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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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Maddie O.10.6. Get Inspired
Read a non-fiction biography or autobiography of a person listed on Time's 100 Most Influential list who inspires you.
I read Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was on the Time's 100 list in 2015.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Alyssia5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read Artful which, like Oliver Twist, takes place in England.
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 2 and chose option 1.
Magic's Pawn
points this post: 25
total points: 25
20.3 - Best Review - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Highly Recommended
Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews
by Neil GaimanOver 25K reviews
This post: 20
Total this season: 20
loaferTask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
I rolled a 5, chose option 1
Option 1: Printing Press: read a book with the number of words in the title you rolled.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
5 words
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option 3 -- book with SURVIVAL as a main page genre
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
this book is approved in message 2 of task help thread
points: 40
total: 110
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 5
CHRISTINE USTask 10.10 Gimme S'more
The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
I've read several others in this series by the same author. The first in the series, read two or three times: Crocodile on the Sandbank
The book for this task is new to me.
Task 15.10 Best Books
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
This book was on the Jan 2017 list.
Total: 25
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Dark Age Wonder
Read a book where the word DARK can be found in the title and/or subtitle. I read no pARKing at the enD times (No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 80
Stephanie1275.5 - June, July, August: Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
The Fire Next Time with 106 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1270
Tasks completed: 1/67
Books read: 1
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
--> Fruits Basket, Vol. 3
--> Natsuki Takaya
--> SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
15.1 - 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.
--> Fruits Basket, Vol. 1
--> (Fruits Basket #1)
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book 2 in a series.
--> Fruits Basket, Vol. 2
--> (Fruits Basket #2)
[Points]
This post: 25
Total: 85
Julia10320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
Option 3: Brush Back by Sara Paretsky (initials in PurSuit)
30.11 - Perletwo's task: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
Book 1: Murder in the Bowery (set in New York)
Book 2: Lightning in the Blood (published in 2017)
This post: 50 points,
Total Points: 75
Total BB tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 4
ElaineL30.11 - 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. REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz
This book takes place in Seattle, Washington...Verification quotes: "You're assuming that you can even find another academic specialist here in Seattle who possesses the historical perspective as well as the scientific and engineering expertise to advise you." p. 13
"Let us return to those forgotten days of yesteryear when Harry first arrived here in Seattle." p. 317
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book first published in 2017. Jase by Jenny Wood (ebook verification here)
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 260
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 13
CHANDNI15.5 - Scan It
Read a book where ALL of the letters UPC are found in the title and/or subtitle.
Can You Keep a Secret? by R.L. Stine
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5
perletwo30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrate Summer - Option 4: Vacation - Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in VACATION.
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
First printed in 1932, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Option 5: Personal Growth - Select a book from the first fifteen (15) pages of the list Books that Changed the Way You View Life. REQUIRED: State the page and number of the book on the list when posting.
The Great Divorce - #288, on p. 3.
First printed in 1945, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 03
Big Book ticket requests: 00
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 12
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
I read The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami. H and K are in SHAKEN.
15.5 - Scan It
I read The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. U, P, and C are in SPECTACULAR.
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Kristi CO’s Task: Bound for Boston!
I chose Option 1. I read How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem by Rod Dreher. R and D are in HARVARD.
30.9 - Dakimel's Task: Rising Seniors
I chose Options 2 and 5.
Option 2: I read Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard. E and I are in SENIOR.
Option 5: I read Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat. Food and Drink is an MPG (three, actually). There is a lot of text in this book: the first 200 pages are about food theory/how to cook better and the last 200 are recipes with more how-to sections embedded in the recipes.
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 10+15+20+30
Total points: 75
New tasks completed in this post: 4
Total tasks: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Brooke TX20.1 - Most Improved Player - Lauren Jodi's task: Wonder Woman
Option 2: Read a book whose title consists of at least two words beginning with the same letter.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option B: Read a book where ALL the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name. With E in thE, dirE, and rittEr; R in RitteR; T in riTTer; I in dIre; M in williaM; and N in kiNg:
Points
This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 6
Amy O.20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder (book with letters in DARK in title/subtitle)
Not to People Like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages by Susan Weitzman
D - Hidden
A - Abuse
R - Marriages
K - Like
25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
Option 1: book with Food and Drink as main page genre
The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson
Option 2: book that does not have main page genre of Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Historical
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Points this post: 45
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
perletwo*********************REPOST*********************
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author - For book 1, read a book of your choice written by a single author.
The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker
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.
Bearly Departed
Your books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
B1 top mmp ed 207 pgs + B2 top pb ed 293 pgs = 500 pgs total
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 01
Big Book ticket requests: 00
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 10
LAUREN JODI15.10 - Best Books
June 2012 list:
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/1270
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/67
DIANE30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author
This is a two book task. No books with a main page genre of children or kids may be used. Your books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
For book 1, read a book of your choice written by a single author.
Platform by Michel Houellebecq (362 pages)
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.
Author's initials = MH. I read The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (351 pages). M=Mirth, H=House.
Total page count: 703 pages.
I am also claiming a GO Ticket for House of Mirth. It was first published in 1905.
Points Claimed this Post: 30
Total Points: 245/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 11/67
TessaVanessaChallenge 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.
I read The Red Pony by John Steinbeck.
Claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE ticket for this book.
Challenge 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Brooklyn's Task: Lake Lida Love
I chose Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words MONOPOLY or TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
I read When Blood Lies: A Nicole Charles Mystery by Linda Richards. Her initials are found in TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
Challenge 30.3 - Bryony's Task: Enjoy the Journey
I chose Option 3: Paperback writer
Book1: I read Detective Cross by James Patterson. 131 pages
Book 2: Read a book with any of the following items on the cover: the sun
a swimming pool
a beach
a hotel - identified by a sign or name on the building
ice cream
a sun lounger or beach chair
a parasol - for sun protection, not a rain umbrella
a sandal or pair of sandals.
I read
by Elin Hilderbrand. The woman is standing on a beach. 432 pages131+432=563 total pages.
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Points this post: 55
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
KATIEGIRL10.9 - In Case You Missed Them
A book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016.
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Total tasks: 3
BB total: 0
GO total: 2
Nick KY15.1 A One An a Two Book 1. I read Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas, # 1 in the Barker and Llewellyn series.
Book 2. I read Ghost Ship by P.J. Alderman, # 2 in the Port Chatham Mystery series.
15.4 Summer of Love
I chose the one book option and read Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin. The book meets both criteria. Book 1: “Music” is a GR genre, and Book 2: the words “Jefferson” and “Airplane” are in the subtitle and are also the name of a group who played at the festival – Jefferson Airplane.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 110
20.4 - BOUND FOR BOSTON!OPITON 1 - A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli
20.6 - MEDIEVIL TIME TECHNOLOGIES
I rolled a 1
OPTION 2 - Playing with Fire which was published in 2015.
20.8 - DARK AGE WONDER
Rainy Day Kisses
D&A in DAy
R in Rainy
K in Kisses
TOTAL POINTS 60/1270
Diana K10.3 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 In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
20.3 Option B: Read a book which has at least 1000 Goodreads Reviews.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 39,343 ratings
20.9 Option B. 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.
Ingredienti: Marcella's Guide to the Market
Points this post: 50
Total points: 105
Bluegrass PamTask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Marie-Anne's Task: Medieval Time Technologies
Option 1: Printing Press: book with the number of words in the title you rolled
I rolled a 3.
Gwendy's Button Box
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy RetirementOpiton B: Read a book where ALL the letters of RETIREMENT can be found in the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Arvoitus nimeltä Margo by John Green
E’s in grEEn and nimEltä
R’s in gReen and aRvoitus
T’s in arvoiTus and nimelTä
I, N and M in NIMeltä
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 2
perletwo*********************REPOST*********************
30.4. Sandy's Task: Follow the Author - For book 1, read a book of your choice written by a single author.
The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker
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.
Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself
Your books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
B1 top mmp ed 207 pgs + B2 top pb ed 352 pgs = 559 pgs total
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 01
Big Book ticket requests: 00
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 10
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 5.6 Find Wisdom
Read a book with the name Sophia or a related name found in - https://www.behindthename.com/name/so... in the title, subtitle or author's name
The Life and Death of Sophie Stark
Sophie - Listed in Behind the name is in Title
Points this task = 5
Total Points to date = 195
Tasks and books this post = 1
Total tasks = 15
Total Books = 18
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy Retirement
Option B -Just Good Friends: Escape to New Zealand #2 by Rosalind James read 6/10
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120/1270
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 0
HINA15.4 - Summer of Love -
Option 2: Lord of Snow and Ice by Heather Massey.
Fantasy ~3 users on main page genre. Also approved in Help Thread. AND snow appears in list of performer, Blackburn & Snow in the title.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 75
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
trishhartuk25.7 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.
This Census-Taker, China Miéville
CreaM
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Option 2: Strawberries and cream are a great combination. Read a book with two authors
A Watery Death, Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene
Here's the GR author link which mentions Joyce and Jim as a writing team. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+ x1)
Andy P.Task # 10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is # 7 in a series .Widowmaker by Paul Doiron This book is #7 in the Mike Bowditch series
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Andy P.Task #
20.10 - Group Reads
I chose Modern True Crime - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann My comments are in message 6 of the help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
DIANE20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jukka's Task: SF, F, & WTF
Read ONE book from the following options.
Option A: Read a book that has been a Hugo Award finalist, past or present.
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis. It received a Retro 1939 Hugo nomination for Best Novel in 2014. (This title was pre-approved in the Help Thread).
I am also claiming a GO Ticket, since this book was first published in 1938.
GO Tickets so far:
Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
The House of Mirth (1905)
Love's Labor's Lost (1597)
Nightwood (1936)
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (1904)
Eugénie Grandet (1833)
Points Claimed this Post: 20
Total Points: 265/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 12/67
K-Dee10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
The book I read was Curveball by Kate Angell
shAKen not stirred
10.8. "The (Fill In The Blank) Who..."
Read a book whose title/subtitle follows the formula "The (insert noun here) Who (insert verb here)...".
The book I chose was The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 00
Big Book ticket requests: 00
Tasks completed: 04
Delicious Dee15.8 - Sink Your Teeth Into This
15.10 - Best Books
Conclave - featured November 2016
Points this Post: 30
Points Overall: 60
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
25.3 - Diane Whitney's Task: First Time for EverythingOptions 1 AND 2:
1: Read a debut book or the first book published by an author who is New-To-You. (reference link)
2: Read the first book in a New-To-You series.
Tuulen nimi
I'm claiming one BB ticket for Tuulen nimi (649 pages).
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 3
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Book Concierge: Happy RetirementOption D: Genre Books about Books
The Angel's Game
*531 pages = 1 Big Book Ticket*
Challenge total = 20 points
Total Big Book Tickets = 1
KATRINAT20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sandi's Task: Sunshine Mining Memorial
Option #2 --
♡ For this option, read a book
B) in which 45 or 91 is intact in the total page count.
The Unseen World, Liz Moore
451 pages
Points Claimed this Post: 20
Total Points: 30/1270
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/67 (10.9/20.7)
loafer15.6 - The Fugitive
Read a book with the main page genre Thriller.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
points: 15
total: 125
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 6
Delicious Dee25.7 - TrishHartUK's Task: Strawberries and Cream
Option 1 - Matched For Love - Tamra Baumann - STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Option 2 - The Breaking Point - Jefferson Bass - Jefferson Bass is the pen name of Jon Jefferson, writer, and Dr. Bill Bass, renowned forensic anthropologist
Points this Post: 25
Points Overall: 85
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Readerboard Name - LaureY25.5 - KatieGirl's Task: Whole30
Book 1 - Option 1
Read a book with Food or Food and Drink as a main page genre. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Sensational Salads by Barbara Scott-Goodman
Book 2 - Option 3
Read a book with a title with exactly 3 words where all words in the title start with the same letter.
Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Total Books: 5
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
10.7. They Go TogetherFirst They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
15.6 - The Fugitive
Alice Close Your Eyes by Averil Dean
20.2 - 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 TRIVIAL PURSUIT.
The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim
author's initial, RL, found in tRiviaL
Total this Post: 45
Season Total: 95
DIANE20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Nick KY’s Task: Dark Age Wonder
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.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams. The title contains the entire intact word "dark".
Points Claimed this Post: 20
Total Points: 285/1270
Golden Oldies Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 13/67
Pamela32655.2 - Location, Location, Location
Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden - Set in England
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Task 5.2 – Location, Location, Location
Romancing Daphne by Sarah M. Eden - Set in England
5.6 - Find WisdomMarriage Made in Money by Sophia James
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVEOption A: Unexpected pleasures
Option 2: Maybe those aliens aren’t that bad
Star's End by Cassandra Rose Clarke
option B, a book you have read
Option 1: So amazing, I did it all again. Immediately.
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs read for Spring Challenge 25.5
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
5.3 - Six PackA Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon
published 2016
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
MegSCL5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Story of the Lost Child set in Italy (see metadata)
10.2 - Celebrate Alban Hefin
The Dark Mirror on page 13 of the list (although it was on page 15 a few days ago so hopefully it hasn’t moved again for you!)
*670pp - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 15
BB tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 10.10 Gimme S'More - Small Favor, this book is new to me
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110/1270
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 12
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 0
Melayna20.2 Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the words TRIVIAL PURSUIT
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
Since the stories in the book are all written in the 1800's I am also claiming a Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
GO's: 1
BB's: 0
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15.10 - Best Books
Read a book from one of the Goodreads Newsletter Best Books of the Month lists.
April 2012
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
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