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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVEOption A(2): Read a book with a main page genre of ‘science-fiction’ or ‘aliens’. Genre may be embedded.
I read Doctor Who: The Sontaran Games by Jacqueline Rayner, which has science fiction as an MPG. Both the book and the author are new to me.
Option B (1): 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.
I read Looking for Captain Poldark by Rowan Coleman which is a re-read for me. I first read this book for task 5.2 in the Spring challenge.
Points claimed this post: 25
Total points: 505
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 36
Big book tickets: 4
Golden oldie tickets: 5
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read Love in a Headscarf. The majority of the book takes place in London, England.
10.9. In Case You Missed Them
I read Lab Girl.
I listened to this on audio. There is no MMPB; the link to the PB is Lab Girl: A story of Trees, Science and Love.
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for Everything
Option 1 - a debut book by a new-to-me author
I read Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes by Emily Urquhart. This was her first book, and I have not previously read anything by her.
This edition is 288 pages.
Option 3 - anagram challenge
I read If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. You can make the word WANT.
This edition is 260 pages.
260+288=548
548>500
Points this post: 40
Total points: 530
15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into ThisRosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
Total Points = 130
5.2 - Location, Location, Location a book in England84, Charing Cross Road
5.5 - June, July, August read a book with # 6, 7, or 8
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
5.9 - Isn't it Romantic?
Brooklyn
Points this post: 15
25.8 - Quincy, You're My Home Option 1 - Presidents
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
AND
Option 6 - Library
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
I borrowed this book from the Mesa Public Library and had previously read:
Neverwhere and
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains
... and many more by Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 25
REPOSTING......BARBARA ★
25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting
Option 1: Slipknot - Linda Greenlaw 7/13
(I chose South (S))
Option 3: The Scent of Jasmine - Jude Devereaux 6/11
(X in deverauX)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 725
Siobhan15.2 - All’s Well Than Ends Well
Book 1
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in “ness”
Lady Hope and the Duke of Darkness by Maggi Andersen
(No paper version, E-book version approved here)
Book 2
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ENDS in ‘ful”
Miss Wonderful: Number 1 in series by Loretta Chase
(I read the Kindle version, the MMP: Miss Wonderful)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 35
Sarah ETask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 6
Option 2: First published date contains a 6
Paint It Dead - Published February 5th 2016
ebook only, approved in message 6332
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270
Sarah E30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1: First published June 30th 2016
The Woman in Cabin 10
Option 3: Alliteration
Pawn of Prophecy
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
10.3 "lean" in the title/subtitleLean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 540/1270
Tasks completed: 26/67
Books Read: 41
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books:500+(4)750+(0)1000+(0)
Bluegrass Pam20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 3 –author initials in MONOPOLY
Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir by Penelope Lively
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Total BB: 1 / Total GO: 1
Catherine TTask 30.11 - A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
book 1 - read a book mostly set in New York
Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen
over 50% in Harlem, NYC - quote from book p45 "set out away from Chicago's indifferent unkindness for New York"
book 2 - read a book first published in 2017
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
season total = 1165
Readerboard: SAM M20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
For this task, read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK. The letters may be altogether in one word, or in various words split between the title and/or subtitle as recorded on GR.
And I Darken - AR Bookfinder: UG (Categorized as YA but no Childrens or Kids on main page)
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Liar's Candle: A Novel - set more than 50% in Turkey
Received ARC from publisher
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275/1270
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 4 (less)
Cindy C.Task 10.7-They Go Together: Read a book that has a number word on the cover. The number must be written out.
Five Days in November
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Task 25.12-Amanda A's Task passed to McCathy: Trip to Yellowstone
Option 1: Read a book that is set at least 75% in Wyoming. My book is set in Lusk, Wyoming (which is in the eastern part of the state) for about 90% of the book. (I also bought this book in Wyoming on a trip I took last year.)
Frontier Madam: The Life of Dell Burke, Lady of Lusk
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in Old Faithful. My author's initials are H.F. (I also went to Yellowstone for the first time this year and Old Faithful is pretty amazing.)
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies
Points this post: 35
Total points: 370
Total tasks: 14
Big Book Tickets: 7
Jen UT20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 1: Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump
First published in 1986
Points this post: 20
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Total points: 70
Reader board name: Vicki L.Task 5.5 - June, July, August
Total number of pages in book 282
Nothing to Croak About by Leighann Dobbs
Total points for this post: 5
Bookwrm526Task #30.13 - A Busy Year of Changes
Option C, New House
Book 1 - Read a book first published in 2017 that you have long anticipated. I read The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, which I have been anticipating since I read the first book in the trilogy in 2015.
Book 2 - Read a book with a house or porch on the counter. I read American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
.Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 550
Readerboard name: D20.1 - Most Improved Player
I chose Option 1: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Snake Eyes by Rosamond Smith, pseudonym of Joyce Carol Oates
20.3 - Best Review
Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King (1,810 Reviews)
20.4 – Golden Oldies
I chose Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the words HARVARD and/or MIT.
Trajectory by Richard Russo
Post total=60
Season total=110
Boston Kate
25.2 Market Gardening
Book 1: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Option 1: on page 1 of "Popular Agriculture Books" list
Book 2: Boy Meets Boy
Option 2: audio version narrated by Nicholas Robideau whose initials are found in MARKET GARDENING
*I listened to the audio version*
25.6 Derivative Work
Book 1: Hag-Seed
a retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest
Book 2: The Tempest
25.8 Quincy, You're My Home
Book 1: Two Graves
Option 1: co-author Lincoln Child shares a name with President Abraham Lincoln
Book 2: Borne
Option 6: I borrowed this book from my local library (Thayer Public Library in Braintree, MA - right next door to Quincy!) and have previously read Annihilation and Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Points this post: 75
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 5
Pamela326510.6. Get Inspired
Night by Elie Weisel - Year listed: 2006
15.10 - Best Books
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - September 2016
20.10 - Group Reads
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - My comment is #25.
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
Option 2: Color of Love by Anita Stansfield - Senior yeAr
Option 4: My Ántonia by Willa Cather - Found on page 2
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1918
30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Option 1: The Renegade's Redemption by Stacy Henrie - in it for tHe bookS
288 pages
Option 4: A Hearth in Candlewood by Delia Parr - granD Prize winner
317 pages - 605 pages total
Points this post: 105
Total Points: 560
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 1
25.11 - Sarah E's Task: Treasure Hunting"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.
REQUIRED: state the direction you are using AND its abbreviation."
Endure (Defy #3) by Sara B. Larson
book title starts with E for East
Option 3:Read a book with an X found somewhere in the title, subtitle, or author's name. One qualifying author will work if there are multiple authors.
Lovesong by Alex Miller
X in author's first name, aleX
30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 1 : Read a book first published between 25th June and July 7th (inclusive) of any year.
If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak
pub. June 27, 2017
Option 3: Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram
Forbidden Fruit (Corrina Chapman #5) by Kerry Greenwood
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 865
trishhartuk30.14 BrookeTX’s Task: SRC vs. SRC
I went for the two books using the same option
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER".
The Last Word, Ellery Adams (313pg)
Murder in the Secret Garden, Ellery Adams (304pg)
grAnd prizE winner
Total pages: 313 + 304 = 617pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 800
Tasks Completed: 42
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
Marina H5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Initials found in MEDIEVAL
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Spring task 10.3 - Aim High - the book has more than 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodread
5.5 - June, July, August
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
262 pages - includes the number 6
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Initials found in SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 26
perletwo25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30 - 2. 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.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
3. 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.
One of Ours
First printed in 1922, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 1150
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 10
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 85
Tasks completed: 57
Catherine TTask 30.8 - Where Am I From and How Did I Get Here?
book 1 option B - read a book about an immigrant
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Antonia is an immigrant, from Bohemia. The book is on an Immigrant Experience list
book 2 - read a book with the method of travel used by book 1 immigrant is on the cover
Antonia & her family will have travelled by boat from Europe to America - boat on cover
Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts
season total = 1195
Readerboard name: witchygal15.6 The Fugitive.
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
I read The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. It has a MPG of Thriller which has been voted by 203 users. I have also had genre verified in help thread of the task post 6.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for Summer 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 20
Points: 375
Big Book: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Nick KY5.1 (Wo)man of Letters I re-read one of my favorite books of essays, Paper Trail by Michael Dorris, author’s initials in MeDieval
25.7 TrishHartuk’s Strawberries and Cream
Book 1. Option 1. I read Cathedral by Raymond Carver, author’s initials in strawberriesandCReam.
Book 2. Option 4. I read High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry by Stephen Tignor, a book about tennis.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1195
CathyG 5.3 - Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
Orca: Visions of the Killer Whale by Peter S. Knudtson
originally published September 24th 1996
5.8 - 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.
Red Blooded by Cat Johnson
10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
A Few Good Men by Cat Johnson
10.4. Surprise!
read a book mentioned in the Best Books You Accidentally Read thread.
You may read any book by an author who is named in the thread, and any book in a series named in the thread.
Dangerous Minds by Janet Evanovich
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10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon
30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
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.
Wedding of the Season by Laura Lee Guhrke
Book 2- Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS - middle initials can be ignored.
Healing the Highlander by Melissa Mayhue
30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
The total page count for the two options must be at least 600 pages.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL
The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston
400 pages
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white.
True Confessions by Rachel Gibson
356 pp
Points this post: 100
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 42
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie Ticket: 0
LAVENDER25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE
Book 1 - Option A2: Read a book with a main page genre of ‘science-fiction’ or ‘aliens’.
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 160 pages
MPG of science fiction.
I have not read this book or this author before.
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book which was first published February 7th 1912.
Book 2 - Option B1: Read a book you also finished in the spring challenge of 2017.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman audiobook I read.
Norse Mythology 281 pages (Top Paperback, No MMPB)
I finished this book initially for the Spring 2017 challenge (15.10) and read it again for this one.
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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.
Green Suede Shoes by Larry Kirwan 416 pages.
All words in the title have 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.
The Gods of HP Lovecraft by Aaron J. French audiobook I read.
The Gods of HP Lovecraft 450 pages (Top Paperback, no MMPB)
The book has 5 words in the title.
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30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite Things
Book 1 - Option 1. Read a book with all the letters of JUNETEENTH in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Tourist Hunter by Keith D. Jones 408 pages
JUNETEENTH is in T OURIST HUNTE R by K E ITH D. J O NE S
Book 2 - Option 2. Read a book from the given list on WWII fiction.
The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu ebook I read.
The Silence of Trees 302 pages (Top Paperback, no MMPB)
The book is on the list #220, page 3 at the time of this posting
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 33
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
EMurphy20.6 Seasoned Reader-Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies - Number 5 Option 2: Numbering System-5 appears in the date the book was first published
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Published May 26th, 2015
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 245
Books Read: 15
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
EMurphy20.4 Golden Oldies-Kristi CO's Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 1 - Author's initials can be found in HARVARD and/or MIT
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 265
Books Read: 16
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH15.6 - The Fugitive
I would like to switch my book for this task to SS-GB. It has Thriller as a main page genre.
Points this post: 0
Total points: 530
DANIELLE M15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam
Set in Sri Lanka.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 15
Tasks Complete: 10
DANIELLE M20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 1: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Author's initials may be found in HA RVARD
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 11
DANIELLE M20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option 2 (B) - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
391 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 290
Books Read: 17
Tasks Complete: 12
DANIELLE M30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Option 1: Winter of the World by Ken Follett - 960 pages
Author's initials may be found in IN IT FOR THE BOOKS
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 18
Tasks Complete: 13
Reader board name: Vicki L.Task 5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Of Sound Mind by Jean Ferris
Points for this task: 5
Readerboard: SAM M5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Liar's Candle: A Novel - set more than 50% in Turkey
Received ARC from publisher
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
For this task, read one book whose title/subtitle contains the letters DARK. The letters may be altogether in one word, or in various words split between the title and/or subtitle as recorded on GR.
And I Darken - AR Bookfinder: UG (Categorized as YA but no Childrens or Kids on main page)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275/1270
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 4
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s task : Bound for Boston!
Option 2: Read a book found on the first five pages of the New England Books listopia. REQUIRED: State the page on which your selection was found.
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Page 1, #3 in the listopia.
Golden oldie: First published in 1850
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – The Scarlet Letter was first published in 1850
Big Book: No
Total Points: 820
Tasks Completed: 43
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 3 (500+ x3)
CEELEE Posting three tasks.
Task 5.3 SIX PACK
Read a book that was first published in a year that contains the number 6.
I chose VINEGAR GIRL by Ann Tyler that was first published in June, 2016.
Vinegar Girl
Total Points for task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total BB Tickets claimed or Task: 0
Total GO tickets claimed for task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2017: 80
Total Tasks completed for Summer Challenge 2017: 5
Total Boos Read for Summer Chalenge2017: 6
Total BB Tickets claimed for Summer Challenge: 0
Total GO points clayed for Summer Challenge 2017: 0
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Task 5.4 BEST LAID PLANS
Read a book from one of the 5, 10 or 15 poets tasks that you had planned to read from the Spring Challenge 2017 but didn't get the chicane. State the task and its requirements in your post.
I had planned to read Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD for Task 10.1 Catch some Z's.
The requirement was to read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle. in honor of World Sleep Day.
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read fo task: 1
Total BB Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total GO Tickets Clayed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge 2017: 85
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2017: 6
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge 2017: 7
Total BB Ticket Claimed for Summer Challenge 2017: 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for Sumer Challenge: 0
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Task 5.10 YOUR OWN 8th WONDER
Read a book of your choice.
My own 8th Wonder is SILENT MELODY by Mary Balloh
Silent Melody
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total BB Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Summer Challenge: 90
Total Tasks Completed for Summer Challenge 2017: 7
Total Books Read for Summer Challenge: 2017 8
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2017: 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for Summer Challenge 2017: 0
Queen Bee Darlene5.5 June, July, August # of pages includes 6, 7, or 8
This is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! 296 pages
5 points
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 360
Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - Seven or Six?
Book that is number 6 in a series
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
#6 in Kate Daniels series
Task 15.4 - Summer Of Love
Option Two - Book that fits requirements for both A and B
A: Fantasy as main page genre
B: Matched the word "Magic" in title to Magic in Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, who performed at the festival
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 410
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 30
BARBARA ★30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
Option 1: The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22
(SESQUICENTENNIAL)
BIG BOOK: 575 pages
Option 4: Blood of the Dark Moon - Adrianne Brennan 8/13
Approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (575 pages) + Book 2 (220 pages) = 795 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 755
perletwo20.10 - Group Reads - Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
The Underground Railroad - thoughts posted here
Points this task: 20
Total points: 1170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 10
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 86
Tasks completed: 58
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I read Hounded, found on page 1 of the Popular Druid Books list. Currently #1 on list.
15.9 - Slaying Dragons
I read Dragonsong, found on p. 1 of the Popular Dragon Books list - shelved 529 times as "dragons.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
I chose option I, a book published between July 1974 and July 1989, and read The Young Victoria, first published 1/1/1981.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 1015
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTFOption A: Read a book that has been a Hugo Award finalist, past or present. These Wikipedia pages may be of help: Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novella, Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, and Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-his... Best Novel Finalist 1972
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin
Cumulative Total 515+20 = 535
Sara ITA5.3 - Six Pack
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains a 6 such as 1968, 1976 or 2016.
Lacrime di sale: La mia storia quotidiana di medico di Lampedusa fra dolore e speranza (Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story) by Pietro Bartolo
Book first published in 2016
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 235
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 7
Dakimel20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
2b: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir
25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
2: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
3: Fuel for Fire
30.5 - Catherine T's Task: Inspired by Books
1: My Cousin Rachel (304 pgs - 1951) - this is a reread from about 15 years ago. I was just as caught up trying to will the MC not to make the same mistakes this time as I was last time.
2: Norse Mythology (304 pigs) by Neil Gaiman
TALLY:
This post - 75 points
Total - 1020
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30.6 - Mazza1's Task: First Friday
Option 2 - 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 one of the Catholic Fiction list
first published in 1945, it is a "golden oldie"
option 3
Read a book whose title, not including subtitles, exceeds two words and is either alliterative or a tautogram
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
points: 30
total: 635
BB: 6
GO: 8
tasks completed: 32