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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: My Favorite ThingsRead a book with all the letters of JUNETEENTH in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
16th Seduction by James Patterson
Read a book from this Goodreads list on WWII fiction. REQUIRED: Include the page number on which your book was found in your post.
His Majesty's Hope
Found on Page 5
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Janice CA10.7. They Go Together
Read a book that has a number word on the cover.
Twelve Babies on a Bike: Diary of a Pupil Midwife by Dot May Dunn
+10
total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
trishhartuk15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1), Seanan McGuire
Read the kindle edition. No paperback, but there is a hardback here.
AND Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series.
Penric and the Shaman (Penric and Desdemona #2), Lois McMaster Bujold
Read the kindle edition. Again, no paperback, but there is a hardback here
Also approved for length in ebook verification message #5782 when there was only an ebook: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+ x1)
perletwo20.4 – 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.
The Veiled One by Ruth Rendell
Points this task: 20
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 01
Big Book ticket requests: 00
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 11
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTFOption B, media tie-in novel: A Question of Murder by Jessica Fletcher, inspired by the TV show Murder, She Wrote
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task 15.1 A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
A two book task one from each option
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series. Whole numbers only.
The Alchemyst identified in GR metadata as book #1
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series. Whole numbers only. The book may be in the same series as Book 1 or in a different series.
Sapphire Blue identified in GR metadata as book #2
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 170
Tasks this post = 1
Books this post = 2
Tasks completed to date = 12
Books to date = 15
20.3 Highly RecommendedA Room with a View
Option B: more than 3000 reviews on Goodreads
I listened to the audiobook. The mass market paperback edition has 211 pages.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Shannon South Africa10.5 June 19 - National Martini Day
Author initials in SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
Task points: 10
Challenge total: 10
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task 5.4 Best laid plans
Read a book that fits one of the Spring 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Task 5.9 in spring tasks Whodunit?
March is Mystery Month. Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
Book Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
MPG Mystery
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 175
Books and tasks this post = 1
Books to date = 16
Tasks to Date = 13
Shannon South Africa20.6 Medieval Time Technologies
Option 1: rolled a 3; 3 words in title
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Task points: 20
Challenge total: 30
Siobhan30.12 - Wayne's Task: Canada 150!
I chose option 1 & 4
Option 1: Another term for a 150th anniversity is sesquicentennial. Read a book by an author whose first, last, and any middle initials are found in the word SESQUICENTENNIAL.
Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman
(I read the Kindle version, the paperback version (No MMP): Brother’s Ruin is 184 pages)
sEsquiceNtennial = Emma Newman
Option 4: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% red/white.
by Kresley Cole(I read the kindle edition, the MMP:
is 518 pages)Sweet Ruin is 518 pages so I would like one Big Book Ticket
Brother's Ruin = 184
Sweet Ruin = 518
Together = 702 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 5
FANDURY10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
The Whispering by Sarah Rayne
The initials of the author SR are found in Shaken not stiRred.
15.3 - Common Good
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book A: Read a book written by an author whose FIRST name begins with a letter: J, M, R, A, D, C.
Book B: Read a book written by an author whose LAST name begins with a letter: R, M, W, B, C, S.
Hunters & Collectors by Matt Suddain
First name begins with an M, last name begins with an S.
I read the kindle version, but the paperback has 512 pages: Hunters & Collectors
I claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard Name - LaureY5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
*I claim a Golden Olide ticket as this book was published in 1935*
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Task 15.6 – The FugitiveMain page genre: THRILLER
Knots and Crosses
Genre confirmed in HELP thread
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Task 30.4 – Sandy – Follow the Author
REQUIRED: 500+ pages: 304 +288 = 592 pg
Option 1 – ANY book by a single author
Raymond Chandler / Farewell, My Lovely
I listened to the audio / MMP: Adieu, ma jolie – 304 pg
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1940
Option 2 – Title has a word beginning with each initial of Author in Book 1: R.C.
Cops and Robbers - 288 pg
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This Post: 45 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Readerboard name: witchygal15.9 - Slaying Dragons
Read a book with the word "Dragon" in the title or subtitle or that has been shelved at least 3 times as dragons on this list of Popular Dragons Books.
I read Uprooted by Naomi Novik. It can be found on page 3 of the "Popular Dragons Books" list and has been shelved as "dragons" by 145 users.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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15.10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
I read The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman. It was featured in the Goodreads Newsletter of March 2016.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 3: SUPERHEROINE
Read a book from the I am Woman Hear Me Roar listopia.
I read Insurgent by Veronica Roth. It can be found on page 1 of the listopia.
I am claiming 1 Big Book ticket as the book has 525 pages.
Points: 20
Big Book: Yes
Golden Oldie: No
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20.4 – Golden Oldies
Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the words HARVARD and/or MIT.
I read Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History by David Aaronovitch. Initials of author (D. A.) can be found in the word "hArvarD".
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.10 - Group Reads
I read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. My comment in the group discussion is number 4 in the thread.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for Summer 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 5
Points: 90
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldie: 0
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY10.10. Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before.
--> Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian
--> This is not a re-read
--> Last book I read by the author: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
[Points]
This post: 10
Total: 60
*edited only for actually adding the 10 to my total (facepalm)*
Didi30235.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Hardcover, 624 pages
Current Post Points: 5
Cumulative Total Points: 5
Didi30235.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Romance” or “Romantic”.
Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Current Post Points: 5
Cumulative Total Points: 10
Didi302310.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 7 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Current Post Points: 10
Cumulative Total Points: 20
Sara G15.4 - Summer of Love
The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival held fifty years ago on June 10 and 11th, 1967 was the first of a series of San Francisco area cultural events known as the Summer of Love and is considered to be the one of the first rock festivals.
Choose an option.
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher = Jim Kweskin Jug Band in the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival list.
This book has been shelved as Fantasy by 1739 users.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Didi302310.7. They Go Together
Read a book that has a number word on the cover.
Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
Current Post Points: 10
Cumulative Total Points: 30
Didi302315.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha
Book 1: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series.
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #2 in a series.
The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto
Current Post Points: 15
Cumulative Total Points: 45
Didi302315.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
The Lincoln Letter by William Martin
Current Post Points: 15
Cumulative Total Points: 60
Kim ATask 15.10 - Best Books - Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
*April 2010
Points this Post - 15
Total Points - 40
DIANE20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Choose one option and read one book. REQUIRED: Identify the option you chose.
Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the words HARVARD and/or MIT.
The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout. HARVARDMIT
Points Claimed this Post: 20
Total Points: 195/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 9/67
REPOST ( from post#103)10.5 - June 19 - National Martini Day
Author's Initials in SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Tom Rob Smith's Child 44
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Pages Read: 509
Tasks Completed 1
Books Read: 1
Big Books Total: 1
I'm claiming a Big Book Ticket Child 44 (509 pp.)
ElaineL10.10. Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed. REQUIRED: Include in your post a link to another book you've previously read by that author AND state that this book is new to you.
Kitten and Puppy by Jane Wallace-Knight (ebook verified here) This book was new to me.
A previous book by this author that I have read is Snovarg Island.
Points claimed this post: 10
Total points: 180
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 10
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10.6. Get Inspired
From 2015 Ruth Bader Ginsburg: My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints
Set in St.Lucia: November Remember by Christine Haile
I read the kindle: November Remember
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
option 2, MM: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
total = 120
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly RecommendedOption B: Read a book with at least 1000 Goodreads reviews.
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt.
Currently has over 6,900 reviews.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Task: Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter. All words count including articles. Numerals and symbols such as “&” count as words. All words in the title must begin with the same letter.
Book: Magpie Murders
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Option 2: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Task: Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter. All words count including articles. Numerals and symbols such as “&” count as words. All words in the title must begin with the same letter.
Book: Magpie Murders
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Jasmiina F10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day:
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED:
Suki-tte Ii na yo, Volume 13 by Kanae Hazuki.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
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
Pam L. 15pts15.1 A One and a Two Cha Cha Cha
Read a book that is identified in Goodreads metadata as books #1 and #2 in a series.
Out of the Box Awakening
Out of the Box Regifted
Elizabeth PTask 30.7 - My Favorite Things
Option 3 - Book with sunglasses on cover
by Ally Carter291 pages: Heist Society
Option 5 - Book with one of top 100 dog names as author name
Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid
Penny is #33 on most popular female dog names
389 pages: Grin and Beard It
389+291 = 680
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 6
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 10.10 Gimme S’more
Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed. REQUIRED: Include in your post a link to another book you've previously read by that author AND state that this book is new to you.
The Burning Page
Link to review of first book in this series read on 22/09/2016
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Burning Page is a read new to me
Points this post = 10
Total points to date 190
Tasks and books this post = 1
Task to date = 14
Books to date = 17
KAREN F5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I used task 15.5 Girls Just Wanta Have Fun! from the Spring 2017 Challenge - Read a book with "girl" in the title
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
5.5 - June, July, August
From Duke Till Dawn by Eva Leigh
MMPB edition has 372 pages
5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
White Hot by Ilona Andrews
"Hot" in the title
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
Sheila◆ 5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Floodgates by Mary Anna Evans◆ 5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Past Reason Hated by Peter Robinson set in England
◆ 5.3 - Six Pack
I Found You by Lisa JewellPublished April 25th 2017 by Atria Books (first published June 30th 2016)
◆ 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery by Craig JohnsonPaperback, 368 pages
I used 5.5 - March, April, May from Spring 2017
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
◆ 5.5 - June, July, August
Midnight Sun by Jo NesbøPaperback, 288 pages
◆ 5.6 - Find Wisdom
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella◆ 5.7 - Medieval Times
The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellPage 1
5.8 - Under the Summer Moon
Hot Target by Suzanne Brockmann 5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic?
Dating is Murder by Harley Jane Kozak◆ 5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Holy Orders by Benjamin BlackTotal Points = 50
ElaineL30.13 - JennRenee's Task: A Busy Year of Changes
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the option that you chose.
I selected Option B.
Book 1: Read a book with a white dress, bowtie, gold band, diamond ring, or cake /cake slice on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
With This Ring by Amanda Quick
Book 2: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in MRANDMRS.
Trust by Sean Michael (ebook verified here)
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 210
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 11
ElaineLTask 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 2 and selected Option 1: Read a book with the number of words in the title you rolled. Only the title can be used, no subtitles.
Leopard's Fury by Christine Feehan
Points claimed this post: 20
Total points: 220
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 12
Queen Bee Darlene15.6 The Fugitive - main page genre Thriller
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Into the Water
15 points
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
DIANE20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Read one book, at least 250 pages long, that fits one of the following options:
B) Read a book where ALL the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name. You need THREE E’s, TWO R’s, TWO T’s, and ONE each of I, M and N. REQUIRED: Point out the letters.
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (258 pages)
E’s in drEssmakEr, sistErs
R’s in dRessmakeR
T’s in sisTers, The, everyThing
I in khaIr
N in khaNa
M in dressMaker
Points Claimed this Post: 20
Total Points: 215/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 10/67
hoodoomends20.4 - Bound for Boston!
✿ option 3: a non-fiction book with the main page genre Chemistry or Science.
What Is Chemistry? by Peter Atkins (★★)
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Current Post
Points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 40
GO: 1
BB: -
Sara G20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
Option 2: Many great authors hail from New England. 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 Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
This book is on page 1 of the New England Books listopia.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Ava Catherine30.14 - Brooke TX's Task: SRC vs. SRC
Options 2 & 4
Option 2: Read a book with both a 1 and a 5 found in the first published year (e.g. 2015 or 1995).
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson first published July 21, 2015; 448 pages
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in "GRAND PRIZE WINNER".
Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy 250 pages
AR initials for Anuradha Roy found in gRAnd prize winner
448+250=698 total pages
total=110
Anna KTask 30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: But Who's Counting?
Book 1: Every word in title has same number of letters
Book 2: Title has same number of words as letter count of book 1
Book 1: Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid (4 letters/word)
Book 2: Homesick for Another World, by Otessa Moshfegh (4 words in title)
Points this post: 30
Points this challenge: 30
Ava CatherineTask 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.
The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve
241 pages
initials AS for Anita Shreve found in AuguSt
Book 2:read a book whose title(subtitles are excluded) contains ALL the letters in the word PARTY
The After Party by Anton DiSclafani 384 pages
241+384=625 total pages
total=140
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida LoveOPTION 1: Read a book first published between July 1974 and July 1989, inclusive.
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
(Published 1988)
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 35
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
Ava Catherine30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
Option 4:
Pick an SRC-approved book voted for at least three times on this list: Best School Assigned Books.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 325 pages; page 1 #59 on list (64 people voted for this book)
Option 5:
Read a book with the main page genre Food and Drink, Cooking, or Health.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8. Lee 320 pages
Food and Drink>Food=261 users main page genre
Food and Drink>Food Writing= 24 users main page genre
total=170
Ava Catherine20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option A) Read a book with a main character who works in Criminal Justice or Healthcare.
The First Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders 630 pages
The main character of this book, Edward Delaney, is a member of the NYPD pursuing a serial killer.
total=190
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30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author: For book 1, read a book of your choice written by a single author.
For book 2, read a book with at least one word in the title/subtitle that begins with each of the initials of the author of book 1. All initials in the book 1 author's name must be used. Articles (a, an, the) and conjunctions (and, but, or) cannot be used.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 95