new to me series!
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
trishhartuk10.9. In Case You Missed Them
Read a book from NPR’s list of Best Books of 2016
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Listed in the Science Fiction and Fantasy section of the NPR list.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
HINA15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well -
Book 1: The Pregnant Witness by Lisa Childs.
Witness ends in -ness in the title.
Book 2: Lawful Escort by Tina Folsom.
Lawful ends in -ful in the title.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 30
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jen B25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
Option 1: This book is shelved as Food
AND
Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner by Jen Lancaster
Option 2: This book is not shelved as Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, SciFi, or History
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 30
Kristen IA5.4 - 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.
Required: When you post, indicate which Spring 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.
Spring Task 5.6 – Lady Day
Read a book written by an author named Mary or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Mary such as Maria, Molly, Miriam, Mia, Polly. The name may be found in any name position. Name variations are limited to those found at the link- NO other variations. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
I listened to the audio version and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5/1270
Tasks Completed: 1/67
BB: 0
GO: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 5.10 Your Own Eighth Wonder - The Martian Chronicles originally published in 1950 requesting 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40/1270
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 0
Brooklyn30.13 – 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 on the cover.
by Kathy Hogan Trocheck (aka Mary Kay Andrews)Cake on the cover
Book 2
Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS.
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30/1270
Tasks completed: 1/67
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
DIANE25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
This is a two book task. Choose one book from each of two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose in your post.
Option 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 read The Land at the End of the World by António Lobo Antunes. The main page genres for this book are Fiction, European Literature>Portuguese Literature, Cultural>Portugal, and War.
Option 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.
I read Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare. This title was pre-approved in the Help thread.
I am also claiming a GO Ticket for Love's Labour's Lost. It was first written in 1597.
Points Claimed this Post: 25
Total Points: 95/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 5/67
5.3 - Six PackRead a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
15th Affair by James Patterson
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Total GO: 0
Total BB: 0
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.2 Location, Location, Location
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2by John Tiffany
set in England
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Total BB: 0
Total Points: 5/1270
BOUCHRA15.10 - Best Books
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
List date: JULY 2012
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 3: SUPERHEROINE - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Book #28 on page 1 of I Am Woman Hear Me Roar
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 35/1270
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
GO Tickets This Post/Total: 0/0
BB Tickets This Post/Total: 0/0
10.5. June 19 - National Martini DayI read Leaving Lucy Pear, whose author, Anna Solomon's initials are in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
points: 20
books read: 4
tasks completed: 2
CELESTER5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Book of Choice: Interpreter of Maladies
India is on the short list of countries that have graced the Earth with a Man-Made Wonder of the World. Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of stories that combine two modern wonders of the world (India + America) in people that struggle to find their own wonders and loves in the world.
CELESTE.
Post: 5
Points: 5
Books: 1
Megs15.3 - 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 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.
Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen (author's first name starts with "R")
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.
Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen (author's last name starts with "B")
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
loafer10.6. Get Inspired
Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you.
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
on the 2015 list
I was so inspired by this audio that I ordered the hardcover to have permanently.
points: 10
total: 40
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 2
ElaineL10.4 - Surprise!
Read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Book found here
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 45
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
15.5 - Scan It
Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
The Letters UPC found in eUCalyPtus
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.
The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
- approvalOption 4: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in VACATION.
Steel by Carrie Vaughn
author intial, CV, found in VaCation
Total this Post: 50
Season Total: 50
LAUREN JODI25.8 - Chris MD's Task: Quincy, You’re My Home
Option 3: Dunkies
Coffee on the cover:
The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones
Option 6: Library
Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb
Other books read by this author:
Naked in Death and Glory in Death
Borrowed from the library: Orange County Library System
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 35/1270
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2/67
perletwo30.11 - 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.
The Killing Jar - Las Vegas, NV
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.
Only Skein Deep first printed 6/6/17
Points this task: 30
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 00
Big Book ticket requests: 00
Books read: 06
Tasks completed: 04
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time TechnologiesI rolled a 4 and chose option 1 for this task.
Option 1: Read a book with the number of words in the title you rolled.
I read The Contented Toddler Years which has four words in its title.
The book has children as an MPG but as it is a book about parenting it was approved for use in post 171 of the not really a kids book thread.
Points claimed this post: 20
Total points: 90
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Big book tickets: 1
Golden oldie tickets: 2
TANYA D30.2 -
Option 1: Plants. Read a book with a living plant (tree, flower, fruit growing on plant) on the cover.
The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverOption 5: Personal Growth
Select a book from the first fifteen (15) pages of the list Books that Changed the Way You View Life.
Book #28 on first page- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
KATIEGIRL30.11 - A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
1: A book set at least 50% in Washington, British Columbia, Oregon, South Dakota, Nevada or New York.
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
Book set in De Smet, South Dakota.
Book first published in 1939. Claiming as GOLDEN OLDIE ticket.
2: A book first published in 1992 or 2017.
The End of Our Story by Meg Haston
Book first published in 2017.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
Total tasks: 2
BB total: 0
GO total: 2
Nick KY5.7 Medieval Times I read The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours, shelved 34 times as Medieval, on page 5 of the Popular Medieval Books list.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The History of the Franks at 720 pages. I had 250 pages of the book read before the challenge began.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 30
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee5.5 - June, July, August
The Name of the Wind - I listened to the audiobook, but the most popular MMBP had 722pgs; Big Book Ticket, 500+ pgs
Points this Post: 5
Points Overall: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.The Azure Kingdom by Michelle Dare
Published in June 15, 2016
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/67
Brooklyn20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Medieval Time Technologies
Option 2: Read a book where the number you rolled appears in the date the book was first published.
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
I rolled a 2. The book was published in 2016.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20/1270
Tasks completed: 1/67
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Big Book Tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 Group Read
I chose to read Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. My comment in the discussion thread is post 3.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 60
SSKrout5.5 "June, July, August"
The Enchanter King: Book Two of The Kalymbrian Chronicles (406 pages)
points this post: 5
total points: 5
15.3 - Common Good Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book whose author's first name begins with a J, M R, A, D, or C.
Book 2: Read a book whose author's last name begins with a R, M, W, B, C, or S.
The Mistress by Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel (first name begins with a D and last name with an S). Satisfies the requirements for book 1 and book 2.
Points this Post: 15
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard name: Helen B20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task
Option 1: SECRET IDENTITY
Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Up Close and Dangerous by
Readerboard name: Helen BSorry I hit post before I was ready! Here is a repost with all the necessary info.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task
Option 1: SECRET IDENTITY
Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard
Linda Howard is a pseudonym for Linda S. Howington
5.7 Medieval Times
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
It is on page 2 of medieval books list.
The greatest knight has 552 pages so I'm claiming 1 BB ticket
points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Big books: 1
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the AuthorBook 1, book of choice: Keep Me Posted by Lisa Beazley
paperback edition Keep Me Posted, 320 pages
Book 2, a word in the title that begins with each of the initials of the author of book 1: Liliane's Balcony by Kelcey Parker Ervick, 216 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 40
LAVENDER5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL.
His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle 224 pages
AD found in MEDIEVAL
Claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book; it was first published Oct 22, 1917
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10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
Read a book from this list: Popular Druid Books.
A Fate of Dragons by Morgan Rice ebook I read
A Fate of Dragons Top paperback (No MMPB) 198 pages
On Page 1 of the list
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15.3 - Common Good
Option 2:
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.
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.
Consequences by James Moran (and others) 256 pages
J appears in the first name list
M appears in the last name list
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
FANDURY15.4 - Summer of Love
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
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
Stripped: The True Story of Depeche Mode by Jonathan Miller
The book has Music as Main Page Genre and the author shares his last name Miller with the Steve Miller Blues Band.
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 596 pages: Stripped: The True Story of Depeche Mode
I claim 1 big book ticket for this
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jasmiina F15.3 - Common Good:
Option 2: 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 AND 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:
Bone, Vol. 9: Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
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: Jammin JennyTask 5.3 Six Pack - Logan's Run first published in 1967 using only pass to read a book under 150 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45/1270
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 0
Readerboaard Name MAZZA1Task 5.3 Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
Touched by Magic first published 1996 on Goodreads metadata
Points this post = 5
Total points to date = 105
Books this post = 1
Total books = 8
Tasks this post = 1
Total tasks completed = 7
10.9 NPR's list of Best Books of 2016The Trespasser by Tana French
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30/1270
Tasks completed: 2/67
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK
Points this task: 20
Total points this season: 20