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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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10.1. - Seven or Six?Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
I read Without Fail which is #6 in the Jack Reacher series.
The book is 550 pages long so I'm requesting one big book ticket please.
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 305
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 21
Big book tickets: 4
Golden oldie tickets: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - Seven or Six?
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
This is book #6 of the Graveyard Queen series
10.4 - Surprise!
Lady Renegades by Rachel Hawkins
Rachel Hawkins is mentioned in Post #79 of the Best Books You Accidentally Red thread.
10.7 - They Go Together
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
The number sixteen is written out on the cover.
Link to MMP edition: Sizzling Sixteen
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Diana K.Task 30.8 - Diana K’s Task: Where am I From and How Did I Get Here?
Book 1. Option A: Read a book set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from.
My parents came from Czechoslovakia which is where this book is set.
Too Loud a Solitude
Book 2 My parents came over on a ship
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1030
Elizabeth PTask 30.1 - But Who's Counting?
Book One - Book of 2+ words with same number of letters
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
Both have 5 letters
Book Two - Book with (5) words in title
Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas
Book has 5 words in title
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 385
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 28
Siobhan20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
I chose Option B
B.
Read a book where ALL the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London by Ian Mortimer
(I read the Kindle version, the paperback (No MMP): The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London is 400 pages)
Retirement = The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London - Ian Mortimer
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 31
Kim ATask 30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice written by a single author
Stolen Magic by Marina Finlayson
Book 2 - Rread a book with at least one word in the title/subtitle that begins with each of the initials of the author of book 1 (MF)
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
*288 + 262 = 550 pages
Task 30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Book 1 - Read a book set in Washington
Nerve by Jeanne Ryan
*Takes place in Seattle, Washington
Book 2 - Read a book first published in 2017
Speak of Me as I Am by Sonia Belasco
*Pub 4/4/17
Points This Post - 60
Total Points - 545
Mod
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
option 1, living plant (dandelion) on cover:
Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family by Betsy Graziani Fasbinderoption 3, nature genre: Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution by Marcus Eriksen
30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
option 3, sunglasses on cover:
Tall Man in Ray-Bans by Joseph FlynnPB: Tall Man in Ray-Bans, 224 pages
option 5, dog name #6 Jake: Killing Plato by Jake Needham
PB: Killing Plato, 366 pages
224 + 366 = 590
30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
book 1, set in British Columbia: Cold Girl by R.M. Greenaway
book 2, first published in 2017: The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
total = 1,155
Anna K5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder - read a book of your choice
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship, by Gail Caldwell
10.9 - In Case You Missed Them - read a book from NPR's list of best books of 2016 (http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2016/)
The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
Points this post: 15
Points this challenge: 145
5.4 - Best Laid PlansZoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French
book fits Spring 2017 task 10.1 - Catch Some Z's (Z in title)
Task 50.1 – Diane – On the MendRequired: 801+ pages: 399 + 402 + 228 = 1029
Option 2: Armchair Travel – From Diane’s post
Out of Africa = 399 pg
Post # 2
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1937
Option 3: Variations in a Theme
The Whole Town's Talking – 402 pg
I am on the board of my local library and we have started town meetings about renovation vs building a new facility. Definitely has all the board members talking, as well as the citizen focus groups, newspaper articles, letters to the editor, etc. Sometimes I feel ALL we do is talk about this .....but I digress.
APPROVED
Option 4: Healing and Recover – From Medicine & Literature List
Page 2, # 146
When Breath Becomes Air
I listened to the audiobook / no MMP / Paperback: When Breath Becomes Air – 228 pg
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 495 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
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.
I read Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood.
Points claimed this post: 20
Total points: 325
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 22
Big book tickets: 4
Golden oldie tickets: 2
Sara G30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
A. An old house ready to go for the sale
Book 1 - We had to go through everything and get rid of anything old, unused, forgotten or broken
Read a book with the word old, forgotten, broken, unused in the title/subtitle. The words must match exactly.
White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America by Don Jordan
Book 2- Once our house was cleared out we had to fix things, paint things, and clean clean clean. It was as if we had to redo the entire house from old to new.
Read a book with Retelling as a main page genre – the genre may be stand alone or embedded
Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
MPG Retellings, shelved 127 times
Points this post: 30
Total points: 575
Diane5.8 - 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: strawberry, rose (relating to the flower or the color), red, hay, hot, thunder, buffalo, green, grass, corn, sturgeon.
Rose, Rose, I Love You by Wang Zhenhe
Points Claimed this Post: 5
Total Points: 1215/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 22
Big Book Tickets: 5
Books Read: 92
Tasks Completed: 65/67
5.9 Romance genreSex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 340/1270
Tasks completed: 19/67
Books Read: 27
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 30.10 - Andy P's Task: Calendar BoyBook 1. The Dead I Know by Scot Gardner
Book 2. March Upcountry 608 pages
Claiming a Big Book ticket for March Upcountry
Points this post 30
360 + 30 = 390
BB 4
GO 1
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter.
--> Serpent's Storm
[Points]
This post: 20
Total: 460
perletwoTask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies - To get started, roll a virtual die, and use the number you get as specified in one of the options below.
I rolled a 2.
Option 2: read a book where the number you rolled appears in the date the book was first published.
The Bug: A Novel - first printed 2/28/12
Points this task: 20
Total points: 920
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 07
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 66
Tasks completed: 44
FANDURY30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer
Option 1: Read a book with a living plant (tree, flower, fruit growing on plant) on the cover.
by Claire TomalinThere are trees on the cover
Option 4: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in VACATION.
The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn
The initials of the author AA can be found in vAcAtion.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 365
Books Read: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(4)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 10.4. Surprise!
read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
Message 18, Winter 2009
by Reif LarsenPoints this post: 10
Total points: 825
Siobhan30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
I chose option B!
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.
by Tessa Dare(I read the kindle version, The MMP: Say Yes to the Marquess)
Book 2
Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS
Dark Calling by Darren Shan
Darren Shan = MRANDMRS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 585
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 32
Marina H15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
#1 in series
Book 2: A March of Kings by Morgan Rice
#2 in series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 380
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 19
perletwo20.2 - 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.
The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch
Points this task: 20
Total points: 940
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 07
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 67
Tasks completed: 45
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age WonderAfter the Dark by Cynthia Eden
Points this post: 20
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 27
Kim ATask 50.1 - Diane's Task: On the Mend
Book 1 - Read a book with a present-tense action verb in the title or subtitle
See How They Run by Ally Carter
Book 2 - Read a book I have read in my past travels that fits SRC guidelines
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
*Post 8
Book 3 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in PHYSICAL THERAPY
Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer
336 + 254 + 406 = 996 pages
Points This Post - 50
Total Points - 595
SALLY M.30.5 Inspired by Books
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (option 2: so it goEs, iChing)
**Ready Player One is a Big Book (624 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
Pages read: 9,761
Total BB tickets: 5
Total GO tickets: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida LoveOption 3 - Author's Initials (LT) in TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
*532 pages = 1 Big Book Ticket*
Total Big Book Tickets = 9
Challenge total = 305
loafer20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 3: SUPERHEROINE
Read a book from the I am Woman Hear Me Roar listopia.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
on page 1 of the list
points: 20
total: 490
BB: 6
GO: 6
tasks completed: 26
loaferplease disregard this post - I see the problem already......
Book 1 :
Option 2 - for this task read a book from the first 2 pages of any of these lists
Catholic Fiction
Notable Atheist Books
Wicca and other Pagan based Fiction
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
on page 1 of the Catholic Fiction list
First published 1945, it is a "golden oldie"
Book 2:
option 3 - Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram
Ghost Gifts by Laura Spinella
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 10.9 In Case You Missed Them - The Widow, read 7/28
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 545/1270
Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 35
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 3
Post #1730.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Option 1:Drop of Doubt (The Ghost Bird, #5 by C.L. Stone 448 pages
CLS in SESQUICENTENNIAL
Option 4:
Seduce Me at Sunrise 360 pages448+ 360=808/600 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:380
Books read:28
Tasks Done:22
CELESTER15.1 - A one! A two! A cha-cha-cha!!
New York New York 1 & New York New York 2 by Marimo Ragawa
New York New York 1 - 212 pages (passes Manga/GN requirement)
New York New York 2 - 212 pages (Passes Manga/GN requirement)
Points/post: 15
Total points: 105
GO: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 1 - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, read 7/14, first published in 1844, 786 pages (claiming 1 GO ticket and 2 BB tickets)
Task 25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 1 - The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan, new to me author, debut book, read 7/14, 278 pages
Option 2 - new to me series Southern Spirits 270 pages read 7/8
Total pages = 548
Task 25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A, Option 2 -
read 7/22Option B, Option 2 - The Shining read 6/15, I haven't read this book since I was younger than 18
Task 30.14 Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Book 2 -
first published in 2015, 294 pages, read 8/2Book 3 -
on page 1, 391 pages, read 6/29Total pages = 685
Points this post: 100
Total Points: 645/1270
Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 41
GO Tickets: 6
BB Tickets: 5
25.2Option 1: Popular Farming Books list page 1
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
Option 2: audiobook w/ narrator first and last initials in the words MARKET GARDENING. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
I listened to this version (Hidden Figures) narrated by Robin Miles. Great account of some amazing women!
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 365/1270
Tasks completed: 20/67
Books Read: 29
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative WorkBook 1: Read a derivative work
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Book 2: Read the book that the first book was derived from
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1892). I claim one GO ticket.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 605
Total Tasks: 27
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Amy O.25.2 - Shanna Redwind's Task: Market Gardening
Option 1: book from list of Popular Farming Books
A Painted House by John Grisham, on page 5 of the Popular Farming Books List: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Option 3: book with name of vegetable in title, taken from List of Vegetables at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Points this post: 25
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Stephanie1275.8 - 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: strawberry, rose (relating to the flower or the color), red, hay, hot, thunder, buffalo, green, grass, corn, sturgeon.
Hot Dog Taste Test
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100/1270
Tasks completed: 9/67
Books read: 9
Brave10.7. They Go Together: 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.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
by Taylor Jenkins ReidPage count in my edition: 400
The word "seven" is spelled out on the cover of this book.
Total points this post: 10
Total points: 60
BraveI would like to switch the book that I used for the task 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.
I would like to put The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg for this task.
Page count in my edition: 176
Contains both the numbers 6 and 7.
And I would like to shuffle a book (listed below) to this task:
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF: Read ONE book from the following options. The genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" are approved for this task. REQUIRED: State in your post the option you chose.
I chose Option A, read a book that has been a Hugo Award finalist, past or present, and I chose from the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story list.
Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill was a finalist for Best Graphic Story in 2013.
Page count in my edition: 160 pages
Total NEW points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Brave20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement: Read one book, at least 250 pages long, that fits one of the following options. I chose option B: Read a book where ALL the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Page count in my edition: 369 pages, meeting the 250-page requirement.
2 R: Rae, Animators
3 E: The, Rae, Whitaker
2 T: The, Animators
I: Whitaker
M: Animators
N: Animators
Total points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 10.1 Seven or Six - Death of a Prankster #7 in Hamish Macbeth series
Task 25.1 Justme's Task: Peace Corps
Option 1 - Jamaica -Environment Nature's Allies: Eight Conservationists Who Changed Our World - the information will help me understand how to help change Jamaica's environment - 272 pages, read 8/4
Option 2 - Insurgent read 6/11
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 680/1270
Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 43
GO Tickets: 6
BB Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name - LaureY25.6 - Lavender's Task: Derivative Work
Book 1: Read a derivative work.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King
Book 2: Read the book that the first book was derived from.
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
*I claim a Golden Oldie Ticket for Book 2 as it was first published in 1890*
Link: In Book 1, a retired Sherlock Holmes takes on a female apprentice.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
Total Books: 32
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name - LaureY10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
When He was Wicked by Julia Quinn
(Bridgerton #6)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 380
Total Books: 33
Total Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Mod
I read Closer to the Chest, first published in October 2016.
30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
I chose the one book option, and read one book from Option C, book with main page genre World War II.
I read Winter of the World - I read the kindle version, but linked to the MMPB edition for page purposes - 914 pages, which exceeds the required 600 pages minimum.
The genre comes and goes, but it was verified in post 2 of the help thread.
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
I chose the one book option and option 1 - author initials in IN IT FOR THE BOOKS. I read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Author initials, KF, found in "in it For the booKs. 973 pages, exceeding the required 600 pages.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 575
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyReposting task
Task 25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Option A, Option 2 -
read 7/22, this is a new to me author and I haven't read this book beforeOption B, Option 2 - The Shining read 6/15, I haven't read this book since I was younger than 18
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 645/1270
Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 41
GO Tickets: 6
BB Tickets: 5
LAVENDER25.7 - 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.
While the Light Lasts by Agatha Christie audiobook I read.
While the Light Lasts 224 pages (Top MMPB)
AC is in STR A WBERRIES AND C REAM
Option 2: Read a book with two authors.
Black Hills by Jennifer Schneider and Franklin Schneider kindle I read.
Black Hills 321 pages (Top Paperback, no MMPB)
This book has 2 authors.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
trishhartuk5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
So Wild the Heart, Geoffrey Trease
About 70% of the book is set in the mountains near Verona, Italy.
Read the kindle edition. HB reference link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Code of Rainbow: Soaring Flame and the Dragon-transcending Magimal, Weiqi Wang
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 710
Tasks Completed: 38
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
25.8 - Option 5 - Read a book from WWII List: Beneath a Scarlet Sky - Page 5
Option 6 - Read a book by an author you have read 2x before and got from library: Twice Tempted. Previous reads: Halfway to the Grave & One Foot in the Grave I got this from the Library.
25.11 -
Option 1 - First letter of the word must be an abbreviation for a compass direction: Nomad - N
Option 3 - Read a book with an X in the name: The Memory Box
30.13 - Option C - NEW HOUSE
Book 1: Published in 2017 -
Book 2: House or Porch on Cover: Wideacre
- BIG BOOK TICKET (659 Pages)Points this Post: 80
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 335
Catherine TTask 5.7 - Medieval
read a book from the list, shelved medieval at least 10 times
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
on p5 - 40 shelvings
576 pages - big book ticket claimed
Jasmiina FTask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies:
Option 2: Read a book where the number you rolled appears in the date the book was first published:
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence.
I rolled number 5 and the book was first published in 1915.
The book is a Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
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