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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
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.
I read The President Is Missing. At this time, 88 users have shelved it as "Mystery."
Points: 110
books read: 9
tasks completed: 7
pages read: 2848
15.2 - IN MEMORY OFSTEVEN HAWKING - The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
TOM WOLFE - A Heart's Betrayal by Colleen Coble
TOTAL POINTS - 365
5.8 - Oh! Calcutta! Read a book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
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.
People of the Deer first published in 1950
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket for being published in 1950***
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 2: B.) Read a book with Zombie as the Goodreads main page genre
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Total New Points: 35
Total Challenge points: 195
New GO's: 1
Total GO's: 2
25.7 - My Next Favorite Book Option 1 - Dystopian MPG - Year One
Option 4 - Award winning novel - City of Stairs
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 290
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite ThingsOption 1B - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean
Author's initials found in VIDEO GAMES
POINTS: 340
readerboard name: boromom5.6 - A Chorus Line: Read a book with a single word title
Beartown
points this post:5
total points: 100
Task 20.2 - A Few of my Favorite Things3. Photography
B.) Read a book with a portrait on the cover. This portrait can be male or female, but it must be a portrait. Nothing full body and nothing below the waist can be showing. It must only have one person on the cover. The full face must be present in the portrait.
REQUIRED: Please post the cover when claiming the task.
The Characters Of Love (1997) by Susie Boyt (Hardcover, 234 pages)
15 + 20 = 35
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 15 + 20 = 35
Books read: 02
Pages read: 588
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is ComingOption B1 - Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Popular Beach Reads, page 1 (352 pages)
Option B2 - If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Popular Contemporary Books, page 1 (201 pages)
POINTS: 370
10.8 - The World's Oldest North and South
Published in 1855
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 521 pages
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 2: Bookish News
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Author initials in THE MILLIONS
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 589 pages
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 2
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Horror genre
Total points: 50
Big Book Tickets: 2
I would like to remove Attack on Titan: Lost Girls The Manga, Vol. 1 from 5.10 and put Manga Messiah in 5.10 insteadManga Messiah now has children's as a MPG but is not found in AR Bookfinder
This Post 0
Total 0+195 = 195
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is ComingOPTION C: YOUTH DEPARTMENT
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Young Adult Through the Ever Night
Book 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Sequential Art, Comics, or Graphic Novel
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls The Manga, Vol. 1
This Post 30
Total 30+195 = 225
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Spectacular/VernacularOPTION 1 – SPECTACULAR
Read a book with a fabulous cover from one of these lists
Beautiful book cover design page 5
Rebel Belle
c) read a book with all the letters of “SPECTACULAR” in the title / subtitle
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
This Post 30
Total 30+125 = 255
DeborahPost #4
30.9 - Brooke TX's task: Summer (Reading) is Coming
OPTION C: YOUTH DEPARTMENT
1) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Young Adult MPG 870 pages
2) High School Debut, Vol. 02
Sequential Art MPG 200 pages
870 + 200=1,070/500 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:135
Books read:9
Tasks Done: 7
30.7 -TessaVanessa’s Task: I “knew” you would love this “new” challenge I came up with.I used the words Load and lode
The Mystery of Ruby Lode
A Load of Hooey
This Post 30
Total 30+155 = 285
Scottveg310.10 - Summer Reading List
Berkley Summer Reading List
Daytripper
This post 10
Total 10 + 50 = 60
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 Diana K’s Task: Hamilton
Option 4: Read a book where the Title/subtitle contains all of the letters in HAMILTON.
I read All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row by James Patterson.
H: tHe
A: All
M: AMerican
I: AmerIcan
L: aLl
T: The
O: AarOn
N: AmericaN
Option 5: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these three cities.
I read The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. It takes place in London.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 34
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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I chose option 2B and read Dread Nation, with Zombies as a MPG. (Just in case, this was verified in the help thread, post 23). I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top hardback edition (no MMPB or PB editions). 455 pages, exceeding 200 page minimum.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Nick KY15.2.In Memory of…
Stephen Hawking -- I read The Little Book of String Theory by Steven S. Gubser, with “Science” as a mainpage GR genre.
Tom Wolfe -- I read A Monkey's Orientation by Cris Rogers, inits in “Radical Chic.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 430
DULCINELLA10.6 - Radio City Music Hall
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES
Hidden Bodies
Caroline Kepnes 442 p. 10 july 2018 4 starsInitials CK
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 275 points
1 golden oldie ticket
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websitesOption 2: Bookish News
The Millions: Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
Total Points = 100
5.2 - ChicagoRead a book that has been shelved as Legal Thriller at least 2 times from this list of Legal Thrillers
Book read: The Neon Lawyer
How it fits: is on page 2 of the list, shelved 18 times
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Total points: 345
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 21
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
20.1 Around the World with TheatreOption 3: The Pisces by Melissa Broder. (Woman's yellow sleeve.)
20.2 A Few of My Favorite Things
Option B: Vicious by V.E. Schwab. (VIDEO GAMES)
20.3 Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
Option 4: The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Mallory Ortberg.
20.10 Group Reads
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. (Comment #19 in the discussion thread.)
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1170
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
CelesteR5.3 - A gift sent from my Uncle Allyne, in hopes that I will grow to love Jane Austen as much as he does.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total: 265 points
Amber5.8 - Oh! Calcutta!
Book with an exclamation point or question mark in the title or subtitle
Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210
Big Book Tickets: 2
CelesteR5.3 - Already posted: Pride and Prejudice
Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket.
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15.5 - Fiction about Shakespeare
7人のシェイクスピア 3 7-nin no Shakespeare 3 by Harold Sakuishi
GN: 268 > 100+
Total: 280 points.
LaureY15.1 - Which Did You Like Better?
Book 1 – read a book from the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie
I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith
(page 6) – IL UG-BL 5.9 AR pts: 20.0
*** I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book as it was firt published in 1948***
Book 2 – read a book from the list The Movie was Better Than the Book
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
(page 2)
*** I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book as it was first published in 1937***
Points this post: 15
Total points: 405
Total Books: 27
Total Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies this post: 2
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
DULCINELLARepost 914 due to forgetting readerboard name
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - E Murphy's Task: The Dog Days of Summer
Option 3 Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery. Genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Denken aan vrijdag
Nicci French 9 july 2018 4 stars 368 p.The MPG is mystery
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points : 265 points
1 ticket for golden oldie
*** This post is just to claim Two Golden Oldies tickets, which I forgot to claim in post 946.10.8 - North and South - published in 1855
20.4 - Moby-Dick - published in 1851
Maddie O.5.1 - The Phantom of the Opera
Read a book with the word mask, masks, masque, masques, masked or mask's in the title or subtitle
I read The Masked City
5.3 - The Lion King
Read a book that you received as gift Or a book from this list Best Books to Gift
I read Dragonflight, which is on the second page of the list.
5.9 - Mamma Mia!
Read a book where the FIRST word in the title is exactly seven letters.
I read Weekend at Thrackley
20.1 Most Improved Player - Witchygal’s task: Around the world with theatre
Option 2- read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG
I read The Dire King by William Ritter.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
Option 3- read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
I read Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard.
25.6 - Diane Whitney's: Pure Michigan!
Option 3- Read a book that is #3 in a series.
I read A Conjuring of Light.
Option 4- Read a book whose title begins with any of the letters H, O, M, E or S.
I read Our Kind of Cruelty.
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Aida
Option 3- Read a book written by a female author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words AIDA AMNERIS.
I read Campaign Widows by Aimee Agresti.
Option 4- Read a book with the main page genre war or historical fiction. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
I read Life After Life, which has an MPG of historical fiction.
Points this post: 110
Points total: 275
Mod
10.10 - Summer Reading List
From 2017 What Can We Change... list:
The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet by Jim Robbins
total = 455
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Heather's Task: A few of my favorite bookish websites
Option 3, Beth Fish read Feb 19, 2018:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
total = 475
CelesteR - correcting myself ...5.3 - Already posted: Pride and Prejudice
Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket. FIRST PUBLISHED in 1813
Total: 280 points.
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...
option 1, #1 in series: PB: The Suriname Job by Vince Milam
I read the kindle: The Suriname Job
total = 495
Dakimelrearranging claimed posts
10.9 - A Look Back
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service
from August 2017 list
previously claimed for 15.4 #2
15.4 - Double Trouble
1: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life - EE in 'meeting'
2: Unmasked by the Marquess - SS in 'marquess'
TALLY:
New points - 10
Total - 305
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Perletwo's Task: If Not For Bad Luck...Option 3 - Where She Went by Gayle Forman
GF found in FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
POINTS: 390
Queen Bee Darlene10.4 Wonder Woman - female author's initials in Wonder Woman
All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker All Is Not Forgotten
10 points
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 175
Delicious Dee10.4 - Wonder Woman
Barbarian's Touch - Ruby Dixon - RD found in WONDER WOMAN
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 350
Creynard10.7 - The World's Largest
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James
#2 in James' Fairy Tales series. 2 is my number found in either 25, or 211.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 24
BB this Post: 0
Total BB: 2
Creynard10.8 - The World's Oldest
Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James
First published in 2013. 1 and 3 are my numbers.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 24
BB this Post: 0
Total BB: 2
Ava Catherine5.7 – Beatlemania!
Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word from the title of a Beatles album, listed in the Beatles discography.
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
word selected=night
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
total=745
Ava Catherine15.8 - The Great American Read
Read a book from this list: The Great American Read.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
total=760
Ava Catherine15.10 - Time to Kick Back and Relax!
Read a book written by one of your most read authors from your Goodreads "read" shelf.
Ian Rankin-I have read 18 books by this author.
Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
total=775
Diana K.10.6 - Radio City Music Hall. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in the word ROCKETTES (i.e., RO, OC, CK, etc.). Initials may also be used in reverse order (i.e., OR, CO, KC, etc.)
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland
Total points: 345
JUKKA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ashlea's Task: A Few of my Favorite Things
Option 1B: Book whose author's initials are in VIDEO GAMES.
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire.
Total Points: 275/995
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 19/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
5.10 - Beauty and the BeastCity of Ghosts (I read an advanced readers copy)
This book is not found in ARBookFinder.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Ava Catherine15.9 - O Canada
Read a book that was a finalist for the award in any year.
Canada Reads Finalists
2004 year book was finalist
The Love of a Good Woman: Stories by Alice Munro
total=790
Beth_NC5.2 Chicago - Gone, But Not Forgotten / After Dark by Phillip Margolin
Page 3 of List
5.5 Les Miserables - Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Rebecca Caine London Cast
10.2 Lets Dance - Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham
10.6 Radio City Music Hall - Death's Mistress by Karen Chance
roCKettes
15.4 Double Trouble - Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
kiLLman CrEEk
15.9 O Canada - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2003
20.7 I DO Have a Sense of Humor - Kitty's Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn
Option 3 318 pages
Points: 80
Tasks: 7
Books: 7
Total Points: 400
Total Tasks: 24
Total Books: 29
Total Pages: 10013
Big Book Tickets: 1
Ava Catherine10.9 - A Look Back
Read a book from the following list:
Most Popular Books Published In June 2017.
page 1; #13
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
total=800
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10.2 Let’s Dance
Book with the word DANCE in the title
Mira's Last Dance
20.3 Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The war of the Worlds
Option 2 – author who shares a first name with Richard Burton
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
30.2 Contrasts
Option 2 – Here and There
I read a book originally written in Finnish which is from the Uralic language family
The Core of the Sun
And I read a book written in English which is from the Indo-European language family
Penric's Mission
This post 60 points
Total to date 265 points