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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of SummerOption 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Shadows At The Fair
MPG of Mystery>Cozy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
DULCINELLA30.4 Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1)Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials that match the adenine-thymine pair initials AT or TA or the cytosine-guanine initials CG or GC.
Anders
Anita Terpstra 304 p. 4 june 2018 3 stars Initials author AT
Book 2)
Read a book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with the adenine-thymine pair initials AT or TA or the cytosine-guanine initials CG or GC.
examples
The Atomic City Girls
Janet Beard 353 p. 6 july 2018 3 starsThe Atomic TA
PoinTs in this post: 30 points
Total points: 200 points
1 golden oldie ticket
10.7 - The World's LargestRead a series book that has a number that can be found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
Book read: The Lady Seals Her Fate
How it fits: The Langley Sisters #5, ebook verified in line 2830 in the doc
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Total points: 305
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 18
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
MAZZA15.3 - The Lion King
Read a book that you received as gift Required: State how you received your book gift
Galactic Cluster
Gift subscription via bookishly coffee and book club subscription
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 785
Shelby
5.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Book of your Choice: Moon's Flower, by Marie Hall
10.2 - Let's Dance
Read a book with the word DANCE in the title/subtitle or series title: Enjoy the Dance, by Heidi Cullinan
How Fits: Title: Enjoy the Dance
10.3 - It's All About Me
Read a non-fiction biography, autobiography or memoir of a screenwriter, playwright, composer, musician, dancer, or actor.: Nerd Do Well, by Simon Pegg
How Fits: Genre: Non-Fiction / Simon Pegg is a British Actor
10.5 - The Globe
Read a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtile or series title.: A Mystery of Errors, by Simon Hawke
How Fits: Series Title: Shakespeare & Smythe
10.8 - The World's Oldest
Read a book that was first published in March of any year or in any month of a year that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 1, 3, 5, 8.: A Wish Upon the Stars, by T.J. Klune
How Fits: Published March 27, 2018
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
Option B: Level Up Your Reading
Book 1: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of one of the following lists: Popular Contemporary Books: Leah on the Offbeat, by Becky Albertalli
How Fits: Popular Contemporary Books - Pg. 3
AND
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of a different list from your Book 1 selection.: A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony
How Fits: #722 on Popular Series - Pg. 8
Points this post: 75
Total points: 90
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mod
I read The Wreck of Heaven - #2 in the World Gates series. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 345
Mod
For my first book, I read Des choses fragiles by Neil Gaiman. I listened to the audio book, linked to the MMPB - 476 pages.
Author initials, NG, in sueGraftoN
For my second book, I read A Reaper at the Gates. I listened to the audio book, linked to the PB - 400 pages. None of the prohibited letters are in the title.
Total pages 876, exceeding required minimum.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
Mod
I read El conde de Montecristo. I listened to the audiobook, The Count of Monte Cristo, but linked to the top unabridged MMPB.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 385
Colin's Mom (Sarah)15.4 - For the double consonant I read The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle AND for the double vowel I read The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6
JUKKA10.7 - The World's Largest
Book with a series number found in 25, 211, and/or 996.
Paper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan is #2 in the Paper Girls series.
10.9 - A Look Back
A book from one of the lists.
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan is #70 on the Most Popular Books Published In August 2017 list.
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Book with main page genre Mystery.
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett.
Points this post: 40
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 240/995
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 17/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Mod
5.5 - Les Misérables
author David from performer David Burt: Airtight by David Rosenfelt
total = 375
Mod
10.4 - Wonder Woman
female author initials DM: hardcover: The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores by Diana Marcum
I read the kindle The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
total = 385
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20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
option 2, initials TO in wenT wrOng: There There by Tommy Orange
total = 405
10.1 - Summer BlockbustersMovie: Hereditary
Book: Sadie (I read an advanced reader's copy)
Connection: Both Hereditary and Sadie have one word titles
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 120
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - Summer Reading List
Read a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists: 2018 Summer Reading list or the archived Summer Reading lists. I read Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa, from the 2014 list.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 260
Casey W15.8 - The Great American Read
Read a book from the Great American Reads
I read And Then There Were None
I am claiming a golden oldie ticket for this book, originally published in 1939.
Points This Point: 15
Golden Oldie This Post: 1
Total Points: 45
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
loafer10.2 - Let's Dance
Read a book with the word DANCE in the title/subtitle or series title.
Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
points: 10
total: 265
BB: 3
GO: 2
tasks completed: 17
PAULA S5.2 - Chicago
Read a book that has been shelved as Legal Thriller at least 2 times from this list
Found at the bottom of page 12, shelved 3 times:
Three Parts Dead
I read the ebook, PB for reference: Three Parts Dead
Points this post: 5
Total points claimed this season: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 1
MAZZA1Please can i remove Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold from Task 10.5 claimed in Post 638
and replace it with
Task 10.5 - The Globe
Read a book with SHAKESPEARE found intact in the author's name or in the book's title/subtile or series title.
Shylock Is My Name which is part of the same Hogarth Shakespeare series
This will not alter my current score of 785
MAZZA110.10 - Summer Reading List
Read a book from one of the Berkeley Summer Reading lists: 2018 Summer Reading list or the archived Summer Reading lists.
Required: State which list the book can be found on when you post.
Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold
on the Summer 2017 reading list
Points total this post = 10
Points total to date = 795
MAZZA15.10 - Beauty and the Beast
Celebrate Belle and stick your nose in a book of your choice.
Ragnarok
Points this post = 5
Ponts to date = 800
Marina H20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3: Den farlige leg by Mari Jungstedt
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 12
CEELEETask 10.7 The World's Largest
The Kinepolis Madrid is the largest movie theater in the world. To recognize its tremendous size, read a series book whose series number can be found in the numbers 25, 211 and/or 996.
I read THE SILENCE OF THE LIBRARY #5 in the Cat In The Stacks Mystery Series by Miranda James. 5 appears in the number 25.
The Silence of the Library
Total Points for task: 10
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total BB Tickets claimed for Task: 0
Total GO Tickets claimed or Task: 0
Total Tasks Completed for 2018 Summer Challenge: 1
Total Points Earned for 2018 Summer Challenge: 10
Total Books Read for 2018 Summer Challenge: 1
Total BB Tickets Earned for Summer 2018 Challenge: 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for 2018 Summer Challenge: 0
Julia10325.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 3: A Death in the Venetian Quarter (Fools' Guild #3)
Option 4: Saltation (Title starts with S)
This post: 25 points,
Total points: 235
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Books read; 15
Mod
10.7 - The World's Largest
Using 1 from 211: Salt Lane by William Shaw, (DS Alexandra Cupidi, #1)
total = 415
Andy P.Task # 30.2 - Booklover's Task: Contrasts
1 - Now and Then
Read two books published one hundred years apart
Book 1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
originally published in 1876
Book 2. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Originally published in 1976
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
Mod
15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Using my own list, I've read 8 previous books by Paul Doiron tied for 21st: Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron
total = 430
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Bookwrm526 – I DO Have a Sense of Humor!Option 3: Caddyshack: Total pages include 1 -and- 8 (any order)
Mrs. Poe - 318 pg
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Sara G's Task: FloridaOption A: Read a book with a cover that is predominantly green (at least 50%)
Book read: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
How it fits: 75% green
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Total points: 325
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 19
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
perletwo5.5 - Les Misérables - Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the performers in the original French Or London stage productions Original Casts (first 2 columns only)- the names are listed in post 2.
Gentle Regrets: Thoughts From A Life by Roger Scruton (Castmember: Roger Allam)
Points this task: 05
Total points: 350
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 20
10.10 - Summer Reading ListA book from the 2018 UC Berkeley Summer Reading list: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: AidaOption 3, a book by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS: The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
Option 4, A book with the main page genre war or historical fiction: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Creynard5.10 Beauty and the Beast
A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James
#215 on page 3 of the Best Fairytales and Retellings list.
Points this Post 5
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 18
Creynard25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Book 1/Option 3
The Duke Is Mine by Eloisa James
#3 in James' Fairy Tales series.
Book 2/Option 4
Storm Surge by Naomi Lucas
"S" is my letter.
367+259=626 pages
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 18
Sara G15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
It's summer - time to relax. Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
The Tangled Thread by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
I've read 11 books by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (now 12) and I really like her historical fiction.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290
Mary P15.8 - The Great American Read
Read a book from this list: The Great American Read
The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle. I read Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! by Terry Brooks.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 265
25.4 - Rina's Task: 2018 FIFA World CupOption 2: Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb
~ series has more than 21 primary works ~ this is #36
~ 386 page
Option 3: Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart
~ set in South Carolina
~ 224 pages
386 + 224 = 610 pages
Total points: 210 + 25 = 235
Amber20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1 - Book written by a single author whose initials are found in CHERIE CHITTENDEN - the author's initials, HH, are found in cHerie cHITTENDEN
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 1
Amber30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: It's In the DNA
Book 1 - Book written by a single author with first and last name initials of AT, TA, CG, or GC - the author, Claudia Gray, has initials CG
Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
**Lost Stars is a Big Book (551 pgs) - claiming 1 Big Book ticket.**
Book 2 - Book with consecutive words in the TITLE that begin with AT, TA, CG, or GC - the words "After the" are consecutive words beginning with AT
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Big Book Tickets: 2
Task 15.9 - O CanadaRead a book that was a finalist for the award in any year.
Canada Reads Finalists for the Year 2006
Three Day Road (2005) by Joseph Boyden (Hardcover, 354 pages)
00 + 15 = 15
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 00 + 15 = 15
Books read: 01
Pages read: 354
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FANDURY20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's Task: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Classics, standalone or embedded.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Book has Classics as Main Page Genre
Book was published first 1937, so I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket!
Point this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
JUKKA15.3 - My Feet Hurt
Option 1:
Book 1: Book whose author shares a first name with one of the named choreographers.
Modern Masters of Science Fiction: Iain M. Banks by Paul Kincaid, who shares a first name with Paul Taylor.
Book 2: Book whose author shares a surname with one of the named dancers.
Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol. 1: Isn't it Bromantic by Joe Kelly who shares a last name with Gene Kelly.
Total Points: 255/995
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 18/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!Work! Consume! Die!: You Are Bored. This is the Antidote by Frankie Boyle
15.6 - They Call It Acting!
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Golden Oldie, first published in 1603; found on the first page of the list.
20.6 Seasoned Reader – Balletbookworm’s task: Ballet Slippers and Books
Option 1: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography by Christopher Hitchens
Points this post: 40
Points in total: 235
Tasks completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
Julia10325.3 - Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 2: My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
This book is 657 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
Option 3: Next Year in Havana (set in Cuba)
This post: 25 points,
Total points: 260
BB: 6
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 13
Books read; 17
PegW30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Option B
Book 1: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of one of the following lists:
Popular Travel books...found on page 2 I read
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance at 380 pages
Book 2: Read a book that can be found on the first 10 pages of a different list from your Book 1 selection
Popular Contemporary Books...found on page 1 I read
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with 226 pages.
Total combined pages: 606.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 120
Diana K.Task 30.8 Sandy's Task: June is a Busy Month!
Opt B Read a book from the following list:
Fantastic Dads and Father Figures.
The Samurai's Garden On page 1 211 pages
Opt D Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in the word WHIMSICAL.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See 400 pages
Total points: 310
Ava Catherine5.4 - Cats
Read a book with the word memory, memories or memory's in the title, subtitle or series title.
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
5.7 - Wicked
Read a book from this list of The Best Fairytales and Retellings
page 1; #6
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
total=615
Ava Catherine5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
total=620
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not for Bad Luck...
Option 1. Read a book that is #3 in a series.
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (870 pages)
**I wish to claim two BB tickets please.**
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